Chapter 164 Reasons for Having to Pay Attention

The American goods that Fan Yongdou is talking about are not daily chemical products, but weapons. Especially the plate armor equipped by the white pole soldiers, the green-skinned muskets and artillery, these are the things that Huang Taiji wants the most.

After Huang Taiji returned to Shenyang at the end of February, all kinds of information were quickly gathered, and when all the heavy losses were pointed to one person, this person naturally attracted attention. Duoduo, Yue Tuo, Haoge, Amin and other four subordinates were all defeated and returned after being cleaned up by Chen Xie, and the details mentioned by everyone were the same. A Ming army, dressed in green fancy dress, armed with firearms, and later some pikemen in armor.

Soon Huang Taiji's meticulous work made it clear that the green skin was the vanguard from Dengzhou, and the pikemen were the white pole soldiers.

The focus soon focused on the Dengzhou camp, and then on Chen Xie. This information is still easy to figure out, but what happens next is strange. This Ming army turned out to be a regimental training, and with fierce firearms, the courage of Houjin had no chance at all. The artillery was light to the point of perversion, could march with a fast pace, and the rate of fire was fast. Forget it, the bird gun can break three layers of cotton armor within a hundred steps, this is terrifying. It simply doesn't give you a chance to fight in close combat.

In the encounter on the battlefield, the first artillery bombardment, forcing the Houjin Horse team to speed up, began to shoot in a row of guns about 150 paces, the fight was fast and ruthless, and those who were hit were not spared. In the future, the tactics of the Golden Horse team's impact will not be able to get close to the opponent at all, and the casualties caused by the bow and arrow to the opponent are almost negligible. Do the math carefully. In Chen Xie's hands, the Eight Banners warriors who folded two thousand smaller. The entire Eight Banners combined, there are only a few soldiers in total, and after this battle, the losses are so big, Huang Taiji almost didn't cut down the two guys with the biggest losses on the spot.

It can be said that Huang Taiji attaches great importance to Chen Xie and his team, and deliberately asked Fan Yongdou to take a trip to get acquainted with it first, and see if he can buy it, even if he can't buy it. It is also necessary to find out the details of him. That's why I agreed to Li Shutai's initiative to ask for help. You must know that Li Shutai is the eldest guard of Huang Taiji with a sword, and at the age of sixteen, Huang Taiji said that he married the daughter of the clan.

"War horses are the magic weapon of the Houjin warriors, is it possible that Mr. Fan wants to be the enemy?" Li Shutai was also very unhappy, and said in a tone that was taught by Fan Yongdou. Young and vigorous, he said a sentence. Fan Yongdou was angry when he saw him. I sneered secretly in my heart. But there was a kind expression on his face and he said, "Why don't I know? But what about the task given to us by the Great Khan? Besides, Chen Xie was a golden warrior after the fourth war. When did you use cavalry? In the next battle of Luanzhou City, it is said that the 500 cavalry of the white pole soldiers rushed into formation. ”

Li Shutai lost his temper when he said this, he knew that Chen Xie's green skin was not afraid of any cavalry charge, and he knew more details than Fan Yongdou. Well, when Li Shutai saw Fan Yongdou's appearance, he was a little embarrassed and felt that he was careful. Hurriedly whispered: "I'm sorry, Mr. Fan, I didn't think about it." ”

Fan Yongdou waved his hand and said: "It's all for the Great Khan, this is someone else's territory after all, Chen Xie is not a simple person, he usually has to pay more attention to what he says, what happened to us is a trivial matter, and it is not good to break the matter of the Great Khan." ”

"Thank you, sir." Li Shutai is young after all, and he was fooled like this, so he was much more polite to Fan Yongdou.

Chen Xie returned to the pavilion to continue to cool off, and by the way, read the information sent by Yingniang. This woman is still relatively reliable, and every issue of the newspaper is delivered on time. Chen Xie is now reading Di Bao, Chongzhen's three years of Shaanxi civil change has become stronger and stronger, and this year can be said to be a more critical year. The rogue bandits went from fighting separately to fighting together, and by the next year, the officials and troops were encircling and suppressing on a large scale, and Cao Wenzhao killed a lot of people, and the thieves could not bear a large number of people running to Shanxi.

Looking at the report of the great drought in Shaanxi, Chen Xie couldn't help but sigh: "Qi count! "After Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, it was really their bad luck. As one of the most diligent emperors in the history of the Ming Dynasty, he really didn't catch up with the good times.

It's a pity that Zhu Youzhen grew up in the inner court after all, and he doesn't have a correct understanding of many things in the people. The emperors of the middle and late Ming Dynasty could not be compared with the two ruthless emperors in the early stage. The result of the pursuit of vertical arch rule is that the civil officials are eager for the emperor to stay in the palace every day to make people, and leave all the outside affairs alone. The problem is that most emperors will not be a "holy monarch" according to the requirements of the civil official group, the naughty and mischievous Zhengde, the Jiajing who pursues the avenue while not letting go of power, the most bullish is still Wanli, if you don't agree to change the prince, Lao Tzu will not go to court. The number of Nima officials is not enough, which is really strange. The emperors of the late Ming Dynasty, one by one bastard, finally came out with a Chongzhen, but he didn't catch up with the good time.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen is an out-and-out diligent emperor, but he is certainly not a qualified emperor.

Chongzhen's problem, Chen Xie doesn't care about it now, it is estimated that even if he wants to help him, he is not qualified. From beginning to end, the army of the Ming Dynasty was still controlled by Wenchen, even if it was the warlord Zu Dashou, who relied on Ningyuan Fuwo, didn't he frequently mobilize troops to fight thieves? Kong Youde's rebellion was still cleaned up by Wu Sangui. On the whole, these generals at the end of the Ming Dynasty were not too out of line. It wasn't until Chongzhen hung up and Nanming that the warlords really began to treat the emperor inappropriately.

The rain is here again, this girl is basically done, according to her own words, she is seventeen years old after the New Year, and she can enjoy it. Well, this thought just flashed, and the post in Yuxing's hand was handed over and said, "Master, there is another visitor outside, saying that it is the old man of the master." ”

Chen Xie took the greeting post and looked at it, well, why is this guy here, I want to receive him well. As he spoke, he stood up and said, "I'll go and greet you personally." Hurriedly walked forward and came out of the side door, Wu Xiang was standing in the shade of the tree in front of the door.

"Oops, why did the two-ring brother come in person? Unwelcome! Unwelcome! "Chen Xie is quite enthusiastic about Wu Xiangna, and this enthusiasm is not pretended. Why? The first is the war horse, the second is that there is silver in this goods, and the third is reluctantly, Guan Ningjun will still have to fight with Houjin under the leadership of Sun Chengzong next year. But that one, the one in front of him slipped away quickly, playing the inglorious role of a pig teammate.

Wu Xiang has not changed much, he looks like a smile, no matter how you look at it, he is a qualified businessman.

"Oh, Brother Sihua, how can you go out to greet you personally."

(It is normal to take the side door, and it is a very special situation when the middle door is wide open, such as Yingqincha.) ）

After being polite, Chen Xie saw the war horse brought by Wu Xiang, nodded with great satisfaction: "It's still interesting enough for my brother to know what my brother lacks." Saying that, Wu Xiangru was introduced, and the main hall spoke.

"Brother, since they are all their own people, I won't say kind words. I'm here this time to take some good stuff with me. Wu Xiang went straight to the point, Chen Xie didn't go around the corner, nodded and said: "It's easy to say, Ban Jia, my brother has spoken, I have to make you satisfied and go back." ”

Wu Xiang hesitated for a moment and said, "That kind of cannon, can you give two of them?" Chen Xie couldn't agree to this request, but he couldn't say it too much, so he could only hesitate and say: "Brother, you are embarrassing me." This kind of artillery comes from thousands of miles, and I don't have a few. Can you not mention this? ”

This is a refusal, Wu Xiang just tried it, and he also knew that Chen Xie was unwilling to give him such a good thing as a housekeeper.

"Plate armor is plate armor, come first and five hundred. I brought 100 years of wild ginseng and 150 good horses, all of which have not been castrated. Wu Xiang said this, and Chen Xie also nodded very dryly: "Deal, for the sake of the old brother, I will give you some good things." You wait, I'll show it to you. ”

The good thing that Chen Xie said has a very loud name "upgraded metal aluminum alloy explosion-proof shield", which is purchased by the modern social network and priced at 300 yuan. This thing is a substitute for the plexiglass shield, and after a battle, Chen Xie found some shortcomings. For example, this shield has a mediocre defensive effect against bows and arrows (some people have tried it), and it is much more expensive. After some comparison, Chen Xie found this substitute, which was cheap and easy to use, so he purchased a batch on a large scale. This thing, equipped with grenadiers, with a long knife is a sword and shield soldier, and the effect of hand-to-hand combat is absolutely good.

Soon Mengzi brought a shield, and Chen Xie handed it to Wu Xiang and said: "Look, it is light in weight and has a good defensive effect, not to mention a bow and arrow, and the bird can't pierce it." "Well, it's nonsense that the bird gun can't be pierced, the Ming Dynasty's bird gun definitely can't be penetrated, and the rifled gun is hard to say, I haven't tried it, and it is estimated that fifty meters should be able to penetrate it."

Wu Xiang took it in his hand and tried it, it was indeed very light, Chen Xie also brought a knife, and it was okay to cut it a few times. The key is to give him fifty for free this time, which is a small meeting gift. Wu Xiang was very satisfied, Chen Xie beckoned, Mengzi came up with a bag, Chen Xie put it on the table and said, "Open it and take a look, the private collection, specially prepared for the old brother and the ancestral headquarters." ”

Wu Xiang was curious, and when he opened it, he saw that there was a pair of chain mail, which was white, and it was not the kind worn by these generals in the Ming Dynasty at all, just like a vest to protect the front and back vital points. Wu Xiang held it in his hand, felt light, and couldn't help but experiment.

Chen Xie squeezed his hand and said, "It's not like this, you have to wear it inside." As he spoke, he motioned for Mengzi to take off his coat, revealing the short clothes inside, and after putting on chain mail, this kind of handicraft of modern society is not suitable for wearing it at all. Put on a coat, and you can't tell that there is armor inside.

"It's a pity, there are only two pieces!" Wu Xiang liked this thing and couldn't help but admire. Chen Xie smiled: "Not much this time, next time I can bring a few more." If you have more, you can only book in advance, otherwise it will take a lot of time to go to the Americas. (To be continued......)