Soon after Emperor Chongzhen made Wang Dou a loyal and brave uncle, and hung the seal of "General Zheng", this matter spread throughout the northern country, especially the teahouses and restaurants inside and outside the Beijing Division, which were full of people talking about this matter for more days. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info// Net update fast //

The affairs of the capital have always been permeable from all sides, and even if the government has something to keep secret, it will soon be heard from various channels, and there is no such thing as secret. Therefore, Wang Dou Fengbo sealed the news and transmitted it to all directions at a rapid speed.

On February 25, the 14th year of Chongzhen, Xuanfu Town, the northeast suburbs of the martial arts field.

Xuanfu Town is known as "the nine towns", known as "the nine sides of the Chong to count Xuanfu", the town of the town is also very famous, Xu Wei has a song in the Ming Dynasty: "Xuanfu teaching field is heard all over the world, all the peaks and peaks are in the clouds." Don't use a bow and knife to line up tigers, and are born with swords and halberds to support generals. ”

The parade platform of the teaching field is built on the mountainside, backed by the reckless mountains, and can overlook the flat and vast teaching field under the important land, and can overlook the magnificent Xuanfu town in the distance, which can be said to occupy the advantage of the terrain. Although there is a martial arts arena not far from the south pass of the town, but in that kind of small venue, not many town officials are willing to go to the exercise.

At this time, on the parade platform, all kinds of generals standing in helmets and armor were engrossed in watching the sergeant drill below. The slogans on the teaching field shook the sky, and the pikemen of the brigade were practicing the art of marching in formation and assassination. Or a large flock of birds and soldiers are constantly training and shooting, the smoke of gunpowder is filled, and the sound of guns is deafening.

Looking at the sergeants training below, Yang Guozhu showed a look of relief and emotion on his face, from the beginning of Chongzhen's twelfth year of brewing, until now, his 10,000 new army has finally been trained.

How much effort did you put into it for this army? Not only did he invest all the money and food he obtained, but he went straight to the teaching field every day when he went out of the "Zhenshuo Mansion", and even sometimes he ate and lived in the teaching field, and the food, clothing, housing and transportation in the army were really incalculable, but fortunately. The army has finally been trained.

This army is completely modeled after Wang Doushun's township army and enlisted in the army. All of them are good and young, and each of them has a part of the field, and they can retire after five years. All 50 acres of land will be allocated, and the disabled will be given a lifelong pension. The armor, weapons, and all the birds and guns used by the soldiers were all made at their own expense. All kinds of expenses. So that the large amount of silver and wealth he received that year was all smashed on this army.

In order to avoid flashy and unrealistic, Yang Guozhu, who has been in battle for a long time, also trained his troops in battle, so that this army could suppress bandits in batches, and even went out of the fortress several times to fight with Mongolian rangers to exercise their combat strength to the greatest extent, and so on. Finally the army was completed.

Yang Guozhu divided the new army into three battalions. All foot soldiers, the army has a calmdown, to comfort the officers, and the veterans of the bloody war are appointed as the captains, team officers, and generals. Thousands of generals, generals, etc. With the addition of the main barracks, there are 15,000 soldiers under his command.

And that's not all. Most of the main barracks are veterans of a hundred battles, and because of the large number of horses and mules, these 5,000 veterans are a horse army, although the military discipline of each person is not as strict as that of the new army, but the combat strength is needless to say.

Looking at the teaching field below, not only Yang Guozhu was happy, but all the generals beside him were eyebrows and eyes, and their hearts were full of joy, and no one disliked the training of the strong army.

Yang Guozhu's general Guo Yingxian opened his mouth even more, and laughed loudly: "These recruits have finally out...... It looks okay, but it costs a little more......"

As soon as Guo Yingxian said this, all the generals around him were gossiping: "Yes, the cost is indeed large, not to mention the Ma army, just the military salary of these recruits costs more than 100,000 taels of silver a year, as well as gunpowder and gunpowder, and a dozen leads, it is money." ”

"Yes, the medicine is too expensive......"

Of course, Yang Guozhu's new army can't be like Wang Dou who doesn't pay military salaries, and for the time being, there is nothing to gain from killing the enemy, and they are all paid every month.

In order to prevent officers from eating empty salaries and drinking soldiers' blood, Yang Guozhu also distributed the general's salary to each soldier in accordance with the style of the Qi family's army, and distributed it by himself. The effect was obvious, these new soldiers were well fed and their morale was very high. …,

The salary of 15,000 men was a big expense, and there were many more, such as gunpowder projectiles for bird soldiers...... Yang Guozhu also set up a private gunpowder factory to specialize in making gunpowder.

Wang Dou's method is the nitrate collection method from later generations, which is simple and cheap, while Yang Guozhu can only follow the gunpowder production method of the Ming Dynasty at this time.

At this time, it is expensive, and when nitrate is extracted, it is necessary to add a large amount of gray water, gelatin, egg white, radish and other substances to adsorb and remove the impurities inside, which costs a lot.

This is also the reason why many military leaders were reluctant to use firearms at that time, not to mention the quality problems, but also to continue to invest, such as casually summoning some soldiers, to the waist knife and spear, saving time and effort. Moreover, when the troops come quickly, the momentum caused by this is so loud that others will be frightened when they hear that you have an army of hundreds of thousands, and even if you can't fight, you can scare people and intimidate a large number of people.

is like Zuo Liangyu, who later claimed to be a million army, but in fact, there are only 20,000 or 30,000 troops in the middle of the war, but the court just takes it seriously, and there is nothing to be done about it if it is rude.

The generals talked a lot, and they all lamented that it was not easy to raise an army, there was only so much food and salary in the town, and it was too difficult to maintain 15,000 soldiers and horses, and somehow, the topic suddenly turned to Wang Dou's head:

"Alas, I don't know how General Wang trained his troops, half of the bird soldiers in his army, where did his gunpowder come from?"

"His army doesn't need to be paid, and it saves a lot of money, so maybe the money is used for gunpowder research."

"His bird gun can break through heavy armor in a hundred steps, our bird gun is far inferior, it should be a problem with the medicine, Dashuai, can you buy a batch of guns from the East Road?"

"The town has long had this idea, but General Wang is leading the troops, and those people on the East Road can't be the masters......"

Hearing the gossip of the generals mentioning Wang Dou, Yang Guozhu's heart was complicated, in his new army, he also used fixed cartridge ammunition, but the power was far from being comparable to the bird gun used by the Shunxiang army, it should be a problem of medicine.

mentioned Wang Dou, Guo Yingxian shouted: "My old brother, now he is in the limelight, I heard that he led the army to the south, and in Luoyang he beat hundreds of thousands of thieves and ran away like dogs, my little brother, it's really not simple." ”

When this topic was raised, the generals and officials were excited for a while, and they all said that when Wang Dou came back, he would definitely be rewarded and become a member of the Governor's Mansion.

Yang Guozhu was suddenly a little tired, and was about to go into the school building behind him to take a rest, when he suddenly saw a guard hurrying over, saying that there were children of the Jingshi Mansion outside the field to report important information to the marshal.

Yang Guozhu asked the guards to bring people in, and wondered in his heart: "What's the matter, so anxious?" ”

The staff of the mansion was set up by Yang Guozhu in Beijing, and he specially reported on various developments in Beijing. The news was transmitted faster than the Di newspaper, and there was a Ruotang newspaper, which was the case with the governors and commanders at that time.

Soon. The children of the mansion came in and reported to Yang Guozhu that he was Yang Guozhu's confidant, and all the officers and generals in the parade Taichung were also generals under Yang Guozhu. Nothing can be said to anyone.

Yang Guozhu looked calm at first, and the more he listened, the more moved he became, and asked the family carefully, and finally stayed for a long time and rewarded the family with a few taels of silver. Let him go down and rest.

The parade platform has exploded, and the generals are gossiping: "Wang Dou Xiangyang won a great victory, killed the thief, the emperor specially rewarded him, sealed the uncle, and gave the military number and battalion number?" ”

"Uncle Feng, this reward is too heavy, the marshal is the general of Zhenshuo. I haven't been blessed yet. ”

"yes. The handsome is the doctor of Ronglu, the governor of Zuodu, and Wang Dou is the same, and the officials in the world are already at the same level! ”

"Otherwise, Wang Dou hung the seal of the general and served as the chief military officer of the regimental training in Xuanfu Town. stationed on the east road of the festival, it is still subject to the control of the marshal. The marshal is more respectful of military affairs. ”

"The handsome army is noble, and the king is respectful. After being crowned, he is now considered a nobleman. ”

"Indeed, the court is still a lord, all officials bow to each other, the first-grade official sees the prince and the horse, the first-grade official dwells on the right and bows twice, and the prince and the prince and the horse can bow to the left, and Wang Dou is now in an honorable position." …,

"Killing the thief, this is a miracle, the emperor hates the thief the most, and the king fights the uncle, which is unexpected, but also reasonable......"

The generals are just arguing, many people look strange, Wang Dousheng is the governor of the left, the earl is sealed, the military strength is numerous, there are two strong general soldiers in Xuanfu Town, can the two tigers be safe and calm?

Of course, many of them have killed the enemy side by side with Wang Dou and have a deep comradeship, which is difficult to say, but this thought can be seen on the faces of many people.

Yang Guozhu also had a complicated expression, and looked at the direction of the East Road for a long time: "Wang Dou him...... Bonched. ”

Only Guo Yingxian had no heart and lungs, and he didn't have so many ideas, just inhaled the cold air: "This kid, is he a bong?" ”

He suddenly remembered something, and cracked his mouth and laughed: "Zhang Guowei's kid, relying on the support of Governor Zhang, fought back and forth with Governor Ji, and when Governor Ji's son-in-law came back, he had fun watching it." ”

When this was mentioned, all the generals on the stage showed a look of schadenfreude.

After the arrival of Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Xuanda, the new official took office with three fires, but unexpectedly, the twilight of the towns was heavy, and the yang and yin of all kinds of local snakes made Zhang Junmen exhausted, and nothing was done.

For the sake of Wang Dou, all parties gave face, and the prestige of Governor Ji Lao Lao stayed in Xuanfu Town and did not let Zhang Fuzhen's tentacles come in. Zhang Junmen is ambitious and wants to do a big job to repay the grace of the saint, Ji Shiwei's attitude makes Zhang Fuzhen extremely dissatisfied.

It happened that Xuanfu Town was the commander of the envoy, "the secretary officer", one of the head snakes in Xuanfu Town, and the deputy chief soldier Zhang Guowei took refuge, Zhang Fuzhen was overjoyed, and he couldn't help but look at it differently, with manpower and material resources, and strong support from all sides, thinking that it was the effect of buying bones for a thousand gold.

With the support of Governor Xuanda, Zhang Guowei continued to stumble on Governor Ji, give him a face, and vent his anger towards Wang Dou on Ji Shiwei's head.

Of course, he may have been intimidated by Wang Dou's military strength, and although Wang Dou was not there, he didn't dare to do anything to the East Road. However, the people below were not angry, or they understood the meaning of the wrong commander of Zhang Du, and coveted the wealth of the East Road, and the commander of a thousand generals actually led his subordinates to rob thieves and bandits, and plundered a fort near Baoanzhou.

The development of the matter was very dramatic, and before the regular army of the Shunxiang Army of Baoan Prefecture was dispatched, the general manager of the thousand was defeated by the local tun guard.

This stabbed the hornet's nest, not only Ma Guoxi, the soldier of the East Road, was furious, Ji Shiwei, the governor of Xuanfu Town, was furious, and the Shunxiang army on the East Road was even more furious. For a while, the atmosphere in Xuanzhen was tense.

Fake robbers, arson and robbery, this kind of thing, no matter where it goes, Zhang Guowei and others are unreasonable, not to mention that the reason is often on the side of the powerful?