Chapter 117: Datong Talks

Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng took Yang Yulin and followed the people to the General Soldier's Mansion. When Jiang Zongbing saw Zhang Zhimu arrive, he got up very warmly to greet him, "I've heard of Zhang Yishi's name for a long time, and it's an honor to meet you today." ”

Zhang Zhimu also hurriedly politely, "Oh, the chief soldier is in love." The Xiurong merchant has seen the chief soldier. ”

Zhang Zhimu turned around and introduced Chen Yufeng and Yang Yulin to Jiang Zongbing. Jiang Zongbing also treated these two with courtesy, and when he heard that Yang Yulin was the daughter of the head of the Huwei Dart Bureau, he said to Yang Yulin: "You are a heroine." Amazing men than we do. "Because in this era, there are very few women coming in in places like the General Military Mansion, but Yang Yulin is now a heroine.

After the two sides sat down, Jiang Zongbing said: "There is not much good news from the imperial court this year, but the only few times are mostly related to Zhang Yishi. Like you, you fought the great victory of the thief and the navy, the great victory of the Cuihan Ancient Road, and the great victory of Kaifeng to relieve the siege. It's a shame for us and other soldiers. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The general has won the award. We just did something that should have been done when there was something going on in the court. If we don't fight those thieves, but let them slaughter, the thieves will be even more powerful. There is no way out for us. ”

"Zhang Yishi, can you tell me about these things about your trip to the south this time, and let me have a long insight." Jiang Zongbing asked.

"Your Excellency is gracious." Zhang Zhimu said.

Zhang Zhimu told the story of how to fight Li Zicheng's naval army in the Fen River, how to defeat the thief cavalry on the Cuihan Ancient Road, and how to attack at night to relieve the siege of Kaifeng.

Hearing these stories, Jiang Zongbing felt like he was obsessed. He is also a soldier leader, and he knows that Zhang Zhimu is talking about these things lightly, but not everyone can do it. However, with the sensitivity of the soldiers, he became interested in Zhang Zhimu's weapons. He offered to see Zhang Zhimu's weapon.

Zhang Zhimu and others are his requirements.

Zhang Zhimu said: "I also have a letter brought to you by the Hukou Guard, and I want to ask the adults to take a look at it first." ”

Jiang Zongbing took the letter, opened it and read it directly, and then said, "Great." Chen Yingying and Miss Yang sat first. I have something to talk about with Zhang Yishi. After speaking, let Zhang Zhimu go to the back room.

The two went to the secret room and lit the lamp.

It's a very solid room that is enclosed with wood on all sides, but it's okay to ventilate it outside, because although the lights are on, there is not much smell of oil smoke in the secret room.

After the two sat down, Jiang Zongbing said: "Wang Shichang said in the garrison letter that you have a top-secret important matter to tell, please tell me." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This matter is too big, Wang Shoubei asked me to tell you in person." ”

Jiang Zongbing said: "This secret room is very safe, just say it." ”

"My lord, do you know that the battle of Songjin was a shortage of food for the Qing soldiers, who sent them food?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

Jiang Zongbing's brows furrowed, "I don't know, please speak." ”

"According to the information I received, there are eight merchants in Zhangjiakou headed by Fan Yongdou. It was they who bypassed the blockade of the official army through the Mongolian steppe and sent them food. Now they are also sending food and intelligence to the Manchus. Zhang Zhimu looked at Jiang Zongbing and said.

"We always felt that there were moles, but we didn't expect it to be them. But these people are very well-educated, can you have proof? We can't just listen to you and move them. Besides, they are not ordinary people who can move. Jiang Zongbing asked.

"Do you think I can get the evidence?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"Haha, it's not easy to get evidence." Jiang Zongbing also smiled.

"But it's true, I dare to vouch for it." Zhang Zhimu can't say that I got the news from my previous life.

Jiang Zongbing said: "That's it, it's easy to do it when we know this." I'm going to send someone to investigate this. This matter is related to the safety of the imperial court, and I will never take it as a child's play. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The key now is that they must not be allowed to transport grain to the Manchus again, because the Manchus will not be able to launch a large-scale attack without food." Then Wu Sangui's general army can reduce the pressure, and the Manchus will not be able to enter Shanhaiguan. ”

Zhang Yishi was right, I didn't expect Zhang Yishi to see so far. You have relieved the siege of Kaifeng, leaving the court with one less threat. Now it has cut off the food supply of the Manchu Qing Dynasty again. It seems that Zhang Yishi has a lot of things in his heart. "Jiang Zongbing has already realized that Zhang Zhimu is not an ordinary person.

"Your Excellency has won the prize. We businessmen hope that the world will be stable, and only with stability can we come out to earn silver. But now the situation is worrying, and we can't come out. That's not what we businessmen are supposed to do. But it's all here. Zhang Zhimu said.

Jiang Zongbing sighed and said, "These things should be done by those of us who are raised by the imperial court. But now the court doesn't care about the civil and military officials in the world, no matter how dangerous the world is, or singing and dancing, they only know how to make money every day. Recently, there was a group of Mongolian cavalry who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they had bypassed the Shanhai Pass and rushed to Datong to burn and loot, and several tunzi were slaughtered by them. ”

"As far as I know, the Mongols on the other side of Hukou have not yet surrendered to the Manchus, and they also hate the Mongols who surrendered to the Manchus. In particular, I learned that several of their tribes are at war, and there will be no major threat over there in the short term. Adults can use this time to deal with these bold Mongols. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Zhang Yishi's news is too good. So that I can let go of my hands on them. How did Zhang Yishi get this news? "Jiang Zongbing is still a little worried.

Zhang Zhimu said: "In killing Hukou, I specially invited their prince Torrey to drink, and the prince drank too much, and he said it casually." A few of my business partners, who run on the prairie all year round, can also attest to this. ”

"Haha. Zhang Yishi, you don't come out to contribute to the court. It's a shame that you're a big fortune. ”

"I don't dare to mix in officialdom, I don't have that brain. If you can't figure it out, Yuan Chonghuan's fate will be my fate," Zhang Zhimu smiled.

Jiang Zongbing waved his hand to prevent Zhang Zhimu from talking about this topic again, because this was a taboo in the Ming Dynasty.

"It's worrying here, the loss of the court in the Battle of Songjin is too great, and it can be regarded as a big injury. The Manchus were getting more and more difficult to deal with. They originally had eight banner soldiers, and now the Khalkha and Korqin tribes in Mongolia have descended to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they have formed a total of two Mongolian banners. What's even more odious is that there is also a Han army flag composed of surrendered Ming troops. They bypassed the Shanhai Pass to find a breakthrough in the Great Wall from the Mongolian steppe, and broke into it several times, causing great harm. Jiang Zongbing said helplessly.

"I think in the current form, if you defend in an all-round way, you can't hold it there. As long as we keep a few important points, they will not be able to stand by breaking in. We'll take care of them when we get the chance. Zhang Zhimu knew that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would invade Shandong in December and plunder more than 360,000 people, but he couldn't say it.

Zhang Yishi is so right, he really woke up the dreamer with a word. To keep all is to keep all of them. Jiang Zongbing said.

Zhang Zhimu said: "I came here this time for another matter, that is, you just said that you want to see our weapons, but this time it is not for you to see the weapons, but to send weapons to you." These weapons are very useful and will allow your soldiers to fight for ten. Moreover, it does not take a long time to train a soldier, and the physical requirements for a soldier do not need to be too high. ”

Jiang Zongbing's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Quickly take me to take a look, I can't wait." Get up and pull Zhang Zhimu away.

Zhang Zhimu said: "I'll find a few people who can use these weapons to demonstrate to adults." Zhang Zhimu didn't expect things to progress so quickly, so he had to let Chen Yufeng take the car back to pull all the weapons over, and bring a few more people over to demonstrate it to Jiang Zongbing.

By the time Chen Yufeng came over with Li Jing and the others pulling weapons, Zhang Zhimu and Jiang Zongbing had already chosen a place to test weapons. This place was at the foot of the city wall, and there was no one under the corner of the wall.

Zhang Zhimu asked Jiang Zongbing to send someone to take and pull a shield and stand ten zhang away, and then Li Jing asked Liu Jun to shoot at the shield. Liu Jun loaded the bullet, aimed at the shield, and fired a shot at the "touch", which made the shield fly, and Liu Jun shot another shot at the flying shield "touch". Soon after, there were two rounds of ammunition.

A soldier in the city picked up the shield and showed it to Jiang Zongbing, only to see that there were two eyes on the shield.

Jiang Zongbing is a knowledgeable person, and at a glance he understands that this gun can be loaded with two bullets at a time, and it is very convenient to load the bullets quickly after shooting. Moreover, the lethality of this bullet is much greater than that of a bow and arrow, because ordinary bows and arrows cannot shoot through shields. With such a musket and covering each other's bullets, you can really be ten at a time. This gun is definitely not comparable to a firecracker. He thought, it seems that the power of this gun on the battlefield described by Zhang Zhimu is true. Jiang Zongbing nodded expressionlessly.

Zhang Zhimu and Li Jing asked him to take out a few **, Li Jing asked people to light a fire and throw them under the city, and the broken bricks and earth and stones under the city were blown up and flew around. Jiang Zongbing couldn't help but throw a ** down. **The boom is very enjoyable. Zhang Zhimu said: "On the battlefield, the effect of throwing this ** into the crowd is very terrifying. ”

Jiang Zongbing asked people to take a crossbow again, Li Jing installed a launcher on the crossbow, put it on the string, and then put a crossbow mine, and after igniting the fire twist, he pulled the trigger, and the crossbow thunder flew far away and exploded on the ground. Then he tried another oil mine, which was even more terrifying, and when it went down, it burned a large area of bushes under the city.

The more Jiang Zongbing looked at it, the more excited he became, and ordered someone to carry out the bed crossbow.

Li Jing also transformed the bed crossbow, and then asked people to wind it well, put a bow thunder on the transmitter, and after lighting the fire twist, it was also a pull of the trigger, and the bow thunder suddenly flew out with an arc of smoke, and disappeared for a while, and then there was a loud noise in the distance.

Jiang Zongbing clapped his hands, "Okay, great." This guy caught up with the cannon. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Although this guy can't shoot far, he can fire quickly. After the artillery is fired, it is washed and dried, and it is too time-consuming and cumbersome to recharge. This guy, after shooting one shot, you can shoot again after winding. What's more, if trained well, this thing shoots much more accurately than a gun. ”

Jiang Zongbing said: "Yes, yes, this guy is fast." If you get more, it's even more unacceptable. ”

After another fire bomb, Mr. Jiang invited everyone back to the lobby. After they all sat down, Zhang Zhimu said: "Lord Commander, this time we have brought you two hundred muskets, five thousand solid bullets and five thousand shotguns, one thousand**, five hundred crossbow mines, five hundred explosive mines, five hundred oil mines, and three hundred oil thunder bows and explosive thunder bows for bed crossbows. It's the best I can to come up with these things. If the rest is not enough, you can completely copy it, and you can reload and reuse those bullets when they run out. We're going to be here for a few more days, so I can give you some advice. ”

Jiang Zongbing said: "Zhang Yishi really has the court in his heart. With the support of your weapon, I don't think those Tartars will be able to bargain again. I'm going to order people to start copying these weapons as much as possible, so that they can learn from you. I know it's not easy for you businessmen to come up with such things at once. I thank you for the 100,000 soldiers at the border and for the imperial court. After speaking, he got up and gave Zhang Zhimu a salute. ”

Zhang Zhimu hurriedly got up, "My lord, this can't be helped, the soldiers are bleeding and sweating at the border pass, and we should do our best." In fact, I have already handed over the appearance of these weapons to the imperial court and let them imitate them. I, as a businessman, don't have the strength to produce anything more. ”

After everyone sat down again, Jiang Zongbing sighed and said, "When the imperial court makes us such a weapon, I don't know what year and month it will be." I'd better figure it out myself. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "With muskets, it is necessary for soldiers to master new tactics and tactics, so that they can give full play to the power of muskets." In the past few days, you had better arrange some soldiers with good brains, and we will train them well. ”

"That's great. You don't need soldiers, you want those officers to learn with you. I want to personally urge them to study hard. Jiang Zongbing said.

Zhang Zhimu suddenly had a good impression of this Jiang Zongbing, and felt that he didn't look like a wall grass. It seems that the decisions people make are influenced by the conditions and circumstances of the time.

"I'd love to know how your infantry dealt with those cavalry. The Mongol cavalry we faced was not easy to deal with, they came and went as swift as the wind, and they were unusually fierce. If you're not careful, you'll suffer their losses. "General Jiang is very eager to know Zhang Zhimu's method of dealing with Li Zicheng's cavalry last time.

"These things, the adults have to talk to our President Chen, and he is qualified to speak about them." Zhang Zhimu kicked the ball to Chen Yufeng.

Chen Yufeng was not polite, "The advantage of cavalry over infantry is that the speed of cavalry is fast, and the cavalry that runs up has a deterrent effect on infantry. The impact of the horses, combined with the sabers cut with speed, was too much of a threat to the infantry. So in the open plains, the cavalry was the sworn enemy of the infantry. But as long as the speed of the cavalry is stopped, and the cavalry is high on the horse, it is an excellent target for the musketeers. We also had an advantage against the robbers' cavalry. The road on the ancient road is narrow, basically two mountains and one valley, and some roads can only pass one car after being dug manually. So we rely on the mountain road to block layer by layer, and no matter how many cavalry they have, all we can face is a few horses. So every time we set up the rejection of the horses to slow down the attacking team, and even if a few good horses crossed the rejection, they were only limited in number, and they could only be killed in front of the muskets. In particular, at that time, we were not in a hurry to retreat steadily, and the thieves were really in a hurry to fight hard, and there was no way to be defeated. ”

Jiang Zongbing applauded again and again, "It's good, it's really good." You've used muskets and tactics divinely. really played to his strengths and curbed the weaknesses of the thieves. It's good, it's good. But what can you do if you encounter a large number of cavalry rushing over on the plains? ”

Chen Yufeng smiled and said, "We haven't encountered a large number of cavalry yet. That's not what our caravan should be facing. However, we have studied this problem, but it has not been tested in battle. ”

"Let's talk about it, we are very afraid of the Mongol cavalry and the Manchu iron cavalry, and they really have to take it seriously." After listening to Chen Yufeng's story, Jiang Zongbing became interested.

Chen Yufeng continued: "We have learned that if our Ming cavalry is facing the Mongol cavalry, it is not at a disadvantage, and sometimes it often has the upper hand. We tend to lose tactically. ”

"Oh? What does this say? Jiang asked puzzled.

"When the Mongol cavalry fought on a large scale, because of their vast territory and sparsely populated population, they were often all soldiers. looks violent, but in fact, the soldiers are old and weak, and they all have to participate in the war. It's just that these people grow on horseback all year round, and the bow and sword never leave their hands, plus their living environment is extremely harsh, which makes them very strong, and as long as they run on a horse, they can swing their sabers and charge collectively, which makes up for the difference in the quality of soldiers. And our soldiers are all young and middle-aged after long-term training, and their physical strength is not worse than theirs in terms of sword skills, so we often do not fall behind when we are equal to each other. ”

After Chen Yufeng finished speaking, Jiang Zongbing nodded straight and said, "Chen Yingying is too right, there are few times when we lose against us normally." So what should we do with them? ”

"We need to understand the opponent in terms of both big tactics and small specific tactics, and take corresponding countermeasures. In terms of tactics, the Mongol cavalry was particularly adept at long-range attacks. Genghis Khan once led a large army to run 400 miles in a day and night, and he was a small group of people who led a large army not a few good horses. Usually they are one person and three riders. One horse carries the horse grass, and the two people change hands. Their team is not like us, and they have to have a team of grain and grass behind them. Our food and grass team can't get enough of it, so we have to retreat. And the beef jerky, cheese, and milk tea carried by the Mongolian cavalry themselves were enough for them to eat for three months. This is something we can't compare. Therefore, it is very tricky for us to prevent them from coming, and we often don't know where they can start. Because the range of their attack is simply too large. Chen Yufeng said in one breath the characteristics of the Mongolian cavalry.

Jiang Zongbing listened to it very much, these are all things he usually understands, but he hasn't summarized them seriously, so after listening to Chen Yufeng's story, he agrees very much. Ask, "What do you have to do?" ”

Chen Yufeng said: "The first way is to do a good job in intelligence work. After discovering that they are assembled, the fortification area must be large, so as not to let them attack suddenly. The other is to take the initiative to attack, otherwise the fortified forces everywhere are scattered, and it will be impossible to defend everywhere. ”

Jiang Zongbing said: "That's the reason. In fact, he also knows this, but it is not easy to implement. A policy of not provoking the Mongol court was pursued, as it was necessary to concentrate forces against the Manchus. But now he was thinking that if he dealt with the Mongols who had surrendered to the Manchus, he should not be among them.

Chen Yufeng added: "We often make some mistakes and think that the people on the grassland are simple-minded barbarians. In fact, it is very wrong. The Mongol cavalry attached great importance to tactics, and the tactics were very rich and very quick to adapt on the battlefield. For example, when we meet them and do not have an equal cavalry to hedge with them, we will often use the horse to stop the speed of their cavalry, but after they have suffered several losses, each time they will send a small group of cavalry to rush to the horse rejection, throw a rope with an iron hook to hook the horse, and use the impact of the horse to pull away the horse. Then a large number of cavalry will charge. ”

Jiang Zongbing nodded when he heard these words, and said in his heart: "We all know this, why no one summarizes it well, and often suffers the same losses on the battlefield." ”

"So in the future, when we set up a rejection horse, we must pin the rejection horse to the ground so that their horse cannot be dragged. Now, though, with muskets, our tactics are simpler. Send a few musketeers, and you can send away the cavalry that is dragging the horse. However, this time, I would like to introduce the tactics of the musketeers against the Mongol cavalry that we have studied. Chen Yufeng said.

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By the way, I recommend "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty", similar to this article, it is also a "technology flow" through the novel, but it takes place in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yashan, Anti-Yuan, Restoration, and European World Wars.