Chapter XVIII: The Messenger
On February 18, the sixth year of Yongli, in the camp of the Ming army outside the city of Jinhuafu, a two-person high platform stood on the side of the school field, and the training facilities used to train the coordination of the mandarin duck array were placed together.
There was a ladder on one side of the platform for climbing, and in the open space on the other side, the soldiers of a mandarin duck killer team were in groups of two and two with their arms straight on the shoulders of their comrades opposite, three pairs of soldiers lined up side by side from under the stage, while the other four stood behind them and maintained a forward posture, as if to prevent them from being able to stand firm under the force.
On the stage, the captain of the team is helping the firefighters standing on the edge of the platform with their backs to him finding a position. When everything was ready, I heard the fireman say "I'm ready!" ”
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers in the audience responded enthusiastically: "Brother, we are also ready, please believe us!" ”
Hearing this, but seeing that the captain nodded, he stretched out his hand and pushed, and the fireman was straightened all over, his hands folded in front of his chest, and his feet were the axis, and his eyes were closed and fell down the stage.
The firemen fell from a two-man platform with only six pairs of arms and four soldiers assisting them. The fireman fell from the platform, and after a moment of free fall in the air, it smashed into the intertwined arms of his teammates. The web woven by the arms was shattered by the weight, but with the help of the twelve arms sharing the weight of the firefighters at the same time, and the force of the soldiers behind them, they were able to catch the firefighters steadily.
Seeing that the soldiers in the audience caught the firefighters, the captain on the stage said loudly: "We are the same team, as long as we are united, there will be no difficulties!" As soon as the captain's voice fell, the soldiers repeated the captain's words in unison, even the fireman.
Subsequently. I saw that they cooperated with each other to put down the fireman, and one person from the team was assigned to the platform, and the soldier's place in the team was replaced by the fireman. The soldier who had just stepped onto the stage stood up at the captain's behest, and shouted: "I'm ready!" And his countrymen responded with the same enthusiasm as before, waiting for the moment when he fell from the stage......
Not far from the platform, a training officer from the Military Training Department was clumsily holding a note and writing something. And the training officer was not far away, and Chen Wen, who had just returned to the camp, couldn't help but show a smug smile surrounded by his own soldiers.
Trust back fall, one of the very famous team development training, team development training aims to improve the participants' sense of responsibility, communication, innovation and teamwork. For this Ming army, which has just completed its reorganization and needs to re-improve its cohesion, it is completely possible to hint at the officers and non-commissioned officers through games, so that they can subconsciously trust their comrades around them, so as to achieve the rapid recovery of the army's cohesion and combat effectiveness.
The team in front of Chen Wen was not the first Mandarin Duck Formation killer team to start team development training, and the teams that had completed several rounds of games before quickly formed a cohesion that was not inferior to that between fellow villagers and clans under the guidance of military law and regulations. And after the cohesion has been effectively improved. For the next training aimed at improving combat effectiveness, it can be said that it will be twice the result with half the effort!
Last year, when the Governor Battalion found that the Nantang Battalion had crushed the Sifu Green Battalion far faster than they had crushed the Yiwu Battalion, they quickly made a decision to use cavalry to accelerate the collapse of the Yiwu Battalion, so as to achieve separation from the battlefield and maintain vital forces to ensure the safety of Quzhou.
The officers of the Supervisory Battalion have been in battle for a long time, and their reactions are much faster than those under Chen Wen's, but there are differences in the overall tactical thinking, which are finally reflected in the battle. That's what happened. Of course, this also depends on the existence of Ma Jinbao, a pig-like teammate. The green camp of the four mansions of the pit father doubled the pressure on the supervision camp.
After breaking the large-scale encirclement and suppression organized by the Qing army last year, among the Qing troops on the southern front, Ma Jinbao's Jinhua General Battalion suffered heavy losses after several rounds of strikes, to the point that there was no longer any formed troops, and even the troops sent by the green battalions of the other three prefectures were very damaged. As for the Supervising Battalion, the losses were not large, but it also needed to be replenished for the losses and shortfalls. It takes time to recover combat effectiveness, but it is much faster than Ma Jinbao.
As for the Qing army on the northern front, the Fubiao battalion was completely annihilated, and the Shaoxing Green Battalion also lost more than 100 soldiers, which can be regarded as a small damage. And the rest of the Qing army. The only ones who can pose a threat to him are the Eight Banners of the Hangzhou Garrison, as well as the two elite troops of the Zhejiang Green Battalion, the Admiral Standard Battalion and the Dinghai General Battalion.
According to the information just sent by Huang Zongxi, the Qing army transferred a part of the Dinghai General Battalion to participate in the reconstruction of the Fubiao Battalion, and the new Fubiao Battalion Left Battalion guerrilla management was the original Dinghai General Battalion Left Battalion Guerrilla, called Chang Jingong, a Liaodong Ning Yuanwei person, whose name is very festive, and at first glance he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven.
In history, Chang Jingong was transferred from the left battalion of the Dinghai General Battalion to the deputy general of the Hangzhou city guard in the eighth year of Yongli, and later joined the Han army in the Kangxi period with the yellow flag and served as the admiral of the navy in Guangdong and Zhejiang. With the extinction of the Fubiao Battalion, he returned to Hangzhou two years ahead of schedule, but the work unit became the Zhejiang Governor Battalion.
As for the Eight Banners and the Raising Battalion stationed in Hangzhou, there is no conclusive news yet, but according to Huang Zongxi, it seems that the Raising Battalion has transferred part of the army to participate in the formation of the newly built Zhoushan Green Battalion.
Then there are only eight banners left in the Qing army on the northern front, and it depends on whether Jin Li dares to do it without the cooperation of other elite troops of the green battalion!
At present, the Ming army under his command is relying on team development training to quickly recover from the problem of reduced cohesion caused by battle losses and reorganization at a speed unimaginable in this era, and the speed of re-forming combat effectiveness is much faster than that of the Qing army.
Taking advantage of this time difference, Chen Wen could start attacking Quzhou before Li Dingguo killed Kong Youde, and then threaten eastern Jiangxi and northern Fujian. And when Li Dingguo killed Kong Youde, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty dispatched a large army, he could only go ahead to meet Li Dingguo, whose strength was far greater than Chen Wen's hundredfold, so he could continue to gradually revitalize the entire southeast battlefield under the background of Zheng Chenggong's siege of Zhangzhou and containment of the entire Fujian Qing army.
The long-term efforts are about to affect the trend of this era, which makes Chen Wen feel excited, and the efforts he has made are about to be rewarded to the greatest extent, and the road ahead is bound to be extremely difficult, but when hope begins to come, then there will be more people who will continue to walk with him.
With full of excitement, Chen Wen returned to the big tent of the Chinese army and continued to deal with military affairs. The technical hurdles of the new firearms have not yet been resolved, the recruitment order that has just begun recently has not yet been recruited, there are also problems with the amount of gunpowder in reserve, and the construction of the fortifications of Anwar, which has the highest priority, has just begun......
There are still a lot of difficulties, but before Chen Wen could come up with a reason, Zhang Jun, who was guarding outside the gate, interrupted his thoughts.
"Chen Jin's messenger? It's only been a few months since I came to the war book, and I'm not afraid to do it. ”
After ridiculing, Chen Wen got up and went to change his clothes, after all, he was going to meet the envoys of the enemy country, and he couldn't lose the face of the Ming Dynasty. After a while, Chen Wen, who was wearing a seven-beam crown on his head, wearing a scarlet official uniform, a jade belt and a jade pendant, yellow, green, red, and purple woven into a four-color brocade ribbon ribbon of clouds and phoenixes, with a green silk mesh under it, and a unicorn complement embroidered on his chest, returned to the Chinese army hall.
After beating the drums and gathering the generals, the officers under Chen Wen's command who were still qualified to participate in the military conference in the large camp quickly arrived at the hall of the Chinese army and sat on both sides. After Chen Jin's envoy passed the name, he also walked into the hall of the Chinese army under the guidance of Zhang Jun, saluted Chen Wen, and then handed over the letter.
Chen Jin's messenger was only a messenger, not a man of tongue. However, the letters he brought were two, one was written by Chen Jin, and the other was written with Wang Jiang's name.
The envelope was torn open, and the familiar handwriting came into view in an instant.
"Brother Furen, seeing the letter is like meeting ......"
“…… From ancient times to the present, the artifact has no owner, and the virtuous and powerful live in it. The Ming Dynasty lost its morality in front of the world, and lost in the back of the thieves. The Qing Emperor was benevolent, filial and loving, and was actually the lord of China, not the king of barbarians; The Eight Flags are invincible ......"
“…… The virtuous brother defeated Li Rong in the south of Siming Mountain, and then attacked Ma Jinbao in the east of Jinhua Mansion, although he did not taste defeat, but he did not clash with the Eight Banners strong army, let alone the real Manchurian soldiers......"
“…… Emperor Meng is benevolent to the Qing Emperor, Governor Chen is generous, and the foolish brother is a virtuous brother, so that the troops should return to the Qing Dynasty, so as to avoid the suffering of the people and the hardships of the soldiers. I would like to apply for numbers, and use the exhibition inch sincerity. Wang Jiang. ”
A few months ago, he and Wang Jiang were fighting together on Tiantai Mountain to regain lost territory, but now, in his letters, Wang Jiang is trying to persuade Chen Wen to lead the people to surrender. In the words, it is even more incorruptible and shameful to a certain extent, which is really disgusting.
After reading Wang Jiang's letter, Chen Wen then tore open the envelope of Chen Jin's letter. In the letter, Chen Jin praised Chen Wen's ability, and said that a famous general like Chen Wen should know more about the principle that good birds choose trees to perch on, and virtuous ministers choose their masters. If you can repent and return to the Qing Dynasty, then the Qing court will never spare the rewards of officials. As for the previous contradictions, each was its own master, and the Qing court could understand it, and then gave some examples of generals enjoying high-ranking officials and lords on the Manchu side, thinking that it implied Yunyun.
After reading Wang Jiang's letter several times, Chen Wen's eyes when he looked at the messenger quickly showed a hint of contemptuous mockery, and then he pretended to read Chen Jin's letter back and forth several times, treating them equally. But before he could speak, there was a noise outside the gate in the distance, which attracted the attention of the generals.
In the barracks, it is strictly forbidden to make noise, which is a normal rule in the army. Seeing Chen Wen frowning, Zhang Jun hurriedly rushed out from the position guarding the gate, but before he could go far, after talking to the officer guarding the gate who greeted him, he rushed back again, and reached Chen Wen's ear in front of everyone.
"Dashuai, an outsider from Yuanmen is wearing the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, claiming to be the right attendant of the military department, called Cao Conglong, and he is going to meet Dashuai at this moment." (To be continued.) )