There is the Pu River in the north of Shenyang, and the Puhe River is the Puhe City in the north bank of the Pu River, which is one of the eighteen cities built by Liaodong Town in the Ming Dynasty.

The circumference of Puhe City is 720 zhang, the moat is one zhang deep, two zhang wide, and there are two city gates.

When the Ming Dynasty still controlled Liaodong, this border city was one of the thousand households under the jurisdiction of Shenyang Zhongwei, with 745 garrisons in peacetime, 15 border piers and 76 piers. In addition, there are seven fire piers in the abdomen, 29 guards of the piers, and another Shifang Temple in the fort city. Twenty years ago, in August of the first year of Taichang, the Houjin invaded, and the Puhe River was lost, and it has been occupied by the Houjin since then.

After the Later Jin occupied Puhe City, they still garrisoned troops here, especially when the Later Jin took Shenyang as the capital, the defense of Puhe City became more and more strengthened.

Before the battle for Thin River began, Nicholas. Liu. Jin Zhong was picking up the fire pier in Hexi and grinding hard with the quartermaster Dong Xian.

Nicholas was a European mercenary who now held the position of head of the Chu army. He was originally the company commander in the Dutch army, and the position he now holds as the head of the church in the Chu army is about the same as the company commander, but it is a little different. There were many foreign mercenaries in the Chu army, because these people were all Westerners and did not have a Ming household registration, so it was not easy to become an officer of the Ming Dynasty.

The vast majority of foreign mercenaries who joined the Chu army are now non-commissioned officers in the Chu army, and many are also senior non-commissioned officers, who are specially responsible for teaching the soldiers in the company to operate artillery and warships. But there are also foreign soldiers like Nicholas who have performed well and made a lot of contributions in battle, and they cannot be rewarded with gold and silver.

After Nicholas stayed in Daming for more than half a year, he was already a little happy, feeling that the moon was only round in Daming, and he didn't want to return to the West in the middle of a European war in his life. But it is not so easy to become an officer of the Ming Dynasty, but fortunately, Liu Jun also gave them a chance, and after these superior senior non-commissioned officers made meritorious contributions, Liu Jun promoted them to be the head of the coach.

This sect leader. In fact, it is equivalent to the first sergeant major in the US military company in later generations, and the non-commissioned officer major in the Chinese army. To be specific, they are the assistants of the company commanders and battalion commanders, and they are responsible not only for the training of the soldiers, but also for the daily management of the soldiers.

The nine-headed bird is now different from the traditional Ming army from top to bottom, not only began to synthesize all arms at the level of association, but also adopted a combat structure, clarifying the supreme command of military generals. At the same time, however, there are many restrictions on the commanding officers at all levels, while ensuring the commanding power of the commanding officers at all levels. Reduced their rights in other areas.

For example, under the commanders at all levels of the Nine-headed Bird, there are two deputy positions, and these two lieutenants can assist the commander, and they can also lead a team of soldiers and horses during the battle, and even take over the position at any time when the main general dies in battle.

In addition to them, there is also the chief of staff. The Chief of Staff is specifically responsible for troop movements, operational and deployment adjustments, and manages staff officers at all levels. They are military advisors in the army, in charge of intelligence and operational planning.

In addition, there are quartermasters, who are responsible for logistics and salaries. Armament replenishment, etc.

In addition, there are military supervisors, pacification envoys, and instructors. At the level of association and above, there are military envoys, pacification envoys, and instructor envoys, and standard battalion companies below the level of association are set up to supervise, pacify, and teach heads. Naturally, supervising the army is specialized in supervising military discipline. The town is in charge of military discipline, and the head of the sect is responsible for the training and daily management of soldiers.

A company at the lowest level of the Chu army, the chief officer is Bai Zong, generally known as the company commander. The military rank is the right captain, and the rank is eighth. He was followed by two deputy company commanders from the eighth rank, as well as the superintendent, chief of staff, suppression, head of the sect, and quartermaster.

Although these officers are one rank lower than the company commander. However, each of them is clearly in charge of one department, which greatly restricts the power of the company commander. Although the company commander is the commander in charge of a company, in fact his power is limited to directing operations, and the company commander cannot directly interfere in other areas, such as formulating combat plans, logistics and military supplies, daily training, management, rewarding meritorious service and discipline, and military law.

It is precisely this kind of mutual decentralization and restraint that enables the Hydra at all levels to not only ensure the smooth command, but also to avoid excessive power of the chief officer.

Nicholas is the head of the company, barely included in the list of company officers, although he is a nine-rank petty officer, but in the company, the soldiers can not know who their deputy company commander is, they can not know who the chief of staff is, or even who the inspector is, but there are a few people they must know, that is, the company commander, the head of the sect, the quartermaster and the suppression.

The company commander is the head of the whole company, and he listens to him in battle. The instructor is responsible for training and daily management, he is not only in charge of all non-commissioned officers, but also in the company's up and down all kinds of chores, he can almost intervene, equivalent to the company's chief butler. And the quartermaster is the one who is in charge of everyone's food and salary, so he naturally knows it, and the calmer is in charge of military discipline, and everyone is careful to respect these black-faced gods.

However, Nicholas, who is respected by everyone in the company on weekdays. Liu. Jin Zhongjiao, but at this time, he was entangled with the quartermaster Dong Xian's dead face.

Nicholas actually only wanted to use the new name Liu Jinzhong, and didn't want to add another Nicholas, but unfortunately on the roster of the nine-headed bird, foreign soldiers must add a real name.

Liu Jinzhong has been soaking with Dong Xian for more than an hour, if nothing else, he just wants to get a Jurchen woman from Dong Xian, which is also a new benefit for the soldiers after the nine-headed bird entered the Liaoshen area.

The governor of Chu State has an order, and the cities of the Liaoshen Jurchens are attacked at will, and they can be robbed at will, and they can grab whatever they like, and burn what they can't take away. This order made many nine-headed birds breathe a little heavier, but unfortunately there was a restriction behind it. That is, the only soldiers of the Four Associations who are qualified to carry out this order are the Black Skull Banner.

The rest of the Chu army still couldn't burn, kill and loot at will.

But the money, food, materials and even livestock and population stolen by the Black Skull Banner had to be handed over to two-thirds.

The people of the black skull flag are very good at robbing, these people have fought for half their lives, today is the Ming army, tomorrow is the rebel army, the day after tomorrow it became the Qing army, and the day after tomorrow it became the Ming army, rebelled and rebelled, most of the time they were either fighting or rebelling and robbing, and they were very good at robbery. They robbed everywhere, seized countless supplies, money and grain, and also robbed many cattle, sheep, horses, and Jurchens.

Liu Jinzhong came with the 200 or so people of this company this time, and he came to Puhe City to receive a batch of trophies from the Black Skull Army. Even the most important batch of the trophies they were going to receive this time was the Jurchen women. In all fairness, Liu Jinzhong didn't think that the Jurchens were beautiful at all, and the Jurchens in these cold places were far worse than the women of the Ming Empire in the south.

It is long black, the skin is still rough, the waist is thick and the face is large. It's not as good as the woman in the south of the empire. But then again, Liu Jinzhong really wanted to marry an imperial Jiangnan woman as his wife, and then took root in the Ming Empire. But he looked at the woman of the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't like the red hair of the Ming woman.

Now that the Duke of Chu has spoken, the soldiers of the nine-headed bird, as long as they see these Jurchen women, they can buy them back, and each person is limited to two. After buying, those Jurchen women are their private property and can be concubines in the future. You can also be a maidservant, casually, but you can't be a wife, because Han Man is not married.

This can be regarded as a welfare, in the winter, tens of thousands of cats are in Liaoshen, and it is also very difficult for the lone army to go deep under the enemy's capital.

Several of Liu Jinzhong's fellow villagers have already bought it, although after buying it. You can't take it with you. Those Jurchen women stayed in another independent women's camp, managed by a special person, and separated from the Chu army. Those women who had already been sold were separated from those who were not sold, and the soldiers of the Chu army who bought Jurchen women. Usually, you are not allowed to go to the women's camp to meet your own women, but you can go and stay for one night every day when you are on a holiday.

Liu Jinzhong watched the villagers who bought Jurchen women very moisturized, and he couldn't stand it.

Quartermaster Dong Xian and Nicholas Liu Jinzhong have also partnered for half a year. Everyone has known each other for a long time, so they speak very casually, Dong Fatzi said. "You don't have to be so shitty, I promised to keep the two youngest and most beautiful for you, you can't fucking wait, wait until you return to Shaling Fort, the official purchase procedures must be certain, isn't the person yours, when you take a break, please have a meal and a drink, you can't fucking enter the cave room, do you want to do it today?"

"Dong Fatty, you really fucking admit death, what does it matter if you are one day earlier or one day later, anyway, a woman is twenty silver dollars, and I will not lose a penny. Could it be that I still don't admit it when I mention my pants, am I Liu Jinzhong that kind of person? "Nicholas has been in Daming for more than half a year, and Daming also speaks of thief six, and he also speaks the mainstream Huangzhou dialect in the Chu army." You idiot! ”

", familiar is familiar, the principle still has to be taught. are all the same as you, by virtue of the convenience of their positions, not only do you have to pick first, but you also have to get in the car first, if others know about it, they won't break my head, will I be a quartermaster in the future? I'm going to make this start today, so don't you have to come to talk to me when you go back? ”

"Dong Fatty, fuck, you usually drink the wine I invited, shout to me at this time, fuck, you just say it's okay, Lao Tzu won't leave today, I'm in a hurry, I'll just rob people."

"It's been a fucking long time since you've had a woman, and you're using such a *** unbearable look. Brother, you really want to be in such a hurry, I'll give you a trick, you directly apply to be transferred to the Black Flag Army, that's not how free and happy you want to be free. They are unrestricted, they can burn and loot at will, and they can be ordered to rob women's land. Dong Fatzi said with a smile.

"you, join the Black Flag Army, then what future is there." Although Nicholas has only joined the Chu army for more than half a year, he is also very proficient, he knows very well that the Black Flag Army is at most a servant army of the Nine-headed Bird, and now letting them burn and loot is not a privilege benefit for them, but just that he doesn't want to dirty the hands of the Nine-headed Bird.

Even if a battalion commander of the Black Flag Army came to change his current position as the head of the Lian Sect in the Chu Army, he would not change it.

Dong Xian snorted sarcastically and said, "Tsk, you won't change a battalion commander in the Black Skull Army, you are just a company leader now, battalion commander, you are still far behind." If you want to be a battalion commander, you think it's so easy. Seeing that this Puhe City is not there, it is the territory of a battalion of the Black Skull Army, in addition to this city, there are more than a dozen dungeons and a fort city outside. If you want to be the battalion commander, you may not be able to refer to Hou Nian Ma Yue. ”

Nicholas. Liu. Jin Zhong was not happy when he heard it, isn't it the battalion commander, I have been a mercenary for many years, and I am a senior company commander. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have a Ming household registration, it would be more than enough to be a battalion commander.

The two were talking and laughing, when suddenly there was a big commotion at the south gate.

"What's going on?"

"Mr. Wang just encountered an ambush by the Eight Banners in the west and was defeated." One of the soldiers hurriedly told them what he knew.

Wang Jiangzong, the commander of the Black Flag Army Battalion in Puhe City, took his brothers out of the city and went to a fort in front to get a batch of supplies back, but was ambushed by the Qing army and defeated.

After the Qing army ambushed Wang Jiang, they cleaned up the battlefield in a hurry before going out to Puhe City.

Now there is only one company of the Black Flag Army left in Bohe City, and there is also a company of men and horses led by Liu Jinzhong, who came to receive the spoils of war.

In terms of military rank, it is actually Nicholas Liu Jinzhong's highest, he is the rank of lieutenant of the right capital, the company commander of the Black Flag Army, is actually an acting company commander, their company commander just died in battle not long ago, and now the rank of this acting company commander is only a first-class sergeant major, and he has not yet passed the promotion.

Dong Xian glanced at Nicholas, "According to our wartime system of the nine-headed bird, the chief officer on the battlefield dies in battle, and the adjutant takes over. If the adjutant is absent, the person with the highest rank will automatically act as the supreme commander, Liu Jiaotou, from now on, you will be the acting battalion commander of Puhe City, responsible for commanding the enemy! ”

The acting company commander of the Black Flag Army looked at Nicholas with some surprise, and then at Dong Xian, he didn't expect that this fat quartermaster of the nine-headed bird would actually give up his command position to this red haired man of the same rank as him.

However, it was an internal matter of the nine heads, and he couldn't care about it, he was just a first-class sergeant major, so he hurriedly expressed his attitude, "Zhao Daliang visited the acting camp master." ”

Nicholas Liu Jinzhong looked at the two of them, and then at Bohe City, which was in a little panic, and suddenly felt arrogant. Just now I was still saying that I didn't have a chance, but I didn't think that now the opportunity will come.

"Close the city gates, go up to the city to defend, we are only twenty miles away from Pingluo Fort, the commander will send someone to help soon, there is nothing to worry about."

Outside the south gate of Puhe City, a Qing army has appeared outside the city, they are holding the banner of the yellow flag, and they are also wearing yellow cotton armor, but there are not many people in armor, only about five hundred, followed by about two or three thousand people and horses, although they also ride horses, but there is no uniform color of clothing, and even only a few people have cotton armor.

"Five hundred yellow flags in armor, and about three thousand Aha minions, no cannons, mainly bows, arrows and spears, well, not to be afraid." Nicholas Liu Jinzhong stood on the southern city and carefully looked at the Qing army several times with a clairful mirror, and then showed a relaxed demeanor.

This is just a traditional Qing army, and it still relies on cavalry shooting. Although he was a leader, he brought with him a whole company of infantry, each carrying a bayonet and a flint long gun, and one person with two short guns, plus four grenades. Not to mention, for this escort mission, they also carried four mountain grenades and a lot of artillery shells.

With such a few thousand Qing troops, Nicholas is really not afraid, isn't it ten times the enemy, afraid of an egg! I have the city, I have the cannon! (To be continued.) )

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