Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter III: Plans for Internal and Foreign Difficulties

Section 11: Recruitment and Family Visits

Liu Yunwei and Liu Ting talked for a while, and were about to leave, when they suddenly thought of Xu Wanxin's previous mobilization of her father-in-law Xu Mingwei to donate to the army, and her heart moved, so she said to Liu Ling: "Grandfather, there is another thing I want to discuss with you. ”

So, Liu Yunwei talked to Liu Ling in the room for a while before leaving.

The next day, Liu Ting came to the prefect's yamen to visit the prefect Wang Hao, saying that he had something important to discuss.

When Wang Hao heard that Liu Ling was visiting, he hurriedly came out to greet him in person.

The two laughed and talked all the way to the mansion, and after the guests of honor were seated, Liu Ting said: "Lord Wang, you have also read the text of the Ministry of War, the imperial court has appointed Yang Hao, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, to serve as the commander of Liaodong, and at the same time, the imperial court is gathering 100,000 reinforcements to prepare to go to Liaodong to crusade against Jiannu. Look, do we need to do some preparations, too? ”

"Oh? What to prepare? The imperial army is coming, let's just follow Lord Yang's orders. Wang Hao said kindly.

"Sycophants! Before the person arrived, he was ready to hug his thighs. Liu Ting looked at Wang Hao's appearance and scolded in his heart.

"Lord Wang also knows that the defenders of Liaoyang have fought several battles with Jiannu before, and now they are already injured; In addition, there are not many reserves of money, food, and ordnance, which will not be able to cope with the next national war. The old man means that the general military government is fully responsible for the affairs of the army: recruiting new soldiers, training military horses, and rectifying defense, the old man must do it himself; And to secure the people's food, build ordnance, and unite the people's hearts, I am afraid it will depend on Lord Wang. ”

"This 。。。。。。" Wang Hao's eyes wandered, and he said hesitantly: "It stands to reason that it is natural to cooperate with the old general to make some preparations, but the yamen is also more than willing and not enough." ”

Liu Ling had long expected that Wang Hao would find an excuse to excuse himself, so he said: "Lord Wang, you don't need to do anything difficult with the state government. All that is needed is that the state government posts a notice explaining that the upcoming war is related to the future of Liaodong and the lives of the people in the city, and calls on the people in the city to have money and strength to contribute money and help with military salaries. The old man will do the rest. ”

"This, this is okay, but those small people have always swept the snow in front of their doors and don't get a piece of tiles, will they respond?"

Liu Ling said with great certainty: "Yes." ”

Wang Hao was a little unconvinced, and asked, "Why is the old general so sure?" ”

"Because the people of Liaodong are also descendants of my Han family!"

A few days later, the yamen of the state capital posted notices everywhere in the city, announcing that the soldiers were on the border and that the imperial court was about to attack the army, and called on the people of the city to actively help the army and defend their homeland.

"The land of Liaodong has been the land of the Han and Tang dynasties since ancient times, and the people of Liaodong have always been descendants of Yanhuang and Miao. Who knows that the rise of self-built slaves and the rebellion of old slaves, Liaodong Paradise has changed into purgatory on earth! Nuer Gandusi has lost the bloodline of the Han family!

Slave soldiers are rampant, killing our people, and villages are almost in ruins; Old slaves are rampant, swallowing my territory, and the cities on earth have become a land of beasts! Fortunately, the imperial court soldiers resisted to the death, and the Han tiger was bloody and could still resist the army of Yidi. How can the Tartar captives be fierce and treacherous, first there are loyal and good soldiers such as Zhang Chengyin, the general soldier of Liaodong, and so on, and then there are Fushun, Qinghe and other cities fell into the hands of the Tartars, the shame of this Cheng Dynasty and the pain of the people!

However, the sky has eyes, Liaoyang Huzi led the tiger and wolf division to fight Hu Cai, and the Han family dared to fight the heroes and annihilate the Tartars. The battles of Changning Fort and Magendanbao were all victorious, the Jiannu army was wiped out, and the courage of the Tartar captives was cold.

Now the army of the country to defeat the old slaves is gathering, and the power of the Son of Heaven has descended with the power of thunder. Since ancient times, I Liaoyang has many impassioned people, loyal and patriotic people, when this crusade against the Tartar captives, it is natural to be generous and devoted to the country, the rich and generous pay money, and the strong and heroic carry swords to join the army. In this way, I will be the dry city of the country and the anti-Hu Haoshi; The thousands of miles of land in Liaodong are all the places where slaves are built and buried!

With the help of all the kings, it will become a monstrous power, and the country will be fortunate, very lucky! Luckily! ”

After the notice was posted, the people in the city gathered around, and the literate scholars and children were reading aloud, telling the people around them what was written and what was in the words. As the sound of the reading spread more and more, more and more people gathered, and it didn't take long for the announcement to be crowded with people nearby.

Suddenly, I don't know who shouted: "All the men are with me!" Kill the Tartars! ”

"That's right! Go as a soldier. ”

"I've had enough of these frightened days, and I'm going to do it with the Tartars!"

The strong men in the crowd were all excited, shouting and venting, and slowly converged into a huge flow of people, flocking to the Ming army camp and asking for Congrong.

And some ordinary people who looked like scholars or wealthy businessmen were watching from the side, obviously infected by these "rough people" who they looked down on on weekdays, and they all became impassioned.

"We can't be so rude, but we can pay for it."

"Yes, I still have horses and carts at home, and I donated them to the imperial court."

"I'll produce two hundred pounds of good iron!"

"Let's go! Go to the prefect, and I'll go out of the ten denier grains. ”

"Even if you take money to smash it, you will also smash the Tartar!"

The people of the city gathered into two huge dragons, one giant dragon flocked to the general military palace and military camp to contribute their lives, and the other giant dragon flocked to the state capital yamen to contribute money and strength.

Liu Ting and Wang Hao were stunned by the scene in front of them, neither of them thought that the usually inconspicuous people were so majestic and unstoppable.

Wang Hao was surrounded by countless people who asked for money and food to act as people's husbands, and was soon assimilated by the almost crazy people, waving his hands with a red face and shouting loudly. Maybe Wang Hao himself didn't expect that he still had such a bloody side.

Liu Ting watched countless strong men enthusiastically join the army, and he was also excited: "There are these people and these hot-blooded men in the country, what enemy can't win?" What a difficulty to get over! ”

In this way, after a few days, because the people of the whole city, even the people of nearby villages and towns, and the scattered displaced people were mobilized, both the collection of materials and the recruitment of new soldiers went very smoothly.

In view of the fact that the Hanwei battalion had suffered considerable losses in the previous battles, Liu Yunwei also ordered the recruitment of new soldiers among the displaced people to make up for the previous losses.

As a result, Lu Ying, Wen Poyu and Wu Xing began to recruit new soldiers separately, and as before, they only recruited homeless people or young people who had enmity with Jiannu. When the people heard that the Hanwei Battalion, which had made great achievements in the war, was also recruiting new soldiers, they immediately flocked to the large camp of the Hanwei Battalion, and surrounded the gate of the camp.

Lu Ying, Wen Poyu, and Wu Xing kept directing the soldiers to register and screen the young men who came to apply, and then the qualified ones entered the next round of screening. After more than ten days of recruitment, the three of them gathered a total of 4,300 young people. Liu Yunwei immediately ordered the training of the recruits to be intensified.

One day, Xu Mingwei and Xu Wanxin came to the outside of Hanwei camp with some big families in Liaoyang City.

It turned out that Xu Mingwei and some big family heads who had friendships jointly raised some grain and grass equipment to donate to his son-in-law. Liu Yunwei was overjoyed, the more than 4,000 recruits he had just recruited just didn't have enough weapons and equipment, and now they were all solved, and his father-in-law was really a godsend.

After handing over the grain and grass equipment, Liu Yunwei immediately launched a major reorganization of the officers and men of the battalion.

After Liu Yunwei was promoted to guerrilla general, he promoted Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, and Li Tianhao to the rank of Qianzong. After recruiting more than 4,300 recruits, the number of soldiers in the Hanwei Battalion has reached more than 6,700. In view of the increase in the number of people in the battalion and the change in the structure, Liu Yunwei made some adjustments to the reorganization of the Hanwei battalion:

Five people are a team, with a team commander, and a total of five people in a team;

The four teams are a team, with a captain, and a team of 21 people;

The four teams are one sentry, with a total of one hundred and eighty-five people;

Four posts are a general, and a total of one is set up, a total of 341 people;

The four headquarters are 1,000 headquarters, with one thousand headquarters, which is served by Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, and Li Tianhao, and a total of 1,365 people in the 1,000 headquarters.

Because Wen Poyu's headquarters is a cavalry establishment, it is different from the four or four formations of infantry, but adopts a three-three establishment, plus a hundred horse lance cavalry, so Wen Poyu's headquarters is a total of five hundred and forty-five people.

Liu Yunwei's own personal guard is still 500 people, and another 200 baggage soldiers are set up, which are managed by Liu Yunwei himself.

According to the adjusted structure, the 6,700-odd people of the Hanwei Battalion were divided into 5,000 headquarters, which were the front, rear, left, right, and 5,000 cavalry headquarters.

Lu Ying served as the general manager of the front, and his command was still dominated by crossbowmen, and the knife and axe hands, crossbowmen, and archers were mixed;

Wu Xing served as the commander of the rear headquarters, commanding the heavy infantry of the thousand headquarters and the extermination array;

Zhao Kaishan served as the commander of the left thousand and commanded a thousand infantry headquarters;

Li Tianhao served as the commander of the right thousand, commanding a thousand infantry headquarters;

Wen Poyu served as the commander of the cavalry department, commanding the cavalry and the horse lance cavalry, taking into account the night.

Seeing Liu Yunwei's reorganization plan, Lu Ying and the five had no objections, so Liu Yunwei ordered all 1,000 headquarters to seize the time to train, and the Hanwei battalion should be integrated before the war in Liaodong.

After the arrangements were made, Liu Yunwei took the time to return to the mansion and stayed with Xu Wanxin for a few days.

One day, Liu Yunwei said to Xu Wanxin: "The time for you to marry me is not short, I want you to go back to your hometown in Sichuan after a while, after all, I haven't seen my mother since I got married, and I should go to visit." In addition, my father (Xu Mingwei) has never been to Sichuan, so I can travel together. ”

Xu Wanxin Bingxue was smart, and immediately heard Liu Yunwei's words, and said: "It is natural to visit my mother, but how can I go alone?" Let's wait for the war to pass, and let's go back together. ”

Liu Yunwei was speechless for a while, and Xu Wanxin continued: "Husband, let's just say anything between our husband and wife. Could it be that the situation in Liaodong has reached such a situation? Didn't my husband win the battle before? Aren't the imperial court's reinforcements coming soon? ”

"You don't understand, the danger of this battle is not what it seems, and it is not good to get Liaodong。。。。。。 Alas! ”

Liu Yunwei knows that this war is full of crises, and Liu Yunwei is not afraid of building slaves, nor is he afraid of bloody battles, but he is worried that his wife and family will be harmed, so he has repeatedly advised Xu Wanxin to go to Sichuan, but how can these words be clear to his wife? .

Xu Wanxin said: "Since this is the case, the husband doesn't have to say it anymore. My husband goes to fight on the battlefield, so you don't have to think about me. It's really going to come that day, the husband will die in the country, and the concubine will be martyred, and that's it! ”

Seeing Xu Wanxin's resolute attitude and no room for negotiation, Liu Yunwei could only ask Xu Wanxin to stay in the city and stop walking around the city. Xu Wanxin didn't want Liu Yunwei to be distracted, so she agreed.