Chapter 30: Sending troops to quell the rebellion
On the official road from Beijing to Tianjin, the sound of squeaking sounded. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
This is the sound of vehicles walking on the road, and there are all kinds of vehicles from various units in the capital division. They are of a wide range of types, ranging from flatbed carts to wheelbarrows and old-fashioned horse-drawn carriages. Of course, the most of them are the standard carriages produced by the first vehicle workshop of Jingshi produced in Tongzhou.
This product, which was born out of the four-**** carriage, stripped of all comfort measures, became huge, sturdy and most importantly...... The load capacity is huge.
Originally, the carriage, which was only three or five people, carried a squad of soldiers on its head, plus the bags and ordnance of the march, and the head trembled enough to make people feel as if their skeletons had fallen apart like this.
This is a soldier from the Jinwu Regiment of the Jinwu Army stationed in the Fengtai camp, and the new head of the Jinwu Regiment is Qishan, who had made great contributions behind enemy lines in the first battle of Houluzhen.
"Get out of the car and march on foot!" Qi Shan's loud voice came.
Then, the sound of relaxation continued to sound.
On the carriage, one soldier after another got out of the carriage. The last to get out of the car was a somewhat dark and thin man, a little more capable than before, and it was obvious that this was their officer.
The soldiers got out of the carriage, but they breathed a sigh of relief for a while, obviously they had just suffered a lot.
Seeing this, the last man to get out of the car couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You lazy bones, the former Japanese military ordered that the carriages and horses were transported to the battlefield, and you were still jubilant one by one. Now that I've been sitting for two days, I'm as scared as a snake and scorpion. ”
"Company commander, what are you talking about, originally the big guy heard that there was a carriage to do, of course he was happy, thinking that he could walk without two legs. But now the carriage is so jolted that it seems to break the bones apart, and it is really a sin. ”
"It's better to be scattered than to stay inside. Commander Xi, we didn't mean it......"
"I think you're underpracticed!" This officer is Xi Bin, who returned to the army from Wanping. Seeing that Xi Bin's words were subtle, everyone immediately shut up when they heard it.
There are frequent drills in the army, and it is much more powerful than a few bumps in the carriage.
The soldiers who were still making a fuss just now suddenly rolled their eyes and changed the topic: "Company commander, you said that we are in such a hurry, and we have only just reached the halfway point of training, why are we so urgently transferred." In this cold winter, it is difficult to raise military funds. ”
"Of course, you can't think of launching an attack in the cold winter of the moon, and the enemy can't think of it either." Xi Bin's heart suddenly moved, and said: "But this time in the war, I have something to say, I want to talk about it." ”
As he spoke, Xi Bin pondered it.
The Jinwu Regiment of the Jinwu Army is the trump card in the whole army, and as a newly recruited army that has gained fame, its ambitions are not small. Therefore, the soldiers here are also selected from the best. For example, the recruitment of soldiers in other armies is not smooth, and even the basic standard recruitment is not enough. And the soldiers here in the Jinwu Regiment, needless to say, have physical fitness, all of them are skilled in combat skills, and the most important thing is that all of them can read and write more than 300 words.
For ordinary soldiers, management is based on grace and power.
But since Zhu Cihong prepared to build the Royal Guards Legion and now expanded to four main armies, Zhu Cihong has paid a lot of attention to something that makes Xi Bin feel very fresh.
This thing is called spiritual construction.
From the soldier's sense of honor, sense of belonging, and all kinds of spiritual construction, Xi Bin feels that this is no longer a military management idea that can be simply described by grace and power.
"Some people say that when a soldier eats food, whoever gives food will serve as a soldier. Don't think so much, who gives the food and pay, and who sells his life. This is not rough, and it has some meaning. But who are we? Is it a soldier of the Imperial Royal Army, and that's all he has in his heart? I don't think it's so simple, right? Xi Bin glanced around at everyone.
Hearing this, the soldiers who were marching couldn't help but gather over and quietly listened to Xi Bin continue.
They all know that this new company commander is a warrior in the army, and the squad broke through the enemy's rear for thousands of miles back then, and made outstanding achievements, if it weren't for the grand event of a marriage proposal at the military awards ceremony, I am afraid that it is not simply a company commander now. Of course, as the company commander of the Jinwu Regiment, that is a position that the battalion commanders of other ordinary troops do not change.
"Commander......" Suddenly, some whispered exclaims.
Qi Shan waved his hand and motioned to the soldiers not to make a sound.
Xi Bin continued as he walked: "As soldiers, the first principle is to obey orders, and the second principle is to obey orders. The orders given by the superior are guaranteed to be completed correctly. But if you can't understand the orders, you can't understand these orders, and you only know that being a soldier eats food, it's a rice bucket. There must be some people who only think about eating and waiting for death when they are full, and who gives more money to whomever lives. Set up a rice bucket on the opposite side and you can run over! ”
"What does the company commander mean by this, I won't do this shameless thing!"
"But I can't stop some people from really thinking so......"
"I don't understand ...... either"
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The various accents permeated for a moment, and an argument ensued.
Xi Bin continued: "When the brothers carry out the order, will they inevitably have doubts in their hearts? When faced with mortal acts, some people are calm, and some people will retreat. When faced with an incomprehensible order, who can guarantee that they will not choose to escape because of confusion and confusion? For example, this time, the enemy we have to face is not the Tartars, not the rebels, but the rebels. It is the enemy of the three guards in Tianjin, and now that the order of our imperial army has been issued, our Jinwu regiment has marched forward to suppress the chaotic party. Attack an enemy who was once a soldier of the Empire! ”
Everyone's eyes widened at once.
They had been locked up in the barracks for so long that they really didn't know that the enemy they were going to attack this time was actually their former comrades. Although the Weisuo army of Tianjin Sanwei is unbearable, many of the children of the army are from military families, and many soldiers can have military household relationships for several generations.
This time, they were going to attack the chaotic soldiers of Tianjin Sanwei, and many people really panicked when they heard it.
"Tianjin Wei's military household is a chaotic party?"
"Our enemy is the military household of Tianjin Wei?"
"Is that really what the military order says?"
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"Look, it's really psychological, right?" Xi Bin said slowly: "The military order is to suppress the chaotic party in Tianjin, there is no doubt about this. Once the military order has been issued, then don't question it and implement it immediately! As military men, we carry out orders. If you are in doubt, come back to your supervisor after you have done it. You can keep your opinion, but you must carry out your commands. This is what distinguishes us from undisciplined mercenaries! ”
"All the troops are leaving!"
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When the time came in the afternoon, the Jinwu group arrived outside Tianjin.
The once bustling gateway to Gyeonggi has become a mess. In the bitter cold of winter, most of the remaining buildings outside the city have been burned by the rebels to keep warm, and only a few larger mansions have become the residence of the rebel leaders.
The rebels have been besieging the city for more than a month, and the time has quietly slipped to the last day of Chongzhen's 276th year.
The weather was nice on this day.
The rebels also routinely kept a program to drive the victims from outside the city into the city.
This was the result of their wreaking havoc outside the city, countless villages were breached, and everything inside was looted by the rebels. But the rebels of the Tianjin Sanwei clearly did not intend to expand their base, and they chose to drive these victims who had lost everything into the city.
And there are also some benevolent and well-meaning families in the city, who will give out tens of hundreds of stone of grain every day for disaster relief. It is said that the leader is still a famous man and a nobleman. As a result, every morning, during the time when the government fleet outside the city was transporting supplies into the water gate, in a short period of an hour, the west gate of Tianjin on the other side would open, and thousands of victims would be driven to the city gate. After receiving food of tens of hundreds of stones, the rebels would let go of the victims, and they would still wait for the gates to open and rush into the city.
The rebels seem to lack the strength to siege the city.
But they are obviously not waiting for death, after a steady stream of victims entered the city, the few remaining food in Tianjin has become more and more scarce, and the pressure on the government to provide disaster relief has become even greater.
As a result, since the day before yesterday, the city gate of Tianjin City has been closed, and even the water gate, which was originally frozen and strong enough for people to walk through, is no longer open.
But the rebels did not stop the operation.
There is still a steady stream of refugees being driven under the city walls, and the government is not accepting them, but more and more people are still pouring in. Countless people froze to death on the spot.
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Located in the Qinghuagang outside Tianjin, in a courtyard, Wang Liqiao, the leader of the rebels who had arranged this reserved program, returned to the courtyard.
is different from the appearance of showing off his might in the chaotic barracks, as soon as he entered the hospital, Wang Liqiao suddenly became low-eyebrowed. The leader of the rebels, who had led the rebels to shoot at the head of the gun, entered the study in the courtyard under the leadership of an old servant.
There is a place where Wang Liqiao's life and death are in control.
It was freezing and snowy outside, and the cold air penetrated into the body in the smallest place, making people shiver from the cold. But as soon as you enter the study, you can feel a heat wave ushering. The fire dragon in the house is vigorous, and the warmth is like a return to summer.
Wang Liqiao took off his stinky padded jacket, changed into cleaner clothes, and entered the inner study.
Inside, the three of them talked and laughed about the harvest this time.
"To say, in this Shuntian Mansion, Gyeonggi can't go. This leaves Tianjin, and there is no prosperous place everywhere. In recent years, Hejian Mansion has been destroyed by the Qing army too much, and it can't grab good things, and it has broken a few villages, and it will make a profit with some winter food back and forth. This is Kong Xujin, who speaks the loudest voice and has the most significant characteristics. This one is in command to make his body fat, but he keeps wiping sweat on his forehead this winter, and he is still complaining, which is very eye-catching.
"It's Tianjin, except for the Zhigu Triangle River, which is close to the canal, there is no rich place near the left. Even if it's the money, I don't think there's any need to care. I still listen to what Elder Gao said, and first force this Tianjin into a collapse. If you really fight, it's not that you can't beat it, or you tear your face, and there is no room to turn around. can only use the method of literature to send all the victims in, force them down, and the court will be able to soften. Wen Fuxian said with a smile, dressed as a scholar, but the words he said made people shudder.
"Huh? The bridge is coming. Wang Hengjia didn't speak, his eyelids raised, and when he saw Wang Liqiao coming in, he asked, "The city gate is still not open today?" ”
"Returning to the general, there is no door open in Tianjin today. More than 3,000 people who had plundered from the Silent Sea had been driven to the city. The water gate to the south hasn't been opened...... "Wang Hengjia replied cautiously.
Don't look at him hugging in front of the outside, like a chaotic leader. However, the distribution of power of Tianjin Sanwei did not change because of this military rebellion, but many officers who did not deal with the three people on weekdays died inexplicably in this chaos. In the end, all three commanders made their authority greater, and their cronies were scattered everywhere, and Wang Liqiao was chosen, but because this person had more dealings with Gao Eryan.
"Hmph, those people in the city are getting angry." Wang Hengjia snorted coldly, and said indifferently: "However, Elder Gao didn't move, but it was a little strange." ”
"Didn't Brother Jin, Brother Hui, and Brother De all go to the city? This time, Elder Gao moved a lot in Beijing, and the effect was also very powerful. The world-famous Shi Xianzhi and Mr. Shi Zhai all did it. This time, those people in Tianjin City are stubborn and want to follow the reform party, and when the time comes, they will just be mantis arms as a car! Wen Fuxian sat down and waved fiercely.
When Wang Hengjia and Kong Xujin heard this, they both laughed one after another.
On the side, Wang Liqiao couldn't help but smile again and again, and the atmosphere was so cheerful.
Just as the more people talked, the more cheerful they became, suddenly, the whole ground trembled slightly.
Although Wang Hengjia and the three of them are called officers, they actually have no military knowledge at all, and they looked left and right in wonder, thinking that someone shook the table.
Only Wang Liqiao walked south and north, and suddenly thought of the scene when he saw the people rushing in the Mongolian steppe: "It's a cavalry!" ”
After that, Wang Liqiao suddenly changed color.
"Get out there and investigate!" Wang Hengjia was also pale.
Wang Liqiao rushed out of the house.
The three of them looked at each other, and they were no longer in the mood to laugh, so they put on their leather jackets and rushed out of the house.
At this moment, in the north of Tianjin, on the official road that meanders all the way along the Luhe River, a black line covers the sky and the sun.
There, in the middle, a huge flag fluttered in the wind.
Underneath the banner were countless cavalry soldiers. They were stretched in a row, from east to west, endlessly, and the black pressure was all the iron spears in the hands of the war horses and soldiers.
"It's the cavalry of the Jinwu Army!" Wang Liqiao shuddered suddenly.
Rumble......
Another loud bang resounded through the sky.
To the south, the door to the refugees' long-awaited hope opened.
Not only that, but this opening is actually the opening of all four gates in Tianjin.
It's just that this time it's no longer the officials who come out for disaster relief, not the army armed to the teeth!
"The officers and soldiers have put down the rebellion!"
Wang Hengjia, Kong Xujin and Wen Fuxian looked at this scene, as if they had been struck by lightning, and their bodies trembled slightly. (To be continued.) )