At Muling Pass, Meng Xian, the left assistant commander of the Shence Army who was covered in blood, climbed up to the gate tower and looked into the distance.
A fire dragon winds its way from the mountains.
"There must be ten thousand people here, they came so fast!"
Meng Xian chuckled, "It's a pity that I'm late. I just finished this dish and I'm full."
Five hundred Tatars raided the camp and were almost wiped out. This battle was unexpected and the gains were huge, but the Zuo Xie suffered little losses.
This battle was carried out with calculated calculations and unintentional intentions, occupying the advantageous location, using the masses to defeat the few, especially artillery and blunderbuss.
Jin Jingyu, chief of staff of the Left Association, told Meng Xian, "This battle formation killed 378 Tatars, captured 83 people, and captured more than 400 sets of armor. Our Association participated in the battle with 2,000 soldiers and 720 auxiliary soldiers.
, plus more than 3,000 rural warriors and militiamen, 137 people were killed..."
This battle loss was within the acceptable range of Meng Xian. In this battle, the auxiliary troops actually did not contribute much. The militiamen who were recruited were actually to help transport food and equipment and did not participate in the battle.
Two thousand soldiers fought against 500 Tartars. To achieve such a victory was already quite good.
"I have always said that the Tatars are nothing more than this."
"The brothers who died in the battle should be wiped and restrained carefully. The weather is hot and they will be cremated tomorrow. Then the ashes and relics will be sent back to Laizhou. They will be taken back to their hometown for burial in the future."
"Heal your injured brothers quickly. They are all heroes of the country."
Facing the main force of Boluo's army that was rushing in, Meng Xian was not afraid.
Muling Pass is the most dangerous pass in Shandong, where one man is responsible for the pass and ten thousand men are not in danger.
The Muling Pass built by the Qi State at that time had a strong city wall made of mountains and stones, but it was not enough. A second Great Wall defense line was built ten miles north of Muling Pass. The second line of defense ran from the east side of Taiboding to the north.
, passing through Caoshan Mountain, Taiping Mountain, Chengding Mountain, Zhaiyue Mountain, Woniu Mountain, etc., turned a big bend in Linqu, and merged with the first Great Wall at the border of Juxian County and Yishui River. The two Great Walls formed a
The Great Wall has a radius of fifty miles with Mulinguan as its core.
The pass of the Second Great Wall is called Daguan, and not far to the north is Xiaoguan.
Daguan, Xiaoguan, Mulinguan and the three triple lines of defense form a complete defense system in depth.
The city walls and passes are all built on mountains and wind along the mountains. They are actually very similar to those mountain cities in Liaodong outside the passes, but they have an earlier history. Although they have gone through thousands of years, they have basically not changed much.
Meng Xian has very strong self-confidence. With these three barriers, he can block Boluo's 10,000 troops from passing.
If he insists on attacking forcefully, let him suffer a bloody blow.
"Organize those village warriors into a reserve team and assign them to various military camps to coordinate operations. When you have free time, you can also open up some wasteland and plant some corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, sorghum and so on in the mountains. We have to do a good job
A long-term plan to stick with it.”
In fact, those three thousand Xiangyong were all hungry people not long ago. After the Ming army captured Shence Town in Qingzhou Prefecture, they also provided relief along the way and selected some young men as Xiangyong, who not only maintained local order but also assisted in transportation.
etc., and because the own auxiliary soldiers have received more training, they can also serve as battle camp supplementary soldiers or reserve troops at any time.
Mulingguan is only a fifty-mile radius surrounded by these three passes. In fact, there are many valleys. Of course, it is no problem to open up wasteland for farming. There are even some ready-made mountainous areas that can be cultivated.
While preparing for war and defense, he could also cultivate wasteland. Meng Xian was obviously prepared to hold on for a long time.
Jin Gongyu, the chief military officer of Shence Town, was still attacking Qingzhou Fucheng at this time. The Zuo Xie led by Meng Xian actually came directly to seize Muling Pass. They didn't even attack Linqu City and handed it over to the rear troops.
This kind of use of troops is also somewhat risky, but Meng Xian believed that the real enemy was Boluo, not the thousands of shrinking turtles in Linqu City who did not dare to fight, so he simply ignored them.
Now Meng Xian is actually surrounded on all sides, but he doesn't think it's a problem. He only regards Bolo who is coming from the north as his enemy. As for Linqu, Anqiu and other cities that have not yet been captured, he doesn't take them seriously at all.
There are follow-up troops to solve it.
He just needs to guard Muling Pass.
Their only problem now is food and grass.
The entire army now has nearly 6,000 auxiliary and militiamen, and they came with less than a month's worth of food and grass. If General Jin Gongyu and other brother troops cannot quickly clear the north of Qingzhou Prefecture and deliver food and grass to them in time, then they will
I won't be able to hold on until then.
Of course, he believes that these are not problems.
Because even the capital city of Qingzhou actually doesn’t have many soldiers capable of fighting.
It is only a matter of time before all the cities are wiped out. The only thing we have to worry about is the direction of Jinan. We don't know when Tatar reinforcements will come.
But for Meng Xian, these are not things he needs to consider. He is just a deputy general of Shence Town. His task is to seize Muling Pass and then defend Muling Pass. He only needs to prevent Boluo from passing the pass. The rest is up to him.
Do not care.
"Lao Jin, do you think it would be a waste to just throw away those hundreds of Tatar corpses? Why don't you drag them back and marinate them into dried meat in case they are not needed? In case the food supply is not available, we can still do it.
To satisfy your hunger?"
Jin Jingyu is Jin Gongyu's brother. He almost wanted to vomit when he heard this.
"It's so disgusting, it's not that bad. Although there are mountains here, you can still hunt and fish, and even get some wild vegetables and other things to eat with some food.
I believe supplies will be shipped soon."
Meng Xian said carelessly, "Didn't I say just in case, just pickle it and dry it in the sun, or smoke it with fire. If you really need it, it's better than eating dirt."
"Are you serious?" Jin Jingyu asked.
Meng Xian looked at everyone who seemed disgusted and waved his hand, "Forget it, I guess these tartar meats are sour and smelly and not delicious. Let's arrange for Xiangyong to hunt and pick wild vegetables or something to supplement these.
You have to take good care of yourself and train when you have time."
"The armors, swords, guns, etc. seized this time were quickly replenished to the war camp, especially those armors. With or without armor, there is a big difference on the battlefield. More pieces of armor is equivalent to three more lives."
The Tatar army came quickly.
But the generals of the Ming army stood on the Guancheng Tower talking and laughing, and no one took them seriously.
They had just experienced a bloody battle in which two thousand people wiped out five hundred Tatar vanguards. They really didn't take the Tatars seriously. No one was afraid of the Tatars.
This Jiangdong Army has become an elite, with high fighting spirit, tempered in the flames of war.
"We don't have cannons. Bolo came all the way and he also didn't have cannons, so we don't need to panic at all. The Great Wall on such a mountain is so dangerous and dangerous. Boluo can't spread out even if he has 100,000 people, not to mention 100,000 people. No matter how many soldiers there are,
It’s also a fueling tactic. Don’t panic, don’t panic!”
"Hahaha!"
Meng Xian called Wen Hu, "Can you still move?"
"In other words, I just tried some appetizers to warm up."
"You're not hurt, are you?"
"Tatars can also hurt Grandpa."
"Okay, then you can lead the team out of the border at night and carefully monitor the Tatars."
After sending Wen Hu out of seclusion.
Gu Yao
After Meng Xian made city defense arrangements again, he went to visit the wounded soldiers.
"Everyone's military merits must be recorded, verified as soon as possible, and the results of military merits must be announced as soon as possible. This can also boost morale."
Jin Jingyu nodded, "This is all done with skill, I understand."
The imperial court attaches great importance to military merits, and the imperial camp also attaches great importance to military merits, and they are very particular about timeliness. They will not delay the merits for too long. After the battle, they have to be tallied and then announced. After everyone is correct, the reward will be calculated and announced as soon as possible.
The rewards were handed out.
The military merit reward system is also constantly being improved.
For example, different enemies correspond to different rewards. The number of beheadings can be upgraded, and the number of beheads can be exchanged for silver rewards, etc. For true Tatars, they are now ranked first in rewards.
Beheading a Tatar alone will directly advance you to one level. Of course, in order to avoid the unreasonable situation of cutting off ten heads and eight levels in one battle, and then being promoted to ten levels and eight levels in a row, so now it is still
There are more detailed additions.
For example, if a soldier kills a true Tartar in the same battle on the same day, he can directly advance to the next level. Those who exceed the level can only be rewarded with silver.
In the latest military merit system, a first-level head of the Eight Banners Tatars is worth thirty taels of silver, and the other ranks have a difference of five liang of silver. The head of a sixth-level mainland bandit is only worth five taels of silver.
For example, Wen Hu today led the army to annihilate ten Tatar sentries during the day and night. Wen Hu killed three people by himself. However, these three people were not all killed alone, but were killed in collaboration with his comrades, so the merits and rewards are not the same.
Be lower.
According to the rules, the one he killed alone can be directly upgraded to one level. The other two levels, because they have already been promoted to one level, can only be rewarded with silver. The two heads are worth sixty taels, which will be divided with his comrades. The specific details are:
The main merit and the secondary merit, the main merit can be divided more.
If the person who performs the coordinated killing has no other killing skills, this skill can also be used to obtain upgrade qualifications, but compared to solo killing, the upgrade is different.
For example, if you perform a single-level attack, you will be directly promoted to the next level, while if you perform a combined attack, you will be promoted to the first level, which is equivalent to half a level. As for the others, you can only receive rewards.
Wen Hu had just made a meritorious service during the day, and encountered another battle at night, and gained a few more levels. Although it was not the same battle, it was still within the same day, so the gains gained at night could only be converted into silver rewards and could not be upgraded.
Even if he is upgraded, he will be promoted by rank, not by direct promotion to military rank. Wen Hu is still the squad leader, but his rank can be upgraded. After upgrading, if there is a shortage of military rank, he can of course be promoted accordingly.
Advance in rank first, and then in rank. Ranks are promoted and rewarded according to merit, but rank requires position.
As officers, there is another important indicator of their first achievement, which is the number of beheadings of their subordinates.
For example, as a sentry officer, if his subordinates behead a true Tatar in the same battle on the same day and above, he can advance to one level. As a battalion officer, his subordinates must behead ten levels before he can advance to one level. This refers specifically to the Eight Banners Soldiers.
, if it is other things, the number needs to be increased accordingly. For example, for the suppression of bandits, the subordinates of the sentry officer have to kill thirty levels at a time, and the subordinates of the battalion officer have to kill sixty levels before they can advance to the next level. If it is not enough, they can only be given corresponding rewards.
It's just a reward of silver.
This increasingly strict and detailed standard for military merit rewards is actually intended to be more standardized and reasonable.
Otherwise, if Wen Hu fought two battles today and killed more than ten people, and the one who killed him alone was level three, he couldn't just upgrade to level three in a row.
If this is messed up, the morale of the military will be messed up.
The most important purpose of merit rewards is to stimulate the morale of the army, and not to disrupt the morale of the army. Soldiers are beheaded to upgrade. When they are promoted to sentry officers, they cannot simply behead to upgrade. It also depends on the number of beheads of subordinates. Of course, when leading troops in peacetime,
The ability can also be upgraded.
Meng Xian, as the general of Xie Town, commanded one Xie, two bids and four battalions. Today he killed more than 300 Tatars and captured nearly a hundred. According to the system, it was enough for him to advance to the next level.
What is promoted here is the Wusan rank. There are thirty levels in the Wusan rank, and there are initial awards, promotion awards, and additional awards.
The original Governor's Mansion and Governor's Guard Station of the Fifth Army had long existed in name only. Especially after Zhu Yihai completely abolished the Guard Office system, the set of Governors, Commanders, Chief Qian, etc. also lost their original responsibilities, and are now organized by Zhu Yihai.
Later it became a military rank for military attaches.
Zhengjiu rank small flag, then the Zhengba general banner, Zhengqi test one hundred households, from six hundred households, Zhengsixu deputy thousand households, from five thousand households, Zhengwu command the generals, from the fifth command Tongzhi, Zheng4 command the envoys, from the third rank
The generals command the general affairs, the third-level commanders command the Tongzhi, and the second-level commanders command the envoys.
Then there is Qianshi, the second-rank governor, and Tongzhi, the first-rank governor.
The highest level is the first-grade right-and-left governor of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.
This set combined the five governor's offices, the commander's office, and the guard post into the rank of military general of the Ming army.
The thirty-level Wusan rank and the fifteenth-level military rank. The San rank is equivalent to the fixed salary of this grade, and the military rank matches the military position.
The new military position system is to start from the first rank of admiral, to the second rank of general, to the second deputy general, to the third staff general, to the third guerrilla, to the fourth commander, to the fifth garrison, to the six thousand general, to the seventh sentry general, to the eighth commander, and to the ninth team.
total.
The lowest team general position is to manage a team of 12 people and be awarded the rank of small flag.
Because Wen Hu repeatedly violated military regulations, he was demoted to the rank of team leader. If he makes new achievements this time, he can be promoted to a casual level.
Then you can wait for promotion. If they have a vacancy for a deputy position, you can be promoted. After promotion, you will be promoted to the corresponding title.
In the future, if you perform more meritorious service and get promoted, you will be promoted to the rank of Sentinel Commander, in charge of hundreds of people.
For the cavalry army and navy, the corresponding ranks are higher.
Meng Xian holds the rank of Zhengsandu Commander-in-Chief, and the rank of Sandu Commander is General Zhaoyong.
This time he was promoted to General Zhaoyi, still at the third level, and next time he was promoted to General Zhaowu.
The third grade is divided into three levels: initial award, promotion award, additional award, and promotion three times.
After the battle achievements are reported and inspected by the royal camp, you can then report it to the Ministry of War. After going through the procedures, you can advance to a higher level.
After upgrading this rank, he can enter the vacancy of the second-rank deputy general position. When there is a vacancy for deputy general, he can be promoted. If there is no vacancy, he can temporarily continue to serve as a general.
The promotion of casual rank is based on the combination of seniority and military merit. There are no military regulations, but if there is no fault, the promotion will be automatic after a certain number of years. This is the standard for receiving salary.
Military rank basically matches the military position.
First rank, then job, and job title matches.
Of course, military ranks and military officers each have their own rank salary and job allowance.
As long as you are capable and the soldiers you lead can fight, you can be promoted.
"My contribution today has been enough to advance to one level. I hope the Tatars will be wiser and come back to attack the city tomorrow so that they can advance to another level tomorrow." Meng Xian said with a smile.
Jin Jingyu was a little envious of Meng Xian. He was the chief officer and it was easier to upgrade, while the conditions for their adjutants were much more difficult.
"It's not easy for you to advance to another level. The higher you go, the more Tatar heads you need. I think Bolo is the Tatar auxiliary prince after all. He can't be so stubborn that he can rush his subordinates.
Ten thousand people keep coming to hit the wall, and I will give you thousands of achievements, right?"
Meng Xian thought about it, "It seems that it is quite difficult to advance to another level here in Boluo."
"Be content. This time we killed more than 300 people, captured nearly 100 people, and annihilated their camp of 500 people. We can already laugh about it. If Bolo hadn't underestimated the enemy and took the risk, we would have defended the city head-on and wanted to annihilate the 500 Tatars.
, it’s not easy.”
"Indeed, it's a pity," Meng Xian touched his chin, "Do you think we should take those Tatar prisoners to the city? When Bolo comes, we will chop them up in front of him, anger him, and say
Maybe he desperately comes to seize the gate and attack the city, maybe we can kill one or two thousand of him and get another level?"
Jin Jingyu looked at Meng Xian helplessly, "Brother, let me call you Big Brother. Our mission is to guard Muling Pass and stop Boluo from going north. It's not a competition to kill how many Tatars we want. Don't be indifferent. If we miss,
We can’t explain it.”
"It's better to be safe."
Meng Xian followed the advice and said, "Okay, okay, I've been promoted to the next level anyway, I'm satisfied."
