Chapter 152: Gradual Change

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Xiao Tianjian was called a little fluttering by Yang Changshou, a general on the left, a general on the right, for a long time, his brothers under his command are used to him holding the plate, even after the Xingtian Army became an army, everyone still saw him to call the palm plate, how to listen to how awkward, this palm plate is the name of the pole head, as long as he is still called the palm plate, then the Xingtian Army has not yet left the category of ordinary poles, but this Yang Changshou may be because of the people who fled here from the north, it is customary to call the person who leads the team a general, The title of this general is much better than the title of the palm of the plate.

But Xiao Tianjian was not happy about the title of the general, after he listened to Yang Changshou's words, he was immediately overjoyed, this is really stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, and it takes no effort! He had been searching for so long to find a craftsman who could make birds, and now he had made him a master among the homeless people almost effortlessly, how could he not be happy! What's more, this Yang Changshou is almost a genius, not only can he build bird guns, but even artillery can be cast, this is a treasure, and having such a person is more affordable than him getting thousands of taels of gold, so he immediately laughed.

"You can rest assured about this, come here, give Master Yang a seat, sit down and talk! I'll tell you the truth, I've been looking for a craftsman like you all this time! Hard work pays off! Finally I found it! You can rest assured that our Xingtian Army will not be like the government, greedy for ink, if you are asked to build things, we will naturally give you enough materials!

I'd like to ask you, in addition to the Bird's Gun, can you also build the Rumi Gun? Xiao Tianjian was so happy that he no longer held the shelf of his plate, and immediately asked Tietou to bring a chair to Yang Changshou, let him sit down and talk, and called Yang Changshou Master Yang.

This made Yang Changshou a little dizzy, although he is a skilled craftsman, but their craftsmen have always been humble, they have always been looked down upon, and even the status of the military household is not comparable, after seeing Xiao Tianjian this time, this big boss actually values him so much, not only gives him a seat but also calls him a master, which is very rare, and suddenly Yang Changshou is a little flattered, and he doesn't even dare to be a master.

Xiao Tianjian still had to let him sit down and talk, Yang Changshou was really helpless, so after thanking Xiao Tianjian, he hung half of his butt on the chair that the iron head brought for him and sat down, and replied to Xiao Tianjian: "I have heard of the small Lu Mi Gong, and I have seen it in Ji Town, it is indeed sharp, compared to the bird gun, this Lu Mi gun is heavier, and the gun pipe is thicker, it can shoot a hundred steps away, and the small one was also carefully watched at the time, but the practice of the gun pipe seems to be different from the bird gun, and the others are easy to say, but if this gun pipe is small, if you build it, I'm afraid you'll have to explore it slowly! ”

This Yang Changshou is sincere, what to say, not at all, Xiao Tianjian was slightly disappointed after hearing it, but there can be no all-rounder in this world, Yang Changshou is not a craftsman in the Ministry of Industry, there must not be much contact with this kind of Lu Mi Gong, and it is not strange that he will not build it, but in his opinion, this kind of thing can be completely solved, it just needs some groping process, as long as the conditions allow in the future, he can discuss this aspect with Yang Changshou, so he then asked: "I see, So has Master Yang ever heard of a flintlock pistol? ”

Although the arquebus is already an advanced weapon in this era, the arquebus itself has many congenital deficiencies, not to mention the cumbersome operation and loading, when the arquebus is in operation, the shooter must first ensure that the arquebus is in a burning state, sometimes a little carelessness may cause a fire, in addition to the arquebus is very seriously affected by the weather, once it rains, it becomes a scrap iron, except for the iron rod can only be used, nothing can be done, not only rainy days, Even windy weather will seriously affect the use of arquebus, often the primer will be blown away by the wind, resulting in blind fire, so windy days arquebus will also be a large number of blind fire, resulting in unusable, there is another reason, that is, when the arquebus is used at night, because it must be lit to standby, so the target will be exposed far away at night, for once the night is needed to fight, the use of arquebus side, often cause passivity.

Not far ago, in the famous Battle of Salhu, the Ming army always held a torch in the dense fog because the arquebus needed to be ignited, exposing the target of the Ming army, and as a result, it suffered a big loss from the Eastern Tartars, so that the elite of the Ming army lost most of the battle, so after Xiao Tianjian arrived in this era, he has been thinking about trying to get a flintlock pistol to equip his musketeers, so as to overcome the shortcomings of many arquebuses and give greater play to the combat effectiveness of the musketeers.

"Flintlock pistols? I've never heard of this before! After listening to Xiao Tianjian's inquiry, Yang Changshou replied confusedly.

Xiao Tianjian thought about it, isn't it! The flintlock pistol is the name of Western Europe, although it may have been developed now, but it may not have been introduced to China, so people like Yang Changshou have never heard of the flintlock pistol, and it is definitely not surprising, but what should this flintlock pistol be called in China in this era? Xiao Tianjian couldn't think of it for a while, so he had to give up.

Although Yang Changshou didn't know how to build a flintlock gun, and he hadn't heard of a flintlock pistol, Xiao Tianjian was still very happy, and immediately asked several other blacksmiths who also knew how to make firecrackers to Yang Changshou to lead, so that they could immediately start using the materials at hand to build birdguns, and at the same time repair the faulty birdguns they were using now, so that the Xingtian Army could be equipped with more firecrackers as soon as possible.

Yang Changshou was also very happy about Xiao Tianjian's lift, which made him feel that there was a rare light on his face, people! In addition to food and clothing, in fact, everyone subconsciously wants to be respected, they are such craftsmen, they have never been looked at by people before, but now when they come to Xingtianjun, they are so valued by the big bosses, this alone makes them happy, so they naturally work harder.

From the beginning of these blacksmiths entering Tianlong Village, the blacksmith shop in the back mountain of Tianlong Village did not stop for a moment, and the sound of tinkling iron was never stopped all day long, and batches of three-edged spear heads began to be created continuously, and then they were replaced into the spearmen of the war barracks.

Everyone is quite unimpressed with this kind of black and seemingly simple spear head, but experienced people can see the mystery at a glance, the shape of the three-edged spear head is similar to the arrow of the three-edged armor-piercing arrow used in the army, but it is sharper, and there are blood grooves on three sides, just by shape, this spear tip is more conducive to assassination, in addition to this, it can not be used as it, and it also restricts the action of assassination can not be deformed, if the action is deformed and swept, it is almost the same as a stick, so it can only be used for assassination, And after getting these gun heads and replacing them with the gun barrel, Yan Chongxi immediately used this kind of gun head for a comparison test.

When he caught up with the fire-headed soldier and was about to kill the pig again, he had a fat pig tied up, and made two strong soldiers use two spear-headed spears at the same time to stab the fat pig.

Although the two guns were successfully and deeply pierced into the body of the fat pig, the fat pig let out a terrible howl, but when the gun was withdrawn, it was obvious that the gun with the triangular head was pulled out more smoothly, and the wound of the fat pig immediately spurted out a large amount of blood, and the ordinary willow leaf-shaped spear head also caused a lot of damage to the fat pig, but when the gun was withdrawn, it was very laborious, the fat pig did not die for a while, the muscles immediately contracted, and tightly "sucked" the willow leaf-shaped spear head, The soldier with the gun pulled out a sluggish action, and finally although the gun head was also pulled out, the willow leaf-shaped gun head was obviously deformed after being pulled out, and the bleeding of the fat pig's wound was obviously not as good as the bleeding of the wound caused by the three-edged gun head.

Yan Chongxi, as an experienced veteran, naturally immediately saw the advantages of the triangular spear head, the three-edged spear head in such a comparison of the advantages of the full display, it is not only much stronger than the willow leaf-shaped spear head, under normal circumstances, the spear head is not easy to break, and because of the three blood grooves on its body, the action of piercing and pulling the gun is very smooth, there is no sticky feeling, this is very important, when the spearman fights with the enemy, often even if a shot stabs the opponent, but the opponent often does not immediately lose combat effectiveness, The muscles on the body will contract violently because of the injury, often able to jam the tip of the opponent's gun, and then counterattack at the moment when the opponent is unable to draw the gun, which may often cause a lose-lose situation, on the battlefield, it can often decide life and death in an instant, don't look at such a slight effort, but it may decide a person's life, so this alone, the three-edged gun head occupies a great advantage.

The onlookers immediately squatted down and carefully examined the wound of the fat pig on the ground, and everyone immediately found that the wound caused by the three-edged spear head was obviously a triangular opening, and such a wound could not close itself at all, resulting in greater bleeding, which was obviously much higher than the damage caused by the willow leaf-shaped spear head, which made everyone gasp.

"Poison gun!" It was a thought that crossed the mind of everyone who participated in the trial.

So the people who didn't think about the three-edged gun head suddenly didn't dare to underestimate the unsightly guy in their hands, and they all couldn't put it down, and they all took the newly issued gun head to maintain and polish the blade.

Xiao Tianjian triumphantly watched these people do comparative experiments, all this can be said to be in his expectations, although the later generations dare not say that they are smarter than the predecessors, but the amount of information received is definitely not comparable to the predecessors, the traumatology of the later generations has been quite developed, what kind of weapons will cause greater trauma to the human body, and the common sense known by the later generations is probably far greater than the doctors of the previous life.

When he saw that the soldiers were about to polish the three-edged spear head in their hands, Xiao Tianjian stopped them with words: "You don't have to do this, as long as you keep the tip of the gun sharp, you don't have to open the blade at all, then the damage to the enemy will be much more powerful than after the blade is opened!" Believe it or not, even a little rust doesn't matter! ”

After saying that, Xiao Tianjian left a group of confused fellows from the second monk, ordered them to continue practicing, and turned back to work in the blacksmith shop.

After the crowd dispersed, the firehead soldier came over scolding, looked at the fat pig on the ground and scolded: "Grandma, these guys have nothing to do with pigs!" Is there such a pig killing? Isn't this pot of pig blood wasted in vain? Killing pigs is not the way to kill! Isn't this tossing pigs? poked such a big hole, how can Lao Tzu blow the pig! But he did not dare to scold the soldiers to their faces, and although he was full of complaints, he still used a sharp pig-killing knife to mend the unfortunate pig, and put an end to its suffering, and a group of people began to carry the pig back to cook meat.

Holding a bird gun that had just been repaired by Yang Changshou, Xiao Tianjian tried to aim it in his hand, so he said: "This kind of gun is not good!" At present, this kind of gun handle can only be held with the right hand, the left hand flat end of the gun body, all rely on arm strength, the gun handle can be changed to modify the system, lengthen the butt, so that when the musket holds the gun to aim, there can be a support point on the shoulder, forming a more stable support, so that you can aim more accurately, and you can definitely improve the hit! ”

Xiao Tianjian found a disadvantage of the bird gun they use now, that is, the bird gun stock they use now is just a curved handle, which is very different from the shape of the rifle butt of later generations, and it looks very primitive, although the firecracker can also stick his face on the curved handle and aim through the door and the front sight, but he can only use two hands to control the stability of the gun body, far less stable than the shoulder butt of the rifle of later generations, the hit rate does not need to be considered, it must not be as good as the gun with the shoulder butt, So today, when he has a craftsman who can make guns, he finally put forward suggestions for improvement.

Yang Changshou put down the work in his hand, looked at the bird gun in Xiao Tianjian's hand, and replied with some doubts: "General, the bird gun is all in this style, and the little one doesn't quite understand what you mean!" ”

Xiao Tianjian shook his head slightly and said: "For craftsmen, you don't have to abide by the old rules, if everything is sticking to the old rules, then you can't improve your skills, especially to build weapons, you have to think about how to improve the effect of weapon use, of course, you may not understand what I said, this kind of thing seems to have to find a carpenter to do it!"

I'm still thinking about one thing, Master Yang, come and see, although this bird gun is sharp, lead bullets can kill the enemy dozens of steps away, but the operation is complicated and powerful, often only one shot can be placed in battle, and it is too late to reload the second shot, if a spearman can only put one shot on the battlefield, then it is really a waste of manpower!

Once the spearman has finished his gun and is bullied by the enemy to get closer, the bird gun will become a burning stick, and the spearman can be said to have no power to fight back against the enemy, either he can only retreat behind the formation, or he can only be slaughtered by the enemy!

I pondered one thing, if you prepare a short sword in front of the bird gun or simply prepare a three-edged spear, once the musketeer puts the gun, before the enemy can no longer reload the enemy, the musketeer can put the short sword on the front of the muzzle, so that the bird gun can be used as a short bayonet, the bird gun plus the length of the short sword, and the bayonet is about the same, against a single knife of the enemy, should not be at a loss, so that the firecracker can also meet the enemy in close combat, and will not be powerless to fight back! What does Master Yang think? ”

Yang Changshou pondered, hey! It's really true, after the bird gun is equipped with a short sword or short knife, it can indeed be used to fight with the enemy, so that the fire gun hand will have an extra layer of protection for life, many times, some things just look at people and don't think of it, often as long as they think about it, some things are very simple, a little bit is thorough, Yang Changshou immediately nodded and said: "The general is really talented, I have never thought of this kind of thing before, it is not difficult to get this, the small one will be done immediately, and one or two can be created tomorrow, Try it for the brethren of the firecrackers! ”

Xiao Tianjian nodded and asked Yang Changshou to immediately start arranging people to do this, but he didn't want him to delay the repair of the bird gun and the creation of a new bird gun, this kind of thing could be completely handed over to ordinary craftsmen to do, Yang Changshou immediately nodded and agreed.

After Xiao Tianjian came out of the iron work, he immediately called a carpenter with good skills, handed him the bird gun in his hand, drew a few strokes on the ground with a branch, and explained to the carpenter, the carpenter nodded again and again, took the bird gun and patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, hold the plate!" This kind of small thing can definitely be done! We also have ready-made oak wood here, which is just right for this, but if you don't paint it, it won't take much effort! The little ones will do it! ”

Early the next morning, a brand-new bird gun with a changed butt was handed over to Xiao Tianjian, and a newly created short knife specially equipped with a bird gun on the iron side was also made and sent to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian immediately took these two things with great interest to the special training venue for firecrackers, summoned those firecrackers, and asked people to help him reload the newly modified bird's gun, ignite the arquebus, and stuck it on the dragon's head.

Xiao Tianjian firmly put the butt of the gun on his shoulder, aimed at a wooden target, and then pulled the trigger, the dragon head fell, and after a gunshot, he saw that a bullet hole immediately appeared on the wooden target forty steps away.

"Good marksmanship in the palm of the plate! It's so accurate! The surroundings were immediately like clouds, surging towards Xiao Tianjian.

And the newly built bayonet Xiao Tianjian was not satisfied, because the blacksmiths' ideas were too simple, just added an iron rod with about the same thickness as the inner chamber of the barrel behind a short knife, and inserted it directly into the barrel when used, but the disadvantage of this is that the musket can no longer be loaded and fired, and the other is too loose and easy to fall off, and the plug is too tight, it is difficult to pull it out, this bayonet Xiao Tianjian is naturally very dissatisfied, so he asked the blacksmith to take it back and rethink it, requiring it to be installed firmly. It doesn't affect the loading and firing of the musket, and it doesn't affect the aiming!

Xiao Tianjian was too lazy to care about this kind of thing, so he let the blacksmiths figure it out by themselves, and after he counted it with his fingers, he found Master Jin to discuss something new.