In the city of Gaizhou, the Ming army camp.

Although it was freezing outside the camp, the barracks were warmed by the burning firewood, and Xu Wuniu and the scouts of the same team were drinking shirtless.

Xu Wuniu: They didn't drink Ming wine this time.

Rather, it is distilled liquor, which is burned with grains.

This miscellaneous grain burning is the predecessor of Wuliangye.

"It's done!" Xu Wuniu raised his glass and yelled.

After a few years of military career, the honest peasant man has long disappeared, replaced by a tenacious, bold and generous veteran.

"It's done!" More than a dozen scouts raised their glasses one after another, and it could be seen that they were very convinced of Xu Wuniu.

Li Yucheng, who was holding a wine jar next to him, hurriedly filled the wine glass for Xu Wuniu and others.

It took a lot of effort for Li Yucheng to infiltrate this scout team, and although he was only responsible for the duties of the scout team, it was not easy to be a junior officer of North Korean nationality.

After a few glasses of soju, the topic shifted to the Northern Expedition.

"It's finally the Northern Expedition, this time we can kill it."

"Who says it's not, this time the Jiannu are not thousands, tens of thousands, but hundreds of thousands!"

"It's a pity that the newly established staff section of the Holy Lord has changed the rules and no longer rewards according to the head, otherwise, 100,000 true slave heads are five million, and 300,000 heads are fifteen million yuan!"

"My God, fifteen million? I've never seen so much money in my life. ”

"I think the staff section has been reformed very well, otherwise it would be very difficult to run by cutting a few heads and tying them around the waist, and as it is now, the merit level will be assessed according to merit, and then a bonus will be given, and after returning home after retirement, the rank of lieutenant or even township chief will be given according to the merit level, which is much better than just giving money."

"Don't say anything, I'm hungry for my rifle."

"I don't know when the Northern Expedition will start? Lao Tzu can't wait. ”

Seeing Xu Wuniu and their dozen scouts gearing up there, Li Yucheng's chest was also full of enthusiasm.

"By the way, after the victory of the Northern Expedition, Beizhi Zhentai will be established." Xu Wuniu said, "The town soldiers should be given priority to select from the new army that has made meritorious contributions in the Northern Expedition, so everyone has to work hard." ”

"Beizhi Zhentai?" The eyes of the dozen scouts lit up instantly.

Today's Ming Dynasty has successively established Henan Zhentai, Huguang Zhentai, Yunnan Zhentai, Sichuan Zhentai and Nanzhi Zhentai, as well as North Korea Zhentai, and has also sent 20,000 town soldiers.

The benefits of the town soldiers are also clear to the big guys.

In addition to 25 acres of land per ding, there is no need to pay grain.

Immediately, a scout asked Xu Wuniu: "Sentry chief, how many soldiers are there in Beizhi Zhentai?" ”

"It's not clear yet." Xu Wuniu shook his head, and continued, "But according to the previous practice, there must be 150,000 people, and 250,000 is possible." ”

"Then what are we worried about?" The scout who asked just now laughed and said, "Whether it's 150,000 or 250,000, we can definitely choose with our skills, right?" ”

The other scouts chimed in.

Xu Wuniu smiled, and suddenly said: "It's okay to town the soldiers, what about the Guozijian?" ”

"Guozijian?" More than a dozen scouts asked with a blank face, "Isn't Guozijian a disciple of the Holy Son of Heaven?" What does it have to do with us? ”

Xu Wuniu said with a smile: "I heard that people said, I also heard that ah, not necessarily accurate, I heard that veterans who performed well in this Northern Expedition have the opportunity to enter the country without examination. ”

"Can you enter the country without exams?" A dozen scouts were thrilled.

"Yes, you can enter the country without exams." Xu Wuniu specially emphasized, "After graduating after the three-year period, you can still return to serve in the new army, and the position is to start from the general level." ”

The barracks suddenly became quiet, and the dozen or so scouts stopped talking.

But from their expressions, you can guess what they are thinking.

Such a good opportunity must not be missed, Lao Tzu must enter the national prison!

Even the North Korean Li Yucheng had a fantasy and couldn't help asking: "Sentry Commander, if our North Korean army has made meritorious contributions, will there be a chance to enter the country to study?" ”

"You North Korean troops?" Xu Wuniu patted Li Yucheng's shoulder and said casually, "Work hard, Daming will definitely not treat you badly, maybe you really have a chance to be selected." ”

Li Yucheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and he couldn't wait for the Northern Expedition tomorrow.

……

In Xuzhou, a walled fort.

It was a rare sunny day, Yang Ponu was lying in the courtyard basking in the sun, humming an unknown tune in his mouth, and glancing at the lady's bulging belly.

This is the third child of the widow in four years.

Yang Ponu secretly thought, it seems that marrying the widow of the king as a lady is really the right one, they all say that the ass has a son, this little lady has already given birth to two sons in a row, and the third child must still be a son, hehe.

Wang Laoshi came to visit the door, and when he saw Yang Ponu's face, he really wanted to punch the door according to the face.

Wang Laoshi's daughter-in-law also gave birth to two, but both of them were daughters, which made Wang Laoshi angry.

"Yo, my father-in-law is here? Sit, come and sit. Yang Ponu's mouth grinned to the root of his ears.

When Wang Laoshi heard this, he wanted to beat Yang Ponu even more, who the fuck climbed with you? Beautiful you.

However, Wang Laoshi still pinched his nose and sat next to Yang Ponu, and said with a dark face: "Old Yang, have you heard of it?" The Northern Expedition is coming soon, and we can't miss it this time. ”

"What?" Yang Ponu quipped, "Now in peace, are you still not satisfied?" ”

To tell the truth, the small life of Henan Zhenbing is really good now, there is no shortage of food and clothing, and it is the wife and children who are hot on the kang, if they go back to three years and five years, they don't dare to think that they can live such a life, mother, this is a good life that can only be lived by the rich man's family, when will it be their turn?

"Contented fart." Wang honestly said angrily, "That loser girl did everything she could, she was angry with Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu had to earn another amount of money, and then take a concubine, not give birth to ten or eight sons of him." ”

"With your small body, you still want to take a concubine? Can you afford it. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, anyway, you have to go and talk to the Blockade about it."

Wang honestly said in frustration: "Our town has not been fighting for a long time. ”

"Look at what you're saying." Yang Ponu didn't have a good breath, "Can you listen to me?" ”

Wang honestly snorted: "At least the department knows you, and I won't be able to see his old man." ”

"Lao Tzu has no time." Yang Ponu directly refused, okay, he had actually looked for Plug Yinxi a long time ago, but Plug Yinxi blocked him back with a word: The saint uses soldiers and has his own law.

Yang Ponu dared to be disrespectful to anyone, but he did not dare to disrespect the saints.

Since the Holy Decree has made a will, there is no need to say anything.

……

In short, the morale of the Ming army is high, whether it is the soldiers of the new army or the soldiers of various towns and towns, they are basically eager to fight, because starting a war means that they have the opportunity to win the battle and get rewards.

However, the situation on the side of the Qing army is somewhat less optimistic.

Dolgon dragged his sick body and inspected the Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Battalion in the wind and snow.

The nobles of the Eight Banners were conservative, and the Eight Banners Manchuria were empty-eyed, still immersed in the glory of the era of mounted archery, but Dorgon's mind was clear.

Dolgon knew better than anyone that in the next war, the Green Battalion of the Eight Banners Han Army was the mainstay, and the Eight Banners Mongolia, Lian Yong and Eight Banners Manchuria were only auxiliaries.

Because the Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Operation are the most proficient in firearms.

The nobles of the Eight Banners were full of complaints, the Eight Banners Manchurian army was unstable, and Dolgon was not afraid.

But if there is a problem with the Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Battalion, Dolgon will really be a little unbearable.

Therefore, even though it was freezing and even though he knew that his condition might worsen, Dolgon still insisted on inspecting the Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Battalion at the Fengtai Camp.

Dorgon wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to win the hearts of the army.

What to use to win the hearts of the military? There is nothing else, fame and fortune.

After enduring his physical discomfort and inspecting the Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Battalion, Dolgon began to reward them aggressively.

120,000 Eight Banners Han Army and 40,000 Green Battalion soldiers, each rewarded 5 taels of silver, 5 horses of cloth, and 50 acres of vocational land, and these 50 acres of vocational land do not need to pay any taxes.

I have to say that this reward is really not light.

This can be seen from the reaction of the Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Battalion soldiers.

After the reward, 120,000 Eight Banners Han Army and 40,000 Green Battalion soldiers suddenly shouted long live, and the sound soared into the sky.

Looking at the Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Battalion with warm eyes and momentum, Dolgon finally showed a smile on his face, this is right, such a Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Battalion have the opportunity to break their wrists with the Ming Army.

It's just that it's not enough to have soldiers without generals, and you have to have generals to command the army.

Hong Chengchou is the most ideal candidate for commander of the Qing army, but it is definitely not possible to rely on Hong Chengchou alone, and there must be a few generals who are both authoritative and loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

Wu Sangui and Jiang Hao have the ability, but their loyalty is obviously not enough.

Wang Fuchen, Xia Longshan, Wu Guogui and other military generals are too shallow in seniority and their loyalty is also questionable.

Dolgon thought about it and felt that it was more appropriate for the Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Battalion to be in the hands of King Sanshun, that is, when there was no war, let King Sanshun take charge of it, and when there was a war, it would be handed over to Hong Chengchou to command.

and then send Hou Fangyu to supervise the army, and there is basically no problem with such an arrangement.

At that moment, Dolgon said again: "Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi listened to the seal. ”

Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi were stunned for a moment, and after reacting, they hurriedly came out and knelt on the ground.

After a pause, Dolgon continued: "I have now enshrined Kong Youde as the king of Pingnan, Geng Zhongming as the king of Jingnan, and is in charge of the left and right battalions of the Eight Banners Han Army. ”

Hearing this, the Manchu, Han and Mongolian generals in the line were in an uproar, and they couldn't believe it.

Because this appointment of Dolgon has broken the ancestral system of Jiannu not allowing Hanchen to lead the army alone.

For example, Hong Chengchou commanded the troops in Liaodong before, and he also used Manchu generals such as Gong Adai and Mang Tu.

But now, Dolgon directly handed over the 120,000 Eight Banners Han Army and 40,000 Green Battalions to Kong Youde and the three.

[Some readers are impatient, but the foreshadowing must be foreshadowed, after all, this is a contest between two countries, and it is a system battle in all aspects of politics, economy, and military]

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