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Longmen Institute was originally built beside a small river.

This river is a tributary of Longmenchuan (later the upper reaches of Baihe River). With the arrival of the Little Ice Age, this river disappeared, and now only a river valley remains.

In the Yanshan Mountains, the river valley is a good place for farming.

During the Taiping Period of the former Ming Dynasty, there were villages at every other section of this river valley, almost all of which were former Ming garrison camps.

But now all the people have fled, and the whole village has become a deserted village.

Only Yiangtianji, at the intersection of the river valley and Longmen River, has more than a hundred households.

Therefore, the Yi army also stationed half a battalion of soldiers and horses in Sanyi Fort between Longmen Suo and Yangtianji, led by a battalion deputy.

After the Beijing Garrison Division and the Second Division of the Standing Army switched defenses, the people stationed here were naturally replaced by Garrison Army officers.

Liu Zhao was originally the commander-in-chief under Zhou Yuji. Later, when Zhou Yuji came to Wei, he was appointed as the battalion deputy of the third battalion of the second regiment of the third brigade of the Beijing Garrison Division.

Judging only from the number of troops and horses under his command, his military position seems to have remained unchanged.

However, as a general who was promoted from a pawn to a commander through hard work, he still prefers the current life and atmosphere in the military.

The treatment and atmosphere of the Yongwei Camp under Zhou Yuji were already very good among the Ming army.

In the pre-Ming Dynasty, Zhou Yuji received food and salary from the Yamen of the Ministry of War or the Royal Horse Supervisor. He never took it for himself, but distributed it all to his subordinates. At most, the servants got more and the ordinary soldiers got less.

The problem is, no matter whether the food and salary comes from the Ministry of War or the Royal Horse Supervisor, at least 20% will be withheld.

This is the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

If they hadn't belonged to the direct lineage of the former Emperor of Heaven, the food and salary that had been withheld would have been even greater.

Therefore, although Liu Zhao was the commander-in-chief of the Yongwei Camp, he had never been paid enough. There were some gains in suppressing bandits and captives, but he never received the full amount of silver reward.

If he was not under Zhou Yuji, but in the ordinary Ming army, he might be able to join forces with other generals and enrich himself by taking empty pay and depriving ordinary soldiers of their food and wages.

But it is precisely because he is under Zhou Yuji's command, and because he has an upright character, that he is like an ordinary soldier and never gets enough pay and reward.

After being reorganized into the Beijing Guard Army, this changed.

As deputy of the garrison camp, his monthly salary is not only a little more than before, but also paid in full - no need to give gifts to logistics officers and superiors!

The same goes for the ordinary soldiers below.

If you are injured in battle and have to retire, or die in battle, you will receive a generous pension, and your family will also enjoy some preferential policies, which can be said to be enough to ensure that your family has enough food and clothing for half their lives!
This made Liu Zhao and the other soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion who were incorporated into the garrison feel that being in the Yi army was worth it!
What made Liu Zhao even more valuable was that the military and political officials appointed by the superiors taught them literacy and arithmetic, and they learned a lot of truth.

Liu Zhaoyuan also knew some characters, but it was difficult to read military Chinese books, let alone other books.

But now a year has passed, and he can already read and write documents and battle reports, and his arithmetic is also good. Only the Confucian scholars still don't quite understand what they mean.

The regiment leader told him that he could seek the opportunity to study in the general officer training class at the division headquarters, so that if he made meritorious service in the future, he would have a greater chance of promotion.

In the early Ming Dynasty, almost all middle and high-level general positions were controlled by generals and related households.

If ordinary soldiers want to be promoted, they must either be lucky enough to meet a powerful benefactor and get promoted; or they must make great achievements and donate a lot of money.

What was in front of him now was a smooth path to a high-ranking general position - all he had to do was perform meritorious service and study, nothing else was needed.

Therefore, even though he was an officer in the Ming Army, he prefers his current life.

However, as a soldier, whether in the Ming army or the Yi army, you have to go to the battlefield to fight for your life.

Today, it's up to them to work hard.

Liu Zhao climbed to the heights of Sanyi Fort and looked around at the three hundred garrison soldiers who had gathered.

"Sirs, you should all know the news that Xinqi brought before. The Qinglu army has invaded, Longmen has been breached, and the Qinglu are coming to Sanyi Fort. Are you afraid?"

The soldiers were silent for a moment.

They want to say they are not afraid.

But he clearly felt the fear in his heart.

There was only one battalion stationed in Longmen, but it was still defeated by the Qing captives. It can be seen that the Qing captive army must be large in number.

They only have half a battalion. Even though the Sanyi Fort is tall and strong and has a favorable location, how can they hold it?
If they can't hold on, they will die.

Who is not afraid of death?
Liu Zhao was not disappointed when he saw this, but said sincerely: "I know everyone is afraid, because I am also afraid, afraid of death, afraid that my wife and children at home will cry when they hear the news of the death.

But can we retreat?
Not to mention the strict military laws, we are responsible for guarding the border and retreating without orders is no different from deserters.

Regardless of military law, we retreated, and so did the others. If they all retreated, who would resist the Qing captives?

Are we going to let the Qing captives march in as they did before, steal our money and food, insult our wives and children, and destroy our houses? ! "Liu Zhao would never have been able to say these words before tomorrow. It's not that he didn't have any such thoughts in his mind, but it was just vague.

It was the military and political officials who made him understand these truths; it was the military laws and treatment of the Yi army that gave him the confidence to say these things.

Many of the soldiers below understood these truths. At this moment, hearing Liu Zhao's words, many people's eyes turned red, they clenched their fists, and shouted: "No!"

"Never retreat!"

"Fight with Qinglu!"

"I was not a deserter before the Ming Dynasty, and I am even less so now!"

"Although I am a bachelor, I will not run away in order to be worthy of this military salary!"

"···"

Among the three hundred garrison troops, those from the Yuan Yongwei Battalion actually accounted for only a minority, and the majority came from the ordinary Ming army.

But at this moment, no one said anything.

Under the guidance of military and political officials, they understood that what Liu Zhao said was for one reason.

But more of it comes from a simple mentality - to be worthy of today's military pay and treatment!
Liu Zhao also raised his fists and shouted loudly when the voices of the soldiers were weak: "You are right. Even if it is not for anything else, just to be worthy of this military salary and worthy of the pension after death, we will nail it to Sanyi Fort." , hold on and refuse to retreat!"

Suddenly, all the soldiers raised their fists and shouted in unison——

"Hold on and hold on!"

"Hold on and hold on!"

"···"

The shouts of the Sanyi Fort garrison soldiers soared into the sky, and even the Qing army detectives who were two or three miles away heard them.

This made them frown, remembering the tragic battle against Longmen Institute.

Yes, Longmen was breached by them, but it took more than an hour.

It should be noted that although Longmen Station is also a military fortress with a slightly advantageous location, it is garrisoned by 600 troops. But they besieged them with thousands of people, and they also had twenty red barbarian cannons and hundreds of tiger squatting cannons to cooperate.

As a result, more than a thousand people were killed or injured and defeated.

Before Longmen was breached, a group of Yijun Xinqi ran out long ago, and they must have taken the news of their arrival with them.

Therefore, from the commander-in-chief Hauge to the scouts like this, they all guessed that the Wei army in the stronghold behind them would probably withdraw after getting the news.

But now, listening to the movements in Sanyi Fort, the Yi army there is actually determined to hold on and refuse to retreat? !
Immediately, this small team of scouts found a position to keep an eye on Sanyi Fort, and at the same time separated their troops and went back to report the news to Hauge.

Hauge was also surprised when he heard the news.

"Defend to retreat?" He frowned and asked a Han general beside him, "Isn't it said that the current Xuanfu defenders are all that kind of garrison, almost all of them are from the original Ming army?"

Li Shutai, the second son of Li Yongfang, whose mother is Aixinjueluo's princess, is therefore half of Jianzhou Jurchen blood.

The Li family is now siding with Hauge in the Qing court, so this time Li Shutai was sent to act as Hauge's "strategist."

He was also in charge of military intelligence. After hearing this, he replied: "Your Highness is right. According to the spy information, the Xuanfu garrison is now the Beijing Garrison Division, almost all of which were reorganized from the original Ming Army."

Hauge said puzzledly, "In the past, when the Ming army encountered us, if they had a numerical advantage, they might defend the city. If they knew they were at an absolute disadvantage, they would almost flee.

In the previous battle at Longmen, we arrived too quickly and the defenders had no time to retreat. It is understandable that we chose to fight to the death.

But the defenders of Sanyi Fort should have received news of our arrival and have enough time to evacuate, right? Why did you choose to stick to it? "

Li Shutai actually didn't understand either, so he didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he said: "Perhaps the terrain of Sanyi Fort is more dangerous, and they think they can hold it?"

Hauge looked at Tan Ma who came to report and asked, "Is that so?"

Tan Ma knelt on one knee on the ground, clasped his fist and said, "Report to the prince, although Sanyi Fort has a favorable location, it is not much better than Longmen."

After hearing this, Li Shutai thought again and said: "I heard that the military law of the Yi army is strict, maybe these defenders are afraid of being dealt with by military law after they withdraw?"

Hauge nodded slightly, thinking that this was indeed possible.

Isn't it because the Qing army was stronger than the Ming army because military laws were strict and well-executed?

The strength of the Wei army must also have such reasons.

Thinking of the battle at Longmen Station, even though Hauge was a little arrogant and belligerent, he did not want to fight another similar tough battle, so he said: "You can try to persuade them to surrender later - I promise you the benefits, but as long as these people are willing to surrender, everything will be fine." Easy to handle."

"My slave understands." (End of Chapter)