Battle reports come back from the front line every day, but there isn't much worth saying.
For Jiang Wan, there is no battle report worth talking about, which is what he wants. If the Nanhai Battalion and the Guards Battalion are really fighting one after another, it means that this year's war has exceeded his
Control scope.
He didn't have the strength to start a full-scale war with Hou Jin. Even if he added all the Ming soldiers and horses from Lu Xiangsheng's Liaoyang side, plus the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from Jinzhou, it would still not be enough.
Confrontation!
This is his goal. Zhenjiang Fort needs time to increase its strength. In the same way, Liaoyang also needs time.
On the day the army set out, he had already sent someone to send a message to Lu Xiangsheng in Liaoyang. This was what he and Lu Xiangsheng had agreed upon. Although Dongjiang Town and Zhenjiang Fort could not control each other, they must maintain communication with each other at all times. On his side
Now that we have taken action, if Liaoyang suffers an unforeseen disaster without any precautions, then it will be Dongjiang Town's responsibility.
Lu Xiangsheng's reply came very quickly, but there were a lot of messengers to deliver the letter.
There were about five hundred messengers who sent the reply, and the leader was a general named Lu Xiong. From this surname, it can be seen that this general must have some relationship with Lu Xiangsheng.
Jiang Wan's face became very strange after reading Lu Xiangsheng's reply in front of Lu Xiong.
"General Lu Xiong knows the contents of the Governor's letter!"
"My master has made it clear to the general before we come here!" Lu Xiong replied loudly: "We, the students, came to Dongjiang Town to learn how General Jiang used troops to fight. When we arrived in Dongjiang Town, we have been here since the end of the war.
Everyone below the generals will only obey the orders of General Jiang!"
"You can't always come with bare hands!" Jiang Wan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How do I feel that your governor sent you here to feed the wealthy family? Last time I congratulated the governor on his assumption of office, I already gave him a gift once, and I'm here again this time.
,Hey, the landlord’s family doesn’t have any food left!”
"Marshal Jiang!" Lu Xiong's serious face relaxed and turned into a smiling face: "Marshal Jiang is too humble. Who among the current generals in Liaoyang doesn't know that the people of Dongjiang Town are strong, rich and have food?
When I came, there were several people working with me on this errand. If my husband and I hadn't been friends since childhood, I wouldn't have been able to do this errand!"
"One hundred firecrackers, ten cannons!" Jiang Wan thought for a while: "I will lend it to you for the time being. However, if you want to take it back, you will have to exchange it for something from Liaoyang, whether it is people, food, or...
Any money is fine!”
"No problem!" Lu Xiong replied happily: "I can agree to this condition on behalf of my master! When Marshal Jiang releases his muskets and cannons, we people can go to the battlefield anytime!"
"You can go to the battlefield!" Jiang Wan looked at Lu Xiong in front of her, and she knew Lu Xiangsheng's plan clearly in her heart. The other party wanted to take advantage of the time when he was sending troops to train a seed soldier for his Tianxiong Army.
No matter how many of these five hundred people are left at that time, after these remaining people return to Liaoyang, they will be qualified gunners and qualified firecrackers. Regardless of cannons or firecrackers, for the Tianxiong Army, which mainly uses powerful crossbows,
They are all new equipment and naturally require corresponding tactics.
Jiang Wan's tactics in Dongjiang Town were tested in actual battles with the Tartars. Learning from Jiang Wan is naturally much faster than learning from scratch on your own.
As for how to replenish the follow-up firecrackers and cannons, Jiang Wan did not think about the other party. Anyway, with the other party's ability, if he could not even consider this issue, he would not be entrusted with the important task of governor of Liaoyang.
One day later, Wu Sangui stared at the hundreds of cheerful Ming troops in front of him with wide eyes. When he saw them clumsily operating the muskets and artillery, he was worried that these guys might accidentally destroy him.
In his heart, he was cursing his commander-in-chief for finding such a bunch of rookies for him, but he still received Lu Xiong and his soldiers with a smile on his face.
"Let me introduce the battle situation to General Lu first!" He chuckled: "Currently our army and the Tartar military fort are confronting each other. The cannons on the top of the Tartar city have been completely destroyed. However, facing our cannons, they are still
They have the ability to fight back, and they have installed dozens of crossbows, so when the artillery team bombards the city, there is still some danger!"
"Soldiers are still afraid of danger!" Lu Xiong said with a simple smile: "But can General Wu first arrange some skilled soldiers to teach my people basic operations? As long as they teach them, we will do the rest ourselves.
Explore slowly!"
"As long as you are not afraid of danger, I just want to remind you that if there are casualties, General Lu should not blame Wu for not taking good care of him!"
Wu Sangui nodded: "We are at war now. The manpower in the army is tight. I can't spare the manpower to teach your people specially. However, I have an idea. You can see if it works!"
"General Wu, please speak!" Lu Xiong was very sincere.
"Divide your people into two teams! During the day, one team of people will be dispersed to my artillery team to help my artillery team do some rough work, such as pushing artillery carts, carrying gunpowder and shells, etc. Of course, your eyes need to be
Bring it with you, let them watch carefully how my people fire their cannons, and how much they can learn is their ability!"
"No problem!" Lu Xiong nodded.
"For the other group of people, I will organize them into my fire gun team and follow them to patrol at night and guard against enemies. They are the same as the people in the artillery team. As long as they are willing to learn, they should be able to master the battle of fire gun very quickly.
Law!"
"Of course, there may be casualties!"
"Thank you, General Wu, for the arrangement. Lu, on behalf of my master, would like to thank General Wu!"
While they were talking, there was gunfire outside, and Wu Sangui was still fine. Lu Xiong couldn't wait any longer: "Why don't I go make arrangements now!"
"good!"
In the Ming army camp, hundreds of rookies from Liaoyang were talking in low voices while listening to the rumbling sound of artillery in the distance. They looked at the artillery carts around them and imagined that they would be like this in the future.
There was an unstoppable smile all over the place.
"Listen up!" Lu Xiong came to his people: "Everyone is divided into two teams, the artillery team has 200 people, and the fire gun team has 300 people. Wait a moment and there will be friendly artillery team guerrillas and fire gun team guerrillas.
I will take you away!"
Everyone listened solemnly.
"When you get to other people's territory, put away your bad temper. Anyone who dares to show off his temper, fight or quarrel with friendly troops, or even kill or injure friendly troops will be severely punished with military sticks and beheadings!"
"yes!"
"As long as you can learn the skills, even if someone spits on your face, you have to endure it!" Lu Xiong said loudly: "That's all I'm saying, that's it!"
"Commander, are you going to join the artillery team or the gun team?"
Among the five hundred people, an officer asked loudly, "This is someone who has a good relationship with Lu Xiong on weekdays."
"I'm not going anywhere. I'm just going to follow General Wu from the friendly army. Our Tianxiong Army hasn't fought against the Tartars yet. At this time, I don't want to learn from others. Why don't I stay here every day and watch you losers make trouble here?"
Lu Xiong stared with big eyes: "You all learn your skills, of course I also need to learn my skills, there is so much bullshit!"