The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 101 God Arm Bow

'The Kitchen King wants to recruit laborers. '

The news spread quickly.

The common people were very sensitive to the word "levy". After all, no matter what the dynasty ordered, it was unbearable for them. But when they heard the treatment given to the workers by the Stove King, the people suddenly went crazy.

There are two types of benefits: one has two meals a day, including white porridge and pickled mustard, and no wages are paid; the other also has two meals a day, but they eat wheat paste and are paid wages.

No matter which one sounds delicious, they have no land to farm now, and the Stove King has given out only so much food, so they can't just sit back and have nothing. Now that the Stove King is offering such a good treatment for recruiting husbands, no one would be fool not to go.

Almost all the idle people in the city gathered at the conquest place.

Ren Fanyi and Zhao Shicheng looked at the enthusiastic people in front with wry smiles on their faces, but they were also people who had experienced strong winds and waves. When they first registered the people of Yanchuan, they were so tired that they could not lift their hands.

Although there are many people now, they are not as good as that day.

It is the people's enthusiasm for work that makes them deeply realize the beauty of their current life.

Ren Fanyi and Zhao Shicheng both enjoy the treatment of heavenly soldiers, and the source of these people's madness now is that they come here to work and can enjoy two meals of white porridge and pickled mustards a day. They used to have these, and now they have even more. Three meals a day, porridge with pickled mustard and eggs.

"Old man, you are too old, you can't do this," Zhao Shicheng looked at an old man in his team. He looked like he was almost 60 years old, which was definitely an advanced age in Yanchuan County.

When the old man heard what Zhao Shicheng said, he didn't want to give up. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "Young man, look at it. I still have a few ounces of meat in my arms and a lot of strength. I can still work. I will definitely not be held back."

Although the Kitchen King also gave him food and land, he had no way to plant it and the food would not last long. He thought that by working, he would not only be able to eat delicious white porridge and pickled mustard, but also share the pressure at home.

Zhao Shicheng smiled bitterly, "No, old man, only those over 15 years old and under 40 years old."

He stated his request, and the people behind him immediately sighed with regret. You must know that all the young and old men in the city came, except those who had already gone to school.

Having said that, it's just a little less.

The remaining young men were full of joy. If someone hadn't kept order, they would have rushed in front of the two of them.

From morning to night, thousands of young men were recruited. Among these people were not only people from Yanchuan County, but also many people from nearby areas outside the city.

If Liu Zhenhua hadn't only recruited thousands, this number would have doubled several times.

At present, the city wall in Yanchuan County is low. Liu Zhenhua only plans to raise the city wall to about [-] meters on the original basis and paint the wall with cement.

This leaves no foothold for climbing.

As for why it is not necessary to rebuild a city wall with reinforced concrete, it is too time-consuming and labor-intensive, and consumes a lot of reputation.

The next day, in the county government, the heavenly soldiers and militia cadres were all present. Xiao Heizi visited Yanchuan yesterday and brought back some bad news. Yanchuan County was heavily guarded.

"There is a person every ten meters on the city wall. Those people don't seem to be very well equipped. They should be recruited warriors from the countryside."

Zhang Heizihui reports.

The conscription system at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty was a military household system, and military households were hereditary. With the development of the economy, the disadvantages of this military household system began to appear, so the recruitment system began to appear.

Not only was it promoted by the imperial court, but local guards officers also responded to this system. They either recruited soldiers who had been lost under the military household system or re-recruited soldiers to form their own private armed forces. At this time, they played an important role in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. The servant system was the same for the coastal sailors recruited by Qi Jiguang.

At present, these small counties are recruiting rural warriors, and there are also some shadows of recruiting soldiers, but these rural warriors are often dismissed after the battle is over.

The capture of Yanchuan County made the magistrates and magistrates of several nearby counties sit on pins and needles. The big families in the city also knew that if the county seat was captured, their fate would not be easy, so they were not stingy.

"On the city wall, there are rolling logs and oil braziers."

As Zhang Heizi said these words, Liu Zhenhua frowned. This is the difficulty of attacking the city. People only need to throw down stones, rolling logs, oil basins, or even simpler ones, basins of hot water. When the water falls, the attackers will suffer numerous casualties, especially the screams, which will have a huge impact on the morale of the attackers.

This is not only physical damage, but also magical damage like golden juice. If you pour a large pot of golden juice, it will not only be disgusting, but if it accidentally gets into your mouth and nose, you will often get sick and die.

The main reason why they were able to easily capture Yanchuan County was that the walls of Yanchuan County were weakly defended or even undefended, allowing them to easily succeed in a sneak attack.

The expressions of several heavenly soldiers generals also changed when they heard this. Although they had never experienced a formal siege, they could imagine what they would look like if they faced those things just from what Zhang Heizi reported. What a cruel battlefield picture.

"In addition, we also went to Yichuan to investigate, and Wang Zuogui's men were still facing off outside the city."

"But I see there are traces of fire on the walls of Yichuan County. It should be that they were attacked once but failed."

Liu Zhenhua stood up from behind the desk and paced around. A guarded city wall and an unguarded city wall were completely different concepts.

"Kitchen King, give me two thousand militiamen and watch me win the extension," Ren Hongli said without realizing the seriousness of the matter, patting his chest.

Liu Zhenhua turned his head and stared at Ren Hongli, making the latter's scalp tingle. "I think you are wearing heavy armor and don't treat yourself like a bastard. What are you going to do?"

"Just rely on these armors?"

"If the kerosene overturns, you will be roasted alive. If 2000 people attack the city, how many people will die? Can we win the extension if we die?"

Liu Zhenhua's question made Ren Hongli speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.

"Seeing how many battles you have won, I really feel like I am invincible."

“It’s okay to be confident, but don’t overdo it.”

Liu Zhenhua's tone was not harsh, but it made Ren Hongli's heart beat fast.

The surrounding heavenly soldiers and generals were all silent.

This was the first time they saw the Stove King like this, and they couldn't help but feel a little lucky. They had the same thoughts as Ren Hongli just now, but fortunately they didn't say it like Ren Hongli did.

Today's events also made them realize that there might really be some problems with their mentality.

"Kitchen King, I was wrong."

Ren Hongli suppressed a word and his face turned red. It was his negligence.Liu Zhenhua looked away and focused on the weapons in the mall.

That Wang Zuoguan wanted to capture the well-prepared Yichuan County with his incomplete army was obviously out of his imagination.

If you want to attack a city, you must either use tactics or sharp weapons.

At present, Yanchang County has been explored by Zhang Heizi. Although Yanchang County does not prohibit everyone from entering and exiting like Yanchuan, the two gates of Yanchang County are heavily guarded. Anyone entering the city must undergo strict inspections, and It is better to check outside the city gate. If there is any abnormality, the city gate will be closed immediately.

If you want to capture such a city, you can only use sharp weapons.

Moreover, facing this kind of prepared city wall, it is obviously not possible to use melee weapons to directly climb the city, but requires long-range strikes.

Liu Zhenhua also looked for suitable weapons in the mall with this idea in mind.

Seeing that Liu Zhenhua was silent, all the cadres of the Heavenly Soldiers felt anxious, not knowing what decision Liu Zhenhua would make.

"God's arm crossbow."

"Catapult."

"Back to the cannon."

You can see many long-range attack weapons in the mall, as well as ancient siege equipment such as catapults and return cannons that can be made from local materials.

The Divine Arm Crossbow, also called the Divine Arm Bow, is a legendary crossbow from the Song Dynasty. In ancient times, the crossbow arrows produced by the Song Dynasty were the pinnacle, capable of shooting 200 meters.

This is a standard weapon for Song Army crossbowmen. It costs [-] reputations in the mall and is equivalent to light armor.

There are many bows among long-range weapons, but compared to crossbows, bows require more training before they can be drawn on the battlefield, while crossbows do not require any training. As long as you can draw the string without training, you can use it as a weapon to kill people remotely. The crossbow can be carried in any posture after being cocked.

Now that Liu Zhenhua wants to win the extension in a short time, the crossbow is obviously a better choice.

"That's it."

Liu Zhenhua made a decision. Now that his army has been divided into swordsmen, it is time to add more crossbowmen. If there are firearms in the future, they will be similar to the existence of the Daming Shenji Battalion.

Of course, Liu Zhenhua definitely looked down on those firecrackers that needed to be refilled after being fired once. Those things were a waste of reputation. It would be better to save up and redeem some small tortoise boxes or three-eight big caps than firecrackers that were troublesome to refill.

Liu Zhenhua turned over his hands, dragging a huge crossbow with both hands.

The body of the bow is two inches long in three feet, and the string is five inches long in two feet. It is made of sandalwood for the stalk, mulberry for the body, iron for the stirrup and spear head, copper for the hair of the horse's teeth, and hemp rope tied with silk for the string. It is the legendary crossbow divine arm bow of the Song Dynasty.

When the generals saw the crossbow appearing in Liu Zhenhua's hand, they were immediately shocked, and then they were delighted. The people present did not recognize this thing, but they also knew that it was a crossbow arrow.

With long-range attack weapons, there is no need to worry about things like rolling wood and kerosene on the city wall. Although those things are terrifying, they only target the siege soldiers under the city wall.

If they use these crossbow arrows to shoot at the defense on the city wall, there will be no casualties at all, but the opponent will have to bear the crossbow fire. If there are too many dead, the city wall defense will naturally collapse.

The Kitchen King is still the Kitchen King, and he is worthy of being the reincarnation of a true god.

In a flash, he took out the tools to solve the siege.

"This is the Divine Arm Bow," Liu Zhenhua held the Divine Arm Bow with his right hand and took out an arrow with his left hand. There were four hundred Divine Arm Bows, but the arrows were much cheaper.

Just two points of reputation and one point.

"On weekdays, you can draw the string properly, and you should take care of it," Liu Zhenhua personally demonstrated how to use the bow.

All the heavenly soldiers and generals stared intently at Liu Zhenhua's movements.

He pointed the crossbow to the ground, and the pedal was at the front end of the crossbow. He needed to pull the bow string and use the power of the pedal to load it. Even so, Liu Zhenhua also felt it was a bit laborious. The only shortcoming of this divine arm bow was that In this way, changing arrows is slow, unless someone like Ren Hongli can load the crossbow arrows directly without pedals. Ordinary soldiers need to be like Liu Zhenhua.

After loading the bowstring, place the arrows.

Therefore, this divine arm bow is not suitable for cavalry. It is only suitable for attacking a city or defending a city and forming a formation to respond to the enemy.

After winding the string, Liu Zhenhua pointed it at the desk in the county government office and fired at it.

Zheng.

The crossbow arrow flew out instantly, piercing the chair and sticking into the wall with undiminished power. After three points of penetration into the wood, the tail wing was still trembling.

Liu Zhenhua was thick-skinned and looked as usual. He just thought he was aiming at the chair, "Come and try."

He waved his hand, and an arrow appeared in his hand again, and his eyes fell on Ren Hongli.

The latter knew that the time had come to make amends for his past mistakes, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Kitchen King, I'll do it."

He took the divine arm bow and crossbow arrows from Liu Zhenhua's hands. He did not press the stirrups with his feet as Liu Zhenhua did, but directly opened the bow with both hands.

Liu Zhenhua stared at Ren Hongli's actions. It took two stones and three buckets of strength to draw the bow.

"what!"

Ren Hongli roared, his eyes widened, the muscles hidden under the fat on his arms bulged, and the bowstring was pulled directly by his hands.

You must know that this is a bow that ordinary people can draw with both hands using the power of pedals.

"No, it's done."

Ren Hongli looked at the bow string that had been placed in the firing position and smiled.

Liu Zhenhua nodded, and other generals also tried it, but no one could open this divine arm bow with both hands like Ren Hongli.

　Reinforced cement concrete is expensive and time-consuming. After careful consideration, it is not appropriate to implement it at the moment and has been revised.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)