The autumn breeze is cool, the horses' hooves are gusting, and they go out for half a month in a row. Although he wandered around all day long, the equestrian skills of the soldiers were becoming more and more exquisite, and without further ado, Shen Chongming decided to strike while the iron was hot, and immediately began the training of 1,000 horses and horses in the left post headquarters.

"My lord, Gonggong Liu, who is in charge of the firearms storehouse, said that if you want to take gunpowder out of the camp for training, you must go with Gonggong Jin!" Wei Daqing, who went to the firearms warehouse to ask for gunpowder iron sand, ran back in a gloomy manner, the Shenji Battalion specializes in firearms, which is the most advanced thing in the Ming Dynasty, and the management is also extremely strict, except for the weapons of the soldiers, the rest of the artillery ammunition and other things must be counted every day, and there can be no omissions, and the firearms warehouse is also a eunuch Liu Gonggong, it seems that the emperor still trusts this group of eunuchs very much.

"It's so troublesome, let's go, go to Grandpa Jin!" Shen Chongming frowned and muttered, and took Wei Daqing out of the account to find Gonggong Jin.

A few days ago, Gonggong Jin didn't forget what he said, and when he saw Shen Chongming coming to find him, he followed Shen Chongming to the firearms warehouse without saying a word.

"Our family and Father-in-law Liu have known each other for a long time, he will definitely not be embarrassed!" Father-in-law Jin patted his chest and assured, with a swaggering look.

"Yes! If you want to say that we are left, you have to support the façade with your father-in-law! "A little sycophant, Shen Chongming has never been stingy with this thing.

The firearms depot is an important place for military camps. Although it was in the barracks in broad daylight, the defense was still tight, with five steps, one sentry, ten steps and one post, and mighty sergeants could be seen everywhere.

"Father-in-law Liu, it's been good lately!" Father-in-law Jin walked forward with a smile, and Gonggong Liu, who was originally sitting on the chair with a very dragging expression, immediately smiled, got up and said, "Brother Jin, you haven't come to sit with your little brother for a long time!" ”

Seeing that the two of them were very affectionate, Shen Chongming immediately had goosebumps, these two old eunuchs.

After chatting for a long time, Gonggong Jin remembered Shen Chongming, who had come with him, and hurriedly introduced: "Brother Liu, this is Lord Shen Chongming of my Zuo Whistle Town, you two will have to be more close in the future!" ”

With the face of Father-in-law Jin, Father-in-law Liu was also polite, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Lord Shen, our family is polite!" ”

"My father-in-law is polite, and I will ask my father-in-law to take care of me in the future!" Shen Chongming said with a smile on his face, he really didn't want to think more about these two eunuchs, so he went straight to the topic and said: "Father-in-law Liu, the official is on official business, so I won't bother much today, and I also bother my father-in-law to count some ammunition, and my brothers can go out of the camp for training!" ”

"Hehe, no questions, then Lord Shen, you can write a note! Let's have someone count your ammo! As he spoke, he commanded the pen and ink to be served.

Shen Chongming had already calculated how much ammunition was needed, and he finished writing the slip with a few brushstrokes: "Well, Lord Shen, what do you want so much for?" Gonggong Liu frowned at the number on the slip and said, he is in charge of the firearms depot, and he knows the matter here, so much ammunition is enough for a thousand people to train for five days.

"Father-in-law, there are a lot of nearby villages, and this practice of firearm shooting can only find a place where no one is around, so as not to spare his life, so the lower official has already invited the Admiral, and is ready to find a place outside to garrison the army for five days of training, so this ammunition will be more reserved City Imperial Spirit Read it all!" Shen Chongming explained.

"Oh, Brother Liu, why are you asking so much? With my brother here to vouch for you, you can rest assured that these ammunition must be all for training! Father-in-law Jin interjected on the side, seeing him like this, Shen Chongming was inevitably grateful, it seems that this Father-in-law Jin is not so bad, and he also knows that official business is important!

"Hehe, the little brother has a lot of mouths, the little brother has a lot of mouths, then please wait again for Brother Jin, Lord Shen, so much ammunition can't be counted in a while!" Gonggong Liu said with a smile.

"It's okay, Lord Shen, go and straighten out the soldiers and horses to carry the tent grain and grass! I'll leave it to our family here! Father-in-law Jin said very enthusiastically.

Since he was going to camp out and be stationed outside, there were really a lot of things, and Gonggong Jin couldn't ask for Shen Chongming, so he thanked him and left with Wei Daqing, and the two didn't see Gonggong Jin smirking proudly behind him.

It took half an hour to get everything done, and the five carts full of ammunition were escorted by Jin Gonggong himself and led by a thousand men and horses out of the camp, heading straight to the Wenyu River in the northeast direction.

In just five days, the time was pressing, and when he arrived at the bank of the Wenyu River, Shen Chongming left a hundred men and horses to hand over to the command of Jin Gonggong to set up a tent, took ammunition and took a large group of men and horses to start shooting training.

The targets are all straw men prepared these days, there are more than 500 of them, scattered everywhere to act as enemy soldiers. Although they are all dead targets that can't move, Shen Chongming has no other way due to the conditions, so he can only use them.

The gunfire rumbled, and from time to time some soldiers concentrated on 'killing the enemy' but accidentally fell off their horses, which shows the importance of this training. Although it is only five days, it is enough to lay a good foundation, and if you practice diligently in the future, you will definitely be able to gallop on the battlefield and make achievements.

I didn't have time to eat lunch, and practiced until the sunset, Shen Chongming returned to the temporary barracks with a stinky sweaty soldier, and Gonggong Jin was very conscientious to prepare a sumptuous dinner for the soldiers, a large piece of pork stewed vermicelli, steaming steamed buns, everyone was enough.

The training was substantial, and after a short rest after dinner, the subject of the night horse march began, and everyone galloped on the ground with a torch, accompanied by the evening breeze, which was also refreshing.

Although he was in a happy mood at the end of the day, he was also so tired that he couldn't breathe, and Shen Chongming originally planned to let everyone go down to the river to take a cold shower before going to bed, but his upper and lower eyelids were fighting, and the soldiers were also full of fatigue, so they could only give up, and it seemed that this plan would be left at noon tomorrow.

"Lord Shen, hard work!" As soon as he returned to the big tent, Gonggong Jin brought a bowl of hot soup with his guards, and said with a smile: "The night is cold, Lord Shen should warm up after drinking the soup!" Get a good night's sleep, too! ”

"Hehe, thank you father-in-law, the soldiers are really tired today, and it will be troublesome for father-in-law to take care of the night patrol!" Shen Chongming took the hot soup and said with a smile.

"Hehe, this is our family's business, you can sleep well tonight! I'm afraid it's going to be harder tomorrow! Father-in-law Jin smiled, looking like a good man.

Out of the big tent, the corners of Father-in-law Jin's mouth turned up slightly, and his face was full of pride: "Let's go, go back and sleep well, and wait to see a good show tomorrow!" ”

There was no word all night, and the gong that woke up early the next morning resounded through the barracks. Although Shen Chongming was sore all over, he still got up and got up, went straight out and ran to the river to wipe his face, a little sleepiness immediately dissipated, and the person became energetic.

"Lord Wei, go with this official to count the ammunition and distribute it to the brothers!" Grabbing a steamed bun, Shen Chongming greeted and walked towards the military tent where the ammunition was stored with Wei Daqing and a few soldiers, but as soon as he took a few steps, he saw Cao Ji, the general who did not participate in the training yesterday and was responsible for leading people to build the camp tent, ran over in a panic.

"My lord, it's not good!" Cao Ji panted and ran to Shen Chongming, and said with a pale face: "Ammunition, ammunition is lost!" ”

Shen Chongming only felt that his scalp exploded, and he couldn't believe it: "You say it again!" ”

"My lord, our ammunition is missing!" Cao Ji wants to cry without tears, now he is finished, he was the one who patrolled the camp last night, and now he has lost such an important thing, and it is light to lose his official position.

"Bastard!" Shen Chongming scolded angrily, threw down the steamed buns in his hand and ran towards the tent where the ammunition was stored, and Wei Daqing behind him crowded to follow.

There are only three boxes left in the tent, and Shen Chongming once deliberately counted them on the road yesterday, a big car pulled ten large wooden boxes, and the daily training consumption was exactly ten boxes, but it was late yesterday. Although the amount of training has been increased, only seven large boxes have been used, and now there are only three boxes left, which means that forty boxes have been lost.

Looking at the gap facing the opposite side, Shen Chongming took a few steps forward and bent down and walked out, less than thirty steps away was the Wenyu River, and the chaotic footsteps on the ground also ended here.

"My lord, what should I do!" Wei Daqing asked with an ugly face, losing so much ammunition is a fatal matter.

Before Shen Chongming could speak, Gonggong Jin, who heard the news, took people to feel: "Lord Shen, what can I do about this?" If we can't find it, we're all done! ”

The matter is tricky, how can Shen Chongming have the leisure to take care of him, he thought about it and ordered: "Lord Wei immediately led people to chase south along the river, and found that all the boats were seized and searched on the way, Cao Ji, you will choose the best water to cross the river to find footprints, if there is one, follow the traces, if not, cooperate with Lord Wei on the other side of the river to patrol south!" ”

Wei Daqing and Cao Ji hurriedly hugged their fists, turned around and went back to select people, and looked at Shen Chongming's command, Jin Gonggong couldn't help but feel admiration, and asked in a low voice: "Lord Shen, did you inform Lord Admiral of this matter immediately?" ”

Shen Chongming didn't hesitate, nodded and said, "Then Gonggong Jin, you can take someone back to the camp and tell Lord Admiral about this matter!" It would be better to ask him to block the crossings along the river for searches! ”

Gonggong Jin was stunned for a moment, nodded and turned away, looking back at his back, Shen Chongming's eyes narrowed, faintly revealing a murderous aura, Dog Cai, you actually want to harm me, this time you will die without a place to be buried.

"Come on, grab all the people who were in charge of guarding the ammunition last night and keep them under strict control!" Shen Chongming strode back, looked at a few frightened soldiers and said coldly.

"My lord, I am unjust!" The leader was the deputy general Zhou Sen, who led people to guard the ammunition last night.

"Hmph, eleven people guarding a tent have been quietly moved forty large boxes, you have wronged a fart, grab it!" Shen Chongming said angrily, and the soldiers who were watching nearby rushed up and tied up the group.

"Say, who did yesterday's incident!" Looking at Zhou Sen, who was tied up with five flowers, Shen Chongming sneered.

"My lord, I really don't know! He was guilty of despicability, but he slipped back to sleep last night, and asked the adults to punish him! Zhou Sen said pleadingly.

"Go back to bed, he's telling the truth!" Shen Chongming glanced at the other soldiers who had been tied up and asked.

Everyone nodded one after another, and confirmed the matter with gossips: "Hehe, you are not small, you dare to cheat and play tricks on such an important task, and it is not an exaggeration to engage in military law for you!" Shen Chongming sneered, then raised his head and ordered, "Pack up your things and go back to the camp!" ”