Chapter 448: The Journey
Sun Yuanhua was the most embarrassed to see Huang Han, but fortunately, the "Red Flag Army" saluted with one hand, otherwise he, the chief flag officer, would have kowtowed when he saw General Pingliao.
Even if the imperial court did not remove his fame, he would not be exempt from kneeling, after all, Huang Han was already a military attache of the first rank of the general with the seal, and the difference in rank was too great.
The Ming Dynasty gave preferential treatment to scholars, and Xiucai could see officials without kneeling, many people misunderstood, in fact, this only refers to the fact that the students saw the seven-grade sesame officials like the county master.
When you see Futai, Daotai, and Fantai, you still have to kneel and salute, of course, a little Xiucai Gong can't take her turn to see the feudal officials.
Don't say that the little scholars, there are three levels of seniority between the officials, even if they are also scholars, they also need to kneel and bow.
Therefore, Sun Yuanhua liked the military salute of the "Red Banner Army" the most, so that he did not feel a trace of humiliation, because he saw Shangguan salute, and Shangguan returned the salute with the same one-handed action without exception.
This is the intention of Huang Han's reform of the military salute, he always knelt down, and knelt down to the blood of a good man.
Soldiers who are weak and always kneeling down will lose their arrogance, and if they have no pride in their hearts, they will have less backbone, and there will be no psychological pressure when they raise their hands to surrender.
Seeing Huang Han appear behind him, followed by four young guards and four warriors, Sun Yuanhua saluted generously, and then said:
"I have seen a general in a lowly position, and the lowly position in the army is already a laggard, and the two lowly positions can still be carried by mere two sons."
Huang Han walked to Sun Yuanhua's side and said: "Make the best use of your talents, senior brother is a well-educated man, and he can't compete in physical strength, haven't you found that there are many soldiers in the army?"
They were good at teaching the soldiers to read and write, and often told the stories of the sages to the robes, and the soldiers didn't care whether they were marching with heavy loads. ”
Sun Yuanhua said: "The lowly position knows, but the lowly position is willing to do what he can." ”
"Senior brother, you must take care of your health, didn't anyone tell you that this time you are shouldering a heavy responsibility, you personally commanded five Furlong machine cannons to cross the mountains and mountains, and also shelled the Tartar cavalry, you will definitely be able to summarize many things that need to be improved.
Besides, the artillery drill code is not perfect, and you need to be an expert to standardize it. ”
"The lowly knows that Liu Qianhu often comes to talk to the lowly job, the general's subordinates have nothing to say, the lowly post admires it to the fullest, rest assured, the lowly post writes a march diary every day.
The fountain pens and pencils in the army are really very convenient to use, and the general invented such a good thing, which can really benefit tens of millions of readers. ”
Indeed, the ink formula has improved considerably, the nib of the pen dries out of the cap for a while, and the thin white copper tube in the fountain pen that replaces the hose of later generations can store the ink that can write thousands of words.
Now that the fountain pen has been finalized and mass production has begun to form sales, many of the military scholars and soldiers who have mastered more than 500 words have practiced hard pen calligraphy in their spare time, and there are many calm officials and talents who can write beautiful fountain pen characters.
Sun Yuanhua liked this thing when he got the pen, he was a scholar, the skill of the brush is not covered, there is this foundation to write the pen words twice the result with half the effort, and now he can write a beautiful book.
Huang Han said to Gu Rushan, Shen Ming, Peng Huaiyi, and Yu Fei around him: "You have reached the age of fifteen, and you will be sixteen in a few months.
Shen Ming and Yu Fei went to the naval division, first as trainee captains to lead a warship, and later strive to command a new battleship with two or three hundred sailors. ”
This arrangement was expected by all four teenagers, because the head of the family had arranged in advance to find a few teenagers to be the guards, and the propaganda team had made the news public to encourage eligible children in the system to participate in the selection.
Shen Ming and Yu Fei did not pretend to salute upright: "Obey orders and listen to commands!" ”
Huang Han then arranged: "Gu Rushan went to General Song Pengfei to directly lead a general flag bearer, and Peng Huaiyi will follow Master Sun as an apprentice now, and he will also serve as the chief flag officer of artillery in the future." ”
Huang Han said to Sun Yuanhua again: "Peng Huaiyi is excellent in character and learning, and is familiar with the artillery drill code, today I will hand over this good seedling to my senior brother for training." ”
The four teenagers followed Huang Han to practice martial arts for more than two years, and they were among the best in the cultural test and combat skill test, and they were beheaded in the last attack on Jinzhou.
When attacking the lair of the Nine Ghost Pirates, he also participated in the battle with merit in hand, or it was no longer appropriate to be a personal soldier with a small banner, and it was time to let them lead the troops.
These four children originally belonged to the henchmen of Gen Zheng Miaohong, and they had more than two years of getting along, and their loyalty to Huang Han was undoubted, as long as they were lucky enough to survive the battle, their future prospects were limitless.
At the end of the year, Huang Han would accept a few more young soldiers to stay by his side to train in person, and many craftsmen, old gunners, and sailors with fourteen or fifteen-year-old sons were concerned about this matter.
No one is a fool, for the sake of his son's future, there is no competent father who does not fight for his children, and the propaganda team has counted dozens of children with excellent character and learning.
Peng Huaiyi has always liked to study artillery and often goes to participate in artillery training, and today he is happy to be a trainee artillery commander, and he is even happier to be able to follow Sun Yuanhua, an artillery expert, for a while.
He came to Sun Yuanhua and saluted respectfully: "I have seen the master in my humble position." ”
Sun Yuanhua returned the salute with one hand, he took a good look at this capable young man, nodded and said to Huang Han: "General rest assured, not only Peng Huaiyi, the general flag officer, will teach them well, but the fifty-six people under his command will also give them lectures every day for half an hour." ”
Huang Han said: "Senior brother has bothered, talent training is the most difficult, these teenagers can have a famous teacher like you to train them is their blessing." ”
At this time, the cavalry of the first battalion of the Western Expedition had already taken the two cavalry led by Chen Song and Ma Fulin to explore the general over the mountains.
The infantry and artillery would assemble at the foot of the mountain after passing through this difficult mountainous terrain and wait for all the horses to arrive and make a brief repair before moving on.
Crossing the river will be attacked by the enemy half-crossing, because the army has no array when it is busy crossing the river, it is relatively chaotic and easy to be attacked, and the same is true for climbing the mountain.
In order to ensure safety, when you climb over the mountain beam to the bottom of the mountain, even if there is a cannon in place, it will be immediately assembled and ready to fire at any time.
Even a small flag bearer had to form a formation behind two wheelbarrows with ash pole spears to prevent the enemy's cavalry from charging.
The two big Taiji of the left flank of Karaqin, Se Su and Subudi, have gathered more than 5,000 to control the strings, and they are ready to choose a Ming army to attack.
They did not ambush Hanzi's men and horses who were crossing Longfeng Mountain, but chose to come to Beizi Mountain to attack Huang Han's team.