Li Yuchun was a little surprised when he looked at the man in front of him who claimed to be a squire who had come to surrender. After all, he was quite ruthless in killing people and setting fires. He massacred Zhujiazhuang in Xiashi Town and then he should be notorious. He also participated in the ten massacres in Yangzhou.
There should be few Jiangnan gentry who are not afraid of him.
Now there are actually people taking the initiative to surrender.
Mr. Yan took off his Liuhe melon skin hat, revealing his newly shaved scalp, and the short mouse tail coiled under the hat also fell off.
The shiny black head is freshly shaved.
"The student is the leader of the nearby Jinjiayang clan. He is from a noble background and has little property. When the Qing soldiers went south, I led the clan members to send food and money to support them."
"Recently, a group of people appeared out of nowhere, claiming to be under the command of Jiangnan Admiral Zhu Wu. They did not dare to attack the prefectures, but they ran rampant in the countryside, sending donations to capture the strong, causing chaos. The students were
The landowners in the village were forced to donate a lot of money and food. Since they couldn't raise that much for a while, the student's uncle came to them to ask for leniency, but he was arrested and hanged. The uncle was also a scholar and often met with the county.
I don’t want to bow to you, but the rebels took off my uncle’s clothes and publicly beat him, which is an insult to the gentle man!”
"It's just too much."
"Now we are forcing the strong men in our clan and villages to follow and beat the imperial officers and soldiers. This is setting us up for injustice. We come here helplessly under the sword and gun, but we absolutely dare not harm the Manchu Lord and the imperial officers and soldiers.
So after much deliberation, I decided to come quietly and surrender."
"The students have always been popular in the countryside. They have united with some gentry and are willing to surrender together. They will cooperate with the general inside and outside to defeat the bandits."
Li Yuchun stood in front of his head and looked at this guy. Looking at his talent, he didn't expect that he was also timid and cowardly. He was secretly despised in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face.
Now we are surrounded on all sides, and we are in the dark and can't figure out what's going on outside. Now that someone has taken the initiative to surrender, we can at least know something about the enemy.
With some caution, Li Yuchun interrogated him carefully and repeatedly, and he became more and more contemptuous of this Yan Wo Gong. He decided that he was just a coward who was greedy for life and afraid of death. At this time, he even wanted to speculate and make some wealth.
This guy has hinted at it several times later.
"what do you want?"
"Students are loyal to the imperial court." Yan Wo is fair.
Li Yuchun laughed in his heart, these damned gentry were really slipping one after another when they played this trick, they had to be both a watchmaker and a memorial arch.
As he continued to ask, Li Yuchun became more and more frightened.
According to what Yan Wogong said, this group of troops who claimed to be under the command of Zhu Wu, the admiral of Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty, did not come from Susong in the north, but actually sneaked in from the Ningshao area in eastern Zhejiang, south of Hangzhou Bay.
There are many people and horses, and they are known as the Ten Thousand Army.
The leader, Zhu Wu, is said to be the ninth brother of Lu Jianguo. He is known as the Ninth Prince in the army. He is in his early twenties and is very young. He is not a dandy at all, but Wang Zhiren, the former Zhejiang commander-in-chief, Zhang Mingzhen, the Shipu guerrilla, and Wang Chaoxian, the commander-in-chief.
He also went north with the army and actually took charge of the military and was responsible for combat operations. These people were all veteran generals who had fought in Liaodong and had rich experience.
There was even a Yongwei camp among the tens of thousands of people heading north.
"There are really 10,000 soldiers and horses?"
"It's true. The students saw with their own eyes that there were twenty battalions, each with 500 men, and more than 300 chiefs. In fact, there were 10,000 soldiers, and the chiefs had more than 7,000. After they went north,
In the coastal villages of Jiaxing and Hangzhou, strong men are being recruited everywhere. Five hundred people form a brave camp, and three hundred people form a militia, which is enough to bring together hundreds of young people. Now the young people from the entire southern countryside have been brought here by them."
"Zhujiazhuang has a radius of ten miles, and their troops are everywhere. They are preparing to besiege from all sides and use the human sea tactics to capture the general's officers and soldiers."
Li Yuchun couldn't help but take a deep breath when he heard this.
If he were an ordinary general, he would never be afraid of this kind of mass tactic of militiamen and warriors. However, his own soldiers and horses were basically made like this. They were also a ragtag group of strong men, so he dealt with the same
There is actually no countermeasure to the human sea tactic.
If he really wants to fight in a sea of people, then he will be alone and helpless, and he will only be in the cold.
"Zhu Wu was originally a dandy. Students have seen him. Everywhere he went, he searched for books, ancient books, famous calligraphy and paintings, and guqins collected in the gentry's homes. When he had time, he would hunt with eagles and lackeys. He didn't care about the war. He was a fake Lu supervising the country.
Those sent by Zhu Yihai to take command in name only, the real commanders of the rebel army were Wang Zhiren, the governor of the Jingying Camp of the puppet Ming Dynasty, Zhang Mingzhen, the governor of Zhejiang Province of the puppet Ming Dynasty, and Wang Xian, the commander-in-chief of the western Zhejiang Province of the puppet Ming Dynasty. In addition, I heard that Huang Binqing, the admiral of the navy of the puppet Ming Dynasty, also
Lead the navy to provide support offshore."
"Wang Zhiren has three battalions of Zhejiang veterans under his command, Zhang Mingzhen has two battalions of the Zhejiang Navy under his command, and the dynasty first brought 3,000 Sichuan white soldiers..."
The more Li Yuchun heard, the more surprised he became, but he did not doubt it. After all, he could quickly annihilate more than 4,000 of his troops in one day, so the opponent was definitely not weak.
Without any strength, how could he possibly eat half of his men in one day?
If Mr. Yan had said that there were only three to five thousand men on the other side, he would never have believed it. But now that he said there were so many people, as well as so many generals and veterans, he was convinced.
"The thieves have surrounded Zhujiazhuang from all sides. The students had received orders earlier and they were preparing to attack the village. The plan is to use boats and wooden platoons to transport the soldiers from the lake to the river beaches around Zhujiazhuang, and then use muskets, cannons, and bows and arrows to march on the boats.
, the infantry advanced in formation with shields, chariots and spears, pushed them to the front of the village, and approached and strangled them step by step."
hiss!
Li Yuchun was a little panicked. Isn't this a sure-fire weapon for our Qing soldiers to deal with the Ming army?
Especially before entering the customs, the Ming army had sharp guns and artillery and numerous troops and horses. However, the Eight Banners soldiers did not have artillery and muskets at that time. Mounted fire against the Ming army's vehicle and artillery formations often resulted in heavy casualties. Later, the Eight Banners changed their tactics and tried to besiege the city as much as possible.
In field battles, the shield vehicle must take precedence.
The Eight Banners fought on horseback, pushing the shield chariot forward, relying on the shield chariot to withstand the shots of cannons, bows and arrows. After approaching, they rushed into the Ming army's formation with swords, shields, spears and axes, and defeated the Ming army with their fierce close combat advantage.
Especially as they went on, the Qing army actually used this tactic more and more. To deal with the fortified city, they captured a large number of strong people and dug trenches to surround the city to block reinforcements. This was a trap. To deal with the Ming army in the field, they rarely used cavalry.
Methods such as shooting and impact are mostly used to engage in dismounted infantry combat.
However, they have many horses. Even if they no longer focus on cavalry and shooting, their horseback mobility is still far superior to that of the Ming army, so they will engage in tactics such as maneuvering, outflanking, etc., so that they always have the strategic initiative.
After decades of fighting, the Qing army's trump card was to maneuver on horseback and fight on foot. In the past, the Ming army's trump card against the Qing army was fortresses and chariot formations, but the Qing army found ways to crack them.
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Unexpectedly, the Ming army would now use our Qing shield-carriage tactics to attack them.
Li Yuchun wouldn't be afraid if he had five thousand and eight banners under his command. The problem is that there are only five hundred and eight banner soldiers. The remaining more than four thousand truly elite servants can only be a few hundred, and the old battalion can only have no more than a thousand. The rest are basically newly recruited strong men with all the weapons.
It's not complete yet, most of them have never seen blood.
This Zhujiazhuang is not a castle, it is just a landlord's village, with a wall as high as one person. It is very thin and has neither trenches nor arrow towers.
If the enemy is really attacked by tens of thousands of people, it is actually the same as being attacked while camping in the wild.
"General, although the thieves are numerous, their troops are too scattered. Especially the thieves leader Zhu Wu, a dandy from the clan, does not know how to fight and does not like fighting. At this time, he is still hunting and fishing all day long. He will lead him now
With a battalion of his soldiers stationed at Ma Yao Lake, less than ten miles away from the leader, if we can take the initiative to kill him, catch the thief first and capture the king first, we will definitely be able to catch them off guard. By then Zhu will
Wu is ready to capture him. If Zhu Wu, the general, is captured, the bandit camp will be in chaos."
"When the students, together with the loyal and brave gentry relatives and friends, instigate rebellion in the rear and falsely claim that the Hangzhou army is coming for reinforcements, then the thieves will be in chaos and the army will collapse!"
"Not only will the siege be lifted, but you can also capture the king and behead the commander, defeating ten times the enemy. Isn't that a great achievement?"
Yan Wogong suggested that it would be best to attack at night.
This not only increases the concealment and suddenness of the action, but also makes it easier to create chaos when the night is dark and windy.
It can be said that Yan Wo Gong planned everything for Li Yuchun. Li Yuchun couldn't help but sigh that this was really a thatched cottage and Wolong. He had kidnapped many gentry before, including not only scholars but also officials, but most of them were pedantic guys who wrote newspapers about the closure of ponds.
They all have to quote the passages from Pian Si and Li Liu.
But what he needs more is actually the kind of talents who can help make plans, handle official documents, and plan money and food, but he has not met any good ones. When I met this strict man today, I felt like I had met him too late.
"Mr. Yan is really resourceful and unparalleled in his loyalty and bravery. I am going to ask Governor Zhang of Hangzhou, Mr. Tian Zhi and Bo Luobele for your merit. I think Mr. Yan is so talented that he would be aggrieved to be the prefect of Jiaxing. After the success,
Why don't you wrong Mr. Yan and become the prefect of Jiaxing, and we will be civil and military partners!"
After praising him a lot, Li Yuchun asked Mr. Yan to send his son and nephew back to contact the good gentry according to the plan. Then he left Mr. Yan behind. The apparent reason was that he wanted to keep him to support military affairs, and even to establish a joint alliance with him.
This is the credit for capturing the false admiral Zhu Wu.
In reality, it's just a matter of having multiple minds and keeping a hostage.
Lord Yan readily agreed.
Li Yuchun looked very relieved.
"To capture the thief and the king, we have to ask the Manchu adults to come out. Let's go and see Jishika together."
Jishika was drinking with a poor woman in his arms. He didn't take kindly to Li Yuchun who came to disturb him. He felt that this guy was just a loser. He went on an errand with him and ended up being surrounded now.
Although Jishika didn't care too much, he felt a little unhappy when he was trapped in Zhujiazhuang without a steady stream of fresh toys.
Li Yuchun came forward and poured Jishika a glass of wine to apologize, and then told him the plan put forward by Yan Wogong, "The fake thieves are very rampant. Please lead the Manchu soldiers to raid at night and capture Zhu Wu!"
Jishiha rolled his eyes and said, "If you don't want to go, you have to go by yourself!"
Li Yuchun was stunned, "This matter must be done by the general. Only the general and the five hundred Manchu soldiers under your command can attack and capture Zhu Wu unexpectedly. This is a great achievement. Maybe the general can get something for this."
Half of your future is blocked."
In the early Qing Dynasty, titles and positions were co-located. There were five titles in terms of merit, with the first, second and third grades being public, Angbang Zhangjing, Mele Zhangjing, Zhalan Zhangjing and Niulu Zhangjing. The lowest grade was also called half
future.
When you accumulate two and a half futures, you will be promoted to the first level, and then you can increase the level by half a future. When you accumulate four and a half futures, you will be a second class. This special half-prospects title embodies the characteristics of the early Manchu Qing Dynasty system.
Simple.
Later, Half a Future changed its name to Han Dynasty and was called Yunqiwei. Two Yunqiwei were promoted to Qiduwei. If they were promoted further, they would become Qiduwei and Yunqiwei. Adding one more Yunqiwei would lead to the second-class Qiduwei.
.Add half a future, and you will be a third-class light vehicle captain.
In this way, the titles of the Qing Dynasty had an unprecedented feature. Each grade of title was not only equal, but also brought half a future. For example, a first-class marquis and a Yunqiwei, a third-class male and a Yunqiwei, etc., all the titles in total
The total is twenty-sixth grade. As long as you have twenty-six and a half futures, you will be a first-class official.
However, at this time, in the second year of Shunzhi, Half a Future had not yet been renamed Yunqiwei, and the rank of Spyker was tied, but even the lowest Half of a Future was actually quite rare.
In the Nurhachi era, the worldly positions were directly linked to the Niulu. According to the level, each worldly official received a different number of Niulu. The general soldier received four to six Niulu, and the imperial guard received one Niulu.
After Huang Taiji came to power, he paid more attention to the integration of Manchu and Han Dynasty. Because he recruited and surrendered a large number of surrendered generals, the official system of secular positions also became chaotic. Huang Taiji reformed it. Not only did the names of the secular positions change, but all the quasi-hereditary ones were also added to the list of non-hereditary ones.
the difference.
Succession is allowed for positions obtained through military merit. The higher the position, the longer the period of inheritance, and the number of inheritances is increased. However, positions obtained through talent are not allowed to be inherited.
He later changed the set of Manchu job titles assigned by Nurhachi to worldly titles such as General, General of the Army and General Staff, and then changed them all to Manchu job titles, such as various Zhang Jings, etc. He also distinguished official positions from worldly positions.
In the past, the worldly positions were divided into niuluo and niuluo, but now the officials and positions are separated.
Half the future, the lowest rank that was originally assigned to half Niulu, was formerly called Banbeiyu, later called Half Niulu Zhangjing, and then simply half the future.
Although the official position is no longer directly connected, every future is built with one sword and one shot, especially the secular position, which can be hereditary to descendants. Even if half of the future is low, even if it can only be hereditary.
Three or four lives, or one or two, are still very precious.
Even though Jishikha holds the title of Third-Class Lazhangjing, it is just an official in the army, equivalent to a guerrilla general, and does not have half a future in the world.
It is not easy to make a hereditary career.
These days, the generals of the Eight Banners are granted titles and titles. Even the Ming generals who have not surrendered have an advantage. Those generals of the Ming Dynasty who have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and have titles can basically retain their original titles, and even those with strong troops and horses can still
For example, Wu Sangui was promoted to the title of Pingxi Bo by Chongzhen, and became Pingxi King as soon as he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
There are many such kings and princes.
For example, Sanshun King.
Jishika pushed the woman in his arms away and stroked his beard, "Okay, I have to leave for half a future."