"Erhu, I just heard the news, the heads of the previous ambush battle were also counted, when you kid recorded his exploits, didn't there be seven heads?"

At night, the fire flashed in Qi Jiguang's camp, and the soldiers chatted together. After dinner, the non-patrol soldiers could relax, this was their rare leisure, and next to a fire, a soldier said to the young man next to him with a smile.

The young man is not very old, he looks like he is about twenty years old, and he looks very honest.

"It's seven!" Wang Erhu smiled innocently.

The man's face was full of envy, and he said in amazement: "It's good, after this war, you can go home and marry a daughter-in-law, our monthly salary is only two taels, and your two hundred and eighty taels of silver should be worth one hundred and forty months, more than ten years!" ”

"With this money, your kid will definitely be able to go back and marry a beautiful daughter-in-law."

On the other side of the fire, a half-lying soldier sat up and said with a smile: "Zhao Si, your kid has made a lot of progress!" I actually know that two hundred and eighty taels have more than ten years, you should go to the Xiucai exam! ”

Zhao Si glared at the other party, and said angrily: "I told you a long time ago, my family used to open a restaurant." ”

"It's already yellow!" The man waved his hand and said with a smile: "I have long heard that you are a child of a rich family, a descendant of a declining rich family." But you kid has a chance this time, and you can cut off some more heads in a few days. ”

"A person's head is forty taels, cut a hundred, and your kid will be hairy."

Zhao Si pouted: "There are still a hundred, and I am afraid that I will not be able to grab them when the time comes." ”

There are many places in the camp to talk about this matter like here, and many people are thinking about cutting off a few more heads and going back to receive merit when the time comes. Forty taels of silver, that's how much is that! One stone of rice is only a dozen wen, and no matter how little one or two pieces of silver is, there are eight hundred wen, so I dare not think how much rice I have to buy.

Ma Lu and Qin Chang were patrolling the camp, listening to the words of the soldiers, both of them sighed a little.

"This is called the military heart!" Ma Lu sighed and said.

Qin Chang also smiled and said: "It's the military heart that can be used, but this military heart also has to be able to afford it!" Forty taels of silver is a head, and Qi Shaobao really dares to say it. The ambush was 10,000 heads, a reward of 400,000 taels, this is Qi Shaobao. ”

Listening to Qin Chang's words, Ma Lu could only smile bitterly, this is Qi Shaobao.

used to say that Qi Shaobao could fight, how brave the Qi family army was, forty-two heads, it was estimated that these people under him were crazy. On the side of the Northwest Army, not to mention the reward of forty-one heads, the military salary is often unaffordable.

The treatment of the tun army is even worse, not to mention the equipment, many of them are hungry.

Whether it is equipment or status, his own pro-army is not comparable.

The salary given by the imperial court was small, and it was not enough to feed so many troops by counting on the output of the military households' farming. But if there is still a war, what should I do? Only a limited number of resources can be concentrated on a small number of people.

This is also the reason why the generals of the military household system can only fight with the pro-army, because other people have to be equipped with or without equipment, they have to train without training, and they can't even eat enough to fight.

If you meet a general with a strong heart and are willing to spend money on the personal guards, then you can still have some combat effectiveness. But those hereditary commanders of thousands of households, all of them are straw bales, and they spend all day drinking.

All the money they had been taken for their pleasure, and those soldiers were about to become their slaves.

This is drinking the blood of soldiers, how could Qin Chang and Ma Lu not know this after so many years in the northwest. Now looking at the Jingying side, the monthly salary is paid on time, and the war is forty taels for a head, how can he not be jealous.

In fact, Zhu Yijun is very clear about this situation, which is also the disadvantage of the Ming military household system.

Once the imperial court is not strong, cannot come up with money, and does not have enough restraint on the locality, then these personal soldiers will become the private arms of the generals. With the abandonment of the military generals, the military households could not survive, which was also a very key factor in the later peasant uprisings in Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Many military families who couldn't survive carried knives and followed them to rebel, and they couldn't survive anyway.

However, the situation is the situation, and the solution is the solution, Zhu Yijun has no strength at all now, and there is no way to solve it. Didn't the emperors of the past know the disadvantages of the military household system? Of course not, after the War of Resistance against the Japanese, who does not know that the conscription system is better.

The guard is eroded and unbearable for a war, but it can't be abolished yet, why?

It's not because there are so many military households, so many hereditary military officers have no place to arrange, and they are directly converted to recruitment, so it's okay, then you can pay silver! With the financial income of the Ming Dynasty, it can only be hehe.

With recruitment as a battle, supplemented by guards, this can only be a helpless way, after all, the imperial court can't afford to raise so many recruits.

Regarding Qin Chang's statement, Ma Lu could only smile and nod, who didn't know that Qi Shaobao was deeply trusted by the emperor. In the past, the Qi family's army was not in arrears, and the equipment was the best, and even the extravagant things like the gun ride could afford it.

No matter how Qi Jiguang does it, he can get it, this is his ability.

In this era, the dough of a military general is not called dough, and it is the last word to be able to make money!

"I heard that Qi Shaobao has three thousand guards, all of them are horses!" Qin Chang looked at Ma Lu, lowered his voice and said, "I heard that it was brought from Jiliao, and I heard that the combat power is not bad, so I guess I can see it this time." ”

"Rider!"

Ma Lu sighed: "I've also heard of Qi Shaobao's horseman, but I haven't seen it!" ”

The two of them sighed and walked away slowly.

As soon as the light of day dawned the next day, a scout rode into the camp tent, and soon the news was sent to Qi Jiguang's tent.

"Great marshal, the army of Huang Taiji is already coming towards us!" The scout knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "In total, more than 70,000 people have been touched, and it is expected that we will meet our army at sunset." ”

Listening to the scout's words, Qi Jiguang suddenly laughed: "Good, good!" ”

"Good time!" Glancing at Ma Lu and Qin Chang, Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "What Ben Shuai said is right, right?" Huang Taiji will definitely come. ”

Since Huang Taiji came, Qi Jiguang decided not to leave, and directly ordered to continue to camp. However, it was not just to stay still, but to start preparing for battle, arranging artillery, familiarizing himself with the terrain, and preparing to meet Huang Taiji.

"Do you think we can go around and give Huang Taiji a little bit in Naturalization City?"

Qi Jiguang pointed to the Naturalization City on the map and said to Ma Lu and Qin Chang.

"Marshal, it is unwise to think that it is unwise to divide troops at this time!" Ma Lu listened to Qi Jiguang's words, and hurriedly spoke: "Huang Taiji is pouring out, and our division of troops will lead to a lack of strength. ”

"In this battle, if Huang Taiji can be wiped out, then Naturalization City is just a matter of exploring the bag!"

"If the battle is defeated because of the division of troops, then it makes no sense to take Naturalization City."

Qi Jiguang glanced at Ma Lu and said with a smile: "What Mr. Ma said makes sense, just do what Mr. Ma said, let's fight Huang Taiji here, now let's study how to arrange the troops." ”

At sunset, the scout came again to report that Huang Taiji had set up camp thirty miles away.

The scouts on both sides have already fought a few times, but there have been casualties on each other.

"Order the three armies, cook tomorrow, send troops at the end of the day, and the commander will give Huang Taiji a ruthless one."

Early the next morning, the entire camp was shrouded in a fighting spirit, and after breakfast, the army officially marched towards Huang Taiji's camp. The cavalry was on the flanks, in the middle were the infantry, and in the center of the infantry, there were artillery.

The camp of Huang Taiji.

"Great Khan, the Ming army has pulled out the camp and is coming towards us!"

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Huang Taiji stood up, pulled out the scimitar at his waist, and said loudly: "In today's battle, let us annihilate all the Ming dogs, destroy them in one battle, and then we will kill Daming." ”

"Daming's money, Daming's slaves, and Daming's women, all of them are ours, for these, warriors, go to war!"

Huang Taiji's side also quickly launched a formation, and the 70,000 army directly pounced on the Ming army.

Both sides are full of confidence, and this time it will naturally be tough.

"Hatton!" Huang Taiji sat on the horse, glanced at the subordinates beside him, and said: "Wait a minute, facing the Ming army, you take 20,000 people to charge the battle, be sure to disrupt the Ming army's formation, Ben Khan will bring people to press the formation for you." ”

"As soon as the cavalry of the Ming army attacked, Ben Khan led people to outflank them from both flanks and eat them in one fell swoop."

When the two armies slowly met, the scouts on both sides had already fought several times. The two wings of the army must be protected, no one wants their wings to be attacked by the enemy, and if they are attacked, it will be troublesome.

"Warriors, follow me and kill!"

Hatton swung his scimitar and tapped the horse's belly as he began to trot.

As the horse's belly became more and more powerful, the speed of the war horse became faster and faster, and soon it showed a momentum of impact. The 20,000 cavalry really hit like a tsunami from a mountain, with a great visual impact.

Qi Jiguang rode on his horse, looked at the cavalry rushing over on the opposite side, and said, "Order Liu Wei and Wu Weiying to attack on both sides." The artillery pushes forward, prepares the shotshots, and the archers and musketeers prepare. ”

As soon as the other side rushed up, the cannon sound on this side rang out, and the solid bullets fired by the cannon smashed into the cavalry camp that rushed up. In order to maintain the impact force, the cavalry must be in a dense shock formation, and the casualties are not small if they are smashed.

After all, the speed of the horse is too fast, and in the process of galloping, you can't dodge if you want to.

Three hundred cannons, shooting far and powerful, made Hatton suffer a loss.

However, the speed of the horse was too fast, and after two rounds of artillery, the Warat cavalry began to draw their bows and arrows, and they fired a round at the Ming army. The Ming army was naturally not to be outdone, and it was followed by a round of projectiles.

The small cannon that shot the scattered shells also fired at this time, and countless flames erupted in an instant.

The firecrackers adopted a three-stage firing method, and a dense firepower network composed of 5,000 firearms directly blocked the front, and for a time the battlefield was covered with smoke and dust.