Daming kill

Chapter 193

In resisting Zhang Xianzhong, the government of Xingguo Prefecture and the local gentry and wealthy households were more active than Li Ping imagined. They almost exerted their mobilization ability to the extreme that could be achieved in the feudal era.

Although they should also understand that it is unlikely that Zhang Xianzhong would venture across the river without sweeping across the river.

But they were still in a hurry, who made Xingguo Prefecture and Qizhou face each other across the river, and Li Ping was their only hope!

With the fall of Qizhou, all the regular military forces of the Ming army except Li Ping's troops around Wuchang Prefecture and Huangzhou Prefecture have disappeared. All fools know that relying on the ordinary people recruited now can only comfort themselves at best.

Moreover, thousands of troops are easy to get, but one general is hard to find.

So in just a few days, not only a large amount of grain was transported over, but also thousands of artisans, miners, and conscripted laborers were brought in at the same time, and they continued to flow, some even came from Daye County. and artisans.

Daye County knows that it is rich in minerals and has a developed metallurgical industry just from the county name.

The mines and pits were quickly filled with people, the furnaces were quickly erected, the workshops were built quickly, the barracks began to expand continuously, and the entire Fuchi town was full of people.

And the more conditions you have, the more thoughts and thoughts you have, even if you are already busy like a spinning top.

When the ten artillery pieces transported from Daye County arrived, Li Ping couldn't wait to organize a shipboard test firing of them in Dakou Lake.

The cannons made in Daye County are quite famous, and the imperial court has always had a tradition of supervising the manufacture there for the army, so the number of cannons on the walls of the county town is also much more than that of ordinary county towns due to this cheapness.

Therefore, under the pressure of Li Ping, the impatient Xingguo Prefecture directly transferred ten gates from the city defense center of Daye County.

Since Xingguozhou is so strong, Li Ping has to be more attentive and sincere, and his plan is constantly adjusted as the situation changes.

Li Ping tested the guns mainly to grasp the specific performance of these extremely different guns and the impact of the vibration on the ship's structure when firing.

He plans to equip these artillery pieces on two small sand boats that have been specially reinforced, and then form a fleet of these two ships with other ships that are also equipped with artillery pieces and send them to the river near Qizhou for security patrols and surveillance. deterrence.

This will be a means to effectively deter or delay Zhang Xianzhong from crossing the river.

And this plan has also received strong support from Xingguo Prefecture, and it is hoped that the sooner it is implemented, the better. Of course, this is also the most important factor that they can transfer artillery from Daye County.

Otherwise, even though Daye County is under the jurisdiction of Xingguo Prefecture, the county magistrate of Daye County will most likely not ignore Xingguo Prefecture in such a matter of life and death.

Li Ping took Hu Zhongshan to test the gun for the purpose of ship renovation.

At present, Hu Zhongshan can only be responsible for this job, Song Baolai can't count on it for the time being, he has too many urgent tasks in his hands, and he has already run out of skills.

After testing the cannon, it was noon.

Daye County's cannons were really extraordinary, much better than the messy cannons that Li Ping got from Huangpi County.

Li Ping, who was in a good mood, sat around the lake with Hu Zhongshan and several officers of the naval battalion that was being formed, happily eating a pot of hot stew.

With people, military expansion is of course the most important thing. Li Ping has suffered enough from the lack of troops.

When hundreds of strong and strong trackers began to be added to the army, and when a steady stream of strong miners and mountain people began to be selected to lobby, Li Ping's army not only greatly expanded its infantry strength, but also had manpower to go Build a water combat force.

The Naval Battalion is a full-time water combat force planned by Li Ping, equipped with medium and large ships planned to be equipped with artillery.

The whole battalion plans to form multiple units (company level), each unit governs three to five ships, and the captain of each ship is at the platoon level.

The shortage of medium and large ships was also solved by Xingguo Prefecture. They scraped some hidden ships from the vast source lake next to Daye County.

The battalion commander of the Navy Battalion is currently designated as Yan Ming, the former company commander of the Eighth Company.

Yan Ming was originally a standard landlubber who didn't know water, let alone boats.But as the name suggests, he has strict requirements on himself and others, but he is not rigid and accepts new things quickly.

During the period in Xiangyang, they were the first batch of landlubbers who learned to swim.

What's more, Yan Ming withdrew from Zhuxian Town along with Li Ping. He was very loyal and never compromised on the implementation of Li Ping's request.

These characteristics of Yan Ming make him the most suitable candidate for Li Ping to create and establish a water force that is closer to the modern naval management model, and he can most effectively eliminate the opposition of the newly recruited officers and soldiers of the navy battalion, who are mostly fishermen and boatmen. Skill selling old and self-contained system.

What Li Ping wanted was to implement the methods of the modern army in the naval battalion, and what he wanted was absolute control over this new combat force.

While Li Ping was talking about the construction and training of the naval battalion while eating, Song Baolai hurried over with a slender woman.

"Make room, find two more bowls and chopsticks, and the two of us will eat here too." Song Baolai yelled in a hoarse voice as soon as he approached.

His hair was disheveled, his clothes were dirty, and his eye circles were terribly dark. He was obviously exhausted, and he hadn't had a good night's sleep for some time.

After a few naval battalion officers quickly stood up and gave up their seats, Song Baolai sat down beside the pot without hesitation, and stared straight into the pot. It seemed that he was really hungry.

The slender woman who followed Song Baolai obviously hesitated after presenting Li Ping, but finally sat down on the small wooden stool next to Song Baolai.

Li Ping looked at this slender but plump woman curiously.

Although she also has a gray face and messy hair, she still can't hide her beautiful and fair skin, and she has a very attractive mature charm.

A beautiful woman is always impressive. Li Ping felt that he must have seen this woman before, but he couldn't say where.

But looking at the tired look on her face and the dark circles under her eyes, it shouldn't be a vase.

"Don't be curious. Her name is Qian Ying. She is very good at accounting, keeping records, and planning. She is a talent I dug out by accident. It's convenient to follow me." Song Baolai took a look at Li Ping and explained proactively.

"Oh! Is that true?" Li Ping couldn't help joking.

Although they haven't known each other for a year, he already knows Song Baolai very well.

Li Ping's joking question made Yan Ming and the others around look at the woman. At first, they didn't dare to stare at the woman unabashedly like Li Ping.

The woman named Qian Ying also blushed suddenly.

"Of course it is, otherwise what do you think it is?" Song Baolai sneered at Li Ping with a dark face.

This is seriously inconsistent with his usual teasing and good-natured style in front of Li Ping.

"I've heard that Mrs. Qian is very good at keeping accounts. I heard that even Ms. Zhao praised her." Hu Zhongshan interjected weakly, and looked at Li Ping nervously.

Hu Zhongshan's position made him more familiar with this information. Since he knew Qian Ying's name, it meant that Song Baolai was not lying.

However, Li Ping still intuitively believed that Song Baolai had not told the truth, at least his mind should not be so simple.

But he still pretended to be surprised, and then nodded to the woman with a smile.He understood that this kind of occasion was not the time to tease Song Baolai, and that enough was enough.

So, he immediately turned to Song Baolai and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Of course something happened." Song Baolai said angrily.

"Officer Song, hurry up and drink some water, you have a hoarse voice." At this moment, Hu Zhongshan graciously handed over a glass of water.

But Song Baolai just took a sip and handed it to the woman beside him.

The woman hesitated again, but she still blushed and drank the water in one gulp.

Song Baolai obviously didn't put all his attention on the woman beside him at this time, and didn't seem to notice Qian Ying's continuous embarrassment.

At this time, a young orderly quickly handed over the bowl and chopsticks.Li Ping then said along the way: "Take two bites first, and talk while eating."

Song Baolai wasn't too polite, just scooped a bowl into the pot and started eating.

The mature and beautiful Qian Ying didn't show any restraint this time, and she served it generously and naturally. It seemed that she had been eating and sleeping with Song Baolai all along.

After sighing and snorting, he ate one bowl and scooped up the second bowl, Song Baolai finally raised his head and said, "I have no problem with Han Jiu poaching people, but can you tell him, please don't be in such a hurry, Also consider my job here."

"what happened?"

"What's the matter! Han Jiu brought a group of miners to lobby every mining site every day. The young miners were poached one by one by him. Even if they didn't leave, most of them were unintentionally mined by him. Work efficiency is very low.

Now, the person in charge of each mining area is having a headache, the personnel constantly need to be supplemented and adjusted, and the work progress cannot be made.

This morning, after a very prestigious miner finally made up his mind to join the army, the results directly led more than 100 young miners who had been swaying to make up their minds, and several mines had to be shut down.

As for some mining sites, even if they are adequately staffed, they are all old.

You have to understand that military expansion is important, but if the mines cannot be dug out at the planned time and quantity, the rhythm of subsequent work will be disrupted, and all work will be affected, and it will still be greatly affected. "

Recruiting a large number of soldiers from the miners was an important decision made by Li Pingding, and Han Jiu was the specific person in charge.It was also based on this consideration that Han Jiu participated in the negotiation to ask for support from Xingguo Prefecture.

And everything is developing in the direction that Li Ping hopes.

The officials and gentry in Xingguo Prefecture not only persuaded and recruited most of the original miners from the mining areas around Fuchi, but also transferred many miners from other mining areas, and they also confiscated many miners from the southern mountainous areas. People come to mine.

Since the strength of manpower support far exceeded Li Ping's imagination, he was overjoyed and simply limited the age of recruiting soldiers to below 30 years old, so as to promote the rejuvenation of ordinary soldiers in the army.

The rejuvenation of soldiers is directly related to the overall physical fitness level of the troops, and indirectly related to combat effectiveness.

Li Ping planned to use this favorable opportunity to eliminate all ordinary soldiers over the age of 30 in the army.

However, the newly formed naval battalion is an exception.

Since the most experienced and best crew members are directly related to their age, the new naval battalion may have to maintain a group of older crew members for a long time.

And those soldiers who have been eliminated are not to say that they are not important. Because they have received strict training, they will not only be the best supplementary workers, but also the backbone of the defense force of Song Baolai's security battalion.

But Li Ping really ignored the situation that Song Baolai just mentioned, and it was indeed reasonable.

If there is not enough ore, making guns, guns, weapons, etc. will definitely be affected.

However, there are too many things to do now, and there are so many things that are not properly coordinated and arranged properly. Song Baolai doesn't seem to be able to find him alone just because of this!

Send one of his supervisors to talk about it, and Li Ping will definitely take it seriously.

After promising that Song Baolai would talk to Han Jiu and take a better approach, Li Ping tilted his head and directly expressed his doubts.

Sure enough, Song Baolai still had something to do.

It's about making cannons, and this kid ran over to complain, but he still talked about strategy first, then it seemed a bit troublesome.

Description:

The third department of the agency has been renamed the Staff Office, the Teaching Office, and the Logistics Office, and all the previous texts have also been revised.

(End of this chapter)