Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 182 Wu Shifan has learned how to work hard, Lao Shang's family can sneak attack (please subscribe, ask for a monthly ticket)

At night, on the wharf of Haojiang Inner Harbor.

Wu Shifan stood quietly in the darkness with a cold expression.

Although this "grandson" of King Wuxi has grown up a bit since he was rescued by Wang Zhongxiao, he is still too handsome, with fair skin, big and bright eyes, long eyelashes, red lips and white teeth, just like his own sister As beautiful as a small genus.

However, his mentality is much more mature than when his family suffered a sudden catastrophe almost a year ago, and he is not so fond of crying. In front of him, he always looks calm and strong.

And he also learned a lot from his protector, that handsome big brother Wang Zhongxiao.

Wu Shifan is a very smart child with a good memory, a photographic memory, and strong logical and comprehensible abilities. He is almost a "other boy".If you were born in the Taiping period and you can get a good education, you might become a scholar or literati.

Wang Zhongxiao, who was an examiner in his previous life, liked this boy very much. After he left Beijing, he always took him by his side and personally taught him to "do problems" and do math problems!Wu Shifan learned very quickly, and in less than a year, he had already entered the door of geometry and algebra.

However, although Wu Shifan is very interested in mathematics, what he most wants to learn from Wang Zhongxiao is the ability to fight with soldiers.

He has to seek revenge from Kangxi!How can you do it if you don't learn how to use soldiers to fight?

So whenever Wang Zhongxiao went to give lessons to the students of the Jingwu Hall, or went to the school to practice in person, Wu Shifan would follow along with a small notebook, reading and listening while recording. Regardless of whether he could understand or not, write it down first.

After a few months, there is a thick stack of notebooks!
Through listening in and asking Wang Zhongxiao for advice from time to time, Wu Shifan has indeed benefited a lot, and has somewhat found the essence of "Wang's Art of War". In a word, it is to unite, mobilize and organize the people!

According to Wang Zhongxiao's point of view, with the advancement of artillery and gun technology, the era of guns dominating the battlefield is coming!

In the new era, a general who has undergone long-term training, possesses super physical strength and martial arts, can wear heavy armor, hold a lance, and charge on horseback.For example, a strong man like Wang Zhongxiao is likely to be shot down by a soldier who has only received three or two months of training with a flintlock gun worth less than ten taels of silver!

This point of view was not casually stated by Wang Zhongxiao, but the conclusion reached by Principal Wang after leading the students and cadets below to practice with [-] Dutch flintlock guns for several months!
Principal Wang himself knew the correct answer a long time ago—isn't this just the bombardment of cannons, the cold shooting of skirmishers, the shooting of privates in line, the charging or outflanking of cavalry, and finally a wave of bayonet charging!
But this "correct answer" cannot be determined by President Wang's words of wisdom. We must let the following people participate in the research together, so that everyone can truly understand, and it can also enhance the relationship with President Wang!
In addition, Wang Zhongxiao is not the reincarnation of Napoleon's marshal, and he doesn't know how to organize wars in the era of "queue to shoot"?Therefore, I can only work together with a group of teachers and students in Jingwu Hall, and let them help use their brains to turn Wang Zhongxiao's vision into reality bit by bit.

Of course, corresponding drills and training are also essential!
According to the results of the exercises of the students of the Jingwu Hall and the learning soldiers, the ideal configuration of an infantry battalion is four musketeers (teams are equivalent to companies) and two long spears.If the number of flintlocks is not enough, then reduce to two teams of muskets and two teams of pikes.

And each full flintlock team should include at least one captain, one deputy, two trumpeters, two drummers, four platoon leaders, sixteen shed leaders, forty veterans, and 120 soldiers. Township soldiers, fourteen cooks, a total of 200 people.

A fully staffed "township barracks" should include at least four teams (if there are enough flintlocks, there may be six teams) and a battalion headquarters, with a total of eight hundred or so people.

A full-stacked "village soldier brigade" (the chief is called the brigade commander) should include four battalions and a brigade headquarters composed of a small amount of artillery, engineers, cavalry, and heavy soldiers, with a total of more than 4000 people!

Above the "brigade", there should be a "village soldier division" (the chief is called the division commander), and a division should include four brigades - quite a large establishment!However, in order to form a large square formation, it must be a "four-four formation"-plus the artillery battalion, engineer battalion, cavalry battalion and supply battalion directly under the division headquarters.When it is fully loaded, there are almost 2 people!

That is to say, the Three Counties Township Bingjia Jingwu Hall created by Wang Zhongxiao is actually a "mobilizer".

The Jingwu Academy is actually a "teacher guide", and the teachers and students of the Jingwu Hall are military officers at all levels.The veterans of the academy team (veterans drawn from Wang Fuchen's new army) were the backbone of this "mobilization division".Now with the addition of rural soldiers from Xiangshan, Xinhui, and Xinning, a roughly complete division (with a lack of cavalry) is assembled.

And above the division, Wang Zhongxiao also envisioned two large-scale establishments of "army" and "legion"!
Large establishments are better than small establishments, and of course this is also a trend that has emerged in the "era of queuing and shooting".Because the "queue to shoot" tactic allows the Army to quickly form a large number of standardized troops, the role of individual bravery on the battlefield is further reduced, and the effect of multi-arms coordination and multi-unit cooperation is greatly magnified.

In this case, the advantages of large establishments become obvious.

However, the army President Wang can pull out can only form one division at most, so there is no chance to practice the two-level organization of "army" and "corps" for the time being.But Wu Shifan still recorded Wang Zhongxiao's content about "army" and "legion" in his notes.

However, forming and commanding a division is only a small part of the military knowledge that Wu Shifan learned from Wang Zhongxiao, and it is still very immature.And the real "hard work" he learned from Wang Zhongxiao is the method of organizing and mobilizing the poor peasants who have no land and little land through equal distribution of land. Probably only this method can be used in the territory of three counties. Did you mobilize [-] township soldiers?

When I see my father, I must tell him about these ruthless tricks
The night wind above the pier was very strong, and the white robe and belt worn by Wu Shifan were blown by the wind.The light from several lanterns shone on the undulating water of the Haojiang River, and reflected on his overly beautiful face.Amidst the shining waves, that face looked cloudy and uncertain, and gradually became a little domineering and heroic.

There are many bird boats and galleys moored on the water of the Haojiang River, and they are lining up to the pier.A large bird boat of several thousand materials slowly approached the pier, stopped, and lowered the gangplank.

Wang Zhongxiao, Wang Jizhen, Wu Xiaotu, Wu Xiaojiao, Wu Xiaorong and others walked over together.

"Shifan, get on the boat!"

Wang Zhongxiao said in a low voice.

Wu Shifan quietly turned his head and took a deep look at Wang Zhongxiao. Tears glistened in his big eyes with long eyelashes. He respectfully saluted Wang Zhongxiao: "Principal, thank you for your kindness. Shifan bid farewell. I hope that by the time we meet again, China has fully recovered and the Tartars have been expelled by our generation!"

Ambitious!
Wang Zhongxiao sized Wu Shifan up. This young man had already put on a white robe in the style of the Ming Dynasty. His hair had grown a lot, and it was combed into a bun and stuck up with a jade hairpin.

"Okay!" Wang Zhongxiao nodded, "The date of our future meeting must be the day when China is rebuilt, and you will have to drink three hundred cups with Brother Shifan when that time comes!"

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Wu Shifan clasped his fists at the three sisters, Xiaotu, Xiaorong, and Xiaojiao again. After hearing a few treasures, he turned around amidst the sobbing of the three women and strode onto the springboard, taking the road to Leizhou. The big bird ship at the wharf in Haikang County, Fujian Province.

This bird boat is an armed merchant ship belonging to the Sea Route Aid Zongbing Town, and it was Chen Yonghua who brought Haoao—because Aobai and Wu Sanwei went to Xiangdao.So Emperor Kangxi immediately ordered Chen Yonghua to lead his troops south to Guangdong!

After Chen Yonghua received the order, he immediately went to Dagu Port in Tianjin with Yang Qilong, where he boarded dozens of armed merchant ships he recruited from the "sea", and then went straight to Haizhou, North Korea!
Yang Qilong brought Kangxi's imperial decree and a group of Eight Banners Celestial Soldiers led by Naqin to pretend to be a front!Therefore, the fleet led by Chen Yonghua was warmly received by the North Korean side, and finally loaded with several ships of ginseng, furs, and Dongzhu. Then I bought silk, cotton cloth, tea, porcelain and other daily necessities, and then went all the way south to Dayuan Island, sold cotton cloth and various miscellaneous daily necessities, bought sugar and deerskin, and sailed to Xiangdao and Haodao again. Australia.

After unloading the silk, cotton cloth, tea, porcelain, and sugar in Haoao, it served as a troop carrier for the Royal Army!

This time, Wu Shifan and Wu Shifan went to Leizhou Mansion together. Besides Wang Jizhen, there were also two new troops led by Wang Zhongxian and Wang Zhongren.

On the other hand, Wang Zhongxiao generously handed over the two standards and the supply team to his elder brother Wang Jizhen as the "military base", and he only wanted Xiezhi's artillery team, cavalry team, and guard team, all of which were incorporated into the Jingwu Academy. The barracks became part of the shelf of the "mobilization division".

So this night, there were more than 4000 good people who quietly boarded the boat from the Haojiang Inner Harbor Wharf!
Watching Wang Jizhen, Wu Shifan, and Wu Xiaorong board the Chen Yonghua boat together, and watching the gangway on the boat be retracted, the sails and rudder raised, and the two waves of water gradually leave the pier, looking at the side of the boat facing himself. The white figure waving goodbye gradually disappeared into the darkness, Wang Zhongxiao turned his head reluctantly, and said to Wu Xiaotu and Wu Xiaoyu, "Go! Go back to the city!"

Macau's Haojiang Inner Harbor is a very busy port!

When it was ruled by the Portuguese, it was very prosperous. After it was in the hands of Wang Zhongxiao, it caught up with the Qing Dynasty’s opening of Dagu, Ningbo, Fuzhou, and Macao’s "four-port trade". Domestic trade and foreign trade came together. All of a sudden it was prosperous.

On both sides of the Haojiang Inner Harbor in Macau, there are contiguous shops, commercial halls, and construction sites that are under construction. Even at night, they are brightly lit and people come and go.

Although Wang Zhongxiao arranged for the two new recruits to board the ship at night, the secret work sent by the old Shang family to the port of Haoao was discovered. Shang Kexi has been doing "legal smuggling" business with the Portuguese for more than 20 years. Among the merchants doing business in Haoao, it is inevitable that there are spies from their family.

These spies have now received orders and must work overtime to spy on the old Wang's family!Especially the movement of the new military association stationed on the territory of Xiangshan, Xinhui, and Xinning-the association allocated by Wang Fuchen to Wang Zhongxiao and Wang Jizhen had already been stationed near Haoao. It will not succeed at all when you are in Tiantian!

If the association doesn't drive away, there will be no possibility of a surprise attack on Hao'ao.

After all, Haoao Castle is very strong, and after Wang Zhongxiao took over, he built Wangxia Mountain Walled City, Gongbei City Walled City, and Songshan Mountain Walled City as places to garrison troops!
Although these four fortresses are not comparable to the Hao-Ao Fortress, they greatly expanded the area of ​​Hao-Ao's defenses and made it more difficult to attack the city.

If there are another three or four thousand new troops to deploy defenses, the ten thousand Shangjia troops will not be sure to break through, and it will be very difficult to carry out a sneak attack-the most they can steal is a Gongbei village. When Wangxia village and Songshan village see an accident in Gongbei village Now, it will be fully armed soon.

The Shang family's army will have to attack every city!
In addition, the armed merchant fleet brought by Chen Fufu is also a problem.

Because Shang Kexi's spies also found out that Wang Zhongxiao had a close relationship with Chen Fufu. The latter deposited all the money he got from selling silk, cotton cloth, tea, porcelain, and white sugar into the Guangdong Customs Bank!

Based on this alone, that Chen Fufu would not let Haoao be taken away by the Shang family.

And now the new army of the Wang family has left overnight on Chen Fufu's armed merchant ship. Shang Kexi, Shang Zhixiao's grasp is coming!
"Ama, Ama is overjoyed! The night before yesterday, the Wang family's new army stationed in Hao'ao had already boarded Chen Fufu's boat, and they left Hao'ao together. They probably went to Dalei Prefecture!"

It was his second son, Shang Zhixiao, who rushed to report to Shang Kexi excitedly.

"All gone?" Shang Kexi, who was reciting sutras in the Buddha's room, immediately became energetic when he heard the news, and stopped reciting sutras.

"Basically they're all gone. There may be hundreds of people staying behind, but it's okay." Shang Zhixiao replied with a smile.

"Where are the local soldiers?" Shang Kexi asked again, "How many rural soldiers are there in Hao'ao Commercial City?"

"It's not too many, just two or three thousand people." Shang Zhi said filially, "It's just some farmers who just put down their hoes, they can't beat our elite soldiers."

"Then don't worry." Shang Kexi let out a long breath.

Shang Kexi really didn't care much about the combat effectiveness of these township troops. How many people did he have when he entered Guangdong with Geng Jimao?Isn't it like entering a no-man's land if the full count is only [-]?
How many people are added to those rural volunteers in Guangdong?But what's the use?Isn't it just as devastating?
"Second son," Jin Guang, the counselor who accompanied Shang Kexi to pray to the Buddha, said with a smile, "Don't underestimate the enemy. Wang Shikai's village army is still training very hard. I heard that he also recruited many blacksmiths from Foshan to help make shotguns. , also purchased a batch of shotguns from the Dutch and English Red Maoyi, plus the shotguns seized from Portugal, there may be thousands of shotguns on hand now!"

"What's the use of just having a shotgun?" Shang Zhixiao waved his hand, "Military Master, I have already sent someone to find out that Wang Shikai's rural soldiers only have shotguns and pikemen, and the pikes are cheap bamboo spears. There is no armor or equipment. Swords, if you meet archers mounted on horseback or covered by shield carts, you can only be beaten!"

Not to mention, Shang Zhixiao's investigation is quite in place.

Shang Kexi smiled and said: "That's how the country soldiers are! And the Cantonese also like to use shotguns and firecrackers. They have been doing this for a long time. But it's useless. It didn't take much effort for my father to beat them back then." Talking, he He frowned again, "But Wang Zhongxiao is still a bit powerful. He took down Hao'ao Castle in less than a month, without interruption! Is he still in Hao'ao?"

After all, this old man is still an expert in warfare, and he knows best that tough battles are the most test of skill!It took him a lot of effort to fight the Guangzhou city back then, and in the end he was hungry and built a square fort before he managed to break through.

This is because there is no siege expert like Wang Zhongxiao in Guangzhou city-a siege expert is generally an expert in defending the city!

"Should not be here anymore." Shang Zhixiao said, "His elder brother Wang Jizhen is a scholar, how could he be allowed to lead troops to fight Zu Zeqing? Isn't this sending him to death?"

"Okay!" Shang Ke said with a smile, "Then dispatch troops quickly. Remember, the land army must travel day and night, approaching Xiangshan County quietly, first take down Xiangshan in one fell swoop, and then go straight to Hao'ao. In case of failure , you can still retreat to Xiangshan and they will last forever."

"My son knows, my son will succeed!" Shang Zhixiao said with a smile, "My son has arranged for Huang Laosi to sneak into Hao'ao, so much land in his family was taken away by the surnamed Wang, and he even died. But I mustered all my strength to take revenge!"

(End of this chapter)