I wish my brothers and sisters a happy New Year in advance!
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Liu Ruyi was startled and quickly looked at it. It turned out to be Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town!
Yang Guozhu is in his early fifties. He is tall and has extraordinary martial arts skills! He has been in the army since he was a child, and he is brave and good at fighting. From a low-level soldier, step by step, relying on his military exploits, he has reached the position of chief military officer today!
He is a very senior member of the Ming Dynasty army. In addition, he is a righteous man, quite heroic, and has a high prestige in the army!
Even Liu Ruyi can only be regarded as a junior in front of him!
In the officialdom, seniority is used to determine seniority. This has been a Chinese tradition for thousands of years!
In the military, seniority and seniority are even more important!
Although the armies of the Ming Dynasty are now seriously divided into factions, such as the Liaodong Army, the Shaanxi Army, the Shanxi Army, and Liu Ruyi's Caishi Army! But one thing is the same. An old man like Yang Guozhu, wherever he goes, will
Be respected!
The so-called "people carrying people in sedan chairs", after all, everyone will grow old one day, and other people's today may be their own tomorrow!
"Mr. Yang, you, you are really joking! Haha, you are an honored guest that Ruyi couldn't even invite. Saying this really makes Ruyi feel ashamed!" Liu Ruyi hurriedly came forward to greet her and greeted him affectionately.
Shake Yang Guozhu’s hand!
Yang Guozhu's hands are very big, very rough, but very strong. It seems that he also wants to prove that he is still as good as the sword!
"Haha, Brother Liu, if you call me Brother Wang Pu Wang, when you come to my place, you will become General Yang! This is a bit preferential! Old man, I will ask you to call you Brother Liu. Brother Liu, you won't mind, right?"
Yang Guozhu laughed affectionately and said.
Liu Ruyi had met Yang Guozhu before, but had never had a close relationship. At this time, seeing Yang Guozhu's heroic spirit, Liu Ruyi relaxed slightly!
"Yang, Brother Yang, when you say this, I really want to turn around and leave! Today, with Hu Shuai and Brother Wang here, I hope Brother Yang can save some face for me!" Liu Ruyi cleverly said
The humble way!
"Hahaha!" Yang Guozhu couldn't help but laugh heartily, "I've heard for a long time that Brother Liu, you are a loyal and trustworthy friend. I met you today and you are indeed well-deserved for your reputation!"
Hu Dawei and Wang Pu both felt doubly proud when Liu Ruyi praised them so highly!
Wang Pu hurriedly smiled and said: "How can we enter a family if we are not from the same family? Today, I am hosting, and all the guests are distinguished! All the people here are my Wang Pu's brothers! Let's not greet each other here! Come on, hurry up
Please! Let’s talk inside!”
Several people were laughing, and under the guidance of Wang Pu, they walked towards the private room inside!
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The private room is not big, only about a dozen square meters, but the decoration is extremely exquisite. Although it is not decorated with dragons and phoenixes, it is not much different!
There are two pots of precious Yunnan Gladiolus in two corners of the room, and the furniture inside is all made of yellow rosewood. In this hot summer, it suddenly makes people feel very cool!
Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, and Liu Ruyi, a total of four people, all humbly gave way to sit down. Yang Guozhu was given the first seat because he was the oldest, while Hu Dawei, Wang Pu, and Liu Ruyi were already very familiar with each other.
Okay, just sit down casually!
Soon, several pretty maids served exquisite tea and desserts, then walked out and gently closed the door.
Yang Guozhu was the first to wink at Wang Pu. Wang Pu glanced at Hu Dawei, and Hu Dawei nodded. Wang Pu then stood up and smiled at Liu Ruyi: "Brother Liu, although I am the elder brother today,
I’m treating you, but this, this is actually a Hongmen Banquet! I’m here just for you, Brother Liu!”
Although he said this, the sincere smile on Wang Pu's face showed that he had no ill intentions towards Liu Ruyi at all!
Liu Ruyi naturally understood that this was a joke and said with a smile: "Brothers, you are all much older than Yiyi. We don't want to bully the young!"
Yang Guozhu couldn't help laughing, "Brother Liu, what about the banquet today! Originally, the old man said that I was the one to invite him, but Brother Wang insisted on holding him back. No, in the end, it seems that my old man has to be the one to take charge of this evil man!
"
Hu Dawei also smiled and said: "Yang Shuai, please don't say that! You are taking all the responsibilities on yourself. Let Brother Liu see it and think that I, Tiger, also have a share! However, although I, Tiger, are
Yes, but I have to make it clear to Brother Liu first! Haha!"
"That's right, that's right! Brother Liu is our God of Wealth! We must work together to serve our God of Wealth well!" Wang Pu also said with a smile.
Liu Ruyi hurriedly stood up and bowed to several people, "Brothers, you guys must stop burying me! Otherwise, I will really get wings and fly away!"
Everyone laughed!
After chatting for a while and reminiscing about old friendships, the maid outside the door brought several plates of exquisite cold dishes and several pots of old wine!
Wang Pu did not let a few maids serve him, but personally filled the wine glasses for Liu Ruyi and others!
At this time, Yang Guozhu said with a smile: "Brother Liu, we are all men on horseback, so there is no need to hide and tuck us in! However, I guess with Brother Liu's shrewdness, you can also guess at our Hongmen Banquet today, Brother Liu
What do you mean? Today, I, Lao Yang, just said, Brother Liu, can you give some of your blunderbuss and mountain mines to our brothers in Xuanda! Brother Liu, I don’t want more, I only need one blunderbuss.
Thousand poles, five hundred mountain-opening thunders, five hundred will be enough!"
After Yang Guozhu finished speaking, he stared closely at Liu Ruyi's eyes, while Hu Dawei and Wang Pu on the side also looked nervously in Liu Ruyi's direction!
The reason why Yang Guozhu knew that Liu Ruyi was involved in the arms business was because of Hu Dawei!
After the Battle of Pinggu ended that year, Hu Dawei returned to Shanxi and spent money to imitate Liu Ruyi and start training the new army. With the arrival of Liu Ruyi's bird guns and mountain mines, after more than a year, Hu Dawei
Dawei's Shanxi New Army is quite large!
Now, Hu Dawei already has two thousand regular gun soldiers. Although they are not as sharp as Liu Ruyi's Caishi Army, they can probably be regarded as the best among them in the Northland area!
Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu had always had a good relationship. When Yang Guozhu occasionally visited Taiyuan, he discovered that Hu Dawei had made such a big noise quietly!
So, Yang Guozhu also started to think about it!
As for Wang Pu, although he has made great efforts to train the new army, he is not a professional soldier after all. Over the past year or so, although he has trained nearly two thousand gun soldiers, his actual combat strength is
But it's not quite there yet, barely half as powerful as Hu Dawei, and there's no comparison with Liu Ruyi's Colored Stone Army!
But what makes Wang Pu more powerful than Hu is that the Wang family is a wealthy family in Datong, with strong financial resources, a typical 'rich second generation!'
For Wang Pu, problems that can be solved with money are not problems at all!
When he heard Hu Dawei talk about Yang Guozhu's idea, Wang Pu also started to think about purchasing more arms from Liu Ruyi!
The most important thing is that Wang Pu is willing to spend money in vain to have a relationship with Liu Ruyi!
Liu Ruyi picked up the wine glass and took a sip, but did not reply immediately!
After all, the Battle of Songjin is about to break out, and right now, it is less than ten days before the expedition. Even if Liu Ruyi is determined, he may not be able to fulfill these requests!
"Brother Yang, I understand what you mean! This little munitions is really not much! However, now that we are about to go on an expedition, even if we transport it from Shandong from here, we may not be able to make it in time! Moreover, in the end, we are going to war soon.
The key point is that the training of musket soldiers is very slow and requires time and ammunition. Even if you have 500 muskets now, I'm afraid it won't have much effect! So, I won't give you the muskets for the time being.
, but I will give you 500 more Kaishan Thunders to make up the whole number. If we fight for this battle, we can beat this bastard Huang Taiji to pieces and completely defeat him!"
Songshan, Songshan!
The four people present here are Liu Ruyi, Hu Dawei, Wang Pu, and Yang Guozhu!
Except for Liu Ruyi, almost all the other three fell on the battlefield in Songshan!
If Liu Ruyi had not come to this world's history, Wang Pu would have failed in the first battle, fled first, and was ordered to be beheaded by Emperor Chongzhen!
Yang Guozhu accidentally fell into an ambush by the Qing army, but he refused to surrender and eventually died fighting!
Although Hu Dawei escaped the Songshan disaster, he died tragically under the knife of Li Zicheng in the same year!
At present, the situation in the Ming Dynasty has become overwhelming for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. This is not a situation that Liu Ruyi can save with his own strength. Only by cooperating with all the armies of the Ming Dynasty can we have a chance to win!
Therefore, at this moment, Liu Ruyi almost told the truth from the bottom of her heart to Yang Guozhu and others!
Yang Guozhu did not expect that Liu Ruyi would be so honest. His original intention was to buy some arms from Liu Ruyi to strengthen his courage!
After all, although he was brave and brave, he rarely won against the Manchus!
Now, the arrow was on the string and he had to shoot it. He just wanted to seek some psychological comfort, but he never expected that Liu Ruyi would give him such a big gift!
Even if Yang Guozhu cannot win with a thousand mountain-opening thunders, as long as he uses them properly, he may still be able to gain an invincible position!
"Brother Liu, how can you do this! You should leave more of your colored stone army!" Yang Guozhu stood up and said.
Liu Ruyi slowly shook his head, "Yang Shuai, Hu Shuai, Brother Wang, I believe you all already know the situation in Jinzhou at this time. It seems that the slave chief Huang Taiji is going to risk his life with us! This battle,
It’s really a big deal! My colored stone army, although it has some firearms, is too small in number after all! To be honest, I am not sure about the prospects of this battle! So, this time, except for Yang Shuai’s
A thousand mountain-opening thunders, Hushuai, Brother Wang, each of you, I will give you five hundred more to help the two brothers! I hope that we can all survive on the battlefield in Liaodong! When we return in triumph,