Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 159 Old Camp Fort

Soon, the 20th year of Wanli came, and it has been three years since Huang Laifu came to this world.

Although this year's Ming Dynasty is still not good, and the Mongols invaded Wuzhaibao in winter, which caused some losses to Wuzhai Fort, but this New Year, everyone is still having a good time. The faces of Wuzhai Fort's military households are full of smiles, Full of hope for the future.As for Huang Laifu, who was promoted to deputy commander, he was extremely busy throughout the Chinese New Year, and there was an endless stream of congratulators from all parties.

After the end of the year, Wuzhai Fort has started a new year of development. Now Wuzhai Fort has entered a stable development period. The fields of each farm in the fort have stabilized at 40 mu and will not increase. Only Each workshop is more and more prosperous.

Before the Chinese New Year last year, the employees of these workshops went back to celebrate the Chinese New Year with their one-year wages.When many people go home, they have the feeling of honoring their ancestors, holding white silver in their hands, and carrying big bags and small bags when they go back, such as Wuzhaibao ham, bacon, dried fish, beans, etc. Come on, there are all kinds of beautiful woolen products and so on.

After returning to their hometown, seeing the joy of their families and the envy of others, all these hired workers are extremely satisfied.They lived frugally in Wuzhaibao and were reluctant to spend money, but when they returned home, they bought things as if they were desperate, just to enjoy the envy of others.And this year's battle in Wuzhai Fort also gave them the ability to brag, which in the eyes of many villagers is a sign of knowledge.

The final result is that after the new year, the employees of the military forts in the surrounding states and counties rushed back to Wuzhai Fort one after another, bringing a large number of people.After coming and going, a wave of "Spring Festival Transport" of the Ming Dynasty was formed. This peculiar phenomenon has attracted some people's attention. Some literati in Wuzhaibao and Kelanzhou even wrote poems to discuss it.

After Huang Laifu was promoted last year, the territory under his control has expanded a lot. In addition to Wuzhai Fort, Shenchi Fort, and Bajiao Fort, there are two more Forts, Laoying Fort and Pianguan Fort. It is the same as before, with these two more forts , to pay an extra 5 taels of tax silver every year.The current Huang Laifu is equivalent to having the governance rights of Wuzhai County, Shenchi County, and Pianguan County in the later generations.

In the past year, not to mention Kelan Prefecture and Wuzhai Fort, the relationship between the two places has become closer and closer because of the wool relationship. Even Shenchi Fort and Bajiao Fort have also achieved great development.The farms in Bajiaobao have harvested a large number of soybeans, sugar beets, flax, rapeseed, etc., providing abundant raw materials for the workshops in Wuzhaibao. Starting this year, the farms in Bajiaobao can also start cultivating food .

As for Shenchibao, the coal mines and iron mines in the territory have achieved good results in operation last year, and they can expand and develop on a larger scale this year.As for the governance of Laoyingbao and Pianguanbao, it was also on Huang Laifu's agenda.

In the 20th year of Wanli, March 1592, 3 AD.

After the new year, spring begins, the ice and snow begin to melt, the weather gradually warms up, and flowers and green grass come out slowly.However, in the northwest of Shanxi, the spring is still cold.

At this time of year, a group of cavalry was heading for Laoyingbao from Wuzhai Fort.

Going all the way, passing Lougou Fort and Yongxing Fort, the road you can see is full of loess gullies and rolling hills.As far as I can see, there is less green and more yellow. From time to time, a gust of wind will come and roll up a piece of loess and sand.

The weather was dry and cold, and the villagers, regardless of men, women, old or young, were wearing bloated padded jackets, their hair was in a bun, and their faces were yellow and thin. When they saw the army passing by, they just leaned out of the doors and windows and looked at the pedestrians in fear.

Looking at this typical situation on the loess high slope, there is also a girl with a sallow face but bright eyes, leaning against a tree, secretly watching the crowd rolling on iron horses, Huang Laifu is quite emotional.For thousands of years, the people on this yellow land have lived here tenaciously.

He was riding on the horse, feeling something in his heart, and suddenly sang to the sky: "Who is that on the Geliang on the opposite mountain? That is the terrible Erla sister... the one on the east mountain lights the lamp, and the one on the west mountain That Ming, the one-horse Pingchuan, I can’t see the Ge people. The younger sister is standing on the Ge beam, and the elder brother is standing on the Ge ditch. Thinking of my kiss, I burst into tears..."

"Okay, okay, my lord sings well."

"It's like hearing fairy music."

"It's really flavorful."

"It's better than singing a big show."

All the soldiers in the queue stretched out their thumbs one after another.

"Master Huang really has a good voice."

Eunuch Ma Jiuying tried his best to sit on a horse, and he also said to Huang Laifu.As Huang Laifu's supervisor, Huang Laifu went to the old camp for inspection, so naturally he would follow.

After Huang Laifu let out a roar, he felt comfortable all over his body, and he said, "Elder-in-law is over the award."

At this time, the yellow dust billowed in front of him, and a scouting horse galloped from the front. When he came to Huang Laifu, he clasped his fists and reported to Huang Laifu immediately: "Report to the general, and after another five miles, you will arrive at the old camp fort."

Huang Laifu said: "Okay, let the order go on, let the sons show their spirits, let the officers and soldiers of the old camp see the spirit of our Wuzhai Fort soldiers."

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Laoyingbao is an important Guanbao in Shanxi Town, located 40 kilometers east of Pianguan City, on the north bank of Guanhe River.The castle was built in the last years of Zhengtong, it was repaired in the 15th year of Hongzhi, and it was built with bricks in the sixth year of Wanli.There are east, west and south gates, the east wall is about 400 meters wide, the west wall is about 500 meters wide, the north wall is about 900 meters long, the south wall is about 950 meters long, and the circumference is about 5 miles.

Since Laoyingbao is located at the extreme edge, it borders Datong Town in the east, and not far to the north is the tribe of the Mongols, so the terrain is important.Therefore, from the 44th year of Jiajing, a deputy commander-in-chief, a battalion of surprise soldiers, more than 2000 officers and soldiers, and more than 64 horses and mules were added to the area. There are 260 brick buildings in Biandun and [-] Huludun buildings.

It turned out that Laoyingbao had a deputy commander-in-chief, but during the Mongol invasion last winter, the deputy commander-in-chief of Laoyingbao retreated and dared not fight, so he was dismissed from his official position by the angry Wanli Emperor and demoted to Shaanxi.

Without a military position, there would be no money or food to survive. Immediately, some of his original hundreds of soldiers and family members followed, some scattered as birds and beasts, and some stayed in the old camp, anxiously waiting for the new master Huang Laifu, hoping to take him in.At present, there are thousands of officers and soldiers in the fort, and only the original old battalion is temporarily in charge of the garrison.
At this time, in the field outside the south gate of the fort, the weather was quite chilly, and a gust of wind blew up a burst of loess.A tall and thin man in armor, a red cloak, and a big scar on his face, led many officers and soldiers from the old camp to line up outside the city gate, waiting anxiously for the arrival of his new boss, Huang Laifu.This thin man in armor is Liu Zhengwei, the current guard of the old camp.

Next to them were three officers who looked like officers, and they were also waiting anxiously together. One of them had a flushed face, and it was Liang Zhiping, the former commander of the old battalion, and the other, with beards, was Xie Qingkui, the commander.There is also a general who was the former deputy commander of the old camp, with a worried face, named Xu Zhongtai, leading more than 300 servants who have not yet dispersed.

"Brother Liu, do you know this new General Huang?"

While waiting, Liang Zhiping, the blushing general manager of Qian, asked Liu Zhengwei, the guard next to him.

"I don't know him, I just heard that General Huang is very rich, he is very powerful in farming, and his soldiers are also very brave. Everyone knows about the battle last winter, right?"

"Of course I know. Wasn't our deputy commander dismissed because of this? I heard that General Huang was originally a general with only one battalion, but he defeated ten thousand captives with one battalion. It is indeed very powerful to behead thousands of people."

Speaking of this, Qian Boss Liang Zhiping glanced at Xu Zhongtai who had an unnatural expression beside him.As the former general of the deputy general, being mentioned about the scandal of his original master really made Xu Zhongtai look bad.Especially now that these servants and generals have become bereaved dogs.It turned out that these servants were all eating and drinking in the old camp, and they were domineering, which made several Qianzong and their soldiers dissatisfied.Now that there is an opportunity to ridicule him, everyone will naturally not let it go.

The bearded Chief Qian Xie Qingkui said loudly: "Old Xie admired those who dared to fight the Tartars the most in his life. If this General Huang can make up for the food we owed for the past few months, I, Lao Xie, will pay this His life was sold to him."

"Not bad, not bad, Mr. Xie Qian's words touched our hearts."

The several officers present all agreed one after another. Isn't this what they are most concerned about?The officers and soldiers of the old camp have not been paid for nearly half a year, and they did not have winter clothes during the winter last year. The sergeants have long been full of complaints.If the rations are not paid, there is a danger of mutiny.I just hope that the new boss, Huang Laifu, will not be as greedy as the former deputy chief soldier, and give his soldiers some way to survive.

All of a sudden, the officers and soldiers of the old camp started to commotion, and everyone said, "Here we come."

Then saw the smoke and dust billowing from the south, a large flag with yellow characters first appeared in everyone's eyes, and then the flag was like a cloud, and countless cavalry rolled in, and the leading hundreds of cavalry were even covered in iron armor. The momentum was really astonishing , Seeing that the officers and soldiers of the old camp took a deep breath, the officers and soldiers of the Wuzhai Fort were so elite and powerful, it was really not a cover, no wonder they were able to win more with less and defeated the invaders.

This time Huang Laifu came to the old camp fortress, led by [-] armored cavalrymen led by Jiang Dazhong, to protect Huang Laifu's safety, Jiang Dazhong is now a guerrilla, but he still follows him all the time as a general Beside Huang Laifu.In addition, there are [-] Wuzhaibao infantry led by Qian Zong Li Feng, who will be stationed in the old camp in the future, but they are all riding horses.

(End of this chapter)