Dingpingzhuang near Nanyang City, Dengzhou.
Wang Shenzhi, a member of the Taiping Army's elite sequence-the throwing fire team, looked at the towering courtyard wall and the wooden arrow tower on the dock wall in front of him, but he was familiar with each other.
Feelings. Because in his hometown of Gwangju, Henan, hundreds of miles away, he also saw a similar dock.
And just such a dock wall, it has become what the villagers were desperate for. They don’t hesitate to dedicate their wives and daughters and even themselves, but they also want to sharpen their forehead camp and get in.
Where. Because the people on the Henan Plain where they live, their lives are really too hard.
The fertile soil and abundant irrigation water brought by the coast between the big river and the Huai River did not bring much blessing to the people at the bottom of them.
Zehe is abundant; it has become the direct or indirect source of their suffering. As the saying goes, there are three major sufferings in Henan: "East capital, floods, Huaixi thief".
Because of the abundance and fertility of the land in Henan, it has become the hardest-hit area near the eastern capital of Roseau and poverty, and it is also a place where all kinds of officials and their families gather together.
On the ground, generations have multiplied and flourished and have formed a huge base. The wanton mergers that take advantage of local power and arrogance are even more troublesome for generations.
Therefore, from time to time, "Wang Fa Cao Song" sings:
"The first one is Yin Fuzi, and the second one is Wang Lexi.
Judge the donkey to bite the melon and call the cow to chew the foam.
Seeing the money, he was overjoyed and drank it from scratch.
Often when the yaksha is hungry, the people cannot live. "
Moreover, the frequent wars since Qianyuan and Yuan and the gradual decline of water conservancy have caused the flood of Huanghuai water to continue to flood every year; it often breaks the state and floods countless counties.
, Large tracts of rural villages have become a fish turtle Zeguo.
It is also the commander of the court in Henan Province, and the intermittent wars between Heshuo and the many vassal towns that have been rebellious for a long time will break the bank at every turn.
Flooding is regarded as a means of attack; it is the local people who end up with the bitterness in the end.
Therefore, "Yongchunzhong Nursery Rhymes" once sang: "Xinhe will not enter the box, and Xinmai will not enter the venue. In August and September, the dog barks at the empty wall."
The tragic situation afterwards.
The combination of the first two factors gave birth to an even more gritted existence, the "Huaixi Thief". Strictly speaking, it not only refers to the middle and late Tang
The Huaixi Warlord Group, which was ruled for a time, also includes thieves and rebel groups that have been prosperous for generations on this land that stretches between Shen, Guang, and Cai states.
Compared to the land of Huainan, which is mostly the land of fish and rice, or the Heluo Plain covered by mountains. Because of the frequent flooding and the lands all over Luze in Huaixi,
The output of barren land is limited but the court relies heavily on exploitation;
In addition, after the floods, they often fight for new boundaries in order to use the sturdy folk customs of fighting in the village; the young and middle-aged people here want to live in adulthood.
Going down, often either go to the army in droves to fight for their lives, or go between Xiaoju and the police as a thief.
And between the two, usually through the imperial court’s recruitment of officials and the collapse of the official army as thieves, a one-sided, two-sided mutual conversion can be carried out, so the suffering is deep.
The people who are severely and stricken by the poison are naturally the people of Henan in nearby places.
There was a singer who sang: "To this day the fathers are crying to the sky and hate the suffering of Henan."
Because there are almost no dangers on the Great Plains, ordinary townships and villages cannot withstand the ravages of these bandits and rebels; there are only those who have big business.
Only the wealthy and surnames who were able to build docks and turrets have the ability to support them accordingly.
Therefore, even after entering the dock, you only have to be a bull and a horse and be oppressed and driven by others, but compared to those who may be ruined and ruined at any time in the outside world.
Daily, or the ending of being trapped by a thief who did not know when to fill in the gully, is still more attractive.
Once upon a time, the longings and dreams of the Wang brothers were nothing more than squatting outside a similar dock wall, watching the grain and cloth continuously being transported in, looking forward to it.
It’s just that you can find a place where you can eat and have shelter;
Of course, what they expect is not the kind of tenants who are enslaved like cows and horses, but are not as good as pigs and dogs; but have a certain degree of personal autonomy and status.
The main vassals such as Trilogy, Menke, Zhuang Ding, etc.; this way you can not only have a full meal, but you can also hold a stick and whip in front of the folks.
However, a great drought of thousands of miles in the red land, as well as the chaos of grass thieves that rushed over and over, made their hopes and expectations all vanished.
We must know that under the fire and famine of the year, as a Yuanzong who did not know how many generations of the Taiyuan Wang Clan had been born, the Gushi Wang Clan in Gwangju was the main clan of Lian's family
, All starved to death and fleeing seven or seven eighty-eight. And these small surnames of their side surnames are left behind, and they also embarked on the old path of thieves/to the army.
Later, Li Hanzhi and Li Cishi, who were also born in grass thief but were recruited as an official army, worked for several years; until they encountered Taiping thief and were defeated in the battle.
After being captured, their brothers learned that they had been born as a Son of Man, but there was another brand new way of living and life.
However, since it is possible to live with dignity and dignity, then who is willing to continue to follow those officers and soldiers, who seem to be accustomed to rob the common people.
The edible conventions, or do those awful things that do nothing for you,
It's just that the original determination to live a better life hasn't changed much, and it has only become stronger. And compared to the ones that have been promoted as the banner
His cousin Wang Yanfu, or he is picking up the text he had read in his early years, and trying to learn all kinds of disciplines and instructions to Wang Shenchao, the older brother who was seeking a military official.
Even Wang Shengui, the younger brother who wanted to go to the jumping team to get the life and death Bo Qiancheng; Wang Shenzhi was shocked by the power of Taiping firearms after the Dantu battle.
He was impressed, so he decided to apply for himself and report to the fire throwing team as a (alternate) assistant pawn.
Although it is an auxiliary sequence of candidate nature, the corresponding requirements and standards are not easy at all. I have to hold several molds of different weights and shapes everyday
Imitated heavy objects, reciprocating throwing exercises countless times, in order to master and familiarize with the corresponding feel and weight;
After the corresponding calluses are worn out in the palms, and there is enough familiarity and physical conditioning, will it enter the next stage of selection and elimination, and start training.
Practice the corresponding head and distance. At this time, he had to formally obtain the identity of a fire-throwing pawn and a card.
The pitchers chosen by them first started with a large wooden frame five steps away, then became a medium wooden frame ten steps away, and a small wooden frame fifteen steps away.
The last one is the rattan basket based on twenty steps.
However, it is said that the best veteran among them can even throw things directly on specific human targets within twenty or thirty steps, so they are also qualified to override others.
Many grenadiers and grenadiers are above, and receiving extra allowances is called "old grenadiers".
Then, it is the turn to strengthen the training of the corresponding throwing distance. The instruments used have also changed from wood and stone models to real ones filled with iron slag and sand.
Live ammunition, and was exposed to harassment training that simulates the battlefield environment.
In fact, as a member of the fire-throwing team, the priority of throwing distance is still before the target. After all, as a very dangerous piece of firearm, it misses
There is still a considerable chance of accidentally hurting oneself if the one is lost.
Almost every day, people’s arms seem to be swollen, and they need to be extremely exhausted afterwards, and rub them with medicated oil along the meridians to eliminate them.
Step back. Of course, there are some people who can't help being slack and lazy in private, and they just disappear into the sequence of the fire-throwing team;
Because there is a high probability that their arms will be abolished, they have to forcibly withdraw from the active sequence. And after a stage of practice, many people will find
My arms really became strong. As a result, in this private gathering between his brothers, he was very proud of breaking his wrists several times.
At this stage, they have not been eliminated. They are a thrower who can get a slightly higher basic salary than ordinary pawns; they can follow behind the grenadiers and old grenadiers, and then prepare to replace and supplement. Their location. Instead of having to pack lightly and carry a basket of bombs, it will follow suit.
Therefore, as a simulated actual combat harassment training, the intensity of adaptability is also improved to a higher level.
They are required to march in relatively orderly lines, and at the same time accept the scattering of no pointed arrows and deliberately raised dust, dirt throwing, wooden sticks; even the harassment of squad cavalry bluffs; and they can still The projectile in his hand was thrown out relatively stably, instead of falling to the ground.
Only after passing this stage with a successful throw rate of nearly 80%, can he be called a grenadier of a standard fire-throwing team. As the backbone sequence mastered by each battalion captain, they must not only be able to stand in the front row with arrows and drop bombs to hit the enemy, but they must also be able to rush towards the enemy after getting close.
As for the further old grenadier, it is a special honor and identity that cannot be reached in the daily state; only after many outstanding performances in the battlefield, it is possible to be named.
Therefore, this time was also Wang Shenzhi’s first battle in the Taiping Army’s fire-throwing team sequence; team and fire units were strengthened to the armed work team in Shannan, so that in the relatively low-intensity counter-rebellion work and local conflicts, Complete basic actual combat trials.
The corresponding performance and results will also determine the military order they are selected to go to. For example, the First Army with the title of "Frequent Cong" or the Second Army known as "Chi Fei" are all exciting. The preferred object. Then, the Fifth Army, dominated by the navy. . .
It’s just the specific situation in this mountain’s south host; it is also with Jingnan, where high mountains and large gorges meet with rivers, Hunan and Jiangxi where the hills and waters stretch, or the two ridges where the mountains are undulating, but the river is rich, and even the land is rich in fertilizer and water. However, Jiangdong, Zhejiang, and Xuanshe, where the folk customs and military are relatively weak, are different.
Bring more of the sturdy, fierce, and conservative colors of the North. Moreover, compared with the relatively late civilized and relatively few people in the south, the history of human development and gathering here can even be traced back to the legendary Xia Yu era.
After the Zulong unified Liuhe, this was the largest iron smelting center in the world; at the turn of the Han Dynasty, Nanyang County became the emperor's hometown where Guangwu of the Han Dynasty emerged. Nanyang's famous water conservancy project, Chuyan, is as famous as Zhengguoqu in Guanzhong and Dujiangyan in Chengdu. It is also known as the country's three major ancient agricultural irrigation areas.
The poet Li Bai complimented in his "Southern Capital" during his travels: "Qing songs contain the flowing clouds, and dancing has a leisure time. Invite to visit Wanluo and return the crown to the wind."
Therefore, the natural base and influence of the family members who have been born here for generations are far from comparable to those of the southern states and counties. Although a lot of the turmoil and adversity since the Mid-Tang Dynasty have died out and fallen, all that remains are the hard bones of the conservative die-hards.
They are also more conservative than those states and counties in the southeast, along the coast of the Liangling Mountains, or along the Yangtze where business travel is popular. Although the support for the feudal commanders and local officials who replaced the impermanent fixed numbers was limited, once the Taiping Army touched on their fundamental interests in the township for generations, the backlash and resistance were extremely fierce.
Therefore, the corresponding anti-rebellion and clean-up work carried out here, as it goes northward, it is closer to the heart of the traditional Nanyang Basin; the resistance and resistance encountered are also increased with the rate of casualties between the enemy and the enemy;
As a result, the fire-throwing team is often dispatched piecemeal, and even the organization of the team is strengthened to the corresponding sequence in order to knock on the corresponding solid base/dock fort. This Dingpingzhuang is one of them. The owner of Zhuangzi can trace back to Guo Ziyi, the first hero of Qianyuan's decision.
He came from the line of Guo Shu, his seventh branch. He served as Sinong Shaoqing, and later had military exploits in the Zhu Yang Rebellion. He was promoted to Zuojinwuwei, the general, and named Qi Guogong. Because the Empress Dowager Guo (the daughter of Guo Ai and Princess Shengping) who supervised the Five Dynasties lost her power, and the settlement after she moved to Nanyang, it has also been repaired and strengthened by the past dynasties.
There are not only arrow towers and trenches that imitate the northern city fortresses, but also earth-rock dock walls and reserved crenels and water troughs that are enough to cover people running on them to deal with the robbers and refugees who are swarming from all directions. It is a pity that they encountered a completely different Taiping army.
Wang Shenzhi is working hard to recall the various specific matters and attention to details in the previous local enemy situation report; at the same time, he watched the shooting team responsible for suppressing the wall. One shot has no backhand.
A sudden bang exploded in one of the only two entrances on the dock wall. With the door of the dock wall knocked down in the billowing fireworks, Wang Shenzhi became more serious and awakened in his heart; these stubborn strongholds that were broken generally only had two results.
Either the morale is terribly discouraged and you start fighting to flee, or you lose your fighting spirit and kneel down and beg for mercy, or you are fighting in despair and fighting for the last time. And this is also the main place for these fire-throwers to start playing their expertise. (End of this chapter)