Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 5: Lying on the salary and tasting the guts

Chapter 4 Painstaking management of the initial army

Section 6 Preparation of Battle Orders

In the first year of the Apocalypse (the sixth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), in March, the Hanwei Army Camp in Tongzhou.

Since Wei Zhongxian's return to Tongzhou, Liu Yunwei has concentrated on the training of the Han Wei army, as well as the hoarding of various military equipment and materials, and the other affairs of Tongzhou Town are all managed by the shogunate. At this time, Liu Yunwei's heart was all about defending Liaoyang and Shenyang, and all of them were participating in the battle of Liaodong, and he stayed in the camp all day long to train soldiers and horses, preparing for the battle of Liaoyang and Shenyang.

On this day, Liu Yunwei was watching the drills of the soldiers in the Feiyu Camp, and Lu Ying took Jiang Wentian to accompany him. Just in front of a few people, hundreds of soldiers of the Flying Feather Battalion were practicing their formations, and the sound of fighting resounded in the sky.

"Big brother, the soldiers have always practiced in accordance with Qi Dashuai's "Actual Record of Military Training", from the queue, formation, martial arts, manners, military orders, camp rules, to marching, camping, etc., it can be said that they all imitate the rules of the Qi family's army. Of course, there are also some improvements, mainly in combination with the characteristics of our Hanwei Army, and some of the contents in the "Actual Record of Military Training" have been revised. For example, the combination of heavy spears and horse swords in our army, such as the horse lance iron cavalry under the captives, is completely trained in accordance with our Hanwei army's own methods. ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and said, "That's right, although we take the Qi family army as an example to train, we can't give up our own strengths because of this." By the way, how is the morale of the soldiers now? Will the soldiers be able to go into battle and kill the enemy? ”

"Don't worry, big brother, although the training is very hard, the morale of the soldiers is still very high." Lu Ying thought for a moment and asked, "What?" Does the eldest brother want to participate in the battle to defend Liaoyang and Shenyang? ”

"That's right!" Liu Yunwei said with a solemn expression: "Liaoyang is our root!" There must be no mistakes! I have already given a break to the Ministry of War, and I request that our Hanwei army be requisitioned to Liaodong! ”

Lu Ying said with some concern: "Big brother, Liaoyang and Shenyang are in danger, and the soldiers are very anxious, but are our Hanwei army ready to go to Liaodong now?" ”

Liu Yunwei pondered for a moment and said: "In the past few days, I have seen all the battalions of the whole army, through the construction of the division and the allocation of the military department, the weapons and equipment of the soldiers are basically complete, and the grain and grass hoarded in the army can also support the needs of the 30,000 army for a month. Therefore, I want to lead some men and horses to the battle, regardless of how the soldiers train, and it will not work after all if they don't go to the battlefield to fight. ”

Lu Ying was also silent for a while, and after a while, he said: "Big brother, I heard that the imperial court has requisitioned the white pole soldiers of Shizhu Mansion and the Qi family army in Zhejiang, and there are these two elites, let alone defending Liaoyang and Shenyang, I think it is not a problem to defeat Jiannu and capture Hetuala; You must know that these two elites are the army of tigers and wolves who have fought in the south and the north and have never been defeated. Therefore, I think that the imperial court should not requisition our Hanwei army again, after all, if you recruit and transfer 10,000 more soldiers and horses, the money and food consumed by the imperial court will be several percent more. ”

Liu Yunwei was obviously worried about this, and said: "Anyway, I still want to fight again, I will write a letter to Wei Zhongxian when I go back today, and ask him to help our Hanwei army move, strive to promote this matter, and recruit our Hanwei army to participate in the war." To tell you the truth, I don't know why, since I knew that Jiannu was eyeing Liaoyang and Shenyang, I have been very depressed in my heart. ”

Lu Ying was secretly taken aback when she heard this, and asked, "Does the eldest brother have any bad premonitions?" It is said that the imperial court has recruited two world-famous elite divisions this time, it can be said that this battle is nine out of ten, is there anything wrong? ”

Liu Yunwei nodded, but then shook his head again, thought for a while, and said: "The preparation of the imperial court this time can be said to be very sufficient, whether it is the combat strength of the reinforcements or the supply of money and food, there is nothing lacking. But have you ever thought about it, how many white pole soldiers are there? How many people are there in the Qi family's army? Together, the two elite armies are no more than 10,000 people. And how many Jiannu are there? ”

Lu Ying was stunned on the spot when he heard this, and Nan Nan said: "But the Liaodong defenders have been rectified by Lord Xiong Tingbi, so they can do some things, right?" ”

"It's hard to say, after all, Lord Xiong Tingbi has been dismissed now."

After finishing speaking, the two of them didn't say anything for a while.

After Liu Yunwei returned to the General Military Mansion of Tongzhou Town from the Feiyu Battalion, he immediately wrote a letter to Wei Zhongxian, in which he wrote: "Now the crisis of Liaodong is imminent, Liaoyang and Shenyang are the hinterland of Liaodong and the backbone of Liaodong!" Once Liaoyang and Shenyang are lost, Jiannu can not only expand the land for hundreds of miles, greatly replenishing its national strength, but also the defense line of the national dynasty in Liaodong will also completely collapse, and the border army will no longer have the courage to fight against Jiannu in the future, and Jiannu can cut off the backbone of our army in one battle! Therefore, Liaoyang and Shenyang must not be lost! The imperial court must be fully prepared. Now I heard that the white pole soldiers of Shizhu Mansion and the Qijia Army of Zhejiang have been assembled and marched out of Shanhaiguan, but the soldiers and horses of the two armies are less than 10,000 people. Therefore, Yun Wei wept blood and implored him to lead the army out of the customs to participate in the war, one to protect Liao and Shen not to lose, and the other to avenge the country and the family! Please father-in-law from this! ”

After the letter was sent, Liu Yunwei called Sun Yuanhua over and asked, "Mr. Sun, how much storage will there be in the division now?" How much is the weapon and the armor? ”

Sun Yuanhua thought for a moment, and then said: "The number of heavy spears and horse chopping knives that will be stockpiled now is very considerable, no less than 20,000; The flintlock bird is estimated to have 4,000 rods, and the three-eyed gun is relatively small because it is used by cavalry, only about 1,000 rods; There is no artillery in stock, all the cast artillery has been equipped to the battalions, and now the battalions still have a considerable gap; As for the armor, now the whole army can ensure that all the soldiers are armoured, but the inventory here is not much, only a few hundred pieces of cotton armor, and there is not a single piece of armor. ”

Liu Yunwei asked again: "What about gunpowder?" ”

"There is a lot of stocking of gunpowder, after all, as long as the raw materials are sufficient, it is not a matter of making gunpowder, and now it is estimated that there are more than 4,000 catties of stock. By the way, the general also has 50,000 rounds of bird guns and 13,000 rounds of artillery guns, and they are all made into quantitative and fixed medicines like the Qi family's army, which can greatly increase the rate of fire of bird guns and artillery. ”

After listening, Liu Yunwei smiled and said excitedly: "Okay! This stock should be enough to let go of the last game! ”

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he asked, "Does the little general want to go to Liaodong?" ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and said: "Mr. Sun, although I don't know if the imperial court will recruit our Hanwei army to go to Liaodong, but the general will still have to work hard, in case we are recruited, we must try to store as many troops as possible before the army goes out, in case of emergency." ”

Sun Yuanhua said solemnly: "Don't worry, the little general, the general will definitely go all out to create the sharpest swords, the strongest armor, and the sharpest firearms for the soldiers, so that the soldiers can go north to Liaodong, kill the Tartars, and defend their homeland!" ”

After explaining the affairs of the generals, Liu Yunwei immediately issued an order to prepare for war: From now on, the entire Tongzhou Town will step up the hoarding of grain, grass, and medicine, and all the officers and men of each battalion will pay close attention to training and be ready to go to war at any time; All the generals and officers of the Hanwei Army above the general level must stay in their respective camps, and they are not allowed to go home or leave the camp without permission.

After receiving Liu Yunwei's order to prepare for war, the officers and men of the various battalions of the Hanwei Army immediately boiled, especially those veterans who followed Liu Yunwei all the way from Liaodong to Tongzhou, and they felt their blood boiling and couldn't help themselves, and they shouted wildly: "Fight back to Liaodong!" Slaughter the Jiannu! ”

And Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, and Li Tianhao After learning the news, their eyes were even redder, and the humiliation and pain of being forced to leave Liaodong had been accumulated in the hearts of several people for a long time.

In the next few days, the officers and men of the Hanwei Army actively reorganized their armies and fought battles, and the whole army was filled with an invisible smoke of gunpowder, and a thick murderous aura wafted in the sky above each battalion.

However, for Liu Yunwei's request to join the war, neither the Ministry of War nor Wei Zhongxian responded at all. Seeing this, Liu Yunwei only felt that his days were like years, and his heart was irritable.

Finally, after waiting for another two days, Liu Yunwei couldn't wait any longer, and decided to go to the capital in person to ask Huang Jiashan and Wei Zhongxian, the secretary of the military department, to fight in person. Just when Liu Yunwei was about to set off with his entourage, Yuan Mingxuan hurriedly ran into the general soldier's mansion, and shouted to Liu Yunwei as he ran: "Little general, the military department is writing!" Wei Zhongxian's reply! ”

Liu Yunwei only felt as if his heart was about to jump out, so he hurriedly stepped forward and took the two letters, first opened Wei Zhongxian's reply and read it, only to see that the letter read: "What Liu Zongbing asked for, the miscellaneous family has done it, I hope Liu Zongbing can do it himself." The miscellaneous family has already prepared fine wine, and on the day of General Liu's triumph, they will get drunk and rest. ”

Seeing this, Liu Yunwei felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief. Then, Liu Yunwei opened the text of the military department again, only to see that there was only one sentence in the letter: "After receiving the order, Liu Yunwei, the chief military officer of Tongzhou Town, immediately rectified the soldiers and horses of the department, drove out of Shanhaiguan within five days, and rushed to Liaoyang to resist Jiannu within fifteen days!" ”

After reading the text, Liu Yunwei only felt that there was a sky-high fighting intent in his heart, as if he was about to burst out of his chest. Yuan Mingxuan, who was on the side, asked anxiously: "Little General, how did the imperial court and Wei Zhongxian reply?" ”

Liu Yunwei smiled at Yuan Mingxuan, and then shouted with all his strength: "Order all battalions, prepare for war!" Back to Liaodong! ”