Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 187
The hearty victory and the joy of getting revenge are exciting, but the reality is always cruel and bloody.

Although the final general offensive completely wiped out Du Wenhuan's army and the core strength of a large group of officers and troops, making it impossible for this army to be organized again, the begging army under Song Qingshu also paid the price of more than 700 people. On the one hand, the cavalry as the main force was delayed in getting off their horses, and the musketeers as the main force of the infantry were exhausted and lagged behind. Most of the people who squeezed up were old and weak who would kill out of the stockade in the future. On the other hand, Du Wenhuan's personal soldiers were indeed too strong.

After being carried down the mountain, when the corpses were sorted out, sorrow aroused again. Enduring the pain, the people carried the corpses of the war dead and headed back heavily. They were surrounded by the peasant army along the way. Song Qingshu's mood But it quickly changed from excitement to heaviness.

Although Du Wenhuan must be killed just now, his words are also true. Killing the army and killing the general is a pleasure, and it can win Song Qingshu a great reputation, but also, the court will regard him as a thorn in the side. Could it be that the officers and soldiers from all directions chased and intercepted him?
And this is something later, how to live now has become a big problem. The team has grown, and Wang Zuogua's remnant has been officially annexed by himself. His men have grown to more than 3000, and the population is also [-]. Thirty people are not enough. If we go back tonight, everyone will go hungry!
The nearby landowners have been taken over by himself and Wang Zuohang. They used to be able to go to the nearby state capital to collect grain, but now the nearby state capital will definitely be ready.

Qingquanwei, Nanniwan, such a good place can't stay anymore, the best direction is to enter the Jin Dynasty eastward, where they will follow the peasant army. Song Qingshu's historical knowledge knows that in the next few years, the peasant army will be in Shanxi When it develops and grows, it will flow across the country and completely shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. However, under the bloody massacre of Hong Chengchou, the Shaanxi Peasant Army was completely silent, with corpses strewn all over the field and blood flowing like rivers!
Rogue, Rogue!The scariest thing is the flow, but how can we raise the food and wages to support our trip to Shanxi?
With a heavy belly, Song Qingshu frowned and followed the army back. He didn't think of a good way at all, but when he came to Qingquanwei, the front army stopped in shock, and Song Qingshu hurried to look around. The battalion was lit again.

It was a false alarm. Most of the men and some middle-aged women went out to fight. After all, there were still some old and weak people left. Caiwei organized them. Qingquan Weicheng was almost used to bury the ashes of the dead. After entering the official army's tent, Song Qingshu was particularly pleased that the official army, and the food that the official army had robbed Wang Zuohang, had been preserved.

Although it is not enough to eat for a few days, it is better than starving!
The soldiers who had been tired for a day entered the barracks, and they immediately had hot meals. Everyone couldn't help cheering and cheering. They didn't care about washing off the blood on their bodies, so they hurried to find rice bowls, bamboo tubes or even big leaves to hold their meals.

"Brother, Bao'er and I, Qiao'er are ready for dinner!"

In front of the large tent of the Chinese army, Caiwei, who was wearing an apron and worried all day long, was also sincerely relieved, and greeted him with smiling hands clasped in front of him. Song Qingshu felt warm after reading it, and went up to hug Caiwei suddenly The slender waist spun.

"Niu, you are really my brother's worry-relieving fruit!"

"Brother!" Her face flushed with embarrassment, Cai Wei tapped Song Qingshu's shoulder in protest, "Everyone is watching!"

"Okay, then let's come back at night and have dinner first!" After going crazy for a while, Song Qingshu put Caiwei down with a smile, and took her hand and walked into the tent, but within two steps, he suddenly Turning around thoughtfully, sure enough, not far from the tent, Xing Hongniang stopped in a bit lonely.

"What the hell, hurry up and eat! There are still many battles to be fought tomorrow!"

Looking at Song Qingshu's outstretched hand and Caiwei's sincere smile, Xing Hongniang's eyes became moist again, but she nodded heavily, and suddenly took Song Qingshu's outstretched hand, and the three held hands, All of a sudden, they got into Du Wenhuan's big tent.

A meal is considered delicious, and I have been frightened for more than two days. After the meal, Xing Hongniang and Caiwei couldn't hold on anymore, and fell down on the mats in the tent one after another and fell asleep, but Song Qingshu I can't sleep.

Enjoying some privileges and occupying Du Wenhuan's tent, he went out to inspect the area a little uneasy. Except for the sentry sentry that Scarface had set up earlier, Song Qingshu almost fell asleep when he saw the big guys squeezed together. Only then did Song Qingshu feel relieved to return tent.

Du Wenhuan was too confident, and at the same time lost too fast. The whole army was defeated and even had no time to burn the documents and files. After returning home, he still couldn't sleep. Song Qingshu simply turned over the things of this group.

Looking around, I was really surprised. First of all, there is a map of Shaanxi used by the government. On the map, Du Wenhuan also marked the current movement of the army. Although there is no specific number, it can still be seen that the main force of the army is near Ningxiawei. There was a bloody outflanking battle with Shen Yiyuan's frontier mutiny, and the other part of Xi'an, Lintong, suppressed the Weihe Plain, and took care of Wang Daliang's rebel army in Hanzhong.

The vicinity of the Yan'an Mansion where I am is a place with no troops!The only heavy soldiers here, Du Wenhuan's 4000 frontier troops and more than [-] elites who were transferred to the front line were wiped out by himself.

However, this advantage is not obvious. After Du Wenhuan died, the Shaanxi side must pay attention to it. Gathering the Xi'an government and the cavalry of the frontier army, they can still catch up with themselves within ten days. On the other hand, they are short of food. If you have time, you can collect grain on the spot, and you don’t know what is going on with the boats at Hancheng Longmendu, the ferry crossing the Yellow River. Especially Hancheng is also a place where officials and troops gather. Chengcheng, Baishui, Maling and other counties are all in the late Ming Dynasty. The source of the uprising is not far from Hancheng. In order to prevent another rebellion, the official army stationed no less than 7000 troops here.

Going to Hancheng again is equivalent to digging into the pockets of the officers and soldiers!
A crooked Yellow River really traps people...

After studying the map for a long time, he couldn't come up with a good solution. Song Qingshu had another headache and rolled up this thing and put it away. Below it were some army ledgers. After looking at it, Du Wenhuan was quite poor, and he only had a few hundred swords in stock. There are more than 2000 guns. The fifteen cannons of the general can't be taken away. Twenty or so tiger squat cannons are still useful. One can carry fifty catties and two people can carry it. The most important thing But it was more than 100 barrels of gunpowder.

As for the cotton and cloth visors worn by the officers and soldiers, besides the ones worn by the dead, there are more than 500 sets in stock.

After tidying up these things again, there was nothing left on the table, only a copper key. Song Qingshu still searched for a long time, and finally found Du Wenhuan's personal box that Xing Hongniang used as a pillow under the head of Xinghongniang who was talking in her sleep.

The things here made Song Qingshu a little bit excited. It was not the layer of gold that Du Wenhuan embezzled the military pay, but under the gold, Du Wenhuan's big seal of the commander-in-chief, the big seal pressed a stack of road guides, texts, and orders. Although nothing was written, the big red seals of the Governor's Mansion and the person in charge were stamped on it!

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there was a famous large-scale empty seal case. For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang killed hundreds of officials and involved tens of thousands of people. The reason was because of an unspoken official rule, empty seal!
This year is not like the later generations, just send a fax and get it done. In a huge country, it is inevitable that there will be omissions in the operation of officials. A document travels thousands of miles from the central government to the local government. Prepare two official documents, one with a big seal and leave it empty, and fill it out after the actual accounting when you arrive at the household department.

When Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, he was furious, thinking that it was the collusion of officials from top to bottom for corruption, so he raised his butcher's knife!It's a pity that the heads of hundreds of officials and the tragic experience of tens of thousands of people did not suppress this unspoken rule. Air seals were still quite popular in the Ming Dynasty. Just say that Du Wenhuan, how much rice, grain and equipment he received from the arsenal, how much wasted, and where to send troops He also prepared empty seals in advance for the conquest, casualties and injuries. On the one hand, it is convenient for business affairs, and on the other hand, it is convenient for himself to pay for the empty salary.

Now, these things have become Song Qingshu's big treasures.

There is no Internet these days, and the education level of the officers and soldiers in various places is not high. If it is used well, it is estimated that many officers and soldiers can be deceived, and I don’t know how many people will die!Besides Du Wenhuan's own box, there was another box under Xing Hongniang's head. After prying it open, there was actually a letter from General He Renlong, which was even more joyful.

After all, Du Wenhuan is dead, and He Renlong is still alive!

It can be regarded as seeing some hope. Holding these things, Song Qingshu was thinking about how to escape from Shengtian, but unexpectedly, Du Wenhuan took away the bottom few books in the box. Care about it, it is a few military books written by colleagues in the Ming Dynasty.

This thing is considered the least valuable. Du Wenhuan has read military books, isn't his head still hanging on the camp gate?
But good things are also some rare things, bending down, Song Qingshu picked up the books one by one, but when he picked up the last one, looking at the words on it suddenly, Song Qingshu's eyes couldn't help straightening.

This military book is still a masterpiece of this dynasty. The "Hundred Battles" written by Liu Ji and Liu Bowen, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, is probably afraid that the generals' education level is not high. There are annotations at the back of the original text, and there are battle examples at the end. The No.20 three-shaped battle that fell over, looked at the battle of Cao Cao's Guandu battle behind him, Song Qingshu's head turned better and better.

He slapped his butt suddenly, and with a crisp sound, Song Qingshu shouted excitedly.

"Hey! Got it!"

(End of this chapter)