The so-called "killing good people and pretending to be meritorious" refers to killing good people and pretending to be enemies (in ancient times, when inviting war merits, one must count the heads) and falsely claim war merits.
In ancient times, when soldiers fought in wars, the standard for awarding meritorious service was very simple. Generally speaking, the more enemies you killed, the greater the credit. During the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty, soldiers reported meritorious service and had to bring a bunch of heads to register. If they were men,
If the head is a woman's head, no merit will be recorded and no money will be rewarded.
This is a positive incentive method of the Ming Dynasty, which encourages soldiers to kill more enemies and only kill enemy men, because men are definitely quasi-soldiers even if they are not soldiers. However, during the actual implementation process, the positive incentive turned into
Negative incentives, those soldiers are very happy to kill women, but they are not interested in killing men. There are two reasons: First, the cost of killing men is too high, and it is easy to pay the price with their lives. Women are more likely to kill men than men.
It's easy to kill; secondly, a woman's head can be passed off as a man's head, and it's not complicated to do so. You just need to glue a beard on those heads, or chop off the area below the throat, and then peel off the face before retribution.
In this way, you can easily collect the reward money. After hundreds of years of evolution, this kind of thing has long become an important source of money for the soldiers guarding the Nine Borders in the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, there is no airtight wall, and the bad behavior of Ming Dynasty soldiers has long been exploited by the Mongols and Manchurians. This is also an important reason for them to laugh at the Ming Dynasty on weekdays. However, today these Qing soldiers
You can imagine the shock in your heart when you find out that your boss is going to start killing good people and taking credit for them just like the enemies you laughed at in the past.
Muduka pretended to be brave and asked: "Sir, can we do this?"
E Tuozhen also helped: "Yes, sir, if Erbeile knew about it, none of us would be able to survive."
After listening to the words of these two people, everyone turned their attention to Habato. They felt that what these two people said was very reasonable. Some people said that since it is so easy to fake, it is too easy to make money. Even if you catch a few women and behead them, you can get money.
Is it coming soon? In fact, it is not the case. Although both men and women in ancient times had long hair, the severed heads were bloody, rotten and smelly. Even if they were not impersonated, it would be difficult to distinguish between men and women, let alone after technical processing? Don't worry, the court has a solution.
To report the merit, he would take the person's head and throw the bloody head into the water in front of the officials of the Ministry of War. If the head floats to the surface, if the head is facing up, it is genuine, if the head is facing down, it is a fake.
Although this method cannot be explained by scientific principles, people in ancient times used this method to test the authenticity of military exploits. Of course, other methods include scalp inspection, teeth inspection, etc.
The methods for testing whether a human head is authentic or fake will not be described one by one here.
But even with so many detection methods, there are still endless cases of soldiers killing good people and taking advantage of their merits. The methods of forging heads are becoming more and more sophisticated, and they can compete with those who make counterfeit coins in later generations.
No, Guhato, a man known for his bravery and bravery, also thought of this method in order to survive. From despising counterfeiters to personally planning and launching counterfeiting, the role change here is so easy.
I saw Gu Hato shouting coldly: "Do you think I am willing to use this method to avoid mitigating my guilt? Do you know what kind of end awaits us if we return empty-handed and defeated?
.The lighter one will mean being sent as a slave to an armored man, and the heavier one will end up with one's head on the ground. Don't think that Erbeile will just kill me. If something happens to me, none of you can escape!"
Gu Hato's cold words shocked hundreds of surviving Qing soldiers to the point of feeling cold. This possibility was really too high, so high that no one could afford it.
Some Qing soldiers turned around and chopped off the head of the Korean woman they had just captured...
It may be that killing good people and claiming merit is a self-taught skill for soldiers. After referring to each other for a while, these Qing soldiers were no worse than the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers in making fakes. For example,
They would also "accidentally" cut off the eyed ears and Adam's apple that might expose the target. In order to make the head more realistic, they would chop up the face of the head, etc. Through these methods, the Qing soldiers quickly
More than 230 women's heads and nearly 300 men's heads were sorted and tied in a knot and hung around their waists. Under the leadership of Gu Hato, they rode horses and galloped towards Namhan Mountain City.
And go.
At this time, under Nanhan Mountain City, from high altitude, countless densely packed soldiers have surrounded the three walls of Nanhan Mountain City except the south wall. Countless soldiers are climbing hard along the ladders. There are still people under the city wall.
There were thousands of archers standing, bending their bows and shooting arrows at the city wall.
The soldiers on the city wall also fought back with bows and arrows, stones, and logs. The battle was very fierce.
Two miles away from the city wall, a group of people stood quietly. Among the group of people was a black python's banner. Standing under the banner was a man about forty years old with a sinewy face. He looked like
A man with a fierce look. This man is wearing a set of black armor with very fine workmanship. From time to time, his small eyes shoot out fierce glances, which makes people feel frightened at first sight. This man is Er Er, one of the four great Belles of the Qing Dynasty.
Bel Amin.
Amin was the second son of Shuerhaqi, the younger brother of Nurhachi, the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He was cruel and cruel, and he used his status to run rampant and domineering. No one looked down upon him. He often looted and looted during battles, and he also did many massacres of cities.
, was a very notorious one among the princes of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Beile.
This time North Korea expelled the Manchu envoys, which made the Manchus very angry. Therefore, Huang Taiji specially sent this vicious dog known for its ferocity to teach North Korea a lesson.
Today is the 43rd day that the Qing soldiers surrounded Nanhan Mountain Fortress. During this period, Amin was exerting pressure on Nanhan Mountain City slowly while cutting down trees to make siege tools and building sieges.
Today is the day when Amin ordered the entire army to attack the city. As soon as the battle began, the two sides fell into a stalemate.
Although the Qing soldiers were not very good at attacking cities, after dealing with the Ming army for so many years, they had gained experience in attacking cities. All the rams, ladders, and shield cars came in handy. They only attacked for half a day.
, the already weak Namhansan Fortress was shaken to the point of collapse, and it was almost broken into the city wall several times.
Looking at the crumbling city wall, Amin felt very proud and said to Beile Shuotuo who had been standing beside him: "Shuotuo, do you think we still have a few hours to capture this small town and capture the North Korean leader and them alive?
of civil and military officials?”
Shuotuo replied respectfully, "Replying to Erbeile, my nephew estimates that we can capture it in three hours. If you send two more Jia La troops to surround the south gate, I estimate that it can be captured in two hours."
Destroy the city."
Amin shook his head, "No, you see the resistance of the North Korean soldiers on the city wall is not fierce at this time. That's because we have left them a way to survive. But if we also surround the south gate, the North Koreans trapped inside will
The subjects will definitely resist to the death, and even if we can capture the mountain city of South Korea, we will definitely suffer heavy losses. This goes against our original intention."
Shuotuo had a look of admiration on his face and said respectfully: "Er Beile is absolutely right. My nephew didn't consider this carefully."
Amin smiled proudly and said: "That is, although those Han people are cowardly and incompetent, the books they wrote still have certain truths. For example, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is very good. This method of encircling the Three Kingdoms is the Three Kingdoms."
The method of attacking the city has been mentioned many times."
"Er Beile's method is really good! It's really good!" Shuotuo gave Amin a thumbs up, his face full of admiration.
"Hahaha..." Amin laughed with joy in his heart.
Just when Amin was satisfied, a Goshiha walked up to Amin and whispered a few words in Amin's ear.
Shuotuo, who was closest to Amin, immediately noticed that Amin's face suddenly darkened. He beat and scolded him severely: "Bring those slaves to me!"
Soon, more than a dozen horse-armored soldiers brought several disheveled Qing officers to Amin, and then threw them to the ground.
"bump......"
Several people took a mouthful of dirt at the same time.
One of their leaders raised his head. It was Guhato who ordered his subordinates to prepare to kill good people and take credit for their merits.
At this time, Gu Hato no longer had the high-spirited look he had when he got up today, and his originally fierce face was full of panic. He threw himself to the ground and cried loudly: "Master, the Ming army is attacking.
Come here, I lost Incheon!"
"Snapped!"
With a crisp sound, a leather whip was struck on Gu Hato's face. A blood-red mark quickly appeared on Gu Hato's face that was originally full of flesh, and then Amin's roaring voice rang out.
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"You damn slave, tell me, how did you lose the Incheon I gave you? Tell me now, or I will skin you and light the sky lanterns today!"
Guhato, who was so frightened that he fell to the ground and shouted loudly: "Er Beile, this slave has something to say. It is up to you whether you want to kill or cut into pieces after listening to my slave's words. I will never say anything!"
Amin's face turned red. He pointed his riding crop at Guhato and said: "Okay, I want to see what tricks you, a slave, can come up with. If you can't tell me, don't blame me for not thinking about my master who has been my master for many years."
Servants are divided."
"Master, there is a reason why my slave lost Incheon today. This morning, the Ming army sent ten huge warships. Without saying a word, they fired at the shore. Hundreds of artillery bombarded them together. The slave carefully arranged
The garrison was destroyed by bombing. Later, tens of thousands of Ming troops came down. I led the soldiers to resist to the death, but in the end they were outnumbered and finally...Incheon was lost. Master, I can't help you.
ah!"
Thank you Xinjiang-Sharp Sword for the reward. This is the third update, and this is to make up for yesterday’s update. Brothers, A Ding did not break his promise!