The newly formed cavalry battalion in Dongjiang Town is the strangest battalion in Dongjiang Town.
There are cavalry battalion barracks in the four auxiliary forts A, B, B and D. Each group of cavalry is stationed in the main fort of Zhenjiang Fort. The headquarters of the cavalry battalion does not have many cavalry. General Zu Zehong is stationed here.
Even if he was dealing with the cavalry battalion, he had to travel between the four auxiliary forts.
Neither Zu Zehong nor Zu Dashou had any objections to this arrangement. According to Jiang Wan's original idea, the cavalry battalion was to be set up directly on Pi Island. However, under the advice of Zu's father and son,
He reluctantly changed to the current layout, which can be regarded as Jiang Wan taking a step back.
After all, one of them didn't want to go to Phi Island to sit idle or even be under house arrest, while the other didn't want to waste the combat power of the cavalry battalion. Both parties took a step back, which led to the current situation.
There are not many horses in Dongjiang Town, and even if there are some, there are not many good war horses. When Zhenjiang Fort was captured, a group of Wei Qi's horses were captured. However, in Dongjiang Town with tens of thousands of people, officers at all levels must
Some were acquired, and later each battalion set up artillery teams and asked for some more. When it was the turn to form cavalry battalions, there were not many good horses available for use.
This year's grain harvest has also come in. If it were still the same time of food shortage last year, it's hard to say how many of these horses would be left.
Therefore, the current cavalry battalion is patchworked here and there, plus the hundreds of war horses brought by Zu Zehong, and barely manages to make up a thousand horses.
But there are more than a thousand soldiers in the cavalry battalion.
According to Jiang Wan's order, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion were selected according to the organization of an ordinary battalion, that is, one battalion general and three to four guerrillas.
Each guerrilla commanded more than a thousand people, totaling four to five thousand people.
Although it is not full now, new selected soldiers join the cavalry battalion every day. It doesn't matter if there are few war horses. There will always be more in the future, but the knights on the horses can be trained. These selected soldiers are generally somewhat good at riding horses.
For those with experience, the only thing they need to train is the tactics of Guan Ning's cavalry.
This ratio also makes the old Guan Ning cavalrymen who were loyal to Zu Dashou become more and more weak in the cavalry camp. Although most of them became officers or senior veterans in the cavalry camp,
There are several times more officers and veterans who are the same as them in the same unit.
What makes these old Guan Ning cavalry even more uneasy is that not only two of the four guerrilla generals came to the cavalry camp from outside, but even the officers and soldiers who were selected into the cavalry camp were carefully selected.
, among these people, there are some from Shaanxi and some from the capital, but not many from outside the customs.
They always called Marshal Jiang, and they talked about their various achievements after following Marshal Jiang. They didn't even know each other at first, but in the cavalry camp, they got together to eat in the same pot, and then happily found that they had been with each other for a long time.
We have met before and even have common bosses or friends.
Their emotions, their words and deeds, and even their actions are subtly infecting other soldiers around them, and those old Guan Ning cavalry who are in the minority have to work hard to integrate into this group if they don't want to be completely rejected by them.
among the collective.
In the current situation, these old cavalrymen can feel the other party's intentions without being reminded by the people above. The cavalry battalion will eventually become the cavalry battalion of Dongjiang Town. Commander Jiang will stand in place of Commander Zu and become the cavalry battalion.
The commander of the cavalry battalion.
Some veteran cavalrymen who were loyal to Zu Dashou felt that this situation was intolerable.
When teaching these newcomers, they began to consciously hide their secrets and have a bad attitude. However, these newcomers did not buy their fault at all. Maybe at the beginning, they thought it was their own problem, but once they found out that the other party was deliberately
If something goes wrong, they will almost fall out on the spot without hesitation.
As a result, there were quarrels, fights, and punishments with military sticks.
Of course, these situations reached Jiang Wan's ears, but Jiang Wan did not respond. Zu Dashou naturally knew these situations. He was not sure whether Jiang Wan had no time to pay attention to these trivial matters in the military, or whether Jiang Wan was waiting for him to do something.
What.
However, he didn't want Jiang Wan to wait any longer. If his cavalry couldn't teach these newcomers to their best, then the value of his ancestor Dashou would be greatly reduced, and he didn't want to see this happen.
Although in order to avoid suspicion, he asked his son Zu Zehong to serve as the general of the cavalry battalion. He is now an idle man, but obviously such avoidance of suspicion is not much different from not avoiding suspicion in Jiang Wan's eyes.
Another serious fight broke out in the cavalry camp. Dozens of veterans and recruits each had conflicts, and more than a dozen people were injured. This was because the people fighting knew the rules of the military, and a fight was a fight, but no one dared to use weapons.
However, if such a grudge is taken over, it is difficult to guarantee that when the battlefield is chaotic, one will not be attacked by his companions, and this is the most taboo thing in the army.
This time, Zu Dashou and Zu Zehong rushed to the cavalry camp of Bingzibao as soon as possible. After beating the fighting soldiers with forty military sticks each, all the soldiers who participated in the fight were dismissed from the cavalry camp.
Yes, the new people returned wherever they came from, while his old subordinates rushed directly to the villages outside the fort to do group training.
After dealing with all this, Zu Dashou and Zu Zehong hurried to the main castle to report to Jiang Wan.
"Actually, fights in the army are common. How can we expect them to fight on the battlefield if they are not bloody!" Jiang Wan did not seem to care at all about Zu Dashou's nominal report and actual apology: "Let them exercise down below.
That’s fine, when we need manpower, we can just bring them back!”
"The Marshal is so generous!" Zu Dashou said with a smile: "When we arrived at the Marshal's place, these guys didn't make any achievements, yet they dared to become arrogant, and they didn't even have the consciousness to rely on others!"
"Being under someone else's fence?" Jiang Wan glanced at Zu Dashou strangely: "Does General Zu think so? They are all my soldiers and horses in Dongjiang Town. How can I be under someone else's fence? General Zu is treating himself as an outsider, right?"
"I don't want to think of myself as an outsider, but after all the hard work I got from the Tartars, Marshal Jiang has no intention of using me. Not to mention the murmurs of the sergeants, I am an old man who is also very uneasy.
!”
"In mid-September, a decree came from Beijing!"
Jiang Wan's eyelids drooped, "General Zu, do you want to know how the decree deals with you?"
Zu Dashou was stunned and slowly shook his head: "To be honest, I really don't want to know!"
"So, even if I can use you now, I don't dare to use you!" Jiang Wan raised his head: "I have many sergeants from the Jinyi Guards in Dongjiang Town. General Zu has come to take part in such a big matter, and I have no intention of hiding it. Right now
If you don't want to know, I won't tell you, and you can even pretend that I haven't received any orders from Beijing. I'm taking such a big risk for General Zu, doesn't General Zu think about me?"
Zu Dashou's eyes were so sharp that he couldn't tell whether Jiang Wan was telling the truth or a lie. However, what he was sure of was that if the emperor in Beijing really had a purpose for his Zu Dashou, he could still be in peace now.
I really have to thank Jiang Wan for talking to Jiang Wan here.
"I don't need you, I'm protecting you. When things calm down and there is another opportunity to make meritorious deeds, I will let you cleanse yourself!" Jiang Wan said, "I am not your amulet. Military achievements are your amulet. You have to
clear!"
"So...thank you so much, Marshal Jiang!"
After coming out of Jiang Wan's place, the father and son returned to their own residence and closed the door. Both of them had solemn expressions on their faces.
"Dad, Jiang Wan put it lightly, what kind of talisman is the return of military exploits? He is clearly trying to stabilize us. After we train his cavalry, he can deal with us how he wants to deal with us?"
Zu Zehong hummed: "Strength is the talisman of our ancestral family!"
"Jiang Wan will not hide our affairs from the emperor!" Zu Dashou pondered for a moment: "There is something coming from the capital. I also know that he wants to use our father and son. However, he obeyed the emperor's will.
It should be right to come down!"
"How about we just kill him!" Zu Zehong said in a low voice: "There will be no problem with his hundreds of people at Kefa. As long as we find an opportunity, it will not be difficult to kill Jiang Wan!"
"What happens after you kill him?" Zu Dashou looked at him: "He didn't even put the entire cavalry battalion together, so we just had to take precautions on our faces. Besides, in the cavalry battalion now, his people are comparable to ours.
There are a lot of people, and if the news leaks out, who do you think will die?"
"If this continues, the cavalry battalion will no longer be ours!" Zu Zehong shouted: "Especially when we dealt with those old brothers today, this really hurts the hearts of the brothers. They still expect us to support them.
The result is such a result that I’m afraid many people will feel resentful!”
"Confused!"
Zu Dashou scolded his son: "Now we can no longer use the cavalry battalion. You haven't understood yet. Jiang Wan is an upright conspiracy. He didn't compete with us for control of the cavalry battalion at all. He just recruited a lot of him."
If someone enters, this cavalry camp is already his!"
"It's so crazy to mix sand!" Zu Dashou sighed: "It's really a terrible young man, I still underestimate him!"
"What should we do?" Zu Zehong was anxious. This was completely different from what the father and son had originally planned and expected. When he saw his father praising Jiang Wanlai, he felt panicked for no reason.
"wait!"
Zu Dashou said in a deep voice: "If he lets us train, it will be useful one day. If we don't use it, he won't have to put in so much effort. Our chance will be the day he lets us go out and use it!"
Before that, we just work hard to do our own thing well and satisfy him. Besides, it is also my wish to train a Guan Ning cavalry again!"
"What we trained is called Dongjiang Iron Cavalry!" Zu Zehong said angrily.
"It's all the same!" Zu Dashou shook his head: "At least, Jiang Wan has always been serious about dealing with the Tatars. As long as the soldiers and horses he trained are useful, the surnames of Zu and Jiang are the same!"
Zu Zehong pouted, obviously not agreeing with his father's words, but he had no intention of refuting his father's words.
"The troops over Malanyu are starting to withdraw!"
After a long silence, Zu Zehong said: "Li Yongfang was scared out of his wits. It is said that he didn't even chase them, but thousands of people blocked them for more than a month. It's really embarrassing!"
"Huang Taiji won't care about this, as long as Jiang Wan doesn't really intend to capture Malanyu!"
Zu Dashou waved his hand, determined to teach his son: "Jiang Wan saw through this and dared to act so unscrupulously!"
"Why not simply defeat Dongjiang Town? When Pi Wenlong was there, Amin came to fight. When Jiang Wan first came to Pi Island, Wei Qi also came to fight. How come now, Huang Taiji doesn't care about Dongjiang Town anymore!"
"Because of Liaoyang!"
Zu Dashou glanced at his son. His son was also brave and had good strategies, but his vision was a bit short and he couldn't see the overall situation clearly. If he hadn't made up his mind to vote for Huang Taiji in Daling River, he might have done the same.
Stupidly, I live and die with the city.
Just like those guys who refused to surrender and were killed by him.
"Liaoyang? The threat in Liaoyang may not be as great as that of Dongjiang Town!" Zu Zehong didn't understand: "Jiang Wan is now preparing to build a city at Zhenjiang Fort. Once these four auxiliary forts are connected, this Zhenjiang Fort will be even more powerful than Dalinghe City.
If you want a huge and solid city, and if you want to capture this place, Huang Taiji will have to pay a much higher price. If it were me, of course I would first capture Dongjiang Town, which poses the greatest threat, and then wipe out Liaoyang!"
"So you can only be the commander-in-chief of a town at most. If you go up, it may not be a blessing to my ancestors!" Zu Dashou sighed: "Let me ask you, what does Huang Taiji want?"
"Want the colorful world of the Ming Dynasty?" Zu Zehong thought for a while, then shook his head: "He doesn't have the courage yet, at most he just wants to go to the pass to grab one!"
"He wants the places outside the customs, preferably outside Shanhaiguan, to become their place!" He pondered for a moment: "At least, that's what he must be thinking now!"
"Does attacking Zhenjiang Fort serve his purpose?" Zu Dashou said: "This is not the only way to enter the pass, and it cannot stop his army. On the contrary, in order to sweep away Zhenjiang Fort, he has to spend a lot of troops, money and food, and
There was no need to fight a big battle with the Ming Dynasty and it cost the same price. Why didn't he take Liaoyang and instead fight an insignificant Zhenjiang Fort?"
"With Liaoyang, the Ming Dynasty had no Pingfan vassal outside Jinzhou, and his army could gallop freely. But when he attacked Zhenjiang Fort, Jiang Wan was frightened. Whether he was running to Pidao or North Korea, Huang Taiji would get no benefits at all.
Not even there!”
"You can even fall into the flanking attack of Zhenjiang Fort and Liaoyang. Tell me, with such a choice before Huang Taiji, which one would he choose?"
"...So Dongjiang Town is just a disgusting thing to the Tartars?" Zu Zehong thought for a while and suddenly laughed.
"So I chose Dongjiang Town instead of Liaoyang!" Zu Dashou said slowly: "There is too much room for advancement and retreat here, and Liaoyang is an isolated city. Once their connection with Jinzhou is cut off, it may not be the second one.