Recently, because Zhang Wenchang talked with those illiterate sergeants to learn about actual combat military affairs, he met Wang Gui, an old sergeant guarding the city at Yongning Gate in the east, who was over 50 years old, and the people around him called him Wang Laogong, who had joined the army at the age of 16 and experienced no less than 100 times in large and small wars.

As soon as Zhang Wen was free, he took Zhang Ying and Xuanyue to the east to talk to the old king. Zhang Wen heard that the cavalry of the Yi tribe in the north was powerful, so he asked Wang Laoquan how the cavalry of various tribes fought, Wang Laoquan could only say some of the things he saw, and the general who accompanied him was also very experienced, and described the characteristics of the tribe's combat from the tactical layout. Zhang Wen asked Zhang Ying, who was dressed as a scholar, to record them in detail one by one.

Wang Laoquan listened to the general talk about some tactics that he didn't understand very well, so he clicked his mouth and said unwillingly: "I think when I was young, I did a sentry horse, but I have encountered barbarian sentry horses, especially the Mongols, riding and shooting are really good, and they are cunning and deceitful, and they are generally deliberately defeated, and when you catch up, he will shoot a tailwind arrow." ”

Zhang asked, "What is a tailwind arrow?" ”

Wang Laoquan said: "It is to run on a horse, and turn around to shoot arrows while running, if the strength is the same, the person who escapes in front shoots arrows farther, which is an arrow downwind." ”

Zhang Wen took a pen and drew two drawings on the paper, thinking about why the person in front of him shot far away from the arrow. Wang Laoquan naturally didn't know the reason, he just relied on experience.

After talking for a while, the bell rang on the upper floor, and it was time for the guard to change the guard, so Zhang Wen got up and said goodbye. Walking to the city gate, Zhang Wen saw that there was a team of cavalry practicing archery outside the city gate, although it was raining lightly, but these sergeants were still training, Zhang Wen went out to watch with great interest.

After looking at it for a while, Zhang Wen turned back to the left and right and smiled: "Yes, I know why the arrow shot far away with the wind." Two people running on horseback should look at each other at a standstill, so it stands to reason that the arrow should have the same effect, but the arrow should also be affected by the wind. There is no wind on the ground, but when you run, there will be a reverse wind, and the faster you run compared to the ground, the greater the reverse wind. When a person running behind on a horse shoots an arrow forward, the speed of the arrow feather is not only the speed of the arrow itself, but also the speed of the horse, so the speed is faster than that of the ground, and the resistance of the reverse wind is greater, so the arrow feather of the pursuit is weak. ”

The people around listened to Zhang Wen's argument, and they couldn't turn around in their minds at all, and they only heard that the pursuing arrow feathers were weak, but everyone rushed to echo and said, "My lord, I have a high opinion." ”

Unexpectedly, at this time, a woman's voice snorted and said: "On the battlefield, it's not Kao Jinglun, what do you say these are for?" ”

Zhang Wen was a little unhappy when he heard this, and when he looked back, he saw that it was Qin Yulian who knocked herself to the ground and ate a mouthful of mud that day. Zhang Wen saw that she was still riding on a horse when she saw Shangguan, and she had no manners, so she couldn't help but scold her in her heart for being uneducated, so she held back her anger and retorted: "Martial arts! I am a soldier with armor, and the chariots, horses, infantry and artillery fight together, how can I only know that the people who shout and shout and kill can be mobilized and coordinated? People who don't read and don't understand reason, what kind of layout do they talk about? Liaodong before and after the governor of Jingluo, Lord Xiong, Lord Yuan, who is not from Kejia Jinshi? ”

Qin Yulian saw that Zhang Wen retorted angrily, and instead of being angry, she smiled and said: "The adult has missed a person, Li Chengliang is not a jinshi." ”

Zhang asked: "......" He thought about it, and then argued strongly: "Li Chengliang is not illiterate and unreasonable, but he is not a jinshi." ”

Zhang Wen didn't want to talk to this Qin Yulian anymore, he only felt that although this person was a woman, his mind was full of martial arts opinions, which was very troublesome, so he ignored her, turned around and entered the city with everyone.

Qin Yulian saw that she ran away before she had time to refute Zhang Wen, and suddenly felt like a punch hit the cotton, and she ran away when she asked Zhang Wen in her heart, which was too unmanly.

At this time, the rain in the sky stopped, and I heard the old man sigh and say, "I'm afraid there will be fog tonight." ”

Zhang Wen turned around and said curiously: "The old man still knows the weather?" ”

Wang Laoquan said with a smile: "There is no reason to say anything about the humble position, but I am a lot older, I have seen a lot, and it is often like this, it has not rained for a long time, and suddenly there are showers, and there will be fog after it." ”

Zhang Wen nodded, experience is indeed very useful sometimes, and asked: "Foggy weather, does it have an impact on firearms?" ”

"Yo, that's a big deal. Everyone is called a lowly old gun, and there are a lot of firearms used in the lowly position, not to mention the commonly used bird guns, three-eyed guns, five-even guns, and Xuanyuan guns, even the very old bowl-mouth guns have also been used...... Oh, the adults said that the fog is heavy, and you have to bake the gunpowder with fire, otherwise it will be too wet to burn, and you can't see people, so you can only fight indiscriminately, and firearms are not good to use in fog. ”

Zhang Wen sighed, silently remembered in his heart, and when he talked about firearms, he wanted to ask about other experiences in firearms, such as exploding and maintenance. At this time, when he reached a fork in the road, Wang Laoquan said goodbye, and Zhang Wen learned that he was going to help the father and daughter of Wang Qiaofu's family, so he went together, and told him more carefully: "This official will also help me a little, and when the time comes, you won't say my identity, so as to save trouble." ”

Wang Laoquan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly praised Zhang Wen's kindness. In fact, Zhang Wen just wanted to take the opportunity to learn more information, and he didn't want to be too eager, so he thought that it was okay to do good deeds by the way.

At this time, Zhang Wen heard Qin Yulian's voice again: "Dare to love Lord Zhang, you are quite concerned about the suffering of the people, you must be good as a parent official, but why do you want to get involved in military affairs?" ”

Zhang asked and felt unhappy again, why can't this woman speak better? He turned back and said, "What are you doing with me?" ”

Qin Yulian pulled the reins and said, "The road is facing the sky, each one goes to one side." ”

Because Qin Yulian is the president of Qian, the sergeants around Zhang Wen are not as big as her, so they can only listen. But Zhang Ying couldn't help it, and said coldly: "General Qin, don't you understand what is superiority and humility? ”

Qin Yulian noticed Zhang Ying at this time, looked at it, and said with a smile: "I said sister, you know that you are inferior and inferior, but if you pretend to be a scholar, you have to pay attention to the identity of the scholar, right?" ”

Zhang Ying's face turned red, and she said angrily: "Your Excellency is the imperial history of the imperial court, and you are a fourth-rank official, do you dare to ride a horse in front of your adult, and you are not afraid of military law?" ”

Qin Yulian said: "Lord Zhang doesn't sit in a sedan chair, but he wants to walk, what will be the way in the end?" ”

Zhang Wen wants to talk to Wang Laoquan, if you take a sedan chair, you can't let a low-level sergeant be in the same sedan chair, right? Corporal Lixian is okay, but you still need to pay attention to your identity.

At this time, Zhang Wen said impatiently: "Come on, the official is too lazy to bother with you, the road is facing the sky, go to one side, you go yours, I go mine, don't twitter next to you, it's annoying to listen." ”

"What did I say to my lords again?" Qin Yulian refuted again, as if she thought it was very interesting to quarrel with Zhang Wen, Zhang Wen no longer ignored her, but turned his head to talk to that Wang Laogong, taking the opportunity to understand the use of firearms. Zhang Wen doesn't have to know how to use firearms himself, but he needs to know how they are used.

Qin Yulian saw Zhang Wen and ignored her, the unpleasant feeling of punching the cotton appeared again, thinking that if she didn't talk to you, she wouldn't tell you, there was something great, and then she pretended not to care and talked to the other soldiers.

The group turned a few small streets, and came to the street of a dilapidated house in Nancheng, and there were a bunch of ragged people standing at the corner of the street. "The family cares for the home, collects the accounts, does the miscellaneous water, and can do anything." "Carrying a sedan chair and waiting for the horse material ......"

Zhang Ying and Xuan Yue saw that there were not only Han Chinese, but also people dressed in Mongolian costumes, and they were very nervous to protect Zhang Wen. When everyone passed through the street, Zhang Wencai sighed: "Why are there still Mongolians and people mixed together?" After walking for a while, he came to the gate of a broken courtyard, and Wang Laoquan pointed to the door and said, "Wang Qiaofu's house is here...... Hey, why is the courtyard gate hidden? ”

Wang Laoquan hurriedly ran into the yard, Zhang Wen also followed, and just entered the yard, only to see that there were miscellaneous items scattered inside. Zhang Wen saw Wang Laoquan running straight in, and hurriedly shouted: "Old man, be careful, it's not right......" As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden swish, and Wang Laoquan screamed "ah", and an arrow had been inserted in his shoulder.

"Be careful!" Zhang Ying was the first to block in front of Zhang Wen, brushed the chief sergeant and pulled out his waist knife, and pressed against the door of the house. Zhang Ying grabbed Zhang Wen's hand and said, "Xianggong is about to leave the hospital." ”

At this time, there were a few screams inside, and three or five Mongolians jumped out, drew their bows and shot, and suddenly one of the sergeants fell to the ground with an arrow. The general was furious and shouted: "Kill! A few sergeants rushed forward with their knives and clanged. Zhang Wen hurriedly withdrew from the courtyard gate, gave the general letter to the sergeant, and told him to go to the city gate to call for reinforcements.

Before the reinforcements arrived, the sergeant in the courtyard had already walked out, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Excellency, I killed three Mongolian thieves and captured two." The brothers are searching for other places. ”

The courtyard was very small, and since several Mongols had been taken, Zhang Wen didn't feel any more danger, so he led people in, and saw that Wang Laogong, who was injured by an arrow, was squatting in the corner of the wall and groaning, so he called someone to go over for treatment. I only heard a cry in the house, Zhang Wensui and everyone looked for the sound, pushed open the leaky hole, and walked to the house to check.

I saw a thin and yellow-faced little girl crying on the bed, her cheeks covered with blood. The bed was dripping with blood, and there was a corpse lying there, which was none other than the Wang woodcutter. Zhang Wen saw that the little girl was not wearing pants, her clothes were torn to tatters, but there were blood stains between her bare legs, and it was estimated that she had been raped by those Mongols before.

The soldiers present were used to seeing this kind of thing, and their faces were still as usual, only Zhang Ying and Qin Yulian were both women who could feel the despair of this situation, Qin Yulian was even more angry and scolded on the spot, and wanted to take off her cloak to put it on the girl, but Zhang Wen was one step ahead of her, took off the coat draped on him and put it on the little girl.

Zhang Wen suddenly felt that it was a human tragedy, he didn't know what to say, and exited the room again, Zhang Ying and others next to him donated money one after another, Qin Yulian was stunned for a while, followed by some gold and silver property, and then immediately followed Zhang Wen out. Looking at Zhang Wen's tall and straight back, she thought to herself that although Zhang Wen was a big official, he was different from others, he had a compassionate heart and did not look down on these ordinary people, but the words of praise turned around in her mouth, and what she said as soon as she opened her mouth was: "Zhumen's wine and meat stink, there are frozen bones on the road, and the adult's coat must be worth hundreds of taels of silver, right?" ”

As soon as she said this, she hated to slap her mouth, why did she habitually raise the bar at this time.

Zhang Wen or had long been accustomed to her "following offenses", ignored her, and walked to the wall, where Wang Laoquan was asking people to bandage his wounds.

Qin Yulian regretted it a little, and couldn't pull her head and say that she was wrong, so she could only follow behind Zhang Wen step by step, looking like she wanted to say something but couldn't say it.

Zhang Wen took out a gold ingot from his waist pocket, stuffed the gold into Wang Laogong's hand, and said: "Wang woodcutter was killed, get him a coffin to bury, and the rest of the money will help take care of his little daughter." Wang Laoquan looked at the big ingot of gold in his hand, and hurriedly thanked Zhang and asked.

After a while, suddenly there was a banging sound outside, everyone was taken aback, Zhang Wen calmly said: "Only the army of the Ming Dynasty often uses firearms, don't panic, it must be reinforcements coming." ”

Zhang Wen was a little puzzled why the reinforced sergeants put their guns outside. At this time, a group of sergeants walked into the courtyard, and a general in armor bowed to Zhang Wen: "Your Excellency, General Du has led his troops and horses to surround Nancheng, and he will escort the adults out of danger." ”

"General Du, Juniper? How did he get here? Zhang Wen said in surprise.

The general said: "General Du inspected the city defense, and heard that the Mongolian people were harming the people, and the people were suffering, so he led the troops to quell the chaos and severely punish the murderers. ”

At this time, Zhang Wen suddenly understood that Juniper wanted to take advantage of this matter to clean up the hidden dangers of Mongolia from Shenyang. But with such a movement, how could Governor Yuan Yingtai not know, I am afraid that there will be another dispute. Zhang Wen hurriedly left the courtyard with the army and hurried to see Juniper.

The streets and alleys were full of armored sergeants, long soldiers with firearms, trampling on the ground with a loud bang, and the metal sound of armor and swords colliding sounded very heavy.

When Zhang Wen and others arrived in front of Juniper's Chinese army, the streets and alleys of Nancheng had been under martial law, and the Mongols were tied with ropes to form a string, and they were being escorted out of the streets and alleys in a steady stream. After a while, some of the sergeants carried the slain woodcutter to the middle of the street, and Juniper made an impassioned speech to the people, and then asked his men to turn on the captured Mongols and prepare to slaughter them in public.

Yuan Yingtai sent people to stop him, but Juniper ignored it and killed hundreds of Mongols with one shot. When Yuan Yingtai arrived, he immediately roared angrily: "Disobey the military order, behead according to the law, come here, take down Juniper for me!" ”

Where is Juniper willing to be restrained? The two sides confronted each other.

Zhang Wen also realized the seriousness, and in a hurry, he asked for Shang Fang's sword and shouted loudly: "The Shang Fang sword given by the emperor is here, whoever dares to mess around, cut it first and then play." ”

Everyone's attention was immediately attracted, Zhang Wen used Shang Fang's sword to stop both sides, and then said to Juniper: "General Du, don't be rash and miss the important affairs of the court." ”

Juniper took a breath and said, "The Mongols are harming the people in the city, it is obvious to all, what is the intention of the military gate to protect these Mongolian barbarians?" Lao Tzu is not convinced! ”