golden scales

"Senior Brother Ruixue saw the words as if he had met: my younger brother is on the verge, and I have been greeting you for a long time. I feel extremely guilty. I heard that the master has been promoted, and the senior brother has also seen him in the court. I am very grateful. Now my brother is in the army. Yuan Tiao, I only wish to make meritorious deeds on the battlefield, and shed the name of being a master and offender, and there is no regret. Senior brother is alone in Beijing, so you should take care of yourself. Definitely. My brother Wang Yi pays homage."

After Wang Yi finished writing the letter, he carefully put it in the envelope, waiting for his orderly to collect it.Now he is carrying the silver star emblem firmly on his shoulders, and he is already a well-known major commander.Thinking about the days since I joined the army, it seems that there are only a few days, but it seems that I have worked for a lifetime.

Before this letter, Wang Yi had already written a family letter and a will, which were sent back to his home in Shandong by the postman.The callback was so urgent that even General Xiao's expression on the military council was not good.Donglu assembled an army of [-], focused his attack on southern Liaoning, and broke through the fortresses of Gaizhou. It seemed that he was going to fight to Lushun in one go.

Therefore, the First Guard Division was ordered to be transferred to Lushun for reinforcements.

The first ones are naturally the elite among the elite, and the Tank Division of the [-]th Headquarters, that is, Wang Yi is in charge of the general army.

Wang Yi didn't know that the letter he wrote to senior brother Huang Ruixue would take a lot of time to be sent to the Governor's Mansion, then transferred to the Ministry of Rites, and finally found Huang Ruixue, who had been promoted to the head of the Department of Culture, Education and Cleaning Officials.His so-called "high promotion" was still at the time when Huang Zunsu was promoted to the magistrate of Yanzhou and Huang Ruixue was promoted to the eighth rank inspection.

"Wang Yi!" Liu Si's presumptuous voice exploded outside the military tent.

Wang Yi immediately put on his military uniform, quickly rushed out of the tent, and gave a military salute: "The staff is here!"

Liu Si has now attained the rank of colonel, one step away from general.However, he was determined not to be able to read and write, and he had the military position of deputy general manager, almost always stationed in the tank division.Let Wang Yi, the official brand, always feel a little bit like a little daughter-in-law.

Liu Si didn't think Wang Yi was his best successor when he saw Wang Yi, whose military appearance had been pruned.This person is always a little literary, not as swaying as myself.But having said that, Wang Yi played after the battle.No one can deny that this kid has the character of an old guard—he also doesn't take his own life seriously, and can fight tough battles.

"Let's go, drink." Liu Si said to Wang Yi in a muffled voice.

"Report! The military order has been issued, drinking alcohol is prohibited in the army." Wang Yi responded loudly.

Liu Si pouted.Secretly: Yes, I almost forgot why I don’t like you...

"Go out and drink!" Liu Si couldn't help but dragged Wang Yi away.

In the station of the tank division, these two people are the highest military officers, and they say what they say.Even so, Wang Yi explained to the supervisor before going to the wine shop outside the residence with Liu Si.

These wine shops are not local shops, but a group of peddlers who follow behind the army to sell wine, food and collect money.Now everyone knows that plate glass and carriages are good things.But queuing up to buy will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.So collecting banknotes from the army and then reselling them at a high price has become a huge profiteering business.

"I'm leaving." Liu Si and Wang Yi sat opposite each other, held the wine cup and drank it down, indescribably bleak: "From now on, the tank division will depend entirely on you."

Wang Yi was a little at a loss for this sudden happiness.Looking at Liu Si with a gloomy face, he said in a low voice, "Where are you going to be transferred, sir?"

"Yiwu Camp." Liu Si said, "Chief General of the Thousandth Headquarters."

Since the first compilation and training of the Southern Army in March 19, there have been three batches, with a total of more than 5 people.The Yiwu Camp is the third batch of trainees, all of whom are from Yiwu.

When Qi Jiguang defended Zhejiang, he thought that the Zhejiang soldiers were too weak to fight, so he asked to send northern soldiers.Accidentally met Yiwu miners fighting privately for robbing mines.I deeply feel that Yiwu people are tenacious in combat and have strict orders. They no longer talk about training northern soldiers, but instead train Yiwu soldiers. From this, they trained the famous Qi family army.

There are many mountains and few fields in Yiwu, and the middle-aged people rarely have other outlets except mining.Because it is mountainous.Therefore, the folk customs are tough, and after leaving the Qi family army, every family practices martial arts.After the southern army was recruited, there were many soldiers in Yiwu, and finally the Yiwu battalion was organized and trained alone.

"Yiwu soldiers are also rare and strong soldiers in the world..." Wang Yi comforted: "Sir, you can bring out another tank division."

Liu Si obviously didn't see it that way.As a Zhao man, he prefers a rough and brave way of fighting.Every battle has to be hearty.As for the Yiwu camp...he had seen them practice, and they were more than precise and not as smooth, just like puppets, as long as they were paid and fed enough, they could do whatever they wanted, but they didn't have the spirit of a tank commander talking about life and death.

"Actually, it's more suitable for you to go to Yiwu Camp." Liu Si said.

"I also like the tank division better." Wang Yi smiled and thought to himself: If you give me a boss, why don't you go!

"Tank Division... Do you know the meaning of this title?" Liu Si killed another pot of wine: "Frank, defeat the enemy! Once in battle, there is nothing else, I just want to press over and kill!" He said, murderous intent immediately , punched heavily on the willow table: "I like to press down and kill people! Let them see my face and their legs will go limp! If you don't have this courage, you don't deserve to stay in the tank division!"

Wang Yi restrained his chuckle and said, "The staff understands."

"Don't wrap yourself up in such a serious way." Liu Si muttered: "I don't know if I can come back alive when I go back to Liaodong, and I don't know how many brothers I can come back."

"I won't risk my brothers' lives for my future, don't worry, Chief Liu." Wang Yi said.

"Wrong!" Liu Si shouted suddenly: "You are not what a tank commander should say!"

Wang Yi was dumbfounded.

"As a member of the tank division, death is the soul of the tank division! You should say: You must let every brother die! We are aiming at death!" Liu Si roared loudly, frightened the bartender to hide behind, afraid The two officers fought.

Wang Yi trembled unconsciously, and finally understood the reason why Liu Si was indifferent to him.

He is not afraid of death.

But he didn't want to die.

As he shouted when he first went into battle: We will let the enemy die.

"I'm just afraid that you will kill the soul of our tank division..." Liu Si wiped his face, and then he could see the faint tears: "These souls are accumulated by our brothers with a handful of blood. ah."

Wang Yi didn't say anything more, just accompanied Liu Si to drink bowl after bowl of spirits.

Wine as a thing is indeed the most suitable for empathy, the two of them didn't say anything, but it seemed that they had exhausted everything.When he returned to the camp, his feet were a little staggered, but his spirit was extremely excited.

Standing under the darkness, Liu Si looked around the quiet temporary school grounds, as if seeing himself when he joined the army at the beginning of the year.He can still remember the appearance of his first captain and the brothers around him, but now these appearances have faded into the air one by one under the influence of alcohol.

"The people who stood with me back then are gone now." Liu Si muttered in a low voice, with two lines of clear tears streaming from his eyes.

Wang Yi accompanied Liu Si, and also thought of the comrades who stood by his side. It was only three years ago, and most of them have already gone.It is said that it is not easy to die with the crown prince. In fact, in many fierce battles fought in the East Palace, a large number of brothers died on the battlefield.Now that the tank division is going to fight to Liaodong, I don't know how many people will be able to come back alive.

——Our tank division is not afraid of death, we are not afraid of death!

Liu Si's voice struck Wang Yi's ears.

The battalion sentinel didn't know what the two chief officers' intentions were, and they didn't dare to disturb them. They just saluted when they passed by, but they didn't see them return the salute.After finally waiting until the sky was getting brighter, the sentinel realized that the two had left at some point.From this day on, Wang Yi seemed to be a different person. The drills became more stringent, and the punishment for soldiers who violated the rules became more severe.The old general Liu Si seemed to have disappeared and never appeared in the camp again.

In April of the 20th year of Chongzhen, the tank division and the troops of the battalion boarded the troop transport ship. Under the protection of the warship, they set sail with the help of northwest wind and crosswind to Lushun Port in Liaodong.

After the sea-going ship docked at Lushun port for supplies, it sailed directly to Gaizhou.

The eastern captive army in Gaizhou has retreated.They no longer had the courage to confront the Ming army, and attacking Gaizhou was only to prevent the Ming army from taking root in Liaodong.

According to Dorgon's plan, the army will definitely continue to move south from Gaizhou, and it is best to break through Lushun, but the fighting power of the Ming army's fortress in Gaizhou far exceeds Donglu's imagination. Although he had to abandon the defense in the end, Donglu has already At the end of the crossbow, it is no longer possible to go south.

This made Chen De quite annoyed, and blamed the wrong information.

In the Donglu intelligence received in March, it was clearly stated that the target of the attack was the Second Guards Army in the Liaoxi Corridor. The strategic purpose was to control the Daling River, build castles, and expand the farming area.As a result, the Donglu army assembled in Shenyang, and when they reached the fork of Taizi River and Hun River, they suddenly went south to Gaizhou, which caught the Liaodong Division by surprise.

"It would be right if it was put down from the beginning. It happened that the first division landed behind Donglu, so that they would lose their skins without dying. Now that the first division has arrived, Donglu has run away. There are only a bunch of people left in Gaizhou. Ruins, half a year's work has been wasted." Standing beside Chen De, Mao Shi truly realized what it means to cry without tears.

Chen De didn't care about Mao Shi's past experience for an officer who committed a crime and was sent to the army. Instead, he treated him with courtesy and let him serve as the staff officer of the Liaodong Division, responsible for combat and drills.If an experienced fighter like Mao Shi really idled or worked as a coolie, it would be a waste of money.

Mao Shi himself couldn't stay idle. Although he felt that the soldiers of the Liaodong Division were a bit "weak", they were still soldiers anyway, and he devoted all his heart and soul to the weak soldiers.However, the Liaodong Division is the foundation of labor and hard labor, and it is congenitally defective. Even if you work hard the day after tomorrow, you still owe a few points after all.

Among other things, the same number of Guards soldiers are responsible for stationing the Gaizhou Fortress Group, and it is absolutely impossible for the Eastern Captives to succeed.

Taking a ten thousand step back, if the reconnaissance troops were capable, or if the staff department was fine enough, this battle would not have been so useless.

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