Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 126

It has to be said that the Ming army who took the silver has just the right combat effectiveness.

He Jinzhao frowned as he looked at the dead and wounded.

What kind of ecstasy soup was poured into the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty by Hong Chengchou, and they were so desperate!
This is not normal.

The army retreated.

Without waiting for He Jinzhao's order, Dang Shousu asked the nurses in the field and the young men recruited temporarily to carry the stretchers and send all the wounded and dead bodies down.

As for the corpses of the officers and soldiers, they stripped off their armor and threw them out of the city.

At the same time, they sent people to carry water to clean all the blood and minced meat on the city wall, otherwise it would easily affect the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

There are also city walls that have been damaged by cannonballs, so quickly find craftsmen to repair one or two, so as not to crack in the future.

He Jinzhao looked at the corpses and wounded of the officers and soldiers outside the city, and they paid a higher price.

In any case, in a fortified battle, defending the city is beneficial.

A conservative estimate is three to one.

Sun Tzu's Art of War says: Siege is really the worst policy, but the actual situation makes you have to choose to forcibly attack the city.

In fact, the biggest casualties on both sides often occur when one side is defeated and the other side pursues and kills. There are really not many deaths directly on the battlefield.

What's more, after being injured on the battlefield, the number of wounded soldiers who died without effective treatment was several times that of those who died directly on the battlefield.

The restriction of the defenders was that they could not go out of the city to pursue them, so they could only hit them with black guns in the back a few times with firecrackers and cannons.

Like He Jinzhao's blockade, who bombed explosives and cleared the land with mines, blunderbusses, and Franz machines, the casualty ratio between the officers and the rebels was about seven or eight to one.

It's just that there are still brave officers and soldiers rushing to the top of the city, fighting close to each other, causing certain casualties to the gunfire soldiers.

"Old party, you go and count the casualties first."

"Yes."

Dang Shousu responded, and began to look for the squadron leaders to nod.

He Zan held the bloody spear in his hand: "Captain, I reckon that this group of officers and soldiers are so desperate because they have received generous rewards."

The silver was not enough, so I pulled out the knife and gestured twice, then I would be worthy of the emperor.

If the money is enough and exceeds the standard, then the fighting will of the officers and soldiers is another matter.

Because of the recruitment system in the late Ming Dynasty.

Everyone is a mercenary, desperate for money.

It is all false to say that you are loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and it is true only when you get real money.

"Okay." He Jinzhao also wiped the blood on his face: "I want to see how much money Hong Chengchou can throw out."

"The last time Chen Chong ran away, he didn't take much of the money he deserved."

He Zan reminded that this is also why Hong Chengchou dared to play the act of throwing coins.

"It's okay."

He Jinzhao wiped off the blood from the Yanling knife on his hand, one is to prevent the knife from being rusted, and the other is to prevent it from fermenting in the scabbard, which smells particularly bad.

"We can hold on for a while." He Jinzhao pointed to the miserable statue outside the city and said:

"I don't believe that there are still many people who love money in the government and army, thinking that they are destined to spend money."

He Zan also felt that the officers and soldiers would attack so fiercely that it would be over within two or three times.

One is how Hong Chengchou rewarded him several times, and the money should not be much.

In one case, as the captain said, it would be such a tragic siege battle that anyone would be desperate to spend money.

It's just that these two or three offensives will bring a lot of casualties to He Jinzhao's team.

Although He Jinzhao worked hard to train the soldiers and He Zan saw it, he was still no match for those veterans.

These veterans are not only naughty on the battlefield, they are also very naughty on the battlefield, and they may even join forces in series to ask for salary, that is, "to make a fuss"!
"Captain."

Dang Shousu came back in a hurry, took the notebook in his hand and said, "56 people died at one station today, and 170 people were injured."

Two squadrons were reimbursed at once.

He Jinzhao nodded in agreement, and thought for a while: "The dead brothers who have family members will be compensated, and those who have no family members will find someone to make coffins, write their heroic deeds, and bury them secretly."

"Yes."

Dang Shousu said he remembered it.

The captain decided to find an opportunity to lead the team to leave Ganquan County, he knew it.

Because the outside of the city was besieged by the government and army, no one was engaged in production. It was only possible to survive until now by looting the Fan family, the largest landlord in Ganquan County.

Sitting and eating for a long time, I am afraid it will be unsustainable in the future.

Once Ganquan County is captured by the government and army, these dead people will inevitably be slaughtered by opening museums, and secret burials are the best.

They really can do this kind of thing.

He Jinzhao wanted to be cremated instead of giving them a chance to open the coffin and kill the corpses, but many rebel soldiers didn't want to be like this after their death.

He Jinzhao is not easy to force, they still attach great importance to the affairs of the afterlife, and the simple mind of hoping to be a good man again in 18 years.

"Are there enough thunderbolts and explosives?"

Hearing He Jinzhao's question, Dang Shousu nodded: "Back to Captain, there are enough at present, but I can't help but consume four or five times like today.

In the next high-intensity siege by the government and army, perhaps more gunpowder will be consumed. "

"Is gunpowder short of raw materials?"

As a young worker, He Jinzhao is good at kneading gunpowder with his hands and making it into granules, and he is also familiar with the best formula.

After all, the formula of gunpowder is a high-level secret in Daming, so that it was kept secret until the best ratio was not handed down.

Jiubian's gunpowder formula is totally different.

Made by the government and the army is not even as good as made in the border areas.

"Captain, there isn't much saltpetre left."

He Jinzhao nodded, because saltpeter can be used to make fuses. In order to make the explosive kits also have fuses, he often asked craftsmen to do experiments.

The fuse is actually the fuse, the kind that sets off fireworks and firecrackers.

Craftsmen can do the fuse.

He Jinzhao took a few steps back and forth on the city wall: "I remember that in autumn, nitrate-containing soil clods would be precipitated in the shape of husks or salt flowers.

It occurs most frequently on the ground, in corners, especially in pigpens, stables, and near toilets.

Now it's autumn, and the people in the city are ordered to collect nitrate, and I will give money by the catty!

In addition, people who are good at making nitrate are recruited and paid. "

"Okay, Captain."

Dang Shousu hurriedly went down to make arrangements, as for how much to set the price, he made the arrangements himself.

He Zan took a serious look at He Jinzhao: "You even know this?"

"alright."

He Jinzhao responded, even if he didn't know the detailed history of the late Ming Dynasty, he still knew the basic common sense of life.

"You really only studied in private schools?"

"correct."

"What a genius."

He Zan didn't understand how He Jinzhao, a former postman, knew so much knowledge.

Because He Zan found that there was no one like He Jinzhao among the postmen and cavalry under his command.

He is an example!
　Thanks to the wolf in the big wave for the sponsorship of 500 taels of silver, and I will write it down first in the credit book.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)