The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 23 The bloody battle to the end, promotion and fortune
Then Ding Yi asked a few more questions, and Ruan Wenlong answered them fluently. No wonder Zhang Cheng valued him so much.

In the fort, there are four thousand-jin Frang machine guns, seven other artillery pieces, fifteen Lumi guns, six large bowl mouth guns, 26 three-eye guns, 37 bird guns, spray tubes, fire bricks, rockets, Some gunpowder, a thousand catties of kerosene, 42 bows and crossbows, spears, knives, etc. nearly three hundred.

At first glance, it is definitely well-equipped.

Especially the thousand-jin Franco cannon, which was unloaded from the Haicang ship, is very powerful within a hundred meters.

Back then, Zhang Cheng ran away with a warship and two merchant ships, and his ship was the Haicang ship - Weizi No. 6.

The Haicang ship is a medium-sized warship of the navy of the Ming Dynasty, with a draft of seven or eight feet deep. It is equipped with four Fran cannons, three bowl-mouth guns, and six Lumi guns. It can accommodate 53 passengers and 9 sailors. 44 soldiers, divided into four teams (Sijia).

When Zhang Cheng fled for his life, he took a lot of firearms with him. In addition to the original ones in the fort, many of them were used up over the years, and now there are still these left. All the gunpowder was purchased from Dengzhou and others by merchant ships.

Ding Yi was overjoyed after hearing this. With these firearms, even if the Houjin Army came with two Niu Lu, he could fight to the death.

But the premise is that there must be people who can use firearms, and they are well-trained, dare to fight and can fight.

But this morning Xu Dabao fought a battle with the fifty cavalry of the Houjin Army.

At that time, the guns fired and the momentum was overwhelming. As a result, none of the opponents were killed, but he was shot to death and wounded dozens of people, and Zhang Cheng was also seriously injured.

Thinking of such a scene, Ding Yi's scalp felt numb.

Especially the Lumi blunderbuss, the navy had the most equipment back then, and was also the most advanced, even more powerful than the bird blunderbuss.

With so many Lumi blunderbusses, none of the post-Jin troops were killed, which shows how talented this group of Ming troops are.

After hearing about the armaments in the fort, Ding Yi became more confident.

At this time, Xu Wei and the three returned from the outside, and they should have arranged everything according to schedule.

Only Xu Wei's face was livid, and he said in a low voice: "Someone resisted, I beheaded a few, and the rest were honestly locked up."

"Okay." Ding Yi responded. He looked at everyone for a while, pondered for a moment, and then spoke immediately.

"A lot of brothers died in this battle, and the brothers are urgently needed to stabilize the morale of the army."

"After this battle, I will recommend Xu Baihu and Zhang Zongqi to my superiors as Xu Dabao's Deputy Qianhu." The two were overjoyed, and after thinking about it, Ding Yi's words are useless now, but think about it I'm still very happy, if I survive this wave of attacks, it might become real.

"But things are urgent, the enemy is at hand, Xu Qianhu and Zhang Qianhu can only work hard first, temporarily take the position of Qianhu, and take care of the brothers below."

The two grinned, the word "Qianhu" sounds really comfortable.

"The rest of you have to work hard too." Ding Yi didn't want to hire officials in large numbers like money, and bought people's hearts first.

Hundred households Du Ruhai, Zhongzhen Nuchong as the management team officer, general banner Xu Bicheng, Yan Xiong, small banner Yang Yongsheng, Song Fei, Zhao Dashan, Li Zhongyi, etc. all promoted to hundreds of households, Ding Ding Shitou raised the small banner, and served as Jiachang .

Everyone in the lobby has been promoted.

Ding Yi's men were promoted more, but they had fourteen heads of Tartars, and no one at the scene could say anything, which was a real achievement.

Finally, Ding Yi said in a deep voice: "Some people may think that the official appointment by the official does not count, but the official assures everyone."

"As long as we repel this wave of Tartar attacks, everyone will definitely be promoted, and they will only get higher, not lower."

"We soldiers, only by fighting can we get promoted and get rich."

Everyone's faces gradually cheered up.

Zhao Dashan was the first to raise his hands and shouted: "Fight to the end, get promoted and get rich."

"Bloody battle to the end, get promoted and get rich." The hall echoed, and then more and more people shouted, their faces were full of excitement.

After ten minutes.

"Father" Ding Yi half-kneeled in front of Zhang Cheng's bed, Zhang Cheng stared at him in astonishment.

He asked Ding Yi to take full charge of the affairs of the fort, but to his surprise, Ding Yi killed a dozen of his own people as soon as he came up.

And almost all the middle-level officers in the fort were cut off.

There are many hundreds of households, Zongqi has been with Zhang Cheng for many years, and they are all old brothers who escaped from Juehua Island together.

Everyone wants to surrender, don't they just want to live?

You are good, give me a whole brain cut.

"Hey..." Zhang Cheng finally let out a long sigh, and smiled wryly: "Get up quickly."

Ding Yi got up quickly, and stood by the side with his hands down, looking like an honest baby.

Looking at his expression, Zhang Cheng seemed to have wronged Ding Yi, not only funny but also angry.

He struggled slowly, and the doctors beside him quickly supported him.

"You can't do this, the military newspaper can't write like this, this kind of thing can't be hidden, there are so many people in the castle, Zhou Yong and the others still have many years of subordinates, they beheaded their colleagues before the battle, and put them in the court, those officials can spit with saliva kill you."

It's good to say that if he wins, if he loses, even if he escapes, the Da Ming Center will not let him go.

"Please adoptive father, save me." Ding Yi hurriedly said.

Zhang Cheng's words were a bit unfavorable, and his injuries were obviously getting worse.

His wound was in the heart, it was very serious, and it was probably because of his strong will that he could live to this day.

He thought for a moment, then looked back at Ruan Wenlong, and said in a low voice, "The box."

Ruan Wenlong quickly turned around and came out of the house with a big box in his hands. After opening it, there were some gold, jewelry and silver bills in the box.

"When Juehua Island was defeated, I took the two merchant ships of Mr. Ruan's firm to escape. Afterwards, I sold the supplies of these two merchant ships to Phi Island and made a lot of money."

"Ruan Wenlong is a great talent in business. Over the years, he has helped me make money by purchasing goods from Pidao, selling them to Shandong and Jiangnan, and then purchasing goods from Jiangnan and selling them to Pidao, accumulating a lot of money."

"Inspiration and slogans are not enough for the soldiers to work hard."

Speaking of this, Zhang Cheng turned to look at Ruan Wenlong: "How many taels of silver are there in the fort now?"

"The silver is seven thousand, and the bank note is eighteen thousand. When the ship comes back, there will probably be several thousand taels." Ruan Wenlong said: "There are these gold jewels."

From Juehua Island to the present, it has only been three or four years, and Zhang Cheng has made a lot of money.

But this is also based on the advantage of three ships. Otherwise, a small frontier army with thousands of households will not be able to earn so much in 20 years without shipping.

"Father." Ding Yi saw that Zhang Cheng was about to die, but he was powerless, and felt really sad in his heart.

Originally, he had no relationship with Zhang Cheng, but because everyone wanted to kill Tartars, Zhang Cheng treated him like his son.

Ding Yi deeply felt his love, and felt even more uncomfortable.

"Okay, take me out and call all the soldiers." Zhang Cheng finally said.

In less than half an hour, all the soldiers in the fort were assembled. Because the fort was a bit crowded, everyone moved many things to other places, even outside the fort, according to Ding Yi's request. Then more than 300 soldiers crowded in the open space in front of the fort.

Zhang Cheng was lying on the wooden board, and four servants carried him outside.

　Ask for collection, ask for recommendation, ask for investment
　　


(End of this chapter)