Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

The reason why Wu Shigong finally agreed is because Wu Shigong finally realized a problem: Wu Shigong and his cavalry had been named by the governor of Henan and the Henan supervisor to go to Qin Wang, so he and his cavalry had to go out now.

Since it was impossible to escape, Wu Shigong had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.That is to try to preserve one's own strength.To be honest, Wu Shigong didn't have any loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Chongzhen at all.

Part of this idea stems from his identity as a time traveler, and he has no sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Chongzhen; but a larger part is because Wu Shigong is a very realistic person.His current strength is not enough to even protect himself and his family, so how can he have the spare time to save the country and the people.After all, Wu Shigong is still a very selfish person.

However, if King Guide Weiqin's army is led by the commander Zhao Ming or other superiors, no matter what, Wu Shigong is only their subordinate.When these bosses command blindly, or even not command blindly, as long as Wu Shigong's soldiers and horses are forced to gnaw hard bones, then Wu Shigong's idea of ​​preserving his strength will definitely become a dream.

But now Zhao Ming's superiors let Wu Shigong lead the expedition, so now Wu Shigong has complete control over the army that will be dispatched.Wu Shigong can completely use the soldiers of other thousand households as cannon fodder to save his confidant soldiers of the thousand households.Of course, this is a last resort, but if the most dangerous moment comes, Wu Shigong will definitely abandon those cannon fodder without hesitation.

Moreover, the bosses like Zhao Ming don't want to lead the expedition, and now they are begging Wu Shigong to lead, so Wu Shigong must maximize the benefits.

So, Wu Shigong continued to say to Zhao Ming: "Commander Zhao, although the subordinate officer agreed, but the subordinate also has a few requests, I hope Commander Zhao can agree."

"No problem, tell me." Zhao Ming smiled brightly and answered very frankly.

"The first request is: This time King Qin's army must obey the orders of the officials, and they must be prohibited." Seeing that several thousand households around him seemed to have objections, Wu Shigong quickly added: "Of course, the officials also They will be treated equally."

Wu Shigong went on to say: "Your official guesses that this time the Tatars will enter the customs. It will not take too long. Besides, not to mention the strength of the capital's Jingying, let alone the troops of King Qin from all over the country. They are basically stronger than ours in Henan. King Qin’s army arrived first. Henan is relatively far from the capital, and Guidewei is one of the farthest places in Henan from the capital. After our Guidewei’s King Qin’s army arrives, the Tartars may have already been in the capital camp and The troops of King Qin from all over the country were flanked and left the pass."

"Commander Zhao, you are here to do me a favor, and move the time of the expedition as far back as possible, just do it just right. When the officer is marching, he will also be careful, and try to let us return to the German Army. Arrive at the capital later. To be honest, we are the sons of the German guards. There is nothing to say about defending our home and defending the land, but we go to fight the Tartars. There are so many soldiers who are paid for the army in front of us. There is no need to make us suffer haha The military households go to work hard."

"The best result is that our Guidewei army has just wandered around the capital like this, and we have fulfilled our responsibility. However, the ugly words of the lower officials are up front. If we really want to fight the Tartars, the next The officer doesn't want to make any contributions, but only wants to bring home as many of our Guidewei sons as possible, and when that time comes, Commander Zhao shouldn't blame the officer!"

After hearing Wu Shigong's words, Zhao Ming and the military officers around him exchanged glances.What Wu Shigong said was too thorough, but it really touched the hearts of all the military officers present.

After pondering for a while, Zhao Ming said, "Let Wu Qianhu lead the army this time, the sons of King Qin should obey Wu Qianhu's orders. But Wu Qianhu must also keep his promise and bring back as many sons as possible. Home. Here, on behalf of everyone here, I would like to ask Wu Qianhu."

Seeing that Zhao Ming agreed to his first request, Wu Shigong was very satisfied.As for Zhao Ming, he did not answer the question about the delay in the expedition date.Wu Shigong and Zhao Ming were tacit understanding.Zhao Ming's silence was an answer.

Wu Shigong went on to say: "The second request is: Commander Zhao allocates [-] soldiers from the Thousand Households Office. The subordinate officials promise to draw them out, and it is absolutely unambiguous. However, the subordinate officials still have some family guards. We will also go out together this time. I hope Commander Zhao approves, and their supplies will also be counted."

"How many people are there?" Zhao Ming asked curiously.

"Three, 400 people." Wu Shigong replied.

Wu Shigong's answer made all those present gasp.Of course these people understood that the "family guards" that Wu Shigong said were actually Wu Shigong's personal soldiers.Although they all knew that Wu Shigong was rich, Wu Shigong also spent a lot of money to raise some soldiers.But none of them thought that Wu Shigong raised so many personal soldiers.

And the reason why Wu Shigong confessed these soldiers to Zhao Ming.The main reason is that Wu Shigong felt that if he only led the [-] confidant soldiers from his own thousand households, he might not be able to suppress the [-] soldiers drawn from other thousand households.

Besides, if Wu Shigong now has [-] cavalry, there would be no problem.In case of any danger, Wu Shigong can use the speed of the horses to throw down the cannon fodder and let all the cavalry escape.

But now Wu Shigong only has [-] cavalry.So for this expedition, Wu Shigong must dispatch some infantry.However, the infantry's movement speed was too slow. If two or three hundred infantrymen faced the Tartar cavalry, it would be a piece of cake.

Therefore, this time Wu Shigong wanted to lead more than [-] infantry, so that after these infantry formed a square formation, they would at least have the ability to protect themselves.But the number of cavalry that Wu Shigong wants to bring out cannot be small.

Therefore, in the end, the number of soldiers Wu Shigong decided to bring out would be much more than the [-] soldiers that Zhao Ming arranged to transfer to Wu Shigong's Thousand Households.Wu Shigong was thinking: by bringing more of his confidant soldiers, he can increase the survival probability of his soldiers on the battlefield.

But in this way, Wu Shigong's act of raising more soldiers was fully presented to Zhao Ming and the officials of Guide Mansion.In order to eliminate some future troubles, Wu Shigong simply made things clear, and described the soldiers he had raised as his own guards.

In this regard, Wu Shigong was thinking that he would never leave ten, and Zhao Ming would definitely agree.Under the request of the Governor and the Superintendent, Guidewei was able to send some more soldiers. How could Zhao Ming, who is the commander of Guidewei, be willing to refuse such a good thing?

Sure enough, Zhao Ming readily agreed to Wu Shigong's request.However, Zhao Ming's agreement was in Wu Shigong's arms.Because Zhao Ming's consent had actually semi-legalized the names of those soldiers that Wu Shigong raised more.

Wu Shigong went on to say: "The third requirement is: this time King Qin's soldiers, their supplies, and in case they have any casualties, Commander Zhao must also arrange the burning and burial money."

"This is definitely not a problem. This command has already discussed with the Lord Fu Zun. This time, each of King Qin's soldiers will be given a settling allowance of one tael of silver. If there are any casualties, the silver will be burned and buried. Wu Qianhu There is no need to worry. Your Majesty has already asked for donations from all the gentry in Guide Mansion. As for the supplies, Wu Qianhu doesn’t have to worry about it. Your Majesty will also arrange for food and grass and the mules and carts for transporting food and grass. Posted. Besides, Wu Qianhu’s marching route of King Qin this time is to go to Jining first, and then arrive at the capital along the Grand Canal. On both sides of the canal are stored grain transported by water. Those grains are supplied to us, King Qin’s army. It is also justified. At that time, the Lord Fu Zun will also arrange the corresponding official documents for Wu Qianhu to bring with him."

Seeing that all his requirements were met, Wu Shigong had no other problems.So, all the people went on to discuss some details.In the end, it was decided that after the discussion, all the thousand households should immediately go back to their own thousand household offices and gather the soldiers they had drawn to gather in Guidefu City.The date of the expedition is determined to be five days later, that is, the fifteenth day of October.

Zhao Ming and the others also negotiated to arrange for one of Gui Dewei's deputy Qianhu to be Wu Shigong's deputy.The deputy Qianhu was named Yu Ji.However, the reason for choosing Yu Ji for the expedition is also very simple, because among the hereditary military officers in Guide Mansion, only Yu Ji is in his twenties, and he can be called young and vigorous.

Moreover, Yu Ji is a deputy Qianhu, so it is logical to become Wu Shigong's deputy.In addition, Yu Ji, the Deputy Qianhu, is not qualified to participate in today's deliberation meeting, so he cannot object to the result of today's deliberation.