At the beginning of July of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Li Xiao's army was prepared, and Li Xiao, the commander of the thousand households, personally led the army north to Wuding Prefecture at the junction of Shandong and Beizhili, where he went to meet with Yao Wenchang's department, and then went to Beijing with him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Fifty flying harriers rode forward to explore the way, and the soldiers behind were in order, three teams of shield soldiers, five teams of spearmen, Lu Mi gunners, blacksmiths, doctors, and then a long logistics team composed of 20 four-wheeled carriages, followed by a rampant team, and finally Xuanhu heavy cavalry surrounded Li Xiao and marched towards the tail.

After repeated consideration, Li Xiao did not bring artillery troops. There are two main reasons, one is because it is difficult to ship artillery over long distances, and the journey is too slow, and history records that in order to conquer Tongguan, the Qing army spent a month waiting for the Hongyi cannon to be transported from the rear. Now the journey is urgent, and there is not so much time for Li Xiao to drag on the road. The second reason is that these cannons are expensive military items, which belong to Li Xiao's belongings at the bottom of the box, if after arriving in Beizhili or Xuanfu, which general becomes greedy and relies on power to forcibly seize and retain them, it will be purely for others to make wedding dresses.

The sun is blazing, the heat wave is rolling, and the morale of this expeditionary army, which only has more than 1,200 people, is very high. The team was neat, the flags were flying, and the military song that made people's blood boil sounded highly: "Angry hair rushes to the crown, leaning on the railing, Xiaoxiao rain rests." Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, strong and fierce. Thirty fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon。。。。。。 ”

After the military song was sung, the soldiers shouted the slogan in unison, led by the supervisors of the Supervision Department:

"Eat Lord Li's food, wear Lord Li's clothes, and make meritorious service with Lord Li!"

"Eat Lord Li's food, wear Lord Li's clothes, and make meritorious contributions to Lord Li 。。。。。。"

"Kill the Tartars, kill the thieves, protect the family and the country, and make a name for yourself and honor your descendants!"

"Kill the Tartars, kill the thieves, protect the family and the country, and make a name for yourself and honor the descendants。。。。。。"

"Kill the Tartars, go to heaven!"

"Kill the Tartars, go to the heavens。。。。。。"

"Kill the Tartar and kill the thief, and you will definitely join the rich and noble family in the next life!"

"Kill the Tartar and kill the thief and die, and in the next life you will definitely join the rich and noble family。。。。。。"

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These slogans compiled by Li Xiao and Guan Yi according to the existing situation are simple and easy to remember, catchy, and very popular with the soldiers. In this team, where most of the soldiers are pure scholars, Li Xiao designed these slogans, which are a mixture of national righteousness and feudal superstition, and use them to be passed down to future generations. The brainwashing-like means are used by the supervisors every day to preach brainwashing repeatedly with high intensity, so these slogans have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the majority of soldiers and generals, and basically every soldier can recite them backwards.

Li Xiao did not want to portray himself as a religious leader like Zhang Jiao or Hong Xiuquan, although the establishment of religion may have a very obvious effect in the early stage for such a low-level army, but in the later stage, its backlash and the degree of restraint on social development and new ideas will also be extremely serious, and it is even more likely to give birth to a huge and decadent priest class, which Li Xiao does not want to see.

From ancient times to the present, the use of religious-like brainwashing methods to shape the thinking of officers and soldiers under them can greatly enhance the loyalty and combat fearlessness of soldiers and soldiers. Because these brainwashing methods can effectively alleviate the instinctive fear of death and the confusion about the unknown future.

What Li Xiao wants to do is to draw on the brainwashing methods of his religion and make it an important part of the ideological shaping of his officers and soldiers.

Among them, Li Xiao has to take care of it carefully.

Along the way, Li Xiaojun, who had rectified military discipline and committed no crimes in the autumn, was warmly welcomed by the people along the way.

The news that Li Xiaojun sent troops to resist the Tartar invasion somehow quickly spread throughout the counties and towns along Yanzhou in these days.

After hearing the news, these simple and kind people came to the official road with food, took out rice wine, eggs, cooked meat and other items that they were reluctant to eat, and forced them into the arms of Li Xiaojun's soldiers.

What they didn't expect was that these soldiers refused to accept it one after another, and spoke politely, saying that Li Xiaojun has strict military discipline regulations, and it is not allowed to take people's money and property without permission, and violators will be punished immediately.

The soldiers responded politely and politely, which made the people who saw them off very emotional.

In these years, the Ming officials and soldiers did not kill the good and risked the merits, did not harm the people, it was already a rare good army, Li Xiaojun even refused to accept the property sent by the people, such a Ming official army, it is comparable to the ancient Yue family army that froze to death without wearing civilian clothes and starved to death and could not enter the people's houses.

Seeing the spear and shield soldiers in front of them behaving like this, the sergeants of the original Liukou New Annexed Army who were selected into the rampant team felt even more ashamed. Everyone secretly swore in their hearts that in the future, they must fight on the battlefield and wash away the past evils, so that they can be worthy of their own conscience and the grace of Lord Li's reconstruction.

Tian Wei, the chief of General A, Duan Shidi, the deputy chief of the Ming Dynasty, and others also sighed in their hearts, this Ming official army can be so popular, and Li Xiao is afraid that he is the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty.

In the end, Li Xiao ordered that in order to prevent the itinerary from being blocked and ensure the speed of the march, Chen Monkey's logistics team would receive the gifts from the villagers, which allowed the soldiers to break free from the arms of the enthusiastic people.

Looking at Li Xiaojun, who was striding away with smoke and dust, the people watching along the way were still full of emotion.

"Li Qianhu personally commanded the army, went to defend the emperor, went to fight against the Tartars, and was really a model of the Ming Dynasty officials and army! We are really fortunate to have such soldiers in Shandong. I heard that our official army in the north of the Ming Dynasty was defeated by the Tartars, the Tartars were in Xuanfu and Datong, but they were all rampant. Lewdness, it's really like a beast! ”

"Hmph, I've heard that those tartars are simply more vicious than beasts! I heard that these Tartars eat meat every day, and the thing under the crotch is always upright, and when they see a woman, they are hungry wolves and sheep! That's a man who rapes, kills, and plunders all kinds of evil, alas, the people of the north have really suffered a great calamity. ”

"Alas, fortunately, we have Master Li in Shandong, so we can finish beating the thieves who entered Koushan Shandong and keep our side safe and quiet. He went north to fight against the Eastern Tartars, to share the emperor's worries and save the lives of the people in the north. Master Li is a good ruler of the army and benevolent, and he is really the reincarnation of a Buddha in ten thousand families. ”

"When I grow up, I will also go to Lord Li's army, kill the rogues, kill the Tartars, I will also eat Lord Li's food, wear Lord Li's clothes, and make meritorious service with Lord Li!"

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From the time he set off to the present, Li Xiao has not seen Zu Wan'er.

Since Li Xiao still didn't allow her to go that day, she never talked to Li Xiao again, nor did she come to Li Xiao's residence. Occasionally, the two met, and Zu Wan'er also left with an indifferent face.

Seeing Zu Wan'er's appearance, although Li Xiao felt quite sorry in his heart, he still didn't let go. Even if this ancestor Wan'er is dissatisfied with herself, she can't help her. After all, this army is not child's play.

Only when I return from the expedition, I can explain to her and be relieved.

Li Xiao was silently thinking, maybe when he went out on the expedition, this girl might still be resting in the room. Alas, that's fine, don't be sad about the farewell.

When he was about to reach the boundary of Jinxiang County in the north, Li Xiao rode forward to check the march of the various troops.

When passing by the team of doctors, Li Xiao coldly caught a glimpse of a seemingly familiar figure, and after seeing himself coming, he hurriedly shrank away from those guys.

"Phew!"

Li Xiao, who was shocked, reined in the reins of the horse, quickly jumped off the horse, and rushed straight towards the man.

The man in the obviously ill-fitting man's outfit saw Li Xiao striding forward, and hurriedly shrank back more and more.

It's just that Li Xiao moved extremely fast, his thick right hand was quickly stretched out, and he firmly grasped the person's left arm in his hand.

The man turned around and smiled mischievously at him.

"You! You're just fooling around! ”

Li Xiao's face was suddenly crimson, his eyes widened, and he gritted his teeth in anger.

"Hmph, look at your fierce appearance, you can't eat me! I said, "I'll go where you want." Anyway, you didn't find me all the way. Zu Wan'er gave Li Xiao a roll of her eyes and looked proud.

"Nonsense! My eldest lady, how many times have I told you, our army is going to war, not to play! Listen, before you go far, I'll send someone to send you back to Iron Dragon City immediately! Li Xiao ordered with a serious face.

"Come less! I'm not going back! Of course I know that I am going to fight, and I will tell you, I can treat the wounded and people like these guys, Li Xiao, don't look down on people! Zu Wan'er was also angry, she twisted her left arm hard, trying to break it out of Li Xiao's iron pincer-like hand.

Chen Mazi in front saw that the two were deadlocked, and hurriedly came over to play a round, and he said to Li Xiao in a curtled manner: "Lord Qianhu, before I set off, I have repeatedly opposed Miss Zu to go, but she actually came with the army in disguise as a man, and when I found out, it was too late." Master Li, don't worry, along the way, I will take good care of Miss Zu and won't let her cause trouble to our army. ”

Li Xiao let out a long sigh and let go of his grip on Zu Wan'er's hand.

"Along the way, Wan'er, you need to listen to Dr. Chen's arrangements and act closely with the medical team. I have a lot of things, and it is difficult for me to take care of you, but you need to be more careful! Li Xiao finally had to admonish.

"I know." Zu Wan'er's clear eyes stared at him: "Don't worry, I won't trouble you."

Li Xiao had no choice but to leave.

The whole army continued to move forward, looking down from the sky, Li Xiao's whole army was like a big snake winding forward, silently moving forward on the vast land.

The march route drawn up by Li Xiao was from Shanxian County, to Jinxiang, to Jining, to Yanzhou Prefecture, and then to Ningyang, then to Jinan Tai'an Prefecture, then Jinan Mansion, through Jiyang, and finally to Wuding Prefecture.

Originally, according to the marching speed of the ancient army, it could walk a place of 30 miles a day, but now Li Xiao's whole army is marching along the official road and there are four-wheeled carriages pulling heavy loads, and the speed of the troops' march has accelerated a lot, and it is not a problem to get up early and stay late in a day, but it is not a problem to drive 50 miles.

The whole journey is nearly 800 miles, and with a daily march speed of 50 miles, Li Xiao expects to arrive in two weeks.

A few days later, Li Xiaojun rushed to the border of Yanzhou Prefecture at nearly noon.

All Li Xiao's soldiers could see the vague figure of Yanzhou Mansion City from a distance.

Li Xiao remembered that he had read history in his previous life and said that Yanzhou in the Ming Dynasty was rebuilt from Rongyang County. The city is located at the bend of the Si River, built on the remnants of the northern Fangshan River, and the clear Surabaya River flows from the south of the city to the east. The whole Yanzhou City, in the form of long east and west and short north and south, after years of expansion and restructuring, the city wall of the whole Yanzhou City is as long as 14 miles and 200 steps, becoming one of the largest cities in Shandong.

The most commendable thing is that the city wall of Yanzhou City is ten meters high, all covered with thick blue bricks, and the width of the city wall is nearly seven meters, which can be walked by five horses. The female wall, the battlement, the arrow tower and other defensive equipment are readily available. A total of three gates were opened in the whole city, namely the east, west and south gates, and each gate was built with an urn city, which greatly strengthened the defense of the city.

The whole army marched straight towards Yanzhou City, and soon arrived at the Surabaya Bridge outside the south gate of Yanzhou.

After passing this bridge, which is known as the "Stone Rainbow of the Lu Kingdom" and is quite famous in history, Li Xiao subconsciously slowed down the speed of passing, and he carefully looked at the Surabaya Bridge built in the 37th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1609).

He saw that the whole bridge is about 200 meters long, 8 meters wide, and the bridge body has 15 holes, which are purely made of huge stones, which is magnificent and beautiful. The stone railings and guards on both sides of the bridge deck are exquisitely carved, and there are decorations such as stone lions and water beasts at both ends.

According to history, in order to build this bridge, a total of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were consumed, and it took five years to be built, which is one of the 24 famous bridges in the Ming Dynasty. For hundreds of years, the bridge was a key point of north-south traffic.

During the Kangxi, Qianlong, Guangxu and 1957 floods of the Qing Dynasty, the bridge was repeatedly destroyed, but it was rebuilt repeatedly, so it basically remained in its original appearance. In Li Xiao's previous life, it was a key cultural relics protection unit in Yanzhou City.

Li Xiao looked at this exquisite bridge with complicated eyes, and no one knew what was going on in his heart.

There was a commotion in the distance, which brought Li Xiao back to his senses from his contemplation.

Li Xiao came back to his senses and looked up, but saw that Ni Cheng, the prefect of Yanzhou, was smiling and walking towards him with a smile on his face, wearing a three-color heraldic Tsing Yi regular uniform, a plain yarn middle single, a seven-color black pattern on the collar, and a jade belt around his waist.

"Come to think of this, it is Li Qianhu, who is known as the young hero, who is really heroic and handsome, and his bearing is extraordinary. Xiao Wang saw it today, and it was a thought to quench his lifelong thirst. ”

Before Li Xiao could speak, the young man next to the prefect Ni Cheng had already opened his mouth to Li Xiao with a smile.

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