"Old Chen! You're there too. ”

The old warmaker's surname is Chen, called Chen Jin, and he is sixty years old, but he is deaf and clear-sighted, has a strong body, and walks vigorously, not losing to any young man.

When Chen Jin saw Yang Chao, he was about to kneel down immediately, but Yang Chao hurriedly helped him up.

Chen Jin smiled a little stiffly and arched his hand: "I can see Lord Yang for a long time!" ”

Chen Jin has seen Yang Chao and knows that Yang Chao is a guerrilla general from Huai'an, and after coming to Haizhou, he fought with the captives a few times before and after, and the captives were terrified, he admired such a good man from the bottom of his heart, and the most important thing was that Yang Chao was to rescue Haizhou, which made Chen Jin feel somewhat grateful.

Yang Chao returned the salute: "Old Chen doesn't have to be polite. ”

No matter how you say it, it's an old man, let such a person kneel on his own, Yang Chao can't stand it, and this old man has been striking iron all his life, and he has extremely rich experience, just by relying on the hammer ear with one hand, he can tell whether there is a defect in the metal, and he will be an old expert in later generations, maybe not so professional academically, but this skill level is a national treasure.

It's just that it was in later generations, and Chen Jin's craftsmanship in the Ming Dynasty was not so valuable, the reason was that there were too many blacksmiths in this era, unlike later generations who relied on machines, so the Ming Dynasty people had a more direct feeling of metal.

"I don't know if Lord Yang came over in person, but what's the matter?"

Chen Jin asked, knowing that Yang Chao was sitting in the city and fighting fiercely with the captives every day in the past few days, and he couldn't help in the war, but it was no problem to strike iron, even if he was asked to pick up the blacksmith's hammer and strike the iron himself.

Yang Chao said: "There is really something to trouble Old Chen." I want Mr. Chen to help me with a few things. ”

Saying that, Yang Chao gestured with his hand and told Chen Jin what he was going to do.

Chen Jin nodded: "It's not difficult to do, just an apprentice can do it." ”

Yang Chao naturally knew that it was not difficult to do, and he didn't need any technical content, otherwise he wouldn't have found a blacksmith shop.

Chen Jin immediately ordered to go down and ask a few blacksmiths to immediately put down their work. began to help Yang Chao do things.

Then he accompanied Yang Chao to look at the blacksmith shop.

This blacksmith shop is the largest blacksmith shop in Haizhou City, which originally had six blacksmith furnaces and employed more than a dozen apprentices and masters to work.

Coincidentally. The old owner of the blacksmith shop and Chen Jin are brothers, and they learned to make iron from a master back then.

And now all the craftsmen in Haizhou have been organized by Song Lian to help the army build weapons. An old craftsman like Chen Jin was also given an important mission, and he was instructed to organize the creation of a new batch of birds.

After this task was issued, Chen Jin immediately selected a group of skilled blacksmiths, all of whom were concentrated in the old man's blacksmith shop, and kept making gun barrels day and night.

"Old Chen, I don't know how the bird gun is built?"

Since I came, I met Chen Jin again. Yang Chao naturally wanted to ask about the situation of the bird.

Chen Jin immediately replied: "More than ten bird pipes have been built, and in two days, ten can be built!" ”

Yang Chao nodded, he had only been here for four days, and although these blacksmiths worked day and night, taking turns striking iron, it was also very rare to be able to make ten barrels.

You must know that it takes a month for the blacksmith in Nanjing to make a bird's gun.

Yang Chao immediately encouraged: "You have worked hard, when the captives retreat, this official will definitely make it clear." Let the imperial court give all the masters a commendation! ”

Yang Chao definitely didn't deceive them, he really had this mind, if these blacksmiths behaved well. If he contributes a lot in this war, he should be rewarded, and even if the court doesn't care about the merits of a few craftsmen, he should mean it himself.

Chen Jin hurriedly said: "It's all as it should be, we people, we can't help in the war, give the adults some weapons, that's also a matter of duty!" ”

Yang Chao said: "Then there is Lao Chen." By the way, I don't know if Chen Lao can follow the method that this official said last time. Have you tried it? ”

Chen Jin said: "My lord's orders, how dare I disobey." They are all according to the orders of the adults, and these people are all building the pipes. Other things are done in other places. ”

Yang Chao nodded, many craftsmen at this time are one person to make all the parts, and then assemble them, there is no standardization requirements, anyway, only all the parts can be combined, and finally it can be used, so each part will be run in with each other when it is not suitable.

The advantage of this handicraft workshop is that it does not waste materials, but the disadvantage is that it is slow and very non-standard, and each bird is unique.

Of course, it is not practical to require standardized production now, Yang Chao only requires people to do it alone in the most time-consuming part of the pipe, these blacksmiths who are responsible for building the pipes are responsible for making the pipes every day, and the fine iron used is forged by others, saving them the time to forge the fine iron themselves, so it only took four days and three nights to create ten pipes.

Of course, these guns are not completely made, these hand-made guns are rolled together with double-layer fine iron sheets, burned red forging and welded together, but then they have to use a drill frame for grinding and drilling, because the guns still have to be drilled in the end, and Yang Chao requires the drill bits of several drilling machines to be built consistently, so as to ensure that at least the caliber of the bird guns is the same in the end, and the consistent caliber can be used with the same lead bullet, which will greatly improve the efficiency.

During the construction process, Chen Jin needs to inspect every barrel to ensure that there will be no defective products in the end.

Therefore, Chen Jin's role is very important, he is the guarantee of quality.

So Yang Chao respected him very much: "Then it's hard work, but don't be too tired, and rest when it's time to rest." ”

After some advice, Yang Chao said goodbye and left.

Although he didn't kick the city, it didn't mean that Yang Chao didn't care about today's city defense, and after he went back, he immediately asked people to investigate.

Today's attack by the captives is not the same as yesterday, and the intensity has been reduced too much.

After all, there was a fierce battle yesterday, and the captives suffered heavy losses, so they had to be adjusted.

The captives did not even climb ladders to attack the city, but sent men to shoot arrows under the city for a day.

At the end of the day, the Ming army had no casualties, and of course there were almost no casualties among the captives, because the Ming army saw that the captives did not attack the city, and there was almost no counterattack, after all, it was necessary to take risks to shoot at the captives.

The day was spent peacefully. Yang Chao did not think that the captives were about to give up, but instead thought that the captives were temporarily resting and preparing for the next more violent attack. Even today, there is no strong attack, it is only a temptation. is looking for Yang Chao's flaws.

Of course, Yang Chao couldn't imagine the true intentions of the captives, and his combat experience was still too shallow.

At this time, in the camp of the captives, the high-ranking leaders were gathered, and the five Baya Lama Zhangjing, as well as the two Mongol Beyles, were all there.

Baya Lajangjing commanded the Bayara elite barracks of various banners, and there may be only six or seven hundred elite soldiers under his command. However, it is the main force that attacks the fortified city and destroys the city, and it will only be dispatched at the most critical time.

As for the Mongolian Beyler, it seems that the title is very high, but the strength may not be very strong, and it cannot be compared with the Manchurian Beyler, so they sit in the back position.

Sitting at the head, naturally, is Turg.

The two Mongol Beyles were Gushan Ezhen Shanba of the Tumut Left Banner and Gushan Ezhen Omubu Chuhuer of the Tumut Right Banner, and each of these two men now had 1,500 or 600 Mongol warriors under their commands.

For the Eight Banners of Manchuria, these Mongols really couldn't fight, but when they robbed, they were like wolves. Although they are also a group of robbers, the Manchurians still look down on these Mongols, and they have to be tasteful to be thieves. You can't grab everything.

Therefore, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty went to war, the Mongols who followed were often only used as cannon fodder, and they were not at ease with the Mongols in the battle of attacking Jiancheng, and the Mongols did not have this consciousness at all, and often collapsed faster than the Ming army, allowing them to attack the city, and they had to guard against being scattered by them.

But now Turg could not ignore these Mongols, and Turg knew it in his heart. Although in terms of the will to fight, these Mongols have long lost the bravery of their ancestors in the era of Genghis Khan. But the level of riding and archery is still very high, not to mention the riding skills. The level is still far above the Manchurians, and the archery skills are not much different.

Weak is weak in the will to fight, speaking of which is still because of lack of discipline, if these herdsmen are formed by a leader like Genghis Khan to form a tight team, it is a terrifying war machine, but if it is scattered, even the Ming army and the border army can't defeat it.

Therefore, after Manchuria defeated Mongolia, it also trained the Eight Banners for Mongolia, but unfortunately the organization was still far from catching up with the Manchurian Eight Banners, of course, the Manchurians did not seriously train these Mongolian warriors, and they really wanted to train into a strong army, so how could the Manchurian Eight Banners deter them.

Therefore, intentionally or unintentionally, in the Eight Banners Group, the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian Eight Banners has never been able to catch up with the Eight Banners.

The reason why Turg called two Mongol Beylers to the meeting today is precisely the time to use Mongol warriors.

"Two Baylors, Ben Gushan intends to attack tomorrow, I don't know what suggestions you two have?"

Shanba and Chuhuer glanced at each other, and Shanba spoke: "Qiqi Turgegu Mountain." Don't storm it. This Ming army is guarded by a strong city, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Our Qing Dynasty labor division expedition, no artillery, only for field battles, not for siege. If the attack continues, although it can be defeated, it will be quite damaged, and these warriors are lost here in vain, and it is not good to explain to Bogda Khan when they go back. ”

Huang Taiji had the honorific title of Bogda Khan among the Mongols, and commanded all Mongols with this.

Turg snorted coldly in his heart, and explained to Huang Taiji, that was his Turg's business, he came here to give Huang Taiji an explanation, the reason why the Mongols didn't want to attack the city, where is it not good to give Huang Taiji an explanation, it is completely afraid of death.

Speaking of the Mongols more deaths, Huang Taiji will not blame it, people have always been the death hole of the Manchurians, this strange nation, the population has never been able to flourish, even if it occupies so much land outside the Guan, there are several times the Han people to work for them, life has been worry-free, but the population has never been able to develop, in terms of fertility, the Han people in the south needless to say, even the Mongols on the plateau, are much stronger than them.

In the face of the Han people, Huang Taiji was controlled by force, but for the Mongols, it was a combination of grace and power, after all, as a nomadic people, Huang Taiji knew that if he forced these people to be in a hurry, he would also bite people.

Therefore, Turg was very disdainful of the two Mongols who were afraid of death, but he could not show it on his face.

said with a smile: "Don't worry, Ben Gushan doesn't want to attack the city, but Beizi who was caught by the Han people must be rescued, otherwise he won't be able to explain to the general who was ordered." But if they don't hurt these Ming people, they won't obediently hand over Bei Ziye. So we only need to hurt them and make them afraid, and when the time comes, they will not only obediently hand over the shellfish, but also ask them to hand over all the gold and silver in the city, and they will not refuse. ”

Turg patiently said that these two Mongols must be ruthless to fight, otherwise with his own thousands of Manchurian soldiers and a group of Baoyi, Turg really has no confidence, and most importantly, his own men have died too much, and Turg is also heartbroken.

But the Mongols were not so easy to fool either.

Shanba's eyes blinked and said: "Turgegu Mountain, it's not that you don't want to fight, but you don't want the warriors to die in vain." I have an idea, maybe I can not fight, and let the Ming people obediently hand over Bei Ziye and the gold and silver. ”

Turg paused, and asked, "Then I don't know what good Barbele has in mind?" ”

Shanba smiled, "Why don't you exchange it with Mingren?" Use us to capture those Ming people and exchange them with them! ”

Turg was surprised, but asked slyly: "If the Ming people don't agree, will the two Baylors agree to the siege?" ”

―――――――――――― (To be continued).