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[Lumine] Volume 2: Song of Winter, No. 298

Before the first snow of winter fell, all eight caravans bound for Mobei returned to Sene, and Zhai Zhe finally equipped all the recruits with war horses.

Hearing that the caravan was carrying good horses from Mobei into the fortress, Lu Xiangsheng personally rushed to Datong to check. In recent years, the war horses of Mo Nan have continued to flow into the Ming Dynasty, and the Chahar and Tumut people have spared no expense in exchange for the swords and arrows of the Han people, and now there are not many good horses to sell out. This batch of war horses and horses exchanged for the northern part of the desert, Lu Xiangsheng saw it, it was difficult to give up, and immediately left 3,000 horses at the price of 30 taels of silver, which he did not have cash, and said that he would pay it off in half a year.

Fan Yongdou and Zhai Zhe didn't dare to disobey Lu Xiangsheng's intentions, and endured the pain of cutting their love. Although Lu Xiangsheng squeezed a few firms, he did not dry up and fish, and would not let these firms face a loss-making situation. Fan Yongdou and others calculated that several businesses would still have a surplus by the end of the year, and it was impossible to imagine that the wealth was rolling in like before.

The north wind became more and more violent day by day, blowing yellow maple leaves and bald branches.

In the waiting and expectation of everyone, the first snow of Chongzhen's ten years covered the inside and outside of the Great Wall with white.

The wind is blowing, and the snow is flying.

When Liu climbed out of the tent with the wind, her face was like earth, and her whole body trembled. He had never seen such a cold world in the four years he had been in Daming, the gray sky was intertwined with the white grassland, and there was no sign in his eyes, as if the whole person was wrapped in this wind and whirling.

The wind and snow in the north of the Saibei dripping water into ice. Liu Quan exhaled the heat with difficulty, and heard the shouts of the soldiers not far away, do you still need to train in such weather? He curled up, feeling himself frozen from the outside in, and if he continued like this, he would soon become one with the cold world.

There was a rustling of footsteps behind him, and Liu turned around with the wind, before he could see who it was, "Ahhhh "A loud sneeze.

"How? Can you still tolerate it? Xiao Zhiyan had a lazy smile on his face, as if concerned and mocking.

"General Xiao!" Liu bowed his hand with the wind and straightened his spine.

"The cold winter in Saibei has just begun!" Xiao Zhiyan clenched his arms, and the mockery at the corner of his mouth became stronger, "More than 10% of the Han people who came out of the jam couldn't survive the first winter." ”

"Really? Looking at it this way, more refugees have survived than the thieves, so it is no wonder that so many people have fled to Cyprus. Liu Quan tried to keep his body from shaking, and he instinctively felt that this guerrilla general, whom Zhai Zhe respected very much, was a little hostile to him. The hardships he has endured are not the capital of relying on the old and selling the old, even if he thinks that he has experienced no less than these people.

Xiao Zhiyan softened his expression, stretched his arms as if he was stretching his waist, as if he looked at the snow in the sky as nothing, and said: "It's good that you know this, you are a person who has read books, and you know more truths than me, I only know that Cathay can calm the people!" ”

Liu sneered with the wind and didn't answer, he didn't understand why Xiao Zhiyan said this to himself, and he didn't argue with him. No matter what he thought in his heart or how depressed his situation was, in fact, he never got rid of his disdain for vulgar martial artists in his bones, except for Zhai Zhe, who was his benefactor.

"My lord is worried that your body and bones won't survive this winter, so I specially ordered me to send you into the plug!" After talking for so long, Xiao Zhiyan only mentioned the right thing.

"My lord......" Liu hesitated with the wind.

"My lord went to Helinger early this morning, he can't rest assured that he can't leave a message for me!" Xiao Zhiyan was a little funny, and no one in the army had ever doubted his words.

"I think I can keep going." Liu endured with the wind for so long, and his teeth began to "gurgle" uncontrollably.

"This is an order from an adult, is there any room for negotiation in the military order?" Xiao Zhiyan straightened his face slightly.

Without the houses of Hanzhai and the camp that Lao Yashan has been operating for many years, in fact, the soldiers are not having a good time this winter. Like the Mongols, they hid in sheltered valleys and kept warm with firewood that they had stored for a summer.

This heavy snow is like a basin of ice water poured on a charcoal fire, making the Mo Nan grassland, which was still lively a few days ago, fall silent.

Naturalized south of the city.

The gray-white cloak was scraped up by the north and wrapped tightly around his body, Zhai Zhe's gaze passed through the front edge of the hat, although his vision was not good, he knew very well where he had been. Only on such snowy days did he dare to return to the Tuoketo grassland. There are no Mongolian tents along the way, and you can reach the Hanzhai Mountain Road closer by passing through the Tuoketuo grassland along the frozen Yellow River to the south, and then going north along the Tumao River, but it is the most convenient to walk here on snowy days.

More than ten miles away from the Rabbit Hair River, the scouts who were moving forward showed that there were cavalry figures flashing in the snowflakes in front of them. One rode three hundred paces away and shouted, "Who is coming?" ”

Bao Guang immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Inform the garrison, the general has arrived!" ”

The cavalryman waited for Bao Guang to reach thirty or forty paces away, saw Bao Guang's appearance clearly, saluted, turned his horse's head and went into the snow.

The confluence of the Tumao River and the Yellow River was flat, and a moment later a cavalry of more than 300 people appeared in the eyes of everyone. Feng Qin was not here, the deputy general led the troops here, and after meeting Zhai Zhe, he took him to visit the riverside shipyard. Eleven warships were frozen in the river at the shore, and low earthen houses were built around them.

"We have been ordered to guard the ship here, and the garrison will come here every day." The deputy general couldn't figure out how Zhai Zhe could suddenly visit.

Zhai Zhe nodded and asked, "Have these ships tested the water?" ”

"Tried!" A man who looked like an iron tower replied that he was the iron pillar of the Thousand General Wen of the Water Army.

"Have you practiced the art of war?" Zhai Zhe's gaze made the burly man feel a little furious.

"I have been practicing before the freeze, as long as the Qing Lu dares to come, they will definitely be allowed to go down to the Yellow River to feed the fish." Wen Tiezhu expressed his determination with bold words.

"I hope so!"

Zhai Zhe spat out a mouthful of melted the snowflakes in front of him, urging the horse to the north, leaving the nervous guards of the shipbuilding dock.

One hundred cavalry walked thirty miles north, and the snow gradually stopped, and the Hanzhai in the distance was in sight. Suddenly, he heard a popping sound like fried beans coming from the top of the mountain in the distance, Zhai Zhe looked into the distance and saw a column of cavalry coming in the snow.

"Meet your lord!" Feng Qin dismounted, unable to hide the surprise in his eyes, Zhai Zhe's degree was not much slower than the cavalry who delivered the letter.

"Get up!" The two columns of cavalry marched towards Hanzhai in one.

Because he was worried that the Mongols would recognize his identity and cause trouble for the Chahar tribe, Zhai Zhe never returned here after handing over the Han village to Feng Qin to operate. He is very relieved at Fengqin, but he will be more relieved at a glance, the materials stored here are related to his future.

When the group reached the foot of the mountain, there was another chaotic sound of "bang, bang, bang" on the top of the mountain.

Without waiting for Zhai Zhe to ask, Feng Qin first announced: "I am training bird guns!" ”

"Take me there!" Zhai Zhesheng was interested.

There is only a thin layer of snow on the sheep intestine trail in Hanzhai, and there are Hannu who are clearing the residual snow. "If the snow is not cleared in time, it will freeze when the sun melts tomorrow, the roads will be slippery, and it will be inconvenient for people to get off immediately." Feng Qin explained, sure enough, he was the first meticulous person in Zhai Zhe's army.

Everyone led the horse uphill, and Zhai Zhe saw that the top of the cottage had changed.

The principal's house was demolished cleanly, leaving a square of open space with three or four hundred paces in length and horizontal, and three columns of foot soldiers stood against the wind, holding a bird gun in one hand and a chest-high iron fork in the other, and there were more than 100 people in one column, and on the opposite side was a newly built earthen wall, with potholes and pits, and I don't know how many small dots there were.

Feng Qin stepped forward quickly, walked to the right side of those people, and said two words with a straight face: "Drill!" ”

The bird bowed his back to the cold wind and placed the bird near his chest to assemble lead and gunpowder. The wind at the top of the hill was very strong, and some people were very smooth, and it took three minutes to load ammunition, and many of them had prepared gunpowder that was blown away by the strong wind, and it took ten minutes for the slow gunners to prepare the birds.

Zhai Zhe just looked at it expressionlessly, and Feng Qin didn't feel anything wrong, after all, these people had not been practicing bird guns for a long time.

After the three hundred bird gunners had loaded their ammunition, they raised their guns to signal.

The commander on the right side waved the command flag from top to bottom and shouted: "Shi Gong!"

The first row of bird guns stepped forward in unison, standing on the ground with their left hand, and lighting the bird pole with the fire rope hanging around their necks with their right hand, and quickly pressing it flat at the edge of the iron fork.

"Bang, bang, bang!" The smoke of gunpowder covered many soldiers.

The first row of bird guns is cast, and they quickly hold the guns and forks and retreat.

"Shi Quan!" The commander shouted a second time.

"Bang, bang, bang!" The smoke in the square has not yet dissipated, and it has become thicker. The smell of burning gunpowder reached Zhai Zhe's nose.

"Shi Quan!" A third bang sounded, suddenly accompanied by a miserable scream.

Zhai Zhe was taken aback and quickly guessed what was born.

On the west side, a soldier clenched his right hand and screamed, and bright red blood ran down his fingers. Feng Qin's face was a little unsightly, and he walked over quickly, and the soldier let go of his hand, and saw that the palm of his right hand had been blasted open with an inch-long blood hole, and white bones could be seen in the depths.

"Go find Lang Zhong to bandage!"

Something went wrong during the demonstration, Feng Qin's face stiffened, and he walked up to Zhai Zhe and said: "Five hundred firearms have been blown up in three months, and the firearms of the imperial court are too inferior!" It was rare for him to say so many words and evaluate the imperial court.

"The bird guns that are shipped out of the plug are carefully selected!" Zhai Zhe smiled bitterly. Unless one day he has the strength to build his own bird's gun, this problem can only be endured.

"Even so, the power of the firebolt is obvious!" Feng Qin was a little excited, and said: "According to my calculations, if there are five rows of skilled bird gunners to cast guns in turn, the front row casts, and the back row is loaded with guns, it can ensure that the lead is endless, and the enemy cannot get close to him until he is a hundred paces away." If the enemy is close, the front row can use iron forks or spears to resist the enemy, and the rear row continues to use guns, the formation is not chaotic, and the enemy will be helpless! ”

"Good tactics!" Zhai Zhe made words of encouragement, and General Nantang's military book recorded a similar tactic.

"The only pity is that there are too few birds, and this method of warfare can only be used to defend the city in the vast grassland." Feng Qin's thoughts were not as low-key as his expression.

"Step by step, I'm satisfied if I can keep this cottage!" Zhai Zhe stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the snow fields of the four fields.

After the snow stopped, I saw a thousand miles, but it was a pity why this great country would be reduced to such a shape!

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