Daming kill

Chapter 42
Early August of the 15th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (mid-September 1642 AD).

It's still the flat training field, and it's still the group of soldiers who walked around here every day.

In the past, regardless of the wind and rain, they had already lined up in a sparse and neat square formation, and began their daily military posture training.

But today, they are not the same. Ten groups of tight formations surrounded by the word "concave" are waiting quietly for something.

For the first time, the clothes of all of them were unified and tidy, and their feet were all replaced with "delicate" black cloth shoes instead of straw sandals. They even wore uniform earth-red scarves on their heads. .

The earth-red turban is a uniform headwear that Li Ping determined for his troops some time ago. He hesitated for a long time on this question, and of course he was also affected by the lack of supplies.

It definitely won't work with a bare head.

Their long, curly hair now is too gray and attracts bugs, a major hygiene challenge.

But it turned out that when Li Ping first met the stupid Liu San, the turban that was more common in the southern army was finally abandoned by Li Ping. The turban was probably placed on the top of the head with a rope or cloth. After tying it up, it can also be said to be an oversized bun wrapped in a bun and then wrap the hair down or extend it to only expose the face, which looks very much like a Chinese aunt's turban.

Style is not the point, and material saving is not the point, and it must be admitted that the turban has a better effect on preventing mosquito bites in the southern jungle area.

Li Ping just didn't want to use it.

Not for anything else, just because when he sees that kind of turban, he always thinks of Japanese soldiers' fart curtain hats.

So he decided to give it a go.

Go for a simpler straight-back hood that simply wraps around the top half of your head.

Of course, bamboo hats that can shade the sun and rain have not been eliminated, but they are not uniformly worn and distributed.

It is so formal because Li Ping decided to organize the whole battalion to hold the first parade parade today. The ten parade parade teams consisted of nine teams from his three guards plus a mixed formation of personal soldiers and combat service personnel. .

At this time, they had been training for more than 40 days, which greatly exceeded Li Pingyuan's plan to organize the first parade parade 30 days after the training started.

However, fortunately, the weather has been significantly cooler, so there is no need to worry about heat stroke.

The Little Ice Age, which caused great pain all over the world, greatly accelerated the time when the central and southern regions of China entered the cold.

Affected by this, the temperature in Xiangyang this summer is still significantly lower than it used to be in normal years, and the rainfall is also very scarce. The drought makes the air dry and cool, just like the north.

This is a disaster for the people and the country, but it is a good time for training.

However, even if the weather is no longer hot, the soldiers standing on the field are still not unified.
Li Ping stood silently on the edge of the field, thinking about the calendar conversion in his mind, seeing that several whistle chiefs were still finely adjusting the team and other matters.

It has been almost three months since he came here, and he is far from accustomed to the "Shoushi Calendar" used here. He always has to work hard to convert it into the Gregorian calendar he is used to in order to understand the seasons. Every English sentence must be silently translated into Chinese in order to understand its meaning.

Li Ping didn't inform anyone about today's parade, because this kind of small summary activities will become more and more frequent, and there is really no need for everyone to know about it.

But such activities here still attract the curiosity of many people, after all, entertainment activities in this era are relatively monotonous.

Under Song Baolai's deliberate action, a small number of men, women and children from the security camp who were allowed to come, Zhao Lanyue and Gao Lei also came together.

The two women never left, as if they planned to live here for a long time.Moreover, if they didn't leave, Li Ping couldn't get rid of them and didn't want to. The help these two people gave him far outweighed the inconvenience they caused him.

Wang Chengwu actually came, and I don't know who gave him the news.

But now, Wang Chengwu didn't have the nerve to continue to disturb Li Ping, but took his subordinates to watch silently from a distance.

Of course, Zhao Jin also appointed several of his subordinates to come and observe.Zhao Jin's subordinates often passed news to his camp, so they had a better understanding of what happened in Li Ping's camp.

Since there were about a hundred or so spectators in the dark crowd, Li Ping had to ask Duan Qiang to prepare a lot of small stools for them in front of the parade queue, so that they could gather together as much as possible to avoid too much chaos. Affect the conduct of the parade.

But unexpectedly, this group of spectators also made the team preparing for the parade even more energetic. Even when adjusting the formation, they were meticulous and chaotic.All the men in the queue straightened their waists as if they were on the court, which was completely different from when they were training alone in the past. It seemed that the people who were surrounded had vanity.

Although it took almost two quarters of an hour to adjust the position of the troops back and forth, it was the first time after all, and Li Ping could bear it.

After a long whistle sounded, the parade finally officially started.

Li Ping also shook his spirits, ran to the center of the "concave"-shaped queue, and began to give subjects loudly.

When the first team chanted the slogan "one, two, three, four" and ran into the venue neatly, the audience area that was still humming just now became completely silent, even those semi-finalists who were jumping around The big and small children also fell silent one by one.

The only sound left on the training ground was the sound of clear and loud commands and the dull and short "wow, wow, puff, puff" body movements.

The modern cohort made its first official debut across the era.

Li Ping, Song Baolai, Duan Qiang, Hu Zhongshan and Ma Yong also stood in a row facing the entire army in a serious and orderly manner.

But after only a quarter of an hour, Li Ping noticed that Song Baolai on his right hand began to move slightly from side to side, obviously he couldn't stand still.

Of course, Song Baolai had never participated in these trainings, and he had no foundation in this area. Physical strength was not important, the key was toughness.

However, Li Ping didn't pay much attention to Song Baolai, because there were many minor situations in the teams on the field, such as the commanders forgetting their words, running around, making mistakes, etc., from time to time. There will be laughter in the audience.

Although the spectators can't understand the doorway, the people shouting on the field can't speak for a long time, or they stutter, panic, and the actions of some people in the queue are obviously different from everyone else, etc. can always make people understand Something went wrong.

It seems that the onlookers not only made the troops more energetic, but also significantly increased the tension. Li Ping's brows began to wrinkle slightly.

When he finally thought of Song Baolai again, he found that this guy was shaking more and more. Li Ping realized that he had to let this guy go, otherwise the chief executive team would make a joke.

So, Li Ping turned his head slightly, and said softly to Song Bao, "Go and check the preparation of mung bean soup and prizes, and call Wang Chengwu and the others by the way."

"Understood, understood." Song Baolai's tone was very exaggerated, and then he let out a long sigh of relief, and then strode away with a sullen face pretending to be serious.

Following Song Baolai's leaving figure, Li Ping also looked back in a cover-up manner, and he also wanted to relax his tense muscles a little.Then they saw Zhao Lanyue and Gao Lei standing side by side under the shade of a tree, muttering something in a low voice, keeping away from the crowd.

Zhao Lanyue wore a light green silk dress today, still so gorgeous and high-profile.Gao Lei next to her was wearing a plain blue jacket and white skirt, probably made of linen or cotton, but it was tailored very well and the style was quite novel. Coupled with her tall figure, she looked very attractive from a distance. Dignified and beautiful.

Li Ping was very surprised that his mind was divided so much, but his curiosity was indeed aroused.

Curiously looking again, Wang Chengwu sat in the first row among the spectators, quite unexpectedly.Liu Xiaohui was also sitting in the first row, but the women on the left and right were obviously hugging her, their flattering and exaggerated smiles were very eye-catching.

It wasn't until Li Ping slowly scanned the circle that he finally remembered to turn his eyes back to the field again, and his spirit was concentrated again.

After more than an hour (more than two hours), all the teams were displayed, and Li Ping made a summary and comment on the teams for more than a quarter of an hour before announcing the rankings.

He can only say that he is basically satisfied with the whole parade, and there is still much room for improvement, especially for the commander's on-the-spot random control.

No.1 was obtained by the 8 teams in Mayon post.

The captain of this team is called Cheng Fei. He is not tall, very thin and dark, but has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his figure is also very flexible. A corps leader of the Ming army.

Cheng Fei was first recommended by Duan Qiang. Li Ping didn't have much contact with him. He just felt that this person didn't talk much, but he did things in an orderly manner, so he didn't have much impression of others.

It wasn't until the unified training started that Cheng Fei's team training had been relatively stable and more and more interesting, and Li Ping gradually noticed him.Being methodical and not tricky is an important reason for Cheng Fei's success.

Li Ping personally presented the trophy to Cheng Fei, a 20-centimeter-high wooden statue of a soldier standing astride, and loudly announced that each of his team would be given an extra pair of cloth shoes, and that their team would get an extra meat dish for three consecutive meals.As soon as Li Ping finished speaking, Team 8 was already filled with cheers.

This is the first time to engage in such a group activity, so Li Ping specially set the prizes generously, just to arouse everyone's enthusiasm for training.

Of course, every second place and No.3 also received relatively generous rewards, and the scene became more lively, and all the teams that got the rankings were all smiling.

But the other teams were obviously a little abnormally quiet. Li Ping noticed that the captains of those teams all had dark faces, and some soldiers even choked up.

Li Ping's effect has been achieved.

Until Li Ping announced that this afternoon and tomorrow, the troops would rest in place for a day, and finally all the people cheered together. For more than 40 days, this is their first rest. Their spirits have been suppressed for too long, and they need to relax.

When the teams were taken away and organized their own conclusions and comments, Li Ping began to unnaturally want to secretly observe the beauties again, but he couldn't find them. Only the spectators who were still pointing and discussing and a large group of excited people were left there. The half-children who learned to walk back and forth "one two one" according to cats and tigers.

Zhao Lanyue and Gao Lei should have left in the middle, and these were indeed not very attractive to them.

Wang Chengwu stood far away by himself, and kept looking at Li Ping. He was obviously waiting for Li Ping, and Li Ping hurried over to greet him.

After a few words of sincere congratulations, Wang Chengwu quickly got to the point.He has too many questions about some basic training techniques, training purposes and organizational ceremonies. His personal experience tells him that this is very meaningful, but he still can't grasp the essentials.

Li Ping patiently explained to Wang Chengwu all the considerations about queue training, the organizational principles and procedures of such activities.This answer took a lot of time, so that they had to find a shaded place to squat and talk slowly.

After the answer, Wang Chengwu brought some news to Li Ping by the way.

One is that Jin Shengheng's troops have already withdrawn, Hou Xun will not come, and Zuo Liangyu probably has no plans to go to Henan again.

The second is that there was a fight in the area north of Fancheng the day before yesterday. A rebel army who had just defected and Fang Guoan's troops fought over food and goods. I heard that Fang Guoan's troops suffered a big loss, and this The rebel army that had just voted in also fled to the northwest, with a total of about 900 people.

Li Ping was worried about Fang Guoan for a while, but nothing happened. It is estimated that he had no substantive conflict with Fang Guoan's subordinates, and the general manager named Huang Chengdong might not be Fang Guoan. close by.

Those who are tempted, something really happened, but they will die, and the real closeness should not be assigned this kind of work.

Moreover, although Fang Guoan is also the commander-in-chief, he is temporarily under the control of Zuo Liangyu. After all, Zuo Liangyu was originally the general who suppressed the bandits and the prince Shaobao.And Li Ping was Zuo Menggeng's man no matter what he said, and it was up to the owner to beat the dog. Perhaps Fang Guoan was unwilling to add trouble to such a trivial matter.

But no matter what, every time he heard Fang Guoan's words, Li Ping always paid special attention.

The third is that his soap has now become a rare item among high-level officials in the Xiangfan area. Many people are asking about the secret recipe for making it, and some of them have entrusted it to Shi Ming.

After hearing the news with a smile, Li Ping expressed his thanks to Wang Chengwu. He didn't say whether he already knew, but he just listened carefully.

Li Ping didn't know the news, and he estimated that Zhao Jin might not know all of it. He believed that Zhao Jin would definitely inform him of such news once he got it.But now Wang Chengwu actually knows so much, which shows that Shi Ming has greatly strengthened the communication and contact with his superiors, and achieved very good results.

The most troublesome thing was the soap. These geniuses started to burn his hands as soon as they started providing him with financial resources. The speed of burning his hands was a bit fast, far beyond Li Ping's expectations. He had to seriously consider this issue.

When sending Wang Chengwu away, it was almost time for lunch, and the playground was already empty, but Li Ping inadvertently saw a lonely figure sitting in the shade of a tree from a distance.

That man was the captain Ma Lan, and he seemed to be hair straightening with a grass in his mouth. His team's performance was not very good.

Li Ping took a second look at this, but left without stopping.

(End of this chapter)