Chang Yu chatted with the soldier on duty for a long time at the lookout post, and then went up to the city wall. He said that the city wall was actually equivalent to the village wall, but it was slightly wider than the village wall, but it could only accommodate
Two horses can ride side by side, but they can also lay down their guns.
That's right, Tashan Fort has artillery. It existed originally. After the reconstruction, Zu Dashou also transferred several artillery pieces from Ningyuan. Although they are not red cannons, they still have long-range firepower.
The firearms of the Ming Dynasty were already relatively advanced. After Chang Yu came to power, he vigorously developed firearms. For this purpose, he even set up a military industry research institute to recruit talents and collect money and materials to replenish the firearms and military supplies for the army. In the past two years, a lot of them have been built.
Firearms, in addition to equipping the Shenji Battalion, also provide supplies to the important towns in Jiubian, among which Ningyuan is an important supply target.
Although this is the age of cold weapons, the use of firearms on the battlefield has also reached a fever pitch, especially in sieges. Artillery has always been a pioneer, but it has not been widely used in field battles. Chang Yu used it
It has become routine, fighting the Qing army and the rebel army. Whenever he has a cannon in his hand, he will bombard me, and the effect is quite good, so it is certain that he will soon be imitated.
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Today's Manchu Qing Dynasty is not inferior to the Ming Dynasty in the manufacturing and use of firearms. Once they are put into conventional battlefields on a large scale, it will also be a big obstacle to the Ming army.
But don't worry too much. Although their manufacturing technology is not inferior to Ming Ting's, the raw materials are very tight.
Yes, iron ore and smelting are very expensive for them. It is impossible to cast a large number of firearms and ammunition in a short time like the Ming Dynasty.
After groping for artillery on the top of the city for a while, chatting with the soldiers on duty for a while, and then punching to warm up, the sky was already bright, and the inside of the fort gradually became lively. Chang Yu stood on top and saw Zu Zerun and Chang Yangwei.
, then he knew that Zu Dashou had also gotten up, so he went down to the city.
Zu Dashou was eating breakfast, frowning and eating quietly alone. A black shadow came in and sat down next to him. He picked up the eggs on the table and peeled them. Zu Dashou looked up and was surprised. It was Chang Yu.
, so he quickly got up to greet him.
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He thought he had gotten up early enough, but he didn't expect that the eunuch had gotten up even earlier.
Chang Yu waved his hand for him to sit down, peeled the eggs and stuffed them into his mouth. At this time, Zukefa held a large bowl of mutton soup and pancakes and placed them respectfully in front of him before slowly retreating out.
"Look at the general's face, he didn't sleep well last night," Chang Yu said casually. Zu Dashou smiled bitterly and shook his head: "That's the blessing of Lord Tudu." Chang Yu chuckled: "I've been thinking about it all night, what's wrong?"
Zu Dashou straightened his expression and put a few pieces of mutton in the bowl into Chang Yu's bowl: "I won't know whether he will come, but I will have to leave."
Chang Yu nodded, picked up the bowl and started to drink. After a while, he put the bowl down and said, "General, go ahead and leave the two of you here as helpers for our family."
Zu Dashou was startled, glanced at the door and then at Chang Yu.
"Why, you can't trust our family?" Chang Yu smiled slightly, and Zu Dashou also smiled: "Is it true that Lord Du Gong trusts the general?"
The two smiled at each other and ate in silence.
After dinner, Zu Dashou led more than 200 soldiers back to Ningyuan City, leaving his two adopted sons to garrison Tashan Fort. Worried about chaos on the way, Zu Zerun led another 500 people to escort him.
The father and son were driving side by side for several miles. Zu Zerun couldn't bear it any longer: "Father, do you have any instructions?"
Zu Dashou glanced at him: "What do you want to tell me for my father?"
"Just..." Zu Zerunyi didn't know how to express it. Zu Dashou looked back at Tashan Fort in the distance and sighed: "It doesn't matter what your father told you. What matters is what you are thinking about here." He said using
He touched the snack with his hand.
Zu Zerun's face changed drastically. He turned over, dismounted, and knelt on the ground: "Father, can't you still trust your child?"
"If you can't believe it, how can you be here right now?" Zu Dashou sighed and motioned for him to stand up: "Our ancestors have been loyal and kind to the Ming Dynasty for generations, but they were shamed because of me. My father will spend the rest of his life to avenge his shame, but this stain is not
It will last a lifetime. My father can be famous throughout the ages, but my ancestors cannot. Do you understand?"
"The child understands that whether he is a child or a descendant of the ancestral family, he will look up to his father and would rather be a commoner of the Ming Dynasty than a slave of the Tatars."
Zu Dashou nodded, raised his eyes and looked at the valley in the distance to the south. There was a troop of soldiers and horses coming slowly. They were the people from Ning Yuan who came to pick him up. He turned to Zu Zerun and said, "Go ahead. What you do from now on has nothing to do with us."
The honor and disgrace of your ancestral family also affects your personal ups and downs."
"I know, kid." Zu Zerun watched Zu Dashou slowly leave, then turned around and headed back to Tashan Fort. His heart was filled with mixed feelings. Zu Dashou's words just now had already touched him, so the eunuch left him alone with him.
Zukofa was in Tashan Fort, saying it was to help, but in fact it was a test.
After all, the two of them have been in high positions in the Qing camp for a long time, so people have to be on guard.
It stands to reason that such a person would have been subject to scrutiny when he returned, and would not have even been able to stay in the army. However, in order to show his status and express his trust with Zu Dashou, Chang Yu did not interfere in any way.
In fact, from another point of view, it is also a matter of passing the blame. You can take care of it by yourself. Use it if it can be used. When it cannot be used, I will remove it and you will have no excuses or complaints.
Zu Dashou naturally knew Chang Yu's thoughts and was very grateful, so he kept his second son by his side for more than a year to encourage him. Both his adopted son and his adopted son were from his ancestral family. Of course he wanted Zhi Fan from his ancestral family.
The leaves are lush and flowers are blooming everywhere.
In the blink of an eye, more than a year has passed and time has been given. Now Chang Yu comes to test. If they pass the test, Zu Zerun and others can stay in the army and be promoted based on their military merit. If not, they can only serve the people.
"Yangwei, did you sleep well last night?" Zu Dashou asked when he saw the weak body next to him looking back from time to time.
"Back to General, I slept well last night," Chang Yangwei said quickly, and then swallowed slightly nervously. He was a little worried that Zu Dashou would ask him about the details of yesterday's encounter with Chang Yu.
Fortunately, Zu Dashou didn't ask.
Maybe he's not interested at all.
If you ask Zu Dashou if he knows the relationship between Chang Yu and Chang Yangwei, to be honest, he may know a little bit, but he may not know the details. Chang Yu wrote to him at that time and said that the son of an old friend asked him to have some experience, and he had nothing else to say, and
He learned from the servants of the Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion who sent Chang Yangwei here that he was the son of Chang Yanling, but as for the relationship between Chang Yu and the Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion, he did not know, although he had heard some rumors that Chang Yu was the queen of Kaiping King
, but none of them are credible.
Others were curious, but Zu Dashou would not inquire into the details of this matter.
Some things are better not known.
"General, I heard that General Chang is the governor of Dongchang, right?" Chang Yangwei is a child after all, and there is not much depth in the city, so he really can't hold himself back.
"Since he is the governor of Dongchang, he is also the general who leads the army, and he is also the Dinghai Shenzhen of the Ming Dynasty." Zu Dashou said and looked at Chang Yangwei: "A talent that is rare in hundreds of years because of his talent in literature and martial arts!"
"Ahem, cough, cough, I heard that all the people in Dongchang are eunuchs. He is the governor of Dongchang, so is he also a eunuch?" Chang Yangwei swallowed and asked nervously.
Zu Dashou smiled: "Then do you think he is? To correct you, not all the eunuchs in the East Factory are eunuchs, many of them are Jin Yiwei's manpower."
"Then...is he a eunuch?" Chang Yangwei refused to give up: "Someone told me in Tashan Fort that he was a eunuch."
"So what if he is? So what if he is not?" Zu Dashou squinted his eyes and looked at the gloomy sky: "It doesn't matter what he is, he can rule the country with his literary skills, his military skills can stabilize the country, he is broad-minded and loyal, even if he is a eunuch
You will also become a god in the hearts of others!”
Chang Yangwei had a look of astonishment. For thousands of years, both the government and the public have looked down upon the group of eunuchs. They have been disgusted and despised. This means that this dynasty hates those powerful eunuchs to the core, especially the eunuchs who oversee the army. They are like cancer in the army.
Everyone, from the governor down to the groom, wouldn't hate his presence.
Zu Dashou was also deeply affected by it back then, but now he actually has such a high opinion of Chang Yu. Think about it when the soldiers around him talk about Chang Yu, they mostly call him General Chang, and they show so much respect in their words.
...Chang Yangwei's collapsed inner world began to coalesce again.