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When Zhang Bao heard that he had brought six thousand pairs of armor, he sighed and said, "I didn't expect that he would go back more and more. Now he is using cold weapons! OK! Go out and see how the armor produced in Guangdong is like!"

Zhang Bao led his men out of the division headquarters and came to the logistics office. He saw the yard full of new armor.

Zhang Bao thought these armors were stocks from Qianming shipped from Nanjing, but he didn't expect that they were brand new armors shipped from Guangdong.

Zhang Bao's eyes lit up and said, "Looking at the same time, the armor is not bad, at least stronger than the cotton armor of the Qing army!"

At this time, a group of people from the logistics department were experimenting with new armor. When they saw Zhang Bao coming, they quickly saluted and said, "Sir, we are just trying to try whether this armor can defend against the Qing army's bows and arrows!"

Zhang Bao nodded and asked, "What bow do you use?"

The man holding the bow said, "Sir, we are using a stone bow!" A stone bow is to hang a heavy object of 100 kilograms on the bow string, and then the bow string can be pulled all of it. This is a stone bow. Those who can use a stone bow are already lieutenant generals or strong men, and ordinary soldiers can only use seven-dou bows.

Zhang Bao waved his hand and signaled the soldier to start shooting. The soldier opened his bow five meters away from the armor and shot an arrow. The arrow was bounced out after it hit the armor and did not shoot through it. (The bow and arrow shooting was not far from the flat, and there was no power beyond 30 meters. The range of bow and arrow competitions in the Olympic Games was only fifty meters. There were photos of the Qing Dynasty bow and arrow practice shooting, and the distance was only five or six meters. You can find it and take a look.)

Zhang Bao brought people forward to watch the results. The armor was worthy of being made of stainless steel. Only a small hole was shot out from five meters away and it was not shot through at all.

Zhang Bao touched the bright armor and praised: "This pair of armor is much stronger than the previous Ming army cotton armor!" Zhu Hongsan used a piece of cold weapons when he first started his career, but the weapons were easy to use, so he dared not make the armor randomly. In Wuchang, the Ming Dynasty had control over the place. It would be fine if you were a royal family to make some swords and guns, but you still wanted to make armor. What do you want to do? In the later period, Feng Ziyong became the magistrate, and Zhu Hongsan dared to use the name of the Ma family to sneak some armor, and his protective ability was similar to that of the Ming army cotton armor. Later, when he arrived in Guangdong, he made a hydraulic press, and this light and thin plate armor with good protection was made.

Zhang Bao was very satisfied with the protection of the armor and said to the people from the logistics department: "Let each battalion collect equipment. We are cold weapons. If we don't do it well, we will have the first batch of people to go on the field!"

The guys from the logistics department ran up one by one and flattered Zhang Bao, saying that the general was going to take action, and the general was wearing this armor and the Qing army would surrender collectively when they saw it.

Zhu Jiang was just sixteen years old, and he was the kind of angry young man. He looked down on the faces of these guys from the logistics department. He talked to Zhang Bao and returned to the camp.

Zhu Jiang returned to the barracks and asked a company commander to take people to get the equipment, and lay on the bed and looked at the sky.

The first company commander was born into an imperial guard division, so of course he knew Zhu Jiang's identity. Today, he felt bad when he saw Zhu Jiang come back, so he stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Sir, what's wrong?"

The first company was twenty-seven or eight years old, much older than Zhu Jiang. Zhu Jiang knew that the first company commander must also have the important task of protecting him, so he respected the first company commander very much.

"Company Commander Wu, I just heard from the division commander that we might be the first batch of sieges. You said that our subordinates were all new soldiers. Although they were prisoners of the Qing army, they just entered the camp and the queue didn't know how to attack the city. Isn't this a death sentence?"

The first company commander was Wu Gui. He heard Zhu Jiang say this and whisper: "Prince, it's good for you to protect your soldiers, but you don't think so at the upper level. In the eyes of some high-ranking officials, these prisoners are just a bunch of unstable factors, and it's best to die in battle!"

Zhu Jiang heard Wu Gui say this and sat up, and asked, "It's impossible! This is more than 5,000 people! Just because they have served as soldiers for the Qing army for several years?" These newly added soldiers were all captured soldiers from the Qing army in the Nanjing Battle, but they were not the main force, but the inspection departments, yamen runners of the various prefectures around Nanjing, and the soldiers from the four towns in Jiangbei. These people were not very evil. They served as soldiers for the Qing Dynasty but only had a good meal. They did not kill and injure the Ming army on the battlefield. So after capturing tens of thousands of prisoners, Zhu Hongsan eliminated the weak and left the strong, picked out five or six thousand young and strong men to the Yangzhou battlefield, and let the others go home.

Zhu Hongsan has a good plan for fighting. These people are all in their prime, so they can be good soldiers after training. However, some senior generals in the army do not think so. Now factions have been formed in the army, teaching the League sect and the bandits, and teaching the League sect mainly comes from the first and second batches of teaching groups such as Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong. The bandits are based on the bandits recruited in Henan back then, and these people represent Wang Jinbao. These two factions in the army are similar to civil officials, and they have a lot of fun fighting.

Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong and others were qualified to teach the League sect and occupied a dominant position in the army. However, Wang Jinbao, the Third Division, was born into a bandit, and was very close to the bandits of the Navy, and had a great power. The breakup of the more than 5,000 people who were newly assigned did not come from the teaching team system, but had a lot of connections with the bandits, especially those from Henan and Shandong who were captured, and were even Wang Jinbao's fellow villagers. How could such people stay in the second division system where the teaching team dominates.

So as soon as these prisoners arrived in Yangzhou, Zhao Guodong sent all the officers from top to bottom to them, just to fight the abacus to prevent these people from turning over. Now that the siege is about to be imposed, the 10th Division is still equipped with cold weapons, so the top leaders of the army have reason to let them die first.

However, these things were not known to Wu Gui, a company commander. He received the news that all officers served as the supervisor when siege, and those who did not fight bravely were beheaded immediately!

Zhu Jiang sighed when he heard Wu Gui say this. Unexpectedly, the army that thought it was pure was divided into gangs. It seems that the ministers in the court are even more so!

Seeing that Zhu Jiang was lying down again and didn't say anything, Wu Gui had to come out to take people to the logistics office to collect equipment and organize people to train. Although the senior management wanted these cannon fodder prisoners to die, it was too embarrassing to collapse before rushing to the enemy, and basic training was still needed.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Shenwu, after three days of uninterrupted artillery, the section of the Xuning Gate wall was finally about to collapse. However, the heavy artillery position was not easy to survive. It was bombarded for three days in a row and did not stop in the middle of the night. Fifty naval heavy artillery had already exploded eleven, and several books found cracks could no longer be used. Now there are only thirty-two artillery left. The intensity of the artillery was far from the previous few days. The navy brought a thousand gunners, who died of more than 40 people due to the explosion and were scalded by the artillery barrels. Now half of the gunners are seconded to the army.

Due to the high-intensity artillery bombardment, the heat generated by the firing of the medicine made the temperature on the position several degrees higher than other places. All the ice and snow on the ground melted, forming water in the low-lying areas. Several gunners at the gun positions were completely immersed in mud and water to shoot, which was really miserable. Some of the artillery batteries were shaken out of the gap, which was very dangerous. In order to ensure the strength, some bluestone reinforced, the naval gunners and seconded army soldiers insisted on shooting on this mud and water-filled position for three days.

Zhang Liang and several officers have been on the position for the past three days, and he has lost the heroic posture he had when he first came. His white navy uniform was covered with mud and water, which is similar to the gray training uniform of the army.

Zhang Liang picked up the monocular lens and saw the city wall shaking. He shouted to the messenger behind him: "You go and report to the Governor. Fortunately, the Navy has fulfilled his fate. The Yangzhou city wall is about to be broken. Please prepare your brothers!" It is not a big deal for Zhang Liang to shout, anyone who has heard the sound of heavy artillery fire on the position for three days will do this.

After receiving Zhang Liang's message, Ma Jiyuan said happily: "Okay! That's great! I didn't expect that Zhang Shuiyu is quite powerful!"

"Admiral Zhao, let's see your army. Are you ready?"

Zhao Guodong clasped his fists and said, "Please rest assured, the last one is ready! Just wait for this moment!"

"What do you plan to do?"

"Governor General, the first step is to send 5,000 people from the 10th Division to attack the city wearing heavy armor, and then the subsequent three regiments will expand their results when entering the city!"

Ma Jiyuan nodded and asked, "Have you left people in the other city gates? Don't let the Qing generals escape!"

This is a bit difficult. Zhao Guodong has less than 40,000 men under his command. The South Gate is the main attack direction and 30,000 people are required to defend the eleven city gates in Yangzhou. The troops are really insufficient.

"Governor General, I really lack the troops under the command of the General Mo. I also know that there are twelve city gates in Yangzhou, and the General Mo has less than 40,000 people. I really have the will but not enough strength!"

Ma Jiyuan is not the kind of unreasonable person. There is nothing he can do when Zhao Guodong said this. Fortunately, the emperor only had Yangzhou City, and as for other Qing generals, he didn't say that he had to be captured.

"Okay! I also know the difficulties of Admiral Zhao, try my best to catch one, one!"

After Ma Jiyuan and some other army generals came to Xu Ningmen, where 15,000 people had been gathered. At the front was the hand-to-hand combat force led by Zhang Bao's 10th Division. The armor transported from Guangdong was very beautiful, and 5,000 people looked very good. Behind were three regiments of musketeers. After passing through Jiangyin Street Fight, the new army had a good set of street fights. These 10,000 people had been divided into groups according to the company and platoon, and one to two cannons were protected. When they entered the street fights in the street fights, they had a place to use their skills.

Seeing the hand-to-hand combat troops standing in front, Ma Jiyuan asked hesitantly: "Admiral Zhao, King Qin..." Although Ma Jiyuan did not like this grandson, it was his own blood after all, so it was impossible not to worry.

Zhao Guodong heard Ma Jiyuan's question and quickly whispered: "Don't worry, the King of Qin has the capable people sent by the General of the Emperor, and His Majesty's East Factory Guard. Don't worry, the King of Qin was originally arranged for the King of Qin not to go to the battlefield, but the King of Qin did not listen and insisted on going..."
Chapter completed!