My life skills in Daming Liver

For the defenders of Xuzhou, this was just a routine attack by the Ming court. When Li Chengliang was in Shandong, he would do this once every few days, and then continue to calm down for a while.

It was just that the defensive generals did not expect that the Ming army in Shandong performed so well this time, and the team collapsed as soon as the artillery was fired.

Wang Rulong, chief of staff of the Fifth Brigade who stayed in Xuzhou, couldn't laugh or cry. His side suffered almost no losses in this battle, but instead suffered two to three thousand more surrendered prisoners.

If it weren't for the military order from the Governor's Office, which required the Xuzhou garrison not to easily launch a pursuit, Wang Rulong would have wanted to lead his troops out in person.

Wang Rulong looked at the sword he wore every day, and his heart was very complicated.

The backbone of the fifth brigade is the soldiers trained by Hu Zongxian in Zhejiang. Wang Rulong was once a fierce general under Qi Jiguang. He was an expert in using a ring-headed sword. He used this sword to cut down Japanese pirates on the battlefield, and those who died under his sword There are also more than a dozen Japanese pirates.

However, with the development of the new army, muskets began to become the main battle weapon of the infantry, and swords were gradually eliminated. Nowadays, newly recruited soldiers are very focused on shooting training and have no interest in using swords at all.

Wang Rulong is the chief of staff. He was promoted after several military academy examinations. He is also very proficient in gunnery tactics. However, he still regrets after the bombardment. The era of fighting on the battlefield is finally over.

Wang Rulong was not opposed to shooting and artillery training, nor was he opposed to the use of firearms on the battlefield, but he always insisted that the Fifth Brigade retain the training of close combat weapons.

In his opinion, the final fight on the battlefield must be carried out with swords.

Wang Rulong wanted to go to the front line with a machete and kill him, but after the artillerymen and musketeers joined the battle, the battle ended in an anticlimactic manner.

Does this big sword of mine still have a chance to drink blood?

Immediately afterwards, a large number of reports and documents were delivered to Wang Ziru's desk.

Wang Rulong rubbed his head. Ever since he became chief of staff, he had been filled with a huge amount of paperwork.

Combat summary, casualty statistics, enemy screening report, battlefield military judge's report, and medical officer's recommendations for the isolation and treatment of prisoners.

Wang Rulong thought of the days under Qi Jiguang, when all he had to do was lead a team and kill people with a knife.

But Wang Rulong had to admit that this tactic was really easy to use.

In the past, when I was stabbing someone with a knife, ten brothers would go in, and only five or six would come back with all their beards and tails intact. Even minor injuries would lead to the risk of death from infection. Wang Rulong once saw a brother cut into a small piece by Japanese pirates. The wound caused a high fever that night and eventually pus oozed from the wound and he died.

Now the artillery fires, the infantry hides in the trenches and bastions and fires, and the battle is over.

Injured soldiers are treated by medical officers. Nowadays, if ordinary injuries can be treated in time, they will basically not lose their lives.

Even if the injury is serious, some medical officers will use amputation and other methods to treat the injury. Although it is disabled, it is better than losing one's life.

"Report!"

"Come in."

Seeing the Western-looking Lorenzo in front of him, Wang Rulong still felt a little strange listening to his fluent Chinese.

"Chief of Staff, there are too many prisoners in Mingting. I need to set up prisoner camps farther away from the military camp and strictly implement disinfection measures."

"Okay, okay, I've already made an order with the hospital over there in Xiapi. The tents will be delivered by rail tomorrow, along with the disinfectant you want."

"Chief of Staff, the health condition of these Ming troops is very poor. Once an epidemic occurs, it may spread to our army."

Wang Rulong nodded quickly. Although Lorenzo was a Westerner, he had been naturalized. He was the chief graduate of epidemiology at Li Shizhen Medical College, and he also chose to serve as a military medical officer on the front line.

Wang Rulong knew one thing very well. Anyone could be offended, but military medical officers and nurses must not be offended.

He was injured a few years ago and after he was admitted to the wounded barracks, the nurse who changed his dressing because of a sore throat was later punished by his superiors.

What's even more miserable is that after that time, no matter who changed his dressing, it was extremely painful.

After Wang Rulong slaughtered pigs and barked at the wounded barracks for three days, he finally couldn't stand it anymore and apologized in person to the nurse he was talking about.

Now that nurse has become Mrs. Wang. Every time Wang Rulong gets angry when he goes home, he will think of his experience in the wounded barracks and hold back his anger.

Wang Rulong has been in awe of medical officers and nurses since then. He certainly knows that these doctors in the southeast are dedicated to treating wounded soldiers, but their treatment methods may not be so gentle on the battlefield.

Lorenzo once again reiterated the health discipline of the military camp before leaving Wang Rulong's office.

More documents were brought in, and Wang Rulong fell into the hell of documents again.

The Southeast side is writing various combat reports, while the Ming army is concocting various victory reports.

Twelve thousand people were lost in this battle. Even if these people were the worst soldiers in each town, it was difficult to conceal the results of this battle.

After all, Li Chengliang is not Li Chunfang. He leads troops to fight, and he understands military conditions.

The four town commanders had no choice but to gather together again for a meeting. This time the atmosphere was obviously much more harmonious, and it was no longer the tense state before the war.

It was the commander of the Xiang Army who first said: "We must not report those killed in battle. If the general knew that so many people had died, he would definitely tear us apart!"

Everyone shuddered. Everyone was Li Chengliang's old subordinates, so they naturally knew his temper.

The commander of the first town of the Ming Army said: "If we don't report death in battle, what about those dead soldiers?"

The commander of the Xiang Army said: "This is not simple. Just hide it from the superiors and let others collect the soldiers' pay and rations on their behalf."

This commander of the Xiang Army was already a military householder in the Ming Dynasty, and he was very familiar with the matter of free pay.

Hearing what he said, the commander of the Ming Dynasty's new army, who was not used to paying his dues, was also moved.

If you don't report your death in battle, you will get a free salary, and at the same time you will not be punished for defeat.

Anyway, it is impossible for the southeast thieves to attack now. As long as the frontline position is not lost, the general should not doubt it.

The four of them looked at each other and nodded to reach a tacit understanding.

The next step is the military exploits. As mentioned before about a great victory, it must look like a great victory, otherwise there will be no way to communicate with Li Chengliang.

Although it is possible to kill good people and take credit for their crimes, Li Chengliang is a master at this, so it is not easy to completely hide it.

And you always need some spoils for a great victory, so you can’t just say that you are a great victory.

After everyone thought about it, the commander of the Xiang Army said, "How about we take out some of the obsolete artillery and muskets, blast them with cannons and send them to the capital, saying that we defeated the Southeast bandits and captured them?"

"This is a good idea!"