Chapter Seventy-Eight: Born to Die Take the lead in dying
Bestowing his name and showing off his martial arts to raise the prestige of the army, King Han's intentions are good.
It's the surname Wang Wu that matches, which makes him feel weird.
I secretly thought to myself that if I could stand out alive, it would be a big deal not to go to Jinan in the future.
Or change the name of Jinan to avoid taboos.
After Yuan Zongdi discussed with Hao Shaoqi, the breakthrough time was set for the day after tomorrow.
Because it was necessary to give Wang Wu enough rest time for the soldiers of the Ming Army on the Western Front.
You have to cook in a big pot to make everyone's stomachs full.
It's not only a meal for the expedition, but also a meal for the severed head!
Those who rush out rush out, and those who can't rush out have nothing to say.
At least not to be a starving ghost.
Wang Wu has no opinion on the arrangement of the two old marshals.
But the problem of housing in these two days turned out to be a big problem.
There were nearly 3,000 remnants of the soldiers brought to the Yellow Lawn by Yuan Zongdi and Hao Shaoqi, and nearly 2,000 family members who withdrew with the army.
Since there were not enough houses in Huangcaoping for the Ming army to live in, many people lived outside with tents.
Now Wang Wu has brought more than 6,000 people from the western front, making the Yellow Lawn overcrowded, and where is there a place for them to live.
In order to allow the outstanding soldiers on the Western Front to get a good rest and recuperate, so that they have the strength and energy to fight with the Qing army, Hao Shao's subordinate ordered all the officers and soldiers and their families to give up their residences and move to Yuan Zongdi for two days.
Where did Yuan Zongdi find so many places for Hao Shaoqi's people to live, and they couldn't be stuffed!
In the end, they simply spread hay in the open air, and the men and women and children were all squeezed together.
The soldiers and their families who were asked to be resettled outdoors did not resist this order, but did everything they could to give more space to the soldiers from the Western Front.
Even the seriously ill Hong Ministry heard that the soldiers had no place to live, and despite Yuan Shoudi's objections, he had to give up his house.
How can this work?
Yuan Zongdi didn't agree, and in the end, it was the superintendent Pan Gonggong who said to let his house out, and he partnered with Hongbuyuan for two days, just to help take care of Hongbuyuan, so that this matter could be solved.
King Anton was alone on his side, and when he heard that there was a lack of place to live, he didn't say a word and lived in Yuan Zongdi's house with a package.
In addition to the gold seal and genealogical jade disc granted by the Yongli Imperial Court, as well as a few changes of clothes, the package was a number of books.
Before the Jiashen national disaster, this clan of the Chu royal family had better study.
King Han couldn't vacate the land because he had a female dependent, but he also asked his attachΓ© to take the two quilts to the soldiers who were placed outside.
When the entire Yellow Lawn was about to collapse, the unity and cohesion shown by the entire Yellow Lawn were unprecedentedly strong.
Wang Wu was quite moved.
It's a pity that it's the end of the road.
He didn't be too hypocritical with the two old marshals, pushing the humility or something, after the soldiers and family members were settled, they were the first to sleep with the dumb ones in a room that could only accommodate ten people, but now they were crowded with more than 30 people.
I didn't take off my clothes, I didn't take off my shoes, and my weapons were within reach.
Soon, a large group of soldiers of the Ming army who were already sleepy just squeezed me, and I squeezed yours to sleep there.
Wang Wu slept on the left side of the mute, and on the right side slept on the blind man.
The two men caught him in the middle, unable to move.
It's really because I'm too sleepy and falls asleep, otherwise I'm afraid that Wang Wu will be very difficult to sleep.
The snoring sound in the house was really earth-shattering in the words of Liu Yun, the daughter of Liu Tichun who was passing by.
I slept for nearly five hours, and when I woke up again, it was almost dark.
When he came out of the house, Wang Wu smelled the smell of food.
Yuan Zongdi arranged some female dependents, and together with Liu Yun's female battalion, they had prepared food for the officers and soldiers.
It's also simple, there is rice cooking, there are noodles steamed cakes, put on some wild vegetables and not much salted meat in the army, a big pot stove, smell fragrant.
The bacon and bacon were still provided by the Ming army on the Western Front, and most of them were captured from the Qing army.
Because there are too many people and there are not enough dining utensils, it is impossible to gather together for a one-time meal, so they are all in batches.
As the great hero of the Ming Army on the Western Front, Wang Wu, who was given the name "Yaowu" by King Han, certainly did not have to wait.
He did have something important to do, so he asked the dumb man to serve him a bowl of salted meat and vegetable soup, and devoured a few flatbreads for a while, and then went to find Liu Heng, the son of Liu Tichun, the prince of Anhui.
It's about military command.
The two old marshals, Yuan Zongdi and Hao Shaoqi, had no intention of seizing Wang Wu's command, but Wang Wu needed to negotiate with Liu Heng.
Nominally, Liu Heng, the prince of Anhui, was the supreme commander of the Ming army on the Western Front.
As a subordinate, Wang Wu must respect this nominal boss.
It is impossible for him to clash with Liu Heng on the issue of "military power" at this time, it would be simply stupid.
Because he didn't know where Liu Heng was, Wang Wu asked the mute to find his righteous brother Wang Liu.
Wang Liu was the banner of Liu Tichun's pro-army before, and now he follows Liu Heng, the little grandfather.
When leading his troops to pick up the rear team, Wang Wu once asked his righteous brother if he was with him.
Wang Liu said that he had to follow the little grandfather, because he was Liu Shuai's banner pro-army.
Liu Shuai sacrificed, but the little grandfather is still there!
Therefore, he Wang Liu can't abandon the little grandfather and follow his brother-in-law.
Of course, Wang Wu respected the choice of his righteous brother, and then he did not mention this matter again.
Hearing that the fifth brother was looking for him, Wang Liu hurriedly ran over.
After hearing that the fifth brother wanted to discuss things with the little grandfather, he immediately went to call the little grandfather who was visiting the seriously ill Hong Ministry.
Liu Heng was accompanied by Zhang En, the deputy general of Liu Tichun's pro-military camp, and Wang Guodong, a general of the Chinese army.
Wang Wu also called Tian Wen, Zhao Jinzhong, Zhang Tianwang brothers, as well as Ma Sizhong, Xu Deyi, Xu Lin, Cao Diwei, Jiang Tiancheng and other subordinates who were born and died with him.
However, Ma Sizhong and Xu Deyi are actually Zhang En's subordinates, but they were originally dispatched to the Western Front with Suo Yanlong for reinforcements, so strictly speaking, the two should belong to Liu Heng's lineage.
Ma Changyuan was also called over, this person had some influence in the old department of Ta Tianbao, and after that, he performed very well, so Wang Wu asked him to continue to command the rest of Ta Tianbao.
The rest of the party was commanded by Zhao Jinzhong, Xu Lin and others.
"Little grandfather!"
After Liu Heng arrived, Wang Wu said what he meant.
At present, they can mobilize a breakthrough force of 4,000 people, which seems to be a lot of people, but they were originally subordinate to various departments and are not familiar with each other, so it is necessary to carry out a reorganization to give full play to the combat ability of these veterans of a hundred battles, so as to break through the blockade line of the Huguang Qing army in one fell swoop and join the Xingshan Tiger Marshal Division.
"What is Brother Yaowu going to do?"
Liu Heng did not oppose the reorganization and wanted to hear Wang Wu's opinion.
Because the king of Han gave Wang Wu a name, Liu Heng, as the prince of Anhui, should be called by the name.
"The last general intends to divide the team into four battalions, with a thousand people as a battalion, the front battalion, the left battalion, the right battalion, and the rear battalion."
Wang Wu also said that in order to give strict orders and command in an orderly manner, each battalion was divided into five posts, each with 200 people.
There are teams under the post, with 50 people per team.
It is one outpost with four teams, five sentry and one battalion.
The soldiers of the fourth battalion are the heaviest in the previous battalion and are the assault troops of the whole army, so they must not only select elite soldiers to fill the position, but also concentrate all the armor in the general to be used in the front battalion.
After all, there is a world of difference between the performance of armor and non-armor on the battlefield.
An armored soldier can be at least three unarmoured.
If it is an iron armor, it can be more like one as five or even as seven or eight.
A team of 100 people in armor is enough to block three or five hundred unarmored soldiers.
The left and right battalions were used as reserve forces, that is, once the front battalion broke through unfavorably, then the left and right battalions had to withstand the threat from both flanks of the Qing army's defense line for the front battalion to ensure that the front battalion was not pinned.
If the breakthrough of the front battalion is successful, the left and right battalions will expand the results of the battle, consolidate the gap, and ensure the passage of the follow-up men.
The rear battalion plays the role of the old battalion, that is, to protect the families and people of the army, and also shoulder the role of the baggage team.
In terms of personnel and weapons, the rear battalion is definitely the weakest.
After listening to Wang Wu's idea, Liu Heng readily agreed without thinking about it: "Okay, just do it according to Brother Yaowu's wishes!" β
Wang Wu's side still needs Liu Heng to coordinate and solve one thing as the prince of Anhui.
It is a matter of matching officials and positions.
Due to the indiscriminate sealing of the Yongli Imperial Court in the past, there were many generals, deputy generals, and staff generals on the side of the Ming army.
For example, Wang Wu himself is the general of Zhengsanpin, but he is actually the captain of the personal soldiers under Tian Shouyi's account, and there are only about 400 people under his command.
It is equivalent to the battalion commander work done by the division commander.
If the reorganization is carried out now, a situation will arise -- a large number of middle and high-ranking officers will have to go to the grassroots level to serve as team officers and sentinel officers.
Because there are not so many soldiers for them to command.
Won't these devolved generals be dissatisfied with this?
Wang Wu believed that there was no such problem for those who came all the way from Wujiayuanzi with him, but a similar situation might occur for others who joined halfway.
There are more than a dozen middle and high-ranking generals in the remnants of the Ming army in the back house, which requires Liu Heng to make a decision as the prince of Anhui.
Instead of Wang Wu using the image of the "savior" of the Ming Army on the Western Front, or as a great hero, he forced it.
At present, cohesion is what the Ming army needs most.
It was because of the lack of cohesion of the various families in Kuidong in the past that they were broken by the Qing army, which led to a large-scale surrender wave.
Wang Wu personally pulled out the team and brought out thousands of people with his own hands, of course, he didn't want the number of people to increase, but it would cause various internal problems.
Hearing Wang Wu's worries, Liu Heng did not give an answer that he disagreed, but directly looked at Zhang En, the deputy general who taught him martial arts, and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhang, you have to rush to the front camp, you are injured and can't go into battle again, it is better to go to the back camp to be a sentry." β
"Good!"
Zhang En agreed almost without thinking, and didn't care that he was a second-rank deputy general to be a 200-person sentry officer.
Liu Heng nodded slightly, then looked at Wang Wu, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Brother Yaowu leads the front camp, I lead the back camp, who will lead the left camp and the right camp, Brother Yaowu will take care of it, I will not interfere." β
"This?"
Wang Wu was stunned.
According to his structure, the front battalion is undoubtedly the most capable unit of the Ming army on the Western Front, so whoever commands the front battalion is the well-deserved "boss" of the Ming Army on the Western Front.
It is most appropriate for Liu Heng to personally command this front battalion.
Wang Wu also thought so, he didn't care that the most capable front camp belonged to Liu Heng, because the most important thing was to stand out at the moment.
Who knew that Liu Heng actually took the initiative to give up the front battalion to lead the weakest rear battalion, and also handed over the appointment of the commanders of the left and right battalions to him.
For a while, he didn't know what to say, but he looked at the prince of Wanguo who was a few years older than him in front of him with some uneasiness.
Liu Heng smiled when he saw Wang Wu like this, and said, "I know what Brother Yaowu thinks in his heart, it's nothing more than who he listens to." It seems that my son should command you, but without you, Liu Heng would have died and been martyred!
The current situation is just a life to die, and the so-called knowing that it is impossible to do it, with a corner of the place, to resist the monstrous enemy, is already extremely difficult!
In this case, you and I both have the heart to die for the country, so why care about who will lead everyone to die! β
With that, he got up and walked out of the house.
Zhang En and Wang Guodong did not go out with them, but both looked at Wang Wu: "The little grandfather has long ordered the two of us to obey General Wang's orders!" β