Chapter 889: I want to shine on the lintel

The sailors' warships arrived three days later than expected, and this rarely happened in the Black Flag Army, which had such strict military discipline, although it was already summer, but the rain was not diligent for a while, and there were few wind and waves on the river, and the estimated time was quite generous, but the sailors were still late, which was a little puzzling.

What's even more puzzling is that Fang Xie didn't blame the Navy General Zheng Qiu for a word.

The main generals in the Black Flag Army all know Fang Jie, and on weekdays, Fang Xie and these subordinates talk and talk about each other, and Fang Xie has not done this kind of thing once when he squats with the soldiers and eats with a bowl. But as long as it is the design of military affairs, Fang Jie's requirements for his subordinates are extremely strict, and this time it is unusual, but it is a little incomprehensible.

And after Zheng Qiu arrived, he was called into the study by Fang Jie, and stayed in it for more than half an hour before coming out, and he didn't know what Lu Dao was talking about.

Although many people have discovered the extraordinariness of this matter, Du Dingbei's mind is not on this at all, at this time, his excitement is nothing but nervousness, unparalleled excitement. In the Central Plains, there has been no example of him for too long.

More than 100 years ago, after Emperor Taizong of the Great Sui Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he promoted a little-known person from a poor family, Li Xiao, who was only a teenager at the time. At that time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not understand why Emperor Taizong would choose this way. Not to mention Li Xiao's humble background, there is nothing glamorous on his resume.

At that time, the Great Sui Dynasty was at its infancy, and the talents of the younger generation abounded. Emperor Taizong chose a person who had nothing outstanding to promote, which caused an uproar at the time. At that time, although Taizu Yang Jian killed a lot of heroes, after all, there were still many founding generals alive, and the descendants of these people had grown up because of the teachings of their fathers, and they sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

The teenage Li Xiao was entrusted by Emperor Taizong with the important task of training the new army, which was an errand only received by meritorious veterans at that time. And this belt of soldiers is ten years, Li Xiao has eaten and lived in the barracks in the past ten years, has not fought, and the criticism in the court has not stopped in the past ten years. And perhaps in order to shut up those courtiers, Emperor Taizong asked Li Xiao, who already had a military position, to participate in the entrance examination of the Martial Arts Academy, and won the championship in one fell swoop.

Ten years later, Li Xiao, who had not made an inch, was promoted by Emperor Taizong to the rank of general of the third grade, which was simply unacceptable to the Manchu civil and military. The general of Zheng Sanpin, how many of the old ministers who followed Emperor Taizu to fight the country did not reach this position?

It was a dream for a young man of low birth and no military merits to be promoted to one of the generals of the Sixteen Guards before he was thirty years old.

After Emperor Taizong promoted Li Xiao to a general, he asked him to take 100,000 new troops to Fanhu Lake to train sailors and supervise the construction of warships. For another five years, Li Xiao, who has passed the age of thirty, has led the soldiers and horses for fifteen years without waves.

On Li Xiao's thirty-third birthday, the imperial court suddenly came to the decree again, and Emperor Taizong promoted Li Xiao to a first-class marquis, and the whole court was shocked!

But before the courtiers could object, Emperor Taizong suddenly ordered a southern expedition!

Li Xiao was appointed as the commander of the southern march, the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of all roads, the commander of the 100,000 new troops of the southern expedition and the ten guards who participated in the war, and some veterans had to be controlled by him! Emperor Taizong's decree pointed out very seriously that whoever opposes Li Xiao is against him, and whoever keeps giving orders is disrespectful.

The next thing is well known, the thirty-three-year-old Li Xiao led the army south, and the sailor he created single-handedly defeated the Nanchen sailor, who was known as unparalleled in the world, and the Yangtze River, which Nanchen regarded as a moat, became the tomb of the Nanchen sailor. After crossing the river, although the new army trained by Li Xiao entered the battlefield in a real sense for the first time, the sharpness of the self-sacrifice was immediately displayed.

The 100,000 new army took only one month to level the current Huainan Province and approach Jiangdu City.

It was an era of many famous generals, and after the founding heroes of the Great Sui Dynasty, in this war, dozens of people emerged and shone like stars in the sky. After these generals, no one refused to admit defeat in the battle to destroy Chen, and rushed forward with all their strength. The army of the Great Sui crushed the Nanchen army into powder, and these young generals were impressive in the war.

However, there is no doubt that if there is a bright star behind those gates, then Li Xiao is a bright moon in the sky, and no one can cover his light. Emperor Taizong is the red sun, giving this round of bright moon brilliance.

Li Xiao spent five years in Jiangnan and laid down more than half of the current Great Sui.

He spent fifteen years dormant, five years shocked!

Although Emperor Taizong had to withdraw him from Jiangnan and send him to defend the bitter cold land in the northwest because of Li Xiao's great merit, Li Xiao's experience was undoubtedly an inspiration to all the disciples of the Han Sect.

Du Dingbei's current mind is only afraid of being like Li Xiao's appreciation and trust in Emperor Taizong back then. Before coming to Xinyang City with the army, Du Dingbei never thought that he would be reused like this anyway. The first battle of crossing the river is of great significance to the conquest of Northern Jiangsu!

Fang Xie didn't care that he was young or that he didn't have command experience, this kind of trust was not something that anyone could give. Therefore, Du Dingbei's gratitude to Fang Xie in his heart was beyond words, and he told himself over and over again that he must not be sorry for the trust of the lord!

Fang Jie's decision to use an inexperienced sixteen-year-old Hanmen to command this war had been publicized a few days ago, and the people of Xinyang City and even hundreds of miles had heard about it. On the day of the scheduled start of the war, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the distance on the west bank of Luoshui to watch the battle, and they all wanted to see how the sixteen-year-old boy who was activated by the grandfather of the country defeated the long-accomplished Mr. Xishan in North Jiangsu.

"Hey!"

An old man stroked his beard and said: "I have experienced two major wars in my life, the first was the destruction of the Great Sui army by the Shang Dynasty. This is the second time, the Great Sui is already in chaos, but there is a Black Flag Army in our southwest, who dares to make a mistake? Only people like Grandpa Guo will use people from our humble backgrounds, have you heard that Grandpa Guo is also from a humble family! ”

"Why haven't you heard of it?"

A person next to him raised his chin and looked proud, as if Fang Xie was his acquaintance and good friend: "Who doesn't know about the matter of Grandpa Guo in the entire Central Plains?" When he entered Chang'an as a teenager, he was a blockbuster, and Mo said that he won the excellent results of the nine doors of the Yanwu Academy, which is now the small character calculation method that has been circulated all over the world, and the pinyin annotation method can only be thought of by heaven? There is a country in our southwest, and no demons and monsters dare to come over! ”

"In the past, there was a war, we could hide and run, where would we talk and laugh and watch like we do now?"

A middle-aged man said with a pipe in his mouth: "Today, I put down all the work in the field, and I want to see how this young man used by Grandpa Guo gave Grandpa Guo a long face!" ”

"Drumming!"

At this time, the sound of drums came from the riverside, and the people looked at the river from a high place, and a man in a big red cloak rode to the front of the battle, shouting loudly.

"Onward!"

"Onward!"

"Onward!"

The soldiers of the Black Flag Army who were waiting on the shore erupted into a deafening roar, like a pack of fierce tigers.

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Du Dingbei clenched his fists vigorously and quietly wiped the sweat from his palms on his clothes. He quickly climbed the high platform built by the river and took the big flag in the hands of the herald beside him. Behind him, thirty-six huge cowhide war drums were beating, and the soldiers were ready to go to the other side to give the enemy a taste of the Black Flag saber and gun.

"Please ask General Zheng Qiu, the water division, to clean up the river!"

Du Dingbei shouted loudly.

The horn sounded whining, and it didn't take long for the flagship of the Navy Division to respond to the horn, followed by dozens of Yellow Dragon warships and two large ships that began to move slowly, and on the warship, the Sailor archers were already in full array. Before crossing the river, the sailors had to clean up the fleet of the Northern Soviet Army on the river and suppress the archers on the opposite bank.

Standing at the bow of the flagship, Zheng Qiu's expression was also very solemn. This was the first battle after he led the army to Shunfang, and he felt pain in his heart. This battle must not be ugly, otherwise the future status will be worrisome. And if Du Dingbei betrays Fang Jie's trust in this battle, he is afraid that it will be difficult to stand out in the Black Flag Army in the future.

It's a matter of the future, and no one dares to be careless.

"General"

Adjutant General Xu Shubao stood beside Zheng Qiu and pointed to the Northern Soviet Army on the other side and said: "The enemy army is all small boats, and it seems that they want to rely on flexibility to come over and destroy the boats." ”

Zheng Qiu raised his clairvoyance and looked at it, then sneered: "Water ghost? I have led the troops for so many years and have not been scuttled by a water ghost to sink a warship, let him see what is the difference between a real sailor and a patchwork army! Let our water ghosts go down from the other side of the big boat first, don't be seen by the people on the other side, and use the new flag! ”

"Whoa!"

Xu Shubao turned around and gave a few orders, and the flag-bearer standing on the mast immediately waved the flag.

On the other side, in the Northern Soviet Army.

A middle-aged man with clairvoyance frowned, and couldn't help muttering, "What kind of flag is this?" How is it different from the flag language of the Great Sui Water Division? ”

Sun Yingdian sat beside him and looked at the middle-aged man: "Mr. Xishan, what did you say?" ”

The middle-aged man, who looked to be in his thirties and had an elegant demeanor, shook his head: "It's nothing, it's just some usual tricks." Zheng Qiu's sailors thought that with a big boat, they would be able to run rampant on the river, and I had already recruited hundreds of fishermen with excellent water properties to prepare, and when the time came, he would not dare to be so arrogant when he scuttled his two big boats. ”

Sun Yingdian nodded, and after a while, asked, "Mr. Xishan...... You can't afford to lose this time! The Black Flag military is so arrogant, using a hairy boy to command the river crossing, if this battle is won by them, not only will your face be bad, but I will not have the face to see people! ”

Mr. Nishiyama said coldly: "I thought Fang Xie was a great character, but from this incident, I can see that he is just a wasted person." He just wants to use this young man to provoke us, and he also wants to use this method to force us to fight a decisive battle by the river, he has a sailor, thinking that he can defeat our team in a battle, thinking too beautiful. ”

"It's all up to you."

Sun Yingdian's face was a little worried, but there was no other way at this time.

West Bank

Seeing the warship start, the people in the high place cheered, and the sound even drowned out the sound of the war drums, this kind of scene was the first time that even the soldiers of the Black Flag Army had experienced it. Never before has the procession marched, and hundreds of thousands of people cheered along the coast. The fighting spirit in the hearts of the soldiers was summoned by this cheer, and everyone was gearing up.

"Dingbei"

Fang Xie walked to Du Dingbei's side and stood still, pointed to the defense line of the Northern Soviet Army on the opposite side and said, "What is the other side?" ”

"It's the enemy!"

Du Dingbei replied.

"No"

Fang Xie shook his head: "On the other side is the gold-lettered plaque outside the main gate of your house, an ink pen that can write in the history books, the cheers of your hometown, and the first stone step you climbed up the mountain." ”

"My subordinates understand!"

Du Dingbei was completely stimulated by this sentence, he glanced at Fang Xie and said loudly: "Lord, your subordinates want to glorify the lintel!" ”