"Look for death!"

When the officers and soldiers saw that it was only a man in a long robe who came in, they immediately pulled out the big knife at their waists in anger and slashed at the man.

The man was relieved to see that Qiao'er on the bed had her coat torn off, but she was not humiliated.

Seeing the officers and soldiers raising their knives, he kicked out in a hurry, kicked out with his toes, and kicked the officers and soldiers in the lower abdomen, and then he took advantage of the officers and soldiers to bend over, easily turned over, and kicked the two officers and soldiers behind him to the ground at the same time.

"Who are you!"

The officers and soldiers covered their stomachs as if they had broken their livers and intestines, looked at this man who seemed to be weak, but in fact had extraordinary martial arts, and shouted angrily: "We have long called on men to go to the battlefield, and you dare to hide at home with all your kung fu!"

Wait for us to report to your lordship, there is your family's good fruit to eat! ”

"I am the yamen of the county government, the head of the second class of the household, how can I hide the sins of my family?"

The man raised a big knife on the tip of his toes, pinched his hands on the blade, and with the strength of his arms, a crisp sound burst out, and with a "snap", the blade in his hand was broken into several sections by him and shattered out, frightening the three officers and soldiers to quickly dodge.

"Get out!!"

The man let out a loud sigh, and the three officers and soldiers didn't dare to say anything more, covering their stomachs as if their intestines had been kicked and broken, and ran out in a cold sweat with pain.

"Big brother!"

At this time, Qiao'er had already packed her clothes and looked up at her eldest brother in surprise.

"Military discipline is corrupt, the whole city is panicking, Yan Shilang is afraid that he won't be able to survive for a few days."

The eldest brother watched the second brother crawl out from under the bed: "If there are such officers and soldiers again, it will be enough to be killed, what are you afraid of!" ”

Qiao'er said: "But then we won't expose ······"

"We are Mr. Ren's people, even if it is exposed, as long as this city is not broken for a day, then Yan Shilang and the prefect will not do anything to us for the time being.

However, now Lexian County is already in chaos, and in today's households, a large amount of silver, and the last grain at the bottom of the box in the granary have also been transferred, I think there is a good chance that Yan Shilang is planning to reward the army, and he is going to fight to the death, and the three of us have to make plans early······"

The eldest brother thought for a while and said, "Qiao'er, you will send a telegram first, send our inference back to Qingshui County, and inform the manager of Alan that in a few days, there will be changes in Le County." ”

"Okay."

Qiao'er answered, took the radio from the second brother, connected the mobile power supply, and sent the telegram out with a "da-da-da".

It was not until late evening that the telegram returned: "The telegram has been received, hard work, everyone, pay attention to safety, hide yourself, and destroy the radio if necessary." ”

The three of them looked at each other.

"Now that Lexian is surrounded by groups, it is difficult for us to break out, continue to lurk, and adapt to the situation."

Big brother said.

"Okay."

The two nodded.

At this time, there was a chaotic shout from outside the courtyard, and the three of them rushed to the courtyard, and saw a burst of fire and smoke not far away.

The city is going to be in chaos!

Qingshui County.

The county government is on duty.

Ren Pingsheng finished reading the telegram sent by Lexian.

"It seems that Lexian can't support it anymore."

Ren Pingsheng looked at Liu Qiang and said.

Liu Qiang nodded and said, "The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first." There is a shortage of food in Lexian County, and I think this Yan Shilang has fallen into passivity, even if he wants to fight to the death, he is afraid that it will be difficult to succeed.

We must be ready to prepare for war, once Lexian falls, the entire Yuntai County except Qingshui County will all fall into the hands of the Northern Anhui rebels, they want to go south, they have to pass through Qingshui County, there is no room for compromise between the two sides. ”

"Yes, who can not be greedy in the anointed land of the south? Once the south is seized, Wuzhou and Hegu will get the granary of the world.

Between the gains and losses of the Jing Dynasty, the general trend of the world is changing. ”

Ren Pingsheng sighed.

The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

The same is true for the war, but it is just for resources and interests, there are silver mines in Yinshan, and the rebels in Northern Anhui are going over the mountains and mountains, and they will also come to fight Yinshan. There is grain in the south, and it is naturally impossible for the rebels in Northern Anhui not to send troops south to lay down this granary.

And the priceless and precious human life in ordinary times is just a string of numbers in the face of war.

Liu Qiang asked, "Lord, should we support Lexian?" ”

Ren Pingsheng shook his head: "The problem in Lexian County is mainly in food. Now, even if we send troops to attack the rebels in Northern Anhui and want to besiege Wei and save Zhao, we can't solve the problem of food shortage in Lexian, and we can't change the situation of the war in the end.

Iron striking also needs its own hardness, only when we work hard to enhance our own strength, in order to respond to all changes with the same.

How are our regular soldiers and militia training? ”

Liu Qiang said: "There are now more than 5,000 regular soldiers, more than 15,000 militiamen, and there are also recruitment points in Chengguan Town, Qingcheng Town, and various market towns to attract some men of appropriate age to sign up for the army." ”

"Too little, too slow."

Ren Pingsheng also knew that with the size of Qingshui County, it was not easy to train these capable soldiers, but he still shook his head: "After the Northern Anhui rebels take Le County, the next step will definitely be to wave their troops south. Now, there is still more than a month before the bitter cold really arrives. If the rebels can take Lexian in a few days, we are likely to encounter the main army of the rebels in Northern Anhui before the year.

This is not 20,000 or 30,000 people, but more than 200,000 combat troops, and we are now too few people, even if we rely on the advantage of firearms, it will be quite difficult to stop the enemy outside Qingshui County.

Xiaowan, what is the current population of our Qingshui County? ”

Ren Pingsheng asked Xiao Wan.

"There are more than 70,000 registered people, some of whom are displaced people from other places we have taken in, and there are less than 20,000 people of appropriate age to participate in militia training, and most of them have already participated in militia training.

In addition, in the homes of the gentry and heroes, there are still a large number of hidden households, and these people are difficult to calculate. When I was in Qingcheng Town before, it was inferred from the sampling survey data of the Civil Science Department that there must be about 40,000 people in the entire Qingshui County. ”

Although Xiao Wan has now stepped down from her post as the Secretary of Civil Affairs, she still has a lot of treasures about these data.

Especially now, she still holds the position of Ren Pingsheng's secretary, a large amount of important information and data will still be summarized into her hands every day, and she usually uses computer office software to organize these data into tables, so that Ren Pingsheng can take them out to him at any time when he needs them.

"The gentry are strong······ Sooner or later, if you find an opportunity, you still have to treat these psoriasis. ”

Ren Pingsheng has no good impression of the gentry and heroes, these people have developed to the end of the Jing Dynasty today, like leeches lying on giants, relying on the nutrition of the country to feed themselves. But there are too many leeches, and the strong giants are sucked up, and their lives are not long.

"If you want to recruit troops now, it will take a while to form combat effectiveness, and it is estimated that the war of the previous year will not be able to catch up. However, we still have a long-term plan, and by the middle of next year, I intend to build and maintain a standing regular army of more than 10,000 and a militia of more than 50,000.

When I went to Momijishan, I saw that there were still a large number of refugees who had fled with their families on the official road, and some of them wanted to go to the south.

There are also some good seedlings to become soldiers.

On all official roads, increase the number of conscription points. Publicize the treatment of our PTZ guards. Even if these refugees can't join the army, these people will take the news further afield, and maybe attract some young people to join the army in Qingshui County. ”

Ren Pingsheng has a headache about the source of soldiers.

Although the establishment of Yuntai Wei is a division-level establishment, it is now the number of people at the brigade level.

If you want to be a good soldier, you must compare them from many aspects such as age, health, strength, intelligence, discipline, and so on.

And such a seemingly simple request is even more difficult for refugees.

Or those good families, it is easier to meet these conditions.

All in all, Qingshui County is still too small. The so-called shallow bay can't raise dragons, and the territory is small and the population is small, so it is difficult to quickly storm troops.

Unless they are like the rebels in Northern Anhui, they are not taboo and coerce a large number of ordinary people to the battlefield.

This can increase the momentum, but it will waste food. Second, military discipline is about equal to none, easy to harass localities, and difficult to manage. Third, the combat effectiveness is insufficient, it is difficult to command, and it is okay to fight a smooth battle, but once it encounters a hard bone that is difficult to gnaw, it will immediately collapse, and the battlefield layout and rhythm will collapse.

For a unit like Yuntaiwei that takes the line of elite soldiers, there are only disadvantages and no benefits.

"Good news, lord!"

Ren Pingsheng and Liu Qiang were frowning, thinking hard about how to recruit outstanding soldiers, when Liu Wen walked in excitedly.

"My lord, the artillery trial-produced by the Creation Bureau has succeeded."

As soon as Liu Wen came in, after greeting Liu Qiang, he excitedly reported to Ren Pingsheng.

"Really?"

When Liu Qiang heard this, he stood up all of a sudden, and asked excitedly: "Some time ago, didn't you say that the materials were not up to par?" How did it come out now? ”

Last month, Mr. Nguyen applied for a plot of land outside the west gate of Thanh Thanh Town to build a blast furnace and train steel.

When I heard about it, I immediately took someone to Mr. Nguyen to ask him about the materials needed to make the barrels, as well as the ratio of materials and how to make them.

A few days ago, a suitable barrel was finally trial-produced. ”

Liu Wen said with some shyness.

The biggest contributor to the success of this artillery is not the more than 900 people in the Bureau, but the Ruan Tang girl.

Others are crossing the river by feeling the stones, and the bureau is crossing the river by touching Ruan Tang.

Ren Pingsheng didn't bother with these. After all, he knows Ruan Tang's ability, and when he is busy during this time, he plans to go back to Qingcheng and have a good chat with Ruan Tang.

If the appearance of muskets freed human beings from the limitations of their own strength, they could use chemical energy far beyond the strength of their bodies. Completely free from the limitations of physical strength, human beings have completely become beyond the shackles of the food chain and become an existence above all living beings.

The appearance of artillery changed the form of human warfare, making it impractical to defend the city, and the form of war changed from siege warfare to field decisive battles, which can be said to be the well-deserved king of field warfare.

And the artillery produced by the Bureau of Creation is naturally not an ordinary iron-cast cannon, but a real field artillery.

The emergence of this batch of artillery just solved the urgent need of the Yuntai guard to lack manpower and firepower.

He asked Liu Wen: "Where are these artillery pieces now?" ”

"There are a total of 20 artillery pieces, and I have already asked people to pull them all to the foot of the Yunlong Mountain test site."

Liu Wen replied.

Ren Pingsheng raised his wrist and glanced at the time, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was dark early, and it would be dark around five fifty o'clock.

"Prepare the horses, let's go and see."

Ren Pingsheng commanded.

When everyone walked out of the county gate, the horses had been led from the stables.

The group got on their horses one after another, and more than 30 horses galloped out of the city and headed towards Yunlong Mountain.

Compared with half a year ago, when Ren Pingsheng rode to Tenglong Mountain to rescue Xiao Wan, his riding skills had become very proficient.

Riding horses and galloping, when everyone came to the foot of Yunlong Mountain, it was already four twenty.

This is a small hill not far from Tenglong Mountain.

Yuntaiwei built a military camp and an armament test ground here.

Soldiers of the artillery battalion, who also train here.

Here, Ren Pingsheng saw the artillery developed by the Creation Bureau.

The artillery has two wheels, and the wheels are covered with rubber tires brought back by Ren Pingsheng, which can be easily dragged to the battlefield in the future, whether by livestock or tractors.

The height reached the position of Ren Pingsheng's chest, and the long muzzle of the cannon pointed obliquely at the distant hillside.

The steel plate welded on the front can resist arrows, crossbows, muskets, etc. on the battlefield and protect your artillery.

At this time, there were a total of 20 brand-new field guns, placed in the test ground, and they looked very powerful!

These guns are based on the Italian cannon in "Bright Sword", that is, the French 75mm towed field gun, which has the advantages of high mobility, fast rate of fire, high accuracy, and easy maintenance.

"Prepare for a test launch!"

After Ren Pingsheng sat down on the back stand, a platoon commander of the artillery battalion came up to ask for permission and got approval, ran back to the artillery in small steps, and began to direct his subordinates to debug.

The soldiers of the artillery battalion belong to the technical arms in the Yuntai Guard, and they all have a good mathematical foundation, especially the gunners, aiming hands, and aiming pads, etc., all of which have been strictly trained and studied, and have accumulated experience after a lot of training.

Every gunner is very precious.

"Boom!"

As soon as the barrel of the cannon entered and retreated, the muzzle of the cannon erupted with fierce fire, like a dragon's breath, and a cannonball had already been fired.

The distant hillside is about five kilometers from the artillery test site.

Ren Pingsheng has a strong eyesight, and he can capture the landing point of the artillery without using a telescope.

"Boom!"

The flowering bomb exploded, and countless iron sheets were blown away.

A large number of wooden dummies arranged on the hill and used to act as enemies were blown to pieces!

However, the shell did not hit the target with a big "X" painted on the mountain slope, but the landing point was not far from the target, only 100 meters away.

Under the command of the gunner, the aiming hand held the telescope and carefully compared, the aiming pad adjusted the angle of the gun, and the second shell was fired at the target.

Several times, when the fourth shell was fired, there was finally a "boom", and with the fire of the shell explosion, the simple hut on the "X" was destroyed in an instant.

These two days have been a little shorter.

Because I'm saving manuscripts, I always feel uncertain when I don't save manuscripts.

Save a little manuscript and restore the length in no time. （づ￣3￣）づ╭～

(End of chapter)