Chapter 427: Direct Lineage

In the eighty-eighth year of the Yuan calendar before Jingjiu, Xu Hong was an official of the fourth rank, and he was a hero, commanding an army with a total of thirty-six battalions and thirty-six thousand people.

The army led by Xu Hong is the "Minister Wood" among the five prime ministers in the Jingxi Army. And the later Fengxiao Camp was among them.

According to Wang Jian's review, the name Fengxiaoying was formally established in the winter of the eighty-ninth year of the Yuan Dynasty before Jingjiu, and was personally conferred by Xu Hong, who was then a hero.

According to the practice of the old Jing Dynasty, it is only possible for an army establishment to have a unique designation unless there are special circumstances, such as important military exploits achieved in major battles. Or there are rare deeds that deserve to be proclaimed as role models. The Feng Xiao Battalion, which was called the "Three-Five Mixed Battalion" at that time, belonged to the latter.

With the strength of one battalion, without the cover of the main force, Shengsheng fought fiercely with the three thousand-man teams of the barbarians for three days, and the casualties exceeded 30%, but the enemy was forced to retreat for 30 miles and did not dare to step forward. Later, it was recorded in the history of the war that the camp was mostly rangers, good at riding and archery, coming and going like the wind, repeatedly playing with and annihilating the enemy within the range of the bow and arrow, so that the enemy was frightened and did not dare to approach. Therefore, it has the reputation of "wind whistling".

Because at that time when the cavalry was fighting, the wolf cavalry of the barbarians had extremely strong impact and culling capabilities, and the attacking ability of the wolf was also very difficult for the cavalry of the tribe to deal with. They lost more and lost less in battles. Over time, it was very bad for morale. blow.

The deeds and tactics of the Fengxiao Battalion are very inspiring and referential, and also let the tribal cavalry understand that using the stamina advantage of the war horse to open the distance and then wipe out the enemy with cavalry and shooting can well grind to death those who are difficult to deal with in hand-to-hand combat. The wolf cavalry was set up as a model by Xu Hong, and gradually became a battalion of sharp knives in Xu Hong's hands.

Later, the war entered the late stage, and the barbarians had shown signs of decline and retreated from outside the Kundaliya Pass.

At that time, the military commander in the south was Yang Yansi, the Minister of the Ministry of War. The position of "Military Chief" was also established at the beginning of the year, and Yang Yansi served as the first general in the capacity of General Zhu Guo.

Seeing the barbarians retreating at that time, Yang Yansi seized the opportunity and ordered a total of 80,000 people from the Jingxi Army and Frontier Army to go out of Kunduo Pass to pursue them. It became a rout posture. After that, he trapped the barbarian king Thunderstorm in Hongshangou, and won the battle and took the lead.

The Fengxiao Battalion performed outstandingly in the siege of the Red Mountain Valley, and they should be credited with cutting off the Barbarian King's retreat.

It can be said that among the many heroic deeds of the last war, the Fengxiao Battalion is definitely one of the most eye-catching.

In the end, the "Minister Wooden" of the Jingxi Army was responsible for cleaning up the rest of the barbarians, that is, Xu Hong's troops. By that time, it was already the 91st year of the Yuan Dynasty before Jingjiu, and the Feng Xiao Battalion had become the most elite mobile force in Xu Hong's hands. Among them, after many additions and transfers, they are all middle and low-level backbones under Xu Hong's command, which can be called the direct line of the direct line.

Wang Jian continued to look through Xu Hong's personal files. There was nothing special on it, but Xu Hong's promotion was also very smooth. Basically, he climbed up a level when he reached the point of cultivation, and there were always things in between. Let him take the credit. He has been promoted very steadily and has a lot of qualifications. What's more, the battle of the Great War 40 years ago allowed him to serve as the chief officer of the frontier army, the governor of the Jingxi Army, the right servant of the Ministry of War, and finally the left officer of the Ministry of War. waiter.

Even Wang Jian boldly speculated that once Yang Yansi stepped down as Minister of the Ministry of War, Xu Hong must be the one who filled his position. No matter in terms of cultivation or qualifications, looking at the entire army, Xu Hong is definitely the second in line.

So the question is interesting.

Now based on the relationship between Xu Hong and Feng Xiaoying, can Feng Xiaoying be regarded as a hotbed for Xu Hong to produce his team? Because Shen Hao saw many familiar names in the case files of Feng Xiaoying, and these names are now filled with the four major armies, and many of them are already big figures everywhere.

From this point of view, the people who came out of the Feng Xiao Camp were absolutely inseparable from Xu Hong, including the ten generals who had been arrested this time.

But this only increased the suspicion of Xu Hong's involvement in the case by several times, but it was far from "evidence". It was impossible to take Xu Hong down on this ground.

Wang Jian was a little anxious. Originally thought that new clues could be drawn from here, but it turned out that the idea was still simple.

The impatience in Wang Jian's heart was also reflected in Wang Jian's hands, making his movements of flipping the copybook a little rough, and the paper of the copybook was thicker, making a loud rattling noise when turning it over.

"Take it easy! If you break it, you'll be in big trouble." The little banner officer watching over frowns and stopped. It's rare for him to be as stubborn as today, mainly because the rude Xuan Qingwei in front of him is also the leader of a small banner officer. Like everyone, I'm still watching you, and this is the Ministry of War.

"What's the trouble?" Wang Jian was upset. The other party looked down on him as a mere small flag official, and he even looked down on the other party as a small flag. Besides, he is only wearing the black robe of a small banner official, but his rank is the seventh grade of Zhenger Bajing, which is higher than that of the small banner official in front of him.

However, before Wang Jian finished speaking, his hands stopped, and his eyes were gradually attracted by a paragraph of text in the copybook in front of him. I didn't even bother to talk to the person next to me.

What did Wang Jian see?

"His mother, Xu Zhou, was born in Xinliangcheng, and her original name was Zhou Yueyu."

This is the last part of Xu Hong's personal copybook, which introduces his family history. Wang Jian looked at the current situation of Xu's family before, and this page happened to talk about Xu Hong's mother, which is Xu Zhou's.

Xu Hong himself is nearly a hundred years old, and he maintains his sixty-year-old appearance thanks to a high level of cultivation. He is more energetic than ordinary people in their twenties and thirties, but his mother is not a monk. Where is she still today? It's long gone.

These are not important, the important thing is that Xu Zhou's original name, Zhou Yueyu, also has a "Xinliangcheng native". The combination of these two points brought back a recent memory in Wang Jian's mind. He remembered The words "Zhou Yueyu" and "Xin Liangcheng" also appeared in the personal copybook of one of the ten hard bones.

With an impression in his heart and Wang Jian remembered it very clearly, he quickly sent back this piece of information about Xu Hong's family background with a thousand miles of notes, and asked the people in the third department to verify it immediately.

After half a stick of incense, the thousand-mile notes vibrated, and the news was sent back. As far as the current information is concerned, the "Zhou Yueyu" in Xu Hong's copybook is the same person as Zhou Yueyu in one of the hard-boned copybooks. As for the evidence, Fengri City has already sent people to Xinliang City to verify it.

Only then did Wang Jian heave a sigh of relief. No matter what, this trip to the imperial city is considered to be somewhat rewarding, so it's not like I didn't find anything.

After quickly flipping through the two copybooks again, and making sure that there was nothing missing, Wang Jian left the Ministry of War in a hurry, and returned to Fengri City non-stop.