There is Puhe River forty miles north of Chenyang, and the Puhe City is Puhe City two miles north of the Puhe River. This is one of the eighteen cities built by Liaodong Town in the Ming Dynasty.

Puhe City is 720 meters long, the moat is one meter deep and two meters wide, and has two city gates.

When the Ming Dynasty still controlled Liaodong, this border city was one of the thousand households under the jurisdiction of the Central Guard of Chenyang. It usually had 745 troops stationed, fifteen Biandun and seventy-six Dun soldiers. There were seven Huodun in the belly, twenty-nin soldiers guarding Dun, and another one of the Shifang Temples in the fort city. Twenty years ago, in August of the first year of Taichang, the Later Jin invaded, and Puhe was lost, and it has been occupied by the Later Jin since then.

After the Later Jin occupied Puhe City, they still stationed troops here, especially when the Later Jin Dynasty used Shenyang as its capital, Puhe City's defense became increasingly stronger.

Before the battle in Bohecheng began, Nicholas Liu Jinzhong was picking up Huodun and the quarantine officer Dong Xian in Hexi.

Nicholas was a European mercenary and now serves as the instructor in the Chu army. He was originally the company commander in the Dutch army, and the position he serves as the instructor in the Chu army is probably the same as the company commander, and is somewhat different. There are many foreign mercenaries in the Chu army. Because these people are all Xifan foreigners and do not have a Ming household registration, it is not easy to become an officer in the Ming Dynasty.

The vast majority of foreign mercenaries who joined the Chu army are now non-commissioned officers in the Chu army, and many are senior non-commissioned officers, who are specialized in teaching the soldiers in the company to operate artillery, warships, etc., and are technical troops and talents in the army. However, there are foreign soldiers who are outstanding and have made many contributions to the battle formation, and they cannot just give them gold and silver rewards.

After staying in the Ming Dynasty for more than half a year, Nicholas was already a little happy. He felt that the moon was the only round of the Ming Dynasty, and he never wanted to return to the West where the war in Europe in this life. But it was not so easy to be an officer in the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, Liu Jun also gave them a chance. After these senior non-commissioned officers made meritorious contributions, Liu Jun promoted them to coaches.

This instructor is actually equivalent to the first sergeant commander in the US company in later generations and the sergeant commander in the Chinese army. To be more specific, they are the assistants of the company commander and battalion commander. They are usually responsible for not only the training of soldiers, but also the daily management of soldiers.

The Nine-Headed Bird is now very different from the traditional Ming army from the top to bottom. Not only did it start the synthesis of various troops at the first level of the cooperation, but it also adopted a combat organization, which clarified the highest command power of military generals. However, it also put a lot of restrictions on the chief officials at all levels. While ensuring the command power of chief officials at all levels, it also reduced their rights in other aspects.

For example, there are two deputy positions under the Jiutou Bird's chief officers at all levels. These two deputy generals assist the chief officers and can lead a group of troops during battles, and even take over the position at any time when the chief general dies in battle.

In addition to them, there is also the Chief of Staff. The Chief of Staff is responsible for the mobilization of troops, operational operations and deployment adjustments, and the management of staff at all levels. They are military advisors in the army, in charge of intelligence and combat plans.

In addition, there are military officers, who are specialized in logistics, food and pay, military supplies, etc.

In addition, there are military supervisors, tutors and coaches. At the first level and above, military supervisors, tutors and coaches will be set up. The standard battalion companies below the association will be set up, supervisors, tutors and coaches. The military supervisors will naturally specialize in military supervision and discipline supervision, while the military supervisors will be responsible for military discipline and discipline, while the military supervisors will be responsible for soldier training and daily management.

The lowest-level company of the Chu army was the chief officer, and was generally called the company commander, with the rank of the right commander and the eighth rank. He was under two deputy company commanders from the eighth rank, as well as supervisors, chief of staff, tutors, tutors and quarantine officers.

Although this officer is one level lower than the company commander, each clearly has its own authority. It greatly restricts the power of the company commander. Although the company commander is the chief officer of the company, his power is actually limited to commanding operations. Other places such as formulating combat plans, logistics and military supplies, daily training, management, rewards and demerits, military laws, etc. The company commander cannot directly interfere.

It is this mutual decentralization that ensures smooth command and avoids excessive power of the chief official at all levels.

Nicholas was the company coach and was barely listed as the company officer. Although he was a ninth-rank small official, in the company, soldiers could not know who their deputy company commander was, or who the chief of staff was, or even who the supervisor was, but there were a few people they must know, that was the company commander, coach, equel officer and politician.

The company commander is the leader of the entire company and listens to him in wars. The coach is responsible for training and daily management. He not only manages all non-commissioned officers, but also almost all kinds of chores in the company. He is equivalent to the butler in the company. The military officer is the one who manages everyone's food and salary, so he naturally knows that the tutor is responsible for military discipline. Everyone is careful and respectful to these black-faced gods.

However, coach Nicholas Liu Jinzhong, who is respected by everyone in the company on weekdays, was now entangled with the quarantine Dong Xian.

In fact, Nicholas only wanted to use the new name Liu Jinzhong, but he didn't want to add another Nicholas. Unfortunately, foreign soldiers must add a real name on the roster of Nine-Headed Birds.

Liu Jinzhong and Dong Xian have been begging for more than an hour. For nothing else, they just want to get a Jurchen woman from Dong Xian. This is also a new benefit for the soldiers after the Nine-Headed Bird entered the Liaoshen area.

The Duke of the State of Chu had an order to fight the city of the Liaoshen Jurchens at will, and they could rob them at will. They could rob them if they liked them, and burn them if they didn't like them. This order made many nine-headed birds breathe a little heavier, but unfortunately there was a restriction behind them. That is, the only four soldiers who were qualified to execute this order were qualified to execute the order.

Other Chu troops still cannot burn, kill, loot at will.

But two-thirds of the money, food, materials, and even livestock population snatched by the Black Skeleton Flag must be handed over.

The people with the Black Skeleton Banner are very good at robbing. These people have fought for half their lives. Today is the Ming army, tomorrow is the rebels and become the Qing army the day after tomorrow, and then become the Ming army the day after tomorrow. They rebel and rebel for the most part, and they are either fighting or rebelling and robbing. They are very good at robbing. They robbed countless materials, money and food, and many cattle, sheep, horses and Jurchens.

This time, Liu Jinzhong followed the 200 people from the company to come to Puhe City to receive a group of trophys from the Black Skeleton Army. The most important group of the trophys they want to receive this time were Jurchen women. To be fair, Liu Jinzhong did not think that the Jurchens were beautiful at all. These Jurchens in cold places were far inferior to those of the Ming Empire in the south.

He was dark, had rough skin, thick waist and big face, and was not as good as the woman from Jiangnan in the Empire. But then he wanted to marry a woman from Jiangnan in the Empire. Then he took root and sprouted in the Ming Empire. But he looked at the woman from the Ming Dynasty, but the woman from the Ming Dynasty did not look at him as a red-haired woman.

Now the Duke of Chu has spoken. As long as the soldiers of the Nine-Headed Bird can buy these Jurchen women, they can buy them back, and each person can buy two. After buying them, those Jurchen women are their private property. They can be concubines in the future, or maids and maids. They are free, but they cannot be the official wife because the Han Manchu will not get married.

This is also a benefit. In the middle of winter, tens of thousands of people were in Liaoshen and it was very difficult for them to go deep into the capital of the enemy country.

Many of Liu Jinzhong's fellow villagers have already started buying it. Although they cannot be taken with them after buying it. Those Jurchen women stayed in another independent female camp and were managed by them. They were separated from the Chu army. Those Chu soldiers who had been sold and those who had not sold were separated from those who had not sold. They usually did not go to the female camp to meet their women, but they could go there for one night during the rest of the day.

Liu Jinzhong saw that the fellow villagers who bought the Jurchen women were very nourished and couldn't stand it anymore.

The quarantine officer Dong Xian and Nicholas Liu Jinzhong have been partnering for half a year. Everyone has been familiar with each other for a long time, so they speak casually. Fatty Dong said, "You bastard don't have to be like this. I promised to keep the two youngest and beautiful ones for you. You can't wait any longer. When you return to Shaling Fort, you officially recognize the purchase procedures. Isn't it yours? When you take a turn, please invite everyone to have a meal and drink. You can't go to the bridal chamber, and you want to be today?"

"Fatty Dong, you really believe it. What's the matter if you go one day earlier or later? Anyway, I won't pay a penny less for a woman with twenty silver dollars. Could it be that I, Liu Jinzhong, don't admit it after I lifted my pants, is that kind of person?" Nicholas stayed in the Ming Dynasty for more than half a year. He also talked about the thief six in the Ming Dynasty, and also talked about the mainstream Huangzhou accent in the Chu army. "You stupid!"

"Fuck, if you are familiar with it, the principle is still to be discussed. It is the same as you. With the convenience of your position, you not only have to choose first, but also get on the bus first. If others know this, you won't break my head. Should I become a quarantine officer in the future? I want to drive this head today. Then, when Wang Jianshe and Zhang Zhenfu, would you have to come to talk to me?"

"Fatty Dong, you usually drink the wine I invited. At this time, you shouted to me for principles, fuck, just say it's okay, I won't leave today, if I'm anxious, I will just rob people."

"How long has it been since you got married to a woman? You are so impatient. Brother, you are really eager. I will give you a trick. You can apply to be transferred to the Black Flag Army directly. That's how you want to be free and happy. They are not restricted. They can burn, kill, loot at will, and be ordered to rob women's land." Fatty Dong said with a smile.

"Go to yours, join the Black Flag Army, what's the future?" Although Nicholas had been joining the Chu army for more than half a year, he was very smart. He knew very well that the Black Flag Army was only a servant army of Jiutou at most. Now that they were asked to burn, kill, loot, it was not a privilege to give them, but just didn't want to dirty Jiutou's hands.

Even if a battalion commander of the Black Flag Army changed his current position as the company coach in the Chu army, he would not change it.

Dong Xian snorted and said sarcastically, "Tsk tsk, there is no battalion commander of the Black Skeleton Army. You are just a company coach now. Battalion commander, you are still far from being a battalion commander. You think it's so easy to be a battalion commander. Seeing that there is no Puhe City, it's just the territory of a battalion of the Black Skeleton Army. In addition to this city, there are more than a dozen Dunbaos and a fort city outside. If you want to be a battalion commander, you might be able to be Hou Nian and Ma Yue."

Nicholas Liu Jinzhong was unhappy when he heard this. He was just a battalion commander. I have been a mercenary for many years and a senior company commander. If I hadn't had a Ming Dynasty household registration, it would be more than enough to be a battalion commander.

The two were talking and laughing, and suddenly the South Gate was in an uproar.

"What's going on?"

"The King of Baron just encountered the Eight Banners ambush in the west and was defeated." A soldier hurriedly told them what he knew.

Wang Basketball Commander of the Black Flag Army in Puhe City, took his brothers out of the city and went to a punch in front to get a batch of supplies back. He was ambushed by the Qing army and defeated. Wang Basketball died in battle, and more than half of his men were lost.

The Qing army ambushed the Empress Wang Ba, cleaned the battlefield calmly before coming to Puhe City.

Now there is only one company of black flag troops left in Bohe City, and there is also a company of troops led by Liu Jinzhong who came to receive the spoils.

In terms of military rank, he is actually the highest in Nicholas Liu Jinzhong. He is the right commander. The company commander of the Black Flag Army is actually an acting company commander. Their company commander just died in battle not long ago. Now the rank of the acting company commander is only a first-class sergeant commander, and he has not yet had time to pass the promotion.

Dong Xian looked at Nicholas, "According to our nine-headed bird's wartime system, the chief officer on the battlefield will die and the adjutant will take over. If the adjutant is absent, the highest rank will automatically act as the highest commander, Commander Liu. From now on, you will be the acting battalion commander of Puhe City, responsible for commanding the enemy!"

The acting company commander of the Black Flag Army looked at Nicholas in surprise and then at Dong Xian. He did not expect that the fat quarantine officer of the Nine-Headed Bird actually gave his command position to the red-haired who was of the same level as him.

But that was the internal affairs of Jiutou, and he couldn't control it. He was just a first-class sergeant commander. At this time, he quickly expressed his attitude, "Zhao Daliang pays homage to the acting camp leader."

Nicholas Liu Jinzhong looked at the two of them, then looked at Bohe City in a little panic, and suddenly felt very proud. He was still saying that he had no chance, but he didn't expect that the opportunity would come now.

"Close the city gate and go up to defend. We are only twenty miles away from Pingluo Fort. The Supervisor will send people to help soon, and there is nothing to worry about."

Outside the south gate of Puhe City, a Qing army had appeared outside the city. They were under the banner of the Zhenghuang Banner and were wearing yellow cotton armor. However, there were not many people wearing armor, only about five hundred, followed by about two or three thousand people. Although they were riding horses, they did not have uniform clothing, and only a few people even had cotton armor.

"The five hundred yellow flags are wearing armor, and there are about three thousand Aha slaves. There are no cannons, mainly bows, arrows and spears. Well, it's not a fear." Nicholas Liu Jinzhong stood in the south city and took the Qianli Jingzai and carefully looked at the Qing army several times, then showed a relaxed expression.

This is just a traditional Qing army, and it still relies on cavalry and shooting. Although he was a coach, he brought a whole infantry company this time. In addition to a bayonet flintlock long gun, each person was equipped with two short guns and four grenades. Not to mention, for this escort mission, they also carried four mountain dunes and many artillery shells.

With just a few thousand Qing troops, Nicholas is really not afraid. He is just ten times the enemy, afraid of it! I have a city and I have cannons! (To be continued.)
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