Liu Zhijin, the leader of the Yellow Flag, received the holy decree of Huang Taiji ten days ago, as well as his brother's general order, gathered his own Han men to form an army of 10,000 to guard Niuzhuang, to be honest, for Huang Taiji's holy decree and his brother's military order, Liu Zhijin's heart was resistant, because he reorganized the strong men in his jurisdiction and pulled them into Niuzhuang to defend the city, and he didn't know when Lu Hanqiang would be able to fight, and when this Niuzhuang would be at the end, and once the war broke out, Niuzhuang defended, It is also a protracted offensive and defensive war, so that the opportunity for spring sowing will be missed, and once the cattle village is broken, Lu Hanqiang will definitely not be kind enough to let everyone go back to continue to cultivate the land, and Huang Taiji will never be willing to lose the money bag of the cow village, so a tug-of-war will be launched on this land, that is, no matter what the outcome is, in addition to the spread of the war, the crops and seedlings of the houses and towns in the villages and towns will be destroyed again, so that this year's famine will continue, and this area will become a miserable place on earth.

But where the duty lies, the holy order is difficult to disobey, and the military order must be obeyed, otherwise, the life of his brother's family may not be guaranteed, and there is no way, so he has to personally put on the battle, choose a family with two men in his own territory, or a tenant without land, form 10,000 bannermen, and after being properly placed with kind words, he brought them into the cattle village to participate in the defense of the city.

This time I came in and couldn't get out again, I waited here for ten days in a hurry, and early this morning, the gong suddenly sounded loudly on the city wall, which made Liu Zhijin breathe a sigh of relief, the time to come is finally here, no matter what, there is finally a result. This is the sorrow of living in the cracks.

Walking up to the city for the first time, holding on to the battlements and looking south, seeing the white sails and warships covering the sea, and then seeing the 10,000 so-called sophisticated equipment of the 6th Navy Squadron, Liu Zhijin couldn't help but be surprised by Lu Hanqiang's strong economic strength, what is this? This is money, rolling silver, and at this time, I can't help but admire the ability of Lu Hanqiang, a fortune boy.

For the entire history of Lu Hanqiang, and the subsequent wars, Liu Zhijin has studied it very attentively, because Lu Hanqiang is a legend that has attracted much attention whether it is in the Ming Dynasty or in the Later Jin, that is, the current Qing Dynasty, whether it is enemies or comrades-in-arms, they all want to imitate his method of training and reorganizing the army, and they all want to copy an army as strong as him.

As a result, after studying and studying, it was only after studying and studying that Lu Hanqiang's method of training and reorganizing the army was actually very simple, and there was no secret at all, that is, strict discipline and arduous training, coupled with sophisticated equipment.

is such a simple method, but everyone finally sighs, because he Lu Hanqiang can do it, but no one else can do it, for no other reason, in this world, no one has Lu Hanqiang money, Lu Hanqiang's training and equipment are all piled up with money, this massive amount of money, even the Ming brother and brother dynasty can't do it.

For example, Lu Hanqiang's training! He is carrying out high-standard training every morning and evening, and high-standard training consumes people's physical strength the most, so the soldier's food must meet a standard that deters others, for example, there must be meat to supplement physical fitness at every meal, according to the food standard of all armies in the world now, not to mention training every day, that is, training every five days, those soldiers are a little unbearable in terms of physical fitness, and training once in twenty days is already very good, this is the reason for the food, and at this point, others can never do it, Because meat is bought with money, people don't have money.

And even if you have money, you can't actually buy it, in this world, everyone has a little food to fill their stomachs, where is there anything to raise livestock? Therefore, even if it is a moderately wealthy family, eating a meal of meat is just a tooth sacrifice, and the small people can't buy it if they want to.

However, Lu Hanqiang did it, because he was in the four prefectures in the southwest of Shanxi, there was a steady stream of rabbit meat transported by boat through the Yellow River, it is said that those soldiers of the Fuliao Army ate rabbit meat to the point of vomiting, and around the Fuliao Army, there are countless restaurants and big families every day, waiting for the rewarded soldiers to exchange rabbit meat for money, or simply to exchange for a handful of wild vegetables, which is simply so annoying that there is no reason.

There is also a full amount of military salary, because only a full amount of military pay and generous pensions can make soldiers willing to participate in the battle for you to work hard, and the Manchu army has no military salary, all rely on looting dividends, not to mention the military salary, just a few years ago, even food could not be eaten, and you need to rely on the wives and daughters of those soldiers, or begging along the street, or laughing with the door to maintain life, such an army, how can you let them die and forget to fight for you? It's nice that they can give you a number.

As a result, this is blamed on money.

It is said that the six million taels of Liaoda loans he made were almost all smashed in his own army, 6oo thousand, but only two years, with an average annual investment of nearly three million taels of silver, and only 120,000 soldiers, not to mention, the merchant tax burden he levied in western Liaoning, the income from contracting out land, and the income from coke and steel, which he was best at, is terrifying to think about.

In contrast, look at the team in front of you, except for yourself and your own soldiers, all the other bannermen are all cloth clothes at home, and they eat less than half a catty of grain per person from the county, as for vegetables and meat, don't even think about it, each soldier is already a generous treatment for a day and a half taels of salt, because it is still salt-producing here, if it is in other places, there is no such half of salt at all, such treatment, plus watching the spring ploughing that is about to be missed, how not to make people depressed, Complaining?

And then there are the knives and guns in the hands of the soldiers, are they knives and guns? It's just a wooden stick with a sharpened head, and even the bamboo guns of the Wa Kingdom can't be compared, with such a physique, such a weapon, and the most important thing is such morale, to be able to hold this Niuzhuang City, God knows.

It's okay here, and then you look at the signatories who assisted you in defending the city, they are even worse than yourself.

At this time, a general next to him asked in a low voice: "Lord Counselor, do you think we can keep the cattle farm?" His face was pale, his hands were trembling, and his teeth were rattling up and down, and this kind of expression already revealed his thoughts.

Liu Zhijin sighed: "Even you are like this, still expecting us to be able to keep this cattle village?" ”

The general bowed his head in shame and no longer dared to look directly at his boss.

So the two of them fell into silence, both carefully observing Lu Hanqiang's army, with various angles and thoughts, looking for the difference of Lu Hanqiang's army.

At this time, the south gate of Niuzhuang suddenly opened, and Niuzhuang garrison Ida rushed out of the city gate with all his Manchu Eight Banners and launched an attack on Lu Hanqiang.

When he saw Ida rushing out of the city gate, Liu Zhijin sighed: "Niuzhuang is lost." ”

(End of chapter)

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