Most of the people are ordinary people, what they pursue all their lives is just to have something to eat, as long as they can have something to eat, no matter how big the grievances are, they can also suffer, no matter how sad the days, they can also live.

It's really a bit difficult for those hot-blooded scholars to do something, after all, as the old saying goes, scholars rebel and don't succeed in ten years.

Zhou Peigong probably also discovered this, so he immediately gave porridge when the chaos was about to start, plus the government has been emphasizing that the territory under the rule of the Ming Dynasty will be exempted from taxes in the first year, as long as the grain is harvested next year, everyone can survive for a year, who is willing to do the kind of thing of rebellion and killing the head, the village is not as good as the city, and the death of a young man often means that the family has no way to live, and no one will gamble with the lives of the whole family until it is absolutely necessary.

Yuan Zonghao saw that the situation in Shandong was slowly stabilizing, and he also began to prepare for the battle, Gao Dajie had arrived at the border of Shandong, but he didn't know why he didn't attack for more than ten days, although Yuan Zonghao didn't know what he was thinking, but he didn't dare to take it lightly.

Where did he think that it was not that Gao Dajie didn't want to attack, it was really because the team under his command was being emptied, and it was difficult for the upper officers to communicate with the soldiers at the bottom, although Hu Guozhu had appointed the team leader, but those teams were not strong enough in prestige, and secondly, they were not capable enough, and they had fought for so many years, but all those who had the ability had already been promoted, and in this case, it was impossible to bury talents, and the real battlefield was the place where heroes made meritorious contributions, and the remaining big soldiers were mediocre.

Some of the big-headed soldiers are still smart after being appointed as the team leader, and they learn that their team is following the cat and the tiger, and there is no mess at all, and some people are more stunned, and they directly learn that their team is beginning to blatantly drink the blood of the soldiers, which is the name of the army, which means that the exploitation of the low-level soldiers, but not really drinking blood.

This soldier has a salary of three coins of silver a month, and when he is not fighting, he will receive one penny of silver, and when he is fighting, he can almost get less than two coins of silver, and the silver will be given to the camp according to the custom, and the general will take 30% first, and these silvers are used to honor his superiors, otherwise it is a mystery whether the next salary can be paid on time and in accordance with the amount. For the remaining seventy percent, some conscientious generals will not do anything, and take their own salary and silver enough to feed the whole family, and those who are black-hearted will directly take away another thirty percent, and the remaining forty percent will start to put down their hair.

But this is not the end, but most of the generals who have something to do with the silver will rub oil, so it is easy to have prestige in the army, if you don't take this silver, the soldiers below will be grateful to you. But most people are still inclined to be practical, what is the use of being grateful to Dade, and getting the silver is the most real.

And this ignorant big-headed soldier didn't say hello and directly greedily half of the silver that should be issued, of course the soldiers below didn't do it, this is about to go to the battlefield, and take their own silver, do you think you can't do it? It's just that this big-headed soldier just became a team and didn't have a good relationship with the people above, and he took all the money and put it in his own hands.

By the time Xia Guoxiang's team was rushing here, twenty days had passed since the New Year's Festival, and generally speaking, after the Spring Festival, it was the coldest number nine cold days, seven or nine swallows came, eight or nine rivers opened, and it was already eight or nine, and the crops in this field were about to be sown, and Gao Dajie hurriedly trained for five or six days before launching an offensive.

He really has no way to spend it anymore, and if he consumes it again, the Manchu side will have to retreat, because he just got the news that Jizhou Town has stopped the offensive, and the soldiers and horses lost in the siege of Tuhai every day have to be thousands, although the city is not comfortable, but the Zhou Dynasty is watching the fire from the other side, and the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty are also watching unhurriedly on the periphery. This situation is obviously that there is no pressure on the side of the Zhou Dynasty, and the troops of the Ming Dynasty have all come here to stand up to themselves.

Although it is an alliance between the two countries, the brothers still have to settle accounts, and this kind of behavior is immoral in Tuhai's opinion, so he also stopped the offensive and had the posture of collecting troops back to Liaodong.

Gao Dajie heard this and had no way, although it was not in its heyday now, but it was barely able to take advantage of Daming, if the Manchu Qing really withdrew his troops, then he would have to suffer a big loss.

Yuan Zonghao has long been tired of waiting, the most annoying thing for the generals on the battlefield is to wait for the process of war, some people are tired of war, some people like to fight because of the east and west, but without exception they hate the feeling of waiting for war, only on the battlefield can they enjoy their skills, whether they are dead or alive is destined to die, this knife always hangs on the neck The taste is not comfortable.

Moreover, because of Shandong, Yuan Zonghao could not take the initiative to attack, Shandong's foundation was unstable, and it would be troublesome if someone copied the back road. Who knows if the Manchus will emerge from the sea.

Gao Dajie did not play his indomitable style this time, but cautiously sought stability, this army is not the army he is familiar with, although the last time he was in Shandong, he also brought a group of recruits, but there are nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command, no matter what, he knows it.

But in the first battle of Shandong, he only escaped with more than 1,000 people, and there were not many soldiers and horses left, and he didn't dare to hold it up at this time, who knows what will happen to these troops, in case they can't get it back, it will be another big defeat, and before the expedition, Xia Guoxiang had told him that this battle does not seek a big victory, only seeks to stabilize the undefeated, if it is defeated and returns, this head can not be saved.

Yuan Zonghao at the head of the city is not very radical, if it is only him and the army under his command, he dares to kill directly to Nanjing City, but now there is Beijing behind him, and he has enough troops to be ready to rescue Beijing at any time, so the war between the two looks tepid, and even looks like a mutual test to outsiders, and the temptation becomes an act after a long time.

Tu Hai slapped the table suddenly, scolded and greeted the mother of the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, but he was helpless about the information he obtained, saying that the withdrawal of troops was of course to scare the monarchs and ministers of the Zhou Dynasty, and the withdrawal of troops at this time was to give the Ming a chance to let them destroy the Zhou Dynasty, although the performance of the Zhou Dynasty made Tu Hai want to kill them, but once the Zhou Dynasty was gone, the strength of the Ming Dynasty skyrocketed, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not an opponent, so he could not withdraw the army anyway, and he could only survive at this time.

(End of chapter)