On the third day of the second year of Chongzhen.
Weather, heavy snow!
It was almost noon, but the sun could not see the shadows, and the sky was gloomy.
Snowflakes are all over the sky, flying around in the howling north wind, sweeping across the white world.
This snow has been falling for half a month. The wind and snow are moving rapidly, and the vast army has to slow down the speed of the march in such weather.
Fortunately, Li Xiu knew the harm of winter to the army, so he spent a lot of money early on to allocate winter jackets, coal and dry firewood to the army.
Such careful preparation will not affect combat effectiveness too much.
Winter has arrived, and the turbulent Liao River has been frozen.
At this time in previous years, Korqin and other tribes in the southern desert would definitely meet with the Later Jin Jurchens to select strong warriors and participate in the Winter Hunting Ceremony.
And this year, it is obviously destined to be no longer there, and there will be no such ceremony for a long time in the future.
With the great victory in the north and south of the desert, the Ming Dynasty's military front was no longer able to stop it in the entire desert!
In the past, the bustling Liaohe River, only the vaguely and prosperous future rivers, were only the vaguely Later Jin roars staying, waiting for a result they had known long ago.
Rumble...
The dull sound as thunderous as thunder, from looming to becoming clearer. In the wind and snow, the surging iron cavalry and the surging sun and moon bright flags finally appeared in the eyes of these waiting Hou Jin racers.
Zhenbeihou... is here!
"Kill the thief!"
An iron cavalry rushed out, and the frost-like blade, accompanied by cold shouts, was clearly heard into the ears of these scouts of the Later Jin Dynasty.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
The Later Jin cavalry fled rapidly, and in the Liaohe River Basin, a song of chasing and escaping was performed.
Of course, these are just insignificant tracks for this huge army and are not worth mentioning.
With the crowds of troops, the central army's flag was also stained with a layer of white frost. Li Xiu stopped his horse and looked around.
"Send the order to rest on the spot, so that the Huotou Army can quickly prepare the cold-driving medicine soup!"
"Abide by the order!"
A soldier rushed away. As the military order was conveyed, the marching sequence that stretched for dozens of miles slowly stopped.
The sky was filled with wind and snow, but the fire was like stars, filling the continuous march sequence. Bowls of steaming medicine soup were poured into the abdomen of the soldiers, and the qi and blood surged, which also dispelled the condensed chill.
For the Ming Dynasty, these were already common, but for the men of the Mongolian tribe who were accompanying them, they were a dreamy treatment.
When they marched and fought in winter, how could they have received such treatment? If a group of people don’t freeze to death every year, can it be called a cold winter?
Of course, for these Mongolian men, these are still secondary. The reason why they are all very motivated in this winter is to reward silver!
After joining the Mongolian tribes, in order to make these Mongolian tribes work harder, Li Xiu also issued a order to kill the enemy to these Mongolian tribes.
That is, a Jurchen Tatar head, twenty taels of silver!
In fact, the silver reward has also shrunk significantly.
For example, in the Ming Dynasty, during the war in the capital, according to the Ming Dynasty's first reward system for the Northern Barbarians, a head of the Northern Barbarians was killed, and the silver reward was as high as fifty taels! Moreover, if you don't reward silver, you will be promoted directly to one level.
However, things are precious because of scarcity. With the two great victories in the capital, the number of Beiliu was as high as tens of thousands. Moreover, this is still real, without any false reports of beheadings.
Therefore, after reporting the military achievements, the court officials were worried.
In the past, they could also discount the silver reward, but the war happened under their noses, and the piles of people were clear and could be checked and confirmed at any time.
Fortunately, the treasury in the end contributed funds and jointly collected 1.5 million taels of silver as a reward silver with the Taicang Treasury, so he barely filled the pit.
However, after barely maintaining the decency of the court, the court immediately revised the system of rewarding silver for the first merits, from the original beheading one Beilu, one level, if not, one level of rewarding fifty silver, to kill one person, twenty taels of silver, three people were responsible for the first merits, and one level of promotion.
Of course, this is just the first merit system issued by the court. Among the army controlled by Li Xiu, this first merit system is also different. It is probably the same as the court. The only difference is that the so-called official promotion is one level. If such soldiers are sent to the Martial Arts Academy for further study, such generals need to be assessed.
Moreover, in the army, Li Xiu never liked any false positions or the system of first-class merit, and there was no false positions to be given. Therefore, every position is a real position of power, and it is smooth all the way from above.
The reward of silver was less, so there were naturally a lot of complaints to the Ming soldiers, but for these Mongolian tribes, it was undoubtedly a surprise.
Especially for the soldiers at the bottom of Mongolia, it was a complete and unexpected fortune. After all, the benefits promised by the Ming Dynasty were for the Mongolian powerful people, who were dragged to work hard with just a command.
Now, one head, twenty taels of silver reward!
As long as you carry the head and enter the military's first meritorious service, after passing the inspection, you will be a waste of money and you will never be owed!
Judging from the bulging wallets of many Mongolian men and their smiles, it can be clearly seen that their gains in this battle were definitely not small.
In fact, this extra bonus of first-class silver has really played a huge role.
In the south and north of the desert, the contributions of the Mongolian tribes in the two wars cannot be ignored. Nearly half of the beheadings were obtained by the Mongolian tribes.
For example, this time, the Mongolian tribes set out from the south of the desert to Liaodong, and the morale of the Mongolian tribes was also high and were not affected by the cold winter weather at all.
"Brother Xiu, this is what the Mongols call Old Hamulun, the Liaohe River. The thief chief Nurhaci met with the Korqin tribes here, detoured through Mongolia, and knocked on Jizhen..."
On the ice surface, the horse's hooves suddenly stopped. Erwazi pointed to the clearly visible traces of the river's ice not far away and explained to Li Xiu.
Li Xiu glanced at the frozen river channel and then looked at the Erwazi who was already quite arrogant and had a reasonable and well-founded attitude beside him.
This look caught my eye, and a hint of relief appeared between Li Xiu's eyebrows. This stupid boy finally became a talent!
From the performance of Jizhen to the Monan War, we can see that this Erwazi, who had been following him and laughing foolishly, served as the general in Jizhen. He stood alone for more than half a year and had already completed his transformation and became a qualified and excellent general.
"The dangers of Liao Town must be prevented."
In a while, Erwazi advised in a deep voice:
"Once Liao Town and Later Jin are completely together, the situation will be corrupt again..."
"With constant response to changes, let's see how Liao Town chooses!"
Li Xiu shook his head. At this point, in fact, no matter how Liao Town chooses, the situation is already very clear.
The imperial court could no longer trust Liao Town, and Liao Town could no longer have the special status as before.
It is impossible to do all the best in this battle, and it is impossible to destroy the Later Jin Dynasty.
The purpose of sending troops to Liaodong this time was to deter the Later Jin and Liao Town, and to rescue the tens of thousands of troops trapped in Natashan.
Chapter completed!