Chapter Eighty-Seven: King Chuang is Shocking and Selects Special Forces

The silver convoy that Li Jing came back from the robbery carried a total of 350,000 taels of silver, 13,000 taels of gold, countless other jewelry, and several large boxes of antique cultural relics personally selected by Li Zicheng.

Seeing this, Lu Chengxiang couldn't close his mouth happily. Yesterday, when Lu Chengxiang reported on the development project in Zhangjiakou, he was not so happy.

Lu Chengxiang said: "It seems that Li Zicheng has made a lot of money!" ”

Ouyang He said: "This should only be a small part, and what he gets will definitely not be just that." They will not get less money from the big families in Shanxi. In the places where the rich people in Shanxi hide their silver, it's okay to fool and confuse the bandits, and it is not worth mentioning to deal with Li Zicheng, who specializes in fighting dirt. ”

was robbed of the silver car by the Yaogang people, which made Li Zicheng angry like thunder. This is a great disgrace. The kiln gang people actually went to their rear, and in broad daylight, they robbed their silver cars with the ghosts, and they didn't put themselves in their eyes at all. Treat hundreds of thousands of Dashun troops as nothing. Li Zicheng felt that the inner ghost was terrible, and secondly, he was also terrible about the ability of the kiln people. Those who investigated the scene came back and said that except for the 500 cavalry of their own guards, none of the other 500 elite cavalry were spared, and all of them were killed. However, according to the people who escaped from the patrol, the kiln gang people, plus the 500 people who might have defected, would definitely not reach 1,000 people. That is to say, there will be no more than 500 people in Yaogang, and a small army of less than 500 people can destroy all 500 cavalry so neatly, which is not an ordinary toughness. Li Zicheng was killed from the battlefield, and he knew the combat effectiveness of five hundred cavalry in the field. Besides, the 5,000 cavalry he sent out to pursue was an incredible combat force. But in addition to killing and injuring a lot of people and horses, it also allowed people to break through. If the people of Yaogang attack aggressively, it seems that it is a matter whether they can escape or not. In fact, Li Zicheng didn't care very much about the gold, silver and things he lost, and the gold and silver they seized in this crusade were far more than these. What shocked Li Zicheng was the incident itself.

Song Xiance couldn't help it, and said: "Your Majesty, if we don't change the gap in weapons with the Yaogang people, it will be difficult for us to have a chance of winning." I agreed to go back to Shaanxi first and then make plans. ”

Niu Jinxing was obviously very dissatisfied with Song Xiance's words, "Military advisor, don't grow the ambition of the Yaogang people." Don't forget, we still have hundreds of thousands of troops. Besides, if we withdraw like this, won't the Yaogang people go to Shaanxi? Here in Shanxi, we not only have hundreds of thousands of troops, but also many of our officials have been appointed by various prefectures and counties. These people have all withdrawn to Shaanxi, what are they allowed to eat? ”

Li Zicheng knew that Niu Jinxing's words also made sense. However, he knew that Niu Jinxing was too naïve, needless to say whether these officials could withdraw to Shaanxi, and whether his hundreds of thousands of troops could withdraw to Shaanxi was unknown. That can still manage those officials. Li Zicheng sent his little money back to Shaanxi, he didn't want too many people to know, but he didn't expect to make a storm in the city, which made Li Zicheng really depressed. He asked, "Haven't we been able to make that musket for so long?" ”

Song Xiance said: "I didn't dare to delay this matter for a moment. That kind of musket, our craftsmen with the army, with great effort, barely managed to get out a few barrels, but after a few shots, it was immediately gone. Because the barrel is deformed. The craftsmen also tried the barrels of the kiln workers, and we didn't have any steel for them. We can't frustrate the barrels of their guns. Some time ago, our intelligence officers sent back a message that their gun barrels were made of special steel, as if they were going to weight stones or something, but they kept it absolutely secret. It is said that the barrels of their guns are squeezed out with special presses. Our people have only heard that they can't get into their workshop at all. ”

Li Zicheng sighed and said: "We can't even make muskets, and we can't make rifles, machine guns, and mortars. We should return to Shaanxi as soon as possible, and we will not be able to come back unless we study the technology of this musket. Is the intelligence department trying to find a way to get a few kiln gang people over? If it doesn't work, it's okay to spend a lot of money to buy it. ”

Song Xiance said: "We can think of a way, but I'm afraid how much silver we give is enough." The people of the kiln are generally reluctant to leave, and it is said that the living conditions there are so good. ”

Li Zicheng was stunned, "How good can they be?" ”

Song Xiance said: "Until now, we have not entered the kiln. However, it is said that in the winter they have heating and running water, which is piped to every house, and the gas is not smoked, and the electric lights are lit at night. Every night, a big drama is staged in their Palace of Culture. The children have to go to school. Anyway, I heard a lot. ”

Li Zicheng knew some things about Yaogang from the "Yaogang Weekly", especially the "Tang Guifei" staged in the Yaogang Cultural Palace, which was a great sensation. He thought that after occupying Yaogang, he would be able to watch a "Tang Guifei", but it seems that there is no hope for this matter. Let's take care of running for your life first!

However, Li Zicheng was a little puzzled and asked: "You say, the strength of the Yaogang people is so strong, why didn't they attack?" ”

In fact, Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing didn't figure it out about this matter. But the emperor asked, and he couldn't help but say.

Niu Jinxing said: "The minister thinks that the people of their kilns who come out to fight are basically their workers and peasants, and they can come out to defend their homes and fight hard. But if they left home to fight, they wouldn't want to. Therefore, the kiln gang people can only fight at the door of their homes. ”

Song Xiance said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks so. The Kiln Gang was not ready to attack. If they attack, it will definitely be a thunderbolt and catch us off guard. I think we'd better be prepared. ”

After listening to the words of the two, Li Zicheng pondered for a while and said, "What you said makes sense, let me think about it!" ”

Chen Yufeng was also very happy to see the two nephews who came back, he asked Sister-in-law Xu to prepare a banquet at home, and invited Mrs. Cai, Yang Jing, Li Jing, Li Wei, Liu Yun and Yang Yulin, and they drank a meal together. During the banquet, we talked about some things after the separation, and there was inevitably a sigh of embarrassment. But when Mrs. Cai asked about the other dart masters, these two said very little, and they tried to diverge the topics as much as possible. These can't be hidden from Chen Yufeng's eyes, but Chen Yufeng didn't point it through, he knew that it must be ** instructed, and he couldn't say too much.

But when the two of them saw Li Zhi alone, they introduced some information, and it turned out that ** is now a member of Li Zicheng's guard. Because ** was young when he went, but he could still read and write martial arts. When the guards picked people, they felt that the young people had a simple experience and were safe to use. picked ** into Li Zicheng's guards, often Li Zicheng has important meetings, and there are ** a few of their young guards standing guard. **I also took the opportunity to hear a lot of information.

Several dart masters of the Huwei Dart Bureau, because of their outstanding martial arts, were all picked to Li Zicheng's old camp. Li Jing slowly inquired about them, and told them about Chen Yufeng's situation in the kiln. Because they felt in Li Zicheng's army, there was too much difference from what they had expected before they came to participate. They all decided to return to Chen Yufeng. There are also several brothers and sisters who are in key positions in Li Zicheng's army, and they will play a greater role in the future.

Li Jing and the others succeeded in snatching food, and their morale was even higher. They are going to participate in a joust that is about to begin. Zhang Zhimu said: "Are you embarrassed to compare with other ordinary troops? Well, I'll try to give you a chance to compete. When other people compete, you have to participate and help me be the referee. ”

Li Jing saw that she couldn't participate, it was not bad to be a referee, and she could also see the excitement, so she agreed.

After hearing Zhang Zhimu's notice asking each regiment to compete, all regiments were gearing up to compete. Those who are soldiers are not convinced. In accordance with the notice, each of their regiments began to compete first in their respective units. Starting from each company, they were selected at various levels, and finally selected ten members of the regiment who could represent the level of their regiment.

Twenty-eight regiments, each with ten men is two hundred and eighty, and Liu Chenghuang's cavalry now has ten regiments, and a hundred people have also been sent to participate in the competition.

Zhang Zhimu also did not expect that the enthusiasm of the officers and soldiers participating in the competition would be so high, and his current idea is not just to select a few special forces, he feels that he should use this to promote military training activities. In this case, there are two ways to play. One is a group confrontation, and the other is a selection competition.

In the command center, Zhang Zhimu said to Chen Yufeng: "I didn't expect that the competition would make the officers and soldiers so attentive. I'm going to watch the game the day after tomorrow and we're going to have to prepare for it. At that time, representatives from all walks of life in our kiln gang will come to observe the competition. We're going to get some souvenirs, and prizes for the winners. For example, the champion team has to have a trophy. I see that the winning teams are divided into three awards: the championship and the second quarter. Each individual also has to have a medal. It is also divided into gold, silver and bronze medals. ”

Ouyang He said: "In the future, when conditions permit, we will do it once a year, so that we can also promote their good military training." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "In my opinion, in the future, not only will they be compared with the top, but also the overall competition, to see whose team is more combative." ”

After Zhang Zhimu returned, he arranged for people to make souvenirs, trophies, and medals.

The competition was held at Li Yunhe's shooting range, and the atmosphere was very warm that day. Red flags were planted all around, and Li Yunhe also got a gong and drum team. Several giants of Yaogang have come, including Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, Huang Yukun, Yan Boju, Lu Chengxiang, Lu Bingyi, Ouyang He, as well as Zhang Bengui, Qiu Laodongjia, and Ningde. There are more representatives from all walks of life, among which Xiao Hongyu is the most eye-catching.

The soldiers who participated in the competition were led by their regimental commanders, and they did not expect that the leaders of Yaogang would attach so much importance to such a competition, let alone that the atmosphere at the competition site would be so warm. Therefore, the officers and men who participated in the competition stood tall and looked very energetic.

In the warm applause, Zhang Zhimu made a speech.

When he walked up to the officers and soldiers standing in line, the audience fell silent. Zhang Zhimu said: "Hello to the officers and soldiers participating in the competition and the guests observing the competition! I know that the officers and men who are able to participate in today's competition are all outstanding players selected by various regiments, and you are the best in your original regiment. Today, each and every one of you is here to compete on behalf of more than 1,000 officers and soldiers behind you. I want each and every one of you to give your best results. But since the game has to be won or lost, I hope you will not be arrogant in victory and discouraged in defeat. If you don't play well in this competition, go back and practice hard, and improve your performance in the next competition. ”

The officers and men were a little nervous by Zhang Zhimu's words, and Zhang Zhimu said: "Our competition is divided into two kinds, one is the team competition, and 10 people from each regiment participate in the competition collectively, and the total result participates in the competition. The second one is the individual competition, where we finish in the top 50. This individual competition may require both good individual skills and tactics, as well as your luck. The leaders who led the team left the field and started the game. ”

The game was organized by Liu Yun himself.

The first day of competition was a team event.

The first subject is 200-meter precision shooting, with 10 rounds per team member, and the total score is counted.

The second subject is a five-kilometer armed cross-country.

After lunch, the third subject competition will be held.

The third subject, which is somewhat difficult and dangerous, is hand-to-hand combat.

These hand-to-hand fights are for safety. Chen Yufeng personally made some requirements and specially banned some actions. And the emphasis is on the point to the end. The rules are that each team draws lots, draws any two teams in a group, and then the two teams fight one-on-one with hand-to-hand. With two wins in three games, it is time for the two teams to play, with Chen Yufeng personally leading the team, and each pair of players will be judged by two referees.

During the competition, the venue was painted with white ash for ten circles, and each pair of players competed in the circle, and those who quit the circle were counted as admitting defeat.

At this moment, the on-field games and off-the-field battles were excited.

Every player who plays knows that there are a lot of people who look at them anymore, so they don't give in when they play. So although Chen Yufeng led someone to be a referee on the field in person. There are still injuries on the field.

At the end of the first round, half of the teams escaped, and nineteen of the thirty-eight teams remained. In the second round, there is an odd number, and when the draw is made, one team is lucky and does not automatically enter the next round without playing. Of the other eighteen teams, half of them escaped, leaving nine. By the time they were exhausted, there were only five teams left. There is also one lucky team among the five teams that finds time to go straight into the top three. The other four teams decided to decide two in the end. The three teams have a break and are about to play a round-robin match. Since one of these three teams has a bye, the physical strength is a little better. They play against two teams first. Chen Yufeng knew that at this time in the game, the physical strength of each team was overdrawn, and what he fought for was willpower, but at this time it was also the most prone to injury. So when they referee, they are extra careful. In the end, the overall results were neutralized, and the officers, runners-up and third runners-up were decided.

After the results came out, a very grand award ceremony was held. The champion, who won a grand trophy and a gold medal for each team member; Each member of the runner-up team received a silver medal; Each member of the team won a bronze medal.

At the award ceremony, Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Yan Boju went up to distribute the awards. Huang Yukun resolutely did not go. However, Xiao Hongyu gave flowers to their winners, which made these winners extremely happy.

Those who won the award were happy, and those who did not win the award felt very uncomfortable when they watched others come to the stage to receive the award. However, each member of the team who participated in the competition was given a commemorative medal.

In the evening, when walking back, Chen Yufeng said: "The award-winning ones will suffer tomorrow, and I can't fight them one by one today." This kind of game is too hurtful. The more I got back, the more scared I became. If you don't have physical strength, you're most likely to get hurt. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It seems that the rules of our competition are not reasonably designed. In the future, it is reasonable to have only one game per day. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "It's okay, but the soldier must have this unending energy." ”

In the next day's competition, in order to take care of the many games that participated in yesterday's competition, they participated in the same group and competed together. The first subject, which was used in the selection of snipers for Li Jing in the past, was that three groups set off at the same time, ran in front of a small house 500 meters in front of the firing position, and came back, and the first half of the people participated in the shooting. Fifteen rounds per person, counting the total number of targets. Finally, according to the number of shooting rings, half of them will be selected to enter the next round. In fact, three-quarters of them were eliminated in this round. So the rest of the population is only ninety-five.

Zhang Zhimu came to the ninety-five people and said, "You are very lucky to enter the next round of the competition. However, the next round of the competition is a competition with a bit of a real combat background. You have to compete with Li Jing's special forces. To the north of this shooting range is a mountain pass, and Li Jing's special forces are guarding this mountain pass, and Li Jing and they will also send out patrol posts. In a moment we will take you in a wagon twenty miles north of this pass. I ask you to pass through the mountain pass in front of you before dark, and not be caught by Li Jing and their people, and return to this venue. The top 50 are considered winners. It doesn't matter if you're wearing makeup, or you're flying over, or you're coming with a ground shield. In short, the winner is king. However, the requirement is that no one can be injured with a gun. ”

These soldiers, no one expected to play like this, they all talked about it. The guests who came to see the excitement were not happy. They can't see anything in this kind of competition. But being able to sit here now is a buzz in itself. Because the people with heads and faces in the kiln gang have come here. Zhang Zhimu suddenly thought that there should be a sports meeting in the future, and everyone can participate in such a competition and see it.

Originally, Zhang Zhimu wanted to make the subjects a little more complicated, but the current conditions were not available, so he had to do so.

Li Jing's people were also very happy to participate in such a competition, and the so-called elite soldiers that Liu Yun picked out were not put in their eyes at all.

Seeing that Liu Yun personally took the carriage to send these participating officers and soldiers away, Ouyang He said to Zhang Zhimu: "Mr. Zhang, I think that the people who can come over have a lot of luck. ”

"The special forces I want to choose can't be too unlucky." After speaking, Zhang Zhimu asked Chen Yufeng again: "Uncle Chen, do you know anyone who is very good at hunting?" ”

Chen Yufeng said: "You asked me the right person about this. I know a family who are on the other side of Wutai Mountain. Three generations of their family have lived by hunting, their ancestors were hunters, and I still have a little friendship with them. The three of them dared to hit the big claws. ”

"What do you mean by big paws?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

Chen Yufeng smiled and said, "It's a tiger." ”

As soon as Zhang Zhimu heard about it, the three of them dared to fight tigers, thinking that this was a real hunter. He said: "I would like to invite them to give a lecture to our special forces, so that they can teach our special forces how to survive in the mountains and forests, camouflage, hunt down and other basic survival skills." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "No problem, after a while, I will personally invite them." I can also introduce you to someone who is particularly good at water. This person is known as 'Langlijiao' on the rivers and lakes, and the water nature cannot be compared with ordinary people. He grew up by the Fen River and was also a good boat maker. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Great. I would like to hire them as our instructors. If there are any masters in the future, we will invite them back as much as possible. ”

Everyone was talking and laughing, and they all wanted to see who would be the first to return to this gathering place. What everyone didn't expect was that the first one to come back was actually back with Liu Yun and the others.

It turned out that one of the participating soldiers had a whim, and when he arrived at the place, he quietly climbed onto the roof of Liu Yun's car while everyone was not paying attention, and followed Liu Yun and their car back. So as soon as Liu Yun's car arrived at the place, the person jumped out of the car and ran to the meeting place.

The soldier's actions made Liu Yun and them cry and laugh. There are quite a few people who say that this soldier is a trick and cannot be counted, and that he should be criticized.

Zhang Zhimu likes such a person too much, he said: "If you are not satisfied, tell me which of our rules this person violated." Our rule is that no matter what method is used, you can come back on time. I think this soldier should be counted first. ”

The guests were also captivated by the brilliant soldier's bold and clever moves. When it was announced that this person was the number one, the audience erupted in applause.

Chen Yufeng said: "Yes, such soldiers are special forces. ”

Liu Yun and the others had to be convinced of this matter. Li Jing didn't know that they had already released a special soldier.

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The Song and Yuan armies went to war in Japan. The Mongols annexed Western Europe and moved on to Africa. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".