Chapter 45: Flickering
Of course, he also thought about this in his heart. He is just an ordinary person, not an official, and he really has nothing worthy of others' loyalty, nor does he have any domineering spirit at all.
The fantasy novels I read in my previous life were just fantasy.
Sun Yuan looked down on Fei Hong's cowardice, but the more than 20 soldiers under his command who had been on the battlefield and could use guns and cannons made him very angry.
This is a technical class, and if you want to train it yourself, it will take at least a year or two.
Sun Yuan hurriedly said: "The meeting in Pingshui was fate, when I saw Brother Fei at the housekeeper's dock before, I knew that you were not an ordinary person, but now it seems that you are a battlefield general." I admire warriors the most in my life, and I am very happy to be able to meet Brother Fei today. Could it be that he watched a warrior die of illness and collapse? β
Fei Hong saw that Sun Yuan was dressed as a scholar and his conversation was also elegant, so he had more respect. And Sun Yuan is a scholar, but he doesn't put on a stand in front of a lowly military man like himself, and he is even more grateful in his heart: "Thank you, sir, I haven't asked for the name of Engong Gao." β
"Go down to Sun Yuan again, the word ......" Sun Yuan knew that in this era, all people with some identities expressed the words again, groaned slightly, and changed his words: "The word is too early, and I also ask the brothers to respect the name and what is the origin." β
At that moment, everyone came over to greet Sun Yuan and report their names.
It turned out that Fei Hong was really a defender of the firearms battalion on the border of Datong Town, and according to the rank of an officer in the Ming Dynasty, he was also an eighth-rank official. However, the Ming Dynasty was noble and martial, and no one took him, an eight-rank military attachΓ©, seriously. In fact, even if it is a sixth-grade or even a fifth-grade military attachΓ©, he has to kneel down and kowtow and call "big lord" when he enters an ordinary seventh-grade county order, which shows the low status of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
As for the donkey and Wen Laosan, they were Fei Hong's management team. The donkey's surname is Jiang, and he has no name; Wen Laosan called Wen Jianjian.
Like the two of them, the other 20 or so people were Fei Hong's subordinates, and they were the first to be subordinate to Cao Wenzhao, the chief military officer of Yansui, a famous general in the Ming Dynasty.
It was also the bad luck of this group of people, when they entered Henan with Cao Wenzhao to exterminate the peasant army, they were assigned to serve under a staff general under Hong Chengchou.
At the beginning of this year, he also went to Suizhou, Hubei Province with the army to fight with the peasant army.
When he was in Hubei, because of the erosion of the war, the troops were greatly reduced, and the armies were reintegrated. They rowed out another army whose name they had never heard and returned to Henan.
When Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong marched into Henan, the official army suffered a big defeat, and Fei Hong's unit was completely annihilated by the enemy. It was also their luck that they fought a bloody way and fled east with the rebel army all the way to Fengyang.
According to later generations, it is considered to be out of the organization.
"It turns out that you were a soldier under Cao Wenzhao and Hong Hengjiu!" Sun Yuan sighed, Hong Chengchou, a big traitor, naturally he is not cold. But Cao Wenzhao was a famous fierce general in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers he trained must be good. However, Cao Wenzhao has been killed for more than a year, and the battle in which he died is also a little inexplicable. I see that you are living in difficulty, and the country is the time to use soldiers, so you can go to him when the time comes, it is better to endure hardships in Fengyang. β
"We know Mr. Hong, but Mr. Hong doesn't know us." The donkey smiled: "We are from the firearms battalion, speaking of which, the firearms battalion is the most unpopular in my Ming border army, but I am afraid that no one will take us in." β
"Why is that?" Sun Yuanqi asked.
Wen Laosan interjected beside him; "Muskets don't work on the battlefield, and we're all officers, and we don't have any horses on hand. The military salary given by the imperial court is just that, I waited for it, didn't I grab food from others? If you want to talk about people, Henan is now full of homeless people. As long as you give food and throw a knife over, you can have as many soldiers as you want, and maybe it is better than a musketeer. β
Speaking of this, Wen Laosan was full of complaints: "It's also bad luck for me to wait, I shouldn't have entered the firearms camp in the first place." β
The donkey sneered: "Let you be the main soldier, with your timid temperament, I am afraid that you will be beheaded by General Cao for public display." β
Wen Lao San was angry, and was about to reply to his mouth, Fei Hong hurriedly shouted: "In front of Sun Engong, what are you making trouble, aren't you embarrassing us?" β
He bowed his hand respectfully: "Engong, do you also know General Hong?" β
Sun Yuan also mentioned Hong Chengfu casually when he talked about it just now, and when he heard Fei Hong ask, he nodded in his heart, and began to flicker in his heart: "Hong Hengjiu is a trilateral general system, an important minister of the country, I am just a mustard and a cold slight, and I am just a firefly in Haoyue." However, to be honest, I am also from the same family. I think that back then, when Sun Yuan traveled to study the world, he went to Quanzhou and studied for a few days in the famous Chengbei School in Quanzhou. And the great Confucian who taught Sun Yuan to read was Hong Hengjiu's mentor, so in this way, I and General Hong can also be regarded as brothers! β
Hong Chengchou is a historical celebrity in the late Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible for any history enthusiast who studies the history of the Ming Dynasty in later generations not to have read this person's resume. After all, this person is an official to the Ministry of War, a trilateral general system, and a rare handsome talent in the Ming Dynasty. In the civil and military system have a very high prestige, in the minds of the people at that time, Hong Chengfu is simply the pillar of the country, Zhongxing famous minister.
Such a person later surrendered to the Manchus and became a big traitor, and his political influence was too bad.
It was also because of this precedent that after Dolgon entered Beijing, the central officials of the Ming Dynasty changed their banners without any psychological burden.
Sun Yuan was naturally very familiar with Hong Chengchou's person, and began to flicker in his heart.
The scholars of the Ming Dynasty had a noble status, and when they heard that the scholar in front of them was actually a fellow of President Hong, everyone said "ouch", and their eyes were full of awe.
Sun Yuan was proud in his heart.
After knowing that Sun Yuan had an extraordinary background, everyone was respectful, and the atmosphere seemed a little restrained. As for that Fei Erya, he was so shocked that he didn't even dare to raise his head.
However, to be able to recognize such a nobleman, everyone's eyes still lit up.
Suddenly, Fei Hong struggled to get up from the bed and fell to his knees suddenly, only kowtowing.
"Brother Hong, what are you doing here?" Sun Yuan was shocked and wanted to help.
But I don't want to, but the tentacles are like cast iron. This Fei Hong's strength is so great, and the martial arts are extraordinary, but how did he be beaten like that by the rouge tiger he met before?
Seeing Fei Hong kneel, the others followed suit.
Fei Hong wept and said: "I didn't expect Mr. Sun to have such a relationship with General Hong, the villain has something to ask for, and he asked Engong to agree." β
"Get up and talk."
"If Engong doesn't agree, the villain will kneel and die here." Fei Hong said with tears: "The villain has no food and clothing in Fengyang, so it is not untenable. But these more than 20 brothers have been scooping with Fei Hong since they were children, and seeing them suffer with the villain, Fei Hong didn't want to find a good way out for them all the time. Supposedly, we should go back to find the old troops now. It's just that after the defeat of Michi, all the officers and commanders in the army have died at the hands of the thieves, but now they have no home to return to. Since Engong is a fellow disciple of General Hong, the villain can only cheekily ask Engong to write a letter to General Hong, to find a way for the brothers to live. β
"Big brother!" Seeing that Fei Hong was so seriously injured, everyone was still thinking of finding a way out for everyone, and they were grateful in their hearts, and couldn't help crying quietly.
"Day!" When Sun Yuan heard this, he scolded secretly in his heart: "I'm paying for you and inviting Langzhong, you should directly serve under me, I've done this, you still want to find a regular army to take refuge, and let me write a letter of recommendation to Hong Chengyu, a big traitor?" Even if I do good deeds and write a letter to Hong Hengjiu, he doesn't know me as a person? This thing is difficult to do, is it difficult, I want to steal chickens today and accompany two handfuls of rice, and I can't do a loss-making deal? β
I'm really talkative, what am you talking about?