Borrow the day to change the day

() Zhong Jinwei smiled and said: "I came all the way just now, and found that it is different from before. Many camps are training."

Lu Xiangsheng followed suit with a smile, and then said: "It's not that the old and the weak were eliminated before the elimination of soldiers. The emperor also allocated enough food, grass and military pay for King Qin's army, and that group of warriors have this energy."

Zhong Jinwei was a little dumb, Lu Xiangsheng was more like a martial artist at this time.

After Lu Xiangsheng finished speaking, he felt that standing on the training ground was not the way to treat guests, so he said to Zhong Jinwei: "Supervisor, please go to the big tent and sit for a while, and go to change clothes in a lowly position, and go there right away."

"Okay, you go. Oh, by the way, is my brother-in-law here?" Zhong Jinwei didn't forget the purpose of coming here.

Lu Xiangsheng was taken aback for a moment, then immediately remembered that Uncle Zhongxing's brother-in-law was Yan Yingyuan.He thought to himself, wondering what Uncle Zhongxing meant by mentioning his brother-in-law in front of me, is it to remind himself to take good care of Yan Yingyuan?

An important place for military camps can't tolerate trifling, but Yan Yingyuan has his own skills, and he didn't lose him.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng turned to a servant behind him and said, "Go and call Commander Yan to the big tent, and tell the supervisor to look for him."

Then, Lu Xiangsheng made a confession to Zhong Jinwei, and went to change clothes first.

Under the leadership of Lu Xiangsheng's family, Zhong Jinwei went to the tent to wait for Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Yingyuan.

After arriving at the big tent, Zhong Jinwei found that there was a Yanyue knife sandwiched across the table behind the seat in the handsome tent.

I saw that the whole blade of the blade was dark and unpretentious, but the edge of the blade shone brightly, making it very sharp.Even Zhong Jinwei, who doesn't know much about weapons, praised him for his good sword when he saw it.

Seeing Zhong Jinwei's gaze, Lu Xiangsheng's family member proudly introduced them to them: "This is a treasured sword that the emperor bestowed on my prefect. It weighs 82 catties and is made of black iron and fine steel. That day, my prefect Wu was so happy that he split a rock as hard as iron in two."

While the servant was still waiting to talk, the curtain at the entrance of the camp was lifted, and a person rushed in, interrupting the servant.

Seeing the many people in the big tent, the man stopped his urgent thoughts and first greeted Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng: "Brother Gu, Brother Wang, long time no see."

Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng quickly returned the salute: "Brother Yan, it's been a long time."

When they greeted each other, Zhong Jinwei approached the man and asked him, "Brother-in-law, how is your arrow wound?"

This person is Zhong Jinwei's eldest brother-in-law Yan Yingyuan. Seeing that his brother-in-law was thinking about his injury as soon as they met, he felt warm and replied, "Thanks to Dongchang's good wound medicine, he recovered quickly. Now it's just that he can't open the strong bow." .”

"Hehe, that's good. Are you going back to Tongzhou?" Zhong Jinwei didn't forget the purpose of coming to Yan Yingyuan.

"When the Jianlu is driven away before returning, the family has already explained everything." Yan Yingyuan replied.

"Oh, that's it." Zhong Jinwei heard that Yan Yingyuan would not go back, what about the letter to Archie?Can't help pondering, see how to bring it to Archie.

When Yan Yingyuan saw him, he asked, "Brother-in-law, what's the matter with you?" Zhong Jinwei called each other brother-in-law, so Yan Yingyuan, who originally wanted to call Zhong Jinwei an official in the military camp, changed his name to brother-in-law.

Zhong Jinwei did not hide anything from Yan Yingyuan, so he took out the letter and told him about it.

Yan Yingyuan was of course happy to hear it, so he took the letter, and he would send it to Archie, so that Zhong Jinwei didn't have to worry.

When Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng saw Zhong Jinwei and Yan Yingyuan chatting about their daily life, they stopped watching and spread around to study the fabrics used for the large tent.

Seeing that the letter could be delivered, Zhong Jinwei let go of one thing.Then his heart moved, and he said to Yan Yingyuan: "Brother-in-law, your arrow wound is still not healed after all, so don't shoot your bow and arrow. I suggest you be more familiar with artillery and firearms, that is the kingly way of war in the future."

Yan Yingyuan felt uncomfortable when he was told that he would be eliminated in the future because of his special skills, so he retorted loudly: "The musket is slow to reload, and I can shoot even if it takes only one shot. Ten arrows. With a strong bow, the shooting range is farther than that of a gun. Although my arrow technique cannot reach the hundred-step piercing, it is still much better than the musket's aim."

The Dongchang Fan servants who were scattered around heard Yan Yingyuan speaking loudly, and they all turned their heads to look over.

Yan Yingyuan immediately realized that he was speaking louder, so he stopped for a while, and continued to retort in a gentle tone: "The artillery is powerful, but its maneuverability is weak, and its accuracy is poor. It can only be used to defend the city. In addition, Guns and artillery are afraid of rainy and humid weather."

Zhong Jinwei didn't argue with him one by one, but just asked him a few questions: "How do you know that the musket reloading will always be so slow, what if one day the reloading speed is the same as your shooting arrows? Can't the musket range be increased any more? Will it be improved? The artillery is the same. If the field artillery is as powerful as the current defense artillery, is it possible that the problem of gunpowder being afraid of wet and rainy days will not be solved? Let me tell you, the artillery will be the same in the future. will be the god of war."

Yan Yingyuan was also momentarily annoyed that Zhong Jinwei underestimated his stunt, so he couldn't help but refute.Last time in Tongzhou, when Zhong Jinwei asked him about artillery, he already realized that firearms would inevitably replace bows and arrows.

Now Zhong Jinwei asked a series of questions, leaving Yan Yingyuan speechless, and the scene suddenly fell silent.At this moment, there was a loud laugh at the door, and Lu Xiangsheng walked in.

He heard Yan Yingyuan and Zhong Jinwei's argument at the door, and when he heard the silence inside, he hurried in to smooth things over: "The supervising army doesn't know that the camp of humble workers is actually just a formation of civilians, and it is not considered a regular army of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, there are no firearms. Yan The commander also mentioned the matter of firearms training to the humble officer this morning."

Zhong Jinwei looked at his brother-in-law, and seemed to blush a little when he heard Lu Xiangsheng's words, so he stopped arguing about these issues, and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "You can go to Mr. Sun and ask for a firearm. Firearms are always a sharp weapon. You should get familiar with them early. "

Lu Xiangsheng wanted Zhong Jinwei's words, and immediately said: "The low-ranking people are soft-spoken, and they are not formally established in the army, so it is difficult to get them. How about the supervising army help me?"

Hearing this, Yan Yingyuan raised his lowered head and looked at Zhong Jinwei with piercing eyes.

Zhong Jinwei felt that there was no problem. If Sun Chengzong didn't want to give it, he would ask Emperor Chongzhen for it, and he could always get some.So, I agreed.

Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed, and hurried to the door of the big tent, lifted the curtain, and then turned to look back at Zhong Jinwei.

Zhong Jinwei was speechless. Before he had a sip of tea in his big tent, he hurriedly urged himself to help him get equipment.

But he didn't care too much, he just went right away, anyway, the purpose of coming to Yan Yingyuan has been achieved.

So he took Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Yingyuan to find Sun Chengzong.At this time, Sun Chengzong should have returned from the capital.

Lu Xiangsheng led the way graciously in front, and soon arrived at the tent of King Qin's army.

All of Sun Chengzong's soldiers knew Zhong Jinwei, the superintendent. After Zhong Jinwei asked, he learned that Sun Chengzong had indeed returned, so he went directly to him.

He didn't wait for Sun Chengzong's personal soldiers to report back, and walked directly towards the tent of the Chinese army.Sun Chengzong's soldiers did not dare to stop him, after all, he was the supervisor of the army and the emperor's representative.

When Sun Chengzong heard that Zhong Jinwei was looking for him, he suspended his discussion with a general, and was about to go out to meet him, when Zhong Jinwei had already entered the Chinese army's tent.

Going in and looking at the posture of the two people in the tent, Zhong Jinwei knew that they were discussing something, so he asked, "Are you bothering you?" The relationship between the two is very close.

"Of course I'm sorry to bother you. Come on, I will introduce you." Sun Chengzong said while introducing to the people on both sides: "This is the supervisor of King Qin's army, Zhongxing Bozhong Jinwei; this is Liu Xingzuo, the general of Dongjiang Town."

This general named Liu Xingzuo is a little less than six feet tall. He is about 50 years old. He has pale sideburns, regular facial features, and a Chinese character face. He looks like a handsome guy when he was young. The spirit is restrained.

As soon as Sun Chengzong finished his introduction, Liu Xingzuo immediately came over and tapped on one knee: "The last general Liu Xingzuo pays homage to the supervising army."

How can you say that he is also an old man twice his age, Zhong Jinwei quickly helped him up, and then asked, "Are you from Dongjiang Town?"