Chapter 25 On the Capture of the East

The rain in Xuzhou is coming. With a flash of lightning and thunder, the rain poured down, and it rained heavily for several days.

Zhang Xuan secretly rejoiced, fortunately he got Xuzhou City, otherwise he would have camped in the wilderness for a long time, and I was afraid that something would happen.

Until ancient times, we did not know the fragility of life. The slightest cold or flu kills a person. Large-scale military operations, it is better not to act in the rain.

With the arrival of the heavy rain in Xuzhou, the heavy rain also covered many places in the Central Plains, west to Shaanxi, north to Hebei and Shandong, and south to Hubei, a large area fell into the rainy season. Summer is quietly announcing its might.

In the heavy rain, Zhang Xuan also calmed down.

"My lord, in Xuzhou City, I got a lot of food, enough for the army to support three months, and a lot of iron. It's just that there are not enough craftsmen in the army, otherwise the gap in the ordnance of the army will be enough to replenish. Zhang Su said.

Zhang Xuan looked at the statistics brought by Zhang Su, and suddenly had a trace of impulse in his heart, wanting to stay in Xuzhou and not leave.

To a certain extent, Xuzhou is a very suitable place for modern people to farm, with coal, iron, canals, convenient transportation, and access to the north and south. Although Xuzhou is not a well-known production area, it is also on the East China Plain. As long as you manage it carefully, food is indispensable.

Although the current Xuzhou is not as important as Xuzhou in the Yuan Dynasty, the Grand Canal in the Yuan Dynasty went north from Xuzhou, and the current canal has already moved more than 100 miles east in the Yongle period. The commercial prosperity is also far away from Xuzhou, but the heritage of Xuzhou is still there. The population is quite large, and it is like a place, no worse than Runing.

However, Zhang Xuan understands very well that he is not the material for farming at all, and he doesn't know where to start farming. And it is now the summer of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, and there is only about a year before the Qing army breaks through and goes south, what can be done in a year?

Zhang Xuan also extinguished Xuzhou's thoughts for a long time. said: "Recruit craftsmen, build more weapons, and look at the weather, I'm afraid we will have to stay in Xuzhou for a while." ”

"Yes." Zhang Su said.

Immediately, Zhang Xuan also explained the placement of each battalion and the supply of logistics one by one. He also braved the rain and inspected the barracks of the battalions. The houses of the government at all levels, as well as the temple, the Taoist Temple, the Huihui Temple, were all requisitioned, and the courtyards of several large families were forcibly expropriated. Even the courtyards of the rich and noble families outside Xuzhou City were all requisitioned.

These annexes are all used by large families to go out in the usual season, although the first day of the year is chaotic, it will still be used.

This is enough to accommodate tens of thousands of troops.

Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered Zhang Guozhu and said to He Hutou: "How is Zhang Guozhu?" ”

He Hutou's face suddenly stinked

said, "The subordinates are very hard. ”

Seeing He Hutou's appearance, Zhang Xuan guessed that He Hutou was afraid that he would suffer a loss under Zhang Guozhu, smiled lightly, and said, "Call him over." ”

After a while, Zhang Guozhu came over. He saluted and said, "My subordinates pay a visit to the general." ”

Zhang Xuan raised his hand lightly and said, "Sit." ”

Zhang Guozhu sat down, straightened his waist like a javelin, and said, "My lord, you want me to come over, but I don't know what to order?" ”

Zhang Xuan said: "There's nothing to do, I just want to talk to you." ”

For the people who want to be of great use, Zhang Xuan does not hesitate to spend some time, chat, and talk about his heart, and Zhang Xuan also has a question he wants to know, that is, about the combat effectiveness of Dongyu, even if Liu Zeqing's department is not, but Zhang Xuan also knows that Liu Zeqing's department has fought with Dongyu after all, which is much clearer than Zhang Xuan's reading history books hundreds of years apart.

"Where are you from?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Shandong." Zhang Guozhu said.

Zhang Xuan said: "Have you ever fought with Dongyu? ”

"Chongzhen for three years, with Liu Zongbing in Zunhua and Dongyu." When Zhang Guozhu mentioned Dongyu, his face couldn't help twitching twice, and his emotions were a little uncontrollable.

"How is the combat power of Dongyu? How is it better than our army? Zhang Xuan asked.

Zhang Guozhu glanced at Zhang Xuan and had some hesitation.

Zhang Xuan said: "There is no need to hide it, just tell the truth." ”

Zhang Guozhu said: "My lord's military discipline in the Yingying camp is strict, and he has the style of the Qi family's army. Zhang Guozhu praised two sentences first, changed his voice, and said: "But in the eyes of the last general, he is not the opponent of Dongyu?" ”

Zhang Xuan was a little disappointed in his heart and said, "Where to start?" ”

Zhang Guozhu said: "My lord is above the ordnance, it is not as good as the east. I have seen the weapons used by adults, but ordinary iron tools and the like, to be honest, the real craftsmen of the imperial court are in the two capitals and nine sides, even if the world's skilled craftsmen gather in Suzhou, in the creation of ordnance, it is not as good as the two capitals and nine sides, in addition to firearms, the overseas Franco machine people to pass the method of firearms, it seems that Guangdong and Macao are more clever, but with the fall of the Confucian thieves, these craftsmen have also been brought over. The craftsmen of a town in Liaodong are all obtained by Dongyu, and all the weapons and even firearms in Dongyu are better than those used by adults. ”

Zhang Xuan was silent in his heart.

He didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit it. I'm afraid what Zhang Guozhu said is true.

A lot of technological progress depends on whether there is a need for it.

Beijing and Jiubian have been at war for hundreds of years, although the official manufacturing is very rubbish, it does not mean that these craftsmen do not have the skill of pressing the bottom of the box, but because of the exploitation from above, even the most basic materials

It's enough, how can you make a good weapon?

Among Zhang Xuan's important craftsmen, there is only one Wang Cannon, but what kind of level Wang Dacang is, Zhang Xuan also has a bottom in his heart. If there is a ranking of craftsmen in the world at this time, Wang Cannon may not even be qualified to be on the list.

"There are also the most powerful white-armored soldiers in the east, who can wear triple armor, hold big swords and heavy axes, recover freely, hundreds of formations, and dare to rush into the formation of 10,000 troops. However, Zhang Guozhu gritted his teeth and said: "There are not no heroes in our army, General Cao Bianjiao Cao is under Songshan, and he led his own soldiers to storm Huang Taiji's big tent, even the white armor soldiers in the east can't stop it, and they rushed straight to Huang Taiji dozens of steps before they succeeded." Although the white-armored soldiers are strong, they are not impossible to deal with, and the most difficult thing for Donglu to deal with is tenacity. ”

"Let's just say that in the battle between General Liu and Dongyu, Wu Xianggong sent Liu Zongbing to support Zunhua Iron Works, and in the east of Zunhua Iron Works, he met with Donglu, engaged from early morning, fought from early morning to afternoon, within a few hours, Donglu repeatedly attacked our army, and the morale did not appear to be exhausted, General Liu sent me into battle at that time." Zhang Guozhu said excitedly, ripped off his clothes, he was already wearing single clothes in the summer, he tore them open, but saw that there were countless scars on Zhang Guozhu's chest, but the two largest ones were crossed on the chest, and the scars bulged high. Zhang Xuan felt hideous and terrifying when he saw it.

"These two scars were left at that time." Zhang Guozhu said: "At that time, General Liu personally rushed into battle, repeatedly defeated the enemy's front, and waited for Wu Xianggong's reinforcements, flanked on both sides, and then repelled the Dongyu, and then the Donglu retreated to reinvigorate the formation, and forced it over, until sunset, when the army entered the ironworks, and the Donglu retreated. ”

"This kind of tenacity is really unmatched by the officers and soldiers." Zhang Guozhu said in a lower voice: "Since that battle, General Liu has been frightened, in fact, he was also very capable of fighting before, and he has the reputation of daring to fight. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded slightly, he understood Liu Zeqing's thoughts, not everyone was born with the desire to be a bad person. Although Liu Zeqing is unbearable now, it cannot be said that Liu Zeqing more than ten years ago did not have the heart to serve the country.

However, Liu Zeqing has no heart to serve the country. Zhang Xuan didn't care, after all, he was already a dead man.

What Zhang Xuan cares about is whether the battle of Zunhua Iron Works can be supported by the current Linying Battalion.

It was almost a full day of fierce fighting.

This kind of tenacity on the battlefield is not only a matter of morale, organizational ability, but also physical strength. It seems very simple, but it is a test of the comprehensive ability of the whole army. The white-armored soldiers of the Eastern Capture are certainly powerful, but the family members of the generals of the official army may not be powerful.

It's just that the combat strength of the ordinary non-commissioned officers of the various departments of the official army is far inferior to that of the Eastern Prisoners, who can fight fiercely for a day without moving like a mountain, but the non-commissioned officers of the officers and soldiers are far from being able to do it. Not to mention the officers and soldiers, Zhang Xuan felt that the soldiers under his command might not be able to do it.

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