I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 48 The Army in History
Chapter 047

"Chief, do you have land?"

"Yes, I have!"

Zhou Ning, the commander of the Ning Navy, is the second son of Zhou Yandong, the deputy of Dengzhou Weiyuan. Because military households are hereditary, Zhou Yandong's hereditary hundreds of household officials, if nothing else, is Zhou Yandong's eldest son, that is, Zhou Ning Zhou An's eldest brother.When Cheng Shijie recruited Ding Bing, he also participated behind Zhou Yandong's back.

By the time Zhou Yandong found out, Zhou Ning had already been promoted to Xiaoqi because of his decisive actions in the battle of robbing and killing his predecessor Qianhu Gaowang, and because of his meritorious service in beheading the guards outside Li Dayuan.

At this time, Zhou Yandong was promoted by Cheng Shijie to be Deputy Qianhu, and Zhou Yandong had no reason to object.In this way, Zhou Ning started from Qingjinpu, participated in the battle to exterminate King Qin, and beheaded six levels successively.

"How many lands do you have?"

"Eighty acres!"

The Ning navy officers and soldiers around looked surprised: "Chief post, so you beheaded the eighth rank?"

"That's right!"

Zhou Ning said proudly: "The head of the post tells you that you must not be cowardly when you go to the battlefield. The more you are cowardly, the more afraid you will be, and the faster you will die!"

Several soldiers were ready to move. In their eyes, Zhen Sanshan and the bandits under his command were nothing but money and the hope of life.

Cut off a head, that is ten acres of land.

Unknowingly, Ning Haijun's momentum changed.Whether it's a recruit or a veteran, the eyes are red, everyone wants a house, and they want land.The officers and men of the Ning Navy do not have separate houses now, but the veterans of the Ning Navy, that is, Cheng Shijie's first four hundred famous Ding Bing, all of them have houses.

The houses that Cheng Shijie built for them in Ninghaijun each had three main houses and two auxiliary rooms on the left and right, totaling five houses. However, these houses are free.

More importantly, they participated in the Ning Navy and received military pay every month, but the military salary was not much, only one or two taels of silver per month, the captain was one or two taels of silver, and the rank of post chief was one or two taels of silver.

Even if it is the head of the post, he can allocate ten acres of wasteland for the first level of beheading.Although it is a wasteland, not everyone can reclaim it. Ordinary people who want to reclaim it on unowned wasteland will definitely not be taken care of. Ni, this is their ancestral land.

Litigation is also a matter of others, so I can only admit that I am unlucky.The common people are afraid of being pitted, and even if they encounter wasteland, they are unwilling to cultivate it, because it is labor for making wedding dresses for others.

This point is actually similar to that of later generations. Although there are wastelands, you can try to build a house or farm, and you will know the result.Even the groundwater belongs to the state, so digging a well to get water without permission is really a crime, which is called the crime of stealing state minerals.

However, with the wasteland endorsed by Cheng Shijie's masterpiece, after reclaiming the wasteland, you can get the title deed and become your real property.

Ning Haijun's team appeared on the official road, one team after another, neat and well-equipped, because each of Ning Haijun's soldiers had a waist knife and a long gun or spear in their hands, but the crossbows and firecrackers were not there at the moment. Not many, there are three old-fashioned artillery.

This kind of artillery is actually a tiger squatting cannon invented by Qi Jiguang. It has four legs, the front two legs are slightly higher, and the rear two legs are slightly lower.

The tiger squatting gun is similar to the bowl-mouth gun. It fires shotguns and has a very short range. It can only cause damage to enemies within about [-] steps. It is not very lethal to permanent targets, such as city walls. Stack a few sacks, fill them with sand or dirt, and you'll be safe.

Cheng Shijie was riding a horse. Most of the horses seized from Qin Wu were mules or crossbow horses, and they could not be used as war horses. Therefore, only two sentries of Ning Haijun were cavalry. As for falling, let them charge cavalry, it is really hard for them.

However, the speed advantage of the horse is not comparable to that of the infantry, so the cavalry of these two posts were released by Cheng Shijie as scouts.

At this time, Cheng Shijie was following Chen Guodong. At this time, Chen Guodong was riding a black war horse, carrying a four-foot-long special compound bow, Tang Zhidao and Hengdao, a black horse and a horizontal sword, and a red bow and white feather arrow. Mess.

In Ning Haijun's horse-short unit, apart from scouts, Shen Mingyu, and Cheng Shijie, the other officers, including Zhang Yu, who was at the same level as Shen Mingyu, didn't ride horses. Zhang Yu was qualified, but he couldn't ride.

Chen Guodong's ability to ride a horse and keep pace with Cheng Shijie was a bit outrageous, but none of the more than 2000 people felt that there was anything wrong, because he had this ability.

The military is a place to talk about strength,
With his fists and kicks, Chen Guodong defeated the fifty captains of Ning Haijun in three days in a one-on-one situation, and defeated Shen Mingyu in a one-on-five situation. Acquiesced to Chen Guodong's specialness.

Chen Guodong told Cheng Shijie that he used to be a general of the Dongjiang Army, and he was written by Geng Zhongming. Because he couldn't understand the soldiers of the Dengzhou Army killing the people of Liaodong, he clashed with the Dengzhou Army.But Geng Zhongming handed him over in order to calm things down. If Cheng Shijie hadn't met Cheng Shijie for his help, he would have died long ago.

Cheng Shijie also thought that he had found a treasure, a general of the Dongjiang Army, and a titan who was killed from the sea of ​​corpses and blood. Cheng Shijie said at the time that Chen Guodong should be the general of the Ning Navy, equal to Shen Mingyu.

But he refused, only willing to be a personal guard.

Cheng Shijie also expressed regret.

……

"Young master, run!"

A bloody guard helped a handsome middle-aged man onto the horse with great difficulty.

The middle-aged handsome guy said anxiously: "I don't know how to ride a horse..."

However, the guard couldn't care less, he slashed at the horse's buttocks fiercely, the horse suffered from pain, and rushed forward. The handsome middle-aged man was thrown away after less than fifty steps supported by the horse Get off the horse.

Where did the middle-aged handsome guy encounter such a situation: "Oh..."

The trampled dirt road surface is very hard.In desperation, the handsome middle-aged man covered his face with his hands, so he left a trail of blood on the ground with his arms that was more than ten meters long.

Although the face was saved, the arms of the handsome middle-aged man were bloody.

The guard couldn't help covering his face.

After a while, the middle-aged handsome guy struggled to get up.The guard looked at the bandit who was chasing up behind him, and used his body to protect the handsome middle-aged man.

The handsome middle-aged man pushed away the guards around him, but there was no other way, and more than 200 bandits rushed up from the opposite side.As a guard, even if his whole body is made of iron, he can't twist a few nails.

"Son!"

"Gu Shun, step back!"

The handsome middle-aged man looked at the bandits who were getting closer, his arm hurt more and more, his face was distorted from the pain: "Gu has no grievances with you in the past, and has no grudges in recent days. If you are looking for money, why don't you talk to me?" !"

The bandits dispersed, and a young man with fine features but dark eyes came over.He is the soft persimmon in Cheng Shijie's eyes. In fact, Zhen Sanshan's real name is Zhang Huairen, but his name is obviously wrong.What he did has nothing to do with benevolence.

Unlike most people who can't survive, they can only enter the mountains and become bandits.Zhang Huairen was not only unable to survive, but was born in a family of officials and eunuchs. His grandfather was Zhang Mengli, the governor of Gansu and the minister of Dali Temple, and his father was Zhang Sicheng, the deputy envoy of Shanxi.Zhang Huairen was born in the 39th year of Wanli, as a noble son born in an official family.

Zhang Huairen doesn't like reading, but he likes to fight and fights, becoming the king of Laiyang, because of the fights, the Zhang family often cleans up the mess for him.Later, he took a group of servants and occupied the mountain as king, nicknamed Zhen Sanshan.

However, he has two brands, one team.When he was in charge of Sanshan, he was actually very harmless. The targets of his attacks were mainly passing merchants. If they encountered a caravan escorted by bodyguards and armed servants, they would be willing to accept the other party's buying money, three or five taels of silver. That's fine, ten or eight taels of silver is also fine.

However, after paying the money to buy the road, he let the other party relax his vigilance, and then he led people to chase him all the way up, robbing all the property and leaving no survivors. He has been entrenched in this area since the first year of Chongzhen, and has not attracted the attention of the government for more than four years.

"Master Gu, how much do you want to pay for your life?"

Zhang Huairen showed his big white teeth.

Gu Shizhang's expression became extremely miserable.Zhang Huairen's teeth are very white, which shows that his living conditions are superior, and he is definitely not from a poor family. Once such a person becomes a bandit, he will either keep a secret or cover his identity, and usually silence him.

"Why bother to lie to Gu Mou, no matter how much money Gu Mou pays, you will not spare Gu Mou!"

Gu Shizhang kept his mouth shut, wishing for a quick death.

However, at this moment, the sound of horseshoes sounded.

Zhang Huairen's face changed drastically.

He followed the prestige and saw a cavalry team appearing behind him at some point. Although the cavalry team was not many in number, they were well-equipped. These cavalry teams had already dismounted.

However, in the north direction, there was a large-scale army. Compared with Zhang Huairen's more than 200 bandits, Ning's navy had more than 2000 horsemen, which was naturally considered huge.

"The wind is tight, scream!"

Zhang Huairen didn't even have any interest in cutting Gu Shizhang, and ordered to retreat directly. It doesn't matter if Gu Shizhang is dead or not, the key is that he is in serious trouble.

All the bandits ran away without any hesitation.

Zhang Huairen took off his money bag casually, and threw the scattered silver inside on the ground.

"Quick, throw away the valuables!"

Zhang Huairen had encountered the encirclement and suppression by the government army before, relying on this little coup, he could escape calmly.

However, the problem was that the army he encountered was too weird. Not only was it formed in a strict formation, it was as motionless as a mountain, and it was silent.

Sure enough, when Zhang Huairen led the bandits and rushed towards the hills to the east, the army finally moved, but no one went to pick up the scattered copper coins and silver on the ground.

In the eyes of Zhongning naval officers and men, these silver and copper coins are nothing.The heads of the bandits are valuable. What's more, Ning Haijun did not train combat skills, attack and defense drills during this training period, but only trained them to execute orders.

Once they don't follow the order, they will be expelled. Once they are exiled, they and their families will also be expelled from Ninghai City. This is the fatal thing.

The more he ran, the more Zhang Huairen's heart sank.

There seems to be such an army that doesn't love money, but it only exists in historical records.

"Big trouble!"

Zhang Huairen's guess was very correct, the army behind him was running too fast.

"Pu Chi, Pu Chi!"

The sound of knives and guns piercing flesh, and screams came from behind.

(End of this chapter)