Chapter 329: People Die for Money
"What!? Let's hand over all the seizures to 30%? Liu Zeqing roared angrily.
"Vice Admiral Liu. The Governor did this for the sake of the whole army. I'll just say a little more, students. The Governor wants you to turn it in. It's not an order, either. However, if you don't turn it in, then you also have to think about your own future. You know, our governor is the governor of Shandong! After one of Zhu Dadian's staff members said these words to Liu Zeqing, he didn't wait for Liu Zeqing to answer, but gave Shi Ran a salute and left in style.
After the Ming army completely controlled the battlefield, it was impossible for the coalition forces to shrink into their own turtle shell. Isn't this the place where there are three hundred taels of silver? It's all about shouting that he's picked up the treasure without telling himself.
So the coalition army gathered the soldiers and people who stayed in the camp of the Ming army, carried the grain and grass materials left in the camp, and moved to the new camp on the edge of Huang County.
As soon as they arrived at the new camp, the coalition forces immediately handed over the corpses of the Ming soldiers they had collected in battle to Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, and asked them to return the corpses to the various Ming troops.
Originally, this kind of errand of returning the corpses of friendly soldiers was a beautiful errand, and the soldiers and civilians who sent the corpses could always get some benefits, but now none of the soldiers of the coalition army wanted to do this kind of beautiful errand, mainly because the coalition army went too far with the corpses of the Liaodong Army, and they were all sent back to the naked corpses, what good would it be? Then the Liaodong Army can't draw a knife after seeing it?
As expected, the generals of the Liaodong Army immediately drew their knives when they saw them, shouting that they would immediately fight with the coalition forces. The armor and weapons that were taken away were small, but this was too insulting to the Liaodong Army, how could this make the Liaodong Army, which boasted of being the strongest army in the Ming Dynasty, swallow this breath?
Fortunately, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian were prepared. As soon as they saw the corpse of the Liaodong Army sent by the coalition army, they judged the reaction of the Liaodong Army. However, today's victory is the first contribution of the coalition army, so Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian simply arranged these two armies at both ends of the Ming army camp. Make it impossible for them to meet and conflict.
So Jin Guoqi took several generals of the Liaodong Army to Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian to cry, and they must uphold justice and give the Liaodong Army an explanation.
This requirement made Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian a little difficult. It is definitely impossible to appease the Liaodong Army, and the coalition forces have indeed done a very bad thing. But there is no reason to punish the coalition forces, and it is not necessarily that the coalition forces will be punished for such a small mistake after they have made great achievements. Moreover, the coalition forces can also deny that the bodies were stripped by the rebels. Although everyone knows this, it is also a dead thing.
At this time, Zhu Dadian thought of a compromise method. It wasn't during the halftime break of today's battle between him and Gao Qiqian. Said: All the captures of the Ming army troops must be handed over to Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian for distribution?
Therefore, the actions of the coalition forces are indeed three hundred taels of silver here. Their strange actions on the battlefield made the Ming army go up to the commander. When it comes to the little soldiers, they all know that the coalition forces must have obtained a rich capture. It's just that no one just now paid attention to the capture of the coalition forces.
But now Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian have to take care of it. Zhu Dadian sent one of his staff members to the coalition army. Liu Zeqing, the chief general of the coalition army, said the decision of Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian in a consultative tone.
But the tone is indeed negotiable. But does Liu Zeqing have the courage to refuse? After that, will he, the Shandong military attaché, still have to mix under Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong?
So after the staff left, Liu Zeqing and the military attachés of the coalition army immediately scolded. But after scolding for a while, the matter still needs to be resolved. This curse can't be eaten as a meal. So those military attachés, you and I, I discussed how to conceal some of the seized silver and property, so that I could hand over a little less. In the final analysis, Liu Zeqing's military attachés just didn't have the courage to refuse Zhu Dadian's "consultation".
But at this time. Liu Zeqing found that their second-in-command, Wu Shigong, was not there. So Liu Zeqing and the military attachés of the coalition army immediately went to Wu Shigong and asked him to come up with a more appropriate method.
And when they found Wu Shigong, Wu Shigong was summarizing the gains and losses and experiences of the battle with the officers of his Runing battalion, and Chi Ming was also doing the work of a secretary. In the effort to record:
"Although our soldiers have beggar armor, but because of the shortage of iron materials and blacksmiths, they don't have iron helmets, they just wear felt hats, so the defense of this head is too poor, and we must let Yang Goudan produce iron helmets as soon as possible in the future."
"It is necessary to carefully observe the wounded and fatal parts of each soldier, and count them. These lethal areas are protected by large iron armor to reduce our casualty rate. The pieces of iron in this beggar's armor also need to be improved. ”
"In the future, all the vehicles we produce will have wheels that can be easily loaded and unloaded. Today, the wheels of the chariots of the rebels are fixed, so it is easy for us to push them away and expand the gap in the chariot array, so when our Runing battalion is deploying the chariot formation in the future, when conditions permit, we must unload the wheels of the chariots, so that it is difficult for the enemy to push the chariots. ”
"Although we have already copied a swarm of bees in the Runing Battalion, today we have discovered for the first time the power of the concentrated use of rockets. However, such centralized use is also too expensive. The cost of a box and a swarm of bees is eighty taels of silver, and today we launched fifty boxes together, and four thousand taels were shot at once. That's really a cannon shot, ten thousand taels of gold! It is still necessary to sum up and come up with the conditions and tactics for the use of rockets as soon as possible. ”
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However, seeing Liu Zeqing and their arrival, Wu Shigong stopped the summary meeting and welcomed Liu Zeqing and them into his big tent. When Liu Zeqing made his intentions clear, Wu Shigong immediately couldn't help but go crazy. He scolded: "When we were asked to work hard, there was no military salary and reward, and we reaped some benefits, but we were all red-eyed." Tell them that there isn't even a fart. ”
Liu Zeqing listened to Wu Shigong's scolding, and his face showed embarrassment. In the end, there are too many people around, and it is not good if Wu Shigong's scolding words reach Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian.
So Liu Zeqing persuaded him: "I know that Brother Changjing is in a bad mood, but in fact, my brother is not in a good mood either, who wants to suffer?" But there's no way, my arms can't twist my thighs. Brother, I thought, more or less give the two adults a little bit, which can be regarded as giving them a face. ”
"Nope! Not a penny! Wu Shigong immediately rejected Liu Zeqing's proposal, "People are good at being bullied, and horses are good at being ridden." I don't care what Brother Hezhou does, but my Runing Camp just won't hand it over. It's okay to hand it over, and let the two adults bring the military salary and bounty of our Runing camp first. ”
Liu Zeqing was sprayed with a spit on the face by Wu Shigong. He thought helplessly in his heart: "Those military salaries and bounties are estimated to be more than the silver handed over by your Runing battalion. The Governor and the Overseer wouldn't be so stupid. ”
But Liu Zeqing is still working hard: "It's better to dissipate your anger." In the end, they are the commander now, and it is not good to disobey military orders. But our brethren in the coalition are not ambiguous. Later, we will go to the Zhongjun account together, and the thirty percent handed over is too much, so why should the two adults reduce some shares. ”
But at this time, Wu Shigong had already made a stubborn mistake, and he stiffened his neck or flatly refused: "If you don't have to discuss, even half of our Runing Camp will not hand it over." Since all this money was exchanged for our lives, then the two adults should have also heard the saying: people die for money, and birds die for food. Brother, what am I afraid of? I am a military attache in Henan, and I am not under the control of your Shandong. Our Runing battalion is a guest army. ”
Seeing that the words were not speculative, Liu Zeqing could only leave stupidly. However, Wu Shigong's words were inspired by Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng, who were also military attaches in Henan. The two of them stayed behind and discussed how to advance and retreat with Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong also agreed to the two of them, there are more people, and they can not be held accountable. And Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng were also very satisfied with Wu Shigong. What's the matter? It's all going to be topped by Wu Shigong, a tall man.
In fact, Wu Shigong's refusal was not brainless, nor was it that his eyes were in the eyes of money and he couldn't pull it out. Wu Shigong's nature is not that of a person who is willing to violate the rules of officialdom. This can be seen from the fact that he just arrived in Guide Mansion and was continuously bullied by Li Bingbeidao, and he could swallow his anger.
But now Wu Shigong is stimulated. He just saw Wu Sangui, a young man who jumped out of nowhere; He also saw the combat performance of the strong army of the Ming Dynasty, Guanning Iron Cavalry; He also saw shocking scenes of large-scale use of firearms. Therefore, Wu Shigong now has an urgent mentality that time cannot wait, so he thinks about expanding the army, grasping more financial resources, and training more troops. Therefore, there is an instinctive aversion to everything that stands in the way of achieving this goal.
Besides, Wu Shigong is not afraid of settling accounts after the autumn. Zhu Dadian is the governor of Shandong, and Gao Qiqian is the supervisor of Liaodong, so he can't control Henan. Offend them here, and don't be afraid of what will happen to them!
Ming's revenge, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian definitely didn't dare. Don't look at the various units of the coalition army from all over the world, but fighting together for a long time has made them form a whole. Now the strength of the coalition army accounts for more than one-third of the total strength of the Ming army, as long as Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian are still thinking about exterminating Kong Youde's rebels, they will not faint and take revenge on the Runing battalion.
Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian are at most just doing some small actions. And those small actions are nothing more than erasing some of the military exploits of the Runing Battalion, so that Wu Shigong cannot be promoted.
But needless to say, the military exploits of the Runing battalion are already enough. Even if he can't be promoted, Wu Shigong doesn't care. Could it be that Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian promoted Wu Shigong to a general or a general soldier or something, that is, Wu Shigong became the emperor, and the Runing battalion still only has so many soldiers and so much silver, and it is still the same when they encounter Li Zicheng's million-strong army and the army of the Houjin Army.
For the current Wu Shigong, it is to increase his strength at all costs. There is no second way. (To be continued......)