The rain in the night beat on the tiled walls of the barracks, dripping and dripping, making the weather, which was already slowly getting colder in late autumn, even more chilly to the bone.
But the soldiers in the military camp were all very excited. Although Li Laiheng was just deliberately putting on a show, he still made the soldiers in Chicheng excited.
Everyone was impressed by Li Laiheng who braved the autumn rain and came to distribute bedding in person. Many soldiers tried their best to get as close as possible to the commander. Some of them were familiar faces who would be selected to join the camp school. Many of them had more seniority in the army than Li Laiheng.
There will be several more years; there are still many young faces that look like they are only fifteen or sixteen years old at most. Most of these people are orphans taken in by the invading army, and some are the children of soldiers who died in the invading army.
Apart from the first time, there are many faces with different appearances, including steady and capable veterans, reckless newcomers, old brothers who have been transferred to Suizhou from northern Shaanxi, and new partners who have just joined in Huguang.
Although the group of the Chuang Army still has various shortcomings, it is just a ragtag group of border residents, landless farmers, fleeing post soldiers, and broken soldiers in northern Shaanxi.
But even this group of mobs possesses a kind of vitality. Just like the young seedlings growing from the deepest part of the mossy rocks, or like the weeds emerging from the snowy cold winter in early spring, this kind of vitality represents
With a hope and a possibility.
Li Laiheng stood in the middle of the military camp. He was almost ashamed of his show. With these fiery and sincere faces, and the countless soldiers who respected themselves as a great commander, was Li Laiheng worthy of such an invading army in Chicheng?
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Of course, with Li Laiheng's thick skin and strong ability to persuade himself, he immediately woke up.
He was also able to quickly adjust his mentality, put on a show of posture, and took off his felt hat in the wind and rain, causing his hair and face to get wet from the rain. He patted his chest with one hand and said loudly: "How can you say that you have no clothes?
Tongpao. This is a song that was sung thousands of years ago in Shaanxi, the birthplace of the Chuang Army. It means that all people in an army are siblings, brothers, and comrades."
"The current Chuang Army includes not only people from Qin, but also people from the Central Plains and Huguang. But as long as you join the Chuang Army, this melting pot will turn you into a member of our brothers and sisters. As long as the banner of the Chuang Army is
If we don't fall, I, Li Laiheng, swear here that no matter what situation we are in, I will never let my brothers suffer from hunger and cold again. We will have food to eat together, clothing to wear together, and we will definitely create a new world."
"If you want to live rich and noble, you must work hard. The battle in the future will depend on you!"
By the end, Li Laiheng had turned into a roar at the top of his lungs. He broke his voice several times and finally finished speaking. The sound of wind and rain were mixed in between, but everyone could hear it clearly, and in everyone's heart
They were all inspired with new fighting spirit by Li Laiheng's words.
Silver chain-like lightning flickered across the air, and thunder roared, making Li Laiheng's heart tremble.
The military spirit is available, the military spirit is available...
The Chuang army is now strong with strong troops and horses, and there is no need to worry about the logistics and equipment in a short period of time. They only need to wait for Guo Junzhen and other generals to return to Suizhou, which is when the Chuang army sends troops to capture Zaoyang.
"The storm has begun, and the invading army is about to make a move."
Li Laiheng rolled up his light fur coat on his body, holding a felt hat in one hand, and covering his forehead with the other hand. He smiled at Baijiu He and said, "Master He, it's still very difficult for us to cast cannons and guns now, but the conditions for making gunpowder are
It should no longer be a problem. Your Baigong Yamen and the Ordnance Academy should put the manufacturing of gunpowder on the agenda as soon as possible. From now on, we will defend the territory. Gunpowder will play a decisive role in both siege and defense. We will definitely
There can be no shortage.”
He turned and left. In the wind, rain, thunder and lightning, there were still many soldiers looking at the young commander who was not yet twenty years old from a distance. People's faces were filled with the most simple enthusiasm and trust. Two years ago,
The man who was about to starve to death has become a true leader in the hearts of thousands of people two years later.
After walking far away, Li Laiheng secretly took a breath, hey, it's raining so hard, if I had known better, I should have put on a raincoat and hat!
The rain pattered, thunder continued, and the raindrops hit the fallen leaves, making an extraordinarily loud sound. The wind blew slowly and hard for a while, often blowing the raindrops into the handsome man's house. There was an incense burner in the middle hall of the handsome man's house. At this time, it was also blown by the autumn wind.
and the tinkling sound of raindrops.
It's just that Li Laiheng was very nervous, and after spending half the night distributing bedding to the soldiers, his body was already very tired. Outside, the sound of rain outside the window did not disturb his sleep, and the handsome young tiger closed his eyes.
At this time, he had a very profound dream. In the dream world, he finally reached the capital, Shanhaiguan, and Shenyang.
Who wakes up first from a big dream? But life is just a dream when you are awake.
In addition to the autumn rain in Suizhou, Guo Junzhen and Zhang Pili captured another official and gentry village in the Dabie Mountains. The southern mountains of the Dabie Mountains are majestic, winding and stretching, with ups and downs in the shape of the mountains. During the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, this place was famous for every
It is an area where political turmoil is turbulent and where social conflicts are entangled. The people of the county have been tempered by the storms of war for a long time, and have developed a decisive, brave and tenacious spirit. They are rich in the tradition of hard struggle and show strong cohesion in times of crisis.
The local people have been recovering from the fighting for a long time, and many rebels emerged in the late Yuan Dynasty. Tiantangzhai near Macheng was the place where Xu Shouhui, Peng Yingyu, Chen Youliang and other Tianwan Red Turban regimes arose in history.
Gezuo Wuying, Xiying, Chuangying, and gradually entered Hubei, all passing through the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains. The local officials and gentry naturally began to take advantage of the abundant and powerful mountain people resources in the mountainous area, forming dozens of powerful officials
Gentry armed.
However, they are not like the Shenzhuang Army in Macheng, with people like Mei Zhihuan, the former governor of Gansu, as liaisons and organizations, but they are nothing more than a scattered mess. Although their army is numerous and powerful, it cannot withstand the fragmentation attack of Guojun Town.
one strike.
Guojun Town's first move against the village soldiers at the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains was to directly attack Niuxin Village, the most prestigious and powerful cottage among them, and deliberately adopted the tactic of surrounding but not attacking to lure other cottages to gather.
Troops came to support the relief.
However, these village soldiers can defend the mountain fortress for a while, but their maneuverability in the field is much worse than that of the intruder army. Attacking from multiple directions simultaneously is a tactic that even the regular Ming army often fails at, let alone the hastily prepared Dabie mountain village soldiers.
Woolen cloth?
Although there were as many as sixteen villagers who came to rescue Niuxin Village, and the total number of village soldiers was as many as three to four thousand. However, the soldiers from various villages could not coordinate with each other, and the time they arrived near Niuxin Village was also different. Guo
Junzhen took advantage of this time difference and took advantage of the Chuang army's field maneuverability to encircle Niuxin Village for reinforcements and eat all the soldiers who came to send them to the village.
In the first battle, he defeated the Dabie Shanzhai soldiers who were four times his own, and the power of the troops who broke into the camp immediately shocked the whole party.
After this great victory, the slaves and tenants in Niuxin Village killed the leaders of the gentry and came out to surrender. Although there are still many cottages that still retain a certain strength, most of them realize that their strength is far less than that of Niuxin Village's siege reinforcements.
Strong, he temporarily accepted the false titles such as the Recruiting Envoy and the Youyi Envoy distributed by Guo Junzhen, and ostensibly obeyed the rule of the Chuang Army.
However, Guojun Town is not that stupid. The main force of the intruder army cannot be stationed near Niuxin Village for a long time to deter the various cottages. Sooner or later, it will be transferred elsewhere to participate in the war. If he easily lets go of these self-protecting cottages, he will retain the mountainous area at the southern foot of Dabie Mountain.
The current situation is that once the main force of the intruders is transferred away, the rear area will inevitably fall into the hands of the officials and gentry, and rebellion will not be a problem.
The method adopted by Guo Junzhen was to exploit the conflicts between landlords and tenant farmers, village owners and villagers, masters and slaves, to incite tenant rebellion and slave rebellion. He gave many tenant rebel leaders the official position of recruiting envoys in the army.
He allowed him to kill his old master and seize his mountain stronghold, which became a powerful stronghold for the intruders in the mountains.
This practice of inverting the superiority and subjugating the superiors, reducing the gentry to the status of household registration, naturally made many village owners intolerable and sent troops to besiege the villages occupied by the leaders of the tenant farmers.
But this result was exactly what Guo Junzhen wanted to achieve by luring the snake out of its hole. He took advantage of the fact that the main force of the intruder army was still stationed here to lure the village leaders who had surrendered on the surface to jump to the front one by one, and then joined the tenant leaders.
The controlled Shanzhai armed forces cooperated to eliminate these rebel soldiers one by one.
This took another ten days. Before Guo Junzhen returned to Suizhou, he had completely calmed down the situation in Yingshan County and Niuxin Village, leaving a fairly stable and free of hidden dangers for the Chuangjun brothers who stayed behind.
New base area.
After the heavy rain last night, the sun had already risen near Yingshan County. Guo Junzhen covered his face with his hands and cursed with a smile: "Good guy, it was cold last night. Is the autumn tiger coming?"
Zhang Pizhu was riding his horse and walking aside. His overly immature face now looked much more mature and stable. Zhang Pizhu shook his horse whip and urged with a smile: "Young Master Hu has repeatedly urged us to return to Suizhou as soon as possible.
, I guess you’re going to have a big fight, right?”
"A large-scale war is inevitable! We are a victorious army, and we can use the residual power of pacifying Niuxin Village to try our swords."