Wanli 1592

Chapter 47 After the War
Although Xiao Ruxun's words are exaggerated in some places, it is true that he is handsome and well-written. Ye Mengxiong and Mei Guozhen highly admire Xiao Ruxun's block letters, and think that this block letter has "awe-inspiring righteousness" and "a peerless Yan Zhenqing". What, I admire Xiao Ruxun's calligraphy very much. Ye Mengxiong also recommended some books he likes to Xiao Ruxun, so that he can read these books when he has time to increase his knowledge, which will be of great help in the future.

Of course, Xiao Ruxun would not just chat with them. During this period of time, Xiao Ruxun, as the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, gathered all the 830 nine bird guns that could be found and put into use in Ningxia. Among the [-] Ming troops in Ningxia, [-] soldiers were selected who were well-trained in marksmanship, and who could shoot at the worst.

With only these 3000 people, Xiao Ruxun formed a 3000-man blunderbuss team, and then formed an artillery team of more than [-] people with more than [-] various vehicles and guns. The two were combined into one and became [-] soldiers. The firearms battalion of the remaining people became a unit directly under the Ningxia General Army, and was handed over to Wang Hui to command, and Wang Hui was promoted to a general.

This move was supported by Ye Mengxiong, the governor of the three sides. Ye Mengxiong supported Xiao Ruxun's firearms battalion construction plan with his own authority, and Mei Guozhen, the military supervisor, expressed that he would personally watch Xiao Ruxun's method of training the firearms battalion, and then record it in detail, and report this method to the Ministry of War , And then spread to the garrisons all over the country.

After this battle, Ye Mengxiong and Mei Guozhen witnessed the huge lethality of firearms and the great power of gunpowder, and they began to attach great importance to the use and tactics of firearms. Xiao Ruxun is the well-deserved number one expert in the use of firearms today, so Xiao Ruxun’s opinion They held a lot of weight in their hearts. Watching Xiao Ruxun make three thousand pistols practice firearms in a fairly standard three-row formation on the school field, that formation was indeed quite intimidating.

Moreover, the issues of post-war pensions, resettlement of the people, and city renovation that gave Wei Xuezeng a headache, Xiao Ruxun can also put forward his own opinion, that is, let the old and weak women and children in Ningxia City make ammunition bags for these gunmen.

While persuading the young and middle-aged to cultivate and step up the pace of farming, while allowing the old, young, women and children to have something to do, they can also receive some small money and take care of a meal to subsidize the family. Individuals have things to do, and the masses have no time to think about other things.

The same is true, in order to prevent the soldiers from causing trouble for a long time, in addition to ordering large-scale training, Xiao Ruxun also asked the soldiers who had no training missions to repair the city walls, repair ordnance supplies, and even sent some soldiers to help cultivate the fields. .

This is a way to deepen the so-called "military-civilian fish-water relationship", tell soldiers that they come from the people, and they should also love the people. If you love the family members of other soldiers, other soldiers will also love your family members. If you bully other people's family members, Others will bully your family members and so on.

In this way, not only did the residents of Ningxia have no time to make troubles, but the soldiers also had things to do and could not make troubles. The whole order was stabilized at once. Ye Mengxiong was pleasantly surprised to find that Xiao Ruxun actually had the ability to manage civil affairs, so he easily let go of some powers and started to work. The logistics work that I am good at.

And Mei Guozhen squatted in the military training ground every day to watch how Xiao Ruxun practiced the firearms battalion, and then let the firearms battalion gradually have combat effectiveness, gradually combined with swords and shields to fight, set up a large firearms formation, and practiced how to use the firearms formation in the plains against cavalry.

Mei Guozhen also discussed with Xiao Ruxun the combat characteristics of cavalry, and then how to use this characteristic to make firearms play the most effective role against cavalry, etc. Of course, one topic that cannot be avoided is the problem of firearms not being waterproof.

Xiao Ruxun said that he has no time to solve this problem for the time being. When he has the time, he will work with others to study how to improve the ignition method. Instead of such a troublesome matchstick, he will adopt a more convenient and waterproof ignition method to ignite. Even if it rains, there is no need to worry that the firearm cannot be used.

Xiao Ruxun also sent sentry cavalry to listen to the movements of the Mongols on the grassland. He was afraid that the Mongols would attack the Ming Dynasty just after the rebellion was suppressed, so he had to be prepared in advance, and the fruits of victory could not be snatched away by the Mongols. He and Xiao Ruhui's cavalry were ordered by him to maintain a state of combat readiness at all times, and once news came, they could go out to battle immediately.

Xiao Ruxun did an excellent job in the work of the Ningxia General Army, which was recognized by everyone, so the defense work of Ningxia Town was fully grasped all of a sudden, and the defense ability was greatly improved.

Half a month later, Ye Mengxiong's military report and Mei Guozhen's memorial arrived in the capital, and they were ordered to be sent directly to the palace for the emperor to preview. Even the cabinet and the Secretary of General Administration could not know the content of the battle report in advance, but the news still spread Suddenly, Zhao Zhigao, the deputy chief assistant, Zhang Wei, the second assistant, and Shi Xing, the minister of the Ministry of war, all entered the palace to see the emperor and inquire about the situation of the battle.

What they didn't know was that Emperor Wanli had been laughing heartily for a long time after learning the content of the military newspaper first. After being aggrieved for so long, it was the first time he felt so happy. Really, Emperor Wanli felt so happy like never before. Because the biggest hero this time is not a few literati commanders, but Xiao Ruxun, the commander-in-chief of Ningxia who he insisted on promoting.

The huge and powerful Qibai Rebellion that shocked the whole of Shaanxi was completely put down in just two months. All the rebels were killed at the moment of Qibai, and no one escaped. Only more than 300 of the tens of thousands of rebels were captured alive. All were beheaded, and the Ming army wiped out more than [-] enemies, the greatest victory since Jiajing!This is a beautiful battle fought by Xiao Ruxun, the commander-in-chief he insisted on promoting!
When he got tired of laughing, Zhu Yijun began to pay attention to the whole battle process. He would judge the battle process based on Ye Mengxiong's military report, Mei Guozhen's memorial, and Jin Yiwei's secret papers. Among them, Jin Yiwei's secret papers undoubtedly had the highest gold content. , received the most attention from him.

After Zhang Juzheng's death, Zhu Yijun personally took charge of Jinyiwei, abolished the influence of Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, and put his cronies in Jinyiwei. At the same time, he paid attention to protecting Jinyiwei's external intelligence network, and directly transferred money from the internal treasury to Jinyiwei's commander Luo Sigong. In the past few years, a Jinyiwei intelligence network that surpassed the Jiajing and Longqing eras had been created.

Everyone in the world thinks that Jin Yiwei's intelligence network is internal, and that the minister of surveillance framed the minister, so they are afraid of it, but few people know that Jin Yiwei not only spreads its intelligence network throughout the Ming Dynasty, but also spreads its intelligence network to the surrounding areas of the Ming Dynasty. Within enemy and vassal states.

After 200 years of work, countless vassal states and enemy states around the Ming Dynasty have been infiltrated. If there is any change in these places, the first to know is the secret agent of Jin Yiwei, the second is the commander, and the third is the emperor.

However, in an era when the commander of the Jinyiwei was unable to do anything or was involved in political struggles or simply was someone else's pawn, the Jinyiwei's external deterrence would be much smaller, and it would concentrate on dealing with the interior. But when the Jinyiwei was completely in the hands of the emperor, and the Jinyiwei commander When he is quite capable, Jin Yiwei can play an unexpected role.

The current Jinyiwei Commander Luo Sigong is quite capable and loyal to the emperor. The reason why Zhu Yijun can see through the tricks of those courtiers and still control the government in a certain way during the decades when he is not in court, without Luo Sigong's dedication, is unimaginable.

It's like the chaos of the worship, Jinyiwei's secret report was delivered a day earlier than the urgent document at Babaili. When Zhu Yijun received the urgent report from the border, he had already prepared the draft and made arrangements to send the report as quickly as possible. Arrange things.

Then Wei Xuezeng's private persuasion to surrender, Xiao Ruxun's various contributions, and the movements of the rebels, etc., were all recorded by Jinyiwei and sent back to the original place. I didn't have time to deliver this news to Ye Mengxiong. Of course, this is not necessary.

(End of this chapter)