Chapter 454: Military generals are not greedy for merit and businessmen are greedy for money
There was a commotion near the Yan Gong Temple in the north. They were all the Suzaku Army rebels who had been driven back from the Sanshan Lake fortifications. Everyone had abandoned their helmets, armor, tents, weapons, and almost all their weapons. They also lost their organization, and they were mixed together in a mess.
A young man in the crowd kicked a stone that came out of the soil. He looked very angry, as if the stone had offended him. Then he found a big hole somewhere in his loose trousers.
Then he bent down to check with distress, patting the dust off his body with his hand. His behavior was very strange.
The young man's name is Wang Dazhu. In the past, he was called Dazhu, Brother Dazhu or the eldest son of the Wang family in the village. After joining the army, he was registered as Wang Dazhu, a surname from Wuchang Prefecture. At the beginning of the establishment of the new army, there was a shortage of junior captains.
Among the newly recruited young men, they were directly designated by the superior officer; Dazhu was a big man, standing like a pillar. The man from above took a look and said: From now on, you will be the commander of the small flag... He became a "Shi" in a daze.
", including six of his own soldiers, his clothes also changed to copper buttons from then on. But he did not expect that this would bring huge changes to him. The rich man Wang in the village was invited to the county once, and he came back willingly.
He allocated a few acres of his own land to the Dazhu family, which was good paddy land. Yes, it was given for free! He also said a lot of nice things, and from then on, people in the village were polite to the Dazhu family.
Dazhu still remembers a scene when he returned home from vacation. He was wearing a neatly pressed military uniform and put on the white lining that was only worn during the inspection ceremony. He also took the white note issued by the military to the treasury to change it.
After carrying the bag of cloth, leather, and salt back, he immediately returned to his hometown in fine clothes. The whole family came to welcome him, as if he had become an official. Although he knew that his well-informed second uncle whispered that he had not foreseen the blessings and misfortunes, but these were not important.
What's important is that he feels like he's grown taller all of a sudden... Xiaocui, the most beautiful girl in the same village and his crush since childhood, suddenly expressed his love for her.
The young men of the same age in the village were either digging in the fields with their legs in tatters, or they were sneaking around with some unscrupulous people. A young man like Dazhu, who suddenly became "respectable", grew tall, so of course it was easy
He captured the heart of the village girl Xiaocui; because Xiaocui was beautiful, she had been attracted by the well-to-do Yu family who owned a grain store in the county, but she did not agree and secretly gave her a handmade purse to show her love.
Dazhu was very satisfied with his current life, and he still had meat to eat in the army. Once Shangguan shouted the slogan "Unity and Glory", and he gradually understood what glory was.
But with such a happy mood, as soon as he entered the battlefield, he was poured cold water on him. He was easily defeated by the officers and soldiers, and was driven back like a dog. Even the military uniforms that Dazhu cherished were torn, and the swords and guns were not known to be thrown away.
Where is it? That's why I was sulking just now... Maybe my second uncle is right. In the future, Emperor Jianwen of Wuchang City will be pulled down, and if he is not careful, he will become the leader of the rebellious party, and a big disaster will come.
"What a bastard! The officers and soldiers are so fierce! I heard that the people in the capital camp in the north can kill ten Tatars alone..." Someone nearby whispered.
"Have you ever killed anyone?"
"I don't know. I was behind the wall and fired my gun when someone called me from above. There was smoke in front of my mother. Who knew if I hit or not?"
At this moment, the others suddenly stopped talking and stood up. Wang Dazhu turned around and saw a general with a green belt and a saber riding towards him. Those with colored belts were all middle- and high-level generals. The green ones were
He is the chief flag officer, which is considered a high official for the lower-level soldiers. The general raised his whip and cursed: "What are you doing sitting here? There is nothing to do? Food will be sent from the camp in a while. If you want to eat, you have to go first."
Go chop some firewood and come back!"
We all came from common people and were naturally afraid of officials. Even if we didn't know what unit the general was in, he was still an official, so we all behaved ourselves.
Wang Dazhu was better. He was the commander of the small flag, and he was often with generals at the level of the chief flag officer. He couldn't help but walked over and said: "Come to the chief flag, my humble position is the first post of the fourth post of the Sixth Army of Huben Camp."
Wang Dazhu, the flag commander of the brigade."
The general looked at it and asked, "What is the name of your brigade?"
Wang Dazhu replied without hesitation: "Master Wu Baowu."
The general nodded. Wu Bao knew him because he heard that he had shown his face in front of King Xiang. The general then asked, "What's the matter with you? There's a group of people over there. Don't you have a commander? You take them to chop wood."
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Wang Dazhu said: "I just want to ask, what are we doing here? Can we fight back?"
"Ha! You still have some energy." The general smiled and said, "Okay then, I'll have an adult come in later to reorganize your mess of defeated soldiers and set out early tomorrow morning." After that, the general also said:
Not wanting to waste any more words with Wang Dazhu, he just flattered and left.
Dazhu was left confused. Even though he didn't know much, he could see that the mess in front of him couldn't fight again in a short time, let alone tomorrow? The generals and soldiers were in chaos, and most of the people around them were not familiar with it.
If you can't name the people you know, how can you do it on the battlefield?
"Brother, our Xiaoqi Chang died in the ditch over Sanshan Lake. The officer asked us to follow you just now, so we will hang out with you." An old soldier who was at least forty or fifty years old came over to get close to Wang Dazhu.
He was also an upright young man who was easy to get along with, so he immediately took a few people out to chop firewood and wait for the rice to be harvested.
Sure enough, when the sun set to the west, several carts pulled by oxen came from the camp to deliver food. A group of people on horseback, surrounded by a big man with a black beard and a horse face, also came to the rebel camp. Dazhu knew this man
This person is Zhou Mengxiong, commander of the Third Battalion of the New Army. Zhou Mengxiong often lectures in the army and everyone knows him.
Several generals accompanying Zhou Mengxiong came over separately and began to designate generals at will. Let the rebel soldiers temporarily follow the newly designated generals, and then each general would organize his own soldier queue. There were no numbers, just the first team and the second team... a total of ten
a team.
After a long time, Zhou Mengxiong also climbed up a slope and lectured loudly: "When the army is dispatched tomorrow, the number of people must be sufficient. Although you have just reorganized your queue, you only need to follow the army. There is no need to fight for the time being, so there is no need to panic; etc.
After a few days, I will send people to reorganize and restore the organization of each outpost..."
So Wang Dazhu changed from a soldier to a soldier, because each brigade only designated one general, and the others were soldiers. That night everyone burned a fire in the open air, and spent the night around the fire in the cold wind.
, there are no weapons in the tent, and no one is keeping watch.
Early the next morning, everyone was awakened from trembling by the sound of the horn. Then they cooked and ate, and were ordered by the temporary military commander to line up. Then weapons were distributed, each person had a short spear with a wooden handle and an iron head. There were no firearms.
.Some soldiers in the team also lost their helmets, and some did not. They could only form a team with incomplete equipment.
Soon a middle-aged man with a thick waist came, summoned all the teams and issued military orders, becoming the leader of this ragtag group of people. Following the general's orders, everyone lined up and started marching to the southeast. The defeated troops fled yesterday.
From the direction you came, it looks like you really want to fight back?
Wang Dazhu held a short gun that he thought was useless and followed the team through the fortifications on the south bank of Yangzhuang Lake. He soon discovered that more people and horses were coming from the north, forming a long stream of people and continuing to march south.
The army was all infantry and moved very slowly. After walking like this for more than half an hour, Shangfeng gave the order to stop marching and rest on the spot. Dazhu, who was among the "defeated army", was very puzzled. Even during training, the new army
Don't be so procrastinating. I'm going up and down today and don't know what I'm doing.
At this time, the "defeated" general inspected the team and came to the first brigade where Wang Dazhu was. The team was asking the doubts in their hearts: "General, are we going to recover the Sanshan Lake territory?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Our army first evacuated the Sanshan Lake defense line, and then fell into the hands of the government troops. Why are we in a hurry to take it back? During this trip, our army just pretended to want to take it back, but seemed to be afraid to move forward.
.The purpose is to lure the main force of the army to attack."
After hearing this, the team member suddenly said: "It turns out that the commander is using a trick to lure the enemy. What if the enemy soldiers don't take the bait?"
The middle-aged man said: "Then Zhu Mian believes that our new army is no match for them in the battle formation... I'm afraid they are no match for us if we fight like this. Seeing that tens of thousands of troops can be wiped out with just one hand, how can he not take the bait?"
The commander-in-chief (Zhou Mengxiong) has already decided that he will persuade generals not to be greedy for merit, just like he advises merchants not to be greedy for money. Now even four horses cannot pull Zhu Mian back. Just wait, he will definitely send troops."
The team leader asked again: "When the government troops send out troops to attack, we have to run back again?"
The middle-aged man said: "I was ordered to clear up the doubts of the various ministries, so as not to demoralize you and destabilize the army after all this trouble. Yesterday, Zhu Mian led the Shenji Battalion and the cavalry of the Fifth Army Battalion to capture the Sanshan Lake defense line. It was originally just a test attack;
Later, because he wanted to know if we had an ambush, he sent people to search within a radius of 20 miles, so he wasted time and stayed in various camps in Sanshan Lake for one night. If we didn't move today, the army would most likely attack from the Sanshan Lake defense line.
Retreat, once they stick to the front line camp on the riverside of the county town, we cannot attack by force. Therefore, our army must lure the enemy to go deep to look for fighters, pretending to take back the Sanshan Lake defense line, and display the army in the wilderness; Zhu Mian is confident and will attack again.
Delay their retreat."
So the large group of marching soldiers and horses stayed like this until noon, and were ready to chop wood for lunch. Unexpectedly, a messenger came soon and ordered the entire army to break camp immediately and retreat to the defense line of Yangzhuang Lake.
Everyone immediately reorganized their queue and turned back to walk back along the main road. They were walking very fast now. In less than half an hour, they could already see the surface of Yangzhuang Lake, and the scattered camp fortifications on the south bank were faintly visible.
People passed through the camps respectively, and the 11th "defeated army" where Wang Dazhu was located was asked to continue marching northwest and temporarily reorganize the organization. There will be no new military orders.