Chapter 48 The Army in Historical Records

Chapter 047

"Sergeant, do you have land?"

"Yes, I have!"

Zhou Ning, captain of the Ning Navy, is the second son of Zhou Yandong, the former deputy Qianhu of Dengzhou Wei. Because military households are hereditary, Zhou Yandong’s hereditary official of hundreds of households, if nothing else, is Zhou Yandong’s eldest son, that is, Zhou Ning

His eldest brother Zhou An. When Cheng Shijie was recruiting servants, he also participated behind Zhou Yandong's back.

By the time Zhou Yandong found out, Zhou Ning had already been promoted to Xiaoqi because of his decisive action during the battle to rob and kill his predecessor, Qianhu Gaowang, and for his meritorious service in killing the guards except Li Da Yuan.

At this time, Zhou Yandong was promoted to Deputy Qianhu by Cheng Shijie, and Zhou Yandong had no reason to object. In this way, Zhou Ning started from Chongjinpu and participated in the battle to annihilate the King of Qin, beheading six levels in succession.

"How much land do you have?"

"Eighty acres!"

The surrounding Navy officers Ning looked surprised: "Commander, do you mean to behead the eighth level?"

"That's right!"

Zhou Ning said with a proud face: "This sentry commander tells you that on the battlefield, you must not be timid. The more timid you are, the more afraid you will be, and the faster you will die!"

Several soldiers were ready to make a move. In their eyes, Zhen Sanshan and the bandits under his command were just money and the hope of life.

If you chop off one head, you will get ten acres of land.

Unknowingly, Ning Haijun's momentum changed. Whether they were recruits or veterans, their eyes were red. Everyone wanted a house and land. Ning Haijun's officers now do not have separate houses, but those Ning Haijun

The veterans, Cheng Shijie's original four hundred or so servants, all owned houses.

The house Cheng Shijie built for them in Ning Haijun has three main rooms for each person, and two side rooms on the left and right, for a total of five houses. Although it is made of red bricks and red tiles, it is not as strong as a house with blue bricks and gray tiles.

However, these houses are free.

More importantly, they joined the Ning Navy and received military pay every month, but the military pay was not much, only one tael of silver per month. The captain received 1, 22 taels of silver, and the post commander level received 1, 28 taels of silver.

Even the sentry commander can allocate ten acres of wasteland to beheading level one. Although it is wasteland, not everyone can reclaim it. If ordinary people want to reclaim the wasteland without an owner, no one will definitely care about it. However, when the wasteland becomes

When the land matures, the gentry and powerful people will immediately come to take the land deed and tell you that this is their ancestral land.

When it comes to lawsuits, people are taking advantage of themselves, so they can only admit that they are unlucky. The people are afraid of being cheated, and even if they encounter wasteland, they are unwilling to cultivate it, because cultivating it is to make wedding clothes for others and work as labor.

This is actually similar to that of later generations. Although there are also wastelands, if you try to build a house or farm, you will know the result. Even the groundwater belongs to the state. Digging a well to draw water privately is really a crime, called private theft.

National mineral crimes.

However, after reclaiming the wasteland endorsed by Cheng Shijie, you can obtain the title deed and become your real property.

Ning Haijun's team appeared on the official road, one after another, neatly organized and well-equipped, because each of Ning Haijun's officers had a waist knife and a spear or spear, but at the moment there were no crossbows and muskets.

Not many, and there are three old-fashioned artillery pieces.

This kind of artillery is actually the Crouching Tiger Cannon invented by Qi Jiguang. It has four legs, the front two legs are slightly higher and the back two legs are slightly lower. It looks like a lying tiger. It is also called the Crouching Tiger Cannon.

The Crouching Tiger Cannon is similar to a bowl-mouth blunderbuss. They both fire shotguns and have a very short range. They can only cause damage to enemies within about 300 steps. For permanent targets, such as city walls, they are not very lethal, even if they are casual.

Stack a few sacks and fill them with sand or soil, and you'll be fine.

Cheng Shijie rode a horse. Most of the horses captured from Qin Wu were mules or crossbow horses and could not be used as war horses. Therefore, Ning Haijun only had two sentries who were cavalry. They were said to be cavalry. These cavalry were just riding horses.

As for falling down and letting their cavalry rush into battle, it would be really difficult for them.

However, the speed advantage of war horses was not comparable to that of infantry, so the cavalry from these two sentries were released by Cheng Shijie as scouts.

At this time, Cheng Shijie was followed by Chen Guodong. At this time, Chen Guodong was riding a black war horse, carrying a four-foot-long special compound bow, Tang straight sword and horizontal sword, black horse horizontal sword, red bow and white feather arrows. He was so handsome.

A complete mess.

In Ning Haijun's army, which is extremely short of horses, except for scouts, Shen Mingyu, and Cheng Shijie, other officers including Zhang Yu, who is at the same level as Shen Mingyu, do not ride horses. Chang Yu is qualified, but he cannot ride.

It's a bit outrageous that Chen Guodong can ride a horse and keep pace with Cheng Shijie, but no one among the more than 2,000 people who came up and down felt there was anything wrong because he had this ability.

The military is a place that values ​​strength.

Chen Guodong used his fists and kicks to defeat fifty of Ning Haijun's captains in three days in a one-on-one situation, and defeated Shen Mingyu in a one-on-five situation. As a result, Ning Haijun's officers

He acquiesced to Chen Guodong's specialness.

Chen Guodong told Cheng Shijie that he had been a commander in chief of the Dongjiang Army and had written a letter to Geng Zhongming. He had a conflict with the Dengzhou Army because he could not stand the soldiers of the Dengzhou Army killing people in Liaodong. However, Geng Zhongming handed him over in order to settle the matter.

When he went out, if he hadn't met Cheng Shijie to help him, he would have died long ago.

Cheng Shijie also thought that he had found a treasure, a commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, and a strong general who had been killed in the sea of ​​​​blood. Cheng Shijie said at that time that Chen Guodong would be the commander-in-chief of the Ning Navy, and he would be on the same level as Shen Mingyu.

But he refused and only wanted to be a personal guard.

Cheng Shijie also expressed regret for this.

…

"Sir, run quickly!"

A guard dripping with blood helped a handsome middle-aged man onto his horse with great difficulty.

The handsome middle-aged man said anxiously: "I can't ride a horse..."

However, the guard could not control so much and slashed hard at the horse's buttocks. The horse was in pain and rushed forward. The middle-aged handsome man was carried by the horse and ran less than fifty steps before he was thrown away.

Get off your horse.

How has a middle-aged handsome guy ever encountered this kind of situation: "Ouch..."

The trampled dirt road was very hard. In desperation, the handsome middle-aged man protected his face with his hands, leaving a trail of more than ten meters of blood on the ground with his arms.

Although his face was saved, the handsome middle-aged man's arms were bloody and bloody.

The guard couldn't help but cover his face.

After a while, the handsome middle-aged man struggled to get up. The guard looked at the bandits chasing after him and protected the handsome middle-aged man with his body.

The handsome middle-aged man pushed away the guard beside him. There was nothing he could do. More than two hundred bandits rushed over from the opposite side. As a guard, even if his body was made of iron, he couldn't twist a few nails.

"Master!"

"Gu Shun, step back!"

The handsome middle-aged man looked at the approaching bandits. His arm was hurting more and more, and his face was distorted by the pain: "Gu and you have no grievances in the past, and we have no enmity in recent days. If you are seeking money, why not talk to me about it?"

!”

The bandits dispersed, and a young man with handsome features but sinister eyes walked over. He was a soft persimmon in Cheng Shijie's eyes. In fact, Zhensanshan's real name was Zhang Huairen, but his name was obviously wrong. What he did

What he did had nothing to do with benevolence.

Unlike most people who cannot survive, they can only go into the mountains to become bandits. Not only is Zhang Huairen not unable to survive, but he comes from a family of officials. His grandfather is the governor of Gansu and the minister of Dali Temple Zhang Mengli, and his father is the deputy inspector of Shanxi Province Zhang Sicheng.

Zhang Huairen was born in the 39th year of Wanli as a noble son born into a family of officials.

Zhang Huairen didn't like studying, but he liked fighting, and he became a tyrant in Laiyang. Because of the fights, the Zhang family often cleaned up his mess. Later, he led a group of servants and became the king of the mountain, nicknamed Zhen Sanshan.

However, he has two brands and one set of troops. When he was in charge of Sanshan, he actually acted very harmless. The targets of his attacks were mainly passing business travelers. If he encountered a caravan escorted by bodyguards and armed servants,

, they are willing to accept the money from the other party to buy the way, whether it is three or five taels of silver, or twelve or eighty taels of silver.

However, after paying the money to buy the way, he made the other party relax their vigilance, and then he led his men to chase him all the way up, robbed all the goods, and left no one alive. He had been entrenched in this area since the first year of Chongzhen, and did not attract the attention of the government for more than four years.

"Mr. Gu, how much do you want to spend on your life?"

Zhang Huairen showed his full white teeth.

Gu Shizhang's face became extremely miserable. Zhang Huairen's teeth were very white, which showed that his living conditions were superior and he was definitely not from a poor family. Once such a person became a bandit, he would either have an ulterior secret or to hide his identity.

, usually silenced.

"Why did you deceive Gu? Even if Gu pays more money, you will not spare Gu!"

Gu Shizhang kept his mouth shut and just wanted to die quickly.

However, at this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded.

Zhang Huairen's expression changed drastically.

He followed the sound and saw a cavalry team appearing behind him. Although the cavalry team was not large in number, it was well-equipped. The cavalry team had dismounted and formed a formation.

But due to the north, a large-scale army appeared. Compared with Zhang Huairen's more than 200 bandits, Ning Haijun's more than 2,000 troops were naturally considered huge.

"The wind is tight, pull it!"

Zhang Huairen didn't even have the interest to kill Gu Shizhang, and directly ordered a retreat. It didn't matter whether Gu Shizhang died or not, the key was that he was in big trouble.

All the bandits ran away without any hesitation.

Zhang Huairen casually took off his money bag and threw the scattered silver inside on the ground.

"Quickly, throw away the valuable things!"

Zhang Huairen has not never encountered encirclement and suppression by the army. Relying on this little trick, he was able to escape calmly.

However, the problem was that the army he encountered was too strange. Not only was it well-formed, motionless as a mountain, it was mute and silent, the more biting the dog, the less it barked.

Sure enough, when Zhang Huairen led the bandits to rush towards the east hills, the army finally moved, but no one picked up the copper coins and silver scattered on the ground.

In the eyes of the Ning Navy officers, these silver and copper coins are nothing. The bandits' heads are valuable. What's more, during this training period, Ning Navy did not train combat skills, attack and defense drills, but only trained them to execute orders.

Once they disobey the order, they will be expelled. Once they are expelled, they and their families will also be expelled from Ninghai City. This is a fatal thing.

The more he ran, the more Zhang Huairen's heart sank.

There seems to be an army that doesn't love money, but it only exists in historical records.

"We're in big trouble!"

Zhang Huairen's guess was very correct. The army behind him was running too fast.

"Puch, plop!"

The sound of swords and guns piercing flesh and screams came from behind.
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