Chapter 88: Discipline
"Kill!"
A Mongolian man held a scimitar and howled to meet a Ming general, before the scimitar in his hand slashed to the body of the Ming general, another cavalry of the Ming army rushed behind him, the knife flashed, the back of the Mongolian man has been completely cut, the white bones are forested, the red flesh is blooming, and a hot heart is pulsating in the chest!
"Uhh
The Mongolian man howled violently, and then fell straight to the cold ground.
The Ming army turned over and dismounted, stepped over the corpse of the Mongolian man and kicked open the broken wooden door of the small earthen house behind him, the dim oil lamp illuminated the situation in the earthen house faintly, under the light, two young Mongolian women protected a Mongolian child and shrank in the corner, looking at the fierce Ming army general with frightened eyes.
"Hey, hey, hey......"
Ming Jun showed a beast-like light in his eyes, turned around and shouted: "The women and property in this house are all Lao Tzu, and no one is allowed to rob them!" ”
The dozen or so soldiers of the Ming Army who followed behind the commander of the Ming Army burst into laughter.
"If you want a woman, take it yourself!"
The Ming army put down the sentence and lifted his feet into the small earthen house, and then closed the wooden door from the inside, and soon the house sounded the frightened screams of Mongolian women, as well as the silver laughter of the Ming army, mixed with the hissing cracking of the silk, idiots know what the Ming army general is doing now?
Wang Puding's military regulations only stipulate that they are not allowed to destroy silver Ming women, but there is no provision that they are not allowed to destroy silver Mongolian women!
[Friendly reminder again: This is just an empty novel, don't equate the Mongolians in the novel with the current Mongolians]
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Half an hour later.
Wang Pu had already appeared outside the Khan court of Tumut Khan surrounded by Zhen Youcai, Xiao Qi and dozens of cavalry soldiers, Tumut Khan's tooth tent and the surrounding tents were already messy at this time, the ground was full of fallen Mongolian warriors, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the Chinese wanted to vomit.
Wang Pu stepped into the tent of Tumut Khan, only to see that the ground was covered with a fine Persian carpet, and two scantily clad Mongol women were lying on the carpet, and the blood from under her body had stained a large area of the carpet red, and it was not the Ming army who killed them, but Tumut Khan.
It is clear that Tumut Khan did not want his favored woman to become the plaything of the Han Chinese.
There are several rows of beautifully crafted wooden shelves on the big tent, and there are a variety of rare antiques on the shelves, including porcelain, pottery, and bronze, and there are actually several sets of books bound in thread, and in the north of the big tent is the throne of Tumut Khan, which is covered with white tiger skins, and on the wall of the tent behind the throne hangs a treasure bow inlaid with gold and jade, and a treasure knife with rhino horns as a sheath.
It seems that Tumut Khan was in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to take something with him.
Wang Pu picked up a set of thread-bound books from the wooden shelf and looked at it, it turned out to be the Song version of "Zuo Chuan", and he really didn't expect that the leader of a Mongolian tribe would also be mediocre and elegant.
Looking back, under the night sky, the entire Naturalization City was already in a commotion.
The thousands of Ming soldiers who entered the city were wantonly plundering their spoils, and Wang Pu knew that the Mongol women had also become their spoils, but he didn't want to interfere! That's right, his military regulations only stipulate that Ming soldiers are not allowed to destroy silver Ming women, and Mongolian women are not protected by his military regulations.
Because in this era, the Mongols were the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, and they were not yet the people of the Ming Dynasty.
The Tumuts were caught off guard, and the Ming army easily took the naturalization, which was completely expected by Wang Pu, for the simple reason that the Mongols had not been attacked by the Ming army for too long, and they could not even remember the last time the Ming army invaded Mongolia.
In addition, Wang Pu made enough preparations for this surprise attack, and he was unprepared to deal with a mere 400 Mongolian cavalry with 4,000 elites, if he couldn't win, it would be really unreasonable.
"General!" Lu Liu suddenly came to Wang Pu out of breath and said loudly, "The Mongols who are resisting stubbornly in the city have all been cleared, and the Mongolian cavalry that tried to break through from the north, west, and south has about 200 horsemen, and all of them have been killed!" ”
Zhen Youcai looked at Wang Pu, who was silent with his back and asked, "Have you found Tumut Khan?" ”
"I don't know." Lu Liuying said, "There is no definite news from the various gates yet. ”
Zhen Youcai said: "Let the bearded ones go to find them, if they live to see people and die, they will see corpses!" ”
"No need." Wang Pu Huoran raised his hand and said, "A mere Tumut Khan is not a big man, if he can be captured alive, it is the best, but if he can't die, he will be successful." ”
Zhen Youcai's eyes rolled, and he was already stunned.
captured Tumut Khan alive, according to the agreement reached between Wang Pu and Zhang Zi'an before the expedition, this great achievement will finally fall to Zhang Zi'an, since it is to make wedding clothes for others, then there is no need to worry too much.
In fact, Tumut Khan did die.
When Tumut Khan fled out of the west gate in a panic with dozens of cavalry guards and dozens of Tumut nobles accompanying him, he was met by the Ming army's musket team, and the 800 veterans led by the bearded man were guarding outside the west gate, and these 800 veterans were all equipped with new flintlock muskets.
These flintlock muskets are not only lighter in weight than the original firearms of the Ming army, but also have a longer range and higher accuracy!
Tumut Khan and his entourage of dozens of cavalry guards and Tumut nobles had already died under the random guns of the Ming army's musket team without even making a decent resistance, and less than ten cavalry guards fled back to the city in panic, and finally were hacked to death by the Ming army who broke into the city!
It was destined to be a crazy and bloody night.
When the sun rose again, the noisy Guihua City finally fell silent, and the soldiers of the Ming army, who had been crazy all night, also changed from beasts to warriors, and a team drove out of the city to assemble, as early as on the march, Wang Pu had already said that after entering the Guihua City, they could rob as much as they wanted, and they could do whatever they wanted.
But by the next morning, it was all over.
More than 4,000 soldiers assembled in units of 10 people, and reported the number from 1 to 10 according to the instructions taught by Wang Pu, and then the commander reported the casualties of the 10-man squad to the general of the 100-man team, and the general of the 100-man team reported the casualties to the general manager of the 100-man team, and finally the 4,000-person general reported the casualties to Wang Pu.
The results of the casualties of the Ming army came out quickly, only one person was seriously wounded, two were lightly wounded, and the one who was seriously injured was not cut by the Mongol cavalry, but because the horse lost its front hoof and fell and was injured, this was simply a perfect long-distance run! The combination of serendipitous and inevitable factors ultimately led to this incredible victory.
The three thousand veterans selected from the Datong border army were already overjoyed, they had never fought such a happy victory, although the three-day rapid march was very hard, to paraphrase the words of these big-headed soldiers, it was so cold that even [***] was about to fall, but now, with the smooth capture of Guihua City, all grievances have disappeared.
The 800 horse thieves also rejoiced, for the most glorious result of their raids had been the slaughter of a pass or a village, but now they had captured a Mongol city with mountains of fur and countless cattle and sheep.
Unlike the ecstasy of the soldiers, there was no happy expression on Wang Pu's face.
In fact, Wang Pu is indeed not in the mood to be happy, what is there to be happy about? This time he led the army to attack and naturalize, he did not come to rob cattle, sheep, livestock and fur goods, let alone to eliminate the northern border troubles for the Ming Dynasty, he had only one purpose, that is, to train troops!
Wang Pu wants to train these 4,000 veterans into a disciplined iron-blooded army, and it is an iron-blooded army that is completely loyal to him Wang Pu, now everything has just begun, and it is still far from achieving this goal, Wang Pu still has a lot of work to do, and the first thing he has to do now is to strictly enforce the discipline of the army!
There are two things that are indispensable for a true iron-blooded army, that is, discipline and military spirit!
If the main general is a fleeing general, then the army he brings out is an escaping army, if the main general is a domineering general, then his soldiers are a group of arrogant generals.
The casting of the soul of the army requires a process, and there is no urgency in this matter, and there is no urgency.
Wang Pu never had the luxury of hoping that through one or two surprise attacks, he could turn this group of veteran ruffians who were accustomed to losing battles or being used to ringing horses into a group of predators who could not be defeated or dragged down, and howled when they saw the enemy!
However, discipline is not the same as the spirit of the army.
The military soul can be cast slowly, but discipline must be implanted in the hearts of the soldiers in the shortest possible time, in a sense, discipline is even more important than the military soul, if there is no strict discipline, an army can fight no matter how much it is just a group of proud soldiers, but a group of beasts without a surname.
What Wang Pu needs is not a group of unnamed beasts, but a group of disciplined predators.
Wang Pu Zema came to the front of the formation and shouted: "The soldiers of the whole army listen to the order and line up!" ”
"Line up!"
"Hurry up, stand still."
"Don't hunch over and haven't eaten?"
"What about you, deaf? Stand up straight for Lao Tzu! ”
Wang Pu gave an order, and the four thousand generals and more than forty generals suddenly got busy, and began to reprimand their respective veteran ruffians and ruffians began to line up, and more than 4,000 people made a fuss for a while, and finally lined up in formation, leading war horses one by one to form a column of 100 people.
Wang Pu cleared his throat and shouted, "Do you remember what General Ben told you, from the day you stepped into the camp of Lei Gong Mountain, we are all brothers!" What brother? A brother can die for others when necessary, and can block arrows for others when there is danger, and if you are a brother, you must be honest, and if you are a brother, you must not hide your selfishness! ”
More than 4,000 soldiers, whether they could hear in front or those who could not hear in the back, were listening attentively.
Wang Pu then roared: "There is also the sixth of the seven major articles of the military regulations, what is it talking about? ”
"Those who have seized it in private will be whipped eighty in public!"
The soldiers who could hear Wang Pu's question in front responded violently.
"Good!" Wang Pu nodded and shouted loudly, "Very good, since everyone remembers the military regulations, General Ben won't say anything more, but General Ben still decided to give the confused brothers one last chance, as long as you can take the initiative to hand over the gold, silver and jewelry in your private collection, you can be exempted from these eighty lashes!" ”
Wang Pu's voice fell, and more than 4,000 soldiers began to whisper, and soon some soldiers obediently came out of the ranks, handed over the gold and silver secretly hidden in their robes, and honestly put them in front of Wang Puma, and in less than a moment Wang Puma piled up a large pile of gold, silver and jewelry, as well as precious mink and fox skins.
When no more soldiers took the initiative to come out of the ranks, Wang Pu shouted again: "Is there anything else hidden?" ”
The four thousand soldiers were silent.
"General Ben knows that there are still people hiding secrets!" Wang Pu shouted, "Now General Ben orders you to immediately hand over your private belongings!" ”
The soldiers looked at each other, but no one took the initiative to come out.
"Good!" Wang Pu nodded, and asked sharply, "General Ben asks you again, what is the first of the seven major articles of military regulations?" ”
"Those who disobey military orders will be killed!"
All the soldiers who could hear Wang Pu's voice responded one after another, but this time, it was not as neat as just now, and these veteran ruffians couldn't figure out what Wang Pu was going to do? They originally thought that Wang Pu had gathered everyone just to compliment them, but now it seems that this is not the case at all.
The corners of Wang Pu's mouth suddenly floated with a hint of cold murderous intent, and he turned around and shouted: "Xiao Qi, take people!" ”
"Yes!" Xiao Qi suddenly agreed, turned around and shouted with a move, "Take it!" ”
The four pro-soldiers who had been waiting for a long time quickly rushed into the neat queue of four thousand soldiers, and soon dragged out two veteran ruffians, the expressions of these two guys were very strange when Wang Pu asked just now, but they still refused to come out, Xiao Qi had been staring at them for a long time.
(To be continued)