Qian Yuanshan and others hoped that Xin Feiyu would be able to participate in the next phase of the "Temper No. 1 Operation," so when submitting a specific plan for the next phase of the operation to the committee, they set the time for the operation in mid-July on the grounds that the third squadron had been reduced. As a result, the Commission was not satisfied with this time and requested the Military Department to reschedule the expedition. However, to the surprise of Qian Yuanshan and others, the committee did not feel that the time for their expedition was too late, but thought that the time was a little early.

Considering that the combat ability of the "Feiyun Village" minions is much stronger than that of the first two cottages, especially more than half of this gang of bandits are equipped with horses, they have a greater cavalry advantage. Therefore, after careful consideration, the committee decided to postpone the time for the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion" to extinguish the "Feiyun Village" to the end of August and early September. At that time, the Weapons Section will be able to provide the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion" with enough "Five-Five" rifles to ensure that each person has one rifle. Moreover, the soldiers had ample time for acclimatization training in order to master the essentials of using the new rifles. In addition, the Committee requested the Weapons Section to urgently produce a batch of ammunition for the team's existing modern 7.62 mm machine guns and 12.7 mm machine guns, in parallel with the production of ammunition for the Type 55 rifles, so that the "Wyvern Pioneer Battalion" would have adequate and sustained fire support.

The reason why the committee made such a decision was not to "grow the enemy's morale and destroy its own prestige", but based on the comparison of strength between the two sides. Although the "Wyvern Pioneer Battalion" was much better than the ordinary infantry of this era, both in terms of training and equipment, it was also supported by firearms such as flintlock pistols and forward-loading artillery. On the one hand, however, the flintlock pistol was still too slow to meet the density and sustained capacity required of the infantry in the face of cavalry onslaught, even with the flintlock pistol, which had been greatly improved by the Weapons Section. On the other hand, due to road problems, the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion" could not carry large-caliber artillery on this expedition, as in the previous two expeditions, and even if it could carry some light artillery or mortars, it was limited by the fact that new explosives and fuses had not yet been developed, and its effectiveness in field warfare was also quite limited -- the committee did not think that the "Feiyun Village," which had the advantage of cavalry, would be stupid enough to engage in positional warfare with itself. Therefore, when there was no hope for the development of new artillery and artillery shells in the short term, the committee decided to give full play to its own advantages and increase the firepower of the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion" in light weapons to make up for the differences in the arms of the two sides.

Although Qian Yuanshan and other members of the Military Department felt that the committee was a little too cautious, in the face of the insistence of the committee members, and considering that if the losses in this battle were relatively large due to the inferiority of the troops, it would inevitably affect the next step of the army expansion work, the brothers of the Military Department finally complied with the committee's arrangement and postponed the third phase of the "Temper No. 1 Operation" until early September.

Although the time of the battle was postponed, the brothers of the military department and all the officers and men of the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion" did not relax because of this. While Qian Yuanshan and others supplemented the combat losses of various units, they began to make preparations for the expansion of the army in advance. The soldiers of the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion" began to receive a steady stream of new rifles from the weapons section and began training to adapt to the new equipment, hoping to master this new weapon as soon as possible and achieve new results in the subsequent battles.

In mid-July, Qian Yuanshan, Zeng Zhilin, and others, who were organizing the soldiers to conduct training, received a telegram from the "Qingyuan," informing them to immediately send representatives down the mountain to the "Qingyuan" to prepare for the arrival of Xin Feiyu, a new member. After discussion, Qian Yuanshan and the others decided that Qian Yuanshan and Zeng Zhilin would greet the new colleague on behalf of the Military Department, while Tang Chao and Mutel would stay in the "Flying Dragon Village" and continue to seize the time to train the soldiers to use the new rifles.

On the morning of the 14th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, Qian Yuanshan and Zeng Zhilin rushed to the "Qingyuan". In the afternoon of the same day, Liang Ziyue, Xie Tian and Qingchen accompanied Xin Feiyu to Liangxiang City - the focus of work was mainly on Xie Tian in the north, and after basically completing the team's business layout in Kaifeng and explaining the relevant work to the trustworthy shopkeeper, they also returned to Liangxiang with Liang Ziyue and others.

When Xin Feiyu walked into the gate of "Qingyuan" with Liang Ziyue and others, he was warmly welcomed by three members of the committee, one alternate member, and all the traversers who could rush over, including Qian Yuanshan and Zeng Zhilin. The enthusiasm and concern of the brothers deeply moved Xin Feiyu, and also made him feel like going home for the first time after breaking up with Wang Han, Qiu Mingbo and others. ,

Wang Kunjun and Xin Feiyu walked arm in arm affectionately, and walked into the main hall of the Zhongjin Courtyard surrounded by everyone. After everyone sat down, after a lively introduction and self-introduction, Xin Feiyu had a preliminary understanding of these new brothers and new friends. Then, on behalf of the committee, Zhang Weixin introduced to Xin Feiyu some of the team's experiences since the crossing, the current division of departments, and the goals in the near future.

Regarding these situations, Liang Ziyue and Xie Tian also roughly told Xin Feiyu on the way back. Although Liang and Xie spoke relatively simply, it was enough for Xin Feiyu to understand the history and current situation of the team. For him, what he is most concerned about now is not the overview of the team, but his future position in the team, and what kind of work the team will let him take on - although there is a very good example of Xie Tian in front of him, Xin Feiyu's heart is still a little drumming before hearing the exact answer.

Fortunately, Zhang Weixin did not let Xin Feiyu wait too long, and after introducing the team, he turned the topic to the relevant work arrangements. He said: "I'm afraid the Feiyu brothers have also heard the thirteenth and twenty-eighth say that except for the members of our team who are still young and have not yet learned a skill, the other members of our team are all going to do their part for the development of the team." ”

"Brother Xie and Brother Liang had told their brothers on the way back," Xin Feiyu said, "Since they are part of the team, they should contribute to the team, which is a matter of course." No matter what your brothers arrange for your brothers to do, my brother and I will do it well. ”

Zhang Weixin nodded and said, "Brother Feiyu is really a cheerful person. However, the team still pays attention to merit. When they were in Kaifeng, the Feiyu brothers once told the eighth and twenty-eighth that they were soldiers before, so they still wanted to do their jobs. In this regard, the team committee and the military department, which is in charge of military affairs, have studied this and feel that this request of the Feiyu brothers is very consistent with the current needs of the military department. At present, the 'Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion' under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Affairs is preparing for a large-scale military expansion, and there is a shortage of military personnel. The Feiyu brothers are willing to continue to do their old job, and the committee and the military department naturally can't ask for it. However, since the expansion has only just begun, the team has not yet reached the expected size. Therefore, before the expansion was completed, the Feiyu brothers only participated in the work of the military department as staff officers for the time being. After the expansion is completed, the Feiyu brothers will be given specific positions. I wonder what the Feiyu brothers think? ”

Hearing that his request to do his job was approved by the team's highest decision-making body and relevant functional departments, Xin Feiyu was very happy. As for the specific position he held, he didn't really care. Therefore, he hurriedly hugged his fist to Zhang Weixin and other committee members, and said: "Brothers, a newcomer, has been so trusted and valued by your elder brothers, and it has far exceeded the expectations of your brothers, where do you care about specific titles."

Brother didn't say much else, brother only said one word, from now on, brother will follow your brother with all his heart. But your brothers are driven, even if they go to the soup and fire, the brothers will never give up. ”

"Brother Feiyu is serious," Wang Kunjun said, "Since the moment Brother Feiyu walked into the gate of 'Qingyuan', he has been a member of our team. From now on, we will be a family and brothers, and there is no distinction between far and near. Those words just now, Brother Feiyu don't want to mention them again. Otherwise, it will be separated from everyone. ”

The previous conversations with Xu Shaoan, Liang Ziyue and others made Xin Feiyu very clear about Wang Kunjun's status in the team. Therefore, after hearing Wang Kunjun's words, the slightest concern in his heart was completely dispelled, and he hurriedly said: "What the fifth brother said is that the brother said the wrong thing in a moment's excitement, and I hope that the fifth brother and the brothers will not be surprised." From now on, the team is the home of the brothers, and the brothers will definitely regard themselves as part of this big family. ”

"'Treat the team as your own home', Feiyu brothers' words are very right, this is what their own brothers should say." Wang Kunjun praised happily. The other brothers also echoed their words, and the atmosphere in the hall became more harmonious.

After gossiping for a while, Xie Tian announced a happy event, or a happy thing, to the brothers - Xu Shaoan was promoted after returning to Kaifeng. ,

According to Xie Tian, although Chai Rong's southern expedition was not completed due to the influence of the weather, the performance of Shenjizhi and Xu Shaoan himself in Shouzhou City was quite outstanding. Therefore, Chai Rong gave rich rewards to all the officers and soldiers of Shenjizhi, and also decided to expand the Shenjizhi, increasing the number of Shenjizhi from the original 500 to 2,500, which is equivalent to the size of an army of infantry troops in this era. However, although its scale is only equivalent to an ordinary infantry army, Chai Rong's level for it is much higher than that of other armies, and it is already equivalent to the box level of other troops.

Among them, Zhao Kuangyin, as the supreme commander of Shenjizhi, was crowned by Chai Rong as the envoy of the same state festival, the commander of the front division of the palace and the commander of the Shenji army because of his various military exploits during the Southern Expedition. In addition to still serving as the commander of the right wing of the former guard Si Longjie, Liu Guangyi also served as the deputy commander of the Shenji Army. Xu Shao'an, the direct commander of the Battle of Shouzhou and the greatest hero of the capture of Shouzhou City, was crowned as the capital of the Shenji Army, and was given a loose official of the general of Dingyuan.

In terms of grade alone, Xu Shaoan is now the tallest of all the traversers in the team. However, except for Xu Shao'an in Kaifeng, and other members of the Kaifeng Detention Office, for the traversing people living in Youzhou, these official positions of the Later Zhou Dynasty do not have much practical significance, and no one cares at all who is higher and who is lower.

Therefore, after thanking Tian for saying that, everyone had nothing else to say except to ask Wang Kunjun to send a telegram to Xu Shaoan in the name of the committee to congratulate him.

That night, a large banquet was held in the "Qingyuan" to catch the wind for Xin Feiyu, who had just joined the team, and also to wash the dust for Xie Tian, Liang Ziyue and others who had rushed back from Kaifeng. The atmosphere at the banquet was quite enthusiastic, and the brothers ate and drank until midnight. So much so that most of them did not get out of bed until the next day, when it was close to noon.

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