Chapter 465 Dragon Boat Festival
On the 5th day of the fifth month of Wanli, humans from now on should remember this day.
Mr. Wu Shanyan, the former governor, cried because he was dismissed from his post and returned home. It was not because the rice dumplings this year were too unpalatable, but because he was woken up by the Wu Jue and had not had time to lose his temper. He saw Emperor Taizu crossing the yard wall with his dragon-bearded shoes and smiling at him.
From the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the Song Dynasty, the founding emperors were all military nobles. Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, who had been a monk and wanted to have dinner, urgently needed to enhance his orthodoxy when he ascended the throne. All civil and military officials and officials believed that they needed to make a fuss about the emperor's portraits. Therefore, in addition to the righteousness, many strange phenomena also arose, such as shoe-pulling faces and a different portrait of Liu Bang's butt moving 72 emperor moles on his butt to his face.
This situation was finally normal until the Zhu Di era. In fact, it was not normal. It was only after it finally evolved to a complete body, without the moles that made people feel dense and fearful, the shoehorn face was slightly better, and the beard under the jaw grew into a dragon's beard, majestic and tall.
However, what is truly worth remembering by the world still happens in the north of the Dragon Boat Festival. You have to cross the Great Wall and look north.
After half a month of long journey, Qi Jiguang's troops were divided into two groups, driving in the sand forest of Fenghua basalt, the generals of fried flowers led their troops to lure the main force of the Tuman tribe to the south bank of Dali Lake.
Last year, Qi Jiguang appointed the border army to disguise as Mongolian cavalry to investigate this generation of terrain and landforms, and specially ordered the Beiyang Military Weapons and Equipment Factory to make a batch of sand-colored tents for him. It is extremely difficult for marching in this place for the chariot camp. It is not that it cannot be done, but it is difficult to walk. The most feared thing is that it is discovered by the enemy during the march.
Because the marching road is sometimes sandy, sometimes gravel land, and sometimes grassland, the formation speed varies. The slowest time will be a stick of incense slower than the land, which is to create a chance for the enemy to kill themselves.
Qi Jiguang never gives the enemy a chance.
The enemy was very successful, and the rider wrapped in a sand-colored cloak rewarded him. The Tuman tribe was camping on the south bank, with yurts on the border, and it seemed that there were still people fishing in the lake.
The Sand City is covered with a curtain. Not to mention that the enemy cannot see it, even the riders in the headquarters are difficult to find out if they want to go home. It depends on the indicators on the road to accurately transmit the news.
The tired rider entered the camp and was led to the central army tent by the patrolmen. He bowed to Qi Jiguang and said, "Master, commander, the commander, the second general Hua Da, asked when to attack. They have followed the command of the Master and are ready."
Qi Jiguang seemed to be indifferent to the preparations of the Wulianghai surrendered army. He just planned the baggage over and over again, and asked without raising his head: "When they asked you to report the news, would they explore the location of the camp or send someone to follow me?"
"The Taining Guard rider asked, hehe, the commander has an order and asks them to obey orders."
The young scouts held their fists seriously in their kneeling posture, and did not dare to make any small moves on the commander. Not to mention the commander in front of him, even the small flag officer, the subordinates of the Qi family army did not dare to show any slack expression. Speaking of this, they envied the Eastern Army.
Even during this expedition that exceeded six months, many veterans of the Qi family army had the idea of retiring after receiving rewards from the court after fighting this war.
They retired not because they wanted to go home to farm. The Southern Army followed Qi Jiguang to defend the south and south to fight against Tatars. They had excellent military skills and were rewarded with slim hands, so it was impossible for them to farm with peace of mind. Most veterans hoped to go to Beiyang to apply for recruitment after retirement and strive to work in the East China for a few more years.
In comparison, although the Qi family's military salary is high and the reward is high, how can the military soldiers in the military government have high and the reward is high? Moreover, the atmosphere of the Qi family's military is too serious and the military law is too strict. Just like the cavalry, if he accidentally smiles or makes inappropriate small moves when answering the general, he goes out to find the army judge to tie him up, and there is no other way.
The atmosphere of the Eastern Military Office was much better. According to several lucky enough to organize military orders to go to the Beiyang Military Office to chat with the injured and retired Dongyang Army, Chen Shuai from the East was particularly happy. He had been stationed in various counties in North Asia for a long time and paid great attention to the spare time of the soldiers. He would not eat well no matter where he went. His leisure time was not like the Qi family army, just letting him sing and learn the regulations.
People can read scripts when the flag army in the Eastern Army's office returns to the camp for dinner. If they take turns to take turns to the city, they will enter the city. As long as they don't ask flowers and willows, they don't poison the people, who cares about you drinking tea or listening to a song? The generals and officers are all good at writing. In addition, the local people from Shanghai respect our Daming Army as an official... What kind of gods does that look like? Do you dare to think about it?
What's more, the military force is composed of the East Ocean. Compared with the West, the South Ocean is unique. The South Ocean is full of Fujian-Guangzhou soldiers, and the West is full of Guangdong-Guangzhou soldiers. If you throw the Zhejiang soldiers into the Fujian-Guangzhou camp, no one will care about you if you are angry. But the East Ocean Army is different. There are vagrants from four provinces, soldiers from Shaanxi, soldiers from Shanxi, soldiers from Shandong, soldiers from Fujian, Guangdong, and soldiers from Nanzhi.
Anyway, it’s a hodgepodge, so no one can bully anyone. After entering the training ground of the Beiyang Military Palace, you can still learn standard Shuntian Mandarin. The training subjects of the new recruits in the Beiyang School are all skilled by veterans of the Qi family. In the past, they were the best soldiers. They could buy a three-entry yard in their hometown for a year.
That is the place where martial artists in the world should go the most.
In fact, Qi Jiguang also knew about these things, but he was not worried. He left the battlefield of the southeast to suppress the Japanese. He was already very skilled in leading troops to train troops. He did not rely on the Southern Army, and the Northern Army could also train and educate them. There were so many people in the world, so he was not afraid that no one would join the army.
What's more... the recruitment system today is very dangerous for him. He hopes that all soldiers in the empire can be universal and rigorously trained, so that he can be less suspicious.
As long as he finishes this battle, which I don’t know where he will be stopped by the emperor, and let him retire successfully, that is the best thing.
There is no way, Qi Jiguang can basically guess his ending. The most distinctive feature of a person like him is not to plan thousands of miles away, nor to pull a thousand pounds and a cavalry to become a thousand. As a general, the most obvious feature is to train troops - this will be a very uncomfortable position in future history books.
When he talked about Ma Fang, the old man was sixty and rode his horse and kicked his sword and led his elite Tartars to kick Altan's camp.
When it comes to Li Chengliang, the elite cavalry of Liaodong land tigers killed the tribe chiefs called grandpa.
When it comes to Qi Jiguang, this person is obviously useless. He used the Mandarin Duck Formation to fight small bandits in the south. He has been stationed in the northern gate of the capital for so many years, the Mandarin Duck Formation has not worked anymore, and he actually fought those small battles?
Who knows how to fight a war that can be trained? As long as the logistics can keep up, just push forward?
Qi Jiguang was very grateful to the ambitious Emperor Wanli for declaring war on the north at this time, giving him the opportunity to traverse the desert.
He was very satisfied with the cavaliers' cavalry. He lifted the camp tent and looked at the small flag swaying in the wind on the lower head of the middle of the car formation and said, "Go down and rest for an hour. As long as the wind direction remains unchanged, gallop to the Fried Flower Camp, and it is clear that it will attack the Tuman Grazing Camp tonight. When they arrive, they should have seen the flames."
The sunset in the north of the desert is so beautiful. The fire in the sky is burning, and the soldiers in the red carriage formation are busy installing big monsters with skeletons. Buckets of coal and boxes of long twisted flowering bullets are moved into the basket.
In the place where the commander couldn't see, the naughty sergeant painted a few words on the flying fish skin with charcoal pen, such as don't fall into Dali Lake.
Anyway, tonight, when the sparks are brilliant.
Chapter completed!