When Zhu Yin's ship arrived in Dengzhou seven days later, Chen Xin and Song Wenxian met Sun Guozhen, Sun Guozhen really looked haggard, but he still gave Song Wenxian a codex, which was written to the commander of Weihaiwei, so that he could settle Chen Xin.

It is estimated that Chen Xin's fame has not spread to Dengzhou, Sun Guozhen didn't know that he worked so hard in the eunuch party, but even if he knew, he didn't dare to give Chen Xin's small shoes now, Wei Zhongxian had already hanged himself, and the eunuchs everywhere had died down, behaving with their tails between their legs.

Chen Xin was still respectful when he faced him, Chongzhen cleaned up Wei Zhongxian quickly, but he was very slow to handle the reverse case, Sun Guozhen was not determined for a day, and he was still the governor of Denglai, so what should be done in front of him.

Zhong Daotai also wrote a letter to Commander Wei Haiwei, he didn't know much about the shape of the Jingshi, he was a little worried about the fall of the eunuchs, and he was also going to send someone to the Jingshi to inquire recently, and at this time it was more likely to use silver, so he was very polite to Chen Xin.

Chen Xin mentioned that he wanted to put his wife in Dengzhou, and Zhong Daotai was even more satisfied, saying that he would send a maid to help take care of it. Zhong Daotai wanted to send someone to monitor, Chen Xin had already prepared, he said that he would put it in Song Wenxian's house first, wait for Song Wenxian to help buy a good yard, and then trouble Zhong Daotai to send a maid.

After Chen Xin finished talking about Xiao Jiahua, he explained the hostages, and then asked Zhong Daotai for some military resources.

Zhong Daotai asked: "I don't know what weapons Chen Qianhu wants, if it is a cannon, there is no need to speak, the water division and Dongjiang Town are not enough." The three small Hongyi cannons on your ship, if I hadn't pressed them, there would still be people who made up their minds. ”

"This subordinate knows, and the subordinate wants some knives, guns and gunpowder."

Zhong Daotai breathed a sigh of relief, Haiphong Dao was in charge of the arsenal, and he had a lot of these things. "Then what does Chen Qianhu want?"

Chen Xin handed over a list, and Zhong Daotai read it while reading, "Two hundred fat jackets, two hundred net boots, thirty long knives, thirty spears, thirty rattan cards, thirty waist knives, thirty palladium, twenty bows, five thousand arrows, and iron armor ......."

After reading it, Zhong Daotai raised his head and said to Chen Xin: "Bow and arrow go to Weihaiwei to ask for it, there is no iron armor, give you ten pieces of cotton armor, fat jacket and net boots are not available, and the rest can be given to you." "Chen Xin is throwing a net anyway, how many fish can be caught, Zhong Daotai handed the list to a personal soldier behind him, and told the personal soldier to go to the arsenal to collect it and send it to the lucky boat, the lucky boat Chen Xin also planned to drive away this time, anyway, with the hostages, Zhong Daotai didn't pay attention to it.

arranged this, Zhong Daotai had no intention of talking to Chen Xin again, serving tea and sending guests, Chen Xin and Song Wenxian came out and took Xiao Jiahua to Song Wenxian's house, Xiao Jiahua was stunned, and asked all the way how the new house was, Song Wenxian was very resistant to this young grandmother living in his own house, but Chen Xin repeatedly requested, saying that he had no time to buy a yard, Song Wenxian had to pinch his nose and admit it, just looking forward to helping Chen Xin buy a yard earlier and send this aunt away.

After arriving at Song Wenxian's house, Song Wenxian called his wife and children, and saw Chen Xin one by one, he had a wife and two concubines, four children, and the eldest son was sixteen. The Song family is the courtyard of the second entrance, and Xiao Jiahua is arranged in the third wing room to the west of the second entrance, everyone is very satisfied, but Xiao Jiahua is not satisfied, and has been complaining that he did not live in the main house.

The two of them planned to leave in the afternoon, and Scar had already gone to gather a few nearby sailors so that the ship could be sailed away. After having lunch at Song's house, he went out, Song Wenxian led the way to the east into an alley, came to a courtyard, knocked on the door, Wang Yong appeared in front of him, and Chen Xin followed Song Wenxian into the courtyard.

After Wang Yong closed the door, his face sank, and he said to Song Wenxian: "Mr. Song, Mr. Chen, you told me to keep an eye on Han Bin, he is really not right, after he came back last time, he drank and gambled every day, and lost thousands of taels of silver in the past few months, and he was a prostitute in the Spring Courtyard at night." ”

Song Wenxian and they have been worried about this Han Bin, who is in Dengzhou, and knows about these things about the Zhu Yin ship, if he goes to Haiphong Road to talk nonsense, it will cause a lot of trouble, and he may even divide more parts to gain the dominance of this sea trade, and now when the two adults are going to use silver, if they know that they have robbed the Zhu Yin ship, they may have to blackmail. Looking at Han Bin's current state, it is not like retiring from the rivers and lakes, but like a time bomb.

Song Wenxian said gloomily: "It's really hard to say what will happen to this person, has he ever said what he wants to do?" ”

Wang Yong recalled: "I haven't heard it. ”

Song Wenxian and Chen Xin glanced at each other, after all, this person has been on the ship for many years, and now he is just eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, if he is killed, it seems that it is unreasonable, Song Wenxian turned his head and said: "Wang Yong, you keep an eye on him on weekdays, if there is any change, notify me quickly, if I am not there, go to Weihai to find Chen Qianhu." ”

"The villain understands."

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Song Wenxian and Chen Xin returned to Shuicheng together, transferred three teams of slender men to the lucky boat, and Scar found Wang Zugui and a few others, they were happy to see Chen Xin, they all lived and died together, and their feelings were of course different.

Zhong Daotai's personal soldiers quickly sent Chen Xinyao's cold weapon. Thirty long knives, ten flags, thirty spears, thirty round cards, thirty waist knives, thirty palladium, thirty knife sticks, ten iron-tipped flat poles, ten knives to solve the head, five big axes, ten cotton armor, three hundred catties of gunpowder, two thousand catties of pig iron, except for the rattan card replaced by a round card, the others are according to Chen Xin's requirements, Chen Xin has no confidence in the firearms of the Ming army, the original fortune boat has seven or eight bird guns, plus that Tang Zuoxiang said that he can make firearms, so he simply didn't ask for a firearm.

Zhu Guobin arranged for three teams of slender men to hang the sails, and asked them to hang up within a quarter of an hour, according to Chen Xin's instructions, and did not guide them, let them figure out their own way, the three teams of people got together and discussed for a long time, tried a few times, two teams finally hung up the sails, and one team did not hang up, and was collectively punished for doing 100 push-ups. Chen Xin noticed that there were already one or two people among them who could make up their minds, and after hanging up the sails, everyone did not delay, and the ships of Fu and Zhu Yin drove out of the water gate one after another, entered the Bohai Sea, and sailed in the direction of Weihaiwei.

Zhu Guobin asked Chen Xin next to him: "My lord, do you want to appoint a captain so that he can take the lead?" ”

Chen Xin shook his head, "It's not time yet, I have my own arrangements to Weihai." ”

Zhu Guobin knew that Chen Xin had quite an idea, and he no longer persuaded him, and when he saw the regular army weapons on the deck, he couldn't wait to pick a group of people and give them weapons.

"My lord, we didn't get the wolf, did the two people who were vacated use knives and sticks?" Zhu Guobin had a little study of the Mandarin Duck Formation, and came over to discuss with Chen Xin.

Chen Xin is holding a long knife and is gesturing, this is a real long knife, the blade length is more than five feet plus the gauntlet and the handle are more than two meters long, the blade is not wide, it looks like an elongated Qi family knife, weighing two catties and eight taels, "The knife and stick are not used by cavalry, we don't have a horse's head to fight, don't use it for the time being, don't want a wolf lance, it's big and long, it's inconvenient, change to a long spear, let's go to Weihai There are many mountains around it, and for the time being, it's still a long spear and a long knife to use." As he spoke, he handed the long knife to Zhu Guobin.

Zhu Guobin took the knife and skillfully gestured twice, which was very murderous. After Qi Jiguang went to Jizhen to train the troops, he made modifications to the mandarin duck formation, and there were many changes, so Chen Xin's "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "The Actual Record of Military Training" are different, Qi Jiguang finally completely separated the establishment of cold and hot weapons, and used them together in combat, similar to the infantry grouping ideas in Europe in the same era. Added sticks and spears, because the north does not produce bamboo, so the wolf is sometimes replaced by spears, sticks and spears are to better restrain the northern nomadic cavalry, spears and far, sticks are used to hit the horse's head and horse face, or to deal with the enemy with heavy armor, the big stick used by the cavalry camp is inconvenient to wave with both hands, and a blade is added in front, which is now the knife stick on the ship, Chen Xin feels that he can try it, so he also wants some.

Chen Xin's current Weihai is mainly mountainous, Chen Xin inquired with Zhongdaotai today, there are many bandits and bandits around Weihai, these people only have a small number of horses, not to mention heavy armor, and may not even be neatly dressed, so it is more deterrent to use long knives.

Zhu Guobin lined up the first team of soldiers on the deck, and the first row was two round card soldiers, each with a waist knife and one round card. There are two pikemen in the second row, two pikemen in the third row, two boring palladium players in the fourth row, and the last two long knife men.

The team is generally equipped with a flag gun and a waist knife, leading a fireman, the firefighter belongs to cooking and miscellaneous, every soldier can call him around, Chen Xin is more entangled in the role of this fireman, the firefighter uses an iron-tipped flat shoulder, you can pick up more supplies, reduce the physical consumption of the main combat soldiers, but Chen Xin feels that if it is a close-range internal battle, you can completely do without this fireman, if it is an external battle, a firefighter can't get much more supplies, it seems to be a waste of a soldier.

Chen Xin helped Zhou Shao'er carry the iron pot, not only to buy people's hearts, but also to cultivate the friendship of soldiers and officers in the army. The existence of this firefighter role made it possible to have a second-class person in the team, which was contrary to his own ideas, but after thinking about it, Grandpa Qi had fought for decades, and the set up was set up, and he didn't want to be smart about himself, so he reluctantly retained it.

"Zhou Shifa, what kind of establishment did Vice General Qian use in the past." Chen Xin asked Zhou Shifa beside him, wanting to ask for some opinions, this person had been a housekeeper and had also cut off people's heads, Chen Xin took him with him as a guard, and selected a stronger one from the slender man, named Nie Hong, plus Hai Gouzi and Zhang Dahui, a total of four pro-soldiers.

"My lord, the number of soldiers under Adjutant General Qian is more than 3,000, half of the empty salary, raising 300 family members, most of the family members have horses, but there is no establishment, what weapons are used to using is what kind of weapons, the remaining half of the soldiers, the monthly salary is also deducted, barely enough to eat, if there is a war, you have to rely on us family members."

Chen Xin said strangely: "Then last time you were recruited to Shanhaiguan, how did Vice General Qian get all the people?" ”

"Just catch some beggars and homeless people on the road, or find some ruffians before you set off, even if you reach the number of people, Deng Keshan has come to order twice before."

"Hmm." Chen Xin nodded, such a team can beat the construction of slaves, his current formation of this mandarin duck array lacks long-range strike force, he plans to turn Zhu Guobin's team into firecrackers, only Zhu Guobin and Zhou Shifa can shoot arrows in his team, it takes at least half a year to train an archer, and at least two or three years to be proficient, and there are requirements for height, arm length and strength, and he has no energy to train, so musketeers are necessary, and as soon as they arrive in Weihai, they must let the craftsmen start making muskets.

The most important opponent in Chen Xin's heart is Houjin, these Tartars are almost famous among the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they can scare half of them away by their fame alone, and half of them can be scared away when they see braids. He remembered that Zhu Guobin was from Liaodong, and turned his head to ask him.

"Guobin, what kind of soldier did you use in Liaodong before? Have you ever seen a Tartar fight? Chen Xin asked about Zhu Guobin's background for the first time, Zhu Guobin was obviously a professional soldier, and he was literate, in the past, on the ship, everyone's life experience was not clear, and it was not easy to ask, but now Zhu Guobin is willing to be his subordinate, so he can naturally ask.

"My lord, my subordinates participated in the battle of Liaoshen, and my subordinates were not recruited at night, and their troops were only more than ten miles away from the Zhejiang soldiers, and their subordinates had been to a few miles away from the Hunhe battlefield. By the time I arrived, the Sichuan soldiers had already retreated from the north bank. ”

Chen Xin said movingly: "Guobin actually witnessed the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, what was the situation at that time? ”

Zhu Guobin showed a look of reminiscence: "The Tartar army is strict and neat, the soldiers are not afraid of death, at that time, the Zhejiang soldiers were shocked by guns, the Tartars roamed around the periphery with rangers, luring the Zhejiang soldiers to shoot, to the Zhejiang soldiers The gunpowder was exhausted, the Jiannu surrounded on all sides, the arrows were like flying locusts, when the heavy armor and long soldiers were in front, the light armor and short soldiers were behind, the leaders urged and the white armor were in the array, the orders were strict, none of them flinched, after the formation was broken, the Zhejiang soldiers and the Sichuan soldiers were still fighting to the death, the tenacity of the battle, not lost to the Tartars, they were the best Ming army I have ever seen, every time I think of it, I feel sorry for them......"

Zhu Guobin stopped and said no more, Chen Xin had some understanding of the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, because the Ming court deliberately publicized it, and the people also spread it widely, but he didn't expect to have a witness by his side. Chen Xin listened to the narration of this bystander, and his heart was heavy, before the battle of Liaoshen, who would have thought that Shenyang would not be able to hold it for a day, the Zhejiang soldiers and the Shizhu soldiers were the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and their reputation was outstanding, and the whole army was wiped out, which dealt a very big blow to the morale of the Ming army, and the combat power of Jiannu in the rising period was really strong.

Chen Xin was curious again: "What about later?" Guobin, how did you get out of danger? ”

"Zhejiang soldiers and Sichuan soldiers were destroyed, everyone was frightened, the general took the lead in escaping, the subordinate army was scattered, although the subordinates had the intention to kill the enemy, but they did not want to die in vain, robbed two horses and went back to their hometown in southern Liaoning, when they went back, their families were gone, and they didn't find it after looking for a while, I didn't expect that the dungeons everywhere would soon surrender to Jiannu, I wanted to go to Liaoxi when I couldn't go, so I made a raft with a few people to go to sea, I wanted to come to Dengzhou, the waves were big halfway, the raft was broken, everyone else died in the sea, I hugged a piece of wood, and was rescued by Zhao DongjiaAnd then, you know, adult. ”

Chen Xin nodded, every person who escaped from Liaodong has a history of blood and tears behind him, there are countless people who do not want to be slaves and drift out of the sea, and countless people who die in the sea, just fleeing to the Yalu River, there are more than 20,000 righteous people who do not want to die for slaves in the river.

Zhu Guobin finally sighed: "I don't know what happened to my family, did they run away." ”

"Don't worry, we will always call back one day."

Zhu Guobin looked in the direction of Liaodong in the north, with a firm look on his face: "Of course, Jiannu is only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and I am not good for the Ming Dynasty, and I will be able to destroy them one day." ”

Chen Xin let out a long sigh, at this time, I am afraid that no one would think that Jiannu could settle the Central Plains, because Houjin has always looked more like an organized horse thief, and this is indeed the case, if it were not for the fact that the Ming Dynasty was exhausted by the civil strife, these barbarians would not have had a chance.

In the following days, Chen Xin led a few people to practice weapons and formations on the deck, while training the three squads of soldiers, and on the morning of the fifth day, the two ships passed through Liugong Island and came to the Weihai Acropolis.