On the third day of December in the second year of Chongzhen.

Weather, snow!

It was almost noon, but the sun could not see a shadow, and the sky was gloomy.

Snowflakes filled the sky, fluttering wildly in the whistling north wind, sweeping the white world.

This snow has been falling for half a month in a row. The wind and snow are rushing, and the mighty soldiers have to slow down their marching speed under this weather.

Fortunately, Li Xiu was familiar with the dangers of winter to the army, so he spent a lot of money early to distribute winter jackets, coal and dry wood and other materials to the army.

Such thorough preparations will not affect the combat effectiveness too much.

Winter has come, and the turbulent Liaohe River has been frozen.

At this time in previous years, Horqin and other tribes in the southern desert would definitely join up with the Houjin Nuzhen here to select strong warriors and participate in the winter hunting ceremony.

And this year, obviously, there will be no such event, and there will be no such event for a long time to come.

With the great victory of Mobei and Monan, Daming's soldiers are already unstoppable in the entire Monan!

On the banks of the Liaohe River, which was bustling and prosperous in previous years, at this moment, only the looming Houjin Rangers stayed, waiting for a result they already knew.

Rumble…

The dull sound like thunder, from looming to clearer and clearer, between the wind and snow, the surging iron cavalry, the surging sun and moon and the bright flag, also finally appeared in the eyes of these hard-waiting Houjin Rangers.

Zhenbeihou...here!

"Kill the thief!"

There was an iron cavalry rushing out, a blade like frost, accompanied by a series of icy shouts, and it was also clearly transmitted to the ears of these Houjin scouts.

"Withdraw! Withdraw!"

The Houjin Ranger fled quickly, and in the Liaohe River Basin, a scene of chasing and fleeing was staged.

Of course, these, for this huge army, are just a trivial track, not worth mentioning.

Surrounded by ten thousand troops, the Chinese army was also stained with a layer of hoarfrost. Li Xiu stopped his horse and looked around.

"Send an order, the whole army rests on the spot, and let the Huotou army quickly prepare the herbal soup for expelling cold!"

"As ordered!"

A famous messenger galloped away, and with the transmission of the military order, this marching sequence that stretched for dozens of miles also slowly stagnated.

The wind and snow were all over the sky, but the firelight was like a star, filling the continuous marching sequence. Bowls of steaming medicinal soup were poured into the belly of the soldiers. .

For Daming, these have long been commonplace, but for the accompanying Mongolian tribesmen, this is a fantastic treatment.

When marching in winter, how could they have been treated like this? If a group of people don't freeze to death every year, can it still be called a cold winter?

Of course, for these Mongolian men, these are all secondary. The reason why they are still high morale in this big winter, the most important thing is to reward silver!

After joining with the Mongolian tribes, in order to make these Mongolian tribes work harder, Li Xiu also issued an order to kill these Mongolian tribes.

That is, the head of a Jurchen Tartar, twenty taels of silver!

In fact, this silver reward has also shrunk significantly.

For example, in Daming, during the first battle in the capital, according to the system of rewarding silver for the first meritorious service of the northern prisoners at that time, the head of a northern prisoner was beheaded, and the reward was as high as fifty taels of silver! Moreover, if you don't want to reward silver, you will be promoted to one level directly.

It's just that rare things are precious. With the two great victories in the capital, there are as many as tens of thousands of northern prisoners who have been killed by the array. Moreover, this is still real, and there is no falsely reported number of beheadings.

Therefore, after the military exploits were reported, the courtiers in the court were saddened.

In the past, they could also discount the reward silver, but the war happened before their eyes, and the pile of heads was also clear and could be checked and confirmed at any time.

Fortunately, in the end, it was still funded by internal funds, and together with the Taicang treasury, 1.5 million taels of silver were collected as a reward, and this hole was reluctantly filled.

It's just that after barely maintaining the dignity of the court that time, the court immediately revised the system of rewarding silver for the first merit. Twenty taels of silver, three people who have exhausted the first merit, and the official promotion level.

Of course, this is only the first merit system promulgated by the imperial court. In the army controlled by Li Xiu, this first merit system is also different. It is roughly the same as that of the imperial court. The only difference is the so-called official promotion. If they are soldiers, they will be sent to the martial arts academy for further study, and if they are generals, they will need to be assessed.

Moreover, in the army, Li Xiu had always disliked vacant positions, and there was no vacant position to be granted in the first merit system. Therefore, every position was a position of real power, from top to bottom, all the way.

For the lack of silver reward, there are naturally a lot of complaints for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but for these Mongolian tribes, it is undoubtedly a windfall.

Especially for the soldiers at the bottom of Mongolia, it is a complete windfall. After all, the benefits promised by Daming are for those Mongolian dignitaries, who were pulled to give their lives with just an order.

Now, one head, twenty taels of silver!

As long as you carry your head and join the army's chief meritorious division, after passing the inspection, that is the silver of the white flowers, and you will never be in arrears!

Judging from the bulging purses around the waists of many Mongolian men, as well as the overflowing smiles, it can be clearly seen that their gains in this battle are definitely not small.

In fact, this extra first reward silver also really played a great role.

In Monan and Mobei, in the two wars, the contribution of the Mongolian ministries cannot be ignored. Nearly half of the beheadings were obtained by the Mongolian ministries.

For example, the expedition from Monankai to Liaodong this time, the morale of the Mongolian ministries is also high, and it has not been affected by the cold winter weather at all.

"Brother Xiu, here is what the Mongolians call Old Hamulun, which is the Liaohe River. It was here that the thief Nurhaci joined the Horqin tribes, detoured Mongolia, and knocked on the town of Ji..."

Above the ice surface, the horse's hoof stopped suddenly, Erwazi pointed to the clearly visible traces of the frozen river not far away, and explained to Li Xiu.

Li Xiu glanced at the frozen river, and then looked at Erwazi, who was already beside him, who was already a bit of a general, who was telling the truth.

This look caught the eye, and Li Xiu's eyebrows could not help but show a touch of relief, this stupid boy of his own has finally become a talent!

From the battle in Ji Town to the performance of the Monan War, it can be seen that this Erwazi, who used to smirk behind his own buttocks, was the chief soldier in Ji Town and stood alone for more than half a year. It seems that he has completed his transformation and became a A qualified general who can be called an excellent general.

"The danger of Liao Town has to be guarded against."

Between the words, Erwazi exhorted in a deep voice:

"Once Liaozhen and Houjin come together completely~lightnovelpub.net~ the situation will erode again..."

"Keeping the same and responding to all changes, let's see how Liao Town chooses!"

Li Xiu shook his head. Now, in fact, no matter what Liao Zhen chooses, the situation is very clear.

The imperial court could no longer trust Liaozhen, and Liaozhen could no longer have the special status as before.

In this battle, it is impossible to do all the work, and after the destruction of Jin, it is already impossible.

The purpose of sending troops to Liaodong this time is to deter Houjin and Liaozhen, and to rescue the tens of thousands of troops trapped in Nata Mountain.

That's all!