Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume III: The Turbulent Central Plains

Chapter 2 The Crisis of Gathering Hungry People Begins

Section 6 Large-scale training to suppress bandits

Fifty miles north of Dengfeng, the remaining veins of Songshan Mountain.

Halfway up the mountain in the distance, the trees are dense, and the not-so-tall peaks are full of life, and a cottage made entirely of stone is hidden during the period. Outside the cottage, hundreds of Tiger Ben soldiers were attacking and charging on their backs, and Zhao Kaishan stood at the foot of the mountain with a golden knife, shouting loudly and incessantly, as if he was going to devour the bandits on the mountain alive; And just behind Zhao Kaishan, more than 3,000 soldiers of the Tiger Ben Department lined up neatly, listening to Hou's battle orders at any time.

After a while, Zhao Kaishan saw that the soldiers who attacked the cottage successfully attacked the wall, and after a while, the gate of the cottage was opened by the soldiers, and the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Department outside the cottage immediately rushed in and killed them.

"Haha, okay, another copycat has been laid." As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Kaishan entered the cottage with a bureau of soldiers, only to see that the hundreds of soldiers who attacked the cottage had already begun to clean up the battlefield and collect prisoners, and the cottage was in a mess, full of bandits who had been killed.

Zhao Kaishan looked at the more than 100 captives who had been tied up, and saw that they were all fierce and unruly people, so he said: "Big brother is so right, these bandits are some habitual bandits for many years, and keeping them will only leave a troubled place!" Come on, kill all these bandits on the spot! By the way, let those recruits do it, so that they can practice their courage. ”

A moment later, with a burst of wailing, more than a hundred recruits of the Tiger Ben tribe completed their first transformation in their lives, each of these recruits was responsible for killing a prisoner, and after the knife fell, these recruits vomited one by one on the blood-stained sword.

Zhao Kaishan looked at these recruits with satisfaction, and said to the subordinates around him: "Well, in some time, these recruits will be able to grow into qualified veteran soldiers." ”

At this time, a Ye Bushu ran over and said, "Lord Qiqi Qian, the brothers have found two more bandit nests, and there are also traces of a group of horse bandits. ”

Zhao Kaishan was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Haha, there is business coming to the door again!" Pass my order, the soldiers of Division A and Division B immediately attack the two bandits' lairs, and the soldiers of Division C stay behind to continue to clean up the battlefield, and after the incident, all the captured money and grain will be transported back to the Dengfeng camp; General Ben Qian led the remaining two soldiers to raid that gang of horse bandits! Let's go! ”

With Zhao Kaishan's order, the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Department immediately divided their troops and pounced on the surrounding bandits and horse bandits. Two days later, the soldiers of the Huben Division, who had already converged halfway, returned to the Hanwei camp outside Dengfeng City, accompanied by hundreds of truckloads of seized grain and property.

Since Liu Yunwei decided to send troops to suppress the bandits, all the thousand headquarters of the Hanwei battalion have been sent out by Liu Yunwei. In a vast area with Dengfeng as the center and a radius of hundreds of miles, bandits and horse bandits were attacked like a storm at the same time almost within a few days. Everywhere were the soldiers of the Hanwei Battalion who were in a hurry to suppress the bandits, or escort the large convoy back to the camp, and the people along the way all raised their hands and cheered when they saw these officers and soldiers who fought bloody battles to suppress the bandits; Most of the bandits that the local government could not cure for decades were solved by these powerful military masters in only a few days.

And the happiest person at this time is probably the main general Liu Yunwei. Looking at the increasing amount of food and goods in the camp, at the hopeful eyes of the elderly, women and children in the reserve camp, and at the recruits who had become more and more mature after the battle, Liu Yunwei was so happy that he could hardly close his mouth.

At this time, Liu Yunwei saw Master Chen, who was busy leading people to count the seizures, so he called him over and asked, "Master Chen, how many have we seized now?" ”

Master Chen wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, took out a thick notebook, and said: "General Hui, not counting the seizures that the soldiers of various departments are still transporting back, now we have more than 98,000 stones of grain and more than 300,000 taels of silver in our camp, and the rest of the cloth, livestock, jewelry and other property are not counted. General, it seems that the bandits in Henan Mansion are very rich, this is a book, no! What a profitable deal! ”

Liu Yunwei was also very happy after hearing this, and said: "Most of these bandits are habitual bandits who have been rampant in places for many years, and it is not surprising that they can accumulate so much money and food. However, these seizures are not enough! ”

Master Chen was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "General, this is nearly 100,000 stone of grain, isn't that enough?" ”

"Of course not enough!" Liu Yunwei snapped his fingers and said, "Master Chen, you can do the math, how many of us are there now?" There are more than 40,000 soldiers under the command of each thousand headquarters alone, plus the old people, women and children in the reserve camp, there are nearly 70,000 or 80,000 people in our Hanwei battalion, and so many people have to consume at least 4,000 stone of food a day! How long can I eat these 98,000 stone grains? Less than a month! ”

Master Chen was also stunned at this time, and said: "My God, how much food will we have to eat when we get to Sichuan!" It's a bottomless pit! ”

Liu Yunwei sighed and said: "Let's take a step at a time, every time we go to a place in the future, the first thing we do is to spend money to buy food!" If the food in our camp can be moved, it is better not to move. ”

Master Chen nodded heavily, and suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was much heavier, but he became more motivated, after all, the commander of the first army would hand over the lifeblood of the whole army to himself, and this trust was as important as a mountain.

Thinking of this, Master Chen said solemnly: "Please rest assured, General, I will definitely take care of the granary of our Hanwei Battalion!" ”

Liu Yunwei nodded with a smile and said, "I also believe that Master Chen will do it well." ”

At this moment there was another shout of cheer from the camp: "Behold, the brethren of the Folding Division have returned, and they have brought back a great deal of food!" ”

Liu Yunwei looked over and saw Wang Dangdang and Wang Bo standing on the grain cart and waving to the crowd.

"Haha, it seems that everyone's morale is very high." Liu Yunwei said with a smile, and after looking at it for a while, Liu Yunwei was about to return to the tent to rest.

At this time, Lu Ying came over in armor and said, "Big brother, I will lead the soldiers of the Feiyu Department to set off in a while." Ye Bu Shui found a few bandit nests in the southern part of the Eling area, and I took the soldiers to take them for a walk. ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and said, "Go, be careful all the way, go and come back quickly." ”

"Yes." After speaking, Lu Ying had some words to say, and Liu Yunwei asked when he saw this, "Is there anything else?" ”

Lu Ying said: "There is one thing, I think it is necessary to talk to my eldest brother. ”

Liu Yunwei asked curiously, "What's the matter?" ”

Lu Ying said: "Big brother, we are suppressing bandits with such fanfare, but the surrounding local governments are all in their eyes, if someone comes to fight the autumn wind, we have to think about the words in advance, after all, these seizures are a huge fortune, no matter who will look at it." ”

Liu Yunwei laughed when he heard this, and said: "Haha, it turns out that this is the case, I have already thought of it, but I just don't think there is any need to pay attention to those who fight the autumn wind." Now that I have tens of thousands of troops in hand, if I don't have the intention of bleeding, who will dare to force me? You must know that now that Henan Mansion is in chaos, those local officials still rely on us to quell the chaos. ”

Lu Ying said with a smile: "Since the eldest brother already has a plan, then I don't have to worry." ”

In the next few days, the soldiers of the 1,000 headquarters of the Hanwei Battalion continued to carry out the great cause of suppressing bandits, and the bandits everywhere were wiped out one after another. By the last day or two, there was hardly any sign of the bandits.

After Liu Yunwei received the return of not receiving the night, he laughed and said to the people around him: "Haha, it seems that we are going to rest for a few days, and now there is nothing to suppress around Dengfeng." Okay, let's send out the night and notify the soldiers who are attacking to come back, after so many days in a row, it's time to take a good rest. ”

Lu Ying, who had just returned to the camp, also said: "Yes, the soldiers are tired enough during this time, it's time to take a good rest." ”

At this time, Master Chen on the side said with a smile: "General, Mr. Qian, let me tell you about the seizures during this time, they have all been counted." ”

Liu Yunwei said: "Okay, then Master Chen will talk about it, so as to boost everyone's morale." ”

Master Chen responded to the promise and said: "During this time, thousands of our headquarters soldiers attacked everywhere to exterminate all the bandits around Dengfeng, which can be described as a high level of hard work." Up to now, the officers and men of various departments have seized a total of more than 137,000 stone of grain, 580,000 taels of silver, more than 1,000 chickens, ducks, sheep and other livestock, and the rest of the cloth, jewelry and other property have not been counted. Now the food in the camp can be eaten by our Hanwei camp for about a month. ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and sighed: "This is already very good, we can raise such a large amount of grain in such a short period of time, at such a speed, I think if our Hanwei Battalion claims to be second, I'm afraid no one will dare to call it first." ”

After listening to this, everyone was also very proud, and they all felt that the hard work during this time was not in vain, and they were also proud of the growth of the soldiers under their command.

Just when everyone was elated and discussed, a night absentee suddenly reported outside the tent: "General Qiyu, Lord Wu of Dengfeng Governor has just sent someone over, saying that the requisition document of the Henan Political Envoy has arrived, and our Hanwei battalion will be requisitioned to go to Yanshi to rescue." ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly quieted down, and they all looked at Liu Yunwei to listen to Hou's order. I saw Liu Yunwei get up slowly, looked at the generals in the tent, and said in a deep voice: "Order!" All the soldiers immediately began to assemble and prepare for the battle! ”