In the eighth year of Chongzhen, August 30.

On the official road outside Chunhua City, a group of soldiers wearing cyan military uniforms were all standing upright.

The fiery red flags swayed in the wind, and the sound of hunting lingered in everyone's ears.

The east is getting whiter, and the sky is getting brighter.

Chen Wang, wearing a red tasseled felt hat and a crimson arrow suit, holding the reins in his hand, rode a war horse and led more than a dozen guards to walk slowly into the side of the official road.

On the official road, nearly 4,500 soldiers from the two battalions under his command have already completed the assembly.

Thanks to the defeated Ai Wannian and Zhang Waijia, Chen Wang captured a large amount of armament from the defeated army.

However, I don't know why the third batch of ordnance promised by Hong Chengchou was not delivered.

Chen Wang guessed that it was estimated that Hong Chengchou felt that he had captured a lot of weapons in this battle.

The front-line fighting was tight, and the transportation of ordnance was simply cut off.

Chen Wang naturally wouldn't send someone to ask if this batch of ordnance would be delivered.

Hong Chengchou is not a good person, and in the records of the history books, Hong Chengchou can be said to be retribution.

It is better to believe that it is there than to believe that it is not.

If you don't have the eyesight to see, it won't be a good thing to be remembered by Hong Chengchou when the time comes.

Anyway, there were about a hundred or so pieces of ordnance armor and blades sent.

The capture of Chunhua after the war, coupled with the ordnance allocated by the army before, is actually very sufficient for Chen Wang now.

There are now 2,562 pieces of cloth armor, 957 pieces of chain mail, and 972 pieces of cotton armor.

There are more than 2,000 iron arms covering, more than 4,000 high-topped helmets and hats, and more than 1,000 military uniforms.

The directly subordinate guerrilla battalion Chen Wang divided it into two parts according to the infantry cavalry, the cavalry was the front and the infantry was the rear.

There are 897 Liao cavalry in the front, not counting the more than 50 family members sent by Cao Wenzhao, who are now all dressed and armored.

High-topped helmet, cloth visor, inner chain mail, with arm covering.

They were all wearing double armor, and the swords, bows and arrows, and three-eyed guns were all ready.

Even better equipped than when they were under Zhang Waijia.

The quality of the cloth armor is uneven, and the inlaid iron pieces are all inside, and the amount of iron pieces affects the protective ability of the cloth armor.

And Chen Wang specially selected a batch of armor pieces for this group of Liao riders to ensure their protection.

There are two divisions and eight bureaus of infantry in the rear, three of which are recruited soldiers from Pizhou, and one bureau is a veteran of a bureau belonging to the left division of Cao Wenzhao's front department.

The other four games are the reorganization of the remnants of the army that Ai Wannian and Liu Chenggong fled back from Xiangle.

To tell the truth, Chen Wang didn't want them.

But Hong Chengchou had already sent someone to send it, and he was also included in the ranks of the battalion soldiers under his command.

Chen Wang wants it now.

Most of these people are also from Shaanxi, after all, Ai Wannian was originally a general of Shenmu, and the deputy chief soldier of Gushan behind him, who was in Pingliangfu, and most of the battalion soldiers under his command were from Shaanxi.

When the army attacked the fortifications before, the top one was the remnants of the reorganization of these four rounds.

Surprisingly, these soldiers could not tell at all that they were after the reorganization of the defeated army.

Whether it is defending the city or fighting in the field, they dare to fight and rush, perhaps because the enemies are very red when they meet, and their morale is high and a little scary. ….

And Liu Chenggong also deliberately looked for Chen Wang again not long after.

briefly talked about what happened in Xiangle at the beginning.

These remnants followed Liu Chenggong and Wang Ximing to fight their way out of the encirclement, and Liu Chenggong's meaning was to let Chen Wang not be too harsh.

Wang Ximing did not survive this difficulty after all, and died of illness in Xi'an not long ago.

Chen Wang did not refuse Liu Chenggong's request, although Liu Chenggong was demoted to a general, but the qualifications were there, and the connections always existed.

And the remnants of the four bureaus did not do anything that violated military discipline, let alone have any thorns.

It is not a situation where it is possible to rely solely on the new army, which still has its merits at this stage.

After the Battle of Chunhua, there were a total of 872 soldiers.

However, Chen Wang recruited 144 people from the three bureaus originally recruited from Pizhou to serve as the flag chief and deputy flag chief of the new army

In fact, seven hundred and twenty-eight people remained, and for the time being there was no replenishment of troops

After the chain mail was rationed to the Liao cavalry, and after some officers, it was basically gone.

Therefore these seven hundred and twenty-eight men wore only cloth armor, and also wore high helmets, and wore arms covering.

The rest of the armor, with the exception of a part that was left for spare, was sent to the new barracks.

Nine hundred and thirty-seven pieces of cloth armor, as well as the remaining iron arms, were given priority to the officers and sword and shield soldiers in the new army.

The 972 pieces of cotton armor that had not been used were given priority to the soldiers in the army.

Today, about a third of the new army is made up of musketeers.

There weren't many bird guns captured in this battle, most of them were three-eyed guns.

The reason is naturally because the fire guns under Li Zicheng's command are basically equipped with three-eyed guns, and the reason why bird guns are not used much.

And among the ordnance sent by Hong Chengchou, there are not many birds, and more are three-eyed guns.

Therefore, all of the firecrackers in this third are basically equipped with three-eyed guns.

Chen Wang did not insist on using an arquebus.

After carefully weighing the pros and cons, and thinking about it repeatedly.

Chen Wang discovered that although Li Zicheng's learning was his use of tactics, his insights and application were above him.

Although he was already very cautious, he still made the mistake of dogmatism.

Rigidly recognised, blindly arranging bird guns, instead of using three-eyed guns and other firearms.

The power and range of the Bird Gun are indeed greater and longer than that of the Three-Eyed Gun.

The reloading time has been increased by half with paper shell ammunition, and only five or six rows of skilled bird soldiers are needed to achieve a cyclic firing effect, which is almost continuous.

But there is a very big flaw here, even if it is continuous, the density of fire is still not enough to prevent the enemy from rushing closer.

Therefore, in this period when the flintlock pistol was immature and the arquebus technology was mature, there were still a large number of soldiers armed with cold weapons to protect the musketeers, both at home and abroad.

After the three-eyed gun has finished the projectile, the subsequent reloading is extremely difficult and cumbersome.

The reload time is several times longer than that of the Bird's Gun, so it is usually only used as a one-time consumable.

But the three-eyed gun has an advantage, which is incomparable to the bird's gun.

Its fire is rapid, and the density of firepower coverage is greater in an instant, causing huge casualties to the enemy in an instant, and it can effectively contain a large number of enemy troops. ….

Although the Three-Eyed Gun has a short shooting range, its armor-piercing ability is lower than that of the Bird's Gun.

However, the armor rate of the rogues is extremely low, and those who can wear iron armor are elite cavalry, and most of the horse armies only have cotton armor, not to mention the infantry team and hungry soldiers.

The three-eyed gun is actually the best choice now.

The main enemy he faces now is the Rogue with a very low armor rate, not the heavily armored Houjin.

Later Jin re-entered the customs in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, when Lu Xiangsheng was recruited to the north to defend.

The enemy was replaced by Houjin soldiers, so why did he have to wait until the eleventh year of Chongzhen.

In addition to the musket, there are also quite a few artillery pieces in the army.

Counting the seizures, there were 20 Tiger squat guns, 56 small Franc machines, and 20 medium Franc machines.

Part of it was the ordnance transferred by Hong Chengchou, and the other part was captured from Li Zicheng.

There are also four cannons, and those four cannons are the artillery used by Li Zicheng in the ambush in Hutou Town.

In the previous Chunhua War, Li Zicheng also used these cannons to bombard the city wall.

Maybe it was because the effect was limited, or maybe it was because of the lack of gunpowder or projectiles, so it only sounded for a few bursts, and then it didn't sound again.

In the process of escaping, it was naturally impossible for Li Zicheng to bring the heavy artillery with him.

The fire cannon is a large artillery used in the Ming Dynasty, which has been used since the Jiajing period, and generally weighs more than 500 catties.

The projectile fired weighed more than four catties, and when the cannon was fired, it was deafening and thunderous.

When used to bombard well-arranged military formations and crowds, it can cause a large number of casualties and give them a great blow to their morale.

The fire cannon is much lighter than the Hongyi cannon, and its range and power are naturally shorter and weaker than the Hongyi cannon.

The sword and shield soldiers were the least, with only two in a team, accounting for about one-sixth of the total number.

The pikemen were the most numerous, accounting for almost half.

Naturally, there were no archers, and the new army recruited all hungry soldiers.

If they knew how to shoot arrows, they would have been promoted to the infantry team early.

Those who can shoot arrows and ride horses don't need any merit, they just need to say it, and they can be selected as horse soldiers and infantry troops.

Of course, there are also flag-bearers, trumpeters, drummers, heralds, and many other positions.

The composition of the army is not all pure soldiers, and these military positions also have their own meaning of existence.

After all, if you just tear your throat and shout loudly, then it will be difficult to command a battlefield of 100 people.

As for the Forces nouvelles, with the appointment of the Flag General and the Deputy Flag Commander, the number has reached 2,844.

Chen Wang formulated a new rule, all the military salaries in the two battalions, and all the military salaries were personally distributed to him every month.

Now Chen Wang is not short of money, and everyone can pay full salaries.

The disadvantages of the family system are too great, and Chen Wang does not want to continue to implement the family system.

Most of the officers and colonels of the Liao cavalry have been killed in battle, and there is no one to support their families.

And it is the same among the pawns, there are not many family members, Chen Wang is ready to go with the flow for the time being.

As for the new military camp, Chen Wang naturally would not let someone raise a family.

In addition to the salary of all people, which is paid according to the level of the military rank, only the skill assessment level once every three months can affect the salary.

The assessment level is divided into four levels, continuing the previous four levels of upper, middle, lower, and unqualified.

The upper class is two and a half per month, the middle is two taels, the inferior one and a half are two, and the unqualified one or two are not qualified.

Those who fail to pass will not only need to practice, but will also receive punishment, and those who fail to perform well will also be deducted a certain amount of monthly salary.

The soldiers in the new barracks are paid one tael a month for the first three months, and the assessment period is set three months later, that is, in the middle of November.

Chen Wang finally glanced back at Chunhua City, which lived in the east.

From his position, the procession spread all the way to the Chunhua City Gate at the end of the official road to the east.

Now thinking of the battle that happened in Chunhua not long ago, Chen Wang is still a little apprehensive.

There are too many variables in the small and the big and the small in the crowd.

But the result was worth it, not only was promoted to battalion general, but also a battalion of auxiliaries was recruited.

The fairly spacious official road was already crowded with soldiers under his command.

Chen Wang turned his head again, looked ahead, and raised the horsewhip in his hand.

It's still not time to stop.

Time is running out and the situation is critical.

There is no room for slackness and laxity.......

Luo Xiaoming