Yang Guozhu held the account book, which was the record book for the military pay distribution: "It is okay to write a seal here, press a fingerprint."

In ancient times, there was no computer comparison of fingerprints, so what was the use of pressing a handprint on the contract? In fact, it began to appear in the ancient Qin Dynasty, and by the Tang Dynasty it had developed very maturely. The "Xiweng Lu" of the Song Dynasty fully recorded the records of determining cases through fingerprints.

Considering that most of the soldiers in the army were ignorant, they either drew circles and pressed their fingerprints.

In this way, Hu Jingyi and Wu Mingzhi pressed their handprints on the account book in a daze.

Then, Yang Guozhu closed the account book: "Hu Jingyi, I will see what happened to you when you walk?"

"Oh, if you go back to the general, your little external injuries are almost healed."

Yang Guozhu nodded: "Okay, in three days, you two will settle your family and return to the camp quickly."

When they returned to the camp, the veterans knew that they might be fighting a big battle. The two nodded together and then bowed to take the order.

In this way, the Guanning Jin defense line, the eight generals, and their soldiers were summoned back to the camp one after another. Importantly, each soldier paid a full military pay.

Now, the morale of the entire army has been completely renewed. It is no exaggeration to say that if Huang Taiji had attacked at this time, these Ming soldiers would have torn them apart.

Songshan, Hong Chengchou assembled eight generals under him to listen to the lectures of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

For him, the governor of Ji Liao, the crown prince’s trip was nothing more than to promote the grace of the court. Besides, he was just a military supervisor and had no real power.

In addition, the crown prince is young, so Hong Chengchou did not think much about it.

Unexpectedly, when Zhu Cilang summoned the generals to give a lecture, Hong Chengchou felt something was wrong.

The eight generals, Wang Pu, Yang Guozhu, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, Cao Bianjiao, Ma Ke, Wang Tingchen, and Wu Sangui. Zhu Cilang did not make too much evaluation of these historical figures. At least, they were all useful at this time.

"All the soldiers, I came to express my condolences to all the soldiers by the emperor. I know that you have suffered in this wild border. The court is ashamed of you. Over the years, you have been owed money and delayed money, which has caused you, the soldiers of Liaodong, to have not received the treatment you deserve. But what I want to say is that from now on, the court will not owe you a penny of Liao salary.

In war, those who make meritorious rewards are rewarded! Those who charge in the former will be rewarded! Those who kill the enemy will be rewarded! Those who disobey the orders in front of the formation will be killed. Those who fled at the battle will be killed. Those who surrender to the enemy will be defeated..." Zhu Cixuan looked around the soldiers, his eyes cold.

Silence, a brief silence. Summiting to the enemy is to be a traitor and despised by the world. However, there were never a shortage of traitors in the Ming army. There were many Han surrendered generals in Huangtaiji's army.

Then Zhu Cixuan continued: "Those who dare to surrender to the enemy will be slaves forever. Your names will be engraved on the pillar of shame in history, and among your descendants, you will be infamous forever. If you do not want to be a traitor and do not want your descendants to be slaves forever, follow this prince and kill!"
Chapter completed!