In the 47th year of Wanli, the Ming army was defeated in Sarhu, and Zhang Kedao strongly supported Yuan Chonghuan to defend Ningyuan and fight against the Later Jin Dynasty. In his poem "The Border of Books", he wrote: The grass came out of the altar without reason, and the hero only sang Yi Shuihan. He threw all the troops lightly, and then he defeated the three Han generals. The corrupt scholars were the country and Fang Guan, and the wild old man swallowed his voice and hated Helan.

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In the Kong Mansion, amid the rumbling of red-clothed cannons in the north of the city, everyone's discussion was approaching the end.

In order to be legitimate and to have the opportunity to negotiate with the court in the future, it is not necessary to continue fighting forever, and each of them must be given a suitable position.

In history, since the Wuqiao mutiny was led by Li Jiucheng and Li Yingyuan, and various combat commands were also carried out by them. Although this army belonged to Kong Youde, after finally taking Dengzhou, Li Jiucheng occupied the dominant position. Then, under the leadership of Li Jiucheng, everyone made a bunch of inappropriate names.

This time it was different. Due to the influence of Kong Youde, a time traveler, he never lost his right to rule the troops from Wuqiao to Dengzhou. Now he has the most troops in Dengzhou, so he has the strongest voice.

Therefore, Kong Youde's proposal was also accepted by everyone, and his final name was: Kong Youde was appointed as the general of Dengzhou, Li Jiucheng was appointed as the general of Laizhou, Geng Zhongming was appointed as the general of Qingzhou, Wei Wanghou, Li Yingyuan, Wang Zideng and others were promoted to the general, and the other major generals were promoted.

In this way, they did not become kings and emperors, and they had the opportunity to negotiate with the court. After all, they did not want to fight to the end with the court. Although the world is in chaos now, they all know the deeds of Taizu of this dynasty and easily understand the essence of it.

This important identity also marked the court with their needs, that is, the military power of one person and one government. If the court really cannot pacify it, or the cost it needs to be too high, they will reward them with their own official positions, and the court will have a step down.

Then there was the division of weapons, money and food seized in the city. Since Li Jiucheng and Geng Zhongming were going to attack Laizhou, they took a total of 70% on this grounds.

Kong Youde did not feel sorry for this at all. Dengzhou has sufficient craftsmen and weapons workshops, and it is necessary to build weapons by themselves. Moreover, Kong Youde does not like those cold weapons. In the future, it will be the world of human weapons. It is the kingdom to vigorously display hot weapons.

As long as Li Jiucheng and Geng Zhongming can hold back Laizhou and some of the rebels that the imperial court may send in the early stages to win enough time for themselves, it will be worth it.

Everyone finished the discussion and was about to go back, the messenger came in to report that the Shuicheng had been taken down and Kong Youde also appeared. The sound of the red-clothed cannon stopped. It was almost time to calculate. After such a long period of bombing, it was estimated that the Shuicheng walls had been collapsed.

"Everyone, the water city has been taken down. Do you want to go and have a look together?" Kong Youde said to everyone present.
Chapter completed!