Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 76
After all, Jiannu failed to catch up with the Ming army.

Three days later, the Ming army returned to Xiazhen smoothly.

The first thing to do after returning is to report meritorious service and pay wages at the same time.

After reading the account book, Chongzhen inevitably felt a little heartbroken.

For this wave alone, nearly 20 taels will be spent.

Among them, 23000 taels are rewards, 24000 taels are the war pay of Huang Shi'an Town, 9 taels are the wages of the remaining nine towns, and there are more than [-] pensions for the soldiers who died in battle.

Each soldier who died in battle paid 50 taels of silver at one time.

This number is indeed a little small, but there is no way.

Who made the Ming Dynasty lack of national use now?Just lower the standard.

So, this money is really not enough to spend, so 16 taels have already been paid out.

In addition to the military pay of Yi Ding and the Fifth Army Battalion, there will be an additional 3 taels.

Because the standards of Yiding and Wujunying are double, the total is almost 20 taels.

But the effect of sufficient food and salary is also leveraged. The morale of the Ming army has been significantly improved. The victory in Anshan Town has given the Ming army a lot of room for fantasy. So it can also defeat Jiannu in the field?
After receiving the military order, the Ming army of the ten towns, together with Yiqian Yiding and Jin Xuan's more than [-] troops gathered at the big gun platform in the center, waiting to receive their payment.

Payments should have been made on the 15th of every month.

Because Chongzhen went out, it was postponed to the 21st.

This time the front row is no longer a thousand Yiding.

It was the frontier soldiers in Huang Shi'an's town, which was specially arranged by Chongzhen.

I saw that more than [-] people all had their chests and belly raised, and they were very angry.

"Ma Laoqi, I heard that your kid beheaded a real slave?"

"Small, if the spearhead hadn't been broken, I could have stabbed them both to death."

"Mangy dog, you are going to get rich this time. You will be rewarded for the battle, which is a full 56 taels of silver. You can buy a few acres of land and marry a daughter-in-law when you go home. You just wait to be a father."

"Marry a daughter-in-law? Who are you looking down on? I want to marry two!"

"See if you can, you still want to marry two? Are you busy at night?"

"I don't need to worry about that, old man. Anyway, the widow of our village king is very rare about me, saying that I am as strong as a calf."

The big soldiers around laughed loudly, all of them were overjoyed, as soldiers, they all like such nasty jokes, otherwise this day is not too hard, too difficult.

Under the envious eyes of everyone, the first frontier soldier stood in front of Xingyuan Gate.

Yang Manpi, who was in the first place, was about to raise his chin to the sky. I have to say that this feeling of being watched by everyone is really cool, even better than lying on the widow Wang.

"Whose family's soldier?" As usual, a eunuch asked.

This time Yang Manpi was familiar: "I was a soldier of the Ming Dynasty."

"Whose food did you eat?" the eunuch asked again.

"I ate the food of the Long Live Lord." Yang Manpi replied abruptly.

Yang Manpi's voice was full of pride and honor.

"Yang Manpi, if you kill a real slave, you will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver, and 6 taels of war pay, totaling 56 taels."

Chongzhen personally handed over a 50 taels of silver ingot and two silver coins to Yang Manpi.

"Little man Yang Manpi, thank you Long Live Lord!" Yang Manpi first knelt down and kowtowed three times, then stood up and received the money flattered, put it in the pocket of his underwear and carefully hid it.

"Yang Manpi, who came up with your name?"

"My mother picked it up, she said it's because the name is cheap enough to make a living."

"But now that you have grown up, you don't care about this anymore. I will give you a big name. From now on, you will change your name to Yang Po Nu. I hope you can kill a few more Jian Nu on the battlefield in the future."

"Thank you, Lord Long Live, villain Yang Ponu, thank you Lord Long Live for your name!"

When he walked out of Xingyuan, Yang Ponu's face was really red and proud.

Not only did I receive a huge sum of 56 taels of silver today, but the matter of marrying a wife was settled,
Moreover, Lord Long Live also bestowed on him the title of "Yang Po Nu", which is a great grace!
Looking up and seeing the old acquaintance who made fun of him just now, Yang Ponu snorted coldly and said: "Old Niu, Long Live God just gave me a big name, from now on I will be called Yang Ponu, stop barking like a mangy dog. "

The soldier nicknamed Lao Niu was immediately stunned. Long live God gave him a name?real or fake?

It's just that the payment stopped halfway through, because there were warnings about not accepting money scattered outside.

First, three horns sounded in a row, and then the swan sounded throughout the barracks. The frontier soldiers who were waiting in line to receive their salary rushed back to the Western gun platform where the post was located without hesitation.

The chief soldiers and deputy chief soldiers of each town came to Huang Degong's Xingyuan immediately.

More than a dozen chief soldiers and deputy chief soldiers entered Xingyuan one after another, and found that a screen had already been set up in the hall, but what was displayed on the screen was not a landscape painting, but a map of Xia Town.

"All here? Uncle Jingnan, let's start."

Chongzhen did not overwhelm the guests, but gave up the position of command to Huang Degong.

Huang Degong stepped forward and stood in front of the screen, and said: "Ying Bushou of Yi Ding just sent flying cavalry to report back. A group of Jian slaves of about [-] people has passed the Nanliang River and is speeding towards Xia Town along the east bank of the canal. Approaching, if there are no accidents, Jianu will arrive in Xia Town after noon today."

"Time is running out, so I won't say much."

"You return to your respective jurisdictions immediately, hurry up and get ready."

"The bottom line I give you is that the first stage must last for more than one hour! The second stage must last for more than two hours, and the third stage must last for four hours! The fourth stage is the bottom line!"

"At most, Jiannu can only break into the gun platform of the fourth circle."

Here, Huang Degong has actually doubled Chongzhen's requirements.

Chongzhen's request was to hold on to the first line of defense for half an hour, and let Jiannu advance to the eighth level at most.

Although a lot of work has been done and basically sufficient food and wages have been achieved, the Ming army's fear of Jiannu is not so easy to overcome, and Jiannu's combat effectiveness is indeed better than that of the Ming army.

So, don't have unrealistic expectations of the Ming army.

This is not a small-scale battle, but a large-scale battle involving tens of thousands of people.

However, Chongzhen would not dismantle Huang Degong's stage in front of so many people.

After patting the map on the screen, Huang Degong said again: "Anyone who can't do it, please come and see me! I, Huang Degong, will also cut off my own head to plead guilty to the Holy One."

The commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief present looked awe-inspiring.

They could naturally hear that Huang Degong was not joking.

Huang Degong asked Chongzhen again: "My lord, do you have anything else to say?"

"I'll just say one thing." Chongzhen nodded and said, "We must strictly follow the map and distribute the troops and firearms evenly. It is stipulated that there are 2 tiger squatting cannons per gun platform."

"It is stipulated that there must be 20 bird guns in a gun platform."

"It is absolutely not allowed to concentrate the bird guns and tiger squatting guns on the outer gun towers, otherwise, even if you defend it, I will never give you credit, and you will be severely punished!"

The commander-in-chief of the ten towns and the deputy commander-in-chief showed embarrassment.

Chongzhen originally wanted to equip each gun platform with 3 tiger squat guns and 30 bird guns.

But in the end, Liu Zongzhou only brought him more than 8000 bird guns and more than 600 tiger squatting cannons, so Chongzhen could only weaken the firepower.

Fortunately, this wave is just Jiannu's partial teacher, so the problem is not big.

Huang Degong said: "Have you written down what the Holy Majesty said? If you write it down, go back quickly."

The chief soldiers and the deputy chief soldiers of the ten towns left one after another, and Huang Degong advised Chongzhen again: "My lord, the battle of Xia Town is coming soon, you should hurry up and leave here on a naval warship."

"I won't go." Chongzhen refused without hesitation.

"In this battle, I have to watch you defeat Jiannu with my own eyes!"

Huang Degong wondered: "My lord, you can't use it here."

"Then just pretend I'm not here." Chongzhen said, "I won't interfere with your command."

After finishing speaking, Chongzhen took Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong, Yi Ding, and eunuchs out, and Huang Degong ignored the emperor, and walked out of Xingyuan with his entourage.

……

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a dull vibrating sound, a three-edged heavy arrow more than three feet long, like a short spear, came out with a violent tremor, and then turned into a blurred shadow and shot fifty steps ahead. The barbarians do not accept them at night.

Yi Ding Yebushou sensed the danger, and instinctively hid his body on the other side of the horse's neck, hiding in the stirrups.

Seeing this scene, the corner of Yabran's mouth slowly burst into a ferocious smile, because this time he predicted it.

It was too late, but then it was too late, and there was only a puff, and the heavy three-edged arrow that was strong enough to pierce the iron armor had already shot through the horse's neck, and then shot Yi Ding Yebushou who was hiding on the right side of the horse's neck. .

The horse hissed sadly and fell to the ground, and Yi Ding Yebu also fell off the horse.

When Yabran chased after him, the other two Jiannu riders surrounded him without stopping at night. Yi Ding, who had fallen from his horse, was shot through the heart and lying on the ground, only twitching slightly, with blood spilling out of his mouth.

"It's really difficult, but I finally got rid of one."

Yabran got off his horse, cut off Yi Ding's head and hung it in front of the saddle.

A Jiannu Ye Bu Shou asked: "There are two more ahead, are you still chasing them?"

"Stop chasing, there's no need." Yabran waved his hand, "Go back and report to Gu Shan Ezhen."

Immediately, the three of them turned back to the north, and after walking less than five miles, they met Jiannu's brigade.

Baiyintu brought all his partial teachers along the way, 9 Niulu from the Xianghuang Banner (there were originally 10), 8 and a half Niulu from the Zhenghuang Banner Han Army (there were also 10 originally), and more than 3000 coated slaves In addition to Gaodi's more than 2400 surrendered troops, the total adds up to more than [-] people, and actually did not lose many troops.

However, the loss of equipment is still quite serious. There are only 1500 bird guns left, and only 15 Fran cannons left. In addition, a lot of long wooden cards, spears and waist knives were lost.

"Find out that Yi Dingye won't accept it anymore?" Bai Yintu said with a smirk, "It seems that the Ming army is not far ahead."

After a pause, he continued: "Give the order to the whole army to speed up. We must catch up with this Ming army before today's time limit, and we must not let them run away again!"

Bayintu's worries are completely unnecessary.

Because the Ming army had no intention of running away at all.

Near the beginning of the Shen Dynasty, the slave-building army finally reached the outskirts of Xia Town.

(End of this chapter)