When the morning fog completely dissipated, the Ming army's first crossing of the river came to an end.
On the Tingchao Pavilion, Zhu Yihai looked at the many fragments of boat rafts still remaining on the river, but he smiled.
"The artillery fire on Jiangzhou across the way is pretty fierce."
Ruan Jin also praised, "I didn't expect that the Tatars used this trick to cross the river. Now, only half a year later, we have retaliated with the same trick, and they can still be fooled."
"A bunch of broken platoons and scarecrows can exchange them for so much ammunition. I think it's a good deal."
"The artillery behind the Tatars stopped just now. I guess they have run out of ammunition, right?"
A group of generals were discussing very relaxedly there, how many cannons, how many soldiers, and even how many ships and how much gunpowder there were on the shore defense of Jiangzhou Fort. Zhu Yihai knew these details very well. In the morning when they were crossing in the fog, Jiangzhou was bombarded so fiercely that the ammunition was almost fired.
It's finished.
The sun is very bright after the fog.
Huang Binqing looked at the sky for a while and said, "It's probably going to be foggy again tonight."
"Then let's do it again?"
"I think it's okay."
"Let the navy be on guard. If the Tatar ships dare to come up the river, they will be blown to pieces."
At this time, there were still many fragments of broken boats in the river. Zhu Yihai reminded the navy to strengthen the alert in the river and not to let the Qing navy ships get close to conduct reconnaissance, so as not to let them see through the feint attack plan of this straw boat using cannon.
One day.
The warships of the Ming Navy patrolled the river and did not get close to the Jiangzhou Fort, but they did not allow the Qing warships to come to the center of the river. Chen Jin sent some naval ships to try to fight, but when they met, the big bird in the Ming Army's imperial camp
Ships, gunboats, and several ships came and lined up in a row, firing broadsides and killing them all.
Only a few lucky guys swam back to Jiangzhou, and then there was no movement from the Qing army, and they were completely honest.
Shortly after dark.
The Ming army began to repeat the old plan, but this time it was a small batch of rows and fires. Each time, there were hundreds of boats and rows, only raising fires without beating drums.
Jiangzhou Chen Jin replenished ammunition during the day and stepped up vigilance at night.
When the officer came to report, he found a boat approaching sneakily in the river.
Chen Jin sneered.
"As expected, these thieves are still determined to be thieves. When they get closer, I will blast them."
Because of the failure in the water battle in the river during the day, Chen Jin now did not dare to let the Ming army's ships get too close. He only hoped to use the ultra-long range of the fort to sink the opponent's ships in the center of the river, leaving some fish that slipped through the net and used water to
Battalions and infantry camps intercept and kill.
The gunfire started again.
Loud bang.
It sparkled in the dark night, illuminating both sides of the river.
Yan Wo Gong stood on the high tower of Zhenjiang City and looked out.
"Father, Chen Jin is so guarded and guarded that there is no chance to supervise the country. Why does he have to land from Zhenjiang? Why not cross the river from other places?" Yan Wogong's youngest son asked his father.
Mr. Yan laughed.
"You are still too young. The art of war is the most mysterious. What matters is virtuality and reality. What is important is to seize the initiative and seize the opportunity. Where does this initiative come from and how to seize the opportunity? It depends on tactics to mobilize the opponent."
"You see, the Jianguo State has made a large-scale effort to cross the Yangtze River. It has been made clear that it will land at Jingkou, first go to Zhenjiang and then attack Jiangning. This is also a commonly used southward attack route, but in fact, the Yangtze River is so long, the upstream and downstream
There are many suitable landing ferries, such as Changshu in the lower reaches and Caishiji in the upper reaches. These are very suitable Yangtze River ferries for landing, and they are all located around Jiangning."
"do you understand?"
"I seem to understand a little bit." Young Master Yan said, "Father, what is the plan of Jianguo to build a plank road in the open and secretly cross Chencang? On the surface, it is to attack Zhenjiang, but in fact it is to land in Changshu or Caishiji?"
"wrong."
"ah?"
"The imaginary is real, and the real is imaginary. How can people guess the intention of using troops so easily? You are still too young. You should take a good look and see how the supervising country uses troops."
"Dad, can the Jianguo really regain Nanjing?"
"Is it important to recapture Nanjing?"
"Of course, that's Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty."
Yan Wogong smiled and said, "Indeed, Nanjing is very important, but it is not important at all. Today, the two capitals together are not as important as His Highness Jian Guo. In this world, the only one who cannot be missing now is His Highness Jian Guo."
"My son can no longer understand what his father says."
"If you don't understand, study hard. Just remember one simple thing. Don't worry about gains and losses when advancing or retreating. Instead, look at the overall situation. All advancements and retreats are for the purpose of strengthening yourself and weakening the enemy."
Jiangzhou was bombarded all night long.
Then a dozen more cannons were exploded.
The next day, after the white fog dissipated, Chen Jin's report on Jietang was delivered to Yan Wogong. Yan Wogong praised it loudly, and then pulled out a lot of gunpowder for Chen Jin and transferred some of Zhenjiang's cannons to Jiangzhou.
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noon.
Chen Jin took the investigation report handed to him by the Chinese Army and became furious when he read it.
"You bastard, you actually dared to resell gunpowder, and even secretly sold several cannons, these damn guys!"
"How dare you be so bold?"
"Catch them all. I want to be an upright example, and I will kill all of them if I don't spare them!"
Several navy generals helped to plead for mercy.
"Military sect, during the war now, it is better to spare their lives and make them perform meritorious service."
"Yes, there are too many people involved. If they are all arrested and executed, the river bank defense will be paralyzed. Why not write down the crimes of these people first, and then question them one by one after the war."
The generals of Biaoying persuaded Chen Jin for a long time before he calmed down a little bit.
"That's alright, let's write it down first and calculate the general ledger together later."
A lieutenant general said worriedly, "Junmen, it's a bit unreasonable for the Ming thief to attack like this. It seems to be a feint attack these past two days."
Chen Jin actually felt that something was wrong, especially after last night, he felt that something was wrong. However, he reported the victory to Zhenjiang Yan Jinglue and Jiangning Governor Ma one after another, and made the battle so thrilling, indicating that the army came with all its strength twice.
They were all severely repulsed by him.
Now that it was just a feint attack, where would he put his face? Not to mention how much ammunition he had destroyed in the past two days, and how many cannons he had even blown up. Now that the other party was just a feint attack, then his efforts would have to be punished.
It's a shame, even a serious dereliction of duty.
"Feint?"
"Do you have evidence?"
"If we hadn't fought back hard, the Ming thief fleet would have already invaded Zhenjiang Crossing. Don't you remember how we were suppressed by the Ming navy on the Yangtze River in the past few months?"
"Whoever dares to shake the morale of the army and talk nonsense should not blame me for being rude!"
Chen Jin was furious, and the generals had no choice but to shut up, and even doubted whether they had really thought wrong.
While Chen Jin was teaching his generals a lesson, someone in the Zhoushang military camp was secretly communicating with the officers.
"Mr. Zhao Qian, if the matter is revealed, Admiral Chen will be furious and wants to kill us all."
Upon hearing this, a Qian general from the shore defense fort on the island was horrified, "What should I do?"
"Chen Jin has been persuaded by his subordinates, saying that he will settle accounts with us after this battle is over, so he should keep quiet for now."
But Mr. Zhao Qian was not relaxed at all, "This man named Chen is too cruel. He not only wants to kill us, but also wants us to work for him again before we die. Damn it, I will be unlucky for the rest of my life if I serve as a soldier under him."
"The water camp in the south not only has big ships and cannons, but also people have at least 30 taels of silver per month. I heard that they even add 6 buckets of rice now. It's enough to support the family, and it's also very nourishing."
"What about us, what do we have?"
"Others' officers, let alone starting from the commander-in-chief, not only have a higher monthly salary than us, but they also have additional personal rations. Officers at all levels enjoy a corresponding amount of rations. They don't need to eat up.
In terms of pay, Lu Jianguo will directly give them officers and enjoy a certain amount of extra military pay."
"There are four generals, five thousand generals, eight guards, ten generals, fifteen guerrillas, sixty generals, and eighty admirals. Not to mention the admirals and generals, for every thousand generals, you can get five extra
Soldiers' pay is still that of superior soldiers.
General Zhao Qian shouted angrily, "A superior soldier in the Ming army earns four taels and five silver a month, and General Qian gets an extra five, which is twenty-two taels and five silver."
There is a general Qian who is directly a battalion officer, and he still has 200 taels of silver a month. Adding the minister's silver and so on, the total income of a battalion officer is 500 taels a month.
I heard that the admiral of this country, who has ten thousand troops, earns six hundred and fifty taels of silver per month, and with other things included, that's more than ten thousand taels of silver per year."
"Lu Jianguo gave me a generous salary. Usually, a third-class soldier gets one penny and three cents of silver a day. If he goes out to fight in the province, he will get an extra cent of silver a day.
They also have a lot of money to recuperate their wounds. It is said that the top-grade ones have 20 taels, the medium-grade ones have 10 taels, the low-grade ones have 5 taels, and the compensation for those killed in battle is also 40 taels. Even if the bandits are halved, it is far more than those of us in the Green Camp.
What do we have?
It used to be that one qian, three taels of silver, and three dou of rice a month were paid, but in the end, there were deductions and deductions, and in the end, there were only 3 qian of silver left in the month.
Yan Jinglue's words sounded nice, and the troops were actually paid. The result was that the money was added to two or two months of silver, but was it actually paid? Wasn't it also the case that half of the money was paid and half was owed?
Three buckets of rice are gone. How much better is it than before?
As for those of us who are officials, I am a dignified Qianzong, and my annual salary is only fifteen taels of silver. What the hell, I only make a little more than one tael of silver a month. I am an official of the sixth rank.
The Green Camp of the Qing Army was famous for its low salary, which was basically inherited from the Ming Dynasty. For example, the dignified admiral and the first-rank military minister had a salary of only 81 taels a year, and the combined monthly salary was only 6 taels or 8 taels.
Therefore, the Qing government increased the salaries of military officers, including vegetables, candles, charcoal silver, and heart-red paper silver, adding up to six hundred taels a year, which equals fifty taels a month.
Although it has increased nearly ten times, for a dignified first-class military minister and a general who controls a province's green camp, this amount of money is nothing?
As for this General Zhao Qian, he is only a sixth-grade General Qian. Even the Shunzhi court has not yet given junior officers of this level other benefits besides salary. They are not entitled to any salary or other benefits for the time being.
Their apparent income is fifteen taels of silver this year, and then some lumi.
Yan Wogong reformed the Green Camp in Jiangnan and gave soldiers a salary increase of two to one month. He also gave officers such as General Qian and others a salary.
Mr. Qian gets a salary increase of thirty-six taels a year, and Mr. Ba gets a salary increase of twenty-four taels a year.
The fifth-level defense received an additional 48 taels of salary silver, the fourth-level Dusi received an additional 72 taels, and the guerrillas received an additional 120 taels.
Mr. Zhao Qian now earns three taels a month, but he is still only a little over four taels a month. He is not as good as a small soldier in the Ming army. A top-class soldier earns at least four taels a month.
Who can be happy if he can't compare with the Ming army's thousands of generals, or even with a small soldier?
Mr. Zhao Qian used to be an officer in the Ming Dynasty. In the past, the Ming Dynasty had a shadow-accounting system for followers, which is similar to the current food system in the south. It turns out that the followers of Ming army generals can also shadow-account for quotas of money and food.
But now the pro-military famous food system implemented by the Ming army in the south is more formal, comprehensive and generous.
But my father-in-law Yan was rectifying the situation, not learning the good things, but learning all the bad things.
Everyone finally found a way to make a living by reselling gunpowder, but now Chen Jin wants to chop off their heads.
This is completely no way to survive.
"Damn it, let's go against it. I'm still here fighting and working hard for them, but they are plotting against us in every possible way. So why are we going against it? Go against it!"
"Yes, there is no way to survive. If you rebel, we will contact other brothers to rebel together."
Mr. Zhao Qian stroked his beard and said, "Let's just stop doing it. Let's find a way to capture this Chen Jin. Then we can use Jiangzhou's fort and more than a hundred cannons to surrender to Lu Jianguo. Wouldn't we be able to change the situation and bring wealth to the world?"
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The officer who came to report the news did not expect Mr. Zhao Qian to be bold and quickly gave a thumbs up.
