Win the Ding 1617

More than 150 Dafolang machines knocked down hundreds of straw men more than [-] steps away with dense projectiles. The hot high temperature of the projectiles caused burning when they passed through the grass handles. Small fires were scattered here and there on the field. burning.

"Our cavalry team is not strong enough, and their riding skills are not good, so we have to cooperate with the artillery team. Use artillery fire to concentrate on them, and wait for them to scatter."

Shou Han waved the command flag in his hands pretendingly, and several horns sounded, which seemed extremely high-pitched and sharp in the autumn wind.

The pikemen who served as guards and prepared for battle near the artillery team heard the sound of the horn, and immediately tightened their formation, and five or six passages flashed in the middle.

More than a hundred war horses rushed through the crowd like lightning, and quickly completed their formation in front of the artillery team.

"The horse team advances like a wall, and is scattered with a full blow!"

120 war horses lined up in three rows, with the rider's knees almost touching their knees, and the horse's head next to the horse's head. At first, they used small steps, which slowly changed to trots, and in a blink of an eye, they turned into gallops. The short distance of dozens of steps , it is completed in this pace change.

"Draw the knife!"

A command came from the cavalry.

The sound of the waves was endless, and the cavalrymen pulled out their long knives from their backs and put the blades outward at their hands.

A wall composed of dozens of war horses galloped past. After the horse team passed, there were grass clippings all over the sky.

The three-column horse team rushed past, and there was not a single straw man standing there in the entire field.

He Renlong, who had been chattering loudly just now, shut his mouth like all the leading generals.Only those veteran soldiers of the Beijing camp who had never been to the battlefield were still talking and laughing in low voices.

These old fritters have actual combat experience and have fought Jiannu and rogue bandits on the battlefield for many years.They all compared their own cavalry in their hearts, in the face of such a tactic, if they could go a few rounds, it would be victory or defeat.

Liu Tichun in the distance was also thinking nervously, what if the elite cavalry from the Fanhan Jiangding and frontier post soldiers in his old camp faced such artillery and cavalry opponents, how would they win or lose?

"Uncle! I have something to say!"

He Renlong's nephew, He Guoyong, stood out from among the soldiers.

"In the past, the two armies have fought with swords and courage! My nephew does not believe that if the soldiers use their lives, the tactics of the South China Army will be invincible!"

Among those detained by the South China Army a few days ago were He Guoyong's own brother and a cousin, although they were released.But he was also beaten up.Regarding the behavior and performance of the South China Army.He has long been dissatisfied.It just so happens that today, in public, you can give the Nanzhong Army a blow, or show your anger in front of everyone and let yourself show your face!

"Doo! There are no rules! My lords are here. It's your turn to talk nonsense here!"

He Renlong reprimanded his nephew.His eyes blinked narrowly.

"My lords. We all know that the Southern Central Army killed thousands of Dongnu in the First Battle of Hexi, but unfortunately we have never witnessed it. I don't know what method the Southern Central Army used to kill so many Tartars?"

Among the eunuchs from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, Gao Qiqian had good friends with him.For Shou Han's words about having no eggs, it can be said that the hatred goes deep into the bone marrow. With such an opportunity to lay maggots on the South Central Army and Shaanxi soldiers, how can they let it go easily?

"The brothers in Shaanxi are interested, and our Nanzhong Army is naturally willing to accompany you. But swords and guns have no eyes. If you really make a move, your brothers will inevitably be killed or injured. This?" Shou Han kicked the ball back to Madman He's feet.Anyway, my soldiers are all trained in a few months. At most, I will give you more pensions. Your soldiers are all collected by you over the years.

"This!?" Crazy He took off his helmet and scratched his hair, "It's okay! We have heard Mr. Shu talk about the Water Margin these days, and the gun used in the martial arts performance at the school of Yang Zhi's Daming Mansion has the head removed! We Use this!"

"That's good! All the troops are gathered today, how about we set up a round in this event?" His own contribution to capturing Gao Yingxiang was overwhelmed by the South China Army's Hexi victory. Sun Chuanting has always been unwilling, seeing Some of the subordinates jumped out, so why not fan the flames?

"Yes! Let's set some prizes!"

"Our family bet 500 taels, bet on Mr. He!"

"I also bet 500 taels, betting on the South China Army!"

"I bet 800 taels!"

. . . . . .

Chen An, the general standing behind Lu Xiangsheng, looked at the scene of betting happily, with a contemptuous smile on his face, a bunch of lifeless things!

"I'll buy one hundred sets of armor, plus two hundred gun heads!" Shou Han said with a smile on his face, "Whether you win or lose, I will give it to Mr. He!"

"Boys! Show me some real skills! General Li has offered a huge reward!" He Renlong yelled at his own soldiers and servants, and he got a roar in response.

Hong Chengchou, who was sitting on the commander-in-chief seat, frowned, discussed with Lu Xiangsheng in a low voice, and sent his own Chinese army to act as the referee.

"This time the cavalry hedge is practiced, and those who fall from the horse will be considered dead!"

As soon as these words came out, He Renlong immediately became frowning.Although he is nicknamed a lunatic, he is not stupid.The cavalry charged against the fallen horse, and if they were trampled by the horses that rushed up later, they would be crippled if they did not die!He doesn't care about the soldiers and horses of the Li family, but these servants of his own are the capital of his life!Losing one of them on weekdays would make him feel distressed, how could he lose such a meaningless loss?

"You two governors, against the cavalry, the soldiers are easy to lose, how about this?"

Shou Han was very concerned about He Renlong, and proposed another plan to Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Chuanting.

"Alright!"

Governor Hong was the first to express his agreement, and ordered the army to follow suit.

Confused, He Renlong ordered his servants to dismount and fight on foot.

"Give me some strength! Even with a wooden stick, I have to beat this group of barbarians hard!"

He Guoyong distributed wooden sticks dyed with white lime water in the queue, and at the same time whispered in the queue.

"rest assured!"

"We'll just wait until we finish fighting the Nanman before putting on the Nanman's armor!"

"General He." Shou Han looked at He Renlong's servant team, "You and I each send 500 people, if there are too many, I'm afraid we won't be able to use them."

Five hundred versus five hundred, He Renlong was very satisfied with this comparison of troops.

"Invite General He to come to our army to choose soldiers to fight against."

This sentence made Madman He almost lose his temper on the spot!

Damn bullies don't bully like this!I took out the most capable soldiers and horses in my battalion, but you let me choose soldiers to fight against me in your formation? !If you want to show that you are strong and strong, you don't have to be like this? !

"General Li, He Mou is all servants of a certain family! Could it be that all of the more than [-] people in the general's camp are servants?"

"Li has never bought family members, because everyone in Li's army is an elite warrior. For this martial arts performance, He Zongbing can choose 500 people from Li's army to fight. The soldiers and auxiliary soldiers are optional. .But it has to be selected by the establishment.”

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Long Jiading, He Ren, who was considered to be the most capable fighter in the Shaanxi Army, formed a formation with the Nanzhong Army.

On the improvised platform, Shou Han sipped his tea steadily, talking and laughing happily with Lu Xiangsheng beside him.Looking at the messy formation of He Renlong in the audience.He just knew it.There is basically no suspense in this walkthrough.

From the outside, the He family army is a change in the traditional formation of the Ming army. The whole army should be composed of the front team, the left and right wings, the central army, and the reserve team.However, He Guoyong divided the 500 people into four pieces.With 200 people as the forwards of the Chinese army, he personally led the main force of the assault, with 100 people on the left and right wings, leaving only 100 people behind.

This is already quite remarkable in the Ming army, and the general generals rushed forward with their servants in a swarm.

On the other hand, the Nanzhong Army used the old-fashioned method of warfare, with gunfire soldiers in front, sword and shield soldiers guarding the two wings, and pikemen took off the tip of their guns and wrapped them in rags stained with lime.

Amid the sound of war drums, He Guoyong led the team to rush forward.

"kill!"

Fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps!

"stop!"

A rope blocked their way.

The Supervising Biao Zhongjun had a stern face, holding the command arrow in his hand to stop their impact.

"Withdraw to both sides and stand by!"

"My lord! We are only 20 steps away from them. You tell us to stop at this time?!" Although He Guoyong was brave, he didn't dare to go against the general's order of the supervisor, and he just complained in front of the Chinese army.

"According to the tactics proposed by others, we will start firing at this distance! Do you think you want to stay here as a target, or hide aside first?"

More than 200 straw men took He Guoyong's position, and were baptized by bullets twice at a distance of more than [-] steps.As the referee, the Chinese army dutifully counted the number of straw figures hit by the projectile, and allocated them from He Guoyong's team.

This time, the team of 500 people suddenly became more than 300 people.

With anger, He Guoyong waved the wooden stick in his hand impenetrably, and went straight to the opposite row of the South China Army.

However, what greeted him was the spear in the hands of the spearman.Every time he wanted to rush forward to break through the formation of the South Central Army, he found that there was a gun in front of him, and a gun on the left and right, and the gunmen were smiling enthusiastically at him with malicious intentions!

Amid the sound of war drums, the Nanzhong Army began to press forward slowly.He Guoyong led the servants of the He family to fight left and right, but people kept getting stabbed with spears and were declared dead by the referee.

With the expansion of the two wings of the South China Army, the entire formation has become a situation where the pikemen are in front, the sword and shield soldiers are in the middle, and the firecrackers are behind. The horizontal row at the beginning turned into an obtuse angle, and after that, only a small group of people headed by He Guoyong were still besieged by dozens of spears.

"How about it, Mr. He, did you ring the gong to retreat?" Hong Chengchou, who had watched the whole process from the high platform, asked in a low voice.

"I lost! Our old He wished to bet and admit defeat!"

On the red military uniform of the servants of the He family, there are spots of white marks, just like the saying in the Water Margin, it is like overturning tofu.

When the generals saw each other, they were all worried. It was thanks to the practice that they didn't use weapons or guns. If they were real weapons and guns, and the artillery and guns of the South China Army were used together, the corpses of He Renlong's five hundred servants would be intact. There are not many!

"Brother Wei Ru is really good, he is a good soldier!"

Lu Xiang, who hadn't spoken for a while, raised his thumbs up for his promotion to Shou Han.

"You two governors, Mr. Sun, it's getting late. A certain family has prepared some meals for the subordinates of the generals. Would you like to order meals?"

Dozens of kitchen carts were immediately surrounded by thousands of soldiers.Fortunately, the number of cooking vehicles was assigned according to the banner and system of their respective troops, otherwise, another gang fight would happen.

In the temporary large tent set up behind the general's platform, all the adults enjoyed the officers' meals of the South China Army.

To be honest, this meal is far inferior to the ones made in the small kitchens of the officers in terms of color, fragrance, and shape, but it is superior in quantity. It can provide meals for hundreds of lieutenant generals and above in a blink of an eye, and it is full of chicken, duck, fish and meat , Governor Hong, Governor Lu, and Sun Futai thought to themselves that they did not have this ability.

Gobbled up a wind chicken until only a few bones remained.Crazy He was still gesticulating vaguely towards Li Shouhan who was sitting on the main seat.

"Brother Li. Don't forget the lottery we won just now!"

"Don't worry, a gentleman will give you a quick whip."

"Brother Li, your Nanzhong knife and gun armor. Can you sell me some more? I can replace all the boys under my command with your equipment?"

Crazy He's words also represented the aspirations of the generals present.In their view.The subordinates are the elite teachers.The more such soldiers and horses, the richer the capital in hand.

"Let me tell you, generals. Shou Han came here this time, originally for King Qin. There are not many armors, knives and guns in the army. If you want to buy them, you can sign a contract with the company below. After the goods arrive , the people from the firm will deliver the goods to your mansions in the capital.”

"That's good! I want two thousand breastplates, one thousand cavalry armor, and three thousand swords and guns!"

"I want armor and swords for 500 men, and cavalry armor for 500 men!"

"I want...."

In a blink of an eye, the big tent turned into a big market, and the commanders, lieutenants, and guerrillas of various military towns asked to buy the equipment of the South China Army.

"Everyone," Shou Han held up the wine glass in his hand, and walked around in a circle, "You can report the amount you want to several adults. In this way, the accumulation of less will make more, according to my south." It is the custom of the Chinese army to give certain discounts when purchasing goods when they reach a certain amount.”

Hearing this, the generals of the Xuan Da Army and the Shaanxi Army cast their eyes on the three chief officers one after another, hoping that they would be able to connect them to organize this arms group buying activity.Hong Chengchou, who had been in the officialdom for a long time, sniffed out information other than business and trade for this method used by Shou Han.For this group of arrogant soldiers under his command, how to manipulate and control them is his top priority besides dealing with the rogues, even more important than dealing with the rogues.

Now Shou Han handed over the purchase of armor, knives, guns and equipment produced by the Nanzhong Army to the supervisors in various towns and departments. It is called group discounts, but in his own hands, he can make a good article.

Since it was Li Shouhan who gave him peaches and plums, Hong Hengjiu would naturally repay him with Qiong Yao.

"Brother Wei Ru, do you know the weight of the Dafolang machine gun that your army just released? It seems that it can gallop like flying with only two horses towing it?"

"Gulao, the big Buddha Langji weighs only five hundred catties. Counting guns, gunpowder and other things, it only weighs eight hundred catties. With two horses, it can run like flying!"

"Your official sees that Nanzhong's cannon is sharper than the Hongmaoyi people. I don't know how much the cannon is worth?"

"A big Buddha Lang machine, weighing [-] catties, [-] cannons, [-] rounds of blunderbuss and related gunpowder as a gift. The cost is [-] silver dollars!"

This price is much more appropriate than the artillery price of Bingzhan Bureau.

Moreover, Master Hong also saw the power of Dafo Langji just now, in order to approve the power, he specially called a lieutenant general of Shenji Battalion to him and asked him about the power of this cannon.The lieutenant told him that it was only slightly inferior to Western twelve-pound cannons.

"I'm suppressing thieves in the northwest. I only hate the thieves running around like flying. Our army lacks weapons and horses and can't catch up with them. After seeing this cannon today, I don't have to worry about it! I bought [-] of the governor's yamen on the three sides. Cannons! Form a battalion of artillery battalions of the pro-army supervising bidders!"

Twelve Dafolang cannons cost [-] silver dollars. The Shouhan was very happy when he made this small business, "Gu Lao, how about this? I will give you two hundred firecrackers as a gift for [-] silver dollars. Ten barrels of gunpowder! How about it?"

"Well, this firecracker is also a sharp weapon. I don't know how much it costs?"

"For 50 yuan each, the Shou Han dares to use his official position as a guarantee. If the gun blows up within a hundred rounds, I will pay ten times the compensation!"

As soon as these words came out, the towns of the Ji Liao Army standing beside them couldn't sit still anymore.

Governor Ji Liao has never been to Beijing this time.They can't enjoy the group purchase price discount after reporting the number to the supervisor. However, relying on the cannons used in Jiancheng, it is the tradition of the towns of Guanning Army and Jiliao Army. There are such good firecrackers, why not buy some back? For servants? !

Wang Bao, who was sitting with the chief soldiers of Ji Town and Yutian Town, immediately became the object of these people's courtship.

"My lords, it might as well be like this. Although your superior has not been here yet, the towns may wish to collect the required amount. Report it to my general. After you return to the defense, you can report to your superior!"

go!After I go back, I don't bother to talk to that guy!

"Okay! This is a good matchlock gun, we need [-] of them in Ji Town!"

"Armours, knives and guns also require 3000 men! Horsemen need a thousand sets of armor!"

"Da Fulang wants to go to the five gates!"

"Our Yutian Town, dare not compare with Ji Town, only needs [-] firecrackers. The armor is the same! Dafolang has four secrets!"

. . . . . .

Seeing that all the towns are frantically ordering ordnance.Only Xuan Dajun dared not move rashly in front of Lu Xiangsheng.Not long ago, Wang Pu came from Datong to welcome the new governor.Some can't hold back anymore.

"Minister, I declare that there are slaves and Tartars on the outside of the army, and there are raiders on the inside. This soldier must be fine!"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled wryly in his heart, "I don't know! However, Xuanda is barren, and has been ravaged by slaves many times, and the treasury is empty. Where can I find this much money?"

"Governor, don't bother you! You just need to say hello to Governor Li! It's the Tianxiong Army's armored staff, swords and guns, and your subordinates will serve you!"

"I know that your family has been doing business for generations, and you are quite wealthy, but you don't want to end up here! Alas! The generals only know how to use their weapons, but they don't think about how to train them. No matter how many strong armors and sharp blades, what's the use? ?”

Having said that, Lu Xiangsheng was bound by his subordinates' eagerness to try, so he had to bow his hands to the guard and give him a smile in return.

In fact, according to Lu Xiangsheng's original intention, he would rather buy some hoes and plowshares made of wrought iron to cultivate the fields on the plug.

Shanxi Town and Datong Town really made extraordinary moves. They ordered tens of thousands of sets of armor weapons, [-] matchlock guns and [-] Dafolang machines.It is almost equal to the total amount purchased by Jiliao Army and Shaanxi Bing.

"Mr. Wang. I have to ask you a question." Crazy He leaned over with a smile. Wang Pu blinked in disgust, trying to stay away from this oily guy so as not to dirty his new shirt .

"You bought so many armors, knives, guns, guns, guns, and cannons. Do you have so many silver dollars? Don't let Mr. Li be happy for nothing?"

"That's okay! After Wang returns to the city, he can send [-]% of the price of the goods as a deposit to Governor Li Xingyuan!" Facing He Renlong's teasing and questioning, Wang Pu's face turned pale.In war, I may not be as crazy as you, but when it comes to money, you can't match a toe!

Seeing that his subordinates had finished ordering, Lu Xiangsheng bowed his hands to Shou Han to thank him.

"Brother Wei Ru, Xiang Sheng is ashamed. He can only buy some agricultural tools, hoes, plowshares, etc. from the old man. It is best if they are made of wrought iron. They will be used by Xuan Da to farm the fields. However, Xiang Sheng has to be cheeky once. I beg my brother for a temporary loan, and I will pay for the goods after Xuanda has harvested the autumn grain."

"You and I fight the enemy side by side, what is this! How many farm tools you need, just use your Xuanda Governor Guan to print the regulations, and go to the store to get it!"

"Since we talked about killing slaves side by side, Xiang Sheng has something to ask."

Lu Xiangsheng slowly asked a question that everyone present was eager to know the answer to.

"Xiang Sheng prides himself on being good at training soldiers, and it is always beneficial to fight against the bandits with Tianxiong's army, but compared with the noble army, it seems to be far behind. It would be nothing if it was Wei Ru's brother Ding's own soldiers Just now, my brother said that if you don’t have family members, how should you train such a capable soldier?”

These words spoke out the hearts of the people.

"The Tianxiong Army of the Nine Elders is formed by clan, blood relatives, and relatives and friends. They are connected by blood, so they naturally fight bravely."

"Brother asked how your military horses were trained, so why do you praise the Tianxiong Army?" Lu Xiangtai couldn't help but complain.

"The source of my soldiers is based on the Baojia system similar to that of the guards. You must have understood this. What I care about is only how soldiers and horses are trained."

"Exactly! Such an elite army, even Qi Shaobao's Qi Family Army in our Ji Town, is nothing more than that!"

"Wang Bao!"

"Subordinates are here!"

"Wang Bao was the first member of the soldiers and horses who were drilled by Shou Han when he took charge of the family affairs. You may wish to ask him how he drilled."

"Qi's army is only doing exercises on March [-]th, our army is practicing every day! The subjects are different every day! Every ten days is based on the sentry, and there are two days of rest and recuperation, and the rest of the days are practice days!"

Being able to practice once every five days is already an elite Qi family army, let alone practicing every day? !

However, another question came to everyone's mind.

"Drilling like this, I'm afraid the soldiers will be exhausted!"

Shou Han smiled, and very proudly shook his right index finger twice, signaling a soldier to go outside the tent and bring in something.

"This is the meal that the soldiers eat outside, and it is also the standard meal in our army. If you are full with three meals a day, with enough oil and water, and fish and meat, think about it, my lords, will this be exhausting?"

Inside the wooden tray, there is a huge sea bowl full of protruding rice, and a medium-sized rice bowl next to it. The pieces of meat in the broth convey a silent message to the people in the tent.

"Can't afford it! Can't afford it!"

Only He Renlong's rough voice echoed in the tent.

This kind of food may indeed be able to train elite soldiers, but right now there are constant famines in various places in Ming Dynasty, and countless people are desperate to get enough food, let alone meat for three full meals?This kind of treatment, He Renlong asked himself, may not be available every day!

"Also, each soldier must know at least [-] characters, as long as he can write simple family letters and record his own expenditure accounts. Officers at all levels, gunners, scouts, and division officers must know at least [-] characters, and be able to Understand combat documents. If an officer wants to be promoted, he must pass the corresponding cultural examination before he can officially obtain his position."

This made everyone even more surprised.Soldiers wielding knives and guns still want to read and write?

"Damn! Is this a test for talent?!"

never mind!Such soldiers cannot be trained by themselves!It's better to equip the servants first!

Everyone thinks so. (To be continued..)