All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 44 Standard
"No way, how could I lose?"

Walking in the muddy mudflats on the seashore, with one foot deep and one foot shallow, Manggurtai could not understand why the warriors of the Great Jin Dynasty lost!
"It's just a musket, just charge forward." Manggurtai, in despair, muttered to himself, "Isn't it always like this when we fought the Ming army before?"

In the past, when the Jiannu people encountered the Ming army's musketeers, they always looked down on them and sneered at them.

They were frightened and rushed to fire even from a distance of several miles, and either their barrels exploded or they were in a panic and had no time to reload. Who would respect such musketeers?
But the musketeers under Chen Ran's command made him realize once again how fragile life was in the face of gunpowder and lead.

Almost all of the bravest warriors of the Zhenglan Banner fell on the way to the charge.

The flickering flames in the thick smoke became an indelible nightmare.

"Forget about the muskets that claim my life." Manggurtai was so tired that he retched, and his legs softened as he sat down in the mud. "Why are the Ming army's infantry so brave? Why are all of them like servants?"

In the past, the Ming army was not well fed or clothed, their food and wages were delayed and withheld, they lacked training and equipment, and were treated like dogs by their generals.

In such a situation, shooting three arrows in battle is the most loyal performance.

But Chen Ran returned all these things that should have belonged to the soldiers to them, and the natural result was that everyone became a servant.

In other words, family servants are the true standard of the Ming army.

The Ming army, which was used to being defeated at the first blow, suddenly encountered a powerful army of more than 10,000 soldiers, almost all of whom were servants. Not to mention Manggurtai, even an old slave crawling out of his coffin would have to run away.

"Why am I so stupid?" Manggurtai, who was sitting on the beach, felt the whistling sea breeze and hugged his head in pain. "Why did I kill all the horses? I can't even run away~~~"

When the horses were killed, it was to learn from the King of Chu's desperate move to boost morale.

At that time, it was believed that even without those crazy horses, more than 10,000 Eight Banners warriors would be enough to kill the Ming army of almost the same number on the opposite side.

He did this with great confidence, but ended up hurting himself.

When they realized they could not win and wanted to retreat, they were shocked to find that they had lost their horses and only had three legs left to escape.

Faced with the pursuit of thousands of Ming cavalry, Manggurtai was completely desperate.

Thinking of this, he looked down at himself who was still erect at this moment, and suddenly became furious, "What use is there for you!"

He raised his fist high and smashed it down hard.

"Ah~~~~~"

A shrill howl attracted the Ming army that was chasing the fleeing Jiannu.

"There is another one here. Catch him alive! If he is alive, I will give you an extra five taels of silver~~~"

Gaizhou City, Yamen.

"Marshal." Zhu Laitong, with a red face, bowed deeply under the gaze of many generals. "I am incompetent. Please punish me, Marshal~~~"

Chen Ran tapped the table in front of him with his fingers and asked, "Explain the process clearly."

"Yes." Zhu Laitong lowered his head and responded in a rough voice, "I was ordered to pursue the fleeing soldiers. I was originally chasing and killing the fleeing soldiers, but I didn't expect to be suddenly attacked by a group of Jiannu cavalry, which disrupted my formation."

At this point, he couldn't help but explain, "General, it's all my fault that I dispersed my troops too far in pursuit, and got caught in a trap in my haste."

Chen Ran waved his hand, signaling him to get down to business: "Continue."

".I gathered my troops and prepared for a great battle. But the Jiannu cavalry relied on their excellent riding skills to lead me in circles. By the time I reacted."

"By the time you reacted, they had already covered the fleeing soldiers and fled." Chen Ran saw through the whole situation. "Whose flag is it?"

"He is from the Zhenghong Banner." Zhu Laitong was so ashamed that he said, "He must be Yue Tuo."

"First, I'll launch a surprise attack to disrupt your position. When you gather your troops, I'll lead you around in circles. Once the task is accomplished, I'll leave immediately. Yuetuo, you have some skills."

As for why the horses on Yuetuo's side were not affected, it was because Manggurtai knew that Yuetuo was Huang Taiji's confidant, so he did not take him to the battlefield, but left him to guard the camp.

Unexpectedly, I escaped a disaster because of this.

Yuetuo did not have many soldiers and horses, even less than a thousand.

However, he used flexible and changeable command to successfully snipe Zhu Laitong's pursuing cavalry, buying a glimmer of hope for the defeated soldiers.

In terms of ability, there is no doubt.

"Deduct one year's salary and give him thirty strokes of the cane." Chen Ran calmly issued the order for Zhu Laitong to be punished. "Your commander-in-chief was appointed by the imperial court. I cannot remove you. I will demote you to acting commander-in-chief. Are you satisfied?"

The looks of the generals around him changed.

Zhu Laitong was the commander-in-chief of the Lushun Army appointed by the imperial court. Just because something went wrong during the pursuit, he was demoted to an acting officer and fined and beaten?

Everything else is fine, but how can a general be beaten? Who can bear it?
The generals originally thought that Zhu Laitong would defend himself and even take the case to the court.

But no one expected that General Zhu claimed it on the spot without any nonsense.

Seeing General Zhu being stripped of his armor and beaten with thirty sticks with his bare chest, all the generals were awed.

Even General Zhu is like this, let alone me?
This is because they don't know that Zhu Lai Tong is Chen Ran's bootlicker. Not to mention being beaten and demoted, it would be difficult to take his life. After all, he is a bootlicker, not a stupid dog.

Chen Ran looked at Liu Youfu who was holding the account book in his hand and asked, "Tell me about the results of this battle."

"Report to the commander." Liu Youfu opened the account book and smiled happily. "In this battle, 2,719 Zhen Tatars were killed and 524 were captured alive. 1,936 baoyi were killed and 1,152 were captured alive. Weapons and armor were seized."

"That's all?" Chen Ran frowned. "It's all Zhu Laitong's fault."

Generals'(°ー°〃)'

Marshal, Grandpa!
Nearly seven thousand were captured in one battle!
The Ming Dynasty has been fighting the Tartars for so many years, and I don’t even know if we’ve ever gained so much in total. Do you still think it’s not enough?

Everyone looked strange, but Liu Youfu dropped another bombshell.

"Marshal, we have captured Manggurtai!"

"Huh? Which one?"

"Mang Gurtai, one of the four great beiles of the Tartars!"

"Ertai?" Chen Ran smiled. "Does he have a brother named Erkang?" 'You defeated the Later Jin army and seized the three places of Jin Fugai, which had a great impact on the course of history. You have gained three points of historical deviation, and now you have twenty points.'

'The historical deviation value has reached 20 points, and the reward template is activated.'

'Historical deviation values ​​may be used for (including but not limited to) the following.'

'Modify own properties.'

'Open the link channel between the planes.'

'Take the specified character out of this world.'

'Buy various items.'

"Wait a minute~~~"

Chen Ran's heart moved slightly, and he immediately clicked on the modification page.

Simple name, age, health, wisdom, and strength.

There is a small plus sign in the lower right corner.

"I have been able to recite Goose, Goose, Goose since I was a child. Goose stewed in an iron pot. I am so smart that I don't need to add wisdom."

"I am now the commander-in-chief. I don't need to go into battle and kill the enemy myself, and there is no need for military force."

"Then look at health."

Click on the health plus sign and a list of branch options will appear.

It includes height and weight, mental state, whether one is bald, skin color, etc. It is very detailed.

"Hmm? This is..." His eyes fell on the option for his younger brother.

"Fifteen centimeters. Who are you looking down on?" He clicked his fingers three times in a row, and instantly felt the pressure on his calf-length pants increase greatly.

"Eighteen, standard, standard, this is my true self."

After defeating Manggurtai, Chen Ran no longer continued to move north.

Huang Long was left to garrison Gaizhou, while the army escorted the prisoners south back to Lushun.

Along the way, people from Dongjiang Town could be seen everywhere, busy in the fields with the farm tools and crops distributed by Chen Ran.

Farmers don't get paid, but they can earn enough food to feed their family.

Moreover, the Marshal said that during the autumn harvest, the military settlements would only collect 40% of the grain.

This ratio is already considered high in the Ming Dynasty.

But the prerequisite is that these fields were originally military settlements, and theoretically, they should all be handed over to the commander-in-chief.

Now the Marshal can leave them 60%, what is this? This is a favor.

All the way south, wherever Marshal Chen Ran's flag passed, countless busy people stood on the roadside to express their gratitude to him.

At this time, what he was thinking about was how to transform the Ming Dynasty.

"It is definitely not okay for civil officials to be in power now. Even if I conquer the whole world, they will still be able to take away everything."

'English Constitution?'

'The Prussian Army owns the country?'

'How about the Gallic Bastille?'

After weighing the pros and cons along the way, he returned to Lushun Fort.

We have been celebrating the great victory here for several days, and everyone is so excited that they can hardly control themselves.

However, Chen Ran did not return to the Marshal's Mansion, but went to Xiguan Mountain outside the city.

Manggurtai, who was tied up like a dumpling, was dragged to a tombstone.

Looking at the words "Tomb of Lushun Lieutenant General Zhang Pan" engraved on the tombstone in front of him, his body trembled involuntarily.

Of course he knew Zhang Pan. When he came to attack Lushun, he was beaten badly by Zhang Pan and suffered losses of over a thousand.

Later, Lushun was conquered only by bribing a traitor, and Zhang Pan was also tortured and killed by him to vent his anger.

Now that we have arrived at someone's grave, there is no doubt about what will happen next.

Sure enough, Marshal Chen waved his hand, and several executioners who had been in the family for generations came forward and started fiddling with their eating utensils next to Manggurtai.

Looking at those strange tools shining with cold light, Manggurtai swallowed hard and said, "If you are a man, I will kill you!"

Chen Ran reached out and gently stroked Zhang Pan's tombstone, and said lightly, "Pull out his tongue first."

An hour later, Manggurtai, who was in hell, finally breathed his last.

Looking at the many offerings placed in front of Zhang Pan's tomb, Chen Ran instructed, "Don't clean them up. Leave them here so that General Zhang can watch them being eaten up. Send the heads to the capital to give the emperor face."

The army was disbanded, and Chen Ran returned to the backyard of his mansion.

Looking at Qiu Niang undressing and removing his armor for him, Chen Ran's appetite grew.

After being away from home for so long, he could no longer suppress the pent-up emotions on the battlefield. He immediately leaned over, picked her up, and strode towards the bedroom.

Half an hour later, Chen Ran, who had paid with protein, called Xue Qing, who had been listening to music, to come over.

Qiu Niang is weak and still needs the help of the head maid at critical moments.

After all, it is standard now.

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