Chapter 149: Protecting the Business

Tieling, the commander-in-chief of the Guard.

Several urgent reports were sent to Guangning, Jizhen, and Beijing. Macheng sat upright on the chair of the Grand Master, pondering. In a few days, a batch of war horses would be there in Jizhen. The weapons to defend the city were transported, and I felt more grateful to the wisdom of the previous emperor. If it weren't for the first

The emperor handed over Jizhen to his own family and continuously gave Kaiyuan blood transfusions. Kaiyuan could no longer hold on, but only made the iron material needed to make armor-breaking heavy arrows. The soldiers of the regiment trained were wearing cotton armor, leather armor, and various guards.

City equipment can make Kaiyuan's finances collapse.

His Majesty the First Emperor Shenzong is indeed a man who knows people and is good at using them, and is very talented and has no less talent than the old thief of Nurhaci in military affairs.

As long as Zhou Yongchun, the old governor of Zhou Ji Liao was still in his position, Kaiyuan would still receive continuous support from Jizhen. A few days later, there was no war in Guangning. It seemed that the governor's two-way advance plan failed.

After all, this incident made Ma Yi and the Kaiyuan generals quite dissatisfied. Governor Wang regarded the national affairs as a joke and was almost cheated by the verbal governor again.

Macheng had long been accustomed to it, so he built a pigeon loft in Tieling and ordered people to cultivate a large number of high-quality carrier pigeons.

Macheng was really fed up with the dilemma of cutting off news when fighting a war. Using a large number of carrier pigeons to communicate the news, at least the news can be smooth. There were pigeon nests built in Kaiyuan and Tieling, and later in Shanxi and Jizhou.

If you give up, you can make the news smooth and you will not become blind during wartime.

The confrontation lasted for more than half a month, and the two conveniently adapted to the existence of each other. The two armies formed a military buffer zone of two or three hundred miles long and twenty miles deep in front of the formation. Both sides were approaching their own side, on a flat plain

A large number of pits, fences, and trenches were created, which became increasingly difficult to overcome. Huang Taiji seemed to have given up Kaiyuan, a difficult bone, and instead led to the Liaohe defense line and North Korea.

By winter, heavy snow fell from the sky, easing the tense atmosphere in the army. Heavy snow blocked roads and mountains and traffic was cut off.

After the winter solstice, the Jianzhou cavalry finally appeared on the grasslands in the south of the desert, approaching the five tribes of Neguergu. Several small Mongolian tribes had been swept away. The sudden attack on the southern part of the desert was in chaos, but they were blocked by heavy snow.

The Zaisai Department was in an emergency and sent an envoy to ask for help and requested reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty. After thinking about it, Ma Cheng ordered the Datong Zhang family to take action to help the Zaisai Department with some food, bows and arrows, and summoned an army to discuss.

Grabbing the west side is a tradition that the Jurchens have been continuing for a long time. Winter is the time when the Mongols are the weakest.

In winter, the grasslands withered, the cattle, sheep and horses lose weight, and they have to endure the raging winds and snowstorms. This is indeed the golden season to compete for the southern desert.

During the military discussion, most Kaiyuan generals did not agree to rush to support Mongolia, and the Kaiyuan generals had no good impression of the Mongolians.

Even Ma Guozhong pondered: "Meng people are not my race. In terms of the following view, we should sit down and watch the fire of the Meng people and Jiannu together, and reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Marin also said tactfully: "Cheng'er, there may be something wrong with this matter."

Shen Liang, who agreed to rush to help the Mongolian people, glanced at Ma Cheng and whispered: "Sir, it's not worth mercy to die in Mongolia, but the business path has to be protected."

Malin tightened his face and pondered again: "Since this is the case, let Zaisai move south and be enthroned by our Emperor Ming to protect the commercial road. He should take his son as his charity. Please give him the decree to reward him as an official."

Ma Cheng secretly praised the old man for his heart. Soldiers must be issued and the trade route must be protected, but there are conditions. The Mongolians took their son as their qualities and had precedents for being enthroned by the Emperor Ming Dynasty. Among them, the most famous ones

The one is the three guards of Duoyan during the Jingnan period. They were loyal to Huang Ming and were once loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Zai Sai team had no choice but to face the Jiannu military front, and there was a high possibility of being attached to the Ming Dynasty.

.

The only thing I should worry about is the attitude of the court. When I think of the saliva of the Donglin Party members in the morning, my brain hurts.

At this time, the Donglin Party members were like mad dogs, biting people when they saw them, jumping up and down. The proposals attached to the slaughter department will probably trigger another round of sarcasm. Thinking of this, Ma Cheng secretly hated him and said he was so angry that he would ruin the country.

, the court is full of so-called benevolent and righteous gentlemen and moral saints, and it is really difficult to do something.

In the end, the military decided to send troops first and then issue an order. The bottom line was to ensure the safety of the trade route.

The military discussion was over, and the peaceful Kaiyuan in winter boiled like boiling water. From Kaiyuan to Tieling, from Kaiyuan to Tieling, all the villages and forts, all the famous families and noble families were red. Under the indulgence of the Admiral's Office, they began to form a commercial guard. Every day, they were not allowed to do so.

The noise and neighing of horses inside and outside the city surprised Admiral Marinma. He never expected that the people would be so excited. They all looked like gamblers with red eyes. Even the Li family in Tieling would be

All the money was taken out.

In just five days, the army of merchants gathered from all directions like a stream, and the tide came to Kaiyuan New City. Heavy snow blocking roads and mountains could not stop Kaiyuan's enthusiasm for protecting the merchants, and he made a fortune by opening up the road.

Each village and fortress brought his own horses and his own food, grass, bows and arrows. All the clans always wanted to go on battle in person, and took out all the food and coffins for the winter, and they were red-eyed and wanted to fight Jiannu.

In five days, Kaiyuan gathered 20,000 militiamen to protect the merchants, and they all brought their own food, grass and horses.

Ma Lin's face was dull and he pondered in horror: "Why is this?"

Ma Cheng smiled. My father didn't know how terrible the vast ocean of people's war was. It could destroy a dynasty. To put it bluntly, it was a distribution of interests. The ancients said that cutting off people's wealth was like killing parents, and this is the nature of the Chinese people.

The daily trading road of gold is facing threats and interests are damaged, so they will fight desperately with red eyes. Even the Li family of Tieling also fought hard under the clamor of the second house, took out their old capital and pieced together the cavalry of the fourth battalion.

Join the army of guarding merchants.

Three days later, Ma Cheng led Kaiyuan Iron Cavalry to set out first, followed by more than 20,000 murderous militia, most of whom had horses. The commander was still the famous general of Ma Cheng, the Yum. There were six elite towns in the vanguard army.

The remaining soldiers and soldiers of the two battalions were messy and the weapons were all strong, and they were divided into two camps. Macheng led 4,000 iron cavalry in the towns, and the left and right soldiers looked behind.

The vast militia army was all ashamed.

More than 20,000 cavalry were so powerful that they could not see at first sight, and their clothes were very messy, and there was no constitution in the east and west. No matter how you look at it, they were all mobs.

Ding Wen looked at a group of strong men who were shouting and said shamelessly: "Young Master, can this work?"

Ma Cheng smiled and said, "What's wrong? This is the heart of the people."

It is a different story to ask this group of mobs to attack Jiannu. Wherever the army passes, there is no grass growing. On the day when it enters the southern desert grassland, someone snatches it.

A small Mongolian tribe stole cattle, sheep and horses, and was cruel and ruthless and killed more than 300 Mongolians, regardless of gender, age and age. More than 300 corpses were lying in the snow and ice, which made the military judge very angry.
Chapter completed!