Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 398
Chai Lin praised and said: "My father-in-law is quite open-minded. If it were someone else, he would have thought of knocking out the bone and sucking the marrow. It is really good that the small commodity wholesale market can develop like this, haha. Let's go back to Cangzhou."

When they went back, the two of them didn't run back, but went back in the carriage of the Four Seas Carriage Company, and checked the post station of the carriage company along the way.Now many places are out of service, and only a few places are open, but the carriage capacity is more sufficient.

Seven days later, Li Ying led two hundred elites to Chaijiazhuang and officially became a member of the Cangzhou Army.

Chai Lin, Wu Yong, Lin Chong, and Sun An greeted Master Li at the gate of the camp.

Li Ying is very happy, save face.

Li Ying bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "How can you be so good, I dare to ask all the generals to come to the gate of the camp to welcome you."

Chai Lin said: "Vendor Li is kind and generous, and has saved countless lives. He is a role model for my generation."

Wu Yong shook his feather fan and said, "My brother is talking about Master Li. I heard that you are coming, so I didn't eat my breakfast because I was so excited."

Chai Lin took Li Ying into the barracks, and followed the generals to the meeting hall.

Chai Lin sat in the middle, and everyone sat in hatchback.

Chai Lin said: "The joining of Zhuangzhu Li has made our Cangzhou army stronger. Zhuangzhu Li is very good at horseback riding and archery, and he also has flying knives."

Li Ying said: "My lord has given you too much credit, it's all just tricks."

"Master Li, why don't you come to our heavy cavalry battalion?" Lin Chong said.

After several battles, the combat effectiveness of the heavy cavalry is obvious to all. Now the heavy cavalry battalion needs to be expanded, and there are not enough lieutenants.

Sun An said: "Commander Lin, you are not kind, you are not kind, you are getting more and more robbing people."

"There are too few masters in our battalion, and Master Li's flying knife skills are amazing." Lin Chong said.

Chai Lin looked at Li Ying, and Li Ying said, "I will follow your lord's arrangement."

Chai Lin said: "Villager Li accompanied me to familiarize himself with the military environment for the past two days, and then went to the artillery battalion to try. Compared with the heavy cavalry battalion, Brother Liu Tang's artillery battalion is even more short of manpower."

Sun An smiled and said, "Coach Lin, haha, you're busy."

Lin Chong didn't mind, and said, "Our Cangzhou Army is a family, and it's the same wherever we go."

The horse weapons and armor that Li Ying brought with him are quite convenient.The young men under his command were recruited into the new barracks for training.

Chai Lin took the right to walk around the barracks. There are many rules in the army, so you need to be familiar with them.

On the heavy cavalry training ground, cavalry covered in iron armor galloped like thunder with spears in their hands, raising smoke and dust all over the sky.

"Our heavy cavalry is really mighty, such an incredible formation." Li Ying said.

Chai Lindao: "Heavy cavalry is most suitable for attacking enemy light infantry and light cavalry, and no one can attack the enemy's pass."

Next to him, Niu Gao led five hundred light cavalry to shoot arrows back and forth, which was also very powerful.

Li Ying said in admiration: "Who is that young general? He is very good at riding and shooting."

"That kid's name is Niu Gao. He was a woodcutter in the mountains. His family was poor. In order to eat meat, he practiced a good set of arrows. Although he is not a good archer, he is still very good." Chai Lin said.

Li Ying asked: "I haven't seen the cannon your lord is talking about, can you let me go and have a look."

"The artillery battalion and the mountain camp are both by the sea, and there are still sixty or seventy miles away. It's too late today and we won't go, but we can go to the test site." Chai Lin said and called Liu Zhuang over to make arrangements.

After a while, two cannons wrapped in red gun coats were pulled, and the mule pulled them and set off.

Along the way, Chai Lin accompanied Li Ying to talk about some military matters.

The barracks are only ten miles away from the experimental site, and they will be there in a while.

The soldiers tore off the gun cover to reveal ten dark gun barrels, and the [-]mm gun barrels were not so conspicuous.

"Well, what kind of cannon is this? It's so strange that ten guns make one." Li Ying asked.

"It's called a honeycomb cannon. There are two rows up and down. There are ten doors in total. You can ignite them all by lighting a fuse. Try it." Chai Lin asked the soldiers to take the torch and hand it to Li Ying.

Li Ying took it, plugged his ears with cotton as required, and then lit the fuse with a torch.

Martian sneered.

Boom boom boom.

Ten bursts, one after another, it was too shocking.

A solid iron egg the size of a walnut was beaten out.

When the thick smoke dissipated, Li Ying only felt a buzzing in his head, and it took him a while to recover.

"My lord, how far can this iron egg hit?" Li Ying asked.

"We are steel cannons. A solid iron egg can hit about 400 meters when it is full of ammunition, and sometimes it can hit 500 meters. However, although the solid iron egg is powerful, it is not accurate enough. The psychological blow is stronger than the actual blow. Generally The honeycomb cannon fires shotguns, which can kill infantry and light cavalry in pieces at a distance of 150 meters, and the shock effect is very powerful." Chailin explained.

Just as he was talking, Dian Zhengnan came with his [-]mm gun and said, "Brother, when did you come back?"

"I've been back for several days, and I haven't asked you yet. Where did you go?" Chailin said.

Dian Zhengnan scratched his head and said, "Sister-in-law introduced me to a daughter-in-law."

As soon as Dian Zhengnan said it, Chai Lin understood that what Hu Sanniang introduced was her personal servant girl, Chunxiang. Hu Shengfeng, 1.8 four and not married yet.

Hu Sanniang said, let her be a housemaid for Chai Lin, Chai Lin shook his head in fright, his figure is too terrible.

"Have you finished making the big fire blunderbuss?" Chailin asked.

"It's finished, I'll show my brother to have a look."

The guards arranged a dozen plank men at a distance of [-] meters.

Li Ying didn't know everything, and watched quietly from the side.

This thing is not generally backward, it is loaded from the front, and then ignited with a matchlock.

Boom, the hundreds of catties of the big jet roared, and a burst of thick white smoke spewed out, and Dian Zhengnan staggered as he was pushed by the huge recoil.

Eight of the ten targets [-] meters away fell down.

Li Ying couldn't close his mouth in surprise, and said: "This kind of honeycomb cannon can be used by itself. It's too ruthless. There are eight people in one shot, and eighty in ten shots."

"Vendor Li has good eyesight. Single use is called the Long Snake Cannon. It is heavier than the Crouching Tiger Cannon and has a longer range, but it is slower to reload. Generally speaking, it is still excellent." Chailin said.

"If this artillery is used in groups, hundreds of them will fire together, and thousands of cavalry will be in vain." Li Ying exclaimed.

"These are small things for the infantry, and the big ones for the artillery battalion. The 150mm and [-]mm caliber can shake the mountains when fired, and the city walls can collapse with one shot. Li Zhuang is mainly not You practice the honeycomb cannon first, there are [-] crouching tiger cannons in the personal barracks, [-] honeycomb cannons, and I plan to add another [-] long snake cannons." Chailin said.

Li Yingdao: "No problem, follow the arrangement of the adults."

Li Ying is the captain in the personal barracks, and is temporarily in charge of one hundred long snake cannons. Of course, it will take time to get familiar with.

At the beginning, Chai Lin still had a lot of considerations. Li Ying himself was at the level of a local tyrant, so he was worried that it would not be easy to manage.

But later found that Li Ying was very low-key, knowing what he should do and what he should not do.

I'm getting old, I get up early every day and carry five kilometers, never make exceptions, and run as usual.

Even the goose step in the queue is well practiced.

As for bow and arrow and firecracker shooting, he is even more expert, not comparable to Pang Wanchun, but similar to Niu Gao.

Especially the zero-one type firecracker, within a hundred meters, you can shoot wherever you point.

When Chai Lin reorganized the army in Chaijiazhuang and vigorously increased the use of firearms, Shidao Port in Dengzhou Prefecture still had problems.

An infantry battalion in Ruda is stationed in Shidao Port, and the expanded Sword and Shield Battalion has a total of 6000 people.

Ruda's infantry battalion is one of the few cold weapon battalions of the Cangzhou Army. It is mainly equipped with spears, shields, and archers, and only a few crouching tiger cannons.

That night, after training the soldiers, Ruda was sweating all over, and planned to take a bath before going to bed. Unexpectedly, the intelligence personnel from Dengzhou arrived.

Intelligence agents don't come easily, they come because they have something important to do.

"Battalion Commander Lu, there is an urgent military situation," the visitor said.

"The Governor of Dengzhou, Chen Zhifu, ordered General Hu of Dengzhou to lead an army of [-]. Tonight, the three armies will be rewarded, and tomorrow they will come to demolish Shidao Port." The intelligence officer said.

Lu Da said: "Is the prefect Chen confused? There is no reason to send [-] troops to attack the port defended by the [-] soldiers of the Sa family."

"We don't know about this. I have to go back immediately after the information is delivered. It's easy to become suspicious after a long time."

"Okay, you go back."

The intelligence agent went back immediately. He had only a small position in the Xiangjun of Dengzhou Prefecture.

At noon the next day, two thousand troops arrived, mighty and mighty, with flags flying.

Hu Zongbing rode a chrysanthemum-green war horse and carried an eight-edged sledgehammer in his hand. It was claimed to be a hundred catties, but it was actually hollow, and there were still twenty catties.

There are five hundred cavalry and one thousand five infantry.

Swords and guns are like a forest, and flags are like a sea, which looks a bit majestic.

A horse rushed out and came to the north of the port and shouted: "Listen, people inside, you are building a private port to avoid taxes and fees. The magistrate is furious. Now I am notifying you, pack up your things and come out and surrender immediately."

Lu Da was laughing: "Hahaha, this magistrate doesn't know what to say. He took the money back then and now he has come out and regretted it. Don't even think about it. Back off, let's go forward and line up."

The horns in the pass are beeping, and the drums are beating.

The door was closed and wide open, and Lu Da didn't bring many people with him. Yigao was bold and came out with only five hundred shield soldiers.

These sword and shield soldiers are incredible, everyone wears cast iron helmets and simple iron armor.A round shield in the left hand and a sharp single sword in the right.

Lu Da didn't ride a horse either. He was wearing an iron armor and was holding a large Zen stick weighing more than 60 kilograms in his hand.

Lu Da laughed and said, "Hahaha, Hu Zongbing, are you here to seek bad luck for the Sa family?"

General Hu said, "Commander Lu misunderstood, I have no grievances or enmity with you, but I am a general, how dare you not come under the orders of the adults. Be a human being and stay on the front line, so we can meet again in the future. I will give you three days to think about it. Withdraw immediately, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless."

"You and I are masters, so there's nothing to talk about. The Sa family was ordered to guard Shidao Port, and they won't leave half a step until they win the general. Come, come, whoever comes up and has a few tricks with the Sa family." Lu Da's arrogant move beckoning.

Next to Zongbing Hu is a lieutenant named Lieutenant Lu.

Lieutenant General Lu came up on horseback with a big knife and a bad temper.

Cursed: "Ignorant rats, dare to speak boldly in front of the imperial army."

The big knife in his hand struck at Lu Da.

Ruda fought on foot, and was at a disadvantage against cavalry.

However, Lu Da, relying on his skill and courage, dodged the quick knife, and then smashed it with his head with a shovel.

Lieutenant General Lu brandished his saber to parry, when he heard a loud bang, sparks came from the saber smashed by the Zen stick.

Lieutenant General Lu's war horse couldn't bear the strength, and it fell on its side.

Lu Dawude is very good, and he didn't take advantage of others.

Lieutenant General Lu took a big hit, knowing that he was not an opponent, but he was also a bachelor, so he got up and patted the ashes on his body, pulled his horse and went back in despair.

Hu Zongbing was furious, urged his horse to come up wielding a big hammer, covered his head with his arms, and smashed Lu Da's head.

Lu Da's temper came up, and with all his strength, the big shovel pointed at the hammer to meet him, and a loud bang was heard.

Hu Zongbing's sledgehammer weighing more than [-] kilograms went to the sky, and Hu Zongbing was so shocked that his mouth was bleeding.

Hu Zongbing said: "You don't talk about martial ethics, and you have agreed to learn from each other, but you actually make a deadly move."

Lu Da bared his teeth and said, "If the Sajia were you, the Sajia would turn around and leave. Why, please look at the city wall of the pier."

There is no city wall on the side of Shidao Wharf near the sea, but there are hundreds of meters of city walls on the north side of the land.

With a wave of Lu Da's hand, thousands of colorful flags were erected on the city wall, and the colorful flags fluttered.

"Maybe you can't see clearly from the city wall, let's take a look at the newly formed longbowmen."

Lu Da ordered the trumpeters to blow the trumpet, and within a short while three thousand archers rushed out from the city gate, each holding a composite bow of mulberry wood, powerful and fast.

Look at everyone wearing helmets above their heads and light cowhide armor on their bodies.

Hu Zongbing was so angry that Chen Zhifu said that there were only 400 people in Shidao Port.I just led two thousand soldiers here, but it seems that five or six thousand soldiers can't stop them.

Lu Da shouted: "Brothers, let the Dengzhou Army take a look at our arrow formation, and come for a round."

"Yes."

Each of the three thousand archers pointed their arrows at the sky, bending their bows like a full moon.

"put."

With a loud sound of the bow, three thousand feathered arrows, like dark clouds, were aggressive and nailed to the open space tens of meters in front of the Dengzhou Army's position.

The goose feathers of the tail feathers were trembling violently.

Hu Zongbing's heart was also trembling violently. If it was tens of meters away, he would have to confess here today.

The two thousand Xiang troops were frightened and wanted to flee one by one.

With a loud voice, Lu Da shouted: "Brothers of the Dengzhou Army, we are all from our own family. My brother bought this port from the magistrate at a high price. Now the fart is collected in, and you will be sent to death if you don't do things properly. , you must not be fooled."

The Xiang soldiers were not happy when they heard it. Didn't they ask themselves to die? There were obviously 6000 troops, and 2000 troops were sent over.

Hu Zongbing said: "Battle Commander Lu, I have offended you so much, we will withdraw first."

Hu Zongbing led two thousand soldiers back quickly, not staying for a minute.

Dengzhou is different from Cangzhou. It does not belong to the border area. It has a small number of troops and a serious lack of training.I thought it was a small job, but the two thousand troops came to frighten me, and the other party walked in obediently, but I didn't expect to encounter a hard stubble, and there were six to seven thousand troops.

Hu Zongbing was injured, and the tiger's mouth was still hurting, so he was bandaged.

　Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a recommendation ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)