Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 707 Li Anguo joins the army

On the vast grassland, a troop escorting food and weapons supplies is slowly advancing.

This place belongs to the junction of Duogan and Wusizang (now in Qinghai), and has been controlled by the Ming army.

This logistics supply unit was not to deliver supplies to Lu Xiangsheng's troops, but was ordered by Lu Xiangsheng to supply the rebel Huang Degong Department.

The provision of supplies to the rebels was secretly arranged by Li Jing and Lu Xiangsheng. Not many people knew about it, and a unit specially appointed by the logistics department was responsible for doing this. This unit has secretly provided supplies to Huang Degong for three years.

In fact, it was precisely because the Ming army secretly provided supplies for Huang Degong's department that Huang Degong's department could persist for so long. Otherwise, without the support of new weapons, he would have been eaten by the Tibetans long ago.

Even so, in the past two years, Huang Degong's troops have been greatly reduced.When Huang Degong was defeated and retreated to the Wusi Tibetan area, there were more than 5 troops, but now it is less than 3.

The main reason for the downsizing was that the soldiers could not adapt to the plateau climate in the Wusi-Tibet area. When Huang Degong was defeated and retreated, he led his troops into the Wusi-Tibet area without knowing the depth.Suddenly entering the plateau area, these soldiers could not adapt to it at all. Most of the soldiers suffered from altitude sickness. Huang Degong saw that the situation was not good, and immediately led the troops to turn eastward and enter the plains of the Duogan area, which prevented the entire army from being wiped out.

When Huang Degong's troops arrived in the Duogan area, more than 1 people had died of illness, and more than [-] people were seriously ill and unable to move.Fortunately, at this time, Lu Xiangsheng got Li Jingmi to order someone to contact Huang Degong. Seeing this situation, he immediately sent troops to secretly pick up these patients and return them to the mainland, where they were resettled secretly.

Because the climate on the plateau is too harsh, Huang Degong and Lu Xiangsheng decided to temporarily station Huang Degong's troops at the junction of the plateau and the plain after secret discussions. This will not only prevent soldiers from getting sick or even die due to unsuitability to the plateau climate, but also gradually adapt to the local climate. , At the same time, it is much more convenient for Lu Xiangsheng to resupply.

Then the Huang Degong Department used this as a base to fight everywhere, and with the cooperation of Lu Xiangsheng, they finally took the Duogan area back to Daming.

Since the Duogan area was completely controlled by the Huang Degong Ministry and the Ming army, the supply troops were not worried about Tibetans daring to attack them. In fact, there was not a single Tibetan in this area within a radius of [-] miles, let alone sneak attacks.

The Tibetans and Mongols who dare to show their faces here will be killed as long as they are discovered by Huang Degong's troops.

Since there were no hidden dangers, this transport troop walked very easily, but there was a young man in the crowd who kept looking around.

"Hehe, little brother, don't be nervous. We have been walking this road for three years, and we have never encountered enemies." A veteran looked at the boy and smiled.

The boy nodded: "I know, in fact, I am more looking forward to the appearance of enemies, so that we can fight."

The old soldier sighed and said, "Oh! It's not up to us to fight the war, not to mention us, even the main combat troops under Commander Lu did not fight."

Shaking his head, the veteran continued: "I'm just wondering, what do you guys think our commander-in-chief is fighting here? He obviously played well here, but he suddenly ordered to stop, and then transferred the commander-in-chief to the southwest. Isn't it nonsense to start a war with the neighboring countries!"

The boy said with a smile: "If you can understand the strategic intention of the commander in chief, you will not be in the position you are in now."

The old soldier smiled and said, "That's right. We're just a big bastard, so how can we know that? By the way, little brother, why do you want to be a soldier at such a young age? Study hard and get an official job. Be a strong soldier?"

"Brother, what you said is wrong. What is a big soldier? If it weren't for those of us who serve as soldiers to defend our home and country, ordinary people can live in peace and stability?" The boy laughed.

The old soldier shook his head and said with a smile: "We don't understand what it means to defend our home and country. We just know that being a soldier is paid to support our family. But it's really interesting to say that we are a commander. The salary we get is higher than those who served as soldiers a few years ago." I don’t know about others, anyway, I can save at least three or five taels of silver in a year of work, not to mention the balance before, it’s good to be able to eat enough.”

The young man smiled and said, "Then where do you think our military salary comes from? Our Ming Dynasty now has more than 100 million troops, and the military salary alone needs 2000 million taels of silver in a year. The taxes collected by the country in a year are basically spent. It's on the military pay."

The veteran smiled and said, "I don't believe it's all spent on military pay. If you give us all the money, what about those officials?"

"Hehe, of course we have to think of other ways! Just like this time the commander suspended us from continuing to use troops here, and used troops against those countries in the southwest. The purpose is to plunder money and materials from those countries to supplement military use." The boy laughed.

"But we here have helped the imperial court to rob money in the past two years! I heard that the money robbed by the combat troops is pulled back by cart after cart." The veteran said.

"Brother, do you think that there are mountains of gold and silver here, and you still pull them back by cart after cart? Let me tell you, the imperial court has used troops in the northwest for the past two years, and the boss has lost a hole. That's why the commander-in-chief decided to suspend the use of troops here and try his best." Running the place, haven't you heard that Lu Dushuai is also the Qinghai chief envoy?" The young man laughed.

It turned out that after Lu Xiangsheng completely recovered the Duogan area, Li Jing decided to establish a province in the Duogan area, and changed the Duogan Dusi to the Qinghai Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, that is, Qinghai Province, and Lu Xiangsheng also served as Qinghai Chief Envoy.

The veteran nodded: "I've heard of this, but isn't this Duogan Dusi? Why is it changed to a province?"

The boy said with a smile: "This is for better governance of the local area. The chief envoy is in charge of local administration."

The old soldier let out a groan, and then continued: "We don't know what those jobs are for, but this place used to be Duogan Dusi, why did it change its name to Qinghai?"

The young man smiled and said: "It was called Xirong in ancient times, and Xiqiang in the Han Dynasty. In the late Western Han Dynasty, Xihai County was set up on the north bank of Qinghai Lake. The name Qinghai originated in the period of Wuhu chaos in China. It is called Wenbo in Tibetan, and it is called Wenbo in Mongolia. It is called Kukunoer in Chinese, both of which mean blue lake."

The veteran nodded when he heard the words: "Little brother, you know a lot. By the way, I see that you often hold books in your hands. Did you learn all this from books?"

The boy nodded with a smile.

The old soldier said with a smile: "When my son grows up, he must be allowed to study, but he can't be like his father who doesn't know anything."

At this time, an old soldier next to him said, "Little brother, how old are you this year? It's a pity that you have been educated at your age, so it's a pity that you came to join the army. Does your family have no money for you to study?"

The boy smiled and shook his head: "I wanted to be a soldier to fight, but after I became a soldier, they assigned me to the logistics force."

"Little brother, if you have studied and can read, you will definitely be able to stand out in the future. You see, most of our senior generals in Ming Dynasty are in their twenties and under thirty. As long as you work hard, you will be able to become a general sooner or later." The veteran laughed.

"Being a general? I'm afraid it will be difficult." The boy smiled.

"Little brother, don't be discouraged. You will train well in the future and strive to be transferred to the combat unit. If you make meritorious service, you will be promoted. With your age, even if you can't be a general in the future, it will definitely be no problem to be a battalion commander or something. "The old soldier laughed.

The boy said with a smile: "Then I will borrow my elder brother's good words."

The old soldier smiled and said: "We have been talking for a long time, but I still don't know what your surname is, little brother. If you are promoted in the future, if the brothers ask you for help, how can they find you?"

The boy said with a smile: "My surname is Li, and my name is Li Anguo. If my brothers are promoted in the future, I will never forget you brothers."

A few veterans laughed and said, "Then brothers, thank you first."

Li Anguo smiled and shook his head.

This boy is Li Jing's eldest son.

Li Anguo came to Lu Xiangsheng's army a year ago. At that time, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but turn pale when he saw him, thinking that Li Anguo had escaped secretly, and hurriedly asked what happened.

And Li Anguo said that he had Li Jing's permission, but Lu Xiangsheng didn't believe it anyway, and finally sent someone to Beijing to inquire, only to find out that Li Jing's permission was really obtained.It's just that Li Anguo didn't come from the capital, but came from Henan.

As for the reason why Li Anguo came to Henan, Lu Xiangsheng had heard about it. The cause was that Chen Dahu's father, old man Chen, was ill. Li Jing sent his son to Nanjing to visit him on his behalf. His coffin was transported back to his hometown of Chenzhuang, Huguan County, Shanxi.

In Chenzhuang, after Li Anguo kept the filial piety for 49 days on behalf of his father, he rushed to the Northwest Army alone, so he did not bring Li Jing's souvenir.

After learning the whole story, Lu Xiangsheng was suddenly troubled. This is Li Jing's son, and he is the eldest son. He will take over Li Jing's position in the future. He will come to his own army for training. What kind of position should he arrange for him? ?
For the sake of Li Anguo's safety, it is natural for Li Anguo to be his own soldier, but it is definitely not Li Jing's wish to be his own soldier.

Since Li Jing let his son come to the army, he naturally wanted to hone him a little bit, what a fart it is to hone him as a personal soldier!

But if you don't want to be your own soldier, how can you arrange it? You can't let Li Anguo go to the front to fight, right?
If Li Anguo made some mistakes during the war, how could he explain to Li Jing!

After much deliberation, Lu Xiangsheng finally decided to assign Li Anguo to the logistics force. The logistics force has no mission to fight, so there is no need to worry all day long.

Originally, Lu Xiangsheng planned to assign Li Anguo a small boss or something, but Li Anguo didn't agree with anything, saying that he must start from a small soldier, and stated that if he didn't make meritorious service, he would never be promoted.

Lu Xiangsheng could only smile wryly at this. It would be extremely difficult to serve as a soldier in the logistics force, especially if Li Anguo's identity was left there, how could Lu Xiangsheng dare to send him out to perform supply missions? Under such circumstances, it would be even more difficult to make contributions. up.

But this is also good, if Li Anguo has been unable to make meritorious service, then he will inevitably retreat, and then he can send this living ancestor back to the capital.

(End of this chapter)