: The rise of the open and the secret

The mountain wind blew, causing the flames to blew from the torches in the hands of Sui soldiers to erratic.

Tens of thousands of soldiers from the Liaodong Army stood there quietly, and no one made a sound. Even the strong civil craftsmen who had always liked nothing were just around the distance, silently watching everything here.

Everyone in the first reserve infantry brigade now kneels on the ground, and everyone is unwilling to raise their heads. Shame, this is a shame for all the soldiers of the heavy infantry brigade.

But for other soldiers, no one laughed at them, and everyone felt the mood of the heavy infantry soldiers. Thinking about their performance, they were not much better than them, and everyone was in a very heavy mood.

Even Li Jie looked at the scene in front of him silently, and he did not expect everything in front of him at all. He looked at everything in front of him in a little unbelievable manner. Chen Kefu actually kicked the heavy infantry brigade commanded by his two brother-in-law out of the battle sequence of the Northeast Army. What a great courage. If it were him, he would never have thought he would have done it.

Li Shimin had been kneeling at the forefront of the heavy infantry brigade. At this time, his face was so blue that it was scary. His hands were tightly pinched into fists, and his fingernails were completely pierced into the flesh, and blood was flowing out, but he had no idea.

"General order, this general ordered Li Shimin to be the brigade commander of the first infantry brigade of the reserve, rank of brigade general of the reserve, Li Xuanba to be the deputy brigade commander of the first infantry brigade and the rank of colonel of the reserve. The former two regiments were filled with the number of war losses today, and another thousand people were recruited, and the two regiments were changed to the third regiments in total, and the commanders of each regiment were assigned from the former deputy regiments. Li Shimin received the flag!"

The brigade commander of the Heavy Infantry Brigade was originally appointed by General Li Benlei, but now the Heavy Infantry Brigade has withdrawn from the active combat sequence, so it is naturally impossible for him to continue to serve as the commander of a reserve army.

But for Chen Kefu, this heavy infantry brigade was very important to him, and it was the future ace force he had built at a huge cost and consumed huge resources. Although this happened in front of him, of course he could not give up the force like this. Now that he gave such a serious punishment, it was also a blow to the pride of soldiers at all levels in the army.

Secondly, it was also to continue to expand this army. Li Shimin observed it for a long time and was indeed a good general. As long as he continued to hone his skills, he could become an excellent general. But firstly, he was his brother-in-law, and secondly, he was too young and had no military qualifications. If he continued to expand the heavy infantry brigade, then he would not be able to let Li Shimin serve as the chief officer of the heavy infantry brigade.

Now he made a tough move, first punishing the heavy infantry brigade and withdrawing the heavy infantry brigade from the combat sequence. First, it gave all officers the effect of killing five to warn a hundred, and second, it also continued to strengthen the strength of the heavy infantry brigade.

Now he suddenly increased the heavy infantry brigade from 5,000 to 6,000, and directly promoted his two brothers to the position of chief officer in the army. However, it would not attract others' dissatisfaction, because the heavy infantry brigade has been demoted and is a reserve service. No one would be willing to go to the reserve service, which is three levels lower than the active service. Even the brigade commander's rank is equivalent to the active service major. This is the position of deputy battalion commander in the active service, and no one will be demoted there in a very painful way.

When Li Jie heard that Chen Kefu promoted Li Shimin and added another regiment, he wanted to object, saying that he was not qualified or something. But when he thought, the heavy infantry brigade was unlucky enough now. Not only was the troops demoted and the official position demoted, but he also accepted such a great shame. I think Chen Kefu promoted him at this time, probably to comfort him. If he came out to object again, no one would agree with his opinion. After thinking about it, it would be fine.

Li Shimin stood up and walked to Chen Kefu in a steady step, stretched out his hands to take over the brigade flag that was only half left. The flag with only half left was indescribable and there was a boot mark covered with soil. I remembered that he was representing the heavy infantry brigade, happily taking the battle flag embroidered with four golden characters embroidered by Chen Kefu at the flag-raising ceremony. At this time, only half of it was left. He had been stinging the silence, and he couldn't help but feel confused in his eyes.

Chen Kefu held the flag in both hands and handed it to Li Shimin's hand. Looking at him like that, he shouted, "The iron-blooded man is bleeding, sweating and not crying. You have made a big mistake today. I punish you heavily. I don't hope you squat at the corner of the wall like a woman. What I hope is that you can firmly remember this moment of shame today, and often look at this battle flag with only half left, so that it can remind you. Know your shame before you are brave. I hope you can be braver in the future and wash away the shame of today with blood and glory! If you can't do this, I will advise you not to take over this flag again. Get ready to clean up and return to Luoyang to continue to be your aristocratic young master. This is not suitable for you!"

"Today's general's teachings to all the soldiers of the heavy infantry brigade will always be remembered in our hearts. Knowing shame and then being brave. It won't take long to wait for the soldiers of the First Infantry Brigade of the Reserve's First Infantry Brigade to wash away the shame today. We will definitely let the half of the flag of the heavy infantry brigade make all the enemies frightened!" Li Shimin took the flag, gritted his teeth, and roared word by word.

"Okay, I hope to see such a unit. Go and take your oath and fulfill it with blood and honor. When you fulfill your oath, the commander will return you the half of the heavy infantry brigade flag in his hand. By then, this flag will carry your unparalleled honor!"

Chen Kefu nodded to the side. The newly formed security department belonging to the military police, wearing a black armored cloak and a red armband tied on his arms, dispatched. These military policemen walked to the soldiers of the Heavy Infantry Brigade and ruthlessly took away the ranks on each person's shoulder list one by one. The soldiers of the Heavy Infantry Brigade are no longer worthy of these ranks, and they will be replaced with special ranks with reserve logos.

Li Xuanba looked at the wooden military policeman who had a little reluctance to take his military rank, and wanted to extend his hand to stop him. Li Shimin reached out and held his hand tightly, holding it tightly and exerted force. Even Li Xuanba, who had always been strong, felt a little pain.

From beginning to house, from beginning to end, the three thousand troops of the heavy cavalry brigade were kneeling on the ground. Seeing Chen Kefu first severely punishing the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Division, then even more severely punishing the soldiers of the heavy infantry brigade who participated in the fight. He directly drove out of the combat troops and demoted them to the reserve auxiliary troops. Such severe punishment made Guo Xiaoke feel ashamed.

He originally thought that they were the only troops in the Northeast Army that still retained all the Pojun camps and the only troops whose combat power was not reduced. Moreover, they were also the direct troops of General Chen Kefu. Many of them were from Chen Kefu's personal soldiers at the time, and now the position of brigade commander is also held by General. So before, after the reorganization of the troops, they always felt superior. They believed that they were the orthodox Pojun camps, and the people of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Divisions, and the heavy infantry brigade were just civilian camps.

It is precisely because of this that they dared to fight with the heavy infantry brigade led by the two brothers-in-law of the General. The one who fought was Chen Kefu's direct line and the elite ace in the entire Liaodong army. But now he understood that even the heavy infantry brigade that had been built for countless costs, the general would destroy the battle flag of the entire army without saying a word and cancel the number of the troops. Then they would definitely not be able to escape such a fate.

"Guo Xiaoke, you are also a veteran of the Pojun Camp. The entire brigade of your heavy cavalry brigade is also an elite veteran of the Pojun Camp. You are the aces of our entire Northeast Army and our strongest combat power. But now it seems that we have spoiled you. We don't know the world is high and the earth is even the best in the world. I don't have much to say to you. I have been with me for so long, and I have said what I should say. The people in the heavy infantry brigade make mistakes, and they can also say that they are new recruits. But you are different. You are the essence of the entire army and the ace."

"The people of the Heavy Cavalry Brigade obeyed the order and the general ordered the battle sequence number of the Heavy Cavalry Brigade. From now on, the Heavy Cavalry Brigade will be changed to the Second Reservist Cavalry Brigade, with Guo Xiaoke as the brigade commander of the Second Reservist Cavalry Brigade, and the rank of the Reservist Brigade was changed to the rank of Brigadier General. The Second Reservist Cavalry Brigade added 1,000 cavalry, and the original two regiments of horses remained unchanged, and each regiment was organized into two thousand horses. Zhang Shizhen, the former commander of the Heavy Cavalry Brigade, was the deputy brigade commander and the rank of reserve major, and the commander of the second regiment was taken over by the former deputy regiment commander."

After saying that, Chen Kefu walked directly to the heavy cavalry brigade formation, grabbed the Pegasus battle flag of the heavy cavalry brigade from the hand of the flag guard, and raised a horizontal knife and slashed it over. The white pegasus with wings inserted on the black battle flag was suddenly divided into two halves. The remaining half of the battle flag was left with only the golden embroidered characters of the heavy cavalry brigade and the pair of white wings, but the magnificent white war horse was gone. The part was cut off by Chen Kefu and left in Chen Kefu's hands.

"After all the troops returned to the battalion today, the battalion commanders convened a summary meeting of the post-war corporals and above officers under their respective subordinates to sum up the experience of this battle in detail and find out the gains and losses. The remaining regiment-level officers all went to the military tents for a meeting. The officers above the regiment-level infantry brigade and the second cavalry brigade of the reserve will also be awarded the qualifications to attend the meeting and must attend the meeting. All the remaining soldiers returned to the battalion and stepped up their rest and cooked at the fourth update tomorrow, and set off at the fifth update!"

Seeing the troops leaving neatly, Li Jie suddenly felt that today he had been deceived by Chen Kefu. It turned out that he thought Chen Kefu had severely punished the heavy infantry brigade and the heavy cavalry brigade. Because the numbers of these two troops were revoked and became the reserves of the auxiliary army. But now when we look at it again, this is not the case at all. After this, the number of these two troops increased by one thousand.

Li Shimin, Li Xuanba, Guo Xiaoke, Zhang Yuanzhen and Chen Kefu's direct confidant middle-level officers have now become senior officers, and the two have become brigade generals. Although they seem to be auxiliary troops of the reserve, the generals of the two troops are still qualified to participate in the senior officer meeting, which is not different from before!
Chapter completed!