Of course, this is also related to the dangerous situation. Although they suppressed the enemy in the front line of Cangzhou, so that they could not advance inch by inch and dare not invade the capital, after all, he has threatened beizhili. The military seal points directly at the important areas of Daming and invades the capital with inch by inch. In this case, he can only continue to sit in the camp of Tianjin, as a man of Zhenshan, and prepare to counter attack Shandong.
Yang Sichang's idea coincided with that of the emperor. The emperor also needed several strong and powerful people to go to places to command the army for him and frighten the enemy.
After Yang Sichang took charge of the Tianjin camp, he has been rectifying the troops and horses and achieved very good results. Especially when the imperial court provided enough food and personnel, their Tianjin camp was officially expanded from the original Tianjin three guards (troops) to the scene of 300000 troops.
Yang Sichang's more than 100000 troops are a real 300000 troops, not bragging. Under him, there are nearly 60 guards alone, which means that there are 300000 soldiers under him, which can be pulled out to fight.
However, his army and establishment are extremely unreasonable. If he sends 100000 troops to fight according to the previous army of the Ming Dynasty, he must mobilize at least 300000 people as logistics supply to transport food and all kinds of luggage for them, because hundreds of thousands of people have to move, eat, drink and Lhasa, which means that they need a large number of people to transport materials for them.
According to this account, the 300000 troops have to raise nearly one million civilian men to transport goods for them, but they don't have so many civilian men. Only 100000 is insufficient. The proportion is surprisingly low, which is one to three. It doesn't mean that they don't need so many people, but they don't have so many materials at all.
For example, their soldiers carry all the food they eat. Logistics men only bring them all kinds of engineering equipment and tents. In short, they simplify everything to the extreme.
Moreover, in the past, there were garrisons for farming on weekdays, fighting in times of danger and self-sufficiency. They were called military garrisons, but they only practiced, not farming.
In this way, they actually learned the means of robbery by the nomads, and also the means of feeding on the enemy. To put it bluntly, everyone was empty handed, empty mouth and carrying a pocket, so they were ready to go to Shandong to rob a ticket.
The senior management of Daming also knows the horror and seriousness of this practice. Once their division is old and useless and their attack is frustrated, they will easily collapse themselves, but they don't have to worry about this.
Both the military headquarters and the imperial court have issued orders to them. Once they enter the war zone, they can raise food freely.
The place they mainly attacked was Shandong, a famous rich place for the Liu family. Their food and everything were produced and provided here. When they came, they would rob. Since they robbed, there was no need to prepare so much food, grass and baggage.
Of course, they are so confident because they have millions of troops. In their words, so many people poured over, just one mouthful of saliva melted into a river and drowned the enemy.
The emperor said in his private secret order to Yang Sichang, "what I give you is not a group of sheep, but a group of wolves to eat the enemy. Dogs go thousands of miles to eat shit, and wolves go thousands of miles to eat meat. Your food, grass and supplies are located in Shandong. Go and raise them yourself? How much money you can raise depends on you."
This means that the emperor completely let go of his hands and feet and let them do it. In this moment, their taxi spirit rose to the extreme, which can be called burst.
Since ancient times, when the combat division is old and useless, the above often promises that after the city is broken, they can kill and plunder. This has greatly boosted the morale and enthusiasm of these soldiers.
Yang Sichang also found that after this order came out, it was really very useful. If he had sent these soldiers to fight in the past and wanted these masters to fight, they would never move their nest without a development fee. The food in their hands was at least several times that in normal times.
According to the current standards of their grain reserves and military pay, these soldiers can't be ordered to fight at all. Now it's different. They say they are allowed to rob. These people take the initiative to prepare a few pockets and horses, and wait to make a fortune in Shandong.
Originally, if they let a small group of people go, most of them would not dare, because they know that this time they go to Shandong, they are afraid not to make a fortune, but to let the enemy cut off your head.
The Liu family in Shandong is the living king of hell. They captured Shandong from the imperial court. They are the king of hell who bullies others. You still want to bully them, but they have millions of troops in their hands, which is different. There are millions of troops in their hands, who dare to compete with God and challenge the Lord of hell. Therefore, Yang Sichang found that the morale of his subordinates is unprecedented, Everyone is ready and waiting to rob.
Many people also prepared their own horses, camels, carts and so on. After they went to Shandong to grab a ticket, they used these things to transport goods.
As an orthodox scholar bureaucrat, Yang Si knew that it was very inappropriate to fight like this. What he learned was the move of barbarians in the wilderness outside the pass. War was no longer attacking cities and land, but mainly robbery, which could easily bring disastrous damage to the place. Wherever the army went, urbanization turned into white land and villages turned into ruins. No matter who led the troops to fight like this, Will be accused by thousands of people and scolded by historians.
In the past, the officials and soldiers of the imperial court might do this privately, such as killing good people and making great contributions and plundering soldiers, but they did it secretly. They were afraid that their superiors would find out. Then they investigated their responsibility and dragged them out, beheaded or dismissed.
Now it's different. The Emperor allowed them to do so, and the court encouraged them to do so, which means that they can rob and kill freely. This is a good job. All the soldiers are ready to make a fortune in Shandong.
Yang Sichang sighed: after this scene, Shandong can't recover for 50 years.
But these are not what he cares about. Now, as the commander of the unified army, what he cares about is how to fight this war well, eradicate these disorderly officials and thieves who seek to usurp the throne for the emperor, and govern the local affairs, which is the business of the imperial court and the Ministry of household, not what he, a minister of the Ministry of military who has been abroad, can care about and should care about.
Even in his ideal, although he has the heart of governing the country and the world, now, eradicating the enemy is his first priority. As long as he kills all the enemies and maintains the orthodoxy of the imperial court, he will talk about how to help the world, save the dawn people and save the world.
If the imperial court is gone, these people are sinners for thousands of years. They talk about helping the world. Originally, Yang Sichang was in conflict with him. As a saint disciple who pays attention to the way of benevolence and righteousness, doing this kind of thing is no different from a rude martial artist.
The reason why these literary officials always underestimate these military officials is that these military generals and military officials do not speak of benevolence, righteousness and morality at all. They only know that they blindly burn, kill and rob. Such people are bandits, mean people and can't go on the table. However, he never thought that he would become such a person one day.
The emperor issued a decree, and Yang Sichang became the Marquis of Denglai and a rare official granted marquis by literary officials in the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty can continue, it will almost become a legend.
Looking at the crown Python robe sent by the Imperial Envoys, the golden seal representing the identity of Lord Hou and the treasure book, all the generals congratulated him one after another.
Before the outbreak of the great war, the emperor promised such a great reward. It is simple in the heart of the emperor and the saints are well-off. After taking Shandong and calming the Liu thieves, I am afraid it is possible to seal a duke.
Everyone congratulated, but Yang Sichang was not happy. He said, "whether you can sit in this position depends on whether you sell hard?"
The Marquis of Denglai means that he must knock down the three East houses. His title is real. Otherwise, if he can't take this place, the emperor can reward him or deprive him.
The generals said in unison, "we are willing to die for the governor."
Yang Sichang arched his hand in the direction of the capital. He said with thousands of feelings: "the emperor's grace is vast. We can only repay the holy grace in case we kill the enemy bravely and serve the country with all our strength."
The officials don't like to hear this. Huangen haodang is for you. For all of us, it's just a job and a cooperative relationship. We have to talk about huangen haodang. It's really a little funny. Do you want us to do it for nothing?
What the emperor said in the imperial edict attracted everyone's interest, that is, let everyone eat Shandong, so that these people can open their hands and feet to rob. This is what everyone wants.
Yang Sichang also knew that the imperial court was on the verge of extreme danger. The battle of Shandong determined the fate of the Ming Empire and those of them. If they were not handled well, they would become yellow flowers in the past. He wanted to say something to encourage everyone's morale, but he also knew that he had said and done everything he should do, It's impossible to encourage and impress these people without real money or food.
There are 300000 troops under Yang Sichang, and there are more than 400000 logistics personnel. It is an amazing number that people eat horses and chew every day. Their scene is bound to be unsustainable. Once there is no food sound, they don't need the Chinese army to fight, I'm afraid they will collapse themselves.
He can only eat grains for 35 months at most. After 35 months, he will have to rely on Shandong and take part in the place where Liu Jia Jun controls. Because there are rich areas, which are the essence of Daming, and have a lot of wealth. Now that the territory of the Chinese army is an enemy country, they can release their hands and feet, rest assured that they will kill and rest assured.
At this time, the spy was very excited and said, "commander, it's raining."