Chapter 1232 The Wounded
Huang Taiji also took a great risk when he invaded the Guannai for the first time, and the Ming army's dispatch had quite a fatal mistake, a mess, and Chongzhen's lack of experience, the use of non-people, coupled with the chaos caused by the indiscriminate command, gave Huang Taiji an opportunity to take advantage of it, so that he turned around in the Gyeonggi area for three months, robbed a large amount of Dingkou wealth, calmly withdrew from the Guanwai, and sat firmly in his position.
And when the first time to enter the customs, the elite carried by Huang Taiji was drawn from various banners, there were a large number of vests and white armor, don't look at only a few thousand main forces, adding up to 20,000 troops, not only to Jizhen into the soldiers and horses is quite easy, but also wrapped the dumplings of Zhao Shujiao, the loss is not big, and then easily hit the Xuan soldiers of Mangui, revenge of the battle of Ningjin, only the Ning army is regarded as holding the attack, but it is not the opponent of the elite Houjin soldiers.
In the era of cold weapons, thousands of people can play a very strong role, if the array is neat, the armor is strong, the weapons are excellent, the soldiers are more than ten years of brave veterans, and the command is quite good, the main force of thousands of soldiers and horses in the face of ten times dozens of times the incompetent, can still be like Huang Taiji, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, calmly entered, and calmly came out with the power of great victory.
"Don't think too much," Li Shenming smiled and took out a gold-sprinkled red invitation from his arms, and said: "Although it is in person, but the gift cannot be wasted, this is an invitation, if the day comes, please come on time, and wait for the big welcome at the next house." β
Zhang Han took it and didn't look at it, and said with a smile: "Then congratulate Brother Zunlu in advance for not being confused, and having many sons and grandchildren." β
"Haha, thank you Jiyan, come early, I prepared a table in the small hall, and a few of us will have a lively time."
"Of course it's going to go." Zhang Han usually doesn't feast or drink, but that doesn't mean he can be unkind.
Li Shenming said that it was his 40th birthday, but in fact, he was 38 years old according to the calculation of later generations, but at this time, it can be counted as 40, and his birthday should be advanced by a year, which is also a very old tradition.
Others don't care, Li Shenming is estimated to be the founder of the country when he dies in the future, and he will be at least a duke, and Li Shanchang has a similar feeling, he has always been commensurate with brothers, and the way of friends has been maintained for six or seven years, he is on his fortieth birthday, Zhang Han is not good, of course, he has to drink two cups of longevity wine.
"Then I have face." Li Shenming said with a smile: "There are also a few ladies, please also come to the house to gather, and the inner house has also set up a banquet, and there will be cheap hospitality at that time." β
"You're about to hug your grandson." Zhang Han said with a smile: "Last time they went, your daughters-in-law came to call their aunts, and they were ruined." β
"Haha." Li Shenming laughed. His two sons are adults, and they are married this year, which is also a matter of pride, maybe he will be able to hold his grandson next year, it is quite normal for him to hold his grandson at his age in this era, and even earlier, but it is still quite strange for Zhang Han, there are still many diamond kings at this age in the later generations, and this guy is about to hold his grandson in front of him.
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"Stop the horses and replenish the water."
Zhang Shixiong put up his palm on the horse, the military commander next to him was quite clear about what this chief officer meant, and those who didn't know it had already been eliminated, and the military commander immediately gave the order, and everyone stopped.
From the height of summer, the chasseurs prepared to convert the battalion into a regiment, and now it is still a battalion shelf, and several independent reinforced companies were sent to the Chotu Khan garrison and handed over to Ma Wu and others to lead, but they are still under the formation of the chaser battalion.
Zhang Shixiong was released from the military attachΓ© and directly served as the commander of the battalion, worked for more than a year, and was directly promoted to the regimental command.
And the importance of the chassars should be above the dragoon regiment, after all, the action is fast, the firepower is fierce, and the attack on the enemy is more ruthless, and the combat style of the chassars can be seen in the operation of Mobei is quite fierce and brutal.
If you compare it to an animal, it is a cheetah, fast as lightning, extremely ferocious, and a natural hunter.
The Chasseur Battalion is named after the word hunting, which is worthy of its name.
Searching for new recruits everywhere has been Zhang Shixiong's main task in the past two or three months, and he has not even taken care of the war in the Chotu Khan Department before. However, despite the painstaking search, all departments examined the personnel according to the list, and after the preliminary examination, Zhang Shixiong and others personally checked them, and the qualified ones were quite rare.
Riding is fundamental, and then it depends on the technical and tactical ability, the degree of coordination, and whether it can support the high-intensity marching and combat methods of the chasers who can often be on the road for more than ten days without rest. Whether it can control the march of multiple war horses, and whether it can play with a variety of firearms.
These requirements have been swept down by more than half of the people, even if they have the potential to learn, they have been swept down because of the problem of temperament.
Chasseurs need fierce, bold and impulsive talents, preferably savage, but there are still some details in their brains, which can be controlled by military law.
This kind of requirement is much more difficult than finding a soldier with good riding skills, after all, the chaser is not an ordinary dragoon, and the requirements are very high in terms of the character of the soldier and the degree of cooperation in the way of fighting.
In the past few months, only about 300 people have been added to the camp, and it will take at least half a year of training before they can be pulled out for actual combat.
This time he was ordered to return to Qingcheng, the order of the military department was quite simple, and did not explain the reason, Zhang Shixiong was originally in Yunnei Prefecture, and had to rush over from the west immediately after receiving the order.
Along the way, the grass has withered and yellowed, the daylight hours have shortened, and the morning and evening marches feel quite chilly, and everyone knows that the summer of the steppe has passed, and now it is autumn.
It is the time when the autumn is high and the horses are fat, but the wind and waves are calm everywhere.
"it!" A chasseur officer signed the account book of the financial officer of the military station, and turned back to the crowd: "We soldiers, we have to sign honestly wherever we go to eat and receive supplies, and we have to check the accounts after we go back. β
Everyone laughed, Zhang Shixiong's face twitched a few times, and he suddenly slashed his head and face with a horsewhip at the complaining officer.
"Commander, I was wrong!"
The huntress officer who had been beaten stood honestly and respectfully, knowing that he must have made something wrong and something wrong, so he provoked the battalion commander to whip himself with a horsewhip.
The rule of the chaser battalion is that when you are beaten, you must stand respectfully, and you are not allowed to cry out in pain even if the whip is whipped on your body and face, and the bloody whip marks come out.
All the men in the chaser battalion, when they are punished by military discipline, shout in pain, of course, they will not be beaten a few more times, but they will no longer have the face to be a good man in front of the chasers.
Zhang Shixiong whipped more than a dozen whips, except for the first two whips, they were all hit on the robe, and the robe on the officer's robe was scattered and fluttering like a butterfly, so that it was merciful, although there were still many whip marks on the body, it must still be very painful, at least it would not leave too many marks on the face, so as not to be ridiculed by his comrades.
"Hit you to tell you to remember, next time this stinky mouth speaks carefully." Zhang Shixiong took the whip, looked at his subordinates, and said word by word: "Do you remember this lesson?" β
"Yes, my subordinates have remembered." The officer endured the pain and said, "Lord Tian is in charge of the wealth for our Hutchison, not for his own family, and the words of his subordinates are not appropriate, and they should be beaten." β
"Hmm." Zhang Shixiong nodded, turned his face away, and waited for his own soldiers to come out with food.
This is a military station thirty miles outside Qingcheng, and then go further is the boundary of Qingcheng, there is also a military station and supply and maintenance point in front, on the left and right sides of more than ten miles, there are several fire road piers, and there are normally soldiers stationed in it.
On the west side of this supply station was a large barracks area, where there was no woodland, and in the distance there was a small river, a tributary of the Little Black River, which provided water for the garrison, so that no one would be left without water.
There are often places on the grassland where there is no water for dozens or even hundreds of miles, and even if the ground is full of green grass, it can still drink people to death.
"Vegetable pancakes." The soldier walked over with a few large pancakes and handed them to Zhang Shixiong.
Most of the others also eat pancakes, this thing is very convenient to make, cornmeal is burned, put some green vegetables and leeks and the like, fried with oil can be eaten, and it is easy to carry and preserve, which is also a by-product after large-scale planting of corn on the grassland...... At least Zhang Shixiong likes to eat it very much.
Everyone is feasting, this team of chasers rushed from Yunnei Prefecture, hundreds of miles apart, under the leadership of Zhang Shixiong, they also went deep into the desert separated from Yulin, exercising the troops' adaptability and ability to march in the desert, so back in the hinterland of Qingcheng, the nerves were still relaxed, even if the officer who had just been whipped hard, it was quite sweet.
"Commander, it's the wounded."
While they were eating, they did not forget to look around, and an officer spotted a dozen large carts coming from the west side, and stopped in the open space near the military station...... Of course, they are seriously wounded, and the troops who go to battle have accompanying military doctors, and those who are slightly injured will not be sent back by car like this.
Zhang Shixiong stepped forward and opened the door of the carriage.
Although the car was very tidy, it was obviously still quite heavy with the smell of blood and rancidity.
This is a restructured cart, divided into two bunks on the opposite side, and four seriously wounded soldiers are lying on the bunks, obviously all disabled people with missing arms and legs.
Sure enough, it was a disabled veteran who was seriously injured and had his leg amputated, Zhang Shixiong had a solemn face, stood in place and saluted the wounded soldiers.
"You have suffered." Zhang Shixiong said: "Fortunately, I have come back safely, and the military hospital in Qingcheng is of a very high level and can take the best care of you." Of course, your legs and arms can't be recovered, but after the injury is recovered, a sheriff or regimental training officer in the tunpu can't run away from you, you can ask for a mother-in-law, give birth to a few fat boys, and live the rest of your life in peace. β
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