stubborn thief

Chapter 492 Seeing is believing
In the two camps of wounded soldiers outside Gaotai City, the wailing and groaning of the wounded soldiers was intermittent.

Liu Chengzong sewed up the wound in front of him with a curved steel needle, washed his hands with hot water, patted Hei Chengyin who was lying on the sickbed, and said with a grin: "You are really lucky. After three to five months of rest, you will be alive again. I asked someone to prepare a sedan chair for you, and you want to go back to Suzhou to rest, or should you follow me for a while and go to Ganzhou to rest?"

Ding Guodong's subordinates said that Zonghei Chengyin was the first person to climb to the top of the high platform city. He went to the city to fight with his armor and suffered the most severe beatings. Thirteen arrows were pierced, seven small lead cakes were pasted, and three iron bars were embedded.

But all that was left were small traumas and internal injuries. The most serious fatal injury on his body came from his leg. His leg was broken. It is said that the soldiers of the Ming army who dealt with him found that the weapons could not kill him quickly. Lishi came forward empty-handed, and a Zhou Cang carried a knife and carried him off the horse path.

Zhoucang carrying the knife belongs to the technique of wrestling, also known as arm throwing or arm throwing, similar to over-the-shoulder throwing.

Hei Chengyin was directly slammed. Fortunately, Ding Guodong's troops ascended the city quickly, and the follow-up troops fought on the city. The defenders didn't care about this guy who seemed to be thrown to death under the city. No one made up the knife, so he picked it up. life.

Hei Chengyin's head was still buzzing from the fall, and after listening to Liu Chengzong's questioning, he asked, "Your Majesty, how many Baizong are going to the city with me?"

The smile on Liu Chengzong's face gradually disappeared, and he shook his head lightly and said: "It's all gone, there is a man called Huo Zhe Ha Zhi, who saw you being thrown from the city, and threw the powerful man down the city to help you avenge him, and he also They were killed below the city, of the remaining four, two were killed on the city, and the other two were too seriously injured, so they were withdrawn and could not be rescued."

Hei Chengyin's bearded face was extremely sad, and Liu Chengzong couldn't tell whether it was the pain in his wound or the grief in his heart. His eyes were filled with tears, but they didn't fall. He just gritted his teeth tightly and sighed after a long time.

"This is war."

In fact, the death rate of more than [-] officers in Ding Guodong's department was nine out of ten, which was not a surprise to Liu Chengzong. On the contrary, Liu Chengzong was really surprised by the vigorous combat effectiveness of this thousand headquarters in Gaotai City.

Because although Ding Guodong was a guerrilla general, the soldiers he led to garrison Jiayuguan were not guerrilla battalions, but guards led by two thousand households of Suzhou Guard.

Three soldiers of the Weisuo Banner Army guarded the city and seven soldiers garrisoned the fields. Hei Chengyin was originally a hereditary thousand households of the Suzhou Guard.

Their advantage is that they ate well in the past three months, and their disadvantage is that the soldiers are not well equipped. Even the small flag officers and even the chief flag officers have inferior armor quality to the soldiers from the former Suzhou Battalion.

In other words, the five hundred generals who went to the city with Hei Chengyin used to be from hundreds of households, and only officers of this level under Ding Guodong generally met the two conditions.

The first is the officer's armor that has the quality and compliance, and the second is to meet the physical strength and training for combat wearing armor.

It's just that after this battle, Ding Guodong's direct-controlled officers were almost wiped out in one battle.

Liu Chengzong didn't sigh, but said: "Ding Qian's headquarters also has a Baizong named Chang Fox. I have promoted him to be Qianzong. The nine Baizong who died in the battle were all guards. They all inherited the hundred households as brothers and nephews. , and went to Xining Xincheng Academy to study after the war."

"The rest of the officers and soldiers at all levels will be rewarded according to their military achievements, and the officers will be filled up, and then the soldiers will be replenished."

When Hei Chengyin heard Chang Fox's name, his eyes immediately recovered: "He's still alive? That's great!"

In fact, his relationship with Chang Fox is not considered close, but he escaped death. Knowing that some of the colleagues who used to get along day and night are still alive, it is unavoidable to be excited.

Chang Fox didn't have this name originally. He was born in the Yellow-headed Uighur. His ancestors had settled in Suzhou in the Yuan Dynasty, and his name was Hu Huli. The name itself is a very Chinese name.

Jade is a ritual vessel used by people in the Central Plains to worship the heaven and earth in ancient times. It is divided into Bi, Cong, Gui, Zhang, Hu, and Huang. Li Nan, Yi Huang Li North.

The white tiger in the west is the main soldier, so the hu is carved into the shape of a tiger. The one with holes is called a tiger-shaped jade pendant, and the one without a hole is called a jade hu. It is also used to send troops, which is the jade tiger talisman.

In any army, if you see this name when you register for military registration, you can tell that you are an officer in the guard, and it is very likely that your parents or grandparents are not low in official positions and have a certain level of education. A desire to make achievements in the military and pray for blessings.

But the logic of the Marshal Army is different.

The person in charge of registering their military registration is well-informed about all kinds of bandits, and even when they see strange names, they will not go into details, and will also have a strange sense of intimacy.

Breaking into the Sky, Shooting the Sky, Heavenly Monkey, Li Laozheng, Crooked Liangzi, Liao Huzi, Bee Tail Needle, Azalea, have we never seen ghosts and snakes?

Chang Fox, what can you explain?It means that this person is from the Shaanxi Township Party, and his behavior is quite cunning, good!
Hei Chengyin, who was withdrawn from the battlefield for the first time, felt a little comforted by the news that his colleagues were still alive. He was stunned for a long time, knowing that Liu Chengzong would comfort him again, and told him to rest well. When he was about to leave, he suddenly asked Said: "Marshal... why did you rebel?"

Liu Chengzong froze for a moment, then smiled and said: "This is a big question. If six or seven years ago, I would have pulled you and told you carefully why I rebelled and why you should follow me, but today, I can only tell you Your time has come."

"Rather than I tell you, why don't you look with your own eyes and see why the soldiers around you are willing to follow me, whether our land and our people's lives are better or worse... Go to Ganzhou, I left Ganzhou The official position of the Commander of the Palm of the Guard is given to you, and you will have an answer to many things during the past few months of recuperation."

Hei Chengyin was very grateful for the official rewards, but he was also as anxious as Hu Zhishen when he first led the generals.

Liu Chengzong didn't delve into this. The generals who were promoted in this siege battle needed a certain amount of time to accept the change of their identities, but he no longer needed to worry about the loyalty of these people.

They have no absolute loyalty to speak of, but they also have no absolute disloyalty. Yang Jiamo, the commander-in-chief of Gansu who went through fire and water, is their certificate of honor.

Liu Chengzong has more important things to do.

The Battle of Gaotai was extremely fierce. In just one day of hand-to-hand combat, the two armies were seriously injured and killed more than [-] soldiers, and more than [-] were slightly injured and disabled.

Liu Chengzong's adequate preparations played a huge role in the siege. In the post-war casualty report, although the total number of casualties and injuries was slightly higher than that of the Ming army, this was due to the fact that Mo and Beijing were raided by Luo Junjie's army. As a result, in the actual siege operations, the casualties of the Suzhou camp were slightly lower than those of the Ming army.

But even so, because the siege troops were concentrated into the Suzhou Battalion, the actual losses were extremely heavy.

Among the four generals before the war, Hu Zhishen led 800 people, Mirayin Department had more than 900 people, Ding Guodong Department had 800 people, and Bee Tail Department had 500 people, with a total of [-] people.

After the war, there were [-] soldiers from Hu Zhishen Department, [-] from Mirayin Department, [-] from Ding Guodong Department, and [-] from Bee Tail Department, with a total of [-] soldiers. There is only one person left.

Fierce battles require higher rewards. Therefore, in addition to fulfilling his promise to the Suzhou Camp before the war, Liu Chengzong divided the land for the soldiers of the whole camp, rewarded three horses and animals that first climbed to the headquarters, and temporarily formed an army from the Huben Camp. Hundreds of teams who are good at calculation.

They will count and price all the trophies seized in the city except for the gold, silver and copper coins, and divide them into four parts. Rewards are given to officers and soldiers who have performed exceptionally well in combat.

The gold, silver and copper coins seized were worth more than [-] taels of silver. Liu Chengzong also used the money for rewards. According to the price of one tael of silver per mu of land, he returned the money to the soldiers who survived the Suzhou camp but did not want land rewards. Buy three acres of land per person.

As for the soldiers who died in battle, they sent people to ask their family members who stayed in Suzhou whether they wanted land or silver. The land was allocated by Song Xian, commander of the Suzhou Guard, and the silver was also paid by the Suzhou Guard.

After this battle, although the Suzhou camp suffered a lot of damage, the surviving soldiers had a qualitative leap in armor. Almost everyone of them got armor, and most of the soldiers also had mounts. Huben Battalion transferred two soldiers from the Hundred Corps to serve as low-level officers and took full control of the Suzhou Battalion.

What the Suzhou Battalion lacks now is to replenish a group of soldiers and restore the full strength.

Although there were many captives in Gaotai, Liu Chengzong did not make things difficult for these captives. After checking their identities, he released 93 officers to Suzhou, and ordered Chijinwei Commander Kang Liangfu to send troops to Haibei.

Ordinary soldiers who were injured were given medical treatment, needed medicines and needles, and those who were inconvenient to move were left on the high platform first, and returned to Yin Ruyue, the general manager of the temporary craftsman battalion.

Yin Ruyue was originally a Confucian martial arts student in Gaotai Qianhusuo, but now Zhenyi and Gaotai have lost the significance of setting up Qianhusuo for the Marshal's Mansion.

Therefore, Liu Chengzong integrated the two places and changed it to Gaotai County. Yin Ruyue became the first magistrate of Gaotai County in the Marshal's Mansion, and was responsible for the reconstruction of the people's houses in Gaotai. rebuilding work.

As for the deserters and prisoners who were not injured, Liu Chengzong asked Han Shipan to ask for their own wishes. If they were willing to join the marshal's army, they would follow the army and wait for distribution. If they were willing to go home, they would be disarmed and sent back to Ganzhou.

In the end, there were more than 200 people who were willing to join the Marshal's Mansion. Liu Chengzong did not organize them into the Suzhou Camp, but set up a shelf of the Ganzhou Camp, and temporarily followed the Huben Camp.

This group of people fought a bloody battle with the Suzhou camp in Gaotai City, and it would not end well if they were incorporated into the Suzhou camp. The matter of replenishing the Suzhou camp fell to Wei Qian'er, who had taken over the supernumerary in Suzhou earlier. That transferred 900 people into the Suzhou camp.

The most chaotic place now is actually Ganzhou.

Gaotai is a small place, and the fighting was fierce, but the scope of the war was very small; Ganzhou was a big place, and the fighting was chaotic, and the scope of the war was wider. There were more than [-] letters, and the situation gradually became clear in Liu Shizi's eyes.

If the Huben Camp dug a large pit and repaired a cemetery for more than 2000 soldiers who died on both sides in Gaotai, which made Liu Shizi feel depressed, then the increasingly clear battle situation in Ganzhou is rare news that can make Liu Chengzong happy.

There were almost no tough battles there. The local troops in Ganzhou were all eliminated by Liu Chengzong Gaotai. Most of the Liangzhou soldiers fled to Liangzhou with the deputy commander Li Hongsi. The rest in Ganzhou... how to put it, are all from Shaanxi .

Li Hongsi's army is all Shaanxi soldiers, and they don't even have a single horse from Gansu Town; .

On the battlefield, the organizational system was in total chaos, and the various ministries were broken up into parts to fight independently. They were all on the verge of collapse, but because the front line was heading east, even if it collapsed, the state of collapse of the two armies would be different.

The Ming army was defeated, killed each other, fled everywhere, surrendered to the wind, robbed everywhere, and even killed Mr. Qian on horseback.

The subordinates of Zhang Tianlin and Gao Yingdeng lost their way, fled in the opposite direction, fell behind, instigated rebellion against the entire team after being captured, did not want to fight and disguised themselves as ordinary people to spread rebellious ideas, sneaked into the territory of Fanmin as advanced technology disseminators, and even There are also those who get themselves an officer and occupy the castle to wait for the weather to change.

The entire battlefield was confused. More than 20 castles on the Zhangye Oasis were connected to each other after the Marshal's flag was erected in Ganzhou City, but the organization of the two battalions was very messy.

Originally, the army in the Marshal's Mansion had a strong sense of autonomy. In the past, there were many times when they were out of command. Liu Chengzong never blamed or punished anyone for the generals and officers who acted beyond their authority.

But this time on the Zhangye battlefield, the Marshal's army relied on the power of the Eastern Expedition to win a big victory. When the Shaanxi people saw the Shaanxi people, they could surrender the collapsed army with a little fight, resulting in serious strength for the victorious squad, brigade, and general division. Overstaffing, in order to maintain the organizational system, they chose to send people to Gaotai to deliver letters, proclaimed themselves low-level and equal-level officials, and claimed higher-level official positions.

Gao Yingdeng is very courageous, and now there are five chief executives in the battalion, two of whom are interim chief executives appointed by him; Being punished by Liu Shizi for several crimes, there are still three camp bosses, but there are ten bosses, three of whom are appointed by Baizong himself, and one is captured by Baizong Yingshanhong.

Two battalions plus one, Liu Chengzong roughly estimated that there would be 1 or even [-] people... With this kind of force composition, it is already difficult to maintain military discipline.

Therefore, the main force of the marshal's army must enter Ganzhou as soon as possible, otherwise the two battalions of Zhang Tianlin and Gao Yingdeng will inevitably cause big troubles.

This is like the siege of Gaotai. Yang Jiamo's Ganzhou battalion had more soldiers than the Suzhou battalion.

Just because the Huben Camp, Mongolian Brigade, and Wei Qian'er Camp were all stationed on the side, the general trend overwhelmed people's hearts here, making the Suzhou Camp as stable as Mount Tai, and also crushing the Ganzhou Camp.

With the completion of a funeral, the battalions of the Marshal's Army marched into Ganzhou, the news of Liu Chengzong breaking through the high platform, and Yang Jiamo's self-immolation died, along with the deserters spread throughout Shandan and Yongchang... until the last important soldier in Gansu A strong fortress with food, Liangzhou City.

　good evening!

　　
　
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