Chapter 715: Assembling (2)
Hikten sat on the barge on the river steam deck, leisurely looking at the scenery on both sides of the river, and there was a violent roar in his ears. The long fleet had been on the river for three days, and it was the first time that it had been on such a boat for so long.
The final assembly point of the Sixth Main Cavalry Division of the Western Military Region, where he was located, was Dandong Town. Therefore, they did not ride their horses to Tawynburg on long marches like other units of the Western Military District, which also saved Hikten their the toil of long marches.
The officers and men of the Sixth Main Cavalry Division were all at the wharf of Qiqihar Town, and they arrived in Fangzhou by boat all the way through the Nenjiang, Songhua and Gray Pao Rivers, and boarded a train to Shenyang. The Logistics Department of the Central Military Commission has already mobilized a large number of war horses from several military horse farms in Liaohe and sent them to Shenyang in advance. After receiving the horses, the 6th Main Cavalry Division rode south along the official road to Dandong Town, their final assembly point.
Most of the warriors on the ship were born in the outer northeast, so the scenery along the coast was a great attraction for them. From time to time, farmers working on the shore waved to them, and occasionally they saw one or two girls and aunts, and a group of animals on the boat would also cry and howl for a while.
In particular, many of the girls of the indigenous tribes along the coast, when they saw the dense half-size children on the boat, they would wave generously, and the bold ones would even lift their leather skirts, revealing their white buttocks, and shake at them, provoking the soldiers on the boat to shout like crazy.
Although Hikten was also excited, he was shy by nature, but he did not shout like other comrades. But at the age of estrus, when you see a woman by the river, you can't help but feel distracted.
At this time, Hickten's body was like a fire. There are a lot of sake houses built on the periphery of the army barracks, and there are many Japanese, Korean and indigenous women in them, whenever the troops are on vacation. The warriors would line up to go there for recreation. Although Hickten wanted to go, the consumption there was not cheap, and his monthly allowance was sent back to his family, and he was not willing to keep the money in those places at all.
The next day, the flotilla arrived in Fangzhou, and Hikten and his comrades disembarked. After sitting on the boat for a few days, he was extremely swelling and painful all over his body, and he was like other comrades-in-arms, stretching his arms and kicking his legs, trying to relieve his body's fatigue.
The troops sorted out the queue, and then came to the Fangzhou railway station in turn, Hikten and his comrades were stunned by the railroad tracks and trains in the distance, they were all born in the mountains. I haven't seen much of the world, and I'm a little stupid in the face of such a shocking scene.
"Woo......"
A shrill whistle woke Hickten from the shock, and he subconsciously turned his head to see a column of steel dragons emitting smoke, roaring towards them, frightening him.
It's not just him. The other fighters in the queue were also stupefied, and they were originally neatly lined up. Suddenly there was chaos, and many soldiers simply ran to the side, and the platoon commander who led the team kicked and scolded again and again to stabilize the team.
It wasn't until the train whizzed past them that the mood of the troops stabilized. This also made the cadres of the unit feel very humiliated, and they reorganized the queue. A good meal at the soldiers. However, the platoon commander also specifically named and praised some fighters such as Hikten who did not mess up.
Hickten felt very guilty in his heart, although the platoon commander praised him, he knew it in his own heart. He was so frightened that he couldn't move just now, so he stood still and didn't run. If he could move, he would have run away with others. I guess those soldiers who were praised were just like him.
The town of Dandong has now become a huge military camp, with troops arriving from all over the country pitching tents along the northern bank of the Yalu River. The Military Commission paid no attention to the North Koreans on the other side of the strait, and did not even do the most basic disguise.
The large-scale build-up in the Far East immediately frightened the Korean defenders on the other side. They saw that the Far Eastern Army on the other side of the river had gathered 20,000 or 30,000 men in less than a month, and immediately sent a report to the Korean king of Hanyang, Yi Liang, that is, the Joseon Injo in Korean history.
In history, Yi Liang launched the "Injo Anyway" to overthrow Gwanghae-kun and sat down as the king of Joseon.
In fact, since his accession to the throne, Gwanghae-jun has made great efforts to govern the country, carried out internal reforms, worked hard to stabilize the people's livelihood, and adopted a policy of separation between the Later Kim and Ming regimes to strive for the actual interests of North Korea. The "Datong Law", a reform law for the relief of the poor, was also enacted, which exempted the landless people from paying grain to the state, and only the landlords had to pay grain to the government.
However, such a policy was bound to be hostile to the North Korean bureaucratic landlord class, so it gave Ri the opportunity to launch the "Injo Anyway" campaign. As for what is said in the history of Korea, the whole country of Korea is grateful to the Ming Dynasty for its "grace of reconstruction" and cannot tolerate the disloyalty to the Celestial Empire such as Gwanghaejun's "not betraying the Ming Dynasty and not being angry with Jin", so he supports Li Liang to launch the "Renjo Anyway" and the argument that he is elected to succeed to the throne is pure nonsense, mainly because Gwanghaejun touched the interests of the Shiren landlord class.
After Injo Ri succeeded to the throne, Joseon returned to its previous policy. The examination for the selection of civil and military officials became a tool in the hands of powerful officials and those in power. The frequent holding of special courses and the first class created an urgent need for land, and the practice of two classes of landlords not registering their own land led to a large loss of state taxes.
In the 17th century alone, the number of private academies tripled, multiplying the real estate of the academies, and increasing the number of scholars and students they sheltered. Competition for office has become fierce, as it is easy to reap financial benefits from holding office for one term. In the court, there are constant party disputes, and politics is becoming more and more corrupt. The imperial court emphasized literature over military force, so that the eight military preparations were slackened.
Originally, the northern Hamgyong Province and Pyongan Province were constantly encroached upon by the natives of the Far East and the Northeast, which had already made the Li Dynasty very frightened, and after several unsuccessful notes to the Far East, he sent an envoy to Beijing to ask for help. But at this time, the Ming Dynasty still had any intention of caring about North Korea, so he could only symbolically send an envoy to Liaodong to reprimand the Far Southeast's encroachment on North Korea, so that the Far East could control the foreign natives under its rule, and then it would be gone.
Joseon Renzu Li Liang once again received an urgent report from Pyongan Province, and found that the Far East had annexed tens of thousands of southern Liaoning and wanted to invade the country.
However, the Far East's reply was that the Far East's stationing of troops in southern Liaoning was to organize an exercise, and the main purpose was to test the recent training results of the Far East Army, and the show was absolutely not aimed at any country or region. (To be continued......)