Chapter Ninety-Three: POV: Zhou Jun Sends Troops into the City
There is a legend in the treasure gate of Nanjing City, it is said that Shen Wansan, the richest man in Jiangnan, had a cornucopia, and he could turn into two taels of silver thrown in, and Shen Wansan became the richest man in Jiangnan by virtue of him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info After Emperor Hongwu built the treasure gate, he took this cornucopia and buried it under the door, and this gate became the "treasure gate".
Zhou Jun rode a horse and followed Shizun, they were surrounded by Zhao Yuan's commander in military uniform, he was now spitting to Shizun to introduce the history of Jubaomen: "Liu Gongzi does not know, this Jubaomen is second only to Tongji Gate of the gate, also known as 'the world's first urn city', the layout of the three urn cities is neat, the structure is special, is a 'eye' shape, each door has a gate, the door is a double door clad iron door, there is a bolt groove, it is really solid!" ā
Shizun smiled slightly: "Since this gate is so strong, I don't know how many people can knock it down?" ā
"This-" Zhao Yuan was slightly stunned, and then said with a little unconfidence: "I would have thought that this Nanjing city is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is the most difficult to attack, if you raise men and horses and besiege them on all sides, at least tens of thousands of people will be killed and injured!" ā
"I think it's about the same, it's just that we have a thousand soldiers rampant in Nanzhili today, and we can enter the city of Nanjing without attacking, and Zhao Dashuai is also a precedent!" Shizun smiled and praised Zhao Yuan.
"Where, where, if it weren't for Liu Gongzi's clever calculation, how could he be emasculated in one fell swoop and achieve this earth-shattering feat!" Zhao Yuan smiled and seemed very happy. Zhou Jun knew that he was not happy because he was praised by his master, but because he was happy to be regarded as an emasculated hero.
"Dashuai, I see that the students have almost gathered, and I also ask Dashuai to send troops to open the way, and lead the scholars to settle accounts with Wang Zaijin!" Shizun smiled for a moment, and then continued: "Jimin Society is willing to give 10,000 taels of silver to reward the army, 5,000 taels is for the general, and 5,000 taels will be issued to the soldiers. ā
Zhou Jun secretly sneered, where is this Zhao Yuan's army a "tiger ben", the old and the young, although the armor and weapons are complete, but at a glance, you can know that they are recruits who have not been in battle, and they can't withstand tough battles. However, he also knew that Shizun had his own hardships, if he allowed these troops to plunder after entering the city, he was afraid that Shizun's reputation would be damaged. The army's money is lost because of a small loss.
When Zhao Yuan heard this, he smiled even more happily: "Since this is the case, the brother is disrespectful, we have contacts and friendships in the future!" After saying this, he lightly kicked the war horse under his crotch, came to the soldiers, and shouted: "It's all for Lao Tzu!" This Liu Gongzi is kind-hearted and does not allow you to enter the city to plunder, and gives each of you five taels of silver for his hard-earned money. If you take the money, you have to do things for Lao Tzu, if you stab the basket today, or disturb the people and harm the reputation of the son, don't blame me for the military law and the unforgiving people! ā
As soon as the yellow-faced and thin-skinned soldiers heard this, they immediately cheered loudly, and promised that they would never disturb the people and cause chaos to the great commander.
Zhou Jun still believes in this guarantee, these soldiers enter the city just to make a scene, they don't need to fight at all, there is not so much pressure to release, and naturally there is no need to rob the soldiers to relieve the pressure. And at the moment, they are still the army of Nanzhi, and they have the dual constraints of military expenses and military law, so they will naturally be a little more disciplined. Petty theft may not be avoided, but as long as there is no systematic evil, it is enough.
The soldiers lined up in a dense formation and prepared to enter the city, and the defenders at the head of the city already knew the cause and effect of the incident, they did not want to stop the army from being regarded as the remnants of the eunuch party, and they did not want to fight with people without orders, so they did not stop at all, and let Zhao Yuan's army enter the city.
Zhou Jun knew that Shizun had the ambition of the world's martial arts, so he carefully observed the equipment of these soldiers, most of them wore red cloth armor, this kind of armor is made of a certain amount of cotton, soaked and then made steadily, some key parts are also equipped with iron plates, which have a certain defensive ability for the projectiles of the bird's gun, and are the main armor of the current Ming army.
The weapons they hold are also varied, firearms include bird guns, multi-barreled guns, three-eyed guns, cold weapons are the swords, guns, swords and halberds that Zhou Jun often sees, and the wolf that looks like a big bamboo, with an iron spear head at the top.
The soldiers marched in a dense formation, they were very close to each other, and in the case of a field battle, such formations could easily hinder each other, and as a result, there was not enough space to light the arquebus with the muskets, and there was no distance to use the swords and guns, and they could easily be annihilated by the enemy. But at the moment they don't have any enemies, so such a formation can increase the speed of entering the city gates.
These soldiers often make noises when marching, some of them walk too slowly in front, causing the people behind to step on the heels of the people in front, some of them do not hold their swords and guns and touch the soldiers around them, and some of them curse in a low voice for the people in front of them for walking too fast, and the whole procession not only does not have the solemn atmosphere that the army should have, but looks like a group of newly armed mobs.
"Shut up Lao Tzu! Quickly pass through the city gate, and then drive all the way to the king's Jin family's house! Zhao Yuan seemed to feel that the scene in front of him was a bit embarrassing for him, so he yelled loudly and asked his subordinates to drive in quickly.
Zhou Jun looked back and saw that the soldiers had also moved, and they couldn't wait for a long time, so they immediately followed behind as soon as they saw the soldiers moving. They also form a tight formation, but because they often participate in group actions, they move more quickly and neatly, and they are more imposing than the soldiers.
"Oh, Liu Gongzi really deserves to be a great talent in the world, and even these scholars brought by Gongzi are neater than these big-headed soldiers under my hands!" Zhao Yuan seemed to have some hang-up on his face, and he took the initiative to step down for himself: "After all, he is a scholar, and he still knows how to align himself when he walks, which is like those soldiers of mine, who are all born with mud legs, and they are staggering like ducks when they walk!" ā
"I don't think it's the problem of the marshal, it's that the imperial court doesn't take the Nanzhi army too seriously, the Liao salary is several million taels a year, and our Nanzhi gives so much silver every year, but can we give us a share of the Liao salary? This army has never been able to train well without money, what a powerful general Qi Nantang was back then, didn't he have to have Zhang Jiangling's support in the DPRK to get the silver to train the army? Shizun saw Zhao Yuan's embarrassment, and smiled to relieve him.
"That's, that's, Liu Gongzi is really a scholar, and what he said makes sense than a rough person like me!" Zhao Yuan touched his nose and smiled.