Chapter 779 Special meeting gift from the Liaodong Legion [Please give me a monthly ticket!]

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The sea surface of Liaodong Bay.

In June, the temperature was relatively high. The hot sun fell on the sea without any obstruction, emitting layers of golden light. The world was very hot, and even the fish in the water couldn't stand it. They kept jumping out of the water and breathing the fresh air outside. However, they quickly felt that it was hotter outside, so they immediately dived back into the water with a whoosh, and dived down desperately, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

The fleet slowly headed north on the sea. Because there was no wind, the fleet sailed very slowly. More than a dozen large merchant ships, carrying all the soldiers of the Dingzi Camp and a large number of weapons and equipment, slowly heading north. Outside the merchant ships were ten Cangshan ships, which were carrying out escort missions. Because there was no wind, even the light and flexible Cangshan ships would drive slowly like snails.

Zhang Zhun felt that his military uniform was about to be wet, and sweat was left from his back and flowing all the way to his crotch, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling. Fortunately, he was used to it. The other Tiger Army soldiers were all wet in military uniforms, and even their pants were all wet. Such weather was really life-threatening. The most comfortable one was the navy sailors. Their military uniforms were basically coats, which were very refreshing.

It took three days to leave from the port of Liujiabao and head to Songshanbao. The three days were full of high temperatures, which was indeed a huge torment for many soldiers of the Hu Ben Army. Even a strong man like Brother Wei could not hold on and had heatstroke.

"Sir, Songshan Fort is ahead."

Wu Sangui came to Zhang Zhun and said respectfully.

Zhang Zhun came to Jinzhou for a banquet, and Wu Sangui was naturally responsible for guiding the way. Whether it is public or private, he is the most suitable candidate. Wu Haide's selection in the *** market has brought the relationship between the two parties closer. Sometimes Zhang Zhun can't help but wonder why Wu Sangui is so cunning? He is really a versatile person!

"good!"

Zhang Zhun nodded, raised the Qianli Mile Mile and looked ahead.

In fact, Songshan Fort cannot be seen directly from the sea, and you must land before you can see it. However, the port of Songshan Fort can be seen on the bow of the ship. From a military strategy, this port is also very important. The biggest role of Songshan Fort is to protect Jinzhou, it is to transport materials to Jinzhou. Marine transportation materials are much more efficient than transportation on the road.

In order to protect the safety of the port, bunkers were built on both sides of the port, three large bunkers and five small bunkers. These bunkers can station a total of 3,000 Ming troops, plus strong bows, crossbows, muskets and cannons, and block the attack of less than 1,000 Tatars. It may be because the situation in Liaodong was relatively calm during this period, and there were only three or four hundred Ming troops stationed near the port.

Zhang Zhun, who traveled through later generations, was certainly familiar with Songshan Fort. The Battle of Songjin, which led to the final defeat of the Ming Dynasty, was first launched in Songshan Fort. After this battle, most of the elite troops of the Ming army were basically lost, leaving only a lonely army of Wu Sangui at Shanhaiguan. If it were not for the failure of the Battle of Songjin, even if Wu Sangui became a traitor, he would not have been known to so many people. All the folk legends about Hong Chengchou, such as the personal persuasion of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang to surrender, were even more rumored, and outsiders did not know it at all.

In fact, in Zhang Zhun's eyes, Songshan Fort has nothing special. It is a military fortress, a military fortress that protects the southern wing of Jinzhou. With this military fortress, the Tartars could not easily surround Jinzhou. At the same time, Songshan Fortress is located on the coast and can receive support from the navy. Even if a large number of Tartars come to attack, the Ming army in the mainland can still reinforce the front line by sea.

The pier of Songshan Fort looks a bit simple, and at most three large ships can be parked at the same time. It seems that Wu Sangui and others are very capable of making a living, but they are reluctant to spend a little money to renovate the port. In their opinion, as long as the port can be used, that is enough.

The fleet slowly docked. Yang Zixuan led the soldiers of Dingzi Camp to get off the ship first and deployed warnings on the shore. Wu Sangui also sent his entourage to head towards Songshan Fort with the vanguard of Dingzi Camp. The primary task of Dingzi Camp is to take over Songshan Fort.

On the shore, someone was already welcoming Zhang Zhun's arrival. After the ship docked, two generals in general armor came up. The man in front of him was tall, sharp, and powerful, and was obviously a first-class general. His eyes fell on Zhang Zhun's official uniform. After a little surprised, he came to Zhang Zhun and bowed while shouting: "Welcome to Liaodong, and the emperor Huang Degong..."

Zhang Zhun's eyes immediately shone, and he said deeply: "No politeness. Are you Huang Chuangzi?"

Huang Degong was obviously a person without any scheming. When he heard Zhang Zhun shouting out his nickname, he immediately grinned and said honestly: "Governor knows my nickname?"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said with a smile: "Who doesn't know about Huang Chuangzi's name?"

Huang Degong smiled loudly, obviously it was extremely helpful.

Another general with an ordinary appearance came up, bowed in a regular manner, and then said in a regular manner: "Secretary Tang Tong, pay homage to the governor."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said calmly: "General Tang, please give up on the gift."

Tang Tong is also a bit familiar with this name. If I remember correctly, after Li Zicheng entered the capital, he should have surrendered to Li Zicheng. Later, Li Zicheng sent him to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender. After he repeated his measurements, he surrendered to Dorgon. It is necessary to explain that the last three-subject slaves were the ones. However, with Wu Sangui's pearls and jade in front, Tang Tong was overwhelmed by history.

Huang Degong was responsible for guarding Songshan Fort, which was the first step for the Hu Ben Army to take over Liaodong. His coordination with Zhang Zhun was very important. Therefore, after a simple greeting, Huang Degong said loudly: "Governor asked to get off the boat. The lower-ranking officials have prepared a banquet at Songshan Fort and are waiting for the arrival of Governor."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said gently: "General Huang, General Tang, please lead the way."

The group got off the boat and rode their horses toward Songshan Fort slowly.

On both sides of the road, there were soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army and Ming Army soldiers, jointly guarding. The light of Zhang Zhun's eyes fell on these Ming troops from time to time. Compared with the Ming troops in the mainland, the soldiers of the Ming army in Liaodong were quite handsome and looked good in spirit. At least, they looked like real combat troops, rather than a group of farmers who picked up weapons, wore military uniforms, had no discipline, and no training.

Many people in later generations believed that in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming army had poor equipment, but in fact, it was not the case. Whether the equipment was good depends on the region to which it belongs and whether the court attached it. For example, the Ming army in Liaodong had absolutely no bad equipment.

Although there were some people who worked as commanders of the Ming army in Liaodong, they did everything they could to do, but they did not dare to go too far. Because if something happened in Liaodong, they would definitely be beheaded and confiscated. Therefore, the necessary equipment and weapons were still very sufficient. The soldiers' food and salary could be distributed on time.

The Ming army that Zhang Zhun saw was equipped with more advanced weapons such as flying bird guns, thunder guns, and three-eyed guns. The armor was also all waist-length armor, and some soldiers even had better performance armor. As for the officers, they were all heart-protecting armor. Only a small number of people were equipped with such equipment in the Ming army in the mainland.

It seems that Huang Degong and Tang Tong are almost covered with fish scale armor. Such armor can effectively prevent the Tartars from killing arrowheads. The problem is that wearing such armor is indeed a very tormenting thing in such hot weather. Zhang Zhun was very worried whether Huang Degong and Tang Tong would suddenly faint from the heat.

Such equipment is indeed much more sophisticated than the Ming army in the mainland. Relying on such excellent equipment, it is impossible to defeat the Tartars. It is not a problem with equipment, but a problem with character. When it comes to character, the topic is far from the topic.

"please!"

"please!"

The group invited each other and soon entered Songshan Fort.

Because of the threat from the Tartars, the main strategy of the Ming army in Liaodong was to build bunkers. Wherever there were needs and conditions, they would erect a bunker without hesitation. From the time of Sun Chengzong, to Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Chonghuan, and later the commanders, they implemented such a strategy. A large amount of money and grain was spent, and countless bunkers of all sizes were erected.

Someone once counted that in Liaodong, there were more than 10,000 bunkers of all sizes. The large bunkers could station thousands of people, such as Songshan Fort, Dalinghe Fort, and Tashan Fort, and the small bunkers could only station hundreds of people. The large and small bunkers of all sizes did effectively hinder the maneuver of the Tatar cavalry and strengthened the defense of the Liaodong frontline.

However, the existence of these bunkers also caused great expenses to the Ming army. The bunkers require maintenance costs, and it is not okay to build them. The bunkers need weapons. The Bolang machine cannons cannot be equipped, such as bowl guns, tiger squat cannons, etc., must be equipped. Don’t look at the fact that these weapons are not very valuable, and if there are too many, it is also a lot of funds.

For example, it took at least tens of thousands of taels of silver to build Songshan Fort back then, and it took three years to finish the construction. It took tens of thousands of taels of silver to be equipped with cannons. Since then, Songshan Fort has been repaired repeatedly, and it has cost a lot of silver every year. Besides, more than half of these silver will fall into the private pocket, and it will eventually be implemented, less than half of it. This will make the cost even greater.

Because of the strategy of building bunkers, a large amount of fiscal revenue from the Ming Dynasty court was invested here, so that the defenses in other places on the nine sides were very empty. The Tatars crossed the Great Wall because the defenses of the Ming army in other areas were very weak, and some places were even as ineffective. The Tatars only needed to knock on them to open the door.

At the same time, Liaodong spent a lot of money and food, which resulted in the court's lack of money to provide disaster relief, resulting in a large number of refugees and eventually triggered bandits in Shaanxi. If the court had money to provide disaster relief, there would be no refugees. If the court had money to maintain the operation of the post station, Li Zicheng would not be laid off and eventually joined the bandits.

These things are not ***, they all complement each other. Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan and others achieved their personal careers because of Liaodong, but it was very unfair to the whole country. Therefore, later generations would say that the Ming army defended Jinzhou but lost the whole country.

Zhang Zhun looked around and saw everything related to war, either muskets, swords, guns, swords, crossbows, or artillery. He was here, as if he was in the battlefield of his future generations. People in the rear would never be able to understand the front line.

"Governor, please!"

Huang Degong said carelessly.

"General Huang, please."

Zhang Zhun nodded and made a gesture of request.

Suddenly, Zhang Zhun felt a little strange, and stretched out his hand slowly retracted. It turned out that he heard the sound of riots coming from nearby. The sound came a little suddenly and unexpectedly. Obviously, Zhang Zhun didn't think that this was a good thing.

"What's going on?"

Huang Degong also heard it and said a little angrily.

"I'll go and have a look."

Tang Tong said hurriedly and turned around and went.

Although everyone is a first-class general and is at the same level in terms of rank, there are differences in positions. Tang Tong is Huang Degong's subordinate. Of course, Tang Tong took the lead in getting to know what happened.

A moment later, Lu Yidian came to Zhang Zhun and whispered: "Sir, some of the Liaodong soldiers are starting to make trouble."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said calmly: "Be alert."

Lu Yidian turned around and went.

In fact, without Zhang Zhun's reminder, the soldiers of the Ding-Capital Camp have been alert. In places like Liaodong, the Tartars are indeed enemies, but the Ming army is actually enemies. There are enemies around them, so it is impossible for the Hu Ben Army to be unwilling to be alert. It seems that Yang Zixuan has already arrived at the front line.

Huang Degong had no expression, as if he had been used to such scenes for a long time. After Tang Tong went there, he invited Zhang Zhun to the hall and sat down to rest. The noise of riots outside became more and more powerful, and there was still no expression on his face.

Zhang Zhun couldn't help but think of Bi Zisu's incident. These Liaodong soldiers were more capable of fighting than other Ming soldiers. However, they were also lawless, and the binding force of military discipline on them was relatively limited. Therefore, it is common for them to make money or even rebellion. Once they were not satisfied, they would cause trouble for their superiors. Especially Li Chengliang's subordinates, those native Liaodong soldiers, were like disasters.

A moment later, Tang Tong came back and said to Zhang Zhun a little embarrassedly: "Governor, those *** soldiers said they wanted to see you..."

Zhang Zhun said indifferently: "You ask them to send a few representatives."

Tang Tong stammered: "They want to invite the adults over..."

Wang Shide sneered in time and frowned and said, "They asked the master to come over? General Tang, are you sure you are not wrong?"

Tang Tong's face turned red, hesitant and said: "The lower official is not making things difficult for the Governor, it is really..."

Wang Shide sneered and said, "As a general officer, you can't control a few soldiers? Do you want them to hold the governor hostage?"

Tang Tong's face turned redder, and he wanted to say something, but it was hard to say. Of course, he knew that this request was very ridiculous and excessive, and it was difficult for him to say it himself, but he was under great pressure. The inside story of the Liaodong territory was too complicated, and people from outside would definitely not understand the inside story. Unable to say, Tang Tong's eyes were looking for help, so he had to look at Huang Degong.

Huang Degong frowned and asked, "Is it Long Feihu again?"

Tang Tong said helplessly: "Who else besides him?"

Huang Degong frowned, obviously feeling very embarrassed.

At this moment, someone came to Tang Tong and whispered something. Tang Tong's face became even worse. He said nervously to Huang Degong: "Sir, the situation is out of control. Long Feihu has gathered many people and wants to launch a ***!"

Huang Degong looked at Zhang Zhun and suddenly walked out of the living room with big strides.

Zhang Zhun frowned and followed Huang Degong.

As soon as the two of them arrived at the open space outside, they saw a large number of Ming soldiers gathered in front of them, trying to rush towards Zhang Zhun. They were all holding weapons in their hands, and they could tell at a glance that they were real guys. The soldiers of the Ding Battalion and some Ming troops were in a tense confrontation with them, and the situation was about to break out.

Zhang Zhun could see at a glance that this was not acting, it was a real confrontation. In other words, it was indeed someone who caused trouble, not Huang Degong wanted to give himself a warning. Although he didn't know who was the person who caused trouble, and what the purpose of the cause was, Zhang Zhun had already clearly felt that there were indeed many contradictions within the Ming army and the confrontation was very serious. As the general officer of Huang Degong, it was simply strange that it was impossible to effectively control Songshan Fort.

Those soldiers who got up were obviously organized. If they were organized or not, Zhang Zhun could tell at a glance. Since the other party was organized, it means that they were prepared. If they were not mistaken, they should be targeting themselves, and then they also trapped Huang Degong and Tang Tong. Well, there is Wu Sangui.

"Wu Sangui, what's going on? The welcome ceremony specially arranged by the military supervisor?" Zhang Zhun said coldly. He knew that Wu Sangui was following him.

"Governor, I really don't know. I believe you can understand why I have to take the initiative to move to Tianjin Guards." Wu Sangui answered helplessly, his tone was very bitter.

Zhang Zhun turned around and glanced at Wu Sangui, and found that he looked calm, with a slight bitter smile on the corner of his mouth, but he did not tell any lies. Perhaps, this kind of internal strife is indeed very common in Liaodong, and Wu Sangui himself was so annoyed that he applied for an external transfer.

"Fire a warning!"

Zhang Zhun shouted coldly.

I have always heard that the Ming army in Liaodong is rebellious and difficult to lead, but now I finally understand it. If I had just arrived, I was beaten by them and I would not do anything in the future. How could the Governor be bullied by a few small soldiers? Zhang Zhun believed that all this in front of him was not planned by Gao Qiqian and Wu Aheng, because the Liaodong Army had no benefit at all. However, there must be someone who was the mastermind. He had to find the mastermind and then attack it hard.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"
To be continued...