Chapter Sixty-Seven: The Grass Guards and the Firearms Workshop
Yuan Chonghuan was not so easy to get along with, and handed over an important new task to him with a tiger face - to create a spy war camp, train spy war soldiers, wait for opportunities to spy in the area occupied by the golden enemy after the spy war, and even the Jurchen base camp.
Shigejin resolutely accepted the task, because it was in itself a suggestion he had made more than once in his previous correspondence.
It can also be regarded as what he tried to fight for after he came to the aid of Juehua and won the victory, another place that is slightly different from the original history.
Huang Chongzhen just wants to superimpose these almost negligible different points, so as to block or even change to the rolling tide of history.
Until the change of history, so that the Ming Dynasty in this turbulent historical period, after the fire forged blood, the phoenix nirvana, and finally reborn from the fire, instead of being extremely regrettable in the long river of history.
Chinese civilization does not need to go through the painful process of being usurped, self-contained, and even faulty.
The history of spy warfare in the Ming Dynasty can be traced back to the period when Zhu Yuanzhang mastered the first army of his own, and the Jinyi Guard runs through the history of the Ming Dynasty and has a skillful intelligence transmission and command system.
In addition to this, there are east factories, west factories, and even inner factories.
But with the defeat of the Ming Dynasty on the frontal battlefield, the layout of Jinyiwei in Liaodong quickly eroded, and finally completely withdrew, giving up the vast black land to the fine work of Houjin to penetrate.
Chongzhen's move was intended to restrain such infiltration, and to play a role in secretly escorting the Guanning defense line that the Ming Dynasty had painstakingly established.
At the same time, it is also a declaration of war against Hou Jin Xizuo, as well as a counterattack.
He named this battalion of spy soldiers - Grass Guard.
The name stunned everyone, but it made this black-bellied kid very proud.
The soldiers of the grass-clothed guard, all of whom were unwilling to be slaves in the Northeast, were carefully selected, a total of 800 people, and the expanded 200 main gunners and reserve gunners were under the control of Chongzhen.
In terms of numbers, it is also in line with the rank of garrison.
Huang Chongzhen is very satisfied with this military rank issued by the Ming Emperor, drafted by the cabinet, and then issued by the Ministry of War.
Even though he was deeply branded with Yuan Chonghuan's faction, that is, the Donglin Academy faction that he hated the most, he spared no effort to support him in his heart and was grateful.
After all, if there is no official military rank, if there is no room for promotion, if there is not even a person to promote, then he will be soft-spoken, and this world has been very realistic since ancient times.
And with military ranks, it is different, although the middle and senior officers of the Guanning Army are everywhere, only the total number of general soldiers and deputy chief soldiers is five, six, seven or eight, and the middle and lower-level generals such as the garrison division are even more grasped.
But because he went through two battles, especially after the arduous battle of Juehua's guards, this kid became famous in one battle.
Therefore, although the rank is not high, the prestige is quite high, and everyone is proud to enter the artillery camp and the grass guard.
It's just that this kid's requirements for his subordinates can be called harsh, and his training method can be called devilish.
Standing upright, arraying, and stepping forward are the basics.
Frog jumps, push-ups, pull-ups, just the ordinary.
A weight-bearing trail run of 5 to 10 kilometers is called a daily meal.
There are also battlefield fighting, slashing and assassination techniques that can directly improve combat power......
There is also a perverted method of rubbing your body with rough sand or sea salt to make yourself thicker.
Huang Chongzhen trained his soldiers like steelmaking, and used the training creed of "sweating more in peacetime and less blood in wartime" and "one minute on the stage, ten years of work off the stage" to encourage his subordinates.
He also insisted on leading the team in person, often practicing until he couldn't even move his fingers before returning to the camp to rest, and then soaked in warm water to clean himself up before he could climb onto the kang that was also cleaned up.
As for food, with the full support of the imperial court, there is no shortage of food.
After all, in this period of more and more Xiaoice River, the bitter haha people have nothing to ask for but a bite to eat.
Otherwise, not to mention military training, it will be difficult to form an army.
However, this kid didn't expect that after three months of devil training, these Northeast heroes who had lost their homes complained bitterly and even complained at the beginning, but in the end they all gritted their teeth and persevered.
No way, who said that this kid not only knows a lot of work, is highly skilled, but also always shares weal and woe with the soldiers, can be called "loving soldiers like children", and is extremely good at patriotic education?
Under its well-planned and earnest teachings, who can not be fully stimulated with bloody and fighting spirit?
If it can't be stimulated, then you can only get a nosebleed.
In particular, after Huang Chongzhen taught him exquisite artillery skills, profound Tai Chi swordsmanship and boxing techniques, and simple and effective military combat skills, he formed an effect like an arm command under his thousand commands.
Among these military techniques or martial arts, Huang Chongzhen values Tai Chi the most.
This thing looks like a turtle walking, but after a long time, it can effectively enhance internal strength and toughness, and enhance the ability to resist hits.
The most precious thing is that it can repair the dark wounds left by high-intensity training, and it also has a strong effect on making up for the old wounds brought back from the battlefield.
It can also improve the coherence of horizontal and vertical slashing in a hostile battle, and enhance the ability to fight alone and survive on the battlefield.
Therefore, it was simply praised by the soldiers of Guanning as the treasure in the army, and they all cherished all the spare time to step up practice, and silently did their best for the next big war.
Three months later, the 200 artillery men continued to study artillery with Huang Chongzhen, as well as the rest of the firearms techniques.
Peng Hairpin and Luo Li, who were the first to come into contact with firearms, were selected to form a research group and set up a small firearms workshop, so that they had but necessary, and quickly evolved into the prototype and ability of a military factory.
Under the key training and guidance of Huang Chongzhen, he began to try to improve, simplify, and even develop the messy big open flame weapons, which is a process of continuous excellence.
Those who are as bold as Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou are all questioning and worried about this, after all, this is very jealous of the imperial court.
But Huang Chongzhen laughed and said: "The dignified Guan Ning Army, the weapon of the country, how can it not have its own military factory?" ”
"It's true that you're top-notch, but...... Do you know how to make gunpowder? ”
Faced with Yuan Zu's simple questioning, Huang Chongzhen responded with a laugh: "I won't tell you two about the specific preparation, you two are familiar with poetry, just think about the seven words of Wang Anshi of the Northern Song Dynasty, and you will understand the reason." ”
"What do you mean?" Zu Dashou flashed his charming big eyes and asked innocently.
Yuan Chonghuan, who blushed suddenly, slapped his fat neck with a slap in annoyance, and almost shouted in his huge ear: "In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu." ”
"What do you mean?" Zu Dashou wiped the back of his neck aggrievedly, still not knowing why.
"Are you a pig? What your subordinates mean is that the common people of China have long mastered the preparation of gunpowder and made it into all kinds of firecrackers. ”
Yuan Chonghuan spat slightly stinky saliva and continued to roar at his first henchman.
Zu Dashou looked at Huang Chongzhen with ill intentions and said, "You really think so?" ”
Huang Chongzhen generously spread his hands, pointed at Yuan Chonghuan and said: "It was said by the big handsome, but he didn't say it." ”
"You little turtle cub......"
Yuan Zu and the others forcibly resisted the urge to whip this baby bump, and after a little thought, they roughly understood the meaning of the military factory and the profound meaning of the Guan Ning Army.
So, he acquiesced in Huang Chongzhen's approach, but strictly ordered it to be kept secret, especially to Man Gui.
For this Mongolian general with a tragic ending, Huang Chongzhen actually does not reject it in his heart, but he doesn't like his style of suing at every turn, so he is also a little guarded, so he naturally has no objections.
Moreover, the murderous trade of firearms workshops and military factories really requires maximum secrecy.
Therefore, Huang Chongzhen pondered: "How to use the name, and what to use to cover it up?" ”
Even the grass-clothed guards in the enemy-occupied areas of the Houjin Spy War, he can train them in a relatively short period of time, and this kind of thing is not like fun.
So, almost instantly, he thought of a million possibilities, and he had to choose the simplest and most effective one.
The 800 grass-clothed guards were used by him in various forms, either from the Yanshan Tunnel over Nurul Tiger Mountain, or on the boat of Juehua Island to bypass the Liaodong Peninsula, and drive directly to the ancient and thinly guarded rear of the Jurchen tribe.
In short, it is a land that is scattered to the hinterland of Liaodong, as well as between the white mountains and black waters.
Huang Chongzhen did not ask these 800 grass guards to make contributions immediately, but only asked them to lurk, safely and thoroughly integrate into all areas of the Jurchen occupation area, and become an imperceptible part.
Just like in my previous life, whenever I was about to say goodbye to my alma mater after graduation, it is impossible to say that I am not distressed at all.
Therefore, Huang Chongzhen gave this group of students in the real sense after coming to the Ming Dynasty for the last patriotic education and the last admonishment talk before entering the society.
Before leaving, everyone hugged each other, cherished each other, and encouraged each other.
Then, without looking back, they ran towards their own unknown future.
For these spy soldiers, this so-called future is not gilded, but called the battlefield.
They endured humiliation and staggered, but after all, they lived up to Huang Chongzhen's painstaking training and patriotic education, which took great painstaking efforts.
At the cost of zero casualties, taking advantage of the gap between the open and secret competition of the Houjin nobles, the Houjin meticulously unknowingly gained a firm foothold in the occupied area and established a simple and strong, but safe and fast spy network.
And soon the first precious news that can be called shocking and vulgar, through the special channel established by Kankan, was quickly sent to the hands of the Guanning Army Artillery Battalion and the Grass Cloth Guard Chongzhen - Bayi, slave.