Chapter 64: Jizhou
The sergeant on the lookout was still observing and guarding around with a 22b telescope, Ding Yousan, Xu Bocheng, He Maocai, Duan Side, Zuo Mingxiu, Gu Liwei, Li Dakun, Xie Qingyuan and other officers ran to the Chinese army flag one after another, forming a circle in front of Yang Ming, with an expression of excitement and awe on their faces, waiting for Yang Ming's instructions.
"Everyone did well today and achieved a great result!" Yang Ming first praised everyone, and then continued to encourage, "I hope you will make persistent efforts and make new contributions." ”
"It all depends on the general's divine might to have today's victory." Ding Yousan led a group of officers and said busily.
"Yes, it's all the general's mana and countless enemies, let's just give the general a hand." The sincere expression on the face of Duan Side, the deputy company commander of the Chinese Military Company, although he echoed the flattery of Yang Ming, was indeed sincere. Yang Ming's various magical legends, except for a few people such as Ding Yousan, the other officers present at this time only admired the name for a long time, but they had not seen it with their own eyes. When Duan Side said this, he couldn't help but glance at Yun Qiu who was standing behind Yang Ming out of the corner of his eyes, but saw Yun Qiu's expression was grim, and the colorful goggles covered half of his face, but he still couldn't hide his extremely gorgeous face, and he couldn't help but think of Yun Qiu's sassy and heroic posture of raising a gun to meet the enemy in his heart, and he suddenly sighed secretly.
"You don't have to be too modest." Yang Ming smiled slightly, his eyes swept over the officers in front of him, "Fighting a war is about discipline and cooperation, and everyone's discipline is maintained very well today, and the cooperation is also good." ”
"It's just that whether there is any further improvement and perfection is the purpose of our post-war summary."
Yang Ming set his eyes on Gu Liwei, the commander of the second company, "The second company commander of Gu Company ordered the fourth company to help, and the speed seems to be faster?" ”
Gu Liwei's face turned red, and then he hugged his fists and replied, "What the general said is very true, the second company was in a defensive formation at that time, and at first glance, it was ordered to send emergency reinforcements, and the formation change was indeed a little slower, thanks to ...... Thanks to the timely arrival of the general's personal generals with Shenwei Iron Hammer, the Fourth Company was not subjected to greater pressure from the enemy. ”
The "general's personal general" he said refers to Yunqiu, Gu Liwei has never seen Yunqiu before, and he doesn't know what to call it for a while, so after consideration, he calls it "pro-general".
"Well, Company Commander Gu is right, the transformation of the battle formation does require a long period of training, and our troops are not well trained now, and it is common for some rustiness and sluggishness to occur." Yang Ming nodded in approval.
Seeing that Yang Ming did not mean to be picky and accountable, the officers became a little bolder, and they said one by one, most of these officers had worked in the Ming army before, and they still had basic military knowledge, and when it came to tactics and tactics, they were quite like that, and there were differences of opinion on some issues, and several people even argued. Yang Ming listened with a smile on the side, occasionally interjecting a few words, he was actually not familiar with ancient warfare, just based on basic logic in general, not to express his opinions randomly, now his prestige among the officers can be described as a word, what he said, even if he ignored it, others would be convinced, if he was wrong, he would mislead everyone, and the consequences would be serious.
Seeing that everyone was almost discussed, Yang Ming decided to get to the point, he looked around, and asked Ding Yousan in a calm voice, "Master Ding, has the battlefield been cleaned?" ”
Looking at Yang Ming's serious tone and expression, Ding Yousan couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and hurriedly bowed down and hugged his fists and said, "General, the battlefield has been cleaned, 1,872 enemy heads have been collected, 653 good horses have been obtained, dead horses and wounded horses, swords, guns, armor and equipment are countless ......"
"Where's the silver?" Yang Ming nodded and said lightly, "These Tartar soldiers have been robbing the land of Gyeonggi for more than two months, and they have some silver taels on them, right?" ”
This is natural, although the discipline of the Houjin army is much stronger than that of the Ming army, and the looted property must be handed over to the banner owner for distribution, but it is also conceivable that the personal private possession is a little bit of a thing.
"General, I have also collected a lot of silver taels, but it is difficult to count accurately for a while, and it is roughly estimated that there are thousands of taels."
"Master Ding, let the sergeants of each company gather and line up, Chief of Staff Xu, please organize the staff officers of the regiment headquarters and the battalion company to cross-check the discipline."
The swords, guns and armor captured by the sergeants, if they feel that they can keep them for their own use, at most they have to ask their superiors for permission, but for the silver and two property, Yang Ming strictly stipulates that they must be handed over to the public, and the sergeants are never allowed to hold them for themselves, this discipline has already been announced to all officers and soldiers, and now he wants to check the implementation of discipline.
As for why Xu Bocheng organized staff officers to inspect, it was because the position of staff officers was reorganized from the original praise paintings, and most of these praise paintings were literati, who were responsible for writing documents, uploading and issuing them, recording military merits, and keeping food and salary accounts in the army.
On one side of the position, the people and the gang leaders dug stoves in the trenches and buried pots, and the smoke from the firewood rose in the residual red of the setting sun, and the aroma of wheat rice wafted from time to time. In the position, hundreds of sergeants lined up in a neat line, their heads held high, and their eyes were focused on the dozens of sergeants standing in several rows in front of the queue.
"Everyone risked their lives to fight, and it is human nature to pick up a little silver tael, and it is not a big mistake." Yang Ming held a loudspeaker in his hand, glanced at the audience, and said lightly.
"It's just that we are a disciplined force, and we can't act so rashly. The collapse of discipline often starts small, today you can steal silver taels, tomorrow you can loot civilians, the day after tomorrow you may burn and loot. ”
"If that's the case, I'll cut off your heads!" Yang Ming raised his voice, and his tone began to become stern.
"When you joined the army, the general said in advance, discipline and rules must be observed, and the spoils of today's victory belong to the general according to the rules, and the general will use these spoils to reward meritorious service, compensate the disabled, and distribute salaries, in other words, the money must be used on everyone, and it must not be taken by any of you privately."
"In today's battle, our army killed fourteen comrades, and their bodies will be transported back for a grand burial, General Ben will not let them stay here as lonely ghosts, and General Ben has promised in advance that their families will be paid for life.
Speaking of this, there was a throbbing in the sergeant procession, and people raised their heads to stare at Yang Ming, with a look of surprise and admiration in their eyes. The Ming army fought a war, and the bodies of the war dead have always been buried on the spot, if it is a lost battle, it is impossible to even bury it, and only the remains of a very small number of senior generals will be transported back, and now Yang Ming said that he would bring all these war dead back for burial, and the sergeants couldn't help but be greatly moved.
"In the back of the treatment center, there are still more than a dozen seriously injured brothers, and if any of them can't recover, can't fight anymore, can't work anymore, General Ben will also pay them for life."
"Do you know that these silver taels that you have hidden should have a share of them!"
Yang Ming's gaze was fixed on the sergeants who had hidden the silver taels, "If you have any strengths and weaknesses in the future, you yourself don't want others to take away the silver salary that belongs to you and your families, right?" ”
"I think you are all first-time offenders today, and this general will not pursue this, and he will not give you a demerit, but if there is any further violation, he will be severely punished!"
"Alright, the company commanders will bring your men back. Everyone took a break and prepared to eat. Don't camp tonight, pack up and set off after dinner, and march overnight! ”
Now there are only a dozen miles away from Zunhua City, according to the information obtained today, Liu Zhilun was surrounded by Niangniang Mountain twenty miles east of Zunhua, and there are still more than 30 miles to catch, Yang Ming plans to rush to the location of Liu Zhilun's department before dawn tomorrow, meet with him, and rescue Liu Zhilun.
Several company commanders walked up to those sergeants with a blushing face, and each brought their own people back, Yang Ming looked at them lightly, thinking that after this inspection and lesson, these company commanders should pay more attention to the implementation of military discipline in the future, at this time, he found that only Xie Qingyuan, the commander of the fourth company, did not appear in the crowd.
"Fourth Company Commander Xie Qingyuan!" Yang Ming shouted in a deep voice.
"Mark it in!" Xie Qingyuan, who was standing in the front row of the fourth company, strode forward and bowed to Yang Ming and hugged his fists in response.
"There are no people from the Fourth Company who violated discipline this time?" Yang Ming looked at Xie Qingyuan and asked.
"General Qiyu, no!"
"Excellent! Xu joined the army and gave Xie Qingyuan, the commander of the fourth company, another credit! ”
"General Xie!" Xie Qingyuan raised his head, bowed again, and strode back.
Duan Side, the deputy company commander of the Chinese Army Company, led the two sergeants back, and when he saw Xie Qingyuan being commended by Yang Ming, he couldn't help but feel a burst of nameless anger in his heart, and his originally blue face suddenly turned red.
"Bastard thing, shame on Lao Tzu!" Duan Side waved his horsewhip and slashed at the two sergeants of the Chinese army, and the two sergeants neither dared to hide nor shout, so they had to grit their teeth and stand up.
"Duan Laosan, corporal punishment of soldiers is not allowed!" Yang Ming shouted loudly, Duan Side's face turned even redder when he drank it like this, but he didn't dare to beat the whip anymore with the whip in his hand.
Yang Ming and the battalion commander Ding Yousan, chief of staff Xu Bocheng, the commander of the first battalion, He Maocai, the commander of the first battalion and the five company commanders sat around to eat together, Yang Ming sat alone in the upper position, Ding Yousan and Xu Bocheng sat on the right side, He Maocai, Duan Side, Xie Qingyuan sat on the left, and the first was Zuo Mingxiu, the commander of the first company, Gu Liwei, the commander of the second company, and Li Dakun, the commander of the third company. According to seniority, Xie Qingyuan, the commander of the fourth company, could not sit in the second seat, but today his soldiers did not have a private silver tael, and he had just been commended by Yang Ming, so Ding Yousan let him sit in the second seat with the battalion commander He Maocai.
Today, the army won the first battle, Yang Ming asked the officers to eat with him, which can be regarded as a kind of encouragement and commendation, most of these officers are also at the same table with Yang Ming for the first time, and they are all a little flattered.
On the table, there are fragrant white rice, meat buns, braised horse meat, sausage slices, horse broth, vegetables and vegetables, as well as a jar of rice wine, and the tableware used is also fine porcelain bowls and plates, which is the treatment that Yang Ming only has in the entire army. In ancient times, the productivity was low, fine porcelain was still relatively expensive, and people with poor conditions generally used coarse porcelain bowls, or wooden bowls, and bamboo bowls, and the Shunyi army canteen was also equipped with coarse porcelain bowls, but it was inconvenient for the army to bring porcelain, because the porcelain could not withstand the transportation bumps, and the tableware used by officers and sergeants was wooden bowls or bamboo bowls.
"Today is the Lantern Festival, but the brothers still have to fight bloodily," Yang Ming picked up the porcelain bowl containing rice wine and looked at a table of generals with a smile, "Come, I will give you a bowl first, I think I admire!" ”
Everyone at the table quickly stood up, even said, "Don't dare, don't dare", and followed Yang Ming with the wine bowl in both hands and drank it all.
"Drink your own drinks, eat well." Yang Ming doesn't drink much, and this bowl will no longer be accompanied when it is dry, but there are many people who drink a lot of alcohol among the officers at this table, because they have to march at night, Yang Ming is reminding them not to drink too much and make mistakes.
"Thank you, General!"
According to the habits of the Ming Dynasty, men and women eat at different tables, the first few days of the noon march did not start, breakfast and dinner Yunqiu followed Yang Ming to eat in the tent of the Chinese army, and no outsiders were present, Yang Ming asked her to eat at the same table, she did so, at this time Yang Ming and the officers ate together, Yunqiu was naturally inconvenient to participate.
Yun Qiu stood alone behind the lookout, this is the highest point of the whole position, looking up, the sun has set, the sky is filled with dazzling sunset, the golden glow reflects the earth, in the position, hundreds of soldiers and people are standing or squatting, holding wooden bowls in their hands and eating dinner; Hundreds of horses crowded on either side of the position, and sergeants fed the horses, and the horses bent their necks to eat forage and bran, occasionally raising their heads and making a noise in the evening breeze.
A soldier held the tray in both hands and sent the food box to Yun Qiu, Yun Qiu looked down, but saw that the rectangular rounded food box on the tray was crystal crystal clear, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, picked up the food box and looked at it carefully, through the slightly amber box wall, the rice and meat dishes inside were clearly visible, the lid of the food box was embedded with chopsticks, and the heat of the food condensed into a fine droplet on the inner wall of the box lid.
Yunqiu couldn't have known that this was a portable lunch box made of ppsu material, this material was light and transparent, strong and drop-resistant, and resistant to high temperatures, and could be cleaned and disinfected in the steam of the pressure cooker. Yun Qiu looked up at the front of the lookout meaningfully, but saw that Yang Ming was eating at the same table with Ding Yousan and other officers, she could only see Yang Ming's back, and vaguely heard the cheerful conversation of people at the table.
A warm feeling rose in her heart, and a smile appeared on the corner of Yunqiu's mouth.
In the treatment center in the rear position, Wen Ruting, a staff officer in a green preaching robe, finished picking up the food in three or two bites, and then took out the notebook in his arms and looked at it.
"How's Squad Leader Chen?" Wen Ruting came to the wooden plank where the wounded man was lying and asked the sergeant guarding the side.
"Report to Staff Officer Wen, I fed half a bowl of gruel just now, and I slept again, and the doctor also came to take the pulse, saying that there is no major problem for the time being."
Wen Ruting nodded, reached out and took out a thermometer from the armpit of the wounded man lying on the wooden board, and looked at it at the beam, and the mercury column happened to press the "37" marked with the frame, and he immediately hesitated.
"The general said that if the line inside crosses this box, it will be reported to him, and now this line is just pressing the frame, to report it or not to report it......?"
After a moment of silence, he took a pen on his elbow and wrote down the temperature data in the table in his notebook, shook the thermometer, and stuffed it into the armpit of the next wounded.
"When the meeting is about to set out, these wounded who can ride their horses will ride their horses; If you can't ride a horse, use a car to transport it, remember that the bedding on the car is thicker. Wen Ruting instructed left and right.
The glow of the sky was fading, and the position was busy, and the army was getting ready to go. All the sergeants who could ride horses were allotted horses, and the number of horses captured in the First World War today exceeded the number of troops in battle, and the problem now was that most of the sergeants could not ride horses, and the hundreds of spare horses could only be used to carry captured supplies, or to be transferred to the baggage team to pull the carts.
Still according to the previous marching sequence, Yang Ming placed the four companies in front of the team, the cavalry of the first company was divided into the two wings of the fourth company, followed by the second company, and then the Chinese army company led by Yang Ming himself, and the rear was the people, the baggage convoy and the third company responsible for the rearguard.
"Yunqiu, how is your eyesight at night?" Before stepping onto the war horse, Yang Ming asked Yunqiu with a smile.
"I don't have night blindness." Yun Qiu snorted coldly, "If you don't see clearly at night, people won't want you at all." ”
"Hehe, yes. It's okay to have night blindness, just supplement with some vitamins. ”
Yang Ming took out a huge kirknd multivitamin plastic bottle from the bag on horseback, poured out two vitamin tablets, threw one into his mouth, and handed another one to Yunqiu.
He developed the habit of taking vitamin tablets after meals in the United States, vitamins in the American market are sold as food, the price is very cheap, 500 large bottles of multivitamin tablets are only a dozen dollars, many people have this habit.
"What is this?" Yunqiu asked puzzled.
"Don't worry about it, it's good to eat." Yang Ming raised his neck and took a few sips of water, and then handed the 155-liter pure water bottle in his hand to Yun Qiu, of course, the pure water in it had already been drunk, and now it was filled with cold boiled water.
Yun Qiu took a sip of water and swallowed the vitamin tablets in disbelief, and Yang Ming groped out a pill from his bag and handed it to Yun Qiu.
"What is this, ...... you?" Yun Qiu felt a little unbearable.
"Arodafi, this medicine is anti-sleep, it can keep you awake all night."
During World War II, methamphetamine was widely used as an anti-fatigue agent in various teams, which was later commonly known as ice, and after the war, it was transferred to civilian use, and it was popular among working people at home and abroad under the name of "anti-fatigue tablets", and it was gradually banned by various countries in the 1960s after the addictive and toxic properties of this drug were found in medicine. Then in the 1990s, a new generation of anti-fatigue drug ODAFI came out, which was tested in the Gulf War to prove its efficacy and low side effects, and then developed to the next generation of ARDAFI with better effects and fewer side effects.
"Do you still need to take medicine to fight sleep?" Yun Qiu said disdainfully, "I used to go on a mission, and I didn't close my eyes or snort for two days and two nights. ”
"You're my secondary shooter and I need you to be at your best." Yang Ming smiled and took a tablet first, took the water bottle from Yun Qiu's hand and swallowed it, and handed the water to Yun Qiu, who had no choice but to take the pill.
"Alright, now I'll install night vision goggles for you."
"Night vision goggles?" Yun Qiu was puzzled again.
"Well, the latest fifth-generation full-color night vision goggles," Yang Ming stepped forward and installed the X27 night vision goggles on Yunqiu's Kevlar helmet, "Wait until the night tells you how to use it, believe me, you will be shocked, hehe." ”
"In heaven I wish to be a winged bird, and on earth I wish to be a branch." He clicked the night vision goggles of the same model onto his helmet, turned over his horse, pressed the send button of the walkie-talkie on his shoulder, and yelled, "All attention, dial, go!" ”