With the permission of privilege, the entire city defense will be completely controlled under his command, and there will be no one else to hinder him, and then there will be enough money and food for the supervision of the eunuchs of the prison army, and the confidence of Father Zhao to hold Hangzhou will be sufficient.

took Mao Yulong and the eunuch of the prison army back to the city defense again, sent someone to look for it for a long time, and then found Yang Kuang back in a busy mess, explained the situation to Yang Kuang, who was in the dust but had high morale, and then introduced the eunuch of the prison army to him: "This is our prince of the prison army, he will monitor your words and deeds, but he will never interfere with your command." ”

Although he was frightened and unwilling to go out of the city at all, the arrangement of the top boss to guard the father-in-law had to be implemented, so the prince could only shake up his courage and pretend to be righteous and awe-inspiring: "We can't count on those civil officials with wine bags and rice bags, this Hangzhou city still depends on us people." The father-in-law of the town guard has promised you that if this battle to defend Hangzhou is won, if you are willing to continue to be an official, you will be promoted to the garrison of the foreign commission. If you don't want to be an official, you will be given a generous reward to reward you for serving the country. Although our family is called the Prison Army, this time the father-in-law of the town guard specially instructed me not to interfere with your military command, and only be responsible for your logistics and food. At this point, I have been given the privilege, and I promise that you will never lose anything to the loss of food and reward. However, if you want to take advantage of this opportunity to deduct the greedy ink, I also have the right to directly march the law, please keep this in mind. ”

Originally, Yang Kuang had no idea of continuing to enter the military, but he only stepped forward in this dangerous situation with a heart for the country and the people. Not only did he not want to be promoted, but he also didn't want to make a fortune with it, so the warning of the eunuch in the prison army did not go to his heart at all, which is the so-called selfless and wide heart of heaven and earth. So he bowed his hand to the general and eunuch: "The grass people will never be greedy for a grain of grain, as long as you can provide us with enough grain and grass and a reward for the sign, I will assure you that the camp outside the city will never be lost in my hands." ”

Getting such a guarantee is equivalent to getting a guarantee of his own safety, the eunuch's expression became relaxed, and he rarely quipped: "Let's throw away those high-sounding excuses, just for the sake of our family's old life, I will also do my best, what else do you need now?" I will say it as it is, but I solemnly remind you once again that there must be no one less than 5,000 centaurs. ”

Yang Kuang silently calculated: "As far as I originally knew, the 8th battalion outside the city, that is, the barracks where I used to be an assistant, has relatively complete defense facilities, so I decided to give up the other barracks and relocate all the materials and equipment here to hold on, what does my father-in-law think." ”

Being able to be respected by others, who lacked something, the eunuch of the prison army felt a trace of warmth in his heart, and then said generously: "Our family doesn't know anything about military affairs, and you still have to call the shots in this regard, so you can say what you need." For example, strong bows and crossbows, knives and guns, as long as you name it, I will find a way to get it for you. ”

"The strong bow and hard crossbow require at least two years of training time to exert its power, and it is not practical for us at all, but it requires at least three or five thousand pairs of long contradictory cards, and there are at least two thousand muskets. Of course, if there are two people, only one thousand is enough, and the overseer may be satisfied? ”

The army of the Ming Dynasty has actually come to the forefront of the world in terms of firearms, a musket, as long as a half-old child masters the simple operating procedures, he can kill a 10,000-strong enemy in the blink of an eye, which is not at all comparable to the bow and crossbow that requires technology. However, the reason why it could not play a huge role in internal and external wars, and on the contrary, became the bane of the army's defeat was because the soldiers were unwilling to use it and did not dare to use it.

The reason for this is the drawbacks caused by the Ming craftsman system.

The low status of the craftsmen is simply outrageous. And they don't get any money and food to build ordnance for the country, they do it all in vain, so they naturally slack off, such as building a bow and arrow, not to mention the cumbersome procedures, it is the waste of time caused by the sabotage, which is really outrageous.

A craftsman who shines a bow and arrow in two years is already a person with a conscience. And to build the fire gun basically a craftsman to do three or two years, and the quality is extremely poor, was praised by the Ming soldiers as a suicide artifact, after putting three shots, the explosion rate reached 100%, so the soldiers would rather use knives and guns to fight the enemy to the death, rather than use the most advanced firearms. Using firearms, killing the enemy is not necessarily, but suicide is no problem, and the result is that killing the enemy is not successful, but committing suicide, this death is really unjust, it is better to hold a knife, gun and stick and fight the enemy hand-to-hand, at least there is a chance to kill the enemy.

However, compared to those with thicker barrel walls, it is much safer. That's why Yang Kuang has such a proposal, the two-person platform is quick to get started, because the shotgun is also lethal and the safety factor is higher.

The eunuch of the prison army thought for a moment, and finally promised: "As long as there is this thing in the armory, I will definitely get it for you." ”

Hearing that a firearm was to be used, Mao Yulong stepped forward and asked, "Is the two-person platform really so powerful?" Can safety be guaranteed? ”

Yang Kuang could only smile bitterly: "The safest thing to attack the enemy from a long distance is still a strong bow and a hard crossbow, but I really don't have the time to train these people in those two or three years." If they were really trained, it is estimated that Hangzhou City would have been broken long ago. Although there is a danger of exploding the two-person platform, it is safer than those muskets, and there is no way to take the lesser of two evils. ”

Mao Yulong thought for a moment, and then solemnly proposed to Yang Kuang: "Although there are reasons for the quality of the manufacture of firearms, improper operation is also one of the important reasons, the fundamental reason is that the quantity of gunpowder is not accurate, even those veterans who operate all year round can not estimate the best pair, not to mention that in the face of the roaring enemy, it is even more nervous, isn't this the truth?" ”

Yang Kuang nodded in agreement: "Xiao Xianggong is right, those veterans adjust the dosage of medicine based on experience, even so, there are often too many explosives with projectiles, too little reloading, but no power." All I have to take out are civilians, and they are even more inexperienced, and suicide by bombing is inevitable, but at this critical time, it can only be so, as long as they can fire three shots in a row, I am already satisfied. ”

"You're kidding the lives of the people, and it's absolutely not advisable. We must ensure that we kill and injure the enemy and protect ourselves, otherwise the morale of the army will be a huge blow. Yang Kuang spread his hands: "That's what I said, but there is no way, I can't take the time to familiarize them with the charge." ”

Mao Yulong said to the old god: "I have a way to solve this problem." ”

All the people in the room stretched out their necks together: "What can the little minister do?" ”

So Mao Yulong said proudly with his hands behind his back: "If we get these two-person stations, we will test them one by one, and issue a fixed gunpowder to the signers according to the thickness of the wall of his barrel, so as to solve the problem that they can't grasp the amount of charge, and also ensure that the firearms will not explode as much as possible, so wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" ”

As soon as such a method came out, the soldiers in the room slapped their legs together and shouted, "Xiao Xianggong is really a capable person, but he came up with such a clever plan in a blink of an eye, and our Ming army will be invincible in the future." ”

Mao Yulong proudly accepted everyone's praise, but said in his heart: "Things are often like this, mastering a technology, or spying on a truth, often through a layer of window paper, as long as you poke it gently, everything is so simple, I just have hundreds of years of experience than you, and you don't need to look at me with adoring eyes, which is very uncomfortable and will make me flutter." "But this feeling of being adored and fluttering is really good.

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