The more than 50,000 rebels retreated like an ebbing tide.
At the foot of Tongzhou City, countless rubbish, abandoned carriages, tents, freshly cut wood, and half-built siege weapons were thrown away. Many captured civilians also took the opportunity to flee.
Dong Jishu saw this new army. Behind the carriage camp were five to six thousand gunmen, all carrying long-barreled Rumi guns.
Dong Jishu recognized Lumi Gun at a glance. He had one of his own, which he bought by bribing the head of the Ministry of Works, and he used it for hunting.
He clearly knew how powerful this thing was. He had heard before that Ningyuan had 6,000 fire gun soldiers. They were divided into twelve battalions, all equipped with Lumi gun soldiers.
Three years ago, during the great victory of Ningjin, Yuan Chonghuan relied on the fierce firepower of Rumi's gun to dig trenches under the city and fight Jiannu from May 11th to early June. In the end, he caused serious losses to Jiannu's heavy infantry.
, forcing Huang Taiji to retreat.
On the right wing of the carriage camp, he saw a cavalry force of about three to four thousand men walking slowly towards them.
Although there were not too many people, they were very powerful. A sense of oppression came, making the entire battlefield tense instantly. The rebels were suddenly panicked.
Dong Jishu wiped his eyes. He initially thought it was Jiannu. He had only seen this kind of momentum from Jiannu's cavalry. The slow approach of an enemy like this would create a sense of oppression that would panic his soldiers.
But soon, he knew that this was not slavery. He saw the flag.
A black flag was erected, with the words "Zunhua Inspection Department Xinghe Iron Works Team Training" written in white letters.
The concept of regiment training has been around for a long time, and it is not an original creation of the Ming Dynasty. They were inherited from the rural soldier system of the Zhou Dynasty and have been valued in all dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, the position of regiment training envoy began to exist, similar to the captain of the private self-defense force, to manage the affairs of the regiment training. In the Song Dynasty, it was established
Su Shi was the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian.
Only in the Ming Dynasty, the position of regimental training envoy was abolished.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Taizu abolished the position of Tuan Lian Shi. This means that the official government no longer established the official position of Tuan Lian Shi to manage local league training.
"Tuanlianzhi" has become a non-staff, common name for the group training manager. In fact, it is not an official name.
Team training in the Ming Dynasty was divided into four types.
1. It is managed by the governors of prefectures and counties as inspection envoys, defense envoys, and military preparation officers: they are called machine soldiers.
2 is managed by the local inspection department: called archers.
3. They are recruited by the imperial censor, trained and managed by the commander of the guard station. They are called volunteers.
4 Joined the Shenshu Camp of the Beijing Army. The name of the Shenji Camp is unknown. However, according to historical data, the name is still different from the Beijing Camp. These people are similar to the 40,000 civilians in Nanzhili and Shanxi who were forced to reorganize by Yang Fan. They obey the orders of the Beijing Camp.
, similar to the auxiliary soldiers of the Beijing camp. They are also the temporary workers of the Beijing camp.
Yang Fan's Xinghe Tuanlian is at a very low level. They reported to the Zunhua Inspection Department. That is to say, the nominal superior unit is the Inspection Department under the Zunhua County Yamen.
It was my mother-in-law who did this at first. She was just trying to make it convenient. Because the Inspection Department was a big department in charge of public security, and its management was very chaotic. In the Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, the Inspection Department was under the county-level yamen.
The grassroots organization is similar to the police station of the Public Security Bureau. The team training is equivalent to the public security joint defense team. The joint defense team is usually managed by several established police officers.
They are non-permanent organizations. In addition to having no administrative discretion, they also have no permanent chief officials. Their functions are mainly military, public security, and catching thieves. But the regiments of various iron-making workshops do not let the yamen arrest people. They
In fact, they are all private soldiers.
The Ming Dynasty followed the previous dynasty's example, but with administrative power. In the late Qing Dynasty, China's population increased greatly, but the number of county government offices did not increase. Therefore, the number and functions of sub-county inspection departments increased day by day, and
Many have official positions such as general judge.
For such a shabby institution, you can basically just pay money to report it.
The little girl is Dongchang's crotch, and it's just a matter of words. I'm so scared that they won't do it. Maybe even the county magistrate may not know about the extra group training.
The team training organized by various ironworks, shops, and workshops in Zunhua is reported to the Inspection Department. The main reason is that it costs less and the procedures are simple. In these days, officers and soldiers are unreliable, and these industrial and commercial tycoons can only recruit strong men to protect themselves.
property and maintain law and order on the ground. Otherwise, their business would not be able to continue.
The imperial court is well aware of this. It doesn't have to pay for maintenance, and it can also maintain public security on the ground, so why not do it. Although the Chongzhen Dynasty allowed group training, group training must not leave the hometown to prevent it from becoming too powerful. This is also
, the reason why Xinghe Tuanlian has stayed in Zunhua since he returned to Zunhua. He is responsible for protecting the Yang Mansion and the iron factory and has never left.
When Yang Fan went to the northwest, he only took the servant regiment with him and left the Xinghe regiment in his hometown.
Therefore, no matter how elite these cavalrymen are, their official status is just that of the local security brigade, and they are called the strong archers of the three squadrons of Yamen in Zunhua County.
Of course, they are the best fighters among archers. They have a reputation for fierce fighting. They defeated the Nine Thousand Years Old. They also defeated the Haraqin people. They were the best-equipped, best-trained, and most elite cavalry in the Ming Dynasty at this time.
Dong Jishu Nannan said: "It turns out it's them. Your Majesty actually transferred them here."
He instantly gained confidence.
In the past few days, his confidence had been wiped away by those guardsmen who would collapse as soon as they came to fight.
Now, what came down from the city were Dingyuan Bo's chariot camp and regimental training, plus six thousand Rumi gunmen. He knew that this was already the strongest lineup in the north of the Ming Dynasty at this time.
While he was observing, the army below began to change formations.
The carriage camp began to accelerate and turned into a square array in the wilderness south of the city. Then, all the carriages turned around and turned their rears outward.
The soldiers on the car jumped out and opened the steel plates on the sides of the car to both sides. The steel plates were supported by steel scaffolding and linked together. Almost instantly, a city composed of carriages and steel plates was formed.
Watchtowers and shooting towers were built on steel tube scaffolding. Small Franco cannons and Lumi guns were placed on them. The front of the towers was also protected by tiled steel plates, which looked very strong.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although Dong Jishu is a veteran, he has seen various car camps. But this is the first time he has seen such a tall and sturdy car camp. This car camp weapon
There are many types and the defense is tight. At first glance, it looks like a tough nut to crack.
The car camps in the past, whether it was Qi Jiguang's light car camp or Xuanda's heavy car camp, were all two-wheeled carriages. They were all composed of vehicles turned sideways and wooden boards connected end to end to block the outside.
The vehicles in these car camps are all four-wheeled heavy-duty carriages. They are covered with black steel plate armor and are about 5.4 meters in length.
Dong Jishu saw that after the carriage camp was sealed, a golden gun barrel slowly protruded from the rear of the carriage.
"Heavy copper-fired cannon!" he exclaimed.
In the past, all the car camps he had seen were equipped with small French cannons. At most, they were No. 5 general cannons.
Because the axles and wheels cannot withstand the strong impact force, the No. 3 General Cannon will fall apart even if fired. Some are even equipped with muskets.
Dong Jishu counted a total of five hundred vehicles, each of which had a copper-fired cannon with a thick barrel. He was speechless for a moment. Copper is money. Five hundred guns, a total of five hundred.
Door. How much copper does this cost?
When Uncle Dingyuan built this car camp, it could be said that he was ruining his family and his country.
At this time, the trumpet sounded.
The cavalry and Rumi gun infantry began to line up and enter the carriage camp.
Just now they were responsible for deterring the rebels and buying time for the car camp to set up positions. Now that the positions were set up, they began to cover each other and retreat into the car camp.
The rebels never found a chance to attack.
Dong Jishu was standing high on the city wall, and he could see the inside of the entire car camp.
After the army retreated into the camp, they began civil engineering work. They built tents in different areas, dug drainage ditches and toilets, and set up stoves. He even saw someone digging a well on the spot.
"It seems they are setting up camp, so they can't fight today."