In the battle behind the Siming Mountain Palace, Nantang Camp was well captured.

In terms of weapons and armor, two Fran machine cannons and six tiger squat cannons are not of large caliber products in their respective types, but it is still a very good start for an army like Nantangying that has no artillery at all.

The gunners of the Qing army's tiger squat cannon were killed in the battle, while the gunners of the Fran machine cannon were over before they could enter the battlefield, so they were lucky enough to survive. However, after Chen Wen asked these gunners, he completely gave up the idea of ​​soliciting them. These gunners all had family members, and even had old men and young men. Chen Wen could not keep them or kill them.

However, for Chen Wen, who has begun to get used to plucking his hair by geese, there is no reason to let these technical troops go in vain.

On the way to Xinchang County, Chen Wen told the gunners that they could leave, but they had to pass on data such as artillery control technology and the amount of gunpowder used by the two Folang machine cannons to the gunners of the newly-organized Central Army Artillery Team of Nantangying.

The slogan of Chen Wen's not leaving behind technology, so don't expect to go home. After hearing the Qing army, which had no hair left, but no hair left, and no hair left, expressed 100,000 support. Due to casting technology in this era, the range, gunpowder dosage and other data of each gun were different, so the gun group of the gun group was fixed. In history, there were records of the gun group being selected on the front line while placing the gun group.

The artillery was already in the hands of the Ming army, so it would be impossible to bring it back, so these data would be completely useless. Although the target of the Ming army's use of these artillery was definitely the Qing army, the armored infantry were beaten first. The caliber of these artillery was not large, and it was probably impossible to hit the gunners like them.

So, why not use these useless things to exchange for the vitality of returning to your hometown?

The Qing army's gunners felt that they could think clearly about these interests with their butts, especially after Chen Wen kept his promise under Xinchang City and released the Qing army with no bad record, and issued three taels of silver for each person, these Qing army did not hesitate to pass on all the methods and data of the Fran machine cannons to the Ming army's artillery. There was even a versatile Qing army who said that he would use the tiger squat cannon. After verifying the technology, the Qing army, who was quite business-minded, received a reward of ten taels of silver alone, thus leading other colleagues at the starting line of life.

In addition to Chen Wen's most concerned artillery, armor was also a rare object of ancient army.

During this battle, the Qing army was not easy to escape due to road reasons, so many were beheaded and captured by Chen Wen. In addition, it was late winter, and many Qing army soldiers were wearing two layers of armor. More than 800 sets were seized with cloth armor [Note 1]. Although most of them suffered some damage in the battle, and there were even many obvious shortage of labor and materials, the craftsmen in the old camp said that this was not a problem.

It is normal to think about it carefully. The Ming army in Dalanshan has rarely suffered defeat in recent years and has seized a lot of armor from the Qing army, including many damaged and inferior ones. These craftsmen repair armors all year round, which are probably much better than the craftsmanship made by individuals.

In addition, there were more than 200 sets of leather armor, chain mail, zajia and Li Rong's set of mountain armor, and they were also handed over to the craftsmen of the old camp for repair.

There are armor and weapons in the capture, just like the principle that spears and shields must be together.

In terms of the types of weapons, this capture is also very consistent with the tradition of the era of expensive and complicated weapons. It can be said that there are all kinds of things.

The most common ones are spears, sword cards and bows and arrows. Needless to say, the spears are seven or eight feet long, and the infantry of the Ming and Qing armies are similar, and bows and arrows are similar, only the shapes of sword cards are not much the same.

There are two types of knife cards used in Nantangying, one is long cards, and the other is rattan cards. These two cards were standard for Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation when he fought against the Japanese in the south, while the Qing army was all composed of round cards, including wooden, iron-covered, and large shields with pure iron, which were mainly determined based on personal preferences.

The number of weapons seized this time was extremely large. Almost all the weapons of the Qing army soldiers were thrown on the battlefield, and the auxiliary soldiers were almost the same. The cutest one was Li Rong, who actually brought some spares.

Chen Wen also expressed his admiration for such an old military service and accustomed to being prepared for any incidents. After learning about the amount of the seized, he immediately ordered a piece of pork to add to Li Rong's jail rice, which was considered a reward for his spirit of hard work to deliver goods to his door.

After using the better ones to change the clothes, Chen Wen prepared to leave some of the remaining weapons for expansion, and those things that were not used at all and those of poor quality were sold to the Ming army in Tiantai Mountain. In this regard, several Ming army generals such as Yu Guowang and Jin Tang showed great interest, so Chen Wen asked them to hold an arms commodity trade fair tomorrow.

As for the last part of the seizure, it was the property that was plundered from the Qing army and the cart loaded with spoils. Although nothing unexpected was found except the power bank, from copper coins, gold and silver ingots, cloth and silk, and jewelry and antiques with uneven value, Chen Wen made a lot of money. The problem also appeared on this batch of spoils.

Since the current Qing army has been completely defeated, the reason why the Biaoqian accelerated was that the Shaoxing Green Camp had arrived in Xinchang. So after Chen Wen plundered these spoils, he randomly piled them on several large trucks loaded with spoils, and was under the supervision of the marching troops.

Along the way, no one had time to sort these things, whether it was Chen Wen, Qi Xiufeng, the military officer of Nantang Camp, or the officials of the old camp. So, until he arrived on the rooftop to meet with Yu Guowang, Qi Xiufeng and several minor officials classified, sorted them out, and evaluated their value.

During the chaotic period when he had just arrived at the station, Qi Xiufeng was busy for a day and a night to sort out these things and put them in the book. Then he rushed to work with the officials of the old camp arsenal to calculate the number of weapons and equipment. After all, Qi Xiufeng, who was wearing a pair of panda eyes, went back to rest. But at this moment, several of his subordinates colluded with a sergeant responsible for guarding, and jointly modified the booklet and greedily removed a small part of the spoils.

Because they were not very greedy, there were very few people involved. In addition to the chaos during that period, neither Chen Wen nor Qi Xiufeng, who was responsible for the bookmaking, could not remember the specific situation of the spoils. Originally, this matter should have passed like this, but who would have thought that an accident occurred after a few months.

Most of Chen Wen's subordinates were from poor backgrounds, and many of them were single. This time, the Ming army won the few with less, and the rewards of beheading and military achievements were quite generous.

Unfilial piety is the greatest thing, but where can children come from without a wife? After receiving these rewards, many soldiers choose to marry a wife. This is human nature. Marrying a wife and a man is a matter of living together. If two people marry or marrying a man, it is likely that it is not just a mess.

The sergeant in charge of the guards got married during that period. It was a gratifying thing to be pregnant shortly after the marriage. It was always difficult to perform the rituals of Mr. Zhou, but the slander could not stand the loneliness. Soon after, he went to hook up with a widow and even gave the valuable hairpin he stole to the widow.

The widow was originally a silly person. After getting such a hairpin, she naturally had to wear it to show off. However, after a while, she was discovered by the commander's wife, so she started to make trouble, and someone was interested to discover that the hairpin had an unknown origin.

Since the perpetrator was the commander of the army, Chen Wenben thought it was just a matter of privately hiding the spoils, so he let Gu Shouli, who had just been idle, dealt with it. However, after interrogation, he realized that it was a corruption case, and it also involved the issue of military supplies management and the minor officials sent by the old camp to assist. Seeing this, Chen Wen handed the matter over to Sun Yu for investigation, and there should be an answer at this moment.

"Master Sun, can you find out which person who is ignorant of life and death dares to be corrupt and seize the military supplies?"

Seeing that Chen Wen had returned, Sun Yu informed Chen Wen of the investigation results. "General Chen, the subordinates have investigated. This was done by these minor officials colluding with the sergeant commander who was responsible for guarding the spoils at the time. Qi Junke did not participate in this matter."

Not involved in this matter?

Hearing this, Chen Wen couldn't help but sigh. Corruption has been happening in ancient times, and it has been an unsolvable problem in the future. As long as people are greedy, they will use illegal means to make money, which is impossible to eliminate. Since it cannot be eliminated, they must try every means to reduce the occurrence of such incidents. How to reduce it? Chen Wen's thinking should still strengthen supervision from a system to increase the cost of corruption. Only in this way can the occurrence of such time be reduced.

However, at this time, Chen Wen had no time to consider these things and had no authority to establish corresponding systems, so he chose Qi Xiufeng, a scholar like a blank paper, as a military officer, which was actually just a helpless act of expecting morality.

This time, Qi Xiufeng did not participate in this matter, which was considered a blessing from Chen Wen's misunderstanding, but Qi Xiufeng was responsible for the poor supervision. But at this moment, an angry voice sounded in Chen Wen's ears.

"General, according to military law, all the camps were seized and returned to the public and were not allowed to be kept privately. After the war, the person who saved privately would seize the military merits and would be beheaded and displayed to the public! The person who committed the crime this time used his power to steal spoils, and he thought he should be punished in the same way."

The speaker was Qi Xiufeng. When Chen Wen heard the voice, he turned his head to look at the military commander who had been in office for more than half a year and had always been loyal to him. The reputation built by his long-term hard work was ruined. The anger in this speech was self-evident, but when Chen Wen thought it was just a vent of anger, the angry voice sounded again.

"As a military officer, the person who commits the crime is a subordinate of the Huoshi, and the property embezzled is also within the scope of the power of the Huoshi. Huoshi is indeed responsible for poor supervision and is willing to be punished together!"

Same punishment?

Beheadings made public?

As Qi Xiufeng spoke, Gu Shouli secretly pulled Qi Xiufeng back, as if he wanted him to withdraw his sincerity. However, Qi Xiufeng rudely shook off the sleeve that he had been holding for Gu Shouli and continued to speak.

Chen Wen shook his head and showed his ambitions by dying. He didn't need to. The key is to focus on these military supplies before establishing an effective regulatory system. This is the top priority at present. The punishment that Qi Xiufeng deserves is not so much, but he cannot be ignored.

"The person who committed this time had officials from the old camp, and the punishment would be discussed with Deputy Wang before implementing it. As for the Qi military officer, he would be temporarily dismissed. The military officer in the camp will be represented by Chief Sun, and the rest will be dealt with early tomorrow morning."

Note 1: Cloth-surface armor is a kind of composite armor that was popular in the middle and late Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. It replaced the status of armor and became the standard armor for soldiers. The reason is very simple. The first is that it is easy to manufacture and low-cost, and the second is that it can withstand the attacks of early firearms. Of course, from the perspective of facilitating corner cuts, cloth-surface armor has also reached the peak of the history of armor development.
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