Chapter 182: Lady Qu who understands the righteousness

Qu Shiyun summoned the generals and officials of all sizes in the city to be present, and even the people and horses of the Jinyi Guard were among them.

There are only more than 10,000 men in each department, including the remnants of Zhang Tongchang's defeat from the front.

Some of them are Qu Shiyun's subordinates, and Bai Yu, Bai Gui, and Bai brothers. They are natives of Guangxi, known for their courage, and are accepted by Qu Shiyun, as Qu Shiyun's descendants, and also the guarantee of Qu Shiyun's right to speak.

But at the time of the Eastern Crusade, Qu Shiyun also sent a lot of troops in his hands. Therefore, there are only about 3,000 people under the command of the Bai brothers.

There are also Jiao Lian's people and horses.

Jiao Lian saved his life to Yongli, so Yongli was more at ease with Jiao Lian, and after ascending the throne, he separated Jiao Lian from Liu Chengyin and became one of the garrison troops in Guilin. However, although Jiao Lian is a cavalryman, his number is not large, but about a thousand horsemen.

There are also Ma Jixiang Jinyi guards, and there are not many, about two thousand.

There is also Hu Yiqing's army that retreated from the north, and the number is not large, but about 2,000.

Hu Yiqing is resentful of Liu Chengyin's actions in the Battle of Changsha, and has always been at odds with Liu Chengyin. Therefore, the relationship between the two parties is quite bad. He originally wanted to defect to Shaowu, but the road was different, and he was forced by Liu Chengyin, so he had to defect to Guilin.

It's just not settled for a while.

The sum of these bits and pieces is only a little more than 10,000. To put it mildly, they are all the aggregation of remnants of defeated soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is also different.

Although there are many people and horses in Qu Shi, the morale is also high, many of them are locals, and what they want is not only to serve the country, but also to protect their families. But after all, they have experienced few battles, and their combat effectiveness is probably the weakest among them.

And Jiao Lian's department, Hu Yiqing's department, is Zhang Tongchang's department. Although it is a defeated army, when the army collapses, it is not very easy for people to escape, so these people's combat skills can still be seen.

But they are all defeated generals, and their morale is high and low. Don't think about it.

In fact, in this battle, the most expected is Liu Chengyin's department.

Liu Chengyin supports the establishment of Yongli. In this political speculation, he got the greatest reward. It is the prince of the country, the governor of the world, and the direction north of Guilin, the prime minister, who was originally only a few thousand descendants, but he received the defeated soldiers, and for a time he had tens of thousands of people.

It is near Guilin, the largest heavy army group in the Ming Dynasty.

Although he is not in Guilin, his every move can cause a storm in Guilin.

Qu Shiyun summoned the generals, first told the current situation 1510, and said: "The only way to do this is to defend Guilin City, and wait for Yue Guogong to return to Guilin

The big picture will be the focus. Return to Guilin. ”

Hu Yiqing sneered and said, "Not necessarily. Although the city of Guilin is strong. But it may not be stronger than Changsha, and the people in Guilin today are not as good as the first emperor, Liu Tieba abandoned Changsha and fled at the beginning, and now he may not be a fugitive general. ”

Qu Shiyun said: "General Hu said carefully, I think that Yue Guogong is an important minister of the country, and it will not be like this. ”

Isn't that really the case? Qu Shiyun didn't have a bottom in his heart. But this must never be said in front of these people. He immediately spoke, swept the topic over and said: "There are twelve gates in Guilin, plus the city wall stretches, so the armies guarding the city wall are inevitably not manpowered. With the size of Guilin City, it deserves tens of thousands of strong men. To replenish the various departments, the generals only need to urge the people to defend the city, and use the men and horses of the headquarters as mobile forces, and where there is danger, they will reinforce wherever there is. ”

Guilin Mansion is a big city, at the beginning of the founding of the country, there were 129 households, according to one mile 110 households, in fact. Fourteen thousand one hundred and ninety households in all. Coupled with the multiplication of later generations, the population far exceeded this number.

Drawing by household, tens of thousands of hands, it is naturally available.

But how much can these tens of thousands of people really play? I don't know.

Qu Shiyun then began to distribute people.

There are a total of twelve Guilin city gates. They are called Dongzhen, on the day, on the water, Lize. Wusheng, Wenchang, Baoxian, Xiqing, Anding, Ningyuan, Xingchun, Dongjiang. There are twelve gates, but when Qu Shiyun really arranges manpower, it is mostly in the southeast direction.

It was to resist the surprise nature of the Xia army.

It's all arranged.

Jiao Lian suddenly said: "My lord, there are some things, I have to say that in the front, since the various departments belong to Guilin, the food is only enough to satisfy the stomach. Morale is low, and now the generals are fighting. If it is not a heavy reward, it is not enough to motivate morale, and please allocate one or two. ”

Qu Shiyun listened, and his face was slightly gloomy. This truth, Qu Shiyun is not unaware, but Qu Shiyun was only the governor of Guangxi before, and he accumulated a lot of money during his tenure as governor of Guangxi, but after Yongli ascended the throne, all kinds of spending money have already been spent here.

What Jiao Lian said, Qu Shiyun understood.

The so-called emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, and the big war is imminent, how can he not reward the soldiers and boost morale.

But there was no money.

Even if it is said that the sky is falling, there is no money.

Qu Shiyun swept his eyes and looked at the generals of the various departments, but saw that these generals were staring at Qu Shiyun one by one, and Qu Shiyun suddenly understood that without silver today, I am afraid that this matter will not be able to be done.

Qu Shiyun suddenly got up and said, "Wait a moment." ”

Then he turned back to the backyard.

Qu Shiyun found his wife and said, "Madam, today is urgent, please beg Madame."

One thing. ”

Mrs. Qu also understood the righteousness and said, "Please speak." ”

Qu Shiyun said: "The thief Zhang is about to come to the city, and the whole city is waiting for a reward, if you don't reward it, I am afraid that there will be an unforeseen disaster, please ---- Mrs."

Mrs. Qu didn't wait for Qu Shiyun to finish speaking, and said, "The concubine knows." ”

immediately rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, and got two thousand taels of silver, which was Qu Shiyun's savings for many years as an official.

Qu Shiyun is also a scholarly family, although the family house is not very rich. But he is by no means poor, but Qu Shiyun is worried about the country's situation, and there may be some places where people and light are the same as the dust, but he is by no means Ding Chukui's generation.

Mrs. Qu opened her dresser again, took out a box, poured it out, and poured out all kinds of jewelry and jewelry. Then he took out all the ornaments on his hands, wrists, and heads, and said, "This is my family's marriage, and there are about 10,000 taels." That's all there is to our belongings. ”

Qu Shiyun bowed deeply to Mrs. Qu and said: "For the husband----, I couldn't say the rest of the words, and finally said: "I'm sorry." ”

In ancient times, although sons were favored over women, it was not that women did not have the right to inherit property, and the woman's dowry was the woman's financial inheritance. Generally speaking, the woman's dowry can only be inherited by the woman, and the woman's children can be inherited, and the husband's family is generally not used.

Qu Shiyun is dedicated to helping the world, and has never thought about money, but now he has to use his wife's dowry, and for the proud Qu Shiyun, the torture in his heart is ashamed to speak to others.

Mrs. Qu said: "Under the nest, there are no eggs. Since the day I married you, you and I have been one and have never been sorry for anything. ”

Qu Shiyun cleaned up and let one carry out.

Just above the main hall, it slammed open. Qu Shiyun said loudly: "These objects here are worth 10,000 taels of silver, and they will be rewarded to the armies first, as long as all the troops fight bravely to kill the enemy, I will never be stingy with heavy rewards." ”

When the generals saw these things, they could also guess something, and they each sighed and took some things back.

Because they must also give sweetness below, otherwise who will give them a war.

Only Zhang Tongchang did not take a penny.

When everyone left, Qu Shiyun asked, "Brother Zhang, why don't you take it?" ”

Zhang Tongchang laughed and said: "As long as you Qu Shiyun scatters all your family resources, don't you allow me Zhang to be loyal?" After all, my Zhang family has been a prime minister, although the times have changed, but there are also some family backgrounds, more than 1,000 people, and they can still afford to raise them. But after the great victory, how are you going to reward the whole army? ”

Now the reward is only an addition, if after a great victory, it will not be possible to send away tens of thousands of taels of silver at that time.

The soldiers below should not say anything righteous to them, but only give them something real. For example, getting promoted and getting rich.