Chapter 375: Chasing closely and having responsibility, breaking the deadlock begins

Mu Yunyao is becoming more and more pregnant, but she is more concerned about her parents and family in Kaifeng City. However, the Li and Luo coalition forces no longer besiege Kaifeng City. Kaifeng City is temporarily safe, and at least she is relieved.

In early October, the weather began to slowly get colder, and the harvest of the year was almost sorted and put into storage. The people's husbands were not afraid of delaying production and farming. Moreover, the weather was cold, so there was no need to worry about the numerous epidemics during the heat. In general, it was time to fight.

Currently, Oman is following Li Meng. Although his income is equivalent to General Ying Qiang, his actual position is very vague.

In fact, the salary paid by Li Meng to Ouman was taken out of the income of the inner government. Strictly speaking, this Ouman does not belong to the Jiaozhou camp, but was hired by Li Meng himself. According to the Western saying, this should be called a military consultant. In Jiaozhou camp, everyone just called Mr. Ou, which was blurred.

During that exercise, the tactics mentioned by Oman and the on-site drills shocked the Jiaozhou Camp very much, but if implemented, there would be some resistance.

The main problem is that according to Oman, according to the current firearm configuration of Jiaozhou Camp, a large platoon is necessary. At present, the two battalions are integrated into one battalion, and the musketeers do not need to worry about it. The large platoon of 1,600 people happens to be organized by Spain and France in a certain era.

However, for the Jiaozhou Camp, the problem is not the military aspect, but the adjustment of personnel status. The two battalions are combined into one battalion, and the two battalions have equal status. After the two are combined into one, who will be the commander of this battalion, and how should the positions of officials and assistants at all levels be arranged? This is all a problem.

Seeing that the situation in the south was already decided, the soldiers of the Jinan camp were about to come out in full swing. Any changes would have a great impact on the morale of the army.

But after more than ten days of thinking and discussion, Li Meng turned this dilemma into a good thing. The inspiration for his solution was the modern army organization, military brigade battalion, and currently he only had a battalion of thousands of people and a united army. Several generals had to face more than a dozen, or even more than twenty, thousands of generals.

Such command is a bit too open and lacks efficiency. Moreover, although Jiaozhou Camp can give these Qianzong the future glory and now have a wealth of land, these Qianzong in recent years have almost no hope of promotion under this system. People always have to rise step by step to be motivated and have a direction to work hard. However, in this system, except for the lucky ones who have made great contributions and divided the towns, the other military generals may not have this opportunity.

The two battalions combined into one battalion will not only benefit from military affairs, but also add a set of positions out of thin air to provide promotion channels.

It is better to combine the two battalions into one regiment. One regiment president commands two battalions, and the candidates for this regiment are one of the two battalions, one of them, one of them, one who rises in sequence, and others are substitutes for the vacant positions. This will give you many more promoted official positions, and the other will enable a large array of 1,600 people.

This news is the same as the policy of changing household registration in the military farms. Before it is implemented, we will first give a lecture in the army, saying that after another war, we will select the best to be promoted according to the level of contribution.

The positions of the regiment chief, deputy regiment chief, regiment firearm commander, etc., not to mention the positions after they were promoted. For a time, the entire Jiaozhou camp, from the grassroots deputy to the senior military officer camp, were very excited. The hope of promotion was right in front of them. Naturally, it is not necessary to say how to perform the battle in the future.

The military farm soldiers were excited because they could obtain the identity of free people. The non-commissioned officers were excited because of the sudden prospects before them. Policies and morale were rising.

The policy of the two battalions into a group made the Jiaozhou camp amazed very much. The commander was indeed an extraordinary person. It was obviously a bad thing and a troublesome thing, but it became a great thing that inspired the generals.

Among the Lai Party and Yan Party, some of them are well-informed from Jiaozhou Camp. They sing hymns to this policy as usual. Some people write verses and poems to praise the new big array, describing them as "a towering city", which caused a lot of controversy.

However, during the experiment, the two battalions combined into a large square formation of 1,600 people, especially the military formation of Jiaozhou Camp, was indeed more than twice the visual effect of the 800 people. Thinking about the rampant Jiaozhou Camp in recent years, what effect will such a large square formation have in reality, it is really exciting.

The whole family was happy, but a secret conversation between Li Meng and Ouman did not spread. Ouman's view on this kind of generous position is that it may not be the most advanced, but this is the most suitable at present.

In Europe, the spear formation gradually became smaller, while the proportion of musket soldiers in the army was getting higher and higher. The shooting of muskets became increasingly the main force of firepower output, while spears were only used for musket soldiers to resist the impact of cavalry and to be used as mobile fortifications.

However, the Jiaozhou Camp Weapon Manufacturing Bureau's ability is impossible to create so many muskets to meet the needs. If there are insufficient firearms, they can only focus on spear soldiers.

The current large square formation is because it is insufficient in ability and cannot achieve the optimal performance, so it chooses a corresponding backward situation. Although Li Meng knows that this square formation, even a small square formation with 800 people, is enough to win most battles, but he feels a sense of urgency in his heart.

At present, Europe has gradually left the Ming Dynasty. If China is not freed from such chaos as soon as possible, the distance will probably grow bigger and bigger. Will the humiliation and darkness happen again in another way? The situation is critical.

Oman also mentioned the issue of armor and armor. The places where Jinan camps are stationed are located near Jinan. You can quickly browse them while riding a horse. Although you can see it roughly, Oman can still analyze some basic problems. According to him, in Europe in this era, soldiers of the infantry regiment could already wear armor and wear metal helmets.

These armors are the simplified version of the upper body of the Western armor that Li Meng got in Nanjing. Those complex joints were replaced by devices similar to sandal lace buckles, and the same was true for helmets. Without those complex mask mechanisms, although there are not so many complex carvings and decorations, the defense effect is almost the same. However, the comfort of the wearable ground has been reduced a lot. The shoulders are also more uncomfortable, but the additional convenience of wearing is also exchanged for wear. In the past, the whole body armor had to be asked for help and a screwdriver had to be used. Now these soldiers can easily put it on. Such armor can no longer be penetrated with a bird gun, let alone a bow and arrow.

This kind of armor. Once hundreds of white men defeated tens of thousands of Indians who used stone weapons in the Americas, bows and arrows were basically impossible to penetrate this defense. It was difficult to break this defense by slashing swords and assassinating spears. As a result, Oman saw that most of the armor of the Jiaozhou camp was on the horse army and the guards. Ordinary infantry could only wear thick cloth clothes and felt hats. This defense was really unreliable.

When it comes to this matter, Li Meng can only smile bitterly. The construction of plate armor and helmets is a very troublesome work for the weapons manufacturing bureau of Jiaozhou Camp.

The weapons manufacturing bureau in Jiaozhou Camp also requires a large number of young and strong laborers, but the farming of the army and fields in Shandong also has a great demand for manpower. Moreover, the weapons manufacturing bureau subway ore and weapons manufacturing requires relatively skilled labor. The requirements for labor quality are also not low.

For various reasons, the manpower of Jiaozhou Weapon Manufacturing Bureau has always been a problem. Li Meng once thought about producing armor for soldiers, but Sun Hedou, Ding Xu and Guo Dong all wrote letters together to complain that if the land of artificial land consumed by this armor is too much, and if too much is consumed on armor, then weapon manufacturing and repair will be affected.

You should know that in addition to more than 100,000 regular troops, the Jiaozhou Camp also has armed salt and a powerful force that relies on the Jiaozhou Camp. These all require various weapons. It is already quite difficult for the weapons manufacturing bureau to meet the needs of these people. If manpower is invested in armor, there will definitely be a gap.

Nowadays, the blacksmiths' wages for the weapons manufacturing bureau of Jiaozhou Camp are twice as high as those in the highest time in Taiping. But even so, the blacksmiths are still willing to go back to their hometowns to farm and are unwilling to continue working like this. It is so tiring and exhausting.

Upon hearing this statement, Oman Garris also felt quite helpless. Armor like this in Europe is produced in large quantities. He is a soldier who does not know much about the manufacturing process, but he knows the price. The half-body armor and helmet used by a spear or musketeer are almost three to four Ducarts, which are converted into silver land weight. According to Oman's experience of working for merchants in Macau, this is at most seven or eight taels of silver.

This is not expensive, and European soldiers' equipment is also purchased in large quantities. It is said that the workshop cannot be produced, so why is it so difficult in the Ming Dynasty?

In the past few months, Shandong's size and Jiaozhou Camp were almost the same as those of European major countries, and the level of civilians' living conditions was even higher than that of Europe. Why was this armor so difficult to produce? Li Meng just smiled bitterly at Ouman's question, thinking that perhaps the industry at this time had already lagged a lot behind.

But the foreigners I recruited had Oman Garris and Zhang Lipu. This was the luck of luck. I couldn't expect that any craftsman who was proficient in industry would come to my side stupidly.

In the Shouzhou area, the battle between the officers and soldiers and the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo was a rare quiet time. The internal fire that happened some time ago made the eunuch Lu Jiude think that he had a chance to win, but in addition to dispersing some of the troops, the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo originally had its own camps, and the situation of each fighting was improved.

The old Hui Ma Shouying was in the middle of the dispatch, and Wei Xiaobei and Lin Yangcheng cooperated left and right, but instead fought very well. Liu Liangzuo was not good at fighting and suffered several great losses.

During this period, there was something that made all parties speechless. After He Yilong led hundreds of personal soldiers to flee, he actually defected to the subordinates of Ma Shiying, the governor of the canal transportation. Everyone thought to himself that you were unwilling to be recruited, but why did you go to Ma Shiying at this time?

However, there are rumors in the Five Camps of the Left, saying that Lin Yangcheng and He Yilong have always had conflicts, and this time it is likely that he took the opportunity to attack. He Yilong also thought of this danger and was unwilling to invite peace together.

After suffering a few great losses, Liu Liangzuo, the deputy general of the officers and soldiers, simply led his troops to retreat to Shuoyang Town north of Shouzhou and led his troops to defend.

Nowadays, if you want to conquer a town, you can't do it without a large number of firearms and several times the enemy's troops. Then Liu Liangzuo shrank into the town and could not attack at any time. Moreover, the troops of the Fifth Battalion of the Left are at that level. After the fire broke out, the morale of the army could not be organized to organize a strong attack.

Lu Jiude, the eunuch in Nanjing, simply hoarded his troops in Shouzhou area. He allowed Huang Degong to defend himself in Zhengyang Town. He supported himself. Compared with the continuous supply of food and fodder sent to him in Nanjing and Lianghuai, the fifth camp of the Gezuo did not have much food to use, and it was consumed until the other party dispersed by itself. This was the best strategy.

Although he had been urging the court to send reinforcements, Lu Jiude on the other side cursed the Yang army in Jiaozhouying, where Yingshang and Yingchuan were stationed every day, and scolded them for watching friendly forces be attacked. However, they remained there and had ulterior motives.

However, during the end of September and the beginning of October, the eunuch Lu Jiude, the governor of Nanjing, and the officials who jumped up and down in Nanzhili were all silent.

The Li and Luo coalition forces captured Ruzhou (Ruyang) of Runing Prefecture. The army was already very close to Fengyang Prefecture. If the Yang army of Jiaozhou Camp was not blocked on the road, hundreds of thousands of troops would come, no one could resist it. The affected were not only the officers and soldiers, but also the senior generals of the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo who had decided to surrender. They were all a little restless and thought that now that the camp was so close to their side, it would be better to go to the camp than to be surrendered by the official army!

However, after the Li and Luo coalition forces went east to Mengjiazhuang, they stopped moving and conquered the city and land all the way south. Because at the end of September and early October, the troops in Guide Mansion gathered in the Chenzhou area, and with the actions of the Yanzhou army on the waterway, Guide Army, Yanzhou Army, and Huaiyang Army. At this time, the location and direction of the location were targeted like the Li and Luo coalition forces in Runing Mansion. Naturally, you must be careful in such a confrontation situation.

The famous King of Chuang and Cao Cao both performed this way, which made the Fifth Camp of Ge Zuo completely lose their minds. It seemed that his choice was not wrong, and everyone was afraid of this group of troops in Shandong.

About a mile outside Shuoyang Town is Wei Xiaobei's Yingpan. The two sides have been confronting each other so embarrassedly for nearly five days. The weather is getting colder and the soldiers are listless.

But in the early morning of the fifth day of the 10th month, the backbone soldiers and horses of King Wei Xiaobei's camp were urged to get up. These backbone soldiers were all veterans. Once they got up early, they naturally knew what was going on, but they kept talking about it privately, what's the use of this?

Chen Bei and Liu Qin joined the army three years after starting the Left Five Battalion Army. They have experienced a lot of life and death battles over the years. They also understand some situations.

"Will you just hit Guangou when you get up so early? Huama Liu built the camp like a hedgehog, and it would be a death if you hit it!"

"Come on, we are not fools above. We are overwhelmed and forced our brothers to rush forward, so we won't be afraid that everyone will scatter and will not let him do it!!"

After Liu Qin finished speaking, he was thrust by a leader behind him with a knife on his back and scolded in a low voice:

"Go to me quickly and get into the team. I will yell like this. I will slash you two with one knife!"

The two lazy people shrank their heads and hurriedly got into the team. The leaders of all levels under King Wei Xiaobei of the troubled times had already emerged, nervously maintaining order, especially preventing the soldiers from being in chaos and noise. On weekdays, the team was sorted to this point and could rush forward with weapons to siege the city.

But there was no movement here, as if waiting for something. The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and everyone knew that if they didn't take action, they would probably lose the suddenness of the attack this morning.

Chen Bei was about to ask, but heard the repeated shouts of several leaders beside him and let them dodge. While he was wondering, he saw a cannon pushing up from behind. Two cows were pulling in front, and more than a dozen people were pushing behind the cannon. What's even more exaggerated is that there were still people constantly placing soil under the wheels of the cannon.

The person who was pushing the cannon was dressed in Lao Huihui Camp, but this cannon was not the artillery of the Ming Dynasty, nor was it the artillery seen in the ordinary camp. The cannon carts did not look like boxes, but the huge subway wheel. The cannon slowly advanced from the rear team. The soldiers under the kings of troubled times could no longer suppress their surprise. Regardless of the constraints and scolding of the leaders, they began to whisper.

Chen Bei stood on tiptoe, glanced a few times, turned around and whispered to Liu Qin:

"Mom, I'm so poor that I'm dying of poverty. When did this big guy come? This life suddenly became so much better!?"

Liu Qin next to him had an idea, and he pulled Chen Bei to signal him to whisper, and said:

"I look weird about this gun. Have you heard of it recently? The above are discussing the recruitment matter..."

"I dare not say this... But I heard this from my fellow countryman yesterday, but the above has never explained it clearly! If his mother's help, why would he still make such a fuss today!"

"Maybe it was with the officers and soldiers west of Yingshang."

The two people talked very interestingly. You should know that the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of the Gleading Zuo called the soldiers and horses of Lu Jiude's side "official dogs" and those of Chen Liu's side "official soldiers". They called them respectful and belittled. The comparison of strength between the two sides was obvious at a glance. Liu Qin paused and said:

"I think that our fifth camp might be recruiting people from Yingshang, not here."

Speaking of this, Chen Bei widened his eyes and whispered:

"Isn't these all the officers and soldiers? Where do you get so many weirdness?"

As he was talking, the cannon had slowly unfolded the array. There was another panic in the formation of King Wei Xiaobei of the troubled times. The leaders of all levels drove the soldiers to move forward slowly as the cannon movement.

Such a big noise. Of course, the officers and soldiers in Shuoyang Town had already seen it, and soon heard the sound of gongs and drums. They thought they were to send warnings to all places and let the officers and soldiers in the town prepare for defense operations, but they were not nervous enough. The defense area here seemed like a hedgehog.

The troops of the Fifth Battalion of the Lezuo attacked several times and returned in vain. It was estimated that this time it was thunder and raining less. After pushing the cannon more than a hundred steps forward, aiming at the gate of the fortifications of Shuoyang Town. After driving away the refugee soldiers who were too tight, more than a dozen people began to get busy.

The distance was too far, and you could vaguely see a cannon here waving to shoot. Liu Liangzuo's subordinates laughed and thought that at this three hundred steps, the family of the fifth camp of the Lezuo, which can be shot here, even if it is shot, will cause any damage to the fortifications.

Chen Bei and Liu Qin were both tiptoing to watch the cannon fire. Wei Xiaobei's other people were similar, and they were all here to watch the fun. Although Wei Xiaobei Camp is not short of any cannons, the preparations made by this group of people who came from Hui Hui Camp are different before firing the cannon.

A brazier was placed on the ground, and someone looked around with a red-burned iron chisel, shouting:

"Cover your ears!!"

The refugee soldiers around him burst into laughter. Someone even shouted there, "I haven't seen a firecracker. What kind of rack are there?" The shouting artillery took out two balls of cotton and blocked it in his ears, smiled contemptuously. He picked up the red-burned iron brazing and inserted it into the cannon hole.

"boom!!!!"

The sound of cannons roared, and Liu Qin stood there and felt his ears buzzing, the ground was trembling slightly, and his body staggered backwards. He thought that in the dense queue, there must be companions behind him, but there was a gap behind him, sitting on the ground, and his whole body felt ache.

The sound and power of this cannon were much larger than the cannons they saw. Many of the refugee soldiers watching the fun around the cannon were shocked and temporarily deaf.

Looking at the entrance of the fortification in Shuoyang Town, a piece of collapse had already collapsed. If you have good eyesight, you can see the people inside the fortifications panic. The fortification is simple. If you hit it with one shot, the bricks and soil that stir up will be splashed, which will also cause great harm to the surrounding officers and soldiers.

Before the refugees in the camp of King of Troubled Times had time to react, the dozen or so artillery soldiers began to get busy again. They cleaned the cannon chamber with wetland rags, then wiped them dry, stuffed them in gunpowder, and then put them in the shells. The movements were quick and efficient, and the preparations before the second launch were soon completed.

This time, the people around the artillery did not dare to watch so carelessly anymore. The people who did not need to fire the artillery reminded that the refugee soldiers rolled and crawled, leaving a very large area free.

The second shot was fired roaring, and the fortification portal outside Shuoyang Town was hit again. This time, it was a coincidence that it landed not far from the previous gap. This also shows that the artillery artillery skills are excellent. The gap caused by the two shells has been superimposed, and the fortifications in Shuoyang Town have been opened.

Chen Bei, who had just recovered his energy while sitting on the ground, spoke:

"This is definitely not Lao Huihui's cannon, this is the home of the group of officers and soldiers in the west of Yingshang!!"

He thought he was talking, but at this time his hearing was declining in both ears. He almost shouted out these words. If someone heard them, they might be beheaded. But now everyone around him couldn't hear what he was saying. They were all in a daze.

Once two guns passed, there was no one in the fortifications opposite. The leaders of Wei Xiaobei's battalion were holding weapons and whipped their subordinates who were shocked and ignorant, and asked them to form a formation to move forward. Now the fortifications of the officers and soldiers have been opened, and the next thing is simple, rush in and kill people.
To be continued...