On April 15th, the sky was as clear as a piece of blue paper, with a few thin white clouds floating slowly in the wind as if they had been melted by the sun. The rapeseed flowers in the fields on the roadside were vying to bloom.
Like a golden ocean.
In the morning, the county government officer reported that a large army had arrived outside the north gate. Sun Zhixian hurriedly arrived at the north gate in a sedan chair. At this time, the steward of the Dong Mansion came to report that a member of his own regiment was passing by and was going west to help collect the bandits.
.This made Magistrate Sun feel relieved. At this time, many people gathered outside the north gate to watch the excitement.
As the team got closer and closer, the sound of neat running could be heard. The crowd stepped back unconsciously, and the sound of this neat pace gave people a heavy sense of oppression.
Passerby A: "Look, what kind of clothes are they wearing, and those hats, I've never seen them before."
Passerby B: "Those colorful clothes look like a beggar's. Why are your fine clothes dyed like that?"
Passerby C: "But he looks so energetic, as a man should be!"
Passerby: "They must be carrying fire guns on their shoulders! This fire gun is so long, doesn't it look like a bird gun?"
Passerby Wu: "Look at the quilts behind them folded so neatly, like bricks."
Passerby Renji: "Listen, they are singing. A group of old men are singing. Listen, what are they singing?"
I could only hear the marching team running in unison and singing a sonorous and powerful song:
"This is the master of kings!" An old scholar said carefully while hiding in the crowd.
"Haha, this Dong Er has some knowledge and is worthy of being my friend, Bao Youzhi." A young man in brocade robes stood in the crowd and said. This man was more than 1.8 meters tall. Standing there, he looked like he was standing out from the crowd.
He is like a kid from a rich family, but he also feels a bit lonely.
With a "pop", a blue and white porcelain vase from Jingdezhen was smashed to pieces. This vase could be worth at least ten tons of silver when sold to foreigners. In the Huang family's villa, Huang Hao was furious at a group of servants.
"Liu Bin, I gave you so much money to buy a musket. You said you bought a gun! With so much money, you bought a bunch of broken muskets. Are you here to fool me?"
It turned out that the Huang family was also going to organize team training this time, so Mr. Huang handed over this important matter to his favorite third son, hoping to let him experience it. As a result, Huang Hao took out 20,000 taels of silver and asked his subordinate Liu Bin to buy a musket. This
The guy went to Suzhou City, had a lot of fun, and then went to the casino to try his luck. The result...of course he lost. Fortunately, the guy stopped in time and had more than five thousand taels of silver left, so he could only buy five thousand taels in Suzhou City.
There were more than a hundred second-hand muskets (presumably stolen and sold by Qing soldiers). Then, the Huang family's regiment exploded more than a dozen guns on the first day of training, injuring many people on the spot.
Now the newly recruited regiment members quit and wanted to make a fuss and leave. Huang Hao finally suppressed the matter with some appeasement and promises. The regiment members did not dare to use blunderbuss, so they could only use spears and swords. They could not leave the regiment members empty-handed.
Fighting bandits. The leader of the group hired by the Huang family used to work in the escort agency. He was known as the King of Swordsmen. He was good at swordsmanship and had no regard for fire guns. He patted his chest and promised to train the group well.
It was like this originally, but when he saw Dong Shuheng's team, Huang Hao was inexplicably jealous. His Dong family had no family background and no background, so why was Dong Shuheng so arrogant? Wait, I'm not sure.
Damn you, your twin sisters are mine, and so are your maids. Huang Hao felt much better when he was angry with his subordinates. He also ordered people to prepare a car, and he was going to the Yandao Zhang inspection house.
In Xinghua County, at the inspection house of Zhang Xingdao on Yandao. Huang Hao met Zhang Menglong.
"Brother Zhang, you don't know how arrogant Dong Shuheng is. He openly dragged his regiment members outside Dongtai County to show off his power. I think the number of his regiment members is definitely more than 500. This is a rebellion." Huang Hao gritted his teeth and provoked him.
Now I want to put Dong Shuheng to death and then hurry up.
"Don't worry, Brother Huang, this Dong Shuheng won't be able to survive for a few days. If he is so active, the bandits will help us kill him. Even the Eight Banners Army in Jiangning City was wiped out by the bandits. Hundreds of them were killed."
Small group training is not easy."
Zhang Menglong secretly said: "Gong Li, the governor's soldier, has some friendship with my family. When the time comes, we will make some plans and ask the governor's office to send Dong Shuheng to the most dangerous place. This is called killing with a borrowed knife. Wouldn't it be fun!"
"Hahaha..." Huang Hao laughed loudly and said: "Brother Zhang is so clever! It's so happy, so happy! Brother Zhang, of course my Huang family will take care of this. We can't let my brother spend money."
"Brother Huang, the governor is collecting military expenses. If you can donate 50,000 taels, I believe not only can this be done, but Brother Huang can even get an official title of Qian Zong."
"Okay, let's do it, just do what Brother Zhang said!" Huang Hao gritted his teeth and said. If he had an official position, he would still be sure to persuade the old man to pay the money. After all, having an official position would be very helpful to the family business.
When the two men were in trouble, Dong Shuheng was saying goodbye to his family outside Dongtai City. Mrs. Chen and Hui'er couldn't hold back their tears.
Dong Shuheng pretended to be serious at the side and said: "Mother, you must not cry when the army is going on an expedition. It is unlucky. Besides, the child is going to make soy sauce, ahem... he is going to do odd jobs for the army. There is no danger."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chen quickly held back her tears, and Hui'er beside her secretly wiped her eyes.
Today, Dong Shuheng is also dressed in camouflage shorts. He is extraordinary and heroic. On his belt, there are two Colt pistols hanging on each side. He did not make himself a general's uniform, for no other reason.
It was because he was afraid of death. You should know that it is still popular to kill generals and seize the flag. Standing beside him were fifteen big men, including Dreiser.
The strange thing is that there is a group of five people next to it. There are two group members pulling a large barrel with wheels. Friends, this is not Gatling, that guy is still too complicated. Dong Shuheng is not a physics teacher or a doctor of mechanics.
When I was a police officer, I only used pistols and spray guns.
The thing here now is the Montigny machine gun, which is not famous in history. This gun is similar to the swarm of our Ming Dynasty. It is essentially a discharge gun, which places 37 barrels in a circle.
In the barrel, the bullets are installed in 37 small holes on the circular bolt locking block.
The gunner places the bullet-loaded locking block in the gap at the rear end of the gun, then pushes a lever to push the locking block forward to complete the locking. At this time, the bullet is exactly aligned with each barrel. Then the gunner turns a lever located at the rear
The rocker and firing device will fire these 37 bullets one by one, and all the bullets will be fired after one revolution.
After firing the bullet, use another locking block loaded with bullets, and so on, forming a relatively fierce firepower.
In a five-person team, there are two regimental men who drag guns, one is the shooter, and the other is the changer. One regiment man is responsible for carrying five locking blocks, and is also responsible for filling the locking blocks during the battle. There are also two regiment men who are responsible for carrying ammunition, and at the same time
Also the sub-shooter and sub-loader.
This machine gun was made by Dong Shuheng from the drawings made by the arsenal. In fact, its technical difficulty is not high. It is basically a parallel rifle, and the ammunition can be custom-loaded with Dresser's copper shell. Dong Shuheng brought it with him this time for
Just in case, after all, it can pour out three hundred rounds of bullets a minute.
In Yangzhou City, Xia Guan and Deputy Prime Minister Zeng Lichang were sitting in the lobby, which was the Yamen of the Yangzhou Prefecture. At the beginning of the year, Zeng Lichang followed Lin Fengxiang to capture Yangzhou without any blood. Lin Fengxiang was soon appointed as one of the chief generals of the Northern Expedition. The defense of Yangzhou was led by Zeng Lichang.
After taking office, he was appointed by the King of Heaven as Xia Guan and Deputy Prime Minister.
I think he was born in a mud-legged family in Zeng Lichang. He joined the Taiping Army in his hometown in his early years. Later he became a member of Lin Fengxiang's command and followed Lin Fengxiang to occupy Yangzhou City. When Lin Fengxiang became the general of Yangzhou, he was just a guard. Now he is also the lord of a city. He is now
They are high-spirited and arrogant. The Qing dogs are just a group of cowards. Qishan's Jiangbei camp has been built for so long, but he only dares to monitor Yangzhou City from a distance. It seems that Lin Shuai's Northern Expedition will inevitably destroy everything, and the Kingdom of Heaven will destroy the Qing Dynasty just around the corner.
Recently, he recruited more than a thousand beauties worth 3 million taels of gold and silver. These treasures were given to the King of Heaven and the King of East. I think he can take another step forward.
It is said that when the Taiping Army first entered Yangzhou, according to the agreement with the surrendered gentry and common people in Kaicheng, it was true that Qiu Wu was not guilty. However, with the establishment of the Jiangbei camp and the stability of Tianjing City, a group of senior leaders of the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom gradually changed their views.
Class stance. They became the same as the Qing court, or even worse.
When the Tianwang Palace was built, millions of taels of silver were spent at one time, and five thousand maids were recruited from the people. The Dongwang Palace followed suit, and so did other kings. Hong Xiuquan sealed a bunch of people among his old brothers in Guangxi
The king built a lot of palaces alone. In addition, the prime ministers built a lot more, and they even named them spring, summer, autumn and winter, for fear that the names would not be enough!
Yangzhou was rich and prosperous, and it was occupied without a fight. In the eyes of the big bosses in Tianjing, it was just a piece of fat. So the gang that led the way in Yangzhou City could only sigh: "The Taiping Army does not respect martial ethics!"
After the Qishan Jiangbei camp was established, Zeng Lichang first forcibly separated all men and women and led all men to go to the city to defend the city. Women were incorporated into the women's camp. You must know that in a place like Yangzhou where people gather together, the folk customs are the most conservative.
It is unknown how many people committed suicide by jumping into wells, and even in the city of Yangzhou, the well water became undrinkable. This move by the Taiping Army undoubtedly aroused public outrage.
Some people even miss the Qing court. Under the rule of the Qing court, after all, problems could be solved with money. The Guangxi bosses like the Taiping Army were basically a group of bandits.