Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 361
The two soldiers and horses in front of them were the reinforced battalion of the protection army brought back by Shi Xiu. There were nearly [-] of them, and they were wearing the special attire of grenadiers, which Sun Xin was familiar with.

The other is a strange armed force with thousands of people.

This armed force is all equipped with muskets, and the formation method is very similar to that of the escort army, except that the color of the clothes is different.

Looking carefully, Sun Xin can also find that one of the characteristics of this army is that the personnel are extraordinarily tall, and it seems that they are selected with the thinking of cold weapons.

Senior officer Zeng on the side said to Sun Xin: "This is Zhuang Ding from Zengtou City, who is here to help the court encircle and suppress Liangshan."

Sun Xin turned his head and saw Zeng Suo looking at the team proudly.

Sun Xin guessed in an instant that this must be Zeng Suo's idea. After all, this fellow refused to accept himself, and actually wanted to help the court to build his reputation.

Zeng Suo was elated, and after organizing the team, he went into the city. He himself also had a military rank of a small banner, and the Zhuang Ding team he brought was also responsible for his own food and salary. At that time, he was only pursuing military merit. Hu Yanzhuo was almost sure. will accept.

Officer Zeng watched his third son pull the army into the city, and asked Sun Xin in a worried voice, "Do you think the imperial court will succeed in encircling Liangshan this time?"

Sun Xin replied honestly to Grand Officer Zeng: "Liangshan is very powerful. I have seen the strength of the imperial army in the past few days. I am afraid that it is impossible to take Liangshan with these 2 people."

Hearing that Senior Officer Zeng frowned even tighter.

Sun Xin also sighed in his heart. It must have cost Zeng Suo a lot to imitate his own guards to train such a soldier and horse. He must have obtained a lot of resources from Zengtou City, although he did not dig out his own officers. Come to train, but there are guards in Zengtou City.

It is still possible for Zeng Suo to dig some low-level sergeants to do some basic military training.

Like three points, this team is all equipped with muskets, and judging by their organization, they are already able to fight the most basic firearms warfare. Maybe their combat effectiveness can be close to that of the earliest peasants and soldiers... Maybe they can surpass Liangshan army and officers.

But even so, these 1000 people were thrown into the battlefield where tens of thousands were strangled, and there was almost no possibility of reversing the situation.

Through Wu Song's channels, the Supervisory Committee knew that Liangshan had also carried out some firearm reforms, and organized Musketeers, who were said to be using very inferior imitation muskets.

The outflow of muskets is inevitable, and Sun Xin has already guessed this. At this time, he can only rejoice that he installed the Mini rifle fast enough, and he can still maintain the technical gap between Liangshan and Liangshan.

According to the news, there are not many musket equipment on Liangshan, and the bandits in Liangshan are not very familiar with fighting with firearms, but Sun Xin can foresee that this battle will definitely not be easy.

What's more, the modern army is a system, and it is not enough to organize enough combat power by relying on a few foreign gun teams.

Zeng Suo only trained a thousand musketeers, without the cooperation of cavalry and artillery, and not even enough industrial capacity to produce barbed wire on a large scale. The limitations of musketeers alone on the battlefield are very large.

As for relying on the officers and soldiers to cover his flanks after going to the battlefield, it is almost certainly impossible based on what Sun Xin saw in Qingzhou City in the past few days.

It is more likely that the army will ask Zeng Suo to spend his life as cannon fodder for the army to advance.

"You must know that officers and soldiers are not easy to get along with." Sun Xin said honestly to Senior Officer Zeng.

Daguan Zeng was a little embarrassed. He took a neutral position on the matter of his third son who had always wanted to resist Sun Xin.

He could feel that Sun Xin's vision and strength were far above theirs, and that the family business he had created with great difficulty might be controlled by this son-in-law, of course Daguan Zeng was unwilling, but he did not dare to quarrel with Sun Xin If the relationship is broken, on the contrary, he still attaches great importance to the relationship with Sun Xin as a son-in-law.

At the same time, he also silently supported Zeng Suo's actions. He watched Zeng Suo, who was extremely unconvinced that day, dig out talents from the Supervisory Committee of Zengtou City step by step, and used the villager who had been a guard to train such a team. In his heart, Zeng Daguan was quite proud of his capable son.

This time, Zeng Suo decided to take advantage of the opportunity of the war to make Zengtou City famous. On the one hand, Mr. Zeng was worried about the safety of his third son, but on the other hand, he also felt that it was unbearable and precious for his third son to have such ambition.

Sun Xin didn't look too angry, but directly said that the plan was not feasible. Zeng Daguan hesitated for a while and asked, "Is there really no chance?"

Sun Xin didn't answer directly, but said to Grand Officer Zeng: "If I were to do it, the first step would be to suppress the bandits around Zengtou City, unite all the surrounding Zhuangzi, and then gradually plan it. Don't act too hastily..."

Hearing what Sun Xin said, Mr. Zeng was surprised at first, and then fell silent.

Zeng Suo had such an ambition and was able to build such an imitation protection army empty-handed, Sun Xin was really unexpected.

But if he switches his position with Zeng Suo, Sun Xin's first step is definitely not to fight Liangshan directly, but to suppress bandits around Zengtou City, relying on a series of victories against bandits to establish himself around Zengtou City. reputation, and then step by step through the supervisory committee to control greater productivity.

The military is based on the economic foundation. If Zeng Suo slowly figured it out, there might be a chance to get Zengtou City out of the control of the Supervisory Committee.

But Zeng Suo chose to go directly into the battle against Liangshan with great joy, and the possibility of failure was too great.

Listening to Sun Xin's suggestion, Mr. Zeng thought for a long time, and looked into the distance. Zeng Suo was riding out from Qingzhou City. When he saw his father hesitating to speak from a distance, he simply stopped talking and turned around with his horse and whip. gone again.

Master Zeng sighed.

"Your third brother is too stubborn. I really advise him not to come. I just hope you don't care about it."

Sun Xin shook his head: "It's okay."

He didn't have a good impression of Zeng Suo, he could persuade Zeng Suo to die, and if the other party didn't accept him, he wouldn't stop him.

As for whether Zengtou City can grasp the shackles of the Supervisory Committee, to be honest, the Supervisory Committee has no expansion plan for Lingzhou where Zengtou City is located.

The supervisory committee is step by step to manage Dengzhou well for the camp. Next, after the battle of Liangshan, it will expand its power to Yunzhou and Jeju, and gradually control the three eastern prefectures. As for Lingzhou, where Zengtou City is located, it will take several steps. thing.

Moreover, Lingzhou already has such a place as Zengtou City, and a nail has been driven in by the Supervisory Committee. It will be much easier to annex it in the future than other counties.

The expansion of the Board of Supervisors has encountered a lot of resistance in various places. Zeng Suo is stubborn, but he is not a big opponent. If there is a rebellion in the future, I don’t know how many Zeng Suo there will be in Shandong. If you take all these people seriously, Sun Xin will stop doing things.

(End of this chapter)