At this time, the camp where nearly 400,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty were stationed was filled with smoke. Countless fire-headed soldiers set up large pots, washed the rice that had been transferred from China with great effort three times, and then put it into the pot to steam; one pot after another
The vat of mustard was also taken out of the car, and the mud seal was torn open to give each person a little. There were also countless people wearing Ming Dynasty military uniforms or southwest ethnic customs clothes who walked into the camp with wild vegetables or wild animals in their hands and handed them to Huotou.
The army cooks.
Among them, the most eye-catching ones are some soldiers wearing steel helmets. These soldiers wearing steel helmets all speak the Mandarin of the capital city, and are wearing a red top that reaches the knees, leggings tied to their legs, and leather shoes on their feet.
, holding muskets in their hands and fine swords on their waists, with the sleeves of their coats rolled up to their wrists to reveal the shirt underneath, and epaulettes sewn on their right shoulders, they came out of the temporary school grounds in small groups.
They walked out, wiped the sweat from their foreheads with their hands, put the weapons in their hands back to their original places, and then went to the open-air kitchen to wait for the meal. The other soldiers passing by all looked at them with envy and ridicule.
These soldiers are all soldiers of the Shangzhiwei in the capital. Last year, Yunxi began to "firearm" the army. At the same time, he invented the steel helmet and began to equip it in the Shangzhiwei. So far, because time is still short, this is the only time he has been sent to Annan.
The four guard posts of Habayashi Left Guard, Kingo Vanguard, Fujun Right Guard and Tiger Ben Left Guard that fought on the battlefield were all equipped with firearms and helmets.
Yunxi placed great expectations on Kamizhioe. Yunxi believed that in his lifetime he would never see all members of the Ming Dynasty equipped with firearms. Not only did firearms require a high one-time investment, but subsequent maintenance was also more complicated, compared with swords.
It breaks easily. Even with the current financial resources of the Ming Dynasty, it is not enough to replace all infantry with firearms.
Therefore, Yunxi can only focus on cultivating the Shangzhiwei. His goal is to equip the eleven Shangzhiwei and more than 120,000 soldiers with firearms in the future to create the world's first pure firearms force. This number has exceeded that of Fulin
The number of people in any country's standing army before the introduction of compulsory military service.
Yunxi built the Shang Zhiwei almost exactly according to his impression of the musketeers of the Fulong country who lined up to kill. According to the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, the Ming Dynasty belongs to the fire virtue, so the soldiers' uniforms selected by Zhu Yuanzhang were red. Yunxi chose it for convenience.
The colors of Kaminaoshi's military uniforms were not changed in order to identify ourselves and the enemy, but they were changed to the current style in order to adapt to the use of muskets.
The items you carry with you, in addition to the musket, include a strap on your back. There are numerous small pockets on the strap, which contain preloaded powder rolls wrapped in oil paper containing a precise amount of gunpowder and a projectile. Loading ammunition
The rod used to compact the projectiles and gunpowder is also hung on it.
Although Yunxi would not let Kamizhiwei fight alone and felt that there was no need to prepare cold weapons, the soldiers felt uneasy without weapons capable of hand-to-hand combat, and finally had to equip them with simple swords.
In addition, with the invention of grenades for various purposes, Yunxi has considered setting up separate grenadiers in each hundred households to further enhance combat capabilities.
All of this makes the Shangzhiwei a very special entity in the Ming Dynasty army. Their weapons and equipment are different from those of the general army, their uniform styles are different from those of the general army, and their soldiers are treated differently from those of the general army. Soldiers from all other guards are all indifferent to the Shangzhiwei.
Envy, jealousy and hatred. At this time, it had been more than a month since the battle against Annan began. Even the Annan soldiers near Duobang City knew that among the Ming army on the opposite side, there was an emperor of the Ming Dynasty who was so extravagant that the entire army wore steel helmets and the military uniforms were made of very luxurious materials.
of the Praetorian Guard.
But at the same time, the training of the Shangzhiwei is also the most complicated among all the armies. Yunxi has advanced concepts and will not let them take the detour that the Fulu country has taken. From the beginning, they are the most standard queuing and shooting, which requires discipline.
It is higher than the traditional military formation; the maintenance of muskets is more complicated than that of swords, guns, swords and halberds, and they have to do more than other guard posts. At the same time, because the army has not been formed for a long time, more training is needed, even now it is still with the Annan people.
During the war, as long as they have no fighting missions that day, they still have to practice in two waves. This makes the soldiers in other guard posts often laugh at them: Look, these guys from the capital who think they are superior still have to practice every day.
Of course, the soldiers of the Upper Guard looked down upon the people in other guards. At this time, Li Sanzhou and Liu Degui, soldiers of the Habayashi Left Guard, looked around at the other guards who were mocking them and said with disdain: "Humph, a bunch of country bumpkins!
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"Look what they are doing? Two months of military pay is less than one month of ours, so why should we care? Hey, look ahead, it's almost time for us to have lunch," Liu Degui said.
Their words happened to be overheard by Zhang Fu who was patrolling. Zhang Fu did not reprimand the two of them. He just sighed and said to Sang Jing who was patrolling with him behind him: "Commander Sang, Shang Zhiwei looks down on him so much."
Local health centers are not a good thing."
Sang Jing disagreed. The Shangzhiwei had never looked down upon the local guards. The officers and soldiers of the Shangzhiwei claimed that they were directly under His Majesty's jurisdiction and could be regarded as the Forbidden Army. They always regarded the people in other guards as country bumpkins, and other guards were against the Shangzhiwei.
He always said some mean things, but he never caused any trouble.
However, Zhang Fu was a Shangguan, and Sang Jing would not refute his words. He said a few words casually and changed the subject: "General Zhang, the army has been blocked in Jiangbei for twenty days. Can Mr. Zhang and the others come up with something?"
Do you have a way to conquer the multi-border city?"
"Hey, no." When he heard him mention this, Zhang Fu also sighed and said: "Since Commander Zhang led his troops to Baihe, Commander Zhang, His Highness King Jingjiang, Vice Commander Li, General Lan, General Mu, General Sun, General Li and others
I have risked more than once to go to the river to see the defenses of Duobang City with my clairvoyance, and I have tried it several times, but all failed."
"During the last discussion, General Lan said in frustration that if we want to attack Duobang City now, we can only use human lives. There are about 70,000 soldiers guarding Duobang City, and there are nearly 30,000 soldiers stationed nearby. If we fight like this, it will probably take a long time.
One hundred thousand soldiers were lost."
"Loss of 100,000 soldiers?" Although Sang Jing had expected that the storming of Duobang City would inevitably result in countless losses of soldiers, he still felt a tremor in his heart when he heard this number.
"It means losing 100,000 troops." Zhang Fu said: "Now is not the time when 100,000 troops are in urgent need. Even Zhang Shuai can't make up his mind to attack Duobang City."
Sang Jing put himself in Zhang Wen's place and found it difficult to make such a determination. The loss of 100,000 troops was not only something that His Majesty might blame, but the key was to ask which troops to sacrifice? We couldn't use all the barbarian soldiers, right?
The barbarian leader is not stupid, he would not do such a life-threatening job.
If we use guard soldiers, now ordinary soldiers know that Dobang City is difficult to fight. Which guard station is chosen as the vanguard, the soldiers of that guard station may mutiny. If they are forced to fight, Zhang Wen will probably pay unimaginable costs.
price.
Although the news has been received a few days ago, He Rong's troops were defeated near Yi'an City, losing nearly 40,000 troops and losing one of their commanders. The news from Champa and other places is not very good, and they have achieved great victories in other places.
It may be impossible for them to take advantage of the situation and capture Duobang City for this period of time, but their determination is not so easy.
Thinking of this, Sang Jing glanced sideways at the south bank of the Yangtze River. He couldn't see Duobang City now, but the extremely solid city seemed to appear in front of his eyes; Ruan Renlie, the general guarding the city of Duobang City, also seemed to be standing on
From the top of the city, he looked at Jiangbei with a faint smile.
"The soldiers of the Yulin left guard and the Fujun right guard have already eaten. Let's go eat too." Zhang Fu suddenly said.
Sang Jing retracted his thoughts and followed him to a fire-headed soldier. He received the same dishes as ordinary soldiers and a spoonful of rice, and sat under a big tree to eat. Sang Jing originally wanted to ask for some more.
But looking at the pot, the rice was already cooked through, so we had no choice but to leave it at that. It was not easy to transport the food now. Although it was still enough, Zhang Wen had also ordered the entire army to save food, and no one was allowed to waste it. Violators would be severely punished.
Sang Jing had just put a piece of rabbit meat into his mouth, chewed it and was about to swallow it, when he suddenly heard someone say: "General Zhang, Commander Sang."
He hurriedly swallowed the rabbit meat, raised his head, and saw Xu Jingchang, the nephew of Wei Guogong Xu Huizu, standing in front of them with a rice bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other.
After Xu Jingchang selected the garrison station for the expedition to Annan a few months ago, Xu Yingxu transferred him to the left guard of Yulin as Qianhu to accompany the army because the garrison station where he was located was not included in the expedition.
At this time, he looked at Zhang Fu and Zhang Fu, held their chopsticks together, and said: "General Zhang and Commander Sang, three of our soldiers from Qianhu were seriously injured today. They will have to rest in the camp for the next few days and will not be able to train;
Seven soldiers were slightly injured, and they have been examined by the army doctor. They have been bandaged and ointment should be applied, and they can participate in the drill tomorrow."
"I understand. But Xu Qianhu, I ordered all Qianhu to report this matter to me and Commander Sang every day, but I didn't say you should report it immediately after the drill. Just report it every day before dinner." Zhang Fu smiled.
road.
"How can I remember so many things every day? I am afraid that I will forget about it at night, so I will report it to General Zhang and Commander Sang now." Xu Jingchang also said with a smile.
Xu Jingchang then sat next to them and continued to eat. Because of his background, he was not afraid of Shangguan. Most of the time, he was very casual with them, that is, with those who were older and the same generation as Xu Da and others.
Be more respectful.
Zhang Fu and Sang Jing didn't take it seriously either. Sang Jing and the Xu family could barely be considered family friends, and they had been very familiar with Xu Jingchang since childhood. At this time, they started chatting with him while eating.
While they were chatting, Zhang Fu had already finished the rice in the bowl, handed it to the guard, and suddenly said to Xu Jingchang: "Xu Qianhu, after a while, you can follow me to the river to have a look."