Volume 2 Heroes in Troubled Times Chapter 105: Miyun Town (2)
Wang Hong cooperated with Ling Jingyang very much, and threw the corpse and head of the Qing army's appointed chief soldier of Miyun Town into the open space, and dozens of Qing army prisoners were driven to the open space by the cavalry, squatting and not daring to make any sound, for fear of being cut off by the cavalry.
The soldiers of the Ming army who were still in the barracks were unwilling to surrender to the Qing army, so they fought a bloody battle with the rebels, how could they stay, they strongly asked to go together, Ling Jingyang asked Huang Daozhong again, are you willing to withdraw together?
Huang Daozhong nodded again and again, although he wanted to defend Miyun Town, but to be able to withdraw with his subordinates, and to be able to retain his living strength, it was the best, in the battle just now, he also shot the general soldier of Miyun Town appointed by the Qing army, in the eyes of the Qing army, he belonged to the first enemy general to be killed, and staying here would not be beheaded by the Qing army.
Almost all the soldiers asked to go together, Ling Jingyang took this opportunity to get two hundred soldiers in Miyun Town, and he appointed Huang Daozhou as the fifth banner of the stone camp, and still commanded two hundred soldiers and horses in Miyun Town.
Although Ling Jingyang only brought more than 20 cavalry, Huang Daozhong was convinced that Ling Jingyang was the senior general of the Dashun Army, he knelt down to thank Ling Jingyang, but was helped up by Ling Jingyang, and said kindly: "Huang Zhangqi, please get up quickly, take me into the city, and tell me how many soldiers and people are there in Miyun Town?" ”
Huang Daozhong decided to go with the Dashun army, so he did not regard himself as the master of Miyun Town, and reported to Ling Jingyang, there are 190 civilian households in Miyun Town, 85 military households, 79 artisan households, and some people who defected from nearby villages, and the population of the entire Miyun Town is about 2,000.
Although there are so many people, he doesn't dare to pat his chest and say that these people are willing to go to Shanxi, after all, many people don't want to leave their hometowns, leave the places where they have lived for many years, and go to Shanxi farther away.
Ling Jingyang hopes that the more people under his command will be as good as possible, not to mention that there are also valuable craftsmen here, who can not only make siege weapons and some weapons, but also repair weapons, and these people must follow the troops.
But on the other hand, the expansion of the Shiying team requires more grain and grass, he is very concerned about how much grain and grass is still in Miyun Town, and said to Huang Daozhong: "Huangzhangqi, is there still grain and grass in the army?" ”
Huang Daozhong thought about it for a while, and told him that General Tang took away the elite troops before the army, and also took away a large amount of grain and grass, and only left a month's food for the soldiers and horses left behind in Miyun Town, but the rebels were driven away, and there were more than 200 troops left in Miyun Town, and the grain could last for three months.
Such a little food is not enough for Shiying to eat, Ling Jingyang asked Huang Daozhong if there are big families nearby, before Huang Daozhong surrendered to the Dashun army, but I heard that the Dashun army especially likes to eat big households,
He thought that Ling Jingyang was also going to rob the big family, and thought that there were several big families in Miyun Town, but they all had their own arms, and there were many Ming army stragglers who were recruited and became the family members of the big family, not only that, but these big families are inextricably linked in the capital, although the capital was occupied by the Qing army, but the power of these families is still not to be underestimated.
He was a little hurried and said to Ling Jingyang, there are indeed five or six relatively large families in Miyun Town, but these families have private soldiers, more than a thousand, and hundreds of less, and the families have built Wubao, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Huang Daozhong is indeed from the perspective of the Dashun Army, to consider the problem for the Dashun Army, Ling Jingyang is still calm, and said to him: "Those big families are not necessarily all Qing dogs, you take me to meet them, isn't there a saying, there must be faithfulness in the ten-room city, and the captain of Bendu still doesn't believe it, and the big families in Miyun Town are willing to be slaves of the Qing army." ”
In fact, he looked at the big family in 1644 with futurism, and people at this time also knew a little about home and country, but most of the people had not read, the Qing army, the Ming army, and the Dashun army for them were to change an emperor, as long as they were given an acre and three points of land, they could feed a large family, and they would be satisfied.
However, there are also a small number of ethnic groups in the world, because of the change of dynasty, resulting in the loss of family interests, these families in the change of dynasty, carry the banner of resistance, continue to fight for the previous dynasty.
Ling Jingyang counted on the fact that some of the family interests were damaged by the Qing army, and he might be able to win over one or two families, as long as he obtained the support of these family forces, the grain, grass and supplies could be well solved, and he could also invite the children of large families to enter the stone camp and serve as middle-level officers in the stone camp, and pull the local heroes and strongmen into the chariot of the Dashun army.
Huang Daozhong first introduced him to the Qiao family, a big family in Miyun, the Qiao family has settled in Miyun Town for more than 100 years, from an ordinary household to a strong party, that is, in the past few decades, not only has dozens of families, but also rich land and silver, you can go to Qiao's house tomorrow to see, let Qiao's family give some military salary.
This is a good way, Ling Jingyang wanted to go now, but Huang Daozhong had to warmly entertain Ling Jingyang and the others, he brought out the best wine and food in the barracks, Ling Jingyang is not good at drinking, Leng Rutie is also a few sips, but Wang Hong, is a wine Mengzi, and Huang Daozhou, and the total Jiang Chaotian drank a mess, Ling Jingyang didn't say anything, after all, it was someone else's territory, and they also brought troops to join the Dashun army, which was very face-saving, and Ling Jingyang had to rest in the barracks that afternoon.
In the evening, Huang Daozhong and Jiang Chaotian had not yet woken up, they were still sleeping and snoring, Ling Jingyang was not good at attacking, looking at Wang Hong, who was also sleeping like a pig, he said to Leng Rutie: "Wine is a good thing, but unfortunately I don't like it." ”
The amount of wine is as cold as iron, and he didn't drink it today, because he was not worried about Huang Daozhong and other soldiers and horses in Miyun Town, as well as the rebels who were scattered, God knows if those rebels will come back again, so he is always vigilant and guards Miyun Town under the control of Shiying.
The two decided to do something, Ling Jingyang and he discussed with him how to take away the people of Miyun Town, the soldiers and horses of Miyun Town have been returned to the Dashun army, Ling Jingyang can mobilize them, so Leng Rutie put forward an idea, let the soldiers of Miyun Town, take the stone battalion cavalry to the villages to publicize, the Qing army is about to kill, the people who stay in Miyun Town, I am afraid that they will be retaliated by the Qing army, it just so happens that the Dashun army is about to leave for Shanxi, there are people who are willing to go to Shanxi, prepare today and tomorrow, and set off for Shanxi the morning after tomorrow.
As for the big family of Miyun Town, Ling Jingyang did not fall behind, and also sent a post, and the six big families in Miyun Town also received a post from the soldiers of Miyun Town that evening, telling that the Qing army was about to attack, and the major families in Miyun Town could go to Shanxi with the Dashun army.