In the eleventh year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, on October 23rd, it was midnight. The sun was particularly dazzling today.
In the southeastern suburbs outside Yongding Gate of Beijing City, Zhang Yan, the general 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. Congratulations."
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 Lianghu tiger, are you making fun of your brother here?"
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 exploits of Shiqiao in hand, so the reward must be 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 virtues we have. I'm not the material to lead the army. If we follow the general, we can do whatever we want." I want to 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. Just as he was about to pay homage, he saw that Zhang Yan, the counselor general, 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. However, because Zhang Cheng’s biological uncle is General Zhang Yan, and Zhang Cheng is a generous and righteous man who loves wine and meat, he is the same as Zhang Yan’s army officers. Soon they became one and the same, 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 at Mafang and Shiqiao, and won consecutive battles. Although I relied on the generals to sacrifice their lives 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 work bravely to conquer the slaves with all their strength.”
Zhang Cheng and others responded in unison: "Please rest assured, General, we will definitely 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 troops 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 that Zhang Cheng currently commanded directly to Zhang Cheng as his guerrilla camp. The basic foundation makes them really envious.
At this time in the Ming Dynasty, all camp troops were recruited by the generals themselves, and 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 real combat power, 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 mount and shoot, 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. Two-thirds, 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 in the forest, 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 Shenshi, General Zhang Yan's camp in Xuan Town was in Zhang Chengqian's general military 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 changed into the court uniform of a military attaché who was a fourth-rank guard commanding Qianshi.
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 attache 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 "Ji Fu Tiger Pan Yun Hua" in the name of "Yi", with double cloud dragons on the top and two Fu tigers 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 do not deceive me.
If this person doesn't dress up, sometimes he really can't show off.
As soon as Zhang Cheng put on his fourth-grade military attaché 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 other four sentry generals couldn't sit still. They immediately gathered around and looked at the fourth-grade court uniform on Zhang Cheng's body. They all looked envious and stretched out their hands to touch it, but they couldn't. Dare to actually touch it, but the way he shrinks back is 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 have realized something. They knelt down on one knee and shouted loudly: "I will follow the general to the death and go through fire and water without hesitation."
