Daming Military Empire

Chapter 450 After Loyalty (Thanks for reading the book with fireflies)
Siberia in May is still a bit cold, but compared to the terrifying low temperature in January, it is already considered warm. As the temperature rises, the snow outside begins to melt slowly, and the ground also slowly begins to thaw. The color of the black earth was revealed.

On this day, on the low and simple city wall of Manjingwei, a general of the Ming Empire took a telescope to carefully examine the white and black mountains to the west of Manjingwei. Shaguo, also known as Tsarist Russia, was re-named by the emperor, and it was the main target of the Ming army stationed here.

Manjingwei’s guardhouse was built just at the pass of a huge mountain range on the banks of the Lena River at the junction of Daming and the former Siberian Khanate. Jingwei is used to guard this throat.

However, after the change of Tumubao, the power of the Ming Dynasty declined day by day, and it was gradually unable to look northward, and Manjingwei was gradually abandoned.

After many years, the Ming army was finally stationed here again. The Ming general standing on the city wall is none other than Yang Zhong, the chief general of the Guanning Army's First Cavalry Division.

This Yang Zhong, tall and straight, tall and strong, standing there is like a mountain, you can tell from the back that he is definitely a rare and fierce general.

However, if you look at the front, you will be shocked. It's not that he looks ugly, he looks heroic, but he is too young, he looks like he is only in his 20s!
He was able to become a fourth-rank general at such a young age. Could it be that he, like Wu Sangui, was one of the most famous generals in the Ming Dynasty, and he could be directly promoted to a general by virtue of his ancestors?

He is indeed the descendant of the generals, but his ancestors are not the generals of the Ming Dynasty, but the generals of the Yang family in the Northern Song Dynasty!

His position was not obtained by accumulating ancestral shadows, but was promoted by martial arts and military merits.

This Yang Zhong can be said to be a legend in the Guan Ning Army and even in the Ming Army.

Since he was a child, he has determined to imitate his ancestors and serve the country faithfully. Although his family background is poor, he never forgets to study hard and practice hard. Moreover, he is very talented in the art of war and martial arts, especially the ancestral Yang family's marksmanship. .

In the tenth year of Chongzheng, he took part in Ding Chou's martial arts. With his skillful military skills and superb marksmanship, he passed all the way, and finally won the title of martial arts champion in one fell swoop!
You know, he was only in his early twenties at that time, how would such a young martial arts champion be arranged for his position?
Fortunately, our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong did not discriminate against age, and he especially liked to use Zhonglie. When he heard that he was a descendant of the Yang family general, Zhu Cijiong immediately stuffed him into the Guanning Army and became a guerrilla general. !

Although at that time it was not uncommon for Wu Jinshi of the first and second ranks to be guerrilla generals, they were usually assigned to third-class legions, and very few entered second-class regiments. The Guan Ning Army was a first-class army. It can be seen from this that Zhu Cijiong has high hopes for him.

This Yang Zhong did not live up to Zhu Cijiong's high expectations. In the two major wars in the Southeast Peninsula and South Asia, he fought bravely and commanded well, and soon accumulated military merits and was promoted to a fourth-rank general. Commander Major General.

Now, Yang Zhong has become a rising star in the Ming Army, and his reputation is no less than that of young army commanders such as Cao Bianjiao, Zu Dabi, Qin Gongming, and Qin Yiming. That's why he entrusted Manjingwei to guard such an important pass.

This Manjing Guard was built according to the standard guard of the Ming Dynasty. That is to say, there were only more than 5000 people stationed here, but the regular cavalry division of the Guanning Army has a full 1 horses. How did they squeeze in? What about?
More than 1 soldiers can be said to be a bit more crowded, and the original barracks of more than 5000 people can also be accommodated, but the more than 1 war horses are a bit troublesome.

Fortunately, there is plenty of wood here, and there is no shortage of stone materials. After Yang Zhong arrived here, he directed his men to start crazy construction. I bought a lot of stables, and finally settled the war horses.

This winter in Siberia is not ordinary cold. Although Yang Zhong was mentally prepared, he was still taken aback by the terrifying low temperature. It is trivial to say that dripping water turns into ice, or sprinkled into ice. At the coldest time here, The freshly boiled water will immediately turn into ice beans when sprinkled!

For this reason, Yang Zhong had to formulate a set of temporary military regulations:

For example, during the freezing period, all daily exercises were cancelled. In this hellish weather, when the wind blows over, your mouth can be frozen and cracked, and you still practice.

For another example, during the freezing period, the guard posts on the city wall don’t need to stand there to blow the wind, they just need to hide under the parapet to enjoy the fire and keep watching.

There are also such things as taking turns to cut firewood every day, the sentry posts are changed every half an hour, and you are not allowed to leave the barracks if you have no mission, etc. The First Cavalry Division of the Guan Ning Army has endured more than half a year like this, and finally survived this terrifying freezing period. passed.

However, the warmer the temperature, the more dangerous it is. During the freezing period, the enemy is unlikely to attack, but now that it is thawed, it is hard to say.

After Yang Zhong looked around for a while, he began to walk slowly along the western city wall. Every time he passed a sentry post, he would give a serious reminder: "Be careful and keep vigilant at all times."

Now that the freezing period has passed, everything has returned to normal. Naturally, these sentry posts can no longer hide under the parapet to warm up. Moreover, after half a year of severe cold test, the cold resistance of all soldiers has increased a lot. They have no influence, and now they are standing there one by one, staring at the front seriously, meticulous.

Yang Zhong is still very satisfied with his subordinates, Guan Ning Army is the first-class army of Ming Dynasty, those who are lazy, playful, and foolish have been eliminated long ago, and the rest are first-class elites.

After looking around, he felt that there should be nothing wrong. He was about to go down to check the drill situation, when a sentry not far from him suddenly shouted: "General, there seems to be something on the river."

The surface of the river is three or four miles away from the city wall. Without binoculars, it is impossible to see clearly. Most people can't even see the surface of the river clearly. This sentry actually said that there is something on the surface of the river. Is he blind or his eyesight is particularly good?

Hearing this, Yang Zhong immediately raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the sentry's finger.

Oh my God, there really is a situation, and it's not a normal situation, the river is full of Raksha soldiers in white capes!
Based on Yang Zhong's combat experience in the past few years, it can be seen from a quick scan that the enemy army has at least one hundred thousand. He carefully observed the enemy's weapons and equipment, and his face slowly changed. Become cold.

These people actually held muskets in their hands!

Ten thousand versus one hundred thousand, if the number of artillery pieces is large, there is still a fight. The problem is that the areas from Nuergandusi to Manjingwei are basically mountainous, and the artillery cannot be transported here at all. Therefore, Manjingwei now has one There are no artillery.

This time I was afraid that he was going to be loyal to the country, but Yang Zhong did not show the slightest fear. He quickly put down the binoculars and shouted: "Zhao Yinglong."

Hearing the sound, a guard following him immediately knelt on one knee and cupped his hands and said, "My subordinate is here."

Yang Zhong ordered without hesitation: "Immediately take ten personal guards, one with two horses, non-stop day and night, to Zhenzhenhewei, and report to Taifu and Deputy Marshal Lu that Manjingwei was attacked by Tsarist Russia. About one hundred thousand, all equipped with muskets!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yinglong didn't stand up and leave, but pleaded loudly: "General, let me stay!"

When Yang Zhong heard the words, he immediately scolded: "This is an order."

Disobedience is a death penalty, Zhao Yinglong had no choice but to respond: "Your subordinate obeys orders."

After all, he stood up, turned around and ran down the city wall.

Yang Zhong looked at his back and said resolutely: "Help me tell Taifu and Deputy Marshal Lu that Weihan vows to live and die with Manjingwei!"

(End of this chapter)