Chapter 18 Promotion
was praised by Xiong Tingbi in public, Li Bingcheng's face was full of joy, he kowtowed heavily, and thanked him repeatedly.
Xiong Tingbi said again: "This official has already made the decision, and he will reward the meritorious soldiers in front of him with fifty taels of silver for each rank, so as to stimulate the soldiers' desire to serve and dare to die." The new brave battalion must send more sentry horses to guard along the border to harass the eastern captives and prevent them from being stable. That Han Xu is now the commander of the army, and the official is the commander of a thousand households, so he is ordered to bring more soldiers and horses, continue to lead the troops to attack, and make new contributions. Such a heavy reward is also used to motivate the soldiers to serve, and the promotion is higher, but when it is extraordinary, do extraordinary things! β
Hearing Xiong Tingbi praising Li Bingcheng, all the generals present had obvious jealous looks on their faces, Lao Li was really a big shit luck.
Li Bingcheng himself also knows in his heart that Han Xu's matter is a special case, since Han Xu and several people have made meritorious contributions, there are many brave people who have gone on adventures at night, and more than a dozen people have died one after another these days, and they have been beaten everywhere.
No matter how tempting the silver and official position are, in the end they are not as valuable as their own lives.
However, after being instructed slightly, Li Bingcheng did not dare to refuse, so he had to reply respectfully: "After the last general goes back, he will definitely tell the soldiers the words of Lord Jingluo, and reward Han Xu and others in public, so as to inspire the soldiers to serve death." β
"Well, if this person makes another meritorious service, this official will reward him again, and the next time there is a large gathering of officers and soldiers, bring him to see me."
"Yes, the last general will obey the orders of Lord Liu."
After all, Han Xu's matter is really a trivial matter, Xiong Tingbi has the entire Liaodong defense of thousands of miles in his heart, and has a plan to mobilize more than 100,000 Ming troops to fight, and at the same time he has to deal with many civil and military officials in Liaodong, and he has to use all his strength for his own use, and at the same time he has to intrigue with the political enemies of the DPRK and China...... He is a member of the Chu Party of the Daming civil official group, but over the years because of his personality in the party has no real allies, these years the Donglin Party has become more and more powerful, Xiong Tingbi and several bigwigs of the Donglin Party do not have too deep friendship, the real support for him is the first auxiliary Fang Congzhe from the Zhejiang Party, speaking of Xiong Tingbi's foundation in the court is very shallow, when he went out of Beijing, he knew in his heart that he had no other way, but to make a decent situation in Liaodong with peace of mind, speak with actual results, and be rewarded with merit.
Now that the situation is so urgent, Emperor Wanli is also very concerned about the matter of the Eastern Captives, as long as there is the emperor's attention and the support of the first assistant, Xiong Tingbi is still confident that he will open up the situation in Liaodong and spread it out.
He just nodded to Li Bingcheng again, and then turned over and got on the horse, the red official robe was bright and dazzling under the morning sun, and the guard of honor came over, surrounded by a large number of civil and military generals, Xiong Tingbi rode his horse and whipped and went to Liaoyang City, and the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin Dynasty opened a new page.
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"Han Xu, given the Liao Zhongwei Qianhu, the hereditary small flag officer, and the general of the Xinyong battalion. The rest of the soldiers, Yang Guoyong, He Qingyun and others, each awarded the official position is different, and the heads are all Zhenyi heads, and each level is rewarded with fifty taels of silver, this order! β
Li Bingcheng announced Xiong Tingbi's decree, not a holy decree, serving as a military attache of more than 1,000 households, should have gone to the military department to inspect, and then receive the decree, His Majesty's resignation, this is in line with the formalities of the appointment, but now is an extraordinary time, can only do extraordinary things, Xiong Tingbi is the new strategy, he saw the Tang newspaper on the way, immediately had such an order, if you want to come to the imperial court, it will never be dismissed, Han Xu's official position can be appointed by the military department, but it is just waiting for the formalities.
Yang Guoyong and others were all awarded the general flag, and He Qingyun, who killed Bashiku with a whip, was awarded to 100 households, and at the same time promoted to the rank of management officer.
The military system of the Ming Army in Liaodong is different from Qi Jiguang's Jizhen military system, here is still a team of five people, a team of ten troops, and there is no quota for the general management team, generally three hundred to five hundred people, two are a total of one thousand, and two or three thousand are a battalion, which is under the control of guerrilla generals.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the military system began to deteriorate, the most obvious is to eat empty quotas, a battalion of soldiers rarely has a full quota of 3,000 people, the most is more than 2,000 people, there are about 1,500 or even only more than 1,000 people.
Not long after the Xinyong battalion was first established, there were only three or four hundred people, most of whom were mainly not collected at night, and it could be replenished to more than 1,000 people after a few months.
"The villain has thanked Jinglu and the general soldier for his great kindness!"
Han Xu is still in a gray robe and felt hat, the appointment came very suddenly, Li Bingcheng returned from Liaoyang and directly brought the order to promote the reward, in the past, such military merits were reviewed by the patrol and approved military department, and then the promotion was awarded, the fastest was one month, and the slow was two or three months, this time it was a special matter.
"Stop calling yourself a villain!"
After all, Han Xu was brought out by Li Bingcheng, although he was not a confidant, there was still a love for incense, Li Bingcheng smiled and said: "The official robe of the waist card seal letter will be sent by someone in a while, and you will also be a six-rank military attache of the imperial court in the future." β
Han Xu bowed down and said, "Everything is the promotion and reuse of the Chief Soldier. β
Li Bingcheng shook his head and said, "It's also you who fights for yourself." This time, you are appointed as the general, the new Yong battalion is still insufficient, I told Bao Guerrilla, let's make up for you fifty people first, a stomach or something, the official asked the master to write a note, and you went to Liaoyang to think about ideas, and the official here and the rest of the battalions are also lacking these...... In short, Han Xu, you are easy to do, and Lord Jinglu also knows you, if you can lead the ministry to make meritorious contributions, the wealth of the sky is in front of you. β
Li Bingcheng pointed to the large pile of silver placed on the table again, smiled and patted Han Xu on the shoulder, and then turned around and left.
The silver ingots were shining in the sun, and there were more than 400 people in the Xinyong Battalion in the audience.
After Li Bingcheng left, Bao Chengxian came over and said a few words without being salty, this person was newly transferred, and he didn't care about military affairs, he had dozens of his own family members, and he counted on those family members for his military exploits, and he didn't care about ordinary battalion officers and soldiers like Han Xu at all.
"Han Xu, you have been promoted to president, but you can't get carried away." Wang Dayong was the general manager of the camp, and said to Han Xu with a fierce face: "Everything needs to be reported before it is implemented, and you can't make claims without permission." caused a leak, and lost the hard-earned official position again, that is called wrongdoing. β
Han Xu remained silent, hugged his fists and said, "Please ask Mr. Qian to mention everything." β
"Hmm." Wang Dayong nodded with satisfaction and said, "As long as you listen to the official's promotion, you will have your own wealth in the future." I know that you and Wang Dali have some grievances, so when the official has time to set up a drink, I will make peace with you. β
Wang Dayong's self-confidence was simply bursting, Han Xu just smiled when he heard it, Wang Dayong only said that the person in front of him had just been promoted, and he didn't let himself knead it, and he was also complacent at the moment.
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"Congratulations to Mr. Put!"
"Take the chief lord, I can come with a bow and arrow, pick one."
"I'm also willing to serve under the command of the Commander-in-Chief."
As soon as Li Bingcheng left, Bao Chengxian and a few thousand generals left, and only Han Xu and a few people left, and the scene immediately became a sensation.
Hundreds of people hugged up, each face was full of smiles, Han Xu's matter was already a legend and myth, with an ordinary battalion soldier becoming a night soldier, he was ordered to attack as soon as he became a captain, beheaded the eleventh level in a battle, and then promoted to the general after such a great achievement, he was already a dignified six-rank military attachΓ©, such a person's luck and strength are very eye-catching, and recently other departments that do not collect at night have also been ordered to attack, but the result is that he hit the dusty face, in contrast, Han Xu's ability is even more heartbreaking, in this case, It is not surprising that those nights of the Xinyong Battalion did not accept their wishes to serve under Han Xu.