Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 137
After negotiating with the third brother-in-law Tian Dafu on the share of the beheading, Tian Dafu and Ma Gonggong left in satisfaction, and Huang Laifu summoned his officers to discuss the matter of rewarding and dividing the merits.

Soon, Jiang Dazhong from a hundred households in the horse team, Su Dongan from a hundred households in the troop, four general banners from two hundred households, and twenty small banners came to the hall. Everyone's faces were beaming, and they obviously knew that Huang Laifu was recruiting them What's the matter.

This time I came to Shenchi Castle, there was a troop and a cavalry team.The army of Wuzhaibao originally had no cavalry, only forty servants served as the cavalry.However, since last autumn, Huang Laifu spent several thousand taels of silver to buy 300 good horses from various places, and formed a cavalry team, with a total of more than [-] cavalry.

Among them, more than 100 people have been carefully selected and well-equipped. From men to horses, they are all covered with iron armor. These people act as servants of the Huang family and are led by Jiang Dazhong.This time Huang Laifu came to Shenchi Castle to bring these servants.As for the original Yang Xiaolu, he also led a cavalry team of hundreds of households in Wuzhai Fort. This cavalry team was also well equipped.

As for Jiang Dazhong leading the family cavalry team, the Baihu team he originally led was led by Baihu Su Dongan instead.

"This time the thieves and bandits attacked, it was all thanks to the soldiers to fight the enemy bravely, so that we can win a big victory!"

After everyone sat down, Huang Laifu spoke first.

"This is because the adults commanded well and calmly, so that they can defeat the bandits, and the subordinates dare not take credit for it."

Baihu Su Dong'an fought well and spoke well. He is the son of Su Rui from Baihu. He is 25 years old this year and has always been modest and low-key.In the Wuzhaibao army, he is very popular.

Looking at the approving responses below, Huang Laifu smiled and said: "A good fight is a good fight, and the credit that should be rewarded should not be less."

He pondered for a while, and said: "Just now I have discussed with Master Tian, ​​​​the garrison of Shenchibao. He led the army to help this time, and he is kind to our soldiers, so we can't let him return empty-handed. Therefore, the 459-level leader Among them, I am assigned to level 200 in his Shenchi Fort, and we are assigned to level 259 in Wuzhai Fort."

"In this 259-level head, the troop used to kill thieves at level 78, but because the troop effectively blocked the enemy, the thieves would collapse, which made it easier for the cavalry to pursue. Therefore, I counted it as the troop head at level 100, and the cavalry It is divided into 159 levels for the first level, what do you think?"

The officers below discussed for a while, and all said: "The subordinates have no objection." Huang Laifu's division is still very even, so everyone has nothing to say.

Huang Laifu said: "In terms of specific head calculations, the team killed one hundred thieves this time. Su Dong'an, a hundred households, won the third level of the head, Ding Chaoyong and Li Zhuan of the General Banner each won the second level of the head, and the rest Each of the small flags will get a first level of head. Among the forty blunderbuss soldiers, each of them will be counted as a first level of beheading. For archers and long players, each two will be counted as a first level of beheading. hand."

"As for the cavalry team, the thieves are killed in the 159th rank. Baihu Jiang Dazhong, the head of the 5th rank, and Liu Shaoan, the head of the thief, will be rewarded separately. Two general flags, each with the head of the 3rd rank, ten small flags, each The first rank is 2. The rest will be owned by the sergeants of the cavalry. If there are many thieves killed, the general banner officer can report to Baihu to find out, and then report to the official to learn, and then reward."

Huang Laifu said: "As for the reward for beheading, according to the country's system, the court rewards five taels of silver for each thief's head, and 156 taels of silver for the head of a thief..."

In the Ming army, beheading one level generally rewards five taels of silver, but only in the Qi family army, beheading one level rewards 30 taels of silver. This is one of the reasons why the Qi family army is so powerful.And Huang Laifu increased the reward to 40 taels of silver.

"also……"

Huang Laifu smiled again and said: "In addition to the rewards from the imperial court, our Wuzhai Fort has other rewards. According to the military regulations of Wuzhai Fort, one level of beheading will be rewarded with 40 taels of silver. The Fort reward silver will also be allocated together."

Everyone below is excited and talking about it. After this war, most of the sergeants who participated in the war will receive at least 40 taels of silver rewards. How exciting it is.And Jiang Dazhong, who received the highest reward, was the leader of the fifth rank, and he also captured the head of the thief. The silver reward from the court alone was 181 taels of silver, and with the 200 taels of silver rewarded by Huang Laifu, there were nearly 400 taels of silver.In addition, beheading five ranks, this promotion is also inevitable.

"I will submit the merit documents of my officers and soldiers to the imperial court as soon as possible after tomorrow."

All the officers were howling, and all the faces showed bloodthirsty and warlike expressions.Seeing Huang Laifu was very satisfied. This kind of spirit was what he wanted to see.

Of course, in the Wuzhaibao army, in addition to the generous military rewards, the compensation for casualties is also generous. However, in this battle, only one sergeant was slightly injured. Huang Laifu only needed comfort, and no compensation was needed.As for the dozens of casualties on his brother-in-law Tian Dafu's side, of course Huang Laifu didn't need to pay attention.

After the war, the specific distribution of the first-level wealth is also the result of Huang Laifu learning from the Qi family army. Usually, in the Ming army, when they are victorious, they swarm up and the soldiers compete for the first-level property. There are many disadvantages. This kind of result.However, in many Ming armies, there are still such evils. For example, in the army of Huang Laifu's third brother-in-law Tian Dafu, this phenomenon is common.

After talking about the rewards, after all the officers calmed down, Huang Laifu talked with everyone about the gains and losses of this battle, and some lessons that should be paid attention to.Huang Laifu ordered the two hundreds of households to go back and write down their battle experience after this battle, which will be recorded in the military history of Wuzhaibao as a battle example.Usually when I have time, I have to dig it out and learn more.

After everyone expressed their opinions, they all took out their notes and recorded their speeches.The current Wuzhaibao officers, after nearly a year of hard work and tortured by military sticks, at least everyone can read and write.Moreover, everyone remembers the various regulations of Wuzhai Fort clearly.

Finally, it is about the distribution of the seized property. This time, 340 three horses and 410 two swords and weapons were seized.For these seizures, the third brother-in-law Tian Dafu generously surrendered all of them to Huang Laifu, and did not even compete with Huang Laifu for hundreds of horses.For him, raising cavalry was expensive. If he wanted to raise a few hundred more horses, the money for the horses alone would be an astronomical figure. He couldn't afford to raise a mere garrison.Only my brother-in-law is rich and powerful, and can spend the money to raise hundreds of horses.

For everyone in Wuzhaibao, swords and other things are not rare now, Huang Laifu also plans to leave half of the swords and weapons for the miners in Shenchibao.But for horses, everyone here is salivating.

In the end, Huang Laifu's arrangement was that Jiang Dazhong, the servant's cavalry team, would equip each servant with another horse, forming one man and two horses.As for the hundred households in Su Dong'an's infantry, each of them was equipped with a horse, which was used as mounted infantry to improve the mobility of the army.The rest of the horses will be transported back to Wuzhai Fort. How to use them will be discussed later.

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On the second day, outside Taipingzhuang, there was a lot of emotion and anger, and countless people's heads rushed.

"Kill these bandits, kill them."

"My lord, please avenge my children and my mother-in-law."

"My lord, the blood that killed thousands of swords has washed our Song Village, I beg you to be the master..."

Amid the anger, the horse thieves who were tied up trembled. The leader of the horse thieves, Liu Shaoan, was loaded in a prison car, and his face was also pale. He is now dressed in rags. Due to the injury on his shoulder, until now, he is still sluggish. He just kept his head down and didn't speak, completely lacking the arrogance and arrogance of that day.Regarding his handling, Huang Laifu has reported to the imperial court, and will escort him back to Wuzhai Fort, and the imperial court will decide how to deal with it.

The news of the horse thieves bloodbathed Song Village had already spread, and Huang Laifu and Tian Dafu also took people to check it out. Everyone was shocked by the brutality of the horse thieves.In that village, it can be said that there is no chicken or dog left. Except for a few people who escaped by chance, the people in the village have basically died.

What is particularly heinous is that all the young women in the village were raped and killed, and some children were poached from their hearts. The crimes of these horse thieves are beyond words.

In addition to Song Village, Taiping Village also had many miners and their family members killed when the horse thieves came that day. The horse thieves hated it to the bone.

"cut!"

Of course, Huang Laifu had nothing to say about these people. Whether it was to use their heads for military merit, or to behead their heads for public outrage, these horse thieves had to die.

Amid the angry denunciation of the crowd, under a hillside, these captured more than 100 horse thieves were followed one by one to the ground. While they were struggling and crying, and amidst their screams, several Wuzhaibao sergeants took turns to kill them. Their heads were cut off, and they cut off several steel knives before beheading all these horse thieves.

After the beheading, the bloody smell in the local area took a few days to dissipate. These days, no one dared to pass by this place. Since then, this hillside has become a mass grave, and various local folk ghost stories have been circulated. land.

"Laifu, you will be leaving almost tomorrow, right?"

Tian Dafu said to Huang Laifu who was silently watching the beheading scene.

Seeing that the horse thieves were all beheaded, the third brother-in-law Tian Dafu's face was a bit ugly, one was the bloody scene in front of him, and the other was the struggle of his soldiers yesterday, which made him very troubled.For Tian Dafu to attribute most of the credit for the 200 heads to his servants, many of his soldiers were dissatisfied, and Tian Dafu couldn't sleep well all night.

"Yes, brother-in-law."

Huang Laifu responded.The affairs of the various mines in Shenchi Castle are already on the right track, and he doesn't need to deal with them personally.Moreover, the compensation and burial for the villagers of Song Village and the victims of the Taipingzhuang miners had been completed, so I could indeed go back.It's been a few months since I left home, and I still miss home very much.

Tian Dafu nodded and said: "After Laifu returns, let your sister come back and have a look."

Huang Laifu looked at Tian Dafu, seeing that his expression was calm, but he just looked forward silently.

The next day, July 1591, 7, under the farewell of everyone in Taipingzhuang, Huang Laifu led his two cavalry teams, escorted Liu Shaoan, left Shenchi Fort, and returned to Wuzhai Fort.

The battle at Taiping Village in Shenchi Fort still caused a great shock to the surrounding area. Not to mention that after the news spread, all the military fortresses were shocked by the combat power of Wuzhai Fort soldiers, even the horse thieves around, no one dared to fight The idea of ​​Shenchi Fort and Wuzhai Fort.

(End of this chapter)