At this time, the entire Taiyuan has become a huge military camp. The 100,000 troops on the east route have gathered near Taiyuan. They are replenishing supplies and preparing to leave for Shaanxi. They will cut off the Tatars' retreat route to the north and attack from east to west.
Tatars in Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia.
The border troops from Jiubian and the guards from various guard posts gathered around Taiyuan at this time. There were huge barracks everywhere. In each barracks, the soldiers who were about to go to the battlefield looked very uneasy.
, very scared, some people want to find opportunities to escape secretly, some people plan to surrender immediately after encountering the Tatars, and some people and people they know plan to join forces to become deserters when the night is dark and windy,
Find a place to catch the grass.
Not only the soldiers were very scared and retreated, but also the generals, Qianhu, Baihu, etc. who led these soldiers were also very scared.
This battlefield is private, not to mention that we are facing extremely ferocious prairie people, so naturally we are even more afraid. We haven't started yet, and many people are thinking of escaping.
Some people recruit people to support them and let them go to the battlefield for them. Some people plan to go to the battlefield and then take their own people and sneak away secretly. Some people even think that when the time comes,
Leading his men to kill a few civilians, killing good people and taking credit for them, is considered a war, and there is an explanation.
In short, from top to bottom, there are not many people who really want to win this station and dare to fight this battle. Everyone is afraid of death and afraid of starting a war with the prairie people.
Of course, it’s not their fault. Apart from the border troops who had fought against the prairie people, these guardsmen were all new recruits. They used to be farmers who farmed the land. They were immediately drawn to join the battle. Such an army could even
It's better than a plate of loose sand.
In addition, their weapons and equipment are also very bad. The armors and weapons allocated by the Ministry of Finance are so bad. Fire guns and artillery will explode. No one dares to use them. They would rather fight the Tatars with bad swords.
They are not willing to use such artillery and blunderbuss in a fight.
If weapons, armors, etc. were okay, there would still be people who dared to fight with the prairie people. They were carrying one head on two shoulders, so who was afraid of whom?
But it just doesn't work. The amount of money allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs is already very small, and corruption is very serious. The weapons and armors created are really not good. They are not as good as the kitchen knives that everyone brings from home.
In a guard camp, dozens of soldiers gathered together. They were said to be soldiers, but there was no trace of soldiers at all on these people. They were all wearing rags and were very thin.
All of them are honest and courteous, and they look like farmers at first glance.
"What did the big guy say?"
Wang Daniu looked at the dozens of people from his village around him and asked.
These dozens of them all came from a guard station in Shanxi. Their ancestors were all military households. By the time it was passed down to their generation, everyone had become serfs of thousands or hundreds of households.
Originally, I thought that this kind of farming would make life a little harder, but at least I would still be alive. Who would have thought that after the emperor gave the order, everyone would go to the battlefield with hoes.
"What else can I say? Rub oil on the soles of your feet and look for opportunities to slip away."
Beside Wang Daniu, Chen Mazi said.
"Yes, are we really fighting against the Tatars? What can we do to fight them?"
"Look at the weapons issued by the imperial court. They are not as useful as my kitchen knife."
Li Fugui next to him also followed suit, and after speaking, he also took out the weapon issued by the imperial court, a knife, a knife as thin as a cicada's wings. It was more like a piece of iron than a knife. It was really hard to disobey.
A master who beats a knife like this said that it would be effortless on the battlefield, but can such a knife kill someone?
Moreover, Li Fugui took out the kitchen knife he had brought with him and slashed at it, instantly cutting the iron sheet into two ends. However, the blade of his own kitchen knife was not even curled at all.
"Get away~"
"That's right, war is not fought like this. This is not a war. This is asking us to die. At least we are given a decent weapon. If we die on the battlefield, I have nothing to say."
"That's right, it doesn't matter if you don't have this armor, these weapons are so perfunctory, it's almost like getting killed."
"The prairie people are all cavalry, coming and going like the wind. We are all infantry, no different from being unarmed. Why don't you just give us this shabby iron sheet? It would be better to give each of us a wooden gun."
Others also said it one by one with one glance.
Everyone is destined to die, and there is nothing wrong with death, but they all feel that it is not worth it to die like this, they don’t want to die like this, and they feel irritated just thinking about it.
They worked hard, but they didn't even have enough to eat. The fields in the guardhouse were given to hundreds and thousands of households, and they became serfs of hundreds and thousands of households. They were treated so perfunctorily in the war.
, no one is willing to sacrifice their lives, and they all want to escape.
"Well, since everyone has said that they want to escape, let's escape together when the time comes. This way we can have someone to take care of us. We have already found someone to ask for directions. When the time comes, we can escape directly while there is chaos or darkness.
."
Seeing that no one wanted to die, Wang Daniu nodded and said to everyone.
As soon as he finished speaking, a man hurried over, holding a newspaper in his hand, and said with red eyes: "Something big has happened, something big has happened, it's terrible, it's terrible."
"Damn monkey, you are going to die. What happened to you?"
Wang Daniu looked at this person, knocked over him and asked quickly.
Everyone was discussing how to escape. It was quite shocking that he was making such noises at this time.
"Some people just came from the capital, saying that His Highness the Crown Prince has raised fifteen million taels of silver from the entire Ming Dynasty to fight a war. The most important thing is that they said that for killing a Tatar, he would be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver.
If he is killed in battle, he will receive a pension of two hundred taels of silver each."
The man who was called a monkey was very thin and was knocked on the head by Wang Daniu. He was not angry, but told what he knew.
"What?"
"Fifteen million taels of silver?"
"The reward for killing a Tatar is one hundred taels of silver?"
"A pension of two hundred taels of silver if you die?"
Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard it. Some people picked out their ears in disbelief, wondering if they had heard wrongly.
"Monkey, are you going to say something else?"
Wang Daniu pulled the monkey over, stared at him and said.
"His Royal Highness the Prince has issued an official document, saying that if we kill a Tatar, the reward will be one hundred taels of silver based on the head count of the Tatar. If he is killed in battle, he will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver."
The monkey said it again.
"The reward for killing a Tatar is one hundred taels of silver, and the reward for killing a Tatar is two hundred taels of silver?"
This time, everyone heard it clearly, but they still couldn't believe it.
"My dear, is my life worth two hundred taels of silver?"
Chen Mazi pinched himself hard and was a little dumbfounded. He was a poor military household and his life was worth two hundred taels of silver.
"The reward for killing a Tatar is one hundred taels of silver?"
Li Fugui was instantly jealous. With one hundred taels of silver, you can buy dozens of acres of land, build a house, and have a wife. In short, you can do many, many things. You can spend one hundred taels of silver on all major events in your life.
You can still have a lot of money left after you finish it.
"Is this true or false?"
Wang Daniu's eyes also turned red, suddenly blood red, blood red, terrifyingly red, and he stared at the monkey and asked.
"Of course it's true. The Prince's Palace in the East Palace has sent people to various military camps to publicize it. It has also been distributed to the entire Ming Dynasty through newspapers, and it has been published in the Ming Dynasty Morning News."
"And this time, His Royal Highness not only raised fifteen million taels of silver, but also raised a lot of things. Miyun Iron Factory alone donated 10,000 sets of armor, 100,000 weapons and 1,000 artillery pieces.
, it is said that many people’s guard stations have already started to receive new armor weapons.”
"The weapons and armor from Miyun Iron Factory are really good. I've already seen them, but I don't know if we have any share in them."
The monkey raised the Ming Dynasty newspaper in his hand and told what he saw and heard.
Wang Daniu grabbed the newspaper and read it, but he didn't know the words, so he immediately pulled out a thin man and said: "Scholar, hurry up and see if it is true. This Tatar has one hundred taels of silver."
, a compensation of two hundred taels of silver for those killed in battle."
The person who was called a scholar was actually a military householder. He used to secretly go to private schools to study, and he knew a lot of words. Everyone used to want to make fun of him, saying that he was a shabby military householder who went to study. Even if he was studying,
Because you are a military household, you can't rely on the imperial examination.
The scholar picked up the newspaper and read it carefully. He was only half-skilled and didn't know many characters. However, he could still recognize some ordinary characters. In addition, even a vague guesser could basically read 7788.
Already.
After carefully reading the Ming Dynasty Morning Post, his eyes turned red and he said to everyone: "The above is good. It's the same as what the monkey said. Killing a Tatar will reward you with one hundred taels of silver, and those who die in battle will receive a pension of two hundred taels of silver."
, and not only those of us are rewarded.”
"If we win a big victory and kill more enemies, those dogs like Baihu and Qianhu above us will also be rewarded, and the rewards will be much richer than ours."
"Ma Dan, the reward for killing a Tatar is one hundred taels of silver. If I can kill a Tatar and die again, wouldn't I be able to get three hundred taels of silver?"
The scholar's eyes were red, and he wished he could go to the battlefield and fight the Tatars right now.
"Really~"
Wang Daniu couldn't help but roar in a low voice. As his name suggests, he was as strong as an ox and very powerful. Thinking of killing a Tatar and being rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, he couldn't help but clenched his fists and his eyes were scarlet.
It's so terrifying that everyone looks like a Tatar, like a tiger that chooses and devours people.