Chapter 241: Battle
After Yang Qiu finished speaking, he stepped aside, Zhang Han said: "The enemy situation is like this, we are one hundred and twenty miles to Lingqiu, and more than seventy percent of the area is a mountain road, fortunately, the road situation is still good, and the narrowest place can also accommodate large cars passing by, there are some circling valley roads, fortunately, the drop is not high, the real peak of Lingqiu is more than five hundred zhang high, fortunately, we don't need to pass there." From now on, the emergency mobilization will be carried out by the quartermaster, and the quartermaster will be responsible for carrying out these things, and the first team will prepare for the camp 60 miles away, and the second echelon will prepare for the camping point about 100 miles away, and the front team will use the first bureau and the cavalry flag team, send more sentry horses and erection beams, and set up guidance points and rest points along the way, all of which have been trained during long-distance training. It is enough for each department and bureau to carry out the training according to the previous training method. Next is the choice of the battlefield, according to the speed of our march and the speed of the thieves, it is best to start a battle with the enemy in the area of Duyuling, the cavalry will carry out sentinels, carry out small-scale raids and disturbances, and at the same time make Lingqiu's escort team spread out on the west side of Duyuling to prevent them from rushing to the county seat, the west side is blocked, the east side is full of mountains, and we will fight the thieves in the valley there! ”
"Yes, sir!"
Zhang Han explained everything very clearly, and everyone did not raise any objections on the spot, and after everyone responded, the two divisions assigned specific tasks to carry out the next task process.
"It is still necessary to set up a military order department to be responsible for such things."
Zhang Han was a little tired at this time, sat down to drink tea and moisten his throat, and several Shuqi officials were responsible for writing the military meeting just now into a formal military order, which was promulgated to all ministries.
Sun Jingting said sincerely: "Wen Lan, I have also read a few military books before, and the so-called truth that I know that the other side can be invincible in a hundred battles is understood, but I only know that I don't know why, and I don't know what to do. ”
Zhang Han smiled: "It's nothing...... It's just that we come from a business background, and we always have to find out all the circumstances before we can invest in trading, and although fighting a war is not a business, this habit is difficult to change. In addition, if you go to more places and watch more wars, you will always have some thoughts of your own, and a year before I went to Liaodong last year, I saw others fighting wars many times. ”
At this time, there was a loud military horn outside, Zhang Han stood up, pushed open the window, and Sun Jingting stood with him and looked out.
Countless men in gray military uniforms began to assemble in the sound of military trumpets, daily training was suspended, people who were originally on vacation rushed out of the dormitory, running while wearing belts, the emergency assembly number is the highest order, anything that is in progress must be stopped immediately, and if the emergency assembly horn is not blown, it is a serious violation of discipline, which is a big or small thing.
At the sound of the military trumpet, more than 1,000 people quickly assembled on the school ground, forming a small phalanx.
"Wen Lan," Sun Jingting said: "How many times have I watched the scene in front of me, I am used to it, but every time I see your archers gathering, training, eating, sparring, and then talking, attending classes at night, learning to write, learning Mongolian, and officers learning the art of war, I feel strange, I feel that these things in front of me do not seem to be real, at least not like things that should appear in my Daming, these things, too strange!" ”
Zhang Han said: "Maybe because I only need useful things, and I have removed all the old rules? ”
"Possibly." Sun Jingting said: "I think you are the stone monkey in the Journey to the West, and Wuzhi Mountain is about to be unable to suppress you." ”
This is really the right time, Zhang Han laughed.
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"Young Master Chang has really worked hard."
Chang Wei rushed to the iron yard in the dust, and Cai Jiu couldn't help but be polite.
"The ninth master is still polite to me, you can call me a word, I just asked Li Zunlu to give me a word, called Zhongwei."
Cai Jiu was surprised: "Zhong? ”
Chang Wei said: "I have a sister." ”
Cai Jiu muttered in his heart that this was not in line with etiquette, but he was very interested and did not say any more.
Chang Weiwu said smugly: "Li Zunlu said that I am too bold, young and vigorous, I still have to see the spirit in the subtleties, and I can really help Brother Han if I can do small things well, this time I came to Lingqiu, just by doing some small things, sharpening my temperament......"
Cai Jiu said with a smile: "The matter here is also a trivial matter...... And the proprietors of all the houses came. ”
"Okay, I'll meet them."
In fact, Chang Wei had already seen it when he entered the iron yard...... The road to the iron yard is winding, and the mountain road has made more than a dozen circles, and this road is fortunately rebuilt by Zhang Han, otherwise it would be difficult to afford such an excess transportation task now.
On both sides of the mountain road are withered yellow weeds, and there are many gravel on the side of the mountain, which are the remnants of the road repair stones.
The road was tamped and sturdy, and there were horse-drawn carriages going up the winding road, and there were also carts carrying iron slowly coming out of the iron yard.
In fact, the iron shortage situation throughout the country is not consistent, and the output of iron production is also different, and the quality of Fujian's Fujian iron marketing is one thing, and the convenience of shipping from Fujian to the north is also an important reason.
If the terrain from Fujian to Beijing is all the same as here in Shanxi, I am afraid that the value of Fujian iron in the northern market will exceed that of gold.
Chang Wei was quite satisfied with the situation here in the iron field, but what taught him the most was the large number of cars and horses parked at the gate of the iron field.
Sun Anle took the lead, and several leaders of the Dongshan Society followed, and then dozens of proprietors of the iron field followed...... As long as the proprietors of the Lingqiu Iron Field are in the Chamber of Commerce, almost all of them are present today.
"It's a flying disaster." Li Dayong said: "Just left two batches of goods to Jingshi, everyone was very happy, who expected this guy to come like a fierce thief!" ”
Ma Huaxian looked sad: "Quhui Temple, I heard that a lot of people died, and those who didn't escape were burned by thieves." ”
"There are many dead."
"Not only are there many, but they are also miserable, and most of them are killed by families."
"Fierce, this gang of thieves is too fierce, there is a big family in Quhui Temple, the thieves will send silver before they arrive, and the general bandits will be counted, this gang of thieves still kills the whole family, and they also lit the sky lantern and forced the cellar to hide the silver ......"
Speaking of Yu Shiqian and his gang, almost everyone present was trembling.
Chang Wei didn't feel anything about himself, but looking at the appearance of these proprietors, as well as their servants, and the appearance of everyone in the iron field, including Cai Jiu, they all had a gloomy and miserable face, everyone was either panicked or afraid, and they could hardly see a calm face. At this time, he realized that he had come back all the way to Liaodong, and the whole person had undergone a rebirth.
A year ago, I'm afraid that these proprietors present would not choose to cry to a hairy boy, even if he is the cousin and representative of Zhang Han and Zhang Zhang.
Chang Wei also has a kind of breath, a large number of thieves are actually dozens of miles away, Chang Wei has been fleeing all the way over, many people have fled with their families, some people run to the county seat, the family is slightly better is to run to Ulzhou or Datong Fucheng, there are also people running to Taiyuan, the official road is crowded with fleeing people, everyone has a numb and frightened look on their faces.
When Chang Wei walked against the flow of people to Lingqiu, many people were puzzled, but after seeing Chang Wei, many people's mood was fixed.
Ma Huaxian and Li Dayong were like this just now, before Chang Wei arrived, they had already sent their families away, but they were also very scared to stay in danger, almost restless, they were like ordinary people, they were extremely afraid of thieves and unknown things, artificially exaggerated the horror and danger of thieves, exaggerated the combat effectiveness of thieves, and then spread a lot of terrifying streams, while scaring others at the same time, they also frightened themselves.
Before they spoke, they were still walking towards the other side of the mountain, and more than forty miles away was where the thieves they were terrified, these dozens of miles did not make them feel safe, nor did they feel very far away, they were all soldiers, and they felt very afraid, if it were not for the family business, the soft could be taken away, the family could be sent away, the house, the cellar was a large amount of silver, antiques and furniture, and more importantly, the iron yard and blast furnace, and a large amount of fine iron in the storehouse...... It's hard to part with, and it's worth risking your life for a few days...... But this is on the premise that there is hope.
They agreed to join Zhang Han's Chamber of Commerce, on the one hand, because of the general trend and necessity, and on the other hand, because they wanted to count on Zhang Han to protect their net worth.
They can run away with their lives, but they can't escape from their families, and the officers and soldiers can't count on it...... This is a fact that everyone understands.
Ma Hua said in the early stage: "Chang Da Shao ......"
Chang Wei said: "Ma Dongzhu, just call me Zhongwei." ”
"Ah, it turns out that Zhongwei already has words." Ma Huaxian was relieved and said with a smile: "This is very good...... I mean, when will Master Zhang arrive, and his subordinates will be added again? ”
"There are still so many people...... Chang Wei said: "They have done their work beforehand, and it is enough to fight the thieves." ”
There was silence at the scene, and the thieves heard that there were thousands of people, and Zhang Han still had a thousand people there, and some people were already planning to slip away.
"That's right." Chang Wei looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Don't always rely on others for everything, you have to work hard." Li Zhuang sent Tang Ma over, we and the guards of Yusheng Iron Field went to the top of Duyuling Mountain to block the thieves, and dragged them if they could. ”
The proprietor of an iron yard said: "The officers and soldiers in the county town dare not go out of the city, shall we go and provoke the thieves?" ”
Chang Wei said coldly: "If you don't provoke him, they won't find out in their conscience?" You have always seen a scoundrel in the countryside, you put up with him, he bullied you with a kick on the nose and face, you have a fight with him, he thinks you are a man, and he will not provoke you anymore. This group of thieves, not to mention whether they can run away, even if they settle here in the future, if we are too soft, people will come to get a fight, and you will be annoyed in the future. ”――
Let's post a chapter early today.,Yesterday until now, I've had insomnia.,My mind is in a dizzy and uncomfortable state.。