Chapter 68: Fighting for Whom (Asking for Support)
On July 14, the sun was blazing.
The school yard in Shanhaiguan was crowded, enough to accommodate 80,000 people, and the dust was billowing, and Wang Yuanba yelled and issued orders to the heralds, instructing all the people to line up in turn.
He didn't sleep almost all night, first accompanied the interested general soldiers to visit the house, and then went to arrange for all the generals on the Shanhaiguan defense line who were not stationed to participate in the review tomorrow.
In addition to the necessary defensive soldiers, more than 62,000 soldiers participated in the review.
From the morning, it took a full hour for all the sergeants to line up in turn.
Banzai Shan Qianhu was not in the parade array, but he also came to the parade ground.
The newly joined Banzai Mountain Thousand Households of more than 800 Guanning Iron Cavalry were also inexplicable at first, as always unconvinced, no wonder, the nature of the Mongols is to obey the strong.
As a result, Niu Zhuang and Li Baida knocked down three, and when it came to firearms, these Guan Ningjun were particularly confident in taking out the three-eyed firearm of the housekeeper, aiming at it with his left hand and holding a fire fold in his right hand, and quickly lit the fuse.
As soon as they took a breath of time, there were three bangs, and the thick wooden board five meters away was filled with steel balls, and then they looked at the teenagers who seemed to them to have not grown their hair yet.
Their fathers had lived here for more than 20 years, and the older generation of Guanning soldiers either died in battle or grew old, and later most Mongolians felt that the imperial court was unfair in rewards and punishments, and excluded their children from joining the army, so that the Guanning army fell to this point.
But even if there are few people, Liu Hongjian still sees the extraordinaryness of these Mongolian men in their twenties, looking at people, these men are not like other soldiers with dull eyes, although they are also reckless, but their spirit is still there.
The result can be imagined, a teenager who came out of the AKM hundred households casually, AKM switched to full automatic, clicked and loaded, suddenly burst, a shuttle bullet was finished, and the thick wooden board weighing dozens of pounds was directly hit by the huge impact and slid backwards two steps, and there was a fire.
Oh my God, what a weird firearm this is! The Mongolian Han people spoke a northeastern-flavored dialect and called miracles.
For 2,000 years, the nomads in the north have maintained their vigorous vitality and combat effectiveness, and more than 20 years have not been able to erase the arrogant soul in their hearts.
But arrogance is also a look at people, seeing that he fights empty-handed, he can't fight, he fights with weapons, and he is still abused, and Long Live Mountain is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, he speaks well, and the treatment is not bad, I heard that the boss has a very iron relationship with the emperor.
A group of strong men immediately changed their smiling faces, saying that they were very, very, extremely happy to join this team, and the Mongolian man has a straight temperament, you are a cow, I will obey you, otherwise it doesn't matter what kind of official you are.
So today's enlarged version of the Long Live Mountain Thousand Households more than 2,000 soldiers live alone in a corner, the cavalry and infantry are all working, the infantry has AKM 100 households, and the cavalry is the Guanning Iron Cavalry, although there are fewer people, but Liu Hong gradually believes.
Whoever dares to underestimate this team will pay the same price as blood.
It's still yesterday's military parade platform, or the people who accepted the military parade yesterday, but Wu Sangui is gone.
Liu Hong's eyes gradually brightened, and he examined the military appearance of the border army from left to right, all the soldiers were wearing armor, or holding swords, or holding spears, the weather was extremely hot, and sweat dripped from the helmets.
If the voice of the heart can be shouted, it can be imagined how many alpacas, MMP, and parade in the hearts of these soldiers, Lao Tzu has been paraded twice in two days......
Liu Honggradually stood silently in front of the high platform in a python robe, he was also very hot, but he refused the Jinpa handed over by the people around him, and let the sweat drip from his neck.
After a full three minutes, just as the atmosphere was about to solidify, Liu Hongjian finally spoke.
"Soldiers!"
Liu Hong gradually said a word, and the sergeants in the row under the high platform, who were known for their loud voices, immediately repeated to the soldiers in front of him, the review of 60,000 people, a very simple sentence If you want everyone to hear it, it is very laborious.
What a trouble, alas! The dead old man gave Lao Tzu this little gun to do anything, it's not as good as the whole warehouse or something! If you want anything, just this scene, make him a row of loudspeakers to be more energetic!
Lust is obscenity, now he understands very well that time is pressing, and the big war is imminent, and he must find a way to restore the courage of these soldiers to dare to fight, because in his concept, the Northeast masters are still very capable of fighting.
"I am the new Shanhaiguan chief soldier Liu Hongchuan, and I am also the Earl of Daming and the commander of Jinyiwei, I say this is not to show off to you, but to let you know that Jinyiwei, as the eyes of Daming, has zero tolerance for deducting military salaries.
For decades, you, as well as your fathers, have been stationed in this bitter cold place for generations for the border security of the Ming Dynasty, and you have to pay for it with blood and even your lives!
But what did Da Ming give you? Your military pay has been deducted, your military achievements have been fraudulently claimed, you lack clothes and clothing, and you are hungry and cold......
I really feel sorry for you, what is it that sustains you to be loyal to your duties and defend the frontier in such a bitter cold place?
Is it the ministers in the court? Or those nobles who are covered with the shadow of their ancestors? ”
Liu Hong's tone was sonorous, and every word was heart-wrenching, and Wu Ganlai, the household servant next to him, suddenly felt a burst in his heart when he heard it, thinking how could this kid dare to be so arrogant, and offended all the civil servants and generals of the court in one sentence......
But the soldiers below didn't think so much, for many years, the generals never asked them if they had warm clothes in the winter, and whether the military salary was enough for their families......
Now they were suddenly questioned by the new commander-in-chief who was younger than them on the high platform in the distance, and most of the soldiers had red eyes and asked themselves, yes, what is Lao Tzu for?
"Whoever wants to say yes, go back to my hometown now, Shanhaiguan don't want hypocritical soldiers!
You have to protect your family and children from the barbarians, and then your relatives, friends, and thousands of poor people who have struggled on the brink of hunger like you!
In the past few years, natural disasters and man-made disasters in the Ming Dynasty have been very difficult, and this situation will continue, the emperor is also sad for this, the court is ashamed, the court can't stand you, here I apologize to you on behalf of the court! ”
Liu Hong gradually bent down and bowed to the left, middle and right.
For these men who don't know how to write big words, they don't understand them, but it's better to put it bluntly, so that they can understand that it is not that the court intends to treat them badly, but that it is difficult for the court to do so.
The iron-clad Northeast men could no longer hold back the tears in their eyes, and let sweat and tears flow from their cheeks.
The so-called scholars die for their confidants, they are not literati, but they also have an urge to die for the adult in front of them who sympathizes with their suffering!
"I said this to tell you that the emperor has never forgotten you, and he knows that it is because of you border soldiers that the emperor has time to punish corruption and eliminate evil, please give Daming some time!"
"Do you hear that? The emperor said that his old man had not forgotten us! ”
The soldiers below whispered, and most of them were happy.
In an uproar, I don't know who raised the head, and more than 60,000 soldiers fell to the ground on one knee like waves in two breaths.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
"The Emperor's grace is immense! We can't repay the favor even if we die! ”
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This is the cry of the 60,000 border army men, which should be resounding in the nine skies, deafening!
Seeing that these soldiers finally swept away the previous decadent morale and rekindled hope for Daming, Liu Hongjian also smiled, but he knew that it was not enough to have spiritual food.
How many people in this world have achieved great things by relying on chicken soup for the soul? Gotta get something practical!
Liu Hong gradually waved his hand to signal the soldiers to calm down, and then gave an order, and a group of carriages came from the direction of the barracks warehouse, and behind each carriage was a large box, and the box was sealed, and I don't know what it contained.
The convoy was long, and the first car stopped on the far left of the parade sergeant platoon, from left to right, in order.
The soldiers didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the new commander-in-chief, and they all looked up at Liu Hongjian on the high platform in the distance.
Liu Hong gradually motioned for the soldiers to open the box, and the moment the box was opened, the soldiers in the front row gasped.
Good boy! A whole box of silver is full of white flowers!
"Silence!" The guerrillas in front of the exhibition stopped the noise of the soldiers in the rear.
Look at your little bit of interest, have you never seen the silver or what, the guerrilla despised it in his heart, but his eyes were unconsciously attracted by the white silver in front of him, and Lao Tzu has never seen this formation!
"Don't be surprised, soldiers, this silver is for you! In order to sympathize with your hard work, the emperor specially ordered me to come to the army.
Now I declare that all the officers and men of the border army, including the firehead army and the groom, in addition to the military salary, each have ten taels of silver in their hair!
In addition, the infantry salary in the battalion was increased to two taels per month, the cavalry was raised to three taels per month, and the guard soldier's salary was increased to one tael!
In addition, the official intends to increase the reward for his military exploits, and a northern captive is worth fifty taels, and those who have made outstanding military achievements will be rewarded to the emperor, and it is not impossible to be knighted!
It's still the same sentence, this official is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who dares to withhold and owe military salaries, you are welcome to come and report, this official will let the ink greed know that my Ming punishment is not a decoration! ”
The military salaries of the border army were already relatively high in the entire Ming army, but now Liu Hong has gradually increased their military salaries again, so that these Northeast men can't close their mouths with joy and shout long live.
Some people also wonder if the court is playing tricks on them again, and immediately someone will put a sugar-fried chestnut on his head, you are stupid, there must be a few million taels of silver in front of you!
Just tens of thousands of us, we won't be able to spend it until next year!
And this military merit reward is even more remarkable, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the war merit reward was divided into four grades, the most valuable Beiyu Mongolian people were thirty taels, followed by the Jurchens twenty taels, and then the Western Fan Miao was ten taels, and the cheapest was the Liukou five taels in the mainland.
But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, how could the imperial court have money, and the military salaries were not evenly paid, let alone rewards, and now the new commander-in-chief not only increased their military salaries, but also greatly increased the military merit rewards by the way.
The big-headed soldiers began to think about how to kill the enemy and get rewards, and the guerrillas, who already had military positions, recalled what Liu Hongjian said about being knighted.
The knighthood is the highest honor for the soldiers, and the Ming Dynasty was very cautious about the knighthood, even harsh, and looking at the words and deeds of the chief soldier, could it be that the imperial court is going to start reusing martial artists?
The eyes of the people below, whether they were ordinary soldiers or generals, burst out with the heat of battle......
If you want to take it, you must give it first, Liu Hong is extremely satisfied with the reaction of the soldiers, this is the army he wants.
The dates are given, and the next thing is the stick, Liu Hong gradually restrained his smile and said to Chang Yu beside him.
"Bring the prisoners Wu Sangui, Tan Hong, and Wu Zhimao over!"