Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 172 Military Arrangements of the Ming Army (Part [-])
The bandit's horse equipment is better than the officer's army in his hand, which really makes Baihu angry!

Now he hates those corrupt officials.

The issued armor and equipment are not only bad, but also unable to be issued for a long time.

If he had the same horse equipment, he would be able to bring his subordinates to chase and kill those rebels!

However, the result of this battle is already like this, no matter how incompetent and furious it is, it will not help.

Baihu was wounded again, and sent someone to choose a good horse.

Go back quickly and report to General Hu Dawei, tell him that he has encountered a hard stubble, and hurry up and march.

Otherwise, the enemy reinforcements will rely on moving stones to block the intersection. I am afraid they will not be able to defend Han Xinling!
Hu Dawei, who was rushing to Pingyao to rest, received a report from the guerrilla general Baihu, and his face was full of vigilance.

To be reasonable, the cavalry under Baihu's command are extremely elite, otherwise they would not be left to guard the house.

But in the face of the thieves formed by this group of hungry people, will they suffer?
The key is to suffer, I don't know which bandit's banner it is!

From Qin to Jin, there are always three big thieves:

They are Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, Chuang Tatian Liu Guoneng, and He Jinzhao, the chief coach of the 80 uprising army in Shaanxi.

Hu Dawei combined with the information he had at hand, and said to the crowd:
"The gang of thieves who robbed Han Xinling with us are most likely the subordinates of the burglar Gao Yingxiang!"

"Didn't you vaguely hear the hammer bandits?"

Chuang Tatian had mostly infantry in his hands, and most of the ones he robbed were mules and horses, and he didn't have any decent cavalry.

I heard that the head coach He Jinzhao prefers to use firearms, and he has a lot of firearms in his hands.

It was in the First World War that the Ming guard He Renlong was shot and killed, completely breaking down the fighting spirit of the Ming army.

Choose one of the three, then Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang is left.

King Chuang has entered Jin several times, so he must have explored a lot of the terrain of Jin to prepare for the large-scale exploration of Jin.

Otherwise, how could the thieves know about Han Xinling, a dangerous place?
And I heard that he has a group of elite heavy cavalry in his hands!
In the terrain of Han Xinling, Baihu's light cavalry could not fly kites with the heavy cavalry at all, and would be knocked to the ground by them instead.

Most of these war horses were sold to him by Wu Zimian, the chief soldier of Yansui, which also led to the mutiny of Yansui Qin Wangbing.

More Ming soldiers left Wu Zimian and went to Gao Yingxiang.

In addition, what Baihu said about the thieves' formation is extremely similar to that of the Ming army.

All evidence points to the fact that Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, who ranks second in strength in Shaanxi, wants to go north to attack Taiyuan.

These peasant troops were mixed with a lot of frontier troops, and their combat power increased significantly.

The opponent this time is Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang!

As for threatening to be a hammer bandit, it's just a small trick to make me relax my vigilance.

Hu Dawei no longer felt contemptuous, he took out the map and observed carefully:

"Now our army and the bandit army are facing each other in Han Xinling, and Fenxi County has been occupied by bandits.

Then even if we are in a hurry, we will not be able to gain a firm foothold in Han Xinling, and we will only be spared by the bandits, who will be rewarded for thousands of miles. "

Although Hu Dawei is a Mongolian, he has a military strategy in his chest, which is no worse than others.

All the generals admired his analysis.

The army speaks of strength, even the remaining three Han generals, Zhang Yingchang, Shi Ji, and Ning Wu, have no choice but to obey.

Hu Dawei pointed at the map and said, "Such a large territory cannot be defended with our strength."

"My lord, just hit me as you say."

After Gou Fuwei knew that this group of thieves would be difficult to fight, he didn't back down, on the contrary, he was full of fighting spirit.

The Mongolian Tartars outside the Great Wall were boring and fast, and they didn't get much each time.

Even though the rogues had elite soldiers, most of them had just picked up their swords, so how could they be so ruthless as those who lick blood on the tip of their swords all the year round?
What's more, in Shaanxi, there are often hundreds of officers and soldiers chasing and killing tens of thousands of bandits. It doesn't make sense for bandits to come to Shanxi, and their Shanxi officers and soldiers can't beat them.

So they only had four thousand officers and soldiers, and they were not afraid of the tens of thousands of rogues who entered Jin.

Seeing that the morale was available, Hu Dawei smiled:
"We quickly marched to Jiexiu County, where there are many merchants and rich people. They will definitely be willing to work in the army, so the brothers will be more motivated to fight."

Everyone smiled at the general's words.

They are all people who have broken away from the pursuit of basic survival, who would not want to make a fortune!
"I intend to divide [-] troops to guard Shitong Bridge, the only bridge across Fenshui, so that bandits will not be able to enter Fenyang County, an important town in Fenzhou, and another [-] troops will be sent to guard Guanziling and Putong Pass.

In this way, the thieves would not be able to pass through Fenzhou and continue northward to besiege Taiyuan.

If the high thief wants to besiege Jiexiu County, our army stationed in these two places can surround him like an eagle folds its wings. "

All the generals agreed with Hu Dawei's strategy.

If the high thief gave up the siege of Jiexiu, he could only cross Mianshan and enter Qinzhou, get through Liaozhou all the way, and rush through Yuci to reach Taiyuan.

In this way, he occupied more counties, and needed more troops to garrison various places. When he arrived under the city of Taiyuan, the advantage of troops was gone.

Moreover, the battle line is too long, and the supply of food and grass is insufficient, and the team of high-ranking thieves will reveal many flaws.

This is good for hitting him.

"Take the governor's order and immediately go to Jiexiu County and inform the county magistrate.

Let him convince the wealthy households in the city that the choice is to give us a little money, or to give all the wealth and life to the thief, and they must be able to distinguish clearly. "

"Yes."

With the orders of the new governor, the own messengers immediately rode fast horses to Jiexiu County.

The composition of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty was very complicated. There were not more than twenty crimes of exile in the army before, but with the deterioration of the military system.

During the Jiajing period, there were more than 300 crimes committed by exile into the army. When he almost made a mistake, he tried to find a way to send the criminal and his whole family to the border to serve as soldiers.

These people don't need money to stimulate one or two, how can they be made to use their lives.

There is also the difficulty of recruiting soldiers. Liaodong conscripted 100 soldiers, provided food, money and land, and failed to recruit [-] people for two years.

No one wants to be a soldier, because being an official will turn your whole family into military households for future generations.

How miserable the military households are, 200 years have proved it.

Fortunately, the adults in the Ming Dynasty knew that they could not deceive the people, so they had no choice but to change the contract of being a soldier.

Adopt the recruitment system, remove the fact that all future generations can only serve as soldiers, and do not need to change civilian households into military households.

Become the kind of contract where you serve as a soldier for life alone until death terminates it.

Soldiers can only be recruited by the distribution of sufficient food and salaries.

As for conscription, it is compulsory, and only half food and half salary are given.

It wasn't until Sun Chuanting's later period that the military contract in some areas of the Ming Dynasty was changed to five years, and you could leave when the contract expired.

With such favorable conditions for serving as a soldier, everyone joined the army one after another, preparing to earn some food money, but the court often owed their salaries.

Up to now, the brothers are pointing to this kind of errand to make extra money!

Hu Dawei, the general, is not a pedantic head.

No money to fight a fart war!
Just firing two arrows before the battle, then turned around and ran away, without directly surrendering, he was already very worthy of the Chongzhen Emperor who owed his salary.

"Pass my military order, after eating enough, set off quickly and rush to Jiexiu County."

Hu Dawei looked at the generals and said: "Tell the brothers, if you overcome one or two, you can receive a reward when you arrive in Jiexiu County."

"Yes!"

　Thanks for the sponsorship of 500 taels of silver from the fainting bird of paradise.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)