Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 22 Standing Army

After entering Laohugou, Qiu Tianxing took the team to the playground, praised them for their bravery, and then disbanded the team.So the militiamen went home happily.

Qiu Tianxing told Chen Chen, the captain of the No. [-] Squadron, to organize people to put the seized materials (actually, some weapons) into storage, and then left.Qiu Tianxing walked to Zhang's hometown, he had some matters to discuss with Zhang.

Along the way, I saw a dense flow of people, as if they were bumping and bumping when walking.Many people had terrified expressions on their faces, as if they were facing a catastrophe.Moreover, they didn't know Qiu Tianxing, and they seemed to be ordinary passers-by when they saw Qiu Tianxing walking by.

"It seems that there are too many newcomers here, and the Laohugou will almost not be able to accommodate them! We need to expand the site." Qiu Tianxing thought to himself.

Stepping into the gate of Zhang's hometown, Qiu Tianxing saw at a glance that Zhang Ying, Zhang's grandson, was shaking his head and studying scriptures hard.

Seeing this scene, Qiu Tianxing sighed.This nerd couldn't understand the situation clearly, and always thought that Daming would be rejuvenated again, and that he would open Enke after expelling the Tartars, so that he could take the exam.I always hold the idea that if I don’t study hard now, I will fail in the examination room in the future, and I study the scriptures day and night.

Qiu Tianxing encouraged Zhang Ying's seriousness, but this nerd really couldn't understand the situation, and still held the idea of ​​the Taiping period, which was wrong.

After having a haha ​​with Zhang Ying, Qiu Tianxing walked into the inner hall.I saw Zhang Laozheng and a few people who looked like shopkeepers counting things, the sound of abacus, people's voices, rattling together, it was very lively.Qiu Tianxing didn't say anything, just stood in the corner, watching the busy scene.

After a long time, the noisy voice gradually became quieter. Mr. Zhang felt a sore back, so he stood up, ready to exercise his old body.But he didn't want to, when he raised his eyes, he saw Qiu Tianxing standing not far in front of him.

Surprised, Mr. Zhang hurried over and cupped his hands.

"My lord, congratulations on returning from victory! My lord, you're really wise and mighty!"

The militiamen who sent the wounded soldiers back had already told everyone the news of the victory, so Mr. Zhang knew that Qiu Tianxing had returned from victory.So, he quickly congratulated a few words.

Seeing Mr. Zhang's actions, several shopkeeper men beside him hurried over to greet him.

"Congratulations, Commander!"

"Congratulations, Captain!"

"Master Captain is really victorious in every battle!"

For the flattery of shopkeepers, Qiu Tianxing was a little helpless, he didn't like it.But sometimes in order to improve the relationship between superiors and subordinates, he had to accept such flattery, otherwise he would send a signal that he was not close to those subordinates.

Since the establishment of the security group, Mr. Zhang began to address Qiu Tian as the head of the group.Originally, Qiu Tianxing didn't want to have such an alienation with Mr. Zhang and break up the friendship between the two parties in vain.But Mr. Zhang doesn't think so. He thinks that snakes can't do without a head. Now Laohugou is already a small party.As the leader, Qiu Tianxing must have a high status, otherwise the people under him will have no sense of fear.Being close to the people is close to the people, and majesty is majesty, and the two cannot be confused.Blindly being close to the people cannot make people feel awe.

Therefore, Mr. Zhang put Qiu Tianxing in a high position, so that everyone would obey Qiu Tianxing's leadership with sincerity.Because of Mr. Zhang's attitude, with the support of the backbone of Laohugou - the villagers of Zhangjia Village, Qiu Tianxing firmly controlled everything in Laohugou.

Qiu Tianxing is very grateful for what Mr. Zhang has done to him.

Seeing that Mr. Zhang was so polite, Qiu Tianxing hurriedly cupped his hands and replied.

"Mr. Zhang, you are welcome! The victory was won by the heroic militiamen of the security regiment! This regiment leader just happened to be at the right time."

After some politeness, Mr. Zhang asked.

"I don't know why the head of the group visited the humble house."

Seeing that Mr. Zhang was also talking about sour words, Qiu Tianxing felt a little helpless. He stopped being polite and said straight to the point.

"Now, my security team has wiped out a small group of Tartar Green Battalion soldiers. Maybe soon, the Green Battalion soldiers from Yingcheng will come back to take revenge!"

Hearing what Qiu Tianxing said, the shopkeepers at the scene became nervous. Facing a military disaster, no one would not be afraid.

Even Mr. Zhang felt palpitations, he asked hastily.

"Then what should we do? Can the security team resist?"

"Of course, it's not difficult to resist these green battalion soldiers, but..." Qiu Tianxing said with some doubts.

"What else?" Zhang Lao asked quickly.

"Well, if the Green Battalion is going to fight over, then we are in wartime. The militia system is probably unreasonable. Otherwise, if the enemy comes over and our militiamen are still plowing the fields, I am afraid that what is waiting for us is perished."

"How about that?"

"Temporarily transform the militia into a standing army! The name remains the same, it is still called the militia, but it has to stay in the barracks for training all day, and is always ready to fight! In addition, select healthy people from among the newcomers to serve as the militia's reserve army! "

"Huh? This? I'm afraid the folks are not happy about it!" Mr. Zhang said with some embarrassment after hearing what Qiu Tianxing said.

"Originally, one hour of training a day, plus one hour of cultural knowledge training, many people have opinions. They think that their men are out all day, and they can't take care of family affairs. If they serve all day, so many people's farm work But no one will do it, and the opinions of the women will be even greater!"

"That can't be helped. It's not that we want to be so unreasonable, but the Tartars won't let us live! The knives are about to be put on the hook, can't we still resist? Not only young and strong, but also strong women and children , must be trained!"

After a pause, Qiu Tianxing continued.

"Although it is cruel to let children go to the battlefield, I think it is even more cruel to let them be killed for nothing! As long as we want to keep our hair, the Tartars will definitely not let us live! Even if we are killed , I have to hold my back when I die!"

The more Qiu Tianxing spoke, the louder he got, when he got excited, the scar on his face that had already healed turned red suddenly, and spread around in a circle, that ferocious appearance seemed to describe his anger at the moment!
After hesitating for a while, Mr. Zhang agreed with Qiu Tianxing's opinion.It may be that the words that you have to hold back when you are about to die deeply touched Mr. Zhang's heartstrings, and reminded him of the experience that he couldn't release the grief and anger in his heart when the bandits burned the village that night.It was because the villagers in Zhangjia Village were untrained and unable to resist the bandits, which caused huge casualties among the villagers.

Nodding his head, Mr. Zhang said.

"I will do the ideological work of the folks, and I must let them understand the truth that there are no eggs under a nest. The Tartars are about to kill them. If we don't fight with all our strength, then we will all be finished!"

(End of this chapter)