In Quyang City, Jinzhou, Meng Juehai, the deputy defense envoy in the river who was fighting bandits and training troops in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, had just returned with hordes of captures and spoils. The formation and morale of the soldiers became more and more chaotic, and they were driven into the camp as if they were driving sheep.
Of course, he was not in charge of training the soldiers of the original Hezhong Army. These soldiers from the river have been dispersed and moved to other places (Guanbei, Hexi, Longyou and Shannanxi Road, etc.). Therefore, all these he trained are living near the lakes of Xie County and Anyi. , A new pawn who has been re-selected among the salt farmers and salt households who have been discussing life for generations.
This is because these salt houses and salt households have had the habit of collective life and the tradition of sturdy fighting since ancient times, and they have always been the main source of strong soldiers in Hezhong. On the other hand, it is also taking time out of the last point of potential instability in the local area, and re-immigrants fill up households to mix sand to pave the way for the construction of a salt industry-based chemical plant system.
And the object he needed to wipe out and clean up was also the remnant soldiers who fleeed into the Zhongtiao Mountains after the Hezhong Army was defeated, unwilling to accept the inclusion and control, and engulfed the local mountain people and the refugees in exile. Therefore, the recruits were defeated. In the face of the defeated pawn, he also made a lot of surprises like his opponent.
I saw Xu Yi, the guardian envoy who took turns sitting in the local area with him, and took out a brand-new fire-sealed transfer letter to his face; however, a military order had just come from the eastern capital, ordering the pair to sit in the six prefectures in the river. As a result, the partner led a dozen new and old soldiers stationed in Hezhong and entered the land of the party from Tumenguan, Qinzhou, to take over the local situation as quickly as possible.
Because, as King Zhao Wang Rong was robbed by the foreign guest army Li Siyuan and occupied the Daming Fucheng, with the various disputes and chaos in the territory of Chengde Army/Zhao State, he gathered near the place of Shangdang. The 30,000 Zhao army ministries are also unavoidable, but everyone thinks about it.
As a result, just a few days ago, after a series of large-scale fires for unknown reasons, part of the Zhao army in Liaozhou was destroyed on the spot, and part of the Zhao army in Luzhou was led by their respective generals. Down, began to retreat along Jingxing and Feihuxing towards Hebei territory on their own.
And Zhang Wenli, the defender of the Zhao Army who survived in Zezhou, led the remaining troops (received from the local soldiers of the Zhaoyi Army) and took the initiative to surrender to the Taiping Army occupying Hedong. Therefore, this time the transfer order is to take over the three states of Liao, Ze, and Lu, which are the corresponding places of Shangdang; at the same time, they are looking for opportunities to seize Jingxing and Feihuxing among the Taihang Eight Bridges.
Originally, this matter should have fallen to Ge Congzhou and deputy commander Meng Kai, who was stationed in Taiyuan, the northern capital, and was responsible for cleaning up the old place of Hedong Town. However, because Meng Kai was again seriously injured and badly injured in the previous war. In the army, Yang Shihou, deputy general of the North Guanbei Army, will temporarily replace him;
And Ge Congzhou himself was busy recovering the erosive cloud, Shuo Daiwei and other prefectures after the collapse of the Yan army, as well as the important tasks of rebuilding and rectifying the defense lines of the Yanbian prefectures. The tribes of various tribes, therefore, are in no time at all for a while;
Therefore, due to the many trade-offs and frustrations that came from the Metropolitan Government’s halfway, this sudden task fell on the newly established River Defense Zone where the situation has basically stabilized. However, after reading this military order, Meng Juehai couldn't help asking again:
"Since you and I are both leading soldiers, who should take over the situation in this river? Didn't the governor mention it?"
After all, as an old general of the Taiping Army who turned from Huang Wang to the Taiping Army at a later stage, although the general governor gave him exceptionally preferential status and student points, according to the usual practice, within a long period of testing and screening, only Able to serve as deputy deputy to coordinate with those senior Taiping generals of Miao Zhenggenhong.
He hadn't had too much expectations and attempts; but the sixteenth and seventeenth military prefaces currently being compiled in Hezhong and Hedong gave him hope to end the corresponding observation and test period ahead of time. It also put a lot of effort and energy into it, which made it difficult for him to give up and let go.
"I'm afraid it's not Su (Anonymous) Zuo Lang, or Wu (Xing Chen) You Lang. It's impossible even for Wang (Chongyin) Commander..."
Xu Yijiang said in a meaningful way:
"But, Brother Meng, listen to me! The matter of editing and training the staff can be put aside for a while; but as it is mostly stable today, seeing the chance of attacking the enemy on the battlefield will only increase in the future. Missing. I hope you and I will continue to help each other in the same boat and seize the opportunity this time."
"Thank you Xu Zhengshi for the point, I'm self-examined..."
Meng Juehai, who described the rough and tycoon, immediately thanked him and said:
And in the territory of the Pinglu Army thousands of miles away, the Penglai Outer Port near Dengzhou City, which had just been opened and landed not long ago. A windy and frosty team arrived with their bare hands in common clothes, and slowly drove into the temporarily set camp; this joined the local batch sequence that was waiting to board the ship to go to the Liaodong Peninsula on the sea.
And watching the scene of entering the camp, the deputy captain Wang Qiu, who is in charge of the escort team, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief; he is now a family member, so under the care of the woman at home, he had already lost weight. It seems that his waist has developed in the direction of being chubby: So in order to make money and support his family and for a better life, he sought this opportunity.
Then, after the camp was completely closed, he shouted at the military officials who came to nod their heads:
"A certain man was ordered by the government to lead the 83rd battalion. When starting from Yanzhou’s management area, there were 891 people. Six people fell ill, injured and stranded. Among them, zero escaped and left behind. They actually arrived in Penglai. Eight hundred and eighty-five members of Hong Kong; please also check the points clearly..."
After the heads were checked, there were a few large carts carrying bread and food prepared on site into the camp. These unarmed soldiers, who seemed to bow their heads to their ears and were silent, could not help but become a little bit angry and noisy; however, under the deterrence and patrolling of the sergeant holding guns on the outposts and arrow towers, they quickly recovered. Order.
Then, starting with these big pallets, according to the temporary names of the teams, they came from the head of the team under the call of Wang Qiu, and took turns to put the baskets full of flatbread and the thick hot soup. The bucket took it back; then it was distributed around these soup cakes and gulped.
They are the first batch of "volunteers" (trial products) who were recruited and selected from many former Taining soldiers in response to the latest "Probation Order" of the Metropolitan Government and were willing to go to places outside the territory. Therefore, on the Liaodong Peninsula facing the sea, Duli Port (near Lushun), which belonged to Xiajilizhou (now downtown of Dalian) in the former Anton Prefecture, was only their first stop on the sea.
After they are in charge of the front station gaining a foothold in the Liaodong Peninsula, they will continue to use this as a springboard to build and expand the port city, and to bring more new ministries from the Middle-earth warship through the two lines of sea and land to give It will be transported to the territory of Silla, south of the Datong River, to serve as a backup for the current garrison.
Although this is only more than a month’s management and labor service, it cannot obliterate the old military stigma and many old habits on these soldiers; but it is enough to cultivate basic obedience and obedience among them. Discipline and awe of the Taiping Army regime.
Therefore, amidst the rushing snoring and purring, occasionally some individuals can't help but want to take more, or use their identity to deduct other people's shares, or try to hide them privately; Then, the sharp-eyed sergeant who patrolled the guards around the camp wall pointed out on the spot that they had broken in and dragged and pressed them on the open space, exposing their backs to execute the flogging.
Then, in the familiar whistle that blew again, these were only half-filled and still had some meaning. The unarmed soldiers also got up from the ground of the group seat and piled up the utensils by the side, and they would eat a piece of it again. The messy ground was cleaned up again, and dozens of queues were arranged in sequence.
Soon after, there was a crisp bell ringing in the port, and the temporarily set up camps also opened with the doors, and under the supervision and escort of the Taiping sergeant armed with a sword, a team of unarmed soldiers came out. , And under the guidance of the flag, walked past the trestle bridge and the pier of the port city, and then boarded one after another gently floating sea ships.
And when the unarmed soldiers boarded the ship one by one, the more than a dozen peace soldiers who were in charge of the ship would close the door panels and block the cramped cabins one by one with thick partitions, and then Attach a seal with the quantity and required supplies, leaving only the two deck windows as outlets for ventilation and lifting food.
Then, after a day and a night sailing under the turbulent waves, these ships recruited on the spot will dock at Duli Port, which is already occupied by the Taiping Squadron; they are already in the short voyage when they are released again. Because human vomit and excrement are mixed together, the passengers in the cabin become smelly.
Then, here they will be stripped of their clothes, and then thrown into the fire to burn all kinds of lice and fleas beeping. And drove into the camps that boiled hot water one by one, did a new round of personal hygiene cleaning and the removal of excess hair and hair, and then just accepted the physical health check.
However, all the old wounds, cold infections, arthritis, and skin diseases are detained and left behind, and do not deal with them; the remaining people will be reconstituted into corresponding team fires, and eventually become three regiments, about eleven brigades. , Thirty-three team members, a total of 756 posts.
At this time, a lot of flatbed carts were pushed in again. This time they were piled up in bundles of gray non-slick autumn jumpsuits with burrs, and piles of felt hats with clip ears; In the box box, a pair of steps, which are not old, put the whole body of these soldiers tightly on them.
Next, Wang Qiu, who was in charge of the escort team, brought bundles of knives and guns and group cards, as well as half-length leather armors inlaid with foam nails or iron pieces, and distributed them according to the types they were used to before. Therefore, only on the second day, the first regiment of Yi Cong, who was armed, drove to the prefecture of Gujili Prefecture, which is also the Jili City (now Longtanshan Ancient City, Fuxian County, Liaoning) that is now entrenched by the local Tu people. (End of this chapter)