A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 88 Seized Proceeds

Ignoring the howling and crying of those gangsters, the sergeants on the left sentry killed these gangsters one by one. When they executed the gangsters, they always used long spears to avoid gaps in their waist knives, and they could also practice spear skills by the way.

Most of the pikemen in the Shunxiang Army could hit the target by sprinting 100 steps away. Needless to say, their pikemen could accurately pierce the hearts of the bandits without even looking at them at such a close distance.Soon, more than [-] gangsters died there.

In the end, the seized materials from the bandit village were also clearly counted, and Zhong Xian reported to Han Zhong in his gentle voice: "My lord, my left sentry sergeant seized a total of 570 five taels of bandit silver, 750 grains of rice, three stones and six buckets, and captured mules and horses." 87 horses, 240 knives and six pairs of guns, 350 sheep, 27 cows...My lord, what you have gained is rich!"

All the officers around were all beaming with joy, Wang Dou was rewarded very heavily, at least [-]% of the supplies would be given out as rewards for the captured gains, and after doing the math, everyone got quite a lot this time.

Han Zhong was also grinning from ear to ear, and he scolded with righteous indignation: "These bandits are devoid of conscience, and all they rob is the fat and anointing of the people. Fortunately, they met our Master Shun Xiangbao. Take the money and food back, and it can save lives." There are countless victims."

All the officers happily praised Han Zhong as indeed he was an old man who was by the side of the defender, and he was well-informed, that is, he had a benevolent heart, and he really took it from the bandits and used it for the people.

Han Zhong muttered again: "Grandma has so much money and food, it's a bit difficult to transport it back."

So much captured is the income of all the military households in Shunxiangbao from farming. I am afraid that after several years of hard work, it will not be as rich as capturing this bandit village.However, Meiyu's garrison of thousands of households is quite far away from Shunxiang Fort, and the road is difficult to walk. It is easy to wipe out the bandit villages, but it is somewhat difficult to bring them back.

Zhong Xiancai gently reminded: "My lord, didn't you seize more than 80 mules and horses? There are also some vehicles in the village. Put the seized vehicles on the vehicles, and then you can use the mules and horses to go back."

Han Zhong nodded and said, "That's right, I just thought of this, so you brought it up, very good."

Immediately, he majesticly ordered the whole army to act together, put the captured animals on mules and horses, pull them all back, and drive away all the cattle and sheep.In the end, he ordered a fire to be set and the whole village was burned down.

Nothing happened along the way. Seeing the left guard of the Shunxiang Army, more than 200 people were all as brave as servants, and no one dared to move their minds on the road.On April [-]th, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Han Zhong led the left sentry sergeant, took a large number of seized, and returned triumphantly to Shunxiang Fort.

For a while, the entire Shun Township Fort was a sensation. Although the Shun Township Army suppressed bandits everywhere during these times, they broke down more than a dozen bandit villages, and the income was not as rich as Han Zhong's visit this time. With these grains, rice and silver, at least this year In other words, the whole castle can live comfortably.

Wang Dou was also very happy. Under the large-scale disaster relief, he had little money and food left. However, he broke down those villages earlier and seized thousands of taels of silver, more than 400 shi of grain and rice, and this time, 500 shi With an extra tael of silver and more than 750 stone grains and rice, at least this year, the soldiers and civilians inside the fort, as well as the disaster victims outside the fort, don't have to worry about eating and drinking.

Previously, Wang Dou was still a little worried. In the second half of the year, when the Qing soldiers invaded, the entire Shun Township Castle would not be able to be farmed.With these money, food and rice, even if the wilderness is wiped out by then, what fear do I have?
He personally went out of the castle to meet Han Zhong and his party, and ordered Lin Daofu, who was extremely happy, to put all kinds of money, grain and rice into the warehouse, and the cattle and sheep were also settled.

After returning to the fort, Wang Dou immediately awarded rewards based on his merits, registered each person's military merits, and gave [-]% of the confiscated rewards to each sergeant. They were rewarded one by one according to their combat performance. The field was divided, and now these soldiers can have a few days off. After they returned with a large amount of rice rewards, the family members were overjoyed. For a while, there was laughter in the fort.

The only regret is that Wang Dou's dispatch of troops to Meiyu Shouyuqianhu to suppress the bandits this time was done in secret, and they could not report their military achievements, and it was impossible for the superiors to reward them.

With money and food, things are easy to do. Wang Dou's plans to expand the army, expand the scale of mining, build the fort wall, and recruit victims outside the fort can all be implemented.

On April [-]th, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Wang Dou summoned the military officials in the fort to discuss a series of affairs.

The official Feng Dachang first reported to Wang Dou with a smile: "My lord, the number of victims outside the fort has been counted. There are 150 people in total, including 840 men, 620 people, and 220 people. Five. There are [-] women, including [-] adult girls and [-] young girls."

"According to statistics, there are 470 and 370 households with 770 and [-] households. The remaining [-] and [-] D households, or their wives and children died, or only orphans and women were left behind, so they did not form a whole household."

Wang Dou waved his hand: "Let all these people join the military households of Shun Township Fort, and those who don't want to join will be driven away!"

He smiled at Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie: "My lords, now you can each lead a sentry."

Wen Fangliang rubbed his hands and said happily: "That's great, finally I'm no longer leading a few soldiers."

Sun Sanjie was also overjoyed.

Wang Dou murmured that Shun Township Fort might not be able to accommodate so many Dingkou, so they could only live outside the fort. Fort walls must be built in the border areas. Right now, among Wang Dou's close forts, Jingbian Fort There are 170 households, of which more than 60 households have been living outside the fort without building the fort wall.

I can send one hundred Dingkou households to Jingbian Fort, some to Koujiagou Iron Works, and the rest to stay in Shunxiang Fort.

It would cost a lot just to build the walls of the two fortresses, and if they were roughly built, they might not have enough protection.

Since the beginning of this year, Wang Dou has always intentionally or unintentionally revealed his worries that the Jin soldiers will invade again after this year.Everyone was baffled by Wang Dou's worries. Could it be that the defense master could have predicted that the Tartars would enter the customs again this year?

At this time, Wang Dou showed this concern again, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, Wen Fangliang smiled and said: "My lord, as far as I know, there is the ancient site of Hanpan County to the west of our Shun Fort. Fort, it doesn’t cost much, and…”

He laughed and said: "The ancestors of Xiaguan were from Zhongzhou. In our place, bandits and thieves were rampant in the place of the Fourth World War. Every Zhuangzi had to build a solid city and fortress. For the fortress, first build a loess high platform, which is more than ten feet high. To build the fort wall, soil was taken from around the fort wall. Because of the construction of the fort, there were loess pits within a hundred feet around the fort, each more than one foot deep. If bandits wanted to attack, they had to bypass these pits first. The loess pit is extremely difficult. After passing the pit, you have to climb the earth platform. Climb up the earth platform and the fort wall. From the slope of the earth platform to the fort wall, the height is several feet high. When the earth platform rolls down, it can hit a lot of people, which is really miserable!"

Everyone in the audience was very interested in hearing this, Wen Fangliang said with a smile: "Of course, this fortified city also has its shortcomings. It is difficult for the enemy to enter the fort, and it is also difficult for our military households to leave the fort."

Wang Dou slapped his thigh and said, "Traveling is not important, the most important thing is safety and adequate protection!"

He laughed and said, "Jingbian Fort can also be handled in the same way!"

The people discussed and calculated for a while, and the construction of the walls of these two fortresses required more than 1000 taels of silver. If grain and rice were counted, half and half of the silver and grain would be needed. Use silver, even if the price of rice is expensive, you can also spend silver to buy it.

The matter has been decided in this way. From now until the Qing soldiers enter the bandits, I am afraid that there will not be a few months. All affairs must be paid close attention to.

……

The recruitment of disaster victims outside the fort into military households went smoothly. During these times, everyone in Shun Township Fort was able to survive. I am grateful. The family suffered a disaster, and they did not have a good life after returning. See the example of the military households in Shunbao, living here. Anwen, as long as you are willing to work, you can live. After reclaiming the wasteland, everyone will have a field to share. It is really a paradise.

As for the status of a private household, it is more important to survive these days, so what is a private household?At least the military households in Shunxiangbao will not be displaced and starve to death like themselves.It's better to stay here and treat Shunxiang Castle as your own home.

Most of the more than 3000 disaster victims outside the fort stayed in Shunxiang Fort. Wang Dou ordered the commander Feng Dachang to register them one by one, and each of them was issued a military household sticker. From now on, these new military households will belong to Shunxiangbao. The newcomer Ding registered.

With Wang Dou's order, thousands of victims of the disaster gathered in the direction of the west side of Shunxiang Fort, where new barracks for military households were built, and all the original shacks were burned down. Dig a pit and bury it deep to prevent the plague.At the same time, Wang Dou also selected one hundred new military households and sent them to Jingbian Fort.

The construction of the fort walls at Shunxiang Fort and Jingbian Fort was under the supervision of Lin Daofu and veteran Wu Shihuan. Wu Shihuan was outstanding in building the fort walls at Jingbian Fort, and Wang Dou still valued him very much.

To build the fort wall and barracks, the loess is not bad, so the soil is taken from the surrounding area. The more potholes the surface is, the more big pits are dug, the better. However, all kinds of lime, glutinous rice, wood, etc. have to be purchased from outside. Stone materials, etc., also need a large number of people to mine, and these require a lot of money and food. In a short time, the money in Wang Dou's pockets is rolling away.

Ramping up the fort wall requires a large number of manpower, unlike the construction of Jingbian Fort in the past, Wang Dou now has enough manpower.Digging, muddying, stripping, and drying in the sun, the thousands of new military households just went to battle.

At the same time, Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie were also happy to select the young and strong among the new military households, and selected officers from the veterans of the original two sentries. , According to the training regulations, he trained in a hurry.

……

On April [-]th in the ninth year of Chongzhen, Wang Dou took Han Chao, Han Zhong, and some guards back to Jingbian Fort.

Zhong Tiaoyang received the news and greeted Wang Dou and his party at the gate of the city.

This is the first time Wang Dou has returned to Jingbian Fort in the past few months since he went to Shunxiang Fort. When he saw Wang Dou in front of Yongning Gate, the military households in the fort were all pleasantly surprised. They seemed to be unable to believe their eyes. Then they rushed to tell each other: "My lord is back, and my lord has not forgotten the elders of Jingbianbao!"

They clustered around Wang Dou, chattering and following the bell, just welcoming Wang Dou and others into the castle. Qi Tianliang and Tao Shi, who came after hearing the news, both had eyes. With tears in his eyes: "My lord, you are back!"

Wang Dou exchanged pleasantries with them for a while, looking at the old people in Tongdun, Wang Dou was very moved. After he left, Jingbian Fort was really deserted.

Jingbian Fort originally had 170 households, of which more than 60 households have been living outside the fort, but all the young and strong among them have been organized into sergeants.Of these sergeants, six teams went to Shunxiang Fort with Wang Dou, one team went to Dongjiazhuang with Gao Shiyin and Yang Tong, and only three teams stayed in Jingbian Fort.

There are few men in the fort, young and strong, and this popularity has dropped. Although Wang Dou and others brought out soldiers from Jingbian Fort, all of them have become officers. Talking about it is also proud.But deserted is deserted, this is a fact, thinking about the days of Jingbian Fort before, and thinking about it now, the lost mentality of the military households in Jingbian Fort is understandable.

However, on April [-]th, Wang Dou sent a hundred new military households to Jingbian Fort, and sent many men to help Jingbian Fort build a new fort wall. The military households in the frontier fort felt comforted, the adults have not forgotten them.

Today, Wang Dou returned to his hometown, which made the military households in Jingbianbao even more happy.

(End of this chapter)