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Chapter 141 Heavy Armor

"We Tianchengwei and Zhenluwei are both fine, because we have Lord Zhang. We can't go all the way to Pianguan, but it's still better than in northern Shaanxi. People there heard that they are going to escape from the famine again."

“Life is not easy in southern Shanxi.”

"After all the time, it's because we have He Yusheng there, otherwise I might be fleeing the famine now."

"What does it mean? You are sure to escape from famine."

"It's better here."

"Fat, you can pinch the oil."

"In such a good place, the Donglu can make the Liao people starve to death and escape most of them, which is really amazing."

People who came over Datong all have the same view. Compared with the quality and fertility of the fields, the land in Liaodong can leave Datong far away. Such fertile land cannot support millions of people, which is only half of the number of people in Shanxi. Compared with the vastness of Liaodong and the fertility of the land, as well as the wild beasts and fish in the undeveloped forests and rivers, it is ridiculous to starve people to death in such a place!

"It's indeed ridiculous." Huang Yu'an said: "The Donglu had no organization at all. Their Eight Banners were indeed united with soldiers and farmers, but that's all. They couldn't do more useful things. According to the summary of intelligence personnel, the old slaves did often give instructions on farmland, but they were all old experiences from decades or hundreds of years ago and were completely helpless in the current time. Their level was that, and they could not respond based on the current time. In addition, they knew almost nothing about how to farm."

Huang Yucheng laughed when he heard this, and after a while, he said: "I originally wanted to say that the people in your Agricultural Administration Department were too arrogant, but looking at the wheat in front of him, I decided not to talk about it."

The wheat fields in front of you are indeed growing well, which makes people feel happy.

The wheat seedlings in the wheat field are very thick, the wheat stems are not tall or short, there are not too many lodgings, and there are many ears of wheat and quite full. They can be harvested in about one and a half months. Because of the sufficient seed selection and fertilization, the wheat here grows better than those on the grassland. After all, compared with the land power of the land, the land in Liaodong is more suitable for farming.

"Look, we built river dams from several places." Huang Yu'an said proudly: "Raising the river water level, and then building multiple main and branch canals to divert the flow, so there is no need to dig wells, and the conditions are much better than those in Lizhuang. However, water trucks still need it. It is difficult to divert flow in the dry season, so use animal husbandry to pull the water truck to divert the water..."

Everyone listened very much. After all, agricultural officials with a level and status like Huang Yu'an are not often allowed to stay in Kuandian. The scope of their main activities is definitely the grassland. In terms of the scope and scale of farmland farming and interests, they are the most important on the grassland.

However, the scale of farmland in Kuandian is also expanding rapidly. Although ships are constantly sending food, people know that it is better to be self-sufficient in food. From a transportation perspective, the consumption of food transportation is the smallest, but the people of Heyusheng have always been very energetic and want to do the best in their work. If the 12th Regiment can successfully settle in Kuandian and be self-sufficient in Kuandian, there is no doubt that this is the glory of everyone. For the people of Heyusheng, honor represents everything.

"He's here to escape."

Someone shouted at the far post, which attracted everyone's attention. Everyone stood up from the wheat field and looked into the distance.

"Recently, the old slaves have massacred Liao people in Liaodong." Huang Yu'an said to Huang Yucheng with resentment: "I didn't know that someone was so crazy before I came here."

"I heard it too." Huang Yucheng said: "After this massacre, I'm afraid that one out of ten Liao people will remain. I think that in addition to the old slaves who are afraid that the Han people are unreliable, they are mostly using killing to relieve the pressure on food."

"It's probably true." Huang Yu'an sneered: "It's a pity that the old slave doesn't understand. There are many lands with many people and few people to grow. The pressure on food is the same before the weather changes and the farming methods are improved, no matter how many people."

"The tide of escape from the people will expand." A tall black-faced official passed by and bowed to the Huang brothers, saying: "At the beginning of the massacre, many people were not able to react in time, and some people escaped by luck, but Donglu's move must have scared many people. The weather and warmth will make it easy to escape. No matter how tight the Donglu saw, a large number of Liao people would continue to escape. We must be prepared before this. There are still many Pinggu places in Kuandian that can be cultivated, and Taiwan also needs people. We must do this well."

"What this lord said is very true." Huang Yuan agreed quite well and asked, "Do you dare to ask for the name of the surname?"

"Oh, Zhao Lide, deputy chief of the Military Information Branch." The black-faced official smiled and bowed, nodded to Huang Yucheng again, and then hurried forward surrounded by several escorts.

It turned out to be an official from the Military Information Branch. Although he was half a level lower than him, Huang Yu'an still looked silent.

"I'll go there too." Huang Yucheng said: "Check for the escaped people if they are sick."

When he was in Taiwan, Huang Yucheng often dealed with military intelligence personnel, and even knew the internal information and military legal personnel. The benefits of military medical officers are here. Regardless of which department you have, don’t get sick if you have the ability. After a while, they become familiar with these secret activities and understand that they only have some rules that require secret actions. They are not born with a gloomy personality, so they don’t look like ordinary officials. When they hear about military intelligence and internal information, their faces will change.

Huang Yu'an shouted from afar behind, "I will live in the same place tonight, and I still have a lot to say."

"I understand." Huang Yucheng didn't look back, but waved his hand back.

Seeing his brother walking forward in a gray short military robe, belt and military boots, Huang Yu was so happy that he was disappointed. When Huang Yu became a poor scholar, others would never have thought that one day he would become like this.

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"Okay, everyone will follow me."

Li Fang finally removed his mail and had passed three outer posts. The distance was more than five miles away. This place was already quite safe and there was no need to be fully alert.

There is already a row of houses in front of them, which should be a company garrisoned outside, a small camp, and further inside is a large area of ​​farmland.

This is also the characteristic of the military camp of the Merchant Army. No matter what, the safety of the agricultural and living areas must be ensured.

At this time, you can already see the situation in the farmland area. Below the surrounding valley is a large wheat field area. Most of the people live in a large fortress area inside. There are some scattered houses in the farmland, which should be corrals with oxen and horses. There are also large areas of low brick and tiles on the opposite side of the river. Li Fang pointed there and introduced: "There are pig houses and sheep pens and chickens there."

“It’s really neat.”

"It's amazing," the man with a leopard eyes grinned and said, "A group of big men, the farmland is neatly made, and these houses are so neatly made."

Li Fang smiled and said, "You will know when you live there. Not only farmlands, but also various utensils are very neat and neat. We said that if you don't sweep a room, you can't sweep the world. So you sit, walk, stand, and lie down. There is nothing that doesn't follow the rules. If you want to be casual and casual, you can go to the Dongjiang side."

Many escaped people nodded. The boss in the leopard's eyes was unhappy and whispered to the short beard: "It seems that the soldiers here cannot be controlled so strictly, and they have to spend more effort to farm. I think we will go to Dongjiang after a while. With our man's health, we can be a war soldier, and we are not afraid of not having enough food."

The short beard nodded slightly and expressed his agreement: "Anyway, they also said when they came here, they were just helping us, whether to keep Hutchison or go to Dongjiang to follow us."

"They are just a business, and the rules are bigger than those in Dongjiang Town, so they can't stay there."

These two guys are considered bold. Even if others are willing, no one dares to speak out.

Everyone continued to move forward, and on the two rows of houses ahead, they saw a team of soldiers like Li Fang training.

All soldiers were wearing layered armor, holding large swords or iron spears, short swords and shields, iron halberds, or boring handles. They kept waving or poking forward, changing the array at all times.

Some Liaodong men were aware of things, and immediately said, "They practiced the Yuanyang Formation and the Xiaosan Talent Formation, as well as the circular Formation. They practiced the method in heavy armor and weapons. This is really a way to do it."

"I don't know how many days to practice?"

"It seems that the formation is skillful, and the sword and gun styles are very sophisticated."

"I feel stronger than the war soldiers in our Liao Town back then."

"I'm afraid I'm not a little bit strong, right?" Leopard eyes said vigorously: "This must be the personal soldiers of the general here, or the Cangtou Neidian. But even the personal soldiers of our generals in Liao Town could not compare with each other. How could hundreds of people wear serious iron scale armor!"

When fighting cold weapons, armor is the thing that morale is most popular. With heavy iron armor and an elite Fujian iron waist knife, soldiers will definitely choose heavy armor first, followed by stronger weapons.

This is the human heart. Compared to making achievements, more people are willing to save their lives first.

Building iron armor is a reflection of a country's national strength. Unfortunately, even a huge empire like the Ming Dynasty has serious shortages in its armor reserves.

Not to mention that the equipment of the military and garrison stations in the mainland is sparse, even in the nine-sided important towns, there are very few real iron-scale armor. The soldiers of Liao Town can only wear military jackets. The better old soldiers and cavalry have cotton armor, so the Needian will generally wear foam nails and double-breasted iron-leaf cotton armor. This is considered a good equipment. Only a very small number of elite soldiers are qualified to wear iron-scale armor. In the main barracks of about 3,000 people led by a general, there will never be more than 200 soldiers wearing iron-scale armor, and almost all of them are Needian cavalry of generals at all levels. Infantry wearing heavy armor is a myth of the past.
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