Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

Is it necessary to be loyal to such a government?

"The Ming Dynasty is now extremely corrupt. It is incapable of keeping the people safe and healthy, and it is incapable of resisting foreign enemies. It is greedy, oppressive, and disregards human life. If we don't rebel against such a court, what's the point of keeping it?"

"The boss is right! It's the other way around!"

"That's right, we're rebelling! Only when the boss leads us can we live a good life. Looking back on the first half of my life, I didn't live a good life! I finally got to where I am now, but the court wants to take it away, and we won't agree! We're rebelling!"

For a moment, the crowd was excited and the noise became louder and louder.

“It seems you understand.”

Jiang Han nodded: "A good life needs to be defended with our own hands! Whoever doesn't want us to live a good life in peace, let them die!"

Volume 164: Chapter Chapter : Planning Master and Idea King

"Pfft... Are you saying that the other party told us to be prepared and will attack our Yangzhou city soon?"

In the Yangzhou Commandery, Chen Maotai, the assistant commander of the commandery, was drinking tea when he heard this shocking news. He was so scared that he almost spit out the tea in his mouth.

Of course, he couldn't drop the teacup in his hand. He had just picked it up from below. The cup was made of Yuan blue and white porcelain, the pot was made of purple clay, and the base was made of huanghuali wood. It was quite valuable. In recent days, this gentleman had been drinking tea with this set of tea sets every day.

"Indeed, we were ordered to investigate the disappearance of Jinyiwei in Yangzhou City under the leadership of Captain Lu. We soon found out that the murderer was the one. Captain Lu took us to investigate, but we were ambushed by the murderer. After a hard battle, Captain Lu broke both his legs to protect us. A colleague also died in the battle. We fought desperately to escape. During the fierce battle, we found out that the other side had a plan to attack Yangzhou. We felt that this matter was of great importance, so we came to report it."

A Jinyiwei soldier bowed to Chen Maotai and tearfully reported what happened to him and others. Of course, he added some minor changes to it. As for the words about being grateful to the people, he didn't mention it at all. People? What are those? No one really cares about the lives of the people, right? No way?

This group of foreigners rushed all the way to Yangzhou City and immediately asked a doctor to treat Lu Guangyuan. Lu Guangyuan was bleeding profusely along the way, but fortunately he had been training in martial arts since childhood, and his physique and willpower were relatively strong, so he managed to make it to the city.

"Sir, that group of villains is extremely cruel and cunning like a fox. We must be on guard against them!"

It's not that the bandits wanted to flatter Jiang Han. The main reason was that there were no less than ten of them in their group, and they ran into someone else's territory. Their teammates were beaten to death, and the leader's legs were broken. If I don't brag about the other side, wouldn't it make me look like a loser?

It’s not that our army is too incompetent, but that the enemy is too cunning!

"That's unreasonable!"

Gently placing the teacup on the table, Chen Maotai slammed the table hard with his big hand!

"Such a thug! He simply doesn't take the Ming Dynasty seriously. What does he think Yangzhou is? His paper farm! I never thought that I was so focused on military affairs and left the city's affairs to the county magistrate to decide, which led to the emergence of such a traitor in the city!"

Chen Maotai started with a series of blame-shifting moves. I was busy with military affairs, don't look at me. The affairs of this city are handled by Wang Dang, except for the rebels, who he did not manage well, but it has nothing to do with me.

However, he soon realized that this was a good opportunity. Although the blame was passed on, there were rebels in Yangzhou City, which was undoubtedly a politically detrimental situation. But if he sent troops in time to wipe them out, it would be a meritorious service in suppressing bandits. Then I would receive the reward and the county magistrate would take the blame. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

It's just a small farm. I have tens of thousands of elite soldiers at my command. Can you kill me in one second?

"Such a rebellious person must not be allowed to stay. Come, quickly select 500 elite soldiers and go to wipe out the rebels' den!"

Five hundred people? Fanzi thought, isn't this right?

"Sir, the gangsters are quite powerful. I'm afraid that with only 500 people...?"

"Oh, no problem!"

Chen Maotai waved his hand and said, "The soldiers of Yangzhou City are well-trained and well-equipped. They will be equipped with cannons, crossbows, and muskets. Although there are only 500 of them, they are very powerful. No matter how strong the villain is, he will be trampled into meat paste in front of my heavenly soldiers!"

Chen Maotai also had his own thoughts. Since he wanted to compete for merit, he had to maximize his merit. If you sent more than a thousand people to suppress the bandits, the bandits would be suppressed, but others would have something to say. If you sent a few thousand people to suppress the bandits, it would be like letting a pig lead them. It was the same. No matter who went up, it would be 3 to 0. I could do it too! How could he show that he, Chen Maotai, was in command? I only brought 500 people. Although I brought more artillery, crossbows and muskets, these things would not be written in the battle report. It would only be that I, Chen Maotai, led 500 elite soldiers to defeat the rebels. When the time came, I would kill some of the farmers in the village and say that they were all soldiers of the rebels. Isn't this a record?

Chen Maotai's idea was quite shrewd. He accurately grasped the current emperor's anxiety about the dire situation in the court. He really needed one victory after another to restore his confidence. If he stood up at this time, wouldn't this be a promotion right in front of him?

By then, I should be able to buy a better set of tea sets.

"I see. I understand. I will take my leave."

"Well, go ahead"

The messenger ran to the parade ground to count the troops and dispatch people to suppress the bandits. The Jinyiwei returned to the garrison to report, and Chen Maotai's mansion returned to peace again.

"Oh, when good things happen to you, you feel refreshed..."

He is already researching what kind of tea set to buy after he gets promoted.

"They have begun to gather their troops, but it looks like there aren't many of them. Commander, are we going to eat them?"

There was a question coming from the communication channel.

"No, let them go. Their weapons and equipment are still very attractive to me."

Jiang Han felt a little disappointed. The commander of Yangzhou City was not very capable. I said I was going to attack the city, but why did you only send out so few people? Send more people. There are not enough armor and equipment! !

Yes, Jiang Han's purpose in asking the other party to go back and bring a message was indeed not pure, because he knew that the other party would not take the common people seriously at all. One of his purposes in doing so was to lure the other party to send troops out of the city to suppress the bandits, and then steal their equipment.

After Jiang Han's encouragement, the people in the village, especially those who had come all the way from refugees and had some small industries through their own efforts, were very motivated to protect the safety of their property. They rushed to join Jiang Han's struggle team and become the vanguard in fighting against those evil demons. However, even though everyone was motivated, they couldn't go to war with pitchforks, right?

Jiang Han himself has humanoids as his main combat force, but the humanoid guns cannot be used by these farmers, and his own factory also needs to produce more civilian goods. If he directly converts civilians into soldiers, he will not be a P-society player, and he will not even need logistics.

Therefore, the fastest way to arm these peasant soldiers in a short period of time is to let their neighbors store up food and I store up guns, so that my neighbors will become my granary.

There is a garrison in the neighboring Yangzhou city with a permanent population of 0 people. It has a large number of weapons, equipment and armor. If I don’t have them, I can just buy them for yuan.

It's just a pity that this group of people only has 500 people, and the number of armed people is really not enough. After eating these people, the other side will probably change their mindset and focus on defense. No one should be stupid enough to continue sending people out to fight, right? That would be too much.

At that time, I can implement my next plan.

I was lost on the road of life yesterday, so I didn't update. I will make up for it today. Hey qun 衣榴巴217妻一六

Volume 165: Chapter Chapter : As Easy as Sprinkling Salt

"Hurry, hurry, the parade drum has sounded! If you're late you'll be punished!"

"Here it comes, oh my god, the people above just know how to make trouble for me. What are they doing on New Year's Day?"

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the assembly drum suddenly sounded in the parade ground of the guards. The big drum in the parade ground was the signal for the soldiers to assemble. In ancient times, there were no such things as electronic bells, so they used the big drum with the widest sound transmission rate to convey the message.

After the three drums are sounded, the assembly time is over. Those who fail to come will be punished. If they encounter a strict military discipline, being late will result in the loss of their heads. However, for the soldiers of Yangzhou Garrison, there is no such risk.

"Look at what you guys look like! Behaving like a decent person!"

The generals above were furious when they saw the soldiers below, each of whom had their armor in disarray, their clothes in disarray, and some of whom had even lost a shoe.

"You are so lazy! How can you defend your country? Look at you, all of you are so slovenly! You don't look like soldiers at all! I have sounded the drum three times in the parade ground, but there are still a few people who have just arrived!"

What followed was a barrage of scolding, including punishment for some latecomers, which made some people spend some time tidying up their appearance.

Then, the chief officer gave another long speech, which was as long as an old lady’s foot binding. The speaker was so enchanting that the people below were drowsy when listening.

"Well, this time, I summoned you all because of a major event. The Jiang Family Farm outside the city has committed treason and disregarded the imperial order. Anyone can kill these traitors! So I sent us to wipe them out and hang their heads on the city wall to set things right!"

"Isn't Jiang's manor the one that sold pancakes a while ago? Why did he rebel?"

Hearing this, the soldiers below began to whisper.

"No way? I see the owner of that manor has taken in many poor people, right?"

"What's there to think about? It's just that the family business has been targeted by the higher-ups, and they refuse to give in."

The man who knows it came up and made a direct conclusion: "I know this very well. I have done it many times."

"I tell you, don't think too much. There are so many miserable people in this world. We are paid by the army to do the work. This job is easy and there is no danger. These are all unarmed civilians. We can do it with just a little bit of effort. Then we can come back and spend the New Year in peace."

"That's right. This time I can at least earn some military pay and buy more things for my family."

"My kid is clamoring for meat, too. Should I be able to buy some this time?"

For the soldiers, all they do is kill people. As long as the military pay is paid, it doesn't matter who they kill. If the superiors say he is a traitor, then he is a traitor. His difficulties have nothing to do with me. After all, they are not the ones who pay me. For them, being a soldier is a job that requires them to put their heads on the belt, and sometimes they don't even get paid for this job.

It was precisely because of this reason that the Ming Dynasty army’s fighting spirit was not very good in the middle and late stages. This situation did not improve until Yu Shaobao’s city defense regulations came out.

After all, the hard-core KPI standard of "if you don't work hard, you will die" is still quite deterrent.

With some expectations and fantasies about the future, the team assembled and set off quickly.

"Why did you bring out the cannons? Didn't you say you were going to suppress the bandits?"

"It seems that the opponent this time is not easy..."

"I heard that the owner of the manor took in a lot of refugees. Maybe there were too many of them, so they used artillery fire."

Looking at the luxurious lineup and equipment of their peers, the soldiers talked among themselves and headed for the road that would change their destiny.

"The God of Wealth is on the way. There are 500 people and two cannons, which should be about eight pounds. The rest are some light weapons. You can understand that there is no threat except for those two iron lumps."

“Very good, proceed as planned”

After hearing the order from the communication channel, HK416 nodded and picked up a cylindrical object beside him.

"Peng!"

A clear, hollow sound suddenly rang out, making the soldiers who were still marching on the road suddenly alert. Then, they saw an object flying towards them in a parabola in mid-air.

"Everyone get down!!"

"puff!!"

The expected scene of the shell hitting the ground and drawing a line of blood did not occur. Instead, a huge white fog exploded in the air, obscuring everyone's vision.

"Cough cough cough!! Cover your mouth and nose!!"

Although they didn't know what the white mist was, the soldiers naturally would not regard it as a kind gift. Many of them immediately covered their mouths and noses, and some even started to unbutton their pants on the spot.

"Hey! What the hell are you doing taking off your pants!?"

Seeing his comrade suddenly taking off his pants, a soldier shouted in horror, "No way, no way, Nantong is right next to me!"

"Peeing on your clothes can keep out the poisonous fumes!"

"Fuck, you're really smart, give me some too!"

"Go pee yourself!"

For these soldiers, good news and bad news were presented to them at the same time. They guessed the good news right, and they guessed the bad news right.

The first thing fired by HK416 was naturally a smoke bomb. This thing can not only be thrown by hand, but also launched from a long distance using a launcher, releasing a large amount of smoke at one time.

At the same time, she also mixed a few tear gas bombs in it. Although the effect of this thing would be greatly reduced in the wild environment, it is very powerful. If one is not enough, she can use ten or eight of them, which will always help you.

Everything comes down to one sentence, which is not powerful enough.

There is an old saying among the people that even the strongest man cannot withstand three rounds of diarrhea. Under the effect of tear gas, even if you are a peerless military king or Li Cunxiao, you will have to lie on the ground and cough.

"The first phase of the mission is completed, prepare to receive the spoils"

"receive"

In Yangzhou City, Chen Maotai is not feeling well at the moment.

It's so quiet.

The army had been sent out for four hours, how come there was no news of any movement? It was already dark, could it be that the enemy was going to camp outside the city?

Logically speaking, if the bandits are suppressed successfully, the messenger should come back to report the news to the city as soon as possible. Then it is their own business to clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils. Even if they lose the battle, at least someone will send a message back. Now they go out and just let go of someone else's dog. What's going on?

What about people?

"I'm really stupid, really"

Another hour passed, when it was completely dark and there was still no news coming back from outside the city, even if Chen Maotai was slow-witted, he should have understood in his heart that these 500 people were in great danger.

"I only know that the Jinyiwei tried their best to exaggerate the villain's ability in order to avoid being blamed. Who would have thought that they would play realistic with me this time!"

Volume 166: Chapter Chapter : Plan

Several Jinyiwei were called to Chen Maotai's house again. Not knowing what was going on, they thought the army had successfully wiped out the bandits, and they came up to congratulate him.

"Congratulations, sir. Congratulations, sir. This time, the bandit suppression was successful. It is another great achievement! With such achievements in hand, sir will surely rise to prominence."

After the Jinyiwei finished praising, he realized that the atmosphere in the room seemed to be a little stagnant. He tentatively glanced upwards with the corner of his eye, and saw Chen Maotai's ashen face, as if his wife had run away with someone.

"Sir....what is this...?"

"Tell us everything you know about that group of rebels. Don't hide anything."

Chen Maotai's voice seemed to be squeezed out from his back teeth.

"Hey? Sir, we have explained the situation in great detail..."

"The five hundred elite soldiers I sent to suppress the bandits have been wiped out by the little rebels you mentioned. Not a single hair has returned! Now, immediately, tell me all the information you know about that group of people. Otherwise, if there is a mistake in Yangzhou City, I will not be able to explain even if I chop off your heads! !"

He threw the teacup in his hand heavily to the ground, and the broken porcelain pieces flew everywhere. Chen Maotai also vented his anger. Oh, this cheap teacup is so useful. I have to throw a few more.

Several guards knelt down immediately and explained the whole story to Chen Maotai, including the possibility that the other party might have a rapid-fire musket.

Chen Maotai's expression was uncertain. These Jinyiwei really deserved to die. Why did you provoke them? They were just fine there, but you went up to them and did this during the New Year. Now, you have made such a big mess for yourself, and you still have to clean up the mess yourself.