Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 373

However, for Murong Yanda, the figure of a few hundred rounds for a cannon no longer has any battlefield practicality.

If he had to spend several hundred guan to buy such a bronze cannon and take it home as a treasure, he might still be tempted, but if he wanted to buy this thing and give it to those illiterate township soldiers, Murong Yanda instantly I feel that Sun Xin really burned a lot of money.

Is it possible to make so much money writing novels?
After seeing Sun Xin's team and hearing these prices, Murong Yanda felt that it was only normal for Sun Xin and the others to take down Kongjia Village in an hour yesterday. In his opinion, this team is all It was raised with money. Wouldn't it be a waste if such a team couldn't take down Kongjia Village in an hour?

At the same time, Murong Yanda also sincerely increased his confidence in Sun Xin's army, and he no longer doubted the reason why Sun Xin's guards marched forward bravely that he saw yesterday.

Since Sun Xin spent so much money to equip this army with weapons, he must work harder to buy people's hearts. At this moment, in his eyes, these soldiers are all Sun Xin's elite servants, and Sun Xin is the one who has so much money. The landlord who can spend a lot of money and raise a large number of dead men is powerful.At the same time, he basically gave up the idea of ​​poaching this army into his own hands. He couldn't afford such expensive weapons and such pretentious soldiers.

Outside the city of Qingzhou, a man dressed as an officer rode on a fast horse, followed by a large number of old troops.

The entourage behind him were all in their 40s, and they seemed to be all veterans with weathered eyes, but what was strange was that their appearance on horseback did not show the riding skills that veteran wanderers should have at all.On the contrary, these middle-aged people's riding skills are very reluctant.

At the same time, there were holes all over their hands, and the holes seemed to be broken by knives, axes, wind and frost, and the clothes on their bodies were also tattered.

But what's even more strange is that the clothes these people wear are made of very good materials, and the tatters are not caused by lack of money to repair them. If you look closely, they are almost all small ideas made of various gunpowder.

The current officer quickly came to the road in front of Qingzhou City, and saw groups of soldiers heading south.

Hu Yanzhuo was a good general. When the soldiers marched out, they marched in an orderly manner. Battalion after battalion slowly advanced. Not far from Qingzhou City, they formed a covering formation to prevent being intercepted by the enemy halfway.

The officer looked at it for a while, and then galloped in. In the army, he directly rode on the horse and asked the officer of the team: "May I ask where General Hu Yanzhuo is?"

The officer glanced at the person who came, and saw that the man on horseback was only in his 30s, wearing a brocade robe, and looked like an officer, so he asked, "May I ask what the identity of the general is? "

The more than 30 officers replied: "My name is Hongtianlei Lingzhen, and I came here after receiving the military order from the Taiwei's residence."

Half an hour later, under the leadership of a sergeant, Ling Zhen saw Baisheng General Han Tao and Tianmu General Peng Qi who were the rear of the army in Qingzhou City.

When the 3000 troops marched out, the first and last teams pulled very long. Hu Yanzhuo went to the front general, but Han Tao and Peng Qi were in charge of more than [-] armored chains that Hu Yanzhuo specially asked for from Gao Li before this expedition. horse.

Whether it is the horses under the crotch, the armor on the horses, or the knights on the horses, these armored serial horses are all selected from the best of the forbidden army. They are extremely precious, and any loss is enough to make Hu Yanzhuo feel distressed, so Han Tao Peng Qi is the last guard.

The armored heavy cavalry moved very slowly and had the most luggage. The soldiers had already set off for two days, but they had just transported all kinds of armors forward, and the men and horses had not set off yet.

When he entered the room, Peng Qi and Han Tao were curiously talking about something with several military officers around him.

Ling Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "Gunner Ling Zhen, deputy envoy of Tokyo Jiazhanku."

Han Tao was overjoyed when he heard the words, he quickly laughed and said: "I heard General Huyan said that I would send you here, I thought I would meet you in front of the Liangshan formation, and I didn't want to come to Qingzhou directly."

Ling Zhen smiled and said: "The transfer order came in a hurry. When I was ready to set off, I heard that the army had already arrived in Qingzhou. When I chased Qingzhou, I realized that General Huyan had already moved forward with the troops. You and I have to stay today anyway, so why don't we go?" Come into Qingzhou City."

Han Tao nodded. Although Ling Zhen's identity was just a retest, they didn't dare to underestimate him at all.

Ling Zhen is the most famous gunner in the Tokyo Imperial Army, the cannon in his hands is the most useful weapon when the army is fighting and attacking the city on Liangshan.

Peng Qi asked Ling Zhen, "Did the craftsman bring it?"

Ling Zhen nodded and smiled, "I brought all the old military craftsmen under my command in the Jiazhan warehouse."

The guns of this era do not refer to artillery but refer to trebuchets, which are different from the world where gunpowder has been popularized in the novels of the Water Margin.The largest of this kind of cannon can be several feet high. For example, the returning cannon a hundred years later can even shake the city wall of Xiangyang with the power of the trebuchet alone.

Ling Zhen's subordinates are equipped with a group of craftsmen who specialize in making trebuchets. Catapults, a large-scale siege equipment, can only be manufactured before the battle. The ability to overcome obstacles is very poor. If they are built locally Then push it all the way from Bianliang to Liangshanbo, and it may not be too late to push it for more than half a year. On the contrary, it takes a few days to build a batch of small and suitable trebuchets before bringing together a few masters. It is nothing more than one and a half months to build.

The soldiers were still on the move, Han Tao and Peng Qi would leave the city tomorrow, so Ling Zhen was asked to rest in the army first.

Ling Zhen asked the soldiers under his command to unpack their bags, and the military craftsmen rested. After entering the room, he smiled at Han Tao, "I don't know what was so funny that Han Tuan told everyone before the training?"

Peng Qi said with a smile: "I saw a strange thing before. The deputy envoy knows that there is a rich man named Sun Xin in the Dengzhou Prefecture of the Third Eastern Prefecture."

Ling Zhen said: "Could it be that Sun Xin who wrote "Chuan Xiaolang's Resurrection of the Tang Dynasty"?"

Han Tao was surprised: "The deputy envoy also knows his name?"

Ling Zhen nodded: "This guy is well-known in Bianliang, and he really wrote a good article."

In fact, because of Bianliang's developed economy, some of the banned soldiers in Bianliang can read the popular novels in Bianliang City. After Sun Xin's "The Resurrection of the Tang Dynasty" became popular, all the forbidden soldiers knew his name. This time, because a large number of forbidden troops gathered in Qinzhou, many people had read or heard that Mr. Shu had told his novels, and they would secretly go to see Sun Xin's appearance.

It's just because Han Tao and Peng Qi's regiment training army came from Yingzhou, Chenzhou, and it was relatively late to get in touch with the latest popular art in the capital. On the contrary, they didn't know Sun Xin's fame.

However, during this period of time, they have also heard that Sun Xin's book is good-looking and has a great reputation, which even made them want to find two books to read.

Han Tao smiled at Ling Zhen: "It was this Sun Xin we were talking about earlier, but this time it's not because of his good articles, but because of the good group of soldiers he brought along."

(End of this chapter)