marquis of jingan

Chapter 771
(I made a mistake in the last chapter. The Imperial Court’s Gunpowder Department belongs to the Inner Court Military Bureau, not the Ministry of Industry. It has been revised, sorry!)

It is said that if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his weapon. Shen Yi's combat effectiveness against the coastal capital is numerous, not too strong, but not too weak either.

At the very least, he is confident that with the same force, the combat effectiveness of the coastal capital will not be inferior to that of the Huaihe Navy.

Because the Huaihe Navy is already rotten, and the coastal capital is purely an army that was smashed with high welfare, and in the past few years, it has fought Japanese pirates many times, so it has some combat experience.

But even so, Shen Yi still tried his best to arm the army.

First of all, he spent a lot of thought in Yueqing County, Wenzhou, and let hundreds of craftsmen spend several years researching the miniaturized artillery.

Artillery is not a new technology. It was used on the battlefield on a large scale during the time of Da Chen Jianguo, that is, more than 100 years ago. Up to now, there are artillery in the northern and southern dynasties.

However, miniaturized artillery obviously has an advantage on the battlefield and can be used more flexibly.

In addition to artillery, the more important thing is naturally gunpowder.

The Artillery Division is assigned to the inner court, but in a sense it is under the dual leadership of the Ministry of War and the inner court. After all, the Arsenal Division sometimes needs gunpowder.

Fortunately, Shen Yi is a doctor of the Ministry of War and has a good relationship with the inner court. He should be able to get a large amount of gunpowder for the coastal capital.

After watching Liulichang all afternoon, Master Shen didn't go home to rest until it was dark. The next morning, Shen Yi woke up early, changed into his official uniform, and went to the Ministry of War.

He is a senior official of the Ministry of War. Naturally, there are no taboos in the Ministry of War. He easily met Jiang Jian, the Minister of the Ministry of War. After seeing Jiang Jian, Master Shen had a smile on his face and cupped his hands. , younger than before."

Jiang Shangshu felt uncomfortable being flattered by Shen Yi, he looked at Shen Yi awkwardly, and said helplessly, "Zi Heng."

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly, and said with a smile: "The lower official is here."

"The Coastal Commander is about to go to the front line of the Huaihe River to assist the Huaihe Navy to defend the Huaihe River. The old man already knows, and Ziheng you already know."

Jiang Shangshu stroked his beard, glanced at Shen Yi, and said, "Ziheng is no longer in the southeast, and the matter of the Huaihe Navy has nothing to do with you."

Having said that, he paused and continued.

"In the past six months, the Military Selection Division has promoted many generals from the Coastal Capital Division, and the old man has turned a blind eye to it..."

Shen Yi sighed slightly, and said: "Tang Zun, if this matter really has nothing to do with the lower official, the lower official will not be cheeky to see Tang Zun today. This time, His Majesty asked the officers and soldiers of the coastal capital to guard the Huai River. If something goes wrong..."

He sighed pretendingly: "It should be a lower official appointed as an imperial envoy to supervise the army."

"That is to say, the next official may go to take charge."

Master Shen coughed, and said: "Tang Zun, tell me, can you be in a hurry to get down now?"

Jiang Jian was silent for a long while without speaking, and after a while, he sighed quietly: "I have been in the Ministry of War for many years, and I have never seen the officers of the Ministry of War. I am on business all the year round, but..."

"This is Ziheng's opportunity."

He looked at Shen Yi and said with emotion: "If this time, the coastal capital can hold on to the Huaihe River and win a few battles, then counting the military achievements in suppressing Japanese in the southeast, it will be enough for Ziheng to make you a marquis."

Jiang Jian's words were a bit exaggerated. Da Chen's title was very difficult to deal with. At that time, the great general Zhao Chong used his own power to block the Qi army from going south for more than ten years, but he was only granted the title of Marquis of Anping and chased him after his death. It's just a duke of a country.

Jiang Shangshu's words already have some suspicions of "praising and killing".

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, and sighed: "To tell you the truth, I really want to stay in Jiankang, and be my master in the Wuxuan Department, approving papers and receiving gifts every day, but your majesty insists on taking care of the errands. Throwing it on the lower official's head, the lower official really has nothing to do."

He looked at Jiang Jian, lowered his head slightly and said, "So, please help Tang Zun."

"Say it."

Jiang Jian said helplessly, "How do you want me to help you?"

Shen Yi coughed: "Young officer, I want to transfer [-] pieces of high-quality armor from the Ministry of Treasury to equip the generals of the coastal capital. In addition, I need some bows and crossbows, especially arrows. The more the better."

When Jiang Jian heard this, her eyes widened and she looked at Shen Yi.

Before he could speak, Shen Yi coughed again, and continued, "I still want to mobilize [-] horses, so that the officers and men of the coastal capital can organize a cavalry..."

"Five thousand horses!"

Jiang Shangshu couldn't bear it anymore, he stared at Shen Yi with a beard and stared: "Still fighting horses?!"

He shook his head again and again: "No, no, Da Chen is located in the south, and he is short of war horses. Where can I go to get you a war horse?"

Shen Yi smiled and said: "That's really not possible, as long as two thousand horses are enough, armor, bows and crossbows, as well as spears and other weapons, you just need to give more to Tang Zun."

Jiang Jian was a little helpless: "There are not even two thousand horses. Your coastal capital is going to guard the Huaihe River, and you didn't want you to rush thousands of miles to take Yandu. Why do you need so many horses?"

"Besides, Ziheng didn't even have the [-] pieces of armor you wanted. The armor, bows and crossbows and other weapons are all supervised by the Ministry of Industry. If you don't go to the Ministry of Industry to ask for them, come to the old man. What do you want?"

"The officials under the Ministry of Industry are not familiar with them."

Shen Yi smiled and said: "Tang Zun, I have been in the Ministry of War for several years, please don't lie to me, I know that the military weapons of the Ministry of Treasury are in stock, it is impossible to order from the Ministry of Industry now."

The old Shangshu shook his head, sighed helplessly and said: "Forget it, you are also from our military department. If you really go out to fight, I can't short you. That's all..."

He stroked his beard and said, "War horse, I'll give you five hundred horses, armor..."

Speaking of armor, the minister of the Ministry of War also felt a little bit pained, and he said: "I will give you five thousand pieces of armor. For your army of 2 people, one thousand bows and crossbows are enough. I will give you one thousand five thousand." Hundreds."

"As for the arrows."

Jiang Shangshu raised his eyebrows and said, "I really don't know how many Kubusi there are. Tian Feng is in charge of Kubusi. If you ask him for it, he will give you as much as he can. "

Shen Yi was silent for a while, then shook his head slightly and said: "Tang Zun, you can lack everything else, but you can't lack armor..."

"You need at least [-] pieces of armor to be an official, even if it's inferior armor, it's enough..."

The coastal capital is very poorly equipped.

Let's put it this way, when this army was built, it didn't get a penny from the Ministry of Households, and it didn't get a set of armor from the Ministry of War.

Simply relying on the money from big households is not enough to arm more than 2 people.

Fortunately, the enemies of the coastal capital, that is, the Japanese pirates...

The equipment is even worse!

The people in the coastal capitals just don't have iron armor, but most of them have leather armor.

But those Japanese pirates basically just wore the ronin clothes, and some of them came up shirtless and hacked people.

Therefore, in the face of Japanese pirates, the coastal capital's equipment disadvantages are not very obvious.

but…

Respond to the regular army of Qiren!

Then the armor is an absolutely indispensable thing, because if there is a real confrontation, if the coastal capital is lightly armored or even has no armor, it is very likely that the formation will be smashed by the Qi army. !

Master Shen's face was solemn, he took two steps back, lowered his head slightly and said: "Tang Zun, if the coastal capital guards the Huaihe River this time, it may even win a small victory for the people of Qi."

"The situation where the Zhao Clan controls the Huaihe River is gone forever!"

"At that time, my Da Chen's military department will sweep away decades of decline, and you, the military department's minister."

"It will be the most dazzling minister of the Ministry of War since Nandu Jiazi!"

"In the future, future generations will write biographies in history books, and no matter what, you will not be able to avoid this page!"

(End of this chapter)