The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 39 Li Zicheng

It was still bright, and Sun Jie appeared in the tent.

There was no one around the tent, Chen Hu and the others had already taken the selected strong men out for training.

There is a pit outside the tent, which is expanded from the pit dug before, and is used to store some weapons and equipment.

The homemade bombs and Molotov cocktails they brought were carefully stacked inside, and then covered with a moisture-proof plastic tarpaulin.

Walking out of the tent not far away, I looked into the distance.

Zhao Dading and Liang Wu took the strong men and practiced their moves not far away.

These strong men have never been exposed to these things, and they are crooked and unstable when practicing.

Zhao Dading and Liang Wu were not as strict as Chen Hu, but they were not as charitable either.

In military training, the more strict you are, the more protection you will have.

Eat more whips now, and shed less blood when you go to the battlefield.

Farther away, there are a few strong men who control the hand-held rotary tiller, and they are working hard in the field.

Sometimes doing certain things is addictive.

When Sun Jie just got his driver's license test, his hands were itchy badly, and he wished he could drive every day.

The same is true for the strong men in front of them. I don't know what kind of psychology it is because of, but they enjoy it anyway.

I am busy from morning to night every day, and I don't feel tired.

In fact, it is much less labor-intensive to operate a hand-held rotary tiller than digging with a shovel before.

These men were peasants, with outstanding stamina.

He raised his head and looked at the sun in the sky, it was hanging high in the sky, it was still very early.

It's okay for Sun Jie to be idle, so he plans to visit Chen Hu.

The distance is not too far, you can see it in about 10 minutes.

Those young men trained by Chen Hu suffered much more than Zhao Dading and the others.

Each person carried a cloth bag of soil clods and climbed up and down a low earthen wall.

There are several crooked "Trojan horses" under the earthen wall. These "Trojan horses" are very special, supported by four woods, and a thick wood is placed horizontally on top.

The four pillars were not crucified, and they kept shaking when the wind blew.

Sun Jie was a little curious, and walked to these wooden horses.

Chen Hu was standing on the earthen wall to supervise these strong men, when he saw Sun Jie approaching, he dropped a sentence to continue the drill, and jumped off the earthen wall in a hurry.

"grown ups!"

When he came to Sun Jie, he cupped his hands.

Sun Jie looked at the wooden horses in front of him and asked, "What is this? What is it used for?"

To be honest, there is a big gap between these Trojan horses and the Trojan horses of later generations, and the rudimentary ones cannot be more rudimentary.

If you haven't touched it before, you really can't recognize it.

Chen Hu said: "My lord, this is a wooden horse, which is used to train cavalry. The four pillars supported by this wooden horse are loose, and they are inserted into the earth pit on the ground. After a person sits on it, it will not shake steadily, and then let others shake the four pillars." Pillars make the wooden horse more unstable.

If the soldiers can stabilize their bodies on top, it will be much easier to get on the horse in the future.This is an indigenous method used to train cavalry when there were few war horses in the army before. "

The wisdom of the working people is inexhaustible, and this saying applies everywhere.

Nomads are people on horseback and have natural advantages in farming civilization.

Farming civilization lacks war horses, and their innate conditions are not as good as them, so they can only use this simple method to train recruits.

This method looks good, but it is a bad strategy because of the shortage of war horses.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang formulated a complete horse policy. For a considerable part of the time, the court had no shortage of excellent war horses.

But the world is peaceful, corruption is prevalent, and the horse government gradually collapses.

There are still [-] nails on the broken ship. Over the centuries, the imperial court has also accumulated a lot of war horses, but there are too few good breeds. In addition, there are many important towns on the nine borders. Such an average will directly dilute the number.

Training with this Trojan horse is really a last resort.

If you have a powerful war horse in your hand, why do you want to do this!

How should Chen Hu say, this person looks a little clumsy, but his mind is delicate, he is a decisive and brave person.

Years ago, Yansui Town was in arrears with the army and couldn't pay the money. Seeing that life was hopeless, it was Chen Hu who escaped from Yansui Town with Zhao Dading and Liang Wu.

When he didn't know where to go, it was Chen Hu who decided to go south to Xi'an Mansion.

To put it bluntly, if it wasn't for Chen Hu's decision, Zhao Dading and Liang Wu might not know where to go.

The three of them "picked up" Sun Jie on the road, and it was Chen Hu who decided to take Sun Jie to the ruined temple.

When they discovered that Sun Jie's identity was "extraordinary" and he was suspected of being an "immortal", Zhao Dading and Liang Wu's first reaction was to run away quickly, so as not to cause trouble.

Chen Hu tried his best to resist all opinions, and risked great dangers to ask Sun Jie for a reward of food, and he was determined to submit.

Without knowing the identity of the other party and whether there is any danger, it seems like a small decision. If there is no outstanding thinking and extremely delicate thoughts, how dare you do it?
Speaking of which, when Saerhu was defeated, it was Chen Hu who fled back from there with Zhao Dading and Liang Wu.

"My lord, this little one thinks this way, we don't have any war horses in our hands now, but that doesn't mean we won't have any in the future.

Make plans in advance, and with the horses in the future, adults can directly own a cavalry! "Chen Hu said.

It has to be said that Chen Hu's vision is indeed unique.

That's right, if he had bad vision, he would have died in Saarhu long ago, how could he persist until now?
Sun Jie nodded, and patted Chen Hu on the shoulder, "You are doing well. You train these strong men well. One day, you will definitely have huge cavalry!"

"Okay, you can continue to practice!" Sun Jie said.

Chen Hu bowed his hands to Sun Jie again, and turned to train those strong men.

Sun Jie looked at Chen Hu who had climbed up the earthen wall, looked at the wooden horse under the earthen wall, and couldn't help feeling that he had made the right bet.

After such a long contact, Sun Jie can naturally see some characteristics of Chen Hu.

Decisive, loyal, long-term vision, strategic, one-sided, strong execution ability
One will be incompetent, exhausting the three armies.

A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find.

Chen Hufa was born in Weimo, if he was trained well, he might become a famous general in the world and be the only one on his own.

"Chen Hu and the others are illiterate, this is the biggest shortcoming, which will seriously hinder their progress.

It seems that we have to hold a small class for the three of them to teach them how to read.The Ming Dynasty also had simplified characters, so combine the modern simplified characters and mix the simplified characters of the Ming Dynasty. "

With his hands behind his back, Sun Jie looked at Chen Hu who was training the young men, and made a decision.

In fact, simplified characters are not unique to modern times.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were quite a large number of simplified characters, which were called variant characters, or special-shaped characters, and the corresponding traditional characters were called orthodox characters.

Many of these characters are the same as modern simplified characters. The simplification of characters is not a random fabrication, especially the pictographic characters such as Chinese characters, which must be simplified with roots and grounds.

Many modern simplified characters have even directly adopted this simplified character from the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, the modern simplified characters and the simplified characters of the Ming Dynasty are in the same line.

However, in order to maintain the knowledge monopoly and solidify the class, the ancient scholar-bureaucrats never paid attention to simplified characters. The official characters are still traditional characters, and simplified characters are not recognized.

As the saying goes, "Yangchun Baixue, Xialiba people, simplified characters that literati and bureaucrats don't like, are popular among the people.

Simplified characters are easy to write and memorize, and of course they are more convenient than traditional characters with many strokes.

There are many simplified characters with simple strokes on the bricks of the city wall of Jinling. Some folk objects of the Ming Dynasty that have been handed down to later generations also have many simplified characters.

Traditional Chinese characters seriously hindered the dissemination of knowledge, so Sun Jie naturally wouldn't teach Chen Hu them traditional Chinese characters.

It was still early, and Sun Jie wandered around.

The breeze is blowing, which is a little comfortable.

Sun Jie was in a good mood, but someone was depressed.

Going southeast from here, you can see a grand pass.

This pass is Tongguan, which was built in the first year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is the east gate of Guanzhong and has always been a battleground for military strategists.The key point of the post road from Chang'an to Luoyang is the key to enter and exit the Sanqin.It is known as "the first insurance in the country", "the throat of four towns" and "one hundred and two major passes".

After leaving Tongguan and crossing the Yellow River to the east, you can enter Shanxi or the Central Plains.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang, the first king of Chuang, was defeated in Zhouzhihei waters. The main force was defeated by the coalition forces of Sun, Hong, and Lu.

However, when slaves were established and invaded by bandits, Chongzhen urgently dispatched Lu Xiangsheng to go north, giving the remnant bandits a chance to breathe.

The remnant thieves fled everywhere, but Li Zicheng was bold and cautious, recruiting the remnant thieves wantonly, and at the same time annexed small groups of thieves, entrenched in Huazhou, Shangluo Mountain, and near Tongguan, waiting for opportunities to enter the Central Plains or enter Shanxi.

The power in his hands continued to expand, and there were actually more than [-] troops, known as an army of [-] to the outside world.

Excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are less than [-] strong men among these more than [-] tribes, and there are only about [-] old battalion troops who can fight.

The remaining strong men are basically young people, and the weapons in their hands are just ordinary sticks or bricks.

After all, a thief is a thief. Over the years, he has developed the habit of not doing production, and relying on plunder to survive.

A while ago, this kind of life could go on, but today, it is only said that the iron rooster eats chaff, only wastes food and does not lay eggs.

The food in the army is dwindling day by day, Li Zicheng's heart can't help becoming anxious.

To the south of Tongguan is the continuous Shangluo Mountain.

Between a mountain depression on the north side of Shangluo Mountain, there is a large area of ​​shacks and ground nests that can't be seen.

The stench echoed in the sky, and the beasts around had already fled.

Between the shack and the ground nest, there is a large black tent. Looking closely, it is full of patches and tatters.

The big tent in the middle is the largest, with a bulging top, which is the heat of the fire in the tent.

There is a high seat in the middle of the big tent, and a red-faced big man sits on it, wearing a Fan Yang hat, wearing a Ming army hood, and hanging an autumn water goose feather sword on his waist.

With thick eyebrows and big eyes, his face is full of sorrow.

This person is none other than the current Chuang Wang - Li Zicheng.

Two young strong men in iron armor, with knives hanging from their waists, stood behind him.

Twenty-four, five or six people sitting and standing in the tent all have bitter faces.

There was a fire between the two parties, and there was a big broken iron pot on it, and a pot of meat was cooked in it. I don't know what kind of animal it was, and it weighed more than 200 catties.

"King Chuang, come up with an idea! Brothers have defected to you, and you have to find a job for them to survive. Now that you have assumed the title of King Chuang, you have to find a way for us brothers!"

The black-faced man under the account stood up, his eyes passed over the stewed meat in the iron pot, and looked at Li Zicheng who was sitting high.

There was a hint of frivolity in the voice, and even the meaning of persecution.

This man was originally the leader of Gao Yingxiang's next battalion, with the nickname "Sun Collapsing Sky" and his name Zhang Liu'er.

After Gao Yingxiang was defeated, he led his brothers to vote for Li Zicheng.

After the death of Wang Jiayin, the first generation of "Alliance Leader of the Rebel Army", Zijin Liang Wang Ziyong was elected as the leader of the "Rebel Army" by all the "Rebel Army", and he was in charge of thirteen families and 36 battalions of "Rebel Army".

And this "Sunshine Sky" Zhang Liu'er is one of the leaders of the battalion, quite senior.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, Zijin Liang Wang died of illness in Jiyuan, Henan. The 36th Battalion Alliance fell apart, and Zhang Liu'er, who was "falling under the sun", defected to Gao Yingxiang.

This is a person who has a milk and a mother. After Gao Yingxiang died, he naturally defected to the stronger Li Zicheng.

There are more than a dozen people like him, who were originally the leaders of Gao Yingxiang's camp.

Therefore, these people recommended Li Zi to become the new generation king, and Li Zicheng readily accepted it.

"Brothers recommended you as King Chuang. As King Chuang, you naturally have to set up your position. Don't let your brothers suffer. Brothers are almost starving and eating bark. How dare you pay the bark under King Chuang's account?" There is meat to eat! Isn’t this cheating brother?”

Zhang Liu'er looked at the meat in the pot, and he was crying.

It's been a while since I've had a full meal, let alone meat.

The strong smell of meat twitched the heartstrings. If Li Zicheng hadn't been here, he would have rushed up.

"Zhang Liu'er, you bastard, if you want to eat meat, just say so, don't do that!"

The man behind Li Zicheng on the left glared at him and cursed loudly.

This person is Li Zicheng's general, Liu Zongmin, who was born as a blacksmith.

The man on the right also scolded angrily: "How can my uncle let you talk nonsense?"

This man is Li Zicheng's nephew, Li Guo, known as "a tiger" in the army.

Putting it aside, Zhang Liu'er was naturally afraid, but after today, all the camp leaders who had been with Gao Yingxiang together, and they hadn't had enough food recently, with the support of these people, they were naturally not afraid.

Zhang Liu'er straightened his body, straightened his chest, and said in a domineering tone, "If King Chuang doesn't give an explanation today, we will disperse!"

"Yes, we went straight away!"

"Whoever gives meat to eat, we will go to that house. There is no place to keep the master here, but there is a place to keep the master!"

Those battalions in the back also screamed their heads one by one.

"Hahaha, brothers are joking! You two are still not backing down? Why are you saying these hurtful words?"

Li Zicheng turned sideways, looked at Liu Zongmin and Li Guo beside him, and scolded.

Although the two were dissatisfied, King Chuang had already spoken, so they could only take half a step back and kept silent.

Li Zicheng looked at Zhang Liu'er again, and said with a peaceful smile: "Brothers of the Zhang family, I called you here today to treat you to some meat.

There are 230 catties of meat cooked in this pot, and today the brothers open their stomachs to eat!
This meat is the war horse I killed in the army. War horses are precious, but compared to the friendship between you and my brothers, it is nothing.

It's a pity that there is no wine, otherwise I will have a good time with you brothers! "

　Thanks to Hsuwenkuang for the reward, thanks to yu Xiaocao, Shitou 1964, who collected the monthly ticket that I voted insanely for half a lifetime, thank you for the recommendation ticket that no one loves you, thank you for your support! ! !

　　
　
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