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

Chapter 809 The Third Applause

Many caravans from Tongguan have already arrived, and they are stationed outside the Ximen Pass, and there are many caravans from Xuanfu Town inside.The caravan from Xuanfu Town to Shaanxi has been connected. Although the journey is uneven, there are few bandits who dare to attack the caravan from Xuanfu Town.

They sell a variety of goods, and the small cigarettes they sell are very popular in Shaanxi. Although Emperor Chongzhen is still strictly banning smoking at this time, the ban is actually just a dead letter, and the people should still grow it.

Xuanfu Town's approach is to levy heavy taxes on the tobacco industry. Gaoyou Knockout welcomes the approach of the Marquis of Yongning very much.

Of course, the profits of the tobacco industry make people envious, but foreign businessmen can't figure out how to make small cigarettes in Xuanfu Town. They only know that the tobacco factory there uses a kind of cigarette rolling device, which seems to be a combination of small wooden sticks and canvas, from Yongning. Hou Ye's invention.

Moreover, a tobacco factory can at least produce over [-] small cigarettes a month, and nothing else is known.

A few days ago, Gao Guerrilla gritted his teeth and bought a box of "Old Jiachang" as a treasure, and only smoked one occasionally. At this time, he saw that there were a lot of Zong brand small cigarettes in his hand, and he was happy, thinking that these Jingbian soldiers What a luxury.

Seeing the envious eyes of the surrounding people, Mr. Yang Qian and Gao Guerrilla took out the torches and set them on fire, then followed Han Kaihui and walked towards Yuanpodi.

There are two small Buddha wolf guns at the intersection of Yuanduan, with low walls on both sides. As the road goes down, you can see low walls on the slopes and cliffs on the side of the road from time to time. At this time, some defenders after changing defense On patrol, there are not many people.

The movement on the opposite plateau can be seen at a glance. When the bandits attack, it will not be too late for a large number of defenders to enter again.

There are also low walls at both ends of some intersections below, and there are some refusal horses in front of them. The vacant positions will be used for placing tiger squatting cannons.Behind the low wall on the ladder cliff, there are baskets of small stones inside, which are used to guard against stone rain.

When the new army came to Tongguan, they actually brought fifty general cannons, one hundred small and medium-sized Frang machine cannons, twenty mortar cannons, and many tiger crouching cannons, as well as a large number of ten thousand enemy, poisonous and gray bombs. , rockets and other sharp weapons.

The tiger squatting cannon is light, weighing less than forty catties, and can be carried by one person. It is also very powerful. It can shoot a hundred pieces of small lead or pebbles weighing five yuan at a time, and another one weighing 30 taels can be used on top of it. Large lead bullets or large stone bullets press the top.

Such a firearm is most convenient to place on a small road.

The artillery battalion of the Shaanxi New Army was also trained by the artillery officers of the Jingbian Army. They used ammunition packs and fixed shotguns, and the loading speed was many times faster than before.

Of course, the Jingbian army will not reveal secrets such as silk medicine bags.

Compared with cannons, tiger crouching cannons still have advantages in mountains, forests, and paddy fields.

Of course, the problem of poor heat dissipation of the tiger squatting gun is difficult to change. The tiger squatting gun is still too light. When firing, the gun head needs to be erected with two iron claws. Secure the ground.This suppresses the jumping problem, but it also makes it difficult to adjust the launch angle, and the pros and cons are hard to tell.

According to the estimates of the mercenaries, the first wave of attacks by the thieves is usually to use the hungry people. It is too wasteful to use ten thousand enemies, poisonous bullets, rockets, and tiger squatting cannons against them. It is not too late to use these sharp weapons when the pawns, or even the cavalry, are in the old battalion.

At present, in addition to bird guns, bows and arrows, the defenders can throw small stones. Those hungry people have no defense, and if they are thrown on their bodies and heads by bowl-sized stones, they will die if they don't die.

When the battle is fierce, the defenders can retreat to the upper lines of defense simply and neatly. The baskets of stones left behind the low wall can be moved away by the thieves if they want to.

Han Kaihui carefully inspected the defense line, Yang Qianzong and Gao Guerrilla followed behind, admiring this vicious defense line.

I heard that this method came from Lord Yongning again, and the two of them also publicized the idea that Lord Hou was born as a saint in Xuanfu Town. From being dubious at the beginning, they now believe it a little bit. Otherwise, in all aspects, what about Lord Yongning? May know so much?
But at the same time looking at the defense line, there are more and more thieves on the opposite plateau. It seems that today is going to be a war. Gao Guerrilla is still a little worried: "Mr. Han, tell me, can Yuanwanggou be defended?"

Han Kaihui said relaxedly: "Don't worry, General Gao, unless we want to withdraw, the thieves will shed their blood in front of this ditch."

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While Han Kaihui was inspecting his own defense line, Sun Chuanting also came out from Tongguan City to inspect the defense line for the last time to see the situation on the opposite plateau.

Surrounded by first-class soldiers of the Jingbian Army of the Second Chief and many other officers and generals, a group of people came out in a mighty manner.

They ran from north to south, and seeing that everything was in order, Sun Chuanting nodded in satisfaction.

After passing a small village called Yangjiazhuang, Wu Zhengchun explained to Sun Chuanting that this is the medical and rescue center for many nearby defense lines, and it is mainly responsible for looking far from the middle of the ditch to the north.Going south to a fort called Dongyingbao, it is responsible for the medical rescue of soldiers from the middle of Yuanwanggou to the southern end.

After all, there are wells and houses in the Second Fort. If a sergeant is injured, it is of course better than putting them in tents or tents in the wild for treatment.

The treatment of injured sergeants is also directed by mercenary doctors. There are so many mercenary doctors. There are 50 doctors in the battalion alone. Can't compare.

Although Sun Chuanting also recruited Langzhong as military doctors on a large scale when he was training the new army, the number was far inferior to that of the Jingbian army's doctors, and even if some doctors had excellent medical skills, they were far inferior to the Jingbian army's doctors in terms of military rescue.

After all, it was a summary of the Jingbian Army's many years of medical experience, forming very detailed regulations.For example, how to treat arrow wounds, how to treat gunshot wounds, how to prepare before treatment, and how to clean the body and wounds, all have detailed regulations in the Jingbian Army.

Even the cloth strips used to bandage wounds must be boiled at high temperatures and then dried in the sun before use. Some knives and instruments must also be sterilized at high temperatures, and are usually placed in boxes that have also been sterilized.

All kinds of methods are amazing. When some sentry cavalry were injured a few days ago, Shaanxi doctors visited the Jingbian military doctors to treat and rescue them. When they saw them use alcohol to wipe the blood clots from the wound, many people felt that it was an eye-opener, as if they were in front of them. Open up a new world.

When everyone heard that Xuanfu Town Military Academy had a new theory, military medicine, they all yearned for it and hoped to study it.

So I didn't say that the doctors in the new army battalions were all commanded by the Jingbian army doctors. In addition, there were many local military households and civilian husbands as errands, carrying the wounded, and carrying stretchers.

For this battle, the battalion medical officer made a more detailed plan, how many supplies and medicines to prepare, how many bandages, how many stretchers, and even how to deal with the enemy corpses, how many coffins to prepare, etc., all have detailed plans.

Gao Jie, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu also followed Sun Chuanting. Complicated expressions flashed in their eyes as they listened to Wu Zhengchun's continuous introduction.

After they led the army to Tongguan, they suddenly realized that they had nothing to do. The Jingbian army had arranged everything, and they just waited for the battle.

Looking at the line of defense in front of them, they also understood why the Jingbian army was famous far and wide. How could they not win battles one after another with such thorough preparations?

Especially in this medical rescue system, if the wounded sergeants in the family can receive such meticulous treatment in the past, wouldn't they work hard to fight to the death?
Looking at Wu Zhengchun and others, Gao Jie's eyes flickered inexplicably. The Jingbian army had surpassed the level of jealousy for him. After the battalion arrived in Shaanxi, everything made him feel novel.

Not to mention anything else, the combination of the Jingbian army in the battalion gave him a refreshing feeling.There is only a battalion of soldiers and horses, which can fight on horseback or on foot. There are all kinds of arms in it. Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.

In their battalion, there is only a rule of bowing and not kneeling. Zheng Jiadong and Niu Chenghu feel that the Jingbian soldiers don't know the dignity and dignity, but Gao Jie feels that the Marquis of Yongning Wangdou has a good grasp of people's hearts.

He keenly felt that the Jingbian army was very strict in terms of dignity and inferiority. Those sergeants who saw the superior officer but bowed but did not kneel down because they all had honor ranks and military exploits, so they enjoyed the corresponding honor. The treatment, avoiding kneeling, is one of them.

Those who do not have a rank, do whatever they want. This naturally motivates the soldiers to fight hard, hoping to obtain the qualification not to kneel. After all, few people like to kneel and kowtow every time they see others.

In addition to this kind of glory, obtaining the meritorious medal and a lot of material benefits are even more exciting.

Gao Jie has a perverse temper and is hard to control, but he has to admire Wang Dou. He remembered that when he first met Wang Dou, he was just a mere guerrilla, and his current achievements are beyond his reach.

This made him sigh, Wang Dou didn't talk about his ability, even Guanyun himself couldn't compare.

However, just like Zheng Jiadong, Niu Chenghu and others, seeing the unstoppable trend of the new army replacing their old army, Gao Jie and the others were jealous at the same time, but also panicked in their hearts, what should they do?
Sun Chuanting and others arrived at the southern end of the plateau, where the terrain is gentle. There are [-] positions in the Yuanwanggou that need to be defended, eight of which are here, and the bottom of the trench can even be seen in many places.The bottom of those ditches is still very wide, generally more than one mile wide, or even two mile wide.

Zhao Rongsheng led a force to supervise the battle here, and twenty general guns were placed on the plateau, as well as twenty mortars.

In the same opinion as those who praised the pictures of the Jingbian Army, Sun Chuanting believed that this place would be the focus of attack by the rogues. After all, the slopes of the two plateaus are gentle and wide, which can accommodate many soldiers and horses. It is the bottom of the ditch, and the rogues will also gather a lot of troops. At this.

Therefore, it is ideal to bombard with artillery here.

Of Sun Chuanting's fifty general cannons, except for the ten in Taojiazhuang, the rest are equipped with twenty, and the remaining twenty are all placed here.

Of course, like the Taojiazhuang artillery position, the artillery on the plateau bombards the opposite plateau, trying to hit the winding path, which is sometimes invisible to the naked eye. The requirements for the gunner are too high, and it is just a waste of ammunition.

And even if you bombard the opposite plateau, sometimes the effect may not be very good, because the terrain with scattered steps and ravines makes most of the plateau top look like a small piece, which requires the same high requirements for the gunner.

It’s even more impossible to put it on the southern side. The distance between the two plateaus is farther. The general Fran’s machine guns can’t hit the opposite plateau. The terrain on the opposite plateau is slightly higher than this side. Therefore, Jingbian Army’s suggestion to praise the painting , It is to concentrate firepower to bombard the bottom of the ditch.

The hired artillery officers of the Jingbian Army have even measured the height and position of the artillery and the distance from the artillery to the bottom of the ditch. When the bandit army elite comes over, the gunners will bombard them according to the unit, and the solid shells and poisonous soot shells will rain down. It will definitely make the Liu thief miserable.

They can only be beaten, the distance between the two plateaus is too far, even if the thieves have Hongyi cannons, they can't hit here.

Sun Chuanting was finally completely relieved, with such an arrangement, he found that although the new army was unable to leave the pass, it would definitely be fine to defend the pass.

He saw the commotion on the opposite side, it seemed that the blackness on the plateau was full of human heads, and there were also many rogue cavalry gathered on the edge of the plateau, pointing at this side, it seemed that they were not far from launching an offensive, Sun Chuanting took a deep breath, An order was sent suddenly: "The third sound of applause, all soldiers gather and enter the defense line!"

(End of this chapter)