The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 225
This battle was a big victory, and more than 2000 people were gained. Ding Yi asked them to continue to build defenses at the South Pass, forts, and dig pits.

Strengthen the line of defense here as soon as possible, so as to prevent the later Jin army from attacking after they have built their cannons.

He couldn't remember the specific year when the Hou Jin Army built the artillery, but he had a hunch that it would only be one or two years.

After the war, many people in Lushun were promoted due to their meritorious service, and promoted a group of brave and skilled grassroots officers. Similarly, they also dealt with more than eight gun and shield soldiers and more than ten gun soldiers.

There were many new recruits in this battle, and several recruits turned around and ran away when they heard the command to squat down when the Han army came to them.

Affecting the gunmen behind him to shoot, some Han soldiers killed another gun shield soldier in front of him.

There was also a second row of soldiers who squatted on the ground because of fear after the Han army rushed through the deep pit, and didn't get up again, not daring to fight the Han army.

When some gunmen faced the rain of arrows from the Han army, the other gunmen remained motionless and continued to aim and fire. They either ignored the lit guns and tried to bend down and hold the shields to block the arrows, but the guns accidentally shot out. , Almost killed the companion in front, or dared not shoot at each other, just squatted down to get the shield.

Some of these timid soldiers were beheaded, and some were sent to the prisoner camp to do heavy work together. Two of them had family members and were sent together.

And ordered the whole army to take this as a warning.

At this time, Lushun was doing things more systematically. The Propaganda Department posted all kinds of battle reports and orders throughout Lushun, and took them off seven days after they were posted, so that all soldiers and civilians in Lushun could see them.

Except for those who were severely punished, all the soldiers who died in battle were buried generously. Those with family members paid ten taels of silver to settle down, and each family spent two taels of silver and one stone of rice per month.

Those who are seriously injured and unable to go to the battlefield will be given [-] taels of silver to settle down. In addition, according to their injuries and personal needs, they will be arranged to go to various places in Lushun to do some light management work.

For example, look at the warehouse, look at the prisoners of war, etc., and Lushun will pay the money every month.

For those who cannot work, one tael of silver and one stone of rice per month.

All reward and punishment announcements are posted all over Lushun, and all soldiers and civilians can see them.

When Ding Yi was doing this in Xu Dabao, Ruan Wenlong once pointed out that it would cost too much, because Ding Yi had no money at that time.

Now Ding Yi is already relatively rich, but this is not a question of more money and less money.

Ding Yi told Ruan Wenlong that first of all, not many people were killed each time, and secondly, there were even fewer soldiers who died in battle with family members.

Like this time, there were more than 300 casualties, of which 180 were killed, and only 21 had family members.

Most of Ding Yi's soldiers and horses still have no family members.

So after such a big battle, the money spent afterwards can be earned back only by selling the weapons and armor obtained from the victory to Phi Dao.

But this is still a trivial matter. The Propaganda Department organized personnel to rehearse the drama for several days, and after a few days, all the soldiers and civilians took turns to watch it.

The drama is mainly divided into two parts. The first part is about some people in the Ming army who were afraid of the battle and were defeated. Later, the Jin army invaded the city and started killing.

The second part is that the reinforcements of the Ming army rushed to fight the enemy bravely and repelled the Jin army.

After watching it, there is only one thought in everyone's mind, that retreating in fear of war will only harm family, relatives and friends in the city.

Only by desperately fighting bloody battles and winning, that is what the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty should do.

While strengthening the fortifications, Ding Yi vigorously carried out propaganda work. After all, this was the supreme magic weapon for his ancestors to defeat powerful enemies.

Moreover, after this battle, the entire Lushun army was trained, and it also showed them the legendary Tazi soldiers who were victorious in all battles, nothing more than that.

The Ming army killed two thousand and captured one thousand alive, only to lose more than 300 people.

This proves that as long as we are not afraid of death, we will surely win the battle.

And those Ming people who are afraid of death and hurt their companions should be completely cast aside by everyone and leave Lushun forever.

The rewards of the Ming army were mainly carried out internally in Lushun. When reporting to the court, Ding Yi downplayed it.

At the beginning of August, Houjin 8 troops invaded. Lushun and the enemy Kai fought to the death, killing and injuring hundreds of Mongolian and Han soldiers, Lushun suffered thousands of casualties, and won the first and thirty Han soldiers.

After reporting to the Ministry of War, Minister of the Ministry of War Ran Tingdong was very embarrassed. Isn't this just killing the good and pretending to be meritorious?

Tens of thousands of people came over, and you didn't kill a single Empress Jin army?Ding Yi, you were not like this before?Are you Daming's best fighter?

He took Ding Yi's money and really wanted to speak for Ding Yi, but right now, he really couldn't lie.

The court wants to inspect the first and last, but there is no later golden first and last, what should you do?
I had no choice but to tell Chongzhen truthfully.

But he's really a good guy with money.

He reported that several thousand Mongolian and Han troops from the later Jin Dynasty went to the vicinity of Jinzhou, and there was a small conflict with the soldiers and horses who arrived in Ding Yi, and hundreds of people were killed and injured on both sides.

In this way, Ding Yi's contribution was not expanded, and it did not show that Ding Yi could not fight.

After Chongzhen heard this, he wondered why he didn't cut off the head of the Houjin Tartar?I was very upset, but I still encouraged Ding Yi to inspect his head in the court and reward him according to the regulations. He was not promoted to Ding Yi's officer, but a few middle-level officers in Lushun, including Ruan Siqing, who was finally promoted to general. .

It is estimated that Chongzhen was also afraid that Ding Yi was killing the good and taking the credit.

Ding Yi didn't report his merits according to the facts. First, he really didn't kill many golden soldiers, so he didn't want to report them.

The second is that he doesn't want to show his strength too early.

Let Chongzhen know that you, Ding Yi, can fight tens of thousands of gold troops in the field, so why not go to Ningyuan Jinzhou as soon as possible?
Then how can he do it?
In the current situation, you say that Chongzhen will suddenly transfer him to Ningyuan Jinzhou, will he go or not?
If you leave, you will lose your foundation, everything will be wiped out, and what you have in Lushun will become someone else's property.

If he didn't leave, he would be resisting the decree, and he would immediately become the second Mao Wenlong. Maybe Ming Ting would send troops to attack him.

So Ding Yi can only do it right now, and he is desperately developing in Lushun.

On August 8, Ding Yi called another meeting.

In his previous life, he hated meetings very much. Work units and schools held meetings frequently, sometimes several meetings a day.

So after arriving in the Ming Dynasty, he held as few meetings as possible.

Usually he was with the generals, and he would say what he could say alone.

But there are many things that still need to be resolved in a meeting.

Especially post-war meetings, this is the tradition of the Lushun battalion.

After fighting a battle, Ding Yi will call all generals, even hundreds of households, and bring together the middle-level officers above the general. (In the past, when there were few soldiers, it was called the general flag and the small flag.)
Everyone sat together to discuss the gains and losses of this battle, and what needs to be improved.

The 1st Battalion and the 3rd Battalion fought against the Han army this time, and unexpectedly, the Han army fought better than the Mongolian army.

Mao Xin took the lead and said: "The Han army's style of play is a bit overwhelming for us."

"They use horses to block guns, and some people know how to get down. If the future Jin army learns to get down when we are shooting guns, the effect will be greatly reduced."

"After approaching, we will shoot at our musketeers, which will cause the greatest casualties to us this time."

"Fortunately, they are not Mongols, and their shooting skills are not good, otherwise our casualties would be even greater."

"And this time we chose the battlefield in advance, made preparations in advance, and dug a hole in the ground."

"In the future, we will have a decisive battle in the wild at any time, and the battlefield will also be randomly selected. The time and opportunity for the enemy soldiers to attack us will be greater, and the casualties will also be greater."

Everyone nodded.

Even though they looked down on the surrendered generals of the Ming Dynasty, they had to admit that in the Jin army after that day, Li Sutai's unit fought the best and suffered the heaviest casualties.

Ding Yi smiled and said: "This is not a problem for now, we will be equipped with field artillery in the future."

"With field guns, attacks can be started from miles away."

"According to my idea, in a big battle like today, with a scale of more than 5000 people, our army must be equipped with at least [-] guns."

"For long distances, field guns are used for solid bullets, for close range, shotgun shells are used, and for close range, guns are used."

"After three rounds, there are not many Houjin troops who can rush to us."

"And we want to build cars, so we can tow guns and bring food."

"The chariot formation before the battle is like a pit, and it can prevent the enemy soldiers from coming forward."

After hearing this, everyone was overjoyed. If it is true what Master Ding said, Lushun soldiers and horses are really hard to fight.

At the meeting, everyone talked freely and analyzed the gains and losses of this battle. Generally speaking, the Ming army fought well, and the Han army did well, but they should not be proud, because the strongest Houjin soldiers did not fight this time.

Ding Yi guessed that what he said to Azig last time hurt his heart. This guy wants to preserve his strength.

After the meeting, Ding Yi decided to pick up people from Phi Island.

Right now, the population pressure in Lushun is quite high, and it is not easy to feed 4 people.

But Ding Yi needs more people.

The first line of defense at the South Gate is defended, and it is impossible for Houjin to fight over in the short term.

He could take another 1.

Originally, he had agreed with Xu Fuzuo that he would collect it next year, because next year his hoarded fields would be able to produce grain, and he would not need to spend money to buy grain.

But then Jin Bing called suddenly, which gave him a strong sense of crisis.

The population must be added immediately, and the soldiers must be stormed immediately.

By this time next year, there must be [-] soldiers.

As long as there are [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers, Ding Yi dares to occupy Jinzhou.

Occupying Jinzhou, his territory is more than twice as large, which can accommodate more Liao people and hoard more fields.

There is a deeper defense.

In order to occupy the Golden State and be able to hold the Golden State.

He demanded that the Artisan Bureau should speed up the manufacture of artillery. He hadn't paid much attention to the Francophone before, but after the war he found that it would be more effective to fight with the Francophone when the enemy was approaching.

The effective range of the Francophone is two to 300 meters, which is exactly the gap between the artillery and the blunderbuss.

Therefore, Ding Yi asked the craftsman to make not only field guns, but also Franc machines.

Right now, the manufacturing speed of the Lumi gun can be slowed down a little, and the relevant manpower can be deployed to make the Franc machine.

Li Zhongyi didn't hesitate, and nodded heavily, but he didn't say how much he could make in a month.

The Construction Department and the Logistics Department have to operate again to prepare for the reception of [-] Liao people.

Building a house and hoarding fields are major events in the next few months.

After the meeting is over, the ministries will select four thousand strong men from the existing people in Lushun, and start training new recruits.

In order to prevent the return of gold in the future, Ding Yi did not dare to go to sea this time, so he could only wait in Lushun.

Anyway, Lushun has a lot of things to do now, and running around various construction sites every day will not be idle.

At the end of August, the first batch of 8 people from Phi Island arrived in Lushun, and then several groups came one after another. By the end of September, the population of Lushun had increased by 9.

Right now Ding Yi has 5000 people in his hands, plus more than 4000 surrendered soldiers and civilians. (These more than 4000 people are dedicated to heavy use).

With a population of nearly 5, the food consumption is huge. Fortunately, Ding Yi has a lot of boats and often goes out to buy food.

At the beginning of November, the new autumn grains came into the market. About 11 mu of Ding Yi's land in Lushun was planted in autumn, and another [-] mu had just been stockpiled, and there was no time for autumn planting.

In this way, he got about [-] shi of new grain. He originally kept [-] shi of grain, but now he has [-] shi.

He didn't sell a stone, and continued to hoard, and went to Dengzhou City to buy grain at the same time.

Ruan Siqing and Ruan Wenyan's fleet also returned in mid-November.

Originally, they could come back early, but because Zheng Zhilong helped Ding Yi to finish the new boat for nearly a year, they waited half an extra month in Fujian.

Along with them came Ding Yi's new ship, a large merchant ship of [-] materials, the 'Fuzhou'.

This is a brand new merchant ship, which took a year to complete by Zheng Zhilong's shipyard.

The full load capacity can hold 70 million catties of goods.

Zheng Zhilong also sent ten Franc cannons with the ship, which is very interesting.

Ruan Siqing went back and forth for three months, passing through various places along the road, looking for craftsmen to sell Japanese goods.

Finally, I sold more than 2 Japanese knives, almost all of which were sold to major merchants at wholesale prices.

Each knife sells for 8-10 taels, and domestic merchants can sell it for 14-18 taels, and everyone makes money.

With the addition of other Japanese goods, Ding Yi has another 24 taels of silver in his hands.

Originally, he had 33 taels, and with the current 24, he had more than 50 taels.

Ruan Siqing brought back supplies such as nitrate and sulfur with the boat, but not as much as before, only about one-fifth. In the past, Zheng Zhilong used to exchange goods with Ding Yi.

This time it was said that the imperial court wiped out the peasant army, and the official use was very large, so the goods were scarce, so he exchanged silver for the goods that Ruan Siqing brought.

Ding Yi was thoughtful when he heard this.

After thinking about it, he asked, "Have you seen my Brother Zheng?"

"General Zheng is not here. It seems that we are going to the farther south. A man named Shi Yong received us."

"Oh." Ding Yi said meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)