Daming wolf ride

The two thousand Sichuan soldiers lent by Deng Ke and Wang Hong to Shi Dayong were actually quite good, and Deng and Wang were indeed loyal enough. They were not the old, weak and disabled soldiers in the generals who threw their brains as a burden to Shi Dayong, but they each arranged A whole battalion came.

Of course, there must be some old and weak soldiers in these two battalions, but it is much more kind to send all the old, weak, sick and disabled.Moreover, the two battalions of Sichuan soldiers are relatively good in quality. They can basically use firecrackers proficiently, and they also know some basic military ranks.However, due to malnutrition, these Sichuan soldiers are all short in height, generally around 1.6 meters, and they are weak and yellow-faced. Few sergeants are over 1.7 meters.

Frailty and yellow complexion have been a common problem for Ming soldiers in recent years. They have been hit by disasters year after year, food is in short supply, and meat is even rarer. Except for the soldiers of the generals in the capital camp and important towns, most of the Ming soldiers have a very miserable life. The common people are no different, it is not bad to have a meal of porridge to drink, but eating meat is an extremely extravagant dream.

This Sichuan army is considered good, but the guards in some places in the northwest were pulled out like victims of the disaster, their eye sockets were so thin that they sunken, and after taking off their clothes, their backs and backs were all skinny, and their ribs looked embarrassing.

I heard from Wang Hong that when he and Deng Ke led troops to station in Henan, they had seen with their own eyes the thieves coming from the northwest and the frontier soldiers who were chasing them.Except for the different flags, the two sides are almost the same. They are all dressed in rags, and they have all kinds of weapons in their hands. Pulling them to the front of the battle, they are like beggars. That one is so thin, it is scary to look at. [

The implication of Wang Hong's words is naturally that the thousand soldiers borrowed from you are elite soldiers, and they are definitely not the beggars from the northwest. You, you have some mentality.

Of course Shi Dayong was well-informed, otherwise he would not have given Wang Hong the money to buy wine and meat in Shandong.

It doesn't matter if your body is poor, if you have enough food and drink, you will always be able to adjust after a while.Buddha needs gold clothes, and people need food clothes. If there is food in the belly, this person can grow strong.

After more than ten days, these Sichuan soldiers were well maintained. Shi Dayong prepared some cotton armor for them from the previous capture, and also exchanged [-] guns for three meals a day, which made the Sichuan soldiers happy. grinning.

No matter which family in this Ming Dynasty, they never eat three meals a day, they usually eat in the morning and in the evening, and drink some soup and add some salt at noon.Unexpectedly, after joining the Jinzhou Army, he would be able to eat three meals a day. Although breakfast was changed to porridge, he had noodles at noon and plain rice at night. This day was something he never dreamed of.

Of course, there is no meat. Shi Dayong himself doesn't have any meat to eat, so where can he have meat for them to eat?The amount of meat Wang Hong bought in Shandong was not much, and he cooked it all on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. He usually cooks some thin vegetable soup and eats it.The more salt in the soup, the more flavorful it will be.As for the oil, there is, the one floating on the vegetable soup.

These days, oil is more expensive than food. Soybean oil is definitely not available, and the soybeans are nowhere to be found. Most people eat vegetable oil, which is the oil squeezed from the seeds of rapeseed.Sometimes they also eat cotton oil, which is the oil squeezed from the seeds of cotton. This cotton oil is not good to eat, it has a smell, but because it is cheap, many people also use it as the main oil.

Shi Dayong was alone and had no logistical supplies, so naturally he wouldn't have much oil, but if this man didn't eat oil, his stomach would not be smooth, and he couldn't pass stool for many days, making him feel uncomfortable.Therefore, no matter how much it is, it is good to have some oil.

For food and drink, Shi Dayong has already racked his brains to think for the soldiers. Nai, the conditions are limited, and he also wants his subordinates to eat and drink, but the disaster is really serious, and he is also Have heart.What's more, he doesn't know how long he can last in this situation. No matter how much money Chen sometimes keeps, he can't stand Lin Jiantai's exorbitant asking price.If the silver is used up, the battle is still not fought, and it cannot be returned to Liaodong, Shi Dayong really wants to find a rope to hang himself.

The old battalion of the Jinzhou Army ate the same food as the Sichuan soldiers. Shi Dayong fulfilled his promise to Deng Ke and treated the Sichuan soldiers and his old subordinates without distinction.Wang Tiande and Qi Sanbao's men were also provided according to this standard, except that the supply of captured soldiers after the [-]th slaughter was all reduced by half, as a punishment for their escape from the battle.

With the medicine, the actual training of firecrackers was carried out very quickly. Because Sichuan soldiers had used firecrackers before, they were able to fire them proficiently. In addition, Shi Dayong paid close attention to the training. Whether it is a new attached soldier (Jinzhou veterans call Wang Tiande, Qi Sanbao and other rebels anyway) or a captive soldier is treated equally.

Changping soldiers are basically distributed to serve as instructors, but Shi Dayong is not satisfied with the training.

He always felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know where it was wrong.It wasn't until one day that I saw a Sichuan soldier scolded by a Jinzhou officer for making a mistake during training one day. What's wrong with me all the time - these Sichuan soldiers eat, drink and wear their own food, but they don't know who to listen to!

The battalion officer of Deng Ke's battalion of Sichuan soldiers was called Guo Cheng, and his style name was Zhaoqing. He was said to be a battalion officer, but he was actually a general.What is strange is that he is not from Sichuan, but from Shandong Chengwu. Shi Dayong has been in contact with him several times, and he feels that this person is loyal and upright. Can come out after one or two classics.This surprised Shi Dayong. You must know that there are basically no soldiers who can read and write these days. Those who can read are all treasures. They have a good future in any line of work. No matter how bad they are, they are better than being a soldier. The knife head blood comes happily.

What kind of soldier can be literate?

Out of curiosity, Shi Dayong asked Guo Cheng, and this question surprised him again. It turns out that Guo Cheng is not just as simple as being able to read and write.

What kind of soldier do you become if you are a scholar and don't take the imperial examination?You can open a private school by yourself if you don't pass the exam to become a Jinshi. Otherwise, you can become a teacher in a wealthy family or work as a counting house for others. I'm afraid it is much better than being a soldier. [

As the old saying goes, good men don't serve as soldiers.Daming also had an ethos where the gentlemen were noble and the martial arts were cheap, and warriors were not welcomed anywhere.However, Guo Cheng chose this errand that would lose his head at any time without doing something with a bright future, which made Shi Dayong very puzzled.

After asking Guo Cheng, I found out that his ancestor was a Jinshi during the Jiajing period, and was later selected as a Shuji scholar of the Imperial Academy. He is a remarkable figure from Chengwu County since the founding of the country. A man is also proud of his ancestors.But later, because his ancestors offended Yan's father and son, he was demoted to be the head of the Ministry of Industry's construction and repairs. He was depressed all his life, and then became ill and died in his 40s.Afterwards, the Guo family fell into decline, but no matter how poor they were, the Guo family always gritted their teeth and cut down on food and clothing to provide for their children to read and write, hoping to be able to win the gold medal and honor their ancestors.It's a pity that since the ancestor who passed the Jinshi, the Guo family has never produced any figures in the imperial examination.

In this way, Guo Cheng's generation is not bad. He passed the examination of scholar three years earlier than his father, but he was only 24 years old.Afterwards, he took the exam for two more times, both of which were predestined candidates. One day, he saw that his family was completely empty, and his mother wanted to sell her natal family’s dowry jewelry so that he could continue his studies. Guo Cheng was ashamed and angrily abandoned his pen. Then he filled his pen and threw himself into the army, learning from that class of Chao, "The big man has his ambitions, and he should follow the example of Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian in making contributions to foreign lands in order to win the title of Marquis. Is it possible for An Neng to study for a long time?"

He was a scholar but wanted to join the army. It would be ridiculed if the news came out, so Guo Cheng did not dare to join the army near his hometown. Instead, he ran to Henan alone. King Qin's Sichuan Army.When Deng Ke heard that a scholar came to join the army, he was immediately happy, and immediately recruited Guo Cheng, first as a long-term entourage by his side, and later as a clerk. He let go and served as the general manager.

At first Deng Ke thought that Guo Chengwen was so weak that he would not be able to get used to the soldiers, he estimated that he would come back after staying for ten and a half months, but he never thought that Guo Cheng would have a very stubborn temper, and his mind would be dead. You have to trade your head for wealth and fame.Staying by the commander's side all day can't go to the battlefield, can't kill the enemy, so there's no way to earn military merits, so he just sticks down below.

Deng Ke approached him a few times, asking him to return to his side and continue to serve as a counselor, and when he had the opportunity to give him a military promotion in the future, Guo Cheng still didn't appreciate it, saying that a man should rely on his own hands to get fame, and he should rely on the merits of others. Remember what.

Deng Ke couldn't resist him, so he let him go too, but for two whole years, he didn't have a chance to fight the bandits from the Sichuan army once, and he was transferred all day long, so Guo Cheng had no chance to prove himself.Over time, Deng Ke also gradually forgot about this talented scholar. It wasn't until Shi Dayong borrowed troops from him and was considering who would lead the troops there that he thought of Guo Cheng, so he asked him to take people to join the Jinzhou Army.

Deng Ke's move was not meant to send Guo Cheng away, but he knew that he was dedicated to making meritorious service and wanted to earn fame on the battlefield. Shi Dayong's Jinzhou Army came from Liao Town, and they often fought against Donglu outside the pass. Guo Cheng If you go there, you may really have a chance to earn some military merits.It's not a problem for the veteran to stay under his command. Maybe in another two years, he will still be running around in the Sichuan army.

Talents are rare, and scholars are also rare, but if there is a way for someone to go, let him go.And I have a kindness to Guo Cheng, he can also act as a liaison between himself and Shi Dayong in the Jinzhou Army, and it may be useful in the future.

In this way, Guo Cheng became the battalion officer of the Jinzhou Army's Chongqing Battalion, and his position was still the general.And Wang Fei, who led the thousand Chengdu soldiers, was from Chengdu. He was not tall, but he was very strong. At first glance, he looked like Wang Ying, the short-legged tiger in "Water Margin".Naturally, Shi Dayong didn't pay attention to such a person, what ability you, Wu Dalang, must have been thrown at him by Wang Hong.

He didn't know that Wang Fei's blood and experience were not inferior to his Shi Dayong. This man had participated in the Battle of Hunhe. At that time, in order to buy time for the Qi family army, the Sichuan army risked their lives across the river to attack Jiannu. Wang Fei It was one of the soldiers who rushed to the front. At that time, dozens of arrows were shot in his body and he still shouted to kill the slaves.Later, he lost too much blood and fell to the ground, but he was lucky enough to survive, and was mixed with the corpses of many Sichuan army soldiers without being discovered by Jiannu.

After Jiannu withdrew, the Ming army in Guangning sent people to investigate, found Wang Fei still alive in the corpse pile, and rescued him.After recovering from his injury, Wang Fei left Guangning and returned to the south alone, and then lived in the capital to make a living by doing short-term labor for others.

In the second year of Chongzhen's "Jisi Change", when Wang Hong and Deng Que led troops northward to serve the king, Wang Fei came from the capital to join the army of his hometown and was taken in by Wang Hong. Later he became the post chief of Wang Hong's army. The soldiers at this sentry are excellent, and they were promoted by Wang Hong to be a low-level military officer.

After Deng Ke told Wang Hong about Shi Dayong's intention to borrow troops, Wang Hong immediately agreed, why would he not be happy if someone raises troops for him?Considering who to lead the army, Wang Hongke was reluctant to part with the few generals under his command, so he ordered Wang Fei and asked him to lead people to the Jinzhou army.

Wang Hong also didn't expect the 1000 people to be returned, and he might not be happy if they did.If you can save 1000 people's food and wages for nothing, and you can report a death in battle in the future, why not swallow a pension.Although this Wang Fei is a man, he is not very popular and has a straight temper. He has repeatedly contradicted him because of Wang Hongke's withholding of military pay. I don't like him anymore.This is just right, just send it out, let him make trouble at Shi Dayong's place, and he will be related to Wang Hong anyway, anyway, you also have a relationship with the Liao army.

Where to go, Wang Fei said, but he is very resistant to the Jinzhou Army, because in his eyes, this is a messy army that waits for the friendly army to be wiped out.In the Battle of Hunhe, if the Liao army in Guangning had arrived in time, why would tens of thousands of soldiers die in a foreign land, and how could Jiannu occupy Shenyang!

But this is Wang Hong's order, and Wang Fei has to go if he doesn't.After arriving in Pingdugou, although the Jinzhou army provided them with sufficient supplies, compared with Wang Hong's, they had more food, warm clothes, and better weapons, but Wang Fei couldn't get rid of the thorn in his heart.Therefore, he didn't want to deal with the generals of the Jinzhou army. Unless necessary, he mostly stayed with his soldiers and did not go out of the camp.Sometimes, when Shi Dayong brought people to inspect the training of Chengdu soldiers, he barely dealt with it, neither cold nor indifferent, which made Shi Dayong very displeased.

When Shi Dayong found out that these Sichuan soldiers did not really regard him as a member of the Jinzhou Army, and he didn't know who fed and clothed him, and who should really listen to his orders, Shi Dayong naturally had to consider how to solve this problem .

He can't raise soldiers for nothing, he has to let these Sichuan soldiers know who they should work for!