Win the Ding 1617

The combat effectiveness of any army or armed force is directly related to discipline.The two items of discipline and style are intangible but inextricably linked with the commander's character and style.Da Xijun's style is exactly the same as Zhang Xianzhong's.Unlike Li Shouhan's modernized military discipline and the strict military discipline of Li Zicheng's subordinates, Zhang Xianzhong, who came from a strong rogue-proletarian background or a leader with a rough-and-tumble style, naturally brought out an army with a strong flavor of the quack.

Li Dingguo urged the snowy green horse from Xifan land under his crotch, and surrounded by more than 200 soldiers, he trotted all the way into the city of Shunqing.After entering the city, the scene in the city made him feel a little strange.

Apart from the Xiying soldiers lying in twos and threes on the street, resting, chatting, and waiting for dinner, they didn't see any of the usual looting, killing, rape and arson when they entered towns.From behind the windows on the second floor and the door panels of the storefronts facing the street, although there are still occasional frightened faces flashing by, they are no longer the kind of despair facing death, but the unforeseeable future.

Only at a few street corners, in a relatively wide area, Li Dingguo found some familiar scenes.Here, on the trees by the roadside and on the pillars of the buildings, there are a lot of mules and horses tied up in a mess. horses.There was a lot of horse manure scattered on the slate that was originally covered with moss.On the ground, some careless groom spilled the horse feed all over the ground. Several mules and horses kept snorting, trying hard to break free from the shackles of the reins, and ate the fragrant feed beans into their mouths. .

On the square in front of the Fuyamen, it was another bustling, even noisy scene.

From this we can see the differences and gaps in the army.If it was the troops of the Southern Guangdong Army, let alone Li Shouhan himself, brothers Li Huayu and Li Huabao, Li Huamei and Shi Lang would turn the Xingyuan old camp into the most solemn, majestic and majestic place.

It is absolutely necessary to clean up the square outside the gate, so that no one else is allowed to enter, set up artillery at the arrow crossing, and arrange at least one team of firecrackers to garrison around the artillery positions.Then, at least two six-pounders or eight-pounders were also placed at the gate of Xingyuan, firstly to show the majesty and martial arts, and secondly to facilitate guarding.

However, in Yaqian Square of Shunqing Mansion, Li Dingguo couldn't see the majesty and martial arts at all.

More than a dozen cauldrons, which are enough to hold two fat pigs at a time, are lined up. The flames at the bottom of the pot are licking the bottom of the pot happily with the help of continuously added firewood, and the water in the cauldron is splashing.Not far from the cauldron, a few buffaloes that had just been slaughtered on a wooden frame were exuding heat.On the other side of the square, dozens of buffaloes were imprisoned in one place, waiting to be slaughtered by the butcher.

"Nonsense! Who wants you to slaughter cattle?!" Seeing this, Li Dingguo couldn't hold back the anger in his chest anymore. He lifted his legs and jumped off the horse, and was about to beat him with a whip.

"Second Commander! Second Commander, calm down! Second Commander, calm down!" The secretary of the old camp presided over the affairs here. Seeing that Li Dingguo was carrying a whip, he wanted to beat some of the handymen, and hurried out to dissuade him.

"You said, in our general order, there are repeated orders. You are not allowed to rob farm cattle, let alone slaughter farm cattle! You are just playing with the lieutenant general's order, right? Do you have to try military law today?!" The anger on Li Dingguo's face did not stop. retreat.

"If you don't deal with you today, you will not know the majesty of the lieutenant general's order!" Li Dingguo threw away the whip in his hand, stretched his hand to his waist, and drew out his sword to chop off the old battalion secretary.To save him from continuing to corrupt military discipline in the future.

"Ning Yu! Ning Yu! Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" A hand stretched out from the side and held Li Dingguo's hand down.

"Brother Wenxiu?" It was Zhang Xianzhong's other adopted son, Liu Wenxiu, who held Li Dingguo down. "Ning Yu, why don't you change your fiery temperament? If I hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid that not only the bull's head, but also a few human heads would have rolled on the ground." Liu Wenxiu teased a few words, The originally chilling atmosphere eased a lot.

"Brother Wenxiu, who wants them to break our military discipline and slaughter cattle?"

"That's right! Military discipline cannot be corrupted, and farm cattle cannot be slaughtered. But, this is not a farm cattle! These are your third brother and I brought them back from Fushun County. They are all used for pushing water (that is, lifting water) by the side of the salt well. Strong bulls. As you know, several places in the artesian well are famous for their salt. It is said that Zhuo Wenjun’s family made a fortune in the salt business. They all brought up the brine hundreds of feet deep underground, and then fried them in a large pot. The salt is boiled. The brine on the crane is carried by cows, and people can’t withstand such a great effort. Even cows can work for two years at most, and the cows will be exhausted and disabled. There is a local folk saying: : "There are a lot of cow dung in the mountains, a lot of beef in the short streets, a lot of small salt boats in the rivers, and a lot of sedan chairs in the narrow roads." It is said that the consumption of thousands of cows a year! I got a hundred buffaloes to be sent to slaughter Come here, give it to the brothers in the old camp, in Sichuan dialect, it is a tooth-beating sacrifice! Don't worry, the third brother gave the money!"

Li Dingguo snorted, as if he had spared the old battalion secretary once.He has always been famous in the Great Western Army for his tolerance and kindness. He took the lead in battle and was extremely heroic. He was called "Little Yuchi" or "The Enemy of Ten Thousand People". He was a wise and brave general in the Great Western Army.Naturally, it's not good to be too serious with an old battalion secretary, not to mention that there is Liu Wenxiu's face in it.After the Qing army entered Sichuan, Liu Wenxiu successively killed the White Banner Jialazhangjing Xiteku, Niuluzhangjing Ubashi, Gulanga, Bayanga and others.After Zhang Xianzhong's death in battle, he also made many military exploits and made great achievements in the crisis of the Great Western Army.After the death of Zhang Xianzhong, at the most critical moment of the Western Army's rout, Sun Kewang and others led tens of thousands of troops to flee to Chongqing, but suffered from lack of boats. However, Liu Wenxiu was good at swimming, and the water was like flat land, so he captured the boats from the opposite bank and covered the army. After crossing the river, they defeated more than [-] men under Zeng Ying, the general of the Ming Dynasty, shot Zeng Ying to death, and incorporated his troops.

"Ning Yu, don't you know that now we have tens of thousands of people under our command. The army and horses we have finally collected must be good to gather people's morale? I just got these cows. Let the master chef brought from Fushun cook it well, feed the soldiers inside and outside the city a few good meals, and restore everyone's physical strength and morale."

"Third brother, I think it's a bad idea to eat something good. Killing that shit Zuo Prime Minister Wang Zhaolin is the best way to boost the morale of the army." Li Dingguo said that Zuo Prime Minister Wang Zhaolin was Zhang Xianzhong's pet Minister, this person has no other skills, he will cater to his wishes and instigate Zhang Xianzhong to kill soldiers and civilians recklessly, and he has accumulated hatred for the army for a long time.Therefore, after defeating and surrendering Zeng Ying's troops, when he came out of his hiding place triumphantly and prepared to continue to dominate the Great Western Army, when he appeared in front of Sun Kewang and others who had just recovered the Chongqing Mansion, it was a success. It is a good choice to use his head to calm the resentment in the army and boost the morale of the whole army.

"But there is only one Wang Zhaolin, but there are thousands of fat buffaloes that can't do the job!" Liu Wenxiu laughed, and dragged Li Dingguo into the second gate of the mansion.

It tastes different from the slaughtered beef and boiled meat outside the government office, but the courtyard inside the second gate is filled with the intoxicating aroma of wine.Seven or eight wine jars are stacked under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree.Behind a large table made up of four or five tables, Sun Kewang, Ai Nengqi, Bai Wenxuan, Ma Yuanli and other generals of the Western Army occupied one side.

"Ning Yu! I'm just waiting for you! Come, try the delicious dishes cooked by this southern Sichuan chef! There are also ingredients brought by Mr. Li, paired with the good wines from Xufu, Luzhou, and Gulin. It really tastes delicious. Very enjoyable!"

Holding a wine glass in his hand, Sun Kewang greeted Li Dingguo who had just arrived with pride, without any indication that he had just experienced a defeat.It's no wonder that in his military career, including that of Li Dingguo and others, great victories and defeats, pursuits and retreats are often intertwined.Failures like Phoenix Mountain have never happened before.The same happened in Chongqing's victory in Qijiang.

"Exactly! Three generals, try the Yanbang dishes from Ziliujing! The fireside beef and boiled beef are both delicious! We've already finished two barrels of rice!" Xiying General Bai Wenxuan He also greeted Li Dingguo with oily corners of his mouth.

Li Dingguo felt something was wrong today.As usual, this kind of banquet is not unheard of, but often, the people present have already drunk, the cups and plates are messed up, and the wine jars, bowls and chopsticks are thrown everywhere.Inevitably, some singers and dancers were present to add to the fun.But today, not only can't I see singing and dancing girls singing and dancing to add to the fun, but they are still saying that two buckets of rice have been killed? !Could it be that not only did they drink too little today, but they still haven't let go of their drinking?

Could it be that?Li Dingguo's heart suddenly changed. He has followed Zhang Xianzhong since he was ten years old. He has seen many annexation and fire mergers, and he has done a lot with Zhang Xianzhong.He glanced around casually to see if there were ambushes around.Fortunately, the doors are wide open everywhere, and there is no sign of an ambush.It is true that the mud seals of several wine jars were only opened, and the aroma of wine wafted out leisurely from inside.

Beside Sun Kewang, in the chief position, sat a stranger.

"Brother, who is this gentleman?"

Li Dingguo glanced at it from the corner of his eye, and suddenly felt that this person was so strange.Although he was wearing a primordial color Taoist robe, there was no bun on his head, but a short hair that was just an inch long, like a steel needle.Moreover, from the appearance and facial features, it can be determined at a glance that he is definitely not from the Central Plains.

"This Mr. Li is also your family?!" Sun Kewang's words were full of jokes.

"I'm Li Zongfang. The three generals laughed at me."

"Which Li is the next step?" Although Zhang has been surnamed for many years, Li Dingguo still knows a little about his family's surname.After thinking about it, he couldn't think of any branch of the Li family with such descendants.

"It made the three generals laugh. The appearance of this subordinate, at first glance, looks like a barbarian. However, I am also lucky. I was adopted by my mother since I was a child, so I was named Li."

"Ning Yu, let me tell you the truth! Mr. Li is a businessman from the south and came here to discuss business with us. His background is much more noble than the previous Nanzhong businessmen. He is the eldest son of Mrs. Li Guogong. Big man! Just like us in front of our father!"

Since the Tang, Song and Five Dynasties, the military has had the habit of adopting sons.From Li Keyong to Guo Wei, every big man with a head and face has a lot of adopted sons, who are used to charge forward.This habit has continued for thousands of years.Therefore, when Sun Kewang introduced Li Zongfang as Yan Meier's adopted son, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ainengqi and others immediately stood in awe.I see!No wonder it looks like a non-Chinese face, but it speaks fluent Mandarin and has a surname of Li.

They don't know that people like Li Zongfang are just orphans from various tribes and villages adopted by Yanmeier, and there are as many as eight thousand if not ten thousand.It's just that people like Li Zongfang have good aptitude and luck. If they are released to work, those with mediocre aptitude can only find a place to get some fields and become a rich man with enough food and clothing.However, it is not too bad luck.Compared with Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang, who were in their teens and followed the brigade to make a living among swords and guns, struggling to crawl in and out of the dead was much stronger. At least, they had no worries about food and clothing.

"Come here! Ning Yu, try this beef first! This is cooked by the chef brought by Mr. Li himself. It uses the seasoning introduced by Mr. Li Guogong from overseas. What kind of pepper is it called? It is most suitable for this place in southern Sichuan. Eat on wet ground."

Li Dingguo followed Sun Kewang's instructions, first filled a large bowl of rice, and then picked up a few chopsticks of the so-called boiled beef.As soon as I took a sip, I felt as if my tongue had been hit hard.He hastily took a few mouthfuls of rice, and only then did he slightly relieve the burning sensation in his mouth and tongue.However, the chopsticks in his hand still involuntarily ran towards the huge earthen basin filled with red soup and filled with thinly sliced ​​beef.

"Sure enough! No wonder you guys refused to drink just now, but you killed two barrels of rice in one go!" After eating a bowl of rice like a cloud, Li Dingguo finally understood why the righteous brothers and his subordinates General as.

"Brother, do our soldiers eat this today?" Li Dingguo pointed to the beef in the basin, and he chatted with Sun Kewang in a rather relaxed mood, "I see that cattle are being slaughtered outside, don't they also eat this?"

"I'm afraid we have 10,000+ people in Shunqing Mansion. They all eat this. Even if the beef is enough, I'm afraid the rice is steamed in a hurry! Don't worry, Ning Yu, when I came from Fushun, I took all the energy in the city. The cooked beef you bought, what kind of fire-side beef is it? I’m afraid it’s tens of thousands of catties!? The elite soldiers and horses of the old battalion each have a catty, the horse soldiers of the ordinary battalions are half a catty each, and the infantry soldiers are four taels per person. Enough beef soup!" Liu Wenxiu talked about her handwriting, not without complacency. (One catty on the old scale is 16 taels, half a catty is eight taels, four taels, which is now two and a half.)

The Huobianzi beef is a famous delicacy in Fushun area. It is the selected fine beef with the omentum removed, cut into pieces more than one inch thick, and nailed on a slanted wooden board, and then used extremely The sharp thin knife cuts the beef horizontally into extremely thin slices.This incision is extremely skillful, and it is required to be uniform in thickness when retracting, and to be able to pass through the light faintly, but it is not allowed to have a little bit of leakage.Then spread these thin beef slices with appropriate amount of salt and soy sauce, hang them in a ventilated place to dry, and spread them one by one on the large-eyed bamboo fence that can breathe, and the bamboo fence is supported by special beams. The so-called "cow dung cake" by the locals, that is, the fuel made of buffalo cow dung mixed with yellow mud, which is similar to briquettes, is made by slowly fuming the beef on the kang with a low fire.

"Exactly! How can the whole army eat the same food? It is also in Ziliujing and Gongjing, and the dishes are also divided into salt merchants' dishes, salt workers' dishes, and guild hall dishes. There are big pots outside to make vegetables, all for salt workers. Cooks who cook. Their dishes are the most suitable for bitter people!"

"Mr. Li, when the flames of war are everywhere, if you don't avoid the front and come to this land in southern Sichuan, isn't it just to treat our brothers to a meal? If this is the case, Li is very grateful. However, at the beginning When the late emperor was in Kaifeng mansion, Bucai and his elder brothers also dealt with merchants in your place, if you have any questions, sir, please advise!" Li Dingguo suddenly changed the subject, and asked Li Zongfang the purpose of his trip .

Li Zongfang laughed but didn't say a word, he just drank Luzhou Daqu with beef.

"Ning Yu, Mr. Li has helped us a lot. He came here this time, originally to escort Qin Liangyu and Lord Qin Hou in the Shizhu area of ​​Zhongzhou. A firecracker and a matching hundred rounds of medicine, and thousands of armors, and some medicines for treating knife wounds and firearm injuries in the army. As a result, when we arrived in Chongqing, we happened to meet the 10,000+ soldiers and horses of our Xiying and Zeng Ying. Fighting. Mr. Li drew his sword to help me, even if he allocated [-] thunderbolts to me. Otherwise, with our Daxi army's disintegrated army, which has been out of food for several days, even if the soldiers are brave and desperate to kill the enemy, it will be difficult to shake That thief Zeng Ying's soldiers!"

The thunder that Sun Kewang mentioned was the ponytail grenade of the Southern Guangdong Army.This thing is most suitable for armies fighting in mountainous areas, fighting against formations, and relying on trenches. Often when a horsetail grenade is thrown, there will be blood and flesh flying everywhere, and an army formation will collapse.Relying on these [-] hand grenades, Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu reorganized the defeated troops, boosted morale, and defeated Zeng Ying's troops of the Eastern Sichuan Ming Army who were attacking the Daxi Army like a mad dog in World War I.

"Now, Mr. Li has a big discussion with us."