Chapter 2 Meritorious Achievements
At this time, the Qing Dynasty was declining, there were peasant uprisings in various places, and bandits were rampant, and the people were struggling to make a living. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoIn Guangdong, there are often people who are passing by by merchants who are blocked by robbers, go down the mountain and enter the village to rob the villagers, and the governor of Guangdong wants to send troops to encircle and suppress.
The drums and trumpets of the barracks sounded, the whole army gathered, drove to the bandits' lair, and the next day arrived at the Camel Ridge bandits' den.
Zhang Yuanzheng looked at the situation, retreated with his brothers, and then the second attack began, Zhang Yuanzheng saw that there was a trail in the mountains that could be bypassed, Zhang Yuanzheng immediately took his brothers to run towards the trail, although the trail was also guarded, but the number was much smaller than the front. Zhang Yuanzheng raised his knife and fell, a bandit's head fell to the ground, and soon attacked the bandits' den, Zhang Yuanzheng and the bandits' big boss encountered, this big boss usually robbed the people's daughters, did many evils, this time it was to rob the governor to transport the tax silver to the capital.
"My subordinates don't kill the unknown, report the name quickly." The big boss pointed at Zhang Yuanzheng with a knife and said.
"Remember, I'm your expedition grandfather." After saying that, Zhang Yuanzheng rushed to him with a knife, the knife flashed, and after a few rounds, the bandits were gradually defeated, and suddenly Zhang Yuanzheng made a horizontal split, and the head of the bandit leader fell to the ground, and a lot of money was seized in the cottage, and each soldier got a little.
The army then went down to fight the bandits, Zhang Yuanzheng took the lead every time, won the respect of many soldiers, in several battles to encircle and suppress the bandits, Zhang Yuanzheng made meritorious achievements and was rewarded.
After more than a year of fighting, most of the bandits wandering around Guangzhou have been exterminated, Zhang Yuanzheng and the soldiers have returned to Guangzhou Mansion, and Zhang Yuanzheng has been promoted to the rank of patrol battalion management and belt for his merits.
Zhang Yuanzheng was extremely strict with his soldiers, and when he came to take office, Zhang Yuanzheng brought several right-hand men from the original army, Wang Yong, Zhang Li, and Xu Zhi. Many of the soldiers in the patrol battalion were old, weak, sick and disabled, and the quality of the soldiers was low.
"Now, everyone is running ten laps around the playground, and the last 100 people have nothing to eat. Zhang Yuanzheng pointed to the playground
Running against the scorching sun, Zhang Yuanzheng looked at the scene in front of him, remembered the scene when he was training before, and was full of emotion, these people are still far from the real elite.
In this way, the patrol battalion eliminated many old, weak, sick and disabled people, recruited several hundred new people from among the displaced people, and replenished the personnel of the patrol battalion. There are more than 1,500 people in the patrol battalion, and in the eyes of other military camps, the people in the patrol battalion have recently become crazy people and are training every day.
After a year of training, the current patrol battalion is no longer what it used to be, and has become an iron army, Zhang Yuanzheng often took soldiers to the countryside to help the peasants build roads and bridges, and won the support of the people in the Guangzhou area. It has been well received by people.
When he was promoted to the rank of pipe, he bought a house in the city and brought his mother and sister to the city. In 1839, opium was rampant all over the country, and the imperial court sent Lin Zexu, the minister of the Imperial Mission, to Guangzhou to ban smoking. Thinking that he would be able to meet this national hero soon, Zhang Yuanzheng was very excited, Zhang Yuanzheng admired this national hero very much, and he carried out an anti-smoking campaign under pressure.