In Hanzhong, the Loyal and Righteous Army relied on the advantages of the navy to build fortifications along the main crossings of the Han River to resist the Tartars. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

During this period, the two sides engaged in fierce battles at various major crossings along the Han River, but failed to succeed because the Chungyi Army had the advantage of a naval army.

In order to change the disadvantage, in early December, the Qing army took advantage of the cover of night to build three pontoon bridges at Dahekan overnight, and from morning to night, the Qing army continuously crossed the Han River through the pontoon bridges to approach the camp of the loyal army.

The two sides fought fiercely at the ferry, Wu Sangui led the Guanning Iron Cavalry to continuously attack the fortress of the Loyal and Righteous Army, and when the situation was critical, Chen Yingzong, the deputy general of the second town, used ten gates and a swarm of bees to slightly suppress the other party.

After the protagonist crosses over, he mainly relies on the experience of his previous life to focus on the front of the bird gun, add the gun to increase the musketeer's hand-to-hand combat ability, change the arquebus to a flintlock pistol, cast the tiger squat cannon, the Fran cannon, the redcoat cannon and other firearms, and do not pay much attention to the swarm.

Chen Yingzong, who has been participating in wars very rarely in northern Sichuan in recent years, has always been thinking about how to make meritorious contributions, and has always wanted to prove that his ability is no worse than Yang Bingyi, Jin Tongwu, Liu Weiming and others.

When he was at a loss, the staff offered him advice, this Yang Xuan, unlike other generals, was very obsessed with the manufacture of weapons and the improvement of weapons.

Although the other side has been looking for the sharp weapons of the opponent's Tartar cavalry, they mainly use weapons such as Furlong cannons, tiger squat cannons, flintlock pistols, arquebuses, and earth-shaking thunders, and they seem to be disdainful of swarms.

It is important to know that a swarm of bees is a kind of rocket that has been developed by borrowing from the ancient ballista carts, and it is a sharp weapon against cavalry.

In the TV series "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", the general Wei Qing used this weapon against the Hun cavalry, of course, because the gunpowder had not yet appeared, it seemed to be cutting the trigger, and the arrows that had already been bent were shot out of a partition and killed the opposing cavalry.

Due to the application of gunpowder, the swarm of rockets has been greatly improved, although it still uses arrows to kill and injure the opponent as in the past, but its kinetic energy comes from the combustion of gunpowder.

In the Jingnan War launched by Zhu Di, the Emperor of Yongle, the Northern Army used a large number of swarms against the imperial army.

In the Second Opium War, in the Bali Bridge War, in order to defeat the blocking Qing cavalry, the French army used rockets to bombard the Qing army's horse team, and then took advantage of the chaos to drive straight into the battle to win the battle.

Chen Yingzong was overjoyed when he heard this, and it took three months to finally create three models, and the battlefield use effect was not inferior to that of the Fran machine gun and the tiger squat gun.

A swarm of rockets built by Chen Yingzong can hold 32 arrows, which are placed in a wooden barrel-shaped launcher, and the arrows are placed with a powder cartridge connected by a general powder line.

Ignite the main medicine line, and the arrows in the launcher will fly out like a swarm of bees, just like the shells such as Katyusha rocket artillery in the previous life, relying on a large number of arrows fired in an instant to suppress the opponent's cavalry and infantry and kill the opponent.

Although it was quite cumbersome and needed to carry a large number of arrows in battle, the Loyal and Righteous Army was now equipped with a large number of tricycles and bicycles, which made it easier to transport arrows and grain baggage, so it was completely mobile in combat.

Seeing that the opponent's cavalry was killed, he suddenly released a rocket in a panic, put a swarm of bee barrels on the tricycle, and suddenly ignited it after fixing, and in the face of the swarming Guanning iron cavalry, thirty-two arrows flew out instantly, and the enemy cavalry in front of him was in a mess.

Under the attack of Franco's machine guns, tiger squat artillery, swarm rockets and other artillery fire, the Guanning iron cavalry was in a mess, and it was difficult to form a dense formation to attack the trench formation dug by the loyal army, so that the situation calmed down slightly.

However, the Qing army was overwhelming, and under the desperate supervision of Duoduo and Wu Sangui, the Qing army continued to kill, and the fierce battle for a long time saw that the loyal and righteous army ran out of ammunition and food, and the naval guerrilla Wang Fuchen led his troops to kill.

Seeing that the Qing army was constantly crossing the Han River through the pontoon bridge, Wang Fuchen drove the Flying Tiger warship back and forth and constantly used Franco's machine guns to bombard the Qing army crossing the river, and at the same time set off rockets to burn the pontoon bridge.

The pontoon bridge that the Qing army crossed the river overnight was not very strong, and after it was suddenly attacked by the water and army of the loyal army, especially after the tung oil and sulfur thrown on the bridge caught fire, the smoke was thick for a while, and the flames soared into the sky.

Seeing the flames on the river, the Qing army crossing the river was worried that the back road would be cut off and their morale was greatly discharged, and at this time, Yang Xuan led the main force of the loyal and righteous army to kill, and the Qing army was defeated.

After the war, Yang Xuan didn't believe it at first, and came to the school to watch the soldiers perform drills.

Seeing that the barrel containing the rocket is less than two feet in diameter, the soldier can clip it under his arm, or put it on a tricycle, and see that the rocket can shoot up to more than 300 meters (watch the Western documentary, the above description is: DS600 yards, I feel that the number is wrong, but in any case it can still reach 300 yards), it is really a sharp weapon against cavalry.

Yang Xuan was overjoyed, thinking of the crossbow car in the TV series "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty", thinking of the Katyusha in Soviet Russia in his previous life, thinking of rockets, and marveling at the sharpness of ancient weapons, he also secretly regretted his prejudices.

Because of the crossing, each squadron of the Loyal Army is equipped with pedal tricycles, and each squad is equipped with bicycles, so why not each killer squad is equipped with a swarm of rockets.

In the face of the Tartar cavalry, if there is enough time, you can dig trenches and build fortifications to block it, and even if time is urgent, you can rely on tricycles and bicycles to build a vehicle formation for self-defense.

When the Tartar cavalry is killed, the long-range bombardment is carried out with the Fran machine gun, the medium and long-range use a swarm of bee rockets, the medium-range is used with the tiger squat cannon, the dense bird guns, flintlock pistols, and tiger squat cannons are used in close quarters, and the close-range military formation is used to cut the horse's legs.

As long as the power of various weapons can be combined in repeated drills, even in the plain terrain in the face of the Tartar cavalry, they can be invincible.

After believing that he had found a way to deal with the dense charging formation of the Tartar cavalry, the morale of the people was greatly boosted, and Yang Xuan summoned the craftsmen to discuss the production of a swarm of rockets, as planned, and once the swarm of bees was completed, he would lead the loyal army across the Han River to expel the Qing army on the other side.

But the situation is changing rapidly, just when Yang Xuan has just found a way to deal with the Tartar cavalry on the plain, He Zhen and Liu Tichun have already decided to accept the reorganization of the Loyal Army, and now they are leading their troops to attack the Tartar grain route in the rear.

It turned out that He Zhen and others retreated to eastern Sichuan, and this year they suddenly heard that the loyal army and the Tartars were fighting in Hanzhong, and He Zhen sent people to contact Liu Tichun and others in order to jointly march to restore Hanzhong.

Since the defeat and flight to eastern Sichuan last year, this suffering can be imagined, not to mention that the mountains around eastern Sichuan are much higher than those encountered in Hanzhong.

In addition, in this deep mountain, all kinds of materials are scarce, although everyone is ploughing, but the grain production in the field is very small, and there is not enough to eat.

There was really no way, He Zhen had to arrange for everyone to go out to hunt game, so that although they could improve their lives a little, it was not the same as eating meat and drinking wine in Hanzhong and Xing'an Prefecture in the past.

Now when they heard that the Loyal Army and the Tartars were fighting in Hanzhong, everyone was eager to try it one by one.

On this day, He Zhen asked Liu Tichun and others to discuss the matter of defecting to the Loyal and Righteous Army.

At this time, a messenger under the village who claimed to be Yang Xuan, the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, He Zhen was overjoyed, and hurriedly opened the door of the village and welcomed Liu Xuanchu into the hall.

After everyone sat down separately, Liu Xuanchu handed over Yang Xuan's handwritten letter after explaining his intentions, and He Zhen was overjoyed after reading it: "Yang Xuan is really a hero in the world, since his debut, he expelled Zhang Xianzhong and defeated the Tartars, and the happy events are really happy."

I won't tell you the truth, after my brother heard that Yang Xuan defeated the Tartars, everyone was so happy that they didn't close their eyes for a few days, even if Mr. didn't come, I would lead the army to go. ”

Hearing He Zhen say this, Liu Xuanchu was overjoyed and said, "General He values my family so much, congratulations."

General He, do you know that my family is quite different from others when they lead troops to fight?

He Zhen was stunned, shook his head and said, "Sir's teachings, we are willing to listen to them."

Liu Xuanchu arched his hand to the surroundings and said: "General He, all the generals only see that the salary of my loyal and righteous army is high, and I see that the soldiers of my loyal and righteous army are strong enemies, and everyone does not know why my loyal and righteous army is so strong.

Everyone may have heard of Qi Jiajun, my family takes Qi Jiajun as a model, and the blue is better than the blue. All soldiers must be able to endure hardships, and the forced march can be as long as 80 miles in a day and 60 miles at night.

All the soldiers are proficient in one or two unique skills, eighteen kinds of weapons, and have a lot of experience.

All the soldiers must obey the order, the officers and men of the three armies, the order, even if there are rivers and cliffs in front, everyone does not frown, and all of them move forward bravely.

All the lieutenant generals and colonels of the army participated in the six-month study of Zhongyi Hall, and all the people who came out were reborn and led the troops to fight, which can be said to be invincible

…….”

He Zhen, Liu Tichun and others were amazed: "It turns out that it is so troublesome to train elite soldiers, and it takes so much effort.

Mr. Liu, we also have more than 1,000 pro-soldiers, and we think that they are quite elite, but we are just strong and brave people who are not afraid of death, so there is a lot of difference between them and the loyal army of the Governor.

This loyal army is more strict in selecting than picking a son-in-law, where is this selection of so many people?

Besides, Ci is not in charge of the army, righteousness is not in charge of money, and it is really unbelievable to ask the following general Qiu Ba to participate in the study of Zhongyi Hall.

In addition, all the artillerymen in the army have studied private school for two years, and they have to participate in three months of training, which is incredible. ”

Liu Xuanchu said with a smile: "General He, General Liu, General Zhao Ronggui commanded more than 10,000 troops, and finally selected 2,000 soldiers and horses.

After the training, Zhao Ronggui's 2,000 soldiers and horses were far above the 10,000 troops in the past. ”

He Zhen was shocked: "Oh, this, isn't this too strict, basically to the point of elite soldiers, I now have 30,000 horses, including more than 20,000 old, weak, women and children who are disabled and sick, and only these 10,000 horses can go to the battlefield." “”

Liu Xuanchu smiled, shook his head and said, "General He, although you have tens of thousands of soldiers, you must always leave some people to guard the backyard." If you are accidentally served by someone else, I am afraid that General He will resent my family at that time. ”

He Zhen was slightly stunned, looked at Liu Xuanchu and said, "General Liu, how many troops do you want to invite this time?" ”

Liu Xuanchu said with a smile: "General He has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, of course we don't dare to ask General He to take them all." General Wakaga has 3,000 elite armor soldiers joining our loyal army, and I think we will be very happy. ”

He Zhen shook his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, I have 30,000 soldiers and horses, of which 10,000 can be called elite, if only 2,000 people are mobilized, is it too little." ”

Liu Xuanchu shook his head and said, "General He, there are already quite a lot of people." General He, you have also participated in the Righteous Army, and you used to move 100,000 people, what is the use of these 100,000 people?

What is the use of a hundred thousand people having 100,000 mouths, and eating up all the cities and villages wherever they pass?

100,000 horses looks quite scary, but many people go into battle with hoes and collapse at the first touch, what is the use of this?

100,000 people and horses traveled thousands of miles, and for every mile they walked, people were dragged down and dragged to death, what good is this except for creating evil?

The kind of people who pull out 100,000 people at every turn is just to scare people who don't know how to soldier, to scare cowards, just to cheer for themselves and strengthen their courage.

The rebels used to have a lot of soldiers and horses, but many people couldn't even hold a hoe, so they didn't run to the battlefield to give the other side their military merits.

In addition, this march is different from the past, it needs to go deep into the rear of the Tartars, and it needs elite soldiers, not a rabble. ”

He Zhen pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Sir, having said that, these people have followed me for many years, and everyone is closer than relatives, if we leave him here, I can't bear it." ”

Liu Xuanchu smiled: "General, I don't think that's the case, right?" Dare to ask the general, if it is really closer than the general's relatives, they are thin, undertrained, and some are even old, weak, sick and disabled, if it is really the general's family, is the general willing to let this kind of family go into battle with the Tartars and the barbarians?

General, you occupied Hanzhong Mansion in the past, how majestic you were, and the Tartars killed you, are there still fewer of these weak, ill-trained, old, weak, sick and disabled brothers who have died? ”

He Zhen remembered being chased and killed by the Tartars all the way, wailing her brother on the side of the road, her eyes moistened, and she said: "Sir, but if the world is in chaos and the people are not happy, if I put them here to destroy themselves, they, they..."

Liu Xuanchu shook his head and said: "General, don't worry about this, as long as the general sincerely follows my family, your brother must also be the brother of my family, and my family will definitely treat everyone equally."

As long as we occupy the land, as long as we join forces and return to the division in victory, the brothers can cultivate at that time.

If you are willing to do it, the first year will be distributed farm tools, seeds, and you can also get a loan, the first year of the land harvest after the tun ploughing is exempt from taxes, the second year, the third year is only 3 percent of the field tax, to the fourth year, the field is only 4 percent, and the Ding Fu is only 1 money and 2 cents of silver.

General He, ladies and gentlemen, three years ago, General Liu Weiming and others defected to my family and began to cultivate, I heard that many people cultivate more than 20 acres of land, many have become well-off families, many people can eat white rice in a big gulp on the occasion of this cold winter wax moon, and many can eat meat once or twice a month for ten days and half a month."

Despite this, the thought of throwing these brothers in the deep mountains and old forests made everyone quite hesitant, and many people were even more suspicious and unwilling to be separated from their families.

Liu Xuanchu further said: "General He, generals, the world is ten, and now the Barbarian Qing has occupied eight points, and the heroes of today, the only one who can compete with the Manqing is my family."

General He, if you really only want to live in this deep mountain and old forest, I can't help it.

If you want to get rid of the hardship and want to make a difference, after following my loyal army, all soldiers will be paid military salaries according to the standards of our loyal army, and other men can also be given a settling-in allowance of 2 taels of silver.

Look, this is a silver coin minted by my family, which is not only beautiful and atmospheric, but also real silver. ”

Everyone was shocked, and took the silver coin to see, everyone often sees copper coins, and everyone often sees loose silver, but this silver coin is the first time to see, everyone takes it in their hands, and looks at this silver coin is more beautiful than copper coins.

Some of them are even put in their mouths and bites, and everyone knows that this is made of real patterned silver.

Some even greedily inquired about the salaries of the loyal and righteous army, Liu Xuanchu was overjoyed, and told everyone about the excerpted salaries of the loyal and righteous soldiers.

The soldier was 1 tael of silver, and the private was 1 tael of 5 taels of silver

The implementation of technical allowance, after passing the assessment, each technical allowance 3 yuan silver, a person can get up to 3 technical allowances.

The corporal is 2 taels a month, the sergeant is 2 taels and 5 cents, and the sergeant is 3 taels of silver

Captain, 2 taels to 3 taels of silver, squadron leader, 4 taels and 5 taels of silver; The captain of the brigade has a monthly salary of 6 taels to 7 taels; The battalion commander, that is, the total monthly salary of the army is 8 taels to 12 taels; Qian Zong 12-16, Toji 16-20, Guerrilla 20-24

In addition to this, any soldier's family can be exempted from one person's tax.

When everyone heard this, they were amazed again and again, and as Liu Xuanchu's voice was suppressed and frustrated, there were sounds of admiration from time to time.

Hearing this, He Zhen also saw the changes, and said to everyone with a smile: "Everyone, Yang Xuan treats me so really and so sincerely, I can follow him."

Brothers, although we have 30,000 horses, we always have to leave some brothers to watch the house, and there are only 3,000 horses that can really be drawn.

In this way, we formed 4 divisions (battalions) of soldiers and horses to gallop to help, I don't know what the brothers think? ”

When the generals heard this, they applauded one after another.

In the past, although there was a lot of money in the Dashun Army, it was public, and in fact, everyone did not have much money.

Now I hear that the worst student soldier has 12 taels of silver a year, and the private has 18 taels, and everyone has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and each of them has a few unique skills, and they can get that few dollars of technical allowance.

In this way, the most ordinary soldiers can also get more than 20 taels of silver, and the ordinary family has no worries about food and clothing.

Liu Tichun next to him smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, this time Governor Yang also transferred his brothers to help, I don't know how my ministry is?"

Liu Xuanchu said with joy in his heart: "General Liu, if you are willing to obey the command of my family, my family will also treat everyone equally, and your department can also be incorporated into the Loyal and Righteous Army, and when the time comes, the Loyal and Righteous Army will also be given the same benefits, and the brothers who have not been incorporated will be cultivated in the same way." ”

Liu Tichun nodded again and again when he heard this.

He Zhen immediately ordered a big feast to entertain Liu Xuanchu and others.

After leaving with a full meal and wine, He Zhen looked at Liu Tichun and said puzzledly: "Brother Liu, do you feel that this Yang Xuan is very strong against me."

Obviously invite soldiers, in the end, I only hope that you and my brother will each lead 2,000 elite soldiers to go, isn't this to prevent us from waiting? ”

Liu Tichun nodded and said with a smile: "Brother He, you and I are from the rebel army, after the death of King Chuang, whether it is He Tengjiao or Yang Xuan, we will not guard against us.

Especially that He Tengjiao, seeing that Hao Shaoqi and others had a large number of soldiers and horses, they included them in their names as minions, while the other generals ignored them.

Relatively speaking, this Yang Xuan is not bad, at least he treats everyone equally. It is also a promise of military salaries, and a promise of settling down and arranging for farming, so it is better than being in this ravine.

Besides, what's the harm of sending fewer troops? If you send a lot of troops, not only will it cost a lot of money and food, but the backyard may also be served and eaten.

Send fewer troops, there are no problems. ”

When He Zhen heard this, he also nodded and said, "Yes, I don't think Yang Xuan is simple. Although we claim to have 20,000 soldiers and horses, there are no more than 10,000 real men. There are only 3,000 people who can go into battle.

Now I'm only waiting for 2,000 troops, and on the surface we still have an advantage. ”