And among the shadows of the broken and mottled trees in the moonlight, Ge Shudiqi, running wild on horseback, was silently thanking his parents for what they had left. These two can see in the gloom farther than ordinary people. Eyes; coupled with the discernment means trained by the family with night vision incense since he was a child, this allowed him to inherit the family business of the former head of the Shence Crossbowman team.
But now it was the second time he faced off against the imperial army he belonged to in the past. He also looked forward to returning to the sad and forgotten place inside the pass, but there was no way. After the Battle of Huainan, most of the temporary recruits have been demobilized and returned to their hometowns. Only a few of them who have outstanding performances or special skills have been left to garrison more.
After switching from the accustomed crossbow to Firecrackers, Ge Shudiqi, who still has a more accurate head than most people, is undoubtedly part of the continued use. During this period, he lived up to the many riots and riots among the civilians in the town, or in the process of encircling and suppressing the remnants of the Huainan local army and bandits. At the beginning, more generous rewards were expected.
Among them, the biggest result he achieved was during the sweeping battle among the reeds in the depths of Gaoyou Lake in winter. He was injured by an accidental fire from the enclosed secret stronghold. He tried to kill himself. The Shouhao Army general who escaped on the frozen lake, the mount of the second figure Zhu Yanshou, remembered half a third-class battlefield feat. However, it was this half of the third-class feat that once again ushered in a turning point in his life.
For a while, everyone seemed to have known such a small well-known good blaster. As a result, he included the Lianghuai Rehabilitation Commissioner to which he was temporarily assigned, the Huainan Dajijun Liangtaiyuan to which he once belonged, and the battalion training team of the deputy general of Dajijun East Road, as well as the newly formed Twelfth Army of Taiping and the preparation The Chuzhou defense zone all expressed some kind of acceptance or solicitation to him.
After all, after years of wars, the Taiping Army has already deeply felt the tremendous convenience and brand-new changes in the times brought about by the use of firearms. And a doorway that can catch it on its own, and a good player who is good at making firearms long-range, is undoubtedly the sign of Song keeping up with the times. Therefore, the past experience of Ge Shudiqi was dug out at a glance.
However, in the end, he was able to impress him, who was full of hesitation, and recruited him to the army to become a training team officer, but it was the Majun coach Yang Shihou who was born in the same official army. Not only because the unfamiliar counterparty was willing to use his status and prospects to guarantee him even sitting, but also because Yang Shihou was very considerate to give him enough sincere treatment and placement conditions.
For example, he put his frail and weak wife not long after giving birth to the Rongyang Farm outside Xiangyang City, where conditions are better; even if he has something good or bad on the battlefield in the future, he can still enjoy the benefits of a first-class family member of the team officer. Compensation and subsequent resettlement conditions. This was more than the increased salary, allowances, and benefits that made Goshudiqi irresistible and rebuffed.
Because he only learned later that at the moment his wife had just given birth to a child, he was in a trance and almost relapsed, and wanted to strangle the accidental child on the spot. And Ge Shudiqi took the initiative to be recruited as a pawn in the conquest of Huainan, in addition to finding ways to make money to subsidize the family, it is also not that he is evading the birth of this child.
However, when he finally made up his mind to return home, at first glance, with the tender and crumpled little meat dumpling in the baby, he inevitably felt softened all at once, and fell into a mess. After all, he had thought about many things on the road, and found that at this moment, he still had no way to resent and hate such an innocent and ignorant infant, even if his own existence was the result of a tragedy and error.
But after all, this child is his wife's bones and blood. Maybe in the future, he can inherit his family's name and family name and family. In a moment of excitement and trance, Ge Shudiqi even dreamed of raising the child in the future, and then using all his wealth to marry him and have children, and then surrounded by all kinds of inexplicable scenes of his grandchildren. For a while, tears were all over my clothes.
Therefore, when Ge Shudiqi used his rough hands full of calluses, he took the initiative to pick up this light and weightless, but like a very important little person; he tried to loosen his tight skin and squeeze it out. A smile that is even worse than crying, the moment I want to tease and soothe the other person crying. Many things that had always made him think about it, it seemed to be suddenly clear and slowly figured out.
The root cause of all these tragedies in front of him, as well as the similar experiences of thousands of people in the world, who should be blamed? Blame yourself for acting arbitrarily regardless of the safety of your loved ones? Blame the grass thieves who are everywhere in the fight against chaos? Or is it to blame the old court that made many people in the world unable to live? Blame those kings who let the foreign vassals torture their subjects in order to use their teachers to help suppress them
Comparing what I have seen and heard under the Taiping Army, maybe this is the general trend of the people in the world who are in a state of chaos and desire for peace? Therefore, when the Taiping Governor's Mansion once again gathered people and horses to help the Guan, the indigenous people like Ge Shudiqi who grew up in Guan Nei Gyeonggi, also resolutely gave up the relatively quiet firearms training routine in the horse team, and joined as a team. Fei Fei/Catch Team Officer of the front-driver of the riding camp.
Ge Shudiqi still remembered some common sense and experience that he had been taught specially when he was put under the riding camp led by Yang Shihou.
"Southern horses are not as good as northern horses. They are all down in the sprints, but they are steady..."
"It is to emphasize the kung fu of riding and shooting! It is not the way of rushing into the formation and rushing into the camp..."
"Of course, this (fire gun) riding and shooting is not the other (bow and crossbow) riding and shooting, but they are shot at the same time after approaching the enemy, or they are shot at the same place."
"Therefore, when encountering enemy troops, they will first disrupt the enemy with immediate firearms, and then approach the bombardment formation; if the enemy is out of order, they can use their swords and spears to kill them..."
"Otherwise, I would rather avoid the war steadily, and only take harassment to check, so that it is invincible to fight, unable to retreat, and morale is depressed. In the end, it will be dragged down.
"If you encounter a riding battle, you must first learn to escape, try to lure the enemy to chase?"
"This makes it easier to control the distance, which makes it easier to turn back and forth after the formation of the team is opened."
"Moreover, in the chase and counterattack, they are more likely to be enthusiastic and fail to notice that their losses are gradually coming."
"By the time they can notice what's wrong, the corresponding casualties will have accumulated as little as a single number of muscles and bones."
"Then they can only turn around and run away; because they turn around and run away, instead of running away directly after rushing as they do now, it's a lot slower, and it's my turn to chase."
"Of course, this is only the most ideal situation; in the real battle formation, more depends on the cooperation with the infantry team and the cavalry team... in order to exert the greatest effect of our generation."
After all, Ge Shudiqi is the son of a former Shence Shogun who was born in a rural area near Gyeonggi, and he did not know how many times he has been with Zuo Shence Daying. Therefore, in the 22 counties of Gyeonggi, it is necessary to get to the Kinki area where the traffic passes through; it is much more familiar than those of the Western army from outside.
Therefore, from the day he arrived at Dachangguan, he had already led the team to the surrounding areas of Chang'an for spying and investigation missions. Even relying on the courage and preparation of the talents of the high art, he used to go to and fro behind the enemy many times, and brought back a lot of news and insights. This time, however, he was obviously a little overwhelmed.
The result was a momentary effort to try to make a big gain. After a hundred steps away, I wanted to kill the enemy general who was illuminated by the fire and light on the platform. Instead, I was shocked to hide in the darkness like the grass and the snake. I don’t know how many. The enemy rode, and chased up with fanfare. Seeing the large fire chasing on the official road behind him getting closer, Ge Shudiqi's thoughts and emotions slowly calmed down.
He even had gaps and spare time to take out the two short blunderbuss from his saddle, and radiate them in turn against the fire light chasing from behind, so that they would not be ignored and chased by the uncertainties of the forest under the moon. Lost myself. However, his horse, whose mane was soaked in sweat, slowly slowed down from time to time, apparently reaching the limit of horsepower.
However, seeing the flame of the chaser getting closer, the next moment Ge Shudiqi suddenly jumped up on horseback, grabbed a thick and thin tree branch and climbed up in twos or fives, and let it go. The saddle-ridden mount ran down the road, and then a large group of hooded and leather-clad fan rides stepped past in the fire, but no one noticed the shadow huddled in the branches of the tree.
He waited patiently on the tree for a long while, and after several feudal riders wanted to take off, he slowly stretched out his body in the shadows, and loaded the last firecracker on his body, following the creeping The figure stood on the branch and continued to wait for something. Not long after, there was a ignited light from a distance, and there was a burst of blasts and chaotic fire blasts, as well as the neighing of people turning their backs on their horses and the wailing of injuries and deaths.
And this is his biggest reliance on daring to go so close to the enemy's hinterland. Today, the Taiping Army in Lantian City and Dachang Pass has already been launched, and as his pioneering force, there are two cavalry regiments, two tuxedo, and a chariot regiment composed of mixed camps, and they follow along. More than ten miles away.
Now it seems that it is not in vain that he deliberately and fought and walked to attract the chasing soldiers, and let another lighter soldier ride a faster horse, and ran back first to report and warn. Therefore, after a while, the brother Shu Diqi on the tree saw the feudal cavalry who had fled sporadically, as well as the continuous flames galloping across the wilderness in the northwest.
The next moment, the big battles and chaos that will be encountered at night, if it is, will be on the verge. (End of this chapter)