Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 136
"Jiang Baihu is really a hero!"

After Tian Dafu led the five hundred officers and soldiers from Shenchi Fort to arrive, looking at Jiang Dazhong whose whole body was like a man of blood, Tian Dafu couldn't help saying with emotion.Tian Dafu brought 500 horsemen and cavalry this time, including 200 cavalry and 300 infantry, led by a guard team and a general.

When Tian Dafu and others arrived, the horse thieves had already collapsed. Faced with these scattered horse thieves, the officers and soldiers of Shenchibao were unstoppable. Some shouted and chased the fleeing horse thieves, while others Fighting for the heads of the horse thieves who died on the ground, they were in a mess, with no formation or military discipline at all, watching the soldiers of Wuzhai Fort shaking their heads and frowning.If this happened to the Wuzhaibao sergeants, those looting soldiers would have already been pushed out by Huang Laifu and beheaded.

After chasing the horse thieves, except for more than 100 horse thieves who escaped without a trace, the two armies jointly killed more than 200 horse thieves, and their own side suffered 31 casualties, including one cavalryman of Wuzhaibao and 30 officers and soldiers of Shenchibao.In addition, the Second Army also captured more than 100 horse thieves, especially Liu Shaoan, the leader of the horse thieves. This is a great achievement.So after the rendezvous, looking at the brave and invincible Jiang Dazhong, the beaming Tian Dafu couldn't help expressing such emotion.

"Tian Shoubei is flattering, this is the duty of the last general to kill the enemy."

Jiang Dazhong said loudly that his whole body is covered with blood now, and there are still some pieces of meat hanging on the armor. The iron lance in his hand is also soaked in a pile of blood. When he walks in front of others, there is a strong smell of blood. , causing the people next to him to stay away from him intentionally or unintentionally. When the officers and soldiers of Shenchi Fort looked at him, they all had expressions of fear on their faces.Tian Dafu also suppressed his nausea before he smiled at Jiang Dazhong.

Jiang Dazhong didn't like Tian Dafu leading the army at the last moment and taking part of the credit from the Wuzhaibao soldiers, but he thought Tian Dafu was the young master's brother-in-law and had the kindness to rescue him. , Jiang Dazhong didn't say anything.

Not much to say, after the two armies met, they escorted more than 100 horse thief prisoners and Liu Shaoan, and they all came outside Taipingzhuang.Along the way, the officers and soldiers of Shenchi Fort kept looking at the soldiers of Wuzhai Fort from time to time.

Tian Dafu served as a garrison in Shenchi Fort, with more than 400 battalions and more than 400 cavalry under his command.These battalion soldiers are all soldiers who only get paid for food, and none of them are military households.Right now in the Ming Dynasty, the battalion soldiers all had a sense of superiority when facing the Guards Army.In comparison, their food and salaries will be more generous than those of the guards, and they don't need to be hereditary soldiers. On weekdays, they are the envy of the guards.

But at this time, when facing the sergeants of Wuzhai Fort, it was their turn to envy them. The cavalry of Wuzhai Fort were all well-equipped, tall and powerful, and all of them were aggressive, and each of them They all wear well-crafted iron armor, iron helmets on their heads, and movable iron masks on the iron helmets. The horses under the mounts are also wrapped in refined iron sheets, and each of them is equipped with a variety of rich weapons.

Among the battalions of Shenchi Fort, except for the fifty cavalrymen of the servants who each had iron armor, the rest of the cavalry only had one set of leather armor each.As for the soldiers of those contingents, they were all wearing a shabby mandarin duck battle coat.

Moreover, most of the battalion soldiers in Shenchi Fort still had a disheveled look on their faces, which was in stark contrast to the well-nourished soldiers in Wuzhai Fort, all of them glowing red.In contrast, it naturally made the soldiers of Shenchi Castle jealous.This kind of military capacity is really incomparable.

These stark contrasts not only made these battalion soldiers' usual sense of superiority over the Shangwei army disappear, but also many people felt sour and uncomfortable in their hearts. There was a feeling that the world was upside down. Such a powerful combat force should not be due to the elite military capacity.Coupled with the fact that they saw the invincible bravery of the Wuzhai Fort sergeants earlier, many battalion soldiers of Shenchi Fort also felt a sense of fear in the hearts of the Wuzhai Fort sergeants.

Soon, Jiang Dazhong, Tian Dafu and others escorted a large number of horse thieves to the outside of Taipingzhuang, where the battlefield has been cleaned up, and Huang Laifu has learned the news that his third sister-in-law Tian Dafu led the army to help, and he is smiling He and his father-in-law Ma Jiuying stood at the gate of the village to welcome them.In addition, there were a group of miners who had received the good news of the victory and local people surrounded the road on both sides to welcome them, laughing and laughing, and the sound of firecrackers continued.

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Jiang Dazhong rushed forward to salute Huang Laifu and said: "The general has seen your lord. More than a hundred soldiers from Wuzhai Fort chased down the bandits, beheaded 250 and 120 enemies, and captured [-] five members of the enemy. Liu Shaoan, the leader of the thieves, is here to report to your lord."
Looking at Jiang Dazhong's appearance, Huang Laifu knew what kind of bloody battle he had gone through. He said gently: "Dazhong has worked hard, let's go to the village to rest."

Jiang Dazhong responded loudly, and escorted a group of horse thieves into Taipingzhuang. Along the way, the horse thieves were greeted by rain of stones and crying and cursing.Especially Liu Shaoan was beaten all the way.During the harassment by the horse thieves this time, at least dozens of miners, women and children who were too late to enter the village were killed by the horse thieves.These miners in Taipingzhuang have a deep hatred for these horse thieves.

Today, due to the harassment of horse thieves, the coal mines around Taipingzhuang must not be able to start work. Therefore, today is a day off. In addition, there are some things to do to pay for the aftermath.

After Jiang Dazhong led the cavalry into the village, Huang Laifu greeted his third sister's husband Tian Dafu with a smile.

Tian Dafu came up with a smile on his face, and said: "Laifu, at least your brother-in-law came not too late and drove away the horse thief. Are you all right in the village?"

Huang Laifu sighed: "The horse thieves came in a hurry, we were caught off guard, and some miners were killed."

Tian Dafu also sighed: "At last, this loss is still relatively small." Indeed, when this kind of large group of horse thieves comes, they often go wherever they go, and many villages and towns are bloodshed. The loss of Taipingzhuang this time , is indeed considered small.

Huang Laifu looked at Tian Dafu and said, "Thank you brother-in-law for this matter."
In fact, when the horse thieves came, Huang Laifu still had no idea whether the 200 soldiers of Wuzhai Fort could fight against the horse thieves. Handle.

But Tian Dafu was not afraid of the ferocity of the horse thief, and brought his soldiers to help, which still moved Huang Laifu a little, thinking that after all, he was still his own relatives.If you change to another military fort, I am afraid that this kind of rescue will be delayed, and you will need to make various promises and conditions.

Tian Dafu said with a smile: "We are all one family, Lai Fu's words are out of the question."

Eunuch Ma Jiuying stepped forward and said, "Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey, you two adults don't have to be polite here, let's talk in the manor?" For this big victory, since Eunuch Ma was not the supervisor of the army, he didn't get any credit for it. However, seeing Taiping Zhuang Anran, he was very happy in his heart.The minerals here are safe, and the dividends will be distributed at the end of the year. Naturally, Emperor Wanli will not forget him. This is much better than getting some heads.

Tian Dafu knew who was behind Eunuch Ma, so he naturally respected him.He smiled and said, "Okay, Laifu, let's go into the manor. It's time to sort out some things about beheadings and seizures."

At that moment, everyone entered Taiping Manor, but Tian Dafu only led his confidant servant team and a few servants into the manor, and the rest of the Shenchibao officers and soldiers camped outside the manor.This is mainly for the sake of public security in Taiping Village. If these battalion soldiers enter the village, they will be like wolves and tigers, and the miners in the village, especially some women, will be in trouble.

Tian Dafu knew the virtues of his subordinates, and Taipingzhuang belonged to his brother-in-law, so he naturally wouldn't make it difficult for Huang Laifu, so he ordered the troops to tie up the officers and soldiers led by the commander-in-chief outside the village.Of course, Huang Laifu will not forget to reward them, throughout the night, good wine and good meat, feel free to serve them, let them eat and drink to their heart's content.

Everyone entered the big house of the Liu family, which now belongs to Huang Laifu's property. Everyone sat down and offered tea.After chatting for a while, Jiang Dazhong, dressed in casual clothes, came in and reported the result of this harvest to Huang Laifu.

After listening to Jiang Dazhong's general report on his gains, Tian Dafu laughed happily, and Huang Laifu and Ma Jiuying's father-in-law were also beaming with joy.Huang Laifu said happily: "Great, beheading level 459, capturing three horses 340, and two swords and weapons 410, this is a great achievement."

Tian Dafu was taken aback, and said: "Laifu, the number of beheadings is wrong, isn't it more than 100 levels?"

Huang Laifu smiled and said: "What's wrong, those captured horse thieves committed a heinous crime, can't I still provide food to support them? After tomorrow, I will behead them all! In this way, the number of heads will match?"

Tian Dafu patted his thigh and said: "That's right, these horse thieves have bloodbathed many villages and towns, and each of them has a few lives in their hands, so naturally they can't be kept!"

Afterwards, he hesitated and said: "Laifu, look at this head, how should we divide it?"

Huang Laifu said, "What about my brother-in-law's opinion?"

Tian Dafu blushed a little and said: "Laifu, do you think this is good? Beheading level 459, your Wuzhai Fort is divided into level 259, and my Shenchi Fort is divided into level 200. Those captured will be given to you. What do you think?"

Huang Laifu pondered for a while, and said, "That's fine too!"

Tian Dafu was overjoyed, he didn't expect to come to Taipingzhuang this time, and made a great military achievement. Although dozens of people were killed or injured, it was worth it. Never get drunk."

Father-in-law Ma Jiuying smiled at Huang Laifu: "Master Huang, our family will also report the good news to the emperor for this great victory in killing the thief."

Huang Laifu was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Eunuch."

The hall was full of joy, Huang Laifu and Tian Dafu were thinking about what rewards they would get after this great achievement was reported. This official should be promoted, right?

The rewards for military exploits in the Ming Dynasty have always been generous. In the 12th year of Hongwu, it was stipulated that military exploits should be divided into three categories, namely extraordinary meritorious service, first meritorious service, and secondary meritorious service.In the 14th year of Chenghua, it was stipulated: "A sergeant who kills one rank will be promoted to a rank, a sergeant will be promoted to a small flag, and the other will be promoted to a crown belt, and so on, until the third rank. , as the first to advance to the same rank. Those who lead 500 people in a thousand, their subordinates will be cut to 500 ranks, those who lead a thousand people will be ranked [-], those who lead [-] people will be ranked [-], and those who lead a thousand people will be ranked [-], and they will all advance to one rank. Sanji stop. It captures people, animals, and equipment, and gives them all..."

Leading 500 people, beheading [-] levels, you can advance to one level, at most three levels, Tian Dafu plans to behead two hundred levels this time, not to mention three levels, at least one level, from defense to guerrilla Is there a problem?
And Huang Laifu led more than 200 troops this time, and beheaded more than 200 people. I don't know how many levels he can upgrade, but at least it is no problem to upgrade from defense to guerrilla.

(End of this chapter)