Outside the city of Huangzhou Prefecture, Zhang Xianzhong came on a tall horse.
It was a good horse, with a height of 1.4 meters at the shoulder, with a smooth body and a vigorous physique. Zhang Xianzhong was wearing armor and a red cloak, and he looked majestic while sitting on the horseback.
In comparison, when Zhao Han entered Nanjing City last year, his attire seemed too shabby.
Because of the hot weather, he only wore a linen singlet.
It is summer now, Zhang Xianzhong is also hot, armor, helmet, cloak, everything is complete.
"Father!"
Sun Kewang prostrated himself on the ground and knelt to welcome Zhang Xianzhong into the city.
Zhang Xianzhong didn't even bother to look at Yizi, and rode directly into the city. While beating, he saved enough face, at least he didn't have to be whipped and punished in public.
Seeing Zhang Xianzhong riding away on horseback, Sun Kewang hurriedly got up and chased after him to lead the horse for his adoptive father.
Arriving at the official residence, Zhang Xianzhong immediately summoned the generals.
"I heard that Guangji County is also lost?" Zhang Xianzhong asked.
Sun Kewang felt particularly uncomfortable, and replied in a low voice: "It's lost, and all the passages out of the mountain have also been occupied."
Originally, Zhao Han only needed two and a half counties. Now that he had fought a battle, he might as well have three counties, occupy some mountainous areas, and completely strangle the passage from Qizhou to Huangmei County.
"The defenders of the three counties have been swallowed?" Zhang Xianzhong asked again.
Sun Kewang replied: "The generals under Hai'er's command were all released after surrendering, but the ordinary soldiers were swallowed by Zhao."
Zhang Xianzhong nodded and said: "Since he is willing to release your generals, Zhao Han has no intention of turning his back on him. You have done a good job in civil affairs. This time, your vitality has been seriously injured. Let's recover in Huangzhou Mansion."
"My boy obeys." Sun Kewang could only obey.
Of the 20,000 soldiers and 30,000 civilian husbands brought out by Sun Kewang, only more than 5,000 people fled back one after another, all of whom had wives and children in Huangzhou Prefecture. The rest of them didn't want to come back at all, they wished to take refuge in Zhao Tianwang, maybe they could get the land directly.
Sun Kewang lost not only the land of the three counties, but also tens of thousands of people!
After a moment of silence, Zhang Xianzhong asked: "The enemy army really only has a few thousand people this time? How did you lose?"
"The enemy army is about 5,000, all soldiers." Sun Kewang recalled the battle that day, and couldn't help but look fearful on his face. Same. Their firearms are extremely fierce, the cannons can hit very far, and the firecrackers can only fire at twenty or thirty paces. Their formation is also powerful, and the infantry with several times the strength of the charge can't move at all."
Zhang Xianzhong asked: "How does it compare with the Tianxiong Army?"
Sun Kewang thought about it carefully, and said: "Tianxiong's army can't form such a tight formation. Father can ask Feng Shuangli about the cavalry he led that day."
Feng Shuangli said: "Your Majesty, the Jiangxi soldiers are not afraid of the cavalry. At a distance of fifty or sixty steps, facing the cavalry charging, the Jiangxi soldiers did not move. They really did not move. They did not move their feet. The cavalry rushed to shoot arrows, but they just raised their shields. Block arrows without moving your legs. In fact, if you don¡¯t raise your shield, you can¡¯t shoot any Warring States. Their soldiers have armor.¡±
"It's true that they all have armor, not leather armor," Guan Youcai, the general of the Ministry, interjected, "That day I led four thousand men to outflank the flanks, and there were at most seven or eight hundred Jiangxi soldiers in front of me. The kind with the lining inside, and wearing a rattan helmet with iron plates. I attacked seven or eight hundred with four thousand men, and I was blocked by wolf traps, and I couldn't stand it. Stabbed to death. The armor worn by those little soldiers is as good as our generals. It was not five thousand soldiers that day, but five thousand generals!"
Hiss!
Zhang Xianzhong took a deep breath, and five thousand generals lined up. The scene was terrifying just thinking about it.
Zhang Xianzhong confirmed: "The cavalry has rushed to twenty or thirty steps, and the formation on the opposite side is not in chaos?"
Feng Shuangli said: "It's not just chaos, it's not moving at all. The rattan players held up their shields to block the arrows, the firecrackers hid behind and fired in volley, and if they rushed close, there would be spears and wolf whisks. Those wolf whisks are too scary. I didn¡¯t dare to rush when I got there, I was so scared that I ran to the side.¡±
Sun Kewang added: "Jiangxi soldiers are all trained like general Jia Ding."
Zhang Xianzhong suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness, Zhao Han is really fucking rich!
Zhang Xianzhong's own direct troops can only reach the rank of servants, only one or two thousand. The other generals and adopted sons can have at most four or five hundred under their command.
The rest are considered elite if they can wear leather armor!
Zhang Xianzhong warned in a deep voice: "Don't provoke Zhao Han again, recruit more refugees to farm, recruit more craftsmen to make weapons and armor!"
"Remember, baby!" Sun Kewang responded quickly.
Just when Zhang Xianzhong admonished?? Share joys and sorrows.
While resting at the doctor's side, Lu Xiangsheng found a nun: "What's your name?"
"Huijing." The nun replied.
"What about the common name?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.
The nun shook her head: "I don't know. When I was young, my family was poor, and I was sent to the nunnery when I was a few years old. I have long forgotten who I am."
Lu Xiangsheng asked again: "Do you still believe in Buddhism?"
The nun took off her hat, showing her full head of hair, and said with a smile, "Now I only believe in Mr. Zhao. In fact, I have long since become vulgar. I only wear this outfit in the military camp. I am married" She pointed to the distance The Taoist priest who was carrying something said, "My husband has also left the secular world, and he will be discharged from the army when I get pregnant."
Lu Xiangsheng looked at the nun in front of him and the Taoist priest in the distance, not knowing what to say.
"Separate two thousand people to come and carry things!"
The soldiers who were practicing immediately allocated two thousand and ran to the gate of the barracks to carry supplies.
The quartermaster shouted: "Medical doctor, come quickly and get your clothes and shoes, and firecrackers come and get your new weapons!"
In the future, doctors no longer need to wear monks' clothes, but uniform canvas uniforms.
As for the new weapons of the firecrackers, Lu Xiangsheng's eyes lit up.
It turned out to be a pair of dagger-like things that can be inserted into the front end of the barrel, and the musketeers instantly become spearmen.
Standing on the general platform, Liu Zhu summoned the firecrackers to give a lecture: "In the future, we will practice bayonet skills more. The town has sent some bayonet skill instructors over. In actual combat, if you understand any tricks, you can also report them to yourself." Shangguan, if the moves you comprehend are useful, they will be promoted throughout the army!"
Lu Xiangsheng got a firecracker with a bayonet, tried to stab it a few times, and was full of praise immediately: "This thing is very useful."