Applause rang out: "Real army, admirable." ”

Duncan was a Scotsman who came to Chinese mainland during the Wanli period, stayed in the church due to illness, was inspired by God, and repented of his past sinful life (of course, this was only Duncan's own words, and more importantly, Duncan was no longer penniless at that time), and became an assistant to the Jesuit monks.

Duncan spoke fluent Chinese and had no problem talking to Yellowstone, and the Jesuits would not have sent personnel to overseas islands, but Duncan had a gut feeling that this was his chance to fulfill his ambitions. After some observation and conversation, Jin Qiude also decided that this was a seemingly pious, but actually ambitious guy - just the person Huangshi needed.

......

It's snowing today, and Yellowstone is wrapped in leather clothes early in the morning.

The patrolling soldiers came up against the wind, their eyebrows white and the red tassels on their hats turned silver, and they shouted with all their might: "My lord, watch your step." ”

Yellowstone stood firm, and from now in front of him to the black water, there was a blanket of snow, and the soldiers occasionally beat the ground with sticks to make sure they were still standing on the ground.

"It only took two shifts to dig ice last night, and only one shift during the day. The patrol leader reported to Yellowstone, his tone full of joy, and the winter was over: "My lord, we really did it!"

Yellowstone didn't have to look to imagine the big smile on the soldier's face, and he pointed to a figure in the distance and asked, "Is that Duncan?"

"It's Mr. Deng, Mr. Deng came early in the morning. ”

Duncan was wearing an ill-fitting military uniform and an iron helmet on his head, which looked a little nondescript. Huang Shi didn't think about how to arrange this barbarian, and finally gave him a staff position, so the soldiers also called him Mr. Deng.

"General, you're late. Duncan wore a leather glove and a thick layer of oil on his wrists, and Duncan's eyebrows and mustache turned white not only on his face...... Sure enough, it looks like a white-haired baboon.

"Your soldiers," Duncan sighed as he pointed to the diligent patrols, he had already seen a lot of Ming Dynasty troops: "Very good soldiers, in the past I seem to have some misunderstandings about the soldiers of the Ming Kingdom, it seems that your country does not lack hard-working soldiers, what is lacking is qualified officers." ”

"To my credit, our soldiers are the best soldiers in the world. When he said this, Yellowstone was full of pride.

The word global...... Duncan glanced at Yellowstone, but didn't say much.

"I have some questions for you, so let's go back to the camp. Yellowstone's tone was very polite, and Duncan's words made him feel very comfortable.

Duncan raised an eyebrow: "Can't the general talk in the snow?"

Huang Shi swept a large circle with a wave of his hand, and drew all the unfinished shore walls into it: "This year, we must build the wall early, can Your Excellency help me plan it?"

Duncan squinted his eyes and looked left and right: "It's an honor to serve the general, I think this project is called 'Great Liaohai Iron Wall', how about it?"

"Okay, it's called the Great Liaohai Iron Wall. Huang Shi smiled and looked up at the snowflakes flying in the sky - the harsh winter has been so long, will spring be far away?

......

Thanks to the Xiaoice River, the frost-free period in the northeast is only three months, and the freezing period in the south of Changsheng Island has also been extended by dozens of days, but no matter how long it is, the alarm has finally been lifted. Huang Shi adopted Zhao Slowxiong's strategy, claiming that there were a large number of traces of the post-Jin army stationed on the east bank, and the soldiers relied on their own efforts to drive away the threat of death.

Of the 1,600 soldiers, more than 700 fell in the arduous ice-digging operation, and 80 of them could never stand up. Yellowstone buried the victims and produced a number of medals.

"You saved our whole army. ”

Yellowstone poured a bowl of wine and a bowl of vegetables on each tombstone, gently buried the well-deserved medals of the sleepers in the soil in front of the grave, and then, according to his own custom, offered a bouquet of wild flowers. When he gave a speech to the cemetery, he was surrounded by solemn Dongjiang soldiers, and the first solemn funeral of the poor soldiers began and ended quietly in their testimony.

"If you save yourself, you will definitely save the fathers and elders of Liaodong. I am convinced of this. ”

One by one, under the watchful eye of the Sleeper, Yellowstone awarded the medal to each of the outstanding patrol officers and ice-chiseling soldiers. Although this is not a military achievement, the thousands of generals have nothing to say, and no one has anything to say, Zhao Slowxiong and other officers also received the medal together with the soldiers.

The refreshing sea breeze blew through the erect chests of the soldiers, and the reform of the medal system finally began quietly.

......

"A phalanx of four hundred men, of which two hundred and fifty-five were spearmen, and the rest were infantry with muskets, formed a phalanx, which was very effective against cavalry charges. "Duncan is presenting Yellowstone with the European experience of head-on confrontation.

"You said that Tessie's queue should be equipped with a lot of guns and field artillery, which I don't have for the time being. "Tessie is the general name of Europe in the Ming Dynasty, and Duncan understands it perfectly.

"The firecracker is only used to fight against the enemy's light cavalry with muskets and bows and arrows, and victory still depends on hand-to-hand combat," hand-to-hand combat in this era is still the key to determining the outcome of the victory, and the firecracker is only the equipment against the opponent's long-range weapons: "As long as there are heavy infantry who dare to fight, you can defeat the heavy cavalry, and Jiannu does not have muskets and cannons, and our army can use bows and arrows against their light cavalry without firearms." Group white-knuckle combat is the focus of training. ”

"Our army is under-armed and can now only supply wooden spears. "There are still some reserves of materials from Shanhaiguan, and it is not a big problem to wrap the spear with an iron head.

"That's not the problem, an army with the will to fight is better than a rabble with a blade than a rabble with a sharp blade. General, the main problem of our army is that too many people have never seen blood at all, and the army is not raised, but fought. It is very problematic that only one percent of your army has seen the battlefield, and I do not think that such an army can be called an army. ”

This Duncan's words are very incisive. Huang Shi praised these words: "Yes, our army must fight as much as possible. ”

"There is also a strict zhòng problem," Duncan said without scruples: "The establishment of our army is fundamentally unreasonable, the officer and pro-soldier system, similar to the knight and servant relationship of Tessie, this strict zhòng affects the combat effectiveness of the army, the army of the Middle Ages is doomed to be eliminated, and our army must be reformed." ”

"I couldn't agree more, but it's not the time yet. "For reform to take place, Yellowstone needs a victory, an unquestionable victory.

......

According to the Jesuit history books, it is "...... While serving the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao of China repeatedly defeated various rebel armies, including the Tatars. The Jesuit priest Adolf Duncan played a crucial role in the Emperor's legendary campaigns, helping the Chinese Emperor reform the army, introducing modern tactics and field artillery into the medieval army, and perfecting the technique of the multi-faceted fortress that began in Europe, with the help of the Emperor's army, which destroyed the Tatar army that was once invincible in northeastern China and the rebel army that revolted the Ming hinterland...... Duncan has always shown rare steadfastness and courage in the midst of his long suffering, and he has gained a high reputation in both the Chinese army and government. At the same time, he established a deep personal friendship with the emperor's future group of important ministers, which also helped the Jesuits to completely open the way to the Chinese imperial family and upper class. ”

......

In April of the third year of the Apocalypse, Houjin dispatched 10,000 cavalry to the south, intending to capture Lushun in one fell swoop and uproot the bridgehead of the Ming army in Liaodong.

(End of Section 13)

Tips: The new domain name "biquge.info" has been launched by Biquge, and the original domain name is about to be discontinued. Please tell each other, thank you!