Xiangye

Chapter 196 Ominous
It turned out that ever since he suspected Gao Linghan, the governor of Shaanxi, Xu Zhen had used the power of Yu Yi's Jin Yiwei, not only to keep a close eye on the granary, but also to investigate Mr. Gao.

Jin Yiwei was doing this kind of work, and soon they discovered that it was Gao Linghan's aide, Mr. Ma, who was in the middle of the communication between the Chief Envoy's Yamen and various big businesses.

This is a very valuable clue, and Xu Zhen has never moved Master Ma.

Now it's time to finally activate it, and it's time to use it.

So, after dinner, wait until dark.Xiaoying followed Gao Wen's instructions and went to Master Ma's place, and drugged Ma's dog with anesthesia.So he sneaked in over the wall, groped into Master Ma's room, bound his wife and gagged him, and questioned him for a long time.

Xiaoying used to do such things as interrogating criminals, and extorting confessions by torture was his special skill.Eighteen kinds of tricks were used, but Mr. Ma couldn't bear it, so he just waited for all the confessions and wrote another letter.

After receiving the letter, Xiaoying shoved Master Ma under the bed and swaggered to the bank.

Before he came, he was still a little nervous, for fear that Master Ma would confess indiscriminately.

At this moment, he was completely relieved.

After drinking for three rounds, Zhen Sanjiang's tongue became thicker: "Brother Gao, why do I feel more and more familiar the more I look at you, I seem to have seen you somewhere."

Xiaoying: "Looking at the aura of big brother Tan, I think he has been traveling all year round. He might be a famous hero. Brother, you are familiar with me, and I feel very affectionate."

Zhen Sanjiang has a criminal record on his back, and has been hiding his name all these years. Hearing Xiaoying's words, he chuckled: "I'm just a rough man who knows how to manipulate the world. What kind of hero is I?" After hesitating a few words, No more pestering.

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At this moment, Gao Wen had left the city and entered the military camp of Bingyong recruited by Xu Wei.

This is a hidden small village, and the troops have already begun to rebel, preparing to eat a full meal to build up their strength and fight.

Gawain couldn't help frowning as he watched the soldiers coming in and out of each room.He originally thought that Mr. Xu Xuanxu had been busy recruiting soldiers in Shaanxi for a year, and he should organize an army of thousands of people no matter what.But there are few people in front of them, and there are not many people.

Gao Wen asked an officer leading the team next to him: "General Zhao, how many troops are there in our army?"

The man surnamed Zhao was originally a military household in Ningxia Township, and it was said that he was a relative of a guerrilla general in the military township.After Xu Zhen came to Shaanxi to recruit troops, he got a lot of help from the guerrilla general.In order to pay for his merits, he promoted this surname Zhao Junhu and gave him the title of Qianhu.With the official position and rank, he can be transferred to the military town in the future and become a formal military officer, which can be regarded as a transition of qualifications.

However, to be honest, from Gao Wen's point of view, this person is a pure warrior.Some martial arts, but do not know how to lead troops.

Hearing Gao Wen's question, Zhao Qianhu replied: "Mr. Gao, there are 210 soldiers in our army, civilian husbands, and masters together."

"What, there are only two hundred people, this, this..." Master Xu is too incompetent, what has he been doing for more than a year?

Gao Wen was dumbfounded and bitter in his heart: "How many soldiers are there who can wear armor?" As far as he knew, the military system of the Ming Dynasty had two systems, one was the local military household guards; the other was the Jiubian Town Army. .Whether it is the town army or the local guard, the soldiers inside are all generations of soldiers.Many people have been military households all their lives, only knowing to work in the fields all day long, and have never held weapons.

Therefore, when encountering a war.An army that claims to have 10 horses is actually only 3 to 3.These 2000 people deduct the auxiliary soldiers, grooms, craftsmen, and porters, and it is not bad to have [-] people left.

This is also the reason why the imperial army was repeatedly defeated in both internal and external wars in the late Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, with the corruption of the military household system, in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, or simply to save their lives on the battlefield.The commander-in-chief of an army town will gather limited resources and equip them to a small number of elites.These elites receive the best military pay, use the most sophisticated equipment, and only have their own officers in their eyes. This is the famous "family system" in history.

Master Xu only recruited about two hundred soldiers. According to the ratio, it is not bad to have twenty or thirty soldiers who can fight.

This group of people will not only fight the enemies guarding the granary, but also face the fierce White Lotus disciples. To be honest, Gao Wen has no confidence.Moreover, no matter what the specific combat effectiveness of these twenty or thirty soldiers is, only the devil knows.Don't pee your pants when you see blood as soon as you go to the battlefield.

Fortunately, Zhao Qianhu gave Gao Wen a surprise: "Returning to Mr. Gao, there are more than a hundred soldiers who can wear armor to fight."

Gao Wen: "Why are there so many?"

Yes, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty army.A main soldier must be followed by an auxiliary soldier, and there are two civilian men who transport supplies, as well as grooms and craftsmen. There are 200 soldiers out of [-] people. This ratio is wrong!

Zhao Qianhu was a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Since our army was established, we haven't received much military pay. How can we have money to recruit masters? One more person will have an extra mouth to eat. I do all the rough and heavy work by myself. "

Only then did Gao Wen suddenly realize, and he regained his energy immediately. More than 100 soldiers, this matter can be done!

Quickly asked: "Brothers, how are your martial arts skills? Have you ever fought a battle? How courageous you are?"

Zhao Qianhu was very embarrassed: "Brothers have never been in battle, but after all, we are military households in Ningxia Town. We have practiced martial arts since we were young, and we look strong. It's just... just that we have never seen blood. ..."

This has been made very clear. This group of people is Chu Ding on the battlefield, and they have never fought against anyone before.In the era of cold weapons, if you haven't seen blood, you are not a real soldier.

These words made Gao Wen quite disappointed, and couldn't help frowning.No guts, no discipline, isn't this a mess?

"Zhao Qianhu, how is the equipment of the troops?"

Zhao Qianhu: "Mr. Gao's words, soldiers can now have a goose feather knife in front of them, thirty spears, forty bows and arrows, twenty cotton armors, and twenty shields."

Gao Wen's eyes lit up: "There is armor, how is the quality?"

Zhao Qianhu: "It's okay, it was just pressed from waste cotton and linen at the beginning of this year."

Gao Wen: "Take one and come over to have a look."

Soon, Zhao Qianhu took a cotton armor and came over.

This armor is quite heavy, it looks like a padded jacket on the surface, but it feels even heavy when you lift it with your hand.Looking closely, it turned out that it was pressed into a thin layer of cotton, which looked very strong.

Gao Wen slashed a few times with the knife, leaving only a shallow mark.I stabbed it with a long spear, using a lot of strength, but still couldn't penetrate it.It seems that the defense of this thing is good. Ordinary weapons can't break the armor by manpower, unless you use a blunt weapon to directly knock people to the ground.

He laughed loudly: "The armor is well done, General Zhao, if you can do your best today, you will really be on this thing."

Yes, with the protective gear, the courage of the soldiers is also strong.It would be the best if some material rewards were given.

"General Zhao, I have something to say when the meal is over and the soldiers are called together."

(End of this chapter)