Zhu Cilang did not disappoint any evaluation of these historical figures. Hong Chengchou was a traitor when he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Wu Sangui was a traitor when he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. These were not important to him.

Because it is the 13th year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou was the governor of Ji Liao, and Wu Sangui was the general of the border. Before the wheel of history rolled forward, they were all powerful generals loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

As long as you can fight and make contributions to the court, Zhu Cilang will continue to reuse them.

Due to the limitations of transportation technology, relying on manpower to transport military pay to the border, the speed of traveling is very slow.

In the 13th year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji led a large army to detach the border, and the Battle of Songjin officially kicked off.

Fortunately, Zhu Cilang knew that time was enough. At this speed of travel, he could arrive at the Jinzhou front before Jiannu.

In June of the 13th year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji commanded the Qing troops to come to Jinzhou and began a protracted war of besieging the city. It was February, and Zhu Cixuan and the others could reach the Jinzhou defense line around the beginning of March.

Li Shouyan, the general of Changping, was worried that the Crown Prince Zhu Cilang would not be able to stand the long journey. When he arrived in Fengning County, Li Shouyan dismounted and walked to Zhu Cilang's carriage, bowed and said, "Your Highness, we have been away for more than ten days. Why not rest in Fengning County for a few days before setting off."

Zhu Cixuan lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked at the marching team in front and shook his head: "No, keep on rushing. Liaodong Jiannu will invade soon, so we can't delay it."

Li Shouyan was puzzled. Is the Crown Prince confused? How did you know that Jiannu was coming to attack the border? But the Crown Prince insisted on moving forward, and he couldn't say anything, just bowed: "The last one will obey the order."

At this time, Changping General Li Shouyan led three thousand Ming soldiers to the north to escort Liaodong military pay. It seemed that the three thousand iron armor was majestic and protected the whole country, but in fact there were great dangers along the way.

At this time, the domestic bandits were in trouble. If someone learned that the Ming army had 800,000 taels of military pay, they would inevitably be coveted by others. Although they did not dare to confront the Ming army head-on, they would not be sure to use any secret tricks.

Of course, it is impossible to eat 800,000 taels of silver. After all, the 3,000 soldiers of the Ming army are not affordable to a group of bandits. If they intercepted halfway, it would not be impossible to steal it by more than 100,000 taels.

Therefore, Li Shouyan did not dare to neglect the matter along the way. The soldiers who guarded the military pay guarded their wings and escorted the people recruited from the transport to drive their carriages all the way north.

At this time, the disadvantages of the post station's removal began to appear.

Without the stations along the way, traffic information is not available. The official roads are neglected all year round, and many roads are rugged and difficult to walk.

The carriage that Zhu Cilang was riding was not as comfortable as that of later generations. If this kind of wooden wheel carriage was driven on a gentle road in the city, it would be acceptable if it was slower.

If it is a rugged mountain road, sitting inside will cause you to suffer. How can you say this feeling behaves like Zhu Cixuan riding a bicycle with a tire pierced.

As he bumped, rotated, and jumped, Zhu Cilang jumped all the way in the carriage like dice in a dice. He felt that his body was bumped and was about to fall apart.

When you are bored, Zhu Cilang will sing. Along with the bumpy carriage, the sound from Zhu Cilang's throat was rhythmically intermittent: "Ah, ah, ah... huh, huh... huh... huh... huh... huh... huh... huh..."

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In Songshan, Jinzhou, the governor of Ji Liao, Hong Chengchou frowned. As a veteran guarding the border, Hong Chengchou is very sure that judging from the frequent movements of Jiannu, they want to attack.

The soldiers disagreed and still did their own thing. There is a fact that they had to admit that even the Ming army, which was ten times as good as the Jiannu, would be difficult to defeat the other side when the decisive battle in the plains.

Jiannu's cavalry combat effectiveness can be said to be the peak in the era of cold weapons, while the Ming army's firearms had great limitations.

Gucheng was the biggest advantage of the Ming army.

Defending the city and taking advantage of the geographical advantage can prevent the attack of defending Jiannu. Therefore, the soldiers felt that even if Jiannu attacked, they would just be fine.

Hong Chengchou knew that things were not that simple. Huang Taiji was not an easy character to deal with. This person was good at fighting and had many tricks. He was good at using surprise attacks, which made people unable to defend against.

Restraining subordinates and fighting steadily is the way to defeat the enemy.

The problem is that at this time, the subordinates were already complaining, and there was no food or salary, so the soldiers still had the strength to fight.

Even the elite Guanning Iron Cavalry in Liaodong, the reason why they can fight is because the homes of Guanning Iron Cavalry soldiers are here.

There are their homes, their relatives and their land here. When Jiannu came, the Guanning Iron Cavalry would fight to the death to protect their families and land.

The problem now is that there is no money. The court's military pay has been delayed again and again, and the military pay has not been settled for most of the year, so the soldiers have to support their families.

The Ming Dynasty court was so depressed by the soldiers, who would be willing to fight for you? It is said that Jiannu treated surrendered prisoners well. If he had not been unwilling to take the charge of a traitor, he would have surrendered to Jiannu's side long ago.

"Mr. Hong, when will the military pay from the court be paid?" left governor Cao Bianjiao came and asked.

Who was Cao Bianjiao? He was from Datong, Shanxi, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty. The nephew of Cao Wenzhao. He was brave and powerful. When he was young, he followed Cao Wenzhao to serve in the army. He suppressed the rebels many times and was highly valued by the emperor. He was appointed as the generals of the generals, deputy generals, assistant generals, left governors, and generals. At that time, Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao were called generals of Cao in the Ming Dynasty.

After Cao Wenzhao's death, he followed Hong Chengchou to guard the border.

How fierce is Cao Bianjiao? He once fought against the rebels and Jiannu and looked for teeth. He even almost rushed into the Qing army camp and killed Huang Taiji. History was almost rewritten because of him.

The northwest was very chaotic at that time, like the sweeping king and Li Laochai, who dared to "do the way for heaven" if he pulled Zhang Hushang. Tens of thousands of people whistled by, which was difficult to deal with.

Cao Wenzhao's three thousand Ming troops at that time seemed a little shabby. In fact, soldiers are more important than elites, not as much as Cao Binjiao.

The thieves were all a group of mobs. Once they took office, Cao Bianjiao showed extraordinary talent and led thousands of individuals to chase and fight against the thieves. It can be said that they will win the battle and defeat the attack. It took only a few months to basically eliminate the thieves in Shaanxi.

The thief was really scared by him, so he ran all the way, and Cao Bianjiao followed him to chase him all the way.

At that time, in the south of Tongguan, Cao Bianjiao was the main attacker, and he threw away all his wife when he attacked Li Zicheng, and only seven subordinates fled in a panic.

In the Battle of Songjin, Huang Taiji besieged Songshan, and the Ming army fled and fled. Only Cao Bianjiao counterattacked and rushed into Huang Taiji's camp for a while. A group of fierce generals around Huang Taiji could not resist, and almost let Cao Bianjiao's army take the head of the general from it.

Huang Taiji was scared to death, but unfortunately, the enemy was too many in the end. Cao Bianjiao was captured by several arrows and died heroically after he died in the country.
Chapter completed!