Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 2 The Jackal Tyranny, Burning the Beacon Smoke

Section 3: Expansion of the armed forces

At the beginning of June of the forty-fourth year of Wanli.

After the marriage between the Liaoyang General Military Mansion and the Xu family, Liaoyang City returned to its former tranquility, and the people still lived the days of sunrise and sunset.

Liu Yunwei and his wife couldn't stay in the house for a few days, and the trouble of building slaves was like a sword hanging over their heads, pressing on their hearts, how could they let go of their hearts and seek joy every day? So, before the marriage leave was over, Liu Yunwei said goodbye to his wife and returned to the barracks to continue training the soldiers, and stayed in the barracks for a full month.

It is said that the newlywed Yan'er, Liu Yunwei left his wife and returned to the barracks a few days after his marriage, it would be a lie to say that Xu Wanxin has no opinion. But although Xu Wanxin is the daughter of a big family, she is not a hypocritical eldest lady, knowing that her husband is a martial arts hero who cares about her family and country, she did not drag Liu Yunwei back, and respected her elders at home with peace of mind, but buried her thoughts in her heart, and sent Qiaoling to send some clothes and snacks to Liu Yunwei from time to time.

One day, Xu Wanxin sent Qiaoling to Liu Yunwei to change clothes. As the bridal maid of the Xu Mansion, Qiao Ling naturally thought about her own young lady everywhere, and when she saw that her uncle did not go home for a month, she took the opportunity to say: "I don't know if this dress can fit the general's figure?" ”

Liu Yunwei changed into new clothes under Qiao Ling's service, and said to the mirror: "Well, it's good, it fits perfectly." ”

Qiao Ling smiled and said, "That's good, Madam is still worried that the new clothes made will not fit if you don't see the general in January." ”

Liu Yunwei was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then laughed: "Haha, you girl." "Then I thought about it: I have been training in the military camp for a month, and I have just married the newlywed Yan'er, and it is time to go home.

"Qiaoling, you go back and tell Madame that I will go home for dinner at night."

"Yes, General." Qiao Ling was overjoyed, turned around and went back to report the good news to Xu Wanxin.

Liu Yunwei thought about it, and then sent guards to call Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, and Li Tianhao, and went home after arranging the follow-up military affairs.

After a while, several people came to Liu Yunwei's tent.

"See the general!" The five of them said in unison.

Liu Yunwei waved his hand and said, "Everyone sit down." Calling you here today, there are a total of four things to explain to you. ”

"Command, General."

"From today onwards, I will go back to the General Military Mansion to live for a period of time, and during this time, you brothers will have to do two things."

"First thing: continue to step up the training of sergeants and soldiers, Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wen Poyu, the three of you are responsible."

The three of them stood up and responded: "Order!" ”

"The second thing: recruit soldiers. Although we have a total strength of 1,000 troops, in view of the strength of Jiannu, the more soldiers the better. Zhao Kaishan, Li Tianhao, the two of you are responsible. ”

"Order!"

Zhao Kaishan said with a big grin: "Don't worry, big brother." ”

Liu Yunwei smiled and said, "I am naturally relieved that your brothers are doing things, but there are two things you should pay attention to." ”

Li Tianhao and Zhao Kaishan said: "Please give instructions to the eldest brother." ”

"When recruiting soldiers, those who are honest and strong, or who have enmity with Jiannu, must be recruited first."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and said: "In the words of the eldest brother, the soldiers recruited in this way will definitely get twice the result with half the effort when they are trained, and they will definitely have good combat power after training." ”

"Big brother said two things, what about two other things?" Lu Ying asked.

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Brothers are practicing hard in the barracks, how can I be idle in the gentle township." ”

The crowd laughed.

"I'm going to do two things when I go back." Liu Yunwei said: "One is to ask the General Military Office for the appointment of the brothers, and the other is to ask my grandfather for the establishment of new recruits. ”

"Alright." Liu Yunwei got up and said, "That's all there is to it, my brothers have worked a lot in the days I have been away." ”

"I am willing to serve the general, and I am willing to die for the country!" Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, and Li Tianhao said in unison.

That night, Liu Yunwei returned home and first went to his grandfather Liu Ting's study to say goodbye to his grandfather and father.

Liu Ting looked at his swarthy grandson and said lovingly, "How is it?" Now that you have become a thousand generals, the affairs in the army are complicated, so don't always be busy, and pay attention to rest. ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and said with a smile: "Grandfather has filtered, and the man's husband is in the right place to be in the army, how can he fight the world if he can't bear this hardship?" ”

Liu Ting nodded with satisfaction.

Liu Zhao said on the side: "I also have to read some books in my free time, and I have to be a general, so that I can take on great responsibilities and learn more from the style of Confucianism." ”

Liu Yunwei disagreed, and said: "Father's words are a bit biased. ”

"Oh? Let's talk about it. ”

"It is true that a general should not let go of the book, but what he should read is a book of soldiers, and he should learn from ten thousand enemies, not from the style of Confucianism."

Liu Zhao said: "The dynasty is now Wenchang and Wu'an, and it is convenient to read more Confucian classics, so that it will be convenient to deal with civil officials in the future." ”

Liu Yunwei still disagreed, and said: "The eldest husband is alive, when he learns from Wei Qing and Huo Quai, he will send 100,000 people, the army of tigers and wolves, the northern expedition to Hulu, the southern expedition to the barbarians, the crossing of rivers and seas, and the desert, to conquer the heart of Wang Hua, and to fight against the Chinese people." How can you be a daughter and write articles for the rest of your life? ”

"Good!" Liu Ting praised and said, "This is what our martial artists should do!" ”

Liu Zhao couldn't help but nod after hearing this, and stopped talking.

Liu Ting looked at his grandson and couldn't stop smiling, and said, "Okay, tell me how the boys under him are doing?" ”

"It's already a little bit old." Liu Yunwei paused and said, "However, there are two things I want to ask my grandfather and father to help with. ”

Liu Zhao said: "Say it." ”

"One is the death of Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, and Li Tianhao. I want to promote all of them to general managers. ”

Liu Zhao nodded and said, "It's no problem, these boys grew up with you, they are all capable people, and being promoted can be regarded as a big help for you." ”

Liu Ting naturally had no opinion, and asked, "What's the other thing?" ”

"I'd like to recruit some more soldiers."

"Oh?" Liu Ting smiled and did not speak.

Liu Zhao asked: "You already have a thousand generals under your command, what are you recruiting soldiers for?" ”

Liu Yunwei said playfully: "Han Xin's more soldiers, the better." ”

Liu Zhao glanced at Liu Ling, and when he saw his father bowing slightly, he groaned for a while and said, "I will give you another 500 soldiers, and the equipment will be sent together with the previous soldiers." ”

"Thank you, father, thank you, grandfather." Liu Yunwei said happily.

"Don't worry, I'm not done yet."

Liu Yunwei smiled and said, "You continue, you continue." ”

"Yunwei, you are just a thousand generals, this soldier is overstaffed is a violation, although there is a father and your grandfather, no one dares to gossip, but you must also know how to be proportionate, only this once, understand?"

"The last general obeys!" Liu Yunwei got up and gave a military salute to his father, and then said with a smile: "It's not early, grandfather and father should rest early, and I will retire first." ”

Liu Ling nodded and said, "Go ahead, go back and accompany your daughter-in-law." ”

It was time for Liu Yunwei to come out of the study, he thought that Xu Wanxin had rested, but when he returned to the room, he saw that the lights were bright, Xu Wanxin had prepared wine and food, and sat at the table waiting for him.

"Madame still doesn't sleep?"

Xu Wanxin looked at her husband with slightly red eyes, and her eyes were full of longing: "If someone leaves home for a month and doesn't come back, how can the little girl sleep peacefully?" ”

Liu Yunwei was full of indebtedness in his heart, and said: "There are too many affairs in the army, and I have suffered my wife." ”

"It's okay to have a husband, after all, the husband should put his family and country first."

Liu Yunwei felt in his heart: "If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for." ”

Xu Wanxin filled the wine glass on the table and said, "I made a few side dishes, husband can taste them." ”

"Okay."

It's night, and the moon is full.

After Liu Yunwei returned to the General Military Mansion, he transported weapons, armor and other equipment to the barracks within a few days. When Lu Ying and Wu Xing saw that the weapons and armor had arrived, they immediately distributed them, and the whole army began to conduct actual exercises.

Lu Ying was mainly responsible for training crossbowmen, and selected people from the whole army who were good at shooting to teach archery;

Wu Xing was mainly responsible for training infantry. According to the original formation combination of the family, Wu Xing equipped the infantry of the whole army with an extended two-zhang spear, and selected strong people to be equipped with a long knife to kill horses, and re-established the Hu Killing Formation.

Wen Poyu selected soldiers who were good at riding in the army and formed a team of cavalry, which was not collected at night on a part-time basis. Every day, he was taken outside the city to run horses for training, and often did not return for several days to beat soldiers outside the city.

The training in the military camp was in full swing, and Li Tianhao and Zhao Kaishan also recruited new recruits at two ends.

Li Tianhao posted notices in Liaoyang City and set up a number of recruiting points in the city; Zhao Kaishan recruited honest farmers in the countryside outside Liaoyang and traveled back and forth to several surrounding villages.

But after a month and a half, the two only recruited a dozen people.

"It's not the way to go." Li Tianhao said worriedly.

Zhao Kaishan was already hot-tempered, and he couldn't recruit enough people for half a month, how could he not be in a hurry, and shouted loudly at this time: "Jiannu is so rampant, why are the people unwilling to serve the country in the army?" Don't you strengthen yourself and wait for God to thunder and kill the Tartars! ”

Li Tianhao lowered his head and thought, and said after a while: "Axe, don't shout, I think I understand why I can't recruit soldiers, we are all wrong." ”

Zhao Kaishan asked anxiously: "Then you say, why can't we recruit people?" ”

"Humph! Most of the people in Liaoyang City are the people of the market, how lazy they are, they are afraid of death, and most of them are unwilling to join the army, even if they recruit people, they are also veterans. ”

Zhao Kaishan thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's true, why don't the people in the countryside want to join the army?" ”

"The Liaodong garrison is not useful to the Shanghu people, but it is like a wolf and a tiger to the people, and the people in the countryside are mostly oppressed by officers and soldiers, so it is normal to be resistant to the army and not recruit people."

"So if you say that, we won't be able to recruit soldiers?"

"Not necessarily." Li Tianhao said: "There is a kind of person who is recruited to fight Jiannu who is absolutely not afraid of death, and is also willing to join the army. ”

"Who?"

"Displaced people who have destroyed their villages and broken homes due to the rampant construction of slaves."