My life skills in Daming Liver

To wait for an opportunity is to stand still.

Shandong originally had four towns of the Ming Army. Two towns were two of the three towns where Li Chengliang first trained the new army. One town was where Li Chengliang trained again when he was the governor of Shandong. The last town was where Li Chengliang came to Beijing to serve as a general. Later, due to the lack of military strength in Shandong, a regiment was formed to train the army.

Although the armies of these four towns are all called the New Army, they are completely different.

The elites of the two towns are called the Ming New Army in Shandong, and their designations are also the First Town of the Ming New Army and the Second Town of the Ming New Army.

What Li Chengliang formed in Shandong was called the Shandong New Army, and its designation was the First Town of the Shandong New Army.

The final group formed by the regiment training was called the Xiang Army, and its designation was the Second Town of the Shandong New Army.

The three names are all soldiers, but the treatment is very different.

The New Army of the Ming Dynasty is Li Chengliang's favorite, and it is his trump card to be able to take charge of the Ming Dynasty. The treatment is also the best. He can eat three meals a day, and he can eat white flour steamed buns for each meal. He has one meal of meat every two days, which is also used for training. Live ammunition, the camp they live in is also a carefully built military camp near Jeju City. Because these military camps have been built for many years, and the Ming Dynasty's new army has good treatment, a market has been formed around the military camp, which is even more prosperous than in Jeju City.

If the New Army of the Ming Dynasty is Li Chengliang's biological son, the New Army of Shandong is his godson. The New Army of Shandong is stationed further to the front line. The military camp they live in is a renovated camp of the old Ming Army. They can only eat one meal a day. Steamed buns, the rest are steamed buns, and it only takes five days to have one meal of meat.

The weapons used were also eliminated by the Ming Dynasty's new army. The daily training consisted of holding up a gun and practicing, and there were only a few artillery pieces.

The worst-paid troops are the Xiang troops. These troops are basically of the same nature as regiment training. They were originally armed forces trained by locals in Shandong and were integrated by Li Chengliang.

There are a lot of people here, some of them are ruffians from various counties in Shandong and were captured by the local government to serve as soldiers.

These people were not good people to begin with. They were jealous of the treatment of the new Ming army when they entered the military camp. They themselves had not received any training, and their military discipline was quite poor.

There are also some local gentry children who volunteered to join the army for the Ming Dynasty, and some are speculators who want to make money in troubled times. After entering the Xiang army, these people found that their treatment was poor, and Li Chengliang did not regard them as his main confidants. It also quickly deteriorated.

Local officials in Shandong also knew the virtues of these Xiang troops, so they placed them in the frontline areas confronting the southeast, which were relatively remote from the city, to prevent them from disturbing the local area.

The Xiang army had to farm their own land and could only eat a piece of corn every now and then. There was no meat at all, and their weapons were still the old blunderbuss and broadswords and guns that had been eliminated by the Ming army.

Don't expect this kind of army to actually fight. Their more job is to farm on the front line.

Therefore, although there are new troops in the four towns in Shandong, their treatment is very different.

Li Chengliang's military order arrived in Shandong and asked all armies in Shandong to wait for the opportunity.

When Li Chengliang left Shandong, he was also afraid that his successor would be like him, separatist Shandong and become the next great general.

Therefore, for the sake of balance, he abolished the positions of Governor of Shandong and Minister of the New Army.

Military and political affairs in Shandong were discussed and resolved by the governor of Shandong and the commanders of the four towns.

This time it was military affairs, so civil affairs officials from Shandong naturally did not need to attend, but the commanders of the four towns sat together and did not discuss any topics.

Li Chengliang's original intention was to ask the commanders of the four towns to restrain each other and not to form a military leader.

But now that it was time to actually send troops, the commanders of the four towns sat together, but they were unable to negotiate an effective result.

First of all, the commander of the Xiang Army said: "The southeastern bandit army is heading straight towards Henan. Xuzhou's defense must be empty. At this time, we should attack Xuzhou with an elite division. Our Shandong New Army's first and second towns will take over from the rear. City, this is the best choice.”

The commander of the first town of the Ming Dynasty's New Army immediately said with dissatisfaction: "Although Xuzhou is empty, the southeastern thieves have built trenches and bastions in Xuzhou, and have a large number of artillery defenses, as well as train transportation. During this period, a city is attacked. Multiple cities supporting together are simply not something we can defeat with Shandong’s small force.”

"We should send troops to raid around Xuzhou. The Xiang army is familiar with the terrain. You have been on the front line for a long time. When you come back to plunder some people and food, you can report to the general."

The commander of the Xiang army suddenly stood up and said: "You also know that the southeast bandits are heavily defended. Our Xiang army is not fully equipped with muskets. If we go now, we will risk death?"

"If you want us to go out, first give me the weapons withheld from your first and second towns!"

Li Chengliang deliberately created many conflicts in order to prevent his men from uniting.

For example, limited equipment was given to the second town of the direct line of the Ming Dynasty New Army, eliminated equipment was given to the Shandong New Army, and the worst equipment was given to the Xiang Army.

Xiang Jun repeatedly proposed to replace equipment, but was rejected by the superiors.

As a result, the conflicts between the towns are deep, and they are constantly competing for weapons, personnel and supplies.

Sure enough, this time the military meeting broke up unhappy again. When Li Chengliang's second military order came, clearly requiring the new army in the four towns in Shandong to send troops to attack Xuzhou at the same time, these commanders reluctantly gathered their troops. Start driving towards the front line.

Naturally, the Xiang army deliberately dragged their feet on the front line, always waiting for the new Ming army behind them.

As the Ming Dynasty's new army slowly left Jeju City, they heard the news that all of Henan had surrendered.

By the time the Ming Dynasty's new army slowly arrived at the front line, half a month had passed.

The commanders of the four towns met again and decided to send 2,000 men each, plus the strong men brought in, to make up 12,000 men, and pay them rewards to charge towards the southeastern bandits' position.

If the opponent's defense is really weak, the four towns will send their elite troops forward.

Twelve thousand people belong to different troops. Even the instructions of the troops cannot be unified, and the military quality is even more uneven.

Such an army couldn't even form a clear formation, and was finally driven towards the bastions and trenches of the New Army in the southeast.

The result is naturally conceivable. The Southeast New Army, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately fired their guns and artillery. The artillery shells accurately landed among these charging soldiers. A large number of soldiers were captured by the guns before they could reach the first trench. life.

This moment frightened the commanders of the four towns. They immediately led their troops to retreat and set up defense lines further away from the front line.

Afterwards, it was counted that out of the 12,000 people brought out, only 2,000 came back. When the captured men heard the sound of artillery fire, they immediately abandoned the army and rushed to the southeastern army to surrender. The Xiang army also surrendered, which caused a chain of events. collapse.

The commanders of the four towns thought for a while and had no choice but to write to the Ming court - a great victory in Shandong.