Lu Ming

Chapter 464 Secret Layout
Cao Zongbing deliberately ransacked General Guan Ning today, which was planned before.

The reason is simple: only by falling out with the Guanning Army, the largest military group in the late Ming Dynasty, can the wariness of the imperial bureaucracy group including Chongzhen be eliminated, and Cao Zongbing can get the space and treatment for normal development.

Otherwise, once this powerful army leader from the south hooks up with Guan Ningjun and calls them brothers, the emperor will not be able to sleep.

Originally, the surnamed Cao was a pirate from Zhao'an, and there were signs of a military town in the south, and his loyalty was suspicious.This time, I made friends with Guan Ningjun, who had already revealed his centrifugal tendencies in private. Is this going to march north and south, and rule across the river?

According to this principle, in fact, on the way to Tianjin at the beginning, the people who passed through had already planned Cao Zongbing's personality in the north.

One: Reckless, full of quackery, but Cao Zongbing is dedicated to serving the court. He is a traditional quack recruiter who wants to seal his wife and son.

Two: Because he doesn't understand the twists and turns in the officialdom, and he can't rub the sand in his eyes, he offends people everywhere, not only offending Guan Ningjun, but also trying to offend some civil officials in the future. It looks like the emperor has the backing to get along—this is to give the emperor a sense of security: I can turn my hand into a cloud at any time, and let the surnamed Cao taste the thunder and rain.

These two predetermined personalities are the personal image Cao Zongbing wants to show to the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty.

It is precisely because of these reasons that Cao Zongbing immediately intensified his remarks with Zu Dashou just now, forcing the relationship between the two parties to the opposite side.

In fact, what Zu Dashou said just now, not to mention the other military leaders, Zhang Dongdong, who was a manager of an advertising company, could understand it immediately. Shake hands and make peace, reach an agreement.

Is Guan Ningjun short of money?There must be no shortage, Guan Ningjun was the fattest warlord in the late Ming Dynasty.Zu Dashou's ultimate goal is nothing more than to spend money to buy some heads.

Unexpectedly, what the ogre met this time was not the talkative Stone Huang, but Mr. Cao who wanted to fight him.

Mr. Cao didn’t wear it alone, Mr. Cao’s waist is very hard, and there are chemical plants and electric furnaces behind him, so Mr. Cao didn’t follow the tacit routine of the military leaders in the past, but the first time. Blocking Zu Dashou's mouth, he viciously revealed the true face of the Guan Ning army's discarded helmets and armor.

In this way, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zu Dashou had no way to continue the negotiation, and could only escalate the quarrel with Cao Zongbing, and the end result was that everyone talked to death, and Zu Dashou turned his face and left.

When the generals of the Guan Ning Army rushed away angrily, an unspeakable embarrassing situation appeared in the lobby.

The old grandson with a wry smile sat on the head and kept shaking his head, muttering: "Why is this, why is this, we must endure for the country!"

Ma Shilong, who is the chief steward of the king's army, was also tongue-tied and didn't know what to say.

On the contrary, the rest of the people in the hall all had smiles on their faces, as if they were watching the excitement and not afraid of big troubles.There were a dozen or so people in this group, all of whom came from various places. Among them were the commander-in-chief, the deputy commander-in-chief, the deputy general and two generals.

The reason why he was smiling was because for these generals of the guest army, it was a good thing for General Cao's soldiers to drive away the Guan Ning army.

You must know that during this period of time, the guest troops who came from all over the country were at odds with the local snake Guan Ning army.Regardless of whether it is in terms of military pay, food, military supplies or task assignment credits, the guest army must not be able to play the local snake, so everyone has been a lot of bullshit by the arrogant and domineering Guan Ning army.

As a result, seeing Cao Zongbing, who is also a guest army, mad at Zu Dashou today, these people actually praised him fiercely in their hearts: Even if it is not good, it is still a bird's breath, isn't it?
At this time, soldiers who came from outside to deliver food and drinks came in, breaking the embarrassing atmosphere on the field.

After seeing the large plate of roasted horse meat, the large pot of canned lychees in syrup and the tin bucket of white wine, a group of generals couldn't help but move their index fingers. They rolled up their sleeves one after another, shouted loudly and put together tables and chairs on the spot, greeting the two with wry smiles. The boss came down and ate together in the main hall of the General Military Mansion.

Seeing this kind of scene, the several time travelers couldn't help but smile at each other: These generals of the guest army also seem to be good people. Although they didn't speak, they used performance art to resolve the situation and showed goodwill.

Ever since, Cao Zongbing also rolled up his sleeves, put on the look of drinking in a big bowl in Juyi Hall, and joined the battle group: "Come here, bring a few bottles of rare muddleheaded, brother, I will accompany you guys to get drunk today." Fang Xiu!"

After a meal of wine and food, all the famous generals present were full of praise for the lychees and iron barrel whiskey (Erguotou), and openly begged for them.

Naturally, Zhang Dongdong would not be stingy, so every military leader got some gifts.

It is still necessary to maintain a normal colleague relationship with these low-influenced border town army leaders, and it will not violate the taboo of the court. One day in the future, maybe relying on this little incense, the lobbyists will be able to influence The side will choose.

After the banquet, it's time for the "visit" link that the military chiefs are most concerned about.

All the Ming people present, including the two big bosses, were actually very curious about how Cao Zongbing made such great feats.

From their point of view, these green-coated soldiers who didn't even have armor came out purely because of the sharpness of their guns, so everyone's attention was focused on the spears in the soldiers' hands from the very beginning.

So now Zongbing Cao and the boss have also negotiated, and they have exchanged business cards with the elder brothers, and after drinking, they can no longer cherish themselves with their brooms, right?

Cao Zongbing did not disappoint everyone.

The next moment, on the school field in front of the lobby, the green jacket soldiers skillfully demonstrated the power of the rifles in their hands to the generals.

After the shooting performance, facing the dignified elder brothers who touched the bullet holes on the armor and sighed endlessly, Cao Zongbing also kindly ordered someone to bring the gun over, disassembled the parts on the spot, and popularized the structure of the [-] big cover .

Then the generals tried their guns one after another.

When they saw that the gunpowder released by themselves could penetrate the iron armor 300 meters away, almost everyone was jealous: If such a sharp firecracker can buy [-] shots for the soldiers to use, wouldn't it be possible? Get thousands of Tartars to drink with their heads?
So the old brothers couldn't bear it anymore, and someone offered to buy a batch of Erba Dagai out of their own pockets on the spot.

However, when the excited people learned the price of the flash cap, they were all dumbfounded—two taels per piece.

The full name of this gun in the hands of the Green Coat Army is the "[-] breech-loading rapid-fire rifle" born out of the ancient Sharps rifle.If this rifle wants to fire bullets, there is one place that cannot be bypassed: the fire cap.

Without this thin piece of copper, Erba Dagai is useless.

Picking up an iron hammer, he smashed it down on a row of flash caps on the table.As a result, all the caps were successfully detonated, and a small ball of flames appeared.

At this time, Cao Zongbing told everyone present: This rifle, including the bullets, was purchased from a sea merchant in the West called "Alaska Country".This trade started when he was not an official before.

After years of continuous efforts, the workshop under his command has been able to produce other parts besides the flash cap.But only this fiery copper piece, so far no one can know how the craftsmen in Alaska produced it, which is still a mystery.

So up to now, Cao Zongbing still has to buy a flash cap from a sea merchant, which costs two taels of silver.

After hearing this, the generals clicked their tongues: Calculated in this way, including lead and gunpowder, the cost of firing a shot is two or five dollars.In a battle, regardless of whether you win or lose, thousands of taels of silver go out first?

Don't tell me, that's all there is to it.

Cao Zongbing settled the accounts for everyone with his fingers.In short, since he dispatched troops in Tianjin, he has fought repeatedly, and in exchange for these 4000 Tartar heads, he spent more than 10 taels of silver on ammunition alone.

Don't ask, asking is like raining bullets.

Someone's bragging really bluffed the old brothers.Although there was a certain amount of inflation in the late Ming Dynasty, the purchasing power of silver still far exceeded that of later generations.About 20 to [-] taels is not a big deal in the crossing crowd, but for a border town general, let alone [-], even [-] is an astronomical figure.

You must know that the three additional salaries sent by Chongzhen almost wiped out the empire by three feet, and it was only 800 million taels of silver, and it was necessary to support the soldiers and horses of the whole country.

So the generals had no choice but to give up.This thing is good, but it is too expensive, and it is not something poor ghosts like them who have bothered to raise soldiers can afford it.

At the end, on the contrary, the old grandson studied the musket with great interest.Old Suntou is not like others, but he used to be in charge of a large amount of military expenditures, and he was once in charge of 10,000+ in a second, so Old Suntou's interest in this kind of rifle is rather long-lasting.

But it's useless to be interested.He is no longer the big brother of the supervisor Ji Liao, his backer has died long ago, and he has no direct line of troops under his command. The Guan Ning army has already formed a line of its own, so the old grandson only knows about it.

After the pleasant second half of the exchange activities, it's time to get down to business.

Sun Ma and Cao Zongbing returned to Houya and began to write their own memorials.After these memorials are finished, they will be sent to the capital to show to the emperor on express horses, and Sun and Ma will also rush to the capital afterwards.

After Cao Zongbing finished writing the memorial, he will also set off tomorrow and take his hands to the capital.On the way, we will meet 200 soldiers from Tianjin, and those soldiers are carrying a lot of heads.

As for the other generals, since they all came from other provinces, they will set off now and take their troops to the capital.After arriving outside the capital, the general will go to the city to meet with the emperor to receive the reward, and then return to the garrison.

As for Santunying, after everyone's discussion, Sun Chengzong will leave 3000 local soldiers and horses outside the city, and will take over here when Cao Zongbing leaves tomorrow.

At this point, the vigorous self-change has come to an end.Due to the existence of the crossing crowd, the Ming Dynasty expelled all the Tartars more than a month earlier than in history, and left more than 4000 enemy corpses.

To some extent, this wave is not a loss - during this period, the core combat power of the Manchus was only more than 2 people.Not counting other things, after losing about 3000 Manchus all at once, Hou Jin was hit hard at the strategic level.

While the relevant people were nesting in Santunying to write their own memorials, the back door of an inconspicuous mansion in the capital 300 miles away was secretly opened.Xue Haiyuan, who was dispatched to the capital to make arrangements secretly, bowed his head and walked into the door.

(End of this chapter)