The sixth year of Chongzhen - April 18th, sunny, auspicious day.
In the early morning, the Tianwei Army was in the camp.
Qin Feng wears a golden helmet with phoenix pearls on his head, a golden lacquered mountain armor, and a sword with reverse scales in his hand. He stands on the general platform built with large bluestones, looking forward and majestic!
The four adopted sons, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, were lined up behind their adoptive father, wearing special small armors and each holding a short sword in their hands.
Under the general commanding platform, there is a giant square array, which is not composed of soldiers, but composed of children. To be precise, there are 9,288 children, of which 4,136 are boys. There are 5,152 girls, the oldest is less than fourteen years old and the youngest is just over four years old.
In addition, there were 462 children under four years old who did not participate in the formation because they were too young and were playing happily in the back camp.
These children are all orphans adopted by Qin Feng during his inspections of various prefectures, prefectures, and counties, as well as abandoned children abandoned by their relatives.
There was no other way. Natural disasters continued, wars were chaotic, and people fled to death, resulting in a large number of orphans and abandoned children.
Most of the people preferred boys over girls, so more girls were abandoned than boys, so more girls were adopted than boys.
After these children were adopted, they were sent to the Tianwei Army camp to take proper care of, cultivate their bodies and minds, and undergo certain military-style training.
Today, the children are asked to line up in front of the general stage to formally form an army, a boy scouts and a women's army.
Naturally, this has a purpose. First, it allows the children to have a sense of belonging, so that they can live a better life with the military as their home.
Secondly, after a few years, Qin Feng has seen through the Ming Dynasty. It is extremely corrupt, not only political corruption, but corruption in politics, military, economy, thought, culture, people's livelihood...all aspects!
Such a decadent dynasty will eventually perish sooner or later.
The question is, the Ming Dynasty can perish, but the Chinese civilization cannot perish. How to keep the Chinese civilization alive and ensure that the Chinese descendants will not be enslaved by the Yi and Di?
This task is too arduous, and I am afraid that I cannot do it alone. I must find some like-minded people to help.
But the world is so big, how many people can really be like-minded to me?
Very few!
what to do?
Easy to handle, since there are no like-minded people, then train yourself!
These orphans are not very young, they have simple thoughts and strong plasticity. I personally teach them and cultivate them to become talents!
When these orphans grow up, they can work with themselves to carry out an earth-shaking transformation of this extremely decadent country, so that Chinese civilization can continue and stand proudly on top of the world!
This is what a man does, and it is the real meritorious deeds!
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At chen o'clock in the morning, the army founding ceremony officially began:
First, two military flags were erected. The Boy Scouts' military flag was pure black with a red canthus pattern drawn on it.
Yaju is a mythical beast in the "Book of Mountains and Seas". It is the offspring of a dragon and a wolf. It has a strong character, a thirst for bloodshed and fighting, and has the power to defeat all evil. The ancients often carved it on weapons to increase its power.
Using Yazhu as the symbol of the Boy Scouts is to hope that these children will be brave, strong and fearless when they grow up!
The military flag of the Detachment of Women is pure white with a cyan bird pattern drawn on it.
The He bird also comes from the "Book of Mountains and Seas". It is a kind of raptor, larger than a pheasant, with green hair. It is brave and strong by nature. If it encounters a battle, it will fight to the death!
Girls, we must also learn to fight and dare to fight!
Then uniform new clothes were distributed to the children, and after putting them on, they saluted the two military flags respectively.
Finally, Qin Feng took two steps forward and began to lecture: "Children, from now on, you are no longer orphans. The military camp is your home, and this general is your relative. From now on, we will have the same food, clothing and clothing. We share blessings and share hardships. Ten thousand people work together as one heart and work together.
A great cause! "
"We have a family, we have a family... I am willing to die for the General, I am willing to die for the General!"
The tender voices of the children resounded over the camp, and in the years to come, many of them paid the price with their lives to prove today's oath!
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Treating children as family members is not an empty talk!
In the days that followed, no matter how busy the military affairs were, Qin Feng had to spare some time every day to personally train the Boy Scouts and Detachment of Women, letting the children study literature half a day and practice martial arts half a day.
Xiwen: Focus on literacy, but also learn some mathematics, biology, physics, and chemistry.
Martial arts training: mainly fists, weapons, horse riding, and archery, and both boys and girls must learn it equally.
When boys grow up, they can become excellent warriors. Girls play a greater role. When they grow up, they can give birth to more excellent warriors!
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"The first move: Blue Dragon Exploring Claw!"
"Second style; Dragon Girl look in the mirror!"
"The third form: Monster python turns over!"
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In the early morning, in the Tianwei Army camp, the children lined up neatly and were practicing the Eighteen Forms of the Black Dragon taught by Qin Feng himself.
The Black Dragon's Eighteen Postures, also known as the Black Dragon's Eighteen Hands, is a grappling skill used in the army of later generations. It is characterized by being simple and easy to learn, focusing on attacking fatal acupuncture points on the human body, and is highly practical and lethal.
Because the moves are too insidious and vicious, and can result in death or disabling, it was once considered a forbidden move in the military and should not be used except in a life-or-death fight!
The children practiced very seriously, and everyone was sweating profusely, but no one complained.
Qin Feng stood on the general stage and nodded frequently as he watched.
Just as he was watching, he saw Xiong Da trotting up to him, clasping his fists and saluting: "See you, General!"
"What's the matter?"
"People from the Xue family's caravan rode on fast horses to deliver a letter, saying it was written by Princess Wuyunqiqige of the Chahar tribe in Mongolia, and told them to deliver it to the general!"
While talking, Xiong Da took out a letter from his arms, which was sealed with fire paint and three chicken feathers affixed to express his extreme urgency.
Qin Feng took the letter, tore off the paint seal, took out the letter paper inside and looked at it, his face suddenly became solemn.
Wu Yunqiqige’s handwriting is fresh, elegant, vigorous and powerful, and the main idea is: Recently, the Chahar Rangers’ reconnaissance discovered that Horqin, Khalkha, Ulyanha, and Zalut are located in the eastern part of the Mongolian grassland. The tribe is building troops and actively preparing for war.
These tribes have already surrendered to the Jurchens and accepted the command of the Jurchen Khan Huang Taiji.
These tribes are busy with their troops, which means that the Jurchens are going to have a big military operation in the near future. What are the Jurchens going to do?
Wu Yunqiqige estimated that the Jurchens may have three purposes:
The first is to launch a western expedition to attack the Chahar tribe who are recuperating and living in the Hetao area.
The second is, like last time, they took a detour to attack the Ming Dynasty and entered the interior of the Central Plains to plunder people and wealth.
The third is to send troops from two directions to attack Chahar and Daming at the same time.
No matter what the situation is, a war is inevitable.
Therefore, Wu Yunqiqige wanted to conduct several large-scale transactions. The Chahar tribe used cattle, sheep, horses, camels and other livestock to exchange refined iron, wrought copper, grain, medicinal materials and other materials with the Tianwei Army. The larger the quantity, the better. OK, use it to prepare for war!
After reading the letter, Qin Feng pondered for a moment, then returned to the Chinese army's tent, took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone, wrote three letters in a row, and asked his soldiers to send them out on fast horses.
The first two letters, one to Xue Jinyu and one to Hu Ruoyu, asked the two Shanxi merchants to work together to raise refined iron, wrought copper, grain, medicinal materials and other materials as quickly as possible, and exchange them with the Chahar Ministry.
In fact, the trade with the Chahar Ministry has always been the responsibility of the Suide merchants headed by the Xue family. There are two reasons why they brought the Hu family with them:
For one thing, a few months ago, when money and food were urgently needed to provide relief to the victims, the Hu family donated 30% of their property.
I need to repay a favor.
Secondly, although the Xue family has a deep relationship with him, in the long run, it is not a good thing for one family to dominate. It is safer for the two families to keep pace with each other. It would be better if the Huamachi Gao family can be brought over to form a three-legged alliance.
The third letter was sent to Yang He, the governor of the three sides, telling him that the Jurchens were about to send troops, and hoped that he would report to the court quickly so that the court could prepare early to avoid being caught off guard.
In fact, Qin Feng also had the right to submit a memorial to the emperor. However, in the officialdom, it was a great disrespect for his superiors to submit a memorial to his superiors. He should not do that unless it was absolutely necessary.
After the three letters were sent, Qin Feng gave another order: "Beat the drums and gather the generals to discuss matters in the central army's tent!"
"promise!"
