Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 4 Recruiting Troops and Gathering Strength

Section 2 Why to fight

In the first year of the Apocalypse (the sixth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), in mid-May, Shanhaiguan.

After a long journey of more than ten days, Liu Yunwei finally led tens of thousands of Hanwei soldiers to arrive at the world's first Xiongguan: Shanhaiguan.

Looking at the majestic Guancheng, Liu Yunwei said to Yuan Mingxuan, Zhou Tianyi, Hu Kun and others beside him: "The solidity of the Liaodong city is not necessarily much worse than that of Shanhaiguan, but it was still swept away by Jiannu one by one. Now that the state affairs of the country are sluggish, and the party above the court is fighting for differences, the result is that the land has been lost, and countless soldiers on the border have died in vain! ”

Yuan Mingxuan couldn't help but sigh and said: "Little general, no matter how corrupt the situation is, you can't just give up, you are the chief military officer of Tongzhou Town, and the commander of more than 200,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army!" ”

Liu Yunwei said with a wry smile: "Don't worry, Lord Yuan, I am not the kind of person who easily accepts my fate, but in the face of the chaotic situation, in the face of those goods in the DPRK and China, I sometimes have a deep sense of powerlessness." ”

Everyone sighed when they heard this.

Liu Yunwei let out a sigh of relief and said, "Okay! Do not say. At this point, we can only continue to be angry and strong, and there is no other way! Let's go, let's go in too. ”

After tens of thousands of Hanwei soldiers settled down, it was already noon, and thousands of military tents were erected in the entire Shanhaiguan Customs City, and the soldiers rested in the tents after lunch.

Liu Yunwei did not have this blessing, but took Lu Ying, Wen Poyu, Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, Gao Hongguang and others to meet Jiang Yingzhao, the chief soldier of Shanhai Town. Jiang Yingzhao can be said to be very admiring Liu Yunwei who attacked Jiannu, and pulled Liu Yunwei to talk for a while, and the admiration between the words was overflowing.

"General Liu Bing's expedition hit the Jiannu banners hard, although he withdrew because of the instability of the court, but still let the Jiannu dare not underestimate the emperor, the town is very admirable!"

Liu Yunwei said a few polite words and said: "General Jiang has won the award, I just did my duty as a martial artist." ”

The two talked for a while, and Liu Yunwei took his leave on the grounds that he was busy with military affairs.

As soon as everyone returned to the temporary camp in Guancheng, Liu Yunwei received the news sent by Jiang Yingzhao later: Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, had rushed to the south gate of Guancheng.

Liu Yunwei was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly summoned the generals and officers of the whole army above the thousandth level, together with Yuan Mingxuan, Zhou Tianyi, and Hu Kun, to rush to the south gate of Shanhaiguan, and together with Jiang Yingzhao and others who were already waiting there, they greeted Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong.

After everyone met, Jiang Yingzhao shouted that he wanted to hold a banquet to wash the dust for Xiong Tingbi, Wang Huazhen and Liu Yunwei.

Xiong Tingbi said with a smile: "General Jiang has a good intention, and this governor will agree on behalf of Governor Wang and General Liu, and we will not get drunk tonight." ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this.

Then, Xiong Tingbi said to Wang Huazhen and Jiang Yingzhao: "Lord Wang and General Jiang both said that the Han Wei Army is the elite of the world, and this expedition to Liaodong is to attack Jiannu and raise the prestige of our country. Now that tens of thousands of soldiers of the Hanwei Army are in the Guannei, I think we might as well take this opportunity to let General Liu take us to see the demeanor of the soldiers, how about it?

Jiang Yingzhao immediately smiled and said, "Haha, I have this intention!" Let's go together, go together. ”

Wang Huazhen smiled and said lightly: "It's okay." ”

Xiong Tingbi ignored Wang Huazhen, but said to Liu Yunwei: "How is it? Would Mr. Liu be willing to let us see it? ”

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Your Excellency looks up to the Hanwei Army so much, this is the honor of my entire army. Please come with me. ”

Subsequently, Liu Yunwei gathered 12,000 soldiers from the pacesetter battalion (nearly 2,000 soldiers were lost in the first battle of Liaodong) and brought them to the Guannei school field to line up and wait for Xiong Tingbi, Wang Huazhen, and Jiang Yingzhao to review, while Lu Ying and other generals, as well as Yuan Mingxuan, Hu Kun, and Zhou Tianyi, returned to the camp to deal with military affairs.

When everyone came to the school field, they saw that more than 10,000 soldiers were divided into several neat phalanxes according to their respective battalions, the soldiers were neat and mighty, the bright red battle clothes and bright armor were particularly eye-catching, and the sharp weapons reflected the seeping cold light in the sunlight. The six thousand general battalions under the jurisdiction of the pacesetter battalion (including three infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, one baggage battalion, and the dragon cavalry) flew with flags, and in the center of the army, a golden regimental dragon battle flag and a bright sun and moon golden tao battle flag were even more majestic and upright, and a majestic and resolute spirit rushed towards them.

Looking at the army in front of him, Xiong Tingbi, Wang Huazhen, and Jiang Yingzhao were all very shocked in their hearts.

Xiong Tingbi calmed down a little and said: "With such an elite army, why worry about the immortality of Jiannu!" This time, the soldiers of the Hanwei Army withdrew to the Guannai for some reason, which is really a pity! ”

Wang Huazhen sighed, shook her head, and did not speak.

And Jiang Yingzhao praised it and said: "I said General Liu, I heard that you have 200,000 or 300,000 soldiers under your command, are they all such elite tigers?" How much money do you have to spend to raise soldiers, your Tongzhou Town is really rich! ”

Liu Yunwei smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Jiang said that he was joking, it was all rumors. The strength of our Hanwei army is about 100,000 when it is full, and the military salaries of the soldiers are still paid according to sixty percent of the imperial court standard; The rest are all men from the military camp, and those soldiers are self-sufficient without military salaries. That's it, my Tongzhou Town is also borrowing money everywhere, and I don't have any money left in my hand. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but feel very strange, you must know that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, whether they are battalion soldiers or guard soldiers, as long as they don't give enough silver, they will definitely not be able to die, let alone achieve brilliant results like the Hanwei Army, how can the elite of the Hanwei Army in front of them only have such a small military salary? It's just impossible!

Therefore, Xiong Tingbi, Wang Huazhen, and Jiang Yingzhao all scoffed at Liu Yunwei's statement and didn't believe it at all.

"Haha, it seems that Mr. Liu still has something to hide from us. Everyone is a soldier in the army, what it is like for the soldiers to have no money in their hands, everyone knows very well, how can they train into such an elite division? Jiang Yingzhao shook his head and said.

Liu Yunwei said helplessly: "Ladies and gentlemen, what I said is the truth, and I have not concealed it at all. ”

At this time, Wang Huazhen said with a smile: "Then I won't understand, how did General Liu make the soldiers of the Hanwei Army so brave?" I also ask Mr. Liu to solve our doubts. ”

Liu Yunwei thought for a moment and said: "First of all, the soldiers of my Hanwei Army are all selected from the homeless people and the people in the countryside. ”

Xiong Tingbi nodded and said, "Well, General Liu's move is similar to the Qi family's army's method of selecting soldiers." ”

"What Lord Xiong said is very true, I trained in accordance with Qi Shaobao's "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "Practical Record of Military Training."

Jiang Yingzhao said: "Does General Liu have any other tricks? ”

Liu Yunwei said: "Yes! As I said earlier, most of the soldiers of my Hanwei army are from exiles, and many of them came out of Liaodong with me, and they all have a deep blood feud with Jiannu; The soldiers recruited in the Guannai were all displaced people who had no future in the past, and it was the grace of the imperial court, and the incorporation of Tongzhou Town and the Hanwei Army that made them see the hope of survival. Therefore, the soldiers in our army cherish everything in front of them, they want the Hanwei army to be strong, only when the Hanwei army is strong can they defeat Jiannu and take revenge, and only when the Hanwei army is strong can they win war merits and get better and better. Therefore, it is precisely the officers and men in our army who know what they are fighting for, so they will train hard without caring about money, and finally the army will be successful. ”

"Why are you fighting?"

Xiong Tingbi, Wang Huazhen, and Jiang Yingzhao were all in deep thought.

After a long time, Xiong Tingbi said: "General Liu, let's go to the military formation and have a look." ”

Liu Yunwei immediately agreed and led everyone to the military formation.

Xiong Tingbi looked at the soldiers with resolute faces around him, and then saw a soldier in his early twenties, so he stepped forward and asked, "How old are you?" ”

"Lord Qiyu, I'm twenty years old this year."

"You joined the army, but you have to fight with the Tartars, are you afraid of death?"

"I'm afraid!"

Xiong Tingbi, Wang Huazhen, and Jiang Yingzhao were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then they all laughed and looked at Liu Yunwei, but saw that Liu Yunwei still looked calm and did not show the slightest sign of anger.

So, Xiong Tingbi asked the soldier again: "Then why do you still want to join the army?" Do you want to go to Liaodong? ”

"Because behind me is Huaxia! If everyone does not go to the battlefield because they are afraid of death, then who will defend Huaxia? ”

As soon as these words came out, Xiong Tingbi, Wang Huazhen, and Jiang Yingzhao were all struck by lightning, and the three of them never thought that an ordinary soldier in the Hanwei army would be able to say such a bold statement!

Xiong Tingbi sighed with emotion in his heart, and asked another soldier, "What about you?" Why did you join the army? Why do you want to follow the Hanwei army to fight in all directions? ”

"Just for the place where the horse treads, it is all Han soil! The spear is pointed, and the Tartar captivity is destroyed! ”

Heroes! These two words suddenly popped up in the hearts of the three of them, if the soldiers in the Hanwei army were so generous and sad and ambitious, what Liu Yunwei said before could really be true! Just think about it, how can such heroic people care about just two dollars?

"It's just that how did General Liu train these soldiers who were born as homeless people and couldn't read a few big characters into such heroic warriors?"

Xiong Tingbi and others all have such questions in their hearts.

At this time, Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "My lords, not only Qi Shaobao's triumphant songs are used in my Hanwei army, but the soldiers will also recite the ode written in the grass, I wonder if several adults want to listen to it?" ”

"Oh?" Xiong Tingbi and the others suddenly became interested, so they asked Liu Yunwei to recite it.

So, Liu Yunwei took the three of them back to the stage, and then said loudly: "Han Weijun's ode!" ”

Immediately afterwards, the 12,000 soldiers in the school field roared in unison:

"As a general of the Ming Dynasty, my generation is heroic and heroic, asking for his life for the country, and he is a bloody spill on the battlefield and a horse leather shroud! Do you remember that this party was the Han and Tang Dynasties; Do you remember that the ancestor was named Yanhuang; The madness of being born as a dragon stirs in our breasts; Our generation remembers the glory that shocks the Quartet! In the five thousand years of China, even though there are five chaotic China and the shame of Jingkang, but my Han family has never bent the knee, millions of heroes have jumped horses and carried guns, and blood stained the Quartet, as long as the clothes are still there and the Han sound is not exhausted, then Huaxia will always be there, and the Tartar captivity will die! ”

Xiong Tingbi looked at the more than 10,000 impassioned soldiers of the Hanwei Army, and the shock in his heart was beyond words: "These soldiers can be described as people with lofty ideals!" The dynasty has the Hanwei army, and the country is fortunate! ”