"Since Dong Shuai feels that the journey is long and freight is a big problem, then it is better to do this. I will hand over the goods purchased by Dong Shuai to Xinchang Bolai for delivery, and the two parties agreed to a place to be delivered at an acceptable location. As for Xinchang Bo, I will still have a big deal to negotiate. I can make some concessions at that time, as a reward, how about?"

In a word, Chen Wen asked the opinions of the two people. Dong Keshen had always been judging the problem of the road before, in order to reduce the loss, especially the many things he planned to trade were grain and materials for making gunpowder. These things could easily cause losses due to bumps in the road, so he was even more eager to reduce the price.

Chen Wen's suggestion here was to be transported by Yu Guowang, so that the problem of his journey would no longer be a problem. As for the handover location, Yu Guowang is generous and probably won't let him suffer any losses.

A section of the journey is divided into two sections, and Yu Guowang, who acts as logistics, becomes the key.

The reason why Chen Wen chose Yu Guowang to take on this task was not for bullying honest people. Yu Guowang's strongest and most prestigious Ming army in Tiantai Mountain area, and others were convinced by him. Yu Guowang's subordinates were all locals in Taizhou, most of them from several counties far away from the sea, and the road terrain was more familiar; last point, Chen Wen did have a big deal to do with Yu Guowang, and Chen Wen also had something that Yu Guowang longed for.

Chen Wen had talked with Yu Guowang about business matters before when he was at the table, so Yu Guowang knew very well what Chen Wen said about big business, so he had to respond to this matter in one go.

After Yu Guowang agreed to this matter, Dong Keshen's reason was no longer supported. Once the leader left, the others did not intend to make Chen Wen unhappy for this little thing. After all, there is still a thought of watching and helping each other in the future.

However, as an ally, Chen Wen did not plan to go too far. After signing the contract, Chen Wen gave them some weapons as a gift for meeting. In fact, he originally wanted to give gifts from normal humans such as cloth, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, but who knew that these things had been replaced by them, so he could only give gifts from abnormal humans.

The transaction has been completed, and Chen Wen did not think they would repent. After all, the quality of the weapons in the Extraordinary Camp was there, and what they used to exchange was only food, livestock, poultry or materials. Besides, the goods of both sides were either sent directly to Chen Wen's camp or agreed to deliver. He did not believe that these Ming generals dared to criticize him.

There was also a banquet in the evening, and these Ming generals were arranged to rest for a while. During this period, Chen Wen needed to talk to Yu Guowang about the issue of the big deal.

"Xinchang Bo, you know that in this great victory, I seized a lot of armor and armor in addition to these weapons. To be honest, I will be planning to expand the organization, so I plan to exchange muskets with you with armor."

Unlike the grain, chickens and ducks, and raw materials, firearms and armor were all military and national weapons in this era, so they were called a big deal by Chen Wen.

In the battle behind the Siming Mountain Palace, Chen Wen also discovered some existing problems while defeating the Qing army. In addition to the temporary irresistible problem of commanding in front of the battle, the organization of Nantang Camp obviously had a lot of disagreement with the opponents they were facing.

First of all, there were cavalry. The cavalry on both sides of the war actually did not play any role. The Ming army was densely packed with horse pits, the roads were narrow, and it was not convenient to detour. The reasons that affected the use of cavalry were too special. Once they fought with the Qing army on the plains, the Nantang camp, which lacked cavalry, would become difficult to deal with.

Chen Wen had not thought of a solution to this problem yet. After all, other Ming troops could not give him cavalry or war horses. He was not so rich when he learned from Zheng Chenggong to train the Iron Man Army, so he had to endure it first.

Then there were artillery. On the battlefield, Nantangying swept away the Qing army's tiger squat gunners, but the technology used was still taught by a Qing army's Fran gunner to the gunners of the artillery team of the Nantangying camp. If the two Fran cannons were added, Nantangying had a total of two Fran cannons and six tiger squat guns. With these things, they would not have been taken advantage of like last time.

Finally, there was the firearms team. In the battle behind the Simingshan Palace, Chen Wen took out the bird gun presented by Huang Zhongdao as a reward to encourage morale, but was led by an archer named Feng Biao. The reason why this archer was able to lead the crowd was very simple, because every arrow was aimed at the Qing army's face, which prevented his shooting from being blocked by the Qing army's armor or even double armor.

But the problem is that it is impossible for Chen Wen to use such a good terrain every time he fights. Under normal circumstances, the archers have no power to fight back in front of the light and heavy infantry assaults. Let them step forward in the unblocked terrain to shoot the Qing army's faces obviously made them commit suicide.

In contrast, although the cloth armor of this era has certain bulletproof effects, the reason for cutting corners is that most cloth armors still cannot withstand the attack of bird guns. Of course, the bird guns here are also made of sufficient work and materials. Not to mention hitting people, it is already very embarrassing if you don’t blow up the chamber.

However, since its establishment, the Central Military Firearms Team in Nantang Camp has always had only two teams of bird guns, which is directly related to the bird gun production capacity of Dalanshan Old Camp. In the past few months, the bird gun casting master has only built more than a dozen bird guns, which is completely unable to keep up with the army's expansion speed.

As for the capture, let alone the capture. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the southern army liked to use bird guns, while the northern army praised the three-eyed guns. Before surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, Tian Xiong was one of the eight generals under Huang Degong's command. His raising battalion also originated from Huang Degong's central army. Huang Degong's army belonged to the northern border army. This led to Chen Wen's capture of this battle, which was assigned by him to cavalry more suitable for using this kind of firearm, while there was no bird gun.

Unlike the Ming army in Dalan Mountain, Yu Guowang has a few bird gun casting masters whom he didn't know where to find, so his army has many bird guns available.

This time, Chen Wen seized more than 800 sets of cloth armor, which was beyond his organization. Moreover, the weather in Zhejiang did not allow soldiers to wear armor to fight all year round, so he planned to take out a small part to exchange with Yu Guowang, who had trained many musketeers.

"How many bird guns are needed by General Chen?"

"Two hundred!"

This number really scared Yu Guowang. He had two hundred bird guns at one mouth. Although even if it was taken out for exchange, it would not affect the use of the bird gunners under his command. However, this number definitely accounted for a considerable proportion of the inventory, which made him hesitate.

But Yu Guowang didn't know that Chen Wen planned the reform of the organization, one of which was combined with the organization of the infantry battalion when Qi Jiguang defended the border in the north. Simply put, each Yuanyang formation killer team was equipped with a small team of firearms to improve the long-range killing ability of the entire army. Even the formation he used had been studied with several officers under his command, and the difference was the number of bird gunners.

The two hundred troops mentioned by Chen Wen did sounded quite a lot, but this was only a two hundred person organization. After the organization reform, they and the Yuanyang Formation Killer Team would form a small unit of 400 people as the backbone of the battlefield. However, other units could still be formed according to the old organization, which was a helpless move.

"How many armors will General Chen use to exchange?"

"Two hundred sets of cloth armor."

He felt embarrassed to say this exchange quantity from Chen Wen. After all, the cost of these two was determined by the high and low. However, Chen Wen still asked for a lot of money and returned the money to the ground, so he proposed the exchange quantity. At this moment, he was always rolling in his heart, fearing that Yu Guowang would leave in anger, so that his staffing reform would be difficult to carry out.

Yu Guowang hesitated for a moment and actually replied directly, "Yes". Chen Wen was stunned at first after hearing this, but became even more embarrassed.

"If Xinchangbo feels it is not enough, he can propose it. He will not mean to take advantage of you, but to do business..."

At this time, Yu Guowang shook his head and then interrupted Chen Wen's explanation. "General Chen doesn't need to say much. Since I have said it, I will definitely keep my promise. But I have a ruthless request, and I will also ask General Chen to agree."

Unwilling request?

Hearing this, Chen Wen was a little confused, so what else was going on? But since Yu Guowang happily agreed to Chen Wen's exchange of bird guns, he couldn't hesitate.

"Xinchang Bo, but it's okay to say that, I will do my best."

Yu Guowang thought about it and then asked Chen Wen: "I have been in the army for several years. I have trained this army of tens of thousands of people to recover lost territory, report to the emperor, and save the people. However, these years have passed, but there have been more defeats and fewer victory. Not to mention the besieging Tiantai County the previous year, the subordinates of the Hushan Institute were much worse than those of Liu Shuai and Chen Shuai. General Chen knew the military strategy and was good at training. Can I solve my doubts?"

Resolve the doubts?

Is it that simple?

Chen Wen once heard Wang Yi and the others mention the organizational status of Yu Guowang's troops and his past achievements. After coming to Tiantai Mountain, he also visited Yu Guowang's army. Generally speaking, his bird gunners were indeed elite, and even the Central Military Firearms Team in Nantangying was not as good as him.

However, the biggest drawback of this army of Yu Guowang is that he only attaches importance to bird gunners and completely ignores the role of hand-to-hand infantry, which is obviously a behavior that is far from the times.

Before machine guns and rapid-fire cannons appeared, hand-to-hand combat was the main theme of the battlefield. In the late Ming Dynasty, when the technology was not at that level, it was completely impossible to decide the winner with the bird gunner. It would be strange if the war could be won in this way.

Chen Wen carefully considered the words and said to Yu Guowang: "Since Xinchang Bo asked this, I will tell you the truth. But some things may be wrong. I hope Xinchang Bo will forgive me."

"It's okay, it's okay, General Chen, but please speak out."

"During the Emperor's reign, the emperor's teacher Sun Ge Lao was ordered to manage Liaodong. During this period, in addition to building a fortress, Sun Ge Lao also trained a large number of Guanning troops..."

During the process of training of the Guanning Army, Sun Chengzong's idea was that since hand-to-hand combat was difficult to win, he would simply use firearms to win. For this reason, Sun Chengzong provided a large number of artillery to the Guanning Army's chariot and artillery battalion, in order to try to use artillery to repel the Qing army before the hand-to-hand combat began, thereby achieving victory.

This idea is a typical unrealistic idea of ​​civil servants leading troops, and is completely undesirable. In history, the Guanning Army's chariot and artillery battalions rarely had any results, and they were often lured and opened fire by the Qing army outside the range. It was a completely deceptive army that gave the opponent equipment. How could it be a pitfall?

In contrast, the reason why Chen Wen strengthened the firearms was entirely because his previous remote support capabilities were too poor, and it was impossible to summarize them.

"... In my opinion, the current firearms are not enough to bear the main killing and injury on the battlefield. If you want to defeat the enemy, you must try to train a hand-to-hand infantry that can fight and resist, so that your bird gunners can shoot safer and provide long-range fire support for the entire army."

"So that's how it is." Yu Guowang pondered for a moment, then said to Chen Wen: "Can General Chen help me train soldiers?"
Chapter completed!