The guard who was responsible for guarding the seventy-six city gates inside and outside Beijing heard that there were 5,000 taels of silver available, so of course he would not hide away. When they arrived one after another, it happened to be meal time at Kenan Camp.
Ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty had two meals a day. The first meal was called the morning meal, which was usually eaten before Si hour. The second meal is called Xishi, and it is eaten at Youshi, and the army is no exception.
However, Zhu Cihong's Kenan Camp now has three meals a day. As soon as the soldiers from Kenan Camp entered the camp this morning, they immediately had a breakfast of white flour steamed buns with meat, and Prince Zhu ate it together with everyone.
After breakfast, the soldiers will enter the camp. The tents had been set up by the Jing Army a long time ago, and the military jackets and jerseys were taken out from the Jing Army warehouse, so the entry into the camp and the distribution of military jackets and jerseys were quickly completed. Then Zhu Cihong visited the camps one by one, handing out silver rewards and canonization orders. At the same time, it was lunch time for the soldiers, and they had another meal of white noodles and meat.
In the afternoon, some troops from the Kenan Battalion moved. Wu Sanfu led people to take over the defense of Chaoyang Gate, and a group of people followed Zhu Cihong to visit Desheng Gate. Wu Xiang was responsible for distributing weapons and armor to most of the soldiers. They were also plundered from the Jingjun military camp. Everyone had weapons, most of them were spears, and the rest were swords, shields and firecrackers.
Among them, there are only 300 fire cannons, all of which belong to the fire cannon soldiers transferred to Kenan Camp from the Jing Army. They are an established unit and do not need to spend extra time reorganizing. However, in the afternoon of the 16th, this group of fire eunuchs were also very busy. They were busy making fixed-load ammunition, which was to wrap gunpowder and lead in letter paper, roll it into a long strip, and put it in a small cloth bag - this was all the method given to them by Zhu Cixiang during breakfast. These 300 fire eunuchs are the most powerful force in Zhu Cixiang's hands! Without them, Camp Kenan would be a toothless tiger that could only scare people. Therefore, the tactics formulated by Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu for the Overcoming Camp were centered around 300 fire eunuchs!
Their muskets and gunpowder are all top quality, much better than the equipment in Guan Ning's army. The eunuch holding the gun has a long training time, so he can also load and shoot skillfully. But the problem is that these eunuchs have never been on the battlefield and lack courage, so they will inevitably shoot indiscriminately.
Wu Xiang's response was to form a special gun control bureau. It is composed of veterans who have been on the battlefield, some of whom have also served as fire rifles, and can serve as substitutes for the eunuchs at any time. Their task is to supervise the fire gun eunuchs one-on-one to prevent them from shooting indiscriminately or escaping. They also have the responsibility to protect the fire gun soldiers.
In addition to these two bureaus, Wu Sanfu and Zu Dashou's second son Zu Zepu also successfully organized a cavalry bureau of about 300 people. It is now stationed in Wengcheng, Chaoyangmen, and is under the control of Wu Sanfu himself - this cavalry is in Guaranteed escape if necessary!
A fire gun bureau, a supervising gun bureau, a cavalry bureau, plus some officers of the division flag team who control the troops, as well as Zhu Cixiang's personal bodyguards, a total of only more than 1,000 people, which is the main combat strength of Zhu Cixiang's Denan Camp. . There are another two thousand people, but they are just a strong presence.
And when night fell on the 16th, whether it was the elite soldiers of the three bureaus who were the main combat force, or the remaining soy sauce soldiers, they were all united in bureaus, eating and drinking happily around pots of steamed buns, big fat meat and wine jars. .
These food and drinks were not prepared by the eunuchs in the palace, but were bought by Zhu Cixiang by asking Huang Dabao to go to Chaodouer Alley outside the palace wall. There is a sauce garden run by a Cantonese in Chaodouer Hutong, which not only sells various sauces, but also sells steamed buns, braised pork and rice wine. Because the shop is very close to Bei'anmen, the eunuchs and maids in the palace are regular customers there, and the supply is large. The owner of Jiangyuan is also named Huang, and no one knows his name. Everyone calls him Jiangsu Huang. Because they had the same surname as Huang Dabao, they got along quite well and even recognized each other as godfather. Therefore, Huang Dabao outsourced the food at Kenan Camp to Soy Sauce Yellow.
The reason why Zhu Cixiang handed over the important matter of army meals to Huang Dabao was not because he trusted Eunuch Dabao more, but because he had made it clear to Eunuch Dabao before that from today on, he would eat with the brothers from Kenan Camp. .
Whatever the soldiers of Kenan Camp eat, His Highness the Prince will eat! There is no need to prepare separately, and the prince will immediately have a meal with the soldiers from each bureau in order to bond with each other.
If Huang Dabao wants a kickback, he can go ahead and take it, but if Zhu Cihong wants his head, he doesn't need to ask for Shang Fang's sword.
When the gatekeepers from the sixteen gates of Beijing arrived one after another, Zhu Cihong was eating white-flour steamed buns stuffed with fat meat with the eunuchs from the Fire Gun Bureau.
Moreover, he sat on the ground in the open air, talking about life and ideals with a group of eunuchs while eating.
Eunuchs also have lives and ideals!
Likewise, there are human rights!
Zhu Cixiang's body contains a soul from the 21st century, so he does not discriminate against "third genders."
Therefore, the eunuchs of the Fire Gun Bureau are the same as the soldiers of other bureaus. Everyone is a "hero in overcoming difficulties". They also receive the same military pay, eat the same food, and also receive "options" for land in the south of the Yangtze River.
In addition, the Huogun eunuchs have other benefits, because they are all eunuchs who have fought with Zhu Cixiang.
"Everyone of you who escorts Nanxing with me is not only a hero of my Ming Dynasty, but also my comrades. When you arrive in Nanjing, if I don't believe you, who can you believe? So you are now a pure army. When you arrive in Jiangnan, twelve The chief eunuchs of the Supervisor, Fourth Division, and Eighth Bureau were all selected from you and other meritorious eunuchs of the Kenan Camp. You are now the Jingjun, and in the future you will be the eunuchs holding the seal, eunuchs holding the pen, admiral eunuchs, and eunuchs in charge... "
After hearing Zhu Cixi's promise, the Huogun eunuchs were so happy, and everyone felt that the losers were about to counterattack.
In the Ming Dynasty court system, Jingjun has always been the lowest level existence. Generally, as long as a eunuch who does something bad is not killed, the heaviest punishment is to be charged into the Jingjun. Although the Nanhai Zi Jing Army is higher than this "Chong Jing Army", it is not their turn to do this for the big men of the Twenty-Four Yamen.
This time the prince has spoken, and he believes in these eunuchs!
When we reach Jiangnan, we will be prosperous!
"Thank you for your kindness!"
"The young one is willing to die for Master Qiantose!"
"I will follow you to my death..."
I don’t know who took the lead, but the cheers suddenly started. Not only were the Fire Gun eunuchs cheering, but the surrounding Kenan camp soldiers who were in good health were also shouting together.
The guards of the sixteen gates who had just arrived happened to see this scene, and they were all stunned.
What's going on?
Li Zicheng is about to call, why are these people so happy? What benefits did the prince promise them?
But the Ming Dynasty is about to end, what other benefits can be promised?
Zhu Cixiang was also notified by the guards and knew that all the guards of the sixteen gates were here. He did not see them alone, but had them brought to the circle of people surrounded by the eunuchs.
"I will wait to see His Highness the Crown Prince!"
The gatekeepers all saluted Zhu Cixiang.
"Sit down, sit down, haven't you eaten yet? Let's eat some... soy sauce yellow steamed buns and braised pork. We'll be satisfied."
What? Just eat here? Sit on the ground? With a bunch of smelly Jingjun?
The generals guarding the gate are either Beijing camp officers or Jinyiwei officials. They all have status. Many of them are from noble families. When will they eat and drink with a group of soldiers? Let alone being with Jingjun.
But you can’t disobey the prince’s order! The chamberlain who came to deliver the order just now said that the prince is now out of the palace to care for the army, the governor is in charge of military affairs, the admiral is in charge of the nine gates, and there is also a murderous Shangfang sword!
Who wants to try Shang Fang's sword?
If you don't want to be killed by Shang Fang's sword, you can only sit with your nose pinched, but you can't get too close to the Jing army. They all crowded around Zhu Cihong.
Zhu Cixiang didn't chase anyone away, he just announced with a smile: "Everyone, there is good news!"
good news?
The Changping Imperial Tomb has been burned down, can there be any good news?
"I am going to have a concubine!" Zhu Cixiang said, "The girl is the youngest sister of Ping Xibo Wu Sangui."
What? Everyone was shocked, why did he marry Wu Sangui's sister? This is not in line with the ancestral system!
Zhu Cixiang glanced at the group of gatekeepers around him, raised his voice and said: "Wu Sangui has led Guan Ning's army of 40,000 people, coming day and night!"
