Chapter 191 Guodong

The Yi soldiers of the extravagant Chongming are all mountain people, but they do not have the ability to climb the wall of the white-pole soldiers of the Shi Yan Xuanfu Division. Under Ma Qiancheng and Qin Liangyu's wife, there were less than 5,000 people in this kind of strength - the price of practicing stunts was too high: more than fifty percent of the teenagers would be eliminated within the first six months of starting training, and most of them would either die or be disabled. About half of the rest will fail in the next year or two - this is a skill that cannot afford to make the slightest mistake! Therefore, even at its peak, the total number of troops was always the same size.

However, the Yi soldiers of the Yongning Xuanfu Division also had their own huge advantages. Unlike the Ming army, they relied much less on auxiliaries and logistics. First of all, except for a few high-ranking generals, almost all of them do not have iron armor, and the elite soldiers are tied with a rattan card on their arms, and those who can wear a rattan armor vest on their bodies must be small leaders. Secondly, they are far more resistant to hunger, thirst and cold and heat than the Ming army, and everyone has learned to distinguish which wild fruits and vegetables can be eaten all over the mountains since they were young, and they are thirsty and look around for a while, tear an old vine that looks like it has been dead for a long time, and cut it down, and the clear juice gushes out. As for the tent bedding, it is even more unnecessary, and you can sleep as soon as you lie down when it gets dark. Even if it is an auxiliary soldier, when it comes to fighting, he will carry a firewood knife and rush forward with a scream, and both young and old can be used as soldiers. Therefore, although the ratio of combat auxiliaries in this army is less than one to one, the speed of action is far higher than that of the Ming army, even if Sun Jie's troops are at the peak of the ratio of combat auxiliaries as high as one to five, marching on the official road, the distance within two hundred miles can barely make a draw, and if it exceeds this distance, it will be pulled farther and farther away - if it is a mountain road, then there is no need to compare at all.

In addition to mounds of earth, these days luxury Chongming has also built a lot of ladders, crashes, chariots and other attack tools, since the military order is ordered to attack, then they will all be used. In fact, the king of luxury knows in his heart, and the strong attack a few days ago is still pretentious, tired of the defenders - he has also prepared two kinds of big killing weapons that are being secretly manufactured, and he will wait until the defenders are exhausted to invest and break the city in one fell swoop!

Observing that the Yi soldiers began to show signs of coaxing the whole team, Sun Jie pulled all the Changjie battalions to the wall, went to find Zhu Xieyuan himself, and asked for 500 infantry bows in one mouth. This made Master Zhu feel a little surprised: Chengdu is the provincial capital and the domain of the King of Shu, and of course there is a foot bow in the arsenal. However, in the army of the Ming Dynasty, the battalion is the basic combat unit, generally speaking, the archers will be about 20%, the spearmen will account for 20%, and the rest will be sword and shield soldiers. It is true that the Changjie battalion is a large battalion of more than 600 people and nearly 700 people, and more than 100 archers are accounted for - can other people also shoot arrows? Facing Zhu Xieyuan's question, Sun Jie smiled again: "So that the old man can know that there are no archers in the last general's personal barracks, except for one hundred and sixty spearmen, the rest are sword and shield soldiers." However, all of the general's sword and shield soldiers can shoot arrows. The last general also had some bows and arrows, because he wanted to come to help as soon as possible, there should be a lot of them in the arsenal of Chengdu, so they were all placed in the baggage team of the large battalion, and only taught 500 auxiliary soldiers to carry armor, swords, guns and shields into the city with the battalion. ”

"Huh? Can your sword and shield soldiers shoot arrows? Zhu Xieyuan was a little surprised.

Sun Jie's expression was solemn: "Back to the old man, the "Soldiers" promulgated in the sixth year of Hongwu stipulates that 'the cavalry must be good at shooting guns and knives, and the infantry must be good at bows and crossbows'. 'The bow and arrows of the school will be one hundred and sixty paces away, and the sergeant one hundred and twenty paces; Within 50 steps, 12 arrows and 6 hits are the standard. The great law of the country, the last general will not dare to slack off a little. Therefore, the last generals and all the camps can be like this. The last general's pro-military camp should be better. ”

Zhu Xieyuan's eyes widened: "You really train according to this standard?" As far as the old man knows, even ordinary archers may not be able to do this! Then he sighed with his forehead: "The name is worthy, the name is worthy!" Alas, if every military town in my Ming Dynasty is like Sun Shuai, no, as long as half of them can reach Sun Shuai's six or seven, why can't the thieves be annihilated! ”

Sun Jie was a little embarrassed, and replied with a red face, "The last general is ashamed", and deliberately diverted the topic: "Boss, most of the thieves are unarmoured, and a few collars of rattan armor can't block bows and arrows. The last general thought that the sword and shield soldiers would send arrows to attack far away, and the remaining spearmen could defend at close range. It's good to work with the bosses to organize the throwing stones and the people, and cooperate with the defenders of the Chengdu Central Guard. ”

Zhu Xieyuan groaned slightly, and looked at the confident and heroic young general in front of him fixedly: "Sun Jie, the old man wants to teach you to be fully responsible for the defense of Chengdu, do you dare to answer the old man?" ”

Sun Jie was stunned, this entrustment is too extraordinary!

According to the usual practice, the defense of the city should be under the unified responsibility of the local military department, and Sun Jie, who came to help, could only be regarded as a guest army, and should accept the command of the Chengdu defender, and should not take the lead - of course, this refers to the specific battle of the enemy, and the strategic decision-making power of the whole battle is in the hands of Zhu Xieyuan, the acting governor and civil official. In terms of official rank, Sun Jie is the chief soldier of the second grade, and the commander of the Sichuan Command Department is also the second grade, the so-called strong dragon is difficult to suppress the head snake, and theoretically the Sichuan Division should be the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. However, everyone knows that the Sichuan Metropolitan Mansion has long become an ornament, and Zhang Hu occupied Baoning for so long before he commanded Lu Hai to be helpless, so the real city defense was commanded by Chengdu Zhongwei to make it difficult for Lao Shunmian. But no matter how you say it, the name is still hung in the Sichuan Metropolitan Mansion. Therefore, now Zhu Xieyuan is sitting at the head of the city, Sun Jie and Lao Shun are in charge of their own affairs, and the cooperation and coordination between the two sides cannot be talked about at all...... The battlefield is changing rapidly, and such a command system must be full of drawbacks, but it is easy to change it, so if you take the command power over like this, the trouble in the future may not be small!

The first is to consider the feelings of the Sichuan Metropolitan Government. No waste wood will admit that he is a waste, Lao Shun is a person from the Sichuan Division, as long as he holds the city, the first merit will be firmly in the capital of the mansion, and he is not afraid of dispatching what his own masters are brilliant...... It's one thing for a young foreign military general to be the commander-in-chief, doesn't it seem that there is no one in Chuanji?

Secondly, we must consider the feelings of the officials of the Jingshi. It is a "ceremony" and a "system" that does not take away the master, so they don't care if Chuan Si is a waste or not, anyway, it is you who wins the battle, and it is not yourself who loses and dies! In the eyes of these people, "etiquette" and "system" are the most important, otherwise it is "unrighteousness", not a gentleman's doing. If you lose etiquette and righteousness, the order of the universe will collapse, so if Sun Jie should come down, if he loses, of course, he will never recover, even if he wins, there is a high probability that he will not be able to escape from the hats of "domineering", "greed", and "formless"!

This kind of thing is not uncommon in Daming, and it is worse and worse every time you fall on your head, but no one will learn a lesson. Therefore, when you take care of everyone's feelings, Da Ming, as a victim of the game, can only "feel" while mourning and "accepting"!

Similarly, this request is difficult for Sun Jie to refuse. On the one hand, through his observations these days, he has seen two facts:

1. No. The Dusi Mansion is not good at all - the commander of the capital makes Lu Hai sick, and he has not shown up from beginning to end, and neither can the Chengdu Zhongwei, and Lao Shun's big-bellied belly always has to take a few breaths on the road before he can go to the wall, and this is his first time fighting!

2. Soldiers can't do it. The two thousand defenders also had never fought, and just by looking at their appearances, they knew that they had not undergone much training, and Sun Jie even doubted that many people would pee their pants when they were really in close combat.

If a few thieves climb the wall, as long as there are those who flee from the defenders, everyone else will scatter with them, and most of the city will be lost!

On the other hand, Zhu Xieyuan called his name directly!

According to the custom of this era, there are only two situations to call each other by name: either they are enemies who share the same sky, or the other party regards themselves as relatives and nephews.

The young chief officer thought for a moment, raised his head and met Zhu Xieyuan's blazing gaze: "Boss, the last general will obey the order." ”

"Hahahaha! Good! The old man didn't read the wrong person! Don't worry, this matter is borne by the old man, you just have to break the thief. By the way, do you have an alias? Zhu Xieyuan was obviously very happy.

"Back to my lord. The last general is a martial artist, but his name is Sun Jie, and he has no words yet. ”

"That's not going to work! How can a dignified and second-class commander always be called by his name? Disrespect to the second-class officials of the imperial court is disrespectful to the imperial court! Zhu Xieyuan and Sun Jie chatted on the wall as they walked.

Sun Jie immediately heard the meaning of Zhu Xieyuan's words, and immediately stopped and bowed down with his fists in fear: "The last general dares to ask the old man to give words!" ”

"Hmm. Sun Jie, Haojie, Junjie, Outstanding ...... The best of the people should be the pillars of the country. From now on, you will be called Guodong. ”

Sun Jie knelt down on one knee and thanked sincerely: "Thank you, Master for giving me words." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Xieyuan deliberately made a face of dissatisfaction.

Sun Jie knew that Lord Zhu was disgusted with his title, so he blushed and muttered in a low voice, "My lord." ”

"Hmm. That's pretty much it. Zhu Xieyuan smiled.

The so-called "name" is actually two words: one is "name" and the other is "word". Choosing a name for you is a matter for the division commander. Obviously, Zhu Xieyuan has a good eye for this young general, and from now on, Sun Jie will firmly catch the line of Lord Zhu and establish a relationship like a nephew and disciple - the invisible huge network of relationships behind Master Zhu composed of a teacher, the same year, fellow villagers, friends, protégés, etc., will also provide all-round invisible protection for Sun Jie and his subordinates!

The center of the Ming court has always been a game between two forces: one side is the inner court headed by the Holy Son of Heaven, which is the imperial power, represented by Li Shizhong and other internal supervisors*; The other side is the outer court represented by the six ministries and nine qing, which is the cardinal power; The cabinet was supposed to replace the prime minister who was abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang as a buffer body for the two powers, but because the scholars themselves were just a secretary team with no real power (the official rank of the scholars was only five grades, far lower than the grade of their own positions), most of them were either wise and self-conscious to be noncommittal mud bodhisattvas, or they would unconsciously favor the powerful side. Those who are really determined and courageous and willing to do things will inevitably offend people on both sides, even if they are proud for a while, sooner or later they will be shattered in the huge power shock - Zhang Juzheng is the best example. Previously, the Sun family of the Jiangmen family could only rely on the trust of the Son of Heaven, and now, it has laid a foundation in the outer court!

Da Ming Wen regards the military as a slave and maid, and it is an unprecedented thing to take the initiative to accept the military generals as his subordinates - the collusion between civil and military is a taboo in the imperial court, in case of any trouble, the military generals can push 625 and say that they are illiterate and don't understand anything, the court does not account much, and the civil officials will definitely be unlucky! Therefore, this move can definitely be regarded as Lord Zhu's special love for Sun Jie. Of course, this kind of thing can't be said explicitly, and everyone just knows it.

All in all, today's events are very significant.

To Sun Jie's surprise, Lao Shun not only did not show any dissatisfaction when he heard Zhu Xieyuan teach him to listen to his own moderation, but showed a relieved expression, and hugged his fist at Sun Jie: "Marshal, the last general will all listen to the orders of the military lord." Seeing that Sun Jie was a little embarrassed, he took advantage of Zhu Xieyuan to walk a little farther, and whispered in his ear: "Sun Junmen, the last general will tell you the truth, it's really good for you to command!" Do you look like someone who can fight? I know very well a few catties and taels - collect a few acres of land rent in exchange for some money, eat some wine and play money on weekdays, and find a few mothers-in-law! can defend the city, the credit is from above, can't hold it, a certain first head dropped! Whether or not this braincase can be saved depends on the military master! ”

Sun Jie smiled: "General Lao, don't worry, your braincase can definitely be saved, and your military merits are no less than those of the Dusi Mansion and Chengdu Wei!" ”

As he spoke, the extravagant subordinates rushed over with a shout.

At this time, the officers of the Changjie battalion had already taken over the command of all sections on the wall of Chengdu, and they were all shouting and issuing various orders. Sun Jie was very confident in them, and carefully looked at the enemy troops outside the wall for a while, knowing that in the face of this kind of attack, his subordinates were enough to deal with it, and he had nothing to do with himself, so he led Zhu Xieyuan to take Lao Shun to the city tower to watch the battle.

When the Yi soldiers rushed to sixty or seventy paces from the wall, under the orders of officers at all levels, the first wave of arrows rained down on the city.

*Do you know why there are no good people among the eunuchs in Wenchen's pen? The game with the imperial power can neither be said explicitly, nor can it be said that the saint is a bastard, so who is this pot?