Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 117

"Brothers, since the governor has entrusted you to me, you must obey my orders carefully. Although I am not a high official, I am still an official."

"You may have had a bad background before, you may have been a bandit, you may have been a refugee, or you may have been good people in the countryside who formed a stronghold for self-protection, but it doesn't matter what the reason is."

"Today we are fighting for the imperial court and to defend the land. If anyone is timid before the battle, I will kill him with my own hands. If there are those who escape without authorization, or those who are afraid of the enemy, I will not be relentless."

Ji Guangxiu called the owners of the six villages given to him by Yue Qijie and told them that because Yue Qijie told his combat subordinates that he wanted him to set up defenses from the north bank of the Yellow River to the northern part of the official road.

Therefore, the front line would be very long by then, and there would be no conditions or time to lecture the big soldiers, so Ji Guangxiu called these people to his side first.

A man wearing a straw hat and a stubble on his face heard Ji Guangxiu’s words and said, “Mr. Ji, you can swallow these words in your stomach. Since our Liujia village has promised the greater people, we will definitely keep our word. "

"When we go to the battlefield, we are naturally your soldiers. If anything goes wrong, you can kill me and others. If I, Liu Gui, deserter or dare not fight, just chop me into pieces with one knife."

Liu Gui is the leader of Liu's hometown village. During the years when Chongzhen was in power, the world was in turmoil, and bandits were everywhere. Bandits and robbers were like leeks, growing one after another.

In order to protect themselves, people from Liu's hometown worked together to build a rammed-earth village. More than [-] people in the township used part of their harvest to support the strong men in the village.

However, the 1 farmers who had to pay taxes and endure exploitation by corrupt officials could not afford to support hundreds of off-duty soldiers anyway.

Even if they really have the financial resources, they will worry that the court will fear them and dare not support the off-duty soldiers.

Therefore, Liu Gui and the others were farming in normal times, and when they encountered bandits and robbers in wartime, they put on rattan armor and paper armor, armed themselves with knives and guns, fought against them, and defended their hometown.

Hearing what Liu Gui said, a middle-aged man in a black sheepskin coat and a military-style knives around his waist also hurriedly said, "Our Black Flag Village must also follow Master Ji's lead."

Afterwards, the four villages saw that Liujiazhai and Heiqizhai had taken the lead in expressing their opinions, so they all expressed their determination to obey Ji Guangxiu's orders.

Ji Guangxiu was relieved when he heard that they expressed their stance to him so positively. He felt that the morale of these people was good, and the most important thing was that they all obeyed orders and had the fighting spirit. There was a high probability that they would win this battle.

Once the more than 1 Qing troops were defeated, or these Qing troops were kept out of Fengqiu County, what a great contribution it would be.

Ji Guangxiu seemed to have seen the picture of himself being summoned by the emperor because of his outstanding military exploits, and from then on, he was promoted to a noble rank, and he was in the blue sky.

However, after the troops were separated and deployed, he still had to prepare for the war and had no time to enjoy his bright future here.

"Fugui, have the signal flares been sent to all the village owners?" Ji Guangxiu asked his entourage.

Although he is now leading the army to fight, it was a very common phenomenon in the late Ming Dynasty for the chief general to bring his servants and family members to the battlefield, and no one would be surprised by this.

"Returning to the master, each village sends ten signal flares, and I rode over to hand them over to them personally." Fugui bowed and said to Ji Guangxiu.

The battle was imminent, and as the commander of the army, Ji Guangxiu put on a cotton armor, and as his long-term follower, Fugui was no exception.

Fortunately, cotton armor is not expensive. If you have the connections, you can buy one for ten taels of silver.

For a master like Ji Guangxiu, even if he does nothing all year round and does not move around with his friends or relatives, he can still afford ten pairs of cotton armor except for necessary living expenses.

The signal flares that Ji Guangxiu asked Fugui to send to the village owners were actually fireworks bombs. Although it was daytime, Fengqiu was located in the plains, there were no big trees and no mountains blocking them, so the fireworks bombs could be seen clearly at a lower level.

"Well, that's good, then we can know where the Qing soldiers attacked first." Ji Guangxiu said.

While Ji Guangxiu was busy preparing positions and defenses, Han Guang and Tong Mengchun were walking side by side on the official road.

"Han Guang, how does it feel to kill those weak Han people?" Tong Mengchun looked at Han Guang maliciously.

Seeing Han Guang leading the Han soldiers to fight with his compatriots, Tong Mengchun felt extremely happy. He felt that these Han people were really useless. They beat their own people more fiercely than anyone else, and they were nothing like the Manchus.

"It's very comfortable to go back to the leader. Those people are like pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered. No, they are more cowardly than pigs and sheep. They stand there and let me slaughter them."

"I will kill at least seven or eight of them." Han Guang boasted to Tong Mengchun.

Maybe he didn't really kill that many people, but the bloody long sword proved that he really killed people just now.

"Not enough, too few. There are only seven or eight. You should kill seven or eight hundred. Our official hats in Manchuria are red."

"The more Han people you kill, the redder the headband you wear, the more gems, beads, and plumes you wear, and the more officials you do." Tong Mengchun is a Manchu with a high degree of Sinicization.

Maybe he didn't think that the Qing army could really conquer the world this time, but he knew that if the Manchus wanted to prosper for a long time, they had to have traitors like Han Guang to serve them, so he used Dingdai to seduce them. Han Guang.

"Yes, the general knows. If you go out with your lord, the crown on the general's head will definitely become more and more red." Han Guang said with a flattering smile.

The two battles just now completely aroused Han Guang's ferocity, and also let him see that the war is nothing more than that, and it is just more fierce than anyone else.

"Look, there is a small Han army formation ahead. I estimate there are not even 1000 people, so I will leave it to you to deal with it." While walking, Tong Mengchun saw Ji Guangxiu's army formation.

The wolves on the grassland can become the best hounds for hunters after being domesticated. Tong Mengchun, a weak dog like Han Guang, has no hope of becoming a hound.

But it is precisely such weak dogs that require more training before they can be used, because their congenital conditions are so poor.

"Thank you, Master Tong, for giving the last general this chance to win the battle." Han Guang gritted his teeth when he heard Tong Mengchun say this.

Ji Guangxiu only has a few hundred people, but you must know that he just cooperated with the Green Camp and the Eight Banners to easily defeat the tens of thousands of landlords.

Han Guang was confident that he would get rid of Ji Guangxiu and the others with minimal casualties.

"Guangziying, follow me into battle."

Guangzi Battalion is Han Guang's [-] people, because the Green Battalion of the Han Army is based on the battalion, so Tong Mengchun named this army after Han Guang.

(End of this chapter)