Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

The Liaodong Army continued to use the cavalry battle group to hit the remaining rebel left wing resistance battle group.However, those battle groups and the rebel soldiers who fled in all directions also blocked the advance of the cavalry of the Liaodong Army.

Taking advantage of this time, the central army of the rebels began to retreat.The soldiers behind the right wing of the rebels also began to retreat.At this time, the coalition forces approaching about [-] steps away from the right wing of the rebels also officially launched a charge.

Seeing the charge of the coalition army from a distance, Zu Dabi mixed emotions of contempt, sourness, and anger, and said, "Those Shandong troops are quite good at picking the best!"

Jin Guoqi also replied contemptuously: "Why don't you give them a bone to chew on? What's the big deal?"

The generals in Liaodong suddenly laughed.

The battle between the coalition forces and the right wing of the rebels was also carried out very cleanly.It's completely one-sided.

When the coalition forces charged, most of the soldiers on the right wing of the rebels fled towards the rear.However, a small number of rebel soldiers knew that if they ran away like this, it would completely turn into a unilateral massacre.So they stayed where they were and resisted, preparing to retreat after repelling a coalition charge.

However, these two completely opposite performances immediately caused the right wing of the rebels to lose touch.As for the command to beat the dog in the water, Liu Zeqing has no problem at all.

Liu Zeqing first commanded the cavalry to go around and insert into the gap between the front and rear of the rebel right wing to block the retreat of the resisting rebel right wing soldiers, and then let the infantry phalanx of the coalition army press over. The resisting rebel right-wing soldiers were surrounded.

Seeing that they were in a desperate situation, and after resisting for a while, feeling that there was no hope of fighting, that part of the rebels surrendered to the coalition forces.

On the battlefield at this time.Except for the prisoners of the rebel army, there were sporadic rebel soldiers who were being chased by the cavalry. The large rebel army had all withdrawn from the battlefield.The Ming army also began to clean up the battlefield and take a rest.

"My lord! It's a big harvest. We searched just now, and a traitor has four or fifty taels of silver on him." A general of the coalition army excitedly ran to Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing, the military attaches of the coalition army, and reported. road.

"Oh?" The eyes of all the coalition military attachés lit up.Liu Zeqing also immediately ordered, "All those rebels, dead or alive, will be stripped off. Let the sons and daughters clean their hands and feet, and gather all the captured silver. We will distribute it together after the war. "

Liu Zeqing's consideration is very thoughtful.After all, the coalition forces are also united by various branches of the Ming army. At this time, it is best to adopt the method of post-war distribution.So as not to rob and capture on the battlefield and hurt the feelings between brother troops.

"Let the soldiers pushing the carts also go to the Liaodong Army. Be humble and tell them. We are here to help bury the corpses. We don't want the heads of those corpses. The reason we do this is to pick more. A few pieces of tattered rebel armor." Wu Shigong suggested from the side.

I heard the idea of ​​this yin man.The military attaches of the coalition forces burst into laughter.Liu Zeqing smiled and gave the general order with a smile: "Hurry up, be careful, don't let the Liaodong Army see the flaws."

But the Liaodong Army is not a fool after all.At first, they thought that the coalition forces really took the initiative to do the dirty work of burying the corpses after seeing their powerful combat effectiveness, and came to flatter themselves.And those tattered armors, the Liaodong Army with sufficient military expenditures also looked down on them.Therefore, send these tattered armors to the beggars of the coalition army.

But the Liaodong Army also quickly discovered the secret that the rebel soldiers were carrying a large amount of silver, but at this time the coalition forces had already shipped back dozens of carts of corpses, after some disputes and negotiations.There was nothing to do with the corpses of the rebels who had been transported back, but the Liaodong Army also robbed more than a dozen horses and carts from the coalition army to relieve their anger.And the Liaodong Army was also indignant at the coalition forces that put them together.

In this battle of Shahe, more than 300 rebels were killed (all their heads were cut off) and captured.Among them, more than 100 rebels were killed and captured by the coalition forces.The Liaodong Army suffered more than 150 casualties, and the coalition forces, including the casualties of civilian husbands in the battle of blocking the river, totaled more than 320.

The reason why the casualties of the coalition forces are relatively large is that in the final battle with the right-wing rebels, most of the rebels left behind to resist were the old Liao army in Dongjiang Town with strong discipline and strong combat effectiveness.

87 war horses were seized, of which 22 were captured by the coalition forces. Excluding the dozen or so horses that were later snatched by the Liaodong army, the coalition forces still had a little income.

A total of more than 3000 taels of silver were seized.Among them, the coalition forces seized more than 3 taels.The reason why the coalition forces gained so much is that in the end the coalition forces mainly faced the old Liao army among the rebels.They have looted so many cities, and put all the money they looted on themselves.So now, all the stolen money belongs to the coalition forces.

The Liaodong Army was a little unfortunate.What they were facing was mainly soldiers recruited by the rebels in Denglai. Therefore, although the Liaodong Army killed and captured more, and they were later put together by the coalition forces, the money they seized was far away. Not as good as the Union Army.

In addition, the Liaodong Army and the coalition forces also seized a number of firecrackers, bows and arrows, armor and weapons.Due to the haste of leaving, all the supplies in the rebel camp were left behind.The Liaodong Army, which first took control of the rebel camp, wanted to monopolize the supplies and retaliate against the coalition forces.

But who are the chief general and deputy general of the coalition army?Don't talk about Wu Shigong, just look at the general Liu Zeqing, he is a fierce man who would not hesitate to fight Sheng Yangong in order to grab land in Shandong.Therefore, under Liu Zeqing and Wu Shigong's argument, that is, under the threat of fire, the Liaodong Army reluctantly distributed a small part of the supplies to the coalition forces.

However, the materials allocated to the coalition forces were mainly food and grass.But for the Ming army at this time, they were on the inside and had ample supply of food and grass behind them, so these food and grass were also the least valuable.

It was Wu Shigong who carried forward the style.Except for picking [-] better armors and these grains and grass, he gave up the rest of the seizures to other coalition troops for distribution.This made everyone happy.

However, all the military officers including the officers of the Runing Battalion are also used to Wu Shigong's morbid love of grain and grass.But it is still inevitable that some people will mutter behind their backs: Could it be that Hou Ye's son has been starving since he was a child?

Then there is the distribution of money.However, the military officers of the coalition forces are all veterans of spoils distribution. They quickly came up with a distribution plan acceptable to all parties according to their respective numbers of soldiers, their respective military exploits and other conditions.

Of course, Liu Zeqing got the most money, and Wu Shigong's Runing Camp also got a big head.In the early 1s.Even Jiang Cheng, who was not present and stayed behind, got 1000 taels of silver.

After lunch, the whole army marched into the Ming army camp of the rebels. While counting and distributing the captured troops, the cavalry of the Liaodong army who had rested divided into several teams and left the camp to pursue the rebels. .

Seeing that Liu Zeqing's eyes were hot, he discussed with Wu Shigong: "Brother Chang Jing, do we want to send out our cavalry too?"

Wu Shigong gave Liu Zeqing a blank look, and felt sad for Liu Zeqing's confusion.So Wu Shigong hated iron and steel and shouted: "If you want to send out, the Liaodong Army will not agree!"

But Liu Zeqing, who did not give up, still proposed to Jin Guoqi.As expected, Jin Guoqi sternly refused.Although the reason for the refusal is high-sounding, the central idea is: Your coalition army has already taken advantage of it once, and now you still want to share a piece of our Liaodong Army's pie?Or go dreaming.

But at this time Kong Youde's defeated rebels showed their combat effectiveness.The rebels who were born in Dongjiang Town have been fighting guerrillas with the Hou Jin army.therefore.They are quite skillful in gathering the defeated army and using tactics such as cover and ambush after retreating.

Therefore, the chasing cavalry of the Liaodong Army did not achieve much results, but suffered several small losses.The coalition military attachés who learned of this result hid in their battalions.Sneering at the Liaodong Army's stealing chickens is not enough.

Not much to say about the petty moves between the two Ming armies as pioneers.Anyway.Relying only on the vanguard of the Ming army, they achieved a great victory in the Battle of Shahe.The news was sent to Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian who were still leading the main march of the Ming army, and they were both ecstatic immediately.

Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian immediately arranged for messengers to send Lubu to the imperial court, and the Liaodong Army and the Allied Forces could also afford this honor.You know, as long as you kill (with a head) and capture more than a thousand enemy troops, it is enough for the emperor to sacrifice to the Taimiao.

Then the main force of the Ming army accelerated its march.On August [-]nd of the fifth year of Chongzhen, he met with Pioneer.After rendezvous, it is to listen to the reports of the vanguard military officers and give credits.

Of course in the debrief.The military attache of the Liaodong Army and the military attache of the Allied Army had a small fight.For this kind of contradiction, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian are no strangers to it.It is strange that there are no conflicts among the various armies of the Ming army.As long as it doesn't affect future battles.

So after comforting the two sides, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian first gave credit to the vanguard military officers.Jin Guoqi, the leader of the Liaodong Army, and Liu Zeqing, Wu Sangui and Chen Zhongzhi, the leaders of the coalition army, were recorded as the first meritorious service.The other vanguard military officers, including Wu Shigong, were basically recorded as secondary meritorious service.Even Jiang Cheng, who stayed behind, was recorded as a minor meritorious service.

The evaluation of this credit is quite loose, because the current Ming Dynasty court has lacked victories for too long.

Moreover, the evaluation of these credits is mainly the result of a private compromise between Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian.Zhu Dadian's official is the governor of Shandong, so he must be partial to Liu Zeqing, a local military attache in Shandong; and Gao Qiqian is the supervisor of the Liaodong Army, so he must also be partial to the Liaodong Army.So don't attack each other anymore, the two sides still share the fruit, and everyone is happy.

Basically, he hadn't slept all night, and because he had spent a lot of energy in the quarrel just now, Wu Shigong felt a little drowsy when he was listening to the merits.He didn't care how he remembered his credit, anyway, his credit couldn't escape.

When the military discussion was over and the tent was released, Wu Shigong couldn't help yawning.Suddenly he was astonished and vaguely discovered that a young military general was left in the big tent.

Through the crack of the big tent door Wu Shigong found that the young military general kowtowed to Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, and said, "Godfather, Master Zhu." Then the blanket on the big tent door was put down.

Wu Shigong was a little curious, so he asked Liu Zeqing, "Then who is staying?"

Liu Zeqing pursed his lips and said, "It's that young general Wu Sangui who is known as the most loyal and brave general in the world!" (To be continued...)