The rumbling footsteps sounded in unison, and a group of troops flying the banners of the daimyo in a neat formation were marching on the official road, although the weather in March was still a little cold, but all the sergeants were sweating profusely and covered with dust, obviously these sergeants had been walking for a long time, this team was the Lingshanwei army led by Pang Gang who hurried from Texas to Beijing.

Pang Gang was still riding on his batch of red horses, looking at the young and resolute faces in the marching procession, he sighed in his heart, this time to go to the king of Beijing Qin, and the main force of the Qing soldiers who knocked on the pass The risk can be imagined, these soldiers don't know how many people can return to Lingshanwei to see their relatives, thinking of this, I can't help but sigh with emotion: "Thousands of miles away, lead me to the three armies." There are bittersweet and bitter things in the army, and the main general would rather hear about it? Seeing Hu riding across the river, hundreds of groups were missing. I started as a slave, when will I make meritorious deeds? ”

"Good poetry!" When Pang Gang chanted this poem, he was heard by Da Zhuang on the side, and applauded on the side: "The poems made by adults are really good, I think they are much more powerful than those things written by literati." ”

As soon as Da Zhuang's sycophant came over, Pang Gang's old face was slightly red, and he scolded with some tears and laughter: "You guy who doesn't learn and don't know how to do it, it's not like you shoot the sycophants, fortunately there is no one else here, otherwise it will make people laugh, you have to remember, this is a poem written by Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty, not written by this official." ”

Da Zhuang stretched out his hand and scratched his head and said with a smile: "Oh, I thought it was written by an adult, but if you can recite him, I think it's already very powerful." It's like me, I don't know more than 300 words so far. ”

Pang Gang frowned, and said: "Da Zhuang, you have to read and write to be able to win glory for your Huang family, although you are now a hundred households, but if you can't pass the assessment in the year-end assessment, I will also throw you back to Lingshanwei's school field to train with those recruits again!" ”

In order to speed up the popularization of culture among non-commissioned officers and officers, Pang Gang specially launched a policy of compulsory study of surnames in the army, and he stipulated that all officers who served in more than 100 households must know more than 800 Chinese characters, small flags, and general flags, and that the number of men known by officers should also reach 300 and 500 or more. Because Pang Gang believed that the cohesion of a literate contingent must be much stronger than that of an army composed of illiterate soldiers, this measure was opposed by many people when it was first introduced, and finally it was slowly implemented at Pang Gang's insistence, and it is still in the trial stage.

Now as soon as Da Zhuang heard Pang Gang mention this matter, his face immediately wrinkled, and finally he said weakly: "Yes, the villain must study hard and strive to pass the assessment." ”

Looking at Da Zhuang's wrinkled face, he couldn't help but smile, "You kid also know how to be shy, if you study with those recruits at that time, you will be ashamed to die!" ”

After such a dozen interruptions in Da Zhuang, Pang Gang's irritability in his heart has gone a lot, he looked at the winding and circling team, and secretly calculated in his heart, after the first battle of Texas, there were 356 sergeants killed and wounded in his army, of which more than 160 people He had asked the Texas soldiers and horses to guard Yijiang to send someone to send them to Lingshan Wei to recuperate, and the soldiers who died in the battle also cremated their bodies and sent them back to the Lingshan Wei Martyrs' Shrine for placement, and enjoyed the incense offerings of the military households and the nearby people.

Now this team of only more than 3,700 people includes more than 600 heavy soldiers, and the real combat team is only more than 3,100 people. Wouldn't it be nice to stay in Texas and be comfortable in the middle of nowhere. But after every thought, Pang Gang came up with an answer, that is, "It's worth it!" ”。

Why did the tragedy of Yangzhou Sanyue and Jiading Santu happen in history later, why did the later Chinese nation drag the money rat whip behind their heads for hundreds of years, and the great rivers and mountains were ravaged by the barbarian nation without any culture and cultivation, so that the Chinese people are used to kneeling down and calling themselves slaves when they see officials, Pang Gang thinks that it is because there are too many Chinese people who have this kind of idea of getting by.

Since I have reached this era, although I don't know if I can change the tragic fate of the Chinese nation for hundreds of years in the future, I can do a little bit, as long as I do my best, even if I fail in the future, I will have a clear conscience.

Thinking of this, Pang Gang, who was riding on horseback, stretched deeply, looked at the gloomy sky in the north and said softly: "The capital master of the Ming Dynasty, I'm here."

Just when Pang Gang was about to rush to Beijing, Abatai had already rushed to the east gate of Beiping in front of him, and joined the commander of the Qing army, Azig, who had been stationed there.

Unlike Abatai, who was known for his muscular prowess, Azig was thinner, always with a shrewd look in his eyes and a smile on his face, as he sat in his tent discussing the military situation with the generals.

At this time, the third-class meritorious Yanggul was reporting to Abatai about the military situation today, "There is news in the capital today, the emperor of the Ming State has appointed Lu Xiangsheng to lead all the Ming soldiers and horses outside the capital, and wants to fight a decisive battle with our army here, and now Lu Xiangsheng is actively rectifying the soldiers and horses. ”

Azig smiled disappreliantly: "This King Lu Xiangsheng has heard of it, it is said that this person has a set of methods to exterminate the domestic rogue, I didn't expect the emperor of the Ming Kingdom to bring him here, it can be seen that there is no one in the Ming Kingdom." ”

After Azig finished speaking, the Qing generals in the big tent all burst into laughter, and their laughter was full of contempt for the Ming Dynasty.

Yanguli also smiled and said: "What the King of Yingwu said is true, but we can't underestimate our opponents, after all, the Ming army is twice as large as us." ”

"How about doubled!" Azig said disdainfully: "The people of the Ming Kingdom didn't fight with us several times more than us, but they weren't beaten by us." ”

Just as everyone was laughing, a soldier came from outside the tent to report that Rao Yu Baylor had led his army outside the camp.

Azig stopped laughing, "Look, just said that the troops are insufficient, and now that the seventh brother is back, God really helps me to clear the Qing Dynasty, let's go, let's go to meet our Rao Yu Baylor together, and see what he brought us in the river and Texas!" ”

When Azig led the generals out of the camp to meet Abatai, everyone was stunned by the tragic situation of Abatai's soldiers and horses, sparse banners, listless personnel and wounded people who were occasionally carried over with missing arms and legs, at this time what appeared in front of Azig was a team that had suffered defeat, Azig's face suddenly changed, and he asked in surprise: "Seventh brother, what is going on?" What about the people of the Ming kingdom whom you have taken captive? What about the goods you have robbed? And why are you so far missing? ”

A hint of shame appeared on Abatai's face, and he shook his head and said with a gloomy face: "Don't mention it, let's go in and talk about it." ”

After Azig and the generals entered the big tent and everyone sat down in turn, Azig asked in a deep voice: "Seventh brother, now you can say, why did your team only come back with so many people?" ”

Abatai smiled bitterly and poured out the previous war in Texas, and everyone in the big tent changed as if listening to a mythical story, and their mood seemed to rise and fall like a roller coaster.

In the end, Abatai said with a wry smile: "That's it, I lost thousands of soldiers and horses under the city of Texas, and I didn't withdraw my troops until the twelve brothers sent heralds. ”

Azig shook his head at this time and said with a hint of incredulity: "Seventh brother, if I didn't know your surname well, I would definitely think that you were telling us a story, this thing is really incredible." Your more than 10,000 Qing warriors can't help thousands of Ming troops, are these Ming troops all heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals? ”

Yanguli also said with a calm face: "If what Rao Yu Baylor said is true, this Pang Gang will definitely be the scourge of my Qing Dynasty in the future, and this person should be eliminated as soon as possible!" ”

Abatai let out a long sigh, "How could I not know about this?" The reason why I want to fight for the lives of thousands of warriors and not to capture the Texas Mansion is because I saw the harmful surname of this son, but firstly, the generals saw that the soldiers had lost too much and were unwilling to attack the city again, and secondly, the military order issued by the twelfth brother had arrived, and the brother had to obey the military order, so he had to retreat. ”

Listening to the narration of the main general in the army, all the Jialazhangjing and generals in the big tent also looked at each other, when did the combat effectiveness of the Ming army become so strong, it was able to resist the attack of the Ming army with thousands of troops, and it also caused so many casualties to the Qing Dynasty.

Thinking of this, the eyes of several Jialazhangjing couldn't help but show a look of doubt, and one of Jialazhangjing asked: "Please forgive the servant for being rude, dare to ask Yu Baylor, the servant heard that you have gained a lot in the river and the area, although the war is temporarily lost, but those plundered people and property must not be lost, right?" ”

"This" Abatai's face showed a strange red, a look of annoyance. After a long time, Abatai sighed and said: "Those people and property have been used by me to exchange the corpses of those fallen warriors with the Ming army defending the city, and if I, as a general with a blue flag, can't bring the remains of the fallen warriors back to Shengjing for burial, I can't explain it to the emperor." ”

"Ugh!" Everyone couldn't help but be dumbfounded after thinking of Huang Taiji's attitude towards Abatai, if Abatai left the corpses of thousands of Qing warriors in the Ming Kingdom like this, regardless of it, he would definitely not have his good fruit to eat after he returned.

Seeing Abatai, who looked a little depressed, Azig didn't know how to persuade him, so he had to look at Yanguli beside him, and the two shook their heads helplessly

(To be continued)