Speaking of which, some people may have a doubt in their hearts: you must know that whether Wu Shigong's Qinwang army or Qin Liangyu's Qinwang army, they all went to the capital Qinwang. King Qin, as the name suggests, is to save the emperor, and in the Ming Dynasty, which pays attention to "loyalty", saving the emperor is said to be the top priority. But the local government of Weishenme Beizhili is unwilling to supply the supplies of these Qinwang troops?

This starts with a financial system in the Ming Dynasty. When Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, established the Ming Dynasty, out of his idea of managing the country's finances with the financial thinking of a small peasant, he formulated a financial management method that was passed down to the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang found that various local governments have to hand over a lot of money and grain to the treasury every year, and every year, the treasury also has to allocate a lot of money and grain to various localities.

So Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated: The fixed annual expenses of those local governments do not need to be handed over to the state treasury, and each place can keep it by itself, as long as the annual account books are reviewed by the household department.

If a person with modern accounting knowledge looks at this financial system, he will definitely be able to see that it is very inappropriate. Because one of the basic rules of modern accounting is to divide income and expenditure. As for what is wrong with adopting a financial system like Zhu Yuanzhang, those who have studied modern accounting knowledge will definitely be able to say one, two, three, four, five.

However, some people say that the specific situation is analyzed on a case-by-case basis. In the Ming Dynasty, there were no banks, and the transportation conditions were so poor, so the imperial court and the government had to adopt this financial system.

In any case, this is not the place to discuss the merits of such a fiscal system. Crucially, this financial system caused great trouble for the supply of supplies to the Ming army.

We already know that the army of the Ming Dynasty had two systems: local military households and soldiers. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, except for some border soldiers, there were no other soldiers at all. Fighting a war depends on the military households. And these military households are supplied by the local government where they are located.

Because at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the situation in various places was relatively stable, so there was no battle to be fought in the interior. Therefore, there is no major problem with this model of local government supplying the local army.

Of course, in the event of a general mobilization of the imperial court, if these local armies were to gather and leave the local area to fight, in addition to the local government where these armies were located to provide supplies for these troops, the imperial court would also provide some supplies for these armies.

And when those armies were uprooted, the local authorities were not obliged to provide for them. Unless these armies buy it with silver. Of course, there is a workaround. These governments first supplied the supplies of these armies, and then asked for them from the imperial court or the local government where the army was located.

In this way, it can be seen that if those officials supply military supplies, they ask the court or other officials for it afterwards, it is a very troublesome matter. As a bureaucrat, I will definitely follow the principle that more is better than less.

This situation led to the reluctance of the Ming army to leave their homeland to fight. Later, in order to make up for it, the court of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the military merits of the army that left the homeland to fight should be doubled. But even so, the army of the Ming Dynasty was still unwilling, because in another country, the supply of their own army was simply too difficult.

Let's take a look at Wu Shigong's Qinwang army, if he marches from the side of the Grand Canal, his army supply is responsible for the supply of Caoyun warehouses on both sides of the canal, because these Caoyun warehouses are directly managed by the imperial court, so the problem of supply and supply of Wu Shigong's army is not very big.

But then Wu Shigong's Qinwang army turned. The problem of supply for his army in Henan was relatively small, but when he left Henan and arrived in Beizhili, the local government refused to supply it at all. It's not that Wu Shigong will play scoundrels, his army has long been hungry. Unless Wu Shigong uses his own silver to buy grain and grass to supply his army.

After understanding this problem, we all know the problems faced by Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers.

The next day, Ma Xianglin arrived at Wu Shigong and announced Qin Liangyu's order to let Wu Shigong's army be an auxiliary, but he didn't expect Wu Shigong to agree very happily. This made Ma Xianglin a little surprised, because in a strict sense, although Qin Liangyu's official position was much higher than Wu Shigong's, Wu Shigong and Qin Liangyu did not have a subordinate relationship. Wu Shigong could also completely disobey Qin Liangyu's orders.

Compared with Wu Shigong's arrogant attitude yesterday, today's Wu Shigong's kitten-like attitude is too strange. Ma Xianglin didn't know that yesterday's Wu Shigong was not arrogant, nor did he look down on Qin Liangyu as a woman. It's just the attitude of avoidance after doing something wrong.

And Wu Shigong Weishenme so readily agreed to be Qin Liangyu's auxiliary? The main reason is that for Wu Shigong, who wants to preserve his strength, there is nothing wrong with being an auxiliary. Anyway, in the battle, Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers rushed to the front, and in case the battle situation was unfavorable, Wu Shigong's army in the rear would also have plenty of time to escape. For Wu Shigong, it's just a loss of face. Wu Shigong didn't know the great names of Qin Liangyu and the white pole soldiers, otherwise he would be more at ease.

There is one more reason. Although Wu Shigong marched like a turtle in order to avoid the war, he also understood the truth that the military situation was like fire, and he was always a little worried about rushing to the capital to go to King Qin so late.

And now that his army has become Qin Liangyu's auxiliaries, Wu Shigong can completely distinguish his accusations in this way: "It was General Qin who insisted on treating my army as an auxiliary of her army." There's no way I've arrived in the capital so late. Who made General Qin's official position much higher than mine? ”

In fact, Wu Shigong didn't know that almost all the troops who went to King Qin's army in the capital were not very fast, and not every official who led the troops had a strong idea of loyalty to the monarch like Qin Liangyu.

Even the army of King Qin who had arrived in the capital, they were all camped in the cities near the capital, and it was said that it was to ensure the safety of the capital, and to defend against the Tartar army, which once again killed the capital and shocked the holy driver. It was simply not against the Houjin army, which was still raging in Beizhili, to take the initiative to attack.

What's even funnier is that although those Qinwang troops keep defending the capital, they are huddled in their own cities, and they don't even dare to go out and touch the Tartar army that is now sweeping near the capital.

Ma Xianglin saw his mother and asked Wu Shigong's army to be an auxiliary soldier The order was successfully completed, although he didn't know that Wu Shigong Weishenme agreed so easily, but Ma Xianglin must have continued to pinch Wu Shigong's soft persimmon.

Ma Xianglin then asked Wu Shigong's army to be responsible for the logistics of the two armies to camp and cook, and asked Wu Shigong's army to allocate 300 stone of grain and several hundred horses to the camp of the white pole soldiers to strengthen the combat strength of the white pole soldiers.

In addition, Wu Shigong was also required to transfer some guns and all the artillery, as well as the personnel who operated the guns and artillery, to Qin Liangyu to command.

Listening to Ma Xianglin's words, Wu Shigong was stunned for a moment. It's nothing to let your soldiers do some logistical tasks such as camping and cooking, but let yourself take out the belongings you have saved with great difficulty, doesn't this treat Wu Shigong as a big wrongdoer?

So Wu Shigong categorically refused, but only replied to Ma Xianglin's two words: "No way!" ”

That Ma Xianglin was also hot-tempered, and when he saw that Wu Shigong didn't know what to do, he also rolled up his sleeves and shouted: "You have to give it today, and you have to give it if you don't give it." Look at the bear-like appearance of you soldiers, such a haode guy, it is a waste in the hands of you soldiers. ”

Ma Xianglin had a tiger face when he said this, and he was blinded in one eye by a bow and arrow in the previous battle with the Tartars, so the expression on his whole face looked particularly vicious.

But who is Wu Shigong? Will he still be intimidated by a few words? He also rolled up his sleeves and shouted to Ma Xianglin: "One-eyed dragon, what do you want?" Want to rob it? Tell that old woman not to dream about the Spring and Autumn Festival, if there is any trick, come over, grandpa, I will continue here. ”

Seeing Wu Shigong insulting his mother again, Ma Xianglin was furious and immediately rushed towards Wu Shigong. And Wu Shigong was not to be outdone, and also rushed towards Ma Xianglin. Seeing that the two of them were about to stage an all-martial arts, the pro-soldiers of both sides hurriedly stepped forward to separate the two.

When he arrived in Zuihou, Wu Shigong did not agree to anything except promise to Qin Liangyu as an auxiliary, and Ma Xianglin had no choice but to return to his camp angrily. After he told Qin Liangyu about Wu Shigong's answer, the mother and son discussed it, but found that they couldn't do anything to Wu Shigong at this moment.

In the ensuing march, Wu Shigong's army did a good job of auxiliary work, and took over all the logistical work such as camping and cooking for the armies of both sides. is between Wu Shigong, Qin Liangyu, and Ma Xianglin's mother and son, as if they are the same passers-by, they don't even talk to each other after they meet, and they let the relatives around them spread the word about anything.

However, although the relationship between the two sides was bumpy, Qin Liangyu was very satisfied with the auxiliary work of Wu Shigong's army. At least the white-pole soldiers have a lot less tiring work. Especially Wu Shigong's rogue grain requisition method made Qin Liangyu and her white pole soldiers look at it breathtakingly.

But after walking a distance, Wu Shigong found that something was wrong, the direction of this march was not at all to Tongzhou, the place where King Qin's army assembled.

When he arrived at Zuihou, Wu Shigong couldn't hold back any longer, and asked Qin Liangyu, "Chief Qin, where are we going?" It seems that this road is not the road to Tongzhou? ”

After listening to Wu Shigong's words, Qin Liangyu frowned and scolded Wu Shigong: "Since you are the King of Qin, go to the capital to fight the Tartars." If you don't have the courage to go, go back to your hometown, and leave your soldiers' firearms and horses behind. ”