Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 238 Incorporation of Prisoners of War
Liu Zongmin was dressed in nondescript clothes. As soon as King Chuang came, he wanted to take off his clothes, magnified the hammer, and bowed to King Chuang and his wife. Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying stopped him and told him not to be too polite and continue to work.

Li Zicheng, his wife and others watched from the side. Liu Zongmin put Lin Yi's notched Qinglong Yanyue sword into the red stove, and soon the whole blade turned red, after burning for about ten minutes.

Liu Zongmin took the big knife out of the fire, and with a few sledgehammers, smashed Qinglong Yanyue knife beyond recognition.

Li Zicheng and his wife, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang and others were puzzled. They looked at each other and felt that Liu Zongmin was not repairing the knife, but destroying it.

Li Zicheng said: "Jiexuan, qi returns to qi, and life returns to life. The quality must be guaranteed. It will be difficult if it fails to satisfy others. After all, Li Guo is in their hands."

Liu Zongmin smashed the hammer a few times with hatred: "Don't worry, King Chuang, since I, Liu Zongmin, have taken this job, I won't let him pick out the faults. This knife can't be repaired. I'll build him a new one. The quality is definitely better than his. This one. Hehe, it’s just the weight.”

Liu Zongmin said this, looked at the pile of heavy iron next to him, and said: "Jing Yi's knife weighs more than 70 kilograms. I will make him a 120 kilogram knife this time, but the size will not change. When the time comes If he doesn’t move, then he will be stunned, he shames me, I have to shame him once!”

Only then did everyone know Liu Zongmin's plan. I heard that Guan Gong's big sword weighed only 80 kilograms, and if it weighed 120 kilograms, he would really become the overlord of the sword. What they want to see, so they all smile.

"Jiexuan, I will give you a great credit for this matter." Li Zicheng comforted Liu Zongmin.

But when Li Zicheng said this, Liu Zongmin felt even more uncomfortable, but he didn't say anything, but the hammer and swing became faster and more hateful, and the little soldiers helping him couldn't keep up.

At this moment, Li Laiheng took over the sledgehammer from the soldier, and personally helped Liu Zongmin. Li Laiheng had never learned blacksmithing, but Liu Zongmin could help after a few pointers.

Li Laiheng swung a sledgehammer, Liu Zongmin swung a small hammer, and the two of them clashed with each other with knives...

Li Zicheng and his wife, Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi, Tian Jianxiu and others looked here for a while, and felt that Liu Zongmin's blacksmith skills really have a set, and they want to help Liu Zongmin with their own hands. If Liu Zongmin refuses, let Li Laiheng stay and help. Everyone had to leave.

Li Zicheng and his wife returned to their tent and called Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, Dang Shousu, Bai Minghe, Lan Yingcheng and other generals into their camp.

Now he heard that Lin Yi wanted to reorganize the captives in the camp. These captives were originally from Li Zicheng's various battalions. Because they lost the battle, they became Lin Yi's captives.

Feeling that the opportunity came, Li Zicheng told each of them to select 200 confidant soldiers from their own battalion, and put them out one after another, and let them be deserters to join Lin Yi.Lin Yi treated the captives preferentially. After these people gained Lin Yi's trust, they turned against the original troops, and then waited for an opportunity to make trouble.

After Li Guo and his son were rescued, they had to start breaking out, which was their preparation in advance.

Of course Li Zicheng knew that in terms of force, he would definitely not be able to defeat the officers and soldiers, and they would not be able to deal with just one Lin Yi, and there would be more and more officers and soldiers, and only a few thousand of their troops remained. The situation is getting worse and worse for them.

They cannot wait to die here.Li Zicheng has been thinking about this matter for the past few days, and after discussing it maturely with his wife Gao Guiying, he gave the order.

The generals agreed, and after taking orders, they returned to the camp and prepared to go...

Liu Zongmin didn't do anything these two days. He and Li Laiheng specialized in knives and worked overtime. After two days, they finally made a new Qinglong Yanyue Broadsword successfully. Heavy iron, rebuilt for a handful.

The shape of this knife is still the same as before, and the size is generally the same.But the weight has increased by forty or fifty catties, from the original 70 catties to the current 120 catties.

Liu Zongmin's strength is not small. Holding the knife in his hand, he felt that it was very heavy, and then he was out of breath after playing it twice, and he couldn't take it anymore, so he put it down quickly.

As for ordinary generals, they can't dance at all.

Then it took another two hours to sharpen the blade, and on the third day, a bright Qinglongyanyue sword finally took shape.

Li Zicheng, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi all came that day, as did Gao Guiying and Mrs. Huang.They are very concerned about this matter. In order to save Li Guo, they hope that time will pass faster every day, but time is strange, the more they hope it will go faster, the slower it will be.

Especially the Huang family, it can be said that life is like a year. Although Li Laiheng is back, he is a godson after all, and the husband is the most important thing. I am afraid that something will change.

In the past two days, you still had nightmares. After waking up in the middle of the night, you cried and cried, and then secretly prayed behind someone's back to God to bless your husband's return, and begged Ji Dong to show kindness again and forgive his husband.

Looking at it now, this knife has finally been cast as scheduled. It is not an ordinary knife. It is related to Li Guo's life, and it is pinning the hopes of high-level figures in Li Zicheng's group.

Li Zicheng, Tian Jianxiu and others came to see it in person. According to the agreement, they will be replaced with a knife today.

It is beautiful and powerful to look at this big knife. The blade is like a small door leaf. The sharp blade can reflect a person's face, and it can be used as a mirror when placed in front of the face.

The blade was sharp and sharp. To test the blade, Liu Zongmin took a few horse hairs and tossed them lightly. These hairs fell on the blade and were cut off instantly, scattered on the ground and blown away by the breeze.

But Li Zicheng and others weighed the knife with their own hands, and felt that it was indeed a lot heavier. It seems that Lin Yi can only see it as a painting after returning home, and imagines dancing like flying like before.

After Li Zicheng and others finished watching, they couldn't help admiring.

"It really is a good knife!"

"Jiexuan is worthy of being a blacksmith, thank you for your hard work!"

Some admired the knife, while others praised the man. Li Zicheng ordered the man to bring the knife and immediately prepared to replace the man with the knife.

Several cannons on the city were ready to go, and the city leaders’ possessions were piled up like a mountain. The elite soldiers and strong generals all took action. Except for Liu Fangliang who was left to defend the city with 3000 troops, the remaining 5000 troops drove out of the city in full armor.Even the women's battalion and the child soldiers also took action. Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying also left the city with a few generals under him. Those who should ambush should line up and make all preparations for contingencies.

If it is said that Ji Dong followed the steps, followed his words, and the replacement of people with a knife went smoothly, then these people would not have to be killed.On the contrary, if Ji Dong backtracked, they would rush to fight Ji Dong to the death.

Of course, Tian Jianxiu was asked to hand over to Lin Yi in the exchange of people with a knife. The acquaintances are easy to talk to, after all, it was handled by him.

Today's Tian Jianxiu also made full preparations and prepared for the worst.Dressed all over, he led hundreds of elite cavalry, and drove a cart with fast animals. On the cart was the Qinglong Yanyue Broadsword made for Lin Yi.

Tian Jianxiu and several hundred people came to Lin Yi's camp a few miles out of the city...

Lin Yi has not been idle for the past few days. He let Li Laiheng go, and after receiving 50000 taels of silver, now Ji Dong's pocket suddenly swelled up, adding 105 million taels of silver at once. This is all Lin Yi's private money. It has nothing to do with the food and salaries allocated to him by the imperial court.The food and salaries allocated by the imperial court can basically supply more than 2 soldiers under his command.

In addition to his original personal savings, including the gold and silver jewelry that Zhe Zhe brought back from his natal family, all of which were converted into silver, Lin Yi now holds more than 200 million taels of private cash in his hands.

This is a huge sum of money. The money is used to expand the army, recruit troops and buy horses. If there is too much, I dare not say that if we expand another 1 horses, we will not be able to starve if we don’t ask the court for money within a year.

Therefore, Ji Dong felt that it was time to recruit prisoners.Now Lin Yi has captured more than 8000 soldiers, including more than 3000 people who captured Li Guo and Hao Yaoqi in the battle at Laohukou. This one broke through 4000.

Now Jiang Xingyuan of the Fourth Battalion has recovered from his injuries early, and Zu Keyong, who was seriously injured, is not seriously injured. Hundreds of wounded generals of Lin Yi from the Battle of Tiger's Mouth have also been cured and joined the combat team one after another.Zu Keyong and Jiang Xingyuan led the Fourth Battalion to escort more than 3000 captives to the outside of Nanyang City two days ago.At this point, the 8000 captives have joined together. The team is huge and must be dealt with in time.

Ji Dong felt that he couldn't just keep them, he had to start turning them into his own fighting force.

(End of this chapter)