Zhang Xiaoqi, a close confidant of Bai Qianfan's commander who was sent to escort Jiang Yugang, was also taken aback, and hurriedly replied: "My subordinates met Jiang Xiaoqi at the camp of Manggu Mountain, and there was no enemy in Manggu Mountain at that time, and the soldiers in the camp were busy handling the corpses and trophies of the Luchuan army, thinking that it should have been a victory. ”

"What?" The knife in Bai Qianfan's hand that was about to be raised paused, and then slowly put it down: "Could it be that it is really as Li Xiaoqi said, defeating hundreds of Luchuan troops?" ”

"How many enemies have been annihilated, subordinates really don't know." Zhang Xiaoqi bowed his head and replied.

"The numbers must have deceived me." Bai Qianfan shook his head: "With one enemy and ten, this is nonsense, a small victory is not enough to offset Jiang Xiaoqi's mistake of letting him escape without permission." ”

"Commander Bai, there were indeed hundreds of enemies attacking last night, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to check with me." Jiang Yugang is also helpless, but unfortunately this is the Ming Dynasty, and there is no mobile phone and photos and other things to simply prove his innocence.

"Then I'll send Zhang Xiaoqi with you," Bai Qianfan's heart was also a little shaken at this time - could it be that this person really has the ability to command the troops to win more with less? There is a shortage of such capable people to stabilize the morale of the military everywhere.

He gritted his teeth: "If the matter is true, you are not to blame for privately instructing your subordinates to escape from the battle, and I will recommend you as the general banner with military merits, no, Baihu-"

And such a good thing? Unintentionally arranged for the three blacksmiths to escape to Mengyang City and be interrogated, not only were they not punished, but they could finally get a chance to be promoted to 100 households?

Jiang Yugang suddenly felt that he had thought too badly about everything in this era, and it was now the thirteenth year of orthodoxy, not the thirteenth year of Chongzhen. The Tumubao Rebellion had not yet happened, and the Ming Dynasty was fighting outside the Central Plains in order to establish order between the various vassal forces and the Ming Dynasty in the so-called Sanxuan and Liuwei regions of the Indochina Peninsula, which was still an era of a powerful empire.

However, Bai Qianfan's words interrupted Jiang Yu's thoughts: "-If you find that there are only a few dozen enemies attacking, I will definitely punish you for confusing the army." ”

Sure enough, it's still ruthless, it's really a little less bearing, maybe this is one of the precursors of decay. Jiang Yu couldn't help but scold, if it weren't for the serious casualties and the difficulty of replenishing the staff, it is estimated that this opportunity to be promoted to 100 households would not have come so quickly.

But when the matter is dealt with at this point, Jiang Yu is not afraid. In a bloody battle in one night, more than 100 enemies were defeated, and when the time came, he left a deep impression on this commander with his military exploits.

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When a few people returned to the Manggu Mountain camp, it was already close to noon. The clouds finally cleared in the sky, the sky was clear and sunny, and the branches and leaves of the night rain hung in the mountains and forests reflected the rainbow-colored light.

As a modern person who is deeply troubled by environmental pollution, Jiang Yuyan was greatly moved when he saw this beautiful natural scenery. He breathed deeply in the fresh mountain air and watched as the soldiers and craftsmen who came down from the mountain to greet him.

Lu Chong was at the front, and Xu Annian was closely followed by him.

Lu Chong hugged Jiang Yuyan without saying a word: "Xiaoqi, you can be regarded as coming back safely." ”

"Are you so worried about me?" Jiang Yuyan couldn't help but smile slightly when he saw Lu Chong's excited appearance. He had always treated this genius craftsman, who had been neglected since his father's death, with the utmost kindness, and seemed to have won his trust.

"If you don't die in battle, you die in your own army, it's too uncomfortable." Lu Chong realized his gaffe, left Jiang Yu's chest, and rubbed his reddened eyes a little embarrassed.

"Haven't I come back? It's okay. Jiang Yu rubbed Lu Chong's head and comforted. Then he looked at Xu Annian, who was ashamed: "You also came back from Mengyang City, are you in danger on the way?" ”

"We didn't encounter any danger, but we're sorry for you." Xu Annian said guiltily: "At that time, I couldn't explain the matter clearly to the person in charge for a while, which made Xiaoqi suffer." ”

Jiang Yugang waved his hand and showed a mysterious smile: "Sai Weng knows if he is blessed, I may have to thank you for giving me this opportunity." ”

As he spoke, he turned to look at Zhang Xiaoqi, a confidant of the commander Bai Qianfan, Zhang Xiaoqi saw that Jiang Yu was so popular in Manggu Mountain, and he never dared to show his arrogant appearance as a confidant of the commander.

"Zhang Xiaoqi, the inventory of last night's results should be over, please go check it out with me." Jiang Yuyan made a gesture of invitation and took the lead by himself.

The Luchuan soldiers were buried in a remote valley in the mountains of Manggu Mountain, and Jiang Yugang didn't want to talk too much to Zhang Xiaoqi and others, so he directly checked and counted the corpses one by one, and seeing was believing.

Zhang Xiaoqi was shocked by the mountains of captured booty in Jiang Yugang's courtyard when he first came, and when he came for the second time, he was even more secretly frightened when he saw so many Luchuan soldiers who died in battle. This Jiang Xiaoqi really commanded dozens of people to defeat the Luchuan army of more than 400 people in the rainy night when the fire was inconvenient.

As soon as the inspection was over, Lu Chong took the written spoils counting book: "Please Zhang Xiaoqi to verify, if it is correct, then you can present it to the commander." ”

"Jiang Xiaoqi's ability is obvious to everyone, this time, we misunderstood," Zhang Xiaoqi took a cursory look, accepted the paperwork, and said goodbye to everyone: "I will definitely report truthfully to the commander, now the army is lacking a talent like Jiang Xiaoqi, and being promoted to 100 households is by no means just talking." ”

"Thank you so much Zhang Xiaoqi." Jiang Yu subconsciously groped for his pocket, only to find that it was empty. He is poor and white at the moment, and he really has nothing to use to make connections, so he can only smile helplessly.

"Farewell." Zhang Xiaoqi didn't say much, turned around and left with a few of his subordinates.

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"Xiaoqi, I heard that this time you are going to be directly promoted to 100 households?" Back in his courtyard, Jiang Yuyan only felt extremely tired, and lay down on the grass. Lu Chong couldn't see that he was tired, and asked Jiang Yu about the news with an excited face.

"Maybe, but we only have more than 30 people left here, and a hundred households is not as many as the people in charge of the general banner." Jiang Yuyan was very realistic: "If it weren't for this situation, I guess I wouldn't have the opportunity to skip the general flag and be directly promoted to 100 households." ”

Jiang Yuyan looked at Lu Chong with a little curiosity: "I said, I was promoted to one hundred households, why are you so happy?" ”

"Of course I'm happy, if you become a hundred, then there will be a hundred people in the future who will use the firecracker we researched, if you become a thousand, it will be a thousand people." Lu Chong's eyes were full of expectation: "There are not many people like you who know the craft of weapons, I really hope that Brother Yu can be a commander, or even a bigger official." ”

"I hope too." Jiang Yu sighed and sat up again: "So we have to further improve the weapon - this time you and Zhang Da can use the firearm equipped with the child-mother gun, is it much stronger than other people's firearms." ”

"Of course." Lu Chong was very proud of this: "On weekdays, they always say that I don't know how to use firearms, but this time I have defeated more enemies than them, and two people came to ask me why, and I thought about the secrecy you said, so I didn't tell them." ”

"I've been a hundred households, and I can tell them when they become my soldiers." Jiang Yu said and reached out and took the firearm beside Lu Chong, which was built by Lu Chong himself, and may also be one of the first firecrackers in the world to use fixed-loading bullets: "The firing method of this firearm is not so much a child-mother gun, I have thought of a more appropriate name, fixed-loading bullets." ”

"Custom-fitted, custom-fitted." Lu Chong read it several times and nodded: "It's more appropriate to say this." ”

"The fixed ammunition increases the speed of the firebolt, and the accuracy and distance of the firebolt are still too poor." Jiang Yu remembered the defensive line that was broken down by the Luchuan soldiers with long knives: "Now our firearms can hit the enemy at most thirty paces away, so even if we arrange multiple shooters to attack in order, the safe shooting distance is too close, and our manpower can no longer support an effective offensive organized at this distance." ”

"Then, Brother Yu Gang, how far is it more appropriate?" Lu Chong asked.

"One hundred steps." Jiang Yu replied. This was not the result of some calculation or thinking, but the firing distance of the bird gun he knew was one hundred paces, or one hundred and fifty meters, "When the time comes, our fire suppression power will be more than three or four times that of those equipped with other firearms." ”

Only in this way can it be possible to turn the tide of the war in a future war. Jiang Yu thought of this, excited and full of nervousness - the wheel of history does not stop for a moment, and he must be faster and run before defeat to defeat it.