The two thousand Sichuan soldiers that Deng Xuan and Wang Hong lent to Shi Dayong were actually quite good, and Deng and Wang were indeed loyal enough. They did not just throw all the old, weak and disabled soldiers among the generals as a burden to Shi Dayong, but instead mobilized them individually.
A whole battalion of soldiers came.
Of course, there must be some old and weak soldiers in these two battalions, but it would be much more kind to send all the old, weak, sick and disabled. Moreover, the quality of the Sichuan soldiers in these two battalions is relatively good, and they are basically all skilled.
They use firecrackers, and they also know some basic military ranks, can listen to drums and trumpets, and recognize flags and troops. However, due to malnutrition, these Sichuan soldiers are all short in height, generally around 1.6 meters, and are weak.
He has a yellow complexion and is rarely over 1.7 meters tall.
Weakness and yellow complexion have been a common problem among Ming soldiers in the past few years. They have been hit by disasters for many years, food is in short supply, and meat is even rarer. Except for the personal soldiers of the generals in the capital camp and important towns, most of the Ming army lived a bleak life, and
The common people are no different. It is good to have a meal of rice porridge. Eating meat is an extremely luxurious dream. Therefore, it is natural not to be tall and strong.
The Sichuan Army is relatively good, but the guardsmen in some places in the northwest looked like victims of the disaster. Their eye sockets were so thin that they were sunken. They took off their clothes, and their front and back were all skin and bones, and their ribs looked ugly.
I heard Wang Hong say that when he and Deng Quan led their troops in Henan, they saw with their own eyes the bandits coming from the northwest and the pursuing border troops. Except for the flags they flew, the two sides were all the same.
They are almost the same. They are all dressed in rags and have all kinds of weapons in their hands. When they are pulled in front of the formation, they are like a beggar. The one is so thin that it looks scary.[
The implication of Wang Hong's words is naturally that these thousand soldiers borrowed from you are elite soldiers, not the beggars from the northwest. You, to some extent, have a certain mentality.
Of course Shi Dayong knew what he was doing, otherwise he would not have spent the money to buy wine and meat in Shandong for Wang Hong.
It doesn't matter if you are in poor health, as long as you eat enough and drink enough, you will be able to recover after a period of time. A Buddha needs gold, and a person needs food. If there is food in the belly, this person will be strong.
After more than ten days, these Sichuan soldiers were well fed. Shi Dayong also prepared some cotton armor for them from the previous seizures, and also exchanged 500 fire guns, supplying three meals a day, which made the Sichuan soldiers happy.
Grinning straight.
No matter which household in the Ming Dynasty, they never gave them three meals a day, usually one in the morning and one in the evening. At noon, they drank some soup and added some salt. They didn't expect that after arriving at the Jinzhou Army, they could eat one day.
After three meals, although breakfast was changed to porridge, I had pancakes at noon and white rice at night. This kind of life was something I never dreamed of in the past.
Of course, there was no meat. Shi Dayong himself didn’t have any meat to eat, so where could there be meat for them to eat? The meat Wang Hong bought from Shandong was not much, so he cooked it all on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. He usually cooks it.
Just eat some thin vegetable soup. Put more salt in the soup to make it taste better. As for the oil, there is some and it is floating on the top of the vegetable soup.
These days, oil is more valuable than food. Soybean oil is definitely not available. I don’t know where the soybeans are. I usually eat rapeseed oil, which is the oil pressed from the seeds of rapeseed. Sometimes I also eat cotton oil, which is pressed from the seeds of cotton.
Oil, this cotton oil doesn’t taste good when eaten, it has a smell, but because it is cheap, many people use it as their main oil.
Shi Dayong is alone outside and has no logistical supplies, so naturally he won't have much oil. However, if this person doesn't eat oil, his intestines and stomach will not be smooth, and he can't pass stool for many days in a row, and he will suffer from constipation. Therefore, no matter how much, he can
It's good to eat some oil.
Shi Dayong has been racking his brains to think about food and drink for the soldiers. Unfortunately, conditions are limited. He also wants his subordinates to have plenty of fish and meat, and eat meat every meal. However, this disaster is really serious, and he is also
He has the mental strength. What's more, he doesn't know how long he can last in this situation. No matter how much money Chen sometimes keeps, he can't withstand Lin Jiantai's extortionate prices. If the money runs out, this war will still not be fought, and Liaodong will not be returned.
, Shi Dayong really wanted to find a rope to hang himself.
The old camp of the Jinzhou Army ate the same food as the Sichuan soldiers. Shi Dayong fulfilled his promise to Deng Xi and treated the Sichuan soldiers and his own old subordinates no differently. Wang Tiande and Qi Sanbao's men were also provided according to this standard, only the eleven
All the captured soldiers who were killed had their supplies halved as punishment for their escape from the battle.
With the medicine in hand, the actual training of fire guns was carried out very quickly. Because the Sichuan soldiers had used fire guns, they were all proficient in firing guns. In addition, Shi Dayong paid close attention to the training. During the training, no matter whether it was the Sichuan soldiers
Whether they are newly attached soldiers (what the old Jinzhou army calls Wang Tiande, Qi Sanbao and other rebels) or captured soldiers, they are all treated equally.
Changping soldiers were basically assigned to serve as instructors, but despite repeated training, Shi Dayong was not satisfied.
He always felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know where it was. Until one day during training, he saw a Sichuan soldier being scolded by a Jinzhou officer for making a mistake. He didn't take it seriously and instead contradicted him. Then another Sichuan soldier
After the officer came over to reprimand the soldier and the soldier became obedient, Shi Dayong suddenly understood what had been wrong for the past few days - these Sichuan soldiers were eating their own food, drinking their own food, and wearing their own clothes, but they didn't know they should listen.
who!
The battalion officer of the Sichuan Army in Deng Gui's battalion was called Guo Cheng, with the courtesy name Zhaoqing. He was called a battalion officer, but he was actually a commander. What is strange is that he was not from Sichuan, but a Shandong warrior. Shi Dayong and him
After having met him several times, I felt that he was a loyal and upright person. It was rare that this person had some background as a scholar, and he could come up with one or two classic sentences from time to time when talking to me. This surprised Shi Dayong, considering that he was a soldier these days.
There is basically no one who can read. Those who can read are all treasures. They have a good future in any profession. No matter how bad it is, it will be happier than being a soldier and drinking the blood of a knife.
What kind of soldier can you be if you can read?
Shi Dayong asked Guo Cheng out of curiosity, and this question surprised him again. It turned out that Guo Cheng was not only able to read and write, but he was also a famous scholar, and there were registered scholars in every county!
If you are a scholar, why don't you take the imperial examination to become a soldier? If you can't pass the imperial examination, you can open a private school of your own, or you can become a teacher in a wealthy family, or even work as a bookkeeper for others. I'm afraid it will be much better than being a soldier.
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As the old saying goes, a good man should not be a soldier. The Ming Dynasty is also a culture where the nobles and the martial arts are cheap, and warriors are not welcome anywhere. However, Guocheng has neglected to do anything that will bring a good future. If he chooses this, he will have to do it at any time.
Shi Dayong couldn't figure out the job of losing his head.
After asking Guo Cheng, I found out that his ancestor had been awarded Jinshi during the Jiajing period and was later selected as a Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy. He was an outstanding figure in Chengwu County since the founding of the People's Republic of China. He is still recorded in the county annals. His hometown
People are also proud of his ancestors. However, because he offended the Yan family and his son, his ancestors were demoted to be the director of construction work at the Ministry of Industry. He was depressed throughout his life and became ill and died in his forties. Later, the Guo family
The family was in decline, but no matter how poor they were, the Guo family always gritted their teeth and reduced their food and clothing to support their children in reading and literacy, in the hope of being named on the gold medal list and honoring their ancestors. Unfortunately, since the ancestor who was a Jinshi, the Guo family has been
No one has emerged from the imperial examination. The best ones are those who passed the examination, but even the examiners failed.
In this way, Guo Cheng's generation is considered pretty good. He passed the scholar examination three years earlier than his father, but he was still twenty-four years old. After that, he passed the examination two more times, both of which were selected by fate. One of them
One day, when he saw that his family was in ruins and his mother had to sell off her natal jewelry to support her education, Guo Cheng was so embarrassed that he angrily gave up his writing.
Just like Fu Jiezi, Zhang Qian made meritorious deeds in foreign lands in order to win the title of marquis. How can he be able to write and study for a long time?"
It would be ridiculous if word spread that he was a scholar but wanted to surrender to the army. Therefore, Guo Cheng did not dare to join the army near his hometown. Instead, he ran to Henan alone. He originally wanted to join the soldiers and horses of Henan, but he happened to meet him on the way.
King Qin's Sichuan Army. When Deng Gui heard that a scholar had come to surrender, he was immediately happy. He immediately recruited Guo Cheng, first as a long follower by his side, then as a clerk, and finally at Guo Cheng's own strong request
Only then did Deng Guo put him down and appointed him as the general manager.
At first, Deng Xiu thought that Guo Chengwen was too weak to adapt to the soldiers. He estimated that he would be back after ten days and a half. However, he never thought that Guo Chengwen had a very stubborn temper and a stubborn heart.
Wealth and fame have to be exchanged for your head. You can't earn military merit by staying by the commander's side all day long, but you can't go to the battlefield or kill the enemy, so you just stay down there.
Deng Zhen came to him several times and asked him to return to his side and continue to work as a counselor and clerk. When he had the opportunity in the future, he would be promoted with military merit. Guo Cheng still did not appreciate it, saying that a man should rely on his own hands to get fame and honor, and he should rely on the merits of others.
Remember what.
Deng Guo couldn't defeat him, so he let him go. However, for two years, his Sichuan army did not have a chance to fight against the bandits. They were transferred back and forth all day long. In this way, Guo Cheng had no chance to prove himself. As time went by, Deng Guo had no chance to fight against the bandits.
The generals gradually forgot about this scholar. It was not until Shi Dayong asked him to borrow troops and was considering who would lead the troops that he thought of Guocheng, so he asked him to lead people to join the Jinzhou Army.
Deng Zhen's move was not to send Guo Cheng away, but because he knew that he was dedicated to meritorious deeds and wanted to earn fame on the battlefield. Shi Dayong's Jinzhou army came from Liao Town and often fought against the Donglu outside the pass. Guo Cheng
There might be a chance to earn some military honors if you go there. It's not a big deal for a veteran to stay under his command. Who knows if the Sichuan Army will still be running around in another two years.
Talents are rare, and so are scholars, but if someone can give someone a way out, let him go. Moreover, he is kind to Guo Cheng. He can also serve as a liaison between himself and Shi Dayong in the Jinzhou Army, and he may be able to make some contributions in the future.
effect.
In this way, Guo Cheng became the battalion officer of the Chongqing Battalion of the Jinzhou Army, and his position was still the commander-in-chief. Wang Fei, who commanded the thousand Chengdu soldiers, was from Chengdu. He was not tall but very strong. At first glance, he felt
Just like the short-legged tiger Wang Ying in "Water Margin". Such a person, Shi Dayong naturally doesn't pay attention to him. What ability can you, Wu Dalang, have? Wang Hong must have thrown it at him with just a finger.
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But he didn't know that Wang Fei's bloodshed and experience were no less than his Shi Dayong. This man had participated in the Battle of Hunhe. At that time, in order to buy time for the Qi Army, the Sichuan Army risked his life to cross the river to attack Jiannu. Wang Fei
He was one of the soldiers who rushed forward. He was hit by dozens of arrows and still shouted to kill the slaves. Later, he lost too much blood and fell to the ground. However, he was lucky enough to survive. He was mixed with the corpses of many Sichuan soldiers and was not discovered by the slaves.
After Jiannu withdrew, the Ming army in Guangning sent people to inspect, and found Wang Fei who was still alive among the corpses, and rescued him. After recovering from his injuries, Wang Fei left Guangning and returned south alone, and later became homeless.
The capital earns a living by doing day labor.
In the "Ji Si Incident" in the second year of Chongzhen, when Wang Hong and Deng Quan led their troops north to Qinwang, Wang Fei came from the capital to join his hometown troops and was taken in by Wang Hong. Later he became the sentinel commander of Wang Hong's army. Later, due to training,
The soldiers in this sentry are outstanding and were promoted to the rank of general by Wang Hong, making him a low-level military attache.
After Deng Gui informed Wang Hong of Shi Dayong's intention to borrow troops, Wang Hong immediately agreed. What would he be unhappy about if someone raised troops for him? The person who was considering the candidates to lead the troops was that Wang Hong could not bear to part with the few thousand generals under his command, so he
He ordered Wang Fei and asked him to take people to the Jinzhou Army.
Wang Hong does not expect that these thousand people can be returned. If he really wants to return them, he is afraid that he will not be happy. He can save the food and salary of a thousand people for nothing, and he can report his death in battle in the future, so why not take a pension?
No. Although this Wang Fei is a man, he is not popular with people and has a straightforward temper. He has repeatedly criticized Wang Hong for deducting military pay. Wang Hong thought that he was the one who saved his life from the dead, so he did not care about him.
, but I definitely don’t like him anymore. Now it’s just right, so I sent him out and let him make trouble with Shi Dayong. You can do whatever you want with him. Wang Hongguan, anyway, you have a connection with the Liao army.
Where to go, Wang Fei said, but he was very resistant to the Jinzhou Army, because in his eyes, this was an army that refused to save the enemy and watched the friendly forces being annihilated. The Battle of Hunhe River back then, if
If the Liao army from Guangning could arrive in time, why would tens of thousands of soldiers die in a foreign land, and how could the Jiannu occupy Shenyang?
However, this was Wang Hong's order, and Wang Fei had to go even if he didn't want to. After arriving at Pingdugou, although the Jinzhou Army provided them with sufficient supplies, they were better fed, clothed warmly, and had better weapons than at Wang Hong's place.
, but the thorn in Wang Fei's heart just couldn't go away. Therefore, he did not want to deal with the Jinzhou generals. Unless necessary, he mostly stayed with his soldiers and did not leave the camp. Sometimes, Shi Dayong brought people here
When reviewing the training of the Chengdu soldiers, he barely managed it and was neither cold nor indifferent, which made Shi Dayong very unhappy.
When Shi Dayong discovered that these Sichuan soldiers did not actually regard him as a member of the Jinzhou Army, did not know who fed and clothed him, and did not know whose orders he should really obey, Shi Dayong naturally had to consider how to solve this problem.
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He can't raise soldiers for free, he has to let these Sichuan soldiers know who they should work for!