In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 111 The Jurchens are not all made of iron

Lin Rui is training troops, and Wang Pu is also not idle. He has recruited nearly [-] border troops for more than a month to train.

"Have there been any movements recently among those rebels and Jiannu?"

"Back to the commander-in-chief, Jiannu is still as usual. He only occasionally goes to plunder some villages. He has not marched, but there is no sign of retreat. However, the group of rebels has been a little restless recently. They have actually started to train their troops in the past few days. .”

The person who answered Wang Pu was a deputy general. From time to time, Wang Pu would go back to the gentle village of Datong for a few days. In his absence, his daily affairs were handled by his two deputy generals.

"Oh? Those rebels actually know how to train soldiers? What exactly did they train for?"

Wang Pu immediately sat up straight. Rebellious thieves are not scary. What is scary is that rebels know the art of war and can train troops.

"According to Tanma's surveillance, the rebels would wear armor and run along the moat every morning with weapons..." the deputy general explained with the same solemn look.

"Hey, is that Lin named a scholar?"

Although Wang Pu was greedy for life and fearful of death, and was not good at fighting, he still read the war manual. After hearing about the daily training items of the rebels, he suddenly took a breath of air.

Regardless of what tricks those rebels practiced, just practicing from morning to night every day was very scary. Even the Qi Jiajun did not practice like this back then.

As for his [-] newly recruited border troops, they can only do one exercise every three days and one exercise every five days at most. If they want to train every day, they simply can't stand it.

I'm afraid that before even going to the battlefield, everyone will have to practice to death and become useless.

Obviously, Lin Rui and the others were just hiding in the city for practice in the first month. Neither the Ming army nor the slaves could find out anything.

But there wasn't enough space in the city to practice with real swords and guns, so once we went out of the city to practice, everything was exposed.

"Commander, that group of rebels is indeed not simple. The battle formations are well-drilled. Even if the man named Lin is illiterate, I am afraid that the scholars in the city have explained Marshal Qi's military strategy to him."

Another lieutenant also said with an ugly expression.

This group of rebels robbed more than a dozen castles and breached Yanghe City. They must have sufficient supplies and food.

If the rebel leader is really willing to train his troops according to Marshal Qi's military manual, it would be really scary.

"Damn!"

"Hey, Qi Shaobao is such an old man. How can he write a military book in such detail? Now it's better. Even rebels who can't read a word can practice it. Isn't this a trap for us juniors?"

At the end of his speech, Wang Pu actually complained about Qi Jiguang with a sigh.

Yes, compared to the previous military books and battle books, which mainly focused on theory and strategic planning, the military books written by Qi Jiguang focused more on tactics and military training.

From how to select troops, train them, command them, reward and punish them, from marching to fight, to commanding on the battlefield, and how the various arms cooperate with each other, there is no need to go into too much detail.

It can be said that as long as you are willing to give up money and food, and be clear about rewards and punishments, even a fool can follow the contents in the military book and train an unparalleled powerful army.

However, there were so many civilian and military generals in the Ming Dynasty, almost all of them had a copy of Qi Jiguang's military books, but no one could train a real Qi family army.

The reason is actually very simple.

He is reluctant to part with money and food, and cannot distinguish rewards and punishments.

When Qi Jiguang was in charge of General Xiong, he almost beat the Mongols to the point of surrender, so people in both places admired him from the bottom of their hearts. Now when the two lieutenants saw their commander, they actually complained about Commander Qi, but neither of them answered.

It wasn't until a while that one of the lieutenants said carefully: "Commander, how about we train the servants of those military attaches?"

"Do you think I don't want to? But can this damn thing be practiced?"

Wang Pu said angrily.

Those servants of the military attache are all guardsmen. For self-protection, there is no problem in gathering here to join him in fighting the rebels and establishing slaves.

But if you stop here and don't fight against the rebels and slaves, but instead practice every day, what will your Majesty think if you find out?
He was sure that when the time came, the memorial to impeach Wang Pu for his evil intentions would probably float like snowflakes to His Majesty's Long Case, and it would definitely be over.

What's more, even if he is not afraid of death and wants to practice, the military attachés will not agree even if they kill him.

The deputy general was so scolded that he didn't dare to say anything, but he secretly sighed in his heart, what is this? The rebels can train their troops unscrupulously, but the officers and soldiers are restrained and dare not train randomly. It's really frustrating. .

"Commander, why don't you improve the food for the brothers?" Another deputy general thought for a while and then said.

Since those servants can't train randomly, then train your soldiers and horses properly.

"Damn it, I already do this twice a day, how can I improve?"

"The imperial court has not issued military pay for more than half a year. If this continues, I will have to eat up all my wealth."

When he thought about the daily food expenses, monthly military pay, and the settlement allowance given during recruitment, Wang Pu felt heartbroken. Now that he heard that he had such a bad idea, he was so angry that he cursed.

If it weren't for a powerful enemy at his side, he would soon have become a bare-bones commander. He was in urgent need of recruiting more troops, so he would just recruit strong men. How could he be given housing allowance and military pay?The two of them saw that their commander was reluctant to part with money and food, and they had no idea.

"Don't worry, Jiannu will retreat before winter. Even if those rebels keep practicing, they won't be able to practice for long. Once Jiannu retreats, I will directly lead the army to crush them. With 7 troops, how can they not take down just one person?" A rebel?"

In the end, Wang Pu waved his hand, explained to the two of them again, and went back to Datong with his servants to play with his concubine.

Anyway, the trip from Daying to Datong City took only an hour, so Wang Pu was not worried at all about what would happen if he was not around.

.........

Jian Nu in the east is also always paying attention to Lin Jiajun's every move, but compared to Wang Pu Haoge, he seems very calm.

However, Sony couldn't sit still anymore and suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't we simply retreat further and directly retreat to Xuanfu. I believe that the Ming army will have no worries and will definitely attack Yanghe City immediately."

"Do you think this king doesn't want to?"

"But once we retreat to Xuanfu, what if the bandits can't hold it anymore and surrender to the Ming army directly?"

Hauge said angrily.

He had already considered retreating directly to the Xuan Mansion, but once they were too far away, it would be too late to join the war. If they did not go well, it would be self-defeating and force the group of horse bandits to defect directly to the Ming Dynasty.

After all, as long as the horse bandit leader is willing to dedicate the Namu Bell to the Ming Dynasty emperor, he will definitely surrender.

"This..." Sony was right after thinking about it, but he ran out of ideas for a while.

Now we are facing each other like this, neither advancing nor retreating. It is really very annoying.

"Don't worry, I have already sent people to discuss with my uncle. In a month at most, he will bring troops to help me. At that time, I will first clean up the Ming army and then surround Yanghe City. This time I want the group of horse bandits to intervene. Wings can’t escape!”

Hauge waved his hand. That group of horse bandits were too cunning. If there was any disturbance, they would probably flee. Now the Tumut troops outside the Great Wall had also retreated. If they were pressed too hard, they might flee to the grassland again.

That's why he kept his troops stationary, hoping to stabilize them and make them relax their vigilance, then wait for reinforcements to arrive, then suddenly kill them, surround them under Yanghe City, and scare away the Ming army at the same time.

As for food and grass, in the past two months, tens of thousands of war horses have been fattened and strong with wheat from the nearby fields alone. It will be more than enough for another month.

At the same time, after the three armies of Jiannu gathered together, under the leadership of Azig, they first surrounded Yanqing and then broke into Changping, with their troops directed towards the capital city.

Wherever they went, the Ming army huddled in the city and refused to leave.

However, after several feints to attack Beijing and show off their power, the commander-in-chief Azige and his deputy Abatai had a dispute.

At this moment, in the handsome tent of the Jiannu camp, Azig did not give his seventh brother Abatai any face, and slapped the table with a bang.

"Seventh brother, don't forget, the emperor sent us to conquer the Ming Dynasty this time. Last time, I turned a blind eye and didn't care about the secret division of troops to Hauge. Now you still want to fight with me?" Divide your troops and go to Datong, I think you are getting more and more confused as you get older!"

Last time, Abatai assigned [-] troops to Haug without consulting the general Azig, which made Azig very angry. At this moment, he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Pa, Azige, after all, I am also your seventh brother. Don't go too far. The emperor sent us here really to give the Ming Emperor a good look.

But haven’t we all reached the capital of the Ming Dynasty now? We have already let Chongzhen and his officials know the power of our Qing Dynasty. We are not really planning to attack the city. You can lead the main force to the east to plunder and exit from Lengkou. Guan, why can’t I go to Datong to support Hauge?
Or do you want to avenge your personal vengeance and refuse to save yourself, leaving Hauge and my Qing warriors to be surrounded near Datong? "

Abata's beard almost stood up in anger, and he pointed at Azig and retorted.

"Hmph! That's because Hauge himself is useless. He has [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, but he can't even deal with a group of horse bandits. Besides, I don't believe he was really surrounded in Datong.

Moreover, the Ming army's reinforcements are almost here, especially Lu Xiangsheng, who is very active. You divide the troops and horses. What if we are surrounded by the Ming army and cannot get out? "

Azige snorted coldly.

Yang Guli was a generation junior to the two of them. Seeing that the two of them were arguing more and more fiercely, he did not dare to interrupt. He did not dare to interrupt, and the other Eight Banners generals did not dare to talk.

"Impossible. Don't I still know the virtues of the Ming army? There are [-] troops. Even if I take away [-], you still have [-]. Isn't that more than enough to deal with those Ming troops?"

Abata argued with reason.

In fact, the reason why the two have such big differences is also very simple. First of all, the three brothers Azig, Dorgon, Duduo and Hauge have never dealt with each other.

Therefore, Azig was naturally unwilling to help Hauge, hoping that he would not be able to complete the task and would be dealt with by Huang Taiji when he returned.

As for Abatai, who was suppressed by Huang Taiji everywhere, from this time Dorgon and Azig were granted the title of prince or county king, but he, the seventh cousin, was not even granted the title of Heshuo Baylor, and was only granted the title of Rao. Yu Beile can see how little Huang Taiji takes him seriously.

In addition, this time he was appointed as the deputy to Azig, the twelfth brother, who had long been dissatisfied with Huang Taiji, and also resented the three Dorgon brothers, so he wanted to spare no effort to help Hauge, so that he could help him in the future. After inheriting the throne, he also prospered.

In the end, under Abatai's repeated insistence, Azig also took a step back and was only willing to let him take [-] troops to Datong to rescue Haug.

The reason why Azig agreed was because he was worried that if Haoge was really surrounded in Datong and something unexpected happened, he would not be able to explain to Huang Taiji after he returned.

(End of this chapter)