Due to the expansion of the Han Army Banner, many old people in the Han Army Banner naturally have the opportunity to rise. Niu Mantun is now promoted!

Niu Mantun himself has good martial arts, and he married the Jurchens, so he can be regarded as half of his own people. In addition, he also once had a great achievement in stepping first, so now Niu Mantun is already the armor man of the Han Army Banner!

And Niu Mantun also knows how to gather people who are useful to him. His neighbors Zhang Liang and Song Yonglian are now his henchmen.

Niu Mantun had saved the lives of their two families when Nurhachi killed the Wugu people before, so Zhang Liang and Song Yonglian were loyal to Niu Mantun! Niu Mantun relied on the two of them to really establish a small force in the army, and he had a little reputation.

In the past few years, Niu Mantun has lived a very nourishing life. Due to the relatively small number of wars, Niu Mantun had sufficient time to farm at home, so Niu Mantun had a good harvest with his family's six Aha.

But Niu Mantun doesn't care much about farming now. More often than not, he was practicing martial arts. He knew how his days came about, that is, after Gan Delen began to teach him to fight, he exchanged it for a war knife!

Niu Mantun has also figured it out now, he no longer cares about fighting the Han people. In his opinion, it doesn't matter whether the Han people are the emperors or the Manchurians, anyway, it's not his in the world. No matter who sits in the world, he has to pay food, right?

Therefore, it is his duty to live a life of relying on his own knife to earn back peace for himself. Besides, he already has a son, so he has to plan for his son and earn more family property.

It's the end of June, and the farm work in the fields is not very busy. In order to hone himself, Niu Mantun went to the forest to hunt. However, Zhang Liang and Song Yonglian did not follow him. The two of them have just recovered their breath with the help of Niu Mantun, and it is still a little difficult. So both of them stayed at home to take care of the crops.

In the evening, Niu Mantun rode back from the woods. Two rabbits and a grouse were tethered to the horse. The current Niu Mantun is no longer what it was when he first started learning martial arts. In the past few years, he has practiced hard at home day and night, although he has not worshiped a famous teacher, but he can be regarded as having a good martial arts!

As far as Niu Mantun understands, it doesn't matter what kind of martial arts are on the battlefield

Art. On the battlefield, what is faster is faster, and what is compared is ruthless. The comparison is accurate! As long as you meet these three things, you can almost live. The rest is all up to luck!

As soon as Niu Mantun approached the front of the house, he saw Zhang Liang and Song Yonglian talking at the door. Niu Mantun knew that these two people must have something to look for him.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, the two men turned their heads back, and when they saw that it was Niu Mantun, they stepped forward to meet them. Zhang Liang helped pull the horse, and Song Yonglian took the prey off the horse.

The three of them entered the courtyard, and one Aha reached out to take the prey in Song Yonglian's hand, and said at the same time: "Master, you are back!" Master Zhang, they've been waiting for you for a long time! ”

Niu Mantun said: "Go and pack these things, and we'll have a drink later." ”

Song Yonglian hurriedly said, "Brother Niu, don't drink this wine." You don't know yet, today I saw fast horses galloping on the road, as if they were gathering troops! I think it's going to be war again! ”

Niu Mantun thought for a while and said, "It should be like this!" I went to my uncle's house a while ago, and he said that the Great Khan might attack Liaonan and capture Lushun! Completely sweep away the Ming army in southern Liaoning, so as to deal with the Guanning army with all your might! ”

Zhang Liang listened and said hesitantly: "In this case, wouldn't that be to attack the fortified city?" ”

Niu Mantun said: "I must fight!" Not to mention anything else, even Arthur City has to work hard! It was the last city of the Ming Dynasty in Liao, and it must have been heavily guarded. ”

Zhang Liang sighed and said: "If it's okay in the field, if it's a siege, it's to fill it with human lives!" Our Han military flag can't be said to be ranked at the forefront again this time! ”

Niu Mantun said: "No way, who let us be Han!" But that's fine, once the city is broken, the reward is also very heavy. ”

Song Yonglian followed and said: "Brother Niu is a person with great luck, if the two of us follow up Brother Niu, it is estimated that there will be no big deal!" ”

Zhang Liang also nodded and said, "This is true!" But this time I went to hope to catch two Ahabs, my father is too old to get off the ground. If there is no one to help you farm the land, I am afraid that my belly will suffer next year! ”

Niu Mantun nodded and said: "That's the truth, let's just take care of ourselves!" Not tonight

Leave the two of you behind, go home and take care of your clothes, maybe tomorrow's military order will arrive. ”

After Zhang Liang and the two left, Niu Mantun took out his armor from the cabinet and began to take care of it, Niu Mantun had made a lot of cheap trips with the army a few times before, so the armor on your body was also replaced by a shotgun and a semi-iron armor. Everywhere else, it's still cotton armor.

This cotton armor is actually very complicated to make. It's not the same thing as the padded jacket worn by the post-Jin army in the TV series.

The real cotton nail should first soak the cotton in water for three or five days, soak it thoroughly, then take a ball of cotton and beat it on the slate, and use a wooden hammer to thoroughly hammer the cotton into thin slices. After drying, the pounded cotton is cut into squares, and 6 to 10 layers are nailed together as needed. Then sew it into the middle of the two layers of cloth armor, and then nail it with copper nails. If there is a condition, steel sheets can be added between cotton sheets.

This kind of cotton armor has little effect against the killing of weapons, but it is very useful for defending against bows and arrows. Ordinary bows and arrows will only hang on cotton armor, and they will not be able to shoot through at all.

Niu Mantun's half armor is nailed with iron armor on the chest of the cotton armor to firmly protect the chest and abdomen. This is already a high-grade armor in the Han army flag.

Niu Mantun carefully polished the armor, and then took out the war knife and wiped it carefully. Then his mother-in-law came in, saw him arranging his clothes, and said, "But is there going to war again?" ”

Niu Mantun said: "Yes. This time the Great Khan seemed to be going to attack Lushun. I'm not at home, you're pregnant, be careful. ”

His mother-in-law touched her stomach and said, "I haven't shown my pregnancy yet, what is there to worry about?" ”

Niu Mantun smiled slightly and said, "Where did the boss go?" ”

His mother-in-law helped sort out her clothes and armor casually, and said, "Go to Zhang Liang's house to play!" ”

After saying this, his wife began to babble on and on about housework. Niu Mantun didn't say anything, just listened to her.

Early the next morning, Zhang Liang and the others guessed it. The order of the soldiers reached the village, and they were to send ten men from this village. Niu Mantun had a high prestige in the village, so the village chief asked him to order troops. Niu Mantun was also not polite, including Zhang Liang and Song Yonglian, and ordered ten people. I brought three more Aha with me.