In addition, the Ming Dynasty court generously rewarded these rebels with money and provided them with good treatment.
Therefore, although Jia Qijin had just returned to the Ming Dynasty, it had not been long ago.
But he was somewhat loyal to Ming Dynasty.
Looking at the group under his command, they started to twist and turn not long after they had gone far, completely losing their formation and looking unsatisfactory.
Looking at the formation of the Liberation Army not far away, which had been walking for a long time but was still very neat, Jia Qijin felt so angry that his liver ached.
Comparing the two, the rebels like myself look like a rabble!
"You should fucking make some moves for me!"
"Look at the Liberation Army next to you, and then look at you. We are all soldiers who supervise the Ming Dynasty. Why is the gap so big?"
The soldiers of the Liberation Army are generally very physically strong!
The repertoire of daily training, weight-bearing cross-country training is not practiced in vain.
They marched in a relatively orderly formation for a long time, and there was no trace of fatigue on their faces.
Singing military singers, their voices are still loud and clear!
Demonstrating their high morale and still strong physical strength!
Seeing the state of the Liberation Army marching, Jia Qijin seriously doubted that this was not at full speed and that the Liberation Army still had some remaining strength.
Marching seventy or eighty miles every day, there is still some strength left. In this era, such a marching speed is simply unimaginable.
Especially for infantry!
A Guiyi soldier shrank his neck and whispered.
"Compared with the treatment of the soldiers of the Liberation Army, we Guiyi Army soldiers are no different from our stepmothers. Everyone's pay and food are different."
"Why do we need to behave the same as those of the Liberation Army?"
Although Zhu Hongyu's treatment for the Guiyi Army was not bad, at least it was much better than when they were soldiers in the Green Camp.
But as the saying goes, the same rice feeds all kinds of people. If some people are satisfied, others will naturally be dissatisfied.
Many soldiers who returned to the Rebel Army, after learning about the treatment of soldiers in the Liberation Army, were envious and jealous.
There are a lot of complaints in the army!
When Jia Qijin heard this, he glared sideways and said in a very unkind tone.
"What the fuck are you talking about?"
"His Royal Highness Jian Guo did not care about our past sins of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty and becoming traitors. He spared us decades of hard labor and organized us into the Guiyi Army. He did not treat us badly with food, pay and weapons."
"Such a great kindness, what the hell do you want if you're not grateful?!"
"Envy the treatment of the Liberation Army?"
"Do you think it's unfair?"
"But don't you fucking forget, we are prisoners of war at best, and traitors at worst."
"It's good if you can save your life, what else do you want!"
"Besides, His Highness the Supervisor didn't say that we, the people, must always be the rebel army and cannot be the liberation army!"
"As long as you achieve military merit on the battlefield, you can climb up the fucking ladder, become a member of the Liberation Army, and become an officer!"
"If you envy the treatment of the Liberation Army, just risk your life and fight for it."
"..."
The grumbling Guiyi Army soldier was so ashamed by Jia Qijin's words that he shrank his neck and stopped making a sound.
…
On the second day, the Ming army spent the night repairing on the bank of the Yangtze River. At dawn, they prepared to break camp and set off.
However, as soon as the army broke out of camp, Zhu Hongyu received a report from the sentinels.
"Your Majesty the Supervisor, our army's sentinel cavalry is meeting with the Qing army's sentinel cavalry."
"The Qing army took the initiative to leave the city and prepare to fight our Ming Dynasty King's Division. Its forward is less than thirty miles away from our army!"
"..."
When Zhu Hongyu heard this, a look of solemnity flashed across his face and he spoke.
"Command the army to prepare to unload weapons and ordnance from the transport ship, and be ready to go into battle at any time to face the Qing captives!"
"The goal of this battle is to completely annihilate the Eight Banners of Qing Dynasty in Jiangning!"
All the generals agreed in unison.
As Zhu Hongyu's order was issued, the Ming army stopped marching.
The transport ship docked, and a large amount of weapons and ammunition were moved off the transport ship.
Sets of heavy armor, barrels of gunpowder and lead bullets, boxes of grenades, rockets...
As well as small-caliber artillery for infantry support firepower, such as tiger crouching cannon, mortar cannon, Folang machine cannon, etc.
It was transported continuously!
In terms of fire suppression, the naval gun groups on the fleet are responsible for this.
Therefore, in this battle, the Ming army did not have to transport those field artillery pieces, which weighed thousands of kilograms.
Just bring some small-caliber light artillery to the battlefield and use it as supporting firepower for the frontline infantry.
Countless civilians were like busy worker ants, busy all the time, lining up to load and unload supplies from the ship.
Countless amounts of gunpowder, cannonballs and other items were piled up and distributed to the hands of various troops!
The musketeers of the Liberation Army began to put on breastplates and polish the bayonets in their hands.
After the heavy armored soldiers had a good meal and solved their personal physical problems, with the help of the auxiliary soldiers, they began to put on their armor piece by piece.
The innermost layer is a silk lining, followed by an animal fur lining for warmth.
Then, there is a layer of chain mail.
The outermost part is the breastplate made of fine steel used to protect the torso, and the iron armor such as the mantle and skirt armor used to protect the limbs.
The work of putting on armor for heavy armored soldiers is quite cumbersome. Even with the help of auxiliary soldiers, it will take at least ten to twenty minutes to put it on.
The cavalry of the Ming army were also arranging their equipment and soothing their horses.
Without exception, no one in the Ming army had the slightest fear in the face of the upcoming battle.
Different from the Ming army in the late Ming Dynasty, the current Ming army is a new army. They have no fear at all from the Qing army, whether it is the Green Camp or the Eight Banners.
Since the formation of the Ming Army, their outstanding achievements in battles have forged their pride and belief in being undefeated.
No matter who the enemy is, just do it!
No cowardice!
…
The Ming army was preparing for battle in full swing, and the Qing army also received news of encountering Ming army sentry cavalry.
The hurried reports made the Qing army immediately tremble.
Lang Tingzuo sat on his horse and looked to the east. In a daze, he seemed to see a huge fleet coming from the sky and blocking out the sun.
He couldn't help but think of the scene when Zheng Chenggong came to invade a few years ago.
Countless large and small warships almost covered the entire river surface. Hundreds of thousands of Zheng troops threatened Jiangning, which really frightened Lang Tingzuo.
If he hadn't used a delaying strategy to hold back Zheng Chenggong, he would not have attacked the city immediately.
Taking this opportunity, Qing troops from south and north of the Yangtze River pressed in from all directions and defeated Zheng Chenggong.
I'm afraid Jiang Ning would have been captured by Zheng Chenggong if it hadn't been for that!
With Zheng's influence throughout Jiangnan, Fujian and Guangxi.
By then, I'm afraid it won't be another catastrophic disaster like the one in the South.
It's just that luck played a big part in why he was able to defeat Zheng Chenggong back then.
Now, I have no confidence at all whether I can defeat the Ming army that invaded Jiangning again!