"Mr. Deemmons is here?"

Liu Chang had a feeling of rejoicing, he was right to delay the attack this time, and Demons really came in time with a shipload of munitions.

For war, weapons are not the decisive factor, but the people who master the weapons, those who can pull the fingers of the board machine, but for the current Liu Chang and Hongjun, the capital is too small, the strength is too weak, and there is no other choice than to strengthen their own strength to the greatest extent.

Liu Chang has a big plan, but the premise is to take Huangyan and Linhai first, otherwise he simply does not have the time and resources to implement this plan, and now every day is so precious.

Whether it is Qu Zhenhan's northern Fujian strategy or Ni Tingmo's attack on Chuzhou, Liu Chang is not very optimistic, but if these two places suffer setbacks, then all the forces of the entire Qing army's Zhejiang-Fujian theater will be pressed on the Hong army, and Liu Chang must take a piece of territory that is enough to stand before they collapse.

In this case, De Mons's Western arms became an indispensable weapon in Liu Chang's army, and with the two expansions before and after entering Taizhou, the number of weapons has never kept up with the growth of the strength of the troops, and now at least half of the soldiers do not even have a flintlock pistol.

What's more, this time Demons should have bought a batch of Western artillery, right? Such Western artillery was indispensable for the capture of cities such as Huangyan and Linhai, which had a large number of defenders and strong walls.

"How many munitions did he bring?"

The herald came from Panshi Village, and he told Liu Chang: "It should still be a shipload of munitions, and the draft is very deep, but he only agrees to make a deal with you!" ”

Although there was a considerable amount of silver and other cash in Panshi Village, for such a large-scale transaction of tens of thousands of silver yuan, Xian Lian Commander, who was now in charge of Panshi Village, could not be the master at all, and De Mons was not worried about contacting other Chinese other than Liu Chang.

He knew that Liu Chang was the supreme leader of the entire Hongjun and had supreme power, and that the others were just Liu Chang's subordinates and could not make crucial decisions, especially regarding the ordering of the next batch of arms, in addition, according to his understanding of the bad habits of Chinese officialdom, if he traded with these subordinates, he had to take out a large share of the profits, which the Chinese called "kickbacks", and it was based on this consideration that De Mons refused to make arms deals with Xian Na or others.

However, while waiting for Liu Chang, he had already decided to buy some local specialties from Panshizhai and the vicinity, such as tea that Westerners like, to ship to Shanghai for sale.

After listening to the herald say all this, Liu Chang nodded: "Okay, I'll explain, I'm ready to go south!" ”

Just seeing Shi Tinglan, who was very energetic over there, his heart suddenly moved: "I don't know if I can ask Miss Shi to check the quality of this batch of munitions this time?" ”

Shi Tinglan turned up the corners of her mouth slightly: "I'm a weak woman, but I don't have a horse to change at any time like the inspection point!" ”

It turned out to be a little resentful about this matter, but now it's not like when it marched into Taizhou, since Zhou Xiuying captured a lot of military horses in Jinyun, the company commanders of individual main companies of the Hongjun Army can ride horses, so Liu Chang put forward his own suggestion: "Then take my horse and go together!" ”

Shi Tinglan replied while packing up: "As long as you are such a gentle pony, even if you don't want to give it to me, there are several Western horses in Tianjing, so it is called a real handsome horse!" ”

"Good, good!" Liu Chang saw that Shi Tinglan was a little moved: "When I get a batch of Western horses, will I give you a few horses?" How's your riding going? ”

How's the riding? Shi Tinglan immediately told Liu Chang: "This Wang Gu came all the way to Jinling from Guangxi barefoot, can ride a fierce horse, can go into battle with a rattan card, and I don't know how many times I have fought in the enemy, but I can't even tame a pony like you!" ”

Her riding skills are indeed much better than Liu Chang, Liu Chang became nervous as soon as he rode on the horse, and among the horse team, whether it was Shi Tinglan or Zhou Xiuying, they were all good at riding, and these two horses were trained by them like their arms.

It's just that as soon as she saw Zhou Xiuying with the cavalry guard, Shi Tinglan's face was a little more frosty, and she immediately urged the war horse, and the horse galloped out quickly, leaving Liu Chang alone.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Xiuying also urged the horse to get close to Liu Chang, but she didn't talk about the issue of Shi Tinglan and Yang Changmei, and shouted directly: "Check!" ..., the war horses around them scattered all of a sudden, and they were far away, but they were guarding Liu Chang and Zhou Xiuying.

"What's the matter with Company Commander Zhou?" Liu Chang glanced at Shi Tinglan, who had already run away, and then at the group of cavalry under Zhou Xiuying: "You have trained the horse team well!" ”

Now that there is a horse team escort, it will not take more than a day to rush back to Panshi Village from Taiping County, which makes Liu Chang's trip much easier.

Zhou Xiuying brought out all his cavalry to protect Liu Chang this time, with a total of two platoons of sixty people, plus the flintlock pistols on their backs, such a lineup can protect Liu Chang foolproof.

This horse team was established for a short time, but now Zhou Xiuying's command seems to be clear-eyed, although it seems a little immature, but there is already a little taste of modern iron cavalry in it, several actual battles in Taiping County, as soon as they came out, they chased those militia groups, remnant soldiers, and Tuyong had no way to escape, and it was recognized as a first-class ace unit of the Nanxi Battalion.

Zhou Xiuying generously accepted Liu Shuang's praise, and then asked a question: "Checkpoint, I heard that we are going to separate our Ox Knife Company from the Nanxi camp?" ”

This is the meaning of being upgraded to an infantry battalion, and now even a new company like An Hailian has been upgraded to an independent battalion, and it is only natural that the Oxaber Company, which is the fourth established company in the entire Hong Army, will be expanded into an infantry battalion: "That's right, but Battalion Commander Huo wants to leave Lu Ziyun behind, and he said that Nanxi Shuangyun always has a real name!" ”

But Zhou Xiuying has her own thoughts: "It's okay for Lu Ziyun to stay, but I just want to lead the horse team!" ”

"Horse team?" Liu Chang keenly felt the difference: "You don't want to upgrade the Ox Knife Company to an infantry battalion?" ”

"Nope." Zhou Xiuying told Liu Chang her thoughts: "If the Ox Knife Company is upgraded, I can still only lead the infantry team, I only want to lead the horse team now, and I am willing to give up the position of the Cattle Knife Company to Lu Ziyun." ”

"Hmm!" Liu Chang fell into deep thought after a while: "Let me think about it!" ”

There were a total of 120 officers and men in the Ox Knife Company, but the cavalry accounted for two platoons, a full 60 men, which can be said to be the essence of the Cattle Knife Company.

Now fighting in southern and eastern Zhejiang, the role of cavalry is still somewhat limited, but to establish an invincible rainbow army, there must be a strong cavalry, and now Zhou Xiuying's horse team, although most of them are still cavalry fighting on horseback, it is a good start.

But now Zhou Xiuying is both in command of the infantry and cavalry, for how to use this infantry and cavalry mixed force, Zhou Xiuying feels that she has no clue, either the cavalry is too forward, or the infantry is behind, she personally thinks that it is better to simply lead the horse team, so that the horse team can be separated from the infantry in one direction alone to perform the task.

Listening to her say her troubles, Liu Chang nodded, the combined offensive between the horse and the infantry is too arduous for the current nascent cavalry unit, even in modern times, the combination of infantry and mechanized troops is still a big problem, and now let the horse team break away from the infantry and temporarily maintain independent action, although it is Zhou Xiuying's intuition, it is terrifyingly keen.

"It's just that in this case, your Ox Knife Company will set a precedent, and an infantry company will be upgraded to two battalions, which can be regarded as the first case created by our Rainbow Army!" Liu Chang was reluctant to wronged Zhou Xiuying: "An infantry battalion, a cavalry battalion!" ”

"All I need is a cavalry company commander." Zhou Xiuying answered Liu Chang's question heartily: "The sixty cavalry under my command can only form one cavalry company!" ”

Liu Chang disagreed: "How can this work, even if you agree, the cadres below can't agree, with the infantry on Lu Ziyun's side can be expanded into a battalion, the cavalry has two platoons, but only one cavalry company can be formed, let's do it first......"

He has already made a preliminary decision: "The matter of the Ox Knife Company being divided into two, you just have a number in your heart, don't convey it down for the time being, I don't have any talent to lead the horse team, and the next horse team leader will still have to be your battalion commander Zhou." ”

Zhou Xiuying knew that this kind of thing would definitely cause countless waves if it was made public, and she was a little worried: "The expansion of the Ox Knife Company into two battalions, is this step too fast?" ”

"Not fast, not fast!" Liu Chang told her something: "Next, we will form the first infantry regiment of our Rainbow Army!" The cavalry battalion temporarily maintains the structure of two cavalry companies, but you'd better act first and see if you can buy a batch of military horses. ”

Zhou Xiuying nodded, and couldn't sympathize with Lu Ziyun who stayed in the Ox Knife Company: "Ziyun's side has too few backbones, and it is even more difficult to expand an infantry battalion than our horse team, what should I do?" ”

It doesn't matter if a cavalry battalion maintains the size of a hundred people for the time being, but the infantry battalion cannot, even if it is estimated according to the size of the independent battalion, there are as many as four hundred, but Liu Chang directly commanded her: "It's okay, Huo Qiu will help over there." ”

"How so? Although he is one of the twin clouds of Nanxi. It's just that the next moment, Zhou Xiuying has already understood: "Do you really want to build an infantry regiment?" ”

She had heard that Liu Chang was going to form the first infantry regiment before, according to the convention, it must be the dragon spear battalion that took the lead, and the Nanxi battalion was upgraded to the back, although the cattle knife company was upgraded, but I am afraid it will still be within the system of the Nanxi regiment, and it is still one of the well-known Nanxi Shuangyun.

She secretly wished herself and Lu Ziyun good luck, if there was no such conversation, maybe she and Lu Ziyun would have missed this great opportunity.

It's just that at this time, Shi Tinglan in front had already turned the horse's head and killed back.

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