There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 178 One side is hot and the other is depressed

Nanwubao, garrison mansion.

Lin Feng is organizing a battle summary meeting to listen to reports from all parties.

"Sir, in this battle we killed and wounded 2,300 Shaanxi Guard troops, and captured nearly 2,000 people. We defeated the main force of the enemy in one battle." Song Jilie reported.

"How are the casualties on our side?" Lin Feng asked.

"Our casualties were very small. We were in the defense city in the early stage of this battle, and we pursued the enemy in the follow-up. The overall losses were not large. According to preliminary statistics, there were less than 300 casualties in total. It is considered a super victory." Song Jilie continued to report. .

"Have our injured soldiers been arranged properly?" Lin Feng asked.

"Everything has been arranged. Now each of our officers and soldiers is equipped with a first-aid kit. General injuries can be dealt with by themselves, and medical treatment has been organized for the more seriously injured." Qian Zhuohui reported.

"Has the battlefield been cleaned up?" Lin Feng then asked.

"After the cleaning, we have captured countless weapons, but most of them are cold weapons, there are very few fire guns, and they are all backward matchlocks." Song Jilie continued to report that it was also their job to clean the battlefield.

"Sir, what should we do with so many enemy prisoners? We still need a lot of people to guard them, or should we just kill them all?" Chan Zhuo felt that there was a lot of pressure in guarding the prisoners, so he proposed a plan to kill them all.

"No, they are all Han troops. We cannot engage in the practice of killing prisoners. You should organize and screen the prisoners, mainly to clear out the officers, and then organize soldiers to expose them. Those who have committed more serious crimes will be executed, and the other old and weak will be dismissed. After the transformation, Qingzhuang was added to our Zhenming Army."

Lin Feng first thought of various methods created by later generations of armies, which had a great effect on transforming prisoners.

"Understood!" Chandra replied.

"Ji Lie, your second escort battalion will send some people to help the Nanbao garrison handle the prisoners, and incorporate these people into our military system as soon as possible." Lin Feng said.

"Understood, I will definitely cooperate!" Song Jilie responded.

"Any other questions?"

"No!" everyone replied.

"Then let's go and do our own business." Lin Feng announced the end of the meeting.

Early the next morning.

In the open space in front of the garrison, a huge event of captured soldiers accusing the officers of the garrison was taking place.

Yesterday, nearly 2000 imperial guardsmen were captured in the battle. If they are not handled properly, it will greatly affect the Zhenming Army's energy.

Last night, Lin Feng personally organized and trained a group of Zhenming Army event hosts. Among them, Song Jilie understood the most deeply, and he will take the lead in hosting today.

Song Jilie took the stage and first promoted the Zhenming Army's ideas, and then announced that the captured soldiers would be divided into ten groups according to each thousand households, and the soldiers in each group would complain about the oppression and bullying they suffered.

In order to carry out the activities better, each group was equipped with a Zhenming Army host, and all captured officers above Xiaoqi were tied up.

After a brief silence, with the encouragement of Zhen Mingjun, each group began vigorous accusation activities.

After all, in the guard posts of the late Ming Dynasty, it was too common for superior officers to occupy military fields, force soldiers to do private work, and withhold military pay. The vast majority of soldiers were miserable.

Lin Feng and several personal guards also went to each group to check and hear the current situation of the guards in the late Ming Dynasty.

Come to one of the groups.

Soldier A is complaining: "We, a hundred households, have occupied most of the military land in the camp, and they force us to finish his farm work every day before we can go home to work."

Soldier B: "Our commander-in-chief usually beats and scolds us. One time, Xiao Zhao gave him a foot-washing water that was a little too hot, so he poured the water on Xiao Zhao's face and punished him by taking off his shirt outside the door. I was frozen in the severe cold for half an hour and almost froze to death."

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The tragic incidents and accusations made Lin Feng furious.

When a guard officer was accused, as long as some soldiers agreed and no one defended him, he would be taken out alone and put on a sign with a red or black cross depending on the crime.

The red cross sign is prepared for the most evil person who has soldiers' blood on his hands, and will be beheaded later. The black-cha-cha brand is for ordinary sinners, who will be sentenced to forced labor.

After Lin Feng took the people around, more and more officers were accused and reported and put up signs, while those who did not put up signs became a minority.

Of course, there are also some soldiers who are willing to be minions and follow Shangguan to do evil, and they are also screened out and put on labels. There are quite a few of these people wearing red-crossed signs. It seems that when soldiers embarrass soldiers, they are even more cruel. Coming to the last group, there are very few officers in this group who have been given tags. It seems that they are usually well managed.

At this time, a guard officer who was also tied up said, "Can I also make a complaint?"

The Zhenming Army officer who presided over the event looked at Lin Feng, who was just coming over. Lin Feng nodded, and then he untied the captured guard officer.

"Brothers, I am Deputy Qianhu Panda of Xi'an Vanguard Zuo Qianhu Station. I have always been able to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and everyone is taking good care of me today.

But I want to accuse Xi'an vanguard commander Cai Jiawang. He usually invades the military fields of the guard station and deducts military pay. Our Lord Song Mu of Qianhu is very concerned about his brothers and has told him many times that we don't have enough to eat, but he has retaliated against him. , was often reprimanded.

The weapons and armor provided to our thousands households were not only of poor quality, but also in small quantities. Even the military rations provided were rotten and spoiled.

Yesterday during the battle, Song Qianhu tried to dissuade him from escaping first, but he was actually hacked to death by his own guards who were eager to escape.

I also want to complain about the darkness of the imperial court. It has been in arrears with military pay for several years. Many soldiers and their families starved to death in the famine, while high-ranking officers sang and sang every night and spent money like water. During my more than ten years at the Shaanxi Health Center, Shangguan never gave us a chance to report problems.

Therefore, what are you waiting for if such a court does not rebel? Today I am willing to stand up to accuse Shangguan, and I am also willing to stand up against the court, and ask the adults to accept me. Panda said excitedly.

"Okay! Brother Panda said it very well. There is something wrong with this court and this system, which makes those who work hard be buried and suppressed, while those who flatter others can be reused.

In particular, the health system has been completely reduced to a tool for some high-ranking officials to make money. They are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they don't know how to fight. If we don't fight against these people and smash this system, everyone will not have a good life.

On behalf of the Zhenming Army, I welcome officers and soldiers who dare to resist the imperial court, defeat corrupt officials, and are good at training and fighting to join us! Lin Feng said from the side. His words resonated strongly with the guardsmen, and they all applauded excitedly.

Soon the morning's discussion was over, and a total of more than fifty officers and soldiers at all levels who had hung up the red cross were screened out.

Song Jilie gave an order, and fifty or sixty execution representatives elected by the captured soldiers chopped off the heads of these fifty or so people as soon as they arrived.

The blood splattered everywhere in this scene, which frightened the legs of other officers wearing black cross-shaped signs. Many of them were so frightened that they peed their pants.

There were nearly a hundred officers and a few soldiers wearing black crosses, who were turned into a labor camp and prepared to be sent to the mines for mining.

Of the remaining 1,800 people, Lin Feng first eliminated the 300 old and weak who were not suitable to continue serving, and allowed them to leave or settle in Shenmu after the war.

The remaining 1,500 people were temporarily turned into a training team, and Feng Enxian, the deputy battalion commander of Nanwubao, led the training. After preliminary transformation, they were added to each battalion.

After the personnel screening process was completed, Lin Feng ordered additional food for the entire southern front army. More than a dozen horses that were killed were cut into large pieces of horse meat, put into the field seasoning bags provided by the Zhenming Army, added with green onions and radishes, and stewed into a soup. Pots of rich broth.

The staple food was white-flour pancakes. Each person was given two pancakes and a bowl of horse meat soup. Even the training team composed of captured soldiers had a portion. Everyone's mouths were filled with oil and happiness.

Especially the captive soldiers in the training team, including a few officers, had not eaten such a substantial meal for a long time. They all devoured the food and were full of expectations to join the Zhenming Army.

Compared with the enthusiastic transformation of the captive soldiers and the banquet with extra food here at Nanwubao, the atmosphere in the camp of the imperial counter-rebellion army on the west bank of the Quyechuan River can only be described as being close to freezing point.

It can be said that the situation is gloomy and bleak, and morale is at its lowest point. All the soldiers did not even dare to breathe, for fear of angering the superior officer.

The counter-rebellion army camp, Peng Qingshuai's account.

"Drag me out and chop him!" Peng Qing shouted angrily, preparing to chop Cai Jiawang, the Xi'an avant-garde commander who ran back first.

"Lord Du Si, please spare my life!" Cai Jiawang knelt on the ground and kowtowed as if pounding garlic.

"Lord Du Si, our army suffered a lot of losses in today's battle. It would be unlucky to kill the general again. Moreover, the Lin thieves deliberately set up an ambush in this battle, and it is not all the fault of Commander Cai. I sincerely ask Lord Du Si to give him a gentle sentence. Allow him to serve his crime and perform meritorious service." Cao Xiong, the commander-in-chief, who had always been on good terms with Cai Jiawang, quickly spoke out to dissuade him.

"Sir, please give me a lighter sentence!" Several commanders nearby also quickly begged for mercy. If they lost the battle, they would be beheaded. They all felt that their necks were cold and whizzed, and they begged for mercy empathetically.

"For the sake of everyone's pleading, your life is temporarily suspended, but you can avoid the death penalty, but you cannot escape the living penalty. Come here, drag me down and give me thirty army sticks," Peng Qing also borrowed the donkey down the slope and ordered.

He knew the virtues of these guards officers, and if he really wanted to kill Cai Jiawang, no one among the generals would dare to be the vanguard next time.

Moreover, this Cai Jiawang was a relative of Ye Tinggui, the chief minister of Shaanxi Province. If he killed him, he would definitely turn against the chief minister. In the late Ming Dynasty, nepotism was everywhere in the officialdom. He had no choice but to give up after thinking about it.

In this battle, the imperial army suffered losses of more than 4,000 people, and half of the army was gone. But together with the Yan'an Guards who were responsible for the feint attack on the northern front, there were still nearly 10,000 people, and they still had the strength to fight.

So Peng Qing cheered up and took Cao Xiong to visit various camps, trying to comfort and encourage morale. However, each battalion was lifeless, and the soldiers' eyes wandered away, without the courage to continue fighting.

Peng Qing was seen shaking his head repeatedly and had no choice but to return to the camp.

　Bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, I wish you all a happy holiday!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)