Chapter 104 Knock

Yu Xiaotian saw that these officials and gentry in Jiaozhou are quite sensible, so they are also relatively polite to them. After greeting, he asked about the situation here and refused their request to invite him to go to the city for a banquet, saying that military affairs are in place. It is not appropriate to have a banquet now. At present, the most important thing for him is to do the activities first. The most important thing is to clean up the scattered soldiers in Jiaozhou.

When the governors of Jiaozhou and the officials heard it, they were almost snotted and cried. What a general! This is the good general of Daming! Unexpectedly, it is rare to put state affairs first, refuse to drink banquets, and fight the rebels first!

Look at these tiger-like Fujian soldiers brought by Yu Xiaotian, look at their equipment, look at their military appearance, look at their military discipline, these Jiaozhou officials and gentry immediately put their hearts in their stomachs.

Rumors are true. This group of Fujian generals appointed by the emperor are really a strong soldier. Over the years, the Ming army from south to north has seen a lot of officials in Shandong, Sichuan, Dongjiang, Guanning army, Zhejiang, Huguang, Beizhi, Tianjin Wei, Henan.

People from all walks of life are transferred to Shandong or outside the customs, but they have never seen a military officer and soldier with such a clean appearance. This Fujian is marching on the road, with more than 100 people at a whistle. No matter how many people are in the team, the queue is as neat as a knife, and the team is whistled, and every official The footsteps of the soldiers were just on the point of the whistle, which was not chaotic at all. The footsteps of thousands of people fell, and there was only one sound, making a roaring footsteps.

This kind of footsteps is like the drums of war drums, knocking heavily on people's hearts, hearts, and on people's souls, making people involuntarily create a feeling of who can compete with them.

And during the march, few of these soldiers will talk, laugh or even fight in the queue. They all keep quiet, staring solemnly at the back of the head of the people in front of them, silently moving their legs forward. The queue is on the march, but it can remain calm at all.

There are some teams in the distance, singing some songs while walking. These tunes are simple, but when they are sung among hundreds of thousands of people, they look so high and majestic, like thunder, scattering away the dark clouds in the sky.

Except for some messengers or scouts, from time to time, they would ride horses quickly across the sides of the queue and raise some dust and smoke. The whole team of more than 8,000 people, like a giant dragon, winding up the official road and moving towards the north of Jiaozhou City, but no one stopped in private to look at Jiaozhou City. The scene on the side.

Although the uniforms of these Fujian generals are basically similar to those of other Ming armies, the clothes of these generals look clean and neat and relatively new. Even if some people's clothes are torn, they are patched with the same color, making the whole Fujian generals look energetic. Not to mention, it looks extremely neat and clean.

Everyone's face looks rosy. Although there is no fat man, they all look energetic. At a glance, these Fujian soldiers usually eat well. At least they are not often hungry. There is no problem to eat enough. Compared with other ordinary soldiers of the Ming army, it makes people I can't be surprised.

Among other Ming army, those ordinary soldiers wear rags one by one. Although they are also Ming military uniforms, it can be seen at a glance that their military uniforms have not been replaced for many years, and some military uniforms have even faded to death. The original color, and some military uniforms, are rotten and can't see the original style, like clothes of beggars, hanging on their bodies, barely showing their identity, and they are still soldiers.

In addition, most of the ordinary soldiers in the Ming army were yellow and thin, with a rookie face and a hungry look. They were not even better than the faces of the hungry people. Most of them looked dull. During the march, their footsteps were dragging, and each of them looked half dead, which even made people worry. These people may fall down on the roadside at any time.

Look at the armor on their bodies. The weapons of the sea wolf soldiers are not complicated. The main equipment is long guns and "bird guns". Bird guns also account for a large proportion. In addition, that is, some knife players are equipped with rattan cards and single knives. Most of them wear cotton armor or leather armor, and helmets are all worn. There is a water-milled six-petal iron helmet, or a simple overall iron helmet, with a knife-proof lock armor on the back of the neck.

Of course, they don't know that this simple iron helmet is a new industrial product of the Seawolf Group. After the gears and bearings were successfully developed and began to be widely used, a primary hot rolling mill was manufactured. After the cooked iron or low carbon steel was burned red, it was repeatedly rolled by the hot rolling mill and finally became Thin iron sheet or steel plate.

A counterweight original stamping machine tool is also manufactured. The mold of the iron helmet is cast. After cutting the iron plate or steel plate into a standard shape, it is sent into the stamping machine. With a bang, the punch head falls down, and an iron helmet or steel helmet can be stamped out at a time. It is slightly polished and the hole is drilled into the interior. The helmet lining made of cloth and the soft armor of the neck lock will become a finished product.

Compared with the previous process of relying on craftsmen repeatedly tapping and then combining iron pieces of iron helmets, this production process is more than 100 times simpler, and the production cost has also been reduced a lot, which makes Yu Jiajun now all equipped with iron helmets, and the officers are even equipped with better steel helmets and protection. The ability and wearing comfort are much better than the six-petal helmet commonly used by the Ming army, but the production cost and price have been reduced a lot.

Moreover, there is no decoration on the iron helmet of ordinary soldiers. It is bare, and the style is very simple. It is also easy to maintain. After production, it is also painted with a layer of tung oil varnish to prevent rust, making the helmet look very smooth and rarely rusty.

The style of the officer's helmet is a little complicated. At the top of the helmet, there is a helmet pole, on which is hung with various colors of helmets according to the military level, so that soldiers only need to see the color of the helmet and can distinguish their position or level. Once there is chaos in wartime, they can be nearby. Accept the command of officers higher than their level. This is also a product of this era, which is very suitable for distinguishing between officers and ordinary soldiers.

In the Ming army, there are almost no such popular equipment of iron helmets and armors as Fujian officers and soldiers. Although ordinary soldiers of the Ming army have also been equipped with cotton armor earlier, due to financial constraints and officials*, the replacement of military equipment is extremely slow, and most of them are generally The cotton armor used by the soldiers has been worn to an incomprece. It's better not to wear them, so few people wear them.

Only some elites in the army, or the personal soldiers of military generals, can be more or less equipped with armor. These people are used by military generals to save their lives, so it will be relatively better. However, the Ming army, like Fujian officers and soldiers, which is fully equipped with armor, is now in a relatively good situation in addition to the Guanning Army, Other Ming armies can no longer compare with it.

As for weapons, the various weapons held by Fujian officers and soldiers look very sophisticated. The gun barrel at the front of the long gun is wrapped in a foot long iron sheet, covering the front end of the gun barrel to prevent it from being easily cut off by the enemy. The tip of the long gun is sharp and has blood grooves in both wings, which is very sharp and flat. The tiles wiped by the soldiers were shining a little cold under the sun.

And the bird guns carried among them are all black and bright, including the wooden gun body and stock, which are also covered with varnish, maintaining a bright log color. At a glance, it can be seen that the maintenance is quite good.

As for the rattan card carried on the back of the knife player, it also looks generously. The outer layer of the rattan card is also attached with a layer of raw cowhide. The rattan card is painted with color paint, which makes people look at it head-on and produce a strong sense of oppression.

"If it really lives up to its reputation, it is no wonder that the emperor will order your troops and horses to go north to suppress the rebellion this time. After seeing the military appearance of your army today, we are greatly relieved. Why worry about the rebellion? This time, there will be a lot of work for the general!" After seeing the Fujian soldiers who were continuing to move forward in front of him, Jiaozhou Zhizhou involuntarily hugged his fist and said to Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian turned his head to look at the performance of the soldiers and horses he brought, but he was still modest and said modestly, "If these generals brought below can enter the eyes of adults, Yu will be satisfied!

It is my job to be loyal to the country and suppress the rebellion. This time, the emperor appointed the emperor to come to the north to quell the rebellion, which is also the current emperor who looks up!

Do you dare not die? Therefore, please rest assured that as long as Yu is here, those rebels will not be arrogant. As long as you can give sufficient support, and don't let your brothers cut off their food, then you can guarantee that you will never let the rebels be arrogant again!

However, when the subordinate came here this time, he heard some bad things, saying that there were many local people, snakes and rats, secretly colluding with the rebels. In addition to acting as the eyes and ears of the rebels, they also secretly provided money and food support to the rebels!

This kind of person is really conscienceless. If I let Yu find out who it is, the first person Yu wants to kill is such a villain!"

Speaking of this, Yu Xiaotian suddenly glanced his cold eyes not far away, and the local gentry who accompanied Jiaozhou Zhizhou and officials to greet his soldiers and horses, with a trace of playful meaning in his eyes.