Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 156
I really didn't expect that the seemingly soft paper can actually be used as armor. It can be used on the battlefield full of blood and blood to block the deadly attacks of knives and guns and save lives.

Unluckily, Tian Boguang, who was stunned, was stabbed by Song Qingshu, and the blade cut into two-thirds, but was also blocked, but when Song Qingshu excitedly picked up the spear again, he was stopped by old man Xing.

The unlucky paper armor was taken off and put on the scarecrow. Next, two yelling strong men went up with spears and stabbed them fiercely. One shot.

To Song Qingshu's surprise, the spear was actually blocked by the paper armor, and the bow and arrow were stuck at about the same distance as the firecracker. Although the paper armor was almost broken in the end, Song Qingshu, Old Man Xing, and Scarface still looked at each other in blank dismay. , and couldn't help being extremely excited.

This is paper!You can get a lot of them in any county, but cast iron is different!And although I don't know whether the paper armor is complicated or not, but how difficult it is to make a set of iron armor, Song Qingshu knows it clearly, Liu Zongmin, a good blacksmith, and two right-hand assistants, one month, he You can also make a set, this is still an ordinary armor, if it is the legendary zijia, you can't make a collar in a year.

After a few discussions, Song Qingshu ordered a bucket of water to be poured down. After a while, Tian Boguang woke up slowly, rubbed a large bruise on his stomach, and cried out sadly with a bitter face.

"Big master, please spare me! The little one won't talk nonsense anymore!"

"Fuck you, sir! I'll accept my fate now, you are the supervisor of my silly camp's ordnance supervisor!" Excitedly, his molars were exposed, and Song Qingshu slapped Tian Bo's shoulders suddenly.

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In the next few days, in addition to collecting ironware throughout the city like it was during the Communist Party, those old and weak will have some more tasks, which is to dig out all kinds of paper, as well as torn quilts and jackets, as long as they are made of cotton. , never let go.

This is a prefectural city, and in the county government office alone, there are several warehouses of account books, taxes, inspections, and documents between the government and the government. A lot of finished products were found, not to mention the rebels' own ragged cotton-padded jackets, but the rags that other camp rebels replaced when they raided big households were piled up like a hill.

The next step is to make the paper armor. According to the records in "Wu Jing Zong Yao", the three-inch thick paper is cut into the size of an ordinary armor piece, and the layers are splashed with water, and then superimposed with glue, and then Use heavy objects to pound it firmly, and finally put eyelets on the four corners after it dries, and finally sew it on the cloth with iron wire to make armor. However, Tian Boguang's grandfather seems to have worked as Qi Jiguang's ordnance supervisor. On top of that, he added a dense layer of cotton between each of the 27 layers of paper armor. The resulting armor was less than half an inch in size, but its defensive power was astonishing, comparable to iron armor.

Moreover, the weight of this paper armor is extremely light, and one piece only weighs three or four catties. On the other hand, the lightest iron armor weighs more than ten or twenty catties. The only disadvantage is that the durability is really poor, but that's all. In just one day, more than 2000 old and weak made more than 500 pairs of paper armor for Song Qingshu. Looking at the pile of armor that was automatically stained black by ink, Song Qingshu automatically dismissed this problem.

Weighing the short knife he just made in his hand, and then sitting among the piles of paper armor, Song Qingshu really felt like a nouveau riche.

"If you fight with the officers and soldiers like this, you won't be afraid of them!"

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Even though they stopped in Yan'an Mansion, Song Qingshu did not relax his surveillance of the army. Li Tiezhu led more than 20 people and divided them into four groups to set up near Zhidan County. He even bribed the locals. If there is any trouble, I will report back immediately.

After two or three days of surveillance like this, the news from the frontier is still that Du Wenhuan, the chief soldier of Yansui, is constantly gathering soldiers and horses to prepare for the next attack. This makes Song Qingshu rest assured that he will continue to engage in production and train soldiers and horses in Yan'an Mansion. , Enrich the strength of your own army.

But what Song Qingshu didn't know was that right under his nose, around the Langkou Valley more than 100 miles to the west of Zhidan County, an army was stalking here, and the leader of the army was fooled by Song Qingshu. Du Wenhuan, the general soldier of Yansui, is leaving!
Du Wenhuan has been a veteran for many years, and his promotion to the commander-in-chief is all based on his meritorious service in fighting tricks. What is a trick?Mongolian tribes entrenched in the Hetao Plain!When Du Wenhuan was in the army, Song Qingshu was still playing with mud in the Kindergarten of Later Generations. Well, although it is not the same time and space, it is similar.

Although he was bluffed by Song Qingshu for a while, on the way back to Zhidan, Du Wenhuan felt that something was wrong. After going back for a few days, on the surface, he went to gather the frontier army, but in fact he connected with the states and counties in the east. Although the news leaked from all directions, it has to be admitted that the Ming Dynasty, which has stood for nearly 300 years, still has its own background. In less than two days, the news that the main force of the hundreds of thousands of peasant troops committed crimes in Yichuan has spread.

Yichuan is the only way to Hancheng. A few times earlier, the peasant army wanted to go to Shanxi through Hancheng. So resolute, this time, combined with the severe drought in northern Shaanxi, and looking at the scale of the operation, the strategic intention of the Peasant Army is clear at a glance!
Since the main force of the peasant army is in the direction of Hancheng, there will naturally not be many people left in Yan'an Mansion!

After being tricked, Du Wenhuan, who gritted his teeth angrily, took 300 cavalry and [-] light soldiers, bypassed Zhidan, took a long detour, and went straight to Langkou Valley. He ran for more than [-] miles a day and a night. With this marching speed, on the evening of the fifth day, Du Wenhuan's frontier army could reach directly under the city of Yan'an Mansion, giving Song Qingshu a chance to attack him in his own way, and attack him at night.

However, the Ming army stopped at Langkou Valley received an urgent request from Yang He, the three-sided governor of Xi'an Prefecture, to expedite it for eight hundred miles.

"What the hell are these nerds planning? Seeing that the thieves are not allowed to fight! What do you want me to do with the chief soldier!"

The blood vessels on Du Wenhuan's neck swelled in anger, and he overturned a heavy case in a rage, and the tokens, pen and ink documents on it fell all over the floor, including the letter just received from the Governor's Mansion.

The other generals who came were trembling with anger. They had been on the road all day and night, and they were about to kill Song Qingshu and his gang of local thieves, and their blood flowed into rivers. Suddenly, such a military order was sent to let them return to the station. They were awarded twelve gold medals back then. Whatever mood the recalled Yue Fei was in, they probably were in whatever mood they were in.

However, if you are angry, you still have to study what to do next. General Chen Wenli hurriedly snatched the documents from the Governor's Mansion from under the ink, and then asked Du Wenhuan helplessly, "Master Chief Soldier, what do we do now?" What to do? Return to Yansui according to the order of the three governors?"

"My lord, if you want me to say, just ignore the governor of Rao Shizi bird, let's kill the gangsters in one go, kill the gangsters, and then gather the main force of the frontier soldiers, and then shoot the buttocks of the main force of the thieves from behind, when the time comes The first achievement of a thousand heads is in hand, so I'm afraid he'll make a fool of himself!"

Another lieutenant general with a big beard reaching his chest, who almost wrote on his face that I am a vulgar person, scolded furiously, and immediately the other generals also supported him in a hurry, but there was an uproar In Yingtian, Du Wenhuan shook his head helplessly.

"No!"

"Don't you know the prestige of these civil servants holding pens, turning right and wrong, confusing black and white, and saying that the dead are alive! If we act rashly, let alone chop off thousands of heads, we will kill all the thieves. No, the superiors still have to punish you for your crimes!"

"Then let's just watch the thieves run away like this?" The bearded man said angrily again, and Du Wenhuan, who listened to it, went around two circles unwillingly, and finally nodded helplessly.

"Stay here in Langkou Valley first! Be careful not to be discovered by the rogues. Old Chen, you send someone to rush back to Yansui. As long as Yansui Governor Hong Chengchou Hong supports us, we can continue to suppress and kill Those gangsters are all over the sky!"

"Damn it, that's all I have to do!"

At one end, Du Wenhuan was scheming against Song Qingshu, while at the other end, the Trilateral Governor's Mansion stationed in Xi'an City was brightly lit at this time, and the yellow mud shop was far away, and the red carpet spread from the door to the Governor's Yamen, bringing a lot of Yang He himself knelt on the ground as his staff and guard, while an eunuch held a scroll of imperial edict in both hands, and read it out loudly.

"Following the fate of heaven, the emperor's edict said: Shaanxi has repeatedly reported famines, ordinary people are unemployed, and even become thieves! They have suffered from a sharp edge. Whoever is not a child, if he is in a relationship, should be widowed, and he can win. One hundred thousand gold, order the censor to go to the disaster-stricken place, and then give relief! I still know that the foolish people have been coerced and mistakenly joined the gang of thieves. If they are willing to return, they will be good people. , hereby!"

"My lord Yang, the Holy Majesty is full of praise for your memorial! Today, even the internal money is willing to be given out for your lord, and only Yuan Manzi from Liaodong has had this honor! Congratulations to your lord!"

After reading the imperial decree in a majestic voice, it immediately turned into a smiling face. While putting away the imperial decree and handing it to Yang He, he congratulated him congratulating him. That expression was as disgusting as it could be.

Received the imperial decree with both hands, but a big stone fell on Yang He's heart. Since he took the position of the governor of the three sides two years ago, Yang He felt that he was sitting on a crater, constantly using troops, and killing more and more thieves!What's more, when the Eastern captives entered the pass, all the elites from Shaanxi went eastward, and they had no soldiers in hand, let alone suppress the bandits!
Fortunately, my idea has now been adopted by the emperor, Shaanxi seems to be able to breathe a sigh of relief, and also showed a smile, Yang He took the imperial edict with both hands.

This connection, the first variable of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, also unfolded a blueprint on the land of Guanzhong in the eight hundred miles......

(End of this chapter)