Chapter 50: Artillery Drills
Even if Chen Mu defeated Jineng's attack, the war continued, because his grandson detained Hannaji and asked me to surrender, Chen still had 100,000 soldiers outside Datong, and Qiqing Ha Xinai Huang Taiji, who did not contribute to the work, was still wandering outside the Saiwai.
However, Xin Ai Huang Taiji was not a problem for the Ming Dynasty, on the surface, Xin Ai Huang Taiji was because Han Naji's affairs were not in the right way with his father, but in fact, he was unwilling to contribute to this battle because of his very different views on the Ming Dynasty, so he did not move troops with the Ming Dynasty at the border, just pretending.
I answered and Ma Fang confronted each other in Datong, and Hannaji had entered the hinterland of Datong to be entertained by the governor at the right time, and the letters between the court and Datong were endless, and many courtiers thought that the opportunity could not be lost, especially the governors of Datong tried their best to promote.
The courtiers discussed the affairs of the courtiers, and Chen Mu was busy collecting minerals in Yanqing.
The land of Yanqing is mountainous, and there are many mines, and the surrounding Beijing and Datong are full of coal, but most of these mines are privately occupied by the guards and local magnates, and even the military households are used to mine for them.
The military affairs of the Changzhen Guard, which is adjacent to the Beijing Division, are much worse than the military affairs of Qingyuan and Xiangshan in the south, and the only advantage is that a big victory allows the two commanders and many guards to see Chen Mu's ability and prestige, and with more than 1,000 recruits of the 500 Banner Army, they resisted the tethered horse bridge of the main attack of the captive cavalry, which was admired by the guard officers, and more than 200 people were disposed of after the war, and the prestige was established.
At this time, it is much easier to order the whole army than before.
However, what Chen Mu didn't expect was that Chen Ju had done a big thing in the past few days - he intercepted a ten-catty, two five-catty, and five two-catty artillery from the Caoyunxin of the military department to the Nanyangwei artillery, and incorporated it into the Shenji Battalion to test the artillery outside the city.
Gao Gong didn't call anyone else, but called Meng Chong, the eunuch who was born as a cook, to watch the cannon salute of the god machine camp.
At this time, the first assistant of the dynasty was Li Chunfang, who was generous, held a fair position in politics, and did not do anything, although he did not make any mistakes, but he obviously lacked courage and talent; The real chief of the cabinet is Emperor Longqing, who is the close minister of King Yu, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.
In the second auxiliary, the high arch is sharp, and everything is headed by it.
Then, Feng Bao, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, asked Jinyiwei to command Xu Fatzi to come to Changzhen.
"Brother Xu is here." Chen Mu didn't know why, so he sent someone to serve tea to Xu Jue, and said with a smile: "Brother came just in time, the younger brother has something here and wants to ask you for help, I don't want my brother to come, is this you and my brother have a heart?" ”
He does have something to ask Xu Jue for help, which is difficult for him, but if Xu Jue does it, it will be easy.
When Xu Jue, who was chubby like Maitreya Buddha, heard Chen Mu's words, his hanging heart could be regarded as a stomach, and even his sitting posture was much easier.
Chen Mu's first impression on him was really bad, it couldn't be said whether he was very cunning or really extreme, in short, for Xu Jue, if he didn't hold Chen Mu's pigtails or give him a big favor, I am afraid that he would not be able to handle the deeds that Feng Bao handed over to him.
When he came, Xu Jue was ready to be slaughtered by Chen Mu in order to do a good job of explaining the psychology, but he didn't expect that Chen Mu still needed his help when he came over, so he leaned on the chair and took a sip of the tea bowl, and said boldly: "Brother Xian, don't worry too much, if there is anything, it will be wrapped up in my brother!" ”
Wrapped up in a brother?
It's really said that I was fat and gasped.
Chen Muxi smiled, and said happily: "It's not a secret, in this capital, the younger brother is both human and earth, so he knows that the elder brother is reliable!" Yanqing Sanwei has to organize forty-five horse teams and 100 households, and there is still a shortage of 6,000 war horses, and the elder brother is ...... Solved for the little brother? ”
Xu Jue choked on the tea and almost overturned the chair.
"Alas, it seems that it is difficult for the strongman." Chen Mu showed a disappointed look, although he didn't feel that he needed to be disappointed at this time, but in order to meet the situation, he still decided to sigh in disappointment, and then said happily: "Yanqing Sanwei still has one hundred and eighty short and large artillery, this brother can solve it!" ”
The tea bowl was put back on the table by Xu Jue, got up and wiped the water stains on the official uniform, and peeked at Chen Mu, but Quan Dang didn't hear it.
Chen Mu opened his eyelids and pouted: "Horses can't work, cannons can't work, then only guns are left, Yanqing Sanwei lacks nine thousand birds, this matter is easier than the above two, eight or nine percent of the new ones are OK, the gunpowder projectile doesn't have to trouble the elder brother, the younger brother ...... it himself."
"Commander Chen, is he teasing Xu!"
Xu Jue glared and glanced out of the hall, then approached and said angrily to Chen Mu: "Who in the entire Beijing division doesn't know that buying guns and guns to find you Chen Zongbing is better than Wang Gongchang's Ordnance Bureau, you let Xu make a cannon for you, do you think I look like a cannon!" ”
This level of angry shouting was not lethal at all to General Chen, who was sticking Ju Yongguan to his face, Chen Mu turned to the side and looked at Xu Jue seriously, shook his head slowly, and then raised his hand and patted it twice on his leg as if he wanted to think of something, and nodded one after another: "Bowl mouth cannon." ”
Xu Jue does look like a bowl-mouth cannon, with a round head and a round body, and he is not too tall. However, Chen Mu only reacted after speaking, this joke was not funny to say on such an occasion, because the mouth of the bowl was big and the belly was small, so he hurriedly waved his hand and put aside the topic.
"Forget it, it's a joke with different brothers, it's really not a secret, the younger brother is collecting Sanwei minerals, this matter is too tricky for Zaixia, the Wei official looks at the township tyrants, the township tyrants look at the powerful, the most difficult thing to do among the magnates is that they have contact with the Jinyi guard officials, and Chen can't move."
Chen Mu rubbed his fingers and said, "Brother helped me bring the mine over, and Chen didn't want to kill people indiscriminately." ”
"It's pretty much the same, you can't kill people now, don't mess around."
"It looks like you're really going to do something at Jingshi University." Xu Jue chuckled, he knew that Chen Mu was playing tricks on him in front of him, asking him to get horses and cannons, he had no place to do it, but he could really do it, "In this way, you tell me the Jinyi guard who occupies your mine, I will go to them and finish it for you in less than a month, but you also have to do me a favor." ”
If Xu Jue didn't come, Chen Mu planned to hand over the notebook directly to the imperial court, and let the ministers ponder the idea of collecting military fields and mining for the guards, as well as improving the status of the banner army. His hand book must have the support of the rulers, but it is difficult to get the support of the lower classes.
The cake is so big, if he wants to take it back, he will inevitably offend a large number of people, if the matter of Changzhen alone is naturally easy to say, but now Chen Mu also pondered the taste, unconsciously, in fact, he has stepped into the whirlpool of Zhang Juzheng's reform, and he can't get out - he doesn't know if there is a guard reform in the original Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng's reform of the old evils, but now it has obviously been put on the agenda.
One day, his guard reform is to implement a metropolitan division, and even the implementation of the five military governors.
"Gao Gong and Meng Chong watched the ceremony by themselves, but they were not called the godfather in charge of the imperial horse supervisor." Xu Jue sat up straight and said to Chen Mu: "Godfather wants to move Your Majesty, and then read the Beijing camp, General Chen, your victorious division in the Juma River will also be stationed in the Beijing camp, and the cannon will be used to win Longyan Yiyue." ”