It was already the third day of the fifth month of the 15th year of Chongzhen, and I was busy all the time. It was almost done with Shanhaiguan.

The injuries of the five guerrillas were almost healed, and they were ready to go with the men they selected.

Before leaving, all five were listening to Zhang Mingwei's instructions: "The problem of food and grass, the accompanying Jinyiwei will ask the local government for it, so you don't have to worry. My request to you is to not disturb the people, kill innocent people indiscriminately, kill good people and make contributions, and destroy the reputation of the court. But as long as you make military achievements, I can guarantee you that the court will never treat you badly!"

This is the benefit of holding the thigh. Otherwise, you have to give money to the court to ensure military merits.

Of course, the five people did not dare to disobey Zhang Mingwei's words, so they quickly agreed.

However, Bai Guangen, who was born in a thief, hesitated a little and asked: "Dude, what if the thief wants to abandon the darkness and turn to the light? And as far as I know, many of the thieves are actually too hungry to bear it and follow the thief, or simply being held hostage by the thief."

The biggest problem when fighting a thief is actually not the question of whether you can win or not, but the question of how to recover.

The reason why the more bandits fought more and more was because they could not be settled. So by the late Chongzhen period, the bandits grew stronger and stronger, and it would be difficult to win. This made the government army fight with the bandits again, and it would be impossible to kill them.

However, Bai Guangen himself rebelled with Huntianhou. He knew that many of the thieves did not actually want to be a thief. He originally didn't say this, but when he came into contact with Zhang Mingwei, he felt that this Duke Xingguo was very different from other officials and paid great attention to people's livelihood, so he asked.

After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei did not hesitate and immediately replied: "As long as you really want to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, the court does not want to kill everyone. Therefore, you can accept the court's envoy, but you must accept the court's envoy unconditionally."

For example, when Zhang Xianzhong was recruiting in Gucheng, he put forward various conditions, not only not allowing the court to divide other troops, but also gathered together. This is obviously the kind of person who does not want to surrender sincerely and can rebel just by turning around.

Unfortunately, the Governor Xiong Wencan at that time wanted to make contributions and ignored the facts and agreed to his request. In the end, he himself paid the price of his life for it.

At this time, the reason why Zhang Mingwei made this promise was that in addition to not wanting to kill indiscriminately, it was already in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and the population of the Ming Dynasty had already been reduced. Especially in the north of the Ming Dynasty, many places had really reached the point where there was no rooster crowing thousands of miles away.

The most direct thing is that Zhang Mingwei led his army from the capital to Shanhaiguan. In addition to seeing people in the city, it is basically difficult to see people in other places. Some villages and villages were all ruins. Some were thieves, and more were harmed by Jianlu.

Of course, Zhang Mingwei, who traveled through time, had ambitions. Not only did he stave off Liaodong, but he also had to get a share of his pie and even defeat European countries in this era of great voyage. In this way, if the troops were sent to occupy overseas, the population would be indispensable.

Of course, in addition to this, the transformation of the thief into the main force of the Qing Dynasty during the Southern Ming Dynasty was also an important factor.

In addition, he also knew that there was a thief who was called a Buddhist soldier by the people. Not only did he treat the people well, but he even heard that when Jianlu invaded the pass at the end of the year, he also fought with Jianlu and rescued the people who were looted by Jianlu.

Once clearly recorded, it was Haizhou, which was the Battle of Lianyungang in later generations. The Mongolian soldiers in Jianlu captured the place and were besieged by these bandits, which made Jianlu retreat repeatedly and saved the people.

Not only that, he also said to the rescued people: You people were captured, and your parents at home want to give each person fifty cents of money to go back soon.

There are even rumors that Lin Qingzhou found another discovery, and the bandits led 400,000 troops to save the King of Lu in ten camps, and did not violate the people at all. The villagers called the Buddha soldiers.

In this regard, when Zhang Mingwei found the information, he was really surprised.

Therefore, such a bandit was really more like an official army than an official army in the late Ming Dynasty. It was a pity that the leader of this bandit was eventually killed by Li Zicheng and his subordinates were also annexed by him.

At this time, after explaining to the five guerrillas, Zhang Mingwei sent another Jinyiwei lieutenant in their army, with ten people in each army, totaling fifty people.

He heard him seriously explain: "You must not interfere in the march and war. Just manage and verify military merits and negotiate money and grain with the local government. If the local officials do not have food and grass reserves, they will ask them to collect from the local gentry and deal with them as needed to prevent the thief. Now, fighting the thief is the top priority of the court. If the local officials have to do a good job, the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel is excellent. If they resist and do not cooperate, they will be taken on the spot and the deputy will be temporarily replaced."

"Also, if local gentry pays money and food, they must record it truthfully. The court will receive rewards and preferential treatment in the future." After Zhang Mingwei said this, he paused slightly and said, "You can also emphasize this matter. It is best not to be strong. Tell them that if the thief gains power, they will have nothing to do with money."

The implication is that if you refuse to cooperate, you will use strong ones.

In fact, the food and grass for two thousand people is just a transit, and there are not many. Of course, if there are two thousand today, two days tomorrow, and two thousand the day after tomorrow, it is estimated that the local people will not be able to bear it. However, in this case, you have to bear it even if you can't stand it.

The five guerrillas next to him immediately felt his sincerity as Duke Xingguo explained in detail, and immediately became full of confidence in what he had promised before.

In this way, the few of them will be more confident in the future.

After all the explanations, Zhang Mingwei suddenly remembered something and said to all of them: "You are going to participate in the Kaifeng Battle. You should pay special attention to something. I am afraid that someone will jump over the wall and dig up the Yellow River embankment."

Speaking of this, Zhang Mingwei said very seriously: "Once the Yellow River breaks and the lives of life are in danger, the consequences will be unpredictable. Therefore, this matter must not be allowed to happen!"

Generally speaking, such things will not be done by normal people. However, if the war continues, it is possible to lose your mind and lose your mind.

In the original history, Kaifeng eventually fell because someone dug up the Yellow River embankment and washed Kaifeng city with the Yellow River water.

There are two rumors here. One is that Li Zicheng beat Kaifeng three times but failed to hit him. He also paid the price of one eye for this. He was so angry that he ordered this to happen.

Another rumor is that when the reinforcements were waiting for a long time, they were about to be unable to hold on, they sent people to break up the Yellow River embankment and wanted to drown Li Zicheng's troops outside the city. As a result, Li Zicheng knew in advance and avoided the high place, but instead washed away his Kaifeng city.

Which of these two rumors is true and which one is false is no longer distinguishable in future generations.

But the fact that the Yellow River embankment is true.

Therefore, in order to prevent accidents, Zhang Mingwei specifically emphasized that they must pay attention to this point.

The five people disagree with this. After all, the matter of digging the Yellow River embankment is angered by both humans and gods. How many people have the courage to do this?

However, since Duke Xingguo had given the explanation, they certainly agreed repeatedly on the surface.

So, Bai Guangen, Wang Tingchen, Tang Tong, Ma Ke and Wu Sangui, the five former generals, today's guerrillas, each led two thousand troops to Henan.

After they left, Zhang Mingwei was leaving, so he would naturally explain to Yan Yingyuan: "Zuo Yingxuan is mainly busy with the resettlement of the Great Wall of Liaodong military and civilians and reorganize various defenses. The matters at Shanhaiguan are mainly depend on you!"

"Don't worry, the last general is here. If Jianlu dares to attack, they will definitely teach them a lesson!" Yan Yingyuan immediately assured with confidence.

From an unknown Jiangyin History, a sudden promotion or an unprecedented promotion speed, he directly became the general of Shanhaiguan who guarded one side. He naturally showed twelve points of ability to prove that he really had this ability and lived up to the recommendation of the Duke of the People.

Of course, Zhang Mingwei believed in his ability, so he nodded and said, "The fleet here is all under your command. But it should not be enough. I will ask the emperor to transfer some more ships from Denglai. The purpose is only one, to harass Jianlu, and not to let them collect grain with peace of mind. Don't be petty, go and grab grain with Jianlu, and burn it directly. Talent is the most important thing."

There are really people in the court who are easy to do. When Yan Yingyuan heard Zhang Mingwei's promise, he could send him more ships, and was overjoyed.

If a large area like Ningyuan is given up, Jianlu must divide his troops. Moreover, there will definitely be heavy troops stationed in Ningyuan City. In this way, Jianlu's little force will definitely divide the troops from other places.

If you start from sea, Jianlu will definitely be unable to defend against it. The more ships, the more troops you will be deployed at one time, and the higher the chance of success will be.

Thinking of this, Yan Yingyuan immediately agreed quickly, and then hesitated for a moment, and then reported to Zhang Mingwei: "Duke, when I was in Jiangyin Dianshi, I had dealt with the pirate Gu Sanmazi. This man is loyal and not bad. Can you recruit me here? At the end, I will do my best to harass Jianlu!"

Hearing this, Zhang Mingwei smiled. Although Yan Yingyuan was careful, afraid that he would not agree. However, he had a very clear understanding of the 81st day in Jiangyin.

At the beginning, he thought about writing a book that traveled through time in the late Ming Dynasty, so he started from Jiangyin to defend the city. For this reason, he checked a lot of information and even bought a book that specialized in studying and recording the 81st day of Jiangyin.

This Gu Sanmazi is indeed a loyal person. After being impressed by Yan Yingyuan's three arrows, Jianlu also led his fleet to rescue him when he attacked Jiangyin.
Chapter completed!