First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 77

Zhu Biao let Lan Yu and Quan Xu stay by his side, and the rest went to arrange his own military affairs.

After Zhu Biao distributed the big cake, they also had to distribute the small cake, and they had to arrange their own lineage, otherwise they would not be able to command the soldiers on the battlefield.

It's like there is an obvious ambush ahead, but there is no way to retreat. When it is necessary to rush, what if he arranges someone to go forward, but he is afraid to go forward?

At that time, it would be too late to hack him to death with a knife. The army's heart was already in chaos, and the rest of the people were even more afraid.

Therefore, the more difficult it is, the more you have to arrange your own direct line, only they will be willing to charge for you and not be afraid of sacrifice.

Zhu Biao led people to a high platform on the school grounds, where the official soldiers used firearms for drills, but most of them were just posing. After all, ammunition was rare, so why not waste it.

Zhu Biao looked around at the densely packed crowd and military camp, and asked Lan Yu, "How many people are there in the 30 army? Tell me the truth, and I won't blame you."

Lan Yu's mouth twitched and said, "This..."

Zhu Biao said: "It's nothing more than that the generals drank the blood of soldiers. This has been the case in all dynasties and dynasties. I have no intention of pursuing it, but I don't know how many soldiers and horses I have when I can't go to war!"

Lan Yu took a step closer and said in a low voice: "The 16 people from the Commander's Mansion brought by the general are real. Our [-] army has [-]...

Zhu Biao frowned, but he didn't say anything. 16 and [-] living dead are enough to give him face as a prince.

Soldiers who died in battle or were discharged from the army and did not report, still led the army according to the original roster, and even forged the roster to deceive the army. Of course, the benefits flowed into the pockets of the officers.

It's not bad now. In the late Ming Dynasty, the corruption of military officers directly led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

In the battle of Sarhu, the Ming army is expected to send 40 troops. If it is really 40, Nurhachi will lose, and the problem lies in the short pay.

Because the biggest hobby of the Ming army was to take short-term wages, when the army was assembled, the officers could not figure out how many soldiers they had, and some even made up the whole battalion out of thin air.

The result of this is that the 40 army expected by the Ming army actually reached 20 (some say 10,000+, at least 12). There are 2 people, and both officers and soldiers are old, treacherous and cunning. Although there are some loyal and brave generals, it is strange that such a decadent army can win battles!

Lan Yu looked at Zhu Biao's face with some caution, thinking that if His Highness was angry and wanted to rectify military affairs, he would try to persuade him to the death. This matter cannot be changed overnight, not to mention that this expedition is of great significance to the Crown Prince.

Seeing that although Zhu Biao frowned, he didn't intend to summon generals, so Lan Yu breathed a sigh of relief and persuaded: "This is your commander, otherwise even if King Kaiping came, there would be a deficit of 5 people. These generals I have already brought all my own military servants, just in case you are not satisfied."

Zhu Biao almost laughed angrily, so I have to thank them?

However, Zhu Biao was not too angry, he had expected this.Drinking the blood of soldiers and eating empty pay is like corruption by civil officials.

Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty described the chaos of "empty pay" in the army at that time: "The generals who commanded the army all over the world made false reports of their military membership to claim food and pay. Seventh, if there is a situation of death or flight, the actual number of troops will be reduced by two or three tenths within ten years. "

The proportion of the national army with "no membership and no membership" has reached more than half, which shows the seriousness of the problem of "empty pay" at that time.

Not only that, even among the actual soldiers, there are still many invisible "empty pay" phenomena. Many soldiers just respond on time, but usually have their own livelihoods, and even some soldiers set up market stalls all day long to do small business.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang turned to the "military household" system of "unification of soldiers and farmers" in view of the harm caused by the recruitment of soldiers in the Song Dynasty. Allocate a piece of land, go on expeditions in wartime, and farm in peacetime, and do not receive food and salaries from the imperial court, so the amount of empty salaries was once reduced.

However, this kind of military household system, which does not distinguish between good and bad, and enforces the restriction of military membership, will inevitably go down the road of rigidity and decline over time.Because the military households and soldiers were too weak to be used, the recruiting system was reintroduced in the late Ming Dynasty, and the old historical problem of "eating empty pay" also appeared.

Zhu Biao sighed and said: "I don't care about their original rules. I will never deduct the military salaries of these soldiers on this day. Lanyu, you go and convey it to the army. If the palace finds out then, Don't blame military law for being ruthless!"

Lan Yu's face was bitter, and it was another life to offend people, but Zhu Biao couldn't help but listen to his orders, and immediately agreed.

Zhu Biao was also in no mood, and turned around and took Quan Xu back to the military tent, sitting in a chair feeling a little bored.

Quan Xu stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, our army is so Beiyuan even more so. They are called [-] iron cavalry every time, but they are only [-] to [-] cavalry."

Zhu Biao let out a helpless laugh, this is still bad.

This situation must be changed, but it can't be now, this matter involves almost all of Xungui, and it is impossible to kill all Xungui, so I am afraid that the world will be in chaos again.

But it doesn't matter, Daming has just been established, and everything has a chance.

After Zhu Biao let Lan Yu go down, he asked Quan Xu, "Do all 3 of you have firearms?"

Quan Xu replied, "The Holy Master has stipulated that there are [-] households in the army, [-] guns, [-] swords, [-] bows and arrows, and [-] spears."

Zhu Biao nodded. The end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty were indeed an important node in the development of firearms, and Zhu Yuanzhang was particularly fond of firearms. Among the heroes at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's troops could be called a wonderful flower.

According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang's army used various old and new firearms on a large scale for many times, and it was used in siege, defense and water warfare (gunboat vs bombardment).

Some firearms such as dragon guns, fire guns, large and small general barrels, iron cannons, magic arrows, fire caltrops and "no help (burning firearms)" are listed in a lot, and even the gunpowder formulas required for different weapons have also been explored. many kinds.

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　Thanks for the reward, it is the first time to have a helmsman

　　I'm actually quite down today, the more I write, the more I feel that my skills are not enough (sobs) I fall into self-doubt and criticism

　　

　

(End of this chapter)