Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 67 Returning to the old business (ask for a reward, please recommend a ticket!)

On the evening of July [-]th, all the officers and soldiers of the Longevity Mountain Thousand Households Station entered Shanhaiguan.

The four of Zu Qiuqing returned to the old place and entered the city as victors. Since they were familiar with the defense of Shanhaiguan, Liu Hongjian sent four of them to patrol around with their hundreds of soldiers.

After all, this place has been run by Wu Sangui for many years, and all those with impure motives must be closely monitored.

There was also a change of people in the middle hall of the Shanhaiguan yamen. Liu Hongjian took the first seat, on the left was Wang Yuanba, the only surviving former senior general in Shanhaiguan, and on the right were Feng Dunhou, Yan Yingyuan, and Chen Mingyu.

On the left are two frontier guerrillas, Tang Feng and Xiang Xiong. Xiang Xiong is about the same age as Tang Feng.

When fighting the Tartars, the two cooperated with each other step by step, which made the Tartars suffer a lot.

Niu Zhuang and Li Baida stared at the door, each holding an AKM on their chests. It has to be said that the two are competent goalkeepers.

As Wang Yuanba who knows the situation of the frontier army best, he first explained to Liu Hongjian the current situation of the frontier army in detail. There are more than [-] people registered in the Shanhaiguan Xuanfu defense line.

But in fact, only [-] are actually serving. Both the Beijing camp and the frontier army seem to continue the tradition of eating empty pay.

Among the [-] soldiers in service, there are more than [-] guard soldiers. These guard soldiers lack training and have low combat effectiveness. At the same time, their salary and treatment are much worse than those of the recruited battalion soldiers. For garrison.

The battalion had [-] soldiers, including [-] infantry and [-] cavalry. These [-] cavalry were the only remaining fruits of the Ming Dynasty, and it was not easy to preserve them.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Hongjian did this dangerous thing like breaking the boat.

"Oh, General Wang, how many Guanning cavalry are left in our cavalry battalion?" Liu Hongjian asked suddenly.

Guanning Iron Cavalry, one of the three major armies in the late Ming Dynasty, the three major armies are Qin Bing of Sun Chuanting, Tianxiong Army of Lu Xiangsheng, Guanning Iron Cavalry of Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou, the prestige of Qin Bing and Tianxiong Army is not mentioned for the time being.

It is clearly mentioned in "Ming Ji Beilue" that Zu Dashou had thousands of "Guanning cavalry" under his command, all of whom dared to fight, and Jianzhou was afraid of them.

The original Guanning iron cavalry came from the [-] Mongolian people who returned to the Ming court, and the number was about [-]. Yuan Chonghuan advocated the policy of using the Liao people to guard the Liao land and using the Liao soil to support the Liao people, which greatly increased the fighting enthusiasm of the Guanning iron cavalry.

Coupled with the fact that the Mongols are tough folk, there were 9000 Guanning iron cavalry in their heyday. During the Battle of Ningyuan, tens of thousands of Eight Banners troops were tough on the front.

During the battle, Guan Ning's iron cavalry rushed to the enemy line first, holding a three-eyed firecracker, and fired three shots first. After the intensive shotgun attack, the three-eyed firecracker was swung like a hammer and hit Jiannu's head. .

The Battle of Ningyuan lasted from morning to noon. The corpses of the Eight Banners Army were spread all over the field, and blood flowed into rivers outside Ningyuan City. Seeing the increasing casualties, Huang Taiji had to withdraw his troops.

From then on, Guan Ning cavalry became famous in the first battle.

But now 17 years have passed, Sun Chuanting's Qin army is dead, Lu Xiangsheng and his Tianxiong army are also mistaken by traitors, and they hate the battlefield. What about Guan Ning's iron cavalry?

"My lord, after many years of war, many Guanning iron cavalry have been killed. A few years ago, the traitor Zu Dashou took most of them when he defected. Now, there are only more than [-] cavalry left in the pass."

Of course Wang Yuanba knew the prestige of Guan Ning's iron cavalry, but the Tianxiong Army and Qin Army were also powerful in the world back then, but now, in the past, and a handful of loess, in his opinion, Guan Ning's iron cavalry is no different.

"Is there only so much left? Then, how about transferring these 800 people to my official Wansui Mountain Thousand Households?"

Of course, you have to pick the fat to squeeze the wool, and Liu Hongjian was a little nervous, after all, this is his most elite army.

"The next official will order Guan Ning's iron cavalry to enter the account of the commander-in-chief later."

Wang Yuanba was not ambiguous at all, Guan Ning's iron cavalry was unique and disdain to be in company with other cavalry, such a small number of people can't become an establishment, it is really a tasteless existence.

Moreover, although these Mongolians have lived in the land of Daming for 20 years, apart from learning Chinese, their temperament has not changed at all, they refuse to obey discipline, and always make trouble.

Lord Chief Soldier is really considerate of people, I don't have to worry about these vulgar people anymore.

"My lord! The trial has already come to the result!" While thinking about it, Chang Yu came in from the outside with a smell of blood on his body.

Wu Sangui was very stubborn, and he didn't say a word to Chang Yu's interrogation, forcing Chang Yu to do everything possible, frying, rinsing and washing, in the end Wu Sangui almost had bones in his legs, and died I bought half of it, but still got nothing.

Come on, you're ruthless!But there are two lackeys of yours!I don't believe that everyone is as stubborn as you Wu Sangui.

Chang Yu then called the soldiers to sneak Wu Sangui out and escort Tan Hong in.

Tan Hong was also very stubborn at the beginning, no matter how intimidating you are, you just don't say anything.

As a result, boiling water was splashed on the legs, and the iron brush was scratched and pulled on the legs a few times, but they couldn't bear it.

What do you say you are drawing?If you survive to the end like Wu Sangui, I will respect you as a man. You have used half of the punishment, and you have been recruited. Not to mention the punishment, you have become a softie, isn't it cheap?
After Tan Hong finished explaining, in order to prevent him from lying, he brought in the 'Confucian general' Wu Zhimao.

Wu Zhimao knew more about current affairs. He glanced at the instruments of torture next to him covered with the blood and crumbs of his bosses Wu Sangui and Tan Hong, swallowed, and shouted for my confession.

Chang Yu compared the confessions of the two and found that there was no difference, so he came to report to Liu Hongjian with satisfaction.

After hearing Chang Yu's narration, both Liu Hongjian and Wang Yuanba frowned.

Wu Sangui's strategy doesn't sound very profound, it's just an opening, but he has a very thorough understanding of the morale of the frontier army.

These frontier troops looked very brave, but in fact most of them were strong from the outside, otherwise they would not have been able to hide on the high walls of the customs for several years, and did not dare to go out to fight Jiannu.

As long as the Eight Banners Army is brought in, the Frontier Army will definitely not be an opponent in case of surprise. In order to survive, as long as Wu Sangui leads his troops to surrender and save their lives, these soldiers will be grateful to him.

It's killing two birds with one stone.

"Old Wang, is your army really so fancy and useless?" Liu Hongjian asked Wang Yuanba interrogatively. For some reason, this fellow always called Wang Yuanba when he saw someone surnamed Wang. People are old or not.

"Your Excellency, yes and no!" Comrade 'Old Wang' seemed to be very pleased, and even dragged out a word of correction.

He was originally a warrior, and he was a little flattered to be called so affectionately by the new Chief Soldier. It seems that I will have a bright future, um, it seems that I have performed well.

"The monthly salary of frontier infantry is one tael or six, and the cavalry is two or two taels of money, but the treasury is tight, and the salary is always not in place. Even if there is salary,
Master Wu, oh no, the dog officer Wu Sangui also filled his own pockets, and handed out to the soldiers, one tael or six money became six money, and two tael two money became one tael.

The families of these soldiers were starving in the pass, so that the soldiers were very resentful. Officer Wu Gou put the blame on the court every time, saying that the court gave this, and he couldn’t do anything about it.
The soldiers naturally held prejudices against the court, so that their morale was low and their combat effectiveness was greatly affected. "

What is the military for?Don't talk about national righteousness with me, I don't read many books, and I am a soldier just to fill my stomach and prevent my family from starving.

Although Wang Yuanba has been suppressed by Wu Sangui in various ways, he also knows the tricks in it, so he bowed his head and came out one by one.

"Well, that's a problem. I'm a second child. Why did I forget this matter? Wu Gan, the servant of the household department, came to Mr. Wu? Didn't he send someone to deliver the money? Where is he? You won't be caught by yours, right?"

After working hard for two days, Liu Hongjian slapped his head and suddenly remembered this.

"Lord Chief Soldier, Master Wu is still locked up in prison? Don't worry, my lord, Wu Ganlai didn't die, and he didn't suffer any crimes. He was just locked up by Officer Wu Gou."

Wang Yuanba had a smile on his face. In his opinion, this was another opportunity to show his favor to the Chief Soldier.

"Still laughing! Laughing at your sister, that's an official of the imperial court. Since Wu Sangui has already been punished, why didn't he let him out? Go quickly, and invite Master Wu to come here!"

Liu Hongjian asked angrily, is this Wang Yuanba a little weak?
"Yes, let's go now!" Wang Yuanba didn't know why, wasn't he fine just now?What's the fire?It's not that I don't want to let go, it's that you didn't mention it!
For the most important household and official departments of the imperial court, Liu Hongjian specifically checked the "files" of the old men, and found that these old men were not bad, and none of them surrendered to the wild boar skin.

Although I don't know how capable I am, if I can only play tricks and not do business, but at least it is a thousand times better than those groveling and claiming to be slaves kneeling down on wild boar skin.

Wu Ganlai was in his fifties this year, and he was in good health. He stayed in the prison for more than half a month. Although the daily food in the prison was not as good as wild dogs, but fortunately, Wu Sangui was too busy with the military and had no time to attack him.

So that when he came out of the prison, Wu Ganlai's clothes were still as neat as when he first arrived, but his face was a little haggard.

"Master Wu, the emperor heard about the change in Shanhaiguan, and he was terrified. He sent me to rescue you. Thankfully, Mr. Wu is lucky. The emperor should be relieved."

Although he said so on the surface, in fact, Liu Hongjian has ten thousand alpacas in his heart, Ma De, I am here to wipe your ass.

"If I die, I will not be able to repay the emperor's grace, ashamed! Ashamed!" The matter was not done, but such a big hole was poked, of course, Comrade Wu was also a little ashamed.

Comrade Old Wu is also stubborn, and he carried out the emperor's orders to the letter. When he came to the barracks, he began to count people, but he turned a blind eye to Xiao Wu's (Wu Sangui) promises and bribes.

As a result, Xiao Wu was dragged to the small black room to reflect on the charge of disturbing the morale of the army on the spot.

The two then made an in-depth analysis of the current situation, and finally came to the conclusion that the reason for the low morale of the border troops was the lack of money.

But the imperial court has distributed salaries three times this year, and the total amount has reached more than 300 million taels. Is there a shortage of silver for less than [-] soldiers?Where did all the money go?
The two met Wang Yuanba's eyes, and Wang Yuanba's head was not short-circuited this time.

Silver, I know where it is, it's all in Master Wu, oh no, in the inner mansion of Officer Wu Gou.

Liu Hongjian's eyes lit up!
Copy the house!Copy the house!My favorite thing in this life is to steal the house!

　Thanks to the book friend 20170822115832459 for the reward of 500 coins. After receiving the reward, the author immediately went downstairs and bought a steamed stuffed bun to eat, and he has the strength to type again. Cute!
　　
　
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