After inspecting the city wall, Xiao Ruxun set off for the barracks, thinking that 1,800 soldiers would be placed on the four city walls to guard against the rebels attacking the city on all sides, and the mobile troops left behind would be 700, in addition to 300 soldiers, there were 400 reserves, the troops were urgent, and time was running out! As soon as he thought of this, Xiao Ruxun suddenly felt a sense of urgency in his heart, it was about three o'clock in the afternoon, if it went well, he would be able to practice the guns today to see how well they used firearms. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Entering the barracks, Wang Hui came to meet him, saying that he had selected three hundred soldiers who could use bird guns, which could be reviewed by Xiao Ruxun, Xiao Ruxun nodded, and went to the school field, and saw three hundred guns with a bird gun in his hand, ten rows and thirty columns standing still, with a lofty spirit, quite a fighting spirit, it seems that the previous victory brought the army more confidence, and Xiao Ruxun led the troops in a good way, the army was neat, how to make it smooth, and there was no more trouble, which made him quite satisfied.

"The three hundred gunners are all soldiers who can skillfully use the bird guns, but they have not been trained in battle formations, and they don't know how to shoot at King Mu's three stages, so I don't know what advice the general has?"

Wang Hui followed behind Xiao Ruxun and asked.

"Bring me a bird's gun."

Wang Hui took a bird gun from the soldiers next to him and handed it to Xiao Ruxun, Xiao Ruxun took it, weighed it, about six or seven catties, not light, this is normal, if it is light, I am afraid that it is not made of fine iron, or cut corners, there is a risk of exploding.

This kind of bird gun is in the Jiajing period of the war against the Japanese, the Ming court from the southeast coast of the Japanese to seize the technology and made, before that, the Japanese in Portugal on the basis of the manufacture of the "iron cannon", its performance is slightly better than the Portuguese arquebus, and the Ming bird gun is based on the Japanese iron cannon, compared with the original Portuguese arquebus and the Japanese iron cannon slightly improved, about this time the Ming army single firearms in the leader, better than the imitation of the Turkish Lu Mi gun has not yet come out, to wait a few years later, Zhao Shizhen can imitate the Lu Mi gun.

The shape of this bird gun is similar to that of modern firearms in shape, with a wooden bracket, which is easy for the gun to grasp, increase the crosshair, the body of the gun has a rear crosshair, and the muzzle has a front crosshair, which is much stronger than the musket gun used by the Ming army a long time ago, but it is still very troublesome to use, it is necessary to load ammunition before use, pour the primer into the fire hole, pour lead and gunpowder into the barrel and ram it, light the fire rope, aim, trigger, and shoot before you can shoot.

In terms of rate of fire, the earliest arquebusiers due to the efficiency problem, three minutes to fire twice is considered efficient, and later generations of military experts continue to try to improve the rate of fire, skilled shooters can fire about three times a minute, the arquebus passed to Japan after the tempering of the Warring States period, there is a "morning close" and other arquebus technology, can increase the rate of fire again, seven times a minute, but this is useless.

The disadvantage of the arquebus is that it is afraid of water, because the gunpowder will not be able to be used when it is damp, in the battle of Salhu, when the Ming army and the Houjin army encounter the battle, it is when the heavy rain stops at the beginning and the fog is filled, the air is humid at that time, the gunpowder of the Ming army is damp, and it cannot be used at all without drying it with fire, so it was successfully defeated by the bow and crossbow of the Houjin army.

The arquebus is also afraid of the wind, the wind is too strong, not only affects the direction of shooting, but also accelerates the speed of the arquebus, the arquebus is burned before the battle is over, and the bird gun becomes a burning stick, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the history of arquebus for hundreds of years.

Arquebuses need to be ignited when they are fired, and the old gunpowder burns with a lot of smoke, and if it is fired quickly, it may be surrounded by gunpowder smoke and cannot be seen clearly! When the Ming army and the Houjin army fought, there was a sudden change in the wind direction after the shooting, and the gunpowder smoke filled the Ming army's position, so that the Ming army could not see the road ahead clearly, and was directly defeated by the Houjin army rushing into the formation.

For this reason, military strategists tried to improve the arquebus, but it was not until the beginning of the eighteenth century that the flintlock pistol was completely replaced by the arquebus.

Xiao Ruxun looked at the three or four meters long fire ropes tied to the guards, and asked Wang Hui, "Have these fire ropes been soaked in urine?" ”

Wang Hui's expression became very exciting, as if he had heard a fantasy, and asked in disbelief: "Urine?" What the general said, is it urine? Didn't the subordinates hear it right? ”

Xiao Ruxun was relieved, nodded and said: "That's right, urine, no matter if people pee or horse urine, soak the fire rope with urine water, and then dry it, which can slow down the burning speed of the fire rope. ”

After speaking, Xiao Ruxun looked up at the sky, in the last days when there was no weather forecast, mastering the weather was a matter of life and death, Xiao Ruxun through the collection of ancient books, worked hard for several years, and mastered the ability to observe the sky, so he said: "I look at the sky, there will be no rain in the near future, the wind is not weak, put it in the sun, it can be dried in about three or four hours, the enemy army has not yet appeared, time is not waiting, Ziheng, arrange it immediately!" ”

Although Wang Hui had a wonderful face, he still firmly carried out Xiao Ruxun's instructions, although he still had some doubts in his heart about why Xiao Ruxun suddenly attached so much importance to firearms, and he didn't know that he knew so much about firearms after fighting with him for two years.

Xiao Ruxun weighed the bird gun in his hand, thinking about the matter of taking a group of people and horses to line up to shoot the zombie army, and suddenly had the urge to make a shot, so he asked the gun for lead and gunpowder, loaded the primer into the primer pot, closed the lid of the primer pot, and then filled the fired gunpowder and lead from the breech, compacted it with the through strip attached under the barrel, and then lit the fire rope with a fire fold, blew a few times, fixed the fire rope on the fire rope clip, and aimed the gun at a scarecrow on the right side of the school field, pulled the trigger, immediately closed his eyes, and with a bang, Feel a wave of heat coming over your face.

When he opened his eyes, Xiao Ruxun found that his quasi-head was okay, about fifty meters, thirty steps, right in the head of the scarecrow, and a shot smashed half of the scarecrow's head, Wang Hui looked at Xiao Ruxun with great energy, and shouted: "The general is mighty!" ”

The three hundred soldiers shouted in unison: "The general is mighty! ”

Xiao Ruxun smiled, shook his head, handed the gun back to Wang Hui, extinguished the fire rope and returned it to the gunner, and then said: "Firearms are easy to get started, and they don't need to practice hard all day long like bows and swords, and they are also more powerful, so the national dynasty has developed firearms to equip the border army, but in the general's opinion, the firearms of the national dynasty are flashy and unreal, the name is very big, and the sound is huge, in the end, an enemy army can't be killed, and when it rains and gets damp, it's really not as good as a hoe!" ”

The soldiers laughed.

"However, there is no doubt that firearms are hugely powerful, whether it is our China or Western countries, the use of firearms in combat has a history of hundreds of years, and the great effect of firearms is needless to say, except for most of the flashy firearms, some remaining firearms, such as the general's cannon, the Francophone gun, including this bird gun is also the same, in actual combat is effective.

Even if in the plains field front, the effectiveness of firearms is limited, but in the battle of attacking and defending the city, the role of firearms is not under the bow and crossbow, this bird gun, the longest can shoot a hundred steps, although after 80 steps to hit where the king of heaven Lao Tzu does not know, after 50 steps, if the enemy is fully armored, hit and do not hit the same, but in the battle of attacking and defending the city, this bird gun can play a huge role.

Within the range of the bird's gun, about fifty paces, hit the enemy with a bow and a firebolt at the same time, hit the enemy with a bow and crossbow, if the arrow is not poisonous, it is not the vital point, the thief must not die, but if the enemy is hit with a bird's gun, it will not die immediately, and the place where it is hit will also fester, if it is not properly healed, it will definitely die in the future, gunpowder has fire poison, lead has lead poison, and the firearm itself is a poisonous weapon, it is a good weapon to kill the enemy, so that he can't die if he wants to! ”

Xiao Ruxun took a bird gun and held it high: "Although there are still many defects in the bird gun, but when the battle is about to go, it is a rare weapon to kill the enemy and die, and the thief army will come back at some point. ”

The three hundred soldiers were overjoyed.

"Ben will decide to set up a bird gun team in the army from now on, and Ben will be directly commanded! At the same time, gunpowder is limited, lead is limited, and you can't waste national funds by indiscriminately firing them, and you need to have some guarantees before you can become an army to fight in the city, so the military regulations are set! Wang Hui, come with the military judge! ”

Xiao Ruxun shouted loudly, Wang Hui immediately received the order, and the soldiers put away their joy with serious faces.

After a while, the military judge came, prepared a pen and paper, and Xiao Ruxun announced sharply: "The daily drill of the bird gun team, with eighty steps away, set up a five-foot high and two-foot wide wooden card, ten shots and seven hits for the fine, can be the bird gun team officer, one of the three bullets of the bird gun, flat; In the middle of the two, the reward is one point of silver; For the middle three, the reward is five points; If you miss once, you will be beaten with three sticks; If you miss the second time, you will be beaten with six sticks; Those who miss three times will be beaten with nine sticks; Those who miss five times will be beaten with forty sticks and dismissed! Those who don't want to fight will be fined five cents of silver once, one point for two times, and one and a half cents for three times! ”

The guards looked at each other with trepidation.

Xiao Ruxun sternly glanced at the three hundred soldiers: "You and the others are all people who have practiced firearms a few days ago, and you need to know that in addition to this kind of reward, the lead in the body of the enemy army also has half of the credit, which is considered a generous reward, and you don't need to go to the front line to fight the enemy, since you have this kind of treatment, you must have the qualifications to be worthy of this kind of treatment!" Those who do not have this qualification will be expelled immediately! Ben will order, the dishonorable, military law to do! ”

"No!"

The three hundred soldiers shouted in unison, their faces solemn.