The grass was green and the spring breeze was slightly drunk. At the end of May of the second year of Tianqi, two major events occurred in Ponu City. One was that more than 300 spies from Jurchen Tartars and more than 300 Jurchen prisoners were executed. The other was that Zhang Ping'an, the commander of the Ponu Army, and his woman Lu Ruge, took out acne juice from the cow in front of everyone and planted it on the wound cut on his left arm.

The first thing shocked the new people in Ponu City and surrounding cities. They had heard before that General Zhang killed people like a murderer. As long as he dared to escape on the battlefield, he would definitely be beheaded. It is said that he killed more than 700 deserters at one time. They thought this was a legend, but the scene of more than 700 Jurchen spies being beheaded at the same time still deeply shocked people's imagination space.

The second thing they thought was even more outrageous. Cultivating cowpox can prevent and treat smallpox is simply a fantasy. But Marshal Zhang was so stubborn that he had to do this. Not only did he want to do this, but he also asked his women to do this too. This was much more shocking than killing the Tartar spy. Marshal Zhang did not stop after planting cowpox. It is said that he personally took the action to break the dead spy and slander it again.

This is not the end. Zhang Dashuai gathered all the commanders together and forced them to plant cowpox. It was said that the slave army had to be vaccinated with cowpox, and if they were not grown cowpox, they would be fired and punished for hard labor.

As a result, the most loyal personal barracks were first vaccinated with cowpox, and then all the children in the Jinlang Camp, no matter how they cried, were forced to be pressed by the soldiers in the personal barracks, and were vaccinated with cowpox. Even the scholars with the highest opposition did not escape the claws of Zhang Dashuai. They cried one by one, and were also killed by Zhang Dashuai's personal barracks. It is said that Premier Chen Liang, Vice Premier Long Tao, and Zhang Dashuai personally planted acne for them.

It seems that after the army of the Pokémon, it is time for the people to farm. However, no one dares to disobey Marshal Zhang's instructions, just act like to accompany Marshal Zhang for a mad time! Anyway, no one is dead. If he can really resist smallpox, Zhang Dashi will be a living Bodhisattva who will descend to earth and save the people.

The first large-scale vaccination in Ponucheng began with such rumors of belief and disbelief. However, their Zhang Dashen was already making final preparations for the transaction with the Ming Dynasty.

On that day, Zhang Ping'an convened the leaders of various departments and the main person in charge of the Zongli Yamen to hold a meeting. He made final arrangements for the transaction in Ningyuan, Daming.

The meeting room of the Grand Marshal's Mansion was full of people. Everyone whispered to each other and expressed strong dissatisfaction with the acne, but no one dared to accuse Zhang Ping'an. After all, the Grand Marshal had never done any ridiculous things. Their wise and powerful Marshal Zhang was basically correct in major events. Personal worship and blind obedience were born in this atmosphere.

Zhang Ping'an entered the conference hall and did not say hello to everyone as usual, but directly picked up the instruction stick and asked Gu Xin to open the map. This is a map of Liaodong, a line to Duoyan's department, clearly marked on the map. He glanced at the venue with his eyes, and the venue immediately became silent.

He pointed to the map and said in a solemn voice: "This military discussion is to trade strategic materials urgently needed by our army with the Ming Dynasty. This transaction is related to the victory or defeat of our army at the end of the year. So! I ask!"

Everyone in the venue stood up according to the regulations when they heard him say: When I asked, Zhang Ping'an nodded with satisfaction, then pressed his hands and signaled everyone to sit down.

Then he said, "This time I led three of the five thousand corps of the personal military camp, Yu Guangcai's unit, Liu Chong's unit, Xu Liang's unit, and Xu Zhen's unit. About 27,000 combat troops went on a battle. At the same time, he brought 20,000 auxiliary soldiers and 13,000 four-wheeled carriages. Among them, 170 bed crossbows, 3,000 flower pottery bullets, and 15,000. During my departure, Chen Peng was responsible for military affairs. Chen Liang's civil affairs chief arrested. He was responsible for public security! Yi'an followed me. Do you understand!"

"Yes! Grand Marshal!" Everyone stood up to accept the order.

Zhang Ping'an asked everyone to sit down and said to Long Tao: "Scholar Long, this time I plan to bring only 10,000 taels of gold and not silver. I guess I can bring back a lot of silver."

Long Tao had long seen Zhang Dashuai's ability as a profiteer, so he laughed back: "That's! Dashuai has never done any loss-making business!"

Zhang Ping'an said seriously to Chen Pai: "After I leave, you will go back to Ponucheng to take charge. There must be no accident in Huang Zhimen's trestle! There is also the temporary trestle to the west, so it is best to remove it!"

Chen Poe solemnly accepted the order: "I will definitely not disappoint the general!"

Huang Zhi also stood up to accept the order: "Yes! Grand Marshal!"

Zhang Ping'an nodded and pointed at the map with the instruction stick: "I have drawn a map of the city wall construction for everyone. As for how to build the foundation of the wall, the Guxin General Staff Department will give guidance suggestions to various departments. Here we will be specially praised by Hu Ming, Zhang Li, and Wu Tianxing. They recognize their words quickly and can basically write reports! However, during the time when Hu Ming's army was stationed in Ponu City, they must pay attention to the curfew at night. Don't take advantage of the loopholes by the Tartars! Also, each department must cooperate with Yang Wei's errands. No matter who it is, they must report the silver and get the silver to deal with it!"

The left-behind commander stood up again to receive the order.

Long Tao stood up and bowed to Zhang Ping'an, pointed to the map, and raised objections to Zhang Dashuai: "Master, look at the map to the west. If we demolish the pier, it will inevitably affect the construction progress of the western obstacle zone. I suggest whether a defensive castle can be built first at the western bridgehead. In this way, the construction of the western defense zone can be guaranteed, and there is no need to worry about the safety of the two cities of Zheng Rong and Ping Rong."

Long Tao's proposal was unanimously supported by the left-behind leader. Zhang Ping'an thought about it and thought that Long Tao's suggestion was very safe. So he decided to implement Long Tao's strategy.

Zhang Ping'an turned around and asked Chen Liang: "How is Ma Jia's progress?"

Chen Liang secretly calculated to the fore: "If the general goes next month and goes to war, he will definitely have no problem with his soldiers and men with face armor. At the end of August, all the soldiers will be equipped with all the soldiers. They can only be equipped with leather armor. We still have too little iron!"

"I think it's enough to have leather armor! I saw the procurement of the Slave Army and let all the women in Ponu City have work to do. In this way, there is basically no idle food in Ponu City and its subordinate cities. It's so good!"

Zhang Ping'an pointed to the map again: "Sun Jingluo asked us to trade in Ningyuan this time, and he didn't have any good intentions. Look! The route of our march must be from Xiaolinghe, through Zhongzuo Tunwei, through Xingshan Post, Ningyuan Zhongzuo Inn, and finally to Ningyuan City. Although the Jurchens had retreated, I expect that we might have to fight the Tartars in a field."

Zhang Ping'an glanced at the commander who followed him to fight. He said with great confidence: "I carefully studied the map and summarized the recent situation of the Jurchen Tartars. Due to the restraint of Mao Wenlong's troops in Dongjiang, the Jurchen Tartars would not be dispatched. As long as we move quickly in the early stage, the Tartars can only monitor our troops at most. If the Tartars' soldiers are not five times more powerful than me, I will definitely be able to deal with him severely!"

Thanks to Zhang Ping'an's battle, there was no record of failure, all the commanders believed in the words of Zhang Dashen. Everyone felt that this time was another good opportunity to make contributions. Therefore, the commanders who failed to go to the battle were very jealous of the commanders who were named by the commanders.

We ordered everyone resolutely: "I decided! Go to Ningyuan before the 25th of next month! Please make sure to make all preparations!"
Chapter completed!