There is no first in the text, and there is no second in the martial arts!

I have always felt that my ability to lead troops to fight is strong, powerful! But how strong and powerful is it?

Han Zhihuo is sick, which is the benchmark for all generals! Especially the situation at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty was similar to that when Huo Qubing chased the death and chased the north, dealing with the enemies on the grassland.

If Zhang Yifan didn't mention Huo Quai, then these people present might not subconsciously think about comparing with Huo Quai, who is famous in history. But now that Zhang Yifan has brought it up, Huo Qu's illness is a big mountain, pressing on their hearts.

Whether the war is strong or not, whether the killing is fierce or not, you can know if you compare Huo Qu's illness!

In such a comparison, this big victory in front of me is really nothing!

As the big colt said, this is just to lock the enemy in his own house and fight, even if he wins, the family will be affected. But people Huo Qu is sick, that is to fight at other people's homes, and he can still win, so that the enemy has no power to parry, and he lies on the ground with one move.

In such a comparison, the gap is very large, very obvious, who can be proud?

Zhang Yifan looked at Zhu Di, as well as Lan Yu and the others, who were hit by himself, and said in a deep voice: "In this battle, the people of Yongping Mansion have many dead and wounded. Who will avenge this revenge? The main force of the Guannai has been completely wiped out, and I have already asked the captives, their camp is in the area of the Gray Mountain outside the Guan, who will take revenge?"

If there is revenge, it will be avenged, not a gentleman! If you don't retaliate and come back, when you enter the customs and loot again, you won't have any worries at all!

No matter who invades the Ming Dynasty, you must fight it back, so that all the enemies of the Ming Dynasty know that if you dare to enter the customs and loot next time, you will be ready to be retaliated!

As soon as he heard Zhang Yifan's question, these founding generals of the Ming Dynasty were not bad breeds, and they responded immediately.

"Me!"

"The last will go!"

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Lan Yu's voice was the loudest, and he shouted loudly: "No one should fight with me, Yongping Mansion is guarded by me, I am responsible for this matter, I will go!"

Zhu Di actually wanted to go too, but after hearing Lan Yu's words, he finally decided, "Okay, just you go, and the cavalry will take it!"

There are more than 15,000 cavalry troops gathered on the side of Yongping Mansion, and even if they are injured or overworked, 10,000 cavalry must be able to make up for it.

After Zhang Yifan heard Zhu Di's words, he immediately looked at Lan Yu and said, "When you go to the grassland, remember not to fall in love with the war, it doesn't matter how many times you can bring back to the customs, the important thing is to bring back all the soldiers who go out of the customs!"

"You don't need to say it!" Lan Yu listened and replied coldly.

In terms of governance, he served Zhang Yifan. But he didn't allow Zhang Yifan to point fingers at the military he was good at, this was his bottom line!

Zhu Di listened, and he didn't know if it was intentional, he looked at Lan Yu and said, "Hurry up and go to rest, and I'll leave tomorrow." Don't forget, check the military situation and bring a good guide!"

"Yes!" Zhu Di is the commander, the upper and lower levels of the army are clearly distinguished from each other, the military law is ruthless, and there is no room for confrontation, Lan Yu can only respond.

Afterwards, Lan Yu immediately received the military order and went to select the cavalry to go on the expedition.

Zhang Yifan looked at his back and suddenly found that it was snowing again.

Looking up, I couldn't tell why, and I couldn't say how long the snow would last.

The next morning, Zhang Yifan got up and saw that there was already a thick layer of snow on the ground, which should be able to cover the instep of people's feet. Crucially, the snow is still falling and shows no signs of stopping.

Looking at this, he was also speechless, God is not beautiful, it seems that he can't go on the expedition.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the horn sounded.

Zhang Yifan was a little surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly went out to see the situation.

Outside Yongping City, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Ming Army were holding the reins of their horses and standing there neatly. At the head of the city, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was talking loudly.

Snowflakes are drifting, the cold wind is howling, and the noses of people and horses are spewing white air. The cavalry soldiers, whether they heard Zhu Di's words or not, straightened their waists and listened quietly.

Zhang Yifan

When I arrived at the head of the city, I saw this scene.

Look at it like this, although it is snowing heavily, the cavalry still has to go on the expedition!

Just when he came, Zhu Di had already finished speaking, so he hurriedly asked, "With such a heavy snowfall, it's not easy to get out, right?"

Lan Yu, who happened to receive the military order and was about to go down to the city, listened, but only showed a trace of contempt, but did not answer, and went down directly.

However, Zhu Di replied to Zhang Yifan: "We have discussed, with this snow as a cover, it is impossible to think that we will send troops out of the customs. In two days at most, you can get to Ash Mountain. Rest for the day, spend the night in Ash Mountain, and be back on the third day, and be fine."

Speaking of this, he pointed to a place under the city and said, "Those are the *** among the captives who have surrendered to us, and with them leading the way, they may be able to arrive in a day. If they don't cooperate, when the army arrives, they will kill their families."

Zhang Yifan listened, looked in the direction of Zhu Di's finger, but saw that there were about 500 people, holding old horses in their hands, no blades, no luggage. And around them, those Ming soldiers were riding in one person and two horses.

Zhu Yuanzhang's policy was to recruit the Mongols to be used by the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Yifan is familiar with the Lingdaotong of Panyu County, who is a Mongolian. Of course, there are also those who defect after surrendering, such as Meng Yuan Duo'er who was captured this time.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yifan suddenly saw that there was a corpse in front of Zhu Di, near the battlement, whose head had been separated, and was hanging outside the battlement. The cold wind blew, swinging over there.

Turning around, Zhang Yifan saw the face, isn't that the general not flowering!

But he remembered that this Duo'er Buhua was captured alive, and he was originally planned to be sent to Nanjing as a prisoner, so why did he kill it?

Looking at the first level, and then at the *** who surrendered below, Zhang Yifan suddenly understood. Zhu Di killed that flower without flowers, just for those *** who surrendered below.

He has no opinion on this matter. All he cared about was whether these soldiers would come back safely.

At this moment, Lan Yu, surrounded by his personal guards, had already returned on horseback, and the army immediately set off.

Under the howling cold wind, the military flag hunted and hunted, guiding the soldiers of the Ming cavalry all the way north.

Looking at the more than 10,000 cavalry troops, slowly disappearing into the wind and snow, Zhang Yifan couldn't help militarily, but in other places, he could care about it.

So, he asked Zhu Di, "What do the soldiers eat?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di was a little puzzled, and immediately replied, "Of course it's millet and rice, what else can it be?"

After saying that, he remembered something, and immediately replied, "Do you mean fish floss? They didn't, I just purchased it for the water master in the first place. There are none of these soldiers."

Speaking of this, he praised again: "Fish floss is indeed a good thing, when burying the pot to cook, with a little fish floss, it is very popular with the soldiers in the army!"

Zhang Yifan usually doesn't care about things in the army. Of course, this is also because he has not dealt with the army much before. Xiangshan County's Thousand Households is not counted, it is not a field army, it is just a local army.

At this time, he listened to Zhu Di speak, and asked for details.

The snow was falling, the cold wind was biting, Zhang Yifan didn't want to come out when he stayed in the house, but the soldiers of the imperial court had to brave the heavy snow and the cold to fight for the country. In particular, Zhang Yifan himself is still wearing brocade and mink clothes, and he is much better than those soldiers who go out to fight.

Those soldiers don't have much luggage on their horses, this ice and snow, if you want to delay on the road for a night, Zhang Yifan can't imagine, how to stay up at night?

Killing the enemy in battle is not a strong point, but in the economic field, Zhang Yifan thinks that he is second, and no one can be the first.

Therefore, he thought that he would do something to help these soldiers who defended their families and the country!

After questioning Zhu Di in detail, Zhang Yifan also learned that when soldiers marched to fight, they generally boiled millet or rice together with the wild vegetables they dug up, and boiled them into a very thick vegetable porridge to drink. The army with better conditions may also put some minced meat, similar to the preserved egg and lean porridge in later generations, this is the army guy

Eaten.

However, even if it is a good meal, that is, a thick porridge with minced meat, it is only available to the elite, not every meal.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yifan said to Zhu Di: "The food in the army is too poor, you give me some people when you go back, I will go to Tianjin to see how to set up a fish floss factory, if there is a meat floss factory, then it is the best, to supply the needs of the army, and how much to improve the food for the Beijing division in the army." Pickles or something, you can also do it! There are also portable dry foods such as fried noodles, which can also be made ......."

According to historical records, fried noodles have been recorded in the early Qing Dynasty, but there are no earlier records. During the Tang and Song dynasties, there were records of flatbread as military rations.

At this time, Zhang Yifan actually regretted it a little, maybe he should have paid attention to the situation in the army earlier.

When Zhu Di heard his words, he smiled happily, and immediately said happily, "I knew that it would be right to bring you together!" Go back and say, whatever you need, I'll discuss it with my father-in-law, and I'll have it all for you!"

When he said this, he finally remembered something, so he hurriedly asked again: "By the way, when we were in Beiping before, we were eating hot pot, and then what are you going to say, but you were interrupted by the military newspaper?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yifan also remembered, and immediately replied: "The assault musket used in the army has a short range, poor accuracy, and slow reloading, which is too rubbish, and I will come up with a new type of musket for you when I go back."

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army was equipped with a lot of firearms, but they were all assault muskets, that is, the most primitive muskets.

Although, in the eyes of later generations, this assault rifle is indeed rubbish.

But as long as it is a person, as long as it is a little training, you can use this assault gun, and if you shoot at close range, the power is much greater than that of cold weapons, and you will either die or be injured, and you can't fight again at all, unlike cold weapons, as long as you wear armor and have arrows on your body, you can continue to cut people alive.

Based on such advantages, the Ming army was already equipped with a lot of firearms at this time.

But no matter what, what Zhang Yifan said is indeed the shortcomings of the assault rifle of this era. Therefore, the warfare of this era is still dominated by cold weapon warfare.

At this time, when Zhu Di heard his words, he immediately showed an expression of disbelief, but then, he was even more overjoyed, even happier than when he married his daughter-in-law, grabbed Zhang Yifan's two arms, and confirmed ecstatically: "Really, you really have to come up with a better musket?"

Compared with others, Zhu Di attaches more importance to firearms. In later generations, after he became the Emperor of Yongle, among the three major battalions in Beijing, there was a Shenji battalion, and all of them were firearms. This is the earliest army in the history of mankind to be organized and equipped with firearms!

When Zhang Yifan saw it, he hurriedly struggled, trying to shake off Zhu Di's two hands. It's a cold day, and I'm wearing thick clothes, otherwise I would have been scratched by this sixth child!

When you are excited, come here, is it amazing?

However, it is truly remarkable.

Zhang Yifan struggled, and he couldn't break free from the excited Zhu Di's two claws at all.

So, he had no choice but to say with a cold face, "If you catch it again, I won't say anything!"

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Di hurriedly let go, and said with a smile: "Get used to it, get used to it!"

"Get rid of this stinky problem!" Zhang Yifan was unforgiving, and immediately demanded, "Next time, if you dare to show your strength on me, don't think about getting any benefits from me!"

When Zhu Di heard this, his face suddenly changed and said, "Then I can't help it, I didn't mean it, okay?"

After finishing speaking, he saw Zhang Yifan's cold face, so he didn't wait for Zhang Yifan to speak, and hurriedly added, "Okay, I promise, I promise not to catch you again!"

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he said to Zhu Di with a soothing face: "If you want to make a good musket, you must have a sufficient foundation in the technology of steel smelting. Now I can't promise you anything, but when I get back, I'll go to the ironworks and have a look."

In this era, it is actually possible to smelt steel, but there is also a problem of output and cost, that is, the problem of smelting methods. When Zhang Yifan decided to fire cement first, he actually had to be refined

The plan that steel made it.

I just didn't expect that the steelmaking thing was not on the Nanjing side, but on the Beiping side. Therefore, he has to take another look at the situation here. The initial plan was to start the flintlock pistol, which was not technically difficult. The only requirement is that the gunfire parts must be of good steel.

When Zhu Di heard this, he was naturally happy, and he would give Zhang Yifan whatever he wanted.

At the same time, the results of the statistics in various places have also been reported one after another. This battle is indeed a great victory!

Not to mention the annihilation of the Mongolian army that entered the pass, the Ming army's side, that is, Yongping Mansion here, suffered the most casualties, followed by the car battalion and cavalry army blocking Qingshui Mingyue Pass, as for the other armies, the casualties can be ignored.

Of these casualties, not many were actually killed in battle, most of them were wounded. And this battle took place in the cold winter of Layue, and the possibility that the wound would become inflamed is very small, that is, the wounded soldiers, except for those who are seriously injured, will basically not die.

Now, it's up to us to see how the final wrap goes.