The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 292
On May [-]th, Huang Sheng headed straight to Shanhaiguan on the official road with his personal guards in a low-key luxurious ride.

Huang Sheng, a five-hundred-year-old musketeer, did not want the soldiers and civilians in Shanhaiguan to see him, so he asked Huang Dongshan to lead his troops out of Guangqumen, the capital, and head straight for Tianjin Wei. He took a warship and transferred to Zhongming Fort. The men and horses have long been on standby here.

The morale of the Huang family soldiers is full of energy, and half a year has passed. The combat skills of the soldiers have been significantly improved, and the equipment is more complete. All soldiers and coachmen have coiled steel armor and full steel breastplate, helmet and The face armor has already begun to equip the best of the township bravery.

The most gratifying thing is that there are already 400 well-maintained flintlock rifles that can be fired effectively at any time. Of the [-] young musketeers, there are [-] first-level shooters and above, and [-] qualified shooters. Accurate shot, but impeccable reload action.

After actual combat tests, the more flintlock guns carried on the armored chariot made the role of the first-level shooter play to the extreme. As long as there are [-] guns in the chariot continuously firing three to five thousand light cavalry, they will fail.

This time, the new type of grenadiers who have been trained for half a year will also participate in the operation. Huang Sheng believes that 120 grenadiers may play the role of 120 tiger squat guns, or even surpass them.

How long does it take for the tiger squat cannon to be ready to launch, and the grenadiers can immediately throw "flying thunder" when they come.

A grenadier is followed by three auxiliary soldiers, and it is also very important to carry the Feizhentianlei. Four of them can carry sixteen Feizhentianlei with [-] catties in a packing box, and they can fight across mountains and ridges. I don't know how much time I need to waste when I want to climb the mountain.

Since hundreds of double-barreled short guns have been manufactured, the chariot coachman and the 120 grenadiers have all been equipped with such weapons. guns', and one man makes steel crossbows with pulleys.

The combat power of such a small combination should not be underestimated, especially suitable for mountain warfare. In places where cavalry cannot gallop, it is worth looking forward to how much Jiannu will suffer.

Huang Mingli, Huang Mingdao, and Huang Dongshan held a pre-war mobilization meeting on Juehua Island on behalf of the patriarch. The musketeers led by Huang Dongshan and the troops led by Huang Mingli went directly to Zhongming Fort and waited for the patriarch to bring Ma Shihu's troops out from Shanhaiguan. .

Huang Dongshan and Huang Mingli won't wait. They have already understood the strategic intention of the patriarch, and they will join forces with Qingertai's Mongolian cavalry to set up a net to ensure that all the slaves and horses within a radius of [-] miles of Zhongmingbao will be wiped out.

As long as the common people fleeing in the Liaoxi Corridor are found, the Huang family will take them in, let them live in Zhongmingbao, and feed them. Huang Dongshan will lead a mass movement with experienced musketeers so that the spies have nowhere to hide.

Huang Mingli's first mission when he came to Zhongming Fort was to create a no-outsider zone within fifty miles of Zhongming Fort. No matter whether the people here were good or not, they would all be driven into Zhongming Fort for screening.

The only ones who can come and go freely are the soldiers of the Huang family and Qing Getai, and no non-combatants are allowed to be found.

Huang Sheng went overland to Shanhaiguan, galloped for more than 120 miles in two days, and passed Funing City when the sun was westward, which was about [-] miles away from Shanhaiguan.

It was too late for my group to arrive at Shanhaiguan. According to the ancestral system, Shanhaiguan was not allowed to open the city gate at night no matter what the circumstances were.

Huang Sheng didn't plan to go to Shanhaiguan to try his luck, because there was absolutely no need to use small things to highlight his own particularity. Those who did so would be stupid and would not get any benefits.

The talented man remembered that Cheng Guanku from Juehua Island was now the county magistrate in Funing. He performed well in the capital last time, and this time he took him to make some military achievements.

Cheng Dashi has been working in Funing for almost a year as the county magistrate, because his character is very suitable for being an official, he is amiable from top to bottom.

It's just that if he is a second official, he may not be able to be promoted to a higher level if he has passed the examination for three years. Without him, the competition is too fierce. People's backgrounds are all Juren and Jinshi, and he is a teacher of either this party or that party. He is not someone else Lost at the starting line in the circle of friends.

The county magistrate of Funing is a native of Southern Zhili. He was born as a Jinshi. He is an out-and-out member of the Donglin Party. His surname is Wu and his name is Da, and his character is Zhide. After learning that, I already regarded Mr. Huang Sheng as a comrade in my heart.

Master Huang Sheng traveled all the way for two days without disturbing any state capitals along the way, and went to Funing City alone in the evening to become a top-notch. The talented man is already a fifth-rank civil official, and the county magistrate will naturally receive him according to the standard of the prefect to guide the work.

It's just that Mr. Huang is more bullish than the magistrate, and it's not just the civil servants who come to politely present the ceremony. The so-called ceremony is a gift between officials, a kind of petty corruption and bribery that has been agreed upon.

Corruption and bribery in the Ming Dynasty were all blatant and blatant, and there was a tacit understanding of how much ceremony was given for any grade. Officials at Huang Sheng's level who came to visit all left about 100 to [-] taels of silver.

Many military officers stationed nearby also came. Their ranks ranged from the fifth-rank Qianhu to the second-rank generals.

It's no wonder that Ming's soldiers' combat effectiveness is deteriorating. These soldiers have deducted the discounted military salary to engage in public relations. How can they spare time to train soldiers?

Military generals are the most responsible for buying military equipment. Although these military officers have nothing to do with the military equipment in front of the Guan, if this young adult in his early twenties changes his position in the future, he will become a soldier of a certain way in the Guan. Who can say for sure, so the military officers all came to make a good relationship.

Wu Zhixian and Chengxian Cheng have been accompanying the official station all the time, Huang Sheng looked at the two busy people and said: "Master Wu, Lord Cheng, I want Funing to take the initiative to send five hundred shi mung beans to the army, and I would like to invite the two of you to personally What do you think about conscripting and leading [-] strong laborers to serve in front of the Shanhaiguan army?"

The Grand Master of Wu Zhide County, a member of the Donglin Party, was frightened stupid all of a sudden. He was very polite and thoughtful, and he didn't have anything to offend Mr. Huang?Why did he give me small shoes to wear?The Donglin Party should be friends rather than enemies with him. Why is he like this?
Wu Zhixian quickly stood up and cried: "Master Huang, please tell me what you can't do as an official. It's easy to discuss if you need food and labor. It's just that the official is weak and sick, and I may not be able to serve in the army."

Cheng Dashi looked at the smiling Huang Sheng and he already knew it in his heart, he immediately knelt down and said: "Master Huang, I am willing to personally bring five hundred shi mung beans and five hundred strong labors to serve you, and please don't demand too much from the county lord." Good."

"I'm just discussing with you. It's my own people who can't make things difficult for others. Mr. Wu is weak. If you become an adult to do it for him, I will definitely not object."

Seeing that he didn't want him to go in person, the magistrate of Wu county regained his spirits immediately, and saluted: "Master Huang, allow me to guarantee the people and food for one day, and I also volunteered to sponsor 3000 taels of military pay."

Funing is a good place, where you can engage in smuggling with Liaodong border trade, and you can also go to sea to trade with North Korea and Japan.

This place is blessed by nature, with a lot of fertile land, sufficient water source and suitable temperature. It is the Beidaihe area of ​​later generations, the sea estuary of the Daqin Railway.

As an official in this feng shui treasure, this county magistrate of Wu should be able to embezzle a lot of ink. The money and food he paid for his active labor are all recorded.

Huang Sheng told the two that the selected strong laborers should not be seasick, and those with only children in their families should not be requisitioned, so there is no more nonsense.

In the past, soldiers who came to extort civilians and supplies would watch them, and they would not give up until they got the things.

Mr. Huang is a strange person. He just told Funing's first and second leaders early the next morning that he could only stay in Shanhaiguan for one day. He hoped that they would arrive in time and hurried on the road with a dozen people.

Seeing the great talent who left in the dust, Wu Zhixian heaved a sigh of relief. His favor for Chengxian Cheng increased greatly. This colleague is very interesting. He can stand up in times of crisis and not drag himself into the water. He is worth a friend. My friend, if he can come back alive, he will give more benefits to share with him.

Wu Zhixian said: "Master Cheng, I have some friends who were able to talk to Mr. Sun Yuanhua in the same year as Mr. Huang. I will write to ask them for help so that Mr. Huang can take care of Mr. Cheng."

Cheng Dashi knows Huang Sheng's ability, knows how capable the servants of the Huang family are, and also knows that Mr. Huang came to harass Funing because he is an official here, and he is already happy.

He refused to show his mouth, and expressed his position: "Master Wu, I thank you for your kindness. There is no need to do this. I think that when I was on Juehua Island, I didn't have a trace of fear when I faced the thousands of soldiers who built slaves. It's nothing, the big deal. The country dies."

Wu Zhixian remembered that the county magistrate was also an official with military merits, so he sighed, and stopped talking nonsense, and the two split up and prepared to go.

On May [-]th, Huang Sheng arrived at Shanhaiguan early with his personal team in a low-key luxurious ride.

Now there is an extra Li Xihan who uses a flintlock gun in the personal army. This kid has a double-barreled short gun in his waist and a long gun on his back. He is tall and thin, and he looks like a modern soldier.

(End of this chapter)