Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 714

Although Jia Yan disdains Shi Jinbao's recklessness, he is willing to associate with him.

Without him, only such a person is trustworthy on the battlefield.

"It's been a while!"

Jia Yan shook his head and came back to his senses: "Korqin is terrified, I'm afraid he is about to surrender."

Shi Jinbao was startled, as if he had lost millions of silver coins: "Damn it, what about our title this time, can it be promoted?"

"Don't look at how many people we killed today, but it's hard to get the first victory."

Jia Yan smiled lightly and said: "You pay back the first merit. The Mongols only have 10,000 people in total, and at least half of them escaped. Can you behead two thousand people?"

Shi Jinbao was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head, his face full of resignation: "This is not going to work, we have to keep fighting."

"Yeah, we have to keep fighting." Jia Yan sighed.

"I heard that you have a son?" Shi Jinbao said suddenly.

"Two sons, two, the eldest son Jia Daihua, 14 years old, likes to dance with knives and guns. I originally wanted him to be a scholar. Unexpectedly, Mr. said, don't stain the eyes of the county magistrate in the county test, The fame that hinders the progress of the county..."

"Hahaha!" Shi Jinbao raised his head and laughed loudly: "I have a little girl who happens to be thirteen, and she will be married next year, how about getting married?"

"Marriage?" Jia Yan looked at Shi Jinbao's bearded face, and muttered in his heart, this daughter's looks might be difficult to be human.

But he thought again, Shi Jinbao likes to fight, he can easily climb higher, the Earl, and even the Marquis are expected.

Not to mention he still has two sons who fought fiercely in the army, and they will be in the camp when they are in their twenties. They also have a bright future, and it is not difficult to earn a title.

It's not a loss to sacrifice an adopted son.

"Okay!" Jia Yan responded immediately: "It happens that there is someone to take care of him and take care of his temperament."

"It's a deal." Shi Jinbao was also happy.

Even if Jia Daihua is an adopted son, he can inherit the title with the support of Lao Tzu.

It's not good for a daughter to be spoiled!
"Brother Jia, merit points are a lot of fun, you have to work hard to accumulate merit for your children and grandchildren."

At this time, Shi Jinbao took the role of the future father-in-law and made plans for his daughter.

"You follow me, no matter how bad you are, you can do a little bit of work."

"Okay!" Jia Yan was overjoyed, it was great to have a meat shield carrying a knife: "My in-laws, we will get engaged at the end of the year."

For meritorious service in the military, meritorious service points have always been used to count.

This is a rule formulated during the period of the Huguang Shogunate, and it is still in use today, thus forming a special military merit system.

In a battle, the Chief of Staff will first estimate the difficulty of the battle, and then determine the basic meritorious service.

After the battle, the merits of each association (3000 people) will be evaluated and divided into the first merit, the second merit, and the final merit. Theoretically, there can only be one first merit.

In terms of basic meritorious service, two points are added for the first meritorious service, one point is added for the second meritorious service, and only basic meritorious service is awarded for the final meritorious service.

Ordinary soldiers can exchange merit points for land, one or two acres of land, or for money, one point and one yuan.

This not only includes soldiers, military judges also enjoy the same treatment, and even logistics, cooks, etc. are also halved.

The emphasis is on collective interests.

The reason why the land is so cheap is that during the shogunate period, financial difficulties, the priority is to use the huge wasteland to distribute military merits and reduce money and food expenditures.

The generals judged the titles because of the difference in the third-class meritorious service.

The promotion of the lowest baron is basically produced in the battalion, because it calculates the collective credit.

For example, a Baron must be commanded to decapitate more than [-]% of the unit and less than [-]% of the casualties can be regarded as an acquisition.

A battalion leader who only knows 500 people must kill at least 300 people on the frontal battlefield and lose less than 150 people to be eligible for the title.

In other words, at least a kill ratio of one to two.

And this is only the requirement for fighting against the regular army. If it is bandits and rioters, the standard will even reach one to three, one to five.

The viscount's evaluation is mostly among the guerrilla generals, or in other words, they are the basic combat units on the battlefield.

The standard for Jinjue, in addition to beheading more than [-] beheads in siege battles and [-] beheads in field battles, also adds a necessary condition-first merit.

Only when the first merit is added to the standard can one be truly promoted.

If there is more than one person who made the first contribution, then compare the seniority and the number of beheadings.

Just like today, even if Shi Jinbao won the first feat, he would definitely want to fight again because he didn't have enough beheads.

And those low-level officers also want to obtain titles and fight again.

Even the cavalry general You Shilu wanted to continue fighting.

As the younger brother of You Shiwei, Duke of Righteousness, You Shilu has always been aggrieved.

Due to the fact that there were very few cavalry in the Ming army, and due to opportunities, his title remained at the earl, and he watched helplessly as those rising stars jumped to the top.

"Brother Shiguo, can we still fight?"

You Shilu looked at the deputy general at the side, Wang Shiguo, who was also an earl.

He was also from the Yulin Frontier Army, and he took refuge in the emperor at Dashan Pass, and his qualifications are also extremely deep.

"The sons and daughters have only scratched the surface, and the mere right wing is not worth mentioning."

Wang Shiguo shook his head and said seriously: "Shilu, while we are still young, we should make more contributions."

"We're not young—"

You Shilu was taken aback, looking at Wang Shiguo's gray sideburns, he suddenly realized that he was almost 50 years old.

The three of them entered the army during the Wanli period, climbed up during the Tianqi period, and did not truly rise until the Chongzhen period.

The elder brother You Shigong who led them into the army had been killed in Shenyang for 30 years.

"Yeah, I'm not young anymore, it's time to leave something for my descendants..." You Shilu murmured.

Although it is difficult to be promoted from a Viscount to an Earl, it is even more difficult to be promoted from an Earl to a Marquis.

Because most of the viscounts were guerrilla generals, and they only led a group of troops, while the earls led a large army.

For example, You Shilu at this time, he led [-] cavalry to attack Horqin's right wing, and he had to behead [-]%, that is, [-] Mongolian cavalry.

Your own losses must be less than [-]%.

This condition is so harsh that even if a big victory is achieved, the loss is met, but the first level is not enough.

Killing the good and taking the credit?
Not to mention the huge number of military judges in the army is the biggest obstacle.

Just say that the ubiquitous Jinyiwei and Dongchang make the generals terrified. Once they are discovered, it is enough to erase all their titles.

There was almost no need to struggle, the cavalry integrated on the spot, and went directly to Horqin's right wing.

The Mongolian nobles headed by Tuxie Tuhan immediately surrendered and presented a surrender form.

You Shilu could only bypass regretfully and go to Horqin's left wing.

Compared with the right wing, the left wing of Horqin had the most marriages with the Qing Dynasty, so the relationship is closer.

There are more than [-] tents in the army alone, and it is possible to organize an army of [-] at any time.

Facing the surprise attack of the Ming army, they were obviously already prepared.

Its equipment is relatively more sophisticated, leather armor, cotton armor, everywhere, and even firecrackers can be seen.

Although it is just an ordinary matchlock gun, it still poses a certain threat to the Ming army.

It's just a pity that the Mongols are already too backward and have to be beaten.

(End of this chapter)