golden scales

On April 17, 23th year of Chongzhen, Luo Yukun finally got the first batch of 500 shi grains and various weapons supported by Liu Fangliang.There are not many weapons, and only [-] guards can be armed. Obviously, Liu Fangliang is not willing to see an overly powerful future subordinate.One hundred shi of grain is not a small amount, and Liu Fangliang naturally couldn't conjure it out of thin air, so he had to make an appointment with Luo Yukun for a time and place, and let them "grab".

It was Dong Xueli's military rations that were snatched.

Dong Xueli found out that there were more than ten thousand "Luo Thief", according to his urination, he had to surrender if he either fled or surrendered.However, Liu Fangliang encouraged him gently from behind, and threatened him with military law, forcing him to the front line with both soft and hard methods, and suffered a lot.

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The new combat staff officer sent by the East Palace was named Zhu Jiajun, and he was wearing a coarse long gown, like a teacher in a private school in the village.Although the speech speed is slow, but the order is clear, the tone is firm, and he is obviously a qualified fighter.

Yet he was also a serious staff officer.

Zhu Jiajun was the first representative of the East Palace system who turned from a soldier to a staff officer.Although these Eastern Palace guards were illiterate at the beginning, and they were originally included at the request of soldiers, but as time went by, some people were eager to learn and others were good at martial arts, gradually forming a division.After successive battles in Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi, some people were injured and disabled, and they could no longer go out as soldiers. Therefore, Zhu Cihong launched a campaign of "turning from war to participation" in the army, encouraging soldiers to strengthen their cultural studies and become staff officers. .

This kind of staff is different from the hired documents who lack combat knowledge, and it is not like the recruited veterans who are familiar with various abuses.They are more loyal to Donggong, and they have no lack of knowledge about fighting.

It was during the Battle of Ruyang that Zhu Jiajun injured his arm.Although there was a green shirt doctor with the army, but he was on the battlefield at that time, from a sneak attack to a confrontation charge, fighting all the way delayed the best time for treatment.After healed, my left arm lost strength and I couldn't lift heavy objects.

Zhu Jiajun was unwilling to withdraw to the capital first, and waited for the land to be farmed.He found a trainer, and hired two more talents with all the military salary and bonus, and they took turns to go into battle.He insisted on thoroughly understanding the various drills and regulations of the Eastern Palace from beginning to end, word by word, passed the first-class diploma examination, and obtained the qualification of a staff officer.

Because he already had the rank of Captain of the Second Lieutenant Banner, he was directly incorporated into the staff team of this bureau and was responsible for the battle plan.

Xiao Mo led two bureaus to kill Li Zicheng's formation, and Zhu Jiajun was the only accompanying staff officer.Breakout from the northern mountains.It was also his first suggestion that was adopted by Xiao Mo.After returning to the camp, Zhu Jiajun was promoted to a higher level, transferred to the General Staff Bureau, and awarded the rank of lieutenant.

This time Zhu Cilang called Zhu Jiajun out and added another level.With the rank of lieutenant, Luo Yukun served as the chief of staff of the Sichuan Army Battalion, that is, the chief of staff of the battalion.According to the staff system of the East Palace, there are separate staff organizations from the battalion to the bureau, which are mainly responsible for coordination and assistance in intelligence, combat, training, logistics, and military orders.

The establishment of the staff is one level lower than the headquarters, so the battalion has a staff department, the thousand headquarters has a staff department, and the division has a staff bureau.The bureau set up a staff team.Although Zhu Jiajun's military rank was only increased by one level, in terms of position, he was promoted by two levels.

Because Zhu Jiajun has experienced every link from scratch, and knows the psychology of refugees.Back then, he also signed up for the draft because he felt that he couldn't survive, and joined Donggong's command.He got off the army on the first day he took office, and found that apart from the Sichuan army, the refugee camp was basically in a state of chaos, and there was not even a customs defense. Some people came today and left tomorrow, and there was no army at all.

Not to mention the comparison with the Eastern Palace system, even other military towns in Daming could not be so chaotic.

——This is simply a rogue... or a rogue ten years ago!

Zhu Jiajun thought to himself.He found Chen Chong and Luo Yukun that night.The three of them discussed for most of the night, and finally decided to train the troops with the Eastern Palace standard as soon as possible, weed out the old and the weak, and drive those who lack the potential to join the army to the Lexia defense line.The movement of building forts and villages is in full swing there, requiring a large amount of labor to speed up the progress of the project.Carry out farming production.

Except for the [-] elite soldiers left behind to serve as the main battalion of the [-] Sichuan soldiers, the others were assigned to various refugee teams, ranging from a small captain to the battalion officer above.It was also at this time that Luo Yukun realized how many people he had under his command, which was more than [-] more than the number he had originally counted.

At last this force was divided into three battalions, with 1 men.Zhu Jiajun separated two independent thousand headquarters, and sent more than 300 refugees, old and weak, to the front line of Lexia for resettlement.With no worries, Luo Yukun felt relieved when someone gave him weapons and food again. He didn't even bother to think about how to fight, and left everything to Zhu Jiajun.

"Dong Xueli's Ministry is now stationed in Dongchang Mansion. It is impossible to wait for him to come down and attack us. I think that we can divide the troops to encircle and cut off the way back. The three battalions are stationed in Ershilibao and Lijia on the outskirts of Liaocheng. Zhai and Shazhen form a half-moon shape from east to west to see if he can fight. Among them, the main formation is in the center, no matter who he fights, we can respond as soon as possible. If he dare not fight, he can only flee north Since Liu Fangliang wants to see him die, he will definitely secretly provide Dong Xueli with the time and route of retreating northward, and we only need to send a partial division to capture him."

Pointing to the map on the table, Zhu Jiajun drew a series of mixed lines of fiction and reality, indicating the marching route and stationing location.This battalion with the majority of refugees seriously lacked mature officers and soldiers. Not to mention making sand tables, they were even newbies in finding the way, which was much weaker than when the Donggong Guards battalion was first recruited.

Luo Yukun looked at the map carefully, and after listening to Zhu Jiajun's explanation, he decided: "Okay! Let's fight like this! If it doesn't work, let's take down Dongchang Mansion!"

Zhu Jiajun grinned and didn't say much.The prefectures are different from the county towns, and the fall of a prefecture is a serious crime. No matter Ming or Shun, the local guards will not be spared. How can it be so easy to take down?In his view, this team was "invincible" all the way, precisely because they did not go to the prefecture city very rationally, but just took advantage of the county, otherwise the army would have been alarmed to conquer.Therefore, his tactical arrangement was mainly to ambush outside the city, and he also avoided Dongchangfu City on the route.

However, Zhu Jiajun was still wrong.

After the three battalions were stationed in the three towns, they directly cut off the Grand Canal, shaking the entire Dongchang Mansion.The wealthy households in Linqing Prefecture were ready to flee into the villages in the mountains again, and those who moved quickly had already started to pack up the horse team.

Sure enough, Dong Xueli fled north overnight and went to Liu Fangliang for help.

Sure enough, Liu Fangliang did not disappoint Luo Yukun and Zhu Jiajun, and sent someone to Dong Xueli's retreat route overnight.

Luo Yukun took advantage of the momentum to pursue and surrounded Dongchang Mansion.

Song Bingkui, governor of Dashun's Dongchang Mansion, is not a fool who has never seen the world.He is from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, and was born as a Jinshi.As a Jinshi to serve as governor of any prefecture, one can tell without asking: it must be that Zhu Ming was demoted and had not had time to be promoted to Beijing.He was also the magistrate of the Dongchang Mansion in the old Ming Dynasty before, and he surrendered to the Dashun Army very quickly when he saw Dashuntian and his people returning.

Seeing the Dashun army fleeing north, a group of bandits with Luo flags surrounded the city. Song Bingkui repeated his old tricks, leading the local gentry and elders, bringing wine, meat, silver and silk to welcome the "Wang Shi".

The canal passed through the city of Liaocheng in Dongchang Prefecture, bringing a lot of wealth.Although it was ransacked by the Manchurians in the past two years, once it recovered, the merchants and wealthy households who had fled to the mountains would return to this national artery, absorb nutrients from it, and grow vigorously.

As a logistics hub that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, the commercial city is in need of a local defender like Song Bingkui who can follow the wind and protect himself and the place.After Luo Yukun entered the city, Song Bingkui's prestige climbed to the peak again because he didn't wantonly pursue stolen goods and donate money.The personal thank you gifted to Song Bingkui by merchants and wealthy households was no less than the military salary donated to Luo Yukun.

Luo Yukun left the city from Beiguan, and still looked back at Dongchang Mansion with some reluctance, and said to Zhu Jiajun who sent him off: "Is there really no need for His Highness to move here?"

"No need," Zhu Jiajun affirmed, "His Royal Highness will be here soon, so it's troublesome to move back and forth."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Luo Yukun muttered: "I'm so dizzy! These places need money and food, why do they surrender without fighting?"

Zhu Jiajun couldn't answer such a profound question, so he bowed his hands to Luo Yukun and Chen Chong as farewell.

Luo Yukun bought a general's armor in Liaocheng, and the iron was shining brightly. He cupped his fists at Zhu Jiajun and said, "Brothers need to guard Liaocheng. I will come back when I destroy Dong Xueli."

"I wish Brother Luo a successful start!" (To be continued. Your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m. to read.)

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