Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 307 Gold Swallowing Beast (Second Change)
It's really not those former soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and the new military households who joined He Jinzhao's team: Hearing the war, he is happy.

It's really that the treatment of grassroots soldiers in Daming is too bad. Everyone can't eat enough and don't wear warm clothes, so why should they work hard for you!
On the contrary, the treatment He Jinzhao gave was really attractive.

Who wouldn't want to give it a go?
Jiubian reclamation is divided into two types: grain farming and grass farming. One is for feeding people and the other is for feeding horses.

The military settlements are almost all extensive. After two hundred years of large-scale plundering and reclamation, the soil fertility has declined and it has become saline-alkali land, sandy land, and ravines.

During the Chongzhen period, they couldn't pay their salaries, and the life of the soldiers at the bottom was even worse, and they almost became Shangguan's private serfs.

They are not as valuable as big livestock, and would rather feed the war horses and mules than give them better treatment.

The low-level officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty wanted to earn a fortune for themselves through He Jinzhao. What's wrong with them?

Who doesn't yearn for a better life?
Besides, He Jinzhao slaughtered the deputy general of Shanxi Town, which was tantamount to giving them great courage and adding buffs.

I don't know if it's because of the change of identity, but in short, if I join the Hammer Bandits, then I am an invincible existence.

Everyone knew that the war was coming, and since He Jinzhao had food in hand, everyone shouted to act quickly.

Emperor Chongzhen was hungry and sent troops, but He Jinchao would not be like this.

The map of Taiyuan Prefecture is placed in the hall.

Liu Erhu, He Zan, Dang Shousu, Gao Yigong, Tian Hu, Tian Bao and other military chiefs all stood aside to discuss matters.

"My lord, it is sixty miles from Hequ County to Sancha City, and there are four military forts in the middle, two of which are within our control."

Ji Gui pointed at Sancha City with a straight wooden stick: "This is called a city, but it's just a town, and there are very few Ming troops stationed here, so they can be ignored.

There are only about [-] pacesetters left in the Bajiao Fort, and currently they have not received effective support from Ningwuguan General Tian Ming, and they seem to want to give up.

Our key targets are Wuzhai Fort and Wuzhai County, according to detailed reports.

There are 100 soldiers in Wuzhai Fort, 30 of them are pacesetters, [-] are family servants, and the rest are temporary recruits.

In Wuzhai County, there were thousands of Ming soldiers, plus many landlords and gentry ran into the county to take refuge.

They assisted the magistrate to spend money to recruit Liangjiazi and Jiashengzi (sons of house slaves). There were a total of three thousand soldiers, who were short of training and would not go out to fight in the city, but they were more than enough to defend the city. "

Ji Gui took back the wooden stick: "What we need to guard against most is Tian Ming, the general of Ningwu Pass.

According to Captain Tian Hu's information, he has [-] servants and [-] standard soldiers in his hands, and his combat power is not bad.

He also has [-] miscellaneous soldiers and guard soldiers, who are stationed in various military forts and along the Great Wall. "

He Jinzhao nodded: "The situation has been reported, so if you have any ideas, please tell me."

It was the first time for both Tian Hu brothers to participate in He Jinzhao's military meeting.

I never thought that it would be like this every time before a war was launched, instead of He Jinzhao holding the token to give orders, the two brothers were surprisingly speechless.

"Captain." Liu Erhu was the first to jump out, "I've made a round of this Wuzhai Fort. Last time I came back and passed by, I wanted to take him."

"How do you want to fight?" He Jinzhao didn't refuse either.

After all, when Liu Erhu heard that He Jinzhao had written a play for him, he was very excited and wanted to do another play.

Liu Erhu didn't even think about it: "Captain, give me two big general guns.

Don't look at the dangerous terrain of Wuzhai Fort, but I can also blow him away. "

These days, the Artisan Battalion has been doing a lot of work, and the casting of cannons has been directly put on the agenda.

In the past, there was only one big general cannon, but now a total of nine new cannons have been cast.

This is not counting the seizure of those old bronze cannons on the Great Wall.

"The weather is hot, and the gunpowder needs to be properly protected." He Jinzhao smiled:
"I'll assign you two General Cannons and six Franglers."

"Thank you, Captain." Liu Erhu was delighted.

He Jinzhao took the wooden stick and pointed to the map: "I need someone to guard against the officers and soldiers at Ningwu Pass, who will come?"

The two Tian brothers looked at each other, and with Liu Erhu's proof, they hurriedly called for a fight:

"Captain, the two of us brothers can do it."

"If you have any needs, you can talk about it."

After He Jinzhao finished speaking, Tian Hu thought for a while:
"Captain, can you assign me a team of Musketeers, this time the defense is the main focus, I am going to encircle Ningwu Pass."

He Jinzhao nodded: "Ningwu Pass has three city gates, I'll give you three general cannons and ten Flang machines to make the momentum bigger."

The idea of ​​substituting offense for defense is very good, lest Tian Ming see the real thing.

"Yes, thank you Captain."

Tian Hu is very happy, which shows that He Jinzhao trusts him.

He Jinzhao began to call names again: "Old Party, you come to guard Hequ County, guard against the Great Wall and Baode Prefecture and other directions.

As for food and grass, there is no need to prepare too much, we can get a lot of food when we arrive at the destination. "

"Yes."

Dang Shousu chuckled. In this way, the grain harvested in Xia didn't have to be taken out at all.

"The rest followed me to send troops to attack Wuzhai County."

"Yes."

The army of hammer bandits was dispatched in the morning.

Gao Yigong led a thousand cavalry to Sancha City first and occupied it as a support point.

In fact, it is equivalent to no Ming soldiers guarding it, and there is no danger here. There is no city, it is just a town surrounded by wooden fences.

The war horse can be broken with a slight impact.

Changing horses for a while, He Jinzhao already had two cavalry brigades (one man and two horses) in his hands.

The newly established cavalry brigade is still in training.

This time, the vanguard dispatched 1 troops.

Among them, there were 3000 auxiliary soldiers, who escorted food and grass for three days, armor worn by soldiers, weapons, gunpowder, and lighting fires for cooking.

Moreover, He Jinzhao's dispatch this time was all mule-powered troops, and all the equipment was carried by carts.

The most important thing is that there are several large carts of ice cubes, covering them with quilts and following behind.

Nitrate will not be wasted, and the water can be evaporated to dryness, and it can be used continuously.

After the summer harvest, He Jinzhao had to expand his territory, even if there were enough people to eat.

But keep [-] horses plus [-] mules, oxen, pack horses and the like.

Even though He Jinzhao took over a large number of forage fields and warehouses for storing beans near the Great Wall of the Ming army, war horses are really fierce animals that need to be cared for.

If it is not well maintained, this war horse will be useless.

So now He Jinzhao doesn't trade horses at the exchange, but asks herdsmen to trade cattle, sheep, mules, and veterinarians.

The veterinarians who came from Shaanxi are really not enough. It is really a delicate job to take care of these big animals.

Engaging in army building is a beast that swallows gold.

As far as these two cavalry teams are concerned, He Jinzhao finds it a bit tricky to raise them.

Fortunately, the capital of these families was sponsored by landlords and gentry.

Otherwise, He Jinzhao really couldn't afford it, and now some food and grass were a little less.

He Jinzhao took the initiative to find landlords and gentry in other places in northwest Shanxi to help him.

If Liang doesn't come to me, then I will walk to Liang!

(End of this chapter)