While dealing with the conflict between the army and the people, Shang Yi did not forget other tasks. Because Jinan Prefecture was the only way for the Qing army to return north, so after the Muling Army captured Jinan Prefecture, the Qing Army must come to recapture Jinan. This battle is
It is inevitable.
Yanzhou Prefecture is directly south of Jinan Prefecture, about the same distance as Qingzhou Prefecture, which is about four to five hundred miles. With the speed of the Qing army's cavalry, it can be reached from Yanzhou Prefecture to Jinan in two or three days, plus
The time to receive the news and gather the troops. Shang Yi estimated that the time for the arrival of the Qing army was about ten to fifteen days, so it was necessary to seize this time to prepare for the war.
Shang Yi first sent a reconnaissance team to the direction of Yanzhou Prefecture to inquire about the Qing army's movements, so as to grasp first-hand military information in advance. At the same time, he ordered people to quickly return to Mulingguan and Qingzhou Prefecture to deliver the second batch of war supplies.
Coming from Jinan Prefecture.
However, at this time, all the materials left by the Qing army in Jinan Prefecture were initially counted, and the amount of grain, livestock, money and materials obtained by all parties once again shocked Shang Yi.
Among the grain collected in Jiatun, Jinan Prefecture, there are more than 257,000 shi of rice alone, more than 36,000 shi of flour, and more than 75,000 shi of feed for horses and livestock. As for livestock,
There are more than 4,500 horses alone, half of which are properly drawn war horses, and other livestock such as cattle, mules, donkeys, pigs, and sheep total more than 32,000 heads. In terms of money and materials, there is no
Inferior: Adding together the silver in stock and the silver stored privately by the remaining Qing soldiers, there are more than 1,074,000 taels in total, more than 6,000 taels of gold, more than 1,680 taels of pearls, and a total of 23,000 taels of silk and satin of various colors.
There are more than 1,700 horses, more than 4,200 collars of satin and fur clothes, and more than 3,000 pieces of various utensils.
Just these things, with the current size of the Muling Army, can last at least seven or eight years. No wonder after getting the statistical results, Shang Yi couldn't help but want to shout: "Now it is very developed."
Of course, Shang Yi also knows that it cannot be said that all these supplies belong to him now, because with the current transportation capabilities of the Muling Army, it will take at least two or three months to bring them all back to Muling Pass. If Jinan
If the Mansion is recaptured by the Qing army, then everything will really become a cloud. Therefore, for these things, we must try our best to defend Jinan. At the same time, Shang Yi is also preparing vehicles to transport as much as he can first.
In addition, a large number of firecrackers were found in Jinan Prefecture. They were all taken from the Ming army in the previous battle when the Qing army entered the pass. Because the Qing army did not pay attention to firecrackers, they did not take them south. Of course, now
All were accepted by Shang Yi, including ninety-six Lumi guns, 338 three-eyed guns, 686 bird guns, and one hundred and eighty-seven Xuanyuan guns, a total of one thousand.
Two hundred and eleven fire cannons. In addition, twenty-seven thunder cannons and thirty-two electric cannons were found.
The Thunder Gun and the Zhidian Gun, like the Lumi Gun, are both fire guns invented by Zhao Shizhen. Shang Yi had heard of these two fire guns a long time ago, but he had never seen them until today. The Thunder Gun is known as the Maxim machine gun of later generations.
The rudimentary repeating gun actually connects multiple barrels together, which can be fired in turn, achieving the effect of intensive firing in a short period of time. Generally, five barrels are connected together, and there can be up to twenty-two.
The tubes are milled together.
As for the Zhidian gun, it is a new type of musket created by Zhao Shizhen by absorbing the advantages of the Franco machine gun and combining it with the Lumi gun. It uses a breech-loading gun, which can be regarded as the most primitive breech-loaded gun. Moreover, the muskets are preloaded and loaded into the barrel in turn to be fired, which can speed up the shooting speed. The name "Zhidian" contains this meaning, and is consistent with the future development trend of ammunition separation.
Of course, these two types of fire blunderbuss, bird blunderbuss, Rumi blunderbuss, and even mature muskets such as flintlock muskets still have great shortcomings, so few people will use them on the actual battlefield. But Shang Yi knows that it is normal to have shortcomings. This is a problem that any new weapon will encounter in the development process. However, the development path of these two types of firecrackers is correct. As long as they persist in development and continue to improve and improve, they will surely succeed. will become the mainstream on the battlefield in the future.
After inspection by Luo Yuanbin and others, a total of 785 firecrackers can be used, including 18 thunderbolts and 20 Zhidian guns. The other 373 firecrackers are basically useless and can only be used. When used as simulated guns for training, there are one hundred and twelve firearms in need of repair. However, among the eighteen thunderbolts that can be used, there are ten five-barrel guns, five twelve-barrel guns, and three eighteen-barrel guns. There is no legendary twenty-two tubes.
However, this also made Shang Yi feel very satisfied. The number of firecrackers owned by the Muling Army has increased so fast. Jinan Prefecture alone has more than 1,600 various usable firecrackers and muskets. There was another gap in the army.
After the trial meeting, the order in Jinan City immediately returned to normal. At the same time, Shang Yi skinned and deboned all the more than 500 dead horses collected on the battlefield to improve the lives of the people. I can still get two taels of meat to eat every day.
Although there were some looting cases among the residents on the first day of the meal, Shang Yi was not merciful to this phenomenon. He immediately arrested the people who took the lead in looting and imposed heavy penalties. In troubled times, under heavy laws, , the lingering power of the trial meeting was still there, and the people immediately became honest. Moreover, Shang Yi also provided sufficient food for the people. Everyone could receive the food on a first-come, first-served basis, and there was no need to rob it. Therefore, every time he received the food, he , the residents also consciously queued up, and the order of eating was much better.
After careful enumeration, a total of 132,651 people were rescued, including 94,387 men and 38,266 women. There are fourteen people, and the vast majority of the population is young and middle-aged people. There are only a few thousand elderly people over fifty years old and children under twelve years old.
After counting the population, Shang Yi immediately announced to all the residents that the Qin army would attack Jinan soon, so this place would become a battlefield, so he asked all the people to move to the Qingzhou area, where someone would arrange for them food and accommodation.
The people were naturally still afraid of the Qing army. After hearing Shang Yi's announcement, they were a little panicked, so they all wanted to retreat to Qingzhou Prefecture to seek safety. However, a considerable number of people were willing to stay and help the Muling army resist. Qing army. There are also people who are willing to join the Muling army. Most of these people are the first to respond to the call of Zhao Congfu and Wu Hansheng and the first batch of people to come out to resist the Qing army. They feel that by joining the Muling army, they can have the opportunity to avenge their relatives.
Of course Shang Yi welcomes those who join the army, but he does not reject all those who join the army. It is stipulated that only men over the age of sixteen and under forty will be accepted. Of course, there are also restrictions on the height, strength and physical fitness of the people who join the army.
Certain requirements and restrictions were imposed. In this way, a considerable number of people were eliminated, and in the end, more than 12,000 people were included.
There are more than 6,000 people who are within the appropriate age but cannot meet other requirements. Shang Yi did not give up. He temporarily organized them all into the civilian army and was responsible for maintaining public security and order. When the people began to move, they would
They are mainly responsible for escorting. After returning to Muling Pass, they will undergo a period of systematic training to see if they can meet the standards for joining the army.
After recruiting the soldiers, Shang Yi immediately began to train them. At the same time, he ordered people to go to Muling Pass to transport some weapons and armor.
Later, Shang Yi summoned the remaining 1,800 Qingzhou soldiers and told them directly that he would no longer hold them responsible for their previous mistakes, and planned to send them all back to Qingzhou together with the people.
I went to the Mansion and wrote an official document explaining what happened and reported it to the Qingzhou Mansion. As for how the Mansion dealt with them, it had nothing to do with the Muling Army. But if anyone is willing to stay and join the Muling Army to resist the Qing Dynasty,
Shang Yi also welcomed the soldiers, and promised that they would enjoy the same treatment as other ordinary soldiers in the Muling Army in terms of military pay and pensions. They could also be promoted for meritorious service. Of course, they must respect military discipline and accept their own
train.
After a day of consideration, about a thousand soldiers were willing to stay, receive training, and resist the Qing army. Because they also knew that Qingzhou Prefecture had high hopes for their attack, hoping that they could follow the Muling Army.
I also made some achievements to make the prefect look longer. But now, although they have captured Jinan Prefecture, the Qingzhou soldiers have not made any achievements. They have also created such a big trap. I am afraid that they will not be better after they go back. It is better to follow them.
If the Muling army resists the Qing army together, they may be able to make some achievements and make up for their mistakes.
Although they were all soldiers, they did not lose their humanity. What happened in the past few days, especially the trial meeting that day, still touched them a little. They also wanted to live like Mu Lingjun.
Come.
In fact, Wu Hansheng, Zhou Shaohuan and others did not have any objections to Shang Yi taking in these Qingzhou soldiers, because these Qingzhou soldiers were all soldiers. Even Qi Jiguang, who was the best at training soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, was unwilling to train soldiers. Could Shang Yi change them?
Ok?
Of course Shang Yi doesn't see it that way, because he knows that the vast majority of soldiers are actually from the lower class, and they are still simple in nature. It's just that in a large environment, they can't help but pick up some bad habits. As long as they can
Give them a good environment, use strict military discipline to control them, use strict training to temper them, and then cooperate with some ideological education, they will be able to be transformed.
This has been proven countless times during the founding of later republics. Whether it is the puppet army working for the Japanese or the national army paying for peanuts, no matter how incompetent it is when confronting our army, as long as it is
After transforming into our army, after certain transformations, they will immediately be reborn and completely different. Shang Yi believes that what Taizu's ancestors were able to do three hundred years later, he himself was able to do the same three hundred years ago.
It can be done. These more than a thousand Qingzhou soldiers are my first batch of test subjects.
When Zhou Shaohuan, Wu Hansheng and others thought about the decisions made by Shang Yi in the past, they were speechless. They just thought about how to severely repair those Qingzhou soldiers during training until all the weapons on them were removed.