Yang Fan touched his chin and asked, "I see why you look like a Han."
Hearing this, Zhang Shize reprimanded: "You are a traitor after all. Someone dragged him out and beheaded him."
The envoy who was kneeling on the ground trembled and said: "Sir, please spare your life. If you don't kill the envoy during the battle, I will follow my father to the grassland to do business when I was seven years old. Later I settled here and married a Mongolian. I run the business for Lord Aoden." Shop business. The younger one is originally from Luliang, Shanxi. Because he is familiar with the various languages of the Jurchen, Han, Mongolian, Tibetan and Western regions and often acts as an interpreter, he was sent here. The younger one is just a shopkeeper, so he is really not a traitor."
"Well, tell me, is Aoden really surrendering or pretending to surrender?"
"What a surrender, what a surrender. Uncle, you don't know that each of the three thousand captains in the city only has 600 soldiers. Yin Bili Tabu Nang has 1,500 troops. This time, Lord Tabu Nang only sent out five Hundreds of people, plus 1,800 people from three thousand households defending the city. Half of them were killed or injured. Lord Aoden and Lord Bridge only saved more than a hundred soldiers. They really don't want to continue fighting. ”
Yang Fan and Zhang Shize looked at each other. I see. There are actually 3,300 troops in the city. Three hundred more than expected. However, Yin Bili, an old thief, also plays tricks on his own people. Save your own strength and let your subordinates consume more.
It seems that this kind of nonsense happens everywhere.
These two were about to lose everything, so they simply stopped playing. On the grassland, if they lose their most elite 100-man guard, they will not be able to gain a foothold. They exhausted their conventional strength. I started looking for a way out.
"How many people are there in the city?" Yang Fan asked.
"In addition to Aoden and Lord Bridge's two hundred soldiers, Lord Ogier has three hundred people left. Lord Yinbilita Bunang still has one thousand two hundred people. Lord Ogier is Yinbilita Bunang's son-in-law. "
Yang Fan looked at Zhang Shize. There were still fifteen hundred people. Zhang Shize nodded in agreement.
"Go back and tell the two captains that I accept their surrender. After this battle, give them all the captured soldiers in this city. They will eliminate the weak and retain the strong. From now on, they will each lead a battalion of 500 soldiers and horses. From now on, I will join the reconnaissance team of the Beijing Camp and be assigned the position of garrison." Yang Fan said.
Yang Fan went on this expedition and brought a lot of blanks to the Ministry of War. All are printed. It's just for doing things cheaply. At the rank of general or below, Yang Fan can be promoted to an official position. When he returns to Beijing, he can just report to the Ministry of War for formal registration. This is also a privilege given to generals on expeditions.
After all, if you want your soldiers to use their lives on the battlefield, you can only rely on two items, official titles and silver rewards.
"May I have your name"
"The younger one will be called Dong Laifu when he returns to his uncle."
"Well, you are proficient in the languages of the Jurchen, Han, Mongolian and Tibetan countries, and you are considered a talent. From now on, you should not be a shopkeeper. You can find some people who are proficient in the languages of other countries to form a translation team. You will be the team leader, and I will provide you with the translation team. You have the position of promotion officer. I will give you five taels of silver as a monthly salary." Yang Fan said.
The Ming Dynasty had military attachés, and under the chief military officer, there were also deputy chief soldiers, staff generals, and guerrilla generals. Under the guerrilla force, there are also camp officers, garrison officers, commander-in-chief, and promoted officers. Being promoted to an officer is a minor official, but it also means saying goodbye to the white body and becoming an official.
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Dong Laifu suddenly became excited. He fled to a foreign country and married a barbarian girl. It is estimated that the clan has disowned him. He has long been removed from the family tree.
Unexpectedly, at the age of forty, things would turn around. After being favored by Uncle Dingyuan, he became an official in one step.
"I will fight to the death for my uncle. Please wait for my good news."
"Okay, if you accomplish this, there will be a big reward."
Watching Dong Laifu leave excitedly. Yang Fan and Zhang Shize summoned the generals for a meeting.
Twenty-two group leaders gathered together. Listen to Yang Fan introduce the situation.
Each group leader took the initiative to ask for a fight. Suddenly there was a lot of noise.
"Jining City is too small, and there are too many people to move around. There are only 1,500 people in the city. Let's do this, artillerymen, don't join in the fun. You have had a good time these days. The 19th Regiment should also take a rest. You will be responsible for operating the trebuchet from now on. The remaining nineteen regiments, each with one hundred men, will form a trap camp. In addition, 1,500 people from the Jingwei Martial Arts Battalion will follow and learn and provide support when necessary."
"We will wait until the South City Gate is lit tonight as a signal and enter the city immediately."
"Here!"
One day passed, and the Ming army did not attack, which allowed the Mongols to breathe a sigh of relief.
After dark, someone used a lantern to draw circles repeatedly on the collapsed tower of the south city gate. This is the agreed signal.
"Let's go, everyone pays attention to safety. We must also guard against false surrender. The artillery and trebuchets are also ready. The arrow towers are also ready to support at any time."
Although, Yang Fan didn't think there was a possibility of false surrender. Because it was originally meant to be beaten in, and it made no difference whether the city gate could be opened or not. The southern city wall has basically collapsed. However, there is no need to be less vigilant.
This time it was mainly about military training. Each regiment sent out its young men who had been trained in ordinary times, as well as the grassroots officers who needed to be trained to fight.
Nineteen centurions, each led by a deputy captain. The deputy captains are all descendants of noble families who will take over the position of captain in the future. These deputy captains were also personally selected by Chongzhen. Now it is Yang Fan's servant regiment officers who lead them to fight. When waiting for the teacher, he will quit.
Zhang Shize stood next to Yang Fan and said with some worry: "Can these little brats do it? Just let them fly solo. What will happen if they are defeated?"
"This day will come sooner or later. We can't keep taking them with us. It doesn't matter if they are defeated. We can just send troops to defeat them. Now they are relatively weak enemies. When we get to Guihua City, there will be no such enemies. Moxi Mongolia and Qinghai Mongolia are both very tough."
At this time, the leader was Jiang Bingzhong, the eldest son of Dingxi Marquis Jiang Weigong.
The lineage of Dingxihou has always been deeply trusted by the royal family. During the Ming Dynasty, their family participated in almost every major event of the dynasty. In this reorganization of the Beijing camp, Chongzhen specially sent the prince of Dingxihou as a participating general.
He is the only general in the army. Yang Fan directly appointed him as assistant to the deputy general. Work with Zhang Shize. He works directly at the command post. The other deputy commanders are all guerrilla generals in each regiment. These people are also descendants of Uncle Hou's family.
Yang Fan actually disagrees with this kind of nepotism. However, the Beijing camp belongs to the emperor after all. What he wants to do is his business. After solving the northwest problem this time. Yang Fan is expected to be left in the northwest. He doesn't plan to worry too much about business matters.
This time Yang Fan established a firm foothold in the northwest, a place beyond the reach of the imperial court, and would first unify Mongolia. Then launched the second Mongol Western Expedition in human history. I don't have time to care about Chongzhen's bad affairs.
However, the Jiang family has been a good general for generations, and Yang Fan still respects him more.
I saw in front of me, the city gate opened, and more than 3,000 people quickly entered the city.
