Dong Bu Fubiao's cavalry battalion has a great reputation in Chengdu Prefecture, no less than any strong army. Last year, Zhang Xianzhong made a long-distance attack on Chengdu and took advantage of the rainy night to dig a city in the west, which Dong Bubing discovered and repelled in time. At the beginning of the year, the rebels surrounded Chengdu, and it was Dong Bu's cavalry that took the lead out of the city, opening the curtain of the government's counterattack.

This cavalry was first established in the Rebellion of Lu'an in the early years of Chongzhen. Over the years, many Dong Bu officers have married local women and become sons-in-law of Chengdu Mansion; likes to eat local spicy, can speak lame Sichuan sound, and has become a genuine Chengdu person. Zhu Pingjin attached great importance to this localized Dong Bu cavalry, and had always befriended its leader, Gyatso, both openly and covertly.

The Dong Bu Fubiao Cavalry Battalion took advantage of the reorganization of the Zhenwu Battalion and was successfully reorganized into the Third Cavalry Battalion of Dong Bu of the National Protector Army, with three companies under its jurisdiction, each with about 120 people. The military headquarters of the superintendent has drawn up a plan to merge the 3rd Cavalry Battalion of Dong Bu and the troops of Jian Shen Nida, which is still training in Songlin Mountain, into a Dong Bu regiment under the direct command of the three general departments, so as to achieve the goal of using Dong Bu to control Dong Bu.

The people welcomed the crowd, and the cavalry rushed through. People screamed excitedly:

"Barbarians! Barbarian soldiers! The tyrants are most afraid of the barbarian soldiers! ”

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Under the color shed, Second Uncle Yang, a farmer in a short costume, was dragged into the team of farewell leaders by Wu Jishan and Yang Neng.

"Shizi Cavalry Guard Battalion and Dong Bu Cavalry Battalion!" Yang Neng waved his hand in the direction of the army, and excitedly explained to Second Uncle Yang, "The first ones are two guard companies!" Your boss is a guard, right? ”

"I came with a letter last month, it seems that I was a squad leader in the second company." Second Uncle Yang replied while looking at the cavalry team with his eyes, hoping to find his boss among the dense people.

"Don't look for it now, how can you see it from such a distance?" Yang Neng knew Second Uncle Yang's thoughts, "When the prince arrives at the color shed, he will get off the horse and accept the blessings of the Sichuan gentry and elders!" At that time, you will have the opportunity to say a word to the boss of your family! ”

When the cavalry is over, it is the infantry of the brigade.

A group of teenage drummers beat the foot drums, directing the pace of the infantry's march. Under the banner of the first regiment of the caravan that had not been replaced, he was a middle-aged general of medium stature who did not smile.

This is the head of the regiment, He Zengshan. The regimental headquarters and the first battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Protectorate Army led by him. Battalion officers rode on horses, while junior officers and soldiers walked together. The officers, no matter how serious their regimental commander was, were all cheerful and frequently waved to the people on the roadside. The soldiers, dressed in black helmets and red armor and carrying short spears, lined up in four neat rows, stepping on the steps beaten by the drums, singing loudly with smiles and smiles as they walked, bringing the emotions of the people to the climax.

The infantry in black armor and red armor was over, and it was another group of barbarian infantry. These barbarian infantry did not have the murderous spirit of Dong Bu's cavalry, nor did they have the sophisticated equipment of Dong Bu's cavalry. Each of them wore a black leather helmet on his head, a new gray cotton jacket and trousers, and carried on his shoulders the backpacks that all the infantry had, a standard waist knife, a crude rattan card, and a bow and arrows hanging on both sides of the knapsack. In addition to these combat equipment, it is not evident from their faces that they have the spirit of protecting caravans or officers and soldiers. Out of the city gate hole, suddenly bumped into the enthusiasm of the people, some people showed a little smile, some people were still numb, and more people were just secretly curious: I didn't expect that Chengdu Mansion has such a large population! I see more people in a quarter of an hour than I see in a lifetime on the plateau!

Xu Yinhuan rode on his horse, very angry with the frustrated Zagu slave soldiers under him. He roared:

"Straighten your waist and raise your head! If you can't keep up your spirits, you won't have anything to eat at noon! Listen to me and shout ......"

Xu Yinhuan took the lead in shouting a traditional battle cry of Zagu Tusi, which means to fight bravely to kill the enemy and protect the family and villagers. None of the people around understood it, and they just wondered where this strange-looking group of toast soldiers came from. Soon, the citizens of Chengdu, who were good at getting news by inquiring, got the desired result: this was a slave soldier dedicated to the prince of Shu by a certain Tusi leader in the mountains in the west!

"As long as it's a soldier of the prince!" The people thought, "As long as you can kill the thugs!" ”

They were unstingy, and they gave their enthusiasm and unreservedly to the slaves who were struggling on the brink of life and death just a few months ago.

"The Son of the world is our heaven, and the people are our earth! With our heads above the sky and our feet on the ground, we are an invincible protector army! Xu Yinhuan waved his fist, stationed at the side of the queue of slave soldiers and shouted, "Listen to my orders, shout ...... together"

The battle cry of the Zagu Tusi soldiers became louder and more neat, and finally they were hoarse and roared loudly. The misery of slave life and the shame of being defeated and captured seem to be able to be vented through loud roars.

The roar of the Zagu Tusi soldiers attracted the attention of most of the people. When a few inconspicuous groups of infantry emerged from the hole in the gate, there was little shock.

These groups of infantrymen numbered less than four hundred, and wore black leather helmets, no leather armor, no cotton armor, no iron armor, but only gray cloth cotton robes, new or old; There were no swords, no shields, no bows and arrows, not even the short spears common to caravanserais. The only weapon they carried was the musket with a long bayonet on their shoulders!

These are two companies formed by the combat company of the Shuangliu County Huzhuang Brigade and the officers and soldiers, and the number is the first and second independent infantry companies of the first regiment of the Protector Army. Laymen look at the bustle, insiders look at the doorway, and few people realize that it is these seemingly inconspicuous firecrackers that are the general direction of the future development of infantry.

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Under the color shed, the flag hunts. Zhu Pingjin stood proudly on his horse and accepted the worship of the officials.

"The son of the world has fallen and turned the tide in the turmoil! Save the lives of the people in the charcoal and save the people from fire and water! Xia Guan wishes the prince a victorious start and return as soon as possible! Liu Zhibo, the governor of Sichuan, stood in the middle of the road and read the congratulatory message aloud. Then, in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court, he bowed to Zhu Pingjin.

Zhang Fakong, the left envoy of the feudal division (Note 1), Chen Qichi, the political officer, the Chengdu Tongzhi, the director of the salt imperial history Fang Yaoxiang, the right chief of the Shu Palace, Shi Zheng Anmin, the general judge of Chengdu, Wu Jishan, the Huayang Zhixian Shen Yunzuo, the Shuangliu Zhixian Li Jia, the Sichuan Dusi Luo Dajue, the hereditary commanders Ma Zhen and Zhang Buchang, the Fubiao staff general Xu Mingjiao, the Dusi Shushu Li Zhizhen and other civil and military officials who stayed in the provincial capital and danced with them.

"Lord Liu and all of you stay in the provincial capital, the responsibility is heavy, and you must not slack off a little!" Zhu Pingjin admonished loudly in a stern tone.

Suddenly, Zhu Pingjin caught a glimpse in the front row of the crowd of his brother, Zhu Pingxie, the eighth eldest of the Neijiang kings who worked in the "Fuxing Daily". He had a cloth bag hanging from his neck, and he was concentrating, and the charcoal pen in his hand was scribbling on hard paper. So Zhu Pingjin paused for a moment and added loudly in front of everyone:

"Keep an eye on your eyebrows! The gentry of Qiong and Mei Prefectures do not understand world affairs, do not care about the people's feelings, indulge in selfish desires and violate the national law, and soon a catastrophe will come! Please Liu Daren move the text to Hu Heng of Shangnan Province, Wang Lijing of Chongqing Zhizhou, Xu Kongtu of Qiongzhou Zhizhou, Li Chuandi of Meizhou Zhizhou and the county officials, if there is chaos, immediately press it, and there must be no delay! ”

"The lower official has written it down!" Liu Zhibo replied loudly and bowed again.

At the departure ceremony, the prince publicly rebuked the gentry of Qiong and Meizhou in public, accusing them of "not understanding world affairs and not caring for the people; indulge in selfish desires and corrupt the law of the land", and prophesied that "great calamity is coming soon!" ”。 This sensational news will spread throughout Qiong and Mei Prefectures within half a month at the latest. Through newspapers, it will also spread throughout Sichuan, and even outside the province and to the north and south of Beijing.

In a conflict-ridden body, external pressure does not lead to greater unity on the inside. Innumerable historical facts have proven that this will prompt its internal contradictions to erupt faster and more violently.

used the right to speak in his hands, and first gave the gentry of Qiong and Mei a big hat of "incomprehensible and lawless" in politics. Let them be difficult to distinguish between them, and they will never be able to turn over under the five-finger mountain of public opinion and morality, step on 10,000 feet again, and finally explode under high pressure. This is the effect that Zhu Pingjin wants.

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After the officials visited, it was the gentry of the provincial capital. There were hundreds of gentry who came to see them off, and more than a dozen people lined up in a row, nearly half a mile long. After being the prince of Shu for five years, Zhu Pingjin saw the mobilization of the Chengdu gentry for the first time. He saw the old men in the front row who were gray-bearded, walking tremblingly, and supported by a maid on each side, and hurriedly jumped off their horses to support them, preventing them from kneeling.

At the forefront of the ranks of the gentry were the two brothers Yin Zhuang Zuzhao of the former Shuntian Mansion and Zhuang Zuhe, the former Yunnan Inspector Zhuang Zuhe, Wang Bingqian, the former Dali Temple, Wang Luheng, the former Tongzhi of Xuanhua Prefecture, Ding Yuzhi County Gan Yuezhen, Chengdu Jinshi Zhu Yanyi, and Zheng Yanjue, a person from Rongchuan North (Note 2).

The two Zhuang Zuhe brothers are almost ninety years old. Jiajing, Longqing, Wanli, Taichang, Tianqi, to Chongzhen Dynasty, this is the sixth major year name they have experienced in their lives, and it is also the most difficult and eventful year name of the Ming Dynasty.

Broke into the provincial capital twice, so that the old man, who had been living for a long time, worried about the safety of the family again; In the three generations after the two brothers of Zhuang Zuhe, there were no talents who could enter the office, which made the dealer feel a great crisis. Zhu Pingjian, the son of Shu who suddenly rose, became the ideal candidate for them to deliberately stammer. This time, they finally took advantage of the opportunity of the prince to go on the expedition and came up with a gift that could be sold. Through this gift, they want to regain political support for their families.

"The son of the world is for the country and the people, a thousand-mile expedition, does not avoid arrows, does not work hard, the old man and the Sichuan gentry are one, and I feel the kindness of the son! The old and decayed wind and candles are in their old age, and they can't follow the world, so they specially select five descendants to do their best on behalf of the old and decayed! When the Zhuang brothers said this, their white beards trembled, and they looked very sincere.

Protecting the country and the people should be the common cause of the people of Sichuan and even the people of the whole country, not just Zhu Pingjin's family, so the more people who participate in this cause, the better. In this way, the National Protector Army will be able to represent the interests of more strata, more regions, and more nationalities, and become an armed force of the whole people. As soon as the Zhuang brothers spoke, Zhu Pingjin immediately readily agreed, and highly praised the Zhuang family's profound righteousness.

"Great-granddaughter Meifeng, on behalf of the old man, offer a glass of wine to the son, I wish the son success and good news!" The Zhuang brothers shook their white beards and bowed to Zhu Pingjin very sincerely.

The peerless beauty of the Ming Dynasty!

As Zhuang Zuhe's white beard trembled, a slender woman, with a delicate face and an elegant temperament, holding a silver pot and a jade cup, with an intoxicating body fragrance, walked to Zhu Pingjian's side, half-kneeling and holding the plate over the bridge of her nose, leaving only a pair of beautiful eyes looking at Zhu Pingjian.

Kneeling service!

Zhu Pingjin coveted the beauty, and scolded in his heart: The dealer of the dog day originally planned to openly seduce the leading cadres and wanted to make contemptible people make mistakes!

In the face of beauty, the long-tested Zhu Pingjin only sent a for 0.01 seconds.

He held the wine glass in both hands, and was about to drink it all in front of the beautiful women, leaving an evil smile that will be passed down through generations.

At this moment, a familiar figure came and swept away all Zhu Pingjin's crooked thoughts.

"Cao Banban, how did you get here?"

Cao Sanbao's sweat hung on his forehead.

"I heard that the prince went on an expedition, and the princess was very worried! The princess has a purpose: to give a special weapon to strengthen the world! ”

Note 1: Zhang Fakong, the name is Nanlu, and he is a native of Ningzhou, Yunnan. Wanli thirty-eight years of Jinshi. Chongzhen was transferred to Sichuan in the ninth year of the political left envoy. Chongzhen was impeached by Sichuan Governor Wang Weizhang for ten years and demoted to remain in office. Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, once called him extremely incorruptible and virtuous. Later, Zhang Fakong decided to retire and resigned and returned to his hometown. The plot needs it, and Hibiki lends him a favor.

Note 2: After Zhang Xianzhong entered Chengdu, these people were unyielding, or died in the city, or at home, or died on the battlefield.