Knowing some information about both the enemy and us, Zhang Qiang inspected the city wall with concern.

However, unlike what he feared, yesterday's victory still boosted the morale of the defenders in the city, and swept away the gloomy atmosphere of being besieged by the enemy's army a few days ago. ”

And he is also very happy in his heart, the morale is available, and the military spirit is available.

What made him even happier was that his Domination Skill had finally been upgraded to Level 9, and he could dominate eight hundred people.

Because he always fights these days and does not train soldiers, it is a pity that his coaching skills have not improved.

When he came to the place where the seized materials were stacked, Gu Yuesheng was still carefully counting, Zhang Qiang chatted with him for a few words, Gu Yuesheng patted his head, "My lord, I forgot to tell you, didn't we say that we captured the enemy's arquebus in the morning?" Isn't it better than ours? ”

Zhang Qiang knew, of course, that the arquebuses used by the Portuguese were certainly better than those they sold to the Southern Ming or Qing court tartars.

Zhang Qiang picked up an arquebus, first of all, this dragon head is more delicate than the Ming army and the Qing army Tartar, the arquebus is also good, there is a fire cover in the back, which can cover the face, there are inkstone holes on the fire cover, and the front gun head has a crosshair, which can be aimed at three points and one line.

The whole body of the gun is also gorgeous, much better than the shoddy work of the Ming army and the Qing army.

Look at the inside of the barrel, it is also smoother, and it looks wider and wider the further you go, the gunpowder explodes from the back of the breech, and then through the barrel, the barrel becomes thinner and thinner, the gunpowder gas is further compressed and accelerated, and the bullets fired are more powerful, faster, and more penetrating.

There was also a mount on the base where bayonets could be hung, the gun carriage was discarded, the weight was reduced, and the barrel was slightly longer, which increased the penetration even more.

Pick up a bag of gunpowder, gunpowder is better than the powdered gunpowder of the Ming army, granular gunpowder.

Every detail of this means the gap between his firecrackers and the enemy, and the guy Francis he wants to train is still repairing his guns in Jinhua Mansion.

"Send these guns to our most elite musketeers, and then choose the musketeers who are brave in this battle and kill the most enemies, and let them use the original muskets, and expand my musketeer force to a thousand. The others are organized into two hundred households and 500 people using the Qing army's bird guns, and the ones using medium firearms are then organized into two battalions of 500 people, and you will be in charge. Those who are not enough, recruit me from the captives. Disobedience or double-mindedness kills. ”

In this way, Zhang Qiang led 1,000 of the most elite musketeers, Gu Yuesheng led 1,500 guns made by the Ming army and the Qing army, and 1,500 medium or low-grade muskets, and Zhang Qiang's musketeers expanded to 2,500 people.

I met Yang Yangyang again and told him to establish an elite cavalry unit, 500 people, 500 people as a battalion in the future, and then find some people who can ride horses to form two other battalions, a total of 1,500 cavalry.

After the battle with the enemy's cavalry, Zhang Qiang deeply knew that the shortcoming of his firearm troops was that the mobility was too poor, and the firepower could not stop the enemy's large-scale cavalry charge.

Therefore, he needed a large cavalry force to meet the enemy's cavalry forces.

He also brought Tang Dianfeng and asked him to organize two thousand elite infantry troops, five hundred pikemen, five hundred sword and shield soldiers, five hundred archers, and five hundred broadsword soldiers, and the rest of the troops could only be classified as ordinary troops.

By the time Zhang Qiang inspected the city in the afternoon, 3,000 prisoners had died, and then 1,500 prisoners were forced to surrender and join Zhang Qiang's expanding army.

An artillery unit of 1,000 men was also organized to defend the city.

After a rectification and adjustment, Zhang Qiang's elite strength rose suddenly, returning to the 10,000 integer mark, and the combat effectiveness has improved a lot after rectification, while the captive soldiers have dropped from more than 20,000 to only 15,000.

They were frightened under the supervision of the infantry of Tang Dianfeng, continued to repair the city wall, strengthen various fortifications, and once out of the city, with the people of Pingnan County to dig the moat, if the enemy attacked the city, they had to endure the artillery, bows and arrows at the head of the city, bury the moat again, clear the obstacles, in order to attack the city.

Emperor Longwu was in a three-story attic in the county office, looking at the county seat of Pingnan.

He Kai beside him cautiously said to Emperor Longwu: "Your Majesty, you let Lord Su take over the magistrate and county official position here, and also let Weichen take over the household, will this make Zhang Zongbing feel that we are a little unfriendly to him?" ”

Emperor Longwu, Zhu Yujian said: "It's okay, the generals should fight, you civil officials, you should take care of the people's livelihood, with us supporting him in the back, he can rest assured to fight," After being silent for a while, Longwu said to He Kai: "Aiqing, do you say that in addition to the name of the descendants of the Zhu family, the identity of the Ming Emperor, at this moment, it is useless to change the situation?" ”

He Kai couldn't write a good answer, but looked at the subordinates who didn't have Zhang Qiang around, and said carefully: "Your Majesty, at this moment, it's not the people's livelihood, it's not the name, and so on some false names can work, the main role is to see whose troops are strong and strong, what we lack is this, although there are so many Ming officials and righteous people who have come and gone, but their strength is too weak to compete with the Qing army Tartars, and most of the governors and generals who have more than 10,000 troops are timid to fight, or simply surrender to the Tartars, That's why we can't come back. ”

Zhu Yujian nodded, "He Aiqing, that's a good point, so what does He Aiqing think I should do to recover?" ”

He Kai said: "Your Majesty, first of all, there must be generals to follow Your Majesty, there must be generals and soldiers who can withstand the attack of the Qing army, and there must be spare strength to attack the Qing army. ”

Zhu Yujian sighed, "The king is not the king of the dead country, the ministers are the ministers of the dead country, the first emperor has used this to tell us that it is difficult for the courtiers to be reliable." ”

"If you are good to your courtiers, your courtiers will definitely work for you," He Kai said.

Zhu Yujian said: "Could it be that the emperor treated those people badly? He Kai was speechless.

"Report, Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang is here."

Zhu Yujian turned around and said to the guards: "Xuan." ”

"Minister, Zhang Qiang knocked to see Your Majesty, with armor on his body, please forgive Your Majesty for being rude." Zhang Qiang, wearing a suit of chain mail, walked in and said to Zhu Yujian.

Zhu Yujian turned to Zhang Qiang and said, "Aiqing doesn't have to be polite, let's be even." ”

"Give a seat." Zhu Yujian said to the guards.

Zhang Qiang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you are standing, Weichen will not dare to sit even more, Weichen will stand here." ”

Zhu Yujian didn't persuade Zhang Qiang again, but asked: "Watching Aiqing inspect the city defense, all the way, non-stop, Aiqing is tired." ”

Zhang Qiang hurriedly responded, "Your Majesty, the enemy is besieging the city, the strong enemy has not retreated, how dare Weichen not care, Weichen is responsible for the safety of Your Majesty, the queen, the prince, and the safety of more than 10,000 subordinate soldiers, and dare not slack off." ”

Zhu Yujian stroked the beard on his chin, "Aiqing, are you sure to break the enemy?" ”

Zhang Qiang turned his head and thought about it, "Your Majesty, at present, it seems that after yesterday's bloody battle, the enemy was frightened, according to the report of the exploration horse, the other two soldiers and horses have retreated dozens of miles, and they will not threaten us for the time being, but Zhang Cunren, the pseudo-governor of the Qing soldiers and Tartars, is still resisting, his troops are still strong, 20,000 elites against 10,000 elites in our city, in addition, the enemy army also has the Ming army attached to the surrender of troops, the village courage of the nearby traitorous landlords and squires, the total strength is more than 40,000 people, if the city is attacked, Weichen has the ability to hold on for ten days and a half months, But if the enemy's continuous forces are coming, then Wechen is afraid that he will not be defeated. ”

He Kai asked beside him: "General Zhang Qiang, is there a way?" ”

Zhang Qiang shook his head, "Seeing the move, there is no way at present, I can only hold on, I have already sent someone to ask for help, and wait for reinforcements from Taizhou Mansion to contain the enemy, and then think about whether to defend or attack, or break through Taizhou Mansion." ”