Chapter 110: Foundation Building (12)
The crown prince's six-rate army movement is very small, except for the governor of Huai'an Mansion City and the county officials, some local gentry and Confucian students, there are very few people who know, many people don't even know that the big camp outside the east gate on this day keeps playing propaganda and trumpets, and then the big people in the city are desperately rushing to do outside the city...... Since the prince entered the city, the military law has been strictly enforced, and the night is banned, at least the security in the city has improved immediately.
In addition, Zhu Cihong dispatched thousands of troops to dredge the canals in the city, and also built a few bridges, and at the same time ordered relief in the city and on important official roads.
Because of this, I heard that the prince officially formed an army to form a pro-army six rates, and many civil officials and gentry inevitably had the idea of "violating the ancestral system" in their hearts, but under the joint mediation and explanation of the personable and dashing Feng Kaizhang and Lu Zhenfei, this move has its own unavoidable hardships to do extraordinary things at an extraordinary time, and it is clear that the emperor has approved it in advance, so on the day of the official formation of the army, Huai'an Mansion and various states and counties are very stable and quiet, and the neighboring Yangzhou and Xuzhou and other places are also very calm. It's a good time to see the excitement...... When it came to the auspicious time scheduled with the schedule, that is, at the end of the hour, there was already a crowd of people outside the east gate of Huai'an New Town, and the officials and gentry were all playing gongs and drums, sitting in a sedan chair with a long shift, and there were really a lot of small people who heard the wind and ran to see the lively people!
Fortunately, because it is a military camp outside the city, the terrain is very empty, not afraid of crowding, and there are hundreds of soldiers sent by the army to maintain it with long wax poles to prevent crowding, but the officials of Huai'an Mansion and various counties are mixed in the crowd, in order to prevent the pickpockets from "gold, skin, color, and hanging" from making a fortune through this major event...... I had already instructed in advance, the prince swore to form an army, but don't make any trouble, with this strict order, everyone is in good spirits, and come out with twelve points of spirit!
"Let Jean, it's the prince's henchman General Wei who is here!"
"Hey, what a big man!"
"Look at this armor, it's beautiful!"
"This is the cold forging of the cold forging Zi Armor sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to Nanjing to get it, and it was specially given to General Wei, when Liu Zeqing's dead ghost desperately wanted to rebel, it was this General Wei who took people back and forth in the city to fight, you are cowardly and don't dare to look, but I am climbing on a tree, and I can see it clearly!"
"See if it's a fart? You have to be bold to go together at that time, and now you don't have to rely on an official to do it, and give your old immortal mother a fate, your ancestral grave is also smoking! ”
"Haha...... This General Wei is a military attache of the forbidden army, and his martial arts are not covered, I heard that the prince was specially selected from the hundreds of thousands of Beijing camp forbidden army, and people can rely on their ability to fight for fame and wealth, where do we go, it is the goods with the head of the knife! ”
"But no, the king of Zhongshan is so easy to be?"
After all, Huai'an is located in a key position, even ordinary residents are quite insightful, and when it comes to talking, even if they are not hit, they can also have a difference of five or six points, not only the people around Wei Yue laughed, but Wei Yue himself couldn't help but smile.
Heroes and heroes, if you work hard to train your skills, isn't it the day you are waiting for?
"Big brother is really majestic and capable."
"Hmph, this is the brother your prince found for us, can it be bad?"
"You two can't afford to say less? Twitter all day long, don't make a mess for Brother Wei, okay? ”
She said, "I'm not allowed to say it? Sister Wei, you're not fair! ”
The three girls quarreled, and Wei Yue's eyebrows were also twisted into lying silkworms, with a red face, and he was also very distressed. Today, I can't bring women into the camp, but the girls who are stuffed in by the three princes are very noisy, and they keep shouting to come over, so they have no choice but to ask them to change their clothes and clothes, and choose a place outside the school to watch the excitement. Even the dignified and cold Wei Qinghui is noisy, I am afraid that one person is worth ten men.
Fortunately, the time has come, and he took his own soldiers all the way in, leaving the three girls outside the camp, and calling an old Chengren to take them to watch the excitement.
These three girls have made great contributions, and they can't be scolded or scolded, but it is really enough for Wei Yue to have a headache.
"Your Highness!"
As soon as Wei Yue came in, he rushed to the stage and bowed to Zhu Cihong, who was sitting on the silver chair in the middle.
Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "Is the lonely general here, although it is late, but it is not too late." How about it, can you still stand the quarrel between the three little girls? ”
Seeing Wei Yue's wry smile on his face, Zhu Cihong also understood, and couldn't help laughing.
Wei Yue's distress was not the reason for his laughter, it was just an introduction, in fact...... This crown prince is very proud today!
Whether it is crossing, whether it is the original ambition or the fear when I was in Yanjing, at the beginning, the embarrassing situation of almost having nightmares every day will never be there again!
There are soldiers in hand, there is a great foundation, although it is only a shallow beginning, for example, Huai'an's government affairs and financial power he handed back to Lu Zhenfei, with the crown prince directly intervening in government affairs and finance, at this stage, it is by no means a good choice.
And the original Shandong Town, although he ate it, it was not stable, the generals and ordinary soldiers were not attached to the army, and the apparent obedience was not reliable!
Now that these troops are drawn into battle, he can guarantee that these generals and soldiers will definitely abandon their lords and flee.
If you want to be truly cohesive and really eat this army, you still have to work hard.
There are also Fengyang, Luzhou, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou, these prefectures and Huai'an are actually a whole, condensing such a piece of territory into a real strategic whole, and returning to the state of Zhu Yuanzhang in the decisive battle with Chen Youliang, which is his most basic requirement for Huai'an after a year.
In fact, in the last days, the cards mastered by the dragons and phoenixes were far stronger than their ancestors by a hundred times!
What Zhu Yuanzhang was able to do more than 200 years ago, Zhu Cihong only needs to do half of him!
And at least now, what he has done has exceeded what he expected of himself half a year ago, why can't he do better a year later?
Therefore, sitting firmly on the platform, Zhu Cihong is also very high-spirited and self-proud.
And being infected by the crown prince's emotions, the generals on the stage, including Lu Zhenfei, were also very excited.
A few months ago, there was no hope for the big tomorrow, who would have thought that now, there would be such a high-spirited and promising day?
Although the news that Li Zicheng left Beijing to Shanhaiguan has not yet arrived.
Although the news that the Qing army has taken the oath is even more unknown.
Although even if the Qing army entered the customs, many scholars still felt that they could seek skin with the tiger and cooperate with the Qing Dynasty to strangle Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and other rebels. Then give the gold and silver treasures, and you can send the barbarian gifts out of the country.
Although it is true that this nation is not lightly ill during this period.
But at least, at this moment, under this school review stand, on the entire school field, it is still full of vitality, and all of this is still full of hope!
………… Looking at the past, today's school field is also different from the previous one!
When Liu Zeqing was there, the guards were lax, the barracks were also built in a mess, the sewage in the camp flowed sideways, the soldiers and auxiliaries were mixed, gambling money, eating and drinking, and even taking women back to the camp were very commonplace.
To this day, the ash pads out a large flat field, a large school reading platform facing south in the north, surrounded by horse roads and new neat arrow paths, but also because Zhu Cihong is interested in firearms, in the south of the barracks to build a shooting range for test firing artillery, at this moment, it is only Liu Zeqing's camp that there are few craftsmen who can cast artillery, Hongyi cannons are also for the Guanning Army and the Beijing Division to guard the reserve, so Shandong Town does not, now there are only 100 pounds of cannons, tiger squat cannons, and two people to carry the big guns, There are still all kinds of rockets and other things in a mess, after Zhu Cihong asked people to test the firing, although he was very disappointed, because the craftsmanship is very poor, the barrel casting is crude, and the ballistics or anything should not be expected, if the gunpowder is filled more, I am afraid that there will be a danger of exploding.
Even so, today all the artillery was placed on the periphery of the shooting range, and when the hour came, the cannons could be fired to cheer on.
As for the middle of the school field, there were 5,000 armor soldiers standing neatly.
In the original Shandong Town, there were about 20,000 soldiers at most, and there were not many iron armors.
Because of Zhu Cihong's words in the Liutang River Kazi, all the generals are understanding, and within a few days, they are dedicated to the elite of their subordinates, these generals are very elite, and the weapons and armor are also very sophisticated, at this time, 5,000 people are standing in the middle of the school field, and naturally there is a majestic and murderous aura that only an elite division has.
This army of soldiers and horses, although there were no famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty, and they did not perform well in the attack on Jiangyin and other battles, but they also deserved to be one of the famous strong towns in the late Ming Dynasty.
Even if it is a bad general, it can bring out these thousands of elites, and the iron armor is on the body, under the sun, like a sinuous and flowing silver python, majestic and murderous!
"Boom, boom......"
As the cannon rang out near the shooting range, the 200 drums around the school field also sounded one after another, and more than 1,000 shirtless drummers began to wave their arms, puff out their muscles, and beat desperately.
In the rumbling cannon sound and rumbling drums like a landslide and tsunami, Zhu Cihong slowly got up in the middle of the school field, he looked around, the look on his face was extremely serious and cold, under his gaze, everyone present, regardless of civil and military, immediately knelt down!
"Ministers, knock on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
After the sound of cannons and drums stopped, inside and outside the campus of Nuo University, in the breathing sound of tens of thousands of people, only Zhu Cihong was seen standing majestically, and all the people in the field knelt down together.
(To be continued)