After receiving the reward from the imperial edict, Lu Xiangsheng distributed the internal money rewarded by the emperor to the entire army, leaving only five taels of silver for himself to make a wine cup as a souvenir. Although the thirty thousand soldiers did not receive much silver, when they learned that the governor was like this, they all
Very excited.
Now that the army had sufficient food and pay, Lu Xiangsheng held a celebration banquet in the Hanjiazhuang Administrative Office in the evening.
When Li Zhi entered the official hall, all the generals had already filled the hall. Li Zhi saw the lower ranks of the generals. There was an empty seat next to Zhang Yan, the counselor of the Xuanfu. He was about to sit in, but saw that
Chen An, the general of Lu Xiangsheng who was at the top of the generals, stood up and said loudly: "General Longhu, take my seat!"
Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, then raised his hands and said: "The last general is just a general, so he should sit at the bottom!"
The other generals laughed, and Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, said: "It is only thanks to General Longhu that we have food and food to eat. What else can we be humble about?"
Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, also said: "General Longhu has won successive victories in the past few days, but we have not made any contribution! If General Longhu does not take the first place, we will not be able to eat and drink!"
Hu Dawei also cursed loudly: "What's the difference between the generals and the general soldiers? Li Zhi's troops are much stronger than us, the general soldiers!"
Li Zhi looked at Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said: "General Longhu has outstanding achievements and can be ranked first!"
Li Zhi then walked up to Chen An, bowed to Chen An, and sat in the first position.
Sitting in the first place gave him a feeling of being valued. Li Zhi felt that the generals looked at him with a little more respect.
When Yang Guozhu saw Li Zhi sitting next to him, he patted the table and said, "General Longhu said that he was going to attack Hanjiazhuang that day. I still don't believe that we can capture Hanjiazhuang within four days. If I had known that General Longhu's men were so good at fighting, I would have followed him."
Come, hunt down dozens of Tatars too! Get some military exploits!"
Wang Pu laughed and said: "I didn't believe that General Longhu could capture Hanjiazhuang at the beginning. Who knew that it only took two days to break the city! With General Longhu and such brave horses in the army, I really am not afraid of the Tatars!"
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Hu Dawei said loudly: "When I heard about General Longhu's military exploits, all the sergeants under my command were greatly encouraged. They thought it was easy to kill the Tatars. They were all eager to fight, and their morale was completely different!"
While the generals were lamenting there, Zhang Yan, the counselor of the Xuanfu, said abruptly: "General Longhu used firearms to form an army. May I ask the key to it? We want to learn from General Longhu's organization, how do we start?"
Hearing Zhang Yan's words, all the generals stopped sighing and looked at Li Zhi one by one. Li Zhi's troops and horses were so powerful that all the generals were eager to learn from him.
Lu Xiangsheng was also very interested in this topic and turned to look at Li Zhi.
Li Zhi secretly said goodbye and was asked by these Ming generals about the secret of his rifled gun. He thought about it and said: "The key to firearms is precision! The key parts of my fire blunderbuss are all made of fine steel. It has a flintlock ignition and a firing rate of 90%.
More, a fire gun costs fifteen taels! And my soldiers practice fire guns every day, so that they can hit 80-90% of the time on the battlefield. With such intensity of training, a fire gun will be destroyed every three months
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Hearing Li Zhi's words, the generals were stunned. According to Li Zhi, the monthly maintenance cost of the fire blunderbuss used for training is five taels of silver per person. The fire blunderbuss is not a fire blunderbuss, but silver.
!Other generals of the Ming Dynasty sometimes couldn't pay even one tael of silver a month to the soldiers. How could they have so much money to maintain such a firearms army?
Li Zhi was so rich that he used private property to raise troops, so he could play like this. The money Li Zhi spent on raising 10,000 soldiers and horses was enough for other military attachés to raise 30,000 soldiers and horses. If other Ming generals learned from Li Zhi's method of raising troops, the court would select soldiers and horses.
How to explain? I said that I raise elite soldiers? Who believes it? Doesn’t the official want to take part in your work and get paid for free?
After listening to Li Zhi's words, everyone no longer wanted to imitate Li Zhi's firearms army. They all raised their glasses and said: "Drink!"
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On October 21, Dongge University Scholar Yang Sichang brought Chen Xinjia, the Governor of Xuanda, to Hanjiazhuang to meet Lu Xiangsheng.
Yang Sichang walked into the Hanjiazhuang official hall worriedly, and talked with Lu Xiangsheng behind closed doors in the second hall of the official hall. Even Chen Xinjia could only stand outside and wait. When the generals saw Yang Sichang, who had repeatedly made things difficult for the army, coming, they all gathered in the official hall.
Inside, waiting for the outcome of the conversation between the two.
In the second hall, Yang Sichang said in a deep voice: "Master Governor, it's not that Yang Sichang has the intention to embarrass you, it's just that the current situation is difficult! The Qing army is powerful, and our Ming Dynasty only has this elite army, so we must not waste the battle. If we lose in one battle, our Ming Dynasty will not be able to fight again.
An invincible soldier!"
Lu Xiangsheng looked at Yang Sichang and said coldly: "You said to the left that we should not waste the war, and to the right you said that the Qing army is so powerful that it divides our troops and horses and cuts off my food and wages, but didn't you see that my army has already achieved two great victories?" He paused.
, Lu Xiangsheng said generously: "You are bent on negotiating peace with the Qing army. Don't you know that the alliance under the city is a great shame in the Spring and Autumn Period? Now I have the important task of governor of the world's troops, and all the officials in the capital are sharp-tongued. If a peace negotiation is held, it will definitely be
The fate of the second Yuan Chonghuan."
When Yang Sichang heard Lu Xiangsheng's words, he stood up excitedly and asked angrily: "The first peace negotiation is the second Yuan Chonghuan? What do you mean? What if I negotiate for peace? Are you going to kill me with Shang Fang's sword?"
Lu Xiangsheng also stood up and said loudly: "Shang Fang's sword must be placed on my neck first! If I can't repel a hundred thousand Qing troops, how can Shang Fang's sword be easily placed on others' necks?"
Yang Sichang turned pale and said, "What if you repel a hundred thousand Qing troops? Are you going to kill me with Shang Fang's sword?"
Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself that he had said the wrong thing. He did not answer this sentence, but slapped the table and said, "I will never agree to a fight without a fight!"
Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's excitement, Yang Sichang was actually a little afraid of Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng had Shang Fang's sword in his hand, which was to kill first and then show off. Yang Sichang turned around and said, "No, no one ever said they wanted to negotiate for peace?"
Lu Xiangsheng said generously: "You sent Zhou Yuanzhong to Liaodong to negotiate peace. Everyone in the world knows it. Who can you deceive? If you want to be Qin Hui, everyone in the world will not agree!"
Yang Sichang remained silent for a while. He stopped talking to Lu Xiangsheng and just opened the door and walked out of the second hall.
The generals in the lobby saw Yang Sichang's face and knew that the two had broken down again. The generals looked at each other for a few times and looked at each other.
Chen Xinjia caught up with Yang Sichang, mounted his horse and left Hanjiazhuang.
Halfway through, Yang Sichang suddenly said coldly: "I will kill Lu Xiangsheng!"
Chen Xinjia was stunned for a moment and said: "Mr. Ge, Lu Xiangsheng has the reputation of the world, it is ominous to kill him!"
Yang Sichang gritted his teeth and said: "He prides himself on his high moral character and wants to be like Yue Fei. He compares me to Qin Hui. If he can repel the Qing army, he will kill me."
After a pause, Yang Sichang sighed and said: "I thought that Yang Sichang was worried about state affairs and tried to persuade him again and again, but now he compared him to Qin Hui! Since he wants to kill me, why should I show mercy?"
Chen Xinjia lowered his head and thought for a while, not daring to say more.
