In the eleventh year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, it was midnight on October 23rd. The sun was particularly dazzling today.
In the southeastern suburbs outside Yongding Gate of Beijing, General Zhang Yan of Xuanfu Town is in the military tent in the camp of the abandoned fort.
Zhang Cheng's uncle and nephew had just returned from lunch at Lu Xiangsheng's Chinese Army tent. When they entered the Chinese Army tent, Infantry Commander Liang Song hurried over. When they entered the tent, they loudly said: "See you, General. Liang Song is here for General."
Congratulations to me."
Zhang Yan was a little tired, so he just waved his hand without saying anything and walked into the inner tent.
Liang Song walked up to Zhang Cheng, hammered his chest, and said with a smile: "Liang met Zhang Youyi, and I hope Zhang Youyi will support him more in the future."
Zhang Cheng responded with a heavy punch on his shoulder, smiled and cursed: "You are a Lianghuhu, you are making fun of your brother here, aren't you?"
After saying that, he pulled Liang Song, walked to the side chair and sat down, and continued: "Now, my uncle has been promoted to the second rank of the capital commander. The rewards for the generals in our camp will not be given until the Tatars retreat."
Come down, you tiger has the military merits of Shiqiao in your hands, so you must have won the reward for a long time."
Liang Song didn't take it seriously and shook his head and said: "It's good for us to follow the general. I know best what kind of virtue we have. I'm not the material to lead the army. If we follow the general, we can do whatever we want.
I will follow the general all my life."
At this time, Lin Zhiyi had just helped Zhang Yan take off his armor, walked out of the inner tent and said to Zhang Cheng: "Young Master...oh...no, I should change my name to Young General."
Zhang Cheng also joked: "Then why don't you pay homage to me, the young general?"
Lin Zhiyi was also making a fuss and was about to pay homage when he saw that General Zhang Yan had changed into his regular clothes and walked out of the inner tent, so he did not continue to pay homage.
Zhang Yan walked to the desk and sat down. Lin Zhiyi hurriedly walked over, poured Zhang Yan a cup of warm tea, and then stepped aside.
These people are better than Zhang Cheng in terms of age and military qualifications, but because Zhang Cheng's biological uncle is General Zhang Yan, and Zhang Cheng is a generous and righteous man, loves wine and meat, he is very similar to Zhang Yan's army officers, big and small.
They quickly became one, regardless of each other.
After Zhang Yan sat down, he took a sip of tea first and then said: "This time when I entered the defense, I camped in Mafang and Stone Bridge, and fought and won consecutive battles. Although I relied on the generals to work in front of the battle, the emperor's grace was so great that he received numerous rewards.
, all generals must not betray your Majesty’s kindness, and should be brave and fight to conquer the slaves.”
Zhang Cheng and others responded in unison: "Please rest assured, General, we will live up to your kindness. We will fight bravely in front of the battle and work together to conquer the slaves!"
Zhang Yan nodded and said: "Zhang Cheng, you are already a guerrilla general appointed by the Ministry of War. Although you are still under my command and have not yet commanded a battalion, you must also learn to sit in camp and wait for King Qin.
Once that’s done, use your existing team as the foundation and raise your own battalion!”
Hearing Zhang Yan's words, Liang Song and Lin Zhiyi both looked at him with envy.
Although they were envious of Zhang Cheng's promotion to the rank of guerrilla general, they were also very happy for him. However, in front of them, Zhang Yan actually agreed to transfer the cavalry headquarters currently under Zhang Cheng's command to Zhang Cheng as his guerrilla camp.
The basic foundation makes them really envious.
In the Ming Dynasty at this time, all the camp troops were recruited by the generals themselves. The court only allocated military pay to the soldiers. Although recruiting soldiers was simple, they could be recruited from the sergeants of the guard station or from the civilians. But to form a real combat force,
It does take several years of practice and actual combat.
This is only the infantry. If it is cavalry, it will be even more difficult. First of all, it is difficult to obtain war horses. Secondly, knights are the most difficult to train. Many cavalry can only gallop, but cannot shoot from horseback, let alone kill immediately. At best, they are just mounted infantry.
The nearly a thousand cavalry currently under Zhang Cheng's command are Zhang Yan's hard work for more than ten years. They are the core combat strength of his right-wing battalion. If they are taken away by Zhang Cheng, the combat strength of Zhang Yan's right-wing battalion will be reduced by at least three times.
It is divided into two parts, and it is not easy to train qualified cavalry. I am afraid that Zhang Yan's troops will not be able to return to today's combat effectiveness in the next few years.
Zhang Cheng was deeply moved in his heart. He stood up with some excitement and said in a hurry: "Uncle, no, this cavalry team is the best of your right wing battalion. The team is all the elite of the right wing battalion. Ruo Cheng'er will take them all away.
Uncle, you..."
When Zhang Cheng said this, he was interrupted by his uncle Zhang Yan with a wave of his hand. He only heard Zhang Yan say in a deep voice: "Cheng'er, if a tree is as beautiful as a tree, the wind will destroy it! You are still young and have little experience in the army. In my opinion,
In the camp, I will protect you.
But if you raise a battalion by yourself, it will be difficult to train elites in three to five years. If someone is jealous and hates you, secretly stumbling on you, and you have no strong soldiers, how can you protect yourself?"
Zhang Yan's words reminded Zhang Cheng of the recent meetings between Xuanzhen guerrillas Li Jianming and Wen Hui. They looked at him and said nothing. In fact, after the upcoming battle of Julu, these recent
How many Qianjingqi will be left?
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At the time of Shenshi, General Zhang Yan's camp in Xuan Town was in Zhang Chengqian's general army tent.
All the sentry commanders gathered in the military tent, and they couldn't help but congratulate Zhang Cheng on his promotion to guerrilla general. They even encouraged Zhang Cheng to put on the new uniform of the guard commander and military officer.
Zhang Cheng had no choice but to enter the inner tent with Chen Zhong. Chen Zhong helped him remove his armor and then change into the court uniform of a military attaché who was a fourth-rank guard commanding military affairs.
He changed into new official uniforms and walked out of the inner tent. He was wearing a crimson official uniform with tiger patterns embroidered on it, a sash with clouds and cranes, and a plain gold flower belt around his waist.
Wear thick-soled soap boots to look energetic and majestic.
Zhang Cheng was seen wearing a black gauze hat with a light-colored silk rim on his head, and the two hat wings swayed from time to time with his head.
Due to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, only officials of the third rank and above can have their crowns edged with gold thread. Those below the fourth rank are not allowed to use gold and can only wear light-colored silk threads. Therefore, Zhang Cheng, a military attaché of the fourth rank, can only wear a black gauze hat edged with light-colored silk threads.
At this moment, Zhang Cheng's plain gold flower belt is also pinned with a gold and silver waist medal of "Jifuhu Panyunhua" with the name "Jifuhu", with double clouds and dragons on the top and two Fuhu on the bottom. There are round orifices at the beginning and end of the card, with a red silk ribbon.
It runs through and can be hung around the waist.
Buddha relies on gold, and people rely on clothes. Dressing up is also very important!
The ancients never deceived me.
If this person doesn't dress up, sometimes he really can't stand out.
As soon as Zhang Cheng put on his fourth-grade military attache court uniform, his status immediately changed. Chen Zhongyin had already seen it when he was in the tent, so he was quite calm.
Chen Zheng, Zhang Guangda and the other four sentries couldn't sit still. They immediately gathered around and looked at Zhang Cheng's fourth-grade court uniform. They all looked envious and stretched out their hands to touch it, but they couldn't.
He dared to touch it, but he was so timid. It was very funny!
Zhang Cheng walked back and forth in the military tent. His movements were neither hasty nor slow, but his majesty came from his own.
Chen Zheng and the other four commanders seemed to realize something. They knelt down on one knee at the same time and shouted loudly: "I will follow the general to the death and go through fire and water without hesitation."