Chapter 134 The military power is in hand and everything is ready
Zhu Zaijing directly pointed out his importance here and gave the choice to Feng Bao and others.
After listening to Zhu Zaijing’s words, Feng Bao and the others also understood the weight of Zhu Zaijing’s words. Although this may be a road of no return, the scene in front of them and Prince Yu’s determination at the moment also made them They have no choice but to bow their heads and obey Zhu Zaijing's orders, otherwise the huge industrial park may fall into the fear of being leaderless in an instant.
In this way, the damage caused will be even greater, which is even worse for the capital's defense, which is extremely critical at this moment. Therefore, at this moment, they have no choice but to obey Zhu Zaijing's order. .
Feng Bao knelt on the ground and held up the command talisman that controlled the four guards of the Royal Horse Prison, "Slave servants, please listen to the prince's orders!"
When Teng Xiang and others saw Feng Bao kneeling, they all knelt down too, "You servants, please listen to your Majesty's orders!"
Looking at the people who had surrendered, Zhu Zaijing suddenly felt a sense of power. A feeling of intoxication.
But before he had time to savor this feeling, Zhu Zaijing had already suppressed this fatal thought.
The most important thing at this time is to arrange specific strategic measures to hold back An Da. This is the starting point for Zhu Zaijing to risk his life to gain military power this time.
If you get intoxicated with the taste of power before things are settled, you are simply seeking death!
Zhu Zaijing calmed down and immediately ordered: "Teng Xiang!"
Teng Xiang came out and bowed again: "My servant is here."
Zhu Zaijing said: "Get up immediately. As the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Guards Camp, I ordered you to lead the 2,000 cavalrymen of the Fourth Guards Camp and the 500 good cavalry guards in the property to obey the orders."
Teng Xiang immediately accepted the order, "I will obey my orders."
< br>Zhu Zaijing ordered to Feng Bao again: "Feng Bao, as the general manager of the industrial park, you will immediately lead 6,000 people to intercept the river in the upper reaches of the Chaobai River. As for how to operate, you can consult the industrial park supervisor Zhang Tianci. He is here." talents.”
Feng Bao's perception of his identity changed very quickly, and he immediately found his position clearly, "I obey my orders."
Zhu Zaijing looked at Feng Bao who was obedient, and said warmly: "In the industrial park Although the workers are not as elite as the soldiers of the Fourth Guard Battalion, they can still impose orders and prohibitions. The damming of the Chaobai River this time is of great importance and must be completed within one day. When the time comes, you will stay upstream and wait for my signal. Once you receive the signal, there is no need. If you ask others again, blow up the dam immediately. I will follow the example of my ancestors and give the Tatars a cold bath!"
After Feng Bao heard Zhu Zaijing's plan, he didn't know what Zhu Zaijing was planning. How to achieve it, but he still bowed excitedly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will complete the task within one day."
Zhu Zaijing said: "Very good, the industrial park has been prepared for you. The shovels and the sacks containing the earth and stones are ready. Without further delay, you can take action immediately.”
Feng Baode immediately started moving and followed Zhu Zaijing’s instructions with 6,000 industrial park workers. , took the shovel and sack and hurriedly led Zhang Tianci, who was still in a daze, to set off.
Zhang Tianci, who followed Feng Bao, didn't know what happened yet, but looking at the battle in front of him, he was not stupid. Something big must have happened.
So at this moment, Zhang Tianci couldn't help but feel panicked and nervous, but he didn't dare to delay the business. He immediately found an upstream interception position for Feng Bao, and directed the six thousand people to start filling it in a hurry. Load earthworks and rocks to intercept the Chaobai River.
Zhu Zaijing looked at the remaining people, and his orders were given in an orderly manner. Zhu Zaijing asked Teng Xiang to gather all the firearms and gunpowder brought by the Siwei camp, and then asked that within an hour, Mix all the gunpowder into sugar and repackage it. At the same time, skilled firearms craftsmen were also asked to use a glass jar encapsulating Yiran sugar as a container, and place a certain proportion of gunpowder and glass slag as well as some white sugar, flour and other materials inside to use as ground-fried subs.
After making these arrangements, Zhu Zaijing asked two thousand firearms soldiers to deploy tiger crouching artillery on the Chaobai River line and wait for military orders to act.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon is a light artillery that can be carried by two people. The range is not too far, and the power is not too great. It looks a bit like a mortar in later generations, but it is more convenient and powerful than a mortar. , still a lot worse.
After all, there are no seamless steel pipes in the Ming Dynasty at this moment, nor are there any industrialized artillery shells with primers, so small artillery pieces such as the Tiger Crouching Cannon are entirely made of cast iron, which makes them very bulky and without It is difficult to maneuver with the strength of two people.
But even so, the emergence of such small artillery is of epoch-making significance. With them, even the mobility of the Ming Dynasty's army cannot catch up with the prairie cavalry, but with this portable tiger crouching cannon, The prairie cavalry did not dare to charge easily.
So the emergence of this small artillery also brought changes to ancient warfare that were completely different from the cold weapon era, creating a stalemate situation of checks and balances between the Central Plains and the grasslands.
If the development of firearms is allowed to continue, or if the Ming Dynasty's financial situation allows the Ming Dynasty's frontier troops and weapons and equipment to be supplied as they were during the Yongle Dynasty, maybe the grassland people today will be hospitable and good at singing and dancing. stand up.
But it is a pity that the Ming Dynasty's current financial situation is extremely tight. Except for a few elite troops who can maintain high-level equipment, most of the guardsmen are actually living like refugees.
So it is also wishful thinking to expect such an army to have combat effectiveness.
But it is such a bad army. According to the calculations of Tan Lun, a famous general and minister in the late Jiajing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty also supported more than 1.5 million. I really don’t know how the money and food for medical treatment were squeezed out. came out.
But now is not the time to think about these issues, and feeding so many guardsmen is actually the same as raising water workers on the canal.
There are so many people who need to eat with their families. If the imperial court didn’t find a way to find something for them, take care of their mouths, and let them have a mouthful of food, the Ming Dynasty would have been overturned. .
Therefore, even if there were so many redundant troops, the court did not dare to dismiss them easily, and could only admit it with pinched noses.
Zhu Zaijing then ordered Meng Chong and Chen Hong to assist Li Shizhen in rearranging the living areas and vacant large factories in the industrial park as temporary civilian shelters and field hospitals to arrange for fleeing civilians and wounded soldiers at any time Rescue work.
Then he ordered Li Fang to be responsible for all supervision work in the industrial park. Anyone who dares to cause trouble or disobey discipline in the industrial park, no matter who he is, will be punished by military law.
After arranging these things, just when Chen Shi got up, Zhu Zaijing also moved.
Zhu Zaijing put on a suit of armor and got on his horse, with a standard long knife hanging on his waist and a long sword in his hand. He ordered: "All cavalry obey my king's order, bring weapons and be ready." Good dry food, gallop to Gubeikou Huangyugou and set up an ambush to meet the enemy within an hour!”
Teng Xiang and the other 2,500 cavalrymen, who had already prepared the plan, also got on their horses, took their reconfigured gunpowder firearms and newly equipped explosives, and followed Zhu Zaijing in preparation for departure.
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