"There is something unclear about this governor, I hope Pang Qianhu can solve the doubts for this governor!"

Lu Xiangsheng's words were like a drum beating in Pang Gang's ears, Pang Gang's heart suddenly tightened a little, he slowly put down the pig's trotters in his hand and said in a calm mood as much as possible: "Inspector Lu, please ask, the humble position must know everything and say everything." ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, and said slowly: "Since you are only a thousand households of Qingzhou Lingshan Guard, according to my dynasty, a guard can only have more than 1,200 sergeants, but what this official sees today is how big are three or four thousand, can Pang Qianhu tell this governor where those extra sergeants come from?" ”

When Pang Gang heard Lu Xiangsheng say this, Pang Gang knew that the problem he had been worried about had finally arrived, and if this problem was not dealt with well, this time he came to Beijing to be reprimanded and even dismissed on the spot.

However, although Pang Gang was a little worried in his heart, he also had a trace of confidence in it. Raised his head and said unhurriedly: "There is a Laolu Inspector to remember, these lowly troops are a little more, but there is no way to do it, just because of the poor harvest in Shandong a few years ago, countless displaced people in Jinan Mansion, Laizhou Mansion and other places desperately flocked to Qingzhou under the instigation of people with hearts, and for a time more than 50,000 displaced people gathered in Qingzhou City, and at that time the official grain depot was empty, and there was no way to provide disaster relief. At this time, it happened that the thieves sent people to Qingzhou to prepare for a secret move, and seeing that Qingzhou was about to be lost, the Qingzhou prefect and the commander of the capital made Lord Song order these homeless people to be resettled in order to eliminate this catastrophe. Thousands of them were selected to be incorporated into the military household as a last resort, and it happened that some time ago, he received an official letter from the military department from the command envoy Yamen, so he brought them all over. ”

"Oh! I see! "What is being done here is not a stupid person, as soon as I hear it, I will understand, it turns out that Pang Gang is imitating the conscription system of the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, whenever there was a natural disaster [***], the court was afraid that those homeless people would rebel, so they would select all the strong and strong from those homeless people to be incorporated into the Xiang army, so that those who were only left with the old, weak, sick and disabled were powerless to do anything, and the court naturally did not have to worry about their rebellion.

"Oh, I see." Lu Xiangsheng nodded, although Pang Gang only introduced the general situation, but he could also imagine the tense atmosphere in Qingzhou City at that time, 50,000 homeless people who had not eaten or drunk gathered in the small Qingzhou City, it was simply a powder keg that would explode at any time, and during the period, there were also rogues inciting and provoking among the homeless, the prefect and commander of Qingzhou at that time The anxious mood can be imagined, and this decision is also a last resort, this reason can be said to work anywhere.

However, Lu Xiangsheng still had a question, and he then asked: "But these soldiers are well-trained, and they don't look like they haven't seen blood, so what's going on?" ”

Pang Gang smiled bitterly when he heard this: "My lord doesn't know, a few years ago, he had a bloody battle with the Tartars in Dezhou Mansion, and he was delayed for a few days, otherwise he would have arrived in Beijing a few days ago." ”

"Oh? Pang Qianhu once had an encounter with the Tartars in Texas? How's the battle going? As soon as they heard that Pang Gang had a fight with the Qing soldiers in the Dezhou Mansion, these people's interest came, and they hurriedly asked about the battle situation at that time.

"Fortunately, at that time, the 4,000 soldiers under his command fought a bloody battle with 2,000 soldiers and horses in Texas and 10,000 elite blue flags led by the Tartar Rao Yu Belle Abatai, and won the heads of more than 4,000 Tartars." Pang Gang's tone was calm, as if he was telling something that had nothing to do with him.

"Heckling what? Won more than 4,000 heads! ”

At this time, the whole big tent was boiling, even Lu Xiangsheng was shocked to stand up, he stretched out his finger and pointed at Pang Gang and asked in disbelief: "This is true, Pang Qianhu, do you know that lying about the military situation is a big crime!" ”

Pang Gang also stood up and said solemnly: "Inspector Lu Mingjian, he will never dare to deceive the court and the superintendent, and the Texas prefect and the Texas soldiers and horses garrison have also personally written a report and reported to the military department, I believe the superintendent will soon be able to see it." ”

"What about the heads of those Tartars? Can Pang Qianhu be brought with the army? Lu Xiangsheng's blazing gaze pierced Pang Gang's heart like lightning.

Pang Gang smiled bitterly and said: "The overseer was disappointed, at that time, the people who were captured by the Tartars and more than 10,000 people threatened each other to exchange the corpses of those Tartars with the lowly position, and the lowly position had to agree to them, because there were not so many Tartar heads in the hands of the lowly position." However, at this moment, there are still hundreds of heads in the lowly camp that have been captured all the way to fight the Tartars. ”

"There aren't so many heads!" Lu Xiangsheng, who quickly woke up from the shock, let out a long breath, wiped a thin layer of sweat from his forehead, shook his head and said with a smile: "It seems that the governor still underestimated Pang Qianhu." ”

The surrounding generals heard that Pang Gang had not captured thousands of heads, and at the same time exhaled, if Pang Gang came to Beijing with more than 4,000 heads of Qing soldiers, it would be a sensation enough, and it would not be an exaggeration for the emperor to immediately crown him a chief military officer.

Suddenly, Lu Xiangsheng laughed: "But even so, it is not bad that Pang Qianhu can have hundreds of Tartars." In addition, I think the emperor will praise you for your outstanding performance recently. ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Pang Gang, who was sitting at the end, and the more he looked at it, the more he admired it, and asked, "Does Pang Qianhu have a table word?" ”

Pang Gang hurriedly stood up and was about to answer, but was pressed by Lu Xiangsheng's hand, "You don't have to get up, just sit and talk back." ”

"Yes!" Pang Gang sat in place and replied: "A lowly martial artist, I haven't read any books, so I took a table for myself, called Chaodong, which means the pillar of the court!" ”

"Hahahaha"

Pang Gang's words can amuse the people around him, this year to take the table word is a big deal, it has always been helped by the elders or noble people, and each table word has a origin and provenance, like Pang Gang himself to give himself a casual name is really rare, but also took such a vulgar sounding table, if it is passed out, I don't know how many people will laugh.

"Hehehehe"

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, he laughed and shook his head and said, "You, you"

Pang Gang was also blushed, and muttered: "My lord, the lowly position is just a martial artist who can only dance with guns and sticks, this one is really not good at choosing names." ”

"Hahaha" Everyone laughed even harder when they heard it, and the whole big tent was stumbling with laughter.

Later, Lu Xiangsheng saw that the generals around him were laughing too much, and he was afraid that Pang Gang would not be able to hang his face, so he reprimanded: "Okay, what's so funny, Chao Dong's cousin is very good to look at, which also proves that Chao Dong always takes the court to heart." ”

Lu Xiangsheng, as the boss here, everyone still has to give this face, and soon order was restored in the big tent, and then I saw Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, slapped his head and asked with a smile: "Brother Pang, brother, I have a question, I have been holding it in my heart for a long time, and Shicai has never had the opportunity to ask for advice, I don't know if you can point out to my brother?" ”

Seeing that Liu Zeqing did not use an official position but was commensurate with a brother, a smile flashed in Pang Gang's eyes, and he nodded and said, "The elder brother just says, the younger brother must know everything and say everything!" ”

"Well, then you're welcome." Liu Zeqing asked: "Brother, I will see that the bird guns used in your army can shoot through the triple armor of the Tartar forty or fifty steps away, and these bird guns do not use fire ropes, this is a very remarkable thing, I wonder if my brother can tell my brother where to buy the bird guns used by your department, and how much does it cost?" ”

As soon as Liu Zeqing's words came out, the surroundings were suddenly silent, the power of the bird guns used by Pang Gang's department was witnessed by everyone, they could stop the three thousand Qing army elite cavalry for so long with a thousand bird guns and two simple defense lines surrounded by carts, and also let them leave nearly a thousand corpses in front of the battle, except for those well-trained sergeants, with that kind of sharp firearms, such a good thing everyone doesn't care, but they haven't been able to find a chance to speak, Now that Liu Zeqing mentioned it first, everyone pricked up their ears for a while.

After hearing this, Pang Gang did not immediately answer his question, but said: "Everyone, please wait, and the younger brother will order someone to fetch a bird gun and send it to the elder brother to see." ”

After speaking, Pang Gang got up and walked out of the tent, and soon turned around and took a bird gun and handed it to Liu Zeqing.

Liu Zeqing took the bird's gun, and all the generals gathered around to watch it first, and after a while, Liu Zeqing's exclamation came: "Isn't this the Lumi gun, it's just that there is less fire door for placing the fire rope, but there is one more thing that I don't know what to do." ”

"Yes, yes! This is clearly Lu Mi Gong, but it is just a slight change. And they said.

In the end, this bird gun came into Lu Xiangsheng's hand, and Lu Xiangsheng carefully looked at the Lu Mi gun in his hand and praised: "Good gun, good gun, the pipe of this Lu Mi gun is very thick and strong, and the thickness is completely consistent, so you don't have to worry about the risk of exploding." And instead of using a fire rope instead of flint, so that you don't have to worry about the effects of strong winds or rainy days in wartime, it's really a wonderful idea, but as far as the governor knows, the ordnance department of this dynasty can't make such a fine firearm? ”

"Yes, I really don't know where Pang Qianhu got such a sophisticated firearm." Zu Dashou, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan on the side, was also amazed.

Looking at the envious eyes of everyone, Pang Gang smiled and said: "My lords, these birds were purchased from a merchant in the country of Franc Ji, and it cost a lot of money at that time, but if you are interested in the lowly position, you can buy a batch on your behalf."

(To be continued)