Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 449 Li Dingguo

In the early morning of March 11, 28, the sea in Liaodong was calm, and the junction of sea and sky began to turn red. From time to time, white seagulls skimmed briskly across the sea, enjoying the delicacies bestowed by nature.

The islands are shrouded in the mist that seems to be nothing, making them look like fairy mountains on the sea. If a literati sees this scene, they will write poems and sing songs to express their feelings and hearts. .

Just after Mao, several tall and stalwart giant ships broke through the lingering fog and came out, floating on the sea several miles away from the islands. anchored at sea.

More than a dozen small boats, fastened by thick ropes, were lowered from the big boat one after another. Immediately afterwards, rope nets were laid down along the sides of the boats. The soldiers came to the side of the ship, turned around and climbed down the rope net.

During the whole process, there was no noise from the soldiers, as if everyone was born like this.

These giant ships are the fleet of the Zheng family in Fujian, and the ships are loaded with the troops of Liu Guoneng and Zhang Wenyao.

After receiving the order of the Ministry of War, after two days and two nights of sailing, the two led their troops to the Liaodong Sea near North Korea. According to the subordinates of the Ministry of War, they divided their troops to attack small islands that might have slave garrisons.

Since they were ordered to be dispatched to Dengzhou, Liu Guoneng and Zhang Wenyao, apart from the daily training of soldiers, took turns to lead the team on board the voyage, the purpose is to familiarize themselves with the water and adapt to the sea conditions.

Most of the soldiers under the two men came from Shaanxi, not to mention the sea, and they hadn't even seen many lakes with a slightly larger area. They were all veritable landlubbers.

When embarking on a long voyage for the first time, almost everyone suffered from seasickness and vomiting symptoms without exception. Zhang Wenyao, who often boasted how strong his body was, did not escape this curse.

During the five-day voyage back and forth, Zhang Wenyao vomited while eating and drinking on the ship. After the fleet returned to Dengzhou and anchored, Zhang Wenyao was dragged off the ship by his own soldiers. He was a tall and burly man. In just a few days, he became pale and thin, and he looked like a weak and sick child. Liu Guoneng, who hadn't seen him for a few days, couldn't stop laughing wildly at his miserable state.

Later, as the number of trips to the sea increased, the five thousand landlubbers gradually adapted to the sea conditions. Liu Guoneng and Zhang Wenyao took Huangcheng Island and Yaoji Island near Dengzhou as the targets of landing operations, and each led their teams to perform countless drills. Person-times, and repeatedly consider various possible situations so that the soldiers can respond to various emergencies in a timely manner.

What the two of them didn't know was that their training method had already created history, and these 5000 people were actually the first marines in China.

During the nearly one-year-long drill, a young soldier named Li Dingguo from Liu Guoneng's department stood out and performed extremely well in various drills. Finally, under the recommendation of Ye Tianxian, the Jinyi Guard's supervisor, he was inspected by Liu Guoneng. After he was identified, he was reported to the Ministry of War, and he was promoted from an ordinary soldier to the post of captain.

That's right, this Li Dingguo is Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son, the famous King Li Jin of later generations.

Li Dingguo escaped from the back mountain during the battle of Zhuxi. Because he was worried about the safety of his adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong, he did not leave too far, but he only wanted to get news about Zhang Xianzhong and several righteous brothers so that he could join them again. .

After the whole war was over, Li Dingguo, who learned of the death of his adoptive father, was deeply saddened. Since he didn't know where Zhang Xianzhong's body was, Li Dingguo, who cried a lot, could only kneel down on all sides to show his sacrifice.

After crying and praying, Li Dingguo felt at a loss.

The adoptive father is dead, and the whereabouts of the other brothers are unknown. The huge team that the foster father has worked hard for several years has disappeared in a blink of an eye. Now there is only Li San, the personal soldier, following him. What should I do next?
Li San was ten years older than Li Dingguo. He originally served as a soldier in Yansui Town with Zhang Xianzhong, and later rebelled with Zhang Xianzhong, and was assigned to Li Dingguo as a soldier.

After seeing his general lord's distraught appearance, Li Sanben wanted to say a few words to explain, but his words changed into another meaning: "General lord, I feel bad when the king is dead. Thinking that the King would not be able to survive no matter how uncomfortable it was, he felt a little relieved.

General, what shall we do in the future?I joined the army since I was a child, and later rebelled with the king, until I followed the general. I have been able to fight and kill for many years, and my life is quite happy.

But now seeing tens of thousands of troops disappear in the blink of an eye, this official army is a thief and he can fight. I am thinking, if I go to rebel with the other road rebels, I am afraid that this guy who eats will not be able to keep it sooner or later!
But if I take off this armor and become a commoner, I really feel bad in my heart!General, I have a word that I don't know whether to say or not? "

Sitting under a big tree, Li Dingguo's mind was blank, and his empty eyes did not know where to focus, and he listened to Li San's rambling, until Li San asked the last sentence, Li Dingguo did not respond.

"General, I think, in the current situation, instead of waiting for the officers to search the mountain and behead him, it is better to vote for the officers, so that we can find an opportunity to avenge the king!"

Seeing Li Dingguo's appearance, Li San simply said what was in his heart without waiting for his consent.

It wasn't until Li San's last words that Li Dingguo was startled that he lost his spirited eyes from a distance, looked at Li San beside him coldly, and touched the long knife beside him with his right hand: "Li San, if it wasn't for Your last sentence, your head has already fallen off!
Surrender to the army?To avenge the foster father?You are such a jerk!
The righteous father was killed by the officers and soldiers!Instead of trying to avenge such mortal enmity, he went to surrender the enemy!You still have no loyalty! "

"General, since I've said it, I'm not afraid of you beheading me! I don't want to say anything else, I just want to ask the general, who do you want to avenge the king's revenge? Is it impossible to kill all these 10 people?
To put it bluntly, we are thieves, and the official army is to suppress thieves!We have rebelled with the king for many years, and there are countless officers, soldiers and civilians who died under our swords and guns. Don't those people's families want to seek revenge from us?

Maybe the officers and soldiers who strangled the king included the family members of the people we killed earlier. According to the general, they are also taking revenge!We rebelled at the beginning because we felt that we could not survive, and wanted to grab some food and wages with knives and guns, so that we could bring those poor people like us to have a meal, but in the end?We kill more poor people than anyone else! "

Li San twisted his neck and tilted his head to one side, and continued to speak stubbornly.

After listening to Li San's words with a little anger, Li Dingguo was stunned, and his hand holding the knife handle slowly loosened.

Yes, over the years, I have witnessed how many innocent people were killed by the swords and guns of various volunteers. Don't they deserve to die?Isn't the rebellion just to make these people live a better life?But why did those rebels do this?

"General, I, Li San, admire you because you are more kind-hearted than other leaders. You never asked us to kill those people and rob them! Besides, the general is also a master who has read books. He knows more than a rough guy like me!
Today, I will say it thoroughly: only by living can we find an opportunity to avenge the king!When we enter the army, we will see, if you have time, you can become a general, and you have soldiers in your hands, so what can you do?If the imperial court can't do it, we will lead the army to rebel!If the court still succeeds, let's talk about it!
At present, several groups of officers and armies are not subordinate to each other. Since Chuangshatian is doing it anyway, he will definitely take advantage of the situation to gather troops and horses to make more money. He doesn't know the general, so we can just vote for him! "

After listening to Li San's sincere words, Li Dingguo fell into deep thought.

What Li San said was indeed very reasonable.

In the current situation, the only thing to do is to vote for the official army, and wait for the meritorious service to be promoted and have soldiers under his command before talking about anything else.

After struggling in his heart for a long time, Li Dingguo listened to Li San's persuasion, and the two found opportunities to join Liu Guoneng's subordinates and became members of the official army.

　Thanks Tuo Luojun, Smurfs, no one has used this account for a reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)