Life in Film and Television: Starting from the Jinshui Bridge

Chapter 295 A Tartar Head 50 Taels of Silver
Even, there will be his subordinates who will be promoted by the civil servants to fight against him.

This is also the strategy of the civil servants and ministers in the Chongzhen Dynasty to divide and win over generals.

Or maybe, the heads handed in will still be lost.

You know, this kind of thing happened a lot in the last years of the Ming Dynasty.

There's no way, who knows his identity, is it the Dongjiang people who grandma doesn't love and uncle doesn't love?

Now, Mao Wenlong is also dead, and he doesn't even have the chance to meet the Shangguan.

How difficult is it to exchange for silver normally?
This is also the real reason why Liu Meng planned to sell heads now.

As soon as Liu Meng's words came out of his mouth, Zu Dashou and the generals of the Guan Ning Army who came with him were all moved in their hearts, and each of them started fighting.

What Zu Dashou thought, of course, was to send troops to serve the king, and it would be difficult to explain to Emperor Chongzhen if he didn't bring some Tartar heads with him.

To be honest, he doesn't want to fight the Tartars right now, because Huang Taiji sent 10 troops to attack Zunhua.

How many people does he have?Of the [-] cavalry, the rest followed Governor Yuan to the capital. How could he fight the Tartars?
The thoughts of the rest of the generals are much simpler. They all want to climb up. With the head and the relationship, maybe they can be promoted to a half-job!
Seeing the pensive looks of a few people, Liu Meng said without talking nonsense:

"By the way, Master Zu, there are so many Tartar heads, do you want me to sell you a few? The price is absolutely fair, no kidding!"

Hearing that Liu Meng came out so bluntly that he was going to sell the heads of Tartars, everyone present was stunned.

They all looked at Liu Meng in disbelief, and almost said:
'How can you be so shameless!How can you speak so confidently about reselling military meritorious heads? '

Seeing this, Liu Meng continued to say, not ashamed but proud:
"Look, my lords! I spent a lot of money fighting this battle! The wear and tear of weapons and armor needs to be repaired! The gunpowder and lead bullets need to be replenished, the soldiers who have meritorious service need to be rewarded, and the soldiers who have died also need to be compensated!
Where do these come from, it doesn't cost a lot of money!
It's a pity that our Shuai Mao is dead, and we can't even find anyone who deserves credit!Therefore, I had no choice but to make a bad move and simply sold the heads of the Tartars!

hey-hey!Ladies and gentlemen, if you want to buy it, hurry up!Not expensive, only 50 taels of silver per head!hehe!If you don't buy it, I will sell it to the civil servants in the cities along the capital! "

After finishing speaking, he looked like a philistine, looking at Zu Dashou and the others with bright eyes.

At this moment, Shang Kexi and the three finally knew Liu Meng's purpose.

I also admire Liu Meng's cunning and scheming in my heart, as well as the super thick one. . .shameless!
Of course they knew why Liu Meng did this.

Mao Shuai is dead, and they have indeed become motherless children. Even if they want to repay their merits, they can't find a way!
Even if you report to the emperor, you won't get much reward in the end. It's really not as good as Liu Meng, who simply sold it at a clearly marked price and sold it at a good price.

What's more, Liu Meng's asking price is much higher than the real silver reward!
Zu Dashou's face was gloomy, and he really didn't want to talk to such a shameless person as Liu Meng, but in the end he still considered his own future and had no choice but to compromise.

No way, Huang Taiji took 10 people around the Jinning line of defense, and they really couldn't explain to Chongzhen without sending troops.

But if he wants to fight with 5000 people and 10 Tatars, he is not that brain-dead yet, and buying the heads of Tartars from Liu Meng is the only safe choice, even if it is much more than the real reward. never mind!

But if he is really asked to talk to Liu Meng about this shady affair, he really can't save face.

Thinking of this, Zu Dashou winked at the accompanying few people, and left the battlefield alone under the pretext that he would go to see the troops.

After Zu Dashou left, several well-understood thousand households and command envoys excitedly surrounded Liu Meng, impatiently declaring the number of Tartar heads they wanted to buy.

Half an hour later, everyone asked their personal guards to pull a carriage or a few carriage heads back to the station.

After the few left, Liu Meng distributed 10 taels of the 3 taels of banknotes to Shang Kexi and the other three.

There is no way, after all, the number of heads of the Tartars is limited, and the heads of the Mongolian Qingqi and the surrendered Ming soldiers are really worthless.

After two battles, it was only worth the head of a Tartar in his early [-]s.

The reason why the three people were given 1 taels of silver each was also intentional by Liu Meng, just to let the three know that they would have meat to eat with him.

Sure enough, the three who got the money immediately gave Liu Meng free flattery.

Of course Liu Meng knew that among the three, apart from Kong Youde who was really grateful to him, Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming were almost meaningless.

But it doesn't matter, the battle still has to be fought. You must know that in history, Huang Taiji entered the pass this time, but he did not withdraw from the pass until May of the following year.

Of course, this time is different, because of the variable Liu Meng, it is impossible for Huang Taiji to stay so comfortably in the customs as before.

Unless he is willing to gather all the troops together and chase Liu Meng with more than 2000 people instead of robbing.

Obviously, this is impossible. The purpose of Huang Taiji's entry this time is to plunder as much food, property and people as possible, and how much can he grab without spreading the people?
With 7 taels of silver in hand, Liu Meng would naturally not treat his soldiers badly. Those who died would receive a pension of 100 taels, and those who survived would each receive a reward of [-] taels.

Don't underestimate the ten taels of silver. These days, it's really rare to see generals who can really distribute the silver to their subordinates.

What's more, is this just a battle?Come on a few more times, every soldier can get hundreds of 80 taels of silver.

Liu Meng also took the opportunity to tell the 1000 troops he had brought about his reward rules, which immediately made the whole team howl with excitement.

Next, digging a pit to bury the corpse, Liu Meng was not worried at all that Huang Taiji would bring people to attack him.

Unless, Huang Taiji didn't want to take down Zunhua City, and came to besiege and kill more than 2000 people in his area.

Actually, Liu Meng's guess was right.

When Ji Erhalang, who fled back to Huang Taiji's camp in embarrassment, reported his defeat to Huang Taiji, and asked Huang Taiji to lead his troops to kill the Ming army and avenge the Xianglan Banner.

Huang Taiji was angry, it was useless to be angry at Jierhalang, only more than 2000 Ming troops defeated his elite banner, and he also hated this damn Dongjiang Town Ming army.

He really didn't expect that Dongjiang Town was still restless after tricking Yuan Chonghuan into killing Mao Wenlong. This time, he was even more daring, and dared to come directly to the frontal battlefield and make trouble for himself.

To Jierhalang's surprise, Huang Taiji did not immediately order large troops to besiege and kill this Ming army, but asked in detail about the course of the battle.

(End of this chapter)