Song Wenxian went to Tianjin in July with this year's new copper coins, and then went directly to Beijing, he will carry out activities in Beijing this year, as soon as he arrived in Beijing, he visited Qian Yuanke and Wen Tiren, Wen Tiren is already a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, Song Wenxian couldn't help but admire Chen Xin so much that he threw himself on the ground, because Wen Tiren had already dealt with him before his career, so Wen Tiren was still very polite to him, and roughly asked Chen Xin about his recent situation, there was nothing else to say, of course Song Wenxian would not be so inferior and directly proposed to let him help promote or something, This is all tacit to each other, but it is not suitable to declare it. Song Wenxian also sent this year's filial piety to Chen Xin again 5,000 taels of silver, although now the Ministry of Rites Shangshu can not help directly, but Wen Tiren's prospects are very optimistic, at least entering the cabinet is very promising, how many people want to make friends There is no way.

Zhang Dahui has been in Beijing for more than a year, and Chen Xin has given a lot of expenses, and Zhang Dahui himself is also an extremely slippery person, he has already established relations with some eunuchs and some officers in Beijing, and he can collect a lot of news every month.

At the Wendeng camp, at the end of July, the last batch of firearms and iron armor arrived, and several technicians in the workshop made a hydraulic drill pipe machine, which doubled the speed of the original, and could drill a gun barrel in more than ten days, and a drill rig could drive several drill bits, so that Liu Minyou could free up a large number of manpower, and they also got bonuses.

After the arrival of this batch of equipment, the whole army was fully loaded, and the large-scale training continued to be carried out enthusiastically, and the daily gunfire on the field was endless, and the sound of killing and crying shook the sky, and under Li Donghua's tossing, there seemed to be a wave of resentment floating in the sky above the Wendeng camp, and Huang Side and others talked to the soldiers every day, trying to lead resentment to the enemy, and their training officers had just been set up, and the skills were not yet proficient, but they were still somewhat useful, so that the soldiers had a way to vent their feelings. At the same time, they began to let the soldiers know that Jiannu might be coming, and the training team also organized several grievance meetings of the Liao people, while telling about the brutality of Jiannu, and specially praised several Dongjiang soldiers who had killed Jiannu before, so as to eliminate the soldiers' fear of Jiannu. In fact, the people from the Dongjiang River are the least afraid of the Tartars, and they fight with the Tartars every year, losing and winning, which is much better than those in the mainland who only listen to rumors.

On the whole, these soldiers are still very honest, and most of them think that the current treatment and monthly salary are very good, and they have implemented military orders and military discipline well. The intensity of the training is still within their tolerance. After the grievance meeting of the Liao people, all the soldiers hated the Houjin very much, especially the Liao people from the Dongjiang River, they now have excellent equipment, food and clothing are worry-free, plus their own blood and hatred, they are very eager to fight against the Houjin, and the enthusiasm for training is the highest.

In fact, Chen Xin's current training intensity has far exceeded that of the army of later generations, and the weight of the march is more than that of later generations, the firearms team is all cotton armor, and the killer team is more than 30 catties of iron armor alone, if the soldiers bring their own iron armor, the daily march is limited to less than 50 miles. These ancient poor people did not disappoint Chen Xin, the Wendeng camp was mainly composed of slender men, fishermen and mountain people, and some Dongjiang soldiers, all of whom had undergone layers of screening and strict training, if they did not bring iron armor, they could reach 80 miles a day in a normal march in the plains, and more than 100 miles a day in a short forced march, and they could also maintain their combat capability.

Although he went to Beizhili in the territory of Daming, he had no confidence in the civilian system in various parts of Daming, and he did not expect to get supplies from them, so he could only regard it as an external battle. He only has a small baggage team, and the rest relies on the soldiers and the firefighters of each team, and some of the baggage team has already set off and arrived at the shop that Qin Lufang has arranged in advance, and they will prepare some carriages, horses and baggage, and those shops will be regarded as a supplement to his logistical shortcomings.

Chen Xin examined the sequence again, there were more than 2,300 people, the main force was three infantry teams and one cavalry, and the Chinese army under his own direct leadership added a Chinese army guard of fifty people, all of whom were selected to have some martial arts, and there was no restriction on what weapons they used, as his last reserve team, similar to the family members of the Qi family's army.

Chen Xin picked up the information sent back by Nie Hong from Laiyang, Zhao Xuan had already entered the Laiyang Wenxiang Sect, because he was very familiar with the teachings, so he got a vanguard position, according to his feedback, Dong Dacheng's goal was to take Laiyang first, and then take Dengzhou with Xu Tang, but now the Wendeng camp has risen, which makes him hesitate a little, whether he should fight Wendeng first.

Chen Xin sneered, as far as a cult organization like theirs is concerned, some peasants are tricked into wanting to come to Wendeng Camp, as long as Zhao Xuan penetrates into them and grasps the location of their activities, the time of the incident is completely under his own control, and he only needs to let Nie Hong and others go to Laiyang County to complain at that time, and Dong Dacheng has to start the incident in advance.

He had to make a fuss with these people, so that he would have a reason to gather his troops, and his people would have a reason to show up. At most, I will go to the magistrate of the county to ask for a policy, and I will say that it is to protect the territory and the people.

Everything is ready, Chen Xin closed his eyes, thought about the details silently, opened his eyes and picked up the report of Dong Yu and Huang Side, they went to Liu Minyou to touch the ash of their noses, Chen Xin also expected that it was useless for them to go, just as a test first, he felt that this matter should be discussed with Liu Minyou personally, he needed to tie the soldiers more closely, land is undoubtedly something that the Chinese desire. But Liu Minyou's words also have some truth, all the soldiers will affect the enthusiasm of the tunhu, which needs an appropriate degree to balance.

At the beginning of the year, the governor of the three sides, Wu Zhiwang, committed suicide in despair, and the famous gynecologist (Note 1) also served as the governor of Denglai, and quarreled with Mao Wenlong, but neither of them died well, but they died only three months apart.

Chen Xin sighed secretly, the root cause of Shaanxi is famine, both natural disasters and man-made disasters, none of which he can solve at present, and he can only watch, at most, to understand the situation and be prepared. Chen Xin looked up at the sky, it has also rained this year, and the drought in Wendeng is not too severe, in fact, as long as the water conservancy facilities are repaired, it is no problem to feed a family, but a single farmer can't do this, and no one organizes to do it.

He couldn't help but feel nervous when he thought of the catastrophe that was about to come, although this was something he had known for a long time, but it was a completely different feeling to really experience it himself.

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On the training ground of the killer flag team in the second game, the soldiers were resting, Zhou Shao'er sat on the ground and kept sweating, Guan Di Temple took out a cake from his arms, pulled open a piece to Zhou Shao'er, and handed over a piece to Zhong Laosi, the three of them were a small group, Zhou Shao'er quickly gnawed it up, and then asked Guan Di Temple: "Where did it come from?" ”

"I stole it in the cafeteria yesterday when I received food."

Zhong Laosi wiped his mouth and scolded: "You can't buy it with your own money on dog days, don't bother me and Zhou Shao'er." ”

Guan Dimiao touched his head and laughed for a while, Zhou Shao'er wiped the sweat on his forehead again, and scolded: "Li Donghua's bastard, on such a hot day, he still let him wear cotton armor, and Lao Tzu has a few catties of sweat on his body." ”

Zhong Laosi said with a big mouth: "People don't feel tired, you see." ”

Zhou Shao'er and Guan Di Miao turned their heads to see that Chen Ying of their team was wearing iron armor and practicing the standard movements of spear defense, his hands curled, low in front and high in the back, and he was carrying a bow and arrows on his back. There is only one Dongjiang soldier in their whole team, and he is the only one who can shoot arrows, since the last time the trainer said that he might have to fight Jiannu, this Chen Ying is like a chicken blood.

Guan Dimiao said in a low voice: "I heard from the flag captain that this Chen Ying turned out to be a boss. ”

Zhong Laosi flattened his mouth and said: "There are thousands of guerrilla generals in the Dongjiang River, all of them are empty titles, and those who have no salary and silver are nothing, and they are not soldiers yet." ”

Zhou Shao'er persuaded: "You are the captain anyway, can you say less strange things, these are all your subordinates, and it is not good to hear." ”

Zhong Laosi snorted and said, "What's wrong, Lao Tzu is like this." But to say that these Dongjiang soldiers are really good soldiers. ”

Guan Dimiao smirked: "It's not two hands and two feet. ”

Zhong Laosi slapped him on the head, "It's better than you to kill, you have also practiced spears, is there anyone in the family?" ”

Guan Dimiao stopped talking, looked at Zhong Laosi with a smirk, and Zhong Laosi said again: "It's just that my brain is dead, and I think about killing Tartars all day long, I don't believe that Tartars really came to Wendeng." ”

Zhou Shao'er said: "It's really here, I listen to Lord Chen anyway, the people in Dongjiang are all killed, and I can be killed to death." ”

Zhong Laosi suddenly said: "Is there someone from Wendeng who told you about it?" ”

Guan Di Miao replied: "No." ”

"Lao Tzu didn't ask you, he asked Zhou Shao'er, whose daughter can look at you as a killer."

Zhou Shao'er shook his head and said: "I don't either, I heard that I will divide the land after retreating, I want to divide the land equally, I will keep all the silver in the Quartermaster's Department, and I want to use it when I take it with me." He said and looked at Zhong Laosi again, "Captain, didn't someone say kiss to you?" ”

Zhong Laosi said with a smile: "Of course, Lao Tzu's monthly salary is two taels, which is more popular than you." The instructor said that next time there is a blind date, I will give priority to those who are old. ”

Zhou Shao'er was indignant, and suddenly shouted violently next to him: "All stand up!" ”

The three of them quickly stood up, and Li Donghua came over with two sergeants and said loudly: "Lord Chen personally inspected military affairs today, and all of them lined up. ”

Zhou Shao'er admired Chen Xin very much, and often told the recruits about Chen Xin helping him carry the iron pot, and the training team was also ready to let him go to other flag teams to tour once, he was also very willing, he couldn't see Chen Xin on weekdays, and when he heard that Lord Chen was coming, he hurriedly called his own people to line up. The entire flag team was soon lined up in four rows.

After a while, Chen Xin walked over from the first game, and he saw Zhong Laosi and Zhou Shao'er in the first row at a glance, both of whom he was very impressed, and he came over and stood in front of Zhou Shao'er.

Zhou Shao'er excitedly saluted a military salute, Chen Xin also replied, and then turned over the waist card on his belt, which read, "Captain Huang Yuanqi of the second killer flag team of Wendeng Battalion is under Zhong Caisheng, captain Zhou Shao'er Wanli is forty years old and nineteen years old, five feet two inches long, and the black face does not need to be ......", Chen Xin skipped the middle part, and saw that the words "Wu Dao Dun" were written in the middle of the words "Xi" and "Yi" in the back, and said with a smile: "Good Zhou Shao'er, they are all Wu Chang, continue to work hard." ”

Zhou Shao'er replied excitedly: "Yes, my lord." ”

Chen Xin went to Zhong Laosi to look at the waist card again, and Zhong Laosi's waist card practice was the word captain in the middle, and he also encouraged him.

"Captain Zhong, report the team list once."

Zhong Lao didn't squint, and reported loudly, the sea dog handed over the roster, and Chen Xin compared, without any omission or misreporting. Nodding approvingly, he found a new recruit for this year on the roster.

"Chen Ying is out of the ranks."

"Here!" A Liaodong accent replied, and what came out was a tall pikeman. Chen Xin's visual measurement is close to 1.8 meters, the Shandong people in the Ming Dynasty are considered tall, about an average of 1.7 meters, and Liaodong is about the same level, Chen Ying is considered a tall type.

"Military discipline spot checks, spot check official Wen Deng's camp sentry officer Chen Xin, and spearman Chen Ying first recited the golden drum song."

"The sound of gold, the mountains of gold and the sea of silver cannot be chased; The drums sounded, and the sword mountain and the sea of fire could not retreat. ”

Chen Xin stared at him, "What is the explanation of the three sounds of gold when chasing the enemy?" ”

"Squad out!"

"What is the explanation of the two voices of gold on the way to retreat?"

"Stop retreating and turn back to face the enemy."

"Repeatedly, I don't understand."

"Leave the army in a squad again."

"When will the Killer Flag Team take the flag?"

"Wait for the bureau to move the general flag before answering the flag."

Chen Xin continued to ask: "What is the punishment for those who retreat from the battle?" ”

"A soldier retreats and beheads the soldier, the whole team retreats and only kills the captain, and the captain does not retreat and dies, and the whole team is killed."

"What about the captain's retirement?"

"A captain retreats, behead the captain, all the captains retreat, chop the flag captain, the flag captain does not retreat and dies, behead all the captains."

"It's not cost-effective to retreat from the battle, what is the solution?"

"As soon as he fled, there was no battle array, he came on horseback, how could I escape, even if I escaped, I couldn't escape the military law when I came back, how could I fight to the death with him, cut off his head to receive the reward, and he had to use armor and horses, so it was just a death, wouldn't it be better than retreating."

The answers he answered were all sorted out military laws, and there were also some didactic things, all of which were written in the vernacular like Ji Xiaoxin's book, and they were all analyzed from the perspective of soldiers, which was conducive to the understanding of soldiers. ”

"Yes, my lord, my subordinate was originally the general manager of the right association of Dongjiang Town."

"Have you ever chopped a tartar?"

"I've killed, the villain has been to Salhu City, and the two of them are really swordsman."

The people who accompanied the inspection around looked at Chen Ying in surprise, Zhou Shao'er and Zhong Laosi also heard for the first time that he had killed Tartars, this Chen Ying was usually silent, and he really couldn't see it.

Chen Xin looked at him with a smile and said, "Isn't Tartar scary?" ”

Chen Ying held her head high, stood in a standard military posture, and replied: "The villain is not afraid, the villain's whole family died at the hands of the Tartars, and this life has long been regarded as gone." ”

"May I ask how he died?"

Chen Ying said loudly: "The subordinate is a household in Phoenix City, the subordinate family of eight people, the old parents are old, they can't escape, they have been enduring humiliation and stealing life from the Tartars, the old slave killed the grain in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and the villain's family only got seven buckets of grain, and the leader urged the ......" Chen Ying's voice began to choke, and everyone listened quietly.

"Let our family choose someone to come out, and this person can live...... Our parents, our wives and children, two brothers, and a brother-in-law, they ...... I went to Bashku's house to get a sword...... Woo...... I'll leave me alone in my whole family, and I'm going to stop killing Tartars, and I'm not ......."

After Chen Ying finished speaking, he squatted down and cried loudly, tears flowed down his face, and everyone looked at him dumbfounded, a strong man crying like a child, watching his relatives go to death, just because he couldn't hand over food, what a tragedy in the world. Zhou Shao'er thought of his relatives, and couldn't help but moisten his eyes, he cherished his current life very much, there was dignity and hope, if the Tartars were going to come and snatch this qiē away, he would rather die in battle.

Chen Xin leaned over, patted him on the shoulder and said softly: "You are good, you cut two Tartars, but the Tartars still owe your family five lives, practice hard, I will take you to avenge this blood sea of revenge, and now you are still in the queue, please stand up." ”

Chen Ying stood up with a sigh, her eyes were red and said: "I will sell my life to adults, as long as the adults take me to kill the Tartars, I will be a soldier for the adults without monthly salary." ”

Chen Xin nodded, and said loudly to the soldiers around him: "You remember, if Jiannu enters the customs one day, all of your family members will be like Chen Ying, not only will they be slaves, but they will also be killed at any time." If you don't want this to happen to you, don't be afraid of death, kill those Jiannu, who can enslave you. You remember one thing, the most dead on the battlefield are cowards! ”

Huang Side shouted cleverly: "Swear to follow the adult to kill Jiannu!" ”

The entire flag team shouted in unison: "Kill Jiannu!!" "Kill Jiannu!!"

Chen Xin looked at the excited crowd and whispered to Huang Side: "This Chen Ying's example is very miserable, and he has killed Jiannu, you let him talk about it a few more times." ”

Huang Side agreed: "Yes, my lord, the villain knows how to do it." ”

Chen Xin nodded and said, "Do it well, the test is coming." ”

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Note 1: Wu Zhiwang is not reliable as an official, but he is very good as a doctor, and he is the author of "Jiyin Compendium" and "Jiyang Compendium", and he is a real expert in the field of gynecology of traditional Chinese medicine.

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