Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 659
Lu Xiangsheng’s refusal of Guan Ning’s army to come is a matter of course. He is too aware of Guan Ning’s piss, and his new army is completely different from the army of two eras. It is impossible to expect them to contribute and sacrifice for this country. Only Zu Dabi, Zu Dale, and Zu Kuan have a deep friendship with him, and he can control them like an arm. If it were Zu Dacheng and Wu Sangui, he would absolutely not be able to command them, and let them fight smoothly. It’s okay, if you’re fighting against the wind, I’ll show you how to bomb the camp every minute——Guan Ning’s iron cavalry is nicknamed “Bombing Battalion Iron Cavalry”. A person’s name may be wrong, but the nickname is definitely not wrong. Such an army He can't command.The current strength of the Tianxiong Army is indeed insufficient, but no matter how nervous you are, you can't kill the Guan Ning Army!The only thing Lu Xiangsheng liked was probably the thousand Guanning Army Lancers who were still in Jinzhou. It is estimated that Zu Dashou would never let go of this army, and he didn't bother to bother.In Shaanxi, Shanxi, Ningxia, and Beizhili, there are some Chunliang farm children who can endure hardships and stand hard work, and some are powerful children who are willing to go to battle and earn a bright future with their own blood and sweat. Tens of thousands of people can be mobilized with one conscription order. Half a year of training is a well-disciplined force, which is no less troublesome than repeatedly arguing with Guan Ningjun.

Cao Huan supported Lu Xiangsheng [-]%. The Tianxiong Army opened up territory and spread its prestige. He, the supervising army, can also share a share of glory. A glorious achievement is in front of him. How can he allow the bombing cavalry to come and make trouble? !Besides, when Guan Ningjun came, Gao Qiqian, the dead eunuch, naturally followed. This official was much bigger than him. Once he came, Eunuch Cao had to stand aside, which was tantamount to poking Eunuch Cao's lungs!However, Lu Xiangsheng's refusal to transfer Guan Ning Army still made him a little worried. On the way back to Datong from Yingzhou, he carefully said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Master Hou, you refused so simply, I'm afraid you will offend many people. !"

Lu Xiangsheng laughed: "Who will be offended?"

Cao Huan said: "Guan Ningjun, Eunuch Gao, and all the civil servants who have made good friends with Guan Ningjun, I'm afraid you will offend Qingguang!"

Lu Xiangsheng said helplessly: "Then what can be done? If the Guan Ning Army can enforce orders like the Sichuan Army and the Heluo New Army, and they can fight when they come, I will ask the Holy One to transfer them here, but the Guan Ning Army is far from Orders and prohibitions' are too far apart, they are clearly the private army of the Wu family and the ancestor's family, and no one can command them except the Wu family and the ancestor's family!" He looked into the distance, where there were hundreds of grasses, yellow grass, yellow grass, and yellow grass. Sha Feiyang, but no human habitation.His tone became a little dignified: "The imperial court probably thinks that Tumochuan is already in its pocket and can be swallowed in one gulp, but they don't know that the situation in Mongolia is changing at this time, and the situation is changing in an instant. The enemy we have to face is only One will be stronger than the other, and there is absolutely no reason to easily conquer Mongolia! No one knows what kind of situation we will face next year, do you think I dare to let an army with no command come over and join the battle sequence!"

Cao Huan sighed: "Those who want to do something practical will always be left in a dilemma, but those who just wait to die can have both sides...By the way, Lord Hou, shouldn't some debts be settled?"

Lu Xiangsheng turned his head to look at him.

Cao Huan said in a low voice: "You have given them a lot of opportunities, but they don't take it seriously! If you hadn't saved a hand this time, I'm afraid tens of thousands of soldiers will be buried in the grassland! What about next time? Next time they will do it again!" How much trouble will it cause us? Can we really prevent them every time?"

Lu Xiangsheng looked up at the sky and saw that the sky was hazy and windy, and the long winter was not far away.He sighed deeply and said, "Yes, some accounts should be settled clearly..."

When the triumphant master returned to Datong, he could see a sea of ​​people outside the city gate from a long distance away. Datong was empty with thousands of people. They came to pay their respects to the triumphant master’s demeanor. Colorful flags were waving, gongs and drums were blaring, and even a troupe was set up to sing a big show, which was very lively.Seeing Lu Xiangsheng appearing, the crowd immediately cheered like a tsunami, and rushed over like a tide, and surrounded the triumphant soldiers all at once. Throwing money into the hands of the soldiers as if they don't want money, some big girls even put a letter into the hands of the soldiers they thought were pleasing to their eyes, and before he recovered, they blushed and ran away. .Wen Yiming, the magistrate of Datong, bowed deeply to Lu Xiangsheng, and said, "Master Hou is not afraid of wind, sword, frost and sword. He led his cavalry for hundreds of miles, broke through the enemy's formation, and killed the Tartars with blood. He is really a role model for my generation! On behalf of the people in the Nine Borders region, I would like to thank Lord Hou!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Your Majesty, you are being polite. During the time when I was away, you have been able to manage Datong in an orderly manner, which is also indispensable."

Wen Yiming said: "This is what lower officials should do, what they should do!"

Fan Yongdou, a skinny old man, flashed out and said with a smile: "The Tatars are greedy and have repeatedly invaded Datong. It’s a bad breath for us. From now on, the caravans I’m waiting to run outside the Great Wall will be much safer. I’m really grateful. The old man and all the Shanxi merchants decided to contribute 10 taels of silver to help pay, and set up a feast Congratulations to Lord Hou and all the generals, and ask Lord Hou to reward you with face!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Treasurer Fan has a heart, and on behalf of all the officers and men, I will ask you to donate generously!"

Fan Yongdou smiled like a flower: "Yes, yes, Lord Hou, please, please!"

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, bowed to the Datong army and civilian regiment, and then rode into the city, while the soldiers of the Tianxiong army returned to the barracks.In the barracks, the Shanxi merchants had prepared sumptuous food and wine for them to enjoy when they went back.This time, Shanxi merchants were unprecedentedly generous, not only donating 10 taels of silver to help pay, but also preparing a lot of food, wine and gifts.And in Fan Mansion, Fan Yongdou even set up an unprecedentedly luxurious banquet. The abalone ginseng belly is just for leisure, such as light-dried sea cucumber, which even Chongzhen has to weigh to eat, but here it can be found everywhere. The dining utensils used What's more, it's either gold or silver. The cost of this meal alone is probably almost the same as the money he spent to reward the Tianxiong Army.All Shanxi merchants and celebrities and gentry in Datong City scrambled to toast to Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xiangsheng was really in a good mood, and he had to drink with everyone.

When everyone was getting a little drunk, Wen Yiming brought the topic to the course of the battle. He was inconceivable that the Tianxiong Army won such a brilliant victory with less fighting and more fighting: "Master Hou, your soldiers and horses are far away. There are fewer than the Tartars, and they are mainly infantry, so it should be very difficult to fight, so why can they suppress the Tartars?"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said nothing, obviously he didn't want to say anything, but Lei Shisheng was obviously drunk, and he said carelessly: "Of course the Tartars have more cavalry than I do, but I have extremely sharp muskets, and the Tartars have not rushed yet." In front of our army formation, the bullets rained down and our corpses were scattered all over the place, as long as our army formation is not chaotic, even if the Tartars have a hundred thousand cavalry, what can they do to me!?"

Wang Dengku said: "General Lei, are you joking? We have seen a lot of firecrackers. Although they are not weak, they are very troublesome to reload. In front of the army, the firecracker becomes a fire stick, can this thing restrain the Tartar cavalry?"

Lei Shisheng said disdainfully: "Master Wang, the firecrackers you mentioned are rubbish, I don't even want them if you give them to me! The firecrackers we use not only hit far, accurately, and hard, but also are extremely loaded. Quick, the time for you to fire one shot is enough for us to shoot two shots, thousands of these firecrackers fire in turn, even if you have thousands of troops, you can't rush through!"

Lu Xiangsheng shouted: "Yutian, be careful!"

Lei Shisheng was suffocated, and suddenly became sober, and said repeatedly: "I made a mistake, my lord, forgive me, forgive me!"

Everyone in the world knows the advantages of the Tianxiong Army's firearms. They are the most powerful weapons in the world. They can shoot through triple armor with one shot. Shanxi merchants have coveted this sharp weapon for a long time. Let's start, now that the opportunity has come, they are not willing to give up!Fan Yongdou chuckled, and said, "Our army actually has such a sharp weapon? No wonder it was able to strike the crowd with a few, killing the Tartars to the point of blood. I wonder if the Marquis can bring it out for me to feast my eyes on?"

Lu Xiangsheng said solemnly: "Military weapons should not be shown to others lightly, shopkeepers please forgive me!"

Fan Yongdou had a half smile but not a smile: "Could it be that Hou Ye can't trust me and treat me as one of my own?"

Lu Xiangsheng quickly said: "The shopkeeper Fan misunderstood, Lu did not mean that!"

Wang Dengku sighed: "Sigh, merchants like me who are chasing copper stink are all unworthy characters. To be able to meet Lord Hou is already a blessing from a previous life, and it is enough to peek at the secrets of the military."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Treasurer Wang, don't say that. After my new army moved to Xuanda, all the shopkeepers have helped me a lot. Lu regards you as good teachers and friends, and definitely does not mean to look down on you. It's just that this firecracker is a relationship. It is a sharp weapon for the survival of the country, the less people know about it, the better, it is really inappropriate..."

Wen Yiming said with a smile on his face, "Master Hou, the shopkeepers are just curious and want to see it, so you can let them see it!"

All Shanxi merchants said: "That's right, let me wait and see, just take a look!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "But..."

Lei Shisheng muttered: "Let them take a look and satisfy their curiosity, they can't understand anyway..."

Having said all of this, it would be too alien to refuse. Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to send someone to the barracks to fetch a few rifled flintlocks, one for each of the Shanxi merchant giants, and let them see enough.The Shanxi merchants looked around and said that the firecracker was well-made, completely different from the crude garbage made by the Bingzhang Bureau, but they couldn't see which point was good, so they kept asking questions.Of course Lu Xiangsheng wouldn't say it, but Lei Shisheng was really drunk and couldn't control his mouth. Besides, being able to command thousands of musketeers across the world has always been his most proud thing, so he couldn't control his mouth now. Pointing to the musket, he introduced endlessly: "The biggest feature of our fire gun is that it does not use a matchlock. There is a piece of flint in the barrel. After loading the bullet, pull the trigger, the hammer hits the flint to ignite the gunpowder, and the lead bullet is fired. It's very convenient to go out... Do you see these riflings? This is the secret of our firecrackers being able to sweep across the Tartars. It is called rifling, and we carved it with great difficulty. After the gunpowder is detonated, the projectile rotates at high speed against these rifling lines Flying out, it can hit a target much more accurately and farther than a gun without rifling. A gun without rifling can only hit a target thirty paces away at most, but with rifling, it can hit a target at a distance of sixty paces. The enemy army was killed, and before the Tartar cavalry rushed in front of us, they were beaten to the ground."

Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others looked at each other in horror, sixty steps!The effective range of this thing is twice as high as that of ordinary firecrackers!This means that a farmer who can shoot can kill a Manchurian warrior who has practiced martial arts for more than 20 or [-] years. If the Ming army is equipped with such muskets in large quantities, the end of the Jin Dynasty will come!Of course, they would not be so kind to worry about the future of Houjin, but their entanglement with Houjin's interests is too deep. It can be said that without the rise of Houjin, there would be no prosperity of Shanxi merchants today, and without Shanxi merchants Helping sell stolen goods and provide military supplies, there is no Manchu warrior's valor—there is no food to eat, and no matter how fierce a person is, he will become a caterpillar.For Shanxi merchants, it is in their best interests to see Ming fall and Qing prosper. Of course, it would be even more wonderful if Daming survives and Hou Jin can always form a overwhelming momentum against Daming. This means that they can continue to pass the later Jin Indirectly suck blood from this country without worrying about the golden bird running out.It's just that the current situation seems to be more and more favorable to Daming, which is very bad!
Fan Yongdou gritted his teeth, filled a glass of wine and walked in front of Lu Xiangsheng with a pleasant smile: "Master Hou's firecrackers are really ingenious and exquisite, it's an eye-opener for me! I have a heartfelt request, and I hope Master Hou will fulfill it! "

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Shopkeeper Fan, please tell me!"

Fan Yongdou said: "We are all running outside the fortress. We often encounter horse thieves and tartars intercepting roads and robbing. The loss of goods is a trivial matter. If one is not handled well, no one in the entire caravan can come back alive. The relatives are all worried! I wonder if Master Hou can sell us some firecrackers to escort the goods?" Before Lu Xiangsheng refused, he quickly added: "I hope Master Hou will take pity on those children who may die in the grassland at any time!"

Lu Xiangsheng looked a little strange, sighed deeply, and said: "The shopkeeper Fan has already talked about this, so what else can I say? I can sell it to you, but I have something to say before you buy it." Afterwards, the guns can only be used for self-defense, and must not be sold to Jiannu and Tartars for profit! Once the official learns that you have smuggled such sharp weapons to Jiannu and Tartars, you will be punished as treason, and your family will be ransacked! "

When it came to the end, the Hou Ye, who was always very talkative, suddenly burst out with murderous aura, causing the hearts of everyone present to contract rapidly, and their whole bodies were excited!Everyone knows that he is serious. If Shanxi merchants dare to provide such military weapons to Jiannu or Tartars, he will not hesitate to wave his butcher knife and kill him!The expressions of Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others were unpredictable. Although they were well hidden, Lu Xiangsheng still saw them, and he could not help but let out a low sigh:
Speaking of this, I can already be regarded as earnest, if you still don't listen, then don't blame me for being cruel, I have given you many opportunities!
(End of this chapter)