The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 49

Liu Zhilun was overjoyed, how could the imperial court let him take it out of the capital with such high-end equipment as the Hongyi cannon.

He had fifty cannons, but these were easy to transport, for they were all made of wood.

Liu Zhilun also made more than a thousand wooden wheelbarrows to accompany the army. These things are not a problem for walking on mountain roads or small roads. A single wheelbarrow pushed by a soldier can transport three to five shi of grain.

When fighting against the Tartars and Jiannu cavalry, the soldiers can tie three wooden spears with a length of one foot or two feet in front of the wheelbarrow, and then push them to hit the enemy cavalry. The effect should be leveraged.

Liu Zhilun said: "Don't worry, General Huang, if the soldiers are really willing to run, the luggage they carry will not slow down the army's speed, but it's just that it's not easy to mobilize the enthusiasm of these soldiers to rush on the road with undying enthusiasm. !"

The camp of these 260 Ming troops is in the middle area from Xianghe to Jizhou, less than [-] miles away from Zunhua.

If you keep marching in a hurry for three days, it is very possible to rush to the city of Zunhua, but how to make these Ming soldiers who will run away if no one is watching them use their strength to travel long distances is indeed a big problem that is difficult to solve.

Seeing Liu Zhilun pondering, Huang Han said with a smile: "The boat will be broken, and the Baier Qinguan will eventually belong to Chu. My lord will reward the three armies tonight, let everyone have enough food, and continue to let everyone eat dry food tomorrow morning. The humble staff will arrange servants to do publicity." Instigate the work to ensure that tomorrow all the soldiers will rush forward like chicken blood."

Liu Zhilun said: "I don't have much food in my camp, and I'm afraid I won't last for ten days if I save it. I have sent a messenger to ask the Ministry of Households to distribute the food as soon as possible, and I have also sent it to several state capitals that have not been taken by Jiannu. Documents. It’s just that I don’t know when I will get food again.”

"Then there is no need to economize and feed all the soldiers, as long as the food is enough to last for three days. At that time, everyone has only two choices. One is to capture Zunhua to eat meat and drink, and the other is to be defeated by Jiannu." die or starve to death under the city of Zunhua."

Liu Zhilun is also a tough guy, Huang Han's way of fighting more ruthlessly than anyone else is very right-tempered. He originally had the idea of ​​dying to serve the country, and now he made up his mind to arrange for someone to pass on the message immediately, starting tonight to feed the soldiers , and immediately notify the senior military attache of the Baizong to come to the Chinese army to discuss matters.

Huang Han took the lead in convening a meeting of his own headquarters and clearly told everyone that he was about to participate in the attack on Zunhua.

It shows that Zunhua City is a transfer station for looted materials of the Hou Jin Army, where there is sufficient food, let alone materials worth millions of taels of silver.

Huang Han asked his servants to send a message to all the Ming troops. Liu Shilang promised with the majesty of the emperor that every soldier who took Zunhua would be rewarded with at least 30 taels of silver.

Then these fifty or so people conveyed this solemn promise to the five hundred cavalrymen of the Ming army who had just been assigned to Huang Han's command, and then more than 500 cavalrymen together conveyed this promise to more than [-] soldiers.

There was a sudden explosion in the barracks, everyone was skeptical, everyone was talking about the authenticity of everyone being allocated 30 taels of silver.

At this moment, the mobilization meeting of military attaches above Baizong and above was over, and the somewhat excited military attache announced that as long as he captured Zunhua City, where there were only 30 slaves stationed, each Ming army that did not fall behind would get at least [-] taels. Rewarding silver, at most no one can say for sure, it depends on the meritorious deeds of the fighters.

At the officer mobilization meeting hosted by Liu Zhilun, Huang Han issued a stern warning, requiring each battalion to send someone to form a law enforcement team, and then all the law enforcement team members will be mixed and supervise the soldiers of each battalion with the general banner as a unit.

The duty of the law enforcement team is not only to supervise the battle and kill those who are afraid of the enemy before the battle, they also have an important task-to ensure that all soldiers do not hide the captured ones privately, and must hand them over to the public for unified distribution.

Naturally, the law enforcement team also needs to participate in the propaganda. Everyone must swear to all the soldiers in an unquestionable tone that all participants who took down Zunhua City will be rewarded with at least 30 taels of silver. Bonus.

Huang Han had just finished speaking, and the officers talked about each other. They thought these soldiers were too bad, their eyes were red when they saw yellow and white things, and the limited number of law enforcement teams might not be able to suppress them.

Even Liu Zhilun thought that such strict law enforcement might be counterproductive, and in the end it would lead to a fight between his own people and turn into a mutiny, and the army would be over.

Huang Han was full of confidence and said to those generals: "My lords, the humble position does not mean that the law enforcement team will not teach them, but first of all, we must spare no effort to promote them, so that everyone in the soldiers understands their rights and obligations."

Speaking of this, Huang Han paused for a moment, and all the military officers were waiting for the next sentence with piercing eyes. The words "right" and "obligation" were so fresh, Liu Zhilun listened with gusto, and hurriedly urged: "Master Huang, what's the best strategy, come quickly."

Huang Han clasped his fists to Liu Zhilun and said: "Soldiers must fight the enemy bravely, we must not allow them to rob money, and once they start to rob, some people will definitely get more, some will get less, and some will even have nothing. Even if no one controls it, it will cause you to scramble."

All the officers agreed, and many people nodded.

Huang Han continued: "The humble officer estimates that the property that can be obtained by defeating Zunhua will definitely not be less than 100 million taels of silver. It is completely possible to force all the soldiers to seize it and return it to the public, and to reward each participant with 30 taels.

In this way, there will be a few 10 taels of silver in the public office, and it is estimated that the humble job will not be less than 50 taels.Therefore, Humble Job proposes to divide the floating wealth into ten equal parts, each of the eight battalion owners will take one part at their own discretion, and one part will be used by Mr. Liu. "

The generals of each battalion suddenly realized that the purpose of the centralized seizure was for the officers, Mr. Liu and himself to have a big head.

This young man is not simple. Not only can he prevent the soldiers from annihilating because of the uneven distribution of spoils, but also force the soldiers to kill the enemy without being moved by gold and silver. This arrangement is of course ingenious for everyone to benefit.

It was really exciting for everyone to be rich, and all the military officers said with one voice that there is no problem with this distribution, and they will do their best to promote it.

Huang Han emphasized again: "My lords, you must let every soldier know that the centralized distribution of the captured gold and silver is for everyone's benefit, and it is to ensure that every soldier participating in the war gets at least 30 taels of silver."

This is obviously borrowing the name of safeguarding everyone's common interests to make a fortune from everyone's head, and it is similar to taking it from the people for the people's use.

The military officers all understood the purpose and importance of the propaganda, and everyone expressed their opinion together, and they would keep nagging after returning to the camp until everyone was tired of hearing it.

(End of this chapter)