After the pre-war mobilization was completed, Shi Dayong had to start implementing the weapons of his subordinates, and he couldn't let these 3,000 Changping disciples go to the battlefield with him empty-handed.

All the belongings were counted, and when he listened to Jiang Wanli and Huang An's accounts, Shi Dayong's brows were wrinkled.

"There were originally 600 pieces of cotton armor, and Lord Futai allocated 600 pieces, which is a total of 1,200 pieces, and we originally had 600 cards, but destroyed 200, only 400 remained, and Lord Futai allocated 300 pieces, and the total number is 700."

"Our original and newly allocated ones are 1,400 spears, 800 birds, 15 large poles, 560 swords, and 300 bows, and that's all."

"In addition to the original repaired armor, there are three hundred and four sets of heavy armor, and there are still about eighty pieces of chain mail left. We used to have more than 800 horses, but more than 100 were killed in the first battle of Dalinghe, and more than 300 were killed in the battle when we left the city, and now there are less than 300. ”

Hearing this, Shi Dayong thought that Qiu Hejia had promised to transfer horses for him, so he asked, "Didn't Lord Futai say that he would transfer some horses from the regimental training and guards?" How's that, how many horses have been transferred? ”

Cao Bianjiao spread his hands helplessly and muttered: "The military horses in the city have all been taken by the Liaodong Army, and they have two horses for one person, so they only need more than 2,000 horses, and the remaining hundreds have also been taken away by the army." Lord Futai still transferred thirty horses from the pro-soldier team to us, but the number is too small to be of any use. ”

Jiang Wanli sighed softly: "General, what we lack right now is not horses, but people. ”

"People?" Shi Dayong was stunned, three thousand Changping soldiers had just arrived, and there were people, why was there a shortage of people?

Seeing that Shi Dayong didn't understand, Jiang Wanli hurriedly explained: "When the last general said that there is a shortage of people, he means that there is a lack of cavalry, and we only have ninety-one cavalry brothers left, so no matter how enough this horse is, it is useless if there is no one to ride." ”

Cao Bianjiao also said: "There are no cavalry in the city, and the last general also asked, only a few dozen of the three thousand Changping soldiers have ridden horses in their hometowns, and the rest have not ridden." ”

"There is no cavalry, just rely on our two legs and Jiannu, this battle hangs." Ma Zhong said with some concern.

Li Dashan interjected: "Isn't there cavalry in the army?" This time, we are transporting grain, just follow behind the army, and we don't necessarily have to fight in the front. ”

Cao Bianjiao smiled bitterly: "The cavalry outside the pass has not exceeded 10,000 horsemen since the fight against Sun Jingluo, and since Yuan Chonghuan and Man Gui, the remaining cavalry is five or six thousand horses. At present, most of them are in Dalinghe City, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry under Wu and Song is only more than 1,000 combined, and the rest are transferred from Guannei earlier. Zhang Bingbei was there, and I heard that there were 3,000 cavalry under the deputy general Zhang Hongmo, but they came from Jizhen, which was inferior to the two general soldiers of Wu and Song. ”

"Just a little cavalry?" Li Dashan was anxious when he heard this, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Before the imperial court transferred troops, didn't you think about transferring more cavalry? Don't they know that there are tens of thousands of cavalry in Ludao Jiannu? ”

"From where?" Shi Dayong glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "Right now, there are thieves everywhere in the pass, and it is difficult for the imperial court." There are not many cavalry in our Ming Dynasty, and Xuanda and Guyuan still have to guard against the northern captives, where can there be cavalry transferred? Besides, it's too late to adjust. ”

Li Dashan pouted: "If you want to say that, there is a chance that this battle will be eight times out of ten. Nine is still going to be defeated. ”

"Whether defeated or not is another matter, but this battle still has to be fought. Do you think that what the general said to the soldiers is false? ”

After speaking, Shi Dayong got up, walked a few steps with his hands in his hands, and looked back and instructed Cao Bianjiao: "Transfer those dozens of people who can ride horses out, in addition, you recruit 200 people from 3,000 people, we have to reorganize the wolf cavalry army, and when it comes to the critical time, we will point to the wolf cavalry army to charge the battle again!" ”

Cao Bianjiao hesitated a little: "General, they don't know how to ride horses, what's the use of recruiting?" ”

Jiang Wanli also felt that this kind of duck was not good for the shelf, that is, those recruits were put on the horse, and this bumpy man still had to fall, if he was not familiar with the horse, he would never be used by the cavalry.

Shi Dayong made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said: "If you can't ride a horse, just tie them to the horse!" ”

"Huh?!"

When the generals heard this, they were all stunned, and they all felt that this method was too sensational, and it seemed too incredible to tie people to horses.

Jiang Wanli lowered his head and thought about it, but nodded and said: "This is a good way, the wolf cavalry army doesn't need to work hard immediately, as long as you can hold the spear right away." It's really not good, but it's okay to sit firmly. ”

"If you tie a person to a horse, you can't fall off, but in this way, you really have to fight with your life." Cao Bianjiao didn't know if this method was useful or not, but he felt that in this way, for the two hundred recruits, it was really impossible to live.

"This is also a last resort, tying people to horses is also a helpless thing. You tell those soldiers that this is the real job of tying their heads to their waists, and if they are not voluntary, they must not be forcibly recruited, or no one will sign up, and you will lead those ninety-one brothers to set up a wolf cavalry rack! ”

Now, Shi Dayong has no better way, so he should be a live horse doctor, and instructed Huang An: "Pass the order, before going on the expedition, the general will first give the brothers silver." ”

"Silver?"

When Cao Bianjiao heard that Shi Dayong was going to give the soldiers silver, he hesitated, and looked at Shi Dayong who didn't know what to say.

Shi Dayong raised his hand to signal him to say it was okay, and Cao Bianjiao asked, "General, do we have so much silver?" ”

Shi Dayong said: "The emperor allocated 10,000 taels of silver, and now I have used some of it, and there are more than 7,000 taels left, so we officers will not receive it first, and the soldiers of the old battalion will send ten taels first, and the rest will be given to the three thousand Changping children, each of whom will receive two taels." ”

As soon as he heard that all the silver was gone, Huang An reminded: "General, all the silver has been sent down, what should I do in the future?" ”

"Yes, there is no trace of the pension silver of our fallen soldiers now, there are more places to use silver in the future, if the silver is all distributed, what will happen in the future?" Shao Wu thought about it a little more and felt that this silver could not be fully distributed.

But Shi Dayong said: "If we talk about the future in the future, we can't let the brothers die in vain." If everyone can come back alive from this battle, I will find a way to make up for the soldiers' bounties no matter what, and the families of the fallen soldiers will have to send them to the side. ”

"General, you have to keep some, right?"

Huang An and Shao Wu still wanted to persuade again, but Shi Dayong waved his hand to signal that they didn't need to persuade again, and ordered Li Dashan to take people to move the silver boxes to the school field, and before the battle, he had to watch the silver be distributed one by one.

While the spiritual call is important, so are the material rewards.

Although the silver is not much, it is also Shi Dayong who did his best to take it out, not for anything else, just so that these soldiers who voluntarily came to follow him Shi Dayong can have more protection, even psychologically.

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Three thousand Changping soldiers must be brought by veterans in order to become an army to fight, before the silver, Shi Dayong asked Qiu Hejia for instructions, and all the veterans of the second battalion of Wuyong were promoted to the general, the original was to promote the general to the thousand, and the original to the thousand general was to be the garrison.

In the battle of Dalinghe, the imperial court had already been rewarded, but it was delayed because the Jin army came to surround Dalinghe, Shi Dayong promoted the officers of the department without authorization, and it was definitely not possible to change it before, but he was in a hurry to obey the power, and besides, this was just the promotion of the military department in advance, and he couldn't make a big mistake, so Qiu Hejia naturally would not have any objections.

On the basis of voluntary registration, Cao Bianjiao recruited 200 dead soldiers as he wished, and rebuilt the wolf cavalry with the original wolf cavalry, and Cao Bianjiao was appointed as the first battalion officer of the wolf cavalry to temporarily lead the whole battalion on behalf of the garrison.

Jiang Wanli's cavalry battalion was originally a thousand generals, and now the garrison leads 1,000 people as the Chinese army. Huang An and Shao Wu each led 1,000 men for the front and rear armies.

Temporary expansion, temporary promotion, everything is only for the war, so all affairs are simple, and there is only one purpose, that is, to make the three thousand Changping children not mess up when they go to war.

After the reorganization of each department was completed, they successively went to Beicheng under the leadership of each battalion officer. At the head of the city, the governor Qiu Hejia, the prefect Chen Ang and other Jinzhou military and political officials saw off Shi Dayong.

More than 1,000 people and young men organized a grain transportation team also assembled on standby, and the 5,000 stone grain loaded on the cart was undoubtedly a life-saving scarecrow for the besieged Dalinghe City, but I don't know if this grain can be transported into Dalinghe City.

The prefect Chen Ang was born in the Wanli period, originally a soldier in Langzhong, a member of the eunuch party, Chongzhen was liquidated after coming to power, fortunately, he had a good personal relationship with some people in the Donglin Party, and asked people to intercede, and after several turnovers, he was reinstated to the Jinzhou prefect outside the Guan, and he didn't know whether it was a good fate or a hard fate.

Looking at the more than 3,000 recruits under the city, Chen Ang really couldn't lift his spirits, when he sent the army out of the city before, it was really neat, with bright clothes and armor, and continuous flags, which made people full of confidence. And these 3,000 recruits, with incomplete armor and weapons, are afraid that they are slightly better than thieves, and it would be good if they could collapse without touching it.

But thinking that these more than 3,000 people were just transporting food behind the army, and they were not going into battle to kill the enemy, they would not make a mistake, and Shi Dayong, who led the army, was the descendant of the governor, so Chen Ang barely smiled a little, so that the governor would not be embarrassed, and from time to time he also praised the morale of the city, and this time he would definitely be able to live up to his mission and gain something.

Those gentry were already deeply impressed by Shi Dayong, and with this brave general in the capital, no matter how unbearable the recruits were, nothing would happen. Besides, there are Zhang Bingbei in front of him leading General Wu and Song General Soldiers to fight in the front, and the more than 2,000 chariots are cheering up, no matter how powerful Jiannu is, the army will not be victorious, and it will not be defeated, and it can always be safely withdrawn. As long as the army is there, Shi Dayong's 3,000 men and horses will no longer be the same, and the strong and powerful will always work.

Liu Zeyi, Wang An, Ge Qing and other generals are also in the city, this will, their regimental training and guards have become the main force to defend Jinzhou, and it is rare to raise their eyebrows. Several people have accompanied Shi Dayong to help the Daling River, and they can be regarded as a little friendship, so after seeing Shi Dayong, they all came to greet him. Shi Dayong also returned the salute to everyone one by one, and then commanded people to carry more than a dozen large boxes and pile them at the city gate.

Those boxes were very heavy, six or seven strong men were a little difficult to lift, and there were seals on them, for a while, everyone didn't know what was in the box, only Qiu He Jiazhi said that these boxes were the emperor's reward from the inner money to Shi Dayong's Songshan army last time.