In the Chinese army's tent at the Xuanfu Army Camp, Wei Zhice saw Zhang Chengzheng smiling and encouraging him to continue talking, so he continued: "Commander, I have the courage to make a batch of cotton medicine bags as a matter of urgency."
Zhang Cheng couldn't help but groan after hearing the words, and the generals at the table were also talking about it.
They argued with each other about this, and they certainly had supporters for the silk medicine packs. They said: The sharpness of artillery lies first in speed, and secondly in safety. There is no worry about exploding the barrel. The soldiers can feel at ease and can shoot accurately and quickly.
There are many opponents, and their reasons are very good. Once the cannon is fired, there will be countless cannonballs and ammunition packets for firing.
This does not include the upfront investment in artillery manufacturing, gunner training, etc. Silk is an expensive thing. Now hundreds of silk medicine packets are burned every day. One can imagine how huge the cost will be in the war. ?
Zhang Cheng pondered for a long time. Although the cost of this silk medicine bag is high, it will cost a little more to use. After all, it represents the future development direction of artillery.
The Xuanfu Army must be at the forefront of this era in terms of military technology. In order to win faster and reduce military casualties as much as possible, they must invest when they should, and they must not save money.
Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng met Wei Zhice's gaze and said, "Silk medicine bags have so many advantages, how can they be discarded?
Could it be that just for the sake of the remaining money, I turned to cotton medicine bags? Not only would my cannon fire slower, but the gunners would also worry about the chamber exploding due to unclean cleaning.
Since facts have proven that this silk medicine bag is indeed superior to cotton medicine bag, our army's artillery battalion uses silk medicine bag. This money cannot be saved.
It is precisely the use of our army's silk medicine bags and goose feather primer tubes that eliminates many processes such as cleaning the chamber and installing lead wires, which makes the artillery battalion sharp.
This is the advancement of technology. You need to know one thing, that is, you cannot reverse the course of history just to save a few taels of silver. That is extremely wrong, and this example must not be allowed.
The artillery battalion uses silk medicine packs as a whole. Don't worry about a little money. Not only the silk medicine packs, but anything that is beneficial to the march in the future must be used quickly regardless of the cost of money. "
After he finished speaking, he looked around at the generals and officials and said in a deep voice: "You must remember that no matter how important money is, it is not worth the lives of our soldiers. We can only equip our soldiers with the most powerful weapons and give them the best weapons." Food should be cherished like one’s own brothers and children.
Only in this way can the soldiers have no worries and are willing to use their lives in front of the army to kill the enemy bravely! "
Such words moved the hearts of all the generals, and Guo Yingxian's blood boiled even more. He stood up with a wine bowl and said angrily: "Good brother, we know that following you will never go wrong. Mother belly, he Who is Li Fuming? He wants to swallow up our Xuanfu Army officers and soldiers.
Not to mention how good he was at leading the army in the war, we couldn't stand him just because he withheld pay and drank the soldiers' blood! "
Just when Guo Yingxian called Zhang Cheng "good brother", Lin Fangping and Li Jiyu, who were at the same wine table, felt unhappy. Their expressions were grim, and they seemed to be about to explode.
Zhang Guangda glared at them hard, laughed and said to Guo Yingxian: "General Guo is absolutely right, we are all members of the Xuanfu family, and we are all under the command of General Yang. Although General General Yang is not here, we can We are still Xuanfu generals, so we should be together."
In his early years, Zhang Guodong was the governor of Xuanda, Lu Xiangsheng, and the general of Biaoying Qian. Although he and Guo Yingxian were not acquaintances, they had met several times. At this time, he also said: "Exactly, I followed Lu Xiangsheng earlier. The governors and ministers fought against the Tartars together. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to kill the slaves side by side in this encounter?
Come, let me offer you a glass of wine! "
Everyone toasted to each other, and Zhang Cheng also picked up the wine bowl. He smiled and drank it all in one gulp with his subordinates.
Zhang Cheng finished drinking and put down the wine bowl. He looked at his subordinates in front of the table, lost in thought for a long time, and then said: "The war is fierce and dangerous. When we are on the battlefield, who knows when we will be born and when we will die?
However, since we have joined the army, we have to charge on the battlefield and make heroic achievements. It is our duty to wrap our bodies in horse leather. We deserve to die. As a general, it is extremely honorable to die on the battlefield. Just like Yang Shuai. "
He paused briefly and then said: "Everyone, when I was in Xuanfu, I once said that our soldiers should be 'as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, as plundering as the fire, and as motionless as the mountain'."
When facing the enemy, it is even more important to "never abandon or give up". Anyone who is ordered to do so must move forward without any orders, and without an order, he must not retreat. Each battalion must watch and help each other. "If you win, you will raise a toast to celebrate, and if you lose, you will fight to the death to save each other." '! "
When he said this, he picked up the wine bowl again and said loudly: "It is my blessing that Zhang Cheng can be in the same army with you and fight the enemy side by side. This bowl of wine is dedicated to all the generals here.
I hope you generals can be honest with me and help me accomplish a great cause, save all the people, reorganize the country of Ming Dynasty, revive the prestige of Ming Dynasty, make the people rich and everyone can enjoy peace and happiness! "
All the officials and generals at the table stood up with their bowls in hand and looked at Zhang Cheng respectfully.
I saw Zhang Cheng also stood up and said loudly: "With one heart and one mind, we can revive the Ming Dynasty!"
"Together with one heart...with one virtue...reviving...the Ming Dynasty..."
Although only Zhang Cheng and more than ten other generals were shouting together, the sound was extremely loud, and it seemed that even the huge military tent was shaking with it.
After everyone continued eating and drinking for a while, they saw Zhang Chengfang ordering people to light the candles in the general's tent.
At this time, Zhang Cheng said: "Okay, everyone has eaten and drank enough, now get ready to discuss things!"
After Zhang Chengfang heard this, he hurriedly called for the soldiers to come in and started to clear away the leftovers on the table.
The generals stepped aside one after another and began to discuss privately in small groups the military affairs in Liaodong. The content was nothing more than the intelligence that Li Changsheng of the Tiger Guard Camp had discovered the day before.
Wei Zhice and Lin Fangping were accompanying Zhang Cheng, as if they had something to say. In the end, Lin Fangping was the first to speak: "Shuai Ye, Jin Tai wants to come to the Tiger Guard Camp to serve you, Shuai Ye.
I don’t know, handsome man, if you can bear it! "
As soon as Zhang Cheng heard him mention Zhang Jintai's name, he knew that he was here to lobby for Zhang Jintai.
Among these adopted sons, Zhang Jintai is regarded as an outstanding performer. In Zhang Cheng's eyes, perhaps only Zhang Chengfang is better than him. Among the remaining children, it is difficult for anyone to be better than him.
This group of kids, from the day they became Zhang Cheng's adopted son, opened a door that could change their destiny. However, how good each person's fortune will be after entering the door depends on their own efforts.
The first two teachers in their boy camp were the scholar Wang Yuanjing in literature and Lin Fangping in martial arts, and the thirty or so children in the boy camp were the closest to them.
Of course, some of them, such as Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai, were relatively outstanding and were placed by Zhang Cheng in the Guards Headquarters for training early on. They were also very familiar with Chen Zhong and other former Guards officers and soldiers.
The last time Zhang Jintai asked Zhang Cheng to go out with the Huwei camp at night to scout, he thought it was a practice, so he got a chance to fight. He also performed very bravely and excellently during this sentry.
Generally speaking, Zhang Jintai showed an outstanding talent in this sentry.
He doesn't know why, but he just wants to be an outstanding person, and he just likes to gallop in the mountains and forests, fight with enemies, fight, and enjoy grudges.
Zhang Cheng actually didn't object to him entering the Tiger Guard Camp. He just didn't want Zhang Jintai to feel that all this came too easily, that he couldn't cherish it, and that it might even lead to a situation where he had high ambitions but low intentions.
He just wants Zhang Jintai to practice more and go through some hardships before he can truly grow up and cherish everything that is hard-won in front of him.
Zhang Cheng waved his hand and said: "In our Xuanfu army, officers and soldiers are equal, and everyone is united. No one has any privileges. Whether Jin Tai can enter the Tiger Guard Camp depends entirely on his personal ability.
Furthermore, even if Zhang Jintai enters the Tiger Guard Camp based on his ability, you cannot give him special care. He must start from an ordinary soldier and must accumulate merit before he can be promoted. You must not promote him because of me.
If this is true, you are not helping him, but harming him. Do you know how powerful this is? "
Hearing what Zhang Cheng said, Lin Fangping didn't seem to object or prevent Zhang Jintai from joining the Tiger Guard Camp. He secretly rejoiced in his heart: He finally lived up to Zhang Jintai's request.
However, he heard Zhang Cheng's implication that Zhang Jintai could enter the Tiger Guard Camp, but there seemed to be some conditions that could only be fulfilled, and he couldn't help but feel doubtful in his heart.
Lin Fangping glanced at Wei Zhice, then tentatively asked Zhang Cheng: "Master Handsome, I saw that Jin Tai performed very well when he went out on duty this time. When he recovers from his injury, can he go to the Tiger Guard Camp to practice? "
In the later period, Wei Zhice also taught these children reading and literacy on behalf of Wang Yuanjing, so he became very familiar with these children, and naturally he was entrusted by Zhang Jintai.
At this moment, he took advantage of every opportunity and said, "I think it's feasible. Zhang Jintai is a kid with good literary and martial arts skills, and he's bold and careful. He's a good piece of material that won't stop at night."
Commander, why don't you just follow General Lin's advice and let Jin Tai go to the Tiger Guard camp first to get some training? If you don't know which team he belongs to, it would be better to just study with General Lin. "
Zhang Cheng saw that the table over there had been cleared away, and a huge sand table had been set up, so he said impatiently: "Jin Tai, this kid, what kind of drug did you two get drugged? Why did you do this today?" The chatter starts going on!"
Wei Zhice and Lin Fangping both had a blush on their faces, as if Zhang Cheng had revealed their secrets. They smiled coquettishly but did not answer.
Zhang Cheng looked at their embarrassment, sighed, and said: "Just follow Brother Zhice's wishes. After he recovers from his injury, he will first go to the Tiger Guard camp to practice. However, instead of serving as a guard for Fang Ping, he will serve as a guard from the Tiger Guard." Started as a groom in the camp.
No one has special privileges in our Xuanfu army. When they join the army, they are assigned to various battalions according to their talents. And those close to me like Zhang Jintai have to start from a low place. Just fine.
Do you understand the truth behind this? "
Although Lin Fangping nodded, his expression did seem to indicate some understanding.
Wei Zhice said with a smile: "Commander, you are really working hard to achieve this."
He turned around and said to Lin Fangping: "According to the commander-in-chief's wishes, let Zhang Jintai start as a groom."
Zhang Cheng did not comment, and just said to the two of them: "No matter who they are, our Xuanfu officers and soldiers must not be cowardly or timid, and must not shrink back.
Fang Ping, although Zhang Jintai is my adopted son, there are no biological fathers and sons in the army. How to deal with it depends on military regulations.
If he should be sent on sentry duty, you still have to give orders. Don't worry. It is really dangerous not to collect troops at night, especially now that the Tatars are paying more and more attention to the Xuanfu army's failure to collect troops at night.
However, Jin Tai is a kid with a somewhat impatient temper. When he first enters the camp, he still has to start at a low level to wear down his spirit, which might not be a bad thing for him. "
Seeing that Lin Fangping seemed to have something to say, Zhang Cheng waved his hand: "Jin Tai has been strongly requesting to go to the Tiger Guard Camp. He must have thought carefully about the consequences here and is prepared for any conditions.
This can be used to train him. If he can't even bear this grievance, how will he succeed in the future? "
Zhang Jintai has a lively temperament. Even if he is not Zhang Cheng's adopted son, he is quite lovable in front of everyone, and most of the generals have taught him the skills of fighting on foot and cavalry, or of sentry.
At this time, many people had heard that Zhang Jintai would be able to fulfill his wish and join the Tiger Guard camp after recovering from his injury, and they were all happy for him.
…………
The sand table in front of Zhang Cheng and other generals was more detailed and detailed than the one made when they first arrived at Songshan. The terrain near Jinzhou was now marked more accurately.
Take a closer look at the numerous small flags of various colors planted on the sand table, representing the distribution of the enemy and our armies.
Originally, the small flags representing the Qing army in Rufeng Mountain, Shimen Mountain, Songshan Ridge and other places have been reduced a lot, but in Jinzhou City and other places, many small flags representing the strength of the Qing army have indeed been added.
These small flags were all set up based on the results of reconnaissance and surveys by the Xuanfu Army's battalions.
Looking at the various small flags on the sand table in front of them, everyone began to think deeply. The Tatars had retreated from Rufeng Mountain and other places earlier, and now they are continuously withdrawing troops from Shimen Mountain, Huangtu Ridge and other places.
Under Jinzhou City, although there was an obvious increase in troops, a large number of Qing troops were still missing.
What are their intentions?
Although Guo Yingxian has a somewhat careless personality, he is a strong general who fought in the war of his own. He thought for a moment and then said: "General Zhang, I think that the thieves and slaves behave like this, which will greatly tempt me to invade Huangtu Ridge. Shimen Mountain means Jinwei.
And if the distribution of its troops is really as shown in this sand table, it is obvious that it still has a main force that is missing.
The general guessed that either he was setting up an ambush in the dark, hoping to take advantage of our division's advance to sneak attack on us; or there was a main force of tens of thousands of elite cavalry hidden up and down the Nuer River, intending to harass our Xingshan grain road. , disrupting the morale of our Wang division. "
Wei Zhice had been deep in thought just now, and now he continued: "Nowadays, the Tatar thieves are stationed in Shimen Mountain, Huangtu Ridge and other places. Although there are not many troops stationed there, they have sent more Han army slaves and Korean troops up. There are more of them." Learning how to use guns and artillery is best suited for defending forts.
Therefore, the plan of the Tatar thieves must be to lure the main force of our army to attack Huangtu Ridge, Shimen Mountain and other places in order to break through and break the siege of Jinzhou. In this way, our division will be entangled by the Tatar thieves.
At that time, if the main force of the Tatars suddenly breaks out again, either running among the pines and apricots, or attacking my food storage area at the mouth of the Xiaoling River, it will be extremely critical for me. I will have no troops to send. If the food is really destroyed by the Tatars, road.
Then the morale of the army will be in chaos, fearing that it will be difficult to hold on any longer..."
