Wang Xincheng had only 600 people under his command, but he helped persuade the surrender of 1,700 Shanxi Green Camp, which he hesitated and refused to put down his weapons. Of course, Deng Ming could not agree to this and fulfilled the self-redeem request. Otherwise, if he helped to collect auxiliary soldiers, Deng Ming would ow Wang Xincheng a large amount of money. It was reasonable for Deng Ming to oppose it. He pointed out that these Shanxi soldiers had been surrounded by the Ming army, and as long as the Ming army was hungry, they would always surrender. Deng Ming was unwilling to admit that besieging these green camps would cause casualties to the Ming army, because once the lives of his soldiers were involved, the value of Wang Xincheng's contribution would immediately rise.

Fortunately, Wang Xincheng did not pay much attention to the lives of ordinary soldiers. After bargaining with Deng Ming, he agreed to convert the redemption fee of 100,000 soldiers in Ganzhou and Shaanxi. The key point is that the more than 10,000 soldiers who were placed on the back were originally thinking of escaping, but whether they were strong men from Shaanxi or Shanxi, this place was an unfamiliar environment for them. It was easy to travel into the mountains, but it was difficult to get out alive. As for those who were looking for a shortcut to join the Chongqing team, it was impossible to complete the task. Wang Xincheng scared these soldiers and then ordered his men to bring each soldier who could find them to surrender to the Ming army. With the assistance of Wang Xincheng, the Ming army accepted more than 12,000 prisoners.

In any case, Deng Ming had to admit that without Wang Xincheng's assistance, the Ming army would have to capture at least 6,000 less prisoners, and would have to let the soldiers run a lot of unruly roads to find Qing soldiers who hide in the east; for these prisoners, Wang Xincheng might also be called their savior, because if Wang Xincheng had not taken them to surrender to Deng Ming, many Qing soldiers who blindly fled to the north because they believed that the Ming army was a man-eating beast and who might have died in the mountains.

"Of course, an auxiliary soldier cannot be considered a cow. Ten people are equivalent to one cow." Deng Ming felt that his statement seemed to be somewhat similar to the Mongolians' evaluation of Han people, that is, cows are more valuable than living people. However, the problem facing Deng Ming now is that if he does not lower the price of people, he will owe Wang Xincheng a large amount of money: "Deputy General Wang helped me capture 6,000 more prisoners, and convert 600 cows. With the one hundred people we calculated just now, I owe Deputy General Wang's redeem fees of 100 people. It can also be considered as the market price of 100 cows. How about we settle it with silver?"

"Ten people count as a cow? Even in terms of strength, it is not the case. Besides, people are humans, how can they be cheaper than animals?" Wang Xincheng shook his head. At this time, he was definitely a firm supporter of human dignity, pointing out that Deng Ming's conversion of human prices so low even insults himself.

"What Deputy General Wang means is one person and one head? This is absolutely not possible, nine people will count as one head."

"I think that people are more valuable than cows, but in troubled times, let's do this. If the two are counted as one, Admiral Deng will not be bothered."

"Two people? No, eight people."

...

Finally, he stopped at the conversion of five people to a cow. In this way, the value of Wang Xincheng's contribution was equivalent to 1,300 redemption fees. He spent more than 600 by himself, and there were still more than 600 left. Deng Ming asked him if he wanted money, and Wang Xincheng generously stated that he would not use it anymore. He was willing to convert the more than 600 into a permanent and valid prisoner release coupon.

"And there are some friends of me around the Governor. If you are unlucky at that time, you will have to worry the Admiral." Wang Xincheng made a list of personnel. In addition to Wang Mingde, there were several generals from the Chongqing Group. Finally, Wang Xincheng asked tentatively: "If Admiral Deng meets our Governor, I don't know what the Admiral plans to treat it."

"Governor Li..." Deng Ming was a little hesitant. Li Guoying had the blood of the Sichuan people in his hand, and Deng Ming was not dissatisfied with him for defeating the Ming army many times, because this was a war, and one of the responsibilities of soldiers was to kill each other; but Li Guoying had war crimes. According to Deng Ming's initial idea, this kind of war crime should be pursued, just like Zhang Yong, Wang Jinbao and Zhao Liangdong.

However, in the subsequent implementation, Deng Ming could not implement his principles well, such as Jiang Guozhu and Guan Qizhen who looted Zhenjiang, and there was no need to mention the latter's death. However, Deng Ming was determined to seek justice for those who died. However, when he went to Jiangnan last time, Jiang Guozhu and the other two left safely after entering the Ming army camp.

Because in addition to justice, Deng Ming has other things to consider, such as the interests of the army, personal reputation, etc. For Deng Ming, not allowing justice to be realized may be just an inner uneasy. You can also comfort yourself by "not not repaying, the time has not come." However, if you do not keep your trust in Jiang Guozhu and endanger your personal safety, it will cause substantial harm to Deng Ming.

Li Guoying's situation is even better than Jiang Guozhu. Deng Ming saw the suffering of the people of Zhenjiang with his own eyes, but he only heard about Li Guoying's behavior. If Li Guoying chose to cooperate, Deng Ming really couldn't see the benefits of killing him. If Li Guoying could be dragged into the water, then the safety of Chengdu would be guaranteed: "If Governor Li does not commit suicide, I think these release coupons should work for him."

"Since the admiral sees this way, the general will be relieved." Wang Xincheng said happily: "If Admiral Deng meets our Governor, please advise Admiral Deng to make sure to explain that he was using the coupon of the general... No, this release coupon was exchanged for him."

"Okay." Deng Ming nodded. He did not force Wang Xincheng to provide him with information about the Qing army. Anyway, with so many prisoners, he could quickly figure out the truth and reality of the Qing army between Chongqing and Zhong County. Wang Xincheng's request had already provided valuable information - that is, even the Qing generals believed that Li Guoying was in danger now and even had the risk of being captured.

After glanced at Wang Xincheng, Deng Ming felt that the other party did not realize the intelligence benefits he brought to the Ming army by making this request, so he said in accordance with the principle of not being ungrateful: "What benefits does Deputy General Wang plan to exchange for me? Let you have the opportunity to give your governor a huge favor."

"What is the Admiral going to want?" Wang Xincheng originally wanted to say that at most, he could give you a few more certificates of release, but then he thought that the value of this coupon was essentially equivalent to a cow, and the value of a life-saving grace to the governor could obviously not be measured by a cow.

"Now General Wang and the others are still in the east? I want to ask Deputy General Wang to send a few capable people to see them and tell them the agreement between you and me." If the Qing generals knew that they could leave without any harm, then Deng Ming's fighting spirit, which he felt that they were not high, would further decline.

After Wang Jiaxin left, Deng Ming seriously asked a group of prisoners of war and informed everyone at the post-war meeting that Chongqing could be expected to be protected by the three thousand Han and Eight Banners, and there were two thousand Ganzhou and Shaanxi green camps to assist. The Ming army could chase them with all their might or could rush to Chongqing, but the Ming army could not set off immediately - the winners needed a lot of time to resettle the prisoners.

Between this place and Wanxian, there are 70,000 or 80,000 troops personally commanded by Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, of which there are at least more than 15,000 armored people. The grain can last for about half a month, and it is unlikely that it will be supplemented in Wanxian. Deng Ming knew about Yuan Zongdi's military farming situation.

At this time, Deng Ming was not sure that Li Guoying had lost 4,000 armors, so he estimated that the number of armors in the Qing army exceeded his own, but it was as strong as the coalition forces of Chengdu and Wanxian. Although the enemy was dangerous, once defeated, it might mean completely breaking the deadlock in Chongqing, completely destroying the fighting will of the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and even reaching a tacit understanding with him. When he learned that Li Guoying was between him and Yuan Zongdi and had little military rations, Deng Ming's attention turned to the eastern front. He sent more envoys to contact Wanxian and once again thanked for the agreement reached by himself and Wang Xincheng. Although the battle had not begun, the Ming army had already vaguely gained the upper hand in preparation work.

After informing the general strategic situation, Deng Ming left Wu Yuewang alone after the meeting. After seeing the officer who was temporarily in charge of the musket team, Deng Ming blamed: "Why not let the musket soldiers retreat immediately after firing the gun?"

After completing one shooting, all the Ming army musketeers knew that they had no chance to load and shoot for the second time. As a result, the Ming army musketeers threw down the musketeers and pulled out their close-fitting daggers to prepare for hand-to-hand combat.

Wu Yuewang was also very dissatisfied with the reaction of the musket soldiers. In the past, the musket soldiers fired at the farthest distance, and hid in the position long before the enemy rushed over. If the enemy had arrived in front of him after shooting, it would mean that the position had been destroyed. The musket soldiers who had lost their cover were surrendering begging for life in addition to pulling out their daggers. However, the Sichuan Army's tactics today were obviously different from before, and even were very different from the tactical arrangements before the war. Therefore, Wu Yuewang also felt that musket soldiers were all unnecessary. They should run back to the position with muskets after shooting.

But in front of Deng Ming, Wu Yuewang did not express his dissatisfaction, but loudly defended the musketeers: "I remember that the admiral regarded these musketeers as infantry rather than artillery or stone throwing soldiers. He kept saying this to us and asked us to also say that they were infantry."

"Yes, is there any problem with this?" Deng Ming nodded and asked back.

"If there is no courage to fight with hands, then what is the infantry? If the musket soldiers are always there to avoid hand-to-hand combat and hide behind other armored soldiers, no matter how the admiral looks at them, they are artillery rather than infantry." Wu Yuewang mentioned the bayonet that Deng Ming said: "I think the bayonet mentioned by the Emperor Admiral is stronger than the long daggers they use now. With bayonets, they are equivalent to spearmen. This kind of spearmen can still shoot a shot before receiving the enemy. As long as they are close enough, they can definitely kill one." Today's close-range shooting left a deep impression on all Ming army officers. Now the Ming army has a very unified understanding of muskets, that is, they must be used at the closest distance: "Kill the officers in the front row of the enemy, and charge after the personal soldiers. This will be an unprecedented powerful spearmen."
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