I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 99

Chapter 098

"Cheng Shuai, you also know that our Dongjiang army is too poor, and the imperial court has forgotten us, and will not give us food, grass, or equipment."

"We also know that wooden spears are terrible, not to mention the white armored soldiers who built slaves, even the red armored soldiers with a layer of iron armor, we will suffer a lot!"

"We also know that the equipment is too poor, but the Dongjiang Army is too poor to provide us with better equipment!"

"Cheng Shuai, our Dongjiang army is really poor, what can we do to be poor?"

"We also want everyone to wear iron armor and everyone to hold a horse spear, but we are poor and have no money!"

"We have nothing but this life."

"Cheng Shuai don't worry, you hand over the stone castle to our Dongjiang army, unless Jiannu kills us all, otherwise they don't want to go there!"

"Cheng Shuai...we don't want to make do with it, it would be nice to have a wooden gun, at least not with bare hands..."

"Cheng Shuai, even if we don't have good weapons, our Dongjiang Army heroes will not give in. Even if we bite or hit with our fists, we will try our best to kill Jiannu!"

"Cheng Shuai..."

As Cheng Shijie said that the equipment of the Dongjiang Army was not good, the soldiers and generals of the Dongjiang Army began to complain. Although Cheng Shijie restrained the Dongjiang Army, he could not treat the Dongjiang Army as the Ning Navy.

This is also human nature, even if it is one's own biological child, one still hopes that the older one will give way to the younger one. It is actually unfair to the eldest child to do so.

Of course, there is no real fairness in the world.

Cheng Shijie said: "The quality of weapons is related to the outcome of the war, how can we make do with it!"

In fact, Cheng Shijie originally wanted to repair the weapons captured on the battlefield and give them to soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, but now Cheng Shijie has changed his mind.

The Dongjiang army is poor now, and it can be said that because of being poor, it is easier for them to buy some.

"Zhou Yandong!"

"exist!"

"Bring over the new equipment produced by the Ordnance Bureau!"

Unlike other generals who wanted to buy equipment, Cheng Shijie produced most of his equipment by himself, especially the improved animal-powered mechanical equipment, which made weapon production more efficient and of better quality, and the key was lower cost.When Kong Youde's rebellion was put down, Cheng Shijie not only got the money that Kong Youde seized, but also got a lot of equipment.

These equipment were repaired or returned to the furnace at the Ordnance Bureau of the Ninghai Navy at that time, especially when the iron mines and factories in Ninghai Prefecture were sold, it was naturally impossible for Cheng Shijie to leave the precious steel to Gu Shizhang.

Not long after, Zhou Yandong brought over the long guns machined by animal power from the Bureau of Armaments. The shafts of these long guns were all made of high-quality Tuomu, commonly known as ash rods, and processed with a planer.

When Ning Haijun moved, not only Ninghaizhou’s family property was taken away, but also a large amount of wood, including this kind of Tuomu tree used to make gun barrels, was cut down, its branches and leaves were cut off, and it was also used by boats. It was shipped over, and there were more than 40 gun barrels in Jinzhouwei alone, enough for Cheng Shijie to arm [-] to [-] spearmen.

At this time, the spears placed on the cart were wrapped in black Gebu strips, like a large bundle of sugar cane, and they were all ultra-long spears. The gun was three meters long, nearly half as long.In particular, the blade of the spear was actually one foot and eight inches long.

The biggest difference between a long spear and a spear is the spear head or the spear head. The spear head is generally a triangular pyramid or a quadrangular pyramid. The image of a polygonal pyramid is even close to a cone.The spear head is longer and flatter, with blades on both sides, which can stab, sweep or chop.

On the battlefield, the power of a spear will naturally be greater than that of a spear, but the problem is that the cost of making the same spear is almost twice that of a spear, and two spearmen can easily deal with one spearman.Therefore, in terms of cost performance, long guns have more advantages than spears.

Therefore, the spear, like the horse lance, was gradually eliminated because of its high cost.Except for the Han and Tang Dynasties, the dynasties that were able to equip a large number of horses and spears in the past dynasties were relatively weak.

Looking at the spear on the cart, Mao Chenglu's eyes straightened: "This is not a spear, this is a horse!"

"Ma Qian's fart!"

Cheng Shijie smiled disapprovingly and said, "How expensive a horse is, this is a spear!"

Cheng Shijie drew out Tang Zhidao, waved it lightly, and a bundle of spears scattered in response. He put the sword back into its sheath, picked up a spear, and handed it to Mao Chenglu: "General Mao, try the power of this spear!"

Mao Chenglu reached out to take the spear, feeling the heavy weight of the spear.Especially the gun blade, which is not the usual triangular shape, but a narrow and long sword shape with deep blood grooves, and the edge glows with a cold light.

Mao Chenglu said: "Good gun!"

Ancient cold weapons are generally not heavy. Ancient spears generally did not weigh more than ten catties. The weight of a spear immediately in the Tang Dynasty martial arts examination was eight catties (the length of the spear was one foot and eight feet, the diameter was one inch and five cents, and it weighed eight catties), and the general spear of the Ming Dynasty ( It is also one foot and eight feet long) weighing only three catties, and the gun head is no more than one or two pounds. The reason for the lightness of the gun head is simple. Even if the gun head is only the size of a nail head, it is enough to kill the aorta on the heart when it is stabbed in the chest.

But the problem is, the weight of this long spear is definitely more than ten catties, at least about twelve catties. This is mainly due to the different strategic purpose. The spearmen of the Ning Navy are not fighting in battle. What they need is to block the impact of the cavalry.

When fighting, put the tail of the spear directly on the ground, point the blade at the direction of Jiannu's cavalry charge, hold it steady, and wait for Jiannu to charge over.As for marching in full armor, Ning Haijun's long guns are transported on the baggage truck during the march, and they only carry a two-and-a-half-pound crossbow machine and a four-pound, six-two-pound dog-leg knife.

Mao Chenglu grasped the spear tightly, and with a flick of his wrist, a gun flower suddenly appeared, he shouted loudly, and stabbed at the horse post.

"Puchi..."

With a muffled sound, the horse post with a thick bowl mouth was pierced by a shot, and the blade of the spear was stuck in the horse post.

Mao Chenglu looked at a Dongjiang Army soldier holding a shield and said, "Yulang, bring the shield!"

This Dongjiang Army soldier named Yulang stood a heavy shield up to 1.4 meters high on the ground, and then supported the shield with a wooden stick.

Mao Chenglu fired his gun again, and with one shot, the heavy iron-covered shield, which even the crossbow could not shoot through, was pierced by a single shot, and the tip of the gun protruded nearly half a foot from the inside.

"Good gun, really good gun!"

Mao Chenglu put away the long gun, and couldn't put it down. He looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "Cheng Shuai, this gun is good, very good, Mao likes it very much, but...how much is it? It's too expensive and we can't afford it! "

"Buy, who do you look down on?"

Cheng Shijie waved his hand: "I promised you, Huang Shuai, that as long as you come, I will be responsible for changing your outfits. You don't need money for these equipments, just take them all!"

The Dongjiang Army soldiers present were in a daze, then rushed towards the dozens of carts screaming, and started shooting these long guns like mad.

After getting the spear, many soldiers of the Dongjiang Army stroked the spear affectionately, as if holding a top-notch beauty, with eager and dangerous eyes.

Soon, more than 3000 long guns were looted.

A soldier of the Dongjiang Army held a long gun and danced eagerly. Suddenly, a hay jumped out of the soldier's clothes. Cheng Shijie's eyes fell on the hay, as if he understood something.

Cheng Shijie walked towards a soldier of the Dongjiang Army. The clothes of the soldier of the Dongjiang Army were bulging and seemed to be very thick. The clothes were stuffed with hay.

This kind of yellow dry grass has slender leaves, and he can't tell what kind of grass it is, but it is certain that this kind of thing is not effective in keeping out the cold, especially the hands of this Dongjiang Army soldier are cold.

Cheng Shijie walked to another soldier, reached out to touch it, and it was the same.

Cheng Shijie looked at Mao Chenglu. At this time, Mao Chenglu was like a primary school student. When he was in physical education class, due to excessive force, his trousers broke apart. He knew what Cheng Shijie had found, so he looked a little embarrassed.

"Cheng Shuai, the Dongjiang army is poor..."

Having said that, the eyes of this tall and thick man are a little red.

"Stop it, stop it, handsome!"

Cheng Shijie said to more than [-] soldiers of the Dongjiang Army: "Brothers!"

Following Cheng Shijie's words, the scene immediately fell silent. These Dongjiang Army soldiers knew very well that they had a well-made spear in their hands, which meant that in the future, when they fought Jiannu desperately on the battlefield, they would have one more time. Calculating with distraction, such a sharp and sturdy spear will not be helpless when encountering Jiannu's white armored soldiers, and will have no power to fight back.

"Meet the handsome man!"

Cheng Shijie looked at all the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army and said: "I am ordered by the Holy Order to control the Dongjiang Army. When there is a temporary opportunity, I have the right to do things cheaply. You can know, what is temperance?"

"Willing to listen to the Commander!"

"Now you Dongjiang Army, like Ning Haijun, are also soldiers of my Cheng Shijie. Since you are soldiers of my Cheng Shijie, the imperial court doesn't care about your supplies, or your food and clothing. This commander will take care of it!"

These Dongjiang Army soldiers clenched their spears tightly, their eyes a little dazed.

They have been disappointed with the court so many times that they have become numb.The goodwill and loyalty to the imperial court, with repeated suppressions and repeated deceptions, has become very small.

"Zhou Yandong!"

"The end is here!"

"Pull over the cotton coats that our Ning Navy has in stock in Jinzhou, and distribute them to the brothers of the Dongjiang Army!"

"Marshal, we don't have many cotton coats in stock, but..."

Zhou Yandong was about to tell Cheng Shijie that although cotton-padded clothes and military uniforms were available, the problem was that they were prepared for future military expansion. Ning Haijun had just completed the change of clothes from more than [-] people, and the change of Ning Haijun's Dengzhou occurred. , Cheng Shijie reorganized the Dengzhou Army Navy and the cavalry rebel prisoners under Kong Youde's command. This has put great pressure on the logistics of the Ning Navy.

Now Cheng Shijie is so generous to invite people to buy people's hearts, but the problem is that Ning Haijun's family background is not strong, Zhou Yandong just wanted to open his mouth to explain.

Cheng Shijie rudely interrupted Zhou Yandong: "There is nothing wrong, execute the order!"

"Yes!"

Zhou Yandong already knew clearly the military discipline of Ning Haijun, he must act according to the command, and Cheng Shijie's order is above all else.

Zhou Yandong turned around and met Song Xiance, he hurriedly said: "Mr. Song, you should persuade the commander-in-chief!"

"Persuade? Why do you want to persuade?"

Song Xiance looked at the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army in front of him and said, "Look at these soldiers, what do you think?"

"Although I'm a little thinner, I have to admit that these are good soldiers with strong will and sharp eyes. They are all elites who have survived a hundred battles!"

Zhou Yandong seemed to understand.

"What kind of life do we Ning Navy officers and soldiers live? We don't talk about big fish and meat every day, at least we can eat and drink enough. With this treatment, in the Central Plains, ordinary small and medium landlords don't have the opportunity to eat so well!"

Song Xiance continued: "As the saying goes, it is easy to get from frugality to extravagance, but it is too difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. The general will give these soldiers of the Dongjiang Army good food, clothing, and the best weapons. In the future, they will be able to return to the host family. Is the military having a hard time?"

"This one……"

Zhou Yandong suddenly realized: "From now on, the surname of these three thousand soldiers and horses can only be Cheng!"

"Yes, you can see it, why don't you execute it?"

Zhou Yandong hastily and happily carried out the order. The cotton-padded clothes of Ning’s navy officers and men were heavier than those of later generations, weighing up to ten catties. They were divided into three pieces. Half a catty, the coat weighs about four and a half catties.This is only the weight of cotton, not including the weight of the fabric used to sew the cotton-padded clothes. If the weight of the fabric is included, the total weight of the three-piece cotton-padded clothes is twelve catties.

Just these three kinds of cotton clothes, even in an environment of minus [-] to [-] degrees, will not frostbite, but the problem is that cotton was much more expensive in the Ming Dynasty than in later generations.Due to the lack of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, the cotton yield in this era is barely over [-] catties per mu, and one mu of cotton cannot even produce ten sets of cotton clothes.

When Zhou Yandong transported the cotton clothes to the school field, the soldiers immediately cheered.As the cotton-padded clothes began to be distributed one by one, the three thousand soldiers of the Dongjiang Army at this time, like the soldiers of the Ning Navy, were wearing black cotton-padded jackets, black cotton trousers, black cotton coats, and black cotton cotton shoes on their feet.

Holding a long gun in his hand, he was almost exactly the same as Ning Haijun. Of course, due to the poor military discipline of the Dongjiang Army, all the weapons were swarmed up, and the whole scene was in chaos.

As the cotton clothes were distributed, these soldiers of the Dongjiang Army put them on impatiently, and then a dozen or so carts pushed over, and each soldier of the Dongjiang Army distributed a dogleg knife. This is a soldier of the Ning Navy As standard equipment, every Ning navy soldier, no matter what type of arm they are, has a dogleg knife in hand.

Seeing the arrival of the dog-leg knives, these Dongjiang Army soldiers howled and swarmed up again, and rushed towards the convoy carrying the dog-leg knives like a hungry tiger, grabbing a lot.There are more than a dozen four-wheeled carriages, and there are at least [-] dog-leg knives on them, which is supposed to be enough, but the ruthlessness of their looting is even more ruthless than African refugees robbing food!

The driver who was driving the car flashed 500 meters away at the first time, and those who flashed slower were flattened.

Mao Chenglu is no longer embarrassed now, he just laughed at himself and said: "This bunch of bastards, how do I usually teach them? They are as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as immovable as a mountain, and as aggressive as a fire. They forget all these things in a blink of an eye. It's all gone, a little good equipment turns them into bandits? It's a shame..."

Cheng Shijie nodded, and said with deep conviction: "General Mao is right, the military discipline of the Dongjiang Army really needs to be cleaned up!"

In fact, Mao Chenglu just said casually that the Dongjiang Army almost never fought positional warfare when fighting Jiannu, nor did they attack in an upright manner. They can only fight cleverly, that is, to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and surprise them with a ruthless plan.

Military discipline or something is not very important, especially the Dongjiang Army has at least a thousand female Jian slaves. These are the trophies of the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army. At the same time, there are more than [-] real Jian slaves, but they are all Haixi Jurchen.Most of these Jurchens could no longer get along with Jiannu and defected to Mao Wenlong. They participated in the military operations of the Dongjiang Army and acted as leading parties. He was not surrounded, ambushed, or seriously injured by the slave army.

With one word from Cheng Shijie, he wanted the Dongjiang Army to clean up military discipline. Mao Chenglu had just taken Cheng Shijie's [-] spears, [-] dogleg knives, and [-] sets of cotton clothes.

Mao Chenglu sighed and said, "I don't know how Cheng Shuai will clean up the military discipline of the Dongjiang Army?"

Cheng Shijie looked at the Ning Haijun soldiers on duty in the distance, and he said to the officer on duty, "Come here!"

As the officer on duty turned around, he ran towards Cheng Shijie, who was still ten steps away from Cheng Shijie, then stood at attention and saluted Cheng Shijie: "Report to the commander-in-chief, Ning Haijun Youdu Division, No.12 General Fourth Division, the garrison Qin Liancheng, chief executive officer, reports to you that there is no abnormality in the guard today, please give instructions!"

"Answer to General Mao, what is the duty of a soldier!"

"Yes!"

Qin Liancheng turned to Mao Chenglu and said: "Soldiers take obedience to orders as their bounden duty, follow orders in all actions, be brave and tenacious, and resolutely complete tasks. Train hard, master various techniques, and keep fighting to kill the enemy at all times, so as to protect the safety of Li and Shu!" "

Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "The answer is correct, continue to hold on!"

"Yes!"

Cheng Shijie looked at Mao Chenglu and said, "How is Ning Haijun's military discipline?"

"Rare in a lifetime!"

Mao Chenglu thought for a while and said: "I heard that the Qi family army of Marshal Qi could also do what Ning Haijun did!"

Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "That's right, my commander's method of training is to study Qi Shaobao's "Ji Xiao's New Book". The equipment has already been distributed to you. There will not be any large-scale battles in the past few days. You must hurry up." Time to train, adapt to the new equipment, and prepare for the next decisive battle! This battle is related to the fate of the Liaodong Han people, and the whole country is watching..."

Mao Chenglu said: "Cheng Shuai, let Mao do what he wants, and let Mao do what he wants!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Add food tonight, eat salted fish and horse meat!"

"Master Cheng is mighty!"

"Master Cheng is domineering!"

"Marshal Cheng, Wan Sheng!"

"Marshal Cheng is wise!"

"Long live Marshal Cheng!"

The roar made the ground of Jinzhou Acropolis tremble violently.

This shows how encouraging Cheng Shijie's words are.

When Song Xiance heard the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army chanting the slogan "Long Live Marshal Cheng", a look of complacency and pride appeared on his face.

"Do you see it!"

Song Xiance pointed to Zhou Yandong and said, "My lord, give these long guns, dogleg knives, and cotton clothes that money can't buy, and give them to the Dongjiang army. This is called pattern. The commander's things are not so easy to get! "

"atmosphere!"

Zhou Yandong had to admit that what Song Xiance said was true, and Cheng Shijie was not a stingy person, especially for Ning Haijun's military achievements, which were all heavy rewards.

Especially giving away good things like this is even more unambiguous.

Looking at Cheng Shijie as if he had suffered a big loss, the problem is that the surname of this army has been Cheng from now on.

In fact, there is no shortage of smart people in the Dongjiang Army. Mao Yongjie, Mao Yongjie, Geng Zhongming, Mao Youjie, and Mao Hongjie, Mao Chenglu's subordinates, are known as the three heroes of the Dongjiang Army.

It's just a pity that when Yuan Chonghuan beheaded Mao Wenlong, Mao Hongjie was the only one present among Mao Wenlong's adopted sons and grandchildren. Because Mao Hongjie knocked away the Shangfang sword in Yuan Chonghuan's hand, Yuan Chonghuan considered Mao Wenlong's best friend. After beheading Mao Wenlong, Mao Hongjie was ordered by Yuan Chonghuan to beat him to death with a stick.

When Mao Hongjie died, his whole body was broken, his bones were broken, and even his internal organs were spit out from his mouth. It was a horrible sight.

Mao Youjie looked at Mao Chenglu and said, "Father, Cheng Shuai has ulterior motives!"

"How can a father not know!"

Mao Chenglu sighed and said: "Since my father was in trouble, our Dongjiang army has become a rootless duckweed. If I were to choose for my father, the Dongjiang army should be the Dongjiang soldiers from Liaodong, and we must not become the Dongjiang lackeys of Liaoxi. military."

The running dog in western Liaoning is talking about Huanglong.In fact, Huang Long's ancestral home is from Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. He was originally a junior officer who aided Liao Dynasty. He was promoted little by little after accumulating military merits, but his promotions were all concentrated in the west of Liaoxi. He was also recommended by Zu Dashou. Military officer.

In fact, this is really wronged Huanglong. Huanglong was the main force in suppressing Kong Youde's rebellion in history. It is a wonder to win the first rank, but it is useless to take back the women, and offer them to the court.

Mao Chenglu was very upset with Huang Long, but he had no choice. As Mao Wenlong's adopted son, he was a little weak-minded and not good at uniting Mao's generals. If he knew how to win people's hearts, he wouldn't let the Dongjiang Army become a mess.

After eating the dinner arranged by Cheng Shijie for the Dongjiang Army, these soldiers of the Dongjiang Army slept in the nests with fire walls and fire pits. Although they were half underground, they were extremely warm, especially now that they had brand new cotton coats to keep them warm and comfortable.

"Head, why do you think Cheng Shuai is so nice to us?"

"It's nothing to show affection, it's not adultery..."

"To shut up!"

A veteran scolded: "Cheng Shuai's food is worse than feeding dogs!"

All the soldiers were collectively silent.

"This person, you must have a conscience. Pat your chest and ask yourself, what do you have? What else do you have that Cheng Shuai can plot against?"

"He wants us to be loyal to him!"

"What's wrong with being loyal to Cheng Shuai? You have something to eat, some to wear, and someone to bury you when you die in the future. Even if you don't have a son who cuts off the incense, you can still enter the Loyalty Soul Garden. What are you dissatisfied with?"

"Then we will be loyal to Cheng Shuai!"

"You don't need to be loyal, but take off your new clothes immediately and get out of here!"

Huanglong sent the Dongjiang army to Jinzhou Wei in batches, and Cheng Shijie sent equipment, cotton clothes, and warmth to the Dongjiang army.

Gradually, the Dongjiang army's surname became Cheng, and Huanglong's general soldier was no longer in their eyes!

They have only one object of allegiance, and that is Cheng Shijie.

PS: I had a lot of things to do today. I went to the hospital after 1000:[-] in the morning and wrote more than [-] characters. I took the time to type some in the corridor. It’s not that the old Cheng Xinda, there is really no way.There is no operation now, it costs thousands of dollars a day, and the operation can only be performed on Monday. This chapter has not had time to revise. Everyone sees typos and mistakes. Lao Cheng will correct it later, sorry!
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