Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"My lord! A total of more than 800 people were sent from the coastal forts, and the villain went to see them. The old ones and the young ones are few, so don't mention it. It would be difficult for them to walk to Songshan, let alone fight." Yu Ji reported to Wu Shigong.

"My lord! Up to now, the number of people gathered is less than [-]. It is impossible to send troops before the beginning of spring. Otherwise, my lord will send a memorial to the court? Ask the court to send some soldiers?" Zhou Junwu persuaded.

Wu Shigong listened to everyone's speech with a smile, looking confident.

After the edict came down, the highest civil and military officials in Liaodong immediately gathered to discuss.And at this meeting, it is absolutely unavoidable to argue with each other.In the end, the number of troops promised to be allocated to Wu Shigong was greatly reduced, only more than 1, far less than 3.

But after the meeting, those army leaders all regretted their promises, and they all held on to their own troops, and discounted the discount again.Until now, 1000 people have been squeezed in for Wu Shigong in the Supervising Division Standard Battalion, Governor Supervision Standard Battalion, and Supervising Army Standard Battalion.Among the various Ming generals, only Wu Sangui dispatched 2000 people to Wu Shigong.

At that time, Wu Sangui also collected the routs all over the place, and then integrated the routs together.But in this way, there are always some thorns who don't accept Wu Sangui's discipline, so this time, they just dumped all these burdens on Wu Shigong.Of course, there are no such thorny horses, armor or anything, and the most crude weapons.If Wu Shigong wanted to use these soldiers, he would have to spend a lot of money to arm them.Another point is quite annoying, those thorns are thorns to Wu Sangui, so they are not thorns to Wu Shigong?So these people still don't obey Wu Shigong's discipline very much.

Seeing such a result, Yang Shengwu, governor of Jiliao, Ye Tinggui, governor of Liaodong, and Gao Qiqian, the governor of Liaodong, couldn't stand it any longer.However, they did not dare to forcibly requisition the troops of the various military leaders in Liaodong, for fear of stirring up a mutiny.Therefore, they only gave Wu Shigong a policy, allowing him to recruit military households in small military forts along the coast.This is to supplement the troops.

Now, apart from the five major cities of Jinzhou and Ningyuan, there are only a series of small military forts between Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, and most of them are near the Bohai Sea.

These small military forts are actually the fortresses of the Ming Dynasty.And these guards are basically the "private plots" of Liaodong generals.As an analogy, a guard here is like a township in the interior, and a thousand households is like a village in the interior.The military fort is the place where the military households lived and guarded the Qing army in the guard.

In peacetime, the military households in the guard house worked like serfs for the Liaodong army generals; in wartime, the military generals took males from the military households to fight.So here comes the time.The military households and cultivated land of these guards have actually become the private property of those Liaodong generals.

The only thing worthy of "luck" is that the defeat of the Ming army was too severe this time. There were only a few generals in the Liaodong faction except Wu Sangui.The rest were trapped in Jinzhou and Songshan, and few could escape.therefore.Yang Shengwu and Gao Qiqian can only carry out the orders of the military households.

But it's the same misfortune.The defeat of the Ming army this time was too great. Most of the men in the guard were killed and besieged, and those left behind were also caught by the officers in the guard, because they still had to rely on these labors to farm in the coming year. Woolen cloth.Therefore, there were only a few sent to Wu Shigong's army, and the total was less than a thousand.And age is also polarized.The minimum age of the old group is forty; the maximum age of the younger group is fifteen. They really regard the Runing Army as a charity hall.

Seeing Wu Shigong sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, Zhou Junwu became even more anxious: "My lord! Do you have to send troops before the spring? The preparations are like this. People outside are waiting to see our jokes. "

"Do they think we are stupid?" Wu Shigong still said with a smile, "In fact, I think they are stupid. The food and supplies allocated to us by the Master Supervisor are not lacking, and they have also given us more than 400 craftsmen. Accounts, these things are valuable."

Governor Yang Shengwu of Jiliao felt a little guilty about not being able to supplement the strength of the Runing Army, so the food and grass allocated to the Runing Army was really full, enough for half a year.Of course, according to the bad rules of the Ming Dynasty, it is only calculated on the basis of 4%, but this is enough for more than 5000 people to use.But now the entire Runing Army has less than [-] people.Yang Shengwu also squeezed a large part of the other horses, armor and weapons to the Runing Army.

What made Wu Shigong even more happy was that the Runing Army transferred more than 400 craftsmen to the army on the grounds of building weapons and carts.In this regard, the major army leaders in Liaodong did not stop them, and gave all these talents to the Runing Army in vain.

Seeing Wu Shigong didn't take it seriously, Zhou Junwu became even more anxious: "My lord! The results are only trivial, why should we be happy? My Runing army is alone in the cold winter to conquer Songshan in the north. That is the point. I am afraid that it will be difficult to rescue Hong Dushi even if I lose my troops."

"Is it Wei Mo for this officer?" Wu Shigong still didn't think so, "Hedgehog! Tell Si De what it was like when we cleaned up the battlefield back then. Not even a fly was left behind. If you can pick it up An iron pot, you can have fun for a long time, and you can save such a big fortune by being so stingy. And if someone gives it away for nothing today, it is of course disrespectful."

"Hahaha!" Yu Ji, the veteran officers of the Runing Army, all recalled the "glorious days" of the past.

"Besides! Who said that Governor Hong must be rescued? Just do your best. Everything should be in the interests of our Runing Army." Wu Shigong then explained to Zhou Junwu.

As soon as this hint was made, Zhou Junwu seemed to understand a little bit, and he quickly asked Wu Shigong in a low voice: "My lord! Don't you plan to send troops before the spring?"

"Who said there will be no more troops? If there is no army before the beginning of spring, it will have to wait until summer. The imperial court is not a good place to look." Wu Shigong replied.

In the beginning of spring in Liaodong, the roads will become muddy due to the melting of ice and snow, making it impossible for large vehicles to pass.Therefore, if you want to use chariot formations, the Runing Army must wait until summer to deploy troops instead of in winter, and it is absolutely not feasible in spring.

But Wu Shigong's answer made Zhou Junwu a little confused.He hurriedly asked: "Since my lord is planning to use troops immediately, our troops are too small. And the Tartars are waiting for work at Songshan City, the situation is not good!"

"Using troops, we don't have to go to Songshan City!" Wu Shigong continued to explain, "As long as our Runing Army leaves Ningyuan, it will be fine. And this time we are going to fish for things first, and rescue second." (To be continued.. )