Rumbling footsteps sounded in unison, and a group of troops lined up in neat formation and flying daimyo flags were marching on the official road. Although the weather in March was still a bit cold, all the sergeants were walking with their heads full.
Sweaty and covered with dust, it was obvious that these sergeants had been walking for a long time. This team was the garrison of the Lingshan Guards led by Pang Gang who rushed from Dezhou to the capital.
Pang Gang was still riding on his big red horse. Looking at the young and resolute faces in the marching team, he felt a sense of emotion in his heart. The risk of going to the capital to fight against the main force of the Qing soldiers at Knock Pass can be imagined.
, I don’t know how many of these soldiers will return to Lingshan Guard to see their relatives. Thinking of this, I couldn’t help but sigh in my heart: "You have traveled thousands of miles away, and you led me to join the three armies. There are so many joys and sorrows in the army, the commander-in-chief Ning Jin heard of it?"
I saw Hu Qi across the river, and suddenly there were hundreds of them. I started out as a slave, how long will it take for me to achieve great achievements?"
"Good poem!" When Pang Gang recited this poem, Da Zhuang heard it and clapped his hands and applauded: "The poems written by adults are really good. I think they are more sour than those written by literati.
Things are much more powerful.”
As soon as the big and strong flatterer came over, Pang Gang's old face turned slightly red and he said with a bit of laughter and laughter: "You unlearned guy, you are not the one who flatters me like this. Fortunately, there is no one else here, otherwise it would be terrible."
If you are going to make people laugh, you have to remember that this is a poem written by Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty, not by me."
Da Zhuang stretched out his hand and scratched his head and said with a smile: "Oh, I thought it was written by an adult, but if you can recite it, I think you are already very good. How is it like me? I don't know the characters yet."
To three hundred."
Pang Gang frowned and said: "Dazhuang, you have to be educated and literate to bring glory to your Huang family. Although you have become a hundred households now, if you fail to pass the year-end assessment, the same will happen to me.
Then I will throw you back to the Lingshan Guards’ school grounds to train with those new recruits again!”
In order to speed up the cultural popularization of army sergeants and officers, Pang Gang launched a mandatory learning policy in the army. He stipulated that all officers serving more than 100 households must know more than 800 Chinese characters, small flags, and general flags.
When an officer knows more than 300 and 500 men, even an ordinary soldier Pang Gang has stipulated that the salary of soldiers who know more than 100 words will be half more than that of illiterate soldiers. Because Pang Gang
He believed that the cohesion of an educated team must be much stronger than that of an army composed of illiterate soldiers. This measure was opposed by many people when it was first implemented. In the end, it was slowly implemented under Pang Gang's insistence.
, it is still in the trial stage.
Now when Da Zhuang heard Pang Gang mention this, his face immediately wrinkled, and finally he said feebly: "Yes, I must study hard and try to pass the exam."
Looking at Da Zhuang's wrinkled face, he just couldn't help but smile, "You know how shy you are when it comes to feelings. If you, a member of a hundred households, go to school and go to school together with those new recruits, you will be so ashamed!"
After being interrupted by Da Zhuang, Pang Gang's irritation was relieved a lot. He looked at the winding team and secretly calculated in his mind that after the battle of Dezhou, there were 350 casualties in his army.
Six people, more than 160 of them, he had asked Dezhou Soldiers and Horses Guard Yi Jiang to send them to Lingshan Guard to recuperate. The bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle were also cremated and sent back to the Lingshan Guard Martyrs' Shrine for placement and enjoyment of the guard.
The military households and nearby people offered incense offerings.
Now this team of only more than 3,700 people includes more than 600 heavy troops. The real combat team is only more than 3,100 people. Pang Gang asked himself countless times along the way, with such a little
Is it worth going to the capital to fight tens of thousands of Qing soldiers? Wouldn't it be nice to stay in Texas and live a comfortable life? But every time after thinking about it, Pang Gang came to an answer, that is, "it's worth it!".
Why did tragedies such as the Three Days of Yangzhou and the Three Massacres of Jiading occur in history? Why did the Chinese nation drag the money rat whip behind its head for hundreds of years? The great rivers and mountains were ravaged by that barbaric nation without any culture or cultivation.
It's so bad that the Chinese people are used to kneeling down and calling themselves slaves when they see an official. Pang Gang thinks it's because there are too many Chinese people who have this idea of muddle along.
Now that I have reached this era, although I don’t know whether I can change the tragic fate of the Chinese nation in the next few hundred years, I can do something. As long as I do my best, I will have a clear conscience even if I fail in the future.
Thinking of this, Pang Gang, who was riding on horseback, stretched deeply, looked at the gloomy sky in the north and said softly: "Capital Master of the Ming Dynasty, here I come..."
Just as Pang Gang was hurrying to rush to the capital, Abatai had already rushed ahead of him to the east gate of Peiping to join forces with Azige, the commander-in-chief of the Qing troops who had been stationed there.
Unlike Abatai, who is full of muscles and is known for his bravery, Azig is relatively thin, with a shrewd look in his eyes and a smile on his face. At this time, he is sitting in the tent discussing with the generals.
Military situation.
At this time, the third-class meritorious officer Yang Guli was reporting today's military situation to Abatai, "There is news in the capital today that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has appointed Lu Xiangsheng to command all the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses outside the capital, and he wants to fight our army here.
, Lu Xiangsheng is now actively reorganizing his troops."
Azig smiled disapprovingly and said: "I have heard of this Lu Xiangsheng. It is said that this person has a good way of wiping out the bandits in the country. Unexpectedly, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty actually brought him here. It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty
There is no one left.”
After Azig finished speaking, all the Qing soldiers and generals in the big tent burst into laughter. Their laughter was full of contempt for the Ming Dynasty.
Yangguli also smiled and said: "What King Yingwu said is true, but we cannot underestimate our opponents. After all, the Ming army is twice as large as ours."
"So what if it's twice as much!" Azig said disdainfully: "Whenever the Ming people fought with us and they didn't have several times more troops than us, there was no time when they were beaten to pieces by us."
Just as everyone was laughing, soldiers came from outside the tent to report that Rao Yubeile had led his troops outside the camp.
Azig stopped laughing and said, "Look, we just talked about the lack of troops, and now Brother Seven is back. God is really helping me. Let's go, let's go together to greet our Rao Yubeile and see him on the river."
During this time, what did Dezhou and his party bring to us!"
When Azig led his generals out of the camp to greet Abatai, everyone was stunned by the miserable state of Abatai's troops, with sparse flags, listless personnel and the occasional missing person being carried over.
The injured with arms and legs, and what appeared in front of Azig at this time was a defeated team.
Azig's expression suddenly changed, and he asked in surprise: "Brother Seven, what is going on? Where are the people of the Ming Dynasty that you robbed? Where are the properties you robbed? And why are you so short of men?
many?"
A trace of shame appeared on Abate's face, he shook his head and said with a sullen face: "Don't mention it, let's talk about it after we go in."
When Azig and the generals entered the tent, and everyone took their seats, Azig asked in a deep voice: "Seventh Brother, can you tell me now, why only so few people came back from your team?"
Abatai smiled bitterly and recounted the previous battles in Texas. Everyone in the big tent seemed to be listening to a fairy tale. The expressions on their faces kept changing with Abatai's story, and their moods seemed to be like
A roller coaster ride.
Finally Abatai smiled bitterly and said: "That's it. I lost thousands of soldiers and horses under Dezhou City. It was not until my twelfth brother sent the messenger that I withdrew my troops and came here."
At this time, Azig shook his head and said with a hint of disbelief: "Brother Qi, if I didn't know your temperament very well, I would definitely think that you are telling us stories. This is really incredible. There are more than ten thousand of you.
The warriors of the Qing Dynasty were unable to defeat thousands of Ming troops. Could it be that these Ming troops were all heavenly soldiers and generals descending to earth?"
Yangu Li also said with a stern face: "If what Rao Yubeile said is true, this Pang Gang will definitely be the scourge of our Qing Dynasty in the future, and this person should be eliminated as soon as possible!"
Abatai sighed, "How could I not know about this? The reason why I risked the lives of thousands of warriors to capture the Dezhou Mansion was because I saw the dangers of this son in the future, but when everyone came
The general saw that the soldiers had suffered too many losses and was unwilling to attack the city again. Secondly, the military order issued by the twelfth brother had arrived, and I had to obey the order, so I had no choice but to retreat."
Listening to the words of the commander-in-chief of the army, all the Jia La Zhangjing and the generals in the big tent also looked at each other. When did the Ming army's combat effectiveness become so powerful that it could resist tens of thousands of Ming troops with thousands of troops?
attack, and caused so many casualties to the Qing Dynasty.
Thinking of this, the eyes of several Jia La Zhang Jing could not help but show a look of doubt. One Jia La Zhang Jing asked: "Please forgive me for being rude. I dare to ask Yu Beile. I heard that you are in the river."
He and the area have gained a lot. Although the war has been temporarily defeated, the people and property plundered will not be lost, right?"
"This..." Abata's face showed a strange red color, which was an expression of embarrassment and anger. After a long time, Abata sighed and said: "Those people and property are all gone."
It was used by me to exchange the corpses of the fallen warriors with the Ming army defending the city. As a general with a blue banner, I would not be able to explain to the emperor if I could not bring the remains of the fallen warriors back to Shengjing for burial."
"Uh!" Everyone couldn't help but feel dumb when they thought about Huang Taiji's attitude towards Abatai. If Abatai just left the corpses of thousands of Qing warriors in the Ming Dynasty and ignored them, he would definitely not be able to reap his benefits after returning.
Seeing Abatai who looked a little depressed, Azig didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only look at Yanguli next to him, and the two of them shook their heads helplessly...