Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 678
This sudden heavy rain greatly hindered the Ming army's aftermath work, so that the Ming army soldiers could only clean the battlefield in the mud and collect weapons and equipment.

This made the soldiers very embarrassed.

Fortunately, it is already mid-June and the weather is scorching hot, so there is no need to worry about catching a cold.

However, Chongzhen was still in a cold sweat. If the heavy rain had fallen two to three hours earlier, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Even if the Ming army could still win in the end, the casualties would have greatly increased.

Because in heavy rain, the power of firearms will drop sharply.

The impact of the landmines may not be great, and the red cannons and flintlock guns will misfire after a few rounds. If this is the case, the difficulties of the Ming army will undoubtedly increase greatly.

Xu Yingwei and Yan Yingyuan also realized this, and said in unison: "It's dangerous!"

"This is God's will." Wang Jiayan seemed confident, "If the Battle of Baliqiao broke out an hour later, then the heavy rain will definitely fall an hour later. This is God's help."

Chongzhen said in relief: "Wang Qing's words are not unreasonable."

Jiang Tianyi and Zhu Shunshui finally counted all the seizures.

"My lord, the captured weapons and equipment have been counted."

"The list is as follows. There are more than 7 bowls and more than 22 cotton armor..."

Zhu Shunshui had just started when he was interrupted by Chongzhen: "I don't want to listen to the detailed figures. It's enough for your transportation department to make a record one by one. You just pick some main figures and tell me."

Zhu Shunshui answered yes, and continued: "The main ones are 400 Hongyi cannons, 500 Franco cannons, more than 800 camel swivel cannons, and more than 1200 different types of tiger crouching cannons."

"In addition, there are more than 9 flintlock guns and more than 7 large bows."

"There are more than 10 mules and horses captured, and more than 3 war horses."

"In addition, there are more than 50 shi of military rations such as wheat, corn, and soybeans."

After a pause, he added: "There are more than 10 bolts of various cloth, more than one million taels of silver, and more than 1 large animals."

Chongzhen couldn't help snorting when he heard the words, this is the characteristic of building slaves, needless to say, these cloth, silver and large animals must have been snatched by the Eight Banners Manchuria from Yanzhou Mansion.

Jian Nu really refused to fail anywhere.

But fortunately, after today, there will be no more slaves.

At least in this world, history has been completely rewritten by him.

Immediately Chongzhen asked again: "How many casualties did our army have in total?"

Jiang Tianyi took over the words: "Our army suffered a total of more than 5 casualties, of which about 2 were killed, and half of them died in the scuffle with the two white flags."

Hearing this, Chongzhen felt both sad and relieved.

The sad thing is that nearly 2 brave soldiers were sacrificed.

What is gratifying is that the fighting power of the new Ming army did not disappoint him.

There were more than [-] cavalrymen of the two white flags who broke into the Chinese army, and more than [-] soldiers of the new army died in the melee with the two white flags. In other words, the battle losses of the two sides were basically one to one.

To be honest, Chongzhen was very surprised by such a battle loss ratio.

Because the morale of the two white flags was not damaged when they charged.

Therefore, both sides are in the peak state to launch a decisive battle.

Of course, the new army has an absolute advantage in numbers.

As for the two white flags charging on horseback, it can be ignored, because the horsepower was exhausted at that time.

This also means that after the Ming army is equipped with a bayonet-equipped flintlock, its actual combat effectiveness in close combat is not much worse than that of pure spearmen, so even in heavy rain, the new army can still fight.

This is undoubtedly very important, because you can't count on the heavens to be good every time.

Unless the primer is solved and metal shells are equipped with fixed-loading ammunition, the Ming army must ensure its combat effectiveness under severe weather conditions, otherwise it will suffer sooner or later.

Immediately Chongzhen asked again: "In other words, there are 16 new troops left to participate in the Northern Expedition?"

"Yes, about 16." Jiang Tian nodded and said, "However, there are quite a few wounded soldiers who have injured their arms or legs, and even if they recover, they will not be able to return."

Chongzhen said: "How many wounded soldiers are there?"

Jiang Tianyi said sadly: "There are probably more than 5000."

Chongzhen pondered and said: "In this way, these more than 5000 wounded soldiers will be given the same standard of pension as the 2 soldiers who died in battle. Each will be given a pension of 100 yuan, and another son and nephew will be admitted to the Nanjing Imperial College without examination."

This is already a very high pension standard, with 250 million pensions issued at one time.

However, this is Daming's 250 million, and its value is equivalent to 250 million taels of silver.

In addition, Yin's nephew was exempted from taking the exam to study in the Nanjing Imperial College, which is even more generous, which is equivalent to one of their nephews directly possessing the qualification of a military officer of the Ming Dynasty. This is definitely a super-standard treatment.

But Chongzhen can afford it, and the current Ministry of Internal Affairs is not short of money.

As for the Nanjing Guozijian, it is even more unlikely that there are too many students.

There is also a problem that meritorious veterans and martyrs' nephews may be mixed. There is no need to worry about it at all, because the military's melting pot will refine everything, and bad boys can also be refined into iron-blooded soldiers.

Chongzhen said again: "In other words, there are still 16 people left?"

Jiang Tianyi: "Counting the cavalry, there are still 16 new troops participating in the war."

"Cavalry cannot be assigned to Beizhi Town." Chongzhen said quickly, "That is 15."

After a short pause, Chongzhen said again: "After the recovery of the capital and Beizhi, the 15 new army soldiers will be used as the backbone, plus the sons and nephews of more than 2 casualties to form the Beizhi Township. The weapons and equipment captured in the war, more than 5 shi of grain, 50 pieces of cloth, more than 10 million silver, and more than 100 large animals should be rewarded to them as rewards."

"Of course, more than 100 million taels of silver need to be converted into silver dollars."

"In addition to this, there are bonuses for capturing and beheading real slaves, the Han army, the Mongolian army, and practicing bravery."

"You are not joking, I mean what I say. A real slave says that it is 50 yuan, and it is 50 yuan. Whether it is beheaded or captured alive, it will be 50 yuan. As for the Han army, Mongolia, and Lianyong, it will be 10 yuan."

"Also, the bonus is shared equally by head, whether it is a scholar or a soldier, the standard is the same."

After a pause, Chongzhen asked again: "By the way, how many real slaves were captured and beheaded in total, and how many Han soldiers and Mongolians practiced bravery?"

"My lord, that's too much. I'm afraid Zhang Zongzi will feel distressed, ha ha." Jiang Tian said with a smile, "Our army captured and beheaded more than 8 real slaves in the Battle of Baliqiao, 11 Eight Banners Han troops, 4 There are many green battalion soldiers, plus more than 2 Mongolian cavalry, and nearly 40 people were arrested to practice bravery, so why not practice bravery? To put it bluntly, practicing bravery means that the people are strong.”

"This won't work." Chongzhen said decisively, "What has been promised must be fulfilled."

Counting silently for a while with fingers, he said, "No, it's 950 million yuan, I can afford it, but there is one thing, those who died in battle and those who were seriously injured, disabled and forced to leave the army have a share, so it is distributed to everyone It’s just a little more than 51 yuan, so I’ll just round up a whole number for everyone, and everyone will be rewarded with 55 yuan.”

This is a reward of 1267 million yuan.

To be honest, the cost of this war is really not small.

Upon hearing this, Wang Jiayan cheered and said: "The Holy One is benevolent and righteous!"

When Xu Yingwei and other scholars heard the words, they also praised him one after another.

Chongzhen is really not stingy, but he also has his special consideration for distributing so many rewards at once, that is, he hopes to stimulate the economy of Beizhi as soon as possible through the consumption of these 17 town soldiers.

In the past five years, Beizhi has suffered repeated wars and its economy has been greatly damaged.

In fact, not only the North, but the entire North's economic and production activities were severely damaged.

So at the moment the decisive battle at Baliqiao was just over, Chongzhen was already thinking about how to restore the economy.

The construction of the first railway from Nanjing to Beijing and the allocation of land to refugees are all necessary measures. In addition, the 17 town soldiers are used to stimulate consumption in Beizhi.

But these are not enough, far from enough.

Chongzhen is seriously considering another big move.

But this matter is not urgent for the time being, the capital has not yet recovered.

Chongzhen said to Jiang Tianyi again: "Jiang Tianyi, hurry up and tell the good news to the whole army to make everyone happy, and then leave three towns to guard the prisoners and the captured weapons and supplies, and the other four towns will work hard. Come with me to Beijing, so as not to cause great chaos in Beijing."

Chongzhen was mainly worried about losing population.

Again, population is the most valuable strategic resource.

It would be a big loss if large-scale beatings, smashing, looting, and burning occurred in Beijing because of being late, and a large number of casualties were caused, so we must rush there as soon as possible.

Jiang Tianyi quickly announced Chongzhen's will to the entire army.

Soon, cheers of long live erupted in the army one after another.

Obviously, Chongzhen's generosity moved the soldiers of the new army.

So when Xu Yingwei ordered the 3 infantry brigades from the 4rd, 5th, 6th, and 8th towns to go to Beijing overnight, except for the 20 artillery brigades, the soldiers of these 20 infantry brigades did not complain at all. Braving the heavy rain, stepping on the mud, and singing out of tune operas, they marched towards Beijing.

The song is "Qin Liangyu", a national crisis drama written by Ruan Dacheng.

"One journey through the mountains, one journey through the water, walking towards the bank of Yuguan, with thousands of lamps in the middle of the night."

"When the wind changes, when the snow changes, the dreams of the hometown are broken, and there is no such sound in the hometown."

Listening to the soldiers of the new army singing Qin Liangyu casually, the image of Li Xiangjun could not be stopped in Chongzhen's mind. Before starting the Northern Expedition, they had a small gathering for a few days, and in the blink of an eye it was six months.

It's been six months since I didn't know the taste of meat.

At that moment, Chongzhen asked Gao Qiqian beside him: "Gao Banban, have you sent out the good news for Nanjing?"

Gao Qi understood it with great concentration, and said in a low voice: "Lord Long Live, as early as the first time Shen Mo defeated Jian Nu, the old slave had already sent flying cavalry to report victory to Nanjing. After getting the news, Concubine Li will definitely come to the capital day and night. .”

"You old eunuch." Chongzhen couldn't help but cursed with a smile, he was really good at thinking.

But then again, if you want to taste meat, it seems that you don't have to ask Li Xiangjun to come to Beijing.

If there is no accident, the Cavalry Town has most likely blocked the way for Beijing to escape to Juyongguan, so there should be three beauties in Beijing at this time.

(End of this chapter)