Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

When the army set off again, because of Wu Shigong's strange behavior just now, there was a dull atmosphere among the soldiers.Seeing this, Wu Shigong suppressed the irritability in his heart, smiled and said to He Fei: "Why don't you have fun now? Hurry up and use your broken voice to yell more happily to the brothers."

Following the sound of He Fei's voice, there were little songs one after another in the army.They were all young people, so everyone quickly forgot what had just happened.

Seeing that other people stopped paying attention to Wu Shigong, Deng Qifan approached quietly and asked Wu Shigong, "Is your lord worried?"

Wu Shigong gestured to Deng Qifan, and he asked the guards around him to pack up an empty carriage, and sat in it with Deng Qifan.

Once in the carriage, Wu Shigong handed the mansion newspaper with Li Zicheng's name on it to Deng Qifan to read.After Deng Qifan looked carefully, he asked Wu Shigong with some puzzlement: "My lord, in what year have there been no rioters rebelling in this world? Generally, as soon as the imperial army arrives, they all disappear. Besides, these Shaanxi bandits It is only active in Shanxi and Shanxi, and it is a hundred and eight thousand miles away from our Henan province, is your lord worrying too much?"

Wu Shigong shook his head, and explained to Deng Qifan: "I have only been in Guide Mansion for two or three years. I thought that Guide Mansion is located in the Central Plains and it is very safe, but I didn't expect it to be only two or three years. In the past, I have fought two battles."

"Although those Shaanxi bandits are still far away from us, I believe in one sentence - people have no long-term worries, but near-term worries. I also hope that my worries are in vain. But at that time, if I hadn't arrived at Guide Mansion, I would have desperately When it comes to military training, don’t say that you will be the king this time, even if the Holy Spirit rebelled last time, I may not be able to get through it safely.”

"I have another concern. We are already soldiers. Although we are stationed in Henan, we still have to fight as long as the imperial court orders us to go to war. Therefore, I want to have a good discussion with Mr. Deng for one purpose. , how to increase my strength and strength."

Seeing Wu Shigong's resolute attitude, and what Wu Shigong said was also reasonable, Deng Qifan stopped persuading him, and began to actively make suggestions: "Then how much do you want to increase your strength?"

"The more the better, at least 5000 people. They must be recruited within three months, and trained to the current level of soldiers in one year."

Deng Qifan was taken aback by Wu Shigong's words, and he said to Wu Shigong with some doubts: "Our current income has reached the limit of raising [-] soldiers. Even if the Runing Battalion has some military pay, it can be deducted as a rule and it will be in our hands." There aren't many left. We can't support so many soldiers!"

Wu Shigong replied resolutely: "At worst, I will use my own money to make up for it. Also, after we go back, we will discuss with Mr. Zhang, Mr. Yuan, and Mr. Zheng. Let's all find ways to find more financial resources."

In the end, Wu Shigong and Deng Qifan roughly discussed a framework: After Wu Shigong returned to Henan, he would expand his army to about 5000.Moreover, Wu Shigong will build the stronghold of Runing Camp and Li Yaozi into a fortress similar to the fortress of Qianhusuo.

At that time, these three fortresses have become the three corners of the triangle, supporting and supporting each other, which can basically guarantee the tranquility of the area within the triangle.

Moreover, Wu Shigong will also organize the young and strong among his own slaves to train as auxiliary soldiers, and he will also recruit as many refugees as possible within the scope of financial resources to strengthen the cultivation of his army's reserve force.

Of course, in this short half-day, Wu Shigong and Deng Qifan could only come up with such a rough framework.Wu Shigong decided: On the boat going back, he will have a good discussion with Deng Qifan and several other officers.

After Deng Qifan left, Wu Shigong took stock of what he had gained from serving the king this time.

Excluding all the expenses, as well as the pension and the silver taels allocated to the soldiers, Wu Shigong also earned a net income of more than 21 taels this time.In addition, Xue Lian did not accept the 1 taels of silver left by Wu Shigong in the end, and still gave it to Wu Shigong.

In addition, Wu Shigong also has more than 8000 shi of grain and some seized materials, which are now stored in the village of Xuefu.Those things, calculated according to the prices in the capital, are worth more than 2 taels.

Wu Shigong himself lost more than 60 horses, but what he captured, plus what Qin Liangyu allocated to him, totaled over 200 horses.And these are basically war horses.Wu Shigong earned more than [-] horses.

The big payoff is the armor.Because when Wu Shigong was hunting outside the city of Luanzhou, the Tartars who escaped basically snatched the horse's inlaid blue banner flag, so in the end Wu Shigong got more than 120 pieces of fish scale armor and chain mail, and more than 500 sets Leather armor and cotton armor (some Tartars have more than one armor).These armors are basically not seriously damaged and can be repaired for later use.What is even more fruitful is that there are more than 200 vests made of felt and more than 400 sets of harness.

In terms of weapons, Wu Shigong exchanged for 23 tiger squatting guns and Frang machine guns, as well as a large amount of gunpowder.Of course, the fifty firecrackers given to Ma Xianglin must be removed.Cold weapons only left more than 300 relatively intact waist knives and more than [-] large axes.The others were all made into farm tools by Wu Shigong and sold to those rich and powerful Zhuangzi.

Including those military households transferred by other thousand households, Wu Shigong's army killed 250 people in this battle, 32 were seriously injured and disabled, and 56 were slightly injured.Four others died of illness on the way to King Qin.

It can be seen from this that the number of deaths in the army far exceeds the number of injuries. This not only shows the cruelty of fighting with cold weapons, but also because there are no military doctors in the army except intelligence.Those wounded soldiers died because they were too late to receive treatment.This made Wu Shigong feel guilty.

However, Qin Liangyu allocated more than 800 civilian husbands to Wu Shigong, and asked these civilian husbands to send Wu Shigong's army to Tongzhou before they could go home.Wu Shigong didn't want to embarrass these peasants, he planned to give each peasant two buckets of grain as a reward when he arrived in Tongzhou.

But now Wu Shigong has another idea.After all, these civilian husbands have experienced the war and received the influence of military discipline, so if possible, Wu Shigong would like to recruit some soldiers from among these civilian husbands and bring them back to Henan.Of course, these folk husbands are all from Northern Zhili, and there are certainly not many people who are willing to leave their hometowns, so at that time, Wu Shigong still asked those folk husbands to sign up voluntarily.

Wu Shigong was leaning against the carriage wall, thinking about how to strengthen himself, when suddenly, a gap was opened in the curtain in front of the carriage, and Qiongniang was kneeling in front of the carriage, secretly looking inside.Wu Shigong waved to Qiongniang with a smile, and Qiongniang immediately crawled to Wu Shigong's side and sat down with a smile on her face.

Wu Shigong hugged Qiongniang again, touched her peaks lightly, and asked, "Did it hurt you just now?"

"Yeah!" Qiongniang nodded, then leaned on Wu Shigong's shoulder and said, "I thought the master didn't like me anymore."

Wu Shigong rubbed Qiongniang's peaks again, and said with a smile: "Men's hands and feet are heavier. Are you used to it these days? Did these soldiers disturb you?"

"It's not bad. It's the little song sung by these soldiers...heh!" Qiongniang's smiling face turned slightly red.

"That's how they are. They have too much energy, and they are a bunch of people who would kick three feet when they hit a big tree."

"Actually, these soldiers are alright. In the past, the servants would definitely think they were very rude." Speaking of this, Qiongniang was afraid that Wu Shigong would be unhappy, so she secretly glanced at Wu Shigong, and found that Wu Shigong didn't respond, and continued: "It's only now that the slave family knows that the slave family can sleep soundly at night by staying with the master like this."

Wu Shigong thought of Qiongniang's difficult experience before, and secretly sighed in his heart.In this chaotic world, even civil servants are in danger, but military officials with military power in their hands are the most secure!Wu Shigong tightened the hand holding Qiongniang again. <The people from Steward Yu ask to see you.Wu Shigong asked the guards to call the housekeeper over. It was indeed a housekeeper named Deng next to Zhang Chunyu. He had met Wu Shigong in the capital before.

After seeing Wu Shigong, Butler Deng quickly kowtowed to Wu Shigong, and said: "Our master is very happy to know that your lord is coming. He has been arranging the things that your lord will explain these days. If there is chaos, our master will send a young man to lead the way for the adults, and the master has already arranged a reception wine for the adults in the city."

"Why is Tongzhou in chaos?" Wu Shigong asked strangely.Tongzhou can also be said to be under the feet of the emperor, and there is a large army of the imperial court stationed here, so there is no possibility of sexual chaos.

"Right now outside Tongzhou City, there are shacks built by refugees. As long as a well-clothed person passes by, the beggars can surround him. And there is..." Butler Deng stopped talking and looked at Wu Shigong's face.

Wu Shigong waved his hand and said, "But it doesn't matter."

"What's more, there are soldiers waiting to go back by boat outside the city of Tongzhou. What they do outside the city is always somewhat unclear."

Wu Shigong understood, this Butler Deng is saving face in his words because he is also a member of the army.The soldiers of the Ming army with a looser military discipline must have done something like stealing and looting the people outside the city.

After understanding, it is impossible for Wu Shigong to take care of the affairs of other troops, so he ordered Steward Deng: "Then you lead the way."

Then, Wu Shigong asked Shumo to lead two hundred guards to accompany him into Tongzhou City.In addition, Zhou Xun was ordered to let the rest of the soldiers camp on the spot.

At this time, He Fei, who didn't know what Wu Shigong was thinking, leaned into Wu Shigong's ear and asked, "Master, those civilian husbands are dismissed now, and we can still save a dinner."

After Wu Shigong listened, he laughed and scolded He Fei: "Don't be stingy. How much is a dinner worth? Remember, add some meat to them at night, and you can dismiss them after I come back. "