Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Those officers who dispersed had no idea at all that they had just returned to their own troops, but they were immediately called back to the big tent. After entering the big tent, they only saw Wu Shigong sitting behind the big case and looking at a letter. Xin, with a livid face and said nothing.

The officers exchanged glances with each other, knowing that something must have gone wrong.really!What Wu Shigong is looking at now is the secret report of Tang Mei sent by the urgent horse.

And what Tang Mei knew at that time was what she heard when performing the dance and what she learned from Zuo Liangyu afterward. It was impossible for Zuo Liangyu to tell Tang Mei the details of the Xingyang Conference.Therefore, the other contents in the secret report are not very different from what the interrogation prisoners knew.

But there is a very important piece of information in it, that is, the peasant rebels who entered Shanxi on the north road are very likely to cross the Yellow River and enter Henan.And Zuo Liangyu, who was in charge of the defense of the Yellow River on this line, only cared about the defense of Kaifeng City, disregarding the other river channels of the Yellow River, and wanted to put this peasant rebel army completely into Guide Mansion.

And all the plans Wu Shigong considered before did not consider the peasant rebel army along the way.And when this peasant rebel army appeared, the battle plan of the Runing Army suddenly became chaotic.

Although it is still possible for the peasant rebel army to cross the Yellow River and enter Guide Mansion so far, Wu Shigong must not turn a blind eye to this possibility, nor can he expect Zuo Liangyu's conscience to find out and send troops to block the peasant rebel army.

According to inference, the total number of peasant rebels on this road should also exceed [-].And when they entered Guide Mansion, the first problem Runing Army faced was the defense of Guide Mansion.

If Guidefu City falls, then of course everything will be over.But even if the city of Guide Mansion does not fall, the entire Guide Mansion will be destroyed by the peasant rebel army.

Unlike Runing Mansion, which was directly controlled by the army of the Runing Army and grassroots civilian officials, the control of Guide Mansion was indirectly controlled through the local gentry of Guide Mansion cooperating with the Runing Army.

The reason why those gentry are willing to cooperate with the Runing Army is of course because they can benefit from this cooperation.Get a lot of benefits from the Runing Army.The most critical point is that the Runing Army can guarantee the safety and property of these gentry.

Of course, the peasant rebel army this time is really powerful, and it is helpless for Guide Mansion to be broken up.However, if the Runing Army refuses to even make a gesture of rescue, then these gentry from Guide Mansion will immediately separate themselves from the Runing Army.

In other words, the Runing Army must give those gentry an explanation.Otherwise, the Runing Army will pay double the price to make up for this rift in the future, and even completely lose control of most of the Guide Mansion.This kind of result simply caused the Runing Army to cut off its own arm.

But even more terrifying than that.If the peasant rebel army did not entangle under the city of Guide Mansion, and directly bypassed the city and drove to the Iron Triangle area, and then cooperated with the peasant rebel army attacking from the east road, then the Iron Triangle would immediately be in a situation where it was attacked by the enemy.

We already know.The defense of the fortress group is not built there one by one in isolation, but requires a mobile force to support the guerrilla enemy who enters the fortress group.

But now the only troops that can maneuver are the Guide Army led by Qian Qi with more than 700 people, and they have to face the peasant rebel army attacking from the back.Therefore, the only sensible choice is to withdraw this mobile force into the fortress, preserve its own strength and strengthen the defense of the fortress.But in this way, the Audio-Technica will completely lose its role in defending against the enemy.

But this way.The 20 army of peasant rebels in Hebing No. [-] did not need to attack the three fortresses of the Iron Triangle at all.Then the foundation of the Runing Army will be dealt a devastating blow.

so.The current Runing Army no longer wants to consider the issue of exterminating the peasant rebel army. They should choose to withdraw the main force of the Runing Army to the Runing Mansion, and attack from the inside according to the dynamics of the peasant rebel army to maintain the stability of the area controlled by the Runing Army. peaceful.

But in this way, another problem will be faced immediately.That is how to retreat safely from under the eyes of the 30 peasant rebels in front of us.There is only one way.It is to fight immediately, and strive to defeat the 30 peasant rebels in the shortest possible time, and then march back to Runing to face the other two peasant rebels.

But what Wu Shigong hated the most was the decisive battle.In the current situation, the peasant rebel army on the opposite side would certainly not obediently form a field battle.Facing the guns and cavalry of the Runing Army.They will definitely rely on the big camp and build a large number of fortifications to fight to the death with the Runing army.

However, even if there is a huge difference in the strength of the two sides, even if the Runing Army is attacking a strong camp, Wu Shigong firmly believes that his Runing Army will definitely win a big victory.But in this way, the Runing Army will definitely not be able to avoid heavy casualties.

And this also involves another weakness of the Runing Army.

Now every soldier in the Runing Army has received basic military training before joining the army.And Wu Shigong has also calculated that to train a qualified soldier, they need to train for nearly a year in the village guards, road guards, and in the Runing Army. The training time will be longer.So every soldier is very precious to Wu Shigong.

But this is not the most important thing, the more important thing is the financial problem.

Before this expedition, Wu Shigong and Deng Qifan made a settlement with the accountants in the inner study.First of all, the Runing Army is mobilizing the whole army this time. Wu Shigong estimates that the battle will take about three months.Therefore, the expenditure of the double military salary would require an extra payment of nearly 10 taels of silver.

And another big head is the compensation for casualties.Although there is a special bereaved family fund in the officer foundation, the Runing Army itself must prepare a batch of land and silver as pensions for disabled soldiers, and the limit is that the casualties of the Runing Army cannot exceed 2000.

But even so, the Runing Army will really have a hard time in the next two or three years.The reserves of the Runing Army and the savings of the Four Seas Bank will also be fully used, and some may have to be raised from the local government and borrowed from the gentry.In the next few years, there is no need to think about expanding the army. Even the equipment and horses lost in this battle will be difficult to replenish.

Of course, there is also a way to solve this problem, that is to let the soldiers free their hands and feet to plunder, and use the plundered proceeds to replace the high military salary.

But in this way, the strict discipline that the Runing Army has cultivated for a long time will disappear; the good reputation formed in the local area will also disappear.Even the centripetal force of the Runing Army will become a big problem.

Why does the current Runing Army have extremely strong cohesion? In addition to sharing common interests, the entire Runing Army also has a noble sense of mission and a sense of collective honor.If there are looting behaviors like the bandits, Tartars and other Ming troops, there will be only interests to maintain the Runing Army in the future.

But if it's just about benefits, the Runing Army can't compare to the imperial court and the Tartars, even the Peasant Rebel Army is also very attractive, at least they can also plunder unscrupulously, and they will definitely be much more at ease.So in the end, Wu Shigong trained the Runing Army, a strong army, to make wedding dresses for others.

What is more obvious is that the combat effectiveness of the Runing Army, which is used to looting, will also drop significantly.In any case, an army focused on fighting is always stronger than an army focused on looting.

Wu Shigong would never pin his future on the noble qualities of his colleagues and subordinates, especially since he suffered such a big loss in his previous life.Although Wu Shigong's thinking was a bit dark, it was better than insurance.Therefore, unless it was absolutely necessary, Wu Shigong would never let the Runing Army take this step.

In previous battles, the Runing Army had a good control over casualties.There were only over two hundred casualties in total.Since they all won and controlled the battlefield, so far, there are only more than [-] soldiers killed or disabled in the Runing Army.

Originally, Wu Shigong estimated that as long as he was patient and tempered slowly, he would be able to wipe out the peasant rebel army on the opposite side with at most five hundred casualties.But now it has suddenly turned into a strong attack, and the number of casualties will be completely out of control.And then we have to fight the other two peasant rebel armies. (To be continued..)