At noon on the first day of the seventh month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, the west gate of Qingzhou City, compared with the calm of the past, today's day is a little unusual for it, at this time, the former military secretary Lu Weiqi and Henan governor Li Xianfeng with more than 100 followers are standing quietly by the city gate.

Lu Weiqi was wearing a green shirt, a long shirt fluttering, a wisp of beard under his chin fluttering in the wind, an elegant bearing, and Li Xianfeng next to him was a red python robe official uniform, wearing a beam crown, a jade belt around his waist, a black beard, his eyes were bright, and he had a shrewd and majestic look.

This makes Pang Gang, who is standing next to them, also have to feel ashamed, in ancient times, the appearance of the head of the official, the words and words are not much to say, the imperial court is very important to the appearance of the person when promoting an official, the reasons are as follows: the first is to improve the external image of the official group, which is the same as the face engineering principle of later generations, and the second is because the ancients believed that "each other is born from the heart" (in fact, people also believe it now), and the correct "heart" will have a correct appearance. The mind of being obscene must also be obscene (this has been shown in TV and movies, especially in early movies) Therefore, Pang Gang summed up in addition to one experience, that is, in ancient times, being handsome may not be able to be an official, but if you are not handsome, you must not be a big official.

For Pang Gang to prepare for three days before sending troops, Li Xianfeng is not familiar with military affairs, and has no impression that Qingzhou will take three days to send troops, thinking that it is just a general speed, but Lu Weiqi, who has been a secretary of the military department, is different, he knows how cumbersome it is to prepare the baggage of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the time required for the general military town to go out is at least ten days and a half months, and now they can complete such tedious preparations in three days, which shows that their supplies are sufficient. And it is enough to prove that Qingzhou has been run by Pang Gang into a place with strong mobilization capabilities.

At this time, outside the west gate, more than 10,000 Qingzhou soldiers were neatly arrayed, people and horses seemed to spread all over the earth, and the black pressure of the banner was like a dark cloud, hunting in the wind.

All of them stood solemnly, silent, exuding a murderous aura on their bodies. The momentum of the rest of the battle made Lu Weiqi and the others shake.

At this time, the weather has been no one to move a little, the posture of the strong army, the display is dignified, the sergeants are all wearing stainless steel, strong protective chain mail, carrying mini rifles, more than 100 officers are all wearing red cloaks, when the wind sweeps their red cloaks, a churning fiery red color, the end is majestic.

Qingzhou in July is hot, tens of thousands of sergeants have been standing under the scorching sun for an hour, the scorching scorching light is so that the sergeants are sweating one by one, and the 30-pound iron armor on the body has increased their weight, and the sweat is constantly flowing from their foreheads, chests, and backs, but no one has made a strange sound.

Today, there were thousands of military families in Qingzhou City who came to see them off, but they were amazed by the appearance of such a soldier, and a strong sense of pride surged in their hearts, because this was the formation of their own children's army.

Lu Weiqi, whose face was a little pale, felt a strong uneasiness, especially when he saw Pang Gang sitting next to him on a big red horse, an indescribable and inexplicable inside rushed to his face. And this power is incomprehensible to him, in front of this force, anyone or anything that stands in their way will be crushed into powder, and if Pang Gang wants to crush himself, it will be as easy as crushing an ant.

Even Li Xianfeng, who did not know anything about military affairs, was also amazed on the side, he had never seen such a well-organized army for decades, but he had never seen it, if the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were so elite, not to mention that it would be easy for the imperial court to recover Liaodong.

At this time, Pang Gang got off the horse, strode in front of Lu Weiqi, knelt down on one knee to salute Lu Weiqi like a golden mountain and a jade pillar, and said loudly: "The last general, the right governor of Nanjing, General Dingyuan, and the chief soldier of Shandong East Road, Pang Gang, see Lord Lu!" ”

Pang Gan's voice was very loud, and it came far away, and anyone within a radius of hundreds of steps could hear it.

As soon as Pang Gang's words fell, more than 10,000 soldiers behind him also bowed down on one knee, only to hear the sound of iron armor, and more than 10,000 Qingzhou soldiers shouted in unison: "See Lord Lu!" ”

More than 10,000 people shouted in unison, only to hear a thunderous sound around them, which shocked Lu Weiqi and the two of them to change their complexions, this Qingzhou army is really extraordinary, and even the effect of visiting the shrine is so earth-shattering.

Lu Weiqi was startled, quickly helped Pang Gang up, and said warmly: "The huge people are polite, and the old man is ashamed." ”

Don't look at Lu Weiqi who doesn't want to see Pang Gang, but he is self-aware, and he knows very well that with his retired military secretary, he is not worthy of Pang Gang and tens of thousands of soldiers, which is at least a courtesy that can only be enjoyed by the current cabinet elder or the emperor. Pang Gang bowed just now. made Lu Weiqi a little unbearable, even if Lu Weiqi is now a minister, but if there is a nosy imperial history with a strip to impeach him, he may have to eat and hang.

Seeing this situation, Li Xianfeng looked at Pang Gang a few more thoughtfully, and now he couldn't understand Pang Gang a little bit. After coming to Qingzhou, seeing the prosperity and richness of Qingzhou, if Pang Gang is just a vulgar martial artist, I am afraid he doesn't believe it, but if Pang Gang is a scheming person, according to Li Xianfeng's decades of experience in the ups and downs of the sea, it is not like it, and now he is even more openly courtesy to Lu Weiqi, which makes him even more incomprehensible to Pang Gang.

In fact, Li Xianfeng and Lu Weiqi thought about this matter, and the reason why Pang Gang gave Lu Weiqi such a big gift was because yesterday Pang Gang knew that although Lu Weiqi was a little pedantic, he was very dignified. Historically, Li Zicheng besieged Luoyang, and when the city was broken, Lu Weiqi ran to persuade Zhu Changxun, the king of blessings, to tell him: "Reputation is very important, don't be humiliated." It means that Zhu Changxun wants to commit suicide, but the blessed king Zhu Changxun has neither the opportunity to commit suicide, nor the courage to commit suicide. After Zhu Changxun was captured, Li Zicheng ordered him to be killed, mixing his meat with venison as a side dish, and the rogues called it "Fulu wine".

Lu Weiqi was not spared from being captured, and some of the rogues knew Lu Weiqi and wanted to let him go, but this one was not happy, standing on the street and not leaving, he found a rogue leader and scolded, saying "Gang is always the most important, wait for the dead ear, don't bend the knee to the thief!" So he was beheaded by the angry bandits.

Although Pang Gang didn't have much interest in the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, he still admired a person with integrity like Lu Weiqi, and Lu Weiqi was the former secretary of the military department, so he led the whole army to give him a noble courtesy, but unexpectedly made these two start to think about it.

Just when the two of them were still stunned, Pang Gang waved his big hand and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order and goes!" ”

"The front army forward, go!"

"Let's go!"

"Let's go!"

With an order, the mighty army began to form a long line and marched west along the official road.

Different from the high-spirited army, although the thousands of military families who saw them off were also smiling, the worried look on their faces could not be concealed, it was less than three months since the last time King Qinqin came back, and the casualties of thousands of people last time were still vivid, and I don't know how many people would die this time when they went to Luoyang Pingliukou

Chongzhen ten years of the seventh month of the eighth month of the eighth Weihui Mansion in the territory of the "Three Kingdoms War Brave, the first to recommend Zhao Zilong, Changhan Slope in front of the hero, retreat thousands of generals, kill a million soldiers, embrace A fight to be peaceful. There is also Zhang Yide, in front of the Dangyang Bridge, etc., seven chirps clicked, the bridge collapsed two or three holes, the river was flattened, and the millions of soldiers in Cao Ying's camp were scared away"

A loud singing came from the official road, in the passionate singing a mighty army is coming from the east, most of them are on foot, only a small part is cavalry, they sing military songs all the way to march, the morale is high, on both sides of the official road, from time to time there are people wearing light armor to shuttle back and forth.

Not far from both sides of the official road, you can also see some ragged figures from time to time, they should all be homeless people in Weihui Mansion, they are all looking at this strange team with slightly frightened eyes, although most of them are illiterate, but the familiar Mingzi flag is still recognized, but even so, they still dare not appear in front of this team at will.

Lu Weiqi, who was walking beside Pang Gang, asked tentatively: "Huge man, it is not an exaggeration to call your army the strongest soldier of the Ming Dynasty, can you tell the old man how he trained his troops?" ”

Pang Gang replied with a slight smile: "Jie Rugong, you have won the award, and it is not surprising that the lower officials are just practicing indiscriminately." ”

"You can train such a strong army by practicing indiscriminately, you coax ghosts!" Lu Weiqi was depressed for a while, this army was even beaten by the Tartars by them, and now he actually said that he was just practicing indiscriminately, how can you make so many generals and generals of the Ming Dynasty embarrassed!

Lu Weiqi, who used to be the secretary of the Ministry of War, still has this bit of eyesight, from the first day of the army to the eighth day, in these eight days, Lu Weiqi was very surprised to find that Pang Gang's soldiers and horses are not only neat, but also all the sergeants' physical fitness and training degree are also extremely smart, they are fully armed in the case of the marching speed of sixty miles, in the Ming army this is the only scorpion!

And Pang Gang's soldiers and horses are also very different from other Ming soldiers and horses in many places, for example, during their march, officers take the lead in singing from time to time, although Lu Weiqi has never heard these songs, but they all have a common feature, that is, they are easy to understand, which can arouse the morale of the sergeants.

This made Lu Weiqi pay more attention to Pang Gang, and he found that the more he came into contact with Pang Gang, the less he understood him, what kind of person was this sometimes vulgar and sometimes exquisite general, Lu Weiqi was confused

(To be continued)