The bonfire has been extinguished, and snoring can be heard from all the camps. The officers and soldiers have fallen asleep after eating and drinking.
Yang Fan patrolled the camp with his own soldiers.
This is Yang Fan's habit. Every day after dark, if nothing happens, he will personally inspect the camp with his own soldiers. This has been his habit since he led the army.
After looking around and seeing that there are no problems, he will go back to sleep.
As Yang Fan marched, the sentries kept asking for passwords. As the passwords were answered, the sentries saluted and continued to move forward. The regiment and battalion commanders of each regiment usually went to bed later. When they saw Yang Fan inspecting the camp, they would come over and report to the commander.
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This time is a rare opportunity to get in touch with the commander-in-chief.
"Huang Desheng, the commander of the Seventh Regiment, met with the commander-in-chief."
"Deputy Yan Yingyuan of the 1st Battalion of the 7th Regiment met with the Marshal."
When Yang Fan heard a familiar name, he couldn't help but look at it carefully. This was a famous person, but he didn't expect that he was actually in the Beijing camp now.
On the 80th day, he pledged his allegiance to Taizu, representing the figures of Taizu's seventeenth dynasty.
One hundred thousand people died together, leaving three hundred miles of Ming Dynasty behind.
He was from Tongzhou, Beijing, and worked as a historian in Jiangyin in the late Ming Dynasty. He was also the director of public security and the warden of the prison.
In 1645, the first year of Hongguang in the Ming Dynasty (the second year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty), during his tenure as Jiangyin Dianshi, he led 100,000 volunteers to face 240,000 Qing army cavalry and more than 200 heavy artillery, and trapped the isolated city for 81 days.
The Qing army defeated three kings and eighteen generals in a row, killing 75,000 people. It was called Jiangyin Eighty-one Days in history.
When Yang Fan read history and saw this passage, he also sighed with emotion. The Chinese nation is full of martial virtue and has never really softened its bones. If these scholar-bureaucrats had not ruined the general trend of the world. If the people's morale was boosted, every city would fight to the death like Jiangyin. Don't
After telling the Qing army, no foreigners can invade.
With one heart and one mind, the Chinese people have formed a force that frightens all enemies.
Ever since Chongzhen took his concubines on a night tour of Di'anmen Street, they met Yan Yingyuan, who was working as a traffic coordinator. After a conversation, he gained the emperor's admiration, and from then on he started to rise rapidly in the yamen of Shuntian Mansion.
He was originally an unorganized auxiliary staff. Not only did he become a full-time employee, but he was also promoted to the rank of head catcher within half a year. Later, he was transferred to the Beijing camp and served as a general bannerman. Due to his outstanding performance in training, he was promoted to the rank of Baihu again.
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There are many hundreds of households in Jingying, and Yang Fan can't recognize them.
Before the expedition, Chongzhen promoted a noble boy to be the deputy of the battalion and the deputy of the regiment. It was obviously Yang Fan's servant officer Ding who took over the military camp after he quit.
The Beijing camp now adopts Yang Fan's regiment camp system. A regiment has 3,600 people. It has six battalions and a regiment headquarters. Each battalion has more than 500 people and five hundred households.
At this time, Yan Yingyuan was promoted again and became a battalion deputy.
Yang Fan didn't care much about these people. It could even be said that he didn't care much about Jingying. After all, Jingying belonged to the emperor and he could do whatever he wanted. So Yang Fan didn't pay attention to Yan Yingyuan.
Yang Fan saw that he was just a young man at this time. He was about the same age as Yang Fan.
Seeing the famous Dingyuan Bo, Yan Yingyuan was a little admired but also a little nervous.
Yang Fan very kindly asked him some questions about camp affairs. Yan Yingyuan answered them fluently. He also asked some questions about the training in the Beijing camp, and Yan Yingyuan's answers also satisfied Yang Fan.
Yang Fan found that his quality was much higher than that of half of the officers, and it could be seen that he worked very hard.
It can be seen that gold will shine sooner or later. Destiny always favors those who are prepared.
This person is indeed a talent, and Yang Fan has the idea of training him.
"There is a mission, are you willing to go?" Yang Fan asked calmly.
"But according to the command of the commander-in-chief, the general will not hesitate to die." Yan Yingyuan immediately stood at attention and shouted loudly.
Yang Fan nodded with satisfaction and said: "Among the civilians, there are 40,000 people from Shanxi and Southern Zhili. I am going to transfer them out of the civilians and stay on the front line to serve. I appoint you as a garrison officer and a part-time regiment training ambassador.
, I will hand over your battalion to your command and transfer the battalion commander back to the headquarters. In addition, I will hand over 1,500 students from Jingwei Martial Arts School to you."
Yan Yingyuan was a little surprised. He was just an ordinary person. He didn't know why he kept getting inexplicable promotions in the past two years. Ever since he met a noble man on the street two years ago, he started to get lucky. He was promoted all the way. From an unknown person, to
He became deputy Qianhu and assisted in managing a battalion of 500 people.
Now, I actually got the attention of the commander-in-chief and entrusted me with such an important job. I was so shocked that I couldn't speak for a while.
Yang Fan continued: "The situation we are facing is much more severe than imagined, and the troops are still somewhat insufficient. I need you to break up these 40,000 people, mix them into ten regiments, and train them out. Jingwei Martial Arts
The students will serve as your officers, and this battalion of 500 people will serve as your personal soldiers. Do you have the confidence to do a good job?"
Yan Yingyuan has a temperament that refuses to admit defeat. Since the commander-in-chief thinks so highly of him, how can he say no? Besides, he has been in the Beijing camp for more than a year and has learned eagerly. With the blessing of his talent, his military qualities have been greatly improved.
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There were 1,500 nobles from the Jingwei Martial Arts School and the children of military officers serving as officers, and he also had a personal barracks. He felt that he was still confident in training these regiments.
It seems that the commander-in-chief wants to train these regiment drills to serve as auxiliary soldiers, take on some more dangerous tasks on the front line, and free the regular soldiers from the complicated camp affairs.
"I must train them out of my humble position." Yan Yingyuan shouted loudly.
"Okay, I read you right. Go ahead and do it boldly. I'll give you two months to turn them into combat-ready soldiers as soon as possible. If anyone dares to disobey you, you should handle it boldly according to your authority and law. If
If there is anything you can't handle, I will support you. A general must not be as kind as a woman, and he must not lead an army with compassion. You must keep this sentence in mind."
Yan Yingyuan felt a chill in his heart. He knew that the commander-in-chief had always enforced the law strictly. No one in the Beijing camp dared to violate military laws. Those who violated military laws repeatedly and refused to change would have their heads hung on the flagpole long ago.
The three armies were all silent and obeyed orders as quickly as a rabbit.
He was originally a smart person and immediately understood what the Marshal meant. No matter what means he used, the Marshal wanted time. What he wanted was control. All unstable factors must be removed.
"Here! Don't worry, Commander. After two months, the general will fulfill his mission."
Looking at Yang Fan's retreating figure, Yan Yingyuan felt excited. He was now on the defensive.
Early the next morning, the army set off and continued its march.
The journey was uneventful, and in the evening, we finally saw the legendary famous city in Saibei.
Zhang Shize was riding on a horse, pointing with his whip at the huge bluestone city in the distance, and couldn't help but recite:
When the boy was fifteen or twenty, he captured Hu Maqi on foot.
If you shoot the white-fronted tiger in the mountains, you will be willing to count the yellow-bearded children in Ye!
He traveled three thousand miles with his body, and his sword once served as a division for millions.
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Try to brush the iron clothes like snow, and talk about holding a sword to move the stars.
I wish I could have Yan's bow to shoot at the generals in the sky, and I would be ashamed to order Yue Jia to call my army.
Don't be afraid that the old guard in the clouds is still worthy of a battle to gain meritorious service.
Yang Fan also said with emotion: "This is the hometown of the Han Dynasty, Yunzhong County. It has been almost a thousand years since the Han people lost this land."