Zhu Daolin was reluctant to deal with Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui's father and son, so he pretended not to see, and after listening to Chen Yingyuan's introduction to the history of horse breeding in Shandong, he immediately felt that he was referring to something, so he lowered his voice and asked tentatively:

"Can you introduce a wealthy local merchant and sell some war horses and grain to our army?"

"I know that Lord Zhu and Lord Chen are very embarrassed, the daily consumption of more than 40,000 soldiers of the army is huge, and no matter how much food and war horses are not enough, I can only spend silver to buy ......."

"If you don't raise food and war horses as soon as possible, once Wei Guogong and Marquis Longping lead their troops to arrive, the little reserves in your hands will not be enough!"

Chen Yingyuan was quite embarrassed, and he sighed for a long time before relenting: "This kind of thing should not be involved in this kind of thing, considering that General Zhu really needs to replenish war horses and food, it is also beneficial to the overall situation, so let's do it, this official will help General Zhu once, if the number is not large, it is estimated that it is not a big problem." ”

"There is nothing else, there is no shortage of silver, I implore you to help me a lot, contact some war horses and food as much as possible, and I will thank you again after the matter is completed!"

Zhu Daolin was quite anxious in his heart, what he did in Jimo would soon reach the ears of Zhu Dadian, Chen Yingyuan and others, and he had to hurry up and buy enough grain and horses before the civil officials became angry.

Another important reason for Zhu Daolin's decision was that the Ming generals had a long tradition of doing business with each other, and the Ming civil officials who were in charge of the supply of materials were even more corrupt.

Although the civilian officials did not dare to brazenly resell weapons and equipment, they dared to resell a large number of war horses and grain in their hands to enrich themselves, and now Chen Yingyuan, the governor of Denglai, has the power to allocate grain, grass and war horses for the whole army.

Therefore, Zhu Daolin doesn't care which camp he belongs to, as long as he can buy enough strategic materials from him. When Dengzhou is taken, the money spent will be recouped exponentially!

I don't know if it was felt by the sky, or if the climate suddenly changed, in the early hours of the morning, there was a sudden gust of wind between the heavens and the earth, and the flagpole erected high in the front yard of the temple was blown off by the strong wind, and the huge handsome flag fell in response. The frightened Chinese officers and men on duty were terrified.

Zhu Dadian was also called up from the bed, put on a fur coat, hurried to the courtyard, stared at the broken flagpole and was silent for a long time.

The sky was bright, the wind weakened, and the clear sky for half a month suddenly appeared with dark clouds, obscuring the sky.

The news of the sudden breaking of the handsome flag has spread throughout all the armies, and the atmosphere of the whole army has become extremely solemn, whether it is a civil and military official or a mere pawn. A sense of foreboding welled up in my heart.

By noon, the whole army was still immersed in an uneasy silence.

At this time, Zhu Daolin led 1,300 well-fed and well-fed brothers to take 80 sturdy war horses from Zhu Dadian and Chen Yingyuan, and marched out of the gate in the face of the cold wind.

Under the nervous gaze of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, the team passed unhurriedly outside the south gate of Dengzhou City, where the rebels were stationed, and without any scruples, bypassed the southeast corner of the city wall where the rebels had erected more than ten artillery pieces, and slowly advanced on the avenue only 200 steps away from the city. Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers on both sides were stunned.

By the time the rebels at the head of the city received the order to prepare the charge and launch the cannon, Zhu Daolin and 1,300 cavalry had successfully entered the camp of Wohu Mountain in the east of the city. Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp, they passed through the camp and drove to the Hekou camp built by the sea, where Wang Laicheng, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp, and his generals and colonels were already waiting outside the camp gate.

After a short handover, several generals and colonels led the 800 officers and soldiers of the Beijing Battalion stationed here to return to the Crouching Tiger Mountain Camp in the south.

The brothers under Zhu Daolin's command immediately took action, and the personal guard battalion sent a team of 100 people to arrange sentry posts in an orderly manner and carry out vigilance. The brothers of the cavalry battalion of the Longtan Army took over all the horses, and the rest of the officers and soldiers quickly entered the simple barracks on both sides and began to clear the debris and rearrange it.

Wang Laicheng and more than a dozen guards stayed behind and introduced the facilities in the camp to Zhu Daolin. Finally, he pointed to the two rows of barracks built with wooden planks at the back of the camp, and laughed in a low voice: "The younger brother left 500 stone of grain and thousands of catties of frozen meat, which is not a respect." ”

Zhu Daolin was very grateful, thought about it and asked with a smile: "I want to go to the edge of the water city to see, is Brother Wang interested?" ”

Wang Laicheng laughed: "Let's go, the little brother will lead the way." ”

Zhu Daolin only took Guo Zhongjun and six soldiers to join the army, and walked with Wang Laicheng and his party across a temporary wooden bridge, crossed the frozen Sand River, walked hundreds of meters, and climbed a small hill by the sea.

Wang Laicheng pointed to the northeast corner of the city wall in the west and introduced: "This place is 3 and a half miles away from the city wall, the rebels' artillery can't hit, when the weather is good, they can see each other, this place under our feet is the mouth of the legendary eight immortals crossing the sea, you look at the protruding rock on the water surface, it is engraved with the deeds of the eight immortals crossing the sea, and the sea water has washed it for many years and can't see clearly...... Hey? What is it? ”

Zhu Daolin observed for a moment and handed the telescope to Wang Laicheng: "Adjust the focus, take a look, there are a few grandsons on the city wall who are pointing fingers on it." ”

Wang Laicheng hurriedly picked up the binoculars, raised them in front of him in the same way as Zhu Daolin, quickly turned around, and looked at Zhu Daolin in shock: "Where did Brother Zhu get such a baby?" ”

Zhu Daolin explained: "I bought it from overseas, have you ever seen the monocular clairvoyance of the Franc machine man? ”

Wang Laicheng hurriedly nodded: "Of course I have seen it, I have seen it once in my hand, there are only a few in our Beijing camp, it is said that the eunuchs of Sanbao got it back from the West back then, and they were all occupied by those few commanders who can't see it a few times a year, but the monocular clairvoyance can't be compared with you!" How much silver can buy one? ”

Zhu Daolin pointed to Guo Zhongjun and others behind the side, Wang Laicheng turned around and was startled, Guo Zhongjun and the other three people each held a telescope to carefully observe the city up and down and the water city in the north, and kept reporting groups of numbers in their mouths, and the other four guards had already squatted down, writing on the blank book on their knees with charcoal, and most of what they wrote was chicken intestine font that Wang Laicheng couldn't understand.

Wang Laicheng, who was extremely emotional, licked his thick lips, looked at the delicate and attractive telescope in his hand, and turned to Zhu Daolin with an expectant face: "Brother Zhu, how much can you buy one?" Why don't I trade my war horse with you? ”

Zhu Daolin smiled and asked, "How many war horses do you have?" Let's start with that, I'm asking about the surplus war horses, and you must not trade the war horses of the brothers under your command. ”

"Just tell me how much money you have! I only know how many horses are worth, and I don't have much silver left, but there is still a little bit of war horses. ”

Wang Laicheng has an upright personality, and he is not afraid of Zhu Daolin's jokes if he has anything to say.

Zhu Daolin untied the leather box on his belt and sent it to Wang Laicheng's other hand: "Give it to you, I don't want your silver, and I don't want your horse." ”

Wang Laicheng was overjoyed, and immediately raised his eyes to look around.

Zhu Daolin saw that his hands trembled when he was so excited, so he simply took the telescope in his hand, pointed to the various parts of the telescope and patiently introduced it, teaching him how to calculate the target distance through the tick marks on the lens.

It wasn't until Wang Laicheng understood most of the time that Zhu Daolin handed the telescope into his hands and let him slowly experience it.

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