Eighty-two, who is not a thief in the world? (Part 2)

Eighty-two, who is not a thief in the world? (Part 2)

The wise and powerful Emperor Kant was not discouraged by the defeat of the First Bo crusade.

On the contrary, this setback also learned from it and came to a new conclusion: it seems that it is not possible to rely on temporary gathering of "volunteers" in war, and regular troops must be used. Moreover, as the saying goes, fighting tigers requires brothers, and going to battle requires father and son soldiers. Since Han nerds and eunuchs cannot fight, then we should send their own relatives.

At this time, several groups of green camp soldiers organized by the governments in Jiangxi, southern Anhui and other places, about 30,000 people, followed the imperial edict issued by the imperial court to support the king. He had just arrived outside the capital. Emperor Kant was overjoyed when he heard the news and immediately ordered the group of new forces to gather together to form the second siege force to attack Zhenjiang. The head of the Military Affairs Office, Prince Qing, took charge of the war.

In order to make his good brother, King Qing, win this battle, Emperor Kant paid a lot of money this time. He gritted his teeth and took out two million taels of silver from his pocket, and paid it to King Qing to reward the soldiers. He also asked the Furong Saint to divine a good day, and before leaving the capital to go to the battlefield, he also did all the rituals such as worshipping the altar and giving the Shangfang sword. The celebration fee alone was as high as more than 100,000 taels.

When King Qing first went into battle, he was also willing to ask for a Kaihong. Before and after the war, he also invited generals to reward the green camp every day. Relying on the money given by the emperor, the money was like flowing water. He also found some demon sects to persuade the soldiers to go to war, hoping to support the soldiers for a thousand days and use the troops for a while.

So, with King Qing, the royal commander of the royal family, spending a lot of money at any cost, can these already corrupt green camp soldiers be transformed in an instant and become loyal and brave men willing to serve the country?

Divide-Separation-Line

——Fei Liguo, the chief manager of the Jiangdong Expedition Camp who had been living in his hometown of Suzhou for half a month, received a letter from the Zhenjiang Front.

The letter was written by a student of Fei Liguo. He is currently working as a clerk in Zhenjiang Daying and has witnessed the truth about the siege.

In general, these green camp soldiers from Jiangxi and southern Anhui are no different from those in the capital. They are also "seeing thieves like rats and seeing people like tigers". Officers at all levels are unwilling to fight, and they only know how to deduct military pay, resell military equipment, and make a fortune in the national crisis. The soldiers had no meals after the first meal. Not only did the military pay besides, but they were a legendary artifact and could not be reached. The money they earned from working had to be paid to the officers regularly. They were all in poverty, and they looked like starving beggars. Because the excrement fees raised by local governments before going to war were all embezzled by officers at all levels. Before arriving in Jinling, the soldiers at the bottom had been out of food for three days and starved to death.

Even though the court gave generous rewards before the war, they were exploited layer by layer, and there was not much silver to buy. Emperor Kant ordered the use of the treasury to give each soldier ten taels of silver rewards, totaling more than 300,000 taels. As a result, before the silver was left, the father-in-laws deducted 20% of the money, and then the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War passed it one after another, and then embezzled and deducted half of it. Less than 80,000 taels of silver were sent into the army.

But even the remaining less than 80,000 taels of silver were exploited by generals, deputy generals, generals, managers, etc., and finally distributed to each soldier. Only five cents of copper coins were left, which was just enough for them to eat a bowl of noodles at the breakfast shop on the street...

As a result, in order not to starve to death halfway, the soldiers had to burn, kill and loot all the way. Before they could even take action with the ** party, they robbed many nobles of the court. After finally walking to the outskirts of Zhenjiang, the war was about to begin. King Qing ordered with confidence: "Tomorrow, 50% of the troops will be sent to the test of the attack." Unexpectedly, the soldiers clamored and said, "It's cold and wet, who is willing to fight? At most, only two horses will go."

——Speaking of all, it’s no wonder that the soldiers are lazy. It’s because the officers eat too much empty space, and no one has a shortage of less than 60%. Therefore, unless the officers have learned the magic of turning a living person, where can they find these 50% of the soldiers to attack the city?

The young king, the young king, was just holding a large army, and he was just trying to make a fortune and his heart was in full swing, but he was poured down by such a basin of snow. He was extremely upset for a moment. But he was still a little bit conservative, so he gave in one step: "...at least 40% of the troops will be sent."

The generals retreated and thought about it, and found that everyone was eating empty wages too happily. Even if they counted the old, weak, sick and disabled, it would be very difficult to raise 40% of the troops, and the lineup was also ugly. You can't just call a group of unkempt and call me to fight.

As a result, the generals had to go to the bull with King Qing, insisting that only 20% of the troops would be sent, otherwise they would not be able to resist. King Qing was finally furious and ordered the drums to gather the generals, and ordered troops to fight before the commander's tent. As a result, the soldiers of the army refused. Some said they had typhoid fever, some said they had sores on their feet, and some said their team had not eaten for three days (this was not lying), and no one was willing to take the order.

King Qing was furious for a moment and ordered the entire army to be dispatched the next day without leaving any remaining strength. The generals were timid in front of him, but in the war they all left enough reserves one battalion. Each general only sent troops one battalion), allowing the rest of the soldiers to come back to make a comeback. The management teams of each battalion left enough reserves and only sent one scepter (80 people). In the end, only five or six hundred unlucky guys were pushed up.

These guys who repeatedly won bad signs naturally had no morale or fighting spirit to walk to the front of the ** Party camp on the outskirts of Zhenjiang. They threw down their swords and guns, sat on the ground, chatted with the rebels inside through the fence, and even raised relatives to each other and listed their seniority... When it was almost noon, they shouted, "It's time to go back to eat." Then they stood up collectively and shouted to kill the air. The ** Party in the camp also shouted and called for killing each other, and fired several empty cannons to see him off. So the whole army shouted: "I killed countless thieves" and smiled and went back to have a meal.

At this time, a memorial for victory was written in the camp: "...I have fought hard for a day and killed countless thieves..."

Divide-Separation-Line

If the above ridiculous things are just a joke in the eyes of Grand Secretary Fei Liguo. Then the next news described by the Book Office in the letter is already at the level of horror...

——On the third day after the official army arrived in Zhenjiang, the clerk was ordered to go to a general camp to do business. On the way, he met several officers and soldiers who left the camp without authorization and walked leisurely towards the ** Party camp opposite, and asked casually: "...where are you going?"

These soldiers actually replied, "...There are distant relatives there to treat you, let's have dinner together."

The clerk was surprised for a moment and reported the matter to the general officer of the army during his work. However, the general's reply was even more ridiculous-"...... Are there relatives over there? Let him eat, there is a shortage of food and wages here..."

It took another day before the Book Office to understand the whole story. It turned out that these brave soldiers were actually doing business with the ** party opposite, selling arms and fire to what extent were the thieves who were selling arms and fire?

What's worse is that in order to compete for this business, the green camp soldiers in southern Anhui and Jiangxi competed for prices, and were finally sued by several local regiments who had no fire to sell and were full of envy and jealousy. King Qing was furious again and ordered a strict investigation, and then... Then there was no further information.

Judging from the attack strength of the officials and bandits, the court even sieges Zhenjiang City for ten years, I am afraid it will not be able to take it down.

Looking at the absurd words on the letter, Grand Secretary Fei Liguo couldn't help but smile helplessly.

Then, he turned his attention to another official document, which was the good news prepared by the two treasures of Anerle and Wang Qinian: "... Our troops were ordered to conquer Shanghai, fought bloody battles for more than ten days, killing countless enemies. However, the enemy was powerful, and our army suffered more than 5,000 casualties. He was unable to persist, so he had to withdraw back to Suzhou to make up for the next day, waiting for another fight... Several plans were planned to recruit soldiers and raise funds, and please approve the adults..."

——These two accountants have done so many unethical things that are so angry that they are resentful. Do you think I will be in the dark and know nothing?

Grand Secretary Fei Liguo couldn't help thinking hatefully, and at the same time he felt the veins on his forehead hurting.

Although he has long been discouraged by the court and is unwilling to contribute his old bones to Emperor Kant, this does not mean that he has completely given up surveillance of the Jiangdong Expedition Camp. In fact, the relatives of Wang Qinian alone are many of the nails he has entered, and the latest information will be heard every few days. This distant nephew who is full of bad water, has known exactly what bad things have been done recently.

But Fei Liguo only knew that there was no way to curb the atrocities of these people. An Erle and Wang Qinian were no longer satisfied with just doing some population transactions recently, so Suo openly began to rob the family. Under absolute force, the landlords and wealthy families in Jiangnan had no way to resist with just a few armed servants. Even if they were well-kept at home, they directly melted the silver into the cellar and turned into the "mortal sorrow" that even a few cows could not pull, they could not stop the open robbery of an army.

Seeing the elders and fellow villagers in Jiangdong prefectures and counties suffered consecutively in recent days, Grand Secretary Fei Liguo couldn't help but sigh sincerely: "...Ah, the ancients said: If a country is about to perish, there will be monsters. Now there are only monsters left in the court. How can we not perish?"

However, although he knew what tragic things happened between Anerle and Wang Qinian, he could only pinch his nose and do nothing, and he would follow their requirements - if everyone pretended to be confused, maybe you could be good and I would be good to everyone. But if he insisted on revealing all the truth, God would know if these fatherless and monarchy thieves would turn the tables and directly brought troops back to the army to slaughter Fei's mansion, and then a war report submitted to the court: "...Our army attacked Shanghai under the order, and the soldiers of the entire army fought enthusiastically, fought to the death and killed countless thieves. It's a pity that the commander Fei was unfortunately trapped in the battle formation and his corpse was gone. I also asked the court to give a posthumous gift and pension at the discretion..."

In fact, after the Jiangdong Expedition Camp became a slave-catching team for foreigners, the Zhenjiang rebel army was busy showing the lower limit to the world all day long and faded, the court's third and last counterattack troops, the Fujian Navy, who had just entered Hangzhou, also encountered the misfortune of destruction.
Chapter completed!