The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 62 The Angel Is Here
If the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty could mobilize multiple battalions like his arms and fingers, there would probably be tens of thousands of troops. The imperial court was afraid that the tail would not be lost, so it deliberately divided the powers among the battalions.

Therefore, generals from all walks of life pay attention to building their own family members. Instead of begging for help with other generals, it is better to take the family members directly to work. In history, Li Chengliang is said to have [-] armored servants. Even Nurhachi once served as Li Chengliang minions.

Therefore, Huang Han's efforts to cultivate iron-armored warriors were in line with the national conditions at the time, and it did not seem too abrupt.

In fact, raising iron cavalry skilled in archery and horses as servants is too expensive, and most of the generals and generals are beyond their capabilities.

Although every general knows that the combat effectiveness of the family is the capital of his life, but such a huge amount of money and food is just a drop in the bucket just by deducting the battalion and military salaries that have been exploited layer by layer!

Huang Han wanted to build an iron army with unparalleled mobility, and he needed a lot of money and food. People eat horse chews, training expenses, armor, weapons, military uniforms, and military pay. The average annual cost of raising an armored cavalry is probably 100 taels of silver cost.

For a thousand pairs of iron cavalry, military pay and horse supplies cost 6 to [-] taels of snowflake silver a year. Counting the value of two thousand war horses, how much silver taels would be needed for weapons and equipment such as a thousand iron armors and cotton armors?If the soldiers are not fed and eat meat, how can their physical strength be guaranteed?

There is no doubt that the Han people could not mount a horse and fight immediately, and they were herdsmen when they dismounted. The Han Dynasty, which mainly focused on farming, wanted to build a powerful army without a doubt to support a huge gold-swallowing beast.

Without the benefits of the gold army stealing gold and silver treasures after the war, the problem of money and food will soon restrict Huang Han's development. After the slaves and retreat, Huang Han will face the big problem of how to raise money to support his family.

This time, it is not as simple as a letter of appointment from the Ministry of War for the meritorious officers and soldiers stationed in Funing, but an imperial decree that has passed through the ceremonial supervisor and put on red.

The eunuch who took the risk to come to the enemy-occupied area to pass the decree was called Fang Zhenghua, and Jin Yiweiti rode a head of the banner to escort the angel.

Huang Weizheng and the civil and military generals in Funing each received rewards, and more than a dozen of them were promoted to a higher level. Not only did they save the city of Funing and their lives and property, but they were also promoted to ranks.

Everyone united to invite the angels and the emperor's army to stay for a few more days, because there are too many civil and military officials preparing to entertain them, and it is estimated that the low-level civil and military personnel have already been queued for ten days.

Unexpectedly, the angel was unmoved and asked to leave Funing early tomorrow morning, because he still had an imperial decree to rush to Jiulitai Village to issue.

This imperial decree was of course for Huang Han, Fang Zhenghua did not ask Huang Weizheng to send Huang Han to Funing to receive the decree, he insisted on rushing to the resident of Huangyi Prefecture to deliver the decree.

This is not because Fang Zhenghua, a mid-level eunuch who has just been promoted to the head of the Yuma Supervisor, is troublesome, but because Cao Huachun ordered him to see with his own eyes why Huang Yizhou and his son have repeatedly made great achievements.

Huang Weizheng was very surprised to see that the generals of the first battalion, Zuo Mancheng's civil and military officials, were all included in the decree, but Xiao Xiaobai was granted a separate canonization, and the angel had to go to the remote mountain village of Jiulitai to deliver the decree.

In the end, it was the captain of Jinyiwei who spent money to clear the guards at the dinner party to learn that Huang Han was already in the heart of the emperor. He immediately decided to personally gather the small thousand cavalry in Funing City to accompany the angel to Jiulitai Village to declare the decree.

Fang Zhenghua wanted to see the real state of Huang's father and son, so he politely rejected the request of Huang Weizheng, who is already a lieutenant general, to accompany him personally, and he also didn't agree with the guerrilla general Han Zhi's wide band soldiers to follow him. He only asked Huang Weizheng to guide his three servants who were familiar with the terrain. That's it.

The angel was so stubborn, Fu Ning Wenwu had no choice but to give up, each gave Fang Zhenghua and Li Ruolian several dozen people with big and small red envelopes to leave the west gate.

The angels who rushed to Jiulitai Village rushed to nothing. At this time, Huang Han was not in Jiulitai Village at all. He was being chased and intercepted by the Houjin Army.

The soul of Huang Han passed through the end of the Ming Dynasty, and if he came, he would be safe. The goal he set for himself in life was to spare no effort to kill Jiannu and Tartars.

Now that the Jin army enters the customs, the Ming army actually has the right time, place, and people. Huang Han doesn't care what the other Ming army thinks, he thinks that the opportunity is rare, and he must use the limited time to try his best to chop off as many heads as the Jin army. .

Huang Han, who returned home again, was rich and powerful. He had enough fine iron armor to equip 420 armored cavalry, more than 600 war horses, and more than [-] draft horses.

All that was caught from Zunhua were good things. One hundred carriages and more than 500 war horses were loaded with grain, gold and silver, cloth and silk, etc., as well as thirty carts of Sugang, two thousand catties of gunpowder, and five hundred catties of lead. .

With 300 more master blacksmiths, more than [-] more strong labor force, and ready-made materials, the mask that Huang Han needed was not complicated. The blacksmiths made [-] yuan in three days.

With troops and equipment, Huang Han needed to hurry up, because it was already February, counting on his fingers, the Jin army would not be able to jump in the pass for a few days, and he needed to hurry up to kill Jiannu and rob property.

Huang Han only stayed in Jiulitai Village for five days to rest. Because of his reputation, many young people from all over the country came to ask to join the army. Without exception, their relatives died at the hands of the Houjin Army. These men To avenge your loved ones.

Today is not the same as in the past, Huang Yizhou is already a real conferring general, and can have more than 300 horses in a grandiose manner.

Huang Han believed that the military rewards for capturing Zunhua should be generous, and with Liu Zhilun's character, he would recommend him to be promoted. in impeachment.

Huang Han now has a small 10 taels of precious metals on hand, more than a thousand shi of grain, and with the righteousness of the court, it is entirely feasible to recruit soldiers and horses.

There are one or two thousand hot-blooded men here who are eager to join the army. Although we can't keep them all, we should choose some men with force value or strong body to join the army. Get enough food and pay.

The old servants split up and selected two hundred horsemen who could ride horses from the villagers of Jiulitai, the descendants of dozens of nearby villages, and more than 100 strong men brought from Zunhua who hated Jiannu.

It is still a principle of selecting soldiers from the best of the best, and follow the path of elite soldiers, so the elimination rate is very high, close to one out of ten.

The heroes who were selected by the two hundred had to be selected again by Huang Han. He asked the two hundred recruits to demonstrate their riding skills on the spot.

After evaluation, 100 recruits who won the horsemanship were selected to join the cavalry team, and [-] people went up the mountain to Huang Yizhou for training. They will become infantry fighters who can maneuver on horseback.

(End of this chapter)