Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 5: Lying on the salary and tasting the guts

Chapter 2 The Tiger and Wolf Nirvana Became an Army

Section 4 Flag Hunting

In late March of the forty-eighth year of Wanli (the fifth year of the Later Jin Heavenly Mandate), the Hanwei army camp in Tongzhou.

After Liu Yunwei set the tone for the reorganization of the army, all the affairs of the reorganization of the army were immediately launched at the same time. On the day of the end of the Great Horde Meeting, Sun Yuanhua went to Dengzhou Mansion under the escort of a team of iron cavalry soldiers to prepare for the recruitment of Franc machine gunners; Yuan Mingxuan was also in a hurry, and the next day he gathered all the craftsmen in a group of generals to prepare for the construction of the division; And Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, Li Tianhao, Gao Hongguang, Wang Dangdang, and Huang Fuming are running around, and they have already begun to select their favorite soldiers for each other; The busiest is Chen Zitong, all sides are reaching out to him for money and grain, especially in Mintun, which is carrying out spring ploughing under the organization of the Tongzhou prefect, and Juntun, which Liu Yunwei personally grasps, is a big eater of gold and grain, looking at the gradually decreasing money and grain, Chen Zitong can be said to be heartbroken, but helpless.

During this period, Liu Yunwei rushed to the farmland every once in a while to supervise and command the affairs of the military tun, and he always sat in the Chinese army and constantly coordinated the affairs of all parties; In particular, the matter of assigning soldiers to Lu Ying and other eight guerrilla generals made Liu Yunwei even more anxious, after all, everyone wanted to pull the best soldiers under their command. However, fortunately, Liu Yunwei coordinated from it, and the supply of troops was very sufficient, and everyone couldn't afford to hurt each other's feelings for the sake of robbing people, so a few days later, the eight guerrilla battalions were already full.

Seeing that the officers and men of each battalion were already in place, Liu Yunwei began the large-scale training of the whole army as soon as he gave the order. All 100,000 soldiers were pulled outside the camp by Liu Yunwei and went to the wilderness to continuously train in formation, marching, camping, ambush and other items; In order to increase the enthusiasm of the soldiers, Liu Yunwei also deliberately stipulated that the losing side in the combat training should take one-third of the day's rations as a bet and lose to the winning side.

In this way, the officers and men of the whole army launched a ruthless attack, one by one, as if they were really going into battle to kill the enemy, all of them were excited, and Zhao Kaishan, Wang Dangdang, and Li Tianhao were even more addicted. Within a few days, however, the battalions began to see wounded due to the intense training.

At this time, Liu Yunwei was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to rest for three days, and changed the field training to a summary of experience.

On this day, Liu Yunwei was reading the war book in his tent, and suddenly remembered that when the army was training in battle, no matter which battalion was the unified battle flag of the Great Ming Sun and Moon Jintao, it was very inconvenient to distinguish the specific location of each guerrilla battalion in a short period of time. Therefore, Liu Yunwei had a whim and decided to formulate an exclusive battle flag for each guerrilla battalion, and of course his own pacesetter battalion should also have a special battle flag.

So, Liu Yunwei locked himself in the tent for a day and a night, racking his brains to come up with the battle flag style of the eight guerrilla battalions plus his own pacesetter battalion:

On the battle flag of the pacesetter camp, in the middle is a golden dragon, the golden dragon stares angrily ahead, and the huge mouth is wide open as if it is groaning as a dragon, which is the meaning of the dragon;

On the battle flag of the Flying Feather Battalion, there are two sharp feather arrows, the arrows are facing down and cross each other, as if two swords are combined, one of the feather arrows is a bow and arrow, and the other is a crossbow arrow, indicating the predecessor and origin of the Flying Feather Battalion;

The pattern of the battle flag of the trapped camp is a cold Mo knife, with a green dragon wrapped around the body of the knife, and there are several gaps in the blade, showing the indomitable and invincible soldiers of the trapped camp.

On the battle flag of the Tiger Camp is a pattern of a tiger's head, and the tiger's bloody mouth is opened to the maximum, like a tiger roaring in the mountains and forests, just like the Tiger Battalion's past achievements, unstoppable.

On the battle flag of the Yue cavalry battalion is a picture of a sturdy war horse being forced to stop by a spear and standing up, while the battle flag of the folding battalion is a picture of a forest spear pointing to the sky; All show the strengths of the officers and men of these two battalions who stick to good fighting.

On the battle flag of the Eagle Yang Battalion, there is a huge eagle flying with wings spread, and the claws of the eagle's feet are all open, as if it is about to attack its prey, and it is striking the sky!

On the battle flag of the Changshui battalion is a cold and colorful horse lance and an iron hoof draped in a horse armor, indicating the advantage of the Changshui battalion in riding and fighting;

Finally, there is the battle flag of the Yulin Battalion, on the battle flag is a sharp sword, surrounded by white feathers, a thousand feather ring sword!

These nine battle flags are all rectangular, the background color is red, and they look very mighty, Liu Yunwei looked at it for a while, and he was very satisfied.

Then, Liu Yunwei called all eight guerrilla generals including Lu Ying and sent them the battle flag patterns he had designed to everyone and asked them to give some opinions.

After everyone saw their corresponding battle flags, they were all very happy and liked it very much, where would they have any opinions?

Zhao Kaishan blushed and shouted: "The eldest brother still has an idea, with these battle flags, we can show the military might of our Hanwei army!" ”

Wu Xing said on the side: "Big brother, now that the battle flags of each battalion are available, will our Hanwei Army also make a battle flag?" ”

Liu Yunwei was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Wu Xing is right, I think the battle flag of our Hanwei Army has been formulated in this way. After speaking, Liu Yunwei picked up the pen at hand and drew on the paper.

Everyone stepped forward to watch, only to see Liu Yunwei's pen between the dragon and snake, and the pattern of a battle flag soon jumped on the paper: on the rectangular flag, there was no excessive decoration, only a big "Han" character.

Liu Yunwei put down his pen and said to everyone: "The battle flag of our Hanwei battalion is still based on bright red, with a big black Chinese character written on it. One is to show the name of our Han Wei Army, and the other is to show the identity of our Han family's boys! ”

"Good! Big brother said it well! Zhao Kaishan, Li Tianhao, and Wang Dangdang applauded in unison, and the rest of them also nodded frequently.

Liu Yunwei continued: "In the future, when our Hanwei Army goes on an expedition, each guerrilla battalion needs the battle flag of each battalion and the name flag of the main general (triangle, red background, with the surname of the main general written on it), and my pacesetter battalion In addition to these two flags, I must also set up a battle flag of the Great Bright Sun and Moon Jintao. In this way, our Hanwei Army can have a clear banner and hunt with military flags! ”

At this moment, everyone's hearts were boiling, as if they had inexhaustible strength. This is not just a battle flag, this is the soul of an army, it is the courage of an army, and the flag is in the people! Flags are dead, people are dead! In the near future, the soldiers of the Hanwei Army will use the blood of the Tartars to dye these battle flags, and these battle flags will also bring supreme glory to the soldiers of the whole army.

Liu Yunwei put away all the patterns of the battle flags, handed them to Lu Ying, and said: "Immediately order people to rush to control them, and implement them in the army as soon as possible." ”

Lu Ying took the pattern and said, "I will immediately order someone to rush to make it overnight." ”

In the afternoon of the next day, Liu Yunwei led the Hanwei army back to the Tongzhou camp. I saw that the army of 100,000 was mighty, divided into nine large arrays, and each large phalanx was divided into several small phalanxes, and the boundless array seemed to spread to the sky, majestic and shocking! In these nine large arrays, there were ten unusually dazzling flags, nine of which were the battle flags of the guerrilla battalions, and one was the banner of the Hanwei Army.

The people in Tongzhou City who rushed to watch from afar saw the news and were stunned by the scene in front of them, such a majestic military formation, such a bright banner, as if only the mouth of the storyteller existed. But today, these people who came to watch saw it with their own eyes. As a result, countless people shouted loudly, cheering for the elite army in front of them.

At this time, Liu Yunwei was riding his horse in the array, and when he heard the shouts of the people in the distance, he was excited. Looking around again, seeing the clear banners of each battalion, Liu Yunwei thought to himself: "The ancients said: The military formation can be driven like an arm, and it can be invincible!" I guess that's how it feels. In the future, it is necessary to strictly train the officers and men of each battalion, and when the equipment of the general division begins to be produced, it must be sent as soon as possible, so that the officers and men can become familiar with their weapons as soon as possible, especially those who are bird-skilled. ”

Just as he was thinking, the army had already arrived outside the camp. Liu Yunwei ordered the officers and men of each battalion to return to their respective camps in turn, rest for three days, and then continue the next training.

After watching the officers and men of each battalion return to the camp in an orderly manner to rest, Liu Yunwei rushed back to the Chinese army camp first, after all, after going out for so many days, I am afraid that the camp has already squeezed a lot of military affairs.

As soon as Liu Yunwei walked into the camp of the Chinese army, he saw Yuan Mingxuan sitting in the tent waiting for him.

Seeing that Liu Yunwei was back, Yuan Mingxuan stepped forward and said, "Little general, fortunately, you rushed back, otherwise I would have sent someone to find you back." ”

Liu Yunwei's heart sank when he heard this, and he asked, "What happened in the army?" ”

Yuan Mingxuan said: "Two things! First, about Mintun and Juntun, yesterday the Tongzhou prefect sent people to say that there is a serious shortage of cattle and farm tools needed by the military households in the tuntian, and the prefect has requisitioned all the ploughing cattle and farm tools that can be mobilized around Tongzhou Town, but it is still a lot worse, and the situation on the Juntun side is the same; And then there's the one about the Shosaku. ”

Liu Yunwei was thinking about the matter of ploughing cattle, and suddenly heard that something happened to the general, so he hurriedly asked, "What happened to the general?" ”

Yuan Mingxuan sighed and said, "The preparation for the establishment of the General Division is going too smoothly. ”

"What?" Liu Yunwei didn't understand what Yuan Mingxuan meant for a while.

Yuan Mingxuan explained: "Now all aspects of the division have been carried out, and there are still enough people, but there are not many iron materials to make weapons and armor, and sulfur and saltpeter to make gunpowder. ”