Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Even this short ten-mile march also showed the huge gap between Wu Shigong, the soldier of the Thousand Households, and the other soldiers.Not to mention that when camping, Wu Shigong's soldiers were doing their jobs in an orderly manner.

And those [-] soldiers, although they also wanted to come to help, but they seemed to have no idea what to do.Therefore, when Wu Shigong called over Yu Ji and other officers of the Thousand Households Office, they all had a bit of shame on their faces.

Wu Shigong didn't blame Yu Ji and the others for anything, after all these officers were not Wu Shigong's direct subordinates.Instead, he comforted them: "In fact, these soldiers are all good. At least they dared to go to the capital to fight for the king. As for their poor performance in marching and setting up camp today, it is only because they have not received any military training."

"But having said that, what I want to do the most when I bring these Haoerlang who are Guidewei to the capital is to bring them home safely. Therefore, I will also strengthen the protection against them during the march. Training. You have to let them endure the hardships of training. Tell them that this is for their own good, at least let them have the capital to save their lives."

"But having said that, the physique of the soldiers under your command is also a little bit poor. From my point of view, it should be because I haven't had enough food for a long time. Other officers can't guarantee it, but as long as it's under my command Soldiers, I will definitely not let them go hungry."

"You know, don't say that there may be wars in the future, even marching and setting up camps are all manual labor. According to my previous experience, as long as you walk like this for three days, more than half of your soldiers will lie down. So the most urgent thing now is to take care of these soldiers first, so that they at least look like soldiers."

Wu Shigong didn't break his promise, when the meal was served, there was ample amount of staple food, plus some pigs and sheep were killed for reward, and all the soldiers ate happily.

After dinner, Wu Shigong logically arranged some better-trained soldiers from his thousand households among the [-] soldiers, as instructors, and began to teach them military knowledge.

Some of the soldiers drawn from these other thousand households were named by their own thousand and hundred households because of their relatively low status in the thousand households.And the fairer thousand households only selected these soldiers by drawing lots.But for these soldiers, there is one thing in common, that is, they are not willing to join the army of King Qin this time.

And this time King Qin's expedition was arranged in a very hasty manner, so until now, the hearts of these soldiers are still mixed with fear and bewilderment.But when Wu Shigong arranged these instructors among them, at least they began to know what they should do.Coupled with that full meal, the hearts of these soldiers began to settle down.

Although the number of tents and quilts is still insufficient, because Wu Shigong brought a lot of supplies from his thousand households, he squeezed some tents and quilts for those soldiers, and asked the soldiers to cut more firewood nearby. After lighting a fire to keep warm, the first night of the march finally passed peacefully.

Although the marching and camping on the second day was a bit chaotic, it was indeed a great improvement compared to the first day.Although deep down in Wu Shigong's heart, he was prepared to use these [-] soldiers as cannon fodder in case of any unexpected situation.However, he still wanted to bring these soldiers back to the German mansion safely as much as possible.

Therefore, Wu Shigong also trained these soldiers with all his heart. In terms of supplies, all soldiers were treated equally.Even Wu Shigong took the initiative to go to those soldiers to communicate.Under Wu Shigong's actions of concern, the mood of those soldiers became more stable.

But in the evening of the second day, the cavalry sent by Wu Shigong to fight in front of Jining returned to Wu Shigong's camp.They brought bad news to Wu Shigong.

They reported to Wu Shigong: "My lord, the prefect of Jining should inform the younger one, and let the younger one come and tell the lord, because the troops of King Qin from Nanzhili and Shandong passed through the Grand Canal and went north to King Qin, so the grain in the granary on the side of the canal is the same. It’s not enough. Lord Zhizhou asked us to divert the army of Guidewei and go north to King Qin from our own territory in Henan.”

After hearing the report from the soldier standing in front, Wu Shigong couldn't help but curse.It seems that my own expedition didn't go well at the beginning.

But is the grain in the granary by the canal really not enough?Of course not.Even if it passes twice as many King Qin's troops, the food supply for these troops can be guaranteed.

Then why did Jining Zhizhou reject Wu Shigong's King Qin's army?The main reason is that a large part of the grain in the granary is only stored in the account book of the granary, and there is not so much grain in the granary.

Last year, due to the drought in the north, the price of grain soared, and the officials in charge of these granaries colluded with each other to sell a large amount of grain at a high price.They all thought that after the summer and autumn harvests, when the price of grain dropped sharply, they would buy grain to earn a difference.

This is not because these officials are bold and reckless, just like grain shops earning the price difference, it has become an unspoken rule for the officials who manage these grains to earn money every year and then share the profits up and down.

But these officials did not expect that the drought was so fierce that the summer harvests in various places were basically fruitless, and because the governments at all levels were not as strong in drought resistance as Wu Shigong's here, so although the weather improved later, when the autumn harvests in various places Still caused some damage.This also led to high food prices last year.

Therefore, since there is no price difference, these officials are not busy purchasing grain and sending it to the granary.However, although the price of grain is low this year, these officials have not sent all the grain purchases to the granary at this moment.

But at this time, the Tartars entered the customs, and the great event of King Qin from all over the place happened.In order to supply these King Qin's army, the grain in the granary must be taken out.However, there is not enough grain in the current granary. Therefore, in order to ensure the main army of King Qin, such as the army of Nanzhili.And the local army, such as the army in Shandong, these officials had no choice but to be villains and refused to supply Wu Shigong's Henan Guidewei army.

Of course Wu Shigong couldn't imagine the reason for being rejected.But because the army going to King Qin of the capital this time gathered at Tongzhou at the end of the canal, even though the canal is frozen, it is impossible to sail anymore.However, marching along the canal is the most convenient both for supplies and marching routes.

But now Wu Shigong has to go through the northern part of Henan, cross the Yellow River, and rush to Tongzhou by detour from Beizhili. There will definitely be many more troubles along the way.In addition, without the support and protection of other King Qin's troops nearby, the march along the way has become much more dangerous.

You know, the Houjin army is now raging in Beizhili.Although it is unlikely that their main force will reach the southern area of ​​Northern Zhili, it is impossible to say that such a few small Tartar armies will come.

There was no other way but to turn around and march in a sharp turn.It is absolutely unrealistic to want to return to Guidefu City again.King Qin's army had already set off, and it would be a bit of a joke to turn back to the starting point.

However, in Wu Shigong's army, they immediately encountered such a big problem: their food and grass were not enough, and it was definitely impossible to persist in such a long march.

Therefore, Wu Shigong immediately arranged for people to return to Defu City, and reported the new situation to Fuzun and Zhao Ming of Guidefu.And ask them to help, let them collect and deliver another batch of grain and grass.

In addition, Wu Shigong also summoned all the officers and informed them of the new situation, so that they and their soldiers should be prepared, the army will make a sharp turn and go north directly to King Qin.

After busying with all this, Wu Shigong also calmed down.He thought about it again: "Isn't this an excellent reason to delay the marching speed? Maybe this is a blessing in disguise, but who knows it's not a blessing!"

But at this time, Wu Shigong did not understand the situation of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty and Wu Shigong did not have much experience in leading soldiers. These two shortcomings emerged.

Wu Shigong thought that he had very reasonable reasons for ordering the army to turn around, and it was also a very normal order.Besides, orders and prohibitions are the primary discipline of every army.Wu Shigong didn't understand that most of the soldiers in the army he was leading now could not be called soldiers.

In addition, when the officers went back to inform the soldiers that the army was turning to march, some officers explained the reasons very clearly, but when some officers conveyed the order, they answered the soldiers who dared to ask questions with a somewhat different attitude. Simple and rude.

These officers yelled at the soldiers who raised questions: "You have to do what the adults ordered. What nonsense? The result of disobeying the order is one-beheading for public display."

Although such a simple and rude answer temporarily suppressed the doubts in the hearts of the soldiers, the tension immediately spread in the hearts of these soldiers.

In Wu Shigong's King Qin's army, the sources of soldiers are also very complicated.There are Wu Shigong's own thousand households, and there are other thousand households.They only obeyed Wu Shigong's orders temporarily during this King Qin operation.

Even the soldiers of Wu Shigong's own thousand households came from various sources.There are guards brought by Wu Shigong himself from the capital; there are local military households and young people from the Qianhusuo;

The combination of these three reasons caused Wu Shigong's first internal crisis after he became an army.But at this moment, Wu Shigong didn't know anything about this dynamic.