Chapter two hundred and eighty second high spirited
Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting rushed to Qingshan Pass with their pigs, sheep, livestock, grain, rice and wine.
When the two of them entered Li Zhi's camp, they were secretly frightened when they saw the trenches and wooden thorns in front of the camp, and sighed that Li Zhi was so well-defended.
Li Zhi did not go to the camp gate to greet Hong Chengchou, nor did he even stand at the door of the Chinese army's tent. Li Zhi stood inside the Chinese army's tent to greet Hong and Sun. This was the posture of welcoming officials of equal rank.
A battalion commander brought Hong and Sun to the Chinese army's tent. Li Zhi cupped his hands at the two men and said, "Thank you for your hard work, military men."
The military attachés under Li Zhi's tent who were standing on both sides followed suit and raised their hands as a salute.
Hong and Sun could only bear with Li Zhi's contempt. Li Zhi was a general who had just won a great victory. He would definitely be promoted after the merits were reported. He had the trust of the emperor inside and was promoted step by step, and there were strong soldiers outside.
Killing all directions with his hands. As a military attache, Li Zhi was nominally under the control of Hong Chengchou, but in fact his status was on an equal footing with Hong Chengchou, or even slightly superior.
Nowadays, there are basically no Ming officials who dare to lose their temper with Li Zhi over etiquette issues.
Hong Chengchou ignored Li Zhi's "rudeness", stepped forward and grabbed Li Zhi's arm affectionately, and said: "The general has won again?"
Li Zhi nodded and said: "I guarded the stronghold and defeated the Dorgon army that attacked the stronghold. I captured and beheaded 14,000 people. However, 3,000 of them were from North Korea and were followed by Han people. I reported that there were
If you kill a good person and take advantage of it, it will not be counted as military merit. The remaining 11,000 heads are all those of Eastern slaves and Mongol Tatars."
Upon hearing Li Zhi's words, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were stunned again and looked at each other in surprise.
According to Li Zhi, this battle merit is not only 11,000 levels, but 14,000 levels! It was because he was worried that the Han and Korean soldiers would not be able to pass the head examination, so he applied for the 11,000 levels.
In fact, the number of Han and Korean followers in the Qing army has increased over the years, and these followers also have a combat effectiveness no less than that of the Ming army. Li Zhi was able to capture and kill more than 3,000 Han and Korean followers, which was originally a feat.
, it’s just that this merit is difficult to prove. In order not to be criticized by others for killing him, Li Zhi simply did not report this part of the head merit.
Li Zhi's troops and horses are really powerful. This contribution is really magnificent.
Hong Chengchou and Li Zhi chatted for a while, then pretended to suddenly remember and said: "Where is the head that the general captured and beheaded? I'll go check it out!"
Li Zhi smiled and said, "I'll take the governor to check it out!"
Li Zhi took Hong Chengchou to the middle of the camp, walked to two piles of Tatar heads as high as a hill, and said: "The heads of Eastern slaves are 5,300, and the heads of Mongolian Tatars are 5,800!"
Seeing the two piles of Tatar heads, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting looked at each other and took another breath.
Those Tatar heads look real at first glance.
The two soldiers and horses were guarding Tianjin. Their expressions changed when they heard Dongnu's alarm. They became nervous when they saw hundreds of Tatars. When had they seen so many Tatar heads? What if these 11,000 Tatars gathered together?
Together, what a powerful army it would be? Even tens of thousands of Ming troops might not be able to withstand it. But now these Tatars have all been beheaded by Li Zhi and have been executed by the sword.
This Li Zhi is truly a hero.
Hong Chengchou shook his head with some emotion, waved his hand, and twenty aides came up. Those aides and Li Zhi's soldiers asked for water from the basin and well, and began to examine the head.
While his staff was looking at the leader's head, Sun Chuanting took a step forward and asked curiously: "The general's soldiers and horses are so powerful, but I don't know how they were trained?"
Sun Chuanting had already seen Li Zhi's trenches and wooden thorns outside the camp, and knew that Li Zhi relied on these things to defend Dongnu, but he was still interested in Li Zhi's troops. After all, Li Zhi defended 70,000 Qing troops.
Like other Ming armies, they would never be able to defend themselves with a temporary camp, let alone capture and behead so many Tatars.
Hearing Sun Chuanting's question, Hong Chengchou also turned around curiously to listen to Li Zhi's answer.
Li Zhi thought for a while and said: "My soldiers and horses are equipped with firecrackers and cannons to form an army. My firecrackers can kill people at seventy paces."
Sun Chuanting nodded. The Ming Dynasty's army was equipped with all kinds of fire guns, which were commonplace. The well-made bird gun can break armor at seventy steps. Li Zhi's fire gun can kill people at seventy steps.
It's not a strange thing.
Of course, the management of the Ming Dynasty's army was in disarray, and there was not even one of these sophisticated bird cannons in a hundred. Ordinary bird cannons, let alone being able to break armor at seventy steps, would be extremely difficult to fire a hundred rounds without exploding.
Li Zhi added: "In order to improve the hit rate of the fire gun soldiers, my fire gun soldiers shoot ten times a day. A fire gun soldier costs fifteen taels, and a soldier can destroy a fire gun in three months. I hired
A large number of blacksmiths are constantly making new firecrackers day and night. Because of this, my soldiers can fire with perfect accuracy on the battlefield." After a pause, Li Zhi continued: "The same is true for those Hongyi cannons."
After listening to Li Zhi's words, Sun Chuanting stroked his long beard with emotion.
Li Zhi's soldiers and horses were built with money! After three months of training, he broke a firecracker. This was a unique training intensity. The firecrackers that were reimbursed for training alone cost several taels of silver every month.
In comparison, the blunderbuss and cannons equipped by the Ming Dynasty's army and horses were easy to explode, and the soldiers did not dare to operate them at all. Every time they fired, they were determined to die. Where was the training? They could not fire once or twice a month.
Can all of Li Zhi's fire blunderbuss not explode? If you want the craftsmen to work hard to make qualified bird blunderbuss, you must not be greedy for money for craftsmen and materials, and you must spend enough!
With such intensity of training, how high is the hit rate of soldiers on the battlefield? The Tatars rushed up, and thousands of muskets were fired. The Tatars were afraid that they would be in chaos all of a sudden.
No wonder Li Zhi's army was so powerful. It was all bought with a lot of money. I heard that Li Zhi used his private property to support his army. Not only did he not covet the imperial court's military pay, but he also spent a lot of money from his own pocket to serve the imperial court.
, this loyalty is unique to the Ming Dynasty. This powerful army cannot be copied, and it is also unique to the Ming Dynasty.
After hearing Li Zhi's words, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting stroked their beards and looked thoughtful.
Hong, Sun and Li Zhi were chatting, and several hours passed unknowingly. Before dinner, the results of the head examination came out. All 11,179 heads were authentic.
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Hearing this result, Hong Chengchou's eyes shone. He was Li Zhi's superior in name. He had a great role in making such a contribution to Li Zhi. When the victory was reported to the emperor, his own reward was naturally indispensable. If nothing else,
Just say that the emperor's trust in himself will probably increase a lot.
Hong Chengchou's face was red and full of high spirits, and he was about to say goodbye to Li Zhi.
Li Zhi said: "I have ordered people to prepare wine and food. Why don't the governors stay in the stronghold to eat?"
Hong Chengchou got on his horse, clasped his fists and said: "No more work for the general army, I will rush back to write a victory report!"
After saying this, Hong Chengchou anxiously flicked his whip and rushed out with his soldiers.
Seeing Hong Chengchou's anxious look, Sun Chuanting burst into laughter, clasped his fists and cupped his hands towards Li Zhi, and chased after him.
