golden scales

China's emphasis on the inheritance of incense is probably among the top three among all nations in the world.Being able to have heirs to pass on the incense after death, falls into the pens of literati with a long list of praises, praising the kindness and generosity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who loves soldiers like a son.For the soldiers who charged into battle, there was only one sentence: "Death is not in vain."

Of course, it would be better not to die.

The rewards for officers and non-commissioned officers at all levels were also quickly distributed, and rewards for silver, land, and even wives were given according to their ranks.The silver is cashed, and the wife has to wait until she returns to the capital to find a matchmaker to arrange, but the land is an "enclave".Soldiers only know that they have a large piece of land somewhere, but they cannot cultivate it by themselves during their service, nor can they resell it. They can only collect the rent on the land.The land rent is also a fixed rate, five dou per year, although it is not much, but after retiring from the army, they can freely dispose of this land, which makes the soldiers who have no family property have the urge to start a family.

"Your Highness, if you treat these soldiers so favorably, aren't you afraid that they will be timid after going into battle?" Chen De was very worried for the prince and couldn't help asking.

Since military strategists have emphasized the distinction between rewards and punishments, they have paid attention to "immediate" and no delay, which somewhat means that bonuses are settled according to the progress of the project.The land reward proposed by Zhu Cihong is the biggest gimmick of this reward model. In comparison, the silver taels that have no place to spend, and the women who are still in the capital who don’t know how beautiful or ugly they are, can’t compare with this piece of land that they have never seen before. .

Going home alive, planting their own land, and living a life with constant production are the inner expectations of every descendant of farming civilization.

"No," Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "you haven't talked to the training officer in my camp, have you?"

Chen De was taken aback.

He has a little knowledge of the trainer system of the Eastern Palace Guard Camp, which is limited to teaching soldiers to write and helping them write reports... Although he has gone deep into the grassroots and also served as an "official", in fact it is only eunuchs who are mainly scholars and supplemented by talents. A bunch of scribes.

"The trainer will tell them that if you fight hard, there will be more and more land. If you shrink back in battle, you will only die. If you dare to be a deserter, these things that you worked hard for will be completely gone." Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "The trainer is very happy. It’s important, it’s not as simple as stealing a knife and writing a ghost.”

"If it's so important..." Chen De suddenly sealed his mouth.

"Why do you still have to hand it over to the eunuchs, right?" Zhu Cihong shook his head slightly: "In my opinion, the reason why some people commit self-mutilation and enter the palace is somewhat of a last resort. It will push them to the extreme, and eventually become Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian and the like. Cheng Zu also reused eunuchs, why didn’t there be such a rebellious eunuch? The most important thing to know and employ people is the word 'equal treatment' .”

Chen De replayed the prince's words in his mind, bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for pointing out the maze."

Zhu Cihong pursed his lips, and the sound of war drums beating came from behind him.

It's almost time.

After resting for a day, the Donggong guard camp left a division to protect the rear and blocked the mountain pass. The army gathered in Ruzhou, ready to go to Baofeng and Jiaxian, waiting for the opportunity to meet Sun Chuanting's Qin soldiers.

The rainwater formed a line and sprinkled over the army formation.The scarlet army in cotton armor remained motionless in the rain, allowing the rain to roll down their bright helmets.They held long soldiers in their hands, and the "double inserts" at their waists were covered with tarpaulins. The bow strings had been put away long ago and wrapped in waterproof oiled paper. It's nothing to say.

Unexpectedly, even the crown prince was drenched in the rain, and the fat jacket on his body was the same as that of the soldiers, sucking the rainwater greedily.

Zhu Cihong took a step on his horse, held up the Shangfang sword in his hand, and was about to announce the dispatch of troops, when suddenly a horse galloped from a distance, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Your Highness! Urgent military report ahead!"

The guards stepped forward one after another to replace Tan Ma, and half dragged and half helped him to the prince.That Tang Ma managed to hold his breath, and said, "Your Highness! Governor Qin is defeated!"

"How could you still lose?" Zhu Cihong couldn't help but sighed.

The back road has already been defended for him, why is he still defeated?Everyone only thought that the prince was talking about last year's defeat, and they didn't think it was different.

"Yes, it was the Qin soldiers who broke out the barracks, and the intruders took the opportunity to break through the camp!" The pond horse was full of rain and tears, and cried, "A big defeat!"

Camp roar is the most common supernatural event in the army.

If the soldiers who mutinied just lost their minds, then Ying Xiao turned from a human into a beast.

According to the psychological analysis of later generations, Yingxiao is due to the large number of people, the small living space, and the fact that the whole group is under great mental pressure due to training or enmity, and is on the verge of collapse.Therefore, on a certain dark night, when a soldier yells because of a nightmare, it often triggers a chain reaction among others, causing the entire battalion to fall into a state of hysteria, and even kill each other, and the consequences are often very serious.

The Qin soldiers led by Sun Chuanting had left their hometown for several months, and the mental pressure accumulated under Lien Chan could not be released.It was raining again and again, returning to the site of last year's disastrous defeat, which will undoubtedly give the soldiers a stronger psychological hint.Not to mention that there are J-spies in the camp deliberately instigating, even if there are no J-spies, the possibility of camp noise is extremely high.

Since Zhu Cihong wanted to lead the army, he naturally wanted to understand Ying Xiao.Known within his reading range: The earliest recorded camp roar occurred in the war between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Qiang.It can be said that camp screams and night terrors have existed since ancient times. Strict military discipline has been used in all dynasties to prevent camp roars, and soldiers who take advantage of camp roars to do illegal things must be severely punished.

The military discipline of the Eastern Palace is also considered to be ranked among the strictest armies of all dynasties, among which Zhu Cihong's defense against Ying Xiao is naturally included.Who would have thought that Sun Chuanting, who was old in leading the army, would encounter such a thing, and was even caught by Li Zicheng...

Perhaps, this is the opportunity created by Li Zicheng.

Zhu Cihong thought to himself.

"Your Highness..." Chen De was extremely disturbed, wondering if his father's Henan soldiers also had a camp roar.Before he came, Yu Bing and Qin Bing camped next to each other.

"Take him down!" Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said, "The battalions will continue to march in, collecting routs along the way! Any rebels who dare not follow the dispatch will be killed!"

"The lowly ranks take orders!" The school captains of the Donggong Guard Battalion gave a military salute and dispatched troops in order, still in an orderly manner.

……

"Report to Marshal! Bai Guangen's flag fell!"

Li Zicheng stood at the head of the city, watching the collapsed Ming army outside the city, and Tang Ma from the front line reported back from behind.He didn't have the slightest joy of winning at the moment, because Liu Zongmin, Niu Jinxing, and Yang Yongyu were captured.The capture of Yang Yongyu will aggravate the fear of the officials and gentry of the Zhu Dynasty; the capture of Niu Jinxing will cause panic and commotion among the advisers; great influence.

He sent people to Xiangyang overnight to summon Tian Jianxiu, precisely to use Tian Jianxiu's influence to help him stabilize the increasingly formed army of invading camps.

Now this situation can't be maintained by myself alone.

Li Zicheng didn't know whether to rejoice or lament, he looked back at the "Changyi" banner all over the ground, recalled the beginning of his uprising, and his embarrassment in Shangluo Mountain... I never expected it!

"Marshal..." Gu Junen stood behind Li Zicheng and called out in a low voice: "The enemy general Gao Jie is heading northeast, and he must have fled to the border of Shanxi."

Li Zicheng turned a deaf ear to it, lightly patted the cold bricks, and sighed: "I must rescue Zong Min, no matter what I do, I can't let him die in the hands of the Zhu thief."

Gu Junen knew what Liu Zongmin meant to Li Zicheng.These two are monarchs and ministers in name, but in fact they are as close as brothers.In the past ten years, Li Zicheng has never been so close to spying on the Jiuding heavy weapon. In fact, if he hadn't taken Qin and Jin's strategy first, the volunteer battalion would have even attacked the city of Yanjing long ago.At this critical moment, Li Zicheng would never watch his old buddy fall.

"Marshal," Gu Junen had already prepared a draft, and replied, "I'm afraid the only way to rescue General Liu is to negotiate a peace."

"I know, the more fierce the beating, the faster they will kill." Li Zicheng frowned tightly: "It's those officials in the Zhu Dynasty who are very stupid. If they are willing to make peace with me, why do they need to fight like this?" Long?"

Gu Junen smiled wryly and said: "I still didn't hurt them. According to the students, if it is to save General Liu, it is better to prepare both soft and hard. The soft one, let Li Zhensheng go back and bring a letter to Emperor Zhu Chao, as long as General Liu and Niu are released." Prime Minister, we are willing to recruit security and station in Xuan Dawei to resist the establishment of slaves."

Li Zicheng shook his head slightly, always feeling that this matter is not so easy to talk about.He asked, "Where is the hard one?"

"Let's let go of the fight for the world first." Gu Junen said in a very lonely way: "About Huang Hu, the army will go east and take Jinan! When the court shakes, they can't help but not talk about it!"

Li Zicheng clapped his hands heavily: "That's it, move both hands together!"

"Two-pronged approach!" Gu Junen concluded for Li Zicheng.

……

Sun Chuanting did not expect that under the strict military discipline, such a tragedy as Yingxiao would happen.Now the soldiers are in turmoil, and there are chaotic soldiers everywhere. These soldiers are more annoying than the bandits.Because no one knew whether the rebels who were also wearing fat jackets and bright helmets would slap Leng Zi from behind.

"Supervisor! General Bai's flag is down!" The commander-in-chief Niu Chenghu spent a lot of effort and finally found Sun Chuanting with disheveled hair.He saw that the supervisor was barely maintaining his demeanor as a court official, but his vigor was by no means comparable to yesterday's.

As Sun Chuanting's unyielding vanguard general, Niu Chenghu's soldiers were not many, and he quickly stabilized the situation in the Chinese army, retreating slowly, and at last he didn't have to worry about being overtaken by Li Zicheng's cavalry.

Sun Chuanting settled down, wishing to look up to the sky and sigh, why all kinds of bad luck happened to him.He said, "Where is General Gao?"

"No, he didn't come to rescue at all!" Niu Chenghu said bitterly.

Bai Guangen's subordinates are the elite of Qin soldiers, and Sun Chuanting put all the train soldiers under his command.

Gao Jie used to be a general who broke into the camp. He led his men to surrender to the Ming Dynasty because he gave Li Zicheng a green hat. He suppressed bandits all the way and was promoted to the general army.The two main station troops fled and collapsed, only Niu Chenghu's troops were still under the command, and it was absolutely impossible to make a comeback.

"Let's go..." Sun Chuanting finally couldn't help crying, "Suppress the defeated soldiers along the way, and go to Ruzhou first to discuss."

"Obey!" (To be continued.)