Chapter 52: The Opportunity of the Firecrackers

The next day, above the Golden Luang Palace.

There weren't many people who came this time, only Luo Yulong, Zhang Yingyuan, Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Qianzai. Not even Qian Qianyi.

"There are 100,000 people in the headquarters." Luo Yulong said: "Guarding the Jingshi." Most of them are old battalion leaders and brothers who follow their father, and their combat effectiveness is still okay, but where is General Li in Jiangbei, his strength is a little unbearable, and he can't be reused without much shock. ”

"Is this how Li Rugui does things?" Luo Rucai said angrily: "What is the use of the army that can't fight, count the heads? ”

"It's not to blame General Lee." Luo Yulong said: "The army has been greatly expanded, and there are too many recruits for a while, and the training is weak. Is there no way? ”

Luo Rucai said: "How is Wang Long's side? ”

Since Wang Lung followed Luo Yulong on his eastward expedition, he stayed in Jiangnan to guard. However, Luo Yulong and Wang Lung grew up together, and once Luo Yulong felt that his sister-in-law was Wang Lung, who knew that Zhang Xuan would be killed halfway. Even so, the relationship between Wang Lung and Luo Yulong is closer than that between Zhang Xuan, and Wang Lung can be said to be Luo Yulong's ironcore. In addition, Luo Yulong was also stationed in difficulty. Very knowledgeable about the situation in Jiangnan.

Luo Yulong said: "The situation on Wang Lung's side is similar, the old battalion head can still fight, but the new camp head is just guarding the city, and it can't fight a tough battle." ”

"Zhang Xuan, how is your situation on that side?" Luo Rucai asked.

Zhang Xuan said: "It's almost the same as General Wang's side." The old battalion leader can fight, but the new battalion leader can only defend the city, and it can't be done without training for a few months. ”

Luo Rucai took a deep breath and had to admit that Cao Ying swallowed Jiangnan in one bite, ate himself into a fat man, had indigestion for a while, and had more than enough self-preservation, and drew out 100,000 combatable soldiers, but there were some problems with the Western Expedition. For a while, seeing Huguang in chaos, it was estimated that he couldn't move.

"How many months can you train?" Luo Rucai could only accept the reality and asked.

"Hold the plate." Zhang Yingyuan said: "It's not that I don't do my best, I just whip them, and these recruits can't hold up the wall in the mud." As soon as he talked about this, Zhang Yingyuan was full of anger, he couldn't help but be angry, the folk customs in Jiangnan are different from those in the northwest, and he almost had to start from scratch.

And Zhang Yingyuan is not a good soldier in military training.

Or Cao Ying didn't train much before at all, he fought it all, and if he survived a few battles, he naturally knew how to fight, and he was naturally an old pawn.

Luo Rucai said: "Zhang Xuan, you are good at training, what can you do?" ”

Zhang Xuan had thought about this question before he came. But I can't think of any way for a while, after all, in the shortest possible time, it is difficult to train elite soldiers.

The era of cold weapons is different from later generations.

But in the era of cold weapons, it was different, military orders, banners, skills, camping, and marching. And so on have to be learned, among which the military order is to camp and march, these are very difficult to teach the soldiers, you can imagine that it is very difficult to train the soldiers during the anti-Japanese period.

Not to mention, let them memorize military orders, learn the skills of marching and camping, and so on.

These take time.

However, these things are only to ensure combat effectiveness.

The real battle still depends on the skill of the individual.

To put it mildly, if there is an organized killing. But killing people is also a very technical thing, spear assassination, long knife slashing, which requires skill. If you don't have a foundation, you need to train from scratch when you enter the barracks.

This is the difference between the northwest folk customs and the Jiangnan folk customs, the northwest wars are frequent, and the Mongols may not know when they will enter the customs, so many people are practicing martial arts to strengthen their bodies, and the crops they practice are not clever things, but with a foundation, it is easy to train in the army.

But the folk customs in Jiangnan have been peaceful for a long time, and once they have money, they are all for their children to study, and they want to change their homes.

Many people have never touched a knife or gun at all, and it takes longer to train from scratch.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan didn't say much about the training time of a strong army in the era of cold weapons, and it was already good if it could be trained in a year.

Zhang Xuan needless to say, at this time of year, Luo Ru will not be satisfied. Zhang Xuan pondered for a while and said, "The minister has a quick way, but he doesn't know whether it will succeed or not. ”

"Say." Luo Rucai said.

"Train the firecrackers." Zhang Xuan said.

"Musketeers?" Luo Rucai frowned and said, "Okay? ”

Among the Ming army, there were a large number of firecrackers. Luo Rucai hadn't seen it before, and in his impression, these firecrackers were just hearing a sound. Not at all, you don't need to rush to the front of the formation, you will fire, just lead them to fire first, take advantage of the gap in fire, rush up, and they will scatter with a bang.

"Father." Zhang Xuan said: "The reason why the official army is like this is that the quality of the official-made firearms is not good, and they are often blown up, and they are not trusted by the soldiers. As long as we manage it strictly, we will never shine on the unqualified firecracker, and it is good to train, and this firearm is used as a bow and crossbow, but there is no problem. ”

"The most important thing is that the firecrackers are easy to train." Zhang Xuan said: "I dismembered the firearm into eighteen movements, practiced every day, and I could become proficient in a month, plus military discipline and other training, I could go to the battlefield in a few months." Immediately, Zhang Xuan called the guards outside to send a firearm in.

This fire gun was made by Zhang Xuan from Zhang Qinchen, and it was very smooth and delicate, as if it was a work of art, Zhang Xuan presented it to Luo Rucai, Luo Rucai picked it up, and carefully checked it, and Luo Rucai was not too unfamiliar with the fire gun.

Firecrackers have been used on a large scale for a long time,

Luo Rucai didn't see it before, and he had to admit that the firearm in his hand was made well, and after he saw it, he handed it to Luo Yulong again.

Zhang Xuan's eyes were glued to the firecracker, carefully looking at the expressions of everyone who looked at the firecracker.

Zhang Xuan has never forgotten the matter of the firecracker. Always keep in mind that when He Hutou trained the firecrackers, Zhang Xuan personally participated in it as long as he had time.

Now He Hutou's firecracker can already shoot in array.

Of course, if you join the European battlefield, there is still a lack of willpower in the kind of shooting in line to shoot.

However, as a support branch, defending the city, escorting grain and grass, covering the Chinese army on the battlefield, and so on, there is no problem in doing defensive tasks. Due to the power of the bird's gun, the bird's gun shoots dozens of meters away, and it has no power. However, as a support class, it's already good.

Luo Rucai said: "What do you think? ”

Zhang Zhen said: "Your Highness, there is something wrong with this firecracker. ”

"What's the problem?" Luo Rucai said.

"It's too expensive." Zhang Zhen frowned and said.

"A good firearm is better than many knives and guns, although I haven't asked the price yet, but a qualified firearm is at least five taels of silver, and the firearm will be used for a long time, and I am afraid it will also be consumed. Every time you train, every time you play, it's money. Zhang Zhen said.

Zhang Zhen didn't want to oppose Zhang Xuan's opinion, but listening to Zhang Xuan's words, it was necessary to equip firearms on a large scale, so that Zhang Zhen didn't need to count, he knew that Cao Ying's financial support could not be met. After all, we have already seen the signs of drought, and we don't know what the harvest will be in the second half of this year.

Had to live within your means.

"Money is not an issue." Luo Rucai said: "But can the firecrackers do it? I've heard you say that you've probably trained as a firecracker. ”

"Yes." Zhang Xuan said: "The child ordered the tiger head to be the head of the fire gun whistle, and trained three hundred fire guns. ”

"Tiger Head!" Luo Rucai seemed to think of He Yilong, and was a little embarrassed for a while, and said: "Let the tiger head come into the palace to see me tomorrow with a fire hammer, I want to take a look." ”

"Yes." Zhang Xuan said.

Zhang Xuan's heart was excited.

Although in Zhang Xuan's view, the bird gun is not a qualified firearm, but it is already good to have a good start, there are one and two, as long as Cao Ying cultivates more than 100,000 musketeers, plus tens of thousands of elite cavalry in Cao Ying, it adds up to a combination of foot and horseman. When the time comes, the development of a better musket will be enough to sweep the Central Plains, and what kind of Qing soldiers will not be an opponent in the future.

It's just that I didn't expect that the opportunity for the large-scale popularization of the firecracker is not his power, but the characteristics of ease and training.

For a while, Zhang Xuan was looking forward to the arrival of tomorrow.

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