Chapter 614 Wounded Soldiers, Prisoners of War and Slaves
Countless people in Zhangqiu City cheered.
Li Jinming also gave up his large house in the city to treat and recuperate the wounded soldiers.
"Take out all the ham, bacon, smoked chicken, salted duck, salted fish and other things at home, as well as the dried abalone, sea cucumber and dried sea rice that I collected, and soaked them. Wounded soldiers will be arranged to come to our house soon, and we will prepare them for them.
Rice must be nutritious."
The gentleman's face glowed red and he was extremely excited.
"Master, we have donated food and money, so why don't we bring back the wounded soldiers? They are bloody and injured, it's scary." One of Li Jinming's favorite concubines couldn't help but said.
"You have long hair but short sight. As a woman, all the women and children in the family have moved to a separate courtyard in the east of Laosan City, freeing up the whole place."
Li Jinyi fully supports this.
The cheers outside resounded through the night.
They had personally experienced this great victory, and they could feel more clearly that the Ming Dynasty was really resurrected, and they really wanted to do something. Previously, they thought they were going to change the dynasty, but when they saw that the Kong family in Qufu took the initiative to submit to them,
, they finally followed the crowd and went to Beijing to take part in the examination and passed the imperial examination.
But now, they understand that this world still belongs to the Ming Dynasty and the Zhu family after all.
They were wrong before, so wrong.
Especially in the past two years, the rule of the Tartars after they occupied Shandong was inferior to that of the Chongzhen Dynasty. Although the Shence Army and the emperor came to Zhangqiu for a short time, the Shao Tian Dynasty's new policies and the discipline of the imperial army made this scholar's heart
Shocking, this seems to be the enlightened atmosphere that only saints have in governing the world that I have read about in books before.
He used to think that those were just the writings of historians.
But now I really feel what it means to change the day.
Li Jinyi specially drank a pot when he came back because he was too excited and couldn't calm down without drinking a little.
"The four-town imperial camp fought against more than 10,000 people under the Eight Banners in Manchuria. Not only was it a great victory, it was also completely annihilated."
"Well, I heard that more than 8,000 people surrendered."
"It was once said that the Hou Jin was invincible if he had less than 10,000 gold, but now more than 10,000 Manchurians have been defeated and frightened, and even more than 8,000 have surrendered. This is really unbelievable."
The two brothers were both well-known scholars in Zhangqiu. They had three generations of seven scholars and five Jinshi. In fact, all three brothers were Jinshi. This was a grand event that had not happened in Zhangqiu for three hundred years.
But before the torrent of this era, they feel their own insignificance.
They had flinched and been afraid when the Chuang army marched down Shandong and when the Qing army marched south. Even after years of reading sage books, they did not have the courage to raise an army like the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Later, he also went to Beijing and went north along the way to Beijing and Tianjin. He saw a completely different scene from before. The Tatars were everywhere encircling the land, forcing people to surrender, forcing the Han people into slavery, and hunting down those who disobeyed and fled.
Deep down in my heart, I feel no pain.
Today, all the long-suppressed music was released, and with this great victory, my chest felt relieved.
He now regrets that choice very much, and now he just wants to try his best to make up for it.
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Zhao Xiaolou and captain Li Baoquan finally returned to Zhangqiu City with the team. They were meritorious troops, so they were specially arranged to go to the city to recuperate.
The two of them also suffered a lot of injuries. They were arranged in the yard of Li Jinming's house, which became one of the camps for temporarily recruited wounded soldiers. Here they were surprised to see the other three wounded soldiers in the same team, and then learned from their mouths
It was learned that Deputy Liu was not dead. He was seriously injured, but he saved his life and is now being raised here.
Several people entered the Li family's courtyard, and Team Liu assisted their seriously injured soldiers in the inner courtyard.
So they happily went to visit Liu Maochun together.
"You are so lucky and blessed." Li Baoquan, who could not speak, sighed when they met.
Deputy Liu's bag was like a rice dumpling. He had many serious injuries, but the most critical ones were not injured. It was also well protected by the cotton armor on his body. However, if the medical team of the supply camp had not rescued him in time, the bleeding would probably have disappeared.
"We have read a lot of books from saints and sages, and we have great righteousness to protect our bodies." Vice Captain Liu could still joke.
"Liu Captain, please get well quickly. I want to read more books with you."
Six guys who survived the catastrophe came together, and each of them was seriously injured.
"Smoke." Deputy Liu asked for a cigarette.
Zhao Xiaolou quickly took out Xin'anjiang, one for each person, lit it and stood around silently sucking on it.
If one survives, there will be future fortunes.
They also knew that Shence Zuo Xie had made great achievements this time, and those of them who survived would be rewarded, and they would even be rewarded for sure.
"The Tatars surrendered more than eight thousand."
"Well, I heard that the auxiliary king Bolo was killed."
"We have killed quite a few Tatar generals this time. We, General Wen Shen, first beheaded a first-class male and hung him on a bamboo pole. This Boluo did not escape. This time we have really made a towering contribution."
"It's a pity that Zhang Tiezhu and the others shouted every day during training that they wanted to perform meritorious service in actual combat, but in the end they were gone in one battle."
"Well, he died so tragically, half of his head was trampled by the horse's hooves."
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The food in the wounded barracks is quite good.
On the first night, a group of wounded soldiers screamed in pain, and many of them did not even make it to the next morning.
Deputy Liu came over.
The doctor who accompanied the army came over to check the wound, change dressings and gauze, and also gave him internal medicine and even ginseng soup.
"His Majesty has specially ordered a lot of ginseng to be sent to the wounded camp to replenish the vitality and blood of the wounded soldiers."
There were many wounded soldiers this time, but fortunately there was a lot of medicine prepared. Basically, they were treated as soon as possible. They did not appear to be wailing and waiting to die on the battlefield, nor were they said to be pulled back to the camp without medical treatment or medicine.
its deterioration.
At this time, the auxiliary battalion showed its extremely powerful role. Each war battalion was equipped with 180 auxiliary battalions. They were not only responsible for the operation of baggage, but also responsible for engineering tasks. They also had a professional medical team, including military doctors.
Nursing, stretcher teams, etc. were able to quickly establish a field hospital and also stocked a lot of medicines.
This can greatly reduce the casualty rate.
For example, Lieutenant Liu was not injured at the time but suffered several serious injuries. If Zhao Xiaolou and others had not opened the first aid kit they carried with them on the battlefield and bandaged Lieutenant Liu's injuries, he might not have been able to wait for treatment and would have bled directly.
died, or even got infected on the battlefield.
Now he is in good condition, with no obvious infection, no fever, no nonsense, no coma, and he is in good spirits. Although he is a little weak, he is obviously much better after drinking ginseng soup.
In the past, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had enough food to eat, and they could count on battlefield medical care. The limited military doctors and medicinal materials were all for the officers.
"Ginseng is so expensive, His Majesty is so kind to us soldiers." Captain Liu, a scholar, was extremely moved.
Li Baoquan smiled and said, "Of course, it has been like this since His Majesty raised the army. Besides, I guess the people in the Ministry of War don't want you to die. If you die, you will have to pay two hundred for compensation, burning and burial.
The extra two taels of silver will come out. All the training in the past few years has been wasted. It's such a loss. If you don't die, let alone take some medicine and drink some ginseng soup, even eat a pound of ginseng. They are probably willing to give it a pound or five.
The ginseng is only a few dozen taels of silver. If you lose this, the pension, the two hundred taels of burning and burial, not to mention the previous training expenses, you will still lose a lot of money, so we have to save some money for His Majesty and the court.
,cannot die.”
When Deputy Liu heard this, he almost laughed, but his whole body hurt when he laughed.
"Hiss, it really is like this. Therefore, our soldiers' lives are not cheap, they are quite valuable. A war horse only costs one or two taels of silver, and a piece of cotton armor costs several taels of silver. They are not as valuable as the lives of our soldiers."
"That's right, we are the emperor's personal guards."
Several people laughed together.
The Li family brought out their own collection of dried sea cucumbers, abalone, dried sea rice, ham and other good things for Shangying. The people above also brought out fine grains for Shangying, and even brought out fresh pork, eggs, fish, vegetables, etc.
Ensure the nutrition of wounded soldiers.
Captain Liu had millet porridge with fresh fish soup.
Although Zhao Xiaolou had a lot of injuries, they were mostly flesh injuries. He ate glutinous rice with diced ham, diced potatoes, corn kernels and some fresh pork. It was glutinous and fragrant, as well as thick white river fish.
, lamb bone soup.
He had never eaten such delicious food. He could eat several large bowls at a time. After eating, he had nothing to do. He just helped take care of other wounded soldiers in the courtyard, and then chatted with Captain Liu and the others.
It is said that Yulin, Jinwu, Qianniu and other towns have already arrived at Jinan City and surrounded Jinan City. The Eight Banner Mongolians in the city, but the Han army actually resisted stubbornly. Now the city has been surrounded and the emperor may soon move.
Jinan, but their mission from Shence Town is to garrison Zhangqiu City.
Wounded soldiers from various towns are also placed here. They may not be able to participate in the Battle of Jinan.
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"I suggest that all the more than 8,000 captured Tatars be taken to the gates of Jinan City and beheaded!" The speaker was Chief Shence, Gongjin Gongyu of Changxing County.
"Your Majesty, most of these more than 8,000 prisoners surrendered on the battlefield, and not all of them are Jurchens. According to reports, most of them are Han Chinese."
"The Han people are all slaves of the Tatars. Do they consider themselves Han people?"
The ministers had different opinions on how to deal with these prisoners. For example, Jin Gongyu, the commander-in-chief of Shence, suggested killing them directly, which would save trouble, effort and food. There was no point in keeping them. These people were all bannermen and Baoyi.
The Eight Banners system of the Tatars consists of eight Manchu, Mongolian and Han banners. However, not all the Eight Banners are Jurchens. There are also Mongols, Hans, Koreans, etc. who have entered the Eight Banners. Similarly, not all the Eight Banners are Mongolian.
, Han people.
In Manba Banner, in addition to the masters of the bannermen, there are also many slaves.
Among the Eight Banners in Manchuria, there are the Outer Eight Banners, also called Zhengsheng Bannermen, who are free people before entering the customs. They include the ruling class such as banner owners and assistant leaders, as well as ordinary officials and bannermen. They are the backbone of the Eight Banners and the main force of the army.
Baoyi is called Neibaqi, and Baoyi Aha in Manchu is the abbreviation of domestic slaves. Men are called Baoyi Nianerma, and women are called Baoyi Hehe. Some of them are Jurchen hereditary domestic slaves, and more are from Jurchens.
Most of the people of various ethnic groups and prisoners of war captured during the war were villagers or domestic servants.
And under the cover of the Inner Eight Banners, there are even more despicable people, called domestic slaves.
Although the Bao Yi did not care about his origin, he had certain rights of personal freedom and even property rights, and even the Bao Yi of the emperor could hold a very high official position.
House slaves under the banner are complete slaves, not only slaves from the Outer Eight Banners, but also slaves from wealthy families. They have no household registration, belong to the owner's name, and can be bought and sold at will, so they are called people under the household or under the family. Although they
Sometimes it is also collectively called coating together with coating.
But the status is very different.
The Baoyi of the Inner Eight Banners had their own household registration and could even serve as officials. They were equivalent to the banner servants of free people, while the people under the household were private slaves and did not have household registration.
If we look at it simply, the Inner Eight Banners are similar to servants, while the people under the household are purely slaves.
The Eight Banners have separate collars and collars for coats and collars. To their masters, coats are servants. They have no freedom in terms of subordination, residence, life, and marriage. Slave status is inherited by descendants and cannot be done without the permission of the master.
Separated, but only for their masters, the Baoyi also have their own household registration, property, and even the ability to be officials, as well as their own servants.
The robe system even preceded the Eight Banners system, so the Tatar clan members, regardless of whether they were in charge of flag affairs, had their own robes.
There is a coat under the coat, and there is a master above the master. This is also some barbaric system that the Tatars still retain after emerging from barbarism.
Those who are incorporated into the Bao Yi collar are Bao Yi bannermen, that is, the Inner Eight Banners.
The coats attached to the head of the household are the coats and slaves under the household, which can even be further subdivided into strong men, village men, domestic slaves, etc.
This time Bolo came with more than 10,000 Manchus.
The real garrison soldiers of the Eight Banners, that is, the Zhengshen Banners, are actually only a few thousand people. The rest are the Baoyi under the banners of Bolo and other princes, as well as the servants under the names of the Zhengshen Banners from the Outer Eight Banners and Baoyi from the Inner Eight Banners.
There are young men, young men, and domestic servants.
Moreover, there are a large number of slaves in this part, many of whom are Han Chinese at all. Some were kidnapped as slaves outside the Pass in the early years and then brought into the Pass. There are still more who came directly from the original land after horse racing and enclosure in the mountains.
Those taken by their masters as slaves, and those taken from war.
Some of these people were responsible for farming on the bannermen's estates, and some served in their families.
Bolo went out to fight and left the Mongols to stay behind. He could not trust the Han army banners and the soldiers of the green camp, but he felt more at ease with the Han slaves in the name of the bannermen, perhaps because he felt that he had stronger personal control over them.
The vast majority of the more than 8,000 people who have surrendered are slaves, and even the vast majority are Han people from Shandong who were directly encircled in Shandong.
Although they are young and strong, these people have little fighting ability.
Once the main force of Tu Lai, Bolo and other regular bannermen and coated bannermen were defeated, most of them surrendered immediately as they saw that they could not escape.
Although most of these people are Han Chinese, some are Mongolians and even Koreans.
However, Jin Gongyu believed that these people had forgotten their ancestors and became slaves of the Tatars and followed them to fight the Ming army, so they should not be spared lightly.
"Make a distinction!"
Zhu Yihai listened to them arguing for a while before speaking slowly.
"Carefully distinguish the captives. First divide them according to Manchu, Mongolian, and Han. Then divide them again according to the standard bannermen, the coated bannermen, and the servants."
"The Han people who are slaves under the household should be classified as refugees. They were plundered and enslaved by the Tatars. They are very pitiful. Now they should be liberated. They should stay in the army as auxiliary civilians for now. After the battle of Jinan, we should also treat them well.
Go to class and know what a nation is."
"As for the Zhengshen Bannermen and Baoyi Bannermen, if there are Han people among them, I think we can wait until this war is over and move them to Taiwan to open up wasteland in Guangxi and give them a chance to start over and be self-reliant."
"The Mongolians among the Zhengshen bannermen and Baoyi bannermen were first exiled to Yungui and Sichuan to reclaim wasteland and farmland."
"For the Jurchen Tatars, it would be a waste to chop them down. In this way, the officers will be chopped off, and the rest will be sent to the Shaofu as slaves and sent to the mines for mining."
"Let's arrange it this way."
Zhu Yihai did not engage in massacres, but he did not show mercy to them. The Tatars were either exiled or enslaved.