Lord of the House

Bright candles shine brightly, illuminating the humble official hall brightly and dimly, with light and shadow floating.

Zhang Gou personally went to Jishan Island and took the time to draw a more detailed topographic map; it was the same, Zhang Gou understood more and more why Lin Fu said that geology was the way to get started for famous generals.

If you don't understand the complex terrain of the Jishan Islands, you don't understand the tidal changes of the Jishan Islands, no matter how many troops and horses you lead, how many elite warships rush to attack the Jishan Islands, you are more likely to be defeated.

As long as you have a full understanding of the Jishan Islands, as long as the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels are not trapped in the periphery, and as long as supplies and energy are continuously sent to the island, it is not difficult to rely on three to five hundred elite soldiers to stick to Jishan Island.

According to Chen Zhuo's opinion, it would be better to send three or five hundred soldiers from the navy and infantry battalions to guard the Jishan Islands, which is straightforward. However, Zhang Gou knew that Lin Fu didn't want to disperse his troops, and he had a plan for Jishan Island. more far-reaching.

Zuo Guangying relies on Huaidong's support to defend the Jishan Islands, and is willing to accept Huaidong's influence. Huaidong can use Zuo Guangying and others to subtly influence Yongjia people's perception of Huaidong, and recover southern Zhejiang and Huaidong in the future. To compete with Dong Yuan for control of southern Zhejiang, the role of Zuo Guangying and others will play a pivotal role.

The eyes must not be limited to the eyes only.

There are more than 400 people in Zuo Guangying's team, most of them are old soldiers who came from fishermen and fought bravely, but there is still a big difference between the well-trained old soldiers and the well-equipped and well-trained old soldiers.

Zhang Gou had a deep understanding of this.

At that time, all the soldiers of the master were old soldiers who dared to fight. They could be called the vanguard of the rebel army. The soldiers were good, but there was a big gap between them and the Huaidong Army. Without him, the Huaidong Army was well-trained, disciplined, and The equipment is more sophisticated; going further, Huaidong's system of rewarding fields for military merits is even more popular.

The materials for the construction of the fortifications on Jishan Island, including iron materials, lime, wood, etc., were all allocated by Lin Bing; four hundred sets of excellent armor, bows, arrows, and kerosene, including bed crossbows, scorpion crossbows, etc., were in short supply in Huaidong. Supplies are also given priority to the supply of Jishan Island; six copper-clad armored fast-moving warships are allocated to Jishan Island in full quarterly for 1,200 stone grains, vegetables, fruits, and wound medicines.

The copper-clad armored warships were all newly built, and the previous Jinghai Camp had not been able to have the luxury of covering the warships with copper armor. Anyway, Zhang Gou had not seen it when he left Daheng Island before. This time, six copper-clad armored warships were allocated to Zuo Guangying for free at one time. Although they were all small and medium-sized warships, Zhang Gou took Zuo Guangying to lead the warships. Sour.

Instructing Zuo Guangying's manpower to operate the warship, the training officers of the Jinghai Sea Battalion first taught them how to use the Guanhaikou at the bottom of the boat. No doubt they were more worried that the boat would be captured by the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels in their hands.

In addition to the material support, Lin Fu paid more attention to allowing the generals of Daheng Island to communicate with Zuo Guangying and others.

In addition to the formal military training for the generals at all levels, the more important thing is to give the generals at all levels the opportunity to fully communicate and live together.

Collective life, the cultivation of the collective spirit of the officer corps, is irreplaceable by other methods, and it is also an inevitable means to eliminate hilltopism and factionalism in the army.

In order for Zuo Guangying to be used by Huaidong, it is more important for Zuo Guangying to have a sense of identity and trust in the Huaidong group than the relationship between material and official position; More powerful.

The essence of military thinking that will appear in later generations is extremely difficult for the world to imitate and learn.

In contrast, there are also friendships in the current army, but only in a small area, which is precisely the breeding ground for hilltopism and factionalism. With a large scope, generals are prone to mutual suspicion due to the lack of opportunities for communication; they are often resentful and hostile to each other because of the imbalance of interests.

As a result, small groups become more cohesive and xenophobic, and an army is often fragmented.

Hao Zongcheng, who supported the Jibei Army and sat and watched the Jinzhong Army collapse, is the most vivid example; if the Jibei Army and the generals of the Jinzhong Army were generally acquainted and had friendship, even if Hao Zongcheng, who held military power, wanted to sit and watch the Jinzhong Army If he is destroyed, he must also consider the pressure exerted on him by the generals of the Jibei Army.

Although Zuo Guangying was born as a fisherman and did not have much literacy, he was able to be promoted from thousands of people.

In the previous joint battle, he realized that compared with the Huaidong Army's combat strength, the Yongjia Army was better than the rabble.

After staying at Daheng Island for a few days, Zuo Guangying realized that the Huaidong Army was beyond the reach of the Yongjia Army in terms of regularization construction, and immediately expressed the hope that Huaidong would send several officers to Jishan Island to assist him in building the island defense fortifications. and training generals.

Lin Fu was naturally willing to facilitate this, and immediately selected three officers from the original southern raiding fleet to form a military team. He also welcomed Zuo Guangying and Yongjia to send generals to Daheng Island to participate in the training of the war training school.

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On the fourth day of the first month of November, Liu Wenzhong rushed back to Daheng Island from Hangzhou, and Chen Mingzhe, who was then the chief inspector, inspector, and imperial censor, also came to Daheng Island with Liu Wenzhong to see Lin Fu.

Dong Yuan also tried his best to win over the Yongjia people. Obviously, the stronger the Yongjia people's momentum in southern Zhejiang, the more they can reduce the pressure on northern Zhejiang.

Dong Yuan's support for Yongjia's army was also generous. He paid the full annual salary of 5,000 soldiers at one time, which was 20% more than the number of soldiers reported by Liu Wenzhong - the excess was given to Yongjia generals. Tim head, that win over.

The allocated materials are all drawn from Pingjiang Prefecture. The most critical issue is how to safely transport them to Yueqing City by sea. Chen Mingzhe is in full charge of the matter and is responsible for coordinating with Huaidong, so he accompanied Liu Wenzhong to Daheng Island to see Lin Fu. .

Liu Wenzhong was satisfied with his trip to Hangzhou. Dong Yuan gave 40,000 shi of rice grain and 30,000 taels of silver in full at one time, and sent Chen Mingzhe to supervise the matter in full, and it was strictly forbidden for his subordinates to delay or neglect.

But when he came to Daheng Island and saw Huaidong's support for Jishan Island, Liu Wenzhong was inevitably a little disappointed.

The Yongjia army lacked food, wages, and even more armour; the armour that Dong Yuan allocated to the Yongjia army was only 400 sets of armour and crossbows, in addition to a sufficient number of spears and spears.

To train elite soldiers, the role of armor is indispensable.

When two armies with the same fighting will, the same quality of soldiers, and the same training intensity are fighting against each other, one side is fully armored and the other lacks the necessary armor, and there will be an extraordinary gap in casualties.

Perhaps the more profound military thinking cannot be understood and mastered by every general, but it is the most profound and direct understanding of every general in the world to put on armor as much as possible.

Dong Yuan allocated 400 sets of armor to the Yongjia Army at a time, and it can no longer be said that Dong Yuan is stingy. Thinking that Lin Bie led the Jiangdong Zuo Army north to the King of Qin, relying on Gu Wuchen to coordinate in the middle, and the armor and bow and crossbow he received were not so many.

The spear consumes less iron, and can be made with rough iron. It does not require a pound of rough iron to make a spear—the workshop belonging to the envoy of the Northern Zhejiang System can make it; the armor is completely different.

Not to mention scale armor, a pair of armor will use nearly 30 pounds of refined iron—the better the iron, the stronger the protection.

Repeatedly forged fine iron armor can even effectively defend against strong crossbow and longbow shooting at a short distance of thirty or fifty steps; ordinary iron armor, the effective protection distance is about twice as long.

The sharpness of the spear and the strong of the shield are the two extremes pursued by the development of military technology in the contemporary world.

The effective protection distance of thirty or fifty steps means that one more arrow can be shot or one less arrow can be shot!

The Jiangning Ministry of Industry has the largest iron-smelting workshop in the Dayue Dynasty. It can make more than 200,000 catties of refined iron a year. The output of refined iron in the southeastern counties is likely to be less than one million catties. Come to make armor, how much iron armor can you make?

In addition to the fine iron material, the manpower used to manufacture the iron armor is also extremely terrifying.

Today, the Jiangning workshop is making every effort to make armor, and more than 8,000 sets of armor are made in a year, and most of them are leather armor with poor protection.

With so much output, the Changhuai Army, the Huinan Army, the Jiangning Guard Army, the Zhejiang North Army, and the Ningwangfu Guard Battalion are all competing; the Jiangning Ministry of Industry naturally prioritizes meeting the needs of the Ningwangfu Guard Battalion and the Jiangning Guard Army. The Zhebei Army led by Dong Yuan had to line up behind the Changhuai Army and the Huinan Army.

The Zhebei Envoy Division also has its own ordnance workshop, but it can also make ordinary iron spears and iron spears. There is no source of fine iron materials, and there is no large number of skilled craftsmen, UU reading www.uukanshu. Com not to mention the first-class armor, it is very difficult to make excellent steel knives and guns.

Compared with armor, the production cycle of bows and crossbows is longer, especially the material of bow tires with sufficient elasticity is difficult to obtain. For bows with more than six fighting strengths, Jiangning workshop can provide at most 4,000 pieces per year.

Dong Yuan allocated 400 sets of armor and 400 strong bows to the Yongjia Army at one time, which was already quite generous, and even had to bear the complaints of the generals in the Northern Zhejiang Army.

For example, the Xuzhou Army under Chen Hansan and Sun Zhuang’s Infantry Division under the Huaidong Army were able to receive money on time, but the armor and ordnance were not supplemented.

Liu Wenzhong was not dissatisfied at all. He understood the current situation and was even grateful for Dong Yuan's generosity.

However, seeing that Huaidong gave Zuo Guangying's department, he gave 420 sets of armor at one time according to the head, and the worst was a double-layer leather armor. In addition, including twelve large bed crossbows and scorpion crossbows, a total of 200 sets of high-quality crossbows and a thousand bundles of arrows were paid—a comparison made Liu Wenzhong feel a little unbalanced.

The six copper-clad warships made Liu Wenzhong almost drool with greed. Only the thin copper plates covered by the six warships were enough to build hundreds of sets of copper armor.

Seeing that the Huaidong Army Division was so generous, Liu Wenzhong couldn't complain that Zuo Guangrong had become one with the Huaidong Army in just a few days.

They are all soldiers, and who can make their subordinates become elites with complete armor in a blink of an eye, let alone mingle, let it be called "Grandpa".

Chen Mingzhe secretly sighed: Dong Yuan spent a lot of effort to win over the people of Yongjia, but in front of Huaidong's wealth and wealth, it was greatly reduced in an instant!

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