Li Hua. ”

"Appoint you as the general of Xinping Fort, and call on the guerrilla battalion to garrison Xinping Fort to ensure that our army's rear is not lost."

Wang Zezhi had to go thousands of miles away to attack, and the passage from Xinpingbao to transport supplies became his logistics lifeline.

If Xinping Fort is lost, his follow-up food and grass will be cut off.

Therefore, this place also needs to be protected.

"Order."

"5,000 steel armor heavy cavalry, 5,000 fire gun light cavalry, under my command, Yang Guo and Xiao Liuzi each led 10,000 troops, and went with me at the end of August."

From Datong Mansion out of the customs, to the Tumut pastoral land, through Yongshao no pastoral land, the original Chahar pastoral land, and then to Hao'er to take advantage of more than a thousand miles, to Hao'er to take advantage of the fact that they have to make a detour south to attack Shengjing.

Not only was it a long way, but the road was also difficult, and by the time they arrived, it was almost October.

The point is that he and Huang Taiji walked on a parallel line that was hundreds of miles apart.

Huang Taiji was in the south, attacking the Beijing division through the Liaodong defense line.

Wang Zezhi was in the north, detoured to the Mongolian tribes on the left flank, and attacked Shengjing through Hao'er in the south.

When Wang Zezhi's army arrived in Shengjing, it was the time when Huang Taiji arrived in Beijing.

"Inform the whole government, order all military meritorious soldiers to immediately respond to the call, gather in Tianchengwei, and appoint Yu Zhong as the general of the military meritorious soldiers, and there are three things that the military meritorious soldiers should do.

The first thing is to cooperate with Li Hua to guard the grain route from Datong Mansion through Yanghe, Gaoshan, and Tiancheng Sanwei, and from Xinpingbao.

The second thing is to receive the prisoners who have been sent back from outside the customs.

The third thing, when Xinping Fort was lost, he was responsible for protecting the sergeants and retreating to Datong City. ”

"Yes."

The people in the General Military Administration were ordered to retreat, and only Wang Ze was still here.

He beckoned, and the herald guarding the door walked in.

"Call the two directors of the Foundry Bureau."

"Yes."

The craftsmen of the left and right bureaus of the Foundry Bureau, Ma Huai and Zhao Can, have been rushing to Datong Mansion for two days.

As soon as they arrived, Wang Zezhi sent them to the artillery battalion to visit the cannons.

It's okay that these two people don't look at it, but they are fascinated by it, and they actually want to disassemble the cannon.

For now, Wang Zezhi has this cannon in his hand, and he is reluctant to dismantle it like this.

With the technology that the two of them currently mastered, after dismantling this cannon, the casting process could not be restored.

Therefore, Wang Zezhi and the two of them did some ideological work, and then ordered them to discuss the theoretical knowledge of cannon casting with the two craftsmen they bought.

The two craftsmen were worried about the language barrier and talked to Wang Zezhi, Wang Zeyi patted his head, and then remembered that he didn't know Portuguese.

So, he hurriedly sent someone to ask if these two craftsmen could speak Chinese.

Fortunately, the two craftsmen had to follow Li Luoke around the Ming Dynasty and learned Chinese, otherwise communication would have become a big problem.

If you can speak Chinese, you won't have much of a problem communicating.

Ma Huai and Zhao Can's casting skills are both wild, and as soon as they heard the theoretical knowledge of the system, they suddenly became curious dolls.

For the various technical terms in the mouths of the two craftsmen, they are even more curious to ask.

Until today, they have been communicating for a long time, and Wang Zezhi feels that it is time to summon the two to ask about the situation.

"I don't think this method works for us here..."

"How do you know if you can't try it? You'll have to try it to know if it works. ”

"Definitely not, it's a waste of materials to try even if you know it won't work."

"I thought I could give it a try."

"What to try..."

Ma Huai and Zhao Can entered the General Military Department with two dark circles under their eyes and a red quarrel.

When they walked in the door, they were still arguing.

"Ahem..."Wang Zezhi coughed and signaled them to stop arguing.

The two were stunned for a moment, only to find that they had arrived at the General Military Administration.

"Little ones meet the adults."

"Your Excellency."

The two came back to their senses and saluted Wang Zezhi.

"How are you two communicating with those two craftsmen?"

"This..."Zhao Can hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to say it or not.

"The adults are like this, after in-depth understanding, the little one found that these two people know ninety percent of the casting skills of this new cannon, but they don't know the method of cooling.

The most important thing in casting a cannon is this cooling method, if you don't know this cooling method, even if you cast this kind of cannon, it will be a scourge of exploding. ”

Compared with Zhao Can, an official craftsman, Ma Huai has cast red-coated cannons and has rich experience, and most of the red-coated cannons in Wang Zezhi's hands were cast by Ma Huai in this game.

Ma Huai only communicated with the two craftsmen to know the most critical issue.

"Look at you, although those two don't know the specific method, but they've heard about it, why don't we try it?" Zhao Can still didn't want to give up, and said to Ma Huai.

"You know a fart, the kind of method they heard is incomplete, there are a lot of details they don't know at all, we still have to explore, do you know how much time, manpower, material resources, and financial resources we have to waste just to find these details?" Ma Huai roared.

"What's wrong with fumbling for details? It's better than not knowing anything, right? ”

"What's wrong? Using our iron core copper casting can solve this core problem, other skills can be applied to theirs, there is no need to waste time to explore, why do you have to copy other people's methods, according to the gourd to draw the scoop must be good? ”

Ma Huai roared at Zhao Can in the General Military Administration.

The green tendons on his neck jumped up.

Generally speaking, people like Ma Huai are the least likable to leaders.

However, Wang Zezhi heard something different from Zhao Can from Ma Huai's words, and he admired Ma Huai a little.

Wang Zezhi guessed that Zhao Can was shocked by the theoretical knowledge that the two craftsmen said, and he felt that what others were doing was good.

Ma Huai is different, Ma Huai has his own ideas.

He thinks that other people's things are unreliable, and his own things are the best.

Moreover, he is also able to receive advanced theoretical knowledge.

He also knew how to combine the methods of two craftsmen to cast cannons with his own methods.

"Alright, stop arguing." Wang Zezhi couldn't stand it anymore, and he waved his hand to stop the two from continuing to quarrel.

The two quieted down and waited for Wang Zezhi to speak.

"I think you both have a point, that's it.

These two craftsmen, one for each of you, each of you use your own method to cast cannons, whoever casts the cannon and the one you buy is the director of the Foundry Bureau, and from then on, the Foundry Bureau is no longer divided into left and right. ”

Wang Zezhi will say this, because he has already seen that Ma Huai is confident and has his own methods, and Zhao Can is completely impressed by the Western theory of cannon casting, and he has fallen into it and cannot extricate himself.

Wang Zezhi believes that Ma Huai will not let him down, and it is Ma Huai who he is more optimistic about.

As for Zhao Can, he has fallen behind, other people's are someone else's after all, and what he researches by himself is the real good thing.

After Wang Zezhi said this, the two of them were shocked.

Then, both of them became eager.

In their opinion, whoever casts a qualified cannon first shows whose idea is right.

The right person will win, and the winner will be the only one to talk about the foundry.

The two of them stared at each other viciously, neither of them convincing the other.

"Your Excellency is wise."

"Yes."

The two of them saluted Wang Zezhi and couldn't wait to do something.

"Luo Cong, draw a row of guards to escort them back."

"Yes."

Song Tongyin said that the current Taiyuan Mansion is not safe, and these four craftsmen are all big treasures in Wang Zezhi's heart, and he is reluctant to let a few people have an accident.