Ping An Biography

In the early morning of the sixth day of October, the whole team of 130 people under Wei Bin assembled on the pasture in the northeast of the village, and Zhang Ning and others then went to lead the army.

According to Zhang Ning's establishment after he ruled the army, this group of people was named "Fengxia Mountain Hundred Household Brigade".The whole brigade consists of 120 four-member main battle soldiers: less than one hundred households are divided into left and right general banners, each banner has 12 soldiers, one chief of one hundred households, Wei Bin, and two general banner chiefs, Chen and Zhang; each general banner is divided into five teams, each team The [-] people are divided into left and right small flags, and there are six small flags; the team leader and the small flag leader are also soldiers, and each team is also the leader of the left small flag.

Soldiers are custom-equipped with a matchlock gun, dozens of ammunition in bamboo tubes, a pack of priming medicine, a single knife, and a dry food bag and water bottle; a small number of people learn bows and arrows, and bring their own strong bows and arrows. Bows and arrows are not easy to learn, and generally need to be practiced. Three to five years.

There are also 24 miscellaneous soldiers, including two messengers, a drummer and a standard bearer, and [-] fire soldiers and heavy soldiers.There are twenty Shu horses, but none of them are war horses, and they are very short. They are usually used for camel tents and other things.You can also ride when chasing or scouting, and you can run faster with less energy. In the densely forested mountainous area in the southwest, cavalry is really of little use.

All the troops wore iron helmets with wide brims, green cloth clothes, tops and pants, and soap leather boots.Some people brought their own simple armor, and some hung it on the body with bamboo and wood chips. It is estimated that the defense power is limited. Most of them only tied a heart guard on their body, which was hand-forged by the Weapons Bureau.Some wooden iron-clad shields were also prepared in the baggage team.

The command system is very simple, mainly due to the small number of people. There are only more than 100 people in total, and the shouts can be heard.The so-called communication basically depends on shouting, and traffic basically depends on walking.

At this time, Zhang Ning and other five people ran over on pony horses, and Wei Bin shouted: "Salute!" momentum.

Seeing this, Zhang Ning felt a strange feeling, and felt evil in his heart... Of course, except for himself, everyone didn't know that this gesture represented the evil Nazis.He immediately raised his hand to salute everyone, a unique etiquette that only belongs to this small group, Zhang Ning vaguely felt that it was still helpful to improve the organization.

The three people who followed him to protect his safety, Lao Xu, Wen Jun, and Song Hu didn't participate in the army training, so they stood there for a while, staring blankly at this weird way of greeting.Yao Erlang raised his hand without any pressure.

Zhang Ningce immediately stepped forward and walked a few steps in front of the phalanx. All the troops were waiting for him to speak.He raised his head and glanced at the flag floating on the flagpole, with a yellow background and a black lacquered Suzaku.A few days ago, when designing the flag logo, I didn't think of using the swastika, but chose the auspicious bird Suzaku, one of the four elephants.As a descendant of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, a more orthodox line in name, Zhang Ning will not abandon this identity. Suzaku's name not only has the word "Zhu" in it, but it also belongs to fire, which coincides with the attributes of the sun and moon Ming Dynasty. Suzaku couldn't be better.

Same clothes, unique gestures, unique logos, these things should be useful elements to build an organization as a whole.Zhang Ning did not have a deep understanding of the modern organization and mobilization system, so he could only learn from such superficial elements and try his best to unite forces.

By the way, you can also create a "military song" when you are free, just like the chant you heard in the quarry, everyone singing can improve the cohesion.However, in Zhang Ning's experience, the music that can be sung in this era is more brothel ditties and folk songs, which are difficult to make it to the stage.Court music and military music are not sung... I will have to collect and create one in the future.

Zhang Ning looked away from the Suzaku flag, no one knew what he was thinking, and the army maintained military discipline.

"Everyone, Miao people and Tujia people live in the deep mountains here. Why are we here?" Zhang Ning spoke, because the situation required him to say a few precepts, and he also gave precepts in the Beijing camp many times during the Yongle Northern Expedition .

No one could explain this question clearly in a few words, so the troops were silent.

"Because we were ruled by the puppet government with no place in the Central Plains, and we were forced to come to this remote place without giving people a way to survive." Zhang Ning looked around, with an angry expression, "Dashengzhai, Shimen County The altar master Hou was killed and arrested. This matter is definitely endless. The government will hunt down here sooner or later... We are not bandits or sinners, but we can't even live in the remote mountains here. What's the reason? Brothers, wait Do you want someone else to kill you?"

The emotions of the crowd were finally aroused, and there was an uproar, shouting and shouting.Zhang Ning was very satisfied when he saw this, and cursed loudly: "We have knives and guns, we are afraid of a bird, take down Shimen County, rescue Lord Hou Tan, and distribute the money and food."

There was no cry of "robbing money and grabbing land" in the noise. Everyone was inexplicably elated, but shouted long live in a mess.

Zhang Ning waved his hand and shouted: "Let's go!"

"Stand at attention..." Wei Bin gave the command to straighten out the formation, "walk in unison" and all the troops lined up and marched towards the entrance of the village. The drummer next to the flag bearer also took out his wooden stick and began to beat the cowhide drum rhythmically. Neatly, under the correction of the drumbeat, the footsteps of more than 100 people sound like the same person, which is very powerful.

Zhang Ning and others rode in front of the team, and he was no longer dressed in the usual robes of the common people, and several of them wore the same clothes as the soldiers.Blue lapel top, top and bottom pants, and soap leather boots.The difference is the material and color of the belts, and the generals and soldiers are also different; there are also hats, Zhang Ning and Song Hu wear big hats, Lao Xu and Wenjun wear square scarves, and Wenjun covers his face with a veil.Wenjun is not short among women, but he looks much smaller in men's clothes, and because of the belt, his waist looks slimmer.

The brigade drove into the village, crossing the main road and approaching. The sound of drums and footsteps soon made the whole village noisy. The chickens raised by the villagers were screaming non-stop, and many local dogs joined in the fun and hid under the walls. "Wow, woof, woof" barked, and many dogs joined in the barking, and the barking became more and more joyful.

Both sides of the road were full of people, and some opened their doors and stood at the door to watch the excitement. No matter how the hundred-household team tossed about, the villagers were of course not afraid, because the soldiers were also neighbors in the village.The family members of the soldiers also came to see them off, and followed the team to talk to their relatives and wipe away their tears. Some women stuffed boiled eggs into the soldiers' grain bags.

The branch altar masters of the evil cult were also watching by the side of the road, and they were all surprised to see such a team.

In this remote mountain village, the appearance of such a team looks very strange, and the peaceful village is rarely bustling.

When walking through the courtyard of the family named Chen, Zhang Ning saw Fang Ling and Peach Blossom Fairy standing in the door, waving to him, but he didn't see Zhang Xiaomei.In this lively atmosphere, he suddenly felt slightly lost.I kept turning my head to look, and finally had to find that the little girl did not come to see him off.

At this time, he suddenly saw the bamboo curtain on the second floor window of Chen's house move slightly, and looked up quickly, but saw nothing... Maybe the little girl was hiding behind the curtain? Zhang Ning comforted himself in this way.

The team crossed the village and arrived at the archway at the main entrance of the village. Monk Yao and several elder guards were waiting there. The women in white dresses and veiled hats were the most conspicuous. The sedan chair, Yao Ji should be in the sedan chair.

Zhang Ning rode his horse and walked over, glanced at the rough and narrow wooden bridge on the river, then turned to Wei Bin and said, "Take your brothers to cross the river in an orderly manner, and don't step on them if there are too many people." Wei Bin clasped his fists and said, "Decree." What, he raised his left arm and saluted again.

He, Lao Xu and others walked up to Monk Yao, pressed down the long sword on his waist, got off his horse, cupped his hands and said, "You don't need to give it to me." Monk Yao and the elder beside him also returned the gift, and Monk Yao exchanged greetings for two At this point, he turned to look at Yao Erlang again, and said sternly: "You must obey your cousin's orders, and you must not be frivolous in doing things." Yao Erlang was also respectful, and quickly responded: "Yes, father." Zhang Ning said kindly: "Uncle, don't worry, I will take good care of my cousin."

Zhang Ning talked here for a while, then walked to the side of the sedan chair, bent down and said: "But mother?"

Sure enough, Yao Ji's voice sounded inside, "Since you are going, be careful in everything. If the city is solid and difficult to break through, you don't have to force it. The altar masters in the sect also know your intentions." The voice was like the sound of nature, Zhang Ning I noticed that the people next to me seemed to be holding their breath and listening.

Zhang Ning replied: "You don't have to worry, my son has his own measure."

The voice inside said: "That's good."

The two asked and answered, but they felt very reserved, probably because Yao Ji maintained her identity and there were many people present, so she didn't say anything.Zhang Ning thought of the folks who saw him off in the village, but they were quite different from his own family.

Zhang Ning talked here for a while, then bid farewell to Monk Yao and others, and crossed the river with the brigade on the bridge.After all the troops had crossed the river, there was a mountain road on the opposite side, so they had to abandon the neat queue and go up the mountain in a single file. The steep mountain road was narrow enough for only one person to pass.Naturally, the horse could no longer be ridden, so he led Sui brigade to walk. More than 100 people formed a long line on the road.

The road in the mountainous area is almost unguarded, and it may be difficult for a large number of enemy troops to enter, and the government has no way of knowing that an army will emerge from the deep mountain with the intention of attacking the city.

In the evening, the brigade chose a place to camp and cook. There was no need to build the camp, just set up the tent and cut some firewood.Three meals a day, morning and evening, cook rice in a pot, as well as pickled meat and wild vegetables, and boil some boiled rice at noon to satisfy hunger.Most of the dry food brought by the Hundred Households Brigade is this kind of soaked rice, because the Jing food here is mainly rice, and the self-produced food does not have much flour to make cakes.Soaked rice is rice that has been repeatedly soaked in water, then steamed and dried, and put in a grain bag. It can satisfy hunger as long as it is scalded with hot water. It would be even better if it is served with pickles.

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