Lord of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Qiang waved his hand and said to the scribe standing beside him, "Continue."

The scribe carefully reported: "My lord, the other meat and vegetables were seized for three hundred shi."

Zhang Qiang rushed to You Haibo and said: "All of them are filled in the county government warehouse, only the soldiers can eat."

The scribe continued to report: "25 carts, 130 wheelbarrows, 350 pack horses, 120 war horses, 35 pieces of silk, [-] catties of iron ingots, [-] catties of copper ingots, and [-] barrels of gunpowder were seized. , [-] barrels of saltpeter, [-] barrels of sulfur, [-] sets of agricultural tools, and [-] sets of civilian clothes."

He turned a few pages, "Thirty sets of Mingguang armor, fifteen sets of chain mail, 150 sets of ordinary iron armor vests, ten sets of scale armor, 450 sets of Qing army cotton armor, 850 sets of Qing army cloth armor, and 320 sets of Ming army paper armor." There are 75 sets of Qing army chain armor, Qing army armor, helmets, gauntlets, a total of 150 pieces."

Zhang Qiang pointed to You Haibo and said, "Let the blacksmiths in the city repair those broken and damaged armor and helmets. How about the wages? One catty of food per person per day."

The clerk continued to report, "25 enemy firearms were seized, 35 were damaged, 350 were firearms from the Ming army, 150 were damaged, 250 were three-eyed firearms from the Ming army, 75 were damaged. 350 firearms were carried, and 75 were damaged. There are three army tigers squatting with cannons, [-] rounds of shells and [-] barrels of gunpowder."

Zhang Qiang nodded slightly, "Give those damaged ones to the craftsmen and let them repair them. If they can be repaired, they count as a few, and if they can't be handed over to the blacksmith for remelting, other muskets will be added to my team, and firecrackers will also be added to my team. Carry the gun and hand it over to the people in the city. The young and strong will practice it. When the time comes, it will be used to defend the city. It will be managed by the yamen and registered in the register. Without the order of Lord You and me, anyone who comes is not allowed to take it. Put the artillery on the city wall to guard the city wall , Lord You, choose volunteer soldiers who can fire artillery, and step up training."

You Haibo cupped his hands and replied, "Yes, my lord."

The clerk turned a page and smiled on his face. Zhang Qiang looked at him strangely. The clerk smiled at Zhang Qiang and said flatteringly, "My lord, the enemy has seized 7000 taels of silver and 1000 taels of gold."

You Haibo stroked his beard and said, "My lord, now we are rich. In order to appease the people, to repair the city wall, and to your troops, I spent a lot of money."

Zhang Qiang smiled and waved his hands, "Then pay back the money you put in advance first, and confiscate the rest, and use it to buy food and supplies from outside as public expenses."

The clerk interjected: "Sir, look, would you take out some first, 1 taels for your household use?"

"Hehe," Zhang Qiang said with a smile, "everything here is mine, how can we divide it from each other?"

The clerk smiled reluctantly, "Yes, yes, all of this belongs to adults." Then he showed a smile that you understand.

It's not that Zhang Qiang doesn't love money, but he knows that at this moment, he still has too little silver. If he puts it in his pocket, the soldiers under him will soon mutiny and the office funds will be short. It can't work anymore, so what do you say about hegemony at that time?

Chapter 41 Killing Prisoners

The next day, Zhang Qiang came to the barracks where the prisoners were held.

[-] captives of the Han army banner of the Qing army did not eat for a day and a night, and the wounded were not given medical treatment. Dozens of them died that night.

The other prisoners mourned, but no one gave them food.

At this moment, these people were pulled out and filled the playground.

Zhang Qiang was escorted by the newly replenished and refreshed Hu Kui's 45 cavalry, and stood on the reviewing platform.

"Do you want to die or live?" he yelled.

The captives shouted feebly, "My lord, of course I want to live."

"So is there anyone who wants to work for me?"

Two or 300 people stood up at once.

Zhang Qiang nodded, "Is there anyone else who wants to work for me?"

Another hundred people stood up hesitantly.

Zhang Qiang nodded slightly, "Take them aside."

The original four hundred young and strong soldiers that Wei Wuji had just retrieved had the gray turbans of the rebels on their heads, the gray cloth clothes of the rebels, and bamboo armor on their bodies. Go up, drive aside the [-] or so Qing army and Han army flag enemy soldiers who want to serve, and put them under custody.

Zhang Qiang really wants to unify the uniforms of his troops, but he can't do it now, there are no manpower, blacksmiths, tailors, craftsmen, these craftsmen are in short supply, and it is impossible to unify the clothing, weapons, and armor equipment of Zhang Qiang's thousand soldiers. These people repaired damaged weapons, mended damaged military uniforms, repaired city walls and houses in the city, and they were barely enough. Besides, their skills could not meet Zhang Qiang's requirements, so they could only make do with what they captured from the enemy. clothes and weapons.

Seeing the remaining hundreds of Qing army and Han army flags, Zhang Qiang saw that some people still had hatred for him in their eyes, and their eyes were very unfriendly. He immediately whispered something to Wei Wuji beside him, and pointed with his hands for a long time.

Wei Wuji nodded continuously, and after a while, he ran into the playground with a hundred young and strong soldiers, and caught a hundred or so people from it in a short while.

Zhang Qiang was very satisfied, looked at it, and said to Wei Wuji: "Let those of your subordinates who have never seen blood go up and see the blood, take care of these people, and tell them, if they don't do it, then you will deal with it." them."

Some were struggling, some were insulting, some were crying for mercy, some were paralyzed by fright, some were playful, and some were chattering.

But these were useless, a hundred trained refugees who had never seen blood, and rebel soldiers selected from among the people, hesitantly waved down the weapons in their hands, and hacked all these captives to death.

Then more than 100 soldiers came up to clean up the scene.

Zhang Qiang asked loudly again: "Is there anyone else who wants to seek death?"

"We are willing to surrender." More than 600 remaining soldiers of the Qing Army and the Han Army Banner knelt down and shouted, some still begging for mercy.

With a wave of Zhang Qiang's hand, another hundred soldiers of the rebel army went up to escort them, Zhang Qiang said: "It's too late, you should pay the price for your hesitation,"

Some soldiers crawled towards Zhang Qiang on their knees, "My lord, my lord, we are willing to surrender, give us a chance."

Zhang Qiang sneered, "Now let's play a game, you will expose each other, anyone who has been contaminated with the blood of the people of Ming Dynasty and committed many crimes will be prosecuted, and if I find out that there is something false, and anyone who dares to hide it will be executed."

So the scene was lively.

At this time, many people who got the news also came to watch. The military barracks in Wuyi County was dilapidated and lacked maintenance everywhere.

Soon two hundred soldiers of the Han Army Banner with all kinds of evil deeds were arrested, and even those Han Army Banners who were willing to surrender for the first time had many people, about seventy or eighty people.

Zhang Qiang said to Wei Wuji: "Put these people through the streets, let them speak loudly about the viciousness they have done, and let them bow their heads to confess their sins, and then send them to repair the city wall, dig the moat, trenches, wherever the work is heavy, where to send, as for other Yes, he turned around and asked them to repair the barracks first, and then help the common people repair their houses."

Wei Wuji said, "My lord, is this different?"

Zhang Qiang said: "It's different. When parading in the streets, you should relax your hands and let the people vent their anger. Those who can survive will be taken to work. I guess there are not many alive. When the rest come back, ten of them will be selected for recruits every day." Practice assassination, and the rest do heavy work, tiring work, dirty work, until they die of exhaustion, thirst, in short, they cannot escape death."

"As for those who commit minor crimes, if they perform well, they will be given the position of supervisor, and let them supervise their companions. If they do a good job, they will be rewarded, eat more, and given dozens of coins. If they don't do well, they will continue to work. Live until you die of exhaustion. There are craftsmen, or those who change their minds, and those who are willing to serve as soldiers, just look at their performance and absorb them into your recruits, and break them into formation. But watch them, find someone to watch them, so as not to have enemy spies mixed in .”

Wei Wuji trembled all over, and looked at Zhang Qiang in fear. It was also the first time that he felt that the adult he was loyal to was so cruel and merciless. Those who came out felt that Zhang Qiang came from a humble background and didn't have much respect. At this moment, he didn't dare to have such thoughts anymore.

In one sentence, 100 people were killed, and in another sentence, the enemy's stubborn heart collapsed, and at this moment, these people could not survive or die.

Zhang Qiang is also a senior nerd. Although he didn't have much intrigue with people in the society, he has read a lot of intrigue novels. In addition to his previous experience, he can still see some of Wei Wuji's inner activities. He patted him on the shoulder. , "Do it, just follow me and be loyal to me, I will be your friend, not your enemy."

Then he turned his head and shouted, "Zhou Congee."

Zhou Porridge hurried over from a distance, "The end is here."

"You go and screen again the more than 200 soldiers who are willing to surrender. You will be given three days to choose 150 innocent people, or no serious evil, strong, powerful, and smart people. .Others let them help clean up the streets first, help Mr. You serve porridge, and maintain order. You and your subordinates will do this in a few days."

Zhou Porridge cupped his hands, "The final general obeys orders."

At this moment, Xuanyuan Longfei was patrolling the city defense with his personal guards on the city wall.

Du Ge is helping You Haibo's scribes to organize and carry supplies.

Zhang Qiang went back to rectify his troops.

In that battle, 150 of the 50 pro-army soldiers he trained, musketeers and musketeers died, 20 were injured, and only 30 of them followed him with minor injuries. Five people were injured, and 30 people were also slightly injured. The total force dropped to 15 people.