Chapter 115

This sudden cold wave came suddenly and ended very quickly. This is actually not the most extreme weather in southern Liaoning, because according to data, the coldest time in the mountainous areas of southern Liaoning is December of the lunar calendar, with the lowest temperature below zero

Forty degrees.

However, the problem is that this is mid-February, and the average temperature in southern Liaoning is between minus two degrees and ten degrees. It suddenly plummets to more than minus thirty degrees, which is very fatal.

Beginning at the third intersection northwest of Haizhou Acropolis, the densely packed Jiannu camp continued to the northeast. At this time, the Jiannu camp had become a world of ice and snow. The corpses of Jiannu were covered in ice and snow.

Retaining the smile he had before his death.

It is precisely because of the smile that makes people feel a little chilly.

Looking at the corpses of the slaves in front of him, Cheng Shijie saw that the unexpected late spring cold had also caused certain casualties to Ning Haijun. Because they were hiding in the castle and military camp, and Ning Haijun and the Dongjiang Army were well prepared, although the losses were

Yes, but it's not big.

The biggest problem for soldiers of the Ning Navy is that more than a thousand soldiers suffered from varying degrees of frostbite, and dozens of soldiers even had to have their limbs amputated. In a cavalry reconnaissance team of the Ning Navy, twelve soldiers froze to death on their posts.

On the night, the number of people who died of serious injuries increased to forty-nine, which made Cheng Shijie full of guilt.

As for the military households in the 209 project 100-household stations, although they did not have enough cotton-padded clothes, they were more able to withstand the cold than the soldiers of the Ning Navy and the Dongjiang Army. However, more than 4,000 military households suffered from varying degrees of colds, and 800 to 900 suffered from frostbite.

, one hundred and seventy-one people were frozen.

Of the more than 26,000 Dongjiang Army soldiers, more than 600 suffered frostbite and died of frostbite, and only 13 of them died. At this time, Ning Haijun, the Dongjiang Army and the 100 engineering offices had a total of nearly 6,000 people with frostbite, and a total of two

More than one hundred and thirty people froze to death, which can be described as a heavy loss.

However, after seeing the frozen corpses of Jiannu Manchu camp, Cheng Shijie was in a good mood. He laughed happily: "Haha..."

"Congratulations, Marshal, it's your destiny!"

Song Xiance took the opportunity to flatter Cheng Shijie.

"Destiny?"

Cheng Shijie didn't believe in destiny at first, but since he saw the corpses of Man Ying's slaves, he had some doubts.

You must know that most of the Haizhou Guard area is within the Songliao Plain. Unlike the Jinzhou Guard, Gaizhou Guard and Fuzhou Guard, this place has a large number of mountains and hills. It is a flat plain, especially suitable for cavalry charges.

If it weren't for this weather, Jiannu only needed to break through any point on the defense line of Ning Haijun and Dongjiang Army to massacre more than 200 households of Ning Haijun's engineering projects.

But the problem is, God help.

In a cold spring, within only five days, Jiannu turned into a corpse, but Ning Haijun did not waste a single soldier...

"Zhao Wencai!"

"The end is here!"

"You lead the cavalry and pursue us along the way!"

"yes!"

"Shen Mingyu, Zhang Yu!"

"exist!"

"Search around and be careful to search for the war horses!"

"yes!"

The vitality of war horses is stronger than that of humans. Although Jiannu had frozen to death collectively, more than 60 war horses were found in the camp that were dying of cold.

I don’t know which of the slave-building nobles came to send him warmth. Cheng Shijie wanted to give him a thumbs up.

Knowing that Cheng Shijie was about to start plowing in spring and lacked large livestock, he sent him a lot of horses.

They also knew that Emperor Chongzhen was very humiliated by the slaves and that Cheng Shijie also needed military exploits, so they traveled thousands of miles to kill him.

In this camp, it was visually estimated that there were at least two to three thousand corpses of slaves. Although some people risked their lives to break out, the corpses extended all the way to Guangning. But the problem is that if you hide in a tent, you will freeze to death. In the wild, you will die.

It will only be faster.

Cheng Shijie gained a military exploit for nothing, and it was the greatest military exploit since the Battle of Salsh. During the Ningyuan victory, which was so praised by Yuan fans, Yuan Chonghuan handed over 269 slave heads.

Of course, this does not mean that Yuan Chonghuan's Ming army killed and injured 269 slaves. This is mainly a problem with the way of counting military achievements, and also with the problem of the slave military system.

Since Nurhachi established the Houjin Dynasty, he stipulated that anyone who recaptures the corpses of his own people on the battlefield can obtain half of the other party's property. In this case, the Jiannu were very keen to snatch back the corpses of their own people.

Secondly, in order to prevent Ming army officers from falsifying their military merits, the Ming Dynasty strictly stipulated that beheaded heads should be relatively complete, and no more than three-thirds of the missing parts should be lost.

This is to prevent a head from being split into two.

Finally, and a very important point, the late Ming Dynasty was an era of hot weapons, where artillery and muskets were widely used. Artillery bombardments and burned corpses were not recognized.

Ning Navy soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, but it was not easy to clean the battlefield because all the corpses had been frozen solid.

"Commander, what should we do with Jiannu's body now?"

Cheng Shijie said without hesitation: "Build the Jiannu's corpse into a temple, collect the heads, and pickle them with lime!"

Ning Haijun was overjoyed. Although the ice and snow froze Jiannu's body, it could not stop Ning Haijun, the army best at cleaning the battlefield.

Ning Haijun soldiers collected some firewood. Don't think too much that they were not cremating the corpses of Jian Nu, but melting the corpses. Under the baking of the fire, these frozen hard corpses would become softer.

"Puch, puch..."

Ning's navy soldiers were familiar with the process, cutting off the heads one by one with a knife or an ax, and placing them next to them in a pile. As for the armor, clothes, and even the tattered boots from the corpses of the slaves, they were stripped off.

Nowadays, Ning Haijun is very poor. Cheng Shijie is not short of money, but because of lack of clothes. The production capacity of textile factories and quilt factories is limited. At this time, Cheng Shijie is not like China in later generations. No matter what things are lacking, production can be done quickly.

produced.

The clothes on the corpses of these slaves may have viruses or bacteria on them. They are also the belongings of dead people and are full of bad luck...

But the question is, who are the refugees who come to seek refuge with Cheng Shijie?

They had nothing but their dying lives. What happened to the dead people's things? They often stayed with the dead and were used to being with the dead.

The clothes seized from the battlefield will be collected whole and boiled in an iron pot for an hour. In this way, all viruses, bacteria, and stains will be gone.

The repairs that need to be made and the modifications that need to be made can be distributed to the refugees who need it most to solve their urgent needs.

If you want to obtain a larger number of beheadings, you must have a prerequisite: absolute control of the battlefield.

Ning Haijun started a war with Azige's tribe in Jinshi Mountain. Because Ning Haijun absolutely controlled the battlefield, Azige had no chance to collect the corpses. The corpses were within the range of Ning Haijun's thunderbolts. Jianu had no chance to collect the corpses, so Cheng Shijie

Only then did he have the great victory at Jinshi Mountain.

Now Cheng Shijie has picked up the heads of so many slaves without any effort. Regardless of whether Ning Haijun fought this battle, the heads of these slaves are real.

Although Jiannu was divided into two statuses: bannermen and war slaves, and war slaves were divided into coats, war slaves and armored war slaves, and bannermen were divided into three categories: infantry armor, red armor, and white armor, it can be seen in the Ming Dynasty

In the imperial court, whether they were war slaves, armored war slaves, or even coated slaves, they were all regarded as slaves. They had the same status as red armored soldiers. Only the rewards at the level of Niulu Ezhen, white armored soldiers and Zhalan Ezhen were different.

After two days of intense searching, a total of 4056 levels of Jiannu were found and beheaded, and 5949 levels of Han army corpses were found and beheaded, totaling over 10,000 levels.

Among them, Niulu'e Zhenzhen has twenty-nine sides. The soldiers who were built as slaves are not allowed to leave this Niulu Shu. Anyone who disobeys the order will be arrested and interrogated. Niulu'e Zhen does not enact the decree to all the soldiers, and each of them will be punished with a horse.

If they do not listen, they will be executed. The Eight Banners military orders formed during the war are easy for those fighting to understand and execute them. This is also the embodiment of the Eight Banners battle.

Zhalan had five genuine scrolls on his forehead, more than 200 crossbows, more than 7,000 bows, more than 14,000 spears, knives, swords, hammers, halberds and other weapons, and 19 light French cannons. He froze to death.

A total of 1,033 horses were killed, more than 16,700 sheep were killed, and 347 cattle were frozen or killed.

After hearing the news, Zhou Yandong began to lead the Military Affairs Bureau to accept the seizures. Zhou Yandong could hardly close his mouth. There were too many seizures this time, and there were more than 2,700 pieces of cowhide alone.

Since the Ning Navy has a large number of thunder muskets, fire muskets, and artillery, these are not suitable for wearing iron armor. It is not that Cheng Shijie does not have enough iron armor, because the collision between the armor blades and the armor blades can easily cause sparks. For firearms soldiers, this

It's like letting them sit on the crater and play with gunpowder.

Of course, Cheng Shijie would not joke about the lives of his soldiers. Ning Haijun's fire support posts are all equipped with cowhide armor. Although cowhide armor is not as defensive as steel armor, cowhide armor can reduce casualties by 70%, especially against knives and arrows.

defense.

"Commander, we are rich! With these weapons and equipment, our Ning Navy's combat power has been greatly enhanced!"

Zhou Yandong, like almost all officers of the Ming Dynasty, loved the equipment of the slaves. In terms of cold weapons, the weapons and equipment of the slaves had surpassed those of the Ming Dynasty.

It’s not that the technology of the slaves was more advanced than that of the Ming Dynasty, but that the Ming Dynasty’s general management was chaotic and corrupt. It was like making a fire blunderbuss with only seven pounds of iron on it. No matter how good the technology is, you can’t make a good barrel without materials.

.This problem has nothing to do with technology, but is related to attitude and management system.

This problem and phenomenon is like the Benz cars of later generations, which only cheated the rich. Various problems occurred, such as abnormal engine noise, oil leakage, oil burning, motherboard stuck, etc. Is this because Benchi has no technology?

?It’s not just about habitually putting yourself in God’s position and habitually cutting leeks with a knife.

"Yes, they are all good things. If nothing else, let's just talk about this cowhide. It can be made into leather armor. It has good protective capabilities and is lightweight. It's a pity that it's missing a bit..."

Cheng Shijie rolled his eyes and pointed at the cowhide tents: "Ha, I almost forgot, these tents are all made of cowhide! Take them all off and make them into leather armor!"

Zhou Yandong said with a smile: "I'm already picking it up. How could I let such a good thing go?"

Cheng Shijie frowned slightly when he looked at the many dead war horses or cows disemboweled on the roadside. In front of the corpse of a war horse not far away, there was a Dongjiang Army soldier wearing a Jiannu uniform.

The white armor was just painted black.

Cheng Shijie pointed to a war horse that was disembowelled alive on the side of the road and said, "What do you see?"

"Reply to the Lord..."

Hu Erqi, who was squatting on the roadside, turned around when he heard Cheng Shijie's voice. When he saw it was Cheng Shijie, he hurriedly changed his words: "Reporting to the commander-in-chief, I will analyze the dead horses and cattle along the way. Our line should be the one where the slaves were caught."
To be continued...