Zhong Beile has repeatedly suffered losses in the hands of the guerrilla battalion, and naturally hates Yang Bo to the core, but seeing this Han Banner Army named Wuzhen Chaoha (Heavy Armed Troops), everyone is a little secretly awe-inspiring, these more than 1,000 people are just equipped with armor and equipment captured from the guerrilla battalion, and they already have a bit of a fierce taste, although they all know that the armor package is still more than 1,200 cowardly Han people allocated by Kong Youde's department.

Kong Youde and other Han military flags are not subordinate to the Eight Banners, but a separate army under the personal command of Huang Taiji, for example, Ma Guangyuan's Han Army Flag is not subordinate to the Yellow Banner, but Ma Guangyuan himself belongs to the Yellow Banner, the so-called independent army is just a disguise, and this Wuzhen Chaoha is an independent army under the planning of Huang Taiji, which is an important step in the military balance of the Eight Banners. Huang Taiji said on the surface that he wanted to imitate Lushun to train a new army to deal with the guerrilla battalion, and the equipment was also similar to the guerrilla battalion as much as possible, in addition to spears and muskets, it would also be equipped with a small number of artillery, and the soldiers who rebelled in Lushun were also responsible for weekday training, striving to be able to compete with the guerrilla battalion, at least not falling behind, only a few people such as Dolgon, Dai Shan, etc. were worried about this, as long as they were compiled, they could expand the number of people at the time of the incident, and the two white flags that were far inferior compared to the two yellow flags. The two red flags are even more vulnerable......

But soon, with the frequent waving of the Ling Flag, the Wuzhen Chao Ha Ying Flag began to be chaotic, the formation was loose, and even some soldiers stood on the field in a daze. There were a lot of jokes, and everyone was a little funny in their hearts, no matter how neat the equipment was. After all, it depends on who is using it, these Wuzhen Chaoha are simply the difference between heaven and earth compared to the Eight Banners with a neat formation, and everyone secretly stared at Huang Taiji to see how he reacted.

"Damn it!" Appointed by Huang Taiji as the commander of Wuzhen Chaoha, that is, Jia La's true Zu Kefa knelt in front of Huang Taiji in a sweat, and he didn't dare to come out, after learning that Zhang Chengren was torn to pieces by the Lushun army and civilians when he went to Lushun. He cried several times in front of Huang Taiji, wanting to avenge his friend, and of course Huang Taiji knew that he had some elements of performance. But considering that Zu Kefa also became the most elite family team for Zu Dashou in Dalinghe, and also understood the use of some firearms, he nodded and agreed, and now Zu Kefa saw that Wu Zhenchaoha was obedient and ugly during the big reading. If you put it in the Eight Banners, you will be killed. He was so frightened that he quickly bowed down and pleaded guilty......

Huang Taiji waved his hand and said lightly; "Wuzhen Chaoha has not been established for a long time, and it is understandable that the battle array is unfamiliar, you get up!"

Zu Kefa kowtowed heavily, and then stood behind in shock.

Several teams on the field practiced a combined attack, outflanking the ambush, and Zu Kefa also commanded Wu Zhenchaoha to release two rows of firearms, and the drill ended. Huang Taiji convened relevant people to discuss, compared to this Wuzhen Chaoha's formation is not neat. Huang Taiji is even more dissatisfied that although he has been trying his best to imitate the guerrilla battalion, he also let He Dingliao take the Han craftsmen to carefully refer to the captured Lushun firearms imitation, but no matter how the craftsmen imitate, but they have not been able to increase the range of firearms, whether it is firearms or artillery, the same is true for today's proofreading, Huang Taiji watched carefully, Wuzhen Chaoha was equipped with more than 100 firearms, but many of them were dumb fires, with a range of only more than 50 steps, and there was no advantage over the bow and crossbow, while the firearms captured by Lushun could hit 100 steps, and the range was twice as high.

Seeing that the southern sweep is approaching, and facing the threat of southern Liaoning has always been the biggest hidden danger in Huang Taiji's heart, he does not think that Yang Bo will honestly hibernate in southern Liaoning, although Yang Bo has indeed not made any moves in recent times, and he does not require Wuzhen Chaoha to compete with Lushun in the field, it is enough to be able to hold the city with armor and equipment, and the most important thing is to be able to fill the problem of the emptiness of the four guards in the south after the transfer of the Eight Banners, especially in Fuzhou, Xiuyan, and Fengcheng.

"The slave knocks on the Great Khan" He Dingliao hurriedly came, and fell on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly

"Did you read today's proofreading?" Huang Taiji asked gently.

He Dingliao didn't dare to raise his head, but kept repeating: "The slave should die, the slave should die"

Huang Taiji frowned unhappily, this slave is loyal enough, and diligent enough, but there is no creativity and imagination, although Huang Taiji knows that it is difficult for some strong people to require them to have these advantages, in Houjin, who is short of talents, He Dingliao, who was coerced by Kong Youde from Dengzhou, is already a leader in technical ability, and is responsible for presiding over firearms such as cannon casting, but obviously the current results cannot satisfy Huang Taiji.

"Get up" Although Huang Taiji was dissatisfied, he still pretended to be plain.

He Dingliao kowtowed a few more times, and then he got up obediently, his eyes didn't dare to look at each other, so he had to stare at the ground, and his back was slightly slumped subconsciously.

"Obviously, the same firecracker, you have to make a lot more fine iron, but why can't it be compared with Lushun's in range, what is the reason?" Although Huang Taiji had tried his best to suppress his anger, he couldn't help but raise his voice a little louder.

He Dingliao was so frightened that he knelt down again, and said again and again: "Back to the Great Khan, the minions thought of many ways, and convened the craftsmen of the Ming Kingdom to discuss several times, everyone was clouded, we are waiting to make the firearm and Lushun is the same, the reason why the range is very far apart, I am afraid that this gunpowder is strange, the gunpowder used in Lushun is wrapped in kraft paper, and the weight of each package seems to be, the minions have tried according to their weight, and they can only play fifty steps, so ......"

"So what?" Huang Taiji asked impatiently

"So the minions estimate that the gunpowder used in Lushun is different from the gunpowder commonly used by us, but this formula is ever-changing, and there is no familiar person to guide it, relying on the minions to explore ......"

He Dingliao kowtowed a few more times before he had the courage to say, "I'm afraid I can't deserve it." ”

Before Huang Taiji could speak, Haoge behind him was furious and scolded: "For your equipment camp, Ama has spent countless efforts and silver, and now you tell me that you can't deserve it?" What's the use of keeping you minions? ”

He Dingliao was shocked, and said bitterly: "The formula is like a famous doctor in this world, everyone's prescription is different, but if you only know that the famous doctor has those few flavors, but you don't know that its monarchs and ministers are assisted." The amount of each flavor medicine ......"

Hearing He Dingliao's explanation very appropriately, Huang Taiji's face eased a lot, and he turned his head to Gang Atai behind him and said, "You should pay more attention to this matter." Let's see if we can ask something from the soldiers who have come in."

Gang Atai took a step above and said: "Yes"

Gang Atai is the third son of Li Yongfang, the forehead of Fushun, Huang Taiji has a sense and the aggressive posture of the Yang Bo group, and is ready to do both, but the day is not a holiday, Huang Taiji just wanted to invite Li Yongfang, who had been presiding over the old Khan, to go out of the mountain to deal with the Lushun Military Group, but he didn't expect Li Yongfang to be bedridden since the New Year, and he died in April. Li Yongfang has nine sons, the most outstanding are the second son Li Shutai, the third son Gang Atai, the fifth son Bayan, etc.

Huang Taiji turned to He Dingliao again: "How is the cannon making going?" ”

He Dingliao nodded: "Back to the Great Khan." The minions have already cast the clay molds of twenty cannons, and it is not easy to cast the Hongyi cannons, even in Xiyi, and the clay casting method we use needs to wait for the mud embryos to dry thoroughly before they can be carried out. This process is the most important test. Not only do you have to wait for four months, but you have to constantly sprinkle water and moisten the mud embryo on weekdays, if there is a little negligence that causes the mud embryo to crack, it will be wasted, and the slave predicts that this time the twenty Hongyi cannons can become three or four, which is extremely difficult......

The people behind Huang Taiji listened to the craftsman's vague displeasure, and they vigorously cleared up the relationship. I didn't have any responsibility, and I was extremely angry in my heart. But Huang Taiji just nodded lightly and said: "Okay, you just have to do it with your heart, as long as you do it with your heart, no matter whether you succeed or not, I will not blame you for waiting, come on, what craftsman will be rewarded."

He Dingliao took the silver taels, and withdrew with a thousand thanks, and Huang Taiji said with a gloomy face: "It will take four months for the mud mold to dry?" I remember that Lushun Yang Bo didn't take four months to have a lot of small cannons pulled by horses, how did they make them? ”

Everyone didn't understand these things very well, so they didn't dare to speak indiscriminately, only Haoge said: "Amma, is this slave not dedicated?" Bullying us doesn't understand, so we can make some interfaces at random to fool the past? ”

Huang Taiji frowned and said: "That's not going to happen, this person followed Ruitu to join us, and he is loyal, but we can't let them be too slack, it's ......."

Huang Taiji instructed Fan Wencheng: "You find someone to be stationed in the craftsman camp to supervise their progress every day, and also, send a reward list in various places in my Houjin to recruit craftsmen who are good at casting cannons."

Fan Wencheng leaned over and said yes, and Huang Taiji said to Gang Atai: "It's not that I can't use people, but Lushun's armament is changing with each passing day. I remember that the first contact with the guerrilla battalion was when the Lushun offensive and defensive battles, at that time, the guerrilla battalion with its ferocious firearms, hit us by surprise, arquebuses, spears, iron shells, the whole Ming country did not have such a strange team, and by the battle of Iron Mountain, the guerrilla battalion was already equipped with the kind of fire guns that did not use the arquebus, as well as small cannons with wheels, and handcuffs that could fight sixty or seventy steps, you told me, the next time I met, what are the new tricks of the guerrilla camp discount? ”

After thinking about it, everyone was also shocked......

"Lushun is our henchman, Gang Atai, has your father ever explained to you?" Huang Taiji asked suddenly

Gang Atai hesitated a little, and then nodded and said: "After the battle of Lushun, Ama began to pay attention to Yang Bo, and also sent a lot of people to investigate, but unfortunately Lushun seems to have a master in charge, presiding over the rape, most of the people sent by Ama missed and suffered, and some of them either disappeared and kept in touch, only he ......"

Huang Taiji nodded and said: "I want him to find a way to find out about Lushun's armaments, especially equipment, gunpowder formulas, etc., and you send him a message, this is the top priority."

Gang Atai hesitated a little and said: "Your Majesty, this person has gone through hardships and dangers to settle down in Lushun, if he uses it rashly, I'm afraid?" I also hope that Your Majesty will grant me the permission of the minions to go to Lushun in person and find out this information from other ears and eyes."

However, when Gang Atai raised his head, he saw that Huang Taiji had gone away, and Gang Atai kowtowed heavily on the ground, his face full of loss......

…………

Yu Xueyong, who came back from duty, first went to visit his younger brother Yu Xuezhong, who had worked for a day, and then returned to the main house to visit his master Ullindai, during this time the most discussed topic in the fort was to grab the topic of the west, and there were many bannermen who ran to Niu Lu Ezhen every day, just to listen to the news, the news had already come down, it was to rob the rich Ming Kingdom, not Chahar and North Korea, Yu Xueyong of course knew that there were still some people to be stationed in the fort, and this Niu Lu of the Zhenglan Banner could only go to more than ten people, and he was among them.

Back home. The pregnant woman hurriedly grabbed two firewood and threw them to the stove, took a clean bowl, poured a bowl of warm water, and handed it to Yu Xueyong, who was sitting on a stool.

Yu Xueyong took it. After taking a sip, he said, "I'm going to Xiuyan tomorrow, and I'm not coming back for dinner."

The woman nodded, taking care of herself and was busy eating at night, Yu Xueyong thought about it, and said to the woman's back: "Have you heard?" Lushun can divide the land, and if you don't pay taxes, you will collect as much grain as you want. ”

The woman wiped her hand into her towering bosom. Turning to look at Yu Xueyong, his face was a little nervous.

"A few days ago, someone advised me to flee over there......

"What? You promised? The woman lowered her voice and looked nervously at the door and window. Only then did he come to Yu Xueyong's side

"It's a little exciting, but there's no way now" Yu Xueyong sighed and shook his head

The woman whispered urgently, "What's wrong?" It's easier for you to run away with us than those coats, isn't it? If you don't leave, can you land well in grabbing the west for him? Mingguo is so easy to bully. Didn't he also cripple Mingguo? Are you better than him? ”

Yu Xueyong sighed. He said in a low voice: "What should I do if I learn to be loyal?" He is a coat, and he has to be interrogated wherever he goes out, what's the matter? ”

When the woman heard this, she tried to say something but held back, and the two were silent in the dark room.

"What can they do?" The woman suddenly remembered them in Yu Xueyong's mouth, and asked with hope

Yu Xueyong stood up in pain and said, "I didn't promise them, let's talk about it." We can't go now."

The woman reluctantly asked, "Why?" ”

Yu Xueyong shook his head: "Why?" You're six months pregnant, and I can't bear to let you suffer along the way......"

The woman's face changed several times. Yu Xueyong got up and walked towards the stove with the help of Xueyong, sighing as he walked: "Before going on the expedition, accompany me to the Dongyue Temple in Xiuyan to make incense, and ask the Bodhisattva to bless you to come back safely, so that we can stay here with peace of mind and don't think about those things." I heard that where you ask for a son is very spiritual, ask the Bodhisattva to give you a son."

Yu Xueyong snorted and said, "Is there really a Bodhisattva? Why don't the bodhisattvas see what we are suffering? Today another Bao Yi was hanged because he stole half of the master's naan! ”

The woman was furious, and hurriedly snorted a few times, as if she was about to take away what Yu Xueyong said, and then scolded: "You thief who kills a thousand knives, can you talk nonsense?" He who will go to hell with his tongue plucked out in the future."

Yu Xueyong smiled and said: "I heard that there are more Western Bodhisattvas in Lushun, what kind of life do they live?" White-flour meatloaf every day, people, you still have to rely on your own ......"

The woman threw a black rag from the stove and asked, "Are you going or not?" ”

Yu Xueyong smiled and nodded: "Won't I be able to go?" But I have to wait for a while, and the fort will be lit at any time in the past few days, which will make everyone startled, and I don't know when the trumpet will be blown, so I really can't leave......"

The next day, Yu Xueyong came to the tavern in the north of Xiuyan City, it was close to noon, there were still many people in the tavern, Yu Xueyong felt that there seemed to be many people staring at him, and when he looked at it, those people were busy taking care of themselves, how could anyone stare at him?

"Recently, there have been some disappointments" Yu Xueyong smiled self-deprecatingly at the door, raised his feet and stepped into the tavern, where the young man who claimed to be the young man was waiting for him in the seat last time.

Yu Xueyong didn't like this person, this person's eyes were like poisonous snakes, as if everything in front of him could be seen through, but Yu Xueyong had to come to him hard, because this person promised him that as long as he did something for them, they would arrange for Yu Xuezhong to flee to Lushun, and in order to prove that they were indeed capable of arranging this medium-high risk escape, this young man would bring a token of a coat that Yu Xueyong knew before.

Syllable!

Tang Baocheng threw a jade pendant tied with a red rope on the table and said, "Take a closer look, is it a token of your fellow countryman?" Your fellow townsman said that his family had a very good life in Lushun, because he had just passed, and he could not divide the land for the time being, and now he and his mother-in-law are working in the factory, and his son went to a private school, and the family can earn more than one or two silver a month, and his son can earn more than one or two silver, and his life is worry-free, and in a few years, their family will be qualified to divide the land, and he also asked me to bring a message to you, don't sell your life to the Tartar anymore, sooner or later you will regret it. ”

Yu Xueyong lowered his head, and the hand holding the jade pendant trembled slightly, yes, this is his fellow countryman's personal token, and last time he didn't tell this young man what to take, it seems that the words of this young man are true and credible.

"What do you want me to do?" Yu Xueyong plucked up his courage and asked

Tang Baocheng glanced at him, slowly filled the wine bowl in front of him, and made a gesture of invitation to him, then lowered his voice and said: "Some time ago, we transported a batch of strong crossbows, but we failed to enter the city, and lost three brothers, and recently there is a batch of strong crossbows and swords that I want to transport to the city, and a few arquebuses, the stakes are very high, can you help?" ”

Yu Xueyong paused, looked at Tang Baocheng in shock, and didn't speak for a long time.

"That's right, we used it when encouraging the Baoyi uprising, you don't have to be surprised" Tang Baocheng touched the cup with him with a smile.

"You are a blue flag flag, no one will doubt you," Tang Baocheng continued.

"Send my brother away...... Yu Xueyong raised his neck and drank the cup dry, his throat seemed to be filled with fire down his esophagus, he took a sip of wine, and said heavily.

"No problem, though, didn't you say last time that there are other people in your family? They don't go? Tang Baocheng was in a happy mood and filled him again.

Yu Xueyong didn't answer, but said to himself: "In a few days, my mother-in-law will go to Dongyue Temple to make a vow, and then I will take my brother with me, and you will take him away, but you have to create some illusions, so that my brother is plundered by the Ming army sentry."

Tang Baocheng was surprised: "Dongyue Temple? ”

Yu Xueyong's face was full of pain, and he nodded silently for a long time.

"Then it's a word," Tang Baocheng touched a glass with him again.

"May I ask, where are you going to put your equipment? Where is the coating again? You've killed a lot of innocent coats, you know? Yu Xueyong, who drank a lot of alcohol, couldn't help but say more when he left.

"That's our business, please ......" Tang Baocheng returned coldly (to be continued......)