Chapter 204: The Gift of Demons

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After a few words of inquiry, Zhang Yuzao already knew who this battalion commander was, it was the former head of the green battalion, Sun Zi!

He personally issued an official document offering a reward for the arrest of this Sun Beard, but when he saw the proud appearance of this Sun Beard, he knew that this little man was now very mixed among the red thieves.

For Gao Liangcai, he has a kind of resistance, but for a military attache like Sun Hu Sun Lixing, he wants to win him over, he has just become a thief...... No, it's not long since the dragon, and it's in need of strong support.

And this Sun beard holds a battalion of soldiers, and with his strong support, everything is easy to do, so he speaks very politely.

When Sun Huzi figured out what was going on, and knew that it was the former Taizhou prefect Zhang Yuzao who was talking to him, he became enthusiastic: "Okay, I heard Zhang Fuzun's name when I was in Yueqing Association, and now everyone is working together anyway, following the inspection to fight the world, and we should take good care of each other." ”

Counting up, the Panshi Battalion is also a big hill in the Rainbow Army, but in terms of elite fighting, it is not as good as the Dragon Gun Battalion, and it is not as good as the Nanxi Battalion when it comes to unity, seeing that the Dragon Gun Battalion and the Nanxi Battalion are going to be expanded into infantry regiments. And the expansion of their Rock Battalion into an infantry regiment has not yet been seen, so he is lacking strong support, so he and Zhang Yuzao are looking at each other, and while riding a horse, he said about the situation inside and outside the Hong Army, and Fu Wendao also added a fire on the side: "Please rest assured, Lord Zhang, this time with you to recover Linhai City, with our Dragon Lance Battalion and Rock Battalion joining forces, plus a second company of Jintang, there is absolute certainty!" ”

"Isn't there still the Nanxi camp?"

Zhang Yuzao didn't know much about the situation of the Rainbow Army, only knew that the most elite of the Rainbow Army were the Dragon Lance Battalion and the Nanxi Battalion, and it was said that these two infantry battalions were able to trample on the heads of several green battalions.

And he really didn't know much about the Panshi Battalion, and Sun Huzi introduced his battalion head to him: "The world of our Rainbow Army is that the three battalion heads are defeated, these three battalions are the Dragon Lance, Nanxi and our Rock Battalion, and the Rock Battalion is the third battalion head of the Rainbow Army!" ”

The immortal added: "As for the battalions of cattle knives, independence, cavalry, punishment, etc., they are nothing, and now the Nanxi battalion has gone to Taiping to quell the bandit rebellion, and it is enough to have our Nanxi battalion plus the dragon spear battalion!" ”

"And our second company of Jintang!" Fu Wendao added: "Our Jintang Company stayed in Panshi Village and suffered a loss, if it weren't for this, we would have set up camp a long time ago!" ”

As soon as he heard that there were two powerful infantry battalions to cover him and kill him back to Linhai City, Zhang Yuzao was relieved.

Although he doesn't know what this rock village is, he has seen the combat effectiveness of the dragon spear battalion with his own eyes, and he can definitely trample on a few green battalion battalions and sweep thousands of regiments to practice.

It's just that when he just thought of this, a fast horse galloped behind him, and the officers and soldiers shouted: "Shi Niangniang comes up, Shi Niangniang comes up!" ”

Shi Niangniang was naturally Shi Tinglan, and soon the officers and soldiers shouted: "Yang Niangniang also came up, and Yang Niangniang also came up!" ”

Zhang Yuzao had heard that the bigfoot thief of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could personally lead the troops to fight, and now seeing that Shi Tinglan and Yang Changmei were both wearing gold-colored robes and riding majestically on horses, he couldn't help but think: "Sure enough, it's the atmosphere of the new dynasty, even women are so powerful!" ”

It's just that he suddenly thought of something: "These two ladies are so powerful, can Liu Check's skills suppress these two maidens?" ”

It's just that he just thought that at this time, Shi Tinglan behind him had already urged the horse to catch up, she glanced at Fu Wendao and saw that Fu Wendao didn't know where to get a healthy horse, and immediately said: "Platoon Commander Fu, today you are enjoying the treatment of the battalion commander, but you should also enjoy such treatment!" ”…,

Fu Wendao smiled: "Shi Niangniang's golden words made Fu overjoyed!" ”

Zhang Yuzao smiled and said: "The two mothers also want to come to the battle in person? ”

"With Governor Zhang's mansion to recover Linhai City, the stakes are very high, and the inspection point can't come in person, I have to watch this piece of the country for him!"

What a woman! Zhang Yuzao couldn't help but have such feelings, and he quickly changed the topic: "Linhai is just some bravery, and he must not be a righteous teacher, but after opening Linhai City, how to govern the place is a difficult problem!" ”

He was a smart man, and immediately asked: "The two mothers began to discuss with Feng Zhixian and Gaozhi Mansion, but they are busy with things?" ”

Shi Tinglan immediately nodded, and with a wave of his hand, the surrounding cavalry had already retreated, so as not to disturb their conversation: "That's right, it's a matter of expropriation, I, Feng Zhixian and Gaozhi Mansion have already decided to levy grain, but how to expropriate the law is still being discussed!" ”

As soon as he heard about the grain requisition, Zhang Yuzao immediately understood: "The grain levy is good, the grain levy is the best, and the lower officials have a grain levy strategy, and they are willing to sacrifice it to the two mothers and Your Majesty!" ”

"There are no rules and regulations for inspections!" Yang Changmei added: "Please don't say anything wrong, Lord Zhang!" ”

"When I read history, I knew that the Five Dynasties were a bit of a check on the words of the Son of Heaven, and this rΓ¬ check is exactly in line with this language!" Zhang Yuzao wanted Shi Tinglan to recommend herself to Liu Chang: "As soon as this strategy comes out, it can make hundreds of thousands of stone military rations more for the inspection!" ”

"Really?" Shi Tinglan was overjoyed in her heart: "Can you really get hundreds of thousands of more Shi military rations?" ”

He was confident: "Tens of millions of stones dare not say, hundreds of thousands of stones should be no doubt!" ”

Inside the Panshi Village, Liu Chang was unaware of these changes that had taken place in Huangyan City.

Now he is most concerned about the batch of arms that Demons has brought.

It's just that apparently he has too much hope in Demons, although twelve twelve-pounder mountain howitzers and six nine-pounder field guns can greatly improve the field combat ability of the rainbow army, but then Demons did not come up with anything that made his eyes shine.

The flintlock muskets brought four hundred shots, but this was only enough for a reinforced infantry battalion, and only a hundred rifles were fired, and the most important Mini rifle was only thirty.

In a sense, De Mons did not do as well this time as Rusya last time, and of course he brought a large amount of ammunition, gunpowder, and other military supplies, which could greatly increase the reserves of the Rainbow Army.

But this could not make the combat effectiveness of the Hong Army change drastically, and because of this, Liu Chang quickly tightened his brows.

However, Ye Yudie felt that Liu Chang was really generous, and she estimated all the way that this batch of artillery, rifles, ammunition and various military supplies cost a total of 23,000 silver yuan, not to mention the steam warship mentioned by Liu Chang and Demons earlier.

De Mons obviously saw Liu Chang's dissatisfaction, he knew that his trip to Shanghai had made unprecedented profits, but the arms he brought could not satisfy Liu Chang.

The Englishman was too stubborn, and he was not at all like a good merchant, who caused too much trouble with the number and variety of weapons.

Fortunately, he still has a killer feature, so he quickly said: "Your Excellency, General, I know that this delivery will not satisfy you, but this time I have brought a gift that will surely satisfy you!" ”

"What?" Liu Chang immediately asked, "Is it on your ship?" ”

De Mons immediately replied to Liu Chang: "You can see my gift on the wall, you see, my gift is on the dock!" ”

Liu Chang stood on the wall, looked down, and saw that next to the Western-style sailing ship in Demons, a Chinese-style sailing ship was moored. …,

Liu Chang knew almost only one kind of Chinese sailing boat, millet boat and fortune boat, but Ye Yudie was excited for the first time: "Red single boat, this is red single boat!" ”

Red single boat? Is this a red single boat?

Liu Chang observed this large cargo ship for the first time, and it was obvious that it was just an ordinary transport cargo ship, and it was not equipped with any artillery.

From the First Opium War to the Second Opium War, including the Taiping War, the civilian transport ship of the Red Single Boat was the largest tonnage of the Qing Army's naval division.

However, in the Second Opium War, the huge fleet of more than 50 red single ships and dozens of other warships was also devastated by the British 17 steam warships.

This is not only the pinnacle of the traditional Chinese sailing shipbuilding technology, but also the end point of the traditional Chinese sailing shipbuilding technology, along with the steam ships into the Chinese country, whether it is the hook ship in Ningbo, the sand ship in Shanghai or the red single ship in Guangdong have been eliminated from the market.

However, in Liu Chang's eyes, such a red single ship is not as huge as he imagined, he is used to seeing a 10,000-ton ship, he doesn't think that this is a living battery, five or six hundred tons is just a small and medium-sized transport ship in later generations, not to mention that what he needs is a steam warship, not such a civilian transport ship.

But Ye Yudie's breath became short, and she asked De Mons, "Why didn't you assemble the artillery?" ”

"This is a gift from General Liu," De Mons told her, "a traditional Chinese sailing ship, and although there are restrictions on his use on the Yangtze River, there are no restrictions on his use in the coastal areas, and he can immediately assemble all the guns as long as you need them."

Such a statement may be a little exaggerated, but Ye Niangzi has already clenched her fists.

She has decided to buy this red single boat, even if Liu Chang does not agree, she also asks him to buy this red single boat, and she even took out her own private money to buy this red single boat.

Liu Chang and Demmens said that the steam battleship was too far away, and such a red single boat was her stage, so she asked, "How much does this red single boat cost?" ”

"Don't need money, as General Liu's agent, my cooperation with General Liu is very pleasant, and this red single boat is my gift to General Liu and Mrs. Liu!" De Mons is very good at talking: "Madame Liu, do you like such a gift?" ”

Liu Chang glanced at the red single boat, he could feel Ye Yudie's mood fluctuations, and he replied to De Mons: "I accept this precious gift on behalf of my wife, I believe that our cooperation has been very pleasant!" ”

He asked again: "It's just that I don't understand, where is the cannon of this red single boat?" ”

Koubu's body is still recuperating, so I can only barely get out of these two chapters in bed today, I'm very sorry, and I want to ask you about the artillery configuration plan of the red single ship, and I'm not good at sail warships. οΌ‰