Chapter 9: Fang Wei Xiong Zhong Xiong

The current situation in Liaodong is that the Later Jin occupies the Liaoyang and Shenyang areas, while the Ming Dynasty controls the narrow Liaoxi Corridor from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan.

As for southern Liaoning, that is, the four areas of Jinzhou, Fuzhou, Gaizhou and Haizhou on the peninsula, they are the strong areas of the Later Jin Dynasty, but they can also land and harass from the direction of Dongjiang Town and Denglai.

The area west of Haizhou, across the Sancha River, up to Jinzhou and Youtun, was within the reach of the Later Jin, but they could not occupy it for long, mainly because the Jiannu had few people.

There are now 64,000 adult men in the Eight Banners of the Manchus. Together with the Han people who have surrendered, the old slave may only have 80,000 to 90,000 able-bodied men under his command.

Mongolia in the west, the three Solon tribes in the north, Korea in the east, Dongjiang and other places all had great hatred for the Later Jin ruled by Lao Nu. If Lao Nu had not died at the right time and Huang Taiji had not ascended to the throne at the right time, the Eight Banners would not have been able to quickly manage the Eastern Mongolian region in the sixth and seventh years of the Tianqi reign.

If it weren't for his eldest son Huang Taiji, Nurhaci would have been a perfect version of Altan and Yesen. The situation of the Later Jin Dynasty in the last two years of the Tianqi Dynasty could be described as being besieged both internally and externally. This attack on Ningyuan and other places was just a routine military action with the main purpose of looting food and collecting Han slaves.

Yang Shigong still couldn't believe it. "Then the food and money on Juehua Island can satisfy me? They have 20,000 or 30,000 troops, and that little bit of property from my ancestors is enough?"

Zu Dashou and his nephews and adopted sons own many shops on Juehua Island.

"Humph, this is how ignorant you are." Li Hao sneered, "Old man Sun Chengzong has stored 200,000 to 300,000 shi of grain on Juehua Island. He originally thought that with Jinzhou and Youtun as support, he could push the front line to the Daling River area, or directly station troops in the Daling River and confront the Houjin front line in the Guangning Zhongyousuo area. So Juehua Island must be safe. In addition, the Jiannu had no ships and could not attack the island, so he could rest assured that the grain was stored on the island."

"I didn't expect that the new governor, Lao Gao, would withdraw Jinzhou Youtun right away, making Ningyuanwei and Juehua Island, which were supposed to be transit points, the front line. That's why I wanted to plunder them."

"Two hundred thousand dan?" Liu Maocai's eyes widened in shock. "That's enough food for 40,000 to 50,000 people to eat for a year."

Shi is a unit of volume. One shi of grain is equivalent to about 70 to 80 kilograms in weight. Based on 80 kilograms, a family of three can be full with one shi per month.

If calculated based on adult males, four stones is a lot, and five stones can last for a year.

"You can calculate it as 300,000 dan. Sun Chengzong has a high position, and the officials under him dare not fool around and are less greedy. I guess this old servant calculated that the grain and salary could not be withdrawn for a while, and the ice around Juehua Island was frozen solid, so he came here."

The salary for the soldiers in the camp was paid at the rate of one stone per month, while the salary for the household servants was doubled. These food and wages could support 10,000 household servants for 15 months, and 10,000 soldiers in the camp for two years and six months.

There are three vanguard battalions in Jinzhou and Youtun. Together with the income from the garrison troops, these food and wages can keep the Jinyou area running perfectly for more than two years.

After their own team's analysis, several servants felt relieved. They thought that the old slave went crazy and killed people because there was not enough food. If they could grab the food from Juehua Island, there would be no need for the Jian slaves to fight to the death in Ningyuan. So they all went to bed and prepared to return to Ningyuan tomorrow to rest.

The reason why Li Hao wanted to go back was because his weapon was not suitable for him. The waist knife was a standard weapon. It was fine to chop people when dismounted, but when fighting on horseback, the center of gravity of the waist knife was too far away from the wrist and he could not exert his strength.

The Pudao is slightly better, but not much better. The handle is still not long enough. According to Li Hao's idea, he should use an extra-long-handled sword like the偃月刀 when he chop people on horseback. Ningyuan City cannot produce the偃月刀 in a short time, but the Ming army has standard equipment long swords that can replace the long-handled swords.

The Ming army's long sword actually had a longer blade, and the part of the blade near the handle was not sharpened to make it easier to hold.

In addition to weapons, you also have to find a way to change your armor. You can find a full set of lamellar armor, or two sets of heavy armor, to reduce the damage caused by the Jiannu's heavy bows.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to go back and cash in the military merit of the four heads. Although Yuan Chonghuan is a controversial person, he is very concerned about the construction of the Guanning Army. The war is about to begin. If Li Hao takes the four Tartar heads back first, he should get more rewards.

After the servants went to bed, he opened the panel and started adding points.

[Role: Li Hao; Affiliation: Ming Dynasty; Position: Team Leader]

[Clearance rate: 0.0004%]

[HP24.4|30]

[Level: 2; Experience value: 57|300]

【Vigor: 4】

【单手武器12；双手武器10；长杆武器17；专精：2；3；2】

【控制：3】【弓8；弩5；投掷3；专精：0；0；0】

[Endurance: 3]

【骑术17；跑动9；锻造6；专精：2；0；0】

【Learning: 2】

【医术4；工程3；养殖0；专精：0；0；0】

Except for the unfamiliarity with the clearance level, Li Hao was already familiar with the rest of the skills and attributes.

Vitality, control, endurance, and learning are the basic abilities that determine specific skills, and the added points are attribute points.

Generally speaking, one attribute point is added for every four levels, but you can also gain one attribute point by killing forty people.

You get one specialization point for each level you reach, or you can get it by killing twenty people.

Specialization and attributes jointly control the upper limit of skills. When the basic ability attribute points corresponding to a skill are pulled to the full slot of ten, and the skill specialization points are pulled to five, the skill upper limit of three hundred and three can be unlocked.

To give a few examples, the endurance attribute point corresponding to riding is three, and the riding specialization point is two, so the current upper limit of riding is 112; the vitality corresponding to polearms is four, and the specialization is two, so the skill upper limit is 126.

Now Li Hao has a specialization point in his hand, and he decides to add it to the long-pole weapon.

This world is so real, I think I have traveled through time. Fortunately, there are some panels to add points. I can gain experience by riding forging, practicing archery, and wielding weapons, and my skills can grow slowly. But the fastest way to level up is still to kill people.

You can gain attributes and expertise points by killing people, you can quickly improve your skills by killing people, you can also increase your health limit and increase your clearance rate.

After killing four Tartars today, he obtained 0.0004% clearance rate. Li Hao reasonably guessed that if he killed one million people, he could pass the level and leave this world.

Killing one person is a crime, killing ten thousand people is a hero, and killing a million makes you the hero among heroes!

He is looking forward to the day when he can pass the test.

……

"This Yuan Dudu is quite capable."

Because of Ma Duo, Li Hao and others went south first and almost arrived near Ningyuan City at noon. What he saw and heard along the way made him sigh.

The provincial government mobilized nearby garrison troops and civilians in the city. Hundreds of people were cutting down all the trees on the hill northeast of Ningyuan City, while more able-bodied men were digging trenches around Ningyuan City, intending to make it more difficult for the Later Jin to siege the city.

The doors, windows and dugouts of houses a dozen miles north of the Acropolis had all been dismantled, leaving not even a door panel. If the old slave and his eight bannermen wanted to warm themselves by the fire, they had to go to the northwest, ten miles away, to chop trees.

There were figures running back and forth on the city wall like ants. It seemed that the reinforcement of the wall and the deployment of artillery were going on at the same time. The city wall, which was four meters high and stretched one and a half miles across, looked safe enough.

There were tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians working hard inside and outside the city. A large number of mounted soldiers and servants were patrolling and supervising. Li Hao and his companions were inspected by at least five waves of fully armed elite servants along the way. The ivory plaques and Tartar heads were turned over several times.

After learning that Li Hao had chopped off four Tartar heads, a captain named Zhang from the chariot camp took the initiative to accompany Li Baihu into the city to the provincial government office to claim the credit.

"Is the governor that Captain Li mentioned Yuan Bingxian? Yuan Bingxian is indeed a rare person who has been able to get things done in recent years. Now he is the only civil servant outside the Great Wall." Captain Zhang had a high opinion of Yuan Chonghuan.

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