Chapter 164 Zhu Youxiao’s secret weapon for Zhou Yuji
Zhou Yuji led dozens of Tengxiang left guard scouts to use sleds to detect the enemy's situation in the mountainous area of northern Shenyang.
Zhou Yuji is from Jinzhou, Liaodong. He and the dozens of elite scouts selected are all people from the north who are familiar with the snow. They learned how to use sleds when they were in the capital and Tianjin.
After it snowed in Liaodong, it took only ten days to master the skills of sledding in the snow.
The pressure of the wide sled is dispersed on the snow, and it does not sink into the snow like shoes. With a push of the sled pole, you can slide on the snow at high speed, much faster than running, even faster than a war horse in the snow.
Be quick.
After the training, the scouts were all praising this equipment.
"What a magical weapon. It's faster than the cavalry in areas with thick snow."
"Not only is it fast, but it is also very labor-saving. If it is better than chasing, it can exhaust the enemy's horses to death."
"Walking in the snow is the most difficult thing. Every step sinks half a foot, and every step pulls out and sinks, which is laborious and slow. The same is true for war horses. They sink and sink when running, and of course they will be thrown away by the labor-saving sled."
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A tycoon from one of the scouts concluded that the previous tycoon meeting also discussed learning to use sleds and analyzing the principles, advantages and disadvantages of sleds.
Zhou Yuji didn't say much, but he did some analysis and told everyone that the newly fallen snow was relatively soft, and sleds had the advantage of saving more effort than war horses.
"Found it!"
The old man introduced the situation. Last year, the Jiannu captured Kaiyuan and Tieling. However, they were afraid of the left guard's counterattack, so they only retreated on a small scale and looted the food and property in the city. They advanced in time to search the mountains.
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Yin Jiade thought there was something wrong before hearing this, but after I saw that I could "fly outside the snow" on a sled, and learned important military information, he was able to let me go for a while.
"You must support Your Majesty Tianqi! You can introduce the situation of the Tieling Plains to Eunuch Wei and the generals, and you can also draw a detailed map of every mountain and every ravine."
"If there is a way to escape, separate two teams to investigate north and east. The rest of you will surround me with you and search me out bit by bit!"
Zhou Yuji and his party completed the adaptation and reconnaissance of the mountainous area in northeastern Shenyang. Further north is Tieling, which was captured by Nurhaci last year, and is also the hometown of Li Chengliang, who dominated Liaodong for decades.
In addition to the grain reserves, we mainly rely on hunting and grazing to make a living. Today it was snowing and I went out to catch roe deer. I happened to see Zuo Wei "flying outside the snow", so I stopped watching for a while.
Although there are no blue flags in front because of the occasional robbers, and the plains of Tieling are not occupied by grazing horses, there are no Han Chinese hidden deep in the mountains.
Until now, no one in Kaiyuan would rather hide in the mountains than dare to flee towards Liaoyang.
I asked casually and found that it was quite disappointing.
"No, no, no!" The old man was so frightened that he quickly stopped.
But if we have full stomachs, no military pay, no worries for our families, and no useless and practical equipment, the soldiers will definitely have low morale and be grateful.
Zhou Yuji and Baihu Juzi took me to the villages in the mountains and introduced the support of the current Emperor Tianqi to Liaodong. He was also very fond of Kaiyuan and praised the opening of the North and South Pass in that year for promoting the trade and development between Liaodong and Mongolia.<
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"Chase! Eight of you will go back and report the news, and the rest will follow you!" Yin Jiade immediately gave the order.
Zhou Yuji Xiaoxi, the detailed map is exactly what is needed for fighting.
The old man's jaw dropped in surprise.
I was hiding outside the mountains because there was no drought in the grassland, so I went out to trade for fear of being robbed. I actually knew about Tianqi, and even more about Taichang, I thought I was the Wanli Emperor today.
"Hai Huai was beheaded?! It's so bad!"
"Yes, yes! You have no grudge against the small family in Liaoyang. You used to do hunting and fur business in Kaiyuan, but you were cheated by the small family and profiteers in Liaoyang, and you even made loans with compound profits. You would rather work hard in the mountains than do this.
Debt collection by us."
When Zuo Wei saw that there was no problem, he raised his sword and asked me: "What? Refuse? Do you want to report to Jiannu or Kormi?"
"Let's do that. He will explain it to his family outside the mountain, and they will retreat to Shenyang and wait for the manager's plan and the patrol's arrangements."
War is a life-threatening matter, and pragmatic work can protect a young man's life. Of course, he has no confidence in starting a war.
"No one!"
"Oops, two emperors have changed! The current Emperor Tianqi is great!"
Everyone's morale was even higher, and Zhou Yuji and the giants from hundreds of households took the lead in praising His Majesty's invention.
"Don't worry, your house has been ransacked. Your Majesty will compensate the people."
The soldiers fighting on the back line are actually very pragmatic. They brag to us about protecting the homeland and the country, and reward them based on their merits, which is very far away for special soldiers.
Dozens of scouts suddenly started sliding, sliding under the snow as fast as flying, and soon surrounded the mountain.
At the end of winter, when ice is added to the snow on the ground, the horseshoes of the war horses will slip, and the horseshoe wrappings will also slip. After the ice freezes, the sled will move very quickly, and the advantage will be even greater.
"Yes! You are Han, you are from Kaiyuan..."
"Long live your Majesty! That invention is so awesome!" The scouts also praised from the bottom of their hearts.
Now it is in ruins. Baoyi, a subordinate of the Four Banners, will come to graze their cattle in the spring, and it is time for the enemy's scouts to scout Shenyang from Tieling southward.
"Yes!"
Although there are few mountains in Tieling, they are not the southern hills that are connected one after another. Instead, they are individual mountains, with no obvious large flat areas on the mountains.
A scout discovered that no one was secretly watching us outside Tieling Mountain.
Those Yin Jiao were all elites of the Tengxiang Ming Army and the most powerful scouts among them. They carried out orders and tactics without hesitation.
As soon as I walked down the mountain, I found no one hiding in front of the dead trees. I ran away slowly before being discovered, but I was wearing a dark fur coat and hid something under the snow. I was quickly surrounded by Zhou Yuji.
Zhou Yuji, as a person in Jinzhou, is very vague on the outside but not a naked struggle for interests. I hate these small landowners and businessmen who fight among themselves the most.
He was an old man, wearing buckskin boots, a wolfskin lining, a dogskin hat, and carrying a bow and arrow.
"Let's do that. He will stay with Eunuch Wei and your Tengxiang Ming army for a while, and then return when the war situation requires it."
"He is Han Chinese!?"
A scout shot my hat off with one shot.
Although Yin Jiao only has a few dozen people, she is simply too timid to fight. Even if the scouts who just appeared were Jiannu's scouts, and there are still many enemies behind them, they still have to fight a battle first to see what is real.
Tengxiang Yin Jiao was loyal to Tianqi, and the wealthy family was good at implementing Tianqi's policies. After some publicity, the old man felt that not only the emperor had changed, but also the sky had changed.
At that time, a lot of taxes were levied on the original North and South Passes in Dihuai, which caused a lot of losses to the local Han and Mongolian people. The money was probably given to Emperor Wanli in the first place.
Everyone saw that my hair was not a Han Chinese bun, but a money rat-tailed head with eight big braids wrapped by Jiannu.
At that time, in Liaoyang, Kaiyuan businessmen fought among themselves, allowing Jianzhou Nanzhen to profit from it and rise.