A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 235 Give the head to Duchen Chen, I'm leaving
In the anticipation of the crowd, Wang Dou said indifferently: "We will not come to this place again. We cannot leave these grains and grass to the Tartars. After we leave tomorrow, we will burn all these warehouses and Zhuangzi with a fire, and let the Tartars Let's take the blame!"

Everyone was awe-inspiring. The guerrilla general was always decisive and ruthless. Although his tone was calm, the meaning behind his words was shocking.

Armor leaves clang and clang, and everyone cups their fists together to accept orders.

Han Zhong straightened up, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and looked at Wen Fangliang proudly, and Wen Fangliang gave him a thumbs up.

Seeing that the sky was getting late, everyone entered the village, and it was full of excitement immediately. All the soldiers had allocated a camp, and each team squeezed into a house. Everyone lit a fire, sat around the fire, and roasted warm While drinking hot broth and eating large pieces of horse meat, everyone laughed and laughed.

Wang Dou walked around the village, seeing that the soldiers were eating well and in good spirits, he was quite satisfied, and went to visit those soldiers who were wounded and killed in battle.

About 40 people were killed in this battle, and more than 110 people were injured. Most of the injuries were fine and they would be fine after a few days of recuperation. However, more than 30 people were seriously injured and needed to be recuperated.The location of their own expedition is uncertain, I am afraid they will no longer be able to stay with the army.

Wang Dou felt a little heavy. The bodies of the brothers who died in the battle, thousands of miles away, might not be able to be transported back to their hometown, and they could only be cremated on the spot.Take their ashes and clothes back, and they will be buried at the foot of Shun Township Fort Busan in the future.

When the wounded saw the guerrilla general leading all the generals come to condolences, they looked sad and earnest, and all of them were excited. Perhaps in other Ming armies, soldiers died as soon as they died. When they died, there was a straw mat. A grave bag is already very good.After they died, there was no way to talk about pensions in the family.

But in Shunxiang Fort, everyone can enter the Baozhong Temple to enshrine the spirit cards of the soldiers who died in battle, and the Shangguan worships every year.There are still pensions every year and every month in the family, and the parents of the wife and children are taken care of. Even if they die, what is there to be afraid of?
Wang Dou saw a wounded man hugging the body of a dead sergeant, and he didn't know if the two were friends or brothers.

Seeing Wang Dou approaching, he struggled to get up. When Wang Dou comforted him, he wept and said: "Little and Gou Sheng grew up, and we are like brothers and sisters. In the seventh and ninth years of Chongzhen, my parents and sisters were both I lost my life at the hands of the Tartars. At that time, the two of us swore to take revenge. Now that the revenge has been avenged, I killed two Tartar soldiers, and Gou Sheng killed three Tartar soldiers. Even if I die now, It's worth it, it's worth it."

He laughed wildly for a long time, and then wept again.

Wang Dou nodded silently, and left quietly with all the generals.

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After condolences to the wounded, Wang Dou also summoned Han Zhong, Wen Fangliang, the chief generals, and the direct leaders of each battalion to eat in his own room.

Several tables were put together to form a big table, and there were several big pots of boiled horse meat on the table. Everyone ate and chatted, and the scene was lively. Unfortunately, there was no good wine, and Wang Dou was not allowed to go out to fight and drink.It's freezing cold, drinking hot soup and eating large pieces of horse meat inside the house, it's very comfortable.

"Shu Tan, what a fucking Shu Tan."

Han Zhong gobbled it up, stuffed pieces of horse meat into his mouth, and said vaguely: "Damn, I haven't eaten meat for a few days. It's better in Baoanzhou, where there is meat every day."

His mouth was full of greasy food, and his father-in-law Li Guangheng frowned and gave him a look.Although his own eating habits were not much better, he secretly blamed his son-in-law for his lack of official appearance.There was meat on the table, but it was a pity that there was no wine. Li Guangheng was a drunkard.Even the horse meat didn't taste much in his mouth, and he couldn't help coughing when he heard his son-in-law eating.

Han Zhong is clever, his father-in-law has a hot temper, although in the army, his position is the most respected, and Li Guangheng will salute him when he sees him in public, but...

Han Zhong's movements slowed down a little, Wang Dou took a piece of horse meat for him with a smile, and said, "Brother Han, don't worry, eat slowly."

Wen Fangliang glanced at Han Zhong with some envy, and yelled strangely: "Old Han, you eat so fast, you have eaten up all the meat of the brothers."

After Han Zhong thanked Wang Dou, hearing what Wen Fangliang said, he was also not to be outdone, and shouted, "Old Wen, I think you eat as much as I do."

Everyone laughed.

After grinning for a while, Wen Fangliang tentatively said to Wang Dou: "General, I really don't want the silver in the treasury? In the end, there will be two or thirty thousand taels anyway. It's a pity not to."

Everyone looked at Wang Dou, and Wang Dou smiled and said, "Brother Wen, these silver coins are just a trifle. The army is out in the field, and the soldiers are in chaos. You can't buy anything. It's just a pile of scrap iron. This battle has to be fought, wait." Seeing the opportunity, some of the grain, rice, and silver taels looted by the Tartars are near Baoan Prefecture, and we will do it once, robbing him of tens of thousands of stone grains, tens of thousands of taels of silver, and tens of thousands of people to go back."

At this time, there are wars everywhere, and money is really useless.In history, when Lu Xiangsheng led the army to go south, he also had some silver in his army, but he couldn't buy anything, so he had to peel the bark of trees and dig grass roots to eat, which was horrible.

Hearing Wang Dou's words, everyone became excited, thinking about where the tartars would collect the looted money, and take away their lair in one go, grabbing as much as they could at one time.

Seeing their excited and slightly regretful looks, Wang Dou thought for a while, and it was fine. Not wanting to see money was really unbearable for his subordinates, and he couldn't ask them to have the same economic concepts and awareness as himself.

Let the soldiers divide the silver in the treasury. The ten taels per person is probably finished. Although the army doesn’t need the silver when they go out, it’s still useful after they go back. It’s just that after returning home, they have to find a way to solve the problem in the jurisdiction. There is more money and less food in the country, and there is a serious inflation problem.

Hearing that Wang Dou was willing to ask for the money in the treasury, everyone in the room shouted strangely: "The general is wise."

The matter was decided in this way, and the matter of going to the treasury to get the silver was handed over to Zhong Tiaoyang, and Wang Dou also ordered him: "Mr. Zhong, you ordered the soldiers and craftsmen of the battalion department to repair some of the captured Tartar armor overnight. There is also a lot of salt, and the horse meat will be processed overnight."

Zhong Tiaoyang took the order loudly.

At this time, he was also full of food and drink, so he bid farewell to Wang Dou and went out of the house with the others.

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Wang Dou coughed, looked around at the crowd, and said seriously, "Tell me something."

Immediately, everyone sat down respectfully, and Wang Dou said: "Now our army has enough food and grass for a month, and the artillery ammunition can be used for a month. As for the gunpowder, it is no problem to support the slave soldiers to retreat."

In the era of combined hot and cold weapons, there were not many opportunities to launch gunpowder. The firecrackers in Wang Dou's army lined up in three rows when fighting, and the three rows formed a round.Under intensive firecracker fire, the enemy army will usually be defeated in two to three rounds, and even one more round will be defeated.Even in today's battle during the day, the gunner who fired the most gunpowder only fired six shots.

The gunpowder pack on each gunpowder's back contained thirty rounds of ammunition in paper tubes. Even in today's big battle, the ammunition on each soldier's body could support at least four or five battles.Not to mention that in Wang Dou's carriage, there were tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition in paper tubes. I'm afraid that after the victory and returning home, the gunpowder hadn't been used up yet.

Even if the artillery ammunition is consumed a lot today, the Buddha Wolf machine artillery that fired the most gunpowder fired less than ten rounds.A conservative estimate of the remaining artillery ammunition, there is no problem with one month.

Wang Doudao: "With food and grass, and with military merits, so I don't need to stay in the capital, I am determined to go after Lu Duchen and join Lu Duchen, Yang Junmen and others."

On the second day after the division of troops again, Lu Xiangsheng and the army and horses of the three township commanders had already set up their camps and headed for Baoding Mansion.One is that the Qing soldiers went south in a large scale. There were not many Qing soldiers in the capital, and they went there to fight against the enemy.The second is to stay near the capital, without food and grass supply, and with all kinds of constraints, Lu Xiangsheng can't support it.

Lu Xiangsheng believed that not fighting would make the Qing soldiers despise him, and confronting the war caused troubles again, and impeachment continued from all sides.Or go to Baoding Mansion, Zhending Mansion, you can kill the enemy and serve the country, and maybe there will be a turning point in terms of food and grass.Therefore, on October 11, 24th year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng led the army and left the capital. If Wang Dou transported food back to the village and started to chase, it would be at least four to five days away.

After listening to Wang Dou's words, the room was quiet.

Han Zhong first shouted: "I've grown impatient with this bird capital. There are too many traitors, and there are eunuchs making trouble. We don't report military merits, and we have to go out to grab food and grass by ourselves. We have lost nearly a hundred brothers. Go to Lu That's fine for the governor, at least he takes good care of our Shunxiang Fort army, and he doesn't have much to worry about, just killing the enemy and having a good time."

Wen Fangliang was more cautious. He whispered: "General, what will Chen Duchen think when we leave like this? After all, our army is under his command, and now he is the governor of Xuanda."

Wang Dou smiled and said, "With these 650 seven heads, what would he think?"

Wen Fangliang patted himself on the head and said with a smile: "That's right, he will be surprised and happy when he sees these hundreds of tartar heads, and he will only regret that he didn't provide us with food and grass early, and make our army go away in anger."

A cold light flashed in his eyes: "Da Ming is like this, as long as our military exploits continue and our military strength is not damaged, we will be honored by Chen Duchen..."

Having said that, he sneered a few times.

The other two commanders were all led by Wang Dou from Jingbian Fort or Shunxiang Fort, looking forward to Wang Dou's horse, and wherever Wang Dou took them, they went there.It was Tian Zhijue, the former general under Qian Zong Tian Changguo's command. Now he has become the commander-in-chief of Wang Dou's army, and it is too late to be close to each other. Naturally, there will be no objections, and everyone agrees unanimously.

Zhao Xuan, a non-mainstream person, enjoys the atmosphere in Wang Doujun very much, as long as he can manage his precious artillery team, he has no objection.

Li Guangheng said in a deep voice: "The last general will follow General Wang, and he will serve like a dog and a horse forever."

Wang Dou was quite satisfied with everyone's statements, and in the end only the governor Chi Dacheng was left.

Chi Dacheng was silent for a long time, and said: "General, as an official army of the Ming Dynasty, how can we leave without saying goodbye and treat the discipline of the French army of the Ming Dynasty as nothing? Now our Baoan Prefecture army is under the command of Duchen Chen. Even if we want to leave, we still need to leave." Only with Chen Duchen's consent."

Everyone looked at him, exchanged glances, Wang Dou frowned, Chi Dacheng abided by his duties in his own army, and acted effectively, which effectively guaranteed the strict military discipline of the Shun Township Army.There is also no selfishness in the registration of military achievements, which makes Wang Dou's expectation of clear rewards and punishments for the army a reality.But maybe in the entire Baoan Prefecture, he is the only one who remembers his status as an officer of the Ming Dynasty and ranks the court above him.

Wen Fangliang squinted at him and said, "Old Chi, if the general really left without saying goodbye, wouldn't you..."

Chi Dacheng glanced at Wen Fangliang angrily: "This governor's loyalty to the general can be learned from the sun."

He left his seat and kowtowed in front of Wang Dou, looked up at Wang Dou and said, "General, you don't have to listen to the advice of the subordinate officials, but the subordinate officials have their duties, but they have to give advice. The general went out to suppress bandits and take in refugees. Disagreeing with the law is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. The lower officials are not pedantic people, and they agree with it in their hearts. But now that the army is leading the army to Beijing, and there are army commanders at the top, the lower officials think that it is the law of the country to leave without saying goodbye. No, general, please think twice before acting."

Having said that, he kowtowed heavily.

Wang Dou looked at him for a while, then said calmly, "Chi Zhen, please wake up."

He looked at everyone around him: "Tomorrow we will set off immediately after we return to the village fort to chase after Duchen Lu."

Everyone took orders with a bang, Chi Dacheng got up, the people around him kept away from him intentionally or unintentionally, Chi Dacheng still stood with a straight face.

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There was nothing to say all night, and there was no movement that night, let alone the enemy's sneak attack. It seemed that the red-flagged troops who stayed behind in Tongzhou were really terrified.

Early the next morning, Wang Dou's army gathered outside Gaolizhuang. With the captured armor of the Qing army, after a night of repairs, at least now Wang Dou's entire army is fully equipped with armor.

Dozens of Shun Township soldiers who died in the battle were cremated outside Guangfu Temple.The more than 400 Qing army horses captured by Wang Dou have now become mules and horses.In Gaoli Village, there were as many vehicles looted by the Qing soldiers as possible. After selecting some to carry grain and grass, some of the wounded were placed on these carriages.A large amount of processed horse meat was also placed on the carriage.

The soldiers of the battalion also brought boxes of silver and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the money is divided."

Sweeping away the look of sadness, everyone smiled happily. Each officer and each small army received about ten taels of silver per person. Seeing everyone's joy, Wang Dou also smiled: "Maybe life is simple, with food and drink." , there is still a part of silver saved, which is a kind of happiness."

Seeing the army gathered outside the village, surrounded by densely packed horses and chariots, this time it was really rewarding.

Wang Dou shouted: "Burn the village, burn all the warehouses, and leave no grass or tree for the slaves!"

Cheers and strange cries sounded, and Wen Daxing led a team of night hunters, each with torches in their hands, rode their horses and ran into the village, or set fire to the warehouses at the wharf.Soon the flames were everywhere, and the cold winter wind swept in, and the wind assisted the fire. The flames inside and outside the village immediately blazed, and finally turned into a large piece of thick fireworks, which could be seen from several miles away.

All the looting gains collected by the Qing army in Gaolizhuang were reduced to ashes.

In the midst of the overwhelming fire, Wang Dou's army marched in a column, still at night, roaring around, the army rolled in chariots and horses, and headed back towards the village fort.

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"If he really came to grab food, he even set fire to our Zhuangzi. This Wang Dou has such a cruel heart and such a spicy method!"

A few miles away from Gaoli Village, Du Du, the owner of the Eight Banners Manchuria Banner Bordered with Red Banners, was gnashing his teeth at Wang Dou.

Beside Du Du, accompanied by the red flag-studded Ba Yala Zhang Jingwo Entu, he shouted bitterly: "Anping Baylor, can you just let that Ming general go back swaggeringly? At least we can send warriors to harass, Letting them go back is not so smooth!"

"Perhaps we can set up an ambush with an army to severely attack their arrogance!"

Du Du shouted: "How to harass? Of our two thousand cavalry, there are only five hundred armored men, and the Ming general Wang Dou has at least five or six hundred cavalry. All of them are brave and good at fighting, and they are not inferior to our armored men." Warriors. How many people do you send to harass, 100 or 200, 300 or 400? Don’t you think there are not many military heads for them?”

"Ambush? It's only a few dozen miles from here to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Except for the battlefield yesterday, how can you find a place for our cavalry to set up an ambush? The Ming army has sharp firearms and brave battles. Everyone is not afraid of death. Driving around, we couldn't find any flaws. If we want to set up an ambush, we need to find a place where we can push Wang Dou into a desperate situation, and we need to besiege with several flags to make this possible!"

"Yesterday, more than a thousand of our warriors in the Three Banners have been killed or injured, and their vitality has been greatly injured. Even if there is an ambush here, just because of our red flag...Wontu Yuzhangjing, do you want all the warriors in our banner to die?" Are you going to fight it out?"

Du Du looked at Ontu's face with a livid face, thinking of yesterday's battle, he wanted to cry without tears. There were six or seven hundred warriors who were killed and seriously injured on the spot. Don't worry about those people, they all became the leaders of Wang Dou's military exploits.Although some people ran back after being injured, many of them were hit by lead. With the backward medical skills of the Manchus, most of them died that night.

There were also some people whose hands and feet were hit by gunfire shells. In order to survive, they had to amputate their limbs, and more than half died of pain on the spot. Even if they survived, these people have no hands and feet.Even counting the Eight Banners and Mongolian Banners, the final loss of the three banners was as high as more than 300 people, most of whom were armored soldiers.

It's just that the inlaid red flag was crippled in yesterday's mere encounter, and now the Tongzhou camp is empty, apart from being coaxed by Qing soldiers who are invincible in field battles, if there is really a bold Ming army coming to attack the camp, they really don't know what to do Is good.If the news of Wang Dou's great victory spreads and the Ming army is ready to move, it will be bad.

Du Du was worried, and after hearing what Wen Entu said, he became angry and gave him a scolding.

Being scolded so mercilessly by Du Du, On Entu was also dejected. He also knew the situation in his banner, but he just felt aggrieved.

Hearing this, he said cautiously: "According to Anping Baylor's opinion, what should we do?"

Du Du said in a deep voice: "Let them leave, don't make more troubles, the food is gone, we can continue to grab it, Ben Belle doesn't believe it, the Ming army is so capable of fighting!"

He pondered for a while, and then said: "This time we also gained something, knowing that there is such a sharp army in the Ming Dynasty. Pass the flags of the rest on a fast horse, so that when they encounter this Ming army, they must be careful and cautious. And be careful!"

"If there is a chance to get rid of them, we must eliminate Wang Dou's army at any cost!"

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The journey was safe and sound, except for a few sentry cavalry of the Qing army who dodged far away, they did not encounter any Qing army brigade.

In the afternoon of that day, Wang Dou and others returned safely to the village castle.

Back in the fort, everyone laughed and laughed, and Tian Qiming, the guard team officer, saw the mighty convoy returning with a full load, and opened his eyes wide again: "My mother, the brothers have gained a lot."

Wang Dou recruited Tian Qiming to inquire. During the two days since he left, there was no movement near the village fortress. The new Governor of Xuanda, Chen Xinjia, did not send anyone, let alone food.Wang Dou snorted coldly, if it wasn't for his army going out to grab food, the soldiers in the army would probably be hungry soon.

He was determined to leave, and he didn't bother to pay attention to so much, so he quickly arranged to evacuate and chase after Lu Xiangsheng. Early the next morning, Wang Dou led the army to leave the capital and headed for Baoding Mansion.

At the same time, Wang Dou also arranged for two doctors, each with two guards, and gave them several carriages and a box of silver, and sent more than [-] seriously injured soldiers from the general to the capital to find a house. Take good care of your wounds, and when you recover from your injuries, you can either go back to Baoan Prefecture by yourself, or come to catch up with the army, it's up to them.

Seeing that the guerrilla general was so thoughtful of himself and cared for his subordinates so much, the more than [-] wounded had tears in their eyes and bid farewell to Wang Dou's army.

When Wang Dou left, Wen Daxing, head of Yebushou Baibai, led a small team of Yebushou, drove a few carriages full of Qing army heads captured in this battle, and entered Chen Xinjia's tent.

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At this time, Chen Xinjia was also returning to his tent. He had just returned from the head assistant Liu Yuliang, and he was full of ambition.Mr. Liu asked for an inspector, and finally he was about to get up and leave Beijing. He was with the army by his side, with more than 1 elite soldiers under his command, and even a fierce general like Wang Dou. His future was limitless.

A smile appeared on Chen Xinjia's face. He tried all kinds of tricks and finally raised a batch of food and grass. With these food and grass, if he could accept the hearts of his subordinates, then Wang Dou would be more determined to him, right?
Suddenly, the guards came to report that the guerrilla general Wang Dou of Xuanfu Town had once again beheaded a great victory. The heads had already been transported outside the camp. Chen Xinjia was overjoyed. This Wang Dou really...had just beheaded more than 200 slave heads. , Another gain?
He couldn't wait to get out of the big tent, surrounded by guards who were pointing at several chariots and horses, exclamation everywhere.Beside several chariots and horses, there were several tall and strong sergeants under Wang Dou's command, one of whom was full of beards and wearing armor.

Seeing Chen Xinjia approaching, he strode forward to salute, and handed a letter written by Wang Dou to Chen Xinjia.

Chen Xinjia opened it, and his face turned livid immediately: "What a Wang Dou, why don't you take this governor seriously!"

Then he was startled, his eyes were attracted by a large number of heads opened on the carriage, and he couldn't help but marvel: "So many heads of slaves..."

He strode forward and couldn't wait to check with the guards, and kept saying, "One, two, three, four..."

Suddenly I heard a person next to me saying: "The last general will wait for his resignation!"

Chen Xinjia waved his hand impatiently: "Back, back!"

Wen Daxing looked at Chen Xinjia who was concentrating on counting his heads, smiled coldly, and exchanged glances with the few nights beside him, got on his horse, and left quietly.

Chen Xinjia especially didn't realize it. After he counted all the heads, his whole body trembled involuntarily: "... six... 650 and seven slave heads?"

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The Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, within the Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at a memorial sent by the eunuch Wang Dehua not long ago with a smile on his face.

Jifu was corrupt, and the Qing soldiers seemed to be in an uninhabited land. The Emperor Chongzhen had lost his temper countless times these days, and the court ladies and eunuchs beside him were all trembling.At this time, Guan Sheng Shang Longyan looked joyful, could there be some good news coming from the front?
Chongzhen suddenly stood up and said, "What a fierce general, he can behead slaves and thieves at more than 220 levels. My Ming Dynasty is not unmanned."

He walked around the Nuan Pavilion excitedly, recalling the time when he met Wang Dou back then, and nodded repeatedly. This Wang Dou really lived up to my wishes. At that time, he saw that he was a talent, and he really made great contributions to Daming .Then he stopped, with a look of remorse on his face: "Lu Aiqing must not be able to fight, and I took away his post of Minister..."

He pondered deeply, maybe he should immediately restore Lu Xiangsheng's title of Minister of War, and then give him the sword of Shangfang, so as to better urge the soldiers and horses of the kings of the world to fight.He rushed back to the case and wrote an imperial decree, praising Lu Xiangsheng and the guerrilla general Wang Douzhong for their brave actions, and gave them some money to encourage them to fight the enemy better.

While he was writing with a pen, the eunuch Wang Dehua, the supervisor of ceremonies, came in cheering again: "Your Majesty, great victory, great victory, Xuanda Governor Chen Xinjia reported that he attacked General Wang Dou under his command and beheaded six hundred slaves again... 650 class."

Chongzhen was a little out of breath, he stood up from the desk with difficulty, and said to Wang Dehua: "Hurry up, quickly fetch Chen Aiqing's play and let me watch it."

After carefully reading the memorial several times, Emperor Chongzhen eagerly said to Wang Dehua: "It is reported that Yang Aiqing has come to see me."

Then he stopped Wang Dehua who was about to go out: "Chen Aiqing has made great contributions to the country, such a great victory, let him come to face the saint."

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Old White Bull:
Some book friends mentioned the problem of the Qing army attacking the protagonist's car formation, saying that flanking and attacking the rear wing tactics could be used.If you read the book carefully, you will know that the protagonist is deploying a square camp, and the firepower and troops on all sides are even. There is no distinction between flanks and rear wings, and any side is the front.

The chariot camps and cavalry camps of the Ming Dynasty, or most infantry camps, also arranged square camps when they encountered enemies in the wild, square and square, and the troops and firepower on each side were used equally.The horses and chariots they carry can wrap the entire army tightly on all sides.Why the old man was attacked by the Qing army can only be attributed to the lack of training and lack of fighting will.

(End of this chapter)