Chapter 112: On Taihang Mountain
In the afternoon of the same day, Yang Huaiyu summoned dozens of generals from various sub-villages around Dazhai and the generals of Dazhai to announce: "In the future, the Yang family army is nominally the people of the imperial court, and secretly we are Zhao Gongzi's private army. Because, the food in the imperial court is pitiful, and Zhao Gongzi is hundreds of thousands of yuan as soon as he makes a move. With Zhao Gongzi's funding, not only will we not be cold and hungry this winter, but we will never be cold and hungry.
Next, Zhao Gongzi will send people to teach us how to grow corn and sweet potatoes, two food crops that can grow with a little rain all day long, and do not require as much water as rice and wheat. So in the future, we will have more and more food, what should we do if there is more? One can make wine and sell it for money, and the other can raise pigs. This wine is not the sour and watery wine you usually drink. It was brought by Zhao Gongzi this time, and now everyone is drinking the fine wine.
How much is this wine a pound? I'll tell you, the cup you just drank was a tael, and it's worth half a dollar now, right! It's your food ration money for a month, and now you've eaten it all in one bite. This is still the current price, initially it was ten yuan a catty, then it was reduced to eight yuan, and now it has dropped to five yuan a catty.
When there is more grain, the boiled wine can be sold for money, the sake lees can be fed to pigs, the grain can be fed to pigs, and when there is so much pork that we can't eat it all, we can also sell it for money. Therefore, with Zhao Gongzi, in the future, we will not only be unable to eat all the food, meat, and money. Since there is such a good thing, what are we waiting for? Do people think I'm right? ”
Yang Huaiyu knows what everyone needs most, starting with money and food, what else do the generals have to say? In the past, you could ask for a discount as a subordinate, and the money and grain should also be discounted, and at most you have eaten seventy percent full.
After Yang Huaiyu finished speaking, Zhao Chongyang continued: "The benefits that General Yang said just now are about to be realized. I also want to tell you, follow me, when I am my subordinate, even the most dangerous thing in the war, the danger will be minimized. The vast majority of people do not die, at most they are slightly injured. Why? Because most of the time, the enemy's knives and guns can't hurt you at all. So, when facing a strong enemy, you only have to attack, and you don't have to worry about the enemy's sword and gun slashing you. But the weapons I will give you in the future are different, they are all sharp weapons that sharpen iron like clay, and on the battlefield sometimes you kill several enemies, and you yourself may be unharmed or only lightly wounded. If you have any doubts, in a moment I will send twenty men and put on the armor of our own making, and use only wooden offerings, while you will send a hundred men and use your own armor and swords and guns. A hundred of you will fight around twenty to see if you can win. ”
Next, the two sides prepared for the confrontation according to the requirements of Zhao Chongyang.
The people brought by Zhao Chongyang picked out twenty members of the broadsword team, all of whom were neatly draped, and the weapons used were Qimei sticks. They formed a circle and waited for a hundred Yang family troops wearing armor to attack. Both sides agreed not to attack the head.
Sure enough, Yang Jiajun's swords and guns slashed at the other party's armor, and there was a sound of metal colliding bells. But there is almost no harm to the soldiers of the broadsword team, while the Yang family army, on the other hand, needs leather armor to protect the vital points, but the legs and feet are exposed. The move practiced by the broadsword team is to cut the head of the person and the foot of the horse down. When fighting on foot, it is to cut off people's legs. Qi Mei stick according to the knife moves, it is the stick sweep a large area, every time swept out, there are one or two dodge can not be swept to the ground by the stick, although not to death, it is indeed painful, ten minutes do not fall a hundred Yang Jiajun lay down fifty pairs.
The battle ended quickly, only a few people in the broadsword team were slightly injured in the collision, and everyone in the Yang family army had skin injuries on their legs.
After all the wounded were rescued, Zhao Chongyang said: "In the future, all the Yang family troops will be replaced with this kind of armor, and then replaced with knives and spears that sharpen iron like clay, the enemy's armor will be like a paper shell in front of you, and everyone will kill the enemy like slaughtering chickens and dogs." Since everyone has a treasure armor to protect themselves, it is not easy to die, and then your Yang family army will be invincible in the world. ”
After Zhao Chongyang lived in Taihang Dazhai for three days, one of the things finally figured out, that is, Yang Jiajun had only been on the mountain for a few months, why most of the houses in this Dazhai were old and not new. Could it be that the Yang family started to operate Daxingshan in a few years?
Originally, there was a group of strongmen here in the early years, a few years later, it actually developed to nearly 10,000 people, the owner of the village here is surnamed Wang, and has three sons, the eldest is called Golden Knife Wang Shan, the second is called Iron Rod, and the third is called Silver Spear Wang Fa. After the death of the owner of the village, the three brothers took over the cottage. More and more recruits and horses, expand power. Because, this is only a few dozen miles away from where the Yang family lives, and Wang Shan and their momentum here gradually grows. caused panic among the Yang family, so they sent someone to report to Yang Huaiyu. After listening to the report of his clansmen, King Yang Huai, who was in the Western Army, wanted to appease them and let them become the backing of the Yang family. So Xiang Zheke asked for leave, and in the name of returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors, he took Yang Zaimeng, Yang Yizhong, Meng Yunfei, Jiao Yunlong and others to prepare gifts and go up the mountain to worship the cottage.
Yang Huaiyu explained the intention, and the two sides agreed that the competition would determine the winner or loser, and the losing party would obey the winner's arrangement. A total of three games, the first game, compared strength, Yang Zaimeng against Wang Da. Wang Da walked to the edge of the school field, there was a long stone, it is said that there were eight or nine hundred catties, Wang Da walked over, lifted the stone up and stood up, picked up the stone with both hands and walked more than ten steps, kicked down and walked a few steps on his shoulder. Yang Zaimeng not only picked it up and walked more than ten steps, but also raised it with both hands and put it down. Raised three times in a row. This is more than strength, and it is clear that Yang will win again. The second competition, the golden knife Wang Shan against Yang Yizhong, began more than 50 combinations, the two did not distinguish between victory and defeat, after more than 50 combinations, Yang Yi Lieutenant General Yang family gun exquisite, Wang Shan gradually lost the opportunity, can only barely parry, more than 80 times after Wang Shan admits defeat. In this way, the victory or defeat of the two families was also decided, and the three Wang Shan brothers joined the ranks of the Yang family army as promised and continued to operate Taihang Mountain......
Before leaving, Zhao Chongyang gave Yang Jiajun 3,000 sets of armor and weapons, 1,000 flintlock pistols, and 2,000 boxes of crossbow boxes. In addition, each major general had a revolver and a telescope. In addition, 20 medium artillery pieces were placed in the mountain pass, which could directly hit the enemy attacking at the bottom of the mountain......
At seven o'clock in the morning of this day, Zhao Chongyang bid farewell to Yang Huaiyu and headed for Yan'an Mansion. After walking for more than half an hour, there was a shout behind him. Zhao Chongyang asked everyone to stop, and the four of them chased after him from behind. It turned out to be Luo Yanqing, Di Lei, Shi Zhongyu, and Yang Zaixing. A little farther behind, Yang Yizhong and Wang Da chased after them with nearly a thousand feet.
When the four young generals came closer, Zhao Chongyang opened his mouth and asked, "Brother Zaixing, do you want to go to Yangjiaping?" ”
Yang Zaixing said: "After you left, my father felt that your troops were a little small, and Brother Yang Zhi asked the two elder brothers, Yizhong and Wang Da, to bring a thousand men and horses to help. The four of us will also follow you through the experience. ”
It turned out that Yang Zhi had helped Zhao Chongyang train the army for more than a year, and had already learned Zhao Chongyang's practice method, and when Zhao Chongyang and the others left, he let Yang Zhi stay in the cottage to help his uncle train the army.
After Zhao Chongyang and the others left, Yang Huaiyu felt that although their 1,500 people were the elite of the elite, after all, the number was too small, and if they were surrounded by tens of thousands of enemy troops, it would still be difficult to break out of the encirclement. So he told Yang Zhi about his worries, and Yang Zhi said: "Uncle is extremely worried, now that the crisis of the Yang family's army is over, we can let Yizhong and Wang Da bring a thousand elite soldiers to help Zhao Gongzi and protect him to inspect the border passes." At the same time, Zaixing and Di Lei, the four young generals, can also follow to practice, accompanied by the world's first master, where to find such a good master, they will follow a trip back, and their martial arts will inevitably grow greatly. ”
Yang Huaiyu smiled: "You kid can calculate, okay." You immediately arrange this matter. ”