Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 59 Sacrifice
"66, 67."

Wearing a breastplate and a steel helmet, Shen Wenzhong carefully inspected the heads of Tartars under his feet with a paper roll in his left hand and a writing brush in his right hand.

"A total of 67 real Tartar heads." Shen Wenzhong looked at the pile of hideous and terrifying Jiannu heads, but felt that his blood was incomparably excited.

Several other accompanying civil servants also recorded it in their own notebooks.

"Great victory!"

Everyone was extremely excited, 67 real people.

"Captured 13 wounded soldiers from Jiancap."

"A total of 130 and six puppet Ta Han thieves were killed and 69 puppet prisoners were captured."

They inspected and checked very carefully, carefully inspecting every head, and even asked to check the corpse, from the scalp to the braids, even the teeth and beards, and the calluses on the hands, let alone the body. Personal items such as belt badges.

"Your Highness, great victory!" Shen Wenzhong ran up the wall of the stronghold to report the victory with the calculated report.

Zhu Yihai was sitting on the wall of the stronghold and was personally checking the injuries of Zhang Mingzhen, Huang Zongxi and others. After a battle, countless people were injured.

Huang Zongxi was lying on a bed, struggling to get up after hearing the news, "How many dog ​​tartars have you killed?"

"Array of 67 heads of real Tartars, [-] were captured alive."

Zhu Yihai didn't feel too much after hearing this. The 5000 men and horses of the fourth battalion under his command made a surprise attack, and the Shizhong Battalion of Meishan Village had 7000 volunteers. In addition, thousands of young and strong women and children in the village helped out. , has been considered a failure.

"So many real Tartars?"

"It's true."

Huang Zongxi sat up excitedly, "Hahaha, these Jianlu are nothing more than that."

"Mr. Huang, don't get excited. You have suffered multiple injuries. Don't open the wound you just bandaged." Zhu Yihai comforted him and lay down again. This Huang Zongxi is indeed loyal, filial and brave. The last person stopped and killed six or seven people, shot and wounded more than ten people, and he himself suffered more than ten wounds, and still shouted that he would not retreat.

Who would have thought that this was actually a celebrity of Fushe, the son of Huang Junsu, one of the Seven Gentlemen of Donglin.

Such a character, I thought they should be the same as Qian Qianyi, but unexpectedly they are also so loyal and brave.

He was really like picking up a treasure, and he was really afraid that Huang Zongxi would perish here like this.

Feng Jingdi and other righteous men of the Shizhong Camp were also very happy when they heard the words.

Zhu Yihai asked about the casualties of those Han army flags, and after learning that 130 six people were killed and 69 captured, he quickly calculated in his mind that it was equivalent to a total of 210 three people killed and 82 captured, totaling 290 five. Almost half of it is here.

This casualty rate is still astonishing. If the average army had half the casualties, they would have completely collapsed or even surrendered long ago.

It's like the two dynasties of Apocalypse and Chongzhen used troops outside the pass so many times, which time did not mobilize all kinds of troops, but which time did not collapse quickly.

The big traitor Hong Chengchou's Songjin War and the collapse of all the troops are a good example. It was said that it was a breakthrough, but before the appointed time, all walks of life rushed to escape first, and all wanted the friendly army to help the rear.

In the end, Hong Chengchou was trapped, but it was surprising that he persisted for a long time, and he was indeed capable.

But in most cases, on cold weapon battlefields, especially field battles that are not defensive battles, very few troops can remain unbroken after more than [-] to [-] percent casualties.

Those Tartars were able to fight their way out when they were surrounded by the Ming army ten times larger than themselves, even when half of the troops were cut off, which indeed proved their ferocity.

But neither Huang Zongxi nor Zhang Mingzhen felt that he had attacked the opponent with ten times the force and let the opponent run halfway, which was considered a defeat.

They all thought it was a great victory.

Actually beheaded half of the Tartar soldiers and horses in the first battle, what is this if it is not a great victory?
An unprecedented victory!

Zhu Yihai's only surprise was that he killed 67 real Tartars and captured [-]. The real Tartars suffered at least [-]% casualties, which was actually higher than the Han army flag.

"Have our casualties been counted?" he asked.

"There were a lot of casualties, especially in the Shizhong Camp." Shen Wenzhong's face was filled with grief, and Huang Zongxi, Feng Jingdi and others were silent.

This is the first battle of the Shizhong camp. The new army has not yet formed. It has neither training nor sufficient equipment. It is not bad to be caught off guard and fight to the end.

"The Shizhong camp is good," Zhu Yihai praised them, "A new army can win such a tough battle and achieve such a victory. You are worthy of the name of Shizhong, and you can be called brave teachers. "

Huang Zongxi looked pained, "How many brothers died in Shizhong Camp, and how many were injured?"

"The 310 died, and the rest were injured. Among them, there were more than a hundred seriously injured. Half of them could not be rescued, and half of them could be rescued. I am afraid that they will be disabled and unable to stay in the camp."

Huang Zongxi clenched his fist and hammered the ground angrily.

"I am ashamed of them. These are such good and loyal men. I persuaded them to join the army with guns and serve the country, but I didn't prepare them with weapons and armor, and I didn't have time to train them for battle, so I let them go. On the battlefield, in death. I am sorry for them, and I am sorry for their trust in my father, wife and children!"

As he said that, Huang Zongxi spit out several big mouthfuls of blood, and passed out.

Zhu Yihai's heart was blocked and he was very uncomfortable.

He clenched his fists and said with a choked voice, "The brothers in Shizhong Camp will not die in vain. They died to defend their home and country, their village, and their parents, wives and children. They died a great death."

"Shen Wenzhong, I miss you alone."

"On today's battlefield, whether it is the Four Battalions led by Gu or the Shizhong Battalion, they are all guards of the country, regardless of whether they are fighting or defending, or whether they are righteous or brave. Eight taels of compensation will be given, and those who are slightly injured will be given five taels."

"After the war, those who have wives and children will be paid monthly salary for three years, and half salary for three years after three years. If there are children who have grown up, they can be selected first to be recruited into the army."

"Those who are disabled and have wives and children will be paid three and a half years, and children will be given priority."

The Ming Dynasty originally had a set of compensation standards for soldiers since the beginning of the country, but under the current situation, it is also difficult to achieve, so Zhu Yihai mainly pays for compensation with money.

The war dead will be given ten taels first, the disabled will be given eight taels first, and those with minor injuries will also be given silver. In addition, three to six years of full or half salary will be given to the family members of the war dead or the disabled themselves.

Zhu Yihai doesn't have the conditions to say that he will be given preferential treatment for a lifetime, but he gritted his teeth and offered a sum of money, which he thinks should be done.

There is no need to treat his pro-army differently from Zhenbiao and Yiyong. They are all killed by beating Tartars.

Now that the rebel army has just risen, it needs the support of the people even more.

He also doesn't have an official source of money now, but it should be said that he can't save it.

Ten taels of silver was a lot, but compared to one life, Zhu Yihai felt it was too little, but he couldn't afford more.

"In the future, the two capitals will be recovered, and the world will be restored. All the soldiers who fought and died for the revival of the Ming Dynasty will never be forgotten."

After listening to Zhu Yihai's words, everyone in the village couldn't help being excited, especially some disabled people, who were deeply moved after hearing it.Shen Chenquan couldn't help but go to Zhu Yihai's side to persuade, "His Royal Highness, now we have no food, no tax, no fixed income, and no sufficient reserves. Now that His Highness offers such a large amount of pension money, what should we do in the future? Once this case is opened, We are carrying a heavy burden.”

"Mr. Shen, it's not Chongzhen alone. It's impossible to let the soldiers go to war hungry. They even gave up their lives for Ming Dynasty, but the court still has to calculate every detail, thinking how to save their lives? I know now We have no money, but we can find ways to earn money, but people feel cold, but it is difficult to keep warm!"

"Besides, the imperial court originally had a preferential payment system. Those who lost their battles and had wives would be given full monthly rations. Those who kept the festival and had no dependents after three years would be given six buckets of rice for life. Sons are allowed to attack, and no sons serve the people."

"Now I can't promise to give everyone a full pension for the elderly, but I can still do it by gritting my teeth and scraping together a sum of money for their funeral and supporting the elderly and their wives."

"If Gu even wants to plot against everyone, then what qualifications does Gu have to talk about sacrifice with everyone?"

Shen Chenquan couldn't refute, nodded and retreated.

Huang Zongxi, who had just woken up, was so excited that he almost fainted again when he heard these words.

"Gu Te bestowed Shizhong Battalion with a fixed quota of thousands of people, and Gu Te gave food and salaries every month, just like the troops in the Imperial Battalion."

In one sentence, Zhu Yihai directly gave the volunteers of this township group to the establishment of the regular national army, and received the same treatment as the imperial camp, with the establishment and food and salary.

"Give Huang Zongxi a Jinshi background, grant supervisory censor, and inspect Zhejiang. Feng Jingdi bestows Jinshi background, confers a supervisory censor, supervises the army Shizhongying, and grants Lu Yuding a Jinshi background, confers Zhejiang as an inspector, and Shaoxing military preparation... ···”

"Zhang Shixun, the flag bearer and battalion sentry chief, is the guerrilla general of the Shizhong camp. Huang Zonghui will give him a Jinshi background and grant him the assistant manager of the Shizhong camp's food and Taiwan."

After the battle of 600 people in Shizhong Camp, they were basically wiped out. Zhu Yihai gave the establishment, food and salary, and could recruit new troops. Zhu Yihai reused the founders of Shizhong Camp, one of the six crazy students in Ningbo Lu Yuding conferred the highest position, and he was appointed as the inspector of Zhejiang Province and served as a military officer in Shaoxing.

But in terms of reuse, Huang Zongxi is actually more important. His inspector is only seven ranks, but he patrols Zhejiang, but his rank is low. Except for the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, each of the thirteen provinces has one inspector. The one-year period of patrolling places is equivalent to the head of the central governor, with amazing power, civil affairs, military, finance, taxation, justice, and even academic administration, etc., all aspects are in charge.

Anyway, it is the existence of a senior official, which is compared with some of the six departments of the Central Committee.

These people are the so-called patrol officers of the eight prefectures.

Touring Zhejiang, he can supervise within a province.

Feng Jingdi also supervises the censor, but he supervises the army with the title of censor, and only supervises the Shizhong camp, and his power is very different.

So rank is not the key, the key still depends on what the real power is.

Zhu Yihai directly gave such great power to Huang Zongxi, and he knew that he was a loyal minister, and his performance today also proves that the historical records are correct, so naturally he must be used again.

As for the fact that Zhang Shixun, the commander-in-chief of the Bannerman Battalion, was transferred from the Bannerman Battalion to be a battalion officer, it was also because the Shizhong Battalion had to be led by a real regular army officer if it wanted to become a regular army. Old man, let him take over Shizhong Camp, Zhu Yihai is also relieved.

"General Zhang, you take your outpost from the Banner Bearer Camp directly to the Shizhong Camp, and use this as the backbone, and then recruit volunteer recruits in Shaoxing. The Shizhong Camp has a full 1000 troops. You have the ability to pull up the Shizhong Camp. ?"

Zhang Shixun also performed very well during this period, and Zhu Yihai usually noticed it, and he had already written it down in the little book to be promoted.

"Thank you for the promotion, Your Highness. In the end, I will swear to practice the Shizhong Camp well, and I will never let the Shizhong Camp created by Mr. Huang and Mr. Feng be weakened."

　Thank you for your rewards to Manren Ashaji, Daai Chu Yuyan, Xiaobinghe, and dotphoenix, thank you!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)