Chapter 87: Cao Wenzhao and Lin Jianyue
Cao Wenzhao was slightly stunned, thinking that this Lin Jianyue was too arrogant, right? Although I said that you are a military attache in Beijing, I humbly called you the last general, which is just polite, you are good, as soon as you open your mouth, you will say that Changjiao is also in the enemy camp, what is the purpose of this? Do you remind me to kill my relatives if necessary?
Cao Wenzhao peeked at Gao Qiqian, but saw that he was drinking tea with a teacup, as if he hadn't heard what Lin Jianyue said. Cao Wenzhao was slightly angry in his heart, but he didn't think much about it, thought about it for a while and said: "Lingchuan City has high walls and artillery, we should not attack rashly, I think we should transfer a few more Hongyi cannons from Zhangde Mansion to attack the city." ”
Cao Wenzhao and Lin Jianyue both had chariot battalions in their armies.
The chariot battalion of the Ming Dynasty was divided into six levels according to the battalion-department-division-bureau-joint-vehicle.
2 divisions per battalion, 4 divisions per division, 4 bureaus per division, 2 units per bureau, and 2 vehicles per division.
Each vehicle has 2 cannons and 20 soldiers. 1 total of 100 and 80 artillery drivers in each bureau; There is a total of 1 in each division, and 324 officers and soldiers below the white general; 1 total of 1 in each department, 1,300 officers and soldiers below the division; Each battalion has 1 general, 1 Chinese army, and 2,602 officers and soldiers below the department, with a total of 2,604 officers and soldiers in the battalion, 128 artillery vehicles, and 256 Furang machine guns.
In addition to the gun carriages, each battalion also has 2 drum carts and 20 soldiers; 4 rocket vehicles, 40 soldiers; 3 cars, 30 soldiers; There are 8 general vehicles and 160 soldiers. A total of 17 vehicles and 250 officers and men.
When the battalion was fully manned, there were 3,109 personnel, including 512 bird operators and 768 franc operators, and the personnel who used firearms accounted for about 41 percent of the total number of the battalion.
But this is the equipment and establishment of the Ming Dynasty during the strong period, and in the Chongzhen period, due to the deficit of the national treasury and the corruption of military leaders and generals at all levels, in fact, the equipment of the chariot battalion has been almost halved.
And the artillery equipped with the chariot battalion are all Furlong machine guns, although this kind of imitation from the Western artillery has the characteristics of fast rate of fire, accuracy, etc., but it is more suitable for field warfare against cavalry or infantry, for the siege of the city but the firepower is insufficient, it is Cao Wen Zhao to propose to transfer the Hongyi cannon from Zhangde Mansion to attack the city, the Hongyi cannon has a long range, the power is fierce, with it the siege becomes much simpler.
However, the Hongyi cannon is too cumbersome, one weighs a ton, and the means of transportation and roads at this time are not perfect, and more than a dozen mules and horses have to pull it slowly, so that the time will drag on for a long time.
Lin Jianyue said: "But this Hongyi cannon is difficult to transport, it will take a lot of time to come and go, and this is about to be the New Year, the emperor is still waiting for the news of our victory!" ”
"However, with this little cannon, it's not easy to break through Lingchuan City!" Cao Wenzhao said.
Gao Qiqian took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and said, "I have heard that General Cao is brave and strategic, so he must be able to come up with some clever plan to break through Lingchuan, right?" ”
"Yes, yes, Xia Guan has also heard of General Cao's prestige for a long time, and the world is difficult to beat. General Cao shouldn't have any scruples, right? Lin Jianyue meant something.
"Commander Lindu, what do you mean by that?" Cao Wenzhao said angrily. He meows, and just because I don't speak doesn't mean I can endure it infinitely.
"General Cao, I'm just worried that the emperor is in a hurry, this is the New Year, if you report a great victory to the emperor before the year, then the emperor will also have a comfortable year, isn't it?" Lin Jianyue said lightly.
Why did you Dao Lin Jianyue target Cao Wenzhao everywhere?
It turns out that Lin Jianyue thinks very highly of himself, and always wants to make contributions and become famous, but he belongs to the kind of person who is ambitious and talented. This time to conquer the bandits of Heiyun Village, he originally thought that he could lead the troops as the commander, and then earn a reputation and continue to climb up. But as a result, Chongzhen appointed Cao Wenzhao as the commander-in-chief, which made him feel very aggrieved.
Especially when he learned that Cao Wenzhao's nephew Cao Bianjiao was defeated and captured when he was fighting against bandits, and now he doesn't know whether he has surrendered to the bandits, but the court still appoints Cao Wenzhao as the commander, he can't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart.
When he came up along the way, Gao Qiqian also seemed to have mentioned Cao Bianjiao's matter to him intentionally or unintentionally, revealing that he wanted to have multiple eyes in Jingying, and suppressed Cao Wenzhao when necessary, so as not to control what happened when he got it, and even his own life was in danger.
This Gao Qi Qian is the newly favored eunuch in the palace, the red man around the emperor, if he can say a few more kind words in front of the emperor when he goes back, his Lin Jianyue's future may not be able to soar, so he has to stammer.
But Gao Qiqian is an old fox, he doesn't say anything, even if he is suspicious or dissatisfied with Cao Wenzhao, on the surface, he is not shocked, and he seems to be unaware.
So Lin Jianyue, as a subordinate, wants to stammer, and wants to stammer, the celebrity next to the emperor, so he naturally wants to take on this vanguard.
Cao Wenzhao snorted lightly and said: "This general naturally knows that he must always share his worries for the emperor, and this does not need to be reminded by Lin Du's command." Naturally, the sooner the bandits are exterminated, the better, but we currently have no idea about the situation of the bandits in Lingchuan City, and it is taboo for soldiers to attack rashly, and the general will think it is inappropriate. ”
Lin Jianyue wanted to say something, but Gao Qiqian suddenly chuckled and said: "What General Cao said is extremely true, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, one hundred battles will not be defeated, and General Cao's worries are not bad."
I heard that what is the name of Lingchuan County? ...... Han Chong! Right! Our family heard that Han Chong also organized a group of soldiers and horses in Linxian County, ready to follow the imperial army to exterminate the bandits at any time, why don't you find him to ask about the situation in Lingchuan City? ”
Gao Qi thought to himself, he had heard that Cao Wenzhao was loyal and upright, and when he saw it today, it was really not bad, but it was not good to suppress him too much, after all, he still had to rely on him to suppress the bandits.
And Cao Wenzhao is also the commander of this army, he is a close attendant of the Son of Heaven, and he is the representative of the Son of Heaven to supervise the army, he should be respectful and polite to himself, but Lin Jianyue is his deputy, and it is not a matter of always being so disrespectful.
Although Lin Jianyue is the commander of the soldiers and horses in the inner court, the soldiers in the Beijing camp are more domineering than the soldiers in other places, and the general deputy general of the army elsewhere on weekdays is also quite polite, even respectful, and Lin Jianyue doesn't feel anything wrong.
But now that Cao Wenzhao is his boss after all, he can't just ignore him from the beginning, so how can he cooperate to suppress bandits in the future? Therefore, Gao Qi quietly stopped Lin Jianyue from continuing to challenge Cao Wenzhao.
Cao Wenzhao also nodded and said, "That's the best, where is Han Chong now?" ”