Late Tang

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At the end of December, Na Qibo's battalion received a new order.According to the order of the military department, this battalion will march to the northeast of Buyeo, cross the Sumoshui defense line, and march to the territory of the tribal coalition forces and the left-road coalition forces.On the coast of Sumoshui, on the long [-]-li river defense line from Fuyu to Daan, the two camps of Fuyu and Daan are already dispatching tens of thousands of tribal and Bohai cavalry to let them cross the river defense and enter the territory of the coalition forces. Drive out those tribal armies that can't hide.

A week later, the battalion, exhausted by the bad weather and thick snow-covered roads, settled down in Dalu City, Mozhou Prefecture, on the east coast. The battalion commander, Captain Xu Jian, came back from the headquarters on horseback. That Qibo was resting in the tent of the igloo with the other riders of his team, when he heard the sound, he poked his head out and saw the captain riding on the horse like a rice dumpling, his beard Frozen and shards formed, and we drove back from the frozen hard road.

The Fanqi in the tent immediately became active.

"Is this going to march again?" Luo Fu, a cavalryman of the Xi clan, speculated, looking anxiously at the returning battalion master.

Apart from Rove, the only other subordinate of Qibo's, Private Hall stuck a needle into the leather hat, shook the newly sewn trousers, and said, "It must be time to start again."

"Don't let us rest for a while, what the hell!" another cursed in a low voice.

Na Qibo had previously reported Tongdu soldiers for violating military discipline, and was rewarded afterwards, not only a Huben Medal.And he was promoted from private to second class in one fell swoop.It can be regarded as a two-level promotion.therefore.He has now become the leader of a combat team. According to the old practice of the Qin Army, the chief officer at the team level is the lowest-ranking officer in the ranks, while the rank and rank below the team level are served by non-commissioned officers.In the fan army, the rank of non-commissioned officers has just been changed, divided into junior non-commissioned officers and senior non-commissioned officers, from the fifth-level sergeant major to the first-level sergeant major.These five ranks are senior non-commissioned officers, with the fifth rank being the lowest and the first rank being the highest.From corporal to sergeant, these three levels are called junior non-commissioned officers.In the capital team, senior non-commissioned officers serve as deputy team leader, deputy flag bearer, instructor, secretary, etc., while junior non-commissioned officers serve as team leader, deputy team leader, corps leader, deputy corps leader, etc. These are actually not among the ninth rank. Internal and external official positions.

As for the battle team leader, it is actually a position that does not even have a foreign product. During the battle, the Qin army usually forms a team of three people, and a group forms three teams.A combat team leader is actually in charge of three people including himself.In general.This is not a post, it is held by a veteran, with two recruits with low qualifications.Naqibo's battalion is full of tribal recruits. Because he was promoted to a second-class soldier, his military rank is higher than other soldiers, so he was able to become a team leader.

"I heard that the master is coming." A soldier from the same team came in from the outside and reported the gossip he had just heard.

"Tick-tack-tick-tack!" the bugler blew his bugle.

The riders all jumped up quickly.

"Where did I put my cigarette pouch?" Hall was still looking for it in a hurry.

"Prepare the horse!"

"Don't look for your pipe, the assembly is delayed, and you will lose your pipe, hurry up." Na Qibo shouted while running.

The chief steward of the team ran over, supported the groom with one hand, and trotted towards the stable.Everyone prepared their horses according to the time stipulated in the cavalry code, and stood by the wooden stakes to wait for orders.The discarded tree stood there like a stake, and the Chief Secretary whispered to him, "The fight is on, young man."

The chief secretary was originally a position only available at the first level, but in Fanbing, it was already established at the team level.This is not a good position. Many soldiers often say that being an officer is not the chief of the department, and that the guard is not the second shift.The chief secretary is equivalent to a logistics manager, who is in charge of almost everything, the most important thing is to be in charge of various daily life, such as food, accommodation, and financial affairs in the team.In normal times, he manages the daily logistics affairs of the capital team, basic necessities of life, clothing, food, housing, and transportation. In wartime, he also serves as the chief officer of the management team and has the mission of supervising operations. Under special circumstances, he can even act as the chief officer of the capital team.

The chief secretary is a military officer, not a non-commissioned officer. Although the chief secretary of this team is just the lowest warrant officer like the others in the army, he is a legitimate officer.But under normal circumstances, people don't pay much attention to the Chief Secretary. They just treat him as a catering officer, that is, when he takes turns to work in the catering team, everyone obeys him.

But people don't think of him as an official. There is a very important reason that although the Han chief secretary is only in his forties, he was born as a monk. He was originally a monk accompanying the army. He was an enemy, so he returned from vulgarity and no longer became a monk, but simply became a soldier of the Qin Army. Although the newly transferred officers at all levels were transferred from other troops, they were all of low rank.

According to the current system of the Qin Army, the dual-deputy system is implemented. Each chief officer has two lieutenants. Once that army has been wiped out outside, with these second deputy chiefs around, it can immediately pull up a new army, using these seeds as the backbone, to pull up again and retain its combat effectiveness.However, under the second adjutant system, most of these adjutants are newcomers with low seniority, and they are transferred from various troops to those new troops. Let the upper and lower levels be unobstructed, and the above has implemented the original military rank system of non-commissioned officers and above in the Fan soldiers.At this stage, lieutenants and school officers have been added.

Both lieutenants and colonels have five ranks, from warrant officer to second lieutenant, lieutenant, captain to captain and then colonel to colonel.

The Chief of Staff of the Nicknamed Master is a Warrant Officer, the lowest of the ten ranks.

"Are you talking nonsense?" The master was kind to everyone, without the slightest bit of official airs, so Qibo didn't have to be careful when talking to him.

"Really." The chief secretary, nicknamed Master, whispered.

Soon, as expected, an order was given to dismantle the tent.Pack your bags.

The tent is dismantled.Each team lined up on the street.

Their heads were on restless horses.Turn around in front of the capital.

"Line up in a column!" This Han man in his early twenties has a loud but immature voice floating above the line. It is said that he graduated from the Dengzhou Longshan Lushi School in the interior of the Qin Dynasty. , I heard that Lu Shi is quite famous, and those who come out of there have a bright future.Just like this guy in front of him is about the same age as that Qi Bo, but that Qi Bo was promoted to a second-class soldier because of that commendation, while this guy in front of him is already a leader.Lieutenant Renyong, the serious and serious ninth-rank officer, wears a three-star lieutenant rank on his shoulders.

With the clatter of horseshoes, the fourth capital followed the third capital, drove out of the camp, and ran up the road. The left team and the right team of the fourth capital lined up neatly with the well-trained and even pace that had been trained for more than half a year. The formation went outward.

Three days later, the battalion drove all the way to the west bank of the inclined river, and the other side of the river was already under the control of the tribal army. On the other side of the river, there began to be fortresses and garrisons of the tribal army.

The sun was shining brightly behind the birch bushes.It was a sunny morning, and the sleds were dragging abundant supplies such as food, grass and ordnance carried by the army.Rumbling on the snow, the horse snorted and smoked, and stopped in front of the river bank.

The horsemen of the fourth capital were unloading supplies on the sledge, and the sounds of people and horses floated in the white mist.

There is a blurred light on the face of the man, and the figure of the horse disappears in the hazy morning light.

"Which one?"

"Which one do you belong to, why are you walking around blindly?"

"Bastard, what kind of attitude are you talking to the officer with?" the young Fourth Capital shouted.

The party member standing guard quickly lowered his head, "I'm sorry, sir, I misunderstood."

As soon as Dudu left, the party sentry hurriedly whispered to his companion next to him: "Damn it, it dragged us all down, and we haven't slept well for three days and three nights."

"Kanghe, do you still have any shredded tobacco? Fill me a pipe. I haven't smoked since yesterday." He smiled flatteringly at the Sogdian companion next to him.

"Smoke a fucking leg and seal up your son. Who still has shredded tobacco now? The most fucking smoked it all. If you want to wait for the delivery of supplies from the rear, you don't know that you have to wait until the year of the monkey. Hold on, it's really not possible, just It's the same to get some hay and light it. Damn, there was no such thing as cigarettes before, so we have been in the same way. But now everyone is addicted to this stuff, and his mother can't connect it. Don't you torture people?"

The two cavalry sentries held their lances in their arms, shaking like two bare poplar trees.

When Qibo came over, Xifeng Laizi immediately asked him for shredded tobacco. Since Qin Fan developed and produced various types of tobacco, the army also began to use tobacco and tea as military supplies, and distributed them together with soap and other things. Soon, this kind of gadget that can greatly refresh your mind during marching and battle became popular in the army.It can be said that in the military, it is really difficult to find people who do not smoke.However, although the sergeants distributed cheap shredded tobacco made of mugwort leaves, mint, honeysuckle, and a small amount of tea, the quota was still very small, which made the sergeants often ask if they had any cigarettes when they met.

"Dude, do you have any more tobacco?"

That Qibo is a second-class soldier, and his tobacco quota is more than that of a private soldier, and he doesn't smoke much.He generously took out his cigarette pack and grabbed a handful for each of them.The two guys immediately ignored standing guard, took out their pipes one after another, filled them with shredded tobacco in a hurry, then lit a match, took a deep puff, and then exhaled the smoke with satisfaction.

"Brother, do you know where we are going?"

"Go to the old mother-in-law's house for a drink!" Na Qibo also joked.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"Shut up! Stop talking."

A scolding from the star patrolling officer was heard from a distance, and that Qi Bo hurriedly left.

As soon as he returned to his team, his subordinate Luo Fu immediately leaned over. He looked at Qi Bo's face carefully and asked softly, "Aren't you afraid, Qi Bo?"

"afraid of what?"

"Across the river is the tribal alliance. We are going to cross the river to fight soon."

"Whatever you want!" Qibo said nonchalantly, looking towards the icy and snowy land across the river, instead, there was a sense of anticipation, "Get fame and wealth immediately, Rove, Hall, don't you think this is exactly what we want?" Is it a great opportunity? Think about it, as long as we rely on our ability, we can earn fame and wealth. Official positions, military ranks, titles, money and land, we don’t have to graze sheep year after year, but we always have to endure severe cold and hunger. Don’t worry about white disasters and plagues. We don’t have to face the same arable land like the Han people all day long. We are all natural fighters. As long as we work hard, we can use this natural ability to exchange for fame, wealth, money and land. What a great opportunity this is. If we were our fathers, even if we fought for the tribe, we would not get much benefit."

"You are quite ambitious." Rove looked at Qibo in surprise, "I'm not as optimistic as you think, I didn't fall asleep all the way along the way, this is the first time on the battlefield, maybe Once you go, you won’t come back.”

"Relax, my father told me that a recruit doesn't die in his first fight."

After finishing his equipment, Qibo leaned on the saddle and dozed off. Rove and Hall kept whispering something in his ear, their voices mixed with the creaking sound of the snow being trampled on the ground. One piece kept ringing, but it didn't prevent him from falling asleep, on the contrary, it made him fall asleep faster like a lullaby.

After an unknown period of time, he was suddenly awakened by a cry.

"The enemy cavalry is approaching, the enemy cavalry is approaching!"

"Assemble, prepare to meet the enemy!"

The white-faced lieutenant was yelling loudly, and Qibo raised his head, in front of his eyes were the snow-white camouflage cloaks of the soldiers of the team shaking, and on both sides were war horses that had already felt uneasy.A flock of crows flew overhead, croaking.

On the opposite side of the glacier, a group of black spots began to appear, which were the scouts of the tribal soldiers.

The gunners of Jiadu who were close to the river bank directly dragged the Feilei cannon to the river, set it up and fired a cannonball at the opposite bank.

There was a bang, like the sound of spring thunder.Fei Lei landed more than ten feet away from the opponent, and the enemy cavalry who was startled by Fei Lei started to turn their horses and leave.

Lu Zhe, the capital commander of the first capital, has quickly assembled the capital's cavalry, leading his capital team to gallop forward, ready to catch a few tongues.

There was a sound of horseshoes in the distance, and the cuirassiers of the Qin Army galloped past them.Those elite cavalry who were riding all snow-white horses, wearing navy blue busts, long snow-white cloaks, and even horses in snow-white jackets looked at the group of cavalry with mocking smiles.From Naqibo's own point of view, after more than half a year of training and marching, these natural horse fighters are now even more elite.But in the eyes of Qin Jun cavalry, these are just a group of recruits who have not experienced the flames of war.

"Warriors of the tribe, please send our greetings to the Khitan dogs!" A tall Han cavalryman smiled at them on his horse.

"We will help you greet the wives of all the Khitan dog thieves!" Na Qibo retorted unwillingly to show weakness, causing even bigger bursts of laughter.

Team after team of soldiers and horses rushed towards the river bank in an endless stream, and that Qibo already felt the imminent breath of death. . )