The sky is already white in the half-plum garden,

My servants are sorting out the messy bunch of things such as flags, staffs, umbrellas, sedan chairs, cards, gongs, etc., and are preparing for the honor guard to go out.

And I was sitting under the plum tree, drinking the fish porridge that three pieces scooped up to me, and eating Jinling-style mille-feuille rolls and duck slice crisp.

"Yesterday's movement was not small......"

Xie Mingxian, who was in charge of finding out the news, said to me

"It is said that it is the Shuyu Boat on Mochou Lake, and a delicate guest has been lost......"

"And the people who searched around, in addition to the nearby ship owners, there were also Huai'an Hou and Jiangxi Xingsi's people......"

"Now, I've found the shore ......"

"I also invited the government of Jiangning Mansion to cooperate......

I shook my head, it seems that this water ghost I got back is really a lot of hidden feelings, in addition to the basic appearance, I hope it can also dig out enough value.

The boatmen present have been detained by my people afterwards, and at least they can cut off the news for a while. Of course, I will never admit it, because the other party is good-looking and temporarily interested, if you can lose your memory because of this, it would be even better.

"Hasn't the man woken up yet......

Then I said to Sanmei, and she shook her head slightly.

"Then take care of it, and tell ......me as soon as you wake up."

Fortunately, I have a fellow medical officer by my side, and he is best at treating injuries, so I can save the effort of going out to get medicine. The other party's injuries seem scary, but they are not fatal, the key is that Yan zhòng is dehydrated and exhausted.

It's just that there is nothing that can be done about the subsequent water-soaked infection and fever, so he is still unconscious.

Thinking of this, I miss Li Shi Niang who left on an appointment, but she has not heard from her for several years and has no signs of returning, you must know that I have gradually become famous over the years, even if I am in places like the East China Sea, I will not be lonely and unheard.

Could it be that some accident or change occurred, or did the Yellow Crane simply go back and let my pigeons go? Thinking of me, I couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and began to reach out again to touch the three bodies that were close at hand, well, let me eat some tofu first to suppress the shock.

The pale wheat skin, tight and shiny, is another flavor compared to the delicate and slippery little girl, which makes people a little lingering and more and more uncontrollable.

It's just that the good time in the morning didn't last long, and the self-contained envoy had already come to the door.

According to the previous temporary additional requirements of the prison state, I need to go to the Xishan camp at the foot of the Purple Mountain today to check on the imperial camp troops that are being reorganized, and to evaluate and confirm them.

After my group waited and rode out of the southeast gate on horseback, they could vaguely see the dense and verdant Purple Mountains. You know, this was also one of my former stations and battlefields, so I felt a little embarrassed and unusual when I looked at the familiar or unfamiliar scenery along the way.

It was only after slowly approaching that I found that the place where our department was originally stationed had already been expanded countless times on the spot, and at the foot of the northern foot of the entire Purple Mountain, various sentry towers and watchtowers were even more cascades up the mountain, which made people feel very planned and hierarchical.

It looks quite brand new long trenches, rejecting horses, behind the camp wall, all kinds of flags are displayed and fiercely fighting, the figure of the parade horse army and the infantry team, a ** wandering outside the camp wall, coupled with the reflection of the armor that is faintly being operated, has a long-standing battlefield and the flavor of the lineup.

At this time, the camp also found the honor guard of our group, and blew the horn, opened the camp door wide, and came out to greet us with a series of flags. I also dismounted and walked forward under the guidance of a special person.

Among the several generals who wore armor at the head, Xu Qing, who stepped forward to control the White Army, took the lead.

"Xu Qing, the commander of the imperial camp, has seen Luo Zhizhen......"

When he saw me, he couldn't help but clench his chest and clench his fists, and the leader shouted.

"Welcome to the town to patrol the imperial camp soldiers......"

"Lao Xu, why do you need to see the outside like this......"

I also stepped forward to stop him more courtesy.

"It's good that they have fought side by side many times, and the friendship of driving and killing the enemy is not ......"

"Just call me virtuous......"

"Then I'll be disrespectful......"

It seemed that he was still very bold and enthusiastic, and I spoke loudly alongside me.

"It's been a long time, and it's been ...... before"

"Farewell to the martial prison, I thought it would be difficult to see each other again......"

"But I didn't think that you could go further than me, and actually break out of the world in the north......"

We're cold together? Recalling the past, he walked in while hugging back and forth. Next, he introduced me to the various people who remained in the camp, as well as the defensive points along the way, and then led me through the heavy camp to a high platform in a fairly open school field.

Another group of generals who stayed in the camp have been waiting here for a long time. Among them, there are more familiar ones, and there are also Huang Tiefu, the commander of the right wing of the New Army, and others, who nodded and greeted each other differently.

And what is more surprising is that here I actually met the elder brother of the ninth general under his command, the former left military academy in front of the original palace commanded the division of the Dao, and now the military system in the imperial camp is only below me. is also the current chief officer in charge of firearms training in the Purple Mountain Camp.

Wearing a purple robe, Ni Jun's chain mail is somewhat similar in appearance compared to the breeder, and he is more solemn and majestic. However, I was not so eager, just a few words of routine conversation, and I couldn't wait to get to the point.

Because of the greetings in advance, in the sound of drums and trumpets, a sergeant with a sword in a helmet and armor drove into the colonel's field like flowing water, and began to salute the high platform one by one, and then shouted in unison in formation to begin to drill and practice.

First, the horse team of the front army of the imperial camp rushed to gallop, and then the long-range melee battle covered by the infantry of the rear army of the imperial camp. The biggest change and improvement is the extensive use of existing standard projection firearms as a preemptive suppression and attack coordination.

**Part of it is the daily coordinated confrontation and melee drills of horse foot shooting, and as the drums and trumpets change formations, they can still maintain most of the order. Whether it is a simulated wave of attack, or between the layers of defense and defense, the neat and orderly array ladder advances, which is worthy of being rearranged after the battlefield is withdrawn, all kinds of old powerhouses and cutting-edge divisions.

Of course, these are appetizers and warm-ups.

The finale, which I need to pay attention to, is the fifteen regiments from the Imperial Camp Central Army, all of whom are dressed in leather and light armor and carry firearms, which seem to be quite decent, and there are also several artillery teams to follow.

It's just that after I got used to it, I quickly saw the obvious problem:

First of all, the firearms they are equipped with are aging and outdated, most of them are still the old style of the curved handle short support eight-sided long pipe, it looks like the thick benzene is heavy and can not be held in the hand for a long time, and it is necessary to carry a fork frame to support the shooting, and the way of firing is also the fire rope driven by the serpentine crank, so that the combat effectiveness in rainy days is not easy to say.

Only a small number of the soldiers' firearms, equipped with reed flint and thinner guns, were not used in a centralized manner or as a small unit for individual precision strikes, but were distributed to middle and lower rank officers as some kind of status symbol.

In terms of the level of equipment, it is probably slightly better than my original auxiliary brigade, at least the system within the team is basically unified, and the proportion of firearms has reached more than sixty percent. Even the rest of the auxiliaries have variegated rations of trumpets and hand cannons.

As for the specific tactical demonstration, there are still strong traces of the traditional crossbowmen's tactics, although there is a basic line of unfolding, basically there is no need to aim, but in the urging and calling of the team officer, the high and low superimposed, just put it in unison, and even the specific estimation of the distance in advance, and the projectile trajectory observation means are not even used, so it is unevenly hit.

Moreover, although the gunpowder is a refined proportion, it has not been treated with humidified particles, and it is obviously not fully and evenly burned, and it is still placed in a container like a bamboo tube, and it is weighed and filled by hand with a tool like a rolling spoon.

Whether it is the arquebus or the breech of the bolt that is fired, the airtightness is not very good. Therefore, the smoke and dust are billowing for a while, and it is also spectacular, but after hitting a round, you can't reach out and see people, and the error in accuracy and density fluctuates very much, and there are even sporadic ones that can't sound, or they hurt themselves.

Compared with the firearms unit in my mind, that is, it has a basic appearance that looks like a god, and the core aspects of the inner essence are obviously far away.

Strictly speaking, it is the generation difference between the standard of the Green Battalion Army after a long time and the high-hat lobster soldiers of the same era John Bull. I don't know how the ability to fight in close combat will be.

Only this time, they didn't fulfill my wishes.

After such a drill, the soldiers below are certainly covered in sweat and stained by the smoky and burning faces, but the generals on the stage? It's still faintly impressive.

As some kind of on-the-spot interaction and appearance, under Xu Qing's advice and strong invitation, I also asked my personal guard group to select veterans and take the variegated firearms such as three-eyed guns, short guns, and horn guns prepared in advance.

He successively performed a series of multiple firearm switching, firing dozens of bullets at a moment and shocking the rapid fire skills of the audience. For another example, with several long guns, he performed the precision of hitting the target in 50 steps.

This closing performance, which became the exclusive limelight of our personal guards, also touched and thoughtful to some extent, of course, there are also people who are not so good-looking, after all, as a person in the army, there is still a careful mind that the limelight is victorious.

Then for the results of the current conduct, I also expressed some limited approval and appreciation on the spot, which is worthy of the strong force of the old army of the country. This made the rest of the people look a little better in their faces.

For me to obviously belong to the mud of the saying, although there are still people who are not satisfied or want to stop talking, but they were finally pulled in time, therefore, I did not jump out of the stunned to question, or climb up the pole, put forward extraneous requests or something, and sent my face to the door to let me rely on my identity and power, and take the opportunity to take the opportunity to take dry goods to have a scene.

Then, as a matter of ease and sincere advice, I pointed out and emphasized a little bit that they were in confusion and deficiencies in equipment, and the fact that they were obviously being dragged behind in logistics and maintenance. As for the caliber of giving back to the prison state, the same is true, but on the existing basis, there is further detailed explanation and analysis.

Of course, it is inconvenient for me to point fingers at the specific tactics and training of these imperial battalions, and even on the fact that they uphold military concepts and development prospects, which will obviously offend people.

There is no need for this at all, whether it is from a public or private standpoint, and sometimes it is only by continuing to maintain an appropriate generation difference in combat effectiveness can we highlight the unique advantages and irreplaceability of myself and my subordinate troops.

I am not a saint, and I do not hesitate to act as a thankless person who harms others and oneself, a pioneer in innovation and change, and even a martyr in order to change and improve the overall combat effectiveness of the entire dynasty and to set off a cross-era military reform.

I'm just a traverser who wants to take control of one side to protect himself, and then wait for an opportunity to rise, and a careerist with limited talent. Therefore, on specific issues, we must be quite fair and to the point, and we must have reservations to effectively cover, mislead, and conceal the main source and basic elements of our troops' real combat effectiveness.

Despite this, in terms of the quality of specific equipment, it is still possible to find out a lot of problems and faults, and to make corresponding guidance and corrections as a veteran and expert in the war. For example, the benefits of a unified system, the simplification of logistics and supply, and other auxiliary means that have obvious and rapid results, but need to be adhered to for a long time to achieve results.

Whether they change or not is another matter, at least it can be directly seen from the name that it is relatively beneficial to these imperial camp soldiers, and it is also a real favor.

Some of the low-end firearms products that have been mass-produced by my family have been given to those who are in charge of the chief and deputy commanders, commanders, and generals in the name of personal gifts, and distributed more than a dozen handguns, which can be regarded as some kind of open-source breakthrough and attempt.

After all, it may not be easy to get the imperial court to come up with money to purchase equipment. Sometimes what is beneficial to the officers and men in the army may not be beneficial to the interests and positions of the court.

You don't see, the generals and armies that have been killed by the courts, parliaments, and parliaments of various names throughout the ages with soft knives such as insufficient budgets, as well as other important weapons of the country such as aircraft carriers and nuclear bombs, can be much more powerful than the losses caused by participating in a world war.

However, if we can really improve and enhance the combat effectiveness of our cronies, I believe that there are still people who are willing to take money out of their private pockets and purchase the last batch for this purpose, and this is after all related to the immediate interests after going to the battlefield.

In this way, the army will eliminate some refurbished old products, and there will be an obvious way out. In fact, the first to react was not the one who was most familiar with me, and he was also fighting side by side, and he had seen the powerful Xu Qing Division.

Rather, it came from another layer of troops that had worked together under my command. Today's only horse army in the imperial camp, the former military commander Huang Tiefu's headquarters, he directly approached me to make an appointment, and bought me 800 short guns, plus 2,500 modified hand cannons and three-eyed guns in one go.

However, he particularly liked the shape of a mallet such as a three-eyed gun, which could not only hit three consecutive shots on the saddle, but also serve as a specific effect of the armor-piercing heavy weapon of the horse to defeat the enemy. And what he gave was the price of a full-size firecracker.

This made me feel happy, and according to the friendly preferential price, he could customize sharp water chestnuts and horizontal stabs on the edge of the three-eyed gun to improve the armor-piercing and killing effect.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Qing, the commander of the Hou Army, sent Xu Yuanlang, the head of his pro-army, and privately said that he could buy 50 "accurate and expensive" long guns, 800 double-shot handcuffs and 800 trumpet guns, so as to arm his direct subordinate Henglang and the fire camp, and the price of one was superior.

Then, in accordance with the requirements of the prison state, about 500 generals and colonels were selected from the various armies of the imperial camp to go to the north to participate in the actual combat and training in the specific list finalized and selected. For example, a certain general named Tang Huai, and a guy named Li Qiong.

My first reaction was, this is really a TM coincidence, the Huaixi military mutiny in another time and space, will it become the Huaidong version under my rule in this time and space. However, he is only a small team leader at the moment.

In addition, although the basic attitude of the seed master Dao is businesslike, and he does not see alienation and does not deliberately get close, but his three sons are not afraid of suspicion in the current list, which also shows a certain attitude.

After such a full record, I stayed in the Purple Mountain camp for several days, inspecting the various ministries and camps during the day, and accepting the reception of several commanders in turn at night, and at the same time getting to know and introduce their respective subordinates.

Since there are already interests involved and wanted, it naturally becomes much closer and eager, except for the female singers who cannot enter the camp, other banquets, wine and food are particularly attentive, and they do not repeat every day.

It wasn't until a left-behind soldier came into the camp to tell me that something happened in the residence, and I came out again.

Note: On August 8, 1137, the seventh year of Shaoxing in history, the Southern Song Dynasty army's commanders Li Qiong, Wang Shizhong, and Jin Sai, who were originally subordinate to Liu Guangshi's department, launched a rebellion, killed the prison officer Lu Zhi and others, and led the whole army to four? The rest of the people, and coerced more than 100,000 people to surrender to the puppet puppet Qi Liu Yu, known as the "Huaixi Mutiny" in history.

The consequences of the mutiny were very severe, not only did the Jianghuai important land at the military front of the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jin people and the puppet Qi suddenly be in a state of emptiness in defense, but also missed a good opportunity to regain the lost territory, which became a turning point in the strategic change of the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jin people.