Wuliqiao Battalion, the lobby of the Chinese army.

Wang Laicheng carefully placed the steel helmet on the ground, pulled out the Imperial Treasure Knife with a "Qiang", retreated half a step back and slightly adjusted his breath, and then shouted with a "roar", swinging the knife and slashing hard.

"Bang-"

The collision of gold and iron, the splashing of sparks, and the loud sound of the sword hitting the steel helmet shook the ears of everyone in the hall.

After a brief silence, exclamations erupted.

The steel helmet that had been hit hard had now split into three irregular pieces, scattered on the ground along with the broken blade that had fallen from half of the "clank".

Wang Laicheng stared blankly at the missing treasure knife in his hand, Zhu Dadian and Chen Yingyuan beside him looked at each other, and looked at Zhu Daolin with a calm face in disbelief.

In the heated discussion, Zhu Daolin shook his head, stepped forward to pat Wang Laicheng's shoulder, and comforted him in a low voice: "Don't feel distressed, this broken knife in your hand is one of the treasures I gave to the emperor, from the hands of the top craftsmen of the overseas Tianshu Pavilion, imitating the standard long knife of the Tang Dynasty Imperial Forest Army, so it is called the Tang knife." ”

"Don't worry, all the guards under my command are equipped with this kind of treasure knife, and I'll give you the same one when I go back."

"Okay!"

Wang Laicheng suddenly turned his worries into joy, but soon said with great distress: "This treasure knife was given to the younger brother by the emperor in front of tens of thousands of soldiers before the younger brother went on the expedition, when the emperor drove to the Beijing camp to review the three armies!" ”

Zhu Daolin thought for a while: "When the squad returns to the dynasty after the battle, I will present today's matter to the emperor, and then ask the emperor to give you another treasure knife, it is estimated that there are still a lot of this kind of knife left in the royal arsenal." ”

As soon as Wang Laicheng heard the music, his heart knot was untied, and he patted Zhu Daolin's arm very affectionately, thanked him in a low voice, and said that far water could not quench his thirst, and begged Zhu Daolin to give him an identical sword.

Interesting facts about arrows shooting steel helmets and sword splitting steel helmets. It makes the full house full of civil and military moods.

Zhu Dadian originally wanted to encircle Zhu Daolin and transfer the Jiangnan New Army to the most difficult and dangerous sides of the north of the city, so he took this opportunity to shout a banquet and reward Zhu Daolin with 1,300 cavalry, 50 sheep and 20 jars of wine on the spot, and then cordially pulled Zhu Daolin to his seat and inquired in detail about the equipment of the new army under Zhu Daolin with Chen Yingyuan.

Zhu Daolin did not hide it. They answered one by one, but they did not mention the combat effectiveness of the various departments under their command, and they could not mention it until they had been tested in actual combat.

Zhu Dadian is very different from ordinary civilian officials, has military knowledge far superior to ordinary civilian officials, and has a deep study of the weapons and equipment of the Ming army.

When Zhu Dadian learned that the flintlock pistol equipped by the Jiangnan New Army could be fired once within 20 breaths, and the range could reach 150 paces, he was shocked and couldn't help but be very interested, and asked Zhu Daolin if he could demonstrate it tomorrow morning.

Zhu Daolin respectfully agreed, and took the opportunity to make a request that had been brewing for a long time: "My lord." The 20,000 men and horses of the Jiangnan Navy Division and the 15,000 soldiers led by Xia will arrive in a few days, and I implore the adults to allocate grain, grass and meat, otherwise the existing grain and grass in the army will last for only 10 days. ”

Zhu Dadian explained with great difficulty: "At present, all armies are encountering the problem of insufficient grain and grass, and this official has ordered Jinan Mansion and Qingzhou Prefecture to gather as soon as possible, so General Zhu can only be temporarily transferred to 10 days of grain, grass and some meat...... It's just that. I don't know what General Zhu thinks about attacking Dengzhou? ”

"Obey your lordship's orders!" Zhu Daolin said calmly.

Zhu Dadian was secretly happy in his heart, and glanced at Chen Yingyuan. Turn to Zhu Daolin and politely ask for advice:

"A month ago, the emperor's edict to mobilize the new army in the south of the Yangtze River to the north to quell the rebellion has been issued, and this official and all my colleagues are looking forward to it!"

"The city of Dengzhou in front of me is backed by mountains on both sides, one is facing the water, and the city wall is towering and solid. At the same time, there were many artillery pieces in the city, and various units of our army launched several tragic and strong attacks, but they still could not take it, but suffered heavy casualties and huge losses. We had to adopt a siege strategy. ”

"A few days ago, I learned that General Zhu led an elite division to hurry up, and after discussing with Lord Chen and the generals of various armies, I agreed that it was most appropriate to place the new army in the south of the city on both sides of the city and Shuicheng."

"As long as General Zhu leads 15,000 elite soldiers to block the northern flanks of the rebels, and with the cooperation of all armies, he can capture the forts on both sides of Shuiguan with powerful firearms, and all the retreats of the rebels in the city can be blocked, and the rebels will definitely be in chaos without a fight, and the recovery of Dengzhou is just around the corner!"

Zhu Daolin smiled secretly in his heart, and his face showed hesitation: "My lord, although the Jiangnan New Army is equipped with a large number of muskets and artillery, but the transportation capacity of artillery, projectiles and gunpowder is seriously insufficient, the 6,000 officers and soldiers of the Longtan Army who went north by land this time have been marching hard for more than a month, and the horses and carriages have been consumed enormously, the 36 artillery carriages carrying the artillery are still relatively strong, and the 550 healthy horses that pull the artillery and carriages are no longer able to drive. ”

"If our army takes the lead in launching a strong attack on the batteries on both sides of the water city, there must be enough horses to drag the artillery up the rugged high ground on the east and west sides of the water city, and only by using artillery to bombard the rebel batteries can we cover the battalions of musketeers to rush to the water pass at the risk of death, and go straight under the towering batteries on both sides to attack the forts, so ......"

Zhu Dadian and Chen Yingyuan smiled, the two of them lacked silver and artillery in their hands, but there was no shortage of food and horses, and it might be difficult for Zhu Daolin to ask for hundreds of war horses, but it would be no problem if he only needed to pull the horses.

In order to drive Zhu Daolin's Jiangnan New Army to a dangerous place, attract rebel artillery fire, involve the rebel forces, and facilitate the armies to launch siege battles from the south and east and west, Zhu Dadian and Chen Yingyuan would not skimp on hundreds of horses.

So Zhu Dadian generously promised to transfer 500 horses to Zhu Daolin within three days, but asked Zhu Daolin to lead his troops to enter the attacking camp under the hills on both sides of the city tomorrow.

Chen Yingyuan saw Zhu Daolin gritting his teeth and agreeing, and immediately said that once Zhu Daolin led his troops into the designated camp, he would immediately send 8,000 stones, grain, grass and horse feed.

Zhu Daolin thanked him gratefully, and once again made a request to Zhu Dadian and Chen Yingyuan: "Can the two adults transfer another hundred and ten war horses to our army?" ”

"There is a real shortage of war horses in Jiangnan, and it is difficult to buy them with money, and most of the troops currently equipped with inferior horses pulling carts cannot even meet the needs of the scout team!"

Zhu Dadian didn't expect Zhu Daolin to be so difficult, and after thinking for a while, he had to promise to send him 50 good horses tomorrow, Zhu Daolin hurriedly stood up and thanked him, Zhu Dadian saw that the guards began to put on the seats, so he returned to the back room to take off his armor and change his official robes.

Chen Yingyuan's camp is on the east side of the Chinese army, and he has always been wearing an official uniform, so he doesn't have to go back to change his clothes, and continues to talk to Zhu Daolin in a low voice.

The civil and military forces in the hall still gathered together in twos and threes, discussing the equipment and possible tactics of the Jiangnan New Army, but Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui, father and son, stayed together and whispered, looking at Zhu Daolin, who was talking to Chen Yingyuan in a low voice from time to time. (To be continued.) )