Chapter 122: Surrendering Soldiers, Wang Dahu's Thoughts

When they were sure that they were all going to Xiningwei to rescue the people, the two looked at each other and laughed.

"Hehe."

"Hehe."

"Together, together, let's go to the front to find some game"

"Okay, okay"

The two whispered and walked away quietly.

"Hey, I say, take me with you"

Hearing the voice from behind, the two stiffened again, and looked back mechanically, with abnormal fear in their hearts.

It's dead, it's dead, it's really dead this time.

But soon, the two reacted and the man behind them said, take him with you.

Could it be

The two looked at each other again, slightly relaxed their vigilance and looked.

When the two looked, they saw a man walking quickly.

After coming close, the man spoke again.

"Let's go together"

".Okay!"

What can they say at this time?

Once there is a quarrel or a fight, they will all be exposed, and then they will all be dead.

"Take me with you."

"Including me"

"And me"

Before the three of them set off, voices rang out one after another behind them.

In the end, they had gathered more than ten people.

After looking at each other, the group finally turned around and left in silence, and soon disappeared into the night.

What they didn't realize was that near the camp they left, there were several figures watching them.

"I wonder how the Salvation Army will treat these surrendered soldiers?"

Everyone had their own thoughts in their hearts, and they looked at other hidden places obscurely, and left tacitly.

On the other side, a group of more than ten Ming soldiers quietly came to the outside of Xining Weicheng.

"Who are you?"

Their whereabouts were discovered by the Salvation Army at the first time, and someone immediately shouted on the city wall.

If they hadn't seen that there were only a dozen of them and it didn't look like a night attack, they would have been ready with bows and arrows and shot them into a hornet's nest.

"General, General, General, don't do it, don't do it, I'm coming from the opposite side to surrender."

"Yes, yes, we are coming to surrender."

"Don't do it, don't do it."

Seeing that they were discovered, the group of Ming soldiers hurriedly explained, fearing that they would be killed if they were half a beat slower, which would be really an unjust death.

"Huh?"

The patrol sentry listened to the messy explanations below and looked at each other in confusion.

It seems that they are surrounded now?

How come these Ming soldiers surrendered to them?

"Sergeant, is there a trick?"

"You guys stay here first, I'll go and inform the general."

"Yes!"

After the sergeant left, someone in the team shouted down.

"Listen, everyone down there, stay still, we have someone to notify the general."

"Okay, okay, okay! We will stay here, we won't move."

As time went by, the Ming army down below gradually became anxious. Why hasn't the general come yet? Could it be that he doesn't want to accept their surrender?

Some people couldn't help but ask.

"Military of the Salvation Army up there, when will your general come, when will you let us into the city."

"What are you arguing about? Just wait if I tell you to wait, why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Hearing the inquiry from below, the Salvation Army up there couldn't help but shout loudly.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Although they were a little anxious, at this point, they had no way back, so they could only nod and say yes, and wait anxiously again.

In fact, they didn't wait for long, even less than a quarter of an hour in total.

It was just the torment of this unknown wait that made their sensory time longer.

A quarter of an hour later, Wang Dahu finally came to the top of the city wall and looked at the dozen people under the city.

After thinking for a while, Wang Dahu gave a decisive order.

"Put down the hanging basket and pull them up"

"General, is this a trick?"

Li Hu looked down and said with some worry.

Wang Dahu couldn't help but sneer when he heard it.

"Ha! Just a dozen of them, I'll let them have one hand"

Li Hu and others thought in their hearts, it seems to be true.

How can they be soldiers with extraordinary magical powers? What kind of storm can a dozen ordinary people in their territory cause?

Thinking of this, everyone was relieved.

Of course, there is still some vigilance.

Li Hu, the captain of the guard team, still signaled the guard team to be on guard secretly and be ready to take action at any time.

The guard team was established by the dynasty in imitation of the guard forces of later generations and the personal soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. It is mainly used to protect generals and important figures.

As for why the personal soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were not chosen.

The reason is very simple. The personal soldiers of this era are more like private soldiers. Everything they have is provided by the generals themselves, and they naturally only obey the generals.

Not to mention other generals and high-ranking officials, I am afraid that even the emperor's orders may not work sometimes.

Even if the dynasty is not afraid of the situation of being too big to be removed, nor is it afraid of rebellion, it is unwilling to have such an almost completely independent private power.

Therefore, the dynasty specially established a guard force.

For example, the commander of a battalion with more than 5,000 people will have a 50-man guard team dedicated to protecting the commander.

They are also a formal military sequence. While they are under the command of the commander and will do their best to protect the commander, they will also obey the orders assigned by their superiors.

Rather than the personal soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, which are almost completely private soldiers.

After Li Hu and others were ready, someone immediately lowered the rope basket.

"Listen, people below, if you really surrender, then enter the basket.

We will pull you up."

Looking at the basket in front of them, more than a dozen Ming soldiers looked at each other for a moment, and finally entered the basket.

At this time, they had no other choice.

After pulling people up, Wang Dahu looked up and down at the Ming soldiers who were a little weak in the legs and looked a little pale. I don't know if it was because of the fear just now.

At the same time, these people also looked a little thin and malnourished.

"You want to submit to my army to save the people?"

"Yes, yes! We want to submit, we want to submit to the army to save the people."

"Why? You are officers and soldiers, and we are just rebels."

"Officers and soldiers?"

One of them said with a wry smile:

"We officers and soldiers can't even have a full meal."

"Not really? Yang Jiamo doesn't seem to be a person who treats soldiers harshly, right?"

Wang Dahu looked at everyone in surprise.

He had heard the leader mention Yang Jiamo, the general.

During the conversation, the leader still admired Yang Jiamo very much, saying that he was a descendant of the Yang family generals and was a rare and promising general in the Ming Dynasty.

Such a person would never treat his soldiers harshly.

"Haha, after General Yang led us, our food was still good.

Not to mention the best fish and meat, but at least we could guarantee three meals a day during the war.

However, after the general led his army to Lanzhou, Counselor Wang Guo began to deduct our food.

These two days, there were only two meals of porridge, which was worse than before the general came. We even felt weak in our legs and feet when walking, so how could we have the strength to fight.

If we don't think of a solution, we will probably starve to death.

We had no choice but to..."

"Oh!"

While listening to everyone's story, Wang Dahu looked at everyone and nodded in understanding.

No wonder some soldiers came to surrender.

However, would anyone be so unwise? Deducting soldiers' food in front of the two armies?

If so, it can only be said that he was blinded by greed.

In fact, in the original history, Wang Guo led to a mutiny by deducting soldiers' food and wages.

Li Zicheng, who was laid off and then joined the army in Ganzhou and joined the Kingdom Army, also truly started his rebellion from that time.

However, Li Zicheng should not have been laid off yet, and he is still a small postman in Mizhi.

Regardless of the historical Kingdom, what impact it had on Li Zicheng later.

But the current Kingdom did withhold the soldiers' food and wages.

After some thought, Wang Dahu decided to accept them.

But he also gave them a task, which was to bring more soldiers.

At the very beginning, the Ming army all showed hesitation. If they were discovered when they went back, their end would be miserable.

Looking at the hesitation of everyone, Wang Dahu suddenly thought of the gold and silver confiscated in the city, and the words said by the leader.

This silver is money when it is spent. The silver piled up in the warehouse is just a pile of useless garbage, just gold and silver lumps.

In this case, should he turn the garbage into money and spend it?

"Five hundred coins!"

"What?"

The Ming army didn't understand for a moment, and looked at Wang Dahu in confusion.

"I said, for every soldier you bring, I will reward you with five hundred coins."

"Ah~?"

"Really?"

"Haha, of course it's true.

It's just five hundred coins, I don't take it seriously

If you have the ability to bring all the Ming army on the opposite side, even if I give you five thousand taels, or even fifty thousand taels, or one hundred thousand taels of silver, what's wrong?"

Everyone looked at each other, and they could see each other's heartbeat.

They thought they didn't have the ability to bring all the Ming army on the opposite side.

But they were still somewhat sure to bring some familiar soldiers.

Even if they were willing to share some of the money, I'm afraid many people would come on their own initiative.

It's just that if they can bring people, they can indeed get a lot of money.

But this is also very dangerous.

Once the news leaks out, they will lose their heads.

So, although they are a little tempted, they are still very hesitant.

After all, this concerns their lives.

Seeing the hesitation of the crowd, Wang Dahu smiled and said again:

"One tael of silver, for every soldier you bring, I will give you one tael of silver."

"Done!"

This is one tael of silver, they may not earn this tael of silver in a year.

Taking the Liaodong border army as an example, the monthly food in the camp is four coins of silver, a total of 4.8 taels of silver a year.

Then the family servants and personal soldiers are double pay, that is, 9.8 taels a year.

But in fact, except for those family servants and personal soldiers, ordinary border soldiers may not receive full military pay.

In fact, if you can get half, you should be thankful. It is normal not to see one tael of silver in a year.

Even more serious, military pay may not be issued for several years.

But now, as long as they can recruit a soldier, they can easily get a tael of silver, so why should they hesitate?

Fight!

Seeing everyone agreeing, Wang Dahu couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha, okay!

Huzi, ask someone to take them down and treat them to delicious food and drinks."

"yes!"

After arriving at the Salvation Army canteen and looking at the sumptuous meals and even meat, a group of more than a dozen Ming soldiers suddenly widened their eyes and their stomachs rumbled again.

"Haha, some brothers

Don’t be polite, just tell me if you want to eat anything and I’ll serve it for you.”

"Can we all eat this?"

"Of course, just don't waste it!"

"That, this, this, and this"

At this moment, everyone abandoned everything else and only saw the sumptuous meal in front of them.