"What's the matter with looking down on you? A bunch of new recruits are just pretending to be old birds. They are mules or horses coming out for a walk. What did you pull when you just got off the ship? Which military gate is it marked by? Do you understand the rules?" Seeing the Western soldiers choked.
There was a sound, and a captain immediately walked out from the crowd of red-shirted soldiers and scolded.
Although Francis Drake is the commander-in-chief of the Foreign Legion, because the army itself is relatively low-level and belongs to the level of the Imperial Army, he can only swallow his anger and bow his head in silence, while the officers of the red shirt army continue to act unscrupulously
He made fun of the cuckolds on the heads of the Western soldiers. Although the foreign legionnaires all came from "barbaric lands" where Chinese civilization could not spread, these soldiers still had a sense of shame. Although they didn't know why they made fun of themselves,
But everyone is working hard and must perform at a high level in the battle and display the momentum of the Foreign Legion.
The foreign legions were brought in just to serve as cannon fodder and reduce the casualties of the Red Shirt Army. Of course, if there are outstanding soldiers, Liu Ziguang will commend them, promote them, and even jump-promote them to the Red Shirt Army, because the Red Shirt Army has always had
There is a tradition of using captured soldiers. The initial stage of the Death Battalion was the troops of the IWC brand. After years of fighting, most of the foreigners were dead. This time, we can add some and restore the style of the Death Battalion.
However, the battle that the Western soldiers longed for did not come immediately. Liu Ziguang needed to digest the territory he occupied. Now the surrounding areas of Tianjin have fallen into the hands of the Ming army. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has been cut off, and the land route from the capital to Shandong has also been cut off by the Ming army.
Now the area under the jurisdiction of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been cut into three large parts by the Ming army. One is the white mountains and black waters outside the Pass, one is the isolated city of Beijing and the vast Yanshan Mountains behind it, as well as the Mongolian grasslands, and the other is Shandong and Shanxi. Beijing's order wants to be conveyed
To reach these two places, you have to go around the Yanshan or Taihang Mountains and take extremely long mountain roads to reach them. Government orders are basically cut off, and material transportation is completely interrupted. These three places can only fight on their own.
Since the enemy was already in the cage, there was no need to worry so much about dealing with them. Taking advantage of the opportunity for the Sky City to be renovated, Liu Ziguang rewarded his subordinates in Tianjin. Not only did he bring in a large amount of wine and meat from Shanghai, but he also recruited hundreds of prostitutes from Nanjing.
Lai Laojun, Zhenwuhou's reputation in Yanhualiu Lane is not worthy of his reputation. Since he helped the old prostitute win the lawsuit last time, he has become the patron saint of the brothel industry. Each brothel has changed the Maitreya Buddha originally enshrined into
A statue of Marquis Zhenwu.
This time the Red Shirt Army organized a frontline labor force, and the brothel industry in the capital actively signed up. Making money was secondary, serving the country was the most important. It was rare for the prostitutes on both sides of the Qinhuai River to take on such a glorious task and contribute a little to the court.
, all of them were as excited as anything, and they were so happy to be able to ride on a large ship with several stories high and sail across the ocean. They were chattering along the way, but when they arrived in Tianjin, they were all wilted. It was better to collect them from the Central Plains area.
The troupes who took the overland route were very lively and energetic.
Three large stages were built in Tianjin City, and there were open meetings day and night. During the day, they sang martial arts dramas about killing six generals in five levels, and in the evening they sang erotic jokes about Sister Wang missing her husband. The soldiers gathered under the stage and listened happily.
, watching the excitement, cheering loudly from time to time, and throwing broken coins on the stage. The red-shirted soldiers were very wealthy, and these troupes all made a lot of money.
The generals also had high-end enjoyment. Liu Ziguang spent a lot of money to invite Dong Xiaowan, the top figure in Qinhuai, to sing songs for the heroes. There were originally three top names in the fireworks industry in the capital. Liu Rushi had already married into a wealthy family, and Chen Yuanyuan also married Wu Sangui.
Only Dong Xiaowan stood out, but she was still in a semi-retired state. No matter how many dignitaries offered her a fortune, it was difficult to invite her to come out of the court. But just one word from Marquis Zhenwu and she came running. This shows that the Marquis has great face and clever methods.
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Dong Xiaowan came all the way to Tianjin. He originally thought that Liu Ziguang would meet him in person, but he didn't show up at all, which made the Dong family very disappointed. Since ancient times, beauties love heroes, and the Dong family had long secretly promised to Zhen Wuhou, but they were suffering from
I am of low status, unable to climb high, and have always been depressed. When I heard about the frontline labor force, I immediately volunteered, hoping to show off my talents, attract the attention of the marquis, and stage a classic excerpt of a hero and a beautiful woman. Naturally, when my hope failed, I
She was disappointed in every possible way, but she still kept her spirits up and used all her strength to play the piano and sing for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Ziguang did not meet Dong Xiaowan immediately because he was busy with a big thing. Marching and fighting was Li Yan's business. What he was doing was related to ideological work, which was writing a script and making up two jokes to inspire the soldiers.
With his patriotic enthusiasm, after a night of hard thinking, he finally wrote a touching script. The army was full of Qiu Ba, and no one appreciated his work. Only then did Liu Ziguang remember Dong Xiaowan and sent someone to summon him.
This is the second meeting between Liu Ziguang and Dong Xiaowan. The last time they met was two years ago on the second floor of Gone with the Wind. At that time, Liu Ziguang was just a yin-yang-faced ninth-rank boss. Now he is a powerful minister.
This meeting was naturally very different from the last time. On one side was a high-ranking official of the imperial court, on the other was a prostitute. The status gap was as huge as a world of difference. However, Liu Ziguang did not put on airs at all. After a simple polite greeting, he took out a piece of paper filled with words,
Please watch Dong Xiaowan.
Dong Xiaowan is not called the Dong Master for nothing. He is proficient in all kinds of poetry, lyrics, and songs, and the people who come and go are all great talents in the cultural circle. Although he wrote Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan music, Ming and Qing novels, it is still popular for talented people to write music, and
As for drama, Dong Xiaowan is also very proficient in this trick.
I took a rough look at it first and saw only poor calligraphy on the paper. The calligraphy of the warriors was ugly. I think some of the plaques with inscriptions on Marquis Zhenwu were ghostwritten, but Dong Xiaowan didn't read the content of the story in detail, but
Looking up, Liu Ziguang's eager eyes were looking at her. Dong Xiaowan looked down again. Well, the story is quite strong, but the lyrics are vulgar and unintelligible. It's just vernacular. What kind of thing is this? Compared with
The farewell song "Beside the Ancient Road Outside the Changting Pavilion" that he originally composed was almost completely different.
As if he had seen through Dong Xiaowan's heart, Liu Ziguang smiled faintly and explained: "This is a song written by my commander for the soldiers. They are not literati who like to talk about words. They want it to be easy to understand, as long as the meaning is expressed.
, Of course, I am not good at this, so I asked Mr. Dong to polish it a bit."
Dong Xiaowan suddenly realized that he had written it like this on purpose. After reading it for the third time, he felt completely different from the first two times. Every word was precious, and not a single word could be changed! Dong Xiaowan put down the manuscript and bowed down: "
The young lady is impressed by the great talent of the Marquis, and there really is nothing that can be changed."
Liu Ziguang laughed: "Then organize a troupe to start rehearsing, and ask Mr. Dong to give personal guidance."
Dong Xiaowan naturally happily agreed, being able to help Liu Ziguang was what she had always dreamed of. She immediately returned to the lower office with the manuscript, and based on the script, she added the costumes of the characters in the story, and the lyrics and rhyme. It also took a night's work, and as soon as a new excerpt came out, she
It’s out, the drama is called “White-Haired Girl”
The White-Haired Girl is played by Hebei Bangzi Opera Troupe. Operators these days rely on their real skills to make a living. You can quickly pick up a new script. What's more, this script is a simplified version, and the lines are extremely simple and popular. You can basically listen to others.
You can remember it after two or three times.
That night, the white-haired girl performed publicly. The stage was set up in the center of Tianjin. Thousands of people gathered to watch. The local people also lay on the roofs and watched from a distance on the big trees to see how wonderful the book written by the Marquis himself was.
The story takes place during the Qing Dynasty occupation, in a poor family outside Tianjin. Only the father and daughter depended on each other. The father had to work hard for a year to survive for a banner man. He couldn't even eat dumplings during the New Year, so he had to give it to his daughter.
I bought a two-foot red rope. On New Year's Eve, my neighbor Dachun helped me collect some flour and cabbage, and made a meal of vegetarian dumplings. Just as I was about to eat them, the housekeeper of the banner man came and forced the old man Yang Bailao to pay off his debts, and he was a loan shark with compound interest rates.
, I borrowed a tael of silver and now I have to pay back a tael of silver, or else I have to use my daughter, the beautiful Xier, to pay off the debt.
This play is relatively novel because it is very close to life. Although the play is set in Tianjin, it can completely represent the lives of the Han people in the Qing-occupied area, especially the soldiers from Shandong in the Red Shirt Army. They all found their parents and sisters from the play.
Or neighbors, relatives, etc. Normally, there would be noisy scenes at the concerts, with some people whistling and others booing, or else the whole audience would burst into laughter and knock people off the stage. However, this time they vented their anger calmly. Thousands of people watched the stage in silence.
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When they saw Yang Bailao tie up his daughter with a two-foot red headband and put a few pitiful dumplings into the pot, some of the emotional people in the audience had tears in their eyes. They all thought of those poor years and played the flag.
When Mr. Ren's housekeeper and his servants overturned Lao Yang's dumpling pot, injured Brother Dachun, and took away Xi'er, the audience was already a little indignant, but they could restrain themselves. The young soldiers all moved themselves
Taking on the role, I felt that I was Xi'er's childhood sweetheart, Da Chun Ge. He was beaten and couldn't protect his beloved girl next door, which made them feel psychologically uncomfortable.
The scenery changed, Xi'er was robbed to the Banner Master's house, and Yang Bailao had committed suicide by taking poison. At this time, the audience's emotions began to become unstable. When they saw the obese and fat Banner Master taking off his mantle and dragging the ugly money rat
When the little pigtail pounced on the poor Xi'er, someone finally couldn't hold it any longer. He suddenly stood up, took a bludgeon and aimed it at the stage. While aiming, he yelled in a tearful voice: "I'll kill you, you bitch."
!" Soon enough, the soldier next to him raised his hand and raised his blunderbuss three inches. With a crisp sound, the bullet hit the eaves of the stage, knocking off a tile.
He fell at the feet of the actor who played the role of the banner man. If it hadn't been for this lift, I'm afraid the "banner man"'s head would have blossomed.
Xiaoqi shouted angrily: "What are you doing! This is a church meeting, do you know?"
The shooter was a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old. His face was already full of tears, and he burst into tears and said: "Mr., this little girl was forced to death by Qing Gou like this."
Xiao Qi was silent, the whole audience was silent, and the performance also stopped on the stage. Liu Ziguang, who was sitting in the VIP seat, saw that the heat was coming, and winked to his subordinate Wen Getao who was standing in the crowd. Wen Getao immediately took a mouthful of Jianghuai
The official voice shouted hoarsely: "Kill all the Qing dogs! Avenge your relatives!" Suddenly the whole place thundered, and countless people raised their arms and shouted: "Kill all the Qing dogs! Avenge their relatives!" The sound shook the sky, even the people on the canal outside Tianjin city.
The warship also sounded the whistle, and the crowd was excited for a while, and the public's enthusiasm for resisting the Qing Dynasty was mobilized to the highest point.
After seeing that it was almost done, Liu Ziguang signaled that he could stop shouting slogans and the meeting continued. The following plot was relatively simple. Xi'er escaped from the banner man's house and hid in a cave for several years. He became a child because he couldn't eat salt.
She became a white-haired girl, and it was not until the imperial soldiers led by Zhenwu Hou arrived in Jinan that they rescued her. Brother Dachun had already put on a bright red shirt and became a glorious member of the Red Shirt Army, leading his comrades
After killing all the bannermen, he and Xi'er finally got married. Seeing this scene, the audience shed tears of excitement, applauded for a long time, and even slapped their hands red.
After the play ended, the mood of the crowd could not calm down for a long time. Wen Getao once again jumped out to guide everyone's thinking: "Xi'er's great hatred has been cleared. Who should I thank?"
The commanders and fighters of the Red Shirt Army and the people of Tianjin shouted together: "Thank you, Marquis Zhenwu!"
Wen Getao continued to shout: "Xi'er's revenge has been avenged, but there are still thousands of fathers and fellow villagers who have not avenged themselves. Qing Gou is still entrenched in Beijing. What should we do?"
A young man jumped out from the crowd, his face flushed from holding back, he waved his fist and roared: "Enter Beijing, kill all the Qing dogs!" Then tens of thousands of people shouted together: "Enter Beijing, kill all the Qing dogs!"
One wave after another, the patriotic enthusiasm of the soldiers and civilians was sublimated in the slogans, and their love for Zhenwuhou was further strengthened.
Listening to the slogans and looking at the excited crowd, Liu Ziguang secretly sighed: It's a pity that I won't be a political commissar. But this also reminded him that it's time to set up political cadres in the army. Otherwise, maintaining morale by just relying on high military salaries will not last long.
After all, money can't buy loyalty.
Liu Ziguang's thoughtful look fell into the eyes of Dong Xiaowan on the other side of the stage, but he had another feeling: This man is so talented! Although the music he wrote is straightforward, it can bring such a big sensation, which is better than those of the so-called literati
I don't know how many times the Yashi is stronger. Thinking of the past where he often got together with those slanderous scholars and had romantic affairs, Dong Xiaowan felt blushing. Compared to Liu Ziguang, he was really too humble.