Chapter 130

The officers of Zhushan and Qin Huan set out on almost the same day.

But three days later, when Qin Huan and his men were about to reach Zhushan County, more than 20000 guards were still walking around the mountain pass. They didn't move for twenty miles in three days.

And Dai Dongmin also lost his temper. After two nights in the barren mountains and fields, he simply went back to the county to stay.

All the military officers are laughing.

Aren't you going to March?

OK, let's March, but their soldiers are disobedient and run around. What can they do?

I can't catch it again. I've been beating the skin for a long time. I'm sure I can't kill it. I don't know how many years I owe military salaries, money and food. I can't remember clearly.

I didn't even have money to fight this time. They were holding evil fire in their hearts. If they killed people, I'm afraid they would mutiny immediately.

So it's not that they are incompetent and can't manage, but they can't manage. Unless they can take tens of thousands of liang of silver and give it to each person, it's no problem to walk 20 miles a day, even 30 miles a day.

However, all the civil servants in Daming are pissed. Everything else is easy to say, except for the money. The imperial court has not allocated it. Where did you get the money?

Although the military officers were perfunctory, they didn't really care about anything. They found Qin Huan and they were approaching Fang County long ago.

So he retreated at the first time, leaving only a few people and horses to defend at the pass. No one knows the weight of these military families under his own hands better than them.

Gathering in a pile can also frighten people. The knife is against the back. It's OK to guard according to the city. But if tens of thousands of people nest in the mountain and see the head but not the tail, one is bad. I'm afraid they will all disappear.

When I went there, I walked for three days, but when I came back, I only sent it for half a day. Obviously, I knew that the anti thief army was coming.

Compared with the frontier army, the guards also have an advantage, that is, no one dares to escape before the war.

Because they are not alone, and there are a lot of wives, children, old and young relatives. Once the military officer Dianmao is absent, they will be treated as deserters. Go back and wait for a good play.

During the war, there are no such worries. After all, I can't explain clearly, so those who don't go back will be dealt with as dead in the war, and those who go back will not be investigated.

The military officers are never short of manpower and will not care about their life and death. This has almost become the default rule of local guards.

The idea of each military attache is that the army is divided into three, 10000 troops are stationed in the county to defend, 5000 people are stationed in the mountain pass relying on the terrain, and the last 5000 people are stationed in a thousand households in Zhushan.

In this way, even if the mountain pass is not guarded and the anti thief is killed, the county seat and Qianhu fort can still be horns for each other, which is definitely the safest way.

After all, more than 20000 people can't fit in the county.

"Nonsense. As governor of Yunyang, I can't take the initiative to suppress the thieves and recover Fang County in time because of raising money, food and salaries. Now that the thieves are killed, I have 20000 officers and soldiers. Instead of fighting, I stay in the city and let the rebels wreak havoc. How can I keep my face? What is the majesty of the imperial court? "

Dai Dongmin was furious and stared at them with an iron face.

These military officers clearly want to kill him.

If he really defends in the city as they say, I'm afraid he won't do it as governor Yunyang.

If someone makes use of the topic to impeach him, he will fear the enemy like a tiger, which will undermine the majesty of the imperial court. According to his Majesty's temper, he will probably lose his official position and go to prison.

So at this time, his intestines were almost green. If he had known that such guards were so useless, he shouldn't have come or talked big. Now it's difficult to ride a tiger.

At this point, brush stood up and said sternly: "as a general of the Ming Dynasty, you are favored by the emperor. At this time, it is time to serve the imperial court and your majesty. You should fight to the death with the thief army outside the city and wipe out the thief army at one fell swoop, rather than fearing the enemy."

"No, sir. The thief army is powerful. Don't fight outside the city!"

"Yes, if something goes wrong, I'm afraid even the bamboo mountain will fall. Ask the inspector to think twice!"

All the military officers were shocked and hurried to advise. The bird governor clearly wanted to kill them.

"Do you really want to be an official? The thief army has a maximum of 15000 people, including a large number of women and children. At most, there are only half of the soldiers who can fight, but we add up to more than 20000. How can we not fight? "

Dai Dongmin was unmoved and sneered. Whether he could win or not, he had to fight this battle, otherwise he would have to go.

Even if you lose, it doesn't matter to lose the bamboo mountain. Anyway, Fangxian County and Baokang have been broken, and there is no more bamboo mountain. The key is that if you lose the war, it's better than being afraid of the enemy and dare not face it.

"But..."

"Pa! You don't need to say more. If anyone dares not to fight, he is greedy for life and afraid of death. He is afraid of the enemy like a tiger. At that time, he will play his majesty. "

Seeing that all the military officials were noisy and ugly, Dai Dongmin immediately patted the table and hummed coldly.

Sure enough, the field was suddenly quiet. As soon as the big hat was buttoned down, the deterrent force was huge, and no one dared to speak again.

After all, if he lost the war, he would have fled home in embarrassment at most, but if this guy really played his majesty, he would probably end up as a scribe.

This is precisely because China has a vast territory. In ancient times, when communication conditions were backward, imperial power could still extend to all places, rather than an independent kingdom like Europe.

Although civil servants are corrupt, generals are afraid of death, and the Ming Dynasty is full of holes.

However, according to the imperial edict of Chongzhen, even if you are far away in Guangxi and Gansu, several sword carrying royal guards come all the way to the door, your family will still be broken and your wife and children will be separated.

This is also a major advantage of Confucian governance, and it is also the key reason why emperors of all dynasties followed Confucianism.

Because in ancient times, it was the Confucian thought of loyalty to the monarch, coupled with the imperial examination system of being an official in different places, that was able to do this.

In order to make an emperor feel that the life and death of people all over the world are in his hands.

"Since the governor is determined to fight to the death with the thief army, we will naturally repay the determination to die and fight bravely to repay the grace of your majesty, but those poor soldiers may not have such consciousness. It is the so-called cunning women can't make bricks without rice!"

The commander of Yunyang guard made a fist stand out with a hard face, and other military officials nodded frequently.

It is not that they are greedy for life and fear of death, but that the military households under their hands are greedy for life and fear of death. As the saying goes, the emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers.

They are not blind. Dai Dongmin came to Zhushan and raised tens of thousands of liang of silver in the name of suppressing thieves.

Among them, the big families who escaped from Fangxian donated more than half, and the Liu Qian family handed over most of their family property to the governor in order to get rid of the crime. Otherwise, how can they stand with them now?

Dai Dongmin's face immediately collapsed, as if the military officers were going to sleep with his concubine.

But I also know that if these guys want to organize those military households and fight against the thieves, they won't be able to get some money out.

Finally, he took out 20000 silver to reward the army. After all, he still wanted to win and climb up.

The attitude of the military officers immediately changed 180 degrees.

One by one, the chest is pounding. Is there anything like being greedy and afraid of death just now?

Hurry down and get busy. When you go back, take out ten thousand Liang and divide it according to the official position of each military officer.

Then take out five thousand Liang and distribute it according to the number of each family. Finally, it's the turn of ordinary military households.