After hearing Yang Zhen's words, Guo Xiaowu was deeply moved and understood that Yang Zhen really regarded him as a brother.

He was a powerless low-level soldier, and Yang Zhen treated him like this, regardless of whether he could do it in the future. Just these words made him a little bit unbearable.

Guo Xiaowu put down the waist knife in his hand, stood up, walked forward, knelt on the ground in front of Yang Zhen, and said: "My lord, you treat Xiao Wu as a brother. Xiao Wu has nothing else to do to repay your lord.

From now on, this life will be left to you!"

"Get up! What nonsense are you talking about? Why do I want to kill you when I have nothing to do?! We all have to live well and live well to see with our own eyes how those traitorous bastards die!"

As Yang Zhen spoke, he pulled Guo Xiaowu up and said to him: "We have succeeded in rescuing Songshan this time! You were also written on the previous merit report!

"It shouldn't be long before there is news from Ningyuan or the imperial court! Follow me, Yang Zhen, and as long as you have merit, I will never bury it!"

At this point, Yang Zhen said to Guo Xiaowu: "You, the five of Xiaowu, are the fifth five?!"

After saying this, Yang Zhen saw Guo Xiaowu nodding, and then said to him: "Sooner or later in the future, you will all be military attachés of the advance battalion and officials of the imperial court. You must have a decent name!"

When Yang Zhen said this, several soldiers around him looked at him, including Ma Liu, whose eyes were shining with anticipation.

Yang Zhen didn't let these people wait for long, and then said: "Aside from Zhan Ao, Yan San has a famous name. This time I will reward him with the famous name Yan Shengsan! In the future, if I have an official position,

No one is allowed to call Yan San anymore!

"Guo Xiaowu, everyone is used to calling me Guo Xiaowu, so it wouldn't be appropriate to change my name. I think I'll change the number five in the ranking to Wu, which means civil and martial arts! Anyway, this is the word I wrote for you in return for my merits!"

After Yang Zhen said these words, Yan San and Guo Xiaowu both knelt down on one knee and bowed to express their gratitude.

Yan San was grateful to Yang Zhen for repaying his merit, while Guo Xiaowu was grateful for both repaying his merit and naming him.

As a top soldier who had worked hard at the lowest level of the Ming Dynasty's army for many years, he naturally knew what it meant to have Yang Zhen, a lieutenant-general who was a commander, give him the name.

From then on, although Yang Zhen's personal brand was stamped on him, as long as Yang Zhen did not die, or as long as these people in the advance camp were still there, his future was basically guaranteed.

Yang Zhen asked the two of them to get up, turned to look at Ma Liu, who had been captured from the Tatar camp, thought for a while, and said to him: "As for you, Ma Liu, I heard you say before that now the Tatars are over there

Do you want to call them Qing Dynasty!?"

When Ma Liu heard Yang Zhen ask him this question, he knew that Yang Zhen wanted to give him a good name. He immediately nodded and said, "Sir, it is indeed like this! Now the Manchu Tatars are not allowed to man the Eight Banners over there.

The Eight Banners of Mongolia, and the Han Army Flag, mention the word Jurchen again!

"If anyone accidentally says that they are Jurchens, it will be a serious crime! If Mongolians, Koreans, and us Han people say that they are Jurchens, and it is reported and exposed, it will be a capital crime!

"In the past, the Tatars claimed that they were the Kingdom of the Great Jin. However, in recent years, they were suddenly not allowed to speak of the Kingdom of the Great Jin anymore. They had to change their name to the Qing Dynasty!"

After hearing this, Yang Zhan'ao, Yan Shengsan, and Guo Xiaowu said "bah", "bah" and "bah" in succession, turned their heads and spat on the ground.

Yang Zhan'ao also said: "Damn it, do they themselves think that it is too embarrassing to be a Jurchen Tatar!? Why don't people say it?! I just like to say, Jurchen, Jurchen, Jurchen! Still!

They have to call it Daqing, bah!"

Yang Zhan'ao, who is usually very serious, suddenly made such a statement at this time, which made everyone burst into laughter, including Yang Zhen.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, that is, 1636 AD, Huang Taiji changed the Yuan Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. At the same time, he changed the Jurchen name to "Manchuria" and the country's name to "Qing". He disposed of the previous clan name and country name as quickly as garbage.

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The Jurchens in the Northeast destroyed the Jin Dynasty in Mongolia and were slaves to the Mongols for more than 200 years when they ruled the Northeast.

Later, the Ming Dynasty overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, expelled the forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty during its march into the Northeast, and liberated them. From then on, the Jurchens attached themselves to the Ming Dynasty and became subjects of the Ming Dynasty.

This period of history, especially the history of being a slave to the Mongols, is a bit shameful for Huang Taiji to mention again.

Because he had conquered Mongolia, and the Mongols were now slaves of the Jurchens, he believed that using the title of Jin would easily remind people of the glory of the Mongols, and would not reflect his greatness.

Of course, Yang Zhen knew about these situations, but hearing them from the mouth of Ma Liu, who had once been a Tatar, was a different feeling.

"In that case, Ma Liu, I will give you a name - let's call it Keqing! Ma Keqing! From now on, follow me, Yang Zhen, and the advance battalion to defeat the Qing Dynasty, which is full of Tatars! Hahahaha!"

Yang Zhen had no choice but to keep this Ma Liu. There was no one around him who knew the situation on the Manchu and Qing side. Although this Ma Liu had a very low social status on the Manchu and Tatar side and his knowledge of the situation was limited, it was better than nothing.

Such a person is better than none.

Yang Zhen himself knew more or less about the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but the things he knew were from the upper level, and they were all major events, and they were things he "shouldn't" or "impossibly" know in his current capacity, so

Even though he knew it in his heart, he couldn't tell it to win other people's trust.

Now, he has such a former second Tatar captured from the Manchu Tatar camp by his side. He has many things that he can ask Ma Liu, a former second Tatar, to provide evidence.

When Ma Liu heard the name Yang Zhen had given him, he quickly imitated what Guo Xiaowu had just done, knelt on the ground, bowed to Yang Zhen, and said, "Thank you, sir, for giving me the name!"

The name Yang Zhen gave Ma Liu was slightly joking, but the name itself made sense and was not a bad name or a bad name.

It's just that from now on, once Ma Liu's name "Ke Qing" is called out, I'm afraid there will be no way to go back to the Manchu Qing side.

After naming Guo Xiaowu and Ma Liu, Yang Zhen then asked Yang Zhan'ao and Yan Shengsan about their family affairs.

He couldn't ask too many detailed questions about Yang Zhan'ao.

Because Yang Zhan'ao first followed his father and then him, and had been working for the old Yang family for more than ten years, Yang Zhen seemed to have something wrong with him if he asked too many questions.

But it’s not in vain to ask.

From Yang Zhan'ao, he finally knew that the situation in Yang Zhan'ao's family was actually not much different from his.

As early as when Guangning City in northern Liaoning and Yizhou City in western Liaoning were captured and massacred by the Tatars, all the men in Yang Zhan'ao's family, including his ancestors, father, uncles, uncles, and brothers, died in the battle.

As for the female relatives in the family, they either committed suicide or were separated.

The so-called separation is actually mostly dead.

Of course, it is also possible that he was taken captive by the Tatars.

However, given the viciousness and cruelty with which the Jurchen Tatars treated the Han people in Liaodong, once they were taken captive by the Tatars, the consequences would be even more tragic. It would simply not be like this.

As for Yan Shengsan, he was from Cangzhou. His family was originally a Zaohu family. The Zaohu family was too miserable and couldn't survive, so they simply went to sea and became a pirate.

When Yuan Keli was the governor of Denglai, Yan Shengsan followed Yuan Jin and accepted Yuan Keli's recruitment. He joined the Denglai Navy and had the status of an official navy.

After Yuan Keli resigned from his post and left Denglai, Yuan Jin, who was placed in the Denglai Navy by Yuan Keli, and those who followed Yuan Jin and were promoted to the army, were immediately put aside and marginalized.

In the following years, they were sometimes sent to serve in Dongjiang and sometimes in Lushun. They traveled across the Liaohai Sea without a proper place to settle in the flood areas.

However, it was precisely because of this that by chance, they escaped the Denglai Rebellion launched by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming in the fourth year of Chongzhen.

He not only escaped the fate of being killed in the chaos, but also escaped the fate of being coerced to the Manchu side by Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others.

After Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming fled to the Manchu side, the Denglai Rebellion ended immediately, but the once powerful Denglai Navy also disappeared.

By this time, these marginalized teams had immediately become one of the few naval forces on the Liaohai Sea, and the imperial court finally thought of wooing and utilizing them again.

However, in recent years, the imperial court has been experiencing financial difficulties and has repeatedly spent money on the east wall to make up for the west wall. The investment in the navy has been almost zero.

Because they were all pirates, even Yuan Jin himself did not get the opportunity to be promoted, let alone the people under Yuan Jin.

In this way, Yan Shengsan followed Yuan Jin to join the army for more than ten years, and also worked hard at sea for more than ten years.

While in Dongjiang and Lushun, he followed Chen Jisheng and Huang Long successively and fought several battles with the Tatars, but he was still a big-headed soldier.

If I hadn't met Yang Zhen this time, I don't know how long I would have continued to waste time.

Taking the opportunity of Yang Zhen's inquiry, several people poured out all the bitterness they had buried in their hearts over the years. What was originally a good "symposium on caring for and caring for subordinates" turned into a bitter, miserable experience.
Chapter completed!