There was a lot of noise about the bandits' division of troops, and it was natural that Zhang Mingwei would not know about it in the military camp.
"My lord, the thieves want to cut off my retreat!" Zhou Yuji accompanied Zhang Mingwei and reported to him on the watchtower.
Zhang Mingwei heard this and nodded, not caring.
In the battle against the bandits, various situations have been considered, including this one. Therefore, the camp has sufficient reserves of supplies, which can last for at least a few months.
Zhang Mingwei didn't believe it. The bandit's army, which was said to be one million, could last for two months?
Therefore, he planned to remain unchanged in response to all changes, and would wait and see before talking.
Although he also wanted to end the war as soon as possible. After all, the world was in chaos. He defeated Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, the fifth battalion of Gezuo, the chieftains of Yunnan and Guizhou, Jianlu, etc. However, the battle was dangerous and the strength of his troops was indeed Too little.
The most critical thing is that there are too many rogue cavalry. Taking the two cavalry armies of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai into account, the number is at least 50,000 to 60,000, which is more than their total military strength. Once troops are sent to attack the bandits, the retreat is likely to be cut off by the cavalry.
Seeing Luo Rucai's troops camped in the east of the camp, Zhang Mingwei ignored it, turned around and got off the watchtower. At the same time, he said to Zhou Yuji who was accompanying him, "Let's go and have a look at the prisoner camp."
The largest number of bandits were captured on the first day, but very few were captured on the second day. Counting the prisoners in the two days, there were five to six thousand prisoners.
After hearing Duke Xing's words, Zhou Yuji frowned and said, "My lord, now that their escape route is cut off, these prisoners cannot be transformed into a heavy supply camp to transport food!"
When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he smiled and said, "When did I say that I would transform them into a supply camp!"
"Then Lan Tianbao..." Zhou Yuji subconsciously wanted to say, but was stunned for a moment.
Yes, Lan Tianbao promoted the imperial policy in the prisoner camp, read Ming Pao to them, and reasoned with them, just like the speech the Duke gave in the prisoner camp. I subconsciously felt that this time, after explaining the truth to them, they would be organized into a supply camp.
However, did the Duke ever say that he would do this?
Zhang Mingwei understood Zhou Yuji's thoughts and said to him, "These prisoners have other uses. You will know after a while!"
After Zhou Yuji heard this, he was very curious and wanted to see how the Duke of Guo dealt with these prisoners.
After walking for a long time, Zhang Mingwei and his party arrived at the prison camp.
When the guarding soldiers saw it, they saluted quickly and thought about going in immediately to report.
When Zhang Mingwei saw him, he stretched out his hand to signal, stopped him, and then walked into the prison camp.
I saw a large open space in the prisoner camp. There were probably a thousand people gathered in a circle, listening to the people on the middle stage talking. The people inside were all so focused that they didn't notice a group of people coming in at the camp gate.
Those people with loud voices who were talking were all selected Jinyi Guardsmen under Lan Tianbao. Just looking at their flying fish uniforms, it was obvious.
To be honest, if this situation were told, no one would believe it.
The dignified Jin Yiwei men were actually acting as storytellers for the prisoners!
"... The "Ming Pao" said that the reason why we have so many disasters in the Ming Dynasty is that the court has no money. Right? The court has no money. It can't do anything it wants to do. It can't pay military salaries and can't provide disaster relief. Can't be saved..."
These topics are obviously what the prisoners want to hear, and all of them are listening with their ears pricked up. Even though the prisoners in the outer circle could no longer hear clearly, they did not dare to make a sound and tried their best to listen. The best thing to do is wait until Mr. Jin Yiwei leaves before asking his companions.
"...This matter also starts with the three great campaigns of Wanli, especially the aid to Korea and the fight against the Japanese. The consumption of military and financial resources allowed Jianlu to take advantage of the situation and rise. I'm afraid you don't know that behind the rise of Jianlu, With the support of our Han profiteers..."
Ordinary bandit prisoners have heard of such things. Before they became bandits, they were basically just common people in a certain place. They lived within a radius of a hundred miles and never went out at all.
In addition, in this era, there were few entertainment activities, so everything that Mr. Jin Yiwei said could be listened to as a story. Of course, they were all paying attention.
"...These eight major Shanxi merchants sold all the grain from surrounding provinces to Liaodong. As a result, our food in the customs was gone. How many people starved to death? The Jianlu in Liaodong came to kill us Han people again after they had eaten enough and had strength. You guys Tell me, should these eight Shanxi merchants die?"
Hearing the anger, the bandit captives were explained clearly by these Jinyi guardsmen. It turned out that the source of their miserable life was ultimately the establishment of captives in Liaodong. On the side of the profiteers, all of them suddenly became angry and shouted to kill them. good.
To be honest, in these troubled times, the first person responsible must be the imperial court. However, at this time, we cannot report conflicts and focus the fire on the court. Therefore, the focus of these Jin Yiwei's narratives over the past two days was on the changes in the imperial government's national policy, and on attributing the conflicts to corrupt officials, profiteers, and rebellious rebels.
Lan Tianbao, who was watching the inspection, was very satisfied with the performance of his men. At least in his opinion, he had completed the task assigned by the master very well.
But he still didn't understand why he had to explain it so clearly to these bandit prisoners. She even came over like a princess.
Thinking of this, Lan Tianbao couldn't help but turn his head and look at the wounded area in the prison camp. Because it was in a tent, he couldn't see it. He turned back and continued to observe the scene of the speech.
As a result, he just turned his head and immediately saw the master coming at the camp entrance.
So, he hurried over.
His action attracted the attention of others, especially the soldiers guarding the prisoners. At this moment, they all realized that the Duke of the Kingdom was here.
So they all saluted.
As a result, the focus in the prisoner camp suddenly focused on Zhang Mingwei.
Listening to the salutes of the garrison soldiers, the bandits and prisoners knew that it was the Duke who was coming.
In the past few days, what they had heard the most was the deeds of the Duke. They already knew that the Duke was an honest and good official of the Ming Dynasty, and even a figure like Hai Qingtian.
No matter who they are, they respect honest officials from the bottom of their hearts. However, because of his status as the Duke, he was very far away from them. Therefore, they looked at Zhang Mingwei with respect and fear. I felt a little panicked in my heart, wondering what he was doing here?
Zhang Mingwei looked at Lan Tianbao who was already beside him and asked him, "Where is Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
"Still over there in the wounded area!" Lan Tianbao replied quickly after hearing this.
Zhu Yuluo really wanted to do something and wanted to contribute to saving the Ming Dynasty from destruction. After seeing the million-strong army of rogue thieves, it was very shocking to her.
Therefore, when she saw Zhang Mingwei telling people around him to do things, she also asked Zhang Mingwei that she wanted to do something.
Hearing her request, Zhang Mingwei really thought of something. Maybe he could use Zhu Yu'ao as an opportunity to start promoting it among the Ming army.
Therefore, he took Zhu Yuluo to inspect the wounded area. In wars in this era, even if we win a great victory, our side will definitely suffer casualties. The difference is just more or less.
There are doctors in the army, but the doctors alone are definitely too busy. The most they can do is check on the wounded soldiers and give casual instructions, and then let the top soldiers in the army do the follow-up work.
To be honest, it is very unfriendly to wounded soldiers to have untrained soldiers working as health workers. This kind of thing is very normal for this era. However, Zhang Mingwei, who traveled through time in later generations, would certainly not be able to stand it.
For this reason, he set his sights on the female soldiers guarding Zhu Yuluo. As for letting Zhu Yuluo become a health worker, it was impossible in this era, and Zhang Mingwei never thought about it.
If someone else comes to make this suggestion, nine times out of ten they will be regarded as crazy, and no one will probably pay attention to it. However, when Zhang Mingwei proposed it, it would be different.
First of all, his identity is right there. He is the commander-in-chief of the army, Duke Xingguo, commander of the Jinyi Guards, etc. Moreover, Zhu Aona knows the origin of Zhang Mingwei. Although it is strange to hear it, she knows immediately that this is likely to be his identity in later generations. By doing this, Zhu Yuluo would be the first to accept it.
In addition, Zhu Yuluo was very motivated, so she immediately agreed to Zhang Mingwei's proposal. The reason is actually simple. Girls are attentive and can take care of others better than boys.
If all ladies were asked to do the work of hygienists, it would be impossible to kill them. And if a peasant woman who has experienced war is allowed to do this, there will be a lot less worries. Not to mention, it would be easier to accept it if a female soldier who was used to seeing life and death did this.
Therefore, with the consent of Duke Xingguo and Princess Kunxing, several female soldiers became the earliest health workers in the Ming Dynasty, tasked with caring for wounded soldiers.
Not to mention, the big-headed soldiers, who had seen female soldiers taking care of them, all of them who were groaning at first no longer felt pain. Even though my head hurts so much that I'm sweating, I can say it doesn't hurt.
Allowing female soldiers to take care of wounded soldiers has an immediate effect, which makes Zhu Aona very excited!
The few female soldiers who became health workers were also very wounded soldiers, and even the respect of all the soldiers was the envy of even the lieutenants in the army.
However, because there were too few wounded soldiers on the imperial side, Zhu Yuluo, who was on the march, heard that Zhang Mingwei said that he should treat the bandit prisoners kindly. After walking around, he took the female health workers to take care of the bandits. There are wounded soldiers among the prisoners.
Needless to say, this incident also caused a sensation in the wounded barracks, especially the identity of Princess Kunxing, which made them grin from ear to ear in surprise.
At this time, after Zhang Mingwei listened to Lan Tianbao's words, he did not disturb Zhu Yuluo. Surrounded by Zhou Yuji and other generals, he walked to a circle and stopped. It was obvious that he had something to say.
As a result, people from other circles all turned to this side, feeling a little uneasy. They didn't know what Duke Xingguo was going to say.
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