Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 427 The Pig Teammate Among the Pig Teammates
Wang Pu is actually still himself.

These days, the border generals still rely on the deduction of military pay to make their fortunes, which is already behind the trend of the times. Over the years, the Nine Frontiers have been in arrears for adding one piece of military pay for almost ten years. Even if all the pay is deducted every year, it may not be enough to support relatives For soldiers, the biggest source of income for border generals comes from foreign trade, that is, doing business with the Mongols.

Song Qingshu's strategic focus was difficult to shift, leaving scars on his face and being alone. Anyway, now that he has money in his pocket, he simply gave up most of the direct export trade, gave up the benefits to the side generals, and then collected Mongolian leather from them. Horses, cattle and sheep, so Wang Pu is also Song Qingshu's superior supplier.

It's just the same as later generations, if there are more sellers, buyers can negotiate the price, and Wang Pu has to curry favor with Song Qingshu, otherwise the share given to him will be less.

Not to mention that this guy is not good as a general, but a businessman is exquisite. After meeting him in a low profile that day, he mobilized his soldiers to help Song Qingshu build a camp. Datong soldiers are not weak, at least 1 small The people and horses were digging with embroidered iron weapons in the body belt of the soldiers. In addition, the soil here is soft. In one day, a trench more than one meter deep and four or five miles in circumference was dug out. The begging army set up camp.

However, Song Qingshu was not satisfied at all. The most material he brought during this trip was sacks. When the Datong soldiers withdrew, he ordered his own soldiers and some soldiers to continue digging, and piled up the bastion with sacks.

"Tsk tsk, as expected of the richest man in Shanxi, every one of the big-headed soldiers is like our own soldiers, how much money is spent on this? Bing, there are only a few who can fight, Brother Song, let me tell you With this silver tael, it is better to raise a few theater troupes and listen to the coolness from the district."

Following Song Qingshu to inspect the Qihuo barracks, while staring at the brand-new cotton armor and military coats worn by the soldiers of the Qihuo army, he said "canned food" in an aggrieved manner. This guy can be regarded as a colleague and a comrade-in-arms anyway, so it is not easy to give him face Look, Song Qingshu can only helplessly spread his hands.

"Brother Wang, everyone has their own preferences! Everyone has their own preferences!"

The world is weird, if you have to explain to him the bounden duty of a soldier to protect his family and country, this guy will probably treat you as a monster.

He wondered in his heart whether Song Qingshu was a manly man, and he was a good group, but Wang Pu was smiling all over his mouth, and continued to follow Song Qingshu's words.

"That's right. I heard that the southern barbarians in the south of the Yangtze River are making a lot of trouble. Brother Song needs a lot of people to suppress it. Unlike our brothers, we have almost all the openings. If there is a troublemaker, all the soldiers will make it up. If you drive the soldiers, you will be leveled."

He really didn't want to play mushrooms with this guy anymore, seeing the first mound of dirt built up by sacks, Song Qingshu simply brought the topic to the present, as if asking casually.

"By the way, Brother Wang, Mr. Song came to the ramp for the first time, and he still doesn't know what the current situation of the battle is like. Donglu fought all the way from Tongzhou to Zhending. He has fought a lot of hard battles these days, right?"

"Fight hard ass!"

As soon as this was mentioned, "Canned Food" became full of complaints, pointing to the north angrily and yelling loudly: "The imperial court is going to negotiate a peace, let this group of savages and barbarians not be able to grab it. If they grab enough, they will naturally Back in the deep mountains and old forests, wasn’t that the case that time? It’s been four months since the meddling surnamed Lu dragged the big guy along the way, and you see, I’ve lost a lot of weight around my waist!”

The corners of Song Qingshu's mouth twitched as he watched Wang Pu shaking his square waist, resisting the urge to hit someone, and the corners of Song Qingshu's mouth twitched to continue the news.

"Then how many troops do we have? I heard that Xuanda sent 11 troops this time, and with the reinforcements from the Guanning Army, there are at least 20 troops, twice as many as Jiannu."

"Twice as much!" When he said this, "Canned Food" grinned disdainfully again: "As far as the Wang family army is concerned, my brother, according to the roster, there must be at least 7000, but where can we actually raise them? The imperial court That bit of military pay is not enough to fit between the teeth, and the soldiers have to be supported by Lao Wang myself, which is only in the early [-]s. One piece is only more than [-], and the total number of soldiers and horses in Xuanda is only around [-] to [-]. There are more Guanning soldiers and horses in the back of Gao Gonggong, and there can be about [-]. The remaining county soldiers and township soldiers are even less It's worth mentioning."

Song Qingshu almost didn't spit it out when he heard these words. The number of tattered soldiers and horses in front of him was actually not as many as that of others. Song Qingshu felt that he had stepped into a pit.

Seeing Song Qingshu's ugly face, this Wang Pu patted him on the shoulder with a silly smile: "Brother Song, don't worry, although Jianlu is fierce, he is also on the side of Julu City. There are Lu, Hu Dawei, and Yang Guozhu in front of him." It’s right there, in case something happens, we’ll just retreat! Jianu is too busy trying to grab things, and he’s not willing to have a head-on confrontation with our firearms.”

Looking at Wang Pu's smiling face, in his mind, the fleeing people in Gaoyang City, as well as the county town that was burned and looted all the way, all lingering in his mind, no matter what, Song Qingshu Suddenly, I felt a sense of disgust, and I didn't want to continue talking to Wang Pu.

Just when he was about to make up a reason to drive this guy back, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes outside the camp gate.

"The Minister of the Ministry of War orders to summon the commanders of all the troops and horses to go to the Pingxiang camp to discuss military affairs. There must be no mistakes!"

The messenger holding the red flag was stopped by the gatekeepers of the begging army at the gate of the camp. He simply waved the red flag and shouted loudly. Song Qingshu frowned and Wang Pu's face completely collapsed.

"If the military salary is not paid, what the hell are you doing?"

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The front line of the entire Ming army presents a triangle shape. Guangzong on the back is Wang Pu's Datong Army and Song Qingshu's Huai Army. The south has the largest number of people, and it should be the most powerful Liaodong reinforcements. The Guan Ning Army is at the end. , stationed in Jize, sixty or seventy miles away from Julu, the westernmost side, that is, Pingxiang, the front line facing the Donglu, but it is the Chinese army, led by Lu Xiangsheng himself.

This trip Song Qingshu was really a little tangled, after all, it was someone else’s territory, and there were many precedents of officers and soldiers killing and surrendering. These civil servants are best at laughing in front of their faces and throwing swords at their backs. Even Sun Chuanting, who is under his command, is also a virtue. He went to Shaanxi to supervise the army, and as soon as he came up, he tricked He Renlong into the governor's mansion and killed him.

But you can't bring too many troops, as it is easy to cause misunderstandings. After thinking about it, you can simply bring three hundred of the most capable special operations front troops, plus two hundred personal soldiers. He rushed out even if he wanted to, and Sun Chuanting took hold of the three thousand cavalry behind him. If Lu Xiangsheng really dared to turn his back on him, then don't blame him for his death.

On the contrary, Wang Pu seemed to be used to it, so he brought fifty soldiers.

Ping Township is about 100 miles away from Guangzong, and the cavalry trotted for half an hour. The barracks here can be regarded as allowing Song Qingshu to find some feeling of a barracks. There are also cavalry patrolling back and forth outside the gate. Although they are also dressed in tatters and their weapons are not sophisticated, they are much stronger than the Datong Army. At first glance, they look like soldiers. Song Qingshu’s cavalry is more than [-] meters outside the camp gate. He was stopped, and a rather young scholar stood in front of him holding his sword arrogantly.

"Where did the soldiers and horses come from, dare to break into the Chinese army?"

Immediately Song Qingshu was not happy, and hummed with a rather ugly face: "Song Qingshu, the general of the Huaihe River, was ordered to come to Pingxiang to discuss military plans. Who are you? How dare you block here? I'm not afraid that this general will rule you. sin?"

"Oh? Are you the commander-in-chief of Lianghuai?"

This young scholar was quite courageous, he ignored Song Qingshu's threat, instead he looked at him in disgust, and then he walked out of the way with a cold snort: "You can go in, the soldiers and horses stay behind." Wait outside the camp!"

This Song Qingshu became popular, I spent thousands of miles out of my own pocket to fight for the imperial court, not to mention bleeding and sweating, why did I come here to post your cold ass?His complexion immediately became ugly, and Song Qingshu was about to explode.

Unexpectedly, there was another sound of horseshoes behind him, and he turned his head suddenly, and the same five or six hundred ornately decorated cavalry trotted over. The voice became more arrogant and annoyed.

"Who is so short-sighted and dares to stand in our way!"

"Oh, Eunuch Gao!"

In an instant, the "canned food" beside him greeted him as if he saw his own father. He greeted him with a smile on his face, and pointed inside with a smile: "Your old Mingjian, the last general and Song Zongbing were ordered to this Pingxiang to discuss military opportunities, but the head of the Ministry of War Mr. Yang is very powerful, all the soldiers of the family are not allowed to enter, there is no other way, is it blocking your old man?"

"Song Soldier? Song Qingshu, Soldier of Huaihe River?"

As soon as the tone changed, he muttered obviously embarrassingly, and then several cavalrymen squeezed away Song Qingshu's soldiers. One was wearing a black high felt, wearing a dark black robe, and a golden pheasant was drawn on his chest. In short, he was a rich, chubby old man arrogant Swinging the reins, he walked over, looked at Song Qingshu who was in a daze, and then suddenly smiled strangely.

"Song Qingshu, right? Master Yang and our family have mentioned you, tsk tsk, Gao Yangcheng beheaded five ranks, and also captured two cannons from Donglu Hongyi. Our family thought he was a mighty general, but looking at it this way, he is very gentle. It’s so juicy! You really can’t be judged by its appearance!”

Who is this guy?Song Qingshu was confused when he heard it, but after praising him, the eunuch surnamed Gao immediately raised his head arrogantly, and snorted coldly at the scholar blocking the way: "Yang Zanhua, the country is in crisis, and the athletes throw their heads for the country!" Sprinkling blood, but you are here to deliberately make things difficult and hurt the morale of the army! Okay, isn’t he, Mr. Lu, not allowed to enter the camp? Our family is also not allowed to enter, come on! Go back to the camp!”

Saying that, the eunuch Gao really made it clear that he was going to leave, and now the scholar surnamed Yang felt uncomfortable, he glanced at Song Qingshu with embarrassment, and then at the eunuch Gao who turned around and left, in a dilemma.

Fortunately, at this time, a cavalry ran out from behind, shouting loudly from a long distance.

"The commander-in-chief has an order, all the generals, let them go!"

Ji Qi was unwilling, this man surnamed Yang led people away from Luzhai coyly, and shrank to the side without saying hello. On the other hand, Wang Pu's canned face smiled like a flower, and he bowed in a servile manner and said .

"Eunuch Gao, please!"

Taking another meaningful look at Song Qingshu, the eunuch Gao led his elite cavalry into the Pingxiang camp first.

"Who is this?" Taking time out, Song Qingshu had a chance to catch Wang Pu to ask, but everyone walked away, and Wang Pu, who was still smiling, turned his head in surprise, as if he saw an alien and shouted.

"Gao Qiqian, the commander-in-chief of the Guanning Army, Eunuch Gao! Brother Song, don't you know him?"

(End of this chapter)