Early the next morning, Chen Wen, whose joy had not yet faded, rushed to the workshop of the Military Industry Department. He can listen to Xu Yi's expressions www.biquge.info report, but there are some things that need to be seen with your own eyes to understand the difference.

"Guogong, this is a newly designed visor."

As soon as the Second Battle of Siming Lake ended, Chen Wen put the design of the mask on the agenda and sent people back to Jinhua to issue it to the Military Industry Department. It's just that this mask is somewhat different from his requirements.

From Xu Yi's hand, what Chen Wen got was not a face armor that was integrated with the helmet, but a piece of iron that spread out in an arc to the left and right, with a style like a grimace, only the eyes, mouth and nose were open, and there were even a few more fangs in the mouth. The grimace, which corresponds to the top of the head, temples and cheeks, has five small holes with five ropes tied to the back of the head, thus holding the iron pieces to the face.

"Guogong, the lower officials have discussed with the officials and craftsmen in charge of armor manufacturing, the helmet is a standard helmet, and our Zhejiang Wang Shi has not been equipped with other forms of helmets. If you want to punch holes in the helmet and install bolts to facilitate the use of face armor, then the helmet must be eliminated and replaced with a helmet without an outer eaves. ”

The visor in Chen Wen's impression is still the kind of all-inclusive helmet that stays in Europe. Now that I think about it, that kind of armor is like a half-blind man when you put it down, as if even European knights often only charge after putting down their armor, which doesn't seem to be suitable for infantry. Moreover, judging from the actual situation of the Ming army in Zhejiang, the elimination of the helmet will also consume a lot of resources, hindering the further expansion of the army, and it seems that the gains outweigh the losses.

put the mask on his face, and tied the rope behind him according to Xu Yi's request, and it felt okay, but his vision would be affected somewhat.

"This grimace is used to intimidate the enemy."

"The country is wise, that's exactly the case."

"Will it take a lot of manpower?"

"Yes, it needs to be built by a blacksmith."

Chen Wen had already thought of this answer, so he weighed one or two in psychological warfare and mass production, and he made the decision.

"This kind of direct tie to the head, the idea is very good, especially practical, but it affects the line of sight a little." Stretching out his hand to stop Xu Yi's thanks, Chen Wen is words changed. "However, I think the Department of Military Industry needs to think differently. Your main job is to manufacture ordnance in bulk for the army, not specifically for a particular officer. The hydraulic machinery is so good, directly make an iron plate, make an arc, and open an opening in the place of the opening, it is not over, the manufacturing is so fine, and the production speed is too affected. ”

"The lesson of Guogong is that the lower officials will hold a meeting with the whole military industry department today to convey the spirit of Guogong."

"Actually, the idea of grimace is not bad, it's just too troublesome."

"So, do you want to draw it?"

A mouthful of old blood almost spurted out, not to mention, this proposal sounded good, but it also achieved the best of both worlds. It's just that it feels like something is familiar.

After seeing the helmet, Xu Yi took Chen Wen to the iron armor manufacturing workshop again. The nail leaves have been made in the water conservancy workshop, where the craftsmen only do the finishing work, trimming the tolerances to a reasonable range for the subsequent perforation and assembly.

Walking in front of a piece of armor hanging on a shelf, Xu Yi began to say: "Guogong, the custom-made armor in Fujian has good protection, and the damage caused to it by the bird gun and even the Lumi gun at a normal distance is very low, but the turtledove foot gun is much worse." ”

This is inevitable, the projectile of the bird gun is only a few grams, and the Lumi gun is slightly heavier, but compared with the heavy arquebus of fifty or sixty grams, the power is too much worse. It seems that even the cotton armor used to defend against bird guns in the Ming and Qing dynasties was eliminated with the increase in the power of the firecrackers, and the cotton armor that was eliminated did not seem to be a heavy arquebus.

"And, you see, the ones ordered in Fujian can only be worn by tall and burly strong men. Ordinary soldiers are not very suitable for wearing this kind of armor. ”

Xu Yi said, Chen Wen naturally knew the reason, and now he did not hesitate to say it: "According to the intelligence, Zhang Guocheng is forming a force called the Iron Man Army, and the full set of armor and horse chopping knives he ordered is used to equip this army. And this Iron Man Army, all strong men, seems to be ready to use them to restrain the Tartar cavalry charge. ”

"I see." After getting this answer, Xu Yi thought about it for a while, and then said to Chen Wen: "Xia Guan has discussed with the officials and craftsmen below that if the number of nail leaves is reduced, I think it can be used to reduce the weight. ”

The idea of reducing the number, rather than the thickness and size of the nail leaf, is a good idea. Chen Wen nodded, and asked them to build one first, and let the soldiers put it on and try it.

Tang Taizong once said, I can use one to ten, without him, a strong soldier and a sharp ear.

On the battlefield, it is the people who decide the victory, the blood and courage to move forward, but steel is also important, otherwise how would the word called iron and blood be born?

Stronger armor allowed the Zhejiang Ming army to further reduce casualties in the face of the Qing army, but if you want to cause more damage, you have to look at the weapon.

The turtledove foot gun, this heavy arquebus has long been successfully developed, and it can even enter the mass production stage, that is, it may be a month or two before the large-scale equipment of the troops. However, the manufacture of flintlock bolts is still as fast as ever, the defective rate is too high, and the problem seems to be in the spring steel.

Chen Wen can't solve this problem, his chemistry level is basically returned to the teacher, and he can't memorize a few of the periodic table, and it is really difficult to expect him to toss a complete set of modern industrial systems single-handedly. However, he is not without a way, that is, let the Department of Military Industry test on its own, and test is the only criterion for testing the truth.

As for the old problem of expensive construction, especially compared to the arquebus, Chen Wen's will is like this, and Xu Yi has no idea of persuading him again. Moreover, the wheel contract type is cheaper than the original reed wheel gun, and after picking the reed wheel gun, this road has been greatly accelerated.

After seeing the firecracker, Xu Yi took out two sapper shovels and a machete. The sapper shovel is about four feet long and two feet long, and the short one is only two feet; The machete, on the other hand, is used to clear vines and branches, and most of them are used by sappers.

"How much has that weapon been produced?"

These are extremely simple for the Department of Military Industry, Chen Wen just read it hastily, and another thing is one of the keys to his trip.

"So far, nearly 600 have been produced."

After getting this answer, Chen Wen was quite satisfied, and in the first half of the year, he also guaranteed his own weapons and equipment needs, and he had to complete orders, and it was not easy to have this quantity. Besides, he also needs to see the actual power of this thing on the battlefield before he can make further adjustments.

All morning, Chen Wen was either in the workshop of the Military Industry Department or went to the warehouse of the Quartermaster Department, and it was not until the afternoon that he hurried to the recruit training camp.

When he first entered the camp for recruit training, he naturally had no interest in reviewing it, and galloped all the way, and what he arrived at was another secret training camp.

"Tell the marshal, the quality of this batch of soldiers is slightly worse than the one that took off the bear battalion."

This is a normal thing, the soldiers of the Flying Bear Battalion are basically veterans drawn from each battalion, and what needs to be trained is nothing more than riding, and some related things.

As a rapid reaction force, the Flying Bear Battalion performed extremely well in this battle to rescue Dalan Mountain. But before that, referring to the dragoons on the European land today and the motorized infantry of later generations, Chen Wen had already decided to continue to train the cavalry infantry battalion, and even he had a name in mind - Flying Fox, Flying Leopard, Feathered Serpent, ......, in principle, the land beast is paired with a word that is related to flying, in order to be the word image. As for the Flying Tiger, this is not usable, because the camp flag of the Nantang Battalion is a Flying Tiger, which is easy to confuse.

"This is inevitable, and the war battalions also need veterans to bring new recruits, and it is impossible to constantly draw them. I could give you a little more time, but what comes out of the camp must not be as far as the Flying Bear Camp. ”

"The last will obey."

The cavalry infantry battalion needs to continue to be newly built, and the same is true for the cavalry battalion, in the first battle on the shore of Siming Lake, Chen Wen captured nearly 3,000 horses, some of which were pack horses, but the number of war horses was also quite a lot. What's more, the two prefectures of Ningshao and Shaoxing, connected to the area occupied by the Qing army, are only the westernmost Qiantang River of Shaoxing Prefecture, and they pursued all the way, especially to the bank of the Qiantang River, and the number of seizures was really quite a lot. At the same time as securing the cavalry of the new battalions, it is not a problem to organize two more cavalry battalions.

Of course, this is still limited to one person and one horse, like the main force of the Eight Banners Army, or one person and two horses like the Mongols, or even three horses, but Chen Wen still can't do it.

The ability to maneuver on the battlefield is extremely important, and equally important is the ability to fight in a solid battle formation.

A large number of recruits have entered the camp, and a new round of recruitment has begun, but in order to form combat effectiveness, recruit training and the run-in period after entering the camp are only the first step. And this first step, he also needs these months of summer. And this time, there is a unit that has been trained for some time and is just waiting for today's review.

On the school ground, there are more than 200 men, all veterans, and they are all strong men. And these veterans, holding a shield in their left hand and a Qi knife in their right, also carried a bag on their bodies, which seemed to be loaded with everything else. But at a glance, the most obvious difference from other Ming armies is that their helmets are not standard helmets, but a kind of helmets that have no eaves at all.

"Gotta add something to this helmet, it's not too awkward."

Chen Wen, who still couldn't adapt to the classic helmet and couldn't be equipped in this unit, had a different mind, but at the same time, these veterans stood there motionless, without the slightest movement, like a solid stone.

"It will be the decisive force on the battlefield."

Hearing this, the officers around Chen Wen all recognized that the power of these veterans organized together was really not small, especially in their new way of fighting. It's just that it is not as good as the sappers when they were on Dalan Mountain, and since the beginning of the formation, no one thinks that this is Chen Wen's toy.

After a solemn lecture, Chen Wen returned to Jinhua Mansion City, and this army also took the name of the Xiuguo Mansion Guard, which was the same as the infantry guards responsible for guarding the Xiuguo Mansion and the cavalry guards responsible for accompanying Chen Wen.

At night, in the city of Jinhua Mansion, the only remaining ruins of Ling Chi Ma Jinbao, Ni Liangxu listened to Liu Cheng's purpose of asking him to come and blurted out, but the eight big words "reasonable, unexpected" appeared in his mind.

"Brother Liu, you're preparing to defect!"

The people in Liu Cheng's mouth refer to him and several people around him. Among these people, there is a figure dressed as a merchant, and the rest are dressed as men. Ni Liangxu didn't know these people, and he hadn't seen them in the Martial Arts School or anywhere else in the Ming Army in Zhejiang, so they were obviously all in a group. And among them, the only one who can be described by the word defection is naturally Liu Cheng.

"Defection?" Liu Cheng smiled coldly, and then said, "Betraying whom?" Chen Wen? ”

After many years in the Ming army in Zhejiang, Ni Liangxu has already seen clearly that this army does not have the same system as soldiers in other armies. The rights in the army are divided into several parts, and the battalion officers, battalion supervisors, battalion judges, battalion quartermasters, and battalion staff officers are each responsible for their own responsibilities, and the promotion, salary, welfare, and punishment of officers and non-commissioned officers are not something that battalion officers can decide in a word.

The checks and balances of power have reduced the autonomy of the battalion officers, and the chain of allegiance cannot be formed at the first level. The highest prestige in the army is only Chen Wen, and other high-ranking officers are simply incomparable, but if everyone is loyal to Chen Wen, it is not necessarily true. At least, after so many years of propaganda, especially what he saw and heard, perhaps the Chinese civilization really needed them to defend it, and the Han family seemed to belong to them, while Chen Wen was more like someone sent down by God to lead them.

There is no loyalty, there is no betrayal, Liu Cheng choked Ni Liangxu with nothing to say in a word. At this time, he did not let go of this moment of stunnedness, and continued to spit out the words that had been accumulated for many years.

"I have followed Chen Wen for many years and know far more than anyone else. Chen Wenzu was a hereditary hundred households, and he was favored by the emperor for more than 200 years, but the emperor was forced to die in rebellion, but he was able to sit in his home in the Tianjin Acropolis; Although Fu Fan is not the blood of Emperor Lie, he is also the cousin of Emperor Lie and the grandson of Emperor Xian, but when Fu Fan called the emperor in Nanjing, he was still the same; In the seventh year of Shunzhi, he came belatedly, and at the beginning of the reign of King Lu, he repeatedly resisted and disrespected, betrayed a strategy and a governor, and forced another governor to die in a secluded place; The future affairs of the Gui Domain, but it is only Yaozun. If he is unfaithful, I am afraid that there is no one in the world who is more disloyal than him. ”

Other things had nothing to do with Ni Liangxu, but when Liu Cheng said the sentence "forcing another governor to die in a secluded place", he couldn't help but be shocked.

"Back then, on Dalan Mountain, Chen Wen claimed that his parents were all dead and his wife had also died, but the Chen family was a hereditary officer, so didn't there be any relatives alive? But over the years, he has not sent anyone to look for him, let alone any of his relatives. He is at home, but he is also an unfilial person. ”

Ni Liangxu continued to remain silent, but Liu Cheng continued: "Chen Wen has been in the army for many years, and there are countless followers, but there are many people who have died in military law, even if they have merit, they cannot be pardoned. His actions are completely Legalist's, and he does not apply benevolence and righteousness. What about such a disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous person? ”

"The Qing Dynasty was invited by the King of Pingxi to avenge the Emperor Liehuang and enter the customs, and he was killed and rebellious, so he could naturally replace Ming. Besides, my ancestor Liu Cheng is just an ordinary person who produces grain, and his ancestors are not as favored by the emperor as Chen Wen, so what is wrong with choosing trees for good birds to perch? ”

After a year of intersection, Liu Cheng knew very well how to convince Ni Liangxu that this man from Luo Chengyan's white-headed army was only talking about a righteous word, but before taking out the righteous word, he first had to clean up the results of Chen Wen's brainwashing of him over the years.

Liu Chengzu is just an ordinary person, Ni Liangxu is not. Hearing this, the latter was still silent, and let Liu Cheng continue.

"The more people like this, the more they can't tolerate the slightest idea from others, and Cao Cao is an example. Brother Ni, Chen Wen has never forgotten the events of that year, even if he can't remember it for a while, his daughter-in-law and his brother-in-law will remind him, so that he can always remember their great achievements and those victims of power. ”

What Liu Cheng mentioned, Ni Liangxu immediately understood. At this moment, the pair of tiger eyes glared at Liu Cheng's body, and anger seemed to be about to come out.

Liu Cheng knew that it was time now, but he was unmoved, and bluntly said the following words: "You, me, people like us have no future under Chen Wen's command. Even if you don't talk about this, don't you want to avenge Zhou Qingui? Don't you want to avenge the soldiers of the Luochengyan Baitou Army who were killed by Chen Wen back then? ”

"Enough!"

Ni Liangxu let out a loud shout, and then, while a pair of big hands covered his hideous face, the sound of heavy breathing came out.

"Enough, enough......"

One bang and another, and it wasn't until a long time later that the release came to an end when the volume was gradually lowered. And the next moment, Ni Liangxu, who only heard his head raised again, asked Liu Cheng, "Have you already figured out a way to leave here?" ”

It's done.

Hearing this, everyone's nervousness couldn't help but be relieved, even Liu Cheng. Compared with him, Ni Liangxu has undergone all the officer training, especially because he knows very well how to control this person, and being able to bring Ni Liangxu to the Manchu Qing will definitely be a great help.

Briefly explained how to leave the area occupied by the Ming army in Zhejiang, seeing that Ni Liangxu nodded, saying that he would go to the established hiding place first and then talk about the next thing, Liu Cheng nodded to everyone, and then turned around and walked into the distance.

At the same time that Liu Cheng and the others turned around, Ni Liangxu also stepped forward and began to approach them. In this way, after walking a distance of about dozens of steps, there was a faint noise in the distance, and in the dim moonlight, I saw Ni Liangxu rushing forward with an arrow step, the knife flashed, and the sharp blade went straight to Liu Cheng's neck.

When a sound suddenly appears in the silence, people will definitely focus their attention on it for the first time, so that they can hear what it is and whether there is danger.

This is instinct, and it is also the trick that Ni Liangxu learned in the martial arts academy on how to distract his opponent.

The moment the voice came, the two sides were still within a safe distance, and when the voice came, Liu Cheng and the others' attention would definitely be focused there as soon as possible, and what Ni Liang wanted was this momentary gap.

This knife is a must-kill when the knife is released, and Ni Liangxu has poured all his martial arts into a vain attempt to complete his work in one battle. But at this moment, the blade slashed, but there was no sense of effort, as if it was slashed into the air. In the next second, when the afterimage dissipated, Ni Liangxu finally saw clearly that at the moment when he was about to be slashed, Liu Cheng actually rushed out with an arrow step, and flashed the knife strongly.

Liu Cheng dodged the blade, then turned around and drew the knife in his hand, almost in one go, while the others didn't realize the fight behind him until Liu Cheng pulled out the knife, and hurriedly turned around.

"I've known each other for so long, I remember that I really wanted to tell you that in the Nantang camp back then, when it came to martial arts, there was only one person I feared, Li Ruixin, that is, Lou Jiye and I were just between them. I treat you as a friend and tell the truth, but you don't seem to be very honest now. ”

Between the lightning and flint, Liu Cheng's reaction was like this, which really scared Ni Liangxu. He was a cavalry general when he was in the Baitou Army in Luochengyan, and his kung fu on the horse was so good that he was slightly inferior in foot combat, and he also knew that Liu Cheng's martial arts were extremely high, so he chose Liu Cheng's first target. It's just that he didn't expect that this traitor's martial arts were so high that the two of them were not at the same level at all!

Killing him on the spot in one fell swoop was obviously no longer possible, and the guys dressed as men also took out the daggers in their arms and tried to surround him.

However, at this time, Liu Cheng waved his hand and motioned for everyone to retreat, but he took a step forward and asked Ni Liangxu, "Can you tell me why?" ”

Liu Cheng took this step, Ni Liangxu subconsciously took a step back, and then reacted, and his face was flushed. However, when Liu Cheng inquired, Ni Liangxu unconsciously held his head high, as if he had unprecedented pride at this moment.

"You know me very well, and you also know that Brother Zhou's death is a sore spot in my heart. To tell you the truth, when Chen Wen was not married, I even followed him and the woman, in order to kill the dog man and woman on the spot. ”

Ni Liangxu didn't tell anyone about this, and Liu Cheng naturally didn't know. He was unwilling in the Zhejiang Ming Army Group, but he never thought of killing Chen Wen, he wanted power, not hatred, so when Ni Liangxu said this, he stood on the spot.

"However, since you know that my surname is Ni and there is only such a righteous word in my heart, then you should also remember what Chen Wen did for them before Brother Zhou died; I should also remember that I once talked about what Brother Zhou told me before they died; I should also remember that I mentioned that when I was fighting with Ma Jinbao's dog thief, there were Wu Dengke, Yin Yue, and Sun Juren, they were all my brothers Ni Liangxu, how could I personally destroy the hometown they worked so hard to rebuild?! ”

Chen Wen may be disloyal, but he is by no means unkind, and it can even be said that the benevolence of this martial artist has surpassed this era.

It's just that Ni Liangxu didn't want to refute Liu Cheng's slander against Chen Wen, not because he didn't know how to refute it, but because he didn't ** at all. He has always had a knot in his heart for Chen Wen, and Zhou Qingui and others said that Chen Wen killed him in the end, and it is impossible for him to have no hatred in his heart.

But hatred is one thing, but righteousness is another. the deathbed will of Zhou Qingui and others; the hard work of Wu Dengke, Yin Yue and others; Sun Yu's painstaking planning and construction, especially under the leadership of Chen Wen, led to the Jinhua Mansion that is now gradually recovering. Righteousness is not only the killing of revenge can be used as proof, defending the fruitful results achieved by these brothers with all their might, but also the embodiment of righteousness!

"I don't know the times!"

Spit out these four words with a disgusted face, Liu Cheng rushed up with an arrow step, and fought with Ni Liangxu.

After a few moves, Ni Liangxu had already fallen to the ground. Glancing at this former friend, Liu Cheng's brows furrowed, and he wanted to open his mouth several times, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to signal the people around him to drag the body that was about to become a corpse to the ruins not far away, so as not to be discovered prematurely.

However, they didn't know that at this moment, the blood gushing out of his mouth was not so fishy and sweet as it flowed through the tip of Ni Liangxu's tongue, but it had the taste of Fu Yuanzi in the Ningbo snack shop on Dongshi Street. And in his ears, there was the sound of reading in the Boy Scout Academy.

"The capital of Yao, the soil of Shun, the seal of Yu. There should be in it. A half-shameful minister! (To be continued.) )