Dominate the Country

Breastplate, everyone has one. Except for the gunners, even the musketeers are no exception. This has long been the standard equipment of the Chen family army.

What needs to be replaced now is the weapons in their hands - why do the cold weapon troops only hold knives and guns? And the number of spearmen is too small, not as many as the number of sword soldiers.

Chen Ming asked the iron manufacturing department to make a batch of iron covers, which are shields after closing the wood. And let some sword soldiers change their jobs to long spearmen, and each spearman is equipped with a short knife. The blade is one foot long, which is about the same length as the bayonet of the musketeer.

Chen Ming really doesn't know how to fight a cold weapon war. The so-called battle in formation conflicts too much with the many shots of generals and horses in front when he watches movies and TV, although he knows that the shots in movies and TV are absolutely unreliable.

But can fighting in formation be done just by thinking about it? That requires a lot of trouble. First, battlefield command; Chen Ming has to design flags and different sounds to represent various commands such as attack, retreat, defense, etc. This thing cannot be completed in a short time.

Musketeers can use whistles to replace European drums and bagpipes, which are too incompatible with the cultural traditions of the East. But the command system of the cold weapon troops is a huge and complex system.

Chen Ming has only used flags of various colors and shapes to simply make the most basic commands such as attack, defense, retreat, and hold on.

When designing the cold weapon troops at the beginning, Chen Ming was still thinking about the mandarin duck formation of the Qi family army. But reality forced him to give up this unrealistic delusion. The Funiu Mountain area is not the vast and flat southeast coast! And from this point of view, it can also be estimated how bad Chen Ming's military literacy is.

After the weapons were updated, the 150 people lined up in front of Chen Ming. They would be divided into three teams, 50 sword and shield soldiers and 100 spearmen, plus 50 artillery and 50 musketeers, and a smaller number of sniper troops - equipped with rifles and reconnaissance troops. This is the current Chen family's military force outside the Phoenix Terrace.

The 150 people stood in neat rows, and the bright breastplates glowed with iron light in the warm sunlight. Everyone wore a khaki cotton robe, a belt around the waist, bandages on both legs, warm thin-soled cotton boots, and a khaki headscarf on their heads.

Don't say, this kind of dress looks rustic individually, but when the 150 people gathered, everyone stood straight, with their heads held high, like a bamboo, and all the spirit came out at once.

Chen Ming looked at his father standing behind him, and the Seventh Duke, Seventh Duke, Second Uncle and others standing beside him, and he was full of pride. No matter what these people would look like when they really fought, at least now, they looked very bright. Compared with the militia and the Green Camp in our perception, they are more like an elite force that can fight!

"Not bad, not bad!" After the team was disbanded, Chen Hui showed satisfaction on his face without any cover. He said two "not bad" in a row! Obviously, this army gave him, the former county clerk, great confidence and support.

The second uncle, the fifth uncle, the seventh lord, the ninth lord and others on the side could only nod their heads. These people were used to "peace" and no longer had the courage to carry a knife, but they knew very well that the current Chen family must have a strong force to support it. Now they were conquered by the "external beauty" shown by this 150-man army.

Chen Ming was not involved in the management of the entire system, especially in logistics and daily management. He just kept his eyes on the military industry and held the force in his hands.

His father was still there, and Chen Ming's prestige was not enough to control the entire Chen clan. Besides, he was still young after all, so he was not in a hurry.

Chen Ming's thinking was very clear. What he needed to do most now was to strengthen and control the Chen family's force. Anyway, no one in the Chen family knows martial arts. Even Chen Erbao is just a brave man who dares to fight and rush. Chen Ming's identity has an inherent advantage. That is where he manages his own power.

For example, the 150 people who were disbanded, including the 50 people standing guard outside, will not show anything in the short term. When the training is over and the organization and the appointment of leaders in the true sense begin, the foundation will be there. In the future, I will use time to influence them subtly. I don’t believe that I can’t find someone who is willing to be Chen Ming’s confidant.

Tumenji.

The natives who were eating the relief food from the county government, opened their eyes wide and watched a team of officers and soldiers wearing numbered jackets and warm hats, carrying knives, guns and cannons, entering Tumenji.

The soldiers of the Green Camp, these are officers and soldiers, real officers and soldiers.

All the old Tumenji people had dim eyes. These were hundreds of officers and soldiers, and they also had cannons. How could the Chen family defeat them?

There was no one in the old Tumenji who didn’t miss the Chen family. Although they were eating relief food from the government, the government knew that every household must have hidden food and silver, but they couldn't find it. They found excuses to search several houses, and the yamen runners wanted to dig three feet deep. They worked hard for most of the day, but found nothing.

Once, twice, three times, these yamen runners who were sucking blood out of their bones lost their energy. Chang Rui also calmed down after the initial anger. Because it was then that the news of the militia hitting a wall came.

The militia, which claimed to have 800 people, couldn't deal with the Chen family, and the yamen runners in Lushan County didn't have the courage to mess with the Tumenji people again.

Xu Shilian moved into the old house of the Chen family. There were quite a few good houses vacant in Tumenji, but they were all divided up by the officials of Ruzhou Camp. Four hundred Green Camp officers and soldiers and a large number of militiamen, a thousand people, entered Tumenji, making the entire Tumenji almost full.

The effect of the Green Camp soldiers' entry was very obvious. On the same day, a small number of Green Camp soldiers and militiamen clashed with the natives of Tumenji. It is said that the military discipline of the Green Camp soldiers is really not covered.

The entire Tumenji was completely closed. Unless someone had an entry and exit order, no one else was allowed to enter but not leave.

Xu Shilian and others still had the necessary military confidentiality alertness. Who dared to say that there was no small path in the mountains that could lead to the back of Fenghuangtai? The runners of Lushan County Government issued food once a day and called the roll twice in the morning and evening. This was to prevent the possibility of the old residents of Tumenji being spies.

"All the fat pigs and sheep for the Lushan County soldiers have been slaughtered. Brothers, have a good meal. We won't leave tomorrow. Everyone go back and have a good rest. Go to the militia camp at night. Try not to let the thieves find out about our arrival. Catch them by surprise!"

Xu Shilian still spoke with full energy. The soldiers were very tired after marching all the way, but it would be a joke for Xu Shilian, who was riding a horse, to say that he was tired. The Ruzhou Camp set out from the state capital to Tumenji, passing through the county towns of Baofeng and Lushan, and they were all treated like masters.

It was already October, and winter had arrived...