Chapter 228 Something went wrong

Late one night in mid-June of the 16th year of Chongzhen's reign, platoon leader Luo Xiaoliu, who was stationed in Qizhou City, was woken up by a soldier on duty in his company who was responsible for keeping watch. He got up in a daze and went to check the sentry post and the sleeping conditions of the soldiers. .

There are five platoons in the company. It is their important system that the platoon leaders rotate a company watchman every few days to be responsible for night inspections and daily task allocation for the whole company.

They completely did not follow the rules of not running around at night that were common among other armies at this time, and there seemed to be no problems.

Facing the new military system and training system, everything about them is more disciplined and restrained.

Summer nights are cool and bright.

But Luo Xiaoliu was not in a good mood, he was very tired.

The heavy exercise during the day and the unsatisfactory food almost consumed all his energy. If he moved again at night, he would not only feel tired and uncomfortable, but also a little hungry.

But he didn't have any food on hand, and he had no place to get food.

Since the troops stationed in Qizhou were expanded into a regiment, and since he was promoted to platoon leader and transferred from Fugan Pass to the city, their food began to drop significantly. There was less and less fuel and water, and it was difficult to have a meal. You can eat until you are 100% full.

But their training volume has not decreased at all.

This made the recruits, especially those who were transferred from captivity, complain endlessly, and also made many veterans feel physically unbearable.

Although Luo Xiaoliu knew that this was an extraordinary moment and that as a platoon leader he needed to be more aware of the overall situation, this still could not stop him from feeling a little disappointed and unhappy deep in his heart.

He was even more unhappy when he saw the new recruits at the sentry who were cowering and having problems answering commands.

Swollen corpses floating down from the upper reaches can be seen everywhere in the Yangtze River. The war in Daye County is also said to be getting more and more intense. No one knows when they will start fighting here, but the combat awareness and training level of the recruits are seriously lagging behind. The training progress is very different from when I was a squad leader.

This made Luo Xiaoliu feel a deep sense of crisis and an even deeper sense of frustration.

Luo Xiaoliu couldn't help but scolded his mother several times, and several of his former tracker squad leaders even scolded him.

But all to no avail.

Listening to the monitor behind him roaring angrily as usual, Luo Xiaoliu shook his head helplessly.

After patiently checking his bed, Luo Xiaoliu was so hungry that he didn't fall asleep again for a while after returning to bed.

When he was about to count the sheep, he suddenly heard some unusual noises outside. It was the sound of someone running, and there was more than one person. He could even feel the chaos and rush from the sound.

Luo Xiaoliu, who was a little stunned, just sat up suspiciously, and then heard someone running into his company.

Luo Xiaoliu hurriedly jumped out of bed, instinctively picked up the waist knife beside the bed and rushed out. Then he found that the person who ran into the company had accurately broken into the company commander's room, and the person on duty at the door of the company who was awake all night was responsible for keeping watch. The soldier stood there confused.

Soon, the company commander and the battalion headquarters' signal soldier came out with half-open eyes.

When the company commander saw Luo Xiaoliu, he immediately said anxiously: "Blow the whistle immediately, gather urgently, and the whole battalion will go out for training."

"Why do we have to blow the whistle for the emergency assembly in the camp?" Luo Xiaoliu responded very quickly.

Since the army began to expand, several passes outside the city have been handed over to the newly formed garrison force of the Qizhou government, and all five battalions of their regiment have been stationed inside the city.

Now, in addition to the two battalions on duty at the six city gates, each of their six companies stationed one company at each city gate, the remaining three battalions were stationed in battalion-shaped units at three places in the city.

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That is to say, their entire battalion is currently stationed together. If the battalion wants to organize an emergency gathering, they only need to come directly and blow the whistle. There is no need to send someone to notify them first.

The company commander didn't seem to have thought of this problem, or he hadn't woken up from his sleepy eyes. After being stunned for a moment, he realized it and looked at the battalion headquarters signal soldier inexplicably and asked: "It's a bit strange, why?"

Without blowing a loud and far-reaching bugle, it is indeed easy to cause misunderstandings in the middle of the night, in the city, and with the enemy in front of us. It is generally not used unless there is a special emergency. Everyone knows this, and

This is also the current ironclad law.

But the signal soldier at the battalion headquarters shrugged with no comment.

Beep beep... beep beep... beep beep... beep beep...

At this time, a rapid whistle sounded in other companies.

The company commander's face changed drastically, and he shouted urgently: "Don't worry about anything, blow the whistle quickly." After saying that, the company commander quickly returned to the room to pack his things.

But Luo Xiaoliu always felt that something was wrong.

You still have to go out for training after an emergency gathering? What's going on?

They haven't done any training since they expanded their army, okay? And is it really appropriate to do training now?

The new recruits haven't even been issued ration bags yet!

Luo Xiaoliu had participated in training. He knew what training meant by this army, and he also knew what the minimum requirements were.

Soon, Luo Xiaoliu noticed that the battalion headquarters did not come to check on them after their emergency gathering. Instead, the entire battalion headquarters seemed to be in a state of panic. This was too abnormal.

And when they really walked out of the city, Luo Xiaoliu's suspicion became even stronger.

The brother troops guarding the city gate, the newly recruited armed forces affiliated with the government, and a large number of young and strong people who took turns coming to the city to help guard the city couldn't help but ask them what they were doing in the middle of the night.

They were very confused about the rationality of leaving the city at this time.

However, the regimental staff and battalion headquarters who had arrived in advance gave a troublesome and unusually loud answer: Go out of the city for training.

This reason is very far-fetched.

Then, they actually arrived at the riverside and were ordered to board a ship that was approaching in a chaotic manner.

These ships should also have received sudden orders.

At this time, more people began to realize that something was wrong.

What are you doing on the boat?

Maybe he wanted to go to Fuchi for training. I haven't heard of any rebels there, so it's much safer than the outskirts of Qizhou.

But after they left Qizhou, Qizhou's defense force was severely weakened. Most of them were new soldiers, but no matter how new they were, they were still stronger than those newly recruited by the government who had no training at all!

Confusion caused a lot of buzzing discussions and minor confusions to inevitably arise in the troops who had only been training for a month and had no training at all.

It was also at this time that Luo Xiaoliu realized that the other battalion leaving the city with them was actually the 1st Battalion. That was the core of the entire regiment's combat effectiveness, and it was also the only battalion in which the proportion of veterans exceeded that of recruits and even accounted for the majority.

Unlike their other four battalions, the deputy squad leader (not included) and below are all new recruits.

Moreover, the recruits in the first battalion are all carefully selected, and no one is reluctant, and no one is just a make-up.

The first battalion was quiet and orderly, fully demonstrating the maturity in training and organization, but it was also even more strange and abnormal.

Two battalions, accounting for less than half of the entire regiment's strength, with a total of about 1,000 troops, went out of the city for training late at night, including a battalion that currently did not need and should least be organized for training. Luo Xiaoliu understood that things were not simple.

He realized they couldn't possibly be organizing training sessions.

When boarding the ship, Luo Xiaoliu's company commander did not take the same boat with them, but was called to the ship where their leader, Chief of Staff Han Jiu, was for a meeting. This further confirmed Luo Xiaoliu's suspicion.

Sure enough, the main purpose of their boat trip was to cross the river, and the company commander who returned to the company after crossing the river also had a solemn face. Especially since the company commander refused to talk about the content of the meeting at this time, and just urged everyone to follow the people in front.

company.

It was long after dawn when the long queue, tired, hungry and ignorant, finally stopped at a road intersection near a large pond and crowded with donkey carts and mule carts.

This should be a supply point set up for them.

A large amount of boiling water was boiling in a row of pots that were clearly set up temporarily. A long row of buckets with lids opened seemed to be full of fried noodles. There were also piles of gourds for water and long dry food bags for individual soldiers.

, and pairs of cloth shoes...

There are actually cloth shoes?

All the officers and soldiers who saw the cloth shoes were stunned.

Even the most obtuse person can understand that something is not normal.

And then, they noticed that on the roadside in front not far from them, another friendly army of about one battalion was sitting quietly on the roadside watching them.

When the mechanics lined up to receive the dry ration bags for individual soldiers and went to the wooden barrel to fill them with fried noodles, they took the two gourds they had and the new gourds they had and went to the big pot to fill them with the cooked and still warm cold gourds.

After receiving a pair of cloth shoes, two hard-boiled eggs, two salted duck eggs, a small bag of dried meat and a first aid bag with a triangle towel, Luo Xiaoliu's mood became even heavier.

Unlike most of the new recruits who started to have fun, Luo Xiaoliu had already realized what such a rare luxury meant.

There is no free lunch in the world, and there is no need for a training officer to prepare so many things for them. Especially since he, a platoon leader, has not eaten eggs for a long time, and has never received dried meat.

A dry food bag filled with fried noodles can guarantee a soldier's food for seven days. Distributing two water hyacinths is a typical need for long-distance marches, and cold boiled water can minimize the troops' diarrhea. As for food that can provide more energy

, cloth shoes and triangular towel first aid kit are the needs of combat.

Looking at the friendly troops sitting there in the distance who are obviously still childish, it seems that what they are going to do is already clear.

But Luo Xiaoliu couldn't figure out why they needed to march and fight over long distances? Shouldn't their main task at the moment be defense?

Moreover, their force, which is mainly composed of new recruits and whose training is far from complete, seems to be not suitable at all for carrying out long-distance combat missions.

Also, what should we do in Qizhou?

Luo Xiaoliu felt that the company commander should say something.

When everyone in the company had received their supplies and sat together with heavy long cylindrical ration bags slung across their backs, swallowing a mouthful of fried noodles with a sip of water, the company commander finally stood in front of everyone.

In the impassioned words of the company commander, the officers and soldiers of the whole company finally solved their confusion.

They actually came to Xingguo Prefecture to participate in countering the rebellion.

The two largest and bravest native officials in Xingguo Prefecture, Ke and Chen, took their villagers to join the bandits. Xi Dingxuan, a Juren who was helping to pacify the people in Xingguo Prefecture, had been captured by them and sacrificed to the thieves.

Since the control areas of the two rebel local officials happened to be located on the side and rear of Daye County, Daye County was in danger! Xingguo Prefecture was in danger! Fuchi was in danger!

The rebellion must be suppressed immediately and urgently done, otherwise the situation will be out of control.

The transfer of troops from Qizhou, including the first battalion of the first regiment's combat core, was to deal with this serious and urgent incident, and strict confidentiality was implemented to prevent panic.

Since two battalions of the Third Regiment stationed in Fuchi were urgently dispatched to Zhiyangxin County, Xingguo Prefecture yesterday to strengthen defense, and another battalion had been strengthened to the Second Regiment of Daye County, so the counterinsurgency was

The main force of the infantry will be borne by one of their regiments.

At the same time, the Third Regiment will also reinforce one of the last two battalions to them, that is, the unit that is watching them eat on the roadside not far ahead.

The officers and soldiers who were eating had already stopped and looked at the company commander in astonishment. Then they quickly became commotion, and the other companies were almost the same.

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