Chapter 96 Rampage
After hearing Li Xiaokeng’s powerful statement, Wu Liang still looked worried.
"Students hope that Lord Li will think twice, but our army's strength is still weak. If it consumes too much in fighting the Tartars and damages the root cause, it may not be worth the loss."
"Mr. Wu, I understand your thoughts. Now I am only a thousand households, and my official positions are low. It is already quite jealous to obtain the two territories of Chifeng Castle and Tielong City. As the saying goes, if the name is not upright, it will be difficult for the words to be smooth. If the official rank is not improved, it will be difficult to expand the territory and military forces." Li Xiao paused and said with a deep look: "We Ming generals have taken the title of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times, and fighting for the country is also the duty. If we can win fame and fortune and get the title of Jin, the space for the official to play in this Shandong land will be much wider. If we are afraid of the head and tail and only care about personal thoughts, what is the difference between that official and the Shandong general Liu Zeqing who is determined to seek personal gain?"
After hearing Li Xiao’s words, Wu Liang finally nodded and sighed: “Adults think deeply, but students listen to the arrangements.”
After agreeing with Wu Liang, Li Xiao immediately conveyed the military order.
He ordered that the Tian Weijia general army, now stationed in Iron Dragon City, were three groups of shield soldiers, five groups of spearmen, 40 Xuanhu heavy cavalry, and 50 Feijia light cavalry, as the main force of this expedition. In addition, the 60 Lumi gunmen of the firearms unit, all went out with the army.
The logistics team that went on this expedition was led by Chen Houzi, the former chief of the navy. He brought 60 auxiliary soldiers from Chifeng Fort as a logistics worker. He used the ten new four-wheeled carriages that had been made at this moment. After arriving in Dan County, he transferred 10 four-wheeled carriages from here, a total of 20 cars. Each carriage was equipped with 3 people to transport silver, grain, carriage accessories, muskets and ammunition.
In addition, the blacksmith Zhang Tongzhu and Dr. Chen Mazi from Chifeng Castle also brought some powerful assistants and friends, prepared tools and medicinal materials, and went to the army with them.
Now Wang Yishouyi, the general army stationed in Chifeng Fort, was led by Wang Yishou, and two teams of shield soldiers, two teams of spearmen, 40 Xuanhu heavy cavalry, and 50 Feiyazi light cavalry came to Iron City to take over the defense. At Chifeng Fort, only one team of shield soldiers, the second team of spearmen and artillery troops were stationed. Another team of spearmen was stationed in Shou Quanshan, guarding the bandits and laborers, as well as three workshops, brick factories, lime factories, and quarries.
Li Xiao also arranged that after the army went to war, the Iron Dragon City was still built as usual, and all its management work was responsible for Wu Liang. The relevant management work of Chifeng Fort and Shouqun Mountain was responsible for Xu Xiuqing.
After all these work was prepared, Li Xiao led his army north to Wudingzhou, which borders Shandong and Northern Zhili, and joined Yao Wenchang's troops, then went to the capital together, and then followed the next step of dispatch.
Li Xiao's order was quickly implemented.
In the past few days, Wu Zhuang, a new army worker who was carrying bricks and sand, was surprised to see that a large number of new soldiers had arrived in the Iron City, and there were also many carriages carrying grain and goods. It seems that Li Xiaojun has another major action.
Wu Zhuang envied the military soldiers from the bottom of his heart. Looking at the armor on their bodies and the weapons in their hands, thinking that his martial arts were difficult to fight on the battlefield again, Wu Zhuang was longing for it, and he couldn't help but feel inexplicably melancholy.
Don’t think too much, you should make a good transformation. After all, the Supervisor Xu also said that as long as you perform well, you will definitely have the opportunity to become a member of Li Xiaojun as soon as possible.
I hope to show my own efforts and let this day come soon.
Wu Zhuang stopped his random thoughts, carried the sand load firmly on his shoulders, and walked towards the city walls with big strides.
"Well, come here!"
When someone heard someone calling him, Wu Zhuang was stunned. When he turned around, he saw a shiny bald man waving to him.
Wu Zhuang recognized this person as Monk An, who had been involved in his bandit camp some time ago, quickly put down the sand harbor and walked over quickly.
"What are your instructions?"
After Wu Zhuang finished speaking respectfully, he didn't expect that Monk An shouted loudly and punched himself in front of him.
Wu Zhuang was shocked, and then quickly turned around and dodged. Monk An's fierce fist wind barely wiped his face.
The two of them immediately fought together, fighting for more than 20 rounds, no winner was decided. Wu Zhuang had an idea and made a flaw. When Monk An saw his chest open, he didn't know it was a plan, so he roared and punched him.
Seeing that he was deceived, Wu Zhuang sideways and swept across his legs, tripping against Monk An's right foot. Monk An couldn't bear it and fell to the ground, smashing dust everywhere.
"Mr. An, I've given up."
Wu Zhuang came over and wanted to help Monk An up from the ground.
Monk An pushed him away, jumped up quickly from the ground, clapped his hands and laughed, "Good guy, it's really good at martial arts. Then Xu Xiu recommends you to me, but he has vision."
Wu Zhuang was stunned. He didn't know what Monk An said. He turned his head and saw Xu Xiuzheng accompanying the Qianhuguan Li Xiao and smiling.
"Mr. Li, this person is the martial arts Zhuang recommended by the student to you. During this period, this person has been actively transforming, doing things very seriously and responsible, and has good martial arts skills. He is a good man." Xu Xiu introduced to Li Xiao while walking.
"Mr. Li, I want this person. I'm really good at it. It's really suitable to join my rampant team." Monk An saw Li Xiao approaching and said to Li Xiao with a smile.
Wu Zhuang became more and more confused. He stood with his hands and feet shrank, a little at a loss.
Seeing Wu Zhuang's confusing look, Monk An patted his shoulder hard and explained to him the rampant team that was about to be established.
It turned out that Li Xiao had been thinking for a long time in the past few days and planned to select a group of people with skilled martial arts and strong bodies to form an elite heavy armored infantry team named Random Team.
After Li Xiao fought with the Tartars last time, he was very impressed by the Bai Zhuyala soldiers who were heavily armored. The Bai Zhuyala soldiers wearing heavy armored soldiers could break through Li Xiao's army's battle formation and cause many casualties. The powerful combat power was really touching.
The white armored infantry is trapped in the formation, with one to ten. This tactic is the secret of the Later Jin Dynasty's invincible battle between the Mongolian and the Ming army in Liaodong. When the battle formation is in a stalemate, using such elite heavy armored infantry to rush into the formation can easily disrupt the opponent's team and ultimately achieve the effect of causing the opponent to collapse.
Last time, Li Xiao seized hundreds of bandit armor, which was worn out, but it was still worn. Therefore, Li Xiao decided to imitate the combat mode of the Later Jin Dynasty and became a heavy armor rushing force with heavy weapons such as heavy weapons such as tiger swords, tiger spears and long-handled knives seized during the Jinzhou battle.
The rampant team, this majestic name, was named by Li Xiao as the exclusive name of this heavy armored infantry unit that is only like a special forces.
Since there were only about 40 heavy weapons in the Later Jin Dynasty seized, Li Xiao decided to set up a new rampage team with a tentative number of 42 people, and all the personnel were selected from the brave and tall infantry fighting.
Although only the chief and deputy captains and second-tier team members are included now, Li Xiao decided that if he has more suitable weapons and armor in the future, he would continue to expand.
To Li Xiao's surprise, after hearing the news, almost everyone wanted to join this team with great courage and passion, and even cavalry wanted to join.
After all, armed to the teeth, he is like a heavy-armed warrior like an activated miniature tank, rushing into the formation and killing all directions is the ultimate dream of almost every passionate man.
What Li Xiao didn't expect most was that when he said this plan, the person who was the happiest, the most joyful, and even enthusiastically recommended himself was the deputy siege of the gunman, Monk Chang'an.
Monk An almost begged to Li Xiao to become the captain of the rampant team.
Seeing Monk An's eager face, Li Xiao felt unhappy. He remembered that when Monk An went to serve as the captain of the spearmen, Monk An forced him to teach the spearmen to practice a sprint. His helpless and unwilling expression was still vivid in his mind.
It is indeed a bit aggrieved by this guy with outstanding martial arts and superb gun skills.
Then, the rampant team that can show his gun skills is the most suitable position for Monk An.
Monk An was afraid that Li Xiao would disagree, and even told Li Xiao that he could not be the deputy commander of the spearman, but also be the captain of the rampant team. Li Xiao laughed out loud when he heard this.
Li Xiao finally agreed to his request, but he still temporarily allowed him to serve as the snorkeling commander. Moreover, the members of the rampage team, the deputy captain and the subordinates, all of them were selected by Monk An.
Monk An, who successfully served as the captain of the rampant team, was happy. He shouted to Li Xiao with an excited expression: "Please rest assured, Lord Li, I will do my best to bring you a powerful rampant team with great combat power!"
He then suggested to Li Xiao that due to the urgent time, the rampant team could select suitable candidates from the thousands of new affiliated troops who surrendered. If they were selected from the existing gun and shield soldiers, it would take some time for the newly added person to be familiar with the formation, and now time does not allow this.
He told Li Xiao that he had been among the bandits for many days and knew who had high martial arts skills. If these people were supplemented with the gunmen or shield soldiers, it would take some time to hone their formation, but it was a pity that their martial arts were all in one's martial arts. Now with this rampant team, it just happened to make them show their skills.
Li Xiao agreed with Monk An's suggestion, but he emphasized that the governors of the Supervisor Department must also recognize that these new affiliated military ideas are indeed relatively reliable before they can join the rampant team.
Only by being strong in thought and military can one become a qualified rampant team member. This is an iron rule that Li Xiao determined.
In the end, Monk An and the governors below all selected the list of selected personnel. Xu Xiu was the supervisor of the rampant team.
Wu Zhuang, who performed positively and had excellent martial arts skills, was considered by Monk An and the Governor Xu Xiu, as the best candidate to serve as the deputy captain of the rampant team.
So, the scene just now happened.
After this fight, Monk An even more recognized Wu Zhuang's ability. After all, if a deputy captain is not outstanding in martial arts, the team members below may not be convinced.
When he learned that he had been appointed as the deputy captain of the rampant team, Wu Zhuang felt that he was attacked by a huge wave of happiness. He knelt down to Li Xiao with an excited look on his face, and he stuttered a little when he spoke: "The prisoner Wu Zhuang is so appreciated by Lord Li, and I am really grateful. I only hope to serve Lord Li to drive him to answer the question."
Li Xiao smiled and helped him: "Wu Zhuang, I said that as long as you perform well, I will not be stingy with giving you the opportunity to perform. I hope you will work harder today, to build achievements for yourself, and to set a good example for the entire army."
Wu Zhuang responded repeatedly, and Li Xiao ordered to reward Wu Zhuang with the set of high-end mountain pattern armor stripped off Zheng Longfang that day to stimulate his ambition.
An Heqing joked, "Wu Zhuang, you are so lucky. Lord Qianhu gave me the set of white iron armor with one eye to the bandit chief that day, but it was not as good as yours."
Seeing that he was appreciated by the Qianhu, Wu Zhuang knelt down and bowed to thank him, "Mr. Li is so kind and kind, Wu Zhuang has nothing to say, so he will definitely repay him with all his heart!"
Soon, the four A captains, the deputy A captains and other team members were selected. Monk An summoned them together and began to speak with great enthusiasm.
"You guys, with such good luck, can you join this elite rampant team. Grandma, I won't talk nonsense to you, just say two points. The first point is to follow the orders of Lord Li, and you can do whatever you tell me. This is very important and is the basis for you guys to settle down in our army. The second point is to rush forward, dare to fight and fight, so as to promote the reputation of my rampant team. If someone escapes in front of us, fears death and is afraid of fighting, I will definitely chop off this embarrassing bastard with one knife. Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
"Speak louder, don't be like a sissy!"
"Understood!!"
"Well, very good. You guys, you guys, need to remember the team's training today whenever you go in the future. Okay, let's start distributing armor and weapons."
The rampant team members took over the armor with a happy look on their faces, and at the same time chose the weapon they thought was the most convenient.
Each of them had a set of close-fitting leather armor, followed by a set of cotton armor, and the outermost layer was a set of iron armor. Then everyone was given an iron helmet, Monk An, Wu Zhuang and the four armored men below, and even a fine iron tassel helmet with face armor.
At this time, Wu Zhuang was wearing close-fitting leather armor inside and the luxurious mountain-patterned armor outside. He looked more and more heroic. He picked a heavy tiger sword similar to Li Xiao and danced it a few times, which felt very easy.
The captain of the rampant team, wearing exquisite white iron armor, chose a heavy tiger-toothed gun.
"Grandma, I really want to go and fight those Tartars early. I never killed a Tartar in Jinzhou that day, but I was so frustrated." Monk An was dancing with a tiger-tooth gun, but cursing hatefully.
Seeing that the rampant team began to train, Li Xiao gave a few words to the supervisor Xu Xiu, and then turned around and returned to the house.
Li Xiao opened the door, but saw Zu Wan'er sitting on the ground without saying a word.
"What's wrong? I'm still angry." Li Xiao smiled, pouring himself a cup of tea.
"Hmph, if you don't take me with you, I will fight you every day." Zu Wan'er didn't look back and her tone was fierce.
"Oh, my eldest lady, our army is going to fight with the Tartars, not to travel to play houses. This time, it is extremely dangerous. How can we take you there?"
Zu Wan'er turned around and said with a grievance: "Then Dr. Chen and the others can go, why can't I go! Li Xiao, don't underestimate people. Do you know, my medical level has improved a lot in the past few months, and I can do things like medicine, bandage, assistants, etc. Dr. Chen also praised my medical level, which is better than his friends. I will also help you treat the wounded and the people this time, and it's not just for you to eat!"
Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "Well, Doctor Chen praised you for your kind words, are you still serious? I am a general of the court, and fighting for life and death is normal. But I am worried that Wan'er, if something happens to you, I will not be able to explain to your parents. They are just a daughter like you, like a pearl in your hand. If I destroy my hands, wouldn't Li Xiao be redeemed for his crimes even if he dies."
Zu Wan'er curled her lips: "Hmph, I'm not worried about you. You are a cat and you can't die."
Li Xiao deliberately lowered his face: "Look at you, how do you speak."
Zu Wan'er turned her face to the side: "I don't care. If you go to Beizhili or Xuanfu Town, I will definitely go there too. I am here alone, and I will die if I miss you every day."
A strange smile appeared on Li Xiao's face: "Then are you really going?"
"Yes, I'm going!"
"Okay, then I'll say it again, no!"
Chapter completed!