Chapter 149 is all business

The delivery of silver plus the change of guard is a matter of about an hour. I don't know if it was to defend against the Guanning army, and the two armies directly withdrew from Luanzhou City. Camp in a large village selected outside the city, anyway, these villages are empty and there is no one, the two groups of people add up to seven or eight thousand, and it is a little aggrieved to settle down, and some tents are set up outside the village to deal with the night.

took over the city defense, Zu Kuan and Wu Sangui's faces became gloomy, especially looking at the strict precautions on the other side, and only gave up the defense of the city gate at the last moment, and they felt even more unhappy. The Guangning army can fight without faking, but looking at the neat appearance of these two troops, it is estimated that these 6,000 people will not be able to take down others. The key is the heads of more than 1,000 Jiannu, this shock is too strong.

The soldier has never seen blood, and he can see it at a glance. Those white-pole soldiers were a little better, the green-skinned soldiers had strange hair, a woman's bun on the back of their heads, their chins were raised high, and confidence and murderous air came to their faces. Guan Ningjun prides himself on being fierce, and he doesn't have any psychological advantage against them.

After fighting for so many years, the Guan Ning Army has not harvested as many real slave heads as anyone in one battle. If you want a head, people also say it very clearly, a real slave is eighty taels. This silver must be repaid, otherwise how can you explain to the imperial court, and you have won Luanzhou, and you haven't gotten a single head? You can't kill a real slave so much that he doesn't have the head, right?

They don't need to go out of this matter, Wu Xiang is personally in charge of the general army, and he will not leave immediately when he sends Chen Xie to the station, and he wants to ask for a cup of tea to drink. Seeing that he had something to say, Chen Xie invited him into his room. The maid brought out from Luanzhou City put tea and went out, and Wu Xiang couldn't wait to speak: "Brother Sihua, you have done a good job." Chen Xie pretended to be confused and said with a smile: "Be polite, it's just a small business, just a long-term deal." ”

"Since it's a long-term deal, my brother is not welcome. More than 1,000 heads, give my brother 500, and give a discount by the way, how about it? Wu Xiang didn't mean to be angry at all. This guy is definitely a good hand at trading. Bai Bai is always smiling on his face, which makes people angry.

"Brother Wu, it's not that I don't give you face, these heads are not my family's. Otherwise. The white-pole soldiers lacked war horses. Five hundred heads. You give one hundred and fifty war horses, one war horse for three heads, and the extra is a gift from the younger brother. "I looked at Guan Ningjun's horse team. Chen Xie is really greedy. It is said that more than 1,000 horses were captured this time, but most of them were horses, and there were only about 200 war horses, which was still a long way from Chen Xie's desire to form a horse team of 500 cavalry.

Chen Xie's price is absolutely conscience price, an ordinary horse is one hundred taels a day, but a war horse is not, even if there is silver, it is difficult to buy. Chen Xie's scout team, a hundred war horses are not easy to come. Three horses and five horses at a time, some merchants got it with ideas. Catching up with this day, the years are not peaceful, and the source of war horses is even more scarce. The war horse in the market is more than two hundred taels, and one war horse at the first level of three is also discounted.

Wu Xiang was also dry, stretched out his hand and high-fived: "Deal!" After saying this, Wu Xiang changed the topic: "Brother Sihua, look at what this means, you still need a lot of war horses, right?" ”

Of course, Chen Xie refused to take the bait, shook his head and said, "Don't hide it from my brother, I brought people out this time to earn money." I'm not an officer and soldier, it's a regimental training. The Dengzhou camp clearly said that there were more than 9,000 people, but it was enough to get together 3,000 people to go to Beijing. No, the soldiers patrolled the road, the prefect, and the headquarters, and found the little brother. I had no choice but to take this trip. At first, I was not very happy, but soon found out that this transaction was done, and the old brother also saw ....... Chen Xie said lewdly and laughed, Wu Xiang nodded knowingly, everyone is from this background, when the soldiers let the horses out, and the soldiers loot This kind of thing is a journeyman. So many carts were full, and there were women. Look at the maid who serves Chen Xie, the female soldier next to him, and you know that this goods are all the way.

Uh, well, Wu Xiang misunderstood. The main reason is to see that there are women in Chen Xie's army, and even people are robbing this goods, not to mention others? In fact, Chen Xie wanted to show off, he robbed Jiannu, and did the business of white pole soldiers.

Misunderstanding mistakes is not the theme, Wu Xiang turned his head again and said: "Brother, the kind of armor of the white pole soldier, my brother looks hot." When the elder brother inquired, the American plate armor from Dengzhou. ”

Chen Xie showed a weak heart as a thief, and glanced at Wu Xiang in surprise, this guy was secretly proud in his heart.

"Brother, this is a head-killing deal." After hesitating for a long time, Chen Xie spoke. Just now he said that he was a group trainer, and now he is engaged in the business of armor. Wu Xiang really admired this guy's shamelessness when he heard it, fucking you are even equipped with artillery, and a little armor can be considered a thing?

"Brother, if you want silver or war horses, you give an explanation." Wu Xiang was very crisp this time. When Chen Xie heard this, he smiled and said, "Do you want to take a look at the goods first?" Wu Xiang waved his hand and said: "Don't look at it, the dog was in the barracks before, and he did it with his own hands, and when he cut it with the Yanling knife, he fell off a little paint." ”

Taking the Yanling knife of the Ming Dynasty to cut 65 manganese steel plates is really not fun at all. Chen Xie was really surprised in his heart, in just such a moment, Wu Sangui really passed the quality of the armor? If you think about it carefully, you don't need to ask, it's Ma Xianglin's doing. This thing loves to brag, and after drinking a little wine, I don't know what my last name is. Hey, people who are dozens of years old, don't care about him.

"Brother, it's not that I don't give you face, the production of this kind of armor is very low. Up to 500 units a year. "Chen Xie is talking about the output of the Ming Dynasty, not about the modern society. Modern society does this, that is, punches and molds. The simpler thing is a piece of steel plate, and then occasionally drill a few eyes. This thing only cares about the front, and the back is not considered.

Chen Xie didn't plan to equip the regimental training camp with this simplified version of plate armor, in his opinion, this thing was a live target in front of the Minnie rifle. This thing can actually protect the torso, and you have to add an iron helmet to calculate a set.

"How about two pairs of armor for a warhorse?" Wu Xiang offered a price, and Chen Xie sneered and said, "I said brother, don't bring such a bargain." The strength of this armor is not the armor itself, but the special steel and craftsmanship used. Forget it, I told you that you don't understand this, for the sake of everyone who has to deal with each other for a long time, I will give you a discount, a fixed price, three pairs of plate armor for two horses. At this price, you don't have to have more, at most 200 a year, and I have to give the rest to the white pole soldiers, otherwise they can fight for me? ”

Speaking of which, Wu Xiang nodded with a smile and said: "The deal, the battle is over, someone will come to pick up the goods." ”

When Chen Xie sent Wu Xiang away, the goods were grinding slowly, pulling around, and his eyes were looking around. Chen Xie didn't guard against him, he rubbed and observed casually, and secretly sneered in his heart and didn't mention it.

Early the next morning, when Chen Xie was pulling out the camp, Wu Xiang came again, this time sending a note, which means collusion. According to this statement, Zu Dashou detected the departure of the main force of Jiannu and decided to sneak attack Luanzhou and break things together.

Coincidentally, Chen Xie's troops also prepared to attack Luanzhou. Jiannu and the rebel general Li Jichun's two divisions of about 5,000 men fought fiercely outside the city with Chen Xie and the Baigang army. After Wu Xiang found out, he first stole the city with infantry, and then outflanked Jiannu with cavalry. The front and back flanked the attack, Jiannu was defeated, and the Guanning army took advantage of the chaos of Jiannu to seize Luanzhou. The eastern and western armies have their own victories.

The self-boasting in the fold is naturally indispensable, Chen Xie saw that there was no big problem, nodded and agreed. pulled up Ma Xianglin and Qin Yiming, and signed on the fold, which can be regarded as a partnership between the three companies. According to the size of the official position, Wu Xiang ranked first. It can be regarded as taking a lot of advantage, Chen Xie and the others didn't care about this for the sake of the silver.

It's just that Chen Xie and the others still underestimated Guan Ningjun's shamelessness, and they did something tricky in the performance. is to leave a blank space in the place of signature, and go back to Zu Dashou to sign his name, although the content of the fold has not changed, but Zu Dashou's first merit will definitely not be able to run away. When those civilian officials in the Ministry of War saw this twist, they would definitely understand that Cheng Zu Dashou was the protagonist and Chen Xie was the soy sauce party.

This is something Chen Xie didn't expect, even if he knew about it, Chen Xie didn't care. On this trip to Luanzhou, more than 80,000 taels of silver, 4,000 stones of grain, dozens of carts of cloth, and several carts of antique calligraphy and paintings. The most important thing is that after Guan Ningjun came in, Chen Xie became less prominent, and there will be an additional channel for war horses in the future.

Besides, in Chen Xie's eyes, this qiē is all business!

All in all, you can earn a lot of money and solve a difficult problem. Chen Xie will be angry at all. Qin Yiming and Ma Xianglin will not be angry, this trip out, they have earned a lot of silver, although they have to pay for the silver of plate armor and other equipment, the messy expenses add up, and there is basically not much silver left. The problem is to solve the problem of the silver purchased from Chen Xie's side, this debt is not easy to owe, is it?

Wu Xiang personally hurried back to Funing City, saw Zu Dashou, and told him what had happened, which scared Zu Dashou. It was really with a group of group exercises and a group of turtles that more than 1,000 Jiannu were killed, and they still won the field battle. This combat effectiveness is too amazing, and after asking carefully, I learned that people are well-equipped, especially the kind of plate armor, and the steel used is good. Wu Sangui took the Dongying knife and slashed it, leaving a white mark, which could not be cut at all. This is beyond the scope of 100 steels.

Sun Chengzong, who was lamenting the situation at Shanhaiguan overnight, also scared the old guy. Unexpectedly, a sneak attack recaptured Luanzhou? This can only show that the Houjin army has retreated, and the previous westward advance is tactical deception. Lao Sun also knows very well in his heart that even if you know that people are tactical deception, and the Ming army cannot win the field battle, you can only watch others retreat and stare dryly. (To be continued......)