Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 77 Military Regulations
Not long before the start of the Xuyuan battle, Yang Boxing brought his brothers to a fishing village by the North and South Lakes.

As the soldiers of the Banner Bearer Battalion, they are also the reserve team of the battalion, and they are also the soldiers of Zhu Wu, the commander in chief. They would not have appeared on the front line.

But this time is different.

Zhu Yihai proposed a battle plan to lure snakes out of their holes, and also put forward the idea of ​​fighting a people's war. He would send [-] Northern Expedition troops to Haiyan's coastal countryside to mobilize the masses and fight against gangsters, traitors and evil gentry.

Although the ministers accompanying Zhang Mingyang and Shen Chenquan agreed, they firmly opposed Zhu Yihai's action in the end.

No matter what Lu Jianguo said this time, they just refused. In the end, Zhu Yihai had no choice but to compromise first, saying that the battalions should act first, and he would go ashore with the second batch of auxiliary battalions after he settled down on the coast.

When Yang Boxing's team heard the news, they originally sighed and said that they could only stay on the island to fish, but Zhu Yihai came over to have a meal with them, and then let them set off first.

Zhu Yihai's original words were that I am not in danger on the island, and you are the best of the best, so you can't waste it here.

Yang Boxing and others were naturally very excited. Although they also proposed that they would be there wherever the prison country was, they still couldn't hold back their eagerness to make contributions, and finally set off according to the order.

They acted together with the flag bearer Zuoying. The first batch of 800 people landed at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain in the southwest of Haiyan County. Act together with the Ding team.

Not far from their landing was the Gapusuo of Hainingwei, but the purpose of their trip was not the Gapusuo city, but the villages in the countryside.

Nanbei Lake is a lake on the east side of Fenghuang Mountain. Because there are two mountains in the middle, the lake is like a lake in the north and south, so it is named.

After they landed, a total of about a hundred people from the battalion headquarters and the family team came to Nanhu Village.

Nanhu is a small village with more than a hundred households, mainly fishermen. They were a little panicked by the sudden arrival of the troops. Although they didn't shave their heads, the people still ran around in fright, calling for their children to hide everywhere.

Only a few old men with graying legs and beards remained, standing at the entrance of the village tremblingly to welcome the army.

"Master Jun, we just paid the food to Xu's camp two days ago, and the boss of the food collection also promised us that we can postpone the payment until next month."

Zhang Mingyang has more than a hundred of them, and they are all relatively well equipped, because the banner bearer battalion is one of the two units of the Yongwei and Banner Bearer units that belong to the Jianguo pro-army.

Cotton armor, iron armor and cloth face armor accounted for more than half, and some foreign breastplates, Japanese rattan armor, etc. were matched, and the equipment was mainly spears and muskets.

There are even plenty of mules.

It's just that this seemingly very elite soldier and horse is a little strange because it didn't play any formal banner, but only held a red flag with a word "righteousness" written on it.

Zhang Mingyang asked Yang Boxing to come forward to understand the situation.

"Old man, we are our own people, a volunteer village group from Haining."

The grey-haired old villagers didn't feel relaxed when they heard this, but became even more disturbed, "Aren't you from Xujiaying?"

"We are volunteers from Haining. Which team are you talking about in Xujiaying?"

"It's the people from the Xu family in Ganpu."

"Ah, old man, we just came from Haining, and we don't know much about the situation here, can you tell me more about it?"

Another old man looked at them suspiciously, "Ganpu Xu's family is a branch of Haiyan Xu's, and Xu Family Camp was built by the current owner of the Gapu Xu's family, Xu Min, who is a Jinshi of Tianqi and served as a military officer in the Chongzhen Dynasty. Hey, I heard that I went to Chongming to pay homage to Yiyang Wang Jianguo, and I was given the task of patrolling the sea. After I came back, I recruited troops and set up the Xu Family Camp, with more than 1000 people."

"Usually stationed in Xu Garden by the lake in the west of Ganpu City. I have come to our place to collect food twice before, and I have taken a dozen strong men into the camp."

Yang Boxing was not very happy when he heard the word Yiyang Wang.

"So the Xu Family Camp is the Ming Dynasty's official army?"

Another old man couldn't help complaining, "What kind of officers and soldiers are more ruthless than robbers. The Xu family camp is full of scoundrels and hooligans, and they go around collecting food and donations. The new food we harvested this summer was appointed by the Tatars of Haiyan County. The false county magistrate had just collected it once, and then Zheng Shoubei of Haiyan sent people to collect the food after he planted the flag anyway, and they had just left before the Xu family camp came again, collecting more than the previous two."

"What is food requisition? It's open robbery."

Although they didn't know whether the team in front of them was the same as Xu Jiaying, but seeing the man's politeness, they couldn't help complaining for a while.

"Mr. Jun, we really have nothing left. There are only a few sweet potato seedlings left in the village. Please don't harass us. We are willing to send some sweet potato vines to you."

Not long ago, Yang Boxing was a woodcutter in Dinghai, and also a low-level commoner. He knew very well that what these old men said was true, and he also understood their uneasy and fearful mood at this time.

Sighing, "Old man, our Haining Volunteer Camp has rules, we don't take a single sweet potato from the common people."

Several old men looked at each other in blank dismay, is there such a camp?

"If the military masters don't like sweet potatoes, needles and threads, there are still some dried fish and shrimp in the village, and the military masters can take them if they don't mind."

Yang Boxing had no choice but to try to explain, "We really have rules. We can't take a sweet potato from the common people. We have to pay for everything we need. There is no other meaning."

The old men were puzzled.

"Old man, can we go into the village to rest for a while, so as not to disturb the people, we will buy your sweet potatoes, dried fish and shrimp at the market price."

The old men were even more puzzled.

An old man tentatively asked, "Which master's family in Haining are you?"

"Isn't Haining County already occupied by the Tartars?"

Yang Boxing smiled, "We are the volunteer township group recruited by Mr. Zhu's family, and we stand up for the common people."

Although they wanted to refuse, they still didn't have the guts in the end. A few old men tremblingly followed Yang Boxing to meet the door god-like Battalion Commander Zhang.

Although they felt that they didn't have many people, but half of them had armour, and even had so many muskets, a few small cannons, and many mules, which made them very nervous.

Even a few old men knelt down directly.

Zhang Mingyang got off his horse and helped up a few old men after hearing Yang Boxing's inquiring news.

"Everyone, we are all our own people."

He led these people into the village very nervously. All the houses in the village were still closed. Yang Boxing took out some money to buy things. .

Ever since, this family brought some sweet potato flour, that family got some dried fish, and some other family got some rice, and put it together, but also got a lot of food and vegetables.

Zhang Mingyang's hundreds of troops did bring some dry food, but since they landed, they had to supply as much as possible on the spot first, and keep the dry food first.

Whether it's smelly salted fish or shrimp, rice with shells, moldy old bacon, or freshly picked vegetables from the garden, Yang Boxing will take people to weigh them and give them a price Pay according to the amount.

The things in the countryside and villages are sold according to the market prices in the prefectures and counties, which obviously allows the common people to take advantage of them.

"I have to borrow pots, stoves, buckets, etc. from the villagers. Please rest assured that we will give some money, and it will not be in vain."

The villagers who are still holding the money they just received will have a good impression of these very polite people from the 'Haining Volunteer Camp', so they all agreed.

Talk about everything.

Several teams began to enter the village to rest.

Yang Boxing returned to the team, "Our team is stationed in the south of the village. Zhao Desheng's predecessor is on duty, and the rest are on rest."

"Before I came here, I have made repeated orders. Everyone must keep discipline in mind. Remember what the military gate told us. We are the Northern Expeditionary Army. We are the Wang Shiyi Army like Grandpa Yue, so we must be like the Yue Family Army. We will freeze to death and not demolish the house. starve to death and not be plundered."

"I know that there are still many veterans in our team, and even stayed in many units, but no matter what kind of faction you used to be, now you have to do things according to the rules of our army. What kind of battalion is our battalion? What team is the team? Don't make people look down on you."

"One more thing, the rules have been established long ago. If anyone dares to break the rules, I, Yang Boxing, will be the first to question him. Don't blame me for not talking about brotherhood and fellowship!"

Because the area is now occupied by the enemy, everyone try not to mention Daming, His Royal Highness Lu Jianguo, and the Bannerman Battalion, etc., but use the Haining Volunteer Camp instead, and replace it with Junmen or Shangtou.

"Let's talk about discipline again!"

Everyone had serious expressions and began to recite seriously.

"Actions must be obeyed, looting and adultery are prohibited, and battlefields are seized and returned to the public."

"Speak kindly, buy and sell fairly, pay back what you borrow, pay for damages, don't beat or scold people, don't trample crops."

Yang Boxing took the lead in reciting it.

"Very good, it seems that everyone has firmly remembered that although the superior is not here, we still can't have the slightest obedience. We not only have to talk about it all the time, but also take it to heart."

"What did our superiors say when they sent us here? We are here to open up base areas, to save the people from suffering, not to burden the people."

"Okay, now Qian Shi is on duty and guards, and the rest of the people borrow stove firewood to cook at the fellow's house. Remember not to harass the people. You have to pay for the firewood after using the stove, and fill the water tank of the fellow villager when you are done. , Clean the used pots and stoves."

Zhang Dabiao was speechless when he heard that, although he had never been a soldier before, he still felt that these rules were too strict.

But these were the new military regulations promulgated by Jian Guo on the island before they set off.

"We are Master Wang, and we are here to rescue them. Why do we seem to be the servants of these common people now?"

"Zhang Dabiao, you fucking shut up for me, you are so good, can you make a good start, if you can't, get out of my team, I don't care."

"Captain, don't worry, let me just say this. Don't worry, I, Zhang Dabiao, used to travel all over the world with my master, and I also rented people's homes everywhere. I know this well, and I will definitely have a good relationship with the people."

After settling down, the village became much more lively.

Seeing that these people were really polite, the restless people gradually relaxed a lot, and many people even took the initiative to start a conversation with them and ask questions.

Lunch is a simple stewed vegetable porridge with some oil and salt, and everyone eats it very happily.

The family where Yang Boxing and the others cooked did not cook at noon. They said that they had two meals a day when the farming was not busy.

On the contrary, the children in their family kept looking at them eagerly, so Yang Boxing smiled and asked them to eat together, but the adults declined, but the children didn't know how to be polite, because these volunteers were always very polite, and they were not as scared as the adults. Attracted by the porridge, he took a bowl to serve the porridge.

In the end, the adults couldn't help it, and came over to fill the bowl with half-push, and squatted at the door of the house together to eat very happily.

"Big Brother, can you tell us more about Master Xu and his family's Xu Family Camp?" Yang Boxing asked the landlord who was squatting next to him while eating vegetable porridge.

"Hey, that's a group of robbers. That Mr. Xu is not a good person. His family is a big local family and has always oppressed the people. He ran rampant in the village. This Mr. Xu is even more so. Specializing in usury to harm fellow villagers, because of doing too many immoral things, the family was forced to go to nowhere, pawning their wives and selling their daughters at a low price. After a brother of that family who was working in a foreign town came back and found out, he went to his house in the middle of the night and set fire to it. His family's ancestral house that has been around for hundreds of years was burned down, even the coffin of Mr. Xu's mother was burned."

"Our townspeople call this Mr. Xu Papi Xu Papi. When the Tatars came, Xu Papi was the first to take the lead in surrendering. But the Tartars who passed by later robbed Xu Garden and Xu Papi's daughter-in-law. I was raped, Xu Papi didn't dare to say anything at the time, and afterward he sent a lot of money to send the Tartars away."

"However, he turned around and ran to Chongming quietly. It is said that he paid homage to King Yiyang who was in the prison country, and asked for an official position as a patrol officer. When he came back, he recruited many rogues and set up the Xu Family Camp. Because thousands of people were recruited. No. [-] man, there are so many people and strong at the moment, even the general who surrendered captives at Ganpu would not dare to provoke him."

"But after Xu Papi recruited these rascals, he stopped doing personnel affairs. Except sending people to the countryside to collect grain and asking for money every now and then, he just forced strong men to work for him. He didn't do any business. He did his best to give birth to sons without assholes. Regarding the smoldering issue, look at our village, which has been looted several times by these groups of people, if it weren’t for some fish, shrimp and wild vegetables in lakes, seas, mountains, and rivers in the current season, we would all starve to death.”

Yang Boxing listened carefully.

Before they came, Jian Guo held a meeting with them and instructed them how to proceed after they came. He said that he wanted to maintain the law and order in the village, crack down on rogue bandits and bandits, and crack down on traitors who surrendered. Resist the captives and regain sight.

Now this Xu Papi is obviously the traitor and bully that Jian Guo said he wants to crack down on.

"Xu Papi's Xu Family Camp really has thousands of people?"

"There must be thousands of people, there are only a few more, you have to be careful, don't provoke these people, you must not provoke them." The villagers kindly persuaded them.

Yang Boxing chuckled, finished the vegetable porridge in two or three bites, and then went to report to Zhang Mingyang.

(End of this chapter)