Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After crossing the Yellow River, the emotions of all the soldiers were obviously different from their emotions in Henan. To be precise, it should be said that they were all a little nervous.

On the one hand, it was because, before crossing the Yellow River, they were still in Henan, and they had not left the hometown of these soldiers.But after crossing the Yellow River, in the hearts of these soldiers, they felt a little bit away from home.Especially the people at that time, some of them had never left their hometown, so the feeling of bewilderment and nervousness after leaving their hometown was particularly strong.

Another reason is that Wu Shigong's King Qin's army has already set foot on the land of Beizhili.And now the Houjin army is also raging in Beizhili.Although the two sides are in the north and south of Zhili, the distance should be said to be quite far.However, because they are all in the province of Beizhili, in the hearts of these soldiers, they feel that the distance between the two sides is very close.

Not to mention those soldiers, even the big and small officers starting from Wu Shigong were very nervous.They were afraid that they would suddenly encounter such an army of Tartars.Therefore, everyone is cautious.

Wu Shigong's King Qin's army is already in a state of combat.Wu Shigong not only mobilized some cavalry to strengthen Zhang Biao and Li Sanhe's reconnaissance squadron, but also let the spies spread out in small groups to investigate the enemy's situation.Moreover, during the march and camp, the soldiers were kept vigilant at all times.

Wu Shigong's marching speed has been set to the slowest.Every day, I walk about twenty miles.And these distances can be reached within two hours of marching at most.

For the rest of the day, Wu Shigong completely let the soldiers set up the camp.Every time he set up camp, Wu Shigong always dug a deep trench around his camp.Then build a large camp fence behind the trench.

Not only that, Wu Shigong also built a fence for the inner camp inside.In the open space between the two battalion fences, Wu Shigong's King Qin's army dug traps and pits with sharp bamboo sticks at the bottom.

Then, Wu Shigong's King Qin army dug another trench behind the fence in the inner camp, and behind this trench, they used carts to form a circle.And in the circle of the cart is the real tent where Wu Shigongqin's army sleeps.

In addition, all the trees within [-] steps away from the camp were cut down, and braziers were placed [-] steps away from the camp to prevent the enemy from attacking at night.In addition, it goes without saying that the Ming sentry, the dark sentry and the wandering sentry.

It can be said that, relying on the excellent firearms in Wu Shigong's hands, if the number of Hou Jin's army does not exceed tens of thousands, they will definitely not be able to eat Wu Shigong's well-defended camp.

However, this camping method has a disadvantage.Because Wu Shigong's camp only had a limited number of roads for the army to pass through, so in case of an enemy attack, Wu Shigong's King Qin's army had no way to open the camp to fight back.

But why did Wu Shigong fight back?Wu Shigong's King Qin's army marched like a turtle every day.And built his camp like a tortoise shell.What Wu Shigong played was Extreme Turtle Flow.

Don't say it, because of Wu Shigong's caution, and because of the instructors Wu Shigong sent to the soldiers drawn from other thousand households, they constantly strengthened the training of those soldiers' defensive tactics.Therefore, these soldiers had some confidence in their hearts, and they gradually calmed down, and they were no longer so nervous.

It was not only Wu Shigong's soldiers who were nervous, but also the people and the government in Beizhili.When Wu Shigong's King Qin's army was marching on the road, as long as they saw Wu Shigong's King Qin's army, all the common people would run away upon hearing the news.

At first, Wu Shigong's vigilance was heightened by the actions of those common people. He thought that there was an army of Tartars operating nearby, so those ordinary people mistook their army for the army of Tartars.

Therefore, Wu Shigong immediately sent more spies to investigate around, but did not find any signs of other military activities.At this time, Wu Shigong thought: Maybe those ordinary people don't know their identity as King Qin's army, so they are so afraid.

But later, when Wu Shigong's soldiers called out their identities as King Qin's army, the common people still fled after hearing the news.This made Wu Shigong a little strange.

The more important reason is that because there is no news from the local people, Wu Shigong can't fully know what is happening nearby and what is happening with the army only by Wu Shigong's limited spies.Isn't this making your own army deaf and blind?

Therefore, Wu Shigong ordered to arrest several ordinary people to inquire about the news.After those ordinary people were arrested, under Wu Shigong's gentle questioning, they all looked ashen, collapsed on the ground, trembling and speechless.

Seeing the reactions of these ordinary people, Wu Shigong was very puzzled.What's going on here?Does your own smile look scary?

He Fei who is still on the side has experience.He stepped forward and slapped and kicked every commoner several times.Under He Fei's coercion, although these ordinary people were still trembling, they could at least speak and be able to answer Wu Shigong's question.

After Wu Shigong asked the questions he wanted to ask, he gave those common people some copper coins and a few catties of grain as rewards.This move made the mood of these common people a little better.

Strike while the iron is hot, Wu Shigong asked the reasons for the strange behavior of these ordinary people.Wu Shigong, who had a bold answer, said: "My lord, for our common people, whether it is Tartars or officers and soldiers crossing the border, it is a military disaster!"

Then, that person explained the reason to Wu Shigong in detail.It turns out that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty at this time were better off from their hometowns, at least they would not do anything out of touch with their own folks.

And the discipline of those soldiers is not very bad, but many of them are more vicious than bandits.Because they are basically not active in their hometown.Therefore, it is almost unscrupulous to attack the common people.

Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, there is actually no difference between the performance of the Tazi army and the official army.Even because the behavior of looting property is the same, the Tartar army just robbed the people as slaves, and those officers and soldiers who robbed property, in order to prevent their actions from being exposed in the court, often killed people afterwards. Come.Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, the Tazi army may be better than the official army.At least the Tazi army left a life for the common people.

After Wu Shigong learned about these situations, he couldn't say anything more, because those officers and soldiers were still his allies at least for now.However, Wu Shigong still thinks that the military discipline of the officers and soldiers should not be that bad.It may be that there are so few officers and soldiers with poor military discipline, which caused the consequences of a rat droppings spoiling a pot of soup.

But what makes Wu Shigong even more dumbfounded is that not only the common people have the same view of the officers and soldiers, but even the government has the same view of the officers and soldiers.

When King Wu Shigongqin's army marched, they usually camped near the city for safety.But whenever the army approaches any city, that city will definitely be like an enemy.All the city gates were closed tightly, and Wu Shigong's King Qin's army would never be allowed to enter the city.

This made it very difficult for Wu Shigong, because it was very difficult for him to get these cities to provide him with some supplies.In a better city, after hearing the news of Wu Shigong's request for supplies, some grain and grass will be hung from the city wall.Not good, simply ignore Wu Shigong.

This made Wu Shigong very angry.He thought to himself: "Is this the land of the Ming Dynasty or the land of the Tartars?"

Fortunately, Wu Shigong himself had enough food and grass, which could fully support Wu Shigong's march.Wu Shigong couldn't help but feel thankful for his behavior of making IOUs in Henan and collecting enough food and grass.

However, Wu Shigong still felt a little bit at a disadvantage. He was going to the capital to serve the king, so the food and grass for his army should be supplied by the local government along the way.Why use Wu Shigong's own food and grass?

However, Wu Shigong dare not use the method of collecting military rations in Henan by issuing white bills.Leaving aside the reason of being unfamiliar with the place of birth, this North Zhili is near the capital, and it can be said that it is at the foot of half the emperor.

And many Zhuangzi in Beizhili were also Zhuangzi of nobles and officials.In case any dignitaries were offended by the matter of collecting grain with IOUs, Wu Shigong would definitely go away without food.

However, it is not Wu Shigong's character to shrink back when encountering difficulties;

Wu Shigong used the rogue grain collection method.In the future, whenever Wu Shigong's King Qin's army arrived at a city, if they could not get the amount of food and grass he needed.Wu Shigong sent some soldiers with loud voices to shout and scold.For example: "The county magistrate in the city wants to starve King Qin's army to death. He is the internal response of the Tartars!";If there is no supply of food and grass in the city, King Wu Shigongqin's army will not leave, shouting these words that disgust the officials in the city day and night.

Don't say it, as long as these words are uttered, they will often receive miraculous effects.In addition, the food and grass that Wu Shigong asked for was also within the range of those cities.So usually not long after shouting these words, the food and grass that Wu Shigong needs will always be hung from the city wall.

This incident also verified a sentence - don't be afraid of being desperate, but be afraid of being shameless.

Wu Shigong was not afraid at all that his actions would be sued.Because of King Qin's righteousness in hand, Wu Shigong will have the upper hand no matter how he goes to court.

At most, those officials in the city had formed some personal enmity with Wu Shigong.But would Wu Shigong be afraid of this?In the future, Wu Shigong only needs to shrink back into his fortress of Qianhusuo, and those officials may not come to bite him!Yu Zilian, the magistrate of the county where Wu Shigong's thousand households are located, has such a personal enmity with Wu Shigong that he hasn't done anything to Wu Shigong for more than a year!

In this way, not only did Wu Shigong not consume the food and grass he was carrying, but the amount of food and grass he owned was also increasing.Only in this way, Wu Shigong marched even slower.However, this situation is also in Wu Shigong's arms.