Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 153

(PS: It’s the end of the month, so I have the cheek to ask for the last monthly ticket for August, and another monthly ticket and recommended ticket for September.)
While intensely and rigorously training the slave-slaughter army, Master Zhang's pair of thieves' eyes never stopped, staring at Jiannu, Ning Qiandao, Mao Wenlong and Lao Zhangren in Liaodong; Establishing slaves of Mongolian tribes; staring at the imperial court, emperor, Wei Zhongxian and anti-Wei forces in the capital city in the south; Focusing on the introduction of high-yielding plants in the north, to solve the current urgent needs; and staring at the mysterious sack; and even more staring at the northwest, the hammer that really sounded the death knell of the Ming Dynasty.There are thousands of threads in all directions, with the help of Dongchang, Young Master Zhang almost knows everything, but keeps silent and weighs the pros and cons.

For the suspicious grain bag in Zhangjiakou, Young Master Zhang has already asked Xiao Chuan personally to verify that the word "ancient" written on the grain bag was indeed written by Xiao Chuan himself, but Young Master Zhang remained silent; Ning Qiandao reported it to the court With Xiong Tingbi and Xiong Tingbi, the population of the Ming people outside the customs, the true and false amount of food consumption, Young Master Zhang knew all about it, and Young Master Zhang also knew the confidential figures of grain smuggling sent by Jiangnan weaving eunuch Li Shi, but Young Master Zhang remained silent, even Even the amount of grain trade tariffs that Gubeikou Bian City loses every year, Young Master Zhang can also figure it out clearly-however, Young Master Zhang still doesn't speak.Because young master Zhang knows very well that rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, but it is not as simple as biting people when a dog is in a hurry.

"Boss, this is an urgent letter from Lu Wanling." Song Xiance presented a thick letter in front of Young Master Zhang, and said in a low voice: "The sister-in-law of Miao Dazui, the shopkeeper of the Ningyuan branch of the Fan family business, has made an appointment with Lu Wanling." For the marriage, Lu Wanling promised to find a way to get five hundred catties of sweet potato seeds for Miao Dazui—in order to gain Miao Dazui's trust, Lu Wanling hoped that the owner would agree."

Young Master Zhang was noncommittal, picked up the letter sent by Lu Wanling, first carefully checked that the sealing seal was correct, and then checked that the secret code was correct, then Young Master Zhang opened the sealant, took out the stack of letters and watched it carefully with Song Xiance.After reading it, Young Master Zhang closed his eyes, and after thinking for a long time, Young Master Zhang ordered: "Master Song, write back and promise Lu Wanling, and give him five hundred catties of sweet potatoes—but the sweet potato seeds must be steamed first, and then find another bunch Sweet potatoes grown from the same root are mixed with steamed seeds, and Lu Wanling sends them to Fan Ji Company in exchange for trust—remember, every unsteamed sweet potato must be packed in a different bag!"

Song Xiance hesitated for a moment, then took another look at Young Master Zhang's face, and finally agreed in a low voice to write the letter.After finishing writing, Song Xiance handed over the inspection seal to Young Master Zhang, and when Young Master Zhang stamped his private seal, Song Xiance hesitated again, reached out his hand to stop Young Master Zhang's seal, and asked in a deep voice: "Boss, are you really planning to do this?" ?Before spring, Jiannu has already run out of food. In the Liaodong area, Yizi has been eating each other. This year, Jiannu’s grain harvest has failed again. If you don’t seize this opportunity to strengthen the blockade, you will feed the tiger’s legacy and indulge them... ? "

"Master Song, do you know why the people of all dynasties have rebelled since ancient times?" Young Master Zhang shook his head and said in a deep voice, "If there is no food to eat, they will rise up and rebel, and the left and right will die. It is better to rebel than to be starved to death." Take a gamble, maybe there is still a chance of survival—the meek and kind people are like this, not to mention the cruel and brutal Jiannu? They are really in a hurry, the roads are blocked, they jump the wall in a hurry, Liaodong will soon be another A bloody decisive battle." Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang sighed, and said slowly: "I, and my father-in-law, Mr. Xiong, need time."

"If Jiannu jumps over the wall in a hurry, Ningyuan and Jinzhou must be the first to strike. What's the matter with you and Mr. Xiong in the Guandong family?" Song Xiance said nonchalantly: "In this way, we can use Jiannu's hand to expose the boastful Ning Qiandao Incompetent face, lest Mr. Xiong and the court regard him as a treasure."

"Then what about the Han people in Jinzhou? What about the Han people in Qiantun?" Young Master Zhang put his hands behind his back and looked at the sky in the northeast direction, and said indifferently: "Master Song, although your boss is not a good person, it is not the kind of sit-and-watch. A beast with peace of mind when our compatriot Han people were killed. I dare to make a bet with you, if the Jiannu were really forced to attack the cities in western Liaoning to plunder grain to overcome the famine, someone would definitely dare to make a deal with Jiannu and take the grain from Jinzhou and Qiantun The people gave Jiannu as an exchange gift, in exchange for Jiannu not attacking Ningyuan, and then reported to the court, saying that the time was short and the Ningjin defense line was not completed, resulting in Jinzhou or Qiantun being attacked by Jiannu. His army In the bloody field battle with the Jiannu soldiers in Ningyuan, there were three major battles and three victories, 72 small battles, and they were conquered every day - because the Jiannu soldiers were proud of taking back the corpses, so they didn't get a single head. In the end Balance merits and demerits, and continue to be his king of Liaoxi at ease!"

Song Xiance was dumbfounded, he couldn't believe that there was such a sinister plan in this world, while Young Master Zhang smiled and said, "How is it? Are you petrified? Do you know why I proposed to hand over Jinzhou to him in the first place? An important reason is that only when Jinzhou is handed over to him, in order not to be implicated by Jinzhou's defeat, he will try every means to prevent Jiannu from jumping over the wall and indirectly protect the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou who once fought side by side with us. At the same time, he can use He indirectly appeases Jiannu and buys time for me and Shanhaiguan to train new troops—before the steel knife that can kill a man-eating tiger is sharpened, it is the most stupid behavior to take the initiative to drive the tiger into a panic."

"It's no wonder the boss has been pretending not to know. It turns out that the boss still has such foresight, and Song Xiance is convinced." Song Xiance sighed and shook his head, no longer stopping Young Master Zhang from giving Lu Wanling an order.But after finishing the stamp, Young Master Zhang suddenly remembered something, frowned and said: "No, the situation is a bit wrong, I seem to have underestimated."

"The boss didn't care about that?" Song Xiance asked nervously.Young Master Zhang pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Huang Taiji has disappeared, I hope Nuerhachi and Dai Shan are not so smart, and I hope he is not so vicious." After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang ordered Song Xiance who was confused : "Master Song, please write another memorial for me to Jiuqian, and ask him to let the Royal Academy of Sciences send the already manufactured rifled flintlock guns to Jinzhou, and transport more ammunition. I need to hurry up and train a batch of rifled flintlock guns." Gunner, just in case."

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The current Wei Zhongxian is indeed a bit too nice to Young Master Zhang, Young Master Zhang's boss is disobedient, change!Young Master Zhang's subordinates are disobedient, so they will be arrested first and then replaced!If you have money, you will get money, if you want food, you will get what you want. Jizhou is only one day away from the fast horse in the capital, so four days later, the first batch of 520 rifled flintlock guns and supporting ammunition were sent to Jizhou city.In the same batch, there were also two rifled sniper guns with scopes, which weighed twice as much as ordinary rifled guns, and had more than double the range of ordinary rifled guns!The monocular telescope used for aiming, in order to ensure the accuracy of aiming, the magazine part to ensure a large capacity of charge, and in order to avoid bombing and enhance air tightness, are all handmade by the mechanical genius Bo Jue with high-quality steel. , Not only is the cost more than five times that of ordinary rifled guns, lead bullets and gunpowder have to be specially handmade, and they cannot be put into mass production at all.Also, the spring of the trigger part is also specially strengthened. The lever must be pulled with the palm of the hand to reset the spring, ensuring that the misfire rate is lower than [-]/[-]. In comparison, it's really nothing.

More than 500 ordinary rifled flintlock guns were temporarily sealed by Mr. Zhang for future use, and he notified Lu Xiangsheng, Wu Liuqi and others to start training with firearms while training the bayonet tactics of the slave army. The bayonet model for military training has also been replaced with a real triangular army bayonet, further increasing the amount of bayonet practice training.Two big killer sniper rifles, in view of the fact that snipers require extremely high talent in the future, Master Zhang adopted the method of Jimen army shooting competition, selected two veterans with great shooting talent, and added them to his team. The personal army, equipped with sniper rifles, is commanded by himself.After making these arrangements, the time is already the twelfth day of August in the sixth year of the apocalypse.

That night, the new army finished its cruel training and ran back to the camp in line. After welcoming the new army back to the camp as usual, Master Zhang asked Zhao Shuelun, who was in charge of training the burst tactics, "Second brother Zhao, how is it? Today's burst tactics training , how is the training going?" Zhao Shilun curled his lips and replied with a wry smile: "Don't mention it, it took a day just to train them in squatting, standing, and prone positions for three-stage shooting, and most people's postures They are not standard, and I have to continue training them tomorrow. I don’t know how much time it will take before I can start teaching them how to reload ammunition and reload quickly.”

"Take your time, the master of a hundred battles can't be built overnight." Young Master Zhang first comforted Zhao Lijiao, then turned to the generals and said, "By the way, tomorrow I plan to set off with my own soldiers and go to the east. Sheng Youwei's defense area went to inspect it. During the few days when I left Jimen, the Jimen army was temporarily handed over to the commander-in-chief, General Man Gui, and the deployment of the nine guards of Jimen was carried out as originally planned. Wu Liuqi, you can't relax either. The training of recruits, regardless of wind, frost, rain and snow, cannot stop."

"Brother Zhang, it will be the fifteenth day of August in three days. Let's go after the Mid-Autumn Festival." Man Gui kindly advised.Young Master Zhang shook his head and said nonchalantly, "I'm just worried about the Mid-Autumn Festival. We eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and uncivilized Jiannu barbarians don't eat them."

"What do you mean?" Man Gui and the other generals were all taken aback.Young Master Zhang did not explain, just said: "I'm just worried, it may not be true, you don't have to worry, I will come back after a few days. There is one more thing that you must remember, Brother Man, no matter what happens, the stationed The Heiyunlong troops at Gubeikou cannot be mobilized, and the Jimen defense area is Gubeikou and Xifengkou, the two most important gates, and there must be no accidents."

The plan was certain, and in the early morning of the next day, Young Master Zhang took Song Xiance and three hundred soldiers northward to Kuandianyu, took the Great Wall and turned to the east, and checked the beacon tower's defenses all the way to the destination.At noon on August 70th, Young Master Zhang and his party arrived at Xifeng Pass.Hearing the arrival of Young Master Zhang, General Zhou Zhen of Xifengkou did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly led the whole army to line up to meet him. Young Master Zhang looked closely at the military appearance of Xifengkou defenders, and found that this team was trained by Man Gui, the former general of Xifengkou. The defenders are generally pretty good, at least there is no funny scene of a [-]-[-]-year-old man with all white hair wearing armor and holding a weapon.After nodding in satisfaction, Young Master Zhang asked Zhou Zhen, "How many troops are there at Xifengkou? Tell the truth."

"200." Zhou Zhen replied with a blushing face—the number of soldiers he reported to the Ministry of War was 3000.Young Master Zhang didn't care about it, but asked: "When do you usually open and close the door? If there is something wrong with the door closing, an alarm will be issued. How long will it take for the Dongsheng Youwei army in the southwest to arrive at Xifengkou for reinforcements?"

"Return to the governor, the closing time is Chenzheng in the morning." Zhou Zhen replied respectfully: "The closing time is at Youshizheng in the afternoon. Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. As usual, the gate will be closed for half an hour, so that the Han people who leave the customs can go home. Holidays. If an alarm is issued at Xifengkou, Zunhua’s Yu Zongbing, cavalry, and infantry can arrive at Xifengkou at the fastest in three hours and infantry in five hours for reinforcements.”

"The fastest three hours for cavalry? The fastest five hours for infantry?" Young Master Zhang frowned, thinking that with Yu Zongbing's virtue, this time might have to be doubled, right?After a little calculation, Young Master Zhang ordered: "Send a fast horse to deliver a letter to Mr. Yu, telling him to gather the army today and get ready, and to go to Xifengkou to line up tomorrow. I want to inspect his army at Xifengkou, He celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival together at the entrance of Xifeng. Also, tell the people leaving the customs that the gate will be closed at You o'clock tomorrow afternoon, cancel the half-hour delay, and tell them to prepare too."

"The general obeys orders." Zhou Zhen agreed with clasped fists, and then asked cautiously: "Lord governor, is there any unusual military situation recently? The scouts sent by the general did not find the enemy's situation? There are also many Mongolian businessmen entering and leaving Xifengkou. I haven't heard any news that the Tatar tribe plans to attack Xifengkou recently?"

"There is nothing unusual about the military situation." Young Master Zhang nodded, and said with a smile: "But during the holidays, it is always the most relaxing time. I take this opportunity to review the army and strengthen the defense by the way. Isn't this a good thing that kills two birds with one stone? "

Young Master Zhang did not find any abnormal military situation, nor did he find any clues that Jiannu used the Horqin Grassland to attack Xifengkou, but Young Master Zhang always had a premonition that the enemy would not give him a chance to train the new army smoothly— ——The point is that Young Master Zhang is already notorious for using soldiers like a god. As long as he is a smarter enemy, he will not let Young Master Zhang, a hungry wolf, grow wings. Opportunity to eliminate this threat in advance.And now, Young Master Zhang has only been in charge of the Jimen Defense Area for more than a month. The situation in the defense area has just begun to be familiarized with, and the army has just begun to reorganize and strengthen. Laughing at oneself for being cowardly as a mouse is never just for the enemy to leave a little space.

Some people may ask, since Young Master Zhang is cautiously deploying his defenses with the attitude of sailing for thousands of years, and he knows that Xifeng Pass is the most dangerous pass in this period of history, why didn’t Young Master Zhang concentrate his troops on Xifeng Pass defense?Instead, leave the main force in Jizhou for the Mid-Autumn Festival?The answer is very ridiculous-Master Zhang is short of troops!The available soldiers in his hands are even worse than those in Jinzhou!When Young Master Zhang took over the mess of Jimen, the only army capable of fighting in his hands was the Mangui army, the army that Mangui left in Xifengkou in the second year of the Apocalypse, and the more than 3000 troops of Gubeikou general Wang Shou. Combat strength - I don't know how much moisture there is in the number. Although the number of other guard troops is slightly larger, the combat strength is almost negligible.As a last resort, Young Master Zhang could only transfer a thousand cavalry from Heiyunlong to Gubeikou to strengthen the defense of this pass, which is far more important than Xifengkou; The Slave Slaughter Army is ready to reinforce the eighteen gates in the Jimen defense zone at any time.Originally, Young Master Zhang planned to send a group of young and strong troops from the nine guards to the north to strengthen the defenses at the various passes of the Great Wall, but the time was too tight and there was no time, so there was no other way, Young Master Zhang had to bring his personal troops here Xifengkou is celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Xifengkou is a pass built on the mountain. There are three city walls forming a "day"-shaped defense system.The outer main city wall is five feet high, three feet wide, and one hundred feet long.At both ends of the main city wall, auxiliary walls were built according to the mountain situation, and each city wall also had a floor.The one standing on Meishan Mountain is called Meilou, and the one built on Yunshan Mountain is called Yunlou.Starting from the auxiliary walls on both sides, it extends to the farther mountains.Generally speaking, this is a pass that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, Young Master Zhang did not take it lightly because of the favorable terrain. He carefully inspected the city walls and fortifications to understand the various conditions of the pass. It was not until dark that Young Master Zhang and his party entered. Barracks rest.

It was just dawn the next morning, and when Young Master Zhang was admiring the magnificent sunrise outside the Pass on the Wangri Tower, the fat general soldier Yu Da, who was as fat as Anlu Mountain, was covered in oil and sweat, holding his fat belly Panting, he ran up to the Wangri Tower, saluted Young Master Zhang and said, "Commander of Dongsheng Right Guard, Zunhua Commander Yu Jingxin, pays homage to the governor. I report to the governor that I received the order yesterday afternoon at you, Quickly assembled the army, and set off overnight to Xifengkou, the troops have already lined up outside Xifengkou, please inspect the governor!"

"I ordered you to expand the army by 600 people, have you expanded it now?" Young Master Zhang asked.The general soldier of Yu Da shook his fat, and replied triumphantly: "Please rest assured, governor, the humble post has been completed. This time, governor, you will call up the army for inspection. In addition to leaving 800 people to guard the city, the remaining two Thousands of 800 people, and no one left from the humble ranks has been brought here, please inspect and inspect, Lord Governor!"

"It's really not a lot?" Young Master Zhang suspiciously looked at Mr. Yu's 300-jin fat body, and he really doubted that this month's military salary had turned into fat and got into Mr. Yu's body.Unexpectedly, the general soldier Yu Da immediately yelled aggrievedly, "Master Governor, don't you know that the number of people is quite small after you go and see? You only need to take a look to understand that if there is one less, Sir Governor, you will kill me immediately!"

Young Master Zhang, whose whole family was civil servants in his previous life, of course would not believe the words of the civil servants of Daming, but when he went to the place where the army of Yu Dazong was lined up outside Dexi Peak, Master Zhang almost stopped laughing, and he completely believed Yu Dazong Bing did not deceive himself.It turned out that in order to make it easier for Young Master Zhang to inspect and review, the General of Yuda specially explained that the army was lined up in 28 centurions. Each centurion held a big sign with Arabic numerals written on it from 28 to 800. The faces of the soldiers of each centurion , is also written in Arabic numerals with white paste, from one to one hundred, it is indeed possible to tell at a glance that the number is not too many, exactly [-] people.Young Master Zhang said cheerfully, "General Yu, I don't see that you know Arabic numerals, where did you learn it?"

"My lord governor, I learned my humble job from the concubine of the sixth house!" Yu Dazongbing's fat body was straight, and he replied confidently: "The sixth house concubine of the humble job is a humble job in Tianjin Wei Wharf. The Semu female slave bought for two silver coins is very good at accounting, and this kind of Semu number is used to keep money for the humble staff, because it is easy to remember and easy to write, so the humble staff learned it!"

"That's right, that's right. I'm going to look at General Yu with admiration this time." Young Master Zhang laughed, secretly thinking that this fat man really reminded me that it's time to promote Arabic numerals that are easy to remember and easy to write.Young Master Zhang pointed at the army brought by General Yu and smiled, "However, it's too much for you to write the numbers on the soldiers' faces. Everyone has self-esteem, so tell them to wipe it off. I believe you." Yes. Work hard in the future, I will not treat you badly."

"Thank you, Governor, I am very grateful." The general soldier of Yu Da respectfully agreed, first ordered the soldiers to wipe off the numbers on their faces, and then said to Young Master Zhang with a smile on his face: "Master Governor, I have already told the cook at home to let them today In the evening, prepare a good banquet in Zunhua City, please move to Zunhua, Governor, to taste wine and enjoy the moon!"

"No, I'll spend the Mid-Autumn Festival at Xifengkou." Young Master Zhang shook his head, and then ordered: "It's still early, you hurry up and send someone back to Zunhua, and send mooncakes, wine and meat to Xifengkou to distribute Soldiers, let your army celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival at the entrance of Xifeng again. Also, pass down the order that the army should not drink more than three cups of alcohol, and those who violate the order will be severely punished with [-] army sticks!" The general Yu was very disappointed and went down to arrange the arrangement After that, Young Master Zhang called Zhou Zhen, the general of Xifengkou, and asked him to draw troops from the Zunhua army to strengthen the defense of the pass wall.

Maybe Young Master Zhang was too suspicious. On August 100th, he guarded Xifengkou for a whole day, scouts everywhere, and even his own soldiers were sent out to scout. Fur Mongolian merchants inquired, and they all said that they hadn't seen any troops approaching Xifengkou in the past few days.Faced with this situation, other people would have given up their doubts a long time ago, and went to drink with civil and military officials to enjoy the moon and celebrate. However, Young Master Zhang's suspicious soldiers have always been far ahead of everyone. Except for a little wavering, Young Master Zhang still insisted on sending them out at night. The scouts and soldiers went out to patrol, and on the pretext that the Han and Mongolian families were fighting to build slaves, they ordered more than [-] Mongolian businessmen who had spent the night in the pass to be gathered together, rewarded with mooncakes, wine and meat, and sent troops to guard them.Even if this night passes safely, it is not seeking meritorious deeds, only seeking no faults.

Young Master Zhang's suspicion and prudence were finally rewarded handsomely. When the night fell and the moon rose, Young Master Zhang, accompanied by General Zhou Zhen and General Yu Da, had just sat down for a dinner together in the sun-watching building.A soldier of Young Master Zhang who was out on patrol rushed to the pass, panting and shouted at the pass, "Master Governor, enemy attack! Enemy attack! To the north of Jiujuling, a large number of cavalry were found, heading towards Xifeng Pass Approaching!"

"Crack!" Yu Da Zongbing, who was still mocking Young Master Zhang for his cowardice, fell to the ground and shattered.Young Master Zhang calmly asked the soldiers: "How many troops did Jiannu come? Have you checked clearly?"

"It's not Jiannu!" The soldier's answer made Young Master Zhang dumbfounded, and the soldier Zhang Shitou selected from the Mangui army reported loudly: "It's the Tatar cavalry from the Horqin Grassland! The villain used to follow Mangui When I was a general, I fought against them, so I know their flags! The villain can see clearly with a telescope, it is the cavalry of the Horqin tribe of the Tartars! The number of forwards is about [-], and the number of follow-up troops has not yet been ascertained! "

"Korqin Oba? When did I become so smart as a cheap old man? Knowing that I chose to sneak attack when I was the weakest and most likely to take it lightly?" Young Master Zhang was extremely surprised, and then his heart moved violently, and he screamed in a low voice Said: "Could it be that Huang Taiji went to seek refuge with Horqin Auba? Except for this kid, among the Mongols and Jiannu, I am afraid that there is no second one who has such a sharp ability to capture fighters, and no second one has such a long-term vision." .”

"Light up the beacon fire! Hurry up the beacon tower! Call the police and ask for help!" Yu Dazong screamed like killing a pig.Young Master Zhang came back to his senses with a shock in his heart, and quickly slapped Chief Yu's fat face, shouting: "Don't light the beacon fire! If the beacon fire is lit, the Tatar soldiers will know that we have found them, and they will change the sneak attack to an immediate attack." Attack!"

"Then? What should we do then?" Chief Yu asked with a sobbing sound, covering his fat face.First Young Master Zhang thought about it nervously for a moment, then pointed at the guards outside the pass and shouted: "Take some cavalry and call back all our scouts, don't let the enemy know that we have found them." Then Young Master Zhang pointed at Zhang Shitou He ordered: "Shitou, you send a few soldiers to Kuai Ma, go to the beacon tower fifteen miles to the west to light a fire, and ask for help from Jimen. Remember, the beacon signal can only be sent to the west, and the beacon towers in the east are all No fire or smoke is allowed! Let the Tatar army think that we are still celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, that we are not prepared for defense, and choose to sneak attack in the middle of the night." Zhang Shitou agreed, and hurried down to make arrangements.

"Lord Governor, what shall we do?" Zhou Zhen asked nervously.Young Master Zhang replied: "General Zhou, of course you are organizing an army to defend against the wall, but you need to turn on less light so that the enemy will not notice that we are ready. Mr. Yu, you also go and bring your army to the wall. , and then personally lead 500 people to temporarily lock up those Mongolian businessmen, and tell them that they will be released when the enemy leaves, and if anyone dares to resist, they will be killed!"

(End of this chapter)