He Kegang failed to return to Ningyuan. He was temporarily ordered to be sent to Jizhou by Sun Chengzong in the name of the cabinet.
Although He Kegang is from Ningyuan and his whole family lives in Ningyuan City, his heart goes to Donglin. He took refuge in Donglin very early. He is stubborn and accepts death. He really thinks that Dong Lin is a moral gentleman. It is the hope of the imperial court and Ming Dynasty.
The time when he took refuge in Donglin was when Sun Chengzong and the older generation were in power. At that time, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou were both tough scholars. He was so excited that he could attach himself to Jiwei.
The power of personality is infinite, just like Tan Sitong back then.
Maybe some people think he is stupid and his sacrifice is not worth it. Looking at the bad things Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao did after the 1898 Coup, I deeply felt that his sacrifice was not worth it.
However, Tan Sitong inspired a generation with his own life.
In the half century that followed, countless young people were arrested and imprisoned, including many young talents who came from official families. Many people don’t understand their options.
The most common thing they said to the interrogators was that they would like to work for Tan Sitong!
Facing his family, country and world, He Kegang firmly believed that everything he did was right. He doesn't care about personal gain or loss. He works for Donglin because he believes that Donglin is the hope of the country and the court.
He didn't understand why Mr. Sun Ge suddenly changed so much. He began to re-mobilize the defense of the Beijing camp.
Sun Chengzong mobilized Yang Fan's old army and mobilized the chariot troops based on the soldiers and horses of the original Hexi Guard Qianhu Station to Tongzhou for defense.
This force has expanded from more than 3,600 people to 50,000 people. It became a combined force of chariots, artillery, cavalry, infantry, crossbowmen, musketeers, and baggage troops.
Most of the original soldiers became small flag officers, in charge of ten people.
Sun Chengzong was a mature man. As soon as he took over the Jingying camp, he could see at a glance that the Cheying camp was the most powerful and largest asset in the Jingying camp.
There are not only 3,600 battle-hardened officers and soldiers here. More importantly, there are 500 armored chariots here. Especially the five hundred heavy bronze cannons weighing one thousand kilograms on the car.
He had seen every door himself. All are made of a special gunmetal alloy made from one hundred pounds of pure copper and eleven pounds of tin.
Casting cannons is not an easy task. In this era, the success rate of casting cannons is no more than 15%. This is also an important reason why artillery is expensive.
The sophistication of these cannons made Sun Chengzong speechless.
The inner ballistics are dug out with a boring machine and are absolutely smooth. The outside is polished with a milling machine and looks like gold. It is also engraved with the model number, inscriptions, instructions for use, etc.
Although the range is only 500 meters, it is far less than the red cannon. But these guns could be maneuvered by horse-drawn carriages. This is very scary. Can the red cannon fight in the field? That is absolutely impossible.
Moreover, the carriage can also be loaded with gunpowder and cannonballs. The carriage itself is also armored, with iron walls of five meters on the left and right that can be unfolded.
A carriage is an independent artillery unit.
Sun Chengzong had never seen this kind of four-wheeled carriage in his life.
Because four-wheeled carriages cannot be turned, China does not build such carriages. He was amazed by the carriage's bearings and steering wheel. I don’t know what kind of skilled craftsman it is to come up with and make such ingenious parts.
Each of the 3,600 officers and soldiers wore plate armor, which was actually made of all steel. The outside was pickled to prevent corrosion, so it didn't rust. It looked dusty, but it didn't reflect light when the sun shone on it. If you sneak attack the enemy at night, you won't be able to detect them at all.
When he was reorganizing the Beijing camp, he went deep into the vehicle camp to hold discussions with the officers and soldiers.
He was shocked to find that each of these officers and soldiers could carry a weight of fifty kilograms and travel hundreds of miles.
Not only did they have steel armor, they were also equipped with a fine steel sword, a strange-looking sharp halberd, and a nine-shot gun with a butt and a bayonet. A few still have ratchet-cocked steel crossbows.
Sun Chengzong couldn't put it down and played with these equipment that he had never seen before.
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The Zhongpu knife is very beautiful. Although the length is only 34 inches (111 centimeters), the steel mouth is excellent and it weighs five kilograms. The entire blade is made of pure steel, and the steel-clamped blade is an unknown steel with extremely high hardness and sharpness.
He couldn't believe that Yang Fan was willing to equip them with such good weapons. Coupled with the pure steel plate armor, he didn't know what to say.
Especially the sharp halberd, which has a spear head, an ax head, and a sickle-like hook and reverse blade.
The spear can pierce armor, and the ax can be used as a heavy weapon to smash, and it can also destroy the enemy's antlers fortifications and various obstacles. The hook could dislodge a cavalryman from his horse and kill him with an axe.
As for the matchlock gun that can be fired nine times within thirty meters, it also opened his eyes. This thing weighs much less than the three-eyed gun, and it also has a bayonet for assassination. It is also 1.8 meters long and can be used as a short gun. It can easily defeat the opponent's waist knife.
Sun Chengzong calculated that Yang Fan spent at least 300,000 taels of silver on this car camp with more than 3,000 people. That’s not even counting the cost of training and logistics.
These people are as strong as cattle, with muscles all over their bodies. You can tell at a glance that it’s all fueled by delicious food and high-intensity training.
He had always been lucky to have caught Che Ying the first time.
At that time, the six and five military governors, nobles, and even eunuchs all focused on the packhorse pulling the cart. These horses are one head taller than the horses of the Ming Dynasty.
They plan to divide the horses that pull the carts and use them to pull carts for themselves and their families. Then secretly, he put on the Ming Dynasty's horse.
Although these vehicles have bearings, the horses of the Ming Dynasty cannot pull these heavy artillery carriages. If they were allowed to steal all the horses and replace them, the camp would be useless. These good horses went to pull their carts, and they had some dignity, but they completely ruined things.
Sun Chengzong mobilized this 50,000-strong army to Tongzhou in the name of exercise.
At the end of the year, according to the emperor's instructions, the Beijing camp will be pulled out for winter training. These are all things he secretly learned from Yang Fan. Yang Fan usually exercises and exercises to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army.
Sun Chengzong had already sensed something was wrong with Yuan Chonghuan, and he had already begun to deal with some bad situations. And Tongzhou is the best place.
Sun Chengzong sighed in his heart. Yuan Chonghuan's ignorance of advancement and retreat made him deeply worried about Yuan Chonghuan's fate.
Yuan Chonghuan was his student, whom he cultivated and promoted. If something goes wrong with Yuan Chonghuan, he himself will definitely be implicated. He could only hope that at this time, Yuan Chonghuan, who had already hardened his wings and had a heated mind, could still control it.
He Kegang led 20,000 infantrymen into Jizhou City. He received orders from Sun Chengzong. If Yuan Chonghuan comes to Jizhou with his army, he must be watched and allowed to fight Jiannu here.
He Kegang was so shocked that his face turned pale, Jian Nu! How could Jiannu come to Jizhou?
He felt that his brain was running out, and he didn't know what everyone was doing for a while. Governor Yuan and Mr. Sun Ge were both mysterious.
What does Mr. Sun Ge's secret handwriting mean?
Governor Yuan has become increasingly unclear over the years. He has lost a lot of the frivolity of his past and has a lot more of the gloominess of a middle-aged man.
He Kegang was at a loss as to what he should do if Governor Yuan insisted on having his own way.
