Chapter 980: Enemy Suppression of Bandits

After walking through Yongping Prefecture and crossing Shanhaiguan, the army entered Liao Town. Although the situation in Liaodong and northern Liaoning was tense, there was no abnormality in western Liaoning.

The forts, thousand houses and the acropolis along the way are all respectfully supplied. From the tension and solemnity on these people's faces, some traces of the war are perhaps seen.

With the support of Wang Tong, the Jinyiwei and the Sanjiang system have already laid enough eyeliners and hidden stakes in Liao Town. At this time, they both played a role and news was continuously transmitted.

"The troops from our Liao Town have always been going out to save others, but now they are backwards. What's going on!"

There are also words like this, and everyone laughed and ignored it.

The thousand households can pull out more than a hundred people to fight, and there can be almost more than a thousand guards. According to Wang Xijue's guess, Wang Tong went from western Liaoning to Chenyang, and the elite troops along the way had to gather together, so that a large army of sufficient size could confront the Jurchens and the coalition forces of the Mengua.

However, Wang Tong didn't expect that he would not do this at all. Every time he went to a place, the military officers and several military generals would post the list, go to crowded places to shout, and recruit loyal and brave men.

You are required to bring your own horses and armor. You can buy supplies from the army, but the army will never provide them and must accept the command of the army. This kind of recruitment will give benefits. The benefits given by Wang Tong are also very simple. After defeating, you will have dozens of times the benefits.

Not to mention the conditions, if you really follow, this army will have various ways to take the exam. If you can't pass the test, it means you are not qualified and you don't want to go.

Such promises are the same as not saying anything. Who would take it seriously? But those who dare to come under such conditions are all brave men. Military towns like Liao Town have a martial spirit. Seeing such recruitment conditions, it certainly blocked a large number of people, but there were also those desperate and arrogant people who came to surrender.

However, when he arrived at Ningyuanwei, such talents recruited more than 500 people. According to the news obtained by Wang Tong, if it were not for the secret activities of Li Sanshi, the guerrilla in Xuanfu, it would be great to recruit more than 200 people. After all, Li Sanshi was Li Rusong's personal guard leader. He was a direct lineage of the Li family's generals, so naturally there were people who could hope, which could be considered a guarantee.

It is a good thing to have a large number of people, but Wang Tong issued strict orders to take the exam strictly and those who do not meet the standards will definitely not be allowed. This practice makes it very awkward.

Everyone is here to fight for you, and you have many requests besides making empty promises. Now you still think there are too many people but not enough. I really don’t know what you think.

When we passed Ningyuanwei, it was already the eighth day of the first lunar month. The army was not slow in marching. After spending so long on the road, Wang Xijue and Wang Tong's relationship has become much closer, at least to the point where they can chat.

Wang Xijue was almost fifty years old, and was born in a wealthy family. He has been living a pampered life since he was a child. Outside the pass, the coldest time in the first month, Wang Xijue was not afraid of hardship. The carriage he was given was only at night when he went to bed. In the rest, he rode a horse and wandered around the army surrounded by several family guards.

After all, it was during the war and during the march, as the supervisor, running around everywhere, safety was also a problem. Wang Tongshao had to arrange people to guard the guard, but when he was escorting, he specifically reminded him that the supervisor Wang could do whatever he wanted, just watch from a distance and do not interfere, so as not to make trouble.

But Wang Xijue did not incite the morale of the army, nor did he win the hearts of the people, nor did he talk to the generals in depth. He just looked at or asked questions every day, but he looked like an old child who saw new things.

When the army passed Songshan and arrived at Dalinghe Fort, we could feel the atmosphere tense. The forts and hamlets along the way were ready.

But after knowing that it was the imperial army, the people who provided reception were thoroughly provided. Sun Shoulian, the deputy general of Liaonan, also came here and systematically introduced the situation here.

There are now 30,000 people in Shenyang City, more than 10,000 ancient people, and the rest are the Jurchens in Haixi and other tribes in the Jurchens in Jianzhou. According to the inquiry, Nurhaci spread news that gold, silver and treasures are piled up in Shenyang City, and countless food utensils are also numerous. Many of the female members of the generals of the Ming army were stranded in the city.

If the city could be opened, the wealthy women in the city would not be taken away by Jianzhou Jurchens and distributed them to everyone. This temptation made the ancients and the Haixi Jurchen tribes crazy, and they would concentrate their efforts to attack the city of Zhongwei in Shenyang and siege.

Chenyang Zhongwei is the second largest city in Liao Town. The city has solid defense and sufficient strength in the city. It is also sufficient to accumulate food and grass. It will be difficult to defeat it for a while.

The trouble now is that the Jurchens and the ancients used the Han people collected from the surrounding villages as vanguards, and used the captured Liao Town soldiers to make siege equipment. In this offensive and defensive battle, the more difficult the defending side of the city was the Liao Town deputy general Ma Lin and his troops.

After Li Chengliang and his nephew retreated to Liaoyang for preparation, Li Chengliang's son Li Ruzhen led another 3,000 elite troops back to Chenyang in Liaoyang.

This also shows that the people who besieged Chenyang City were not so tightly. However, it was difficult for Sun Shoulian to send people in several times next, and some people were even lost to the city. This shows that the level of siege and siege is gradually improving.

The main force of the coalition forces of the various divisions of the Gu were placed on Tielingwei and Anlezhou Sanwanwei, clearing these two obstacles. The grasslands in Liaodong and Liaobei were all the same, but the Tielingwei and Anlezhou Sanwanwei still had strength. Because when Li Chengliang sent troops, these two places were the key and guarded the rear route, so they left enough troops. Although the coalition forces of the various divisions of the Gu were strong this time, the people who attacked the city might be placed under Shenyang City, and they could also hold on with the strong city to defend this side.

The situation on these two sides can be said to be a stalemate between the Ming army, but if I saw Nurhaci's activities in Jianzhou Jurchen, I would not think so.

Now Nurhaci's younger brother Shurhaci led 4,000 Jurchens in Jianzhou and 3,000 savage Jurchens to mobilize the area east of Shenyang to the north of Lianshan Pass.

The fortresses and fortresses of the Ming army in Liao Town were removed. There were not many defenders in these fortresses and villages around them. They didn’t take much time to fight and got a lot of supplies from them. This was actually to consolidate their own occupied areas. There was a very bad news, that some local rich local families simply joined the Jianzhou Jurchen team. Even worse news was that Lianshan Pass was actually south of the Prince River. The defense line set up by Sun Shoulian along the fortresses on both sides of the Prince River had actually been broken. Now the forts were either falling or becoming an isolated city.

Nurhaci was in Hetulala, while resting the elite forces of Jianzhou Jurchens, while using the wealth he plundered in victory to recruit savage Jurchens, and constantly tempted the various tribes of the Haixi Jurchens and the ancient tribes who were still watching, constantly strengthening their own strength.

This news is not a secret to Wang Xijue. After hearing this notice, Wang Xijue's mood of wandering around and looking at the freshness suddenly disappeared and he began to worry. Wang Tong was not surprised by this. Instead, he talked about Nurhaci when he was chatting with Cai Nan in private. Although this man is not old, he is not young. The step-by-step plan is not just a "wisdom khan".

After Wang Xijue was silent for a few days, the army arrived at Haizhou Wei, Haizhou Wei and Gaizhou Wei one north and south, guarding the western Liaoning Corridor. After passing Haizhou Wei, it entered the heart of Liao Town.

When he was in Haizhou Guard, Li Chengliang sent his son Li Rubai to greet him. In fact, according to the identities of Wang Xijue, Wang Tong and Chen Ju, if Li Chengliang does not come in person, it would be a great rude.

Wang Tong may not pick on these, but Wang Xijue and Chen Ju were a little unhappy when they saw Li Rubai. Li Rubai naturally understood this truth and gave him a heavy gift after explaining the reason. Li Chengliang fell ill after returning to Liaoyang. A famous general who was circulating in the northern border was defeated by his original slaves, and his spirit and body were suddenly destroyed.

After entering the hinterland of Liao Town, I finally felt the atmosphere of war. The enemy's cavalry naturally could not enter. However, when Liao Town retreated, there were many defeated soldiers scattered. Some were gathered, while others were scattered as bandits and acted on the ground. Their plan was simple. They were happy first and then went back to join the army. In addition to these people, there were some local idle people. Seeing the situation collapsed, no one could care about local public security. They also started to make trouble. They not only took advantage of the situation to rob, but also colluded with the riots, which made the disaster even more.

The army left for less than a day, because seeing the strict discipline of the imperial army, many villages along the way came to cry and complained, saying that the bandits were rampant and the army was asked to wipe out.

For this request, considering the people, we should indeed suppress bandits and think about the army, and we can't afford to delay time here. Wang Xijue thought it was a dilemma, but Wang Tong simply solved it.

Now there are nearly a thousand people who are recruited by Wang Tong as "Royal and brave" whom Wang Tong has gathered all of these people and sent someone to say:

"A bandit's head is two taels of silver, and the property on the bandit belongs to you. Those who kill good and promiscuous will be beheaded. Those who report kill good and promiscuous will have to be reported. The army will not wait for you. After the disposal, catch up!"

These words were also written as notices, and the villages along the way were circulated, with one head of two taels, which was more powerful than military merit. Besides, the brave men are brave and powerful, and they are sure to kill and kill the defeated rogues. Not to mention them, even the villages along the way took action after they received the news.

The first one handed over the head was a village closest to the army. With five heads and ten taels of fresh silver hair, everyone's enthusiasm suddenly rose. The bandits that had been rampant for a period of time were quickly eliminated. Wang Tong spent less than three thousand taels of silver.
Chapter completed!