A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 462
On June 14, the 26th year of Chongzhen, Xuan Dajun and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion left the capital under the welcome of the people of the capital and headed towards Liaodong.
The marching direction of the army is Tongzhou, Sanhe, Yutian, Fengrun, Yongping, Funing, and Shanhaiguan.
The deadline given by the Ministry of War to the generals is to arrive in Ningyuan on July [-]. The distance from the capital to Ningyuan is less than [-] miles.Moreover, this road is almost all plain avenues, so it is not difficult to march.
The army set out mighty and mighty. Because of the internal march, the cavalry was in front, the infantry was behind, and the heavy artillery was last. In addition, there were countless civilian men who transported food, grass and luggage behind the army.
In the Battle of Jinzhou, how huge was the supply of food and grass for the 10,000+ army?In order to supply the food and fodder for the front-line army, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty mobilized tens of thousands of horses and horses. From the capital to Shanhaiguan, there was a stream of people transporting food and fodder day and night.
The Jingbian Army, as a strong army with the most high hopes from all sides, naturally had the highest priority on the supply of food and grass, and no one dared to be short or short, lest it would cause unimaginable consequences.
But at least it is an unshakable principle for Wang Dou and the generals of the Jingbian army to ensure that they have complete control and enough food and grass for the army to eat for a month, so the food and grass on the East Road still accompany the army.
It's just that the transportation battalion gives priority to carrying weapons and ammunition, etc., and the remaining food and grass are sent to the transportation battalion to supervise a group of civilians.After all, there is so much food and grass for 5000 people to eat for a month, it is impossible to carry all of them in one go with the limited vehicles and horses in the supply camp.
Wang Dou's commanding camp of the Chinese army almost became the headquarters of the expeditionary army. Not only Yang Guozhu and Wang Pu gathered here, but also the supervising army Wang Cheng'en, Zhang Ruoqi and others were here, and even Fu Yingchong, the deputy general of the former battalion of Shenji Battalion, squeezed in.
Fu Yingchong was envious of the handsome flag car of Wang Dou and the others. When he was in the capital, he complained to Li Guozhen, the governor of the capital.Concerning the face of the children of the capital, Governor Li Guozhen also selected a chariot in the capital camp, and asked the craftsmen to remodel it overnight to make it into a banner chariot.
The rest remain the same, only the pole is [-] zhang [-] chi high, which is a little shorter than the banner of Wang Dou and the others, he must be a lieutenant general after all, how can the banner be higher than the commander in chief?
In this battle, Fu Yingchong's front battalion of the Shenji Camp had 5000 men and horses.Originally there were a lot of vacancies, but this time the expedition was huge, with strong troops and strong troops such as the Jingbian Army, many disciples of the Beijing camp believed that this battle had a great chance of winning military exploits.
Therefore, many people tried their best to squeeze into the front battalion, causing Fu Yingchong's battalion not only to be fully staffed, but also to be oversubscribed by a lot. For this reason, Fu Yingchong gained a lot of connections.
The soldiers in the front battalion are composed of gunners and chariot battalions. The gunners all use flintlock Lumi guns.In the car camp, there are [-] rocket vehicles, a large number of light tanks, loaded with large and small Flang machines, etc., and loaded with weapons such as Shenhuo Flying Crow, Flying Air Attack Thief and Zhentian Thunder, and there will be General Shenwei gun.
When fighting, first bombard with artillery, then shoot with rockets, and finally shoot with Lumi blunderbuss. From the early Ming Dynasty to the present, the tactics of Shenjiying have actually been very mature.If a soldier can fight bravely, his power cannot be underestimated.
The front camp of the Shenji Camp is theoretically an infantry army, but many of them have horse mules, and many of the disciples of the capital division went out to fight for the first time.
Not to mention that Wang Dou and others nodded their heads, even the supervising army Wang Cheng'en, Zhang Ruoqi and others also thought that the Shenji Battalion's army was strong and their morale was commendable.
In order to show the bravery of the army and cheer up the people of the capital, the military department pulled out a lot of marching powder and other medicines. Although the sun is still scorching today, Wang Dou and others decided to march all day, leaving the boundary of the capital in one breath and arriving in Tongzhou.
In June, it is relatively cool before Si time, but after Si time, especially at noon, the sun is quite fierce, especially when the dust is mixed, which makes people very hot and dry.
Moreover, the current official road has been in disrepair for a long time, not to mention the potholes, and it is still covered with thick silt and dust.Some mud pits have flat surfaces, and if you step on them, the dust will hit you all over your body. No matter how shiny your armor is, you will soon become a beggar.
At this time, the soldiers of the Beijing camp could no longer sing, but everyone still insisted on going to Tongzhou.
In the next few days, they began to curse and procrastinate, and finally handed over the armor and weapons to the transport team accompanying the army.Seeing this, Xuanda's troops couldn't help but despise them, cursing secretly: "Pillow soldiers who look like embroidered patterns."
Wang Cheng'en and Zhang Ruoqi frowned, Fu Yingchong was embarrassed, he shouted and cursed angrily, letting the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion follow up, inevitably aroused the resentment of many people, and lost a lot of contacts gained not long ago.
Wang Dou also shook his head. Could it be that in the last days of the dynasty, the descendants of nobles and military exploits will all become children of the Eight Banners in the end?The Manchurians were considered brave when they rose, but how virtuous and cowardly were they at the end of the Qing Dynasty?How to solve this problem, he couldn't help thinking deeply.
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Due to the scorching heat, from then on the army followed the discussion between Wang Douchu and Yang Guozhu and Wang Pu. The army rested at noon to Shenshi, and traveled before morning and evening, thus finally avoiding the hot period.
On this day, when the army arrived in Yutian, sentry cavalry came to report. Cao Bianjiao, the general soldier of the East Association, and Wang Tingchen, the former general soldier of the Tunwei, each led [-] troops.
The generals who joined the aid, Li Fuming, the general soldier of Shanxi, was in Liaodong as early as, Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, Bai Guangen, the general soldier of Jizhen, and Ma Ke, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, also led the army to Ningyuan early.Tang Tong led [-] troops, Bai Guangen's Ji Town was a big town with [-] troops, Shanhaiguan was the closest to Ningyuan, and Ma Ke led [-] troops.
Of course, most of their headquarters have thousands of people, and the rest of the officers and soldiers are mostly lieutenants, generals, guerrillas and other battalions in the town.
In this way, counting about 5 people in the three towns of the Xuanda Army, the soldiers in the front battalion of the Shenji Battalion, the soldiers and horses of Liu Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, the soldiers and horses of Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of the Ningyuan Regiment, the guarding battalions of the various forts in Liaodong, and the commander-in-chief of Jinzhou Zu Dashou had more than 20 soldiers in Jinzhou City, and the Ming Dynasty gathered more than [-] soldiers and horses in Liaodong, which clearly had the upper hand.
However, Wang Dou knew that Huang Taiji would soon come all over the country, mobilizing a total of 24 troops, and it is still unknown who will win the battle.
In fact, Miyun, Zunhua, and Yutian are all under the jurisdiction of Ji Town, just like Wangdou East Road is under the jurisdiction of Xuanfu Town.
In the 11th year of Chongzhen, the Qing soldiers entered the bandits from Jizhen. In order to strengthen the defense of the capital, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen, the generals of Guanning who dared to fight, were left in Zunhua and Yutian by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao. Therefore, although Wang Tingchen is called Qiantun The commander-in-chief of Wei (not far from Gaoshan Customs) is still stationed in Yutian, Ji Town.
They are under the control of Bai Guangen in name, but Bai Guangen can't control them.
Now the two men have a lot of strong soldiers and horses. In addition to the actual [-] cavalry in the main barracks, there are also [-] new troops each. Make new achievements in the facing war.
The rendezvous of the army was full of joy, Wang Tingchen was still so heroic, Cao Bianjiao was still so calm, just like Wang Pu and others, both of them expressed their admiration for the handsome flag car of Wang Dou and the other three, and they couldn't wait to show Wang Dou what they made up. Trained new army.
Wang Dou also looked carefully at the new army of the two, just like the new army organized by Yang Guozhu, the sergeants in their battalion were all young and strong.The firecrackers were all wearing red cotton armor, and the pikemen were wearing blue waist armor, with the red side of the mandarin duck jacket exposed, which was slightly different from Yang Guozhu's new army.
Their military capacity is slightly worse than Yang Guozhu's new army, and better than Wang Pu's new army. Obviously, the two of them also worked hard and spent a lot of money and food.
Wang Dou praised: "They are all good soldiers. When they return from the expedition to Liaodong, they will be a strong army of one color."
Supervising army Wang Cheng'en and Zhang Ruoqi also nodded their heads and were very happy. There are more and more powerful Ming troops, and the battle in Liaodong is very promising.
What Wang Dou noticed was that Cao Bianjiao used to attack Yang Shaofan under Cao Bianjiao's command, but now he has accumulated meritorious service as a general.
This handsome young man is only 26 or 11 years old now. After experiencing the [-]th year of the Chongzhen War, his demeanor has become more stable and he has the style of a famous general.Obviously, after the Battle of Liaodong, this person will be more noticed.
However, Wang Dou always felt that his peaceful appearance, deep as the sea of ​​mind, was quite similar to his general Gao Xun.
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At this time, there were nearly [-] troops on the expedition, and they were even more mighty. The banners were as black as dark clouds.With such a grand occasion, Zhang Ruoqi, the supervising army, inevitably became very enthusiastic about poetry, and he recited poems with several people from the military department. When he arrived at Shanhaiguan, he recited at least fifty poems.
All the generals can fight, but they can't recite poems and compose rightly. However, among the generals, Wang Dou is famous for his literary talent.The tenderness of his soldiers at the end of the Han Dynasty and the one who bowed their heads was quite appreciated by everyone, especially Wang Pu and Fu Yingchong, the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion Qianbai.
In fact, whether Wang Douyin's poems are good or not, how can Wang Pu and Fu Yingchong tell?
However, Wang Pu followed the example of Wang Dou Ma, and Fu Yingchong also saw that although his Shenji Battalion had a lot of equipment, its combat strength was worrying.All the generals were kind to him on the surface, but they actually despised him in their hearts. Even Wang Chengen and others were angry with him.
Only Zhongyong Bo Wangdou always looked kindly and did not look down on him, which moved Fu Yingchong greatly.
A noble son, he is sensitive in heart and hates being looked down upon by others the most. Under the agreement of all parties, Fu Yingchong decided to be like Wang Pu, and strongly moved closer to Wang Dou. Whether he can win military exploits in the future depends on the care of Uncle Zhongyong.
With this kind of thinking, even though Wang Dou really couldn't write poems, Fu Yingchong still felt that Uncle Zhongyong is humble and he should be an example for everyone.
On July 14th, [-]th year of Chongzhen, the army arrived at Shanhaiguan, and after leaving Shanhaiguan, it was outside the pass.
When the army arrived at Shanhaiguan, it was almost dusk, and the setting sun shot through, casting a layer of golden brilliance on this majestic pass.
The generals guarding the pass and the people in the city organized a grand gong and drum team to welcome the army.With tidal cheers and loud gongs and drums, Wang Dou, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Fu Yingchong, Wang Chengen, Zhang Ruoqi and others stepped on the ancient city wall steps and appeared on the tower.
They watched the heavily armed soldiers below the city pass through Xiongguan Pass and enter the land outside the pass at a neat pace.
The flags are like the sea, and the mighty torrent of steel can't see the end in front and the end in the back, and keep moving forward...

(End of this chapter)