Chapter 301: Oath (II)
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It's not the first time that the parade has been held, but each time there are some new tricks. For example, this time, in addition to the original 1st Division and 2nd Marine Corps, 8,000 rising star artillery divisions were also added. This is the first time that 8,000 people from the artillery division have participated in the military parade, so they are all quite excited and want to show their style here. As for the 20,000 naval soldiers, who accounted for the majority of the battle, they were decent on this land, but they wore different styles of military uniforms, and the others just held a new musket in their hands.
For every military parade, the Mawei Army adopts a separate parade, that is, the troops under review are lined up in front of the review stand, and Geng Jingzhong and the generals themselves do not need to move their positions. Since the establishment of the Mawei Army is different from other armies, it has always been calculated as a unit at the battalion level, and the number of people is exactly 1,000. Therefore, the formation of each military parade is relatively fixed, except for the battalion headquarters confidential personnel and a total of 30 people from the fire head army, a total of 30 people do not have to participate, 970 people just form a square formation of 31 people horizontally and 31 people vertically, the extra nine stand in the front, the first person carries the flag, and the three rows behind become an awl shape of two people, three people, and four people.
The first to start, of course, was the appearance of the flag guards, they were not from any combat unit, but the soldiers in Geng Jingzhong's personal guard, wearing the dress that can only be worn in the heavy ceremony, walking neatly, holding high the tiger flag of the Mawei Army, and walking heroically in front of the review stand. As soon as they walked over, the next step was the official phalanx. Nearly 30,000 soldiers, to put it mildly, is only 30 phalanxes. A phalanx walked by. And it doesn't take much time.
Each phalanx walked across. The neat queues, the vigorous pace, the loud and firm slogans, and several standard movements during the period all reflect the results of their hard training. They are not good at drilling, but they have gone deep into the bone marrow in their daily training, and they can succeed by not doing it. For several years, the fighters have become accustomed to such a life, training every day. So that their actions at the moment are not pretentious.
In fact, the most stunned were Fan Chengmo and the other thirteen people, their eyes were still dull, such a majestic and mighty division was far from being comparable to the green battalion soldiers or local inspection troops they had seen, even the Manchu Eight Banners could not do this, let alone the murderous spirit and morale on their bodies. A few officials had already begun to mumble in their hearts, thinking about whether it was worth following Fan Chengmo closely to be a loyal minister loyal to the Qing Dynasty? Can the Great Qing Kingdom really defeat the Three Feudatories? Is it worth it to trade a life for a clear name? If the Qing Dynasty wins, it is good, they can still get the evaluation of a loyal minister when they die, and maybe they can go down in history. But if the Qing court failed. Didn't they become?
History is always written by the victors, and they know that better than anyone else. Several people were still shocked and entangled. The last artillery division to appear was already in front of them, and the 8,000 men of the artillery division were different from other units, although only three artillery battalions brought their treasures -- the general cannon and the general cannon -- but more than 100 artillery pieces with a cold and bright silver metallic luster made the atmosphere of the whole parade ceremony reach its peak. These new guns made of special steel have made great progress over the original guns in every aspect, and a gun cart can drag a cannon and a horse can run lightly. The three artillery battalions were joined by horses and gun carriages, and although the queue was a little longer, it felt more majestic.
After tossing back and forth for nearly an hour, the entire parade was over. In this hour, most of the time Fan Chengmo was in shock, Geng Jingzhong has such strength, no wonder he is unwilling to withdraw the domain, what did Geng Jingzhong say before? The army here is only less than half of the total number under his command, so from this point of view, his strength is almost no less than that of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi. Now just one Wu Sangui has already made the imperial court anxious, and now with Geng Jingzhong, whose strength is not much weaker than Wu Sangui, does the imperial court still have a chance to win?
"Lord Fan, everyone, you have already seen the majesty of my horsetail army, I don't know how you feel? Have you thought about where to go? All the troops had already returned to their respective positions, and Geng Jingzhong turned around and said to a few people. The other horsetail generals also cast their eyes on this side.
The thirteen were silent at first, with some hesitation. But Fan Chengmo's face changed, and he still responded firmly: "King Jingnan, although your strength is strong, you are still far from being the opponent of the imperial court, Fujian and Yunnan are only two provinces, and together they are equivalent to a county in the southeast, the wealth of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the martial arts of Shanxi are all on the side of the imperial court." The imperial court is sitting on a million heroes, how can you resist? If you rebel, you will die sooner or later! And the King of Jingnan has such a strong teacher, just enough to assist the imperial court to pacify the traitor Wu Sangui, and when the time comes, he will make immortal achievements, and Prince Jin Feng is just around the corner! ”
Geng Jingzhong really admired him, it was at this time, and he was still so determined, he never forgot to persuade him not to oppose the Qing Dynasty, and even wanted to send troops to help the Qing court pacify Wu Sangui. Several other Fujian dignitaries listened to Fan Chengmo's words, and their hearts, which were originally a little hesitant, became firm again.
"Hehe, it seems that Lord Fan really wants to bow to the Qing court and die, hey, I think I am a Han country, but I am occupied by the Manchu Tartars, shaving my hair is easy to wear, and I can't get my Chinese culture, and you are all scholars, don't you feel it at all? Touch your head, how many hairs are there? Is it really an addiction to being a minion? You have not done anything evil, and you have made some contributions to the construction of Fujian, so I will not kill you. If you are willing to serve me, stay on the stage, and if you don't want to, go on. After speaking, he didn't look at them, and directly turned around to face the tens of thousands of soldiers below again.
The thirteen people behind him didn't move for a long time, Geng Jingzhong didn't care about him, took a few steps forward, and started the last procedure in front of the soldiers standing solemnly below, and swore to go on the expedition.
"Pass my order, and the whole army will take off their hats!" Geng Jingzhong's first sentence was beyond everyone's expectations. When all the soldiers heard the voice, they all took off their military caps without hesitation, revealing a bare skull without a single hair on it.
"Excellent! It seems that the soldiers have strictly carried out the military orders. Today, I want to tell you that from today onwards, we will no longer be the minions of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and we will never have to keep pigtail-like braids again. We are all Han Chinese, and we are the best people in the world. Foreign races can't conquer the hearts of our Han people. Today, I officially accept the edict of the Ming Emperor, for the Xingming Dynasty to capture the metropolitan governor and restore the Ming Dynasty! ”
"Restore the Ming Dynasty!"
"Restore the Ming Dynasty!"
"Restore the Ming Dynasty!"
The mountains below are shouting and tsunami, and the sound is higher and higher. Geng Jingzhong has been instilling his ideas since the creation of the Mawei Army, and the concept of the Qing court has long been absent in the army. In the army, in addition to daily training, reading and literacy are also compulsory courses for soldiers. In the past few years, although the cultural level is not high, under the study of Chinese pinyin, it is no longer a problem to recognize and write. The books disseminated in the army all promote Han culture, and even more so focus on the history of the Han people. What is the martial arts of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, the biographies of famous generals such as Huo Quzhi, Yue Fei, Qi Jiguang, etc.
The older soldiers still remembered the brutality of the Qing soldiers when they were children, and they hated the Qing court even more from the bottom of their hearts. Geng Jingzhong also often expressed his dissatisfaction with the Qing court in the army, and apologized to the whole army for the mistakes committed by his grandfather Geng Zhongming many times. Veterans who had participated in the massacre, who had repented in the barracks many times, and who had also gone to the army to receive twenty whips, it can be said that Geng Jingzhong's methods greatly improved the cohesion of the entire army. The soldiers all felt that the king of Jingnan, no, was the governor of the capital, treated them like brothers, calmly admitted their mistakes, and everything was very transparent, which made them very reassured.
The soldiers had already known earlier that they were going to oppose the Qing Dynasty, and a very small number of officers hesitated, but they were relieved by the persuasion of others. Let's not say that the Qing court has nothing to do with them, just because their current qiē is given by Geng Jingzhong, and loyalty to Geng Jingzhong is enough. If you really don't merge, then you won't have your own place in the army. It is even possible to be directly eliminated, you must know that all you need in the army are loyal people, and those who have two hearts will be spurned.
"Don't talk nonsense, bring people in!" After the sound below stopped, Geng Jingzhong shouted at the soldiers on the side.
This time it was brought out that there were several Manchu officials, the biggest of course was Bolo, although he was not a member of the first and second grades, but he was also from the second grade, and he was once the executioner who slaughtered many Han people, and it was barely enough to kill him to sacrifice the flag.
"Raise troops today, raise my heroic style, behead the Tartar to sacrifice the flag, and hope that the flag of the soldiers will be victorious!"
"Slash!"
"Poof!"
"Poof!" A few sounds of blood splattering announced that the official uprising would begin at this moment.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
Geng Jingzhong's side was ready and was preparing to attack south first and take Guangdong. Shang Kexi in Guangdong only has more than 30,000 troops, and even if he recruits urgently, it will not exceed 50,000, and the overall combat effectiveness is relatively weak, which is slightly inferior to Zheng Jing on the other side. Zheng Jing still has more than 200 large and small warships, and he is still happy with only 30,000 foot soldiers. However, in the past two years, Shang Zhixin had just formed a naval division, with a number of 3,000, including two third-class warships and six fifth-class battleships traded from Geng Jingzhong, and other small clippers that could be built by themselves, but there were quite a few of them. But with these 3,000 people, it is not a problem to put them on the sea, and it is okay to deal with the pirates in the past, but if it is against the Mawei Navy, it will not be able to take a round.
Just when Geng Jingzhong was sharpening his knife, something big happened in Guangxi, Guangdong's neighbor, which attracted all Shang Kexi's eyes. (To be continued......)
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