Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Among these 200 civilian husbands, more than [-] were former miners of the Laizhou Iron Mine.What is even more surprising is that more than [-] of them turned out to be blacksmith apprentices and people with blacksmithing experience.

During wartime, blacksmiths were also a very scarce resource, so it is impossible for Wu Shigong to have any blacksmiths among the civilian husbands assigned to him.But even if this is the case, shouldn't those backup blacksmiths be regarded as civilian husbands?

Wu Shigong didn't know that the main force for the final defense of Laizhou City was already organized by the Laizhou Mine Supervisor, and there were more than 1 miners and blacksmith apprentices.When recruiting civilian husbands, those officials were also lazy, so they recruited these militiamen.That's why Wu Shigong chose such a cheap offer.

Let me appease you without saying a word, and the white flour cake and big pot of meat will be served first.This enthusiastic attitude made those civilian husbands feel hairy.Isn't this scientific?When did such a group of people's soldiers appear in the Ming Dynasty?

Next is the settlement fee.The Runing Camp announced: As long as these civilian husbands are willing to go to Henan, they will give five taels of silver to those who can blacksmith, and two taels of silver to those who can't.Moreover, the cost of moving the whole family was borne by Runing Camp.

In addition, the Runing Camp also promised that as long as they arrive in Henan, everyone will have a house and arrange jobs to get paid.After the standard of the wages was announced, those civilian husbands immediately widened their eyes in disbelief.

Is there such a good thing?As soon as someone took the lead and saw that they had received a lot of money, except for dozens of people who really didn't want to leave their hometowns, all the other peasants eagerly signed up.

Of course, there will be some folks who have nothing to do with iron ore in this recruitment.But the Runing camp still pays money.Anyway, the money spent is not much, even if it is a thousand dollars to buy a horse bone.

The effect of buying horse bones with thousands of gold is quite good.Under the secret encouragement of the Runing Camp, the recruited civilians quickly spread the news to the entire military camp, and even to Laizhou City, the blacksmiths and miners of the Laizhou Iron Mine were all sensational.

But the recruitment of Runing Battalion this time is not overcharging.All recruits must have a relationship with Tie.The standard of settlement allowance is: 20 taels for blacksmiths, and [-] taels for blacksmith apprentices.Two miners.Other conditions remain unchanged.And the blacksmiths and miners who wanted to go to the Runing camp tried their best, and even wished to sneak into the camp of the Runing camp.

But although those blacksmiths and miners thought about it, the mine supervisor and military officer who controlled their coming and going would not let go.But there is a solution to this matter, the transfer fee.

In the end, a transfer fee price was negotiated, 40 taels for blacksmiths, 20 taels for blacksmith apprentices, and [-] taels for miners.Of course, the settlement allowance paid by the Runing Camp to these blacksmiths and miners remains unchanged.

Once the price is negotiated, the business will start immediately.In this recruitment, Wu Shigong recruited a total of 21 blacksmiths.One hundred and seven blacksmith apprentices, and more than 400 miners.This spent almost all the silver that Wu Shigong got after the Shahe battle.

And Liu Zeqing, the military attache of the coalition army, also deeply admired Wu Shigong's ability to make trouble wherever he went.The movement was so loud that even Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian got the news in the end.

But although Wu Shigong's aggressive recruitment of blacksmiths and miners is a bit weird.But Gao Qiqian, who has connections with the inner court, also roughly understood Wu Shigong's reason.

Ye Zhong, the mine supervisor of Nanyang Iron Mine, asked for help, and it was not a secret in the inner court.High dives are also considered.Wu Shigong recruited iron ore and miners to mine his own private mine after returning to Nanyang.

But Gao Qiqian is the eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor.He himself did not deal with Wang Cheng'en, the chief eunuch of the chief inspector of ceremonies.Nanyang Iron Mine and Laizhou Iron Mine were under the supervision of Si Lijian.What trouble they have has nothing to do with the high dive.Even the high dive still has some thoughts of gloating on the sidelines.

And Gao Qiqian also concealed the reason to Zhu Dadian, and pointed out Wu Shigong's identity.After understanding it, Zhu Dadian immediately felt that it was better to have one less thing than one more thing.The recruitment of Wu Shigong was left alone.

After resting for nearly ten days, after the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-], the Ming army set off again on August [-], the fifth year of Chongzhen.The Liaodong Army and the Allied Forces were once again in the vanguard.

Kong Youde's rebels also completely abandoned Pingdu.therefore.On August [-], more than [-] cavalry spies from the Liaodong Army captured Pingdu without bloodshed.Then, the soldiers of the Ming army pointed directly at Huang County.

The Ming army is resting.The rebels also took advantage of the Ming army's rest time to build and strengthen the defense of Huang County.The small county town of Huangxian certainly cannot accommodate the [-] rebel army.Therefore, the combat strategy set by the rebels is to rely on city walls and built ditches and earth walls for defense.Use defense instead of offense to fight the Ming army.

On August [-], the vanguard of the Liaodong Army reached Huangxian.They fought a small battle with two thousand cavalry sent by the rebels.

The rebels suffered a small defeat in this battle.After that, the rebel cavalry fled towards Huang County.In fact, the small defeat of the rebel army this time was because the rebel army wanted to lure the Liaodong army to pursue them, and use fixed defenses to give the Liaodong army a blow.

But the Liaodong Army pursued very cautiously, because after the last battle of Shahe, the Liaodong Army had not forgotten the small losses they suffered during the pursuit.Therefore, when they saw the fortifications of the rebels and tried to fight to no avail, the Liaodong Army retreated.

After the main force of the Liaodong Army and the Allied Forces arrived, and after several attempts to attack and reconnaissance firepower, the vanguard of the Ming Army basically figured out the defense layout of the rebels.Then, the vanguard of the Ming army confronted the rebels, waiting for the main force of the Ming army to arrive.

On August [-], the main force of the Ming army arrived.In the afternoon of the same day, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian called all military attaches above the garrison for a pre-war military discussion.

At the beginning of the military discussion, according to the usual practice, Jin Guoqi first introduced the defense of the rebel army and put forward combat suggestions.

"This time there are about 5 to [-] rebels in Huang County. The fortifications they built outside Huang County are also very simple. The general estimated that Huang County can only accommodate [-] rebels at most, and the rest must Fight with our officers and troops outside the city."

"Most of the cannons of the traitors were erected at the head of Huangxian City, because the cannons did not fire when the general tried to fight, so I don't know the range of those cannons. But the range should not be very large, at most three or four miles. Because from above According to the confession of the rebel captives, the rebels' large-range artillery was erected in Dengzhou City, and it was hard to move when it was fixed. Therefore, it is less likely that the rebels will use those artillery during the battle in Huang County."

"The last general believes that as long as the rebels outside the city are defeated, even if the rebels are still defending Huang County, the official army can let a partial division guard the rebels in Huang County, and the main force of the official army can also bypass Huang County, directly attack Dengzhou City."

"Therefore, the focus of tomorrow's battle is to defeat the rebels outside the city. But the rebels dug two trenches and built a wall of earth. Attacking with human lives will definitely lose a lot. Therefore, we must lure the rebels out. "

"The general thought that our officers and soldiers also had a lot of artillery, so we could use our artillery to shoot repeatedly. As long as the rebels can't stand it, no matter whether they flee, retreat to the county seat, or come out to fight in the field, our officers and soldiers will take over Get the upper hand."

"Of course, preparations for field battles are also essential. I won't say much about the general. With the arrangements of the governor and the military supervisor, the rebels are definitely fish on the knife case."

Jin Guoqi's words are indeed old-fashioned.He not only analyzed the situation of the rebels well, but also put forward the most suitable combat plan for the Ming army.Finally, we should praise Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian and respect their authority.How does this performance look like a general.He's just an old official in the officialdom.

As for Jin Guoqi's words, it must have been the result of collective discussions among military attaches of the Liaodong Army.Besides, what he said was indeed reasonable, so after several other military officers put forward some supplementary opinions, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian basically agreed to this battle plan.

During this military meeting, Wu Shigong has been deserting.He repeatedly looked curiously at Wu Sangui, the chief executive who broke into the Chinese military tent to participate in the military discussion.

Wu Sangui is of medium build, but very strong.He also looks very upright.But he was indeed young, and there was still a fine down on his lips.Wu Shigong also inquired about it a few days ago, and Wu Sangui was only 17 years old at this time.According to the calculation of modern people, his actual age is only 16 years old.And Wu Sangui was a little baffled by Wu Shigong's repeated scrutiny.He even couldn't help touching his face several times, thinking that there was something unclean on his face.

But at the end of the military discussion, another accident occurred.When arranging the order of the field troops of the Ming army tomorrow, Jin Guoqi said: "I implore the governor and the military supervisor for your permission. The army of General Liu Can, who is the vanguard with my Guan Ning cavalry, is also brave and good at fighting. He and our Guan Ning The iron cavalry also cooperates well. Therefore, in tomorrow's arrangement, whether to let Liu Can's army be behind my Guanning iron cavalry, let me wait without any worries, and do my best to serve the emperor and the court."

"How can this be done!" Liu Zeqing immediately refused.Jin Guoqi's suggestion is completely the Liaodong Army's retaliation against the coalition forces.They just wanted to prevent the coalition forces from capturing any more in this battle.

And a few days ago, the military attache of the coalition army, who was excited by the capture in the Shahe Battle, was thinking of making another big profit in the Huangxian Battle.They all howled and looked forward to the battle to start soon.

Although Wu Shigong is not very willing to fight on the front line, he will not express any objections to disturb the interest of other military officers.Therefore, in this military meeting, Liu Zeqing was determined to win the coalition forces to be on the front line of the battle.

However, Liu Zeqing has not yet expressed any objection.Another military attache joined Jin Guoqi in suppressing the coalition forces. (To be continued..)