Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 362
Things are really as Song Qingshu said, when Ma Shiying wrote that there were bandits near the imperial mausoleum, the Ministry of War really immediately stopped the idea of ​​mobilizing troops from the two Huaihe Rivers and Huaihe Rivers. How many heads were lost when the imperial mausoleum was shaken last time?If Ma Shiying was transferred away this time, the imperial mausoleum would be dug up, even Yang Sichang would not be able to bear the responsibility.

However, you still have to do a full set of plays. The newly recruited Anqing Second Division and the Fifth Qihuo Division were sent to Fengyang by Song Qingshu. Hundreds of people, counting the old and the weak, the two bandit soldiers, who were no more than one or two thousand, confronted each other like this, which flattered those small gangs who were newly launched because of the suppression of wages.

Before the war started, Yang Sichang, the commander-in-chief of the national army and horses, showed his timidity because of this move. The outcome of this national war can be imagined, but even so, the plan to spread the net in four or six corners is still incomparable The majestic and surging.

The first is the military strength, 280 million salaries, a full increase of 12 troops, at least in name, the four provinces where the peasant army flows, Qin, Jin, Chu and Henan, each recruited [-] troops, the governor's army has [-], and the prime minister's army has [-] In history, it was planned to add [-] troops to each of Fengyang and Chengtianfu's ancestral mausoleums, but in this time and space, with Song Qingshu's begging army, Fengyang's [-] troops were saved, which also saved some money for Yang Sichang.

Regardless of how much money has been stolen, Luoyang, Xiangyang, Kaifeng, Tongguan and other places are full of recruits and assembled troops. This share of money spent is indeed a shot in the arm for the dying Ming effect.

At this time, Li Zicheng and other main force of the peasant army just broke out of Hanzhong, and wandered into Bashu, Sichuan. They didn't know that Xiong Wencan's [-] troops squatting in Huguang, had already sharpened their swords.

However, the smell of gunpowder in the southwestern part of the empire has not yet affected the southeastern part east of the Dabie Mountains. Ma Shiying was dismissed. In the past two days, Song Qingshu also began to perform the duties of other commanders and inspected the troops under his command.

Today's Qihuo Army has a total strength of more than 5. Qihuo's five divisions are [-], Gezuo's three divisions are [-], and Anqing has expanded its recruitment by two divisions to [-]. This is in the south, and the north is scarred. Then came the news that following Song Qingshu's compilation, he reorganized the imperial soldiers and horses from Yanmenguan and Xinkouzhai. With the beggar army that had originally killed northern Shaanxi as the main force, he also got six divisions, of which the representative There are four in the county, one in Yanmenguan, one in Xinkouzhai, and especially two divisions belonging to the whole cavalry division. Six divisions are already too many in Shanxi. Qiyi mixed two divisions and sent them to the south to join Song Qingshu.

In the end, there are 1000 people including the selection front army and the marshal's personal soldiers, who have been expanded to 2000 people, and the military division and guard troops, a little more than 5.

If it was an extreme conscription, like Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang, who pulled out all the settlements in the Dabie Mountains, Song Qingshu could also get an army of 20, but it is completely useless now.

In the south, far away from the grasslands, there are relatively few horses. Song Qingshu's beggar army has a relatively high proportion of cavalry, but each division can have a battalion of cavalry, a total of about [-] to [-] cavalry. It was separated from the division and used in a unified way. Up to now, the cavalry commander of the Qihuo Army is still Xing Hongniang, and Liu Dazhuzi is still the deputy.

From the time when Li Dingguo, the commander-in-chief of the new Anqing Second Division, led the army out to perform in a play, Song Qingshu took another trip to the Dabie Mountains in the past few days. Finally returned to Anqing City.

Usually the cavalry are scattered among the battalion commanders. In the city, there are only Little Carrot's Front Guards and Guards. The Front Guards spend most of their time training in the mountains, so the barracks in the city seem a bit empty. , but Song Qingshu did not fall behind either.

In the main hall of the large cafeteria of the military camp, just like Chairman Jiang, Song Qingshu’s sketched head portrait is also framed and hung on it. There is no TV these days. Even if the emperor leaves the palace, who knows what dish he is on, so What Song Qingshu did was to try his best to infiltrate his influence into every corner of the army, and the hanging statue was one of them, at least let the soldiers know concretely that this is their leader.

These days, there is no doctrine or doctrine that can make people fight from the bottom of their hearts. The only thing that can be used is this kind of personality cult.

Originally a big dining hall with 3000 people, only a thousand or so people were seated in it, it seemed quite empty, and the speeches were repeating what they had been talking about these days, Shi Lang was a little hesitant to listen, but Song Qingshu still spoke with enthusiasm.

"Don't forget, where did we all come from! Why did you take the risk of ransacking your family and genocide to gather together to resist the imperial court? Don't forget, what kind of life did you live before you entered the begging army? The army can have a comfortable life today, all thanks to the blood and sweat of everyone following this commander!"

"But now, the world is not peaceful, and it is far from the time when the swords and guns are sent to Kuma to release Nanshan. There are still many tigers and wolves outside who are staring at the good life we ​​have managed to live. Therefore, soldiers, we must not relax. Don't let your guard down, hold the swords and guns in your hands tightly, follow this commander, and fight for a peaceful country for future generations!"

"Whoever dares to rob us of our good days, use the bayonets in your hands to stab him!"

Following the last swear word, fierce applause poured out like a tide in the entire cafeteria.

To be honest, I never even joined the student union in my previous life. If Song Qingshu was asked to give a speech in front of 4000 or 1000 people, he was nervous. After all, he was forced out. After so many years of great scenes , Seeing these more than [-] pairs of eyes all converge on him, his blood boiled with his cadence, and he clapped desperately, but a feeling of intoxication emerged spontaneously, this is the taste of power!

Similar to the later generations, after the speech, it will be a bit more affordable. Although I have bid farewell to the life of eating sweet potatoes and potatoes for a day, today’s meal with meat and vegetables is still a feast for these guards who are close to the barracks. In order to show that they are close to the soldiers , Song Qingshu himself always carried a wooden dinner plate, lined up to order a plate, and just came back happily, but his eyes twitched immediately.

Xing Hongniang, who was sitting in the first row just now, didn't know where she went, she was stunned, put down the plate, and Song Qingshu chased out along the cafeteria door.

This was originally the place where Anqing's defenders stayed. After the construction of the Marshal's Mansion, the beggar army renovated the barracks near the city gate. From a long distance, Hongniang Xing could be seen leaning on the railing, with her back turned to this end, Song Qingshu hurried up to her and patted her on the shoulder.

"Why don't you go to eat, what are you doing here bored?"

"Marshal Song is already in high spirits, so you don't need me, a little girl, to set it off!"

Putting it on under the armor, it was still the same fiery red, suddenly turned around, Xing Hongniang had a cold face, and sarcasm bluntly, Song Qingshu couldn't help being stunned when he heard it, and then he slapped helplessly Head, this trip originally wanted to accompany Hongniang Xing well, but Sun Chuanting pestered him for loving soldiers like sons, and Song Qingshu ran around the barracks again. This time back to Anqing, it was the second time the two met.

"Yes, it's Xiaosheng's fault. I was only busy with those bastards and left my wife in the cold. In this way, after dinner, I will do nothing for my husband. For these two days, I will accompany my Hong'er from place to place. Let's have a good time, just the two of us, how about it?"

Xing Hongniang, who listened to the intimate words, couldn't help but her face melted a little and turned slightly rosy. Unfortunately, to Song Qingshu's disappointment, it was immediately covered with ice-coldness.

"Qing Shu, I feel that you have changed. You are no longer the idiot who followed the big guys and pushed the stove to sell roasted sweet potatoes. Instead, it's..."

"Of course I have to change!" Just as Xing Hongniang was trying to describe, Song Qingshu couldn't help but sigh as he recalled the past.

"That era has passed, and now the fate of more people is tied to me. Naturally, I have to become stronger and taller, and I have no choice but to be darker, cold-blooded, Hong'er, we walked together, you still Don't understand me?"

"I really don't understand, because what I saw was not the Marshal Song who led the big guys to survive. You have been intoxicated by the official title given by the court, and you have forgotten yourself. Have you forgotten that Juan'er is How did he die, how did my father die? And the bones by the Fenchuan River, how did they die?"

"Why do you want to recruit security? Why do you want to be the general of the two Huaihe Rivers?"

The more he talked, the more angry he became. It seemed that the anger that had been suppressed in his heart these days was released all at once. Those eyes were fixed on Song Qingshu's face. Xing Hongniang aggressively advanced three steps, forcing Song Qingshu to take another three steps back.

These days Song Qingshu does know a lot of voices. Many old people in the begging army are not satisfied with the begging army's recruitment. His first wife was the first girl he came into contact with in this era, so Song Qingshu was extremely astonished seeing her anger.

Turning his head to the side and taking a deep breath, Song Qingshu turned around again, pressed Hongniang Xing's shoulder again, and said angrily, "Of course I haven't forgotten these!"

"But Juan'er, Mr. Yuezhang, and everyone's spirits in the sky, hope that those who survive will live better? Look at us now, the begging army is free, and there is no dog officer who dares to treat us so easily. With a knife, many of the people who followed us out of Funiu Mountain have become relatives, and their children can freely play, study, and practice martial arts on the streets of Anqing City."

"Isn't that bad? Don't you want me to be like Li Chuang, leading everyone to wander and wander, in a precarious situation, and I don't know when someone will lift the butcher's knife to my head?"

However, these words still did not persuade Xing Hongniang, she threw her hands away suddenly, and the girl stared at herself angrily and roared at herself.

"At least he went blind and didn't throw this bone and a half over for the court, willing to become a court eagle dog!"

Among the few women, none was as stubborn as Hongniang Xing, and she was also a little incoherent from the anger. Song Qingshu raised his hand and put it down again. Several times, he finally grabbed Hongniang Xing's arm hysterically.

"Forget it, you hand over the affairs here to Liu Dazhuzi, and you will follow me tomorrow to Yingtian!"

"You go and realize your dream of officialdom! My old lady is here, I want to watch Hong Chengchou die with my own eyes! The bones of those Shaanxi frontier officers and dogs are scattered all over the battlefield! Don't let me put down the sword and gun in my hand, don't even think about it! "

After shouting this, Hongniang Xing turned around and ran out of the barracks quickly, leaving only Song Qingshu staring in astonishment, without moving for a long time.

"Damn it, I have tamed so many heroes, why can't I understand you!"

After a long time, Song Qingshu slammed his fist on the wall in frustration.

(End of this chapter)