Chapter 34 Loyal and Virtuous
Eunuch Liu raised his right index finger and pointed to the sky. "This is a matter of one word from the emperor. General Li, I am not bragging, but the emperor's favor to Duke Wei is unprecedented in this dynasty. The great victory came suddenly, and I acted on my own accord. Not to mention a title of general, even if General Li actually took charge of the general of Jinzhou Town, the Duke could have made it happen."

He leaned back in his chair and stared at Li Hao carefully. He thought that the general might not believe what he said, so he explained again:
"Mr. Wei is also a talented person, and he understands the key to this. The general is from western Liaoning, and Mr. Wei is from Suning, northern Zhili. The two places are not too far apart. It can be said that Mr. Wei's niece married to the general's family outside the Great Wall. After Liaoyang, Shenyang and Guangning fell, General Li escorted people from the same village into the Great Wall to seek refuge, and thus he and Mr. Wei's niece formed a deep friendship.

After his hometown was lost, the general was still full of passion to serve his country, but he had no connections. So, his cousin's niece recommended the general to Wei Changgong. Although the Changgong admired the general's patriotism and martial arts, he would not ruin his official duties for personal reasons, so he placed the general in Ningyuan Weicheng.

For the next three years, the old slave did not make any major moves, so the general had no place to display his martial arts, which was why he kept a low profile until this time, when he became famous in one battle, killed the great chief Daishan in battle, drove back 30,000 Zhen Tartars, and protected 50,000 soldiers and civilians in Ningyuan City in the midst of strong winds and huge waves. "

After hearing this set of rhetoric, Li Hao was almost convinced that Wei Yan was a good eunuch who was selfless and dedicated to the public.

After all, a person named Zhongxian must be both loyal and virtuous.

Unfortunately there is a big loophole.

"My father died in Sarhu. When he died, I was just 20 years old. I was registered by the Ningqian Dao Office. After passing the examination, I was assigned to the camp. I didn't have time to escort people to the pass for refuge."

After hearing this, Liu Yingkun made up another story: "It turns out that General Li's family has been loyal for generations, and the yamen runners of Ningqian Dao Hall were blinded by their greed. If General Li doesn't pay, they won't give you a promotion. During that time, he escorted the niece of the factory master to seek refuge in the pass, and that's how he got to know the factory master and settled him in Ningyuan Weicheng."

He completed the statement.

Li Hao pointed at Eunuch Liu and said with a smile, "It has to be you. Let me make my demands clear. The 150 or so real Tartars are enough for me to be the general officer. I want Liaozhen to open a Jinzhou Vanguard Town, and I will be the general officer with a seal. The seal of the Liaodong general officer must be mine. In addition, the garrison troops and guard officials in Jinzhou, Youtun and other places must be under the jurisdiction of my... cousin Li Tianyang, the servant Yang Shigong and others. They also have military merits and killed four or five real Tartars and seven or eight bondservants, which is enough for promotion."

Li Tianyang is a reckless man, so Li Hao will have the final say when the time comes.

Outside the Great Wall, there is only one civil servant office, the Ningqian Bingbeidao, which is stationed in Ningyuan Weicheng. The Liaodong Governor has been stationed in Shanhaiguan in recent years. Jinzhou is the front line. Civil servants usually come to inspect during the busy farming season and dare not go north at other times.

Because during the busy farming months from March to July and August, the unarmored Tartars had to go to the fields. Bannermen with many bondservants let the slaves farm, while bannermen with few or even no slaves had to do it themselves.

During this period, the armored bannermen were responsible for patrolling between the manors and towns until the busy farming season was over. The farming bannermen no longer had to worry about farm matters and could help with patrols. Only then could the armored bannermen follow their Niulu masters to go out and perform combat missions.

Therefore, as long as he can guard Jinzhou and let his own people serve as the commander of the guards and the assistant commander of the guards in charge of military farms, then Jinzhou City will be his territory.

Even the civil servants who are there to give constraints rarely come.

To the northwest of Jinzhou are Yizhou Wei, Guangning Houtun Wei and other places. That place is now a pastoral area for Mongolian tribes, with only a small number of Eight Banners soldiers stationed there. Outside several large cities, there are also some Han people who surrendered to the Later Jin and are farming.

Li Hao's idea was to take advantage of the window period when the old slave was about to die, during which the competition for the Khanate of the Later Jin Dynasty intensified and the Jin Dynasty had no time to care about Mongolia, to quickly kill Ligdan Khan and then integrate the Inner Khalkha, Kharchin and other Eastern Mongolian tribes.

After conquering the Mongolian tribes, they had war horses and cavalry, and only then did they have the capital to fight in the field with the Eight Banners and enter the Pass to quell the rebellion.

Of course, if he kills more people, Li Hao will soon be able to chase and kill an army alone, because killing people will increase the upper limit of health.

When the upper limit of health value is raised to one or two thousand, he can simply ignore the rain of arrows and rush into the Tatar formation to chop the Tatars like mowing the grass. Chopping the Tatars can also restore health. He alone is enough to kill an army.

But the problem is that the Tartars will not be able to bear it, just like this afternoon, and will not fight Li Hao head-on. In the wild, they may just ride their horses and scatter like birds and beasts. Li Hao alone cannot kill all the Tartars before they escape, nor can he catch up with them, because the Tartars will definitely gallop in all directions when they flee.

The greatest purpose of training an army is to encircle and intercept the Tatar cavalry in the later period of Li Hao's growth, making it easier for General Li to kill the Tatars, occupy cities, and maintain order in the territory.

Liu Yingkun looked embarrassed. "There is no problem with the Jinzhou General and the officials of the Ministry of Health. Yuan Bingxian also has a good relationship with the factory owner, so just give him a heads up. But as for the seal, this is something that Jizhen earned from Liaozhen. It may be a bit difficult to get this seal out again."

The people of the Ming Dynasty themselves did not have the concept of Guanning system or Guanning Army, because Guan means Guan and Ning means Ning.

Shanhaiguan originally belonged to Jizhen, which was the only border town among the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty that did not have a real local garrison to support it. Its soldiers were mainly recruited from prefectures and counties in the north. Therefore, the general of Jizhen had never had a seal.

Although the general of Shanhaiguan took over the duties of the general of Liaozhen, the soldiers in the Shanhaiguan camp mostly acted together with the soldiers in the garrison city of Yongping in Jizhen. There was indeed a saying among the people that there was an "Shanyong Army".

The term Ji-Liao was only used together after the appointment of the Ji-Liao Governor-General, which was in April of the 46th year of the Wanli reign.

"You can't even get a seal? I doubt your sincerity."

Li Hao asked.

"General, as long as you actually take control of a large city, what difference does it make whether you have the seal or not? In this way, we can fill up the camps under your direct jurisdiction and add dozens more places for servants. This is real. As for the seal, you can win another victory after leaving Jinzhou, and then we can take advantage of the situation to transfer the seal."

Liu Yingkun was afraid that the tough guy in front of him would not cooperate, so he once again proposed tangible benefits.

General Li thought about it and decided that it was not impossible. He wanted the seal purely to win the hearts of the Liao people, and a delay of one or two months would not affect the overall situation.

"Then it's settled." Liu Yingkun was a little excited.

As long as this is accomplished, he will be the closest confidant of Duke Wei, and it will be natural for him to be promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp and hold the seal of the Imperial Stables.

Li Hao nodded.

"Then I'll announce the good news in advance and congratulate the general on his promotion!" Eunuch Liu bowed and congratulated the future Marshal Li in his unique sharp voice.

General Li stood up and left with the servants outside the door. He had something to do in the evening. He had chopped off nearly two hundred heads today and had a lot of points to add.

It feels great to improve your strength step by step through your own efforts.

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