Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 449 One Inch Long One Inch Strong
In fact, history has changed!
Just like this time the Qing army entered the pass, defeated Lu Xiangsheng in history, defeated Gao Qiqian, then bypassed the heavily defended Dezhou of the Ming army and went straight to Shandong, broke Jinan, captured King De alive, and massacred the city crazily. After the Qing army left, only in Jinan Just cleaned up 13 corpses, looted 46 people, more than 4000 taels of gold, and 97 silver.

But this time, Shandong was saved. Nearly two-thirds of the prefectures and counties that were looted in history were not destroyed. Most of the things that Dorgon robbed were in the hands of Song Qingshu. More than 1 of the rare Jianzhou Jurchen family died, and the two white flags were beaten and their vitality was seriously injured. This must have caused a great shock to the politics of the Manchu Qing.

The begging army defended Guangzong for eleven days, and at least 100 million people died in the pass!
It's just that this time I was really disappointed with Emperor Chongzhen. Along the way from Dezhou, Song Qingshu didn't even bother to watch the prosperity on both sides of the canal that came alive with the spring, and kept losing his temper at the map.

This time I went there in a hurry and took the whole army by land, but when I came back, I had a lot of money. The exhausted begging army simply went back by boat one division at a time. Song Qingshu was the last one to go, and Sun Chuanting It was hard to be thrown there to deal with the aftermath.

Going straight into Yangzhou along the canal, without going ashore at all, it was directly at the pier to transfer to another large ship of the begging army, and returned to Anqing along the Yangtze River. At this time, most of the soldiers had already arrived. During this time, Fu Shan obviously Looking at his hometown is also very good, the whole city seems to be a little more prosperous than before, seeing the familiar Anqing Fort, and smelling the fresh smog in the air mixed with a little smell of smelting coal, Song Qingshu took a deep breath intoxicated. He took a deep breath, but turned around, went back to his big cabin and stretched out his hand to tear up the northern part of the complete map of Ming Dynasty, and threw it out of the window casually.

"Damn it, fight and reconcile! You go to toss it yourself! It's none of my business anymore!"

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Empress Sun Chuanting, these days is really rich enough to allow eunuchs to have children, spent 2 taels of silver, and had no intention of running to the south of the Yangtze River. The official seal of the eunuch was very simple. The official robe was handed over to Sun Chuanting, and he returned to the capital to return to his command. , but he was still almost six days behind Song Qingshu before returning to Anqing.

Although Song Qingshu paid more than 200 million taels out of his own pocket for the supplies and military salaries plus the money for burning and burying pensions, overall, it was not a loss. The money seized from Dorgon was sold for 80 yuan. More than 6 taels, the most important thing is that another [-] to [-] people went to Jiangnan with Song Qingshu, and the population value here is very high, most of them are young and middle-aged men and women, and some are just children, more than [-] The population is surprisingly small.

After all, there is a lack of food and clothing in the freezing environment. Jiannu plundered the population in order to return to the customs to be coated slaves. The old and weak are naturally useless. They also intend to weed out the old and weak, which happens to be cheaper for Song Qingshu now.

The first thing to do when returning to Anqing is to distribute the military pay and the rewards for this war, and then give the sergeants a holiday in turn. More than 2 soldiers returned home with bulging money to see their families. Naturally, they could not empty-handed. In just one March, All the shops of Anqing Jiaduobao Company were out of stock. Fresh meat, new clothes and shoes had to be supplied urgently from Yingtian. Inadvertently, most of the reward money sent out returned to Song Qingshu's in the bank.

However, the soldiers can rest, but the generals have become more busy. All divisions have a large shortage of personnel. Even the Sixth Division, which is the main infantry of the resistance line, has a shortage of one-third of the staff that day. , and a considerable number of disabled soldiers had to retire, which was about [-]. This battle made Song Qingshu fully realize the importance of cavalry and the fact that his own source of troops was too small, and the expansion of the army became imminent again.

Especially cavalry!
"Those who know how to ride horses come and sign up! Our begging army pays monthly wages, never in arrears, for food and shelter, and with military exploits, the organization will return targets. This is a rare opportunity! If you don't hurry up, you will lose your share!"

The four sides of Anqing City are covered with recruiting notices. Outside the city, next to the two war refugee camps that housed the northerners, there is a loud shouting. Here, Song Qingshu should thank Mr. Zhu. The horse policy he issued made Hebei , There are also many horse farmers in Shanxi. Although they don't have the superb equestrian skills of the Mongolians on the grassland, they are not new horse riders, and they can drive their war horses galloping fast without falling off.

Over [-] Liaodong war horses were seized from Jiannu, and a batch of good horses were picked from Hebei, and shipped back to Anqing in batches. Adding the original ones, Song Qingshu also had a reserve of [-] horses. The designation of Anqing was given to the naval division. This time, Song Qingshu planned to expand the Fengyang Army to four divisions and the Qihuo Army to eight divisions. Among them, the Eighth Division of Qihuo planned to be an entire cavalry force. Bayintu, who made great contributions this time as a teacher.

One end is recruiting, and the other end training has already begun. There are many paddy fields in the south, so it is indeed not suitable for horse racing, but it can't afford the money. On the buried hill near Anqing, Song Qingshu just used cement and dust to level a five or six in the mountains. The valley of [-] square meters is used as the barracks and playground of the cavalry division.

400 people were drawn from the cavalry battalions of other divisions, plus more than 1000 cavalry recruited in advance. On the playground, it was really a thousand horses galloping, and a puff of smoke rose into the sky. The formation is constantly being coordinated, with one hand holding the cavalry's shorter flintlock gun, and the other hand controlling the horse, constantly rehearsing offense, defense, breakthrough, and retreat. Crackling sound.

On the other side, there was white smoke, and the sound of popping beans kept coming. On a hillside near the racetrack, a brigade of more than 400 cavalrymen were riding on horseback, squinting their eyes and aiming at the horse. Looking at the circle targets 80 meters away.

Most of these guys are still rookies, and they hit less than one-tenth of the dozen or so molecular bombs they were issued. The veterans were so angry that they kicked, scolded and slapped them, screaming.

The cavalry is regarded as a treasure, and Sun Chuanting was sent to prepare for the new recruitment of infantry. Song Qingshu and Sun Chengzong, who came in with the new flicker, came to inspect the cavalry camp in person, accompanied by the division commander Bayintu. Hearing the loud scolding, this Mongolian man couldn't bear it. I felt a little ashamed, for fear that Song Qingshu would get angry.

However, Song Qingshu didn't have the slightest bit of anger. Even in later generations, veterans bully recruits everywhere, let alone today?And what Song Qingshu wants now is a rapidly formed combat power. There are many eccentrics in the last days, and many refugees have developed a sloppy character. If you say that he thinks you are easy to bully, he will have to slap and stick him to convince you.

Especially looking at the beating and scolding veterans, Song Qingshu was in a good mood. This time he went north to fight against the Qing Dynasty, the biggest gain was not how many people were killed by Dorgon, but to plant military prestige for his own army. In bloody battles, the veterans who had killed people and crossed the battlefield were obviously different from the new recruits. With that vigorous spirit, even those recruits who were big, strong, and strong could be fooled one by one.

Military prestige is a very important thing. When an army believes that it cannot beat another army from the bottom of its heart, it does not need to fight, and it can know that it will be defeated, just like the current Ming army and Jiannu. Gao Qiqian was too frightened to send troops to the Liaodong Army, which was similar in experience, equipment, and types of troops to Jiannu, but this time Song Qingshu planted such a seed in the hearts of the Qihuo Army.

Is Jian slave nothing more than that?I still have a bayonet and two holes!

This shot is indeed a bit unsightly, but the formation at the other end is still good. In order to save face, Bayintu personally led the team and rode into the formation. With a shout, thousands of cavalry marched in unison, waving sabers high and hell Like Daoshan, none of the more than 1000 scarecrows scattered across the street had their heads chopped off.

Seeing it was also aroused, Song Qingshu couldn't help turning his head, and asked Sun Chengzong: "What does the old supervisor think of my cavalry? How is it compared to the Liaodong Army?"

Unexpectedly, after watching it twice, Sun Chengzong's old head shook like a rattle.

"Song Zongbing, you have a thousand cavalry, give me three hundred Liaodong cavalry, and they will be enough to defeat them in a head-on confrontation!"

"What?"

Originally, I wanted to show off, but Song Qingshu's nose was almost out of breath after listening to this comment, but Sun Chengzong was an elder, and he was once a cabinet minister, and a supervisor, and any of his identities were much higher than Song Qingshu's current Zuodudu. Regardless of Song Qingshu's panic, the old man gestured calmly.

"Spearman! The cavalry vanguard in Guanning, Liaodong is equipped with a spear that is ten feet long. Song Zongbing, your firecracker and bayonet are only about three feet long, and the saber is even shorter. If it is really a head-on confrontation, you will not wait for your cavalry to attack Guanning." Iron cavalry, you have to be stabbed down by someone's spear first, I don't know how much."

Song Qingshu was dumbfounded when he heard this. His cavalry was planning to imitate the dragoons and hussars of later generations. They could not only dismount and shoot as a firearms troop when needed, but also rush into the enemy's formation and quickly slaughter the enemy with a saber. But he Really forgot the length of the weapon.

The scene of this great battle is vivid again. In the battle of Jiazhuang, the morale of the Zhengbai Banner army was broken, and before the confrontation, Bayintu ordered muskets to shoot, disrupting the enemy's formation, and almost sent the forward Jiannu with long spears. Shooting cleanly, this is the effect of cutting melons and vegetables with close-up sabers, but in the battle of Guangzong, more than 100 cavalry battalions inlaid with yellow flags were able to resist the charge of more than 3000 beggar cavalry, which is very illustrative. .

Song Qingshu was in a hurry to build cavalry, just to defend both sides of the army formation and prevent them from being raped by slaves again, but if his own cavalry couldn't beat the opponent's cavalry, even if he trained well, he would suffer a loss.

Looking at Sun Chengzong's handsome old face, Song Qingshu couldn't help but fell into deep thought...

(End of this chapter)