Volume 17 Chapter 48 The Dingliao Army Returns to Beijing
Qin Gongming sat on the southbound train, his eyes unconsciously looked out of the window, the scenery of the Siberian Plain flashed slowly like a picture, but what he thought of was the capital and the Forbidden City.
The osmanthus in the Zhongzhen Marquis Mansion in the capital should be blooming, and I don't know what happened to my aunt and younger brother; Is the Forbidden City Kunning Palace still as lively as last year, I don't know what happened to the little sister and the cute little nephew, thinking of the chubby little face of the eldest prince Zhu Hetou, his handsome face couldn't help but show a rare smile.
He sat on a special train to Rem City, this special train is not only one, behind the passenger car he was riding, there are twenty wagons, 100,000 Dingliao soldiers three days ago with the nearby Tianxiong Army and Guanning Army handed over the defense of the middle reaches of the Yeni River, then boarded the Ming Royal Shipping Company's Fuchuan warship, went upstream, arrived at the No. 25 Fortress, and then transferred to the train to Rem City.
The water and land routes before and after this add up to a total of nearly 2,000 miles, and it takes less than three days to arrive, and it has to be said that the current transportation capacity of the Ming army is quite terrifying.
Not long after, Rem City was already in sight, Qin Gongming retracted his thoughts, stood up, tidied up his military uniform, and then said loudly: "Order, everyone gathers and prepares to get off." “
A few heralds and guards immediately got up and ran to the various carriages, and soon the soldiers of each carriage began to assemble in the aisles, lined up in one row after another, ready to get out of the carriage.
At this time, there were no fixed trains in the Western Regions and Siberia, and Zhang Pu's Ministry of Transportation could not manage the railways in the war zone, so the special train of the Dingliao Army did not need to wait at all, and went directly to the railway station in Rem City.
This is the connection between the Western Regions and Siberia, and it is the base camp of the grain and grass transfer of the Ming army in the southeast and southeast, so the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War jointly designed and built a large transfer station here, and the entire transfer station is densely packed with railways like spider webs, and there are no less than 100 freight trains!
Qin Gongming's passenger car slowly drove into a platform, at this time the platform was also full of Ming troops, he just got off the train, two generals in general's uniforms greeted him, made a standard military salute, and then said loudly: "The last general Zu Dabi (Hou Gongji) see General Qin." “
These two people are Zu Dabi, the commander of the Third Legion of the Frontier Army, and Hou Gongji, the chief general of the Fourth Legion of the Frontier Army, stationed in Rem City, although they are the same as Qin Gongming as the commander of the Legion, but they are only the third-class Legion Commander of the second grade, and Qin Gongming is the second-class Legion Commander of the First Rank, and more importantly, Qin Gongming is still the eldest brother of the current queen, and the authentic imperial relative, so the two of them are very respectful to Qin Gongming.
Qin Gongming didn't put up any shelf, he replied with a standard military salute, and then said kindly: "General Zu, General Hou, politely, everyone is the chief general of the legion, since they are equal friends, what is the last general, the last general, the life is divided." “
Zu Dabi was still a little stunned, he only knew that he was standing there and smirking, Hou Gongji hurriedly arched his hand and said: "General Qin is polite, you are a general of the Ming Dynasty, how dare we compare with you." “
Qin Gongming waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Qin doesn't dare to be the general of the Ming Dynasty, okay, don't talk about this, the two generals, have the prisoners been brought here?" Let's hurry up and hand it over. “
Hou Gongji hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The captives have all been brought over, but now that it's time for dinner, we have also prepared a light meal, won't General Qin sit down for a meal before leaving?" “
Qin Gongming shook his head and said: "Thank you for the kindness of the two generals, the emperor is urgent, Qin really doesn't dare to stay for a long time, and I bother to ask the two generals to send the food over, let's just eat in the car." “
When Hou Gongji heard this, he had to arch his hand and said: "Since General Qin is under the emperor's order, the last general will not force it, I hope that next time I will have the opportunity to have a few drinks with General Qin, and I will arrange the handover matters later." “
With that, he glanced at Zu Dabi, and the two began to arrange for their own guards to go to give orders, and soon the border guards escorted a group of prisoners into the station.
At this time, the officers and men of the Dingliao Army had already disembarked from the original trucks and lined up one after another next to the trucks, and after they took over, they escorted groups of prisoners to the nearby freight trains, and the border guards also distributed the packed meals to the trucks one by one.
Because they were going to build a new city, the officers and men of the Dingliao Army did not carry artillery, and the speed of boarding the car was extremely fast.
In this way, a train full of soldiers and prisoners of the Dingliao army drove out of the station in turn, while Qin Gongming, Hou Gongji and Zu Dabi sat in front of the desk that had been prepared on the platform, carefully checked the handover documents sent by his subordinates and signed them one by one, which can involve 200,000 prisoners.
The transfer of 300,000 people is not a trivial matter, but fortunately, there are enough freight trains mobilized by the military department, and they are basically full of grain and grass, and the empty cars go back, and the trains are enough, but they are basically all trucks, and everyone can only sit on the floor of the carriage, which is nothing for the soldiers who have been fighting abroad all the year round, and as for the prisoners, there is nothing to say.
This time, given the Liao army's arrangement, the freight train is a full 100 new trucks with 20 carriages, and the average number of soldiers and 100 prisoners in each carriage is 50 soldiers of the Dingliao army.
After being busy for more than two hours, all the hundred trucks finally left the station, Qin Gongming immediately said goodbye to Hou Gongji and Zu Dabi, boarded the only passenger car with his personal guards, followed the team of trucks, and rushed to the capital.
From Rem City to the capital, about 3,000 miles, in order to save time, the Ministry of Transport adjusted the frequency of civil trains along the line as early as possible, let the railway, let the special train pass first, and the Ministry of War also arranged for all localities to command the envoys to prepare the food and boiling water as soon as possible, and as soon as the special train passed, it was quickly sent to the car, so as to avoid the trouble of the Dingliao army getting off the car and burying the pot to cook, you know, the truck can not cook.
In this way, after six days and six nights of non-stop operation, the special trains finally arrived in the capital one after another, and at this time, the chief general of the first army of the Praetorian Guard, the loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu, had already led his little nephew Qin Weiming and others in the large transit station in the west of the capital, and even the queen Qin Mingyue took the eldest prince Zhu Hetou to see her eldest brother secretly in a sedan chair under the escort of the master of Dongchang.
The reunion of long-lost relatives naturally has a lively atmosphere, so I will skip it here.
Now that the Dingliao Army has escorted the prisoners back to Beijing, the army training base in the northwest of Beijing can finally be built, and the army officer academy will also start construction at the same time. At the end of this chapter, please see the next chapter breakdown.