The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 651 Weapons and Supplies

"Then lead the weapons first." Seeing Li Dingguo's resolute expression, Deng Shan nodded and said, "Send out the weapons and armor as soon as possible, so that the soldiers can get familiar with them earlier." Then he gestured to the direction of the camp, "The two generals will follow along." I come."

Li Dingguo clapped his hands in response, then turned his head and said to himself: "Head the order, reorganize the army, and enter the camp!"

"Yes!"

The herald ran out for a while and led a few flag soldiers to wave their flags. The soldiers of the Xinjian Swift Battalion who had just disembarked immediately started to move under the leadership of officers at all levels.Although many of them were still suffering from seasickness, they still gritted their teeth and lined up quickly, standing upright one by one, showing a murderous look even though they were not equipped with weapons.

In less than a stick of incense, 3000 people formed a neat four-row column and followed the soldiers of the Polu camp leading the way to the camp.

Deng Shan saw it, but was a little surprised.Simply forming a team can reflect the level of training and discipline of an army. Although this team is not comparable to the Polu camp, it is far superior to the ordinary Ming army.It seems that it is no coincidence that they made great achievements in the Huguang Company. No wonder the Holy Majesty bestowed the name of the Swift Battalion, which directly belonged to the Polu Battalion.

Just kidding, in history, it was Li Dingguo's team, which supported the entire Yongli Dynasty with only a corner of Yunnan, dealt with Jianlu for 16 years, and once recovered more than half of the territory south of the Yangtze River. Fame?

What's more, these thousands of soldiers were repeatedly carefully selected from the command of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, which can almost represent the highest level of the old army.

However, the old-style army is still the old-style, and the Polu Battalion, which has been trained in advanced military concepts and equipped with cross-generation weapons, can easily defeat them.Therefore, according to Zhu Linmei's plan, although the combat concept and training will not be improved for a while, but the weapons and equipment of the Swift Battalion can be greatly improved first.

The Jiangning camp was on the bank of the Yangtze River. Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu followed Deng Shan on horseback, and they arrived near the Ming camp in a short while.

Li Dingguo looked around, secretly surprised—Jiangning is located in the hinterland of Nanzhili, and has not heard of the enemy's invasion recently, but the Ming army's camp is still meticulously arranged.

There are three trenches in the periphery, more than ten feet deep.The vehicles are in a circle on the inside, the cannons are neatly mounted behind the vehicles, and there are gunners on standby.There are even several watchtowers two or three feet high built around it.The queues are neat, and soldiers patrolling with guns can be seen everywhere.It is conceivable that if the war starts immediately at this time, no one will be able to attack the Ming army's camp.

He couldn't help sighing inwardly, now, this great son of heaven not only used his soldiers like a god to defeat the Tartars all the way, but also imposed light corvees and taxes, widely assisted the victims, promoted water conservancy, and reorganized acres of land.Although the Ming Dynasty has only recovered half of the south of the Yangtze River, it has already shown signs of rejuvenation, far surpassing the Chongzhen, Hongguang and other useless previous dynasties. If such a wise emperor had been established earlier, the godfather would not have to rise up...

After entering the camp, several people dismounted from their horses. Deng Shan pointed to the north side, "That's where the Swift Camp is stationed."

Li Dingguo really saw an open space there, with only dozens of carts and eight or nine tents on it, and he presumably prepared weapons for the Swift Battalion.

Deng Shantou led the way, when he suddenly remembered something, he turned to Li Dingguo and said, "General Li, you came from Huguang just now, how have you dealt with the rebels over there?"

"Returning to the Deputy Commander, Hao Yaoqi first responded to He Tengjiao's call and led the army to the north. The two generals Li Guo and Gao Yigong took the soldiers and horses, let them pass through the Tongcheng area, and then attacked them from behind, and General Qin They encircled it near Chongyang. Later, Governor Mu came with He Tengjiao's persuasion letter, and Hao's tribe surrendered immediately.

"In addition, Zhai Dutang's Gui army and General Yang Zhanyang's Sichuan army surrounded Changsha. Liu Tiren's troops in the city were newly defeated, and their morale was low, so they dared to close the city to the death. However, Changsha city is full of food, and it will be difficult for a while. He. I heard that General Qin has dispatched heavy artillery to go south, and it will definitely open the situation."

Speaking of this, Li Dingguo frowned slightly, "It's just that Wang Jincai is a troublesome thief. After Hao Yaoqi was besieged, he sent troops to warn him. Wang Jincai neither dared to confront the imperial army nor surrendered, so he took more than [-] soldiers into Huguang In the southwestern hinterland, they are looting along the way. General Qin Zuoming has led his troops to pursue them."

The Baigan Army formed the third battalion of the Daming Field Army, which shows that its combat power is not bad.Deng Shan nodded and said: "Although General Qin has only 5000 troops, it should be more than enough to deal with more than [-] rebellious troops." He laughed again, "At the beginning I was thinking of going to Huguang to quell the chaos, but I don't know what tricks the Holy Majesty used. In less than a month, the situation in Chu has been settled."

Li Dingguo praised and said: "The Holy One is the king of Yao and Shun. He expelled the captives and Kuangguo, and the world returned to his heart. He Tengjiao is just following the general trend."

Liu Wenxiu interjected with a smile: "Master Deputy Commander, there is another interesting thing. Meng Zheng sent this guy to have sex with Jian Nu, and agreed to send troops to attack Daming at the same time. To show his sincerity, Dorgon, the captive chief, even gave two Wanshi grain and grass and more than 3 taels of silver were given to He Tengjiao.

"Meng Zhengfa and the four hundred thieves who escorted the money and food had just entered Wuchang City, and the Wandu Hall ordered people to press hard on the city gate and take them down. This batch of food and grass is convenient for General Qin to use to suppress Wang Jincai's rebels."

But he didn't know that it was not Dorgon's generosity at all, but Zhu Linmi ordered He Tengjiao to "blackmail" Jianlu as much as possible because of insufficient food and wages.Dorgon hoped that the Chu army could hold back the Ming army for a while, so he had to grit his teeth and allocate money and food, but he was not rich himself, so he didn't follow the request of "10 stones of grain and grass, [-] taels of military pay" in the letter brought by Meng Zhengfa. Appropriate.

Deng Shan also laughed, "When the captives learn the truth about Huguang in the future, they will definitely vomit blood and fight three times."

Several people said that they had arrived at the Xunjie camp area, and an officer stepped forward and handed a list to Deng Shan, saluting: "Commander, all the weapons and supplies of Xunjie camp have been ordered."

Li Dingguo took the list from the latter, and saw that there were sabers, armors, firecrackers, bows and arrows, and even military uniforms, leather boots, winter clothes, coir raincoats, quilts and so on.Because there was a big battle recently, he thought about the notoriety of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty for being "short of catties and short of two", and said cautiously at the moment: "Can you... let the general check it out."

"Of course." Deng Shan smiled and signaled to the officer beside him, "Take General Li to count."

"Yes!"

Li Dingguo stopped in front of the first carriage, and a soldier from the Polu camp picked out one of the dozens of large wooden boxes on the carriage and opened it.It was full of sabers wrapped in oilcloth.

Li Dingguo reached out and took a handle, squinted at the blade in the face of the sun, and couldn't help but blurt out praise: "Good knife!"

The officer in charge of the fast battalion's weapons came over and said, "General, the swords and swords in the Polu battalion are all made of Longnan fine steel blades. Most of the weapons used against the captives can be broken with one blow!"

(End of this chapter)