A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 448 Chen Jiugao

Chen Jiugao had a good appearance, with a tall and straight figure and a handsome appearance, which seemed to be quite suave.
He was just over [-] years old, and he was a handsome guy.
But at this moment, his face was full of depression, no matter who he looked at, it seemed that he owed him tens of thousands of taels of silver and did not pay back.
As soon as you see him, it reminds you of the big words Huai Cai underappreciated.
Looking at Wang Dou's General's Mansion, Chen Jiugao was full of envy, and sighed: "Uncle Zhongyong's days are called Shu Tan, days, my Liugou Castle..."
He shook his head and sighed, "It doesn't matter if you don't say anything."
His demeanor carried the familiarity of a person from the capital, and he was a little careless. He sat on the seat honestly, sipping tea, and just sighed.
Looking at his appearance, Wang Dou felt that this person was a bit cute, so he smiled and said: "This is also the emperor's respect for you. Liugou controls Changling in the south, and Dushi in the north is known as the barrier of Tianshou Mountain. You have a lot of burdens on your shoulders." ah."
Chen Jiugao sighed: "Yes, the emperor holds high esteem."
His expression was a little strange, and it was because the emperor valued him so much that he made himself come to the east road.
Originally, I was also ambitious and wanted to start a career, but I didn't want to go to the East Road, so I deeply understood what despair is.
In the land of the East Road, there is no one who speaks for himself at all, even Yu Gui, the former Nanshan ginseng general, and others seem to ignore him.
Chen Jiugao was angry at first, but then he had to face the reality. His heart was full of ambition and turned into a castle in the air, and he couldn't help but feel a little disheartened.Alas, it's not a good thing to hate myself for over-performing in the capital and making the emperor think too highly of me.
Thinking of myself, when I ran to the valley of East Road, I was still putting on airs at the beginning, I didn't want to visit Wang Dou so early, and asked my confidants to ask everyone on East Road to evaluate me.
Unexpectedly, there was no comment at all, everyone seemed to forget about themselves, even Wang Dou was busy all day long, and he couldn't remember that there was such a number one person as himself.In the end, he had to bite the bullet and visit first.
Fortunately, Wang Dou was a kind person, quite different from the domineering one in the legend, and his etiquette was thoughtful, which made Chen Jiugao feel better.
After being as honorable as he is, he hates others to look down on him and neglect himself the most.
It seems that Wang Dou is good, and he has found an ideal person to confide in. Chen Jiugao poured out his bitterness to Wang Dou.
He talked a lot about how outstanding he was in the capital, and how Sun Yingyuan, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, admired him.How did Fu Yingchong, the deputy general of the Shenji Camp who was about to go to Liaodong, receive his advice back then.
Chen Jiugao said: "Uncle Zhongyong must have heard of Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong, right?"
Wang Dou took a sip of tea: "When I was in Xiangyang, I met the two generals."
Chen Jiugao hummed, and said: "I also admire these two people. Zhou Yuji is a man who is brave when he is brave, but he is a bit naive, and he speaks without words. Back then, he was unscrupulous. I wrote a novel with a few of him. In a sentence, what did he say: "Everyone is a rich man with a good family background. I am afraid that it will be difficult to fight on the battlefield in the future. Why don't you practice diligently to serve the country and be ashamed of the imperial salary?", look, how much Are you bragging about yourself, bragging about yourself?"
"However, they are all serving the country. I don't mind. I usually give advice and instruction. Look, isn't he now a lieutenant general?"
Wang Dou sighed: "General Chen has a broad mind."
Chen Jiugao clapped his legs and said, "Exactly!"
He became more interested, and said again: "Let's talk about Huang Chuangzi, Huang Degong. He loves to drink, is fond of gambling, and often has no money. Sigh, this guy spends a lot of money, but he doesn't know how to change it. I still think But in the past, I often helped him, so that he could accumulate merits slowly, and now he has become the chief soldier. Huang Chuangzi also can't forget that I helped him back then, and he often mentioned it in private messages."
Wang Dou smiled and said: "General Chen has a lot of friends, peaches and plums are everywhere."
Chen Jiugao also had a look on his face, and said: "Uncle Zhongyong will soon go to Liaodong. Fu Yingchong, the deputy general of the former battalion of the Shenji Battalion, can be regarded as my younger brother. This time he is going to Liaodong. There are a lot of rocket vehicles. I heard that Zhongyong Bo’s artillery battalion can shoot up to five catties of cannons? The firepower is a bit low. How about this, I will write a letter to ask Fu Yingchong to cooperate with you, and Fu Yingchong will give me this face."
Thank you Wang Dou.
Satisfied, Chen Jiugao said, "Friendship is only one aspect of my ability. My most important ability is still in strategy and military training."
Wang Dou was very interested: "General Chen, let's listen."
Chen Jiugao looked around the hall, looking left and talking about him.
Wang Dou patted his forehead: "I am confused."
Order a banquet.
Soon, a sumptuous banquet was set up, many of which were specialties from Yongning and Yanqing.
Such as local fried cakes, grilled pork face, etc., are all crispy and tender inside, fragrant but not greasy.
There are also hot wontons, and some exquisite utensils are served. After opening, there are several kinds of dim sum, several dishes of cold dishes, several large bowls of stewed meat, stewed chicken, stewed fish and other meat dishes.There is fine wine, and fruit after dinner, fresh grapes, apricots, etc. that have just been picked.
Chen Jiugao's eyes were straightened. He had never seen so many delicious food since he arrived in Liugoubao.
Before he sat down, he swallowed wildly, and sighed: "Uncle Zhongyong is really a fairy these days. I'm in Liugoubao, a place where the birds don't shit. If I want to eat something good, I have to go there. Go to Yongning or Yanqing."
He entered the table with emotion, and expressed his embarrassment: "There are so many wines and dishes, you and I, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish them all."
Wang Dou said: "It's okay, if you can't finish eating, give it to the soldiers and maids in the mansion."
The two chatted happily, and Chen Jiugao ate it all the time at the beginning, but after he was honored, he became so fond of him. He must have had a hard time after arriving in Liugoubao.
With great difficulty, Chen Jiugao regained his composure, took a sip of wine slowly, and said, "As I said just now, making friends is only one aspect of my skill. My most important talent is in strategy and military training."
He said: "Let's talk about firearms. Firearms have always been my long-term skill in Chinese imperial captives. I think the three-tier tactics of Shenjiying are far from enough. At least five layers need to be prepared. After the first layer is finished, retreat immediately, and then reinstall it." Gunpowder. Hit it on the second level, and retreat immediately after the second level. Reload the gunpowder, hit it on the third level, and hit it on the fourth level and fifth level. Repeatedly and endlessly, the artillery can break through the crowd."
He said: "I heard that in the Zhongyong Bo's army, there are several more layers of firearm arrays?"
Wang Dou said, "Yes."
Look at what Chen Jiugao meant... Fortunately, he didn't say that he had been taught by him.
And... Wang Dou thought to himself: "Didn't what Chen Jiugao said just now come from Zeng Mi's essay in "Tiao Yi Fu Tao" played to the court?
Seemingly seeing what Wang Dou meant, Chen Jiugao didn't change his face, and said, "I had this idea when I didn't read Governor Chen's essays. Sure enough, there are more formations in the Zhongyong army."
He said: "In the past few years, the generals of the Beijing camp have been talking about using chariots and building more Flang machines. But I said that the chariots are heavy, and the firearms are small, and the firepower is insufficient. Once the captives attack from the plains, they will It is difficult to resist, and even a situation where one car is off guard and ten thousand cars suffer, and if you encounter a big red gun, what should you do, waiting to be bombed?"
Chen Jiugao said that the firepower of the car camp was insufficient, but Wang Dou didn't think so. As long as the soldiers are persistent, the power of the car camp cannot be underestimated!
However, when Che Ying encountered Hongyi Cannon, he was indeed at a disadvantage.
"China is good at firearms, so I should give full play to this skill, and the Hongyi cannon is one of them. In the case of Xu Shaobao, all parties stopped making Hongyi cannons, so I said no. Hongyi cannons should be made, and more should be made. This is the advantage of China's imperial captives, how can we give up?"
Chen Jiugao sighed and sighed: "Sure enough, the eastern captives now have heavy artillery and a large number of bird guns. My amazing skills are not only possessed by slaves, but also widely available. Alas, if all parties do not listen to my words, they should be rewarded!"
He looked at Wang Dou and said, "Uncle Zhongyong thinks I'm right?"
Wang Dou nodded: "The times are different. Red barbarian cannons are indeed important. If thieves have cannons, I only have Che Ying, and we are in danger."
Chen Jiugao sighed: "Heroes see the same thing!"
He drank another glass of wine and said: "This is my strategy. What happened afterwards shows my foresight, as well as training..."
He said: "The Beijing camp often uses bird blunderbuss and Lumi blunderbuss. However, I think that the firing of bird blunderbuss is complicated, and the soldiers are terrified when encountering captives. Before the fire can be used, the blade is already stretched. So I think, stop the bird blunderbuss and use rockets. , Facing the enemy, line up several layers, go round and round, with endless rockets."
Wang Dou asked in surprise, "Rocket?"
Chen Jiugao explained that if he was training troops, he would first use Hongyi cannons in the battalion, then use big rockets, and finally cooperate with the chariot battalion to use rocket slips.
He said: "In the early years, Dongnu also used firecrackers. He often lured me with false blunderbusses. After our real blunderbusses were fired, the thief slaves took the opportunity to rush up. However, the soldiers had already fired the blunderbusses and reloaded them. Unavoidably, they were in a hurry and the rockets flew away. Loading is simple, if three people put them one on top of the other, the blunderbuss can shoot one shot, and the rocket can shoot five arrows. Moreover, the rocket is powerful, without the disadvantages of the blunderbuss, but has the advantages of the blunderbuss, it can be called a sharp weapon in the army."
Wang Dou pondered, he knew that the rocket slip that Chen Jiugao was talking about was invented by Zhao Shizhen.
The appearance is very similar to the bird blunderbuss, and it also has a matchlock action. Like the Xuanyuan blunderbuss, it can automatically open and close the fire door cover, and use gunpowder to ignite the rocket.The difference is that there is a baffle at the end of the gun bed to prevent the jet flames from the rocket from burning the faces and eyes of the soldiers. There is a rectangular hole in it for aiming.
Zhao Shizhen's rocket slide solved the problem of the rocket running obliquely and backwards, and also solved the problem that the rocket launcher could not aim at three points and one line.
Compared with the multiple steps of the bird gun, the loading of the rocket slide is indeed much faster.
Then Wang Dou sighed: "Rockets are hard to make!"
Wang Dou knew that at this time, the sophisticated rockets would hit about [-] hammers, and the arrowheads needed some steel briar heads, and the feathers needed lacquer.
Although the rocket slide is good, compared to the bird gun in the Jingbian army, it is impossible for Wang Dou to give up the mature thing and switch to the unfamiliar one.
Chen Jiugao agreed: "Rockets are indeed difficult to make and cost a lot, but military weapons are worth the cost."
Wang Dou smiled: "General Chen is very talented."
Seeing Wang Dou's smile, Chen Jiugao couldn't help feeling a confidant, he said with emotion: "Uncle Zhongyong knows me, alas, it's hard to find a bosom friend!"
He picked up the wine glass: "Come on, let's drink to our acquaintance and friendship!"
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The guests broke up happily, and Wang Dou gave it out, as well as gifts from Yicheng.
When there was no one there, Chen Jiugao opened it and saw that there were various gifts, and a brocade box contained a stack of food stamps.
Chen Jiugao counted them, and there were as many as five hundred stones in all denominations.
Chen Jiugao couldn't help but be overjoyed, although he has not been on the East Road for a long time, he already knows the importance of food stamps.
On the East Road, there were no food stamps, and the silver and copper coins he brought could not be used. He wanted to exchange them for food stamps, but the money in his hand had depreciated a lot, which made Chen Jiugao feel very depressed.
Well now, money spent.
Chen Jiugao had a great affection for Wang Dou. Some people said what about Wang Dou, but he thought it was good.
I used to think about transferring back to the capital as soon as possible, but now I find that life in Donglu is not bad.

(End of this chapter)