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Chapter 221 Follow the Commander

Ding Qiang was extremely excited. He brought more than 100 subordinates, together with wealthy businessmen and gentry of Huai'an City, to greet the commander at the gate of the city early in the morning.

From a distance, a gray torrent was seen rolling in.

Ding Qiang's heartbeat also accelerated.

Three or four months ago, he personally sent off Zhao Cheng's army at the gate of the city. At that time, there were only more than a thousand people.

Coming back now, following the commander-in-chief's army, there are nearly ten thousand.

I heard that the outside of the Great Wall is already owned by the commander-in-chief, and it is useless for the commander-in-chief to station troops outside the Great Wall.

It's hard to imagine how the commander-in-chief did all this in such a short period of time.

Except for the saying that the Marshal is a bodhisattva from heaven who came to save the suffering, the others really don't make sense.

Ding Qiang felt extremely fortunate for taking the lead out of the city to seek refuge with the Marshal.

It was also from that moment that his life changed completely.

He looked down and saw that the Huai'an army was wearing mandarin duck battle jackets.

Even though they strongly supported them and sent them brand-new mandarin duck battle jackets, they looked quite mighty.

But he prefers to change into a gray military uniform, to be consistent with the commander in chief.

After a little distraction, the commander-in-chief's army has arrived.

The whole army, everyone is in gray uniforms, and flags are flying in the army.

Ding Qiang noticed that in addition to the red Great Wall logo flag headed by the leader, there were other flags, all of which were also red, with a yellow five-pointed star on it, and crossed swords and guns in the middle of the five-pointed star.

On the part of the flag close to the flagpole, there is a white strip written in black:

Conqueror Army Guard Corps.

The First Legion of the Crusade Army.

Crusader Fifth Legion...

Ding Qiang was very envious.

These are the most trusted regular troops of the Marshal.

"Ding Qiang, you've done a good job. Before I left the customs, I didn't expect to walk for such a long time. You, more than 100 people, were able to defend Huai'an City until now. It's rare! It's rare!"

Zhao Cheng nodded in praise.

Before he left Huai'an City and marched into Chaigou Fort, the goal of the battle was just to intimidate the Governor Shen Chi, and at the same time, it was enough to fight against the Eight Banners army.

As long as the opponent is deterred, so that the opponent does not dare to trouble Zhao Cheng, and win a stable external environment for the development of the strong land.

Unexpectedly, the tension in the battle exceeded expectations. After fighting Dorgon and Huang Taiji for a few rounds, the Qiangdi army marched eastward, occupied Shengjing, and completely defeated the Eight Banners army in the mobile battle.

Back and forth, three or four months passed.

He only left more than 100 people for Ding Qiang. The key point is that these more than 100 people are young and strong in Huai'an City who have taken refuge in him temporarily. They have not received any training. Just let them defend the city here.

Zhao Cheng even made mental preparations to recover Huai'an City again when he returned.

Unexpectedly, Ding Qiang successfully defended the city and persisted until now.

"Everything depends on the commander-in-chief's prestige. Because the strong land is in the south, and the commander-in-chief is leading the army outside the Great Wall. He has won consecutive battles and is majestic. Therefore, no one dares to make an idea of ​​Huai'an City. The rest of us probably won't be able to defend Huai'an City."

Ding Qiang was pleasantly surprised, but tried to put on a calm expression on his face, not daring to take credit for it.

Zhao Cheng nodded.

What Ding Qiang said made sense. Without Qiangdi's more than 3000 regular soldiers, plus his record of victories in consecutive battles outside the Great Wall, Huai'an City would really be unstoppable.

Zhao Cheng appreciates Dan Dingqiang's attitude of not taking credit and not being inflated.

"In the past few months, have you encountered any troubles? But who deliberately made an enemy of our Huai'an army?" Zhao Cheng asked.

As soon as he said these words, the surrounding temperature seemed to drop a little instantly.

At this time, as long as Ding Qiang said the name of someone, that person would be immediately hit by the commander's iron fist.

"It is true that there were troubles." Ding Qiang said truthfully, "but it was all when the commander-in-chief was out of the fortress and the Eight Banners army blocked the pass. There were rumors at that time that the commander-in-chief was defeated and encountered an accident.

Therefore, the clansmen guarding Yangcang wanted to take the opportunity to counterattack. In Huai'an City, there were also gentry who cooperated with them.However, fortunately, there was a disagreement among them, and someone informed us in advance.

The subordinates asked Qiangdi for help.Zhao Chunfa Master Zhao personally brought 2000 people to put down the rebellion and uproot the remaining forces of Yangcang.After that, no one in Huai'an City dared to oppose us.

Therefore, Mr. Zhao Chunfa should be the first to make Huai'an City safe. "

"En!" Zhao Cheng nodded, "Ding Qiang, I now have the Guard Legion, plus the Nine Great Legions. Now, I intend to develop you as the commander of the Tenth Legion. Your Huai'an Army can be reorganized into the Tenth Legion. Legion, I don't know if you are willing or not?"

Ding Qiang finally lost his composure, his face full of ecstasy.

The commander of the army under the commander can all be able to guard one side!
If he can become the head of the legion, it means that he has truly become the commander-in-chief's confidant.

"Yes! Of course! Thank you, Commander, for your promotion." Ding Qiang said immediately.

"En." Zhao Cheng nodded, "Then you should be ready. Huai'an City, I will arrange another person to garrison. You and all the people above the small banner officer in your Huai'an Army will go to the strong place to train and study.

If you want to become a legion commander, you must first have excellent ideological and military qualities.Because you haven't participated in strong field training, so you have some deficiencies in this area, and now you have to make up for it. "

Strong military training, Hunhe military training, not only training military literacy, but more importantly, training loyalty.

Zhao Cheng had to hold the barrel of the gun in his hand and hold it firmly.

Therefore, for the establishment of all legions, the key members must come from these two holy places.

"Yes, Marshal! Thank you Marshal for cultivating it!"

Ding Qiang stood at attention, gave a military salute with a "snap", and the excitement in his heart could not be described in words.

He is in Huai'an City, but he can hear legends about Qiangdi every day.

Many novelties in Huai'an City also came from strong places.

Therefore, his heart is full of longing for the strong land.

To be able to go to a strong place to participate in military training is a dream for him.

Next, Zhao Cheng visited Huai'an City.

After several months of construction, Huai'an City has achieved fruitful results.

First of all, the level of hygiene has been greatly improved.

The last time Zhao Cheng came to Huai'an City, like all towns in this era, it was dirty and messy, the streets were full of dust, and the air was filled with the smell of excrement.

Zhao Cheng browsed many forums before traveling, and almost all views on the messiness of ancient western cities are generally accepted, and there is no difference.

The ancient West, even Rome, with its magnificent urban sewage system, did not keep cleanliness in the city, and as it fell into disrepair and clogged with garbage, the system itself lost its function.

Because they did not have modern apartment drainage facilities, the Romans used urinals to defecate and defecate, and often poured them directly from the windows. The smell of the street can be imagined.

However, there have always been disagreements about how dirty the ancient big cities in China were.

Because there are always people who say that Chinese people have a point of view that "the fat and water don't flow into the fields of outsiders".The ancient Chinese used manure to fertilize the fields, so the manure would be collected and transported to the fields.

Even when many people pee, they refuse to pee outside.When you go shopping outside, you have to hold back your urine when you feel like peeing, and then urinate when you get home...

Therefore, they feel that the ancient cities in China may not be so dirty.

But after Zhao Cheng came, he found out that it was actually not much better.

The cities he has seen so far, Huai'an City, Chaigoubao, Shengjing... are not considered populous cities in this era. Even so, walking on the street smells like urine.

"Sui Shu Biography of Yu Jicai" records the minister Yu Jicai's comment on Chang'an City: "The water is salty and brine, which is not very pleasant."

Why did he say that?The commentary to this paragraph clearly states that the large population in the capital city has long-term disorderly discharge of feces and urine waste, "gathering but not leaking", making the water salty.

As for the street conditions, Chen Longzheng's "Ji Ting Quan Shu" in the Ming Dynasty said: "The roads in the north are full of dung and filth, especially in the capital."

People in ancient times used shallow wells to drink water.Because the groundwater level is relatively shallow, most places only need to dig a well a few meters deep to drink water.

However, in a large city with a large population, it is unimaginable that feces and urine will be discharged indiscriminately, seeping into the groundwater, and even causing "water to be salty".

Therefore, the first thing Zhao Cheng has to do when he occupies any city is to build a large number of public toilets so that people can defecate at fixed points and clean them regularly.

Anyway, he absolutely can't stand "water is salty".

Ding Qiang obviously knew the hobbies of "Master Zhao" and paid great attention to hygiene.

The street is clean, there are people wearing red vests, holding brooms, pushing trolleys, and constantly maintaining hygiene on the street.

"We've learned from strong ground."

Seeing that Zhao Cheng paid attention to these "red vests", Ding Qiang immediately explained.

"That's right!" Zhao Cheng nodded, "When we do things for the common people, we must be good at learning and using our brains! Qiangdi is a step ahead of Huai'an City, and there are many experiences worth learning. It is right to learn more from Qiangdi. to avoid detours.

Not only to learn these superficial things, but also to learn the substantive things.For example, strong control over the grassroots.Why can the strong land master the grassroots so well?It is because of the existence of the street office.

The street office in Huai'an City must also be established as soon as possible.Sub-district offices form a large network, which can interweave the people and connect the hearts of the people. "

When Zhao Cheng was talking, he was followed by a group of people, all of whom were senior officials of the Marshal's Mansion.

Except for Ding Qiang of the Huai'an Army, all the generals wore gray military uniforms, some had their hair shaved, some did not; all the civil servants mostly wore robes.

Everyone held a notebook, a gel pen or a pen in their hand, and carefully recorded the main points.

Ding Qiang watched all this curiously.

Then, he saw Zhao Cheng looking over, and suddenly felt a little at a loss.

Because among so many civil and military officials, only his hands are empty.

"Ha ha!"

Zhao Cheng smiled, took out a Huazi, lit it, took a sip, and held it between his fingers.

"Don't worry, you didn't understand before, and you'll be fine if you develop a habit in the future. You need to learn more and make progress. Why should I ask you all to take more notes? Because a good memory is not as good as a bad pen.

But our military government has always been unconventional. Management methods, cultural knowledge, and updating are very fast, and new terms are emerging one after another. If you just listen to it with your ears, you will not remember it.

The best way is to take a note with a pen, write it down first, and then experience and learn slowly when you go back.Not only you, but you will also use this method to demand your subordinates later.

In addition, it is not easy for some of you to see me. If you have anything you want to say, you can write it down in your notebook in advance.We don't engage in the same thing as the monarch and his ministers, but we can use that as an example. The function of this notebook is similar to that of the Chaohu.

You must have seen it on stage, right?Chaohu is a board that ministers hold in their hands when they go to court, on which are recorded some things to say in this court.

That's not as convenient as our laptop, is it? "

Zhao Cheng said, motioning to a guard behind him:
"Xiao Sun, go and get some notebooks and some pens. Comrades present, see who doesn't have one, and give them a set."

"Yes, handsome!"

The guard agreed, and went to get the notebook and pen to distribute.

"There is another matter, which is the matter of recruiting new members of the Pioneer Society. Our expeditionary army is led by the Pioneer Society, and the ideological committee members of the Pioneer Society must be assigned to the general banner.

The main generals of our conquest army must also join the Pioneer Society.Today, those who are interested in joining the Pioneer Society can raise their hands, and I will be your introducer. "

"I!"

"Master, I want to join!"

"..."

When Zhao Cheng said a word, those present who had not joined the Xianxing Club immediately rushed to raise their hands.

How honorable is it for the Marshal to be the introducer himself?

They don't know much about the Xianxing Society now, but it's always right to follow the commander-in-chief.

……

Shun Shengchuan East City.

In the private room of the largest restaurant in the city, there is a large table of delicious food and wine, and the people sitting around the wine table are all luxuriously dressed nobles.

Fan Yongdoujing accompanied the guest seat, and the one sitting in the main seat was Liu Fei, the commander of the newly promoted Ninth Army Corps of the Expeditionary Army.

Present here are Zhang Neng, Sun Hu and others.

On the wine table, the atmosphere was a bit depressing, the table was full of wine and food, but no one enjoyed it.

Neither Liu Fei nor Zhang Neng wore military uniforms today, but civilian clothes.

Both of them were dressed in silk robes, with ruddy complexions, like rich men from the south of the Yangtze River.

In fact, Liu Fei's life was quite good during this period of time.

Fan Yongdou treats him with food and drink, presents beauties, and gold and silver almost every three days.

At the beginning, Liu Fei was still able to control himself, maintaining a certain degree of vigilance.

But Fan Yongdou was too shrewd in this regard, he never confronted Liu Fei head-on, but used Sun Hu and Sun Ju to win over Zhang Neng.

Zhang Neng is Liu Fei's most trusted confidant.

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