According to the identification of the captured Eight Banners soldiers and slave soldiers, as well as the verification of the seals found from the corpses, the Japanese army killed Mele Zhangjinggar Pager and Niulu Zhangjing Huilan in one fell swoop, which was equivalent to killing a commander-in-chief and a staff general. The results were fruitful.
One Mele Jang Kyung and two Niuru Jang Kyung of Xushun Gong Shen Zhixiang were killed on the spot by the Japanese army when they charged into the formation. Fortunately, the bodies were still intact, otherwise they would not be able to identify them.
According to the latest reward order issued by the imperial court of Ming Dynasty, the Japanese army made a fortune from serving.
A slave soldier is worth one hundred taels of silver, an Eight Banners soldier is worth double that, and Bagala is the most expensive, as high as five hundred taels of silver. The price difference will be made up after the identity of the winner is verified.
Niu Lu Zhangjing starts from five thousand taels, and with a bunch of additional titles, it can reach up to twenty thousand taels. According to the grade of Mele Zhangjing, it ranges from fifty thousand taels to one hundred thousand taels, and Jia La Zhangjing is located between the two.
The Gar pager that was killed was worth 60,000 taels of silver. The fake "Xushun Gong" Shen Zhixiang did not catch it, otherwise the Japanese army would have received an additional 150,000 taels of silver.
Because a "beizi" like Shuo Tuo was a relative of Huang Taiji, the starting price was as high as 350,000 taels, which was equivalent to the value of 3,500 slave soldiers.
Further up are the important figures at the level of Flag Master Baylor. If you capture one of them, you can bag a huge amount of 600,000 taels of silver. This is just the starting price, and the maximum can be one million taels.
Only Huangtaiji has the highest price, two million taels. If anyone has the ability to catch Huangtaiji's wives and concubines, a certain prince can add another five hundred thousand taels to round up the price!
The big names participating in the war, taking advantage of their drunkenness, all said that they were late. If they had known that the Ming Dynasty was so easy to make money, they would even be willing to send out all their troops...
A group of people in the local area can make such a small amount of money through life and death, which is not enough at all. Like this, everyone no longer fights each other, wouldn't it be great to go to Liaodong to make money together?
No matter how capable the Qing army is in fighting, they will never be a match for their Japanese army. The reason is very simple. The Qing army only has about a million people, while the Japanese have tens of millions of people, which is more than ten times that of the Qing army.
Calculated according to the proportion of troops dispatched, the Qing army could dispatch 100,000 people, and the Japanese army could dispatch one million people. They could kill these so-called "Eastern captives" who had offended the Ming Dynasty, leaving corpses everywhere, just like in the previous battle.
Although the Japanese country was also a farming country and similar to the Ming Dynasty in terms of national structure, due to the extremely long-lasting local wars, although the Tokugawa shogunate finally unified the world, various places still maintained the semi-separated state of the daimyo, so the mobilization ability was extremely strong.
As long as the Ming Dynasty can provide enough food and silver, and obtain the permission of General Tokugawa, the Japanese country can send 400,000 to 500,000 troops to land in Liaodong to participate in the war.
Why do you think so?
Because when there is no war in the homeland, all daimyo still have to pay salaries to their samurai and ashigaru...
Those who make money are the powerful daimyo such as Shimadzu, Yukinai, Fukushima, Kato, Ikeda, etc. Daimyo who have a normal relationship with the Tokugawa family, such as Hodai, actually don't make much money, let alone those who were enemies before. The appearance of the relationship is famous.
Uesugi, Date, Sakai and other armies fought so hard, even regardless of casualties, and resisted to the death, because the fiefdoms were either too small, or barren, and simply unprofitable. Instead of slowly starving to death, it would be better to fight to the death. .
The Uesugi family, which contributed the most, suffered more than half of the casualties, but the corresponding profits were also the largest. After verifying the situation in many aspects, combined with the account bounty, Abe decided to allocate more than 45,600 taels of silver to Uesugi Sadakatsu. Not counting the pension part.
Thanks to being the main force of the Fourth Army and taking the lead in resisting the Qing army's assault on the front line, the Uesugi family received more than 5% of the total silver reward.
Abe Shigeji's distribution is relatively fair. If the Uesugi family is deliberately exploited because of their status as daimyo, it will definitely affect the morale of the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army.
These two armies are equal to 40% of the entire army's combat effectiveness. If the external daimyo and the "General Zhenglu" seem to be in harmony, then there is no need to fight in the future, and you can go home directly by boat...
There is no need for the daimyo who make less money to be unhappy. The daimyo who make a lot of money are those who suffered heavy casualties in their units and will no longer participate in the next front-line battle. At most, they will be used as reserve teams.
Abe once again decided to push those daimyo who had not eaten meat to the front line, so that everyone would have equal opportunities. If they were still unwilling to work hard, they would never have another chance to make money.
On the way from the mainland to Liaodong, Abe carefully read the "Tatar Tactics" provided by the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty again, and was deeply convinced of the content written in it.
The crown prince of the Ming Dynasty believed that the Japanese army only had a strength advantage over the Qing army in local areas, so before their main force went south, they had to advance quickly. This was one of them.
Second, we must concentrate our superior forces and fight a war of annihilation. Only in this way can we maximize the results as much as possible. The more results you achieve, the more money you will earn.
Third, in view of its own characteristics and the terrain of the war zone. "Annihilation war" is only one of the options. Fleets can also be used to conduct "landing wars" in multiple places and "ambush wars" in mountainous areas.
These three types of tactics are very suitable for the current Japanese army. Abe Shige once again combined his best "siege and reinforcements" with "ambush warfare" and "annihilation warfare", and won a great victory in the "Battle of Erryuyama".
The success of this battle was partly due to the opponent's coach Shuo Tuo. If he had not decided to rescue Lushun, the Japanese army would not have achieved such brilliant results.
At first, only the guards and guard sentries were surrounded. It was only because Shoto was reluctant to give up the elite "Baya La Troops" that the main force was also surrounded by Japanese troops.
By the time they woke up, it was too late. Japanese reinforcements had rushed to the battlefield from all directions. Due to the Japanese army's absolute strength advantage, the main force of the Qing army was finally gathered at the foot of Erryong Mountain and annihilated.
It can be said that Shuotuo made a fatal mistake and lost nearly 3,000 Qing officers and soldiers, and did not realize the original intention of relieving the siege of Lushun.
But thanks to him, the Japanese army was able to get off to a good start, winning a big victory, obtaining boxes of silver, and causing the daimyo who did not make much money to ask for battle from the "Zhenglu General".
Without further ado, Abe Shigetsu also knew the importance of speed in war, so he ordered half of the Third Army and the Fifth Army to board the ship overnight and head north.
The sea distance from Lushun to Fuzhou is only 250 miles. If the wind is favorable, the army can reach the city in less than two days and nights.
The most important thing is that Fuzhou is only thirty miles away from the sea. If the war goes unfavorably, the Japanese army can retreat to the sea and rely on the powerful firepower of the fleet.
Since Fuzhou is 450 miles away from Shenyang, even if Shuotuo sent people to ask Huang Taiji for help, Abe Shigetsu believed that the main force of the Qing army would not move south quickly, and the Japanese army would have at least three to four days.
If Fuzhou can be captured within two days, then the Japanese army will be able to retreat completely, and they will be able to retreat southward from the sea safely in a confident manner.
As for Jinzhou, not far from Lushun, Abe once again believed that as long as the Qing generals were not stupid, they should abandon it and lead the remaining troops to retreat north.
Even Fuzhou, which is far away, is under threat from our own side. Jinzhou, which is located on the seaside, has very few defenders. How can it be defended?
As expected, when the Japanese army arrived, the generals obtained an empty city without any bloodshed.
It would have been better if the defenders had not retreated...
The severely damaged Fourth Army was stationed in Lushun, responsible for taking care of the wounded, and loading all civilians, livestock and trophies on ships to Shandong.
This time the Japanese army will not leave a breather for the Qing army. As long as they can breathe, no matter humans or animals, they can cash in. Driven by profit, the Japanese army will sweep away the surrounding areas of Lushun.
If they are not allowed to participate in subsequent battles, these trophies can be regarded as compensation for the department, so that they will be embarrassed to complain anymore.
After the search of Lushun City was completed, the wounded and left-behind troops could be stationed. The Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty had already sent a ship to bring in a large amount of a special medicine called "Shu Shuang".
A small box is distributed to each person. Each small box contains 2 taels of ointment, which can be applied to the cleaned wounds to speed up wound healing even in hot weather.
Those distributed to individuals can be kept, and all injuries can be treated uniformly by the army doctors. The doctors all received "Shu Shuang" in large boxes. A large box weighs one kilogram, and Ming army warships transported a thousand boxes at a time.
There are also only twenty bottles of special medicine specially provided to senior generals or daimyo, which is said to have the effect of bringing the dead back to life. However, the quantity is extremely limited, and it is all left to Abe Shigeji to distribute, and it must not be touched unless absolutely necessary.
In addition to supplying rice and gunpowder to the Japanese army, a certain prince also provided alcohol, cotton swabs, gauze, bandages, masks, goggles, anesthetics, special medicines, surgical instruments and other first-aid supplies.
The main concern is that if too many Japanese soldiers die from injuries, others will be less willing to help in the future. There is no charge for these, and they are all provided free of charge.
The Army Hospital also dispatched a medical team of fifty people to provide professional guidance to Japanese wounded and doctors, and to participate in surgical operations.
After seeing the incomparable surgical demonstrations by the doctors of the Ming Dynasty, their colleagues from the Japanese country couldn't help but look at them. In admiration, they all came forward to ask for advice. As long as they learned some of the techniques, they could save lives and heal the wounded back home, and make money on the way...
"I would also like to ask the special envoy to express my gratitude to Your Highness! This is a personal letter written by me!"
Abe once again received a unique special medicine. It is said that the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty imitated the "elixir medicine" from the fairy world. A seriously injured person can be saved from danger with two bottles, and almost recovered with five bottles. The effect of the medicine is really incredible. the point.
"Please rest assured, General, your kindness will be conveyed to His Highness by our family!"
Gao Shiming, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, was entrusted by a certain prince to take full responsibility for escorting this batch of supplies. He also had to come to the battlefield to personally inspect the situation so that he could report back.
"A small gift is not a sign of respect! I hope the envoy will accept it!"
Abe once again took out a small box containing one hundred taels of gold, equivalent to one thousand taels of silver, as a thank you for the other party's kindness.
"Your Majesty General, you are so kind!"
Gao Shiming was embarrassed on his lips, but he didn't refuse in his hands. After taking over, he was naturally full of joy. Although he had to pay the bills after returning, he could still get the bulk of the money.
"I still don't know something. I hope the special envoy can answer your questions!"
Abe Shigeji had already received twenty bottles of "elixir" before. He estimated that each bottle would cost one thousand taels of silver, and the total would be twenty thousand taels. All of them would be distributed by himself. This was considered a gift from the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty. My own gift.
"Your Excellency, General, you may say so, but of course we will tell you everything we know!"
Gao Shiming knew that he didn't know any military secrets, and most of the mission this time had been completed. Therefore, it didn't matter if he was right or wrong about whatever the other party asked, so he agreed to the other party.
"...I wonder how much a bottle of this elixir costs in your country?"
Abe Shige once again wanted to find out how much the elixir in his hand was worth, so that he could easily give a price to the daimyo who needed it.
"Your Majesty General, to be honest, in order to prevent being obtained by the Donglu, the two elixirs are not sold in our country and are only used in the army hospital. 'Shu Shuang' can be sold overseas, one box is one pound, and the price is two One hundred taels of silver. 'True Spirit' is priceless. Even if you hold tens of thousands of gold in your hand, you will never be able to buy a bottle. If we were to set a price, it would be ten thousand taels of silver to buy a bottle! "
Gao Shiming was afraid of scaring the other party, so he didn't mention the sky-high price of a bottle of one hundred thousand taels of silver. This was by no means an alarmist. Even if a wealthy businessman from Jiangnan offered a price of one hundred thousand taels, he might not actually be able to buy a bottle.
The elixir "Zhenling" is monitored throughout the entire process from production to use. Even in the Army Hospital, the use process will be reported for review by a dedicated person and requires the signature of the director Wu Youxing before it can be used.
Before using large doses, a "skin test" must be conducted to prevent the wounded from dying due to drug allergy. Then the family members sign it to avoid any accidents. From this point of view, the elixir is the elixir, and not everyone can be lucky enough to enjoy it.
The prince inspected the army hospital many times and found that the wounded with similar injuries recovered much faster who had used the elixir than those who had not, so he allowed large-scale production in the hospital.
The people who make the elixir are also chamberlains and maids. They are fully armed when working, wrapped in special clothes from head to toe, and wear glasses on their heads. What the meaning is, outsiders do not know.
Due to rigorous production and in place monitoring, not even a single bottle of elixir has been lost so far.
If it is lost, even if it is only one bottle, someone will be beheaded because of it...
"Oh~! That's it, thank you for your advice!"
In this way, the twenty bottles of elixir in his hand are worth at least two hundred thousand taels of silver. If it is done properly, it is possible to double the price.
The elixir and the sky-high price really complement each other. However, the more expensive the price, the happier Abe Shigetsu felt, so that he could make more money.
This was a complete surprise. If he hadn't led the army this time, he would never have received this huge benefit. The Crown Prince of Ming Kingdom might have given this gift to others.
"Your Majesty General, we would also like to take a photo with you as a souvenir!"
Gao Shiming still has to complete a small task, which is to bring Abe Shigeji's photos back for submission. Other daimyo can also enjoy this treatment.
"..."
Abe Shigetsu didn't know what a photo was, let alone how to take it, so Gao Shiming gave the country bumpkin a good explanation.
After being notified by "General Zhenglu", the famous people who stayed in Lushun came in groups to take photos.
When it comes to taking photos, every daimyo is full of curiosity and even a little afraid.
But since the "conquering generals" are not afraid, they can no longer be afraid.
After experiencing it once and getting their own photos, famous people with a lot of money in their pockets paid for it and asked photographers to take special photos for them.
Daimyo and samurai...
Daimyo and castles...
Daimyo pickled with lime...
Any person or thing that can show off will be used as a background by the famous people.
The famous people are all rich, so they naturally think that photos are the most luxurious items that can best express their status.
Abe took more than twenty photos of himself again before he was satisfied.
If his family members hadn't come with the army, he would have taken a family photo.
The daimyo thought so too, so they unanimously asked Gao Shiming to send the cameraman to Japan as soon as possible.
They will receive the highest standards, and then it is best to take pictures of the beautiful and noble Mount Fuji...
