Chapter Eighty-Nine: The First Cavalry

Hearing the sound of the inner village rushing out, Chen Yufeng ordered: Take the squad as a unit, and attack freely with the shotgun.

Everyone went down the stairs down the wall and went to the wall. This is a battle of muskets against broadswords and spears, and in squads, ten people in a squad, five people shoot, and five people load to cover each other, and attack and advance. It is definitely a sharp weapon in close combat, and the lethality of shotgun close-range shooting is amazing, because the killing surface is large, and there is no need to aim at all. So rushing in is a one-sided slaughter, no matter how strong your martial arts are, it's useless at this time.

Chen Yufeng saw that he had been killed for a while, and the bandits basically had no threat to him, so he divided his troops into two places. One route was personally led by Chen Yufeng, and rushed in the direction of the second gate to meet the lord of the village, Yan Xing. A few people were left to guard the gate, and the other half of the people were led by Liu Yun to continue to exterminate the remaining bandits.

The team led by Chen Yufeng, when they stormed the second walled gate, encountered the bandits' bows and arrows shooting on the walled gate, although they didn't see it too clearly at night, the bandits' arrows were not too accurate, and there were still brothers who were injured by arrows. Chen Yufeng ordered, Li Jing and Liu Jun to lead the sharpshooters, and by the light of the fire, block the archers on the wall. After several rows of gunfire from Li Jing and others, no one could be seen showing up on the wall. Chen Yufeng commanded the brothers, and used a shotgun to open the way and enter the walled gate.

Liu Yun's work here is like hunting. In the squad as a unit, when he encountered a disobedient person who was wielding a gun and a stick, he raised his hand and banged, and the shotgun threw a piece of iron sand over him, beating him into a sieve. When encountered, hiding in the room and not coming out, light a **, and when you see that it is almost, you throw it into the house. After the "boom", when he entered the house and found that there was someone who was not dead, he helped him give him a knife so that he would suffer less crime. Those who surrendered were ordered to squat together in a spacious place with their heads in their hands. Soon, the remnants of the bandits were cleared.

Yan Xing, the master of Dazhai, did not have such a smooth impact on their side as Chen Yufeng's side.

The people in the inner village heard the explosion of the ** bow thunder, and Liu Chenghuang was too familiar with this sound. He said to Yan Xing: "The fight has started in front, let's also cooperate with the attack." We, the musketeers, are clearing the way for everyone. ”

Yan Xing and Liu Chenghuang went down to the gate of the village together. As soon as the gate of the village was opened, the people brought by Liu Chenghuang each threw a **, and after the "boom" explosion, Liu Chenghuang took the lead in leading the brothers to rush out while the smoke was not clear. Because the attacking bandits had long been prepared for the people in the stockade to rush out, archers were arranged outside, and after Liu Chenghuang and others rushed out, a row of arrows was shot head-on, although there was a cover of gunsmoke, there were still a few brothers who were injured by arrows. Liu Chenghuang knew that he couldn't retreat at this time, and continued to shoot forward, and now these bandits couldn't stand it, because the accomplices who were shot around him were too terrifying, and if they were shot a little bit in the head, half of their head would be gone. The middle of the front, the back of the head is gone. As soon as the bandits' confidence wavered, all that remained was to run faster than whom. Liu Chenghuang led people to rush out of a bloody road, and Yan Xing's people also rushed out. Seeing that Yan Xing's brigade rushed out, Liu Chenghuang gathered his own people and gathered around Yan Xing as a guard. I found that there was no way to attack it. Send out a few people to help solve it. Yan Xing praised Liu Chenghuang's unruly and commanding demeanor, and when he asked, he knew that Liu Chenghuang was just a junior officer, and at this time Yan Xing was too envious of Zhang Zhimu, there were so many outstanding talents. At first, Yan Xing was a little worried that Zhang Zhimu and the others would come with a hundred people. Now I really took it. With more than a dozen people around Liu Chenghuang, the bandits were beaten indiscriminately.

In fact, Chen Yufeng and they fought so smoothly and still took a big advantage, and they destroyed the bandits' command center, the big tent, at the beginning. The big and small leaders inside were either dead or wounded, and the fierce fire oil stuck to the body and could not be removed until they burned people to death. Without command, the bandits were in disarray, and they could not organize themselves to resist effectively.

By the time Chen Yufeng commanded people to enter the second gate, the general trend had already been decided. Yan Xing came over and held Chen Yufeng's hand tightly, speechless with excitement. At this time, Yan Xing knew that he had passed a catastrophe, and all this was all thanks to the help of the brothers in Yaogang. Chen Yufeng said to Yan Xing: "Tell the brothers not to kill all the people, and leave some cavalry for me." These minions, who will feed and who will do it, you have suffered a lot of casualties this time, so you might as well take some in. ”

Yan Xing woke up like a dream, thinking that he was too bad at all aspects of the kiln gang, and he used to think very highly of himself, but he had never seen a master. It seems that he can only be regarded as a master in his own small circle.

Yan Xing ordered that those who surrendered were not allowed to be killed again, and as a result, his minions had been angered by these brutal bandits for a few days, and his hatred for these bandits was too deep, and he wanted to kill these bandits with one mind. The order could not be carried out, and in the end, Yan Xing personally killed two brothers who did not obey the order before stopping the indiscriminate killing.

By daybreak, a count of more than 800 people had been taken prisoner. Most of them were cavalry, because their tents and stables were together, not with the infantry, and Chen Yufeng's first round of attacks was mainly aimed at the infantry in the middle position. In addition, fighting in small places, the cavalry was inferior to the infantry, and they did not come forward. Most of them were taken prisoner as a result. In this way, more than 1,000 war horses were captured, as well as a large amount of gold and silver brought by the bandits. Chen Yufeng said to Yan Xing: "The big boss, I don't want anything else, how about I pick a few horses for this war?" Yan Xing said, "It's no problem for you to drive them away." Everything here should be yours, only life is ours for the time being. ”

Liu Yun and Fan Chengkun learned from Zhang Zhimu to lecture the bandits, Liu Yun talked about it, Fan Chengkun added, and the captives quickly said that they would surrender, and more than 500 cavalry were willing to go with the Yaogang people, and the rest were willing to follow Yan Xing. This made Yan Xingke look stupid. How can Fang Cai still be an enemy who fights to the death, and after a while, he will become a brother. For such a big matter, why just say a few words. Yan Xing really couldn't understand it.

Chen Yufeng left with more than 500 new brothers and 800 horses. Each of the horsemen had selected weapons and bows, and none of the others had brought them. Leaving a hundred ** and ten muskets to Yan Xing, Chen Yufeng said before leaving: "Zhimu's wine is not cold yet, let's go over and drink a few glasses together." ”

Yan Xing said: "Zhimu caused trouble for him when he was happy, and I will make up for this wine later." Now it's inconvenient for Niutou Mountain to keep you. I'll report your love later. Chen Yufeng said: "What you say is not like a brother." Don't be polite between us, when Zhimu sees these cavalry, he won't think it's chaos, he'll think it's joy. Alright, let's go. ”

Zhang Zhimu, who was in a daze, was woken up by Huang Yukun. Zhang Zhimu, who woke up, immediately hugged Huang Yukun tightly, and Huang Yukun said, "Get up." If you go out too late, everyone will laugh. Zhang Zhimu said: "Whatever." As he spoke, his hand was dishonest again. Huang Yukun tugged at Zhang Zhimu's ear and said, "It's all time in the future, so let's get up." There's a lot going on out there. Zhang Zhimu asked Huang Yukun to massage his waist, and he massaged Huang Yukun's waist. kissed Huang Yukun again, and then got up lazily. Huang Yukun brought water, Zhang Zhimu washed his face, cleaned up, and went downstairs.

Before going out, Zhang Zhimu thought that those little brothers would come to tease him. But as soon as he went out, Lu Chengxiang greeted him. Pulling him back, he closed the door. Zhang Zhimu asked: "What's wrong, it's made our big housekeeper embarrassed." Lu Chengxiang said: "Something is wrong." ”

Lu Chengxiang told him about last night. When Zhang Zhimu heard it, something really happened, and it was not small. Thinking about it again, with Chen Yufeng's scheming and strategy, it shouldn't be a big deal, he brought a hundred musketeers, most of whom had been trained. In addition, Yan Xing's people, as long as they don't make big mistakes and deal with them properly, they should be okay to deal with one or two thousand bandits, but it's really not good, and it's still okay to protect themselves. It seems that Chen Yufeng is still politically mature, and he can come up with a way to deal with it in a short period of time, which is by no means something that can be done by fighting or killing.

Zhang Zhimu said: "I believe that Uncle Chen can be victorious, let's greet the guests." "From the morning, the kiln gang was lively again. Outsiders didn't see anything different about the kiln. On this day, Lu Chengxiang was the busiest. There are those who come to talk to Zhang Zhimu about business, and Zhang Zhimu will all go to Lu Chengxiang.

When Yan Boju saw Zhang Zhimu, he comforted him and said, "Don't worry about the 'Mountain Harrier' and them, that old guy doesn't talk much, but he has a lot of eyes." He won't suffer. Zhang Zhimu said: "It's okay, I'm not worried." How's your horse? Yan Boju said, "I was just trying to ask you for a few people." I don't need any of the big officials you arranged for me. I need a few people who can really get things done. Zhang Zhimu said: "You say, you can give it to whoever you want." Those senior officials are arranged in your department because you are old and can suppress them, and you can't arrange them elsewhere. Yan Boju listened to it, and his heart was very beautiful. Say, "You can fool me the most." ”

Yan Boju asked a tenant who could raise livestock in the original kiln gang, and also asked someone from the south who knew a little about treating livestock problems. Yan Boju asked again: "I'm going back to the horse market, are I getting two people who know how to do it?" Zhang Zhimu said: "This is your business, you can do it yourself." ”

When the guests were gone, Lu Chengxiang commanded everyone to dismantle the sheds they had built, and the appearance of the kiln was restored to its original appearance.

Lu Chengxiang came over and said to Zhang Zhimu: "Mr. Zhang, we not only received many congratulatory gifts for your wedding, but also received a lot of orders. You see, there are more than 30 four-wheeled carriages and more than 300 steel-reed carriages. And that's just the beginning. We also ordered a lot of the goods we brought back from the south. These merchants are willing to be long-term partners with us. Zhang Zhimu said: "Great, it's just that you've worked hard these days." ”

Until the evening of the fourth day after Chen Yufeng left, Chen Yufeng and Liu Yun rushed back on two horses. When Chen Yufeng saw Zhang Zhimu, he nodded first without speaking. Zhang Zhimu has a stone in his heart, even if it lands. Chen Yufeng was afraid that Zhang Zhimu would be worried, so he hurried back.

As soon as Chen Yufeng came back, the cadres all gathered around.

After entering the house and drinking some water, Chen Yufeng and Liu Yun briefed the cadres who stayed at home on the operation. Everyone was very happy when they heard it.

Chen Yufeng asked Li Jing and Liu Chenghuang to lead the horses and cavalry behind, not to go back to the Yaogang headquarters directly, but to go to the cave where the grain was stored first, because the cavalry of the brigade was too eye-catching. So they set up a camp there, and in the name of protecting food, they sealed off the place and kept it from outsiders. Fortunately, there is a cave there to use, so you can live in the cave for the time being. Outside the cave, it was originally a camp that had been renovated for many years, and the original roads and sites were cleared out and could be reused.

Zhang Zhimu arranged for Lu Chengxiang to organize people to transport the items for building the camp to the location of the camp. Tell him to buy whatever he lacks. Food must be indispensable. He also arranged for Huang Yukun to organize women to seize the time to make new quilts, new clothes, pants and shoes for these more than 500 people. Let them come here and feel like home.

Everyone dispersed, and Zhang Zhimu asked Chen Yufeng: "Who are you going to let be the head of this cavalry." Chen Yufeng said: "I see Liu Chenghuang walking." In addition, we went south to accept Li Zicheng's thirty cavalry, who had come all the way with us and had already blended in with us, and they all knew about our situation and sent them into this team to be the leader. With them face-to-face with these people, these people will be able to integrate with us very quickly. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I am also optimistic about Liu Chenghuang, but for the time being, let Liu Yun and them help him there and help lead a team." Give Yoo Sung-hwan a transition time. I would like to start with a cavalry brigade. Of course, it is still the name of the Tiger Dart Bureau to the outside world. Otherwise, when the imperial court sees that we have organized a team, it will definitely attack us in advance. We're now famous, so be careful. Our wings are not yet stiff, and we still need to converge our edges. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Let Liu Chenghuang be the captain." Zhang Zhimu said, "Okay." This brigade consists of three squadrons, each with three squadrons. Each squad has ten centaurs. Later it could be expanded to a thousand people. We must train these people into elite soldiers, and these people will be our seeds in the future. If you want them to learn culture, you can force them to learn culture with awards. Without culture, it is useless. We also have to take a closer look at these people, and there are no younger ones, so we must focus on cultivating. Young and malleable, we have to prepare officers in advance. When the conditions are ripe, they will also set up their own military academy. It is very important to prepare some seed instructors early. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "I have seen that some of these people are Mongolians, or Han people may have lived in Mongolia for too long, and they can't speak very neatly. I can't understand anything if I say it quickly. But the horse is well ridden. They grew up on horseback, which is completely different from the horses we later learned to ride. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It is difficult to say the bloodline of these people, and it is not a new thing for the Saiwai Han to intermarry. With them, in the future, when we train cavalry, we will have good instructors. Therefore, these people will have to learn tactics in the future and train them all to become officers. I often go and give lectures to them when I have nothing to do. ”

With his own cavalry, Zhang Zhimu has to be much more down-to-earth. Cavalry is a force that can move quickly, and the impact of cavalry on the battlefield is almost unstoppable. In several duels between himself and the cavalry, he completely relied on the terrain to block the impact of the cavalry. That's still against small groups of cavalry. The fact that the Mongol cavalry was able to sweep through Europe and Asia is an example, of course, it has a lot to do with the mobile and flexible tactics of the Mongol cavalry, which is just a good use of the cavalry. Without cavalry, there would have been no rise of the Yuan Dynasty. We must study the tactics of the Mongolian cavalry well, first, to learn from them, and second, to be our main opponents in the future. It is also necessary to equip the cavalry with firearms, such cavalry has the advantage of both mobility and flexibility, as well as the advantage of strong firepower. The odds are better against your opponents. But now should we equip these cavalrymen with muskets, or wait until the rifles are made. I'll look into it when they all come back.

Zhang Zhimu thought about it while coming to Li Yunhe's experimental plant, which was a newly built very spacious and tall factory. Liu Yun and the others all seemed a little small in the factory. Li Yunhe, who was experimenting with the newly made vise, couldn't suppress his excitement when he saw Zhang Zhimu coming, and said: "Now, this is the tenth improved vise, which is much easier to use now, and it will be too convenient to work in the future." It was not easy to use before, because the screw thread mother here was made by hand, and the precision was not high, and the match was not good. Now it's no problem if it's improved. The iron parts are clamped in this, and it is too convenient to process how you want to process them. In the past, it was clamped by a person's hand, and it was not necessarily clamped steadily. Li Yunhe said a bunch of things in one breath because of his excitement. Zhang Zhimu said that with this vice, you can use plate teeth and taps to buckle those iron pipes. Is it possible to start our heating project? Li Yunhe said: "Let's try to buckle the iron pipe now." Once it's done, it's good to go. Zhang Zhimu said, "You can test it." Once the experiment is over, let them do it. You and Lu Qi take a look at my drawings together. At this time the drawing of the bevel gear. ”

Leaving Li Yunhe, Zhang Zhimu saw that Lu Chengxiang came back in a carriage after shopping. He asked him to take out all the kelp he had brought back and send it to the kitchen. He also told the kitchen that every day, the children were given a little kelp. Zhang Zhimu has found that now these children are obviously growing in height due to their good nutrition. He stopped Li Yunhe from pressing his legs too much when he taught them to practice martial arts. Because in his previous life, he saw a lot of children who were learning dance and practicing martial arts, but they didn't grow up. Later, I found out that it was too much leg pressing, etc., and the training was unreasonable.

When Zhang Zhimu came to the factory where the textile workshop was made, he saw Lu Qi, Liu Bensheng and others worrying here.