Chapter 139 What can I do

For the next step to use troops against Nan Zhili, Xiao Tianjian can be said to have no secret of his strategic intentions and ambitions. He announced the news in the army with great fanfare, which made the generals of all the generals rub their hands and began to train more hard.

Anyway, fools can see what Xiao Tianjian plans to do next. It's useless to carry out strategic deception. It's better to publicize it in such a big way. First, it can boost the morale of Xing Tianjun, and second, it can also put pressure on the Nanzhili official in order to achieve the purpose of defeating people without fighting. .

As soon as the news was announced, it immediately flew to the city of Nanjing like a wing. After hearing the news, the left-behind officials in Nanjing suddenly became panicked and at a loss. They asked Ding Qirui to discuss what to do.

And Ding Qirui is basically desperate at this time. The money that Nan Zhili can scrape has basically been scraped out, but he still can't meet the needs of the training of the new army. Although the local officials and gentry are very determined to resist, they have their own small calculations. They recruit soldiers to buy horses and support soldiers. On the surface, they listen to From Ding Qirui's dispatch, he secretly refused to help Ding Qirui lose money. He only wanted to save his own land. Although on the surface, Nanzhili recruited a lot of soldiers and horses in these months, so that the number of officers and soldiers in the area of Nanzhili reached an unprecedented number of 200,000 to 300,000 horses, but these people However, it is distributed in all parts of Nanzhili, under the control of various military generals. I'm afraid that only two or thirty-thirds of the money can really reach the lowest soldiers. Most of them fall into the hands of the hands of officials and generals at all levels.

In order to strengthen the guarding of Nanzhili, Ding Qirui arrived in Nanjing and found that long-term poor management and continuous use for many years, there are basically not many things available in the military flag library in Nanjing. Although there are still many armors, bows and other things on the book, after opening the warehouse for inspection, he found these books. A large part of the things on it basically do not exist, or are they filled with some rotten armor. There are more than 2,000 bows and more than 1,000 divine arm crossbows on the books in the warehouse, but in fact, these things have long been sold by the treasury eunuchs, leaving behind are only some abandoned bows and crossbows, even bows and strings. It is filled with some hemp rope, not to mention armor. Originally, there were thousands of pairs of armor in the library, but in fact, there are only a few hundred pieces that can be used. The rest are basically filled with old armor that are extremely tattered. Not to mention knives and guns, what is left is rusty and unusable. Good things have long been used. The eunuch Ku sold it, and then gave it to the relevant vested interests. Some long guns were even filled with bundles of wooden sticks. With these things, they could not be armed at all, let alone combat effectiveness.

Ding Qirui was extremely angry on the one hand, but helpless on the other hand. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to a few emperors, the scourge of the group of eunuchs is very serious. What's more, the Donglin Party only knows about party disputes all day long, but does not think about business, making today's Ming Dynasty rotten to the extreme. He originally intended to report to the court to impeach these Nanjing eunuchs and officials, but he also knew that doing so would offend too many people. Once they fought back, they would not know how to die, so he had no choice but to stop.

In order to prepare the soldiers and horses and resist the next step of the Xing Tianjun to attack Nan Zhili, Ding Qirui tried his best. He begged his grandfather and grandmother everywhere all day long, tried to search for some money everywhere, and put it into the military battle, so that the craftsmen could create more weapons, birds, Artillery, armor and other things are used to equip soldiers and horses everywhere, but as soon as the eunuchs and officials in the war, most of the money immediately fell into their pockets. The craftsmen could not get enough raw materials and could only cut corners to make do with weapons, but if the weapons made in this way could If you use it, it's strange. Speaking of which, in the past few months, the craftsmen of the military bureau have created more than a thousand rods of birds and all kinds of fire. However, if you use it, God really knows whether you can kill the enemy. As soon as you open fire, the user will be unlucky first.

So on the surface, Nan Zhili gathered 200,000 to 300,000 troops, but in fact, the armed forces of these officers and soldiers are very poor. Some armors are simply rusted and about to rot, coated with a thick layer of paint. The surface looks very strong. In fact, it can be poked out a hole with your fingers, which is more Needless to say, they took them to block the knife and arrows. After the poor sent it to the generals, they didn't know how to be unlucky.

On the contrary, there are still a lot of artillery in Nanjing City. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, with the development of artillery, successive emperors have decreed to issue a lot of artillery pieces of silver. These artillery are still useful at least, and there are many reserves. The earliest artillery in Nanjing and even the bronze cannons cast during the Hongwu period are still in the warehouse. Among them, now they have also been invited out and placed on the wall. The gunpowder department of the military bureau has also raised and produced a lot of gunpowder. In this regard, it is not too much nonsense. At least the quantity is enough, but no one knows how powerful it is in terms of quality! Anyway, some people have been able to make granular gunpowder for a long time, but until now, the gunpowder made by the gunpowder division of Nanjing Military Bureau is still powdered gunpowder. Only the craftsmen who make gunpowder know it.

In contrast, as an emerging Xing Tianjun, he is much better than the imperial court. The person in charge is Xiao Tianjian. At present, it can't be said that there is no waste or greed. However, Xiao Tianjian hates this kind of thing. Once he finds that the punishment is extremely severe, the craftsman of Xing Tianjun At present, the quality of weapons and armor produced in the camp can be said to be far more than that of the weapons and armor created by the Imperial Court's Military Bureau, and the production efficiency is so high that the craftsmen of the Imperial Court's Military Bureau can't expect it. Especially in many processes, Xing Tianjun has adopted the method of running water operations, which simplifies the procedures and reduces the number of craftsmen. According to the requirements of craftsmanship, each craftsman has a single process or a part. Under long-term operation, not only is the production rate extremely high, but also the quality is guaranteed, so that Xing Tianjun has gradually equipped a large number of excellent birds and self-firedling over the years, which has become the killer of Xing Tianjun.

On the surface, the number of officers and soldiers in Nanzhili occupies a huge advantage, but in fact, the combat effectiveness of these officers and soldiers is very ridiculous. More than 200,000 troops are stationed in Nanzhili, scattered everywhere, and they do not help each other. They can also dismantle the stage. The whole plate of scattered sand is surrounded by tens of thousands of criminal troops, even the head. He didn't dare to reveal it. He tried his best to huddle in some cities or fortresses, watching Xing Tianjun attack, but no one thought about leading the troops to the jurisdiction of Xing Tianjun to restore the Central Plains. Now this is just a joke! It's a great achievement that they can keep their current territory. As for the restoration of the Central Plains? Change the immortals! It's possible for Tianbingtian generals!

That's it. The officials and soldiers of Nan Zhili were tremblingly waiting for the arrival of their doomsday, but they never had any power to return to the sky, waiting for Xiao Xingtian to lead his troops to attack under the city of Nanjing.

And Xiao Tianjian was also rude. In the area of fierce soldiers and horses in Wuchangfu, he made final preparations. A large number of materials began to be transferred to Wuchangfu from Henan and the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army in various places, and all kinds of armors and weapons were also continuously added to the armies.

It is necessary to mention that with the transfer of a large number of weapons, the kind of breastplate put into production in Ruzhou Craftsman's Camp at the beginning of the year also began to be continuously transported to Wuchangfu during this period, and was immediately forwarded to various elite battle camps and distributed to the subordinates of the Xingtian Army. It can be said to be too good, or even rough. It has not been polished, and it is completed just by applying a layer of blue and black paint. The style cannot be said to be too beautiful, but it is expensive and practical. After the soldiers of each battalion took it, they tried it on and tried it. Everyone felt that the sense of security increased a lot, and the whole chest and abdomen In between, it was basically covered by the whole piece of iron armor, knocking on the chest armor and making a muffled sound, which made people feel much more at ease.

After a large number of soldiers put on this kind of chest armor, they eliminated their original cotton armor and iron armor, and gave them the equipment of Battalion B and Camp C, which made the elites of Camp A look much more neat and tougher. After wearing this chest armor, they have become much more energetic.