Gao Heng walked out of the dungeon without looking back, but Zheng Zuo shivered for no reason. He knew that this guy named Gao Heng was a man of his word. If he fell into his hands, if he wanted to torture himself, he would There are ten thousand ways to do it. The reason why he has not hurt himself even now is that Zheng Zuo himself also understands that if he is killed, his father will definitely attack this place with all his strength. As long as he is alive, they will be safe. Even using oneself to make a deal with the imperial court in the future would be easy.
If Zheng Zuo was in his twenties, he might really find a wall and hit him to death to save his reputation. But now, Zheng Zuo will not commit suicide, or is unwilling to commit suicide. Before setting off, his father had already He told himself about handing over power, saying that at an appropriate time in the future, he would retire and hand over the country to himself.
His Zheng family is the real emperor of Annan, and Emperor Li is just a decoration, which means that he will become the supreme ruler in the future. Who is willing to give up such a big temptation? Now that I have lost my life, the history books will only record that I capsized in the gutter. If I can go back alive, I will be in charge of the whole country.
He is not worried about his younger brothers. He is the eldest brother, and there is no legal problem in the inheritance of the eldest son. At the same time, he is also the most capable. My father has consciously cultivated himself to be his successor since he was a child. He has connections all over the country. As long as he does not die, no one will dare to change the heir apparent. As for Gao Heng's bunch of bugs, a man can bend and stretch. When he goes out, he will come back with revenge a hundred times a thousand times.
"Eat! Hey! Are you deaf? I want to eat!" Zheng Zuo shouted to the outside through the cell door.
With a creak, the door was pushed open, and several people walked in. A soldier put down his food and went out, leaving only a man who looked short, but his arms were full of muscles, and his face was cold, and there were two others next to him. An entourage dressed as an assistant.
"Who are you?" Zheng Zuo looked confused. The little man walked up to Zheng Zuo and said softly: "My name is Lu Tao. We met on the battlefield. I know you, but you don't know me, but it doesn't matter. In the next few days, you will know me. You can Let’s eat first, and we’ll talk after dinner. You’ve scolded me enough these days, but there are still some things you haven’t told us. General Gao specially sent me to ask you.”
"Hahaha, what a joke. You are so lucky to capture me, and you still want to get information from me? Stop daydreaming." Zheng Zuo laughed.
"Whether it's a daydream or not, you won't know until you try it." Lu Tao glanced at him, and two followers stood beside him. Only then did Zheng Zuo see clearly that they had brought a small package. The two opened it in front of him and saw a set of instruments inside, including a small knife, scissors, silver needles, and some unnamed metal objects.
Lu Tao smiled and said: "Haha, some small items that are not suitable for the table will be displayed to the prince later."
Zheng Zuo's face twitched, and this guy's smile looked extremely charming, "You, who are you?"
Lu Tao leaned forward and whispered: "The villain once worked in Nanzhen Fusi."
"Ah!" The hairs on Zheng Zuo's body stood on end. Most Annan people didn't know what Nanzhen Fusi was. As the prince of Annan, how could he not know? Moreover, Annan also established his own secret service agency after the Jin Yiwei model. This guy actually I worked in Nanzhen Fusi. Rumor has it that Nanzhen Fusi is a hundred times more eerie and terrifying than North Town Fusi.
"Relax, Crown Prince, you will not die in my hands, I will definitely save your life." Lu Tao said easily, as if he was chatting with an old friend.
Only Zheng Zuo was soaked in cold sweat, "No! No! No!" Zheng Zuo's shrill howl echoed in the cell.
In the few days after the public memorial ceremony at the Chungyi Temple, the city was a busy scene. The souls of the war dead have been rested. The living cannot live up to the sacrifices of the war dead. They must work harder to live and live better. .
Gao Heng gathered all the generals above the company level and introduced Cheng Zilong and Jing Zhao to everyone. Gao Heng sorted out the organizational structure of the entire Tuoxian expatriate community. Cheng Zilong has a certain prestige among the people, and everyone knows that he is quite wise. Among the more than 8,000 people left, Cheng Zilong is considered a wise man. He serves as a military advisor, and neither the soldiers nor the people have any opinions.
Jing Zhao is the youngest patriarch of the Jing family. Although the Jing family was almost wiped out, Jing Zhao survived after all. With his family background, Jing Zhao should be quite good at doing business and economics.
In fact, there is nothing they can do about it. They only have so many people, and of course they have to make the best use of them. Even if Jing Zhao is still young, there is nothing they can do, and they must shoulder the burden. Gao Heng himself basically knows nothing about doing business and making money. In terms of theory, he can talk a lot with his four hundred years of experience, but he has zero practical experience, so Jing Zhao wants to be the steward of the entire expatriate group. The expatriates had no problem with him taking care of the money. After all, Jing's reputation was well-known.
Among the remaining generals, except for the seven old brothers who followed him from Zhennanguan and returned home after receiving the reward, there were still thirteen people, three of whom unfortunately died in the battle. Only half of the old brothers were left.
Lu Tao is highly skilled in martial arts and comes from a royal family. It is not suitable for him to be a company commander of the main battle force. His specialty is not in this area, but should be more suitable for work such as investigation, interrogation, and surprise attacks, so he let Lu Tao be the remaining commander. He selected fifty people from his army to form a separate sentinel team to perform such tasks. Lu Tao himself served as the captain, independent of the regular army.
After this battle, the remaining troops of the Qiuhuo Brigade were only a little over a thousand people. Gao Heng simply reorganized the army. The number was small and the reorganization was quick. If the Qiuhuo Brigade could expand its army in the future, these thousand people would be the teaching camp. , they will serve as the core force, and the expanded troops will be built based on the training camp as a model.
The teaching camp consisted of five companies. He gathered all the captured artillery and unscrupulous artillery together, and asked Wu Rong to select two hundred people to form an artillery company, and then set up three infantry companies. More than a hundred war horses were captured in this battle. Although there is a little less, you can first put up the frame and set up a cavalry company. In this way, the basic configuration of the teaching camp is ready.
In this battle, two other people stood out. One was Amuyob. He was the man who desperately used the tiger crouching cannon to bombard the Annan soldiers at the top of the city. His ribs were broken by the recoil. He thought it would be impossible. Who knew that his vitality was extremely tenacious and he could carry it over. Although he can't get out of bed now, his life must have been saved.
From the name of this man, you can tell that he is not a Han, but a Yi. There are many ethnic minorities in the southwest border, so it is not surprising that there are Yi people. The Yi people of later generations are mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guangxi. Amu has a strong body, and most importantly, after Gao Heng's questioning, he found out that his equestrian skills are very superb, and presumably so, he is famous for the Tea Horse Road and the Yi horse gang. It is not surprising that he can ride and shoot. Now that he has a war horse, And with Abu who is good at equestrian skills, there is no problem in forming a cavalry company. The insufficient horses will be found later.
The other person is Zhang Chao, a Han Chinese and a member of the Sword Hands. If he and Lu Tao had not fought hard together at the top of the city to suppress the Annan people who rushed to the top of the city, the city wall would probably have been lost. This man He has good martial arts skills and courage, so he has no problem becoming a company commander.
In this way, the military organization imitating the Shang, Zhou and Spring and Autumn military systems was completely established. With the military name of the Life-Seeking Brigade, a training camp composed of veterans of bloody battles was first established. There are two hundred people in a company, including artillery company commander Wu Rong, cavalry company commander Amuyob, three infantry company commanders, Wang Qi, Song Zhi and Zhang Chao. Lu Tao serves as the captain of the sentinel team. Fan Yu was poor at leading troops but highly loyal. He had persisted all the way south with Gao Heng. Because of this advantage, Gao Heng asked him to bring fifty people as personal guards.
In addition, the remaining five old brothers brought from Zhennanguan are assigned to the five companies. As deputies, the chief officer is no longer led by the adjutant. The army is completely established. . Cheng Zilong served as military advisor, Jing Zhao served as housekeeper, and Gao Heng established a small society in Tuo County in northern Annan.
The people took action one after another. Some repaired the city walls, some renovated the county offices, some washed and cooked, and some treated the sick and rescued people. Everyone put their specialties into full play and strived to do their part in this small society. Life was more prosperous.
Gao Heng worked hard to train the army and distribute all the captured equipment. He knew deeply that future battles would be in the era of firearms. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, China has continued to lag behind the West, especially in the Qing Dynasty, which closed the country and focused on firearms manufacturing and Development is regarded as a miraculous trick, or it can be said that the Manchu rulers were afraid of developing science and technology to open up the people's wisdom, which led to China's poverty, weakness and centuries of humiliation. Now in Gao Heng's hands, he must seize the tail of science and technology. , strive to keep up with or even surpass the pace of the West. This first step must start with our own army.
In this battle, a large number of matchlock muskets were seized, and the broken ones were picked out, leaving at least seven or eight hundred usable ones. All these matchlock muskets were distributed to the infantry companies, leaving more than a hundred as inventory. After the captured iron armor has been repaired, it can be used in almost the same amount, and it is distributed to cavalry and infantry. Since the artillery generally does not participate in frontal battles, it is only equipped with leather armor and rattan armor at first.
At the same time, let the craftsmen improve the captured leather armor, make the leather armor smaller, and turn it into a vest style that can be worn under the iron armor, and distribute it to the front-line troops. In this way, the front-line troops have double-layer armor, which is very effective against fire guns and muskets. The defensive power of the bow and arrow has been greatly enhanced, but there is no way to make a helmet. The only way is to cover the excess leather on the wooden helmet and turn it into a leather helmet to enhance some defensive capabilities.
The same goes for the defense of the legs. Annan's iron armor is similar to the Ming style. They are both hoods. The hoods have long hems and can protect the legs, but this is not enough. Anyway, they captured a large number of ordinary leather armors. Gao Heng organized the women They used the clothing-making tools left by the Annan people in the county to cut the leather armor into pieces, make leggings, and wear them inside the armor. This greatly enhanced the soldiers' defense.
The Annan war horse does not have any protection. For the same reason, the blacksmith made some iron sheets and nailed them together with the leather armor to make a simple front armor, which was put on the war horse to protect its neck and chest, so that the war horse can charge head-on. At that time, the defense against bows, arrows and firecrackers was greatly enhanced.
The remaining materials, money and food will all be collected into the county government's treasury. As the saying goes, increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Now they have no way to increase revenue and can only find ways to reduce expenditure. The way to increase revenue still needs to be explored.
Of course, these projects cannot be completed in a few days. In Gao Heng's opinion, it will take at least one or two months. During this period, there will be constant training, training and retraining. No one knows when the next war will break out. Now He has the card Zheng Zuo in his hand. Once this card is exchanged, the war may start again.
He could only let the soldiers train continuously, and he still used the old method of dividing half of the ammunition on hand for training. Today's matchlock muskets are cumbersome to operate and have poor performance. Without a lot of training, practice makes the soldiers perfect on the battlefield. It will only become more passive.
The training content of the fire gun soldiers is divided into two parts. The match rope gun is naturally a must, and the rest is the cold weapon. It is still the same as before. Gao Heng chose to use the spear as the cold weapon of the fire gun soldiers. After going to the battlefield, the fire gun soldiers He carries a matchlock gun on his back and holds a spear in his hand. He uses a firegun for long range shooting and a long gun for close combat. The main reason is that now it is impossible to combine the firecracker and the bayonet like later generations, so they can only be used separately.
The same goes for Wu Rong. The artillerymen are constantly conducting shooting training. From reloading speed to shooting accuracy, every link cannot be missed. Artillery is a university study. Artillery is the future king of war. If the artillery is used well, the battle will be successful. The victory may have been half achieved. Did you not see that Napoleon was born in the artillery? The French artillery basically defeated all European countries, and this was the glory of the French Empire.
On the cavalry side, because Amu's injury has not healed, they cannot conduct too complicated training. Amu can only be carried on a stretcher every day to the training ground to teach these soldiers how to establish a good relationship with the war horses. Serve well, and then learn how to ride. War horses are the most reliable comrades of the cavalry on the battlefield. They cannot be used as tools. These war horses were captured from the Annan people. You must first become familiar with them and forget the habits originally cultivated in the Annan army.
Gao Heng did two things every day, one of which was to learn riding skills with Amu. In ancient times, as a general, it was not enough to have bad riding skills. Another thing is to patrol the city to supervise the progress of various tasks. Just like the founder of a company, Gao Heng felt a strong sense of satisfaction as he watched his industry get on the right track. This was a small city he had built with his own hands, and it was his home after time travel.
