Chapter 19                                                             �

Qi Jiguang said: "I have a candidate here."

This person is nothing else. It is Li Chengliang.

Li Chengliang made no contributions in the Battle of Qingcheng. However, he was a scholar, so he was destined to go far in the officialdom. His prefect was supported by Zhou Mengchen. After Zhou Mengchen left the northwest.

Li Chengliang transferred to many places, but he was still a prefect. There was almost no change. In other words, there was probably no change in Li Chengliang's life. It was probably just that he could improve one level when he retired.

This is quite a frustrating thing for Li Chengliang.

Only when he is confident can he be able to do it. No matter how difficult the matter is, he can do it properly. He can fight the enemy in martial arts and fight the enemy in literature. But he has to watch others advance all the way, so he can only stand still.

It would be strange if the taste inside is good.

Li Chengliang naturally walked around and wanted to be promoted. He was considered Zhou Mengchen's old subordinate, but Zhou Mengchen could not do anything about this matter. It was not that Zhou Mengchen denied Li Chengliang's ability, nor that he could not promote Li Chengliang.

It's a matter of cost.

As a scholar, Li Chengliang was able to become a prefect, but he had already touched the ceiling. Even if Zhou Mengchen promoted him to a higher level and took him to the next level, he was just trapped on another level.

Zhou Mengchen can't be very simple every time, right?

Not to mention whether this conforms to the rules of the civil servants of Daming. Just to put it simply, the Zhou Party was dominated by Zhou Mengchen, but it was not Zhou Mengchen alone. He could not put limited political resources on one person. Not to mention outside, even within the Zhou Party, it is probably difficult for people to convince themselves.

However, Li Chengliang has a good son. No, it would be better to say that Li Chengliang had good conditions at the beginning. His son Li Rusong was under Xu Wei's party. Although Xu Wei was very busy and could not teach him personally, Xu Wei has always paid close attention to his disciple.

It is precisely because of this channel that Xu Wei knew about Li Chengliang's predicament and also thought of a solution for Li Chengliang. After one or two, the matter spread. Xu Wei even greeted some people in Zhou Dang. If he found that there was such a position, he would recommend Li Chengliang.

In Qi Jiguang's view, Li Chengliang is the most suitable thing to guard Haixi.

First of all, Li Chengliang has both civil and military skills and is not aware of his ability. This kind of job is dangerous, coupled with Li Chengliang's previous contributions, is enough to promote Li Chengliang.

Hu Zongxian still recognized the candidate recommended by Qi Jiguang. So he submitted a memorial to the court and asked Li Chengliang to take office urgently. Don’t miss a few months of war.

Zhou Mengchen naturally had nothing to do with this matter.

So at the 43rd Jiajing period, everyone's eyes were on Liaodong throughout the summer. They were optimistic because this was the biggest move to the border in recent decades. Zhou Mengchen's attack on Qingcheng was not as large as this time. Not to mention, maybe some people didn't know it, but most officials knew it.

Zhou Mengchen played a trick at that time, and then took action. It was just because of the face of the court that he did not say it out.

This time, the things that the court took the initiative to promote were completely different.

Zhou Mengchen's side was naturally very nervous. This battle won, no, as long as it was not a big defeat, and a little result would not be a great benefit to the Zhou party. After all, even if it was a draw, it could be said to be their own victory. Only by losing troops and losing generals would be difficult to embellish.

Zhou Mengchen's enemies, both openly and secretly, were watching coldly at this moment, hoping for Zhou Mengchen's last big defeat. Such military actions naturally require someone to be responsible. Zhou Mengchen, as the main promoter, naturally could not avoid taking responsibility.

Not to mention, before the war began, Wang Chonggu launched a major case to investigate the great famine in Liaodong several years ago. At that time, a lot of food was stolen in Liaodong's granaries. Even the food transported from Jiangnan had a lot of unknown losses.

Wang Chonggu used this as a clue and investigated it all the way. Almost a large number of officers in every garrison were arrested. In this way, Wang Chonggu also got a "single name" and Guan Tu. Countless officials claimed to have died under his command.

Many people think that before the war, it would be detrimental to the morale of the army. They even used this to temporarily postpone the dispatch of troops and punish Wang Chonggu.

Yang Bo felt very uncomfortable with Wang Chonggu making decisions without authorization.

But no matter what, Wang Chonggu is his own person. If you have something, you can close the door and deal with it with family rules. But you will never let others bully him like this. Yang Bo naturally spoke up and supported Wang Chonggu.

This won Wang Chonggu some time.

It was delayed until the war began.

The battle went very smoothly at the beginning.

First of all, the three guards of Duoyan surrendered to the court.

This made Zhou Mengchen both angry and funny. He fell back and forth between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that the strength is the three guards of Duoyan, and Mongolia is the strong, the Uryan Ha tribe. In short, there is no shame in saying that it is.

However, it is true that for the Mongolians, in the harsh production situation on the grassland, living is the problem they most hope to solve. What kind of benevolence, righteousness, integrity and shame are of no use here.

Zhou Mengchen never believed in the surrender of Duoyan's three guards, because he believed that when the Ming army left, Duoyan's three guards would still be reborn and would not become loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty all at once.

Of course, he still did not make any decision on the war on the front line, and everything was decided by Qi Jiguang.

He believed that Qi Jiguang could think of anything he could think of.

It depends on if Qi Jiguang made a decision. It was just Zhou Mengchen, Qi Jiguang could not say anything. Whether it was the master-apprentice relationship between the two parties or the relationship in the officialdom, Qi Jiguang was not that ignorant. Qi Jiguang's memorial came soon.

Qi Jiguang meant that he increased the reward and asked the three guards of Duoyan as a guide to attack the Tuman tribe. However, after that, the three guards of Duoyan were separated, one was placed in Qinghai, one was placed in Haixi, and the other was placed on Jeju Island.

In short, the three guards of Duoyan cannot be left in the Northeast.

Zhou Mengchen did not comment on this idea.

It depends on Qi Jiguang's arrangement.

The next battle was with the main master, that is, the Tuman tribe. This time, except for the Tumote tribe, all 50,000 Mongolian households appeared. Although they had many internal conflicts, their lips were lost and their teeth were cold.

Once the Tuman tribe is defeated, the Mongols will lose Mobei forever, which is unacceptable to many Mongolian tribes.

But the Mongolians' large-scale move south did not mean that this battle started to fight vigorously. Because both sides were wandering back and forth on the grassland, avoiding dealing with the main force and ordinary opponents' main force.

The party that avoids the opponent's main force is naturally the Mongols.

After leaving the customs, a vanguard from the Ming Dynasty met with the Mongolian elites, bringing a victory of more than a thousand beheadings, the Mongolians deliberately avoided contact with the main force of the Ming Dynasty. The grassland was vast, and although the army of more than 100,000 people still left many traces. However, it was not easy for the main force of the two sides to contact.

The Ming army did not dare to pursue it too tightly, and was worried that the Mongols would counterattack. Moreover, although the Ming army's cavalry had been transferred, there were still fewer cases where Mongolia was full of cavalry. The speed of infantry and cavalry was different, so it was easy to cause disconnection in front and back when chasing, and was ridden by the enemy.

And we have to chase. If we don’t chase, the other party will run to Mobei. After a few years, will it be possible to attack like this and do it again? It is impossible to spend too much money.

So, the two sides were facing each other from afar. It was like two giants dancing on the grassland. You go in, I retreat, I go in, you retreat.

Both sides want to build a battlefield that is beneficial to them. Before this, they would not want to fight to the decisive battle.

This was good news for Qi Jiguang. His most worried was that the Mongolians ran away. In Qi Jiguang's opinion, this was the best way for the Mongolians. Generally speaking, the best way is not used by ordinary people.

As long as the enemy has not left the battlefield, this matter is easy to deal with. Moreover, Qi Jiguang understands more clearly that such confrontation on the battlefield requires massive amounts of money and food support. Qi Jiguang has Zhou Mengchen behind him.

Zhou Mengchen has not issued a national debt yet.
Chapter completed!