Chapter 64: A Proud Soldier
On the official road, in the wilderness, the miscellaneous armies of the northwest provinces brought by Hong Chengchou and the Qin soldiers of Sun Chuanting were divided into several square formations, which were clearly distinguishable and clear at a glance.
In fact, even if they were not divided into square teams, Sun Chuanting's Qin soldiers and the miscellaneous armies of the northwest provinces were very recognizable.
The first is uniformity and discipline.
The Qin soldiers were created by Sun Chuanting from scratch, without spending a penny of the imperial court, relying on self-reliance with policies, and raising food and military expenses by means such as tuntian and beating the local rich gentry.
Therefore, in this team, there is no such thing as a descendant or a descendant, and they are all his old grandsons.
Therefore, in terms of armor and weapon configuration, Lao Sun Tou treats everyone equally and uniformly.
In this way, the spirit of the whole team is naturally more interesting than that of other allies.
Secondly, the uniqueness of the Qin soldiers in the Ming army is that Lao Sun Tou invented a chariot with artillery on it, and the clothes and food of the soldiers were stored in the compartment, called an artillery car.
A total of more than 10,000 of these artillery vehicles were built to form a battalion of artillery vehicles, which was commanded by the general soldier Bai Guangen.
The artillery vehicle can be used to shock the cavalry when fighting, can be used as a fence to ensure the safety of field troops when camping, and can be used as a logistics transportation tool when marching, which is extremely useful for long-distance marching operations.
Of course, there are pros and cons.
The artillery vehicles have poor mobility, and in the unfavorable situation of the war, if there are no reinforcements, it is easy to cause a rout, so that there is no way to escape.
And the various miscellaneous armies in Hong Chengchou's hands are basically cavalry, and it is more convenient to chase the enemy and escape.
In addition, because they are not in the same province, there is no tacit understanding and no friendship, and there is no cooperation between each other.
Sometimes, fighting a war depends on the mood, whether the war is good or not, and whether there are benefits.
To be honest, Hong Chengchou is not easy, he is full of grace and power, coaxing and scolding, and using all means to barely control these fierce generals under him.
If you change to someone else, you may not have his means.
The most typical is Yang Sichang, who came down from the center to replace Hong Chengchou, but it turned out to be a mess, and no one obeyed him.
For this reason, he also caused himself to vomit blood and die.
On the dragon chariot, Emperor Chongzhen thought about these in his heart, secretly planned their use, but always kept a smile on his face.
The eyes swept over Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong, Bai Guangen, Gao Jie and other Northwest warriors, or stared, or bowed, or waved their arms...... Expressions are different.
In short, they are all very kind and friendly gestures, expressing that I am optimistic about you and so on.
After all, today is here to reward the army, to win people's hearts, not to pull hatred.
No matter how these bastards behave in history, they are all fierce generals after all, and they have a group of proud soldiers under them, and they can definitely fight at critical moments.
You know, arrogant soldiers, that's all fighting.
In all dynasties, those who can be called arrogant soldiers and fierce generals certainly have unruly and unruly personalities, but they also represent strength.
The young master soldiers in the Beijing camp don't even have the qualifications to be called proud soldiers.
After a week of inspection, Emperor Chongzhen returned to the starting point and instructed Li Fengxiang, the new Imperial Horse Supervisor, "Pass the order and tell the soldiers that they have worked hard."
The imperial court rewarded each of them with a tael of silver, a pound of wine, a pound of meat, and enough food, so please drink happily! ”
"Slave obeys!"
Li Fengxiang leaned over and withdrew, and took the little eunuchs around him to the battalions to deliver the decree.
Soon, there was the laughter and laughter of the soldiers around, accompanied by words such as the emperor's grace.
After a few breaths, a neat voice of gratitude sounded outside the tent of the new army, "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”
The shouts of tens of thousands of people shook the sky over the capital, which was quite spectacular.
Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly, not asking himself, this must be the instruction of Li Fengxiang, the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.
For this measure to increase the status of imperial power in the minds of the soldiers, Emperor Chongzhen was happy to see it and felt that it was very necessary.
As the second yamen of the inner court after the celebrant eunuch, in addition to being in charge of the palace guards, the imperial horse eunuch also has an important responsibility, that is, to monitor the garrisons in various places.
As a result, a new position was created, called the Prison Army.
The supervising army, as the name suggests, is to monitor the army, similar to the position of the political commissar in later generations.
However, due to the particularity of the times, they exercised imperial power on behalf of the emperor, and their power was more than that of political commissars.
To be honest, the eunuchs in charge of supervising the army in various places are uneven, and some of them act recklessly and delay the fighters.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the most famous was Gao Qidive, which killed Lu Xiangsheng.
However, in terms of the system itself, there is nothing wrong with this.
It's just the wrong person.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen cut Gao Qiqian alive and transferred Gao Shiming, the master of ceremonies, to monitor the Guanning Iron Cavalry; The eunuch Li Fengxiang was promoted to the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor and used to monitor the Northwest Army.
These two people are both loyal people of the Ming Dynasty.
The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty are very different from the eunuchs of the Mites.
Because, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty only cut off the balls, but the gun is still there, and it is still bloody.
If you have a gun, you can fight, and you can go into battle to kill the enemy.
Therefore, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were too many eunuchs who killed themselves on the battlefield.
For example, the great eunuchs Gao Shiming, Fang Zhenghua, Han Zanzhou, Li Fengxiang...... As for the little eunuchs, there are even more of them.
As a traverser, the biggest advantage is to be loyal and treacherous, to distinguish virtuous and virtuous, to know disposition, and to know cause and effect......
In a word, who is good and who is bad, who can and who is inferior, Emperor Chongzhen has a rod and scale in his heart.
Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie, Wu Sangui, Hong Chengchou and others, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, all belonged to people who were sick and went to work, so it was natural to send loyal people to monitor and guard against them.
If they are honest and obedient to kill the enemy, Emperor Chongzhen will not hesitate to reward them, and it is a trivial matter to add officials to knighthood.
But if they have different intentions and want to play with flowers, then Emperor Chongzhen doesn't mind treating them as dead soldiers.
What is a dead man?
Use it until you die!
In the final analysis, the initiative is ultimately in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen.
Thinking about it, the soldiers outside had already begun their feast, and the feast presided over by Emperor Chongzhen himself had also begun.
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