Chapter 426: Eliminate Evil
Qin Liangyu then asked his son Ma Xianglin, grandson Ma Wannian, and nephew Qin Jiming to visit Lin Yi together.
Lin Yipinpin's names, and flipped through the memories before the crossing, in the genealogy of famous generals at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that they are all on the books, especially this Ma Xianglin, worthy of being Qin Liangyu's son, before Lin Yi crossed, he followed his mother Qin Liangyu to conquer the bloody battle of the Hun River in Liaodong, so that the arrogant Manchu Tartars firmly remembered them. They led troops to King Qin several times, surrounded and suppressed the thief Zhang Xianzhong and others, especially in the bloody battle with Luo Rucai in Xiangyang, losing an eye.
However, the current Ma Xianglin is not a one-eyed commander, because Lin Yi's crossing has also partially changed his fate, and he has no chance to fight with Luo Rucai's men and horses in Xiangyang, because Lin Yi wiped out Luo Rucai in a battle with Baishuihe, so he didn't hurt that eye.
Qin Jiming in history is also a great achievement, he has participated in the suppression of thieves and thieves many times, and participated in the encirclement and suppression of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong with Qin Liangyu.
Looking at Qin Liangyu's grandson Ma Wannian was born with a tiger head and a tiger brain, the young man is in his twenties this year, with a tiger's back and a strong waist, and he looks like a tiger general.
As the saying goes, thousands of troops are easy to obtain, and one general is hard to find, especially in this troubled era, after receiving three famous generals and 3,000 white pole soldiers, such a happy event is really hard to find.
Then Lin Yi personally met with the 3,000 white pole soldiers, 3,000 young men from Sichuan Shizhu, all of them are strong and strong, don't look at them not tall, but they are full of energy, sturdy, neat military uniforms, the most special place is of course their weapons, they all hold a gun in their hands, but this gun is different from ordinary guns, just like the hook and sickle used by Xu Ning, the golden gunner in the Water Margin, there is an extra crescent-shaped hook next to the gun edge, like a curved sickle, and the spear edge is also a sharp blade, The snow is shiny.
But there is a difference with the hook and sickle gun, the barrel of the gun is not metal, it is all dried ash, and it is specially processed, and there is a metallic ring at the end of the barrel, Xiaoying, Zhezhe, Su Moer, and the beauties around Lin Yi are all curious, pointing and whispering.
Lin Yi knew that there was nothing superfluous on the weapon, and the special structure must have a special function.
Lin Yi had already heard of the prestige of the white pole soldiers, Lin Yi asked them to practice martial arts on the spot, and on the vast military field, accompanied by Xiaoying, Zhezhe and Su Moer, Lin Yi and Zhongzhenhou boarded the general platform together.
Qin Liangyu explained to Lin Yi that her unit had been trained for many years and was very suitable for mountain warfare.
Then the exercise began, personally commanded by Qin Liangyu's son Ma Xianglin, 3000 white pole soldiers quickly formed a combat formation, Ma Da commanded an order, sometimes collectively charged, sometimes fought alone, attacked and killed, and the white pole guns in the hands of each general danced in the wind, many of the soldiers present were experts, and many of them were the first time to see the demeanor of the white pole soldiers, and they couldn't help but look straight.
Lin Yi couldn't help nodding, the white pole soldiers were really different, no wonder this army could make the Manchu Tartars frightened in the bloody battle of the Hunhe River in Liaodong that year, it was really a fierce army.
Next, the white pole soldiers performed a stunt, that is, climbing the wall and climbing along, this is the teaching military field, there is no cliff, and a few pillars are temporarily erected instead. Just look at these young men with stone pillars, they connected the white guns in their hands end to end, and then they were as agile as apes, and in the blink of an eye, they climbed out several feet high.
"Good!" With Lin Yi's applause, the cheers of the soldiers and generals present came and went.
After the exercise, 3,000 soldiers and horses were retracted, and the team was still neat, and at first glance it was a well-trained and mighty division.
Lin Yi praised it greatly, and named the army "Loyal Battalion" on the spot, and crowned Ma Xianglin as the commander of the Loyal Battalion, Qin Jiming as the commander of the Loyal Battalion, and Ma Wannian as the commander of the Loyal Battalion.
Qin Liangyu took three generals and 3,000 white pole soldiers to kneel down collectively to thank him. In this way, there was another special unit in front of Lin Yi's tent, the loyal battalion and the white pole soldier.
A few days later, Qin Liangyu returned to the Loyal Marquis Mansion with his entourage.
Lin Yi stayed in Chengdu for nearly a month, during which time he ordered the cabinet of Yanjing to be successful, and asked them to quickly appoint local officials of the three divisions to take up their posts in Sichuan.
During this period, the magistrate sent a lot of money and food, and after the soldiers were strong, Lin Yi left 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Chengdu, and took the remaining 200,000 troops, including his camel team, to drive the captured hundreds of war elephants, and marched out of Chengdu all the way to the southwest.
A few days later, they entered the territory of Yunnan, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, except for Mu Tianbo, the ordinary king of Yunnan, these people of Yunnan rarely see a high-ranking official like Lin Yi.
Wherever Lin Yi's soldiers went, all the people worshipped, who wouldn't want to see the demeanor of this Lord of the Prison Country?
Therefore, every time Lin Yi goes to a place, the people are empty, and the people here compete to see Lin Yi's dignity, and at the same time, Lin Yi is also looking at them, there are more border ethnic groups in this place, strange costumes, and what kind of clothes they wear, Lin Yi feels that they are not the same as the Central Plains, and they are very fresh.
However, this can make Lin Yi's guards busy, they must be responsible for the safety of adults at all times, fortunately, there are hundreds of brocade guards, under the command of Ma Luan, some of them are wearing brocade guards, and some are wearing civilian clothes, mixed among the common people, always pay attention to whether these people will be unfavorable to their prison lords, and if they find any abnormal situation, they will immediately take down and ask for guilt.
On this day, Lin Yi was walking forward with his soldiers and horses, and suddenly the vanguard stopped, because there was a Shuangyang fork in front, and one road was to the southwest, leading to the Qianguo Mansion in Kunming, Yunnan, that is, Mu Tianbo's Mu Wangfu, and it had been found out that the people in the mansion had already run out, and they knew that Mu Tianbo was defeated; The other is to the northwest, and the road to the northwest leads to the Shadow Mountain and the Stacked Cloud Peak. Now that there is definite news, two groups of people who occupy the mountains have been found on these two mountains, namely Mu Tianbo and Sun Kewang. The vanguard didn't know which way to go, so they came to Chen Linyi to decide.
At this time, Ma Xianglin, the commander of the loyal battalion, came to see Lin Yi and took the initiative to ask for help, "Thanks to the great love of the Prison Lord, our Loyal Battalion has not made an inch of merit since it was returned to the Prison Lord, and has been greatly rewarded, and I feel deeply guilty and uneasy. The thieves on these two mountains, our loyal battalion has been contracted, please move to the Qianguo Mansion and wait for good news, if you don't destroy the thieves, be willing to be a military order. ”
Lin Yi said with a smile: "It's rare to have the heart of the Great Commander, but since Lin is here, he can't just hide in the palace, otherwise Lin will stay in Chengdu, okay?" Is it good to stay in Beijing? Why don't you go along? ”
"No." Ma Xianglin agreed to retreat, and secretly praised that the Lord of the Prison Country was really different, with the legacy of Taizu and Chengzu back then, far from being comparable to emperors such as Tianqi and Chongzhen. It seems that Da Ming is in a hurry!
Then Lin Yi said to the herald: "To eliminate the evil, of course you have to go to the northwest." "Since Lin Yi came to the southwest this time, he must completely wipe out Sun Kewang and Mu Tianbo, and then it is not too late to enter the Qianjiang Mansion, and then find the king of Burma to settle accounts, and then try to Li Dingguo in Guizhou, and finally turn to the southeast to clean up Zheng Zhilong's group of pirates.
However, if you want to take the northwest road in front of you, it is equivalent to getting off the official road, and not far ahead is the mountain road, of course, the mountain road is not as easy to walk as the official road, and it is narrow and rugged.
Lin Yi found a guide and ordered Liu Liangzuo to take the men and horses of his headquarters as the vanguard to open the road in front of the mountains, and when encountering water and bridges, the 200,000 army was mighty and came to the opposite shadow mountain.
Walking on the mountain road, the horse team and infantry are fine, but the baggage troops, including the grain and grass carts, are a little difficult to walk, fortunately, there are war horses, camels, and elephants, they can carry and pull, this time there are many Burmese soldiers among the captives, Lin Yi did not ask for their lives, these war elephants let them carry, and now they have become Lin Yi's foot strength and porters.
After the battle of Chengdu, these foreign soldiers and these war elephants are now obedient, and they are grateful to Lin Yi, Lin Yi did not kill them, it is already a blessing from heaven, they are also to survive and return to their hometown in Burma, Lin Yi asked them to do whatever they wanted.
However, just in case, Lin Yi still strengthened the control of these special prisoners of war, and asked Liu Zeqing to take the people of his headquarters to take care of them and assist the baggage troops, including grain and grass trucks.
The mountain road is indeed not easy to walk, especially compared to the Ming army's brigade of men and horses, there are cars and horses, pulling heavy grain and grass, etc., only out of dozens of miles a day, so I walked forward for two more days, and there were two rugged mountain roads in front, and the guide was a local villager who told them that one was leading to Shadow Mountain, and the other was leading to Dieyun Peak.
Huama Liu came to ask for orders again, Lin Yi told him to run to Yingshan, and then asked Gao Guiying and Li Yan to lead 50,000 horses to run in the direction of Dieyun Peak, Gao Guiying was the marshal, Li Yan was the military division, and 3,000 white pole soldiers were used by them. In addition to Ma Xianglin, Ma Wannian, and Qin Jiming, there are also Li Zicheng's old subordinates Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi, Li Guo, Li Laiheng, etc.
After receiving the order, several generals parted ways.
At this time, Xiao Ying blinked and felt that something was wrong, and secretly pulled Lin Yi to the side, "Brother Lin, it's not appropriate to divide the troops like this, right?" ”
"God is mysterious, what's wrong." Lin Yi looked at her with a playful smile.
"The white pole soldiers used to suppress thieves, Gao Guiying and Li Yan were all thieves before, and they used to be sworn enemies, if you separate them together, will there be internal strife?"
Lin Yi smiled and patted her little head, "Ying'er thinks too much, I see who of them dares!" Now they are all military generals of the Ming Dynasty, all the previous things are not to blame, there has been an order in the army for a long time, who dares to turn over the old accounts and engage in military law, now is not the Chongzhen era, but I Lin Yi is in charge of the country Daming! ”