Chapter 25: Don't be too profligate
To open his eyes for the army is to act as an outpost and probe the enemy's situation, this job is well done, Liu Heizi is up to the next level, and it is not impossible to be a mighty general.
At present, the military system of the army is nine ranks, the first rank is "General Quan", the second rank is "Deputy General Quan", the third rank is "System General", the fourth rank is "General Guoyi", the fifth rank is "Mighty General", the sixth rank is "Du Lieutenant", the seventh rank is "Commander Brigade", the eighth rank is "Department General", and the ninth rank is "General Sentinel".
Li Zicheng's old battalion is mainly divided into five battalions: center, left, right, front, and rear, and there are teams under the battalion, and the five battalions are the largest in the Zhongquan battalion, which is called the "standard battalion", or "the Zhongquan pro-army", and the Zhongquan battalion has 100 teams, and the left, right, front, and rear four battalions, totaling more than 130 teams, and the five battalions have a total of 60,000 elite soldiers and 20,000 mules and horses.
Of course, this is the establishment of the old battalion, in addition to the old battalion, there are other rebels who have taken refuge, as well as a large number of displaced people, and their establishment is more chaotic.
In the army, the team is a relatively important formation, generally led by a captain, equivalent to a division of the official army, with more than 300 soldiers, but each team is often wrapped in nearly 1,000 people.
The team is a relatively basic unit in the army, and many people on the periphery exist in this unit, so the captain who commands a team of men and horses can be said to be as many as cattle in the army, but once promoted to a mighty general, the position is very different.
At this time, the generals in the army were still relatively valuable, and there were less than forty people in the five major battalions who could obtain the title of general.
Li Zicheng is indiscriminately sealed as a lieutenant everywhere, as long as there are some people who come to take refuge, most of them can be mixed up as a lieutenant, but for generals, he is more cautious and will not be sealed out easily.
Because the general has few titles, if he is promoted to general, he will basically get rid of the fate of cannon fodder and become the main force of the army.
Liu Heizi has coveted the position of general for a long time, and he also wants to go further, but there are many people who take refuge in Niu Jinxing, and Niu Jinxing can't take care of it, and Niu Jinxing has no ability to turn him into a general.
At present, Li Zicheng wants to fight the world, and the most important thing in the camp is military merit, Liu Heizi wants to climb up, in addition to the characters above, he must also have military merit to succeed.
However, this military merit is not something that can be established if you want to, and when you meet a powerful opponent, the merit is not established, maybe it will become someone else's military merit, and the opponent is too weak, and the meritorious service is not worth mentioning, so the meritorious service should also talk about the timing and what the task is.
Today, Liu Heizi finally got a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and he didn't need to work hard for the army, as long as he predicted the crisis for the army, and waited for Shangqiu to be defeated, no matter how he counted him, he had a share of credit.
This is Liu Heizi's opportunity to go further, he can't help but be excited in his heart, but opportunities always coexist with danger, for the army, you have to rush ahead of the army, and naturally it is the easiest to meet the official army.
At the same time as he was happy, Liu Heizi also had a trace of vigilance in his heart, Li Guofang obviously saw Gao Yihuan's team, and only then did he leak a sudden expression, which made him a little frightened, knowing that Li Guo at least knew Gao Yihuan.
After receiving the order, Liu Heizi returned to the queue with great joy, and rushed forward with the whole team, and by noon, he had already surpassed the small Yuan camp in front and arrived at the front of the team.
At this time, on the road, the second-line men and horses of the Xiao Yuan battalion and the breaking army went south without a marching sequence, and the army was crowded together on the road, and the team was very chaotic.
It's not that Li Guo has forgotten the arrangement, but these people and horses have almost no training, and even if he arranges it, he can't understand it, and it is difficult to march in order like an elite soldier.
Moreover, anyway, these people are just cannon fodder, used to consume the official army, strengthen the momentum of the army, and attract the official army to attack by the way, as long as they do not affect the march of the old soldiers behind, Li Guo will not bother to pay attention to it, and even if they die more, it doesn't matter.
There were nearly 200,000 people and horses heading south this time, and there were crowds all over the mountains. Liu Heizi's team is undoubtedly eye-catching among the many thieves, but in the ocean of the entire crowd, it is still like a lonely boat.
The army marched south in a mess, walked for three days, passed through Chenliu and Qi County, and the villages and county towns that had been robbed along the way were once again looted by the displaced people, and the army finally went down to the village by the Huiji River in the northwest of Sui County.
The homeless people who had been walking for a few days were tired and hungry, and they went to camp noisily, without digging trenches and building villages, and some of them did not even bring tents, and camped directly in the wilderness.
The second brother chose to camp behind the homeless, near a hill, he was directing the logistics team to set up the tent, and the people around him had already lit a bonfire and cooked with the stolen grain.
Seeing the surrounding situation, the second brother couldn't help frowning slightly, there will definitely be officers and troops in Guide Mansion, but the vanguard of the entire army does not have the slightest awareness of being on the battlefield. This made him a little worried that the army would rush headlong into Guide and fall into the trap of the official army.
"In charge of the brigade, if these horses meet the officers and soldiers, they will definitely be all finished." Wu Shizhao came to Gao Yihuan's side and said a little melancholy: "It's very dangerous for us to rush forward like this!"
He was born in the Ming army, and he understands the strength of the official army, even if he is the worst guard, he is afraid that he is better than these homeless. Moreover, at present, the Ming Dynasty has long stopped counting on the guards, and most of the officers and soldiers who are fighting bandits everywhere are recruits, or the private soldiers of the generals, and their combat power is many times stronger than that of the guards.
Gao Yihuan nodded, but he was a little puzzled in his heart, Li Guo was one of the five generals who broke into the camp, and he had been rolling on the battlefield for many years, didn't he know the situation of the front army?
"I also know this, but Liu Heizi has received a task to explore the way ahead, and we must go to the front." Gao Yihuan paused for a moment, and sighed again: "Alas, when we leave tomorrow, we will try to stay back as much as possible, and I will also persuade Liu Heizi, don't go so fast, don't be out of touch with the main force."
While the two were talking, Liu Heizi's personal soldiers suddenly came over, "Gaozhang Brigade, the captain is looking for you to discuss things." ”
"You arrange for your brothers to set up camp and take care of their surroundings." Gao Yihuan heard the call, explained Wu Shizhao, and followed Liu Heizi's personal soldiers to discuss the matter.
Outside Liu Heizi's tent, the soldiers were busy camping, and when Gao Yihuan got into the tent, everyone had already arrived.
"Sit down." Liu Heizi saw Gao Yihuan coming in, and casually pointed to a mat and said.
This time, Gao Yihuan made him leak his face in front of Li Guo, and made him realize that Gao Yihuan had two brushes, he knew that his level of military training was limited, and Li Guo knew Gao Yihuan, so he didn't dare to rectify Gao Yihuan anymore, so his attitude towards him changed, and he wanted to keep him by his side, help him do things, and squeeze his ability to achieve his goal of climbing up.
Gao Yihuan arched his hand, regarded it as a salute, and then sat on the cushion. He saw that Liu Heizi, Liu Er, and Wang Jiaping were all excited, as if there was something good, which made them excited, and couldn't help frowning slightly, these people had obviously discussed something a long time ago before calling him over.
After Liu Heizi saw Gao Yihuan sitting down, he immediately laughed and said: "Lao Tzu sent people to investigate, and the officials and soldiers of Sui County and Ningling County have all fled. This is a great opportunity for us to make meritorious contributions, and I am ready to speed up tomorrow and take down these two counties, what do you think? ”
Wang Jiaping immediately said: "Du Wei is wise, take Sui County and Ningling County, and the army can directly enter Shangqiu City." In this way, we not only completed the task of exploring in front, but also took two cities with ease, and the lieutenant will definitely be promoted to the next level! ”
Gao Yihuan frowned when he heard this, he was about to persuade Liu Heizi to slow down, he didn't want him to speed up, "Duwei, we have more than 100,000 people rolling south, it is impossible for the Ming army not to receive the news, Guide is the barrier of Fengyang, Sui County and Ningling County are the barrier of Shangqiu, and the Ming army will definitely not give up." I thought I should send someone to investigate it again, and I couldn't rush forward, and beware of fraud. ”
Wang Jiaping was a little unhappy after hearing this, and raised his voice, "Is the Gao Zhanglu suspicious of the news that I inquire?" ”
"It's not that I suspect that you can't find out, I'm afraid that we will run into the Ming army." Gao Yihuan didn't want to fight with him, "The situation of the striker has also been seen by the lieutenant, and he is not a soldier at all, if he encounters the Ming army, I am afraid that the will be beaten out." ”
Saying that, Gao Yihuan hugged his fists and said: "I thought it was better to be cautious, send more scouts, and don't get too far away from the general." ”
Liu Heizi waved his hand a little impatiently, "General Zhi led more than 200,000 people from the Xiao Yuan battalion to the south, and the Ming army just knew the news of our southward heading, so they retreated back to Shangqiu." Don't talk about this point, Lao Tzu has decided to take Sui County before the others tomorrow morning, and your brigade will be the vanguard of the whole team. ”
Gao Yihuan listened but didn't accept the order, he finally trained the four sentinels, but he didn't want to be reimbursed, "Let's let Wang Zhanglu be the pioneer, I can't do this pioneer." ”
When Liu Heizi heard this, his face instantly gloomy to the extreme. Seeing that Gao Yihuan had some ability, coupled with Li Guo's relationship, he originally wanted to pull him to make meritorious contributions and tie him up under his command. In this way, in the future, whether Gao Yihuan trains or Li Guo asks him to do something else, as long as he has merit, it will definitely be his boss who will be promoted first and make a fortune, but Gao Yihuan is now against his will, but it makes his brain angry.
Seeing Gao Yihuan's attitude, Wang Jiaping and Liu Er immediately got up from the mat and wanted to reprimand Gao Yihuan, but Liu Heizi suddenly waved his hand to stop it, and said fiercely: "Okay, then you can stay behind and watch Lao Tzu make meritorious contributions." ”
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