Zhou Shixiang's action of letting the orphans of the fallen soldiers call him "handsome father" made the civil and military forces present can't help but think of Zhang Xianzhong, the king of Daxi back then, because this move is almost the same as the withdrawal of Yizi. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Xianzhong set up a juvenile battalion in the army before his death, and accepted many outstanding young men as his righteous sons, such as Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi, the four outstanding commanders of the later Great Western Army, who were Zhang's righteous sons.

In addition to these four, there are eight other people, known as the "Twelve Taibao" of the Great Western Army. When Zhang Xianzhong died, only four Sun Kewang remained, and the remaining eight died in battle with the Ming army or the Qing army.

Now although Zhou Shixiang does not directly regard himself as his father-in-law, but calls him a handsome father, there is obviously no difference in the meaning of the two. Since ancient times, as long as the word father is added, it is not a god's son or a righteous son.

However, the generals didn't think much about it, and only felt that Zhou Shixiang asked these children to call him "handsome father", which was to sympathize with their father who died in battle, to let these children get ahead in the future, to fulfill the promise against the dead soldiers, and also to improve the morale of the army.

This method is all too common in this day and age, and it is also very effective, and it is understandable. Even the eunuchs in the palace at the beginning, don't they also like to take it away? Although the scholars of those imperial courts did not have the custom of accepting their sons and sons, what was the difference between the protégé and the righteous father?

If he dies on the battlefield one day, then the generals are obviously willing to see their sons worship Zhou Shixiang as their father-in-law. Because this is a shortcut to victory in addition to killing the enemy on the battlefield, and it is also an affirmation of oneself. There is no service to the country, how can the handsome value you.

As the righteous son of the handsome, what identity can be more worthy of the trust of the handsome? It is certain that in the future, each of these young men will have their own creation, and the best talents of the Taiping Army may emerge among them, because their broad road has been paved by their leader himself from this moment on.

Compared with the simplicity of the generals, the civil officials think more. Jiang Guozhu, the governor of Jiangsu, who came with him, thought of how much the founding emperors of previous dynasties liked to accept their sons, such as Li Keyong at the end of the Tang Dynasty, who received 13 sons, known as the "Thirteen Taibao"; The founding emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty also received his righteous sons in his early years, among which Zhu Wenzheng, Mu Ying, Li Wenzhong and others later became the founding heroes. Zhang Xianzhong's establishment of a young man is undoubtedly an imitation of the previous emperor, and the facts have also proved that all of Zhang's righteous sons have been entrusted with important tasks by him. Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo took over the command of the entire Great Western Army after Zhang's death.

Now Zhou Shixiang regards himself as a "handsome father", and regards this future pillar of the Taiping Army as a righteous son, where is his intention?

Jiang Guozhu quietly glanced at Zhang Changgeng who was frowning on the side, guessing what the other party was thinking at this time, and at the same time a little envious of the other party, because according to the gossip of the Governor's Mansion, Zhou Shixiang intended to let Zhang Changgeng be the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, if the news was true, Zhang Changgeng would be one step ahead of himself.

Zhang Changgeng was not thinking about Zhou Shixiang's acceptance of his son at this time, but thinking about what weight this army university would occupy in the Ming Dynasty Hall in the future. With Zhou Shixiang's current attention and resource investment in the Army University, it is not difficult to imagine that the future of the Army University will definitely be brighter than that of Guozijian, and every officer who comes out of this university is nominally a student of Zhou Shixiang, so can it be said that the students of the Army University may become protégés of the Son of Heaven?

As demoted officials, whether Zhang Changgeng or Jiang Guozhu, whether they are willing or not, they are naturally tied to the same boat as Zhou Shixiang. Whether it was for their lives or their future, it was impossible for them to defect to Emperor Dingwu, who didn't care about political affairs, so they could only assist Zhou Shixiang wholeheartedly. The most important thing is that after Jiang Guozhu and Zhang Changgeng surrendered, they have always been in the forefront of Zhou Shixiang's charge, and the settlement of debts, the three cases, and the suppression of rebellion were all directly implemented by them, which doomed them to be unable to merge with the Jiangnan gentry again.

Dolgon's lesson back then was clear, Zhang Changgeng and Jiang Guozhu didn't want to become the remnants of the Zhou Party in the future, so they supported and were extremely enthusiastic about the matter of Zhou Shi being the emperor. It's just that the two of them have probed a few times, but Zhou Shixiang didn't reveal a drop, which made the two of them unable to touch the edge, and they didn't know what His Royal Highness King Qi was planning.

If you want to say that there is no desire to usurp the throne and stand on your own, the three major cases and the suppression of rebellion are in full swing, and many gentry who oppose the Taiping Army have been uprooted in this series of actions. And the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was also openly set up in Zhenjiang, and in terms of power, the current Zhou Shixiang is only missing Jiuxi. I am afraid that Sun Kewang was not as good as Sun Kewang back then, because when Sun Kewang was there, he did not unify the Ming army, but Zhou Shixiang is now in control of all the armies, and there is no danger that there will be a second Li Dingguo. The trend of Gu Yanwu in Nanjing and the subsequent pro-army arrest also show that there is a shadow of Zhou Shixiang behind these things.

All kinds of signs show that Zhou Shixiang is taking steps towards becoming the emperor, so he has no intention of usurping the throne, and Jiang Guozhu and Zhang Changgeng will not believe it. Since ancient times, which loyal and righteous man has been so domineering? Moreover, now it is no longer Zhou Shixiang's business to be called the emperor, but to the Taiping Army.

It is not only Jiang Guozhu and Zhang Changgeng who are afraid of being purged in the future, but also those generals who crawl out of the sea of blood in the mountains of corpses. Others don't say it, Jiang He, who shouted in Wencun to be the handsome Son of Heaven, can he be a loyal minister of Emperor Dingwu with peace of mind? It is rumored that there were a number of generals in the Taiping Army who conspired to replace Zhou Shixiang's yellow robe, if this matter broke out in the future, how would these generals deal with themselves?

Zhou Shi is commensurate with the emperor, he is simply ready to fly, and he has to send it.

The title of "handsome father" makes people reverie.

After inspecting the orphans of a number of fallen soldiers, Dong Changqing brought ten young students to accept Zhou Shixiang's "questioning" according to the prior arrangement.

The questions of the "examination question" have been explained in advance, and Zhou Shixiang has no intention of playing temporarily, so he raised a few military formation questions step by step, and the students performed well, and in addition to the standard answers, they occasionally had some unique personal opinions. One of the students, Luo Lun, impressed Zhou Shixiang, because this person's topic was about infantry and artillery coordination.

"Infantry and artillery coordination" is a tactic after the maturity of Zhou Shixiang's hot weapons in his previous life, which first appeared in World War I. At that time, because of the appearance of machine guns, the price paid by the infantry to launch a dense charge was unacceptable, often paying the price of tens of thousands of people every 2,3 kilometers of advance, so the Germans thought of a way, selected strong, experienced, and skilled veterans to form a crack squad, and under the condition of doing a good job of full reconnaissance, with the squad platoon as a unit, under the cover of the Xu Jin barrage, stepped on the explosion point, and launched an attack in the form of a ricochet crater like the enemy's weak fortifications, and soon the German army broke the deadlock of trench warfare that had been silent for almost a year, The Anglo-French forces were defeated one after another, but their own casualties were surprisingly small, and gradually this tactic was accepted and adopted by the armies of various countries.

This tactic of infantry and artillery coordination is actually too whimsical or too advanced for the current Taiping army. Because whether it is the opponent of the Taiping army or itself, the artillery used is still the traditional solid shell. Although Zhou Shixiang has already written out the idea of "flowering artillery shells" and made it a key research and development topic of the Ordnance Bureau this year, even if the Ordnance Bureau has developed flowering artillery shells, it is impossible for the tactic of infantry and artillery coordination to appear on the battlefield. The reason is that whether it is the Qing army or the Guanning army, they simply do not have the hot weapons (machine guns) that are strong enough to prevent the Taiping army from launching a group charge.

When the flowering shells are applied to the battlefield, there will only be one outcome, that is, the Taiping army will be like harvesting straw, easily crushing the enemy in front of them, no matter how many men and horses the opponent has, how many cavalry. Therefore, the tactic of infantry and artillery coordination is now completely "chicken ribs" and is useless at all, so the instructors of the Army University are skeptical about whether to teach this tactic.

Zhou Shixiang insisted that this tactical course must be opened, because the future enemy of this tactic was not the Qing army, nor the Guanning army, but the Westerners, and it was a Western army that was completely dominated by firearms.

What impressed Zhou Shixiang was that Luo Lun did not understand the concept of infantry and artillery coordination tactics, but that he analyzed the tactics of infiltrating the front by the squad. That is, to attack the enemy's front with powerful artillery fire, and then infiltrate forward with the formation of a team, shorten the distance between oneself and the enemy's line under the cover of artillery fire, and then these sharp soldiers seize a point of the enemy's army, and then the large army will follow up and break the enemy in one fell swoop.

Zhou Shi was very appreciative of Luo Lun's analysis, and many times, the two armies did not fight against each other, but relied on their geographical advantages to construct a defensive line. The artillery fire of the squad is a model of infantry and artillery coordination in the specific application, which can regulate the disadvantages of the terrain to one's own side.

"Listen to the accent, are you from Sichuan?"

Zhou Shixiang noticed that this student named Luo Lun spoke Sichuanese.

Luo Lun said: "Back to Dashuai, his subordinates are from Chengdu, Sichuan. ”

Dong Changqing briefly described this person.

Luo Lun was born in the hereditary military household of the Ming Military Guard, and his father was a hereditary hundred households in western Sichuan, and later died at the hands of the Great Western Army in Sichuan. After Luo's father died, Luo Lun was taken in the camp by the Great Western Army because he was young, and later moved to Yungui with Ainengqi, one of the four princes of the Great Western Army. After Ai Nengqi died at the hands of Yunnan Tusi, Luo Lun was transferred to Li Dingguo's army and participated in two campaigns against Guangdong. After the defeat in Guangdong, after the Taiping army occupied Guangzhou, Qi Hao sent people to contact the lost Western Army, and Luo Lun joined the Taiping Army.

"Before Luo Lun came to the Army University, he was a hundred households in Xinyi Town, and the battle of Liu Laozhuang was fought by him."

"Oh? It turns out that he is still our combat hero! ”

Zhou Shixiang laughed, and praised this young man even more. The Battle of Liu Laozhuang was a small battle in the Battle of Jiangbei, but it was known to everyone in the whole army. Because of this battle, a team of the Taiping army stubbornly blocked six charges of nearly a thousand Qing troops, and in the end, only 9 people remained in the whole team. Luo Lun, the general banner of the team, was seriously injured, and was promoted to 100 households because of this battle, and was specially recommended by the town to be sent to the Army University to study.

Zhou Shixiang patted Luo Lun on the shoulder: "Very good, good students learn in school, good students listen to the instructor, if you don't understand, you have to ask, you must not feel that you are a combat hero, you are the first in the world, no one is as good as you." ”

Luo Lun said loudly: "Don't worry, your subordinates will definitely pass the assessment with the best results!" ”

"Okay, that's what you want!"

Zhou Shixiang was very satisfied, and just as he was about to leave, he saw this Luo Lun suddenly said: "Dashuai, can your subordinates say another word!" ”

"Haha..."Zhou Shixiang laughed, raised his hand and said, "It's okay, but it's okay." ”

Dong Changqing, as an academic officer, didn't know what Luo Lun was going to say, and he was afraid that he would say something that would make the handsome man unhappy, so he was a little uneasy.

All the civil and military officers also looked at this young Baihu with interest, wondering what he was going to say to the big handsome.

Luo Lun took a deep breath, his eyes made contact with several students around him, and after getting their affirmative answers, his courage suddenly surged, and he suddenly "pounced" and fell to the ground, and said quickly: "My subordinates implore the handsome to become emperor as soon as possible!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and Dong Changqing's face instantly became rare. Zhang Changgeng and Jiang Guozhu were also stunned. The blind man Li's eyes lit up, and the more he looked at Na Luo Lun, the more happy he became.

"Please be the emperor as soon as possible!" The other nine students also fell to their knees.

Time seemed to stand still in the field, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense, and everyone looked at Zhou Shixiang nervously.

Is the ceremony of the Army University going to evolve into a ceremony of Zhou Shixiang's yellow robe?

In the drizzle, everyone's breathing became rapid.

Luo Lun and those students were even more worried at this time, they were ready to be punished, but they were even more afraid that the commander would not be the emperor.

For a long time, Luo Lunfang, whose heartstrings were tense to the extreme, heard the words of the handsome man in his ears.

"Why do you want me to be emperor?" Zhou Shixiang's face was solemn, and he couldn't see any emotional fluctuations in his heart.

Luo Lun said without hesitation: "Only when the handsome man is the emperor, can we do great things!" ”

Zhou Shixiang shouted: "Then you say, what is the big deal?" ”

"Kill the Tartars and restore China!" Loren's voice was very high-pitched.

"If I don't claim to be the emperor, won't I also take you to kill the Tartars?" Zhou Shixiang tried his best to calm his voice, he didn't want to misjudge.

Luo Lun shook his head violently: "It's different!" ”

"What's the difference?" Zhou Shixiang stepped forward, and his cold gaze fell on Luo Lun's rain-soaked face like a sword.

"In the eyes of his subordinates, killing the Tartars and recovering China can only be done with iron and blood!" Facing Zhou Shixiang's fierce gaze, Luo Lun did not flinch or fear, but burst out the voice that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

"Dashuai, what we need is a Da Ming who can only make one voice, a Da Ming who can only rely on the will of Da Shuai, and a Da Ming who rises again with iron and blood! And this, only the handsome man can do it for the Son of Heaven! ”

One leader, one voice, one will?

Iron vs. blood?

Zhou Shixiang was stunned there, he was in a trance, he was dazzled, why did the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century have fascist ghosts?

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"If I don't claim to be the emperor, won't I also take you to kill the Tartars?" Zhou Shixiang tried his best to calm his voice, he didn't want to misjudge.

Luo Lun shook his head violently: "It's different!" ”

"What's the difference?" Zhou Shixiang stepped forward, and his cold gaze fell on Luo Lun's rain-soaked face like a sword.

"In the eyes of his subordinates, killing the Tartars and recovering China can only be done with iron and blood!" Facing Zhou Shixiang's fierce gaze, Luo Lun did not flinch or fear, but burst out the voice that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

"Dashuai, what we need is a Da Ming who can only make one voice, a Da Ming who can only rely on the will of Da Shuai, and a Da Ming who rises again with iron and blood! And this, only the handsome man can do it for the Son of Heaven! ”

One leader, one voice, one will?

Iron vs. blood?

Zhou Shixiang was stunned there, he was in a trance, he was dazzled, why did the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century have fascist ghosts?

"Dashuai, what we need is a Da Ming who can only make one voice, a Da Ming who can only rely on the will of Da Shuai, and a Da Ming who rises again with iron and blood! And this, only the handsome man can do it for the Son of Heaven! ”

One leader, one voice, one will?

Iron vs. blood?

Zhou Shixiang was stunned there, he was in a trance, he was dazzled, why did the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century have fascist ghosts? One leader, one voice, one will?

Iron vs. blood?

Zhou Shixiang was stunned there, he was in a trance, he was dazzled, why did the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century have fascist ghosts?