Chapter 87: Binding a Man to a Horse, Treating a Dead Horse as a Living Horse
Update time:2012-11-02
After mobilizing before the war, Shi Dayong had to start arranging the weapons for his subordinates. He couldn't let these three thousand Changping disciples go to the battlefield with him empty-handed.
All the belongings were tallied up. When Jiang Wanli and Huang An reported their accounts, Shi Dayong frowned in worry.
"There were originally 600 pieces of cotton armor. Master Futai allocated 600 pieces. The total number is 1,200. In addition, we originally had 600 pieces of card playing cards. Two hundred were destroyed, leaving only 400. Futai
Mr. Taiwan University has allocated another three hundred, bringing the total to seven hundred."
"Our original plus the newly acquired ones total 1,400 spears, 800 blunderbuss, 15 large pole blunderbuss, 560 knives, and 300 bows. That's all.
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"Including the originally repaired heavy armor, there are 304 sets of heavy armor, and there are still about 80 pieces of chain mail remaining. We originally had more than 800 horses, and more than 100 were killed in the battle of Daling River.
More than 300 horses were killed in the battle outside the city, and now there are less than 300 dead."
Hearing this, Shi Dayong thought of Qiu Hejia's promise to bring him horses, so he asked: "Didn't Mr. Futai say that he would bring us some horses from the regiment training soldiers and guards? How about it, how many horses were brought?"
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Cao Bian Jiao Nai spread his hands and muttered: "All the army horses in the city were taken away by the Liaodong Army. Each of them had two horses. For this alone, more than 2,000 horses were taken, and the remaining few hundred horses were also taken away by the army.
Mr. Futai still transferred thirty horses to us from the personal army, but the number is too small and it is of no use."
Jiang Wanli sighed softly: "General, what we lack right now is not horses, but people."
"People?" Shi Dayong was startled. Three thousand Changping soldiers had just arrived. There were plenty of people. Why was there a shortage of people?
Seeing that Shi Dayong didn't understand, Jiang Wanli hurriedly explained: "The lack of people the general mentioned is the lack of cavalry. We only have ninety-one cavalry brothers left, so no matter how many horses there are, it is useless without anyone to ride them."
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Cao Bianjiao also said: "There are no cavalry in the city. I have also asked about it. Among the three thousand Changping soldiers, only a few dozen have ridden horses in their hometown, and the rest have never ridden."
"Without cavalry, we have to rely on our two legs to fight Jiannu, and the battle is at stake." Ma Zhong said with some worry.
Li Dashan interrupted: "Doesn't the army have cavalry? We are transporting food this time. We just need to follow the army. We don't have to fight in the front line."
Cao Bianjiao smiled bitterly: "The cavalry outside the pass has only been less than 10,000 since Sun Jinglue was defeated. Since Yuan Chonghuan and Guangxi, the remaining cavalry has only five or six thousand. Now most of them are in Dalinghe City, and the pass under the command of Wu and Song
The total number of Ning's cavalry is only more than a thousand, and the rest were transferred from the pass earlier. They look strong, but they are not good in a real fight. At Zhang Bingbei's place, I heard that only deputy general Zhang Hongmo had three thousand cavalry, but he
They are from Jizhen, and they are not as good as the two generals of Wu and Song Dynasties. It can be said that our army this time is mostly infantry, and the number of cavalry is not even as large as that of Jian Nu."
"Just this few cavalry?" Li Dashan became anxious upon hearing this and shouted dissatisfied: "Didn't the imperial court think of deploying more cavalry before it mobilized troops? Don't they know that Jiannu has tens of thousands of cavalry?"
"Where to transfer from?" Shi Dayong glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "Right now, thieves are everywhere in the pass, and troops are everywhere, and it is difficult for the court. We, the Ming Dynasty, don't have many cavalry in the first place. Xuanda and Guyuan have to be on guard.
Beilu, where can we mobilize cavalry? Besides, it's too late to mobilize them."
Li Dashan curled his lips: "To put it this way, this battle will most likely be lost."
"Whether we are defeated or not is another matter, but this battle still has to be fought. Do you think that what I just said to the soldiers is all lies!"
After saying that, Shi Dayong stood up, walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and turned around to tell Cao Bianjiao: "Recruit those dozens of people who can ride horses. In addition, you recruit 200 people from the 3,000 people. We have to reorganize the wolf cavalry army."
Get up, and when the critical moment comes, point the wolf cavalry army to charge again!"
Cao Bianjiao hesitated: "General, they don't know how to ride a horse, what's the use of recruiting them?"
Jiang Wanli and others also felt that this kind of driving was not enough. Even if they put the new soldiers on the horse, they would still fall off if they were bumpy. If they were not familiar with the horse, they would never be able to be used as cavalry.
But Shi Dayong made up his mind and gritted his teeth and said: "If you don't know how to ride a horse, tie them to the horse!"
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When all the generals heard this, they were all stunned. They all felt that this method was too sensational. It seemed too unbelievable to tie people to horses.
Jiang Wanli lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "This is a good idea. When the wolf cavalry goes into battle, they don't need to be quick on their feet, as long as they can hold the spear well on the horse. If you can't hold it well, it's fine if you can sit still.
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"If you tie a person to a horse, you won't be able to fall off, but if you do this, you will really risk your life." Cao Bianjiao was not sure whether this method would be useful, but he just felt that it would be a big deal for the two hundred recruits.
It's really impossible to live even if you want to.
"This is also a last resort. Tying people to horses is what Nai did. Quan is a dead soldier. Tell those soldiers that this is a real job of tying their heads to their waistbands. Unless they are voluntary, they must not be forced to do so.
If no one signs up, you and the ninety-one brothers will have to set up the Wolf Cavalry Army!"
At this point, Shi Dayong had no better idea, so he decided to be a doctor. He also ordered Huang An: "Send the order. Before setting off for the expedition, I, the general, will give money to my brothers."
"Give money?"
When Cao Bianjiao heard that Shi Dayong wanted to give money to the soldiers, he hesitated and looked at Shi Dayong, wondering whether he should say it or not.
Shi Dayong raised his hand to indicate that he might as well speak up, and Cao Bianjiao then asked: "General, do we have so much money?"
Shi Dayong said: "The emperor allocated 10,000 taels of silver as a reward from the internal funds. I have used some of it now, and there are still more than 7,000 taels left. We officers will not accept it yet. The soldiers in the old camp will be given ten taels each first.
The rest will be given to the three thousand Changping disciples, giving each of them two taels."
Upon hearing that all the money had been given out, Huang An reminded: "General, all the money has been given out, what will happen next?"
"Yes, the pension money for our fallen soldiers is not there yet. There will be more places to use the money in the future. If all the money is given out, what will happen in the future?" Shao Wu thought more and felt that the money could not be used in full.
Send it on.
Unexpectedly, Shi Dayong said: "We will deal with the future. We can't let our brothers die in vain. If everyone can come back alive from this battle, I will find a way to make up for the silver rewards of the soldiers anyway. The families of the fallen soldiers will
I have to send it all over."
"General, you have to keep some, right?"
Huang An and Shao Wu wanted to persuade them again, but Shi Dayong waved his hand to indicate that they did not need to persuade them any more, and ordered Li Dashan to take people to move all the silver boxes to the school grounds. Before going to the battle, he would see that the money was distributed one by one.
While spiritual appeal is important, material rewards are also indispensable.
Although the money was not much, Shi Dayong did his best to use it, not for anything else, just to give these soldiers who voluntarily came to follow him Shi Dayong a little more protection, even if it was psychological.
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Three thousand Changping soldiers must be led by veterans before they can become an army. Before dividing the money, Shi Dayong asked Qiu Hejia for instructions and promoted all the veterans of the Wuyong Second Battalion to General Commanders.
Generally mentioned as defensive.
During the Battle of Daling River, the imperial court had already offered a reward, but it was delayed because the Jin army came to encircle Daling River. Shi Dayong promoted his officers without authorization, which would have been impossible in the past.
This is just a matter of advancing the promotion of the Ministry of War. If it is not a big mistake, Qiu Hejia will naturally not object.
On the basis of voluntary registration, Cao Bianjiao recruited two hundred dead soldiers as he wished, and rebuilt the Wolf Cavalry Army with the original Wolf Cavalry. Cao Bianjiao was appointed as the first battalion officer of the Wolf Cavalry Army, temporarily taking charge of the entire battalion on behalf of the garrison.
Jiang Wanli's cavalry battalion was originally led by a thousand men, but now he has a thousand men for the central army. Huang An and Shaowu each have a thousand men for the front and rear armies.
Temporary expansion, temporary promotion, everything is just for the war, so all affairs are simplified, and there is only one purpose, which is to prevent the three thousand Changping disciples from being in chaos when they go to war, and just know how to obey orders.[
After the reorganization of each department was completed, they came to Beicheng under the leadership of each battalion officer. On the top of the city, Governor Qiu Hejia, Prefect Chen Ang and other Jinzhou military and political officials saw Shi Dayong off.
A grain transport team organized by more than a thousand young civilians was also assembled and on standby. The five thousand stones of grain loaded on the truck was suspected to be a life-saver for the besieged Dalinghe City, but I didn't know whether this grain could be transported into Dalinghe City.
The prefect Chen Ang was a Jinshi during the Wanli period. He was originally a doctor in the Ministry of War and a member of the eunuch party. He was liquidated after Chongzhen came to power. Fortunately, he had good personal relations with some people in the Donglin party and asked someone to intercede. After several changes, he was reinstated.
I don't know whether my fate will be good or bad when I go to be the magistrate of Jinzhou outside the customs.
Looking at the more than 3,000 new soldiers under the city, Chen Ang really couldn't cheer up. When he sent the army out of the city earlier, the troops were really neat, with bright uniforms and continuous banners, which made people full of confidence. And these 3,000 new soldiers, armored
I don't have all the clothes, and I don't have all the weapons. I'm afraid I'm a little better than a bandit. It's better if I can't collapse at the first touch.
But thinking that these more than 3,000 people were just following the army to transport food, and were not going into battle to kill the enemy, they would not cause any trouble. In addition, the leader Shi Dayong was a direct descendant of the governor, so Chen Ang reluctantly put on a smile.
, so that the governor would not be embarrassed, and from time to time he would praise the people in the city for their strong morale. This time he would definitely fulfill his mission and achieve something.
The gentry were already deeply impressed by Shi Dayong. They all said that with this brave general holding the battle line, no matter how unbearable the new recruits were, nothing would happen. Besides, Zhang Bingbei was leading the Wu soldiers in front, and Song soldiers were leading the front line. Then,
The sight of more than two thousand chariots is inspiring. No matter how powerful Jiannu is, the army will be invincible and invincible, and it can always be safely withdrawn. As long as the army is there, Shi Dayong's three thousand men and horses will never look like they are strong.
Building your reputation always works.
Liu Zeyi, Wang An, Ge Qing and other generals were also on top of the city. At this moment, their regiment of training soldiers and guards became the main force defending Jinzhou. It was a rare feeling of pride. Several of them followed Shi Dayong to help across the Daling River.
, they had some friendship, so after seeing Shi Dayong, they all came over to greet him. Shi Dayong also returned greetings to everyone one by one, and then ordered people to carry more than a dozen large boxes and pile them at the gate of the city.
Those boxes were so heavy that it was difficult for six or seven strong men to lift them. There were seals from the palace on them. For a while, no one knew what was in the boxes. Only Qiu Hejia knew that these boxes were from the emperor's last visit.
The internal funds were allocated to Shi Dayong as a reward for the Songshan Army.