Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

What really made him feel that he had intervened in history and changed the original track of history was to save the old man with silver beard and hair in front of him.

With Sun Chengzong's contribution and status, he should never have died in such an insignificant battle as the Gaoyang Defense War, nor should he face the tragic ending of his family being wiped out and committing suicide at the age of 76.

It shouldn't be.

It must not be so!

Now Sun Chengzong was standing in front of him. Although he was dressed as the head of Guizhou, the old man's wise and penetrating eyes were enough to make Zhang Shouren very satisfied and excited.A minister like Sun Chengzong was hailed as one of the few capable ministers in the late Ming Dynasty in later generations. Although he was not enough to attack and change, he was well aware of the general trend of the world and the inside story of the Qing Dynasty.Having guarded Liaodong for many years, Zhang Shouren felt that he would know more about the situation in Liaodong at least with this old man around. [

Zhang Shouren knows a lot about the current "old foolish king" Huang Taiji, but after all, many of them were not very popular in history, but they were very important figures at the time, and this must be done by senior officials who are familiar with the situation in Liaodong Understand and be able to give him pointers.

"Please come to the camp, sir."

Zhang Shouren was waiting in front of the barracks, and all the Fushan officer corps were also ordered to come to greet them together. At this time, Zhang Shouren stretched out his hand to silence the guests, and Sun Chengzong continued riding. When the officers present touched their leather boots, there was a loud noise like a door being slammed shut .

Sun Chengzong was just about to say something, but when he continued to move forward, there were soldiers wearing Fushan army uniforms on both sides of the road along the way, and all of them moved in one movement, with a slap, two leather boots together, head held high , holding the weapon tightly with both hands or hanging down naturally, sticking to the seam of trousers.

"General Guohua, Fushanying is worthy of the rumors, it is the most powerful elite teacher in the world."

When Sun Chengzong came to the upper room of Zhang Shouren's festival hall in the presence of thousands of people, and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, he also praised him seriously.

"Ge Lao is over-rewarded."

"I won't praise you," Sun Chengzong was serious at first, but now he couldn't help joking: "Although the general saved the lives of the old man and his family, the old man has a strong nature, and he won't flatter him just because of this." .”

"How dare you think about elder Ge like that."

Zhang Shouren also laughed, but after a smile, he said seriously: "Although it is not difficult for our army to wipe out the pirates and thieves, but since the formation of the army, it has never confronted a strong enemy. If we encounter Tartar soldiers, what will happen? The end will not dare to predict."

"Well."

Sun Chengzong nodded slightly, and his eyes under the white eyebrows were full of approval.He looked at Zhang Shouren and said with a smile: "The generals who use the army in the country, the so-called famous generals, are mostly contemptuous and arrogant, and the mediocre generals are helpless. Looking at Guohua now, he doesn't think about victory, but first thinks about defeat. Although he is a powerful party , but there is no vain arrogance, very rare, the old man is very happy. However, what you worry about is that the slave soldiers have gone through decades of fighting, and their bannermen have been riding horses since they were young, and their fishing and hunting are also practicing archery. You know, I Han people don’t know much about making bows. For a bow, it takes at least three years from the selection of wood to the selection of bow strings, to its manufacture, and to exposure to the sun. The usual maintenance is also very difficult. Therefore, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, A hundred households have ten musketeers, twenty saber cards, forty long spears, and thirty bows and arrows, but in the reign of Yongle, there were only thirty archers. In Daliao Town, there may not even be thousands of people who are good at bows and arrows. It is because bows and arrows are difficult to make, and archers have to practice on a daily basis. Most of them are false stories. Those who can hit solid targets are good players. After a long time, there are no archers among the people, and there is also a shortage in the army. At this level, they are far from slaves. Even if slave soldiers are slaves, most of them carry their bows , can open a strong bow, can shoot sharp arrows, every time in a battle, I use bows and arrows to confuse my formation, after spreading, and then use infantry to break through our formation, it has been tried and tested, although my master of the Ming Dynasty has firearms, but the range of firearms is not as good as Humans are not as good as human beings in terms of killing and wounding, and they have repeatedly exploded. Soldiers are really uneasy, and their firearms are useless, so they can only be suppressed by others. In the Liaodong War, when encountering the enemy in the field, the first layer is the bow and arrow."

"Hearing the old man's words, the general's heart is much more open."

Zhang Shouren had to admit that he despised the bows and arrows of the Qing army.But looking at Sun Chengzong's words, the bows and arrows of the Qing army are obviously not children's toys.

It is really not easy to make bows and arrows these days. Bow strings are generally made of animal tendons, and high-quality horns must be used. You can’t use calves or old cows. The horns of mature cows are the best. You can’t use sick cows, and the texture must be clear. Moisturized color is the best.The tendons should be selected with good elasticity and strong toughness, and then select high-quality wood blocks, chisel the body of the bow, hang the strings, expose them to the sun, making bows and arrows is as troublesome as training archers.

Without three or five years of kung fu, there is no archer who can shoot a moving target with a hundred steps.

On the other hand, in the Qing army, children at the age of five or six used small bows and arrows to hunt. The whole nation trained archers all year round and made bows and arrows of various specifications. Every time there was a full battle with the Ming army, the archers of the Qing army were the first to wash the Ming army with a rain of arrows. In this way, the bow and arrow were indeed the most powerful weapon in the hands of this alien race in Liaodong.

"As for the slaves riding warhorses, they are excellent in riding, they come and go like the wind, they march swiftly, and they can't catch up when they retreat. This is also the situation when the old man supervised the division. As for now, I heard that they also have cannons. Kong Youde and other ministries have a large number of them. Firearms, and the slave soldiers have a lot of armor. When the old man retired and returned to Beijing, the old slave marched into the west of Liaoxi. He won more than [-] armor in the first battle. It has been ten years since they have worked hard. I am afraid that they have more armor and sharper weapons. "

Sun Chengzong frowned, and mentioned Liaodong, which was a heart problem for him. [

But after his words came to an end, his eldest grandson, Sun Zhijie, said with a smile: "General Zhang is located in Jiaodong, thousands of miles away, even if slaves enter Shandong, they may not end up in Jiaozhou, the general has too many thoughts. Furthermore, I heard that the general is so brave that he can defeat a hundred, and he is instantly invincible, so why worry and chatter like a woman?"

Sun Zhijie was a tribute student of the Imperial College, and like the children of the scholarly family at that time, he had the pedantic air of a scholar and the arrogance of a family member. After arriving in Fushan, Zhang Shouren did not pick up his grandfather immediately, and sent Ma Sanbiao and Zhu Wangli was very domineering and rude, and he didn't hold Sun's family members high above them. This made this young man who had always been looked down upon by others in the shadow of his grandfather very displeased. Dissatisfied, couldn't help but stepped forward to ridicule.