Chapter 421: Officers and Soldiers Brigade
The New Year, Song Qing didn't pay much attention to this kind of thing in the past, in his era, the pace of life was too fast, and the human touch became weaker and weaker, the New Year and the like are relatives who get together for a meal, and after eating, they go home, you can take a look at the Spring Festival Gala if you have nothing to do, what should you do if you have something, anyway, not many people pay attention to the New Year.
Another point is also very important, in ancient times, the New Year means eating a good meal, big fish and big meat tubes, even if it is a poor family, when it comes to the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, they will pick and take out some money to cut a piece of meat to eat, and the worst must have a few eggs and other meat dishes, which is justified to let everyone eat a good meal, which makes the New Year attractive to many people, especially those children of poor families, when it comes to the New Year, it is almost counted on your fingers.
But in the modern era of extremely developed material, almost every day is the New Year, as long as it is not the kind of things consumed by the local tyrants, the rest of the wine and meat can be eaten almost anything, which also makes the greatest fun of the New Year disappear, and it is naturally difficult to be lively again, especially in big cities, the taste of the New Year is almost gradually decreasing.
However, back in this era, Song Qing has completely changed his concept, because in the past few years, before each New Year, Song Li will always be extremely busy, and in those days, he will even put down the affairs of the Dafeng brand clothing store, and the whole person will rush to the house, preparing the absolutely sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, cutting the Spring Festival and pasting window flowers, and is very busy.
The same is true for Song Hu, this father, who is even busier than Song Qing in some aspects, will also be idle in the days of the New Year to do things that are usually impossible to do, such as clumsily tidying up the house, and sometimes even running to the kitchen to help, and then Song Li took a rolling pin out and ran outside to laugh.
Under all kinds of atmospheres. Let Song Qing attach great importance to the New Year in this era, but unfortunately as his status gets higher and higher, many things are not satisfactory, for example, this year's New Year, he is destined not to spend it at home, but on the march from Henan to Beizhili, the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers who followed him are also doomed, and they are destined to lose the opportunity to reunite with the whole family. But everyone's mood was somewhat depressed, and morale dropped slightly.
As the leader of the whole army, even in the cheerful atmosphere of the upcoming New Year, Song Qing could not be idle, not only to ask for warmth everywhere, so that these soldiers who could not go home could experience the warmth of the army more, but also to try to understand as much as possible about the big men he was about to meet, the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou, and the famous uncle and nephew of the Cao family. It is necessary to know their temperament and temperament, etc., so as to facilitate the upcoming meeting, as well as a series of military activities in the following time, because it is estimated that before Huang Taiji entered the palace for the second time. He has to deal with these people, and he may even go to deal with Houjin Bing together at that time, so it is necessary to get to know each other as soon as possible.
The first is the uncle and nephew of the Cao family, Cao Wenzhao as an uncle. Shanxi Datong people, brave and wise, known as the first good general. Almost the most famous general in another history. Cao Wenzhao served in the army in Liaodong in the early years, Xiong Tingbi, Sun Chengzong, accumulated merit and rose to guerrilla, Chongzhen two winters, with Yuan Chonghuan into the pass to defend the Beijing division, in the resistance to the Jin invasion in the meritorious, Chongzhen three years in July, Shaanxi people changed greatly, Cao Wenzhao was named the deputy chief soldier of Yansui East Road, with the most powerful Guanning iron cavalry in the Ming army into the pass.
After entering the customs, he immediately began to campaign against the peasant army, and in April of the following year, Cao Wenzhao defeated Wang Jiayin, the leader of the mutinous people who was guarding the river meander, and was promoted to the chief officer of Lintao with merit, and successively destroyed the leaders of the peasant army such as Dian Dengzi, Li Laochai, Yilong, and Sweeping Wang, which can be described as outstanding military achievements.
In March of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Cao Wenzhao and the peasant army fought in Xihao, beheaded a thousand levels, captured Du San and Yang Laochai, and then beheaded the Red Army friends, the leader of the peasant army can Tianfei, Liu Daojiang and others surrounded Heshui City, he led the troops to the rescue, when the peasant army ambushed the elite, challenged with a thousand horses, lured the Ming army to the south plain, ambushed everywhere, the people in the city shouted that Cao Wenzhao had been killed, but he was armed with a spear left and right to assault, horses and horses in and out of the crowd, the defenders immediately sent troops to attack after seeing it, and the peasant army was defeated and lost.
Cao Wenzhao fought dozens of battles in Shaanxi, and he had the most credit, but Hong Chengchou just didn't help him recount the merits, so the relationship between the two was not very good, and this union was also a last resort, but Cao Wenzhao's general understanding of the overall situation still surprised Hong Chengchou very much, and he also added a lot of various materials to him, and the relationship between the two has a tendency to warm.
Then there was Cao Bianjiao, Cao Wenzhao's eldest nephew, who was merged with his uncle and became the big and small Cao, followed Cao Wenzhao to crusade against the peasant army, suppressed Li Zicheng and others, and even almost killed the future King Chuang at one time, he was a famous young general similar to Song Qing at this time, although his name was not as good as Song Qing, but it was much stronger than Zuo Mengeng.
The last is Hong Chengchou, this Song Qing is like thunder, whether in the Ming Dynasty or the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he has achieved the level of a very human minister, but the most Lu fell into the biography of the second minister, and was slapped down by a big slap from the clouds, he and Wu Sangui verified the same truth, no matter what you are for, when the traitor is the most remarkable, it is not easy to repay.
Of course, at this moment, Hong Chengchou is still the cadre of the Ming Dynasty, and the victory in Western Australia that has just ended is from his handwriting, and the peasant army is flying and jumping, sweeping away the unfavorable decline of the officers and soldiers over the years, which is very valued by Emperor Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou himself intends to make persistent efforts to wipe out all these peasant troops who were sent back to Henan in the south of Beizhili and Shanxi, and he also understands very well that if you want to do these things, you must first invite Song Qing over, Because Gao Yingxiang and others entered Henan to conquer the city before, they were almost unstoppable, but they were defeated by Song Qing twice in a very short period of time, so they had to leave Henan and retreat to Beizhili.
Song Qing's name Hong Chengchou naturally knows the Tao, and it can even be called thunderous, after all, the legend of Chongzhen's heroes is very popular, from the capital to all places, plus Song Qing belongs to the kind of young general who is in the heart of the emperor, he can be called an old fritter and an old fox, of course, he will not be impressed, although I don't know who is more capable of fighting Song Qing and Cao Wenzhao, but it is certain that most of the other Ming generals are surpassed, how to say that people's military exploits are spelled out in the sea of corpses and blood, and the ability to fight must be very good.
Especially Gao Yingxiang, who was very arrogant before, and others suffered defeats at the hands of Song Qing in a row, and Zuo Liangyu, who had never been convinced, seemed to have been beaten up by Song Qing in a deliberate provocation, so Hong Chengchou was very much looking forward to this young general who had never met before, and after discussing with Cao Wenzhao for a while, he decided to jointly issue an order to Song Qing, asking him to lead his troops to Beizhili quickly, meet with them first, discuss the entire battle situation, and then attack together to rebuild the strength of more than 200,000 peasant troops.
It's just that he didn't expect that Song Qing, who used to do things very quickly, and could even be said to be vigorous and resolute, actually dragged it up unhurriedly this time, and it was almost delayed until the time of the New Year, Hong Chengchou also knew that the other party would not come over for the time being, and he would definitely find a place to celebrate the New Year on the way, so he had to let his subordinates temporarily stop and start the arrangement of the New Year's gala, and the situation of the entire Beizhili was actually harmonious in an instant, and it seemed that everyone was not fighting because of the New Year.
Of course, Song Qing is not only to celebrate the New Year, mainly because he doesn't want to rush over to meet Hong Chengchou so early, and wants to delay it appropriately, it is best to drag it to the north to fight with the officers and soldiers and the peasant army, and fight until the time when both are defeated, so that he can most fully reflect the importance of General Song and seek a higher seat for himself in the coalition army, and they are still old friends with those people, if Zuo Liangyu is mischievous in it, I am afraid that few people will help him, a new general.
Because of this, he has to make a careful calculation, to see how he can achieve a higher position in the coalition camp, he does not expect himself to be responsible for any aspect of affairs, but at least he must not be called by others, even if he fights his own, this is the minimum requirement, anyway, the order given to him by the imperial court is to let him enter Henan to participate in the war, and the order to enter the North Zhili is Hong Chengchou, strictly speaking, he has no obligation to carry it out, of course, this is just a very common face problem, Everyone usually does the same, but if it really makes him uncomfortable, he doesn't care whose face it is, his own inside is the most important.
When marching to the junction of Henan and Beizhili, the New Year has finally arrived, these days Song Qing has asked people to continue to purchase along the way, so eating is definitely not a problem, although the weather is cold now, but the padded jackets on the Xuzhou soldiers are warm enough, in the camp to light the fire, boiled full of irritable spicy soup, as well as the fragrant stew, as well as steaming pancakes, the whole camp is instantly filled with the taste of happiness, and the depression of not being able to go home for the New Year also dissipates in this atmosphere.
In this lively atmosphere, Song Qing took the generals dressed like bears, holding a Weng wine all over the camp, regardless of whether they knew or not, they went up to pay New Year's greetings, and they were found to be naturally more face-saving, and those who were not found even took a detour to the back, waiting for Song Qing to come over again, and the people of the propaganda team sang in a timely manner, and it didn't take long for the whole camp to sing along with the voice, and the New Year of Chongzhen's seven years was finally spent in this joyful atmosphere.
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