Daming kill

Chapter 46 Guard Mission
This morning, after Li Ping trained with all the officers and soldiers for a while, he went back to his small yard halfway up the mountain and stretched on the horizontal bar for a while.

Wooden parallel bars have been installed in this small courtyard, in order to facilitate Li Ping's practice and maintain a good physique, which is very important in the era of cold weapons.

When he habitually fetched water for washing, Li Ping found that the water was a bit cold.

He hesitated.

It is not a good thing to catch a cold here, and he must take precautions.

After estimating the time in his mind, Li Ping found that it was the tenth day of October in the Gregorian calendar.But the water cooled too fast, worthy of the Little Ice Age.

As a last resort, Li Ping had no choice but to go to the soldiers to boil some hot water.

But at this time, Zhao Jin's soldiers came to Li Ping. Li Ping knew that it was Zhao Liang he was familiar with, and almost all of Li Ping's soldiers knew Zhao Liang, so Zhao Liang was led here without notification.

Zhao Liang came to inform Zhao Jin that he had something to discuss with Li Ping, and he needed to go to the city immediately.

So Li Ping, who was covered in sweat, boldly took a quick shower with cold water, and changed into dry clothes.

When I arrived at Zhao Jin's place, I saw Zhao Jin standing in the room wearing a dark blue dress with a python pattern and a big black hat with his hands behind his back, looking very majestic.

Li Ping was a little dazed when he saw it. He knew a little about the costumes of the Ming Dynasty and couldn't help but secretly exclaimed in his heart, "This posture is fine!"

The Yisa on Zhao Jin's body was one of the more popular costumes at that time. It evolved from the braided jacket in the Yuan Dynasty.Those with short sleeves or no sleeves are called hakama pleats, and those with long sleeves are called dragging pleats.

The pronunciation of Yisa (yì sǎn) comes from Mongolian, also known as "Yixa", which is an alias of "One Color (shǎi)".This kind of clothing was the clothing of the inner court guards in the early Ming Dynasty, and it gradually spread later, mainly as formal clothing.

The big hat is equivalent to the top hat at this time, and it is a very important formal attire.It has a round and tall hat tube with a round brim on the bottom. The top of the hat tube is often equipped with a hat top of different materials, and there are laces hanging under the brim.

However, what Li Ping didn't know was that the crown or bead of this matching large hat turned out to be the origin of the top-wearing system in the Qing Dynasty.

Zhao Jin likes and cherishes this outfit very much. It is the best material he has used so far. He usually only wears it on very formal occasions.I don't know where he is going today?Still came back.

Seeing Li Ping come in, Zhao Jin hurriedly told Li Ping to sit down, and took off his big hat and put it on the table, revealing the black net scarf wrapped around his head.

Li Ping, who was still sitting still, was even more surprised, and couldn't help wondering: "What's wrong with you today, you're dressed so formally?"

Zhao Jin ignored Li Ping's surprise, but went straight to the point seriously: "Zuo Menggeng's wife is going to burn incense tomorrow, and I recommend you to guard it."

Li Ping's eyes widened at Zhao Jin's abruptness, and he subconsciously asked uncertainly, "What did you say?"

Zhao Jin's expression didn't mean to be joking at all, he just said more seriously: "Listen well. Zuo Menggeng's wife is going to offer incense tomorrow, but it's not going to the Tiefo Temple outside the west gate, nor the Guyin Temple on Yanggu Mountain. And Guangde Temple on Wanshan Mountain. She is going to a very small temple, a small temple that most people have never heard of, in the mountains in the southwest. Madam Zuo heard about it somehow, and said it is very effective Insist on going, this is the errand."

Li Ping didn't answer, but also became serious, looking directly at Zhao Jin and waiting for him to continue.Zhao Jin then continued: "The journey is a bit long, and it is still in the mountains. I heard that the fastest way to get there will take at least one day. Therefore, someone needs to be guarded. Zuo Menggeng asked me to send a sentry horse to guard around. I recommend You. This matter is very important to us, and you have to do it with your heart."

Li Pingqi said: "Why don't you go to such an ostentatious job?"

Zhao Jin touched his head, and said sullenly, "I have more important things." After speaking, he deliberately hung his eyes on Li Ping, and his face became a little mysterious.

Li Ping leaned back and said angrily, "Don't hold it, just talk."

Zhao Jin "Hey, hey" laughed twice, and continued: "If Zuo Menggeng won't go, I won't go either, I have to accompany the Lord."

"Are you still needed to accompany Zuo Menggeng?" Li Ping looked contemptuous, completely disbelieving this reason.

"Usually I don't need it, but this time it's different. His wife isn't around for several days, so my role will naturally become more prominent." Zhao Jin said with a chuckle.

"Oh? Is there a story?" Li Ping's interest was completely lifted.

Zhao Jin proudly used his right index finger in front of his mouth to suddenly make a gesture of not speaking, then lowered his voice and said: "I know Zuo Menggeng is lustful! But this guy has a relatively small face, and his father is clean and self-possessed to stand there." He is a role model and has a beautiful daughter-in-law that everyone praises, so he is not usually too indulgent."

"But what does this have to do with you!" Li Ping couldn't help muttering.

"Listen to me."

"Oh!"

"It will probably take three days for you to go back and forth. Zuo Menggeng intends to go around on the grounds of inspecting military affairs, and to show respect to corporals and win over subordinates by eating and living together, but in fact he wants to have a good time. I The camp is his most important stop. I am his new confidant, and I don’t know many people. Being happy with me is the best cover, lest someone break his mouth and make him feel uncomfortable with his wife. Although , his wife doesn't care much about his affairs, but one thing less is better than one more..."

Li Ping regained his energy after hearing this, and almost jumped up from his chair, saying: "I'm going, this is really entering the circle! It's a great thing! ... But, can you entertain this Zuo Menggeng?"

"I've made up my mind. I'm going to let Shi Ming arrange the women's affairs. He's working on that. And he also has women there, and he'll find good ones too. I'll ask him to bring someone to my camp to entertain Zuo Menggeng. He is definitely willing. As for the other arrangements, I am a little bit sure, we are not fooling around in the past in the Great Thousand World, even if we have never eaten pork, we have seen pigs run away! There are many more tricks than here." Zhao Shin said while adding up.

Li Ping thought about it for a while, and said, "That's okay, you're right. That's enough, those things, you have a headache! Tell me about my affairs, so I can arrange them."

Zhao Jin stared at Li Ping and said: "Listen carefully, you are not the only guards this time, there is another one, about 200 people, the leader is said to be from his family, who was in Zuo Liang earlier. Yu used to be a soldier by his side, and now he is a subordinate of Fang Guoan, the commander-in-chief. He is stationed in Dadong outside the city. I ask you to bring a sentry horse. To grasp well.

I know that you have more sentinels than ordinary sentinels, so don't take all of them, it's almost enough if you have more than 100, and you can't overwhelm the others.

However, the soldiers you lead must be more energetic and better equipped. We entered Zuo Liangyu's eyes as a strong army, and because of this, we got a job as a guard. Embarrassing with his wife.The armors that were distributed to you are all with you. Although they are not many, they are not neat, but it just shows that we are trying our best to do errands, and it also shows that our material strength is insufficient, so we will be rewarded later.

As for the safety issue.There are not many bandits around here. No one dares to touch you soldiers and horses on the ground in Xiangfan, so there should be no problem in terms of safety.

You go back and prepare well. Tomorrow morning, lead your troops to wait outside the west gate, and another guard will wait there.Remember to be early, and don't miss it. "

"No matter how old you are, you are Fang Guoan's soldiers now, why don't you use your own soldiers?" Li Ping was a little surprised, he couldn't be insensitive to Fang Guoan's name.

"I heard that Fang Guoan took the initiative to take over, and Zuo Menggeng couldn't be worried about Fang Guoan. Besides, aren't we Zuo Menggeng's soldiers!" Zhao Jin didn't care about Li Ping's sensitivity.

"Oh!"

This explanation is indeed more reasonable, Li Ping can't say anything, he can only think about the task itself.

But when he asked what he needed to pay attention to in front of Mrs. Zuo Menggeng and her personal guards, Zhao Jin seemed a little absent-minded, and the information he revealed was nothing new.Li Ping quickly understood that what Zhao Jin needed to prepare was more difficult, and he said it was easy but he was already worried, so he said goodbye to Zhao Jin.

When he was about to leave, Li Ping looked at Zhao Jin's furrowed brows and made a joke: "You look weird wearing a net scarf, you look better without it."

Zhao Jin raised his head and said angrily: "You think I want to wear it! It's too uncomfortable, but there's no way, who knows that Zhu Yuanzhang is doing nothing to organize a national wearing net scarf activity! If you don't come here, you don't know that the Ming Dynasty still wears it." I have this habit, and I haven’t seen it on TV much before! However, this hair is really not easy to mess up.”

Li Ping smiled and said: "Yeah! I didn't know until here. I used to watch Korean dramas with this image, and I wondered how they got into this habit? After a long time of trouble, it was from us. out here.

Brother, I'm leaving.

Let me just say one more thing, if you can’t think of a way, just use what others have used. It has passed the test of time.Just like this net towel, Zhu Yuanzhang's order is the same thing, practicality is the main reason for its popularity, otherwise he has been dead for so many years, who would take it seriously! "

Zhao Jin finally squeezed out a little smile, waved to Li Ping and said, "Understood. I won't send it off."

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After returning, Li Ping made a calculation.His troops did not adopt the general organization method of two teams and one team, three teams and one team, three teams and one team, and five teams and one general, which were common in the Ming military camp system at this time. Instead, he implemented the three-three organizational principle. Julien) also made more reference to the compilation of later generations.

His basic consideration at the time was: the unique geographical characteristics of the south made it impossible for ordinary troops to equip longer spears, and they rarely had the opportunity to organize larger battle lines.

The sentries of the three-three system can quickly form three small rectangular phalanxes with 3 rows of 3 people in each team or even smaller phalanxes in wartime. This organization will make the troops more mobile and flexible.However, whether it is practical still needs to be tested in actual combat.

他的一个标准哨人马有150人左右，包括：每伍5人、每什15人、每队46人（加队长1人），再加上5人的炊事班及8人的哨部（哨长、3名传令兵、3名卫生兵、1名文书）。

This time he planned to bring the third sentry for the guard.

The main reason for choosing the third post is that the post chief Ma Yong has rich experience in battle, and he is practical and capable. With his assistance, Li Ping is more at ease.

And another point is that the 3 teams of the 9 whistles are bow and arrow teams. Although there are very few soldiers who are good at shooting, and even so far, there are only a dozen or so people who can shoot at will, but they are still long-range strike forces. Not strong.

In this way, he brought the 3th and 7th teams of the 8rd whistle, plus the 9th team and ten people who can make do with archery, the number is just about the same.That is to say, it has a certain long-range strike capability, so that it can be prepared for any danger, and it saves too much adjustment of troops.

There are 118 guards in total in this adjusted guard force, including 2 teams, 6 teams and 18 teams, a supplementary 1-man bow and arrow team at the outpost, Li Ping himself, and 10 personal soldiers he plans to bring along. .

At the same time, it also includes two horses (Li Ping and Ma Yong ride one each), and six mules and horses for auxiliary transportation.

The main weapon of the entire army is the spear, and some sword shields, bows and arrows are assisted.

As for the blunderbuss, Li Ping decided not to bring one.There were more than 30 bird guns he had received and obtained before, but after careful inspection, Li Ping was very worried.

There is still a big difference in appearance between the current bird gun and the later mature musket, and the manufacturing level makes him even more uncertain.

At this time, the structure of the bird gun is not only simple, but also the craftsmanship looks very rough. Li Ping is really worried that this thing will explode.After all, when he was reading history books, the blunderbuss of the late Ming Dynasty had a very bad reputation, so he didn't want to take risks.

Most of the more than 30 blunderbusses were finally returned to the furnace by Li Ping, leaving only a few that seemed to be of better craftsmanship, and Song Baolai only made three more after returning to the furnace.And because there is no time and energy, there is no change in the craftsmanship and structure, and it can only be said that the quality is slightly assured.

What's more important is that there is no corresponding training organized, and there is no dedicated user, so it is basically meaningless.

In the afternoon, the training of the troops participating in the escort was stopped, and they began to prepare weapons, deploy materials and make logistical preparations. Then everyone had a full rest, and some of them will leave tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)