After talking to Shen Weijing, Xiao Ruxun returned to the official office with those iron cannons and found Yuan Huang, who was immersed in dealing with things. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"This is the main firearm of the Wakos?"

Yuan Huang lifted one and weighed it: "It's slightly heavier than my Da Ming Bird Gun, and it looks a little more powerful!" Unexpectedly, the Japanese Kou actually walked in front of Daming in this regard. ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded: "Regardless of whether they are small countries and widows, in this regard, Japan did go earlier, they got the Francophone man's bird gun technology earlier than the Ming Dynasty, improved it, and became the current bird gun, and the Ming Dynasty only imitated it after getting the Japanese iron cannon, and it has not been improved."

Now the bird gun used by the Ming Dynasty is the iron cannon used by the Japanese 20 years ago, that is still used by pirates, not used by the Japanese regular army, whether the Japanese iron cannon has improved in the past 20 years is still unknown, you need to let the craftsman take a closer look to know, tomorrow we will also try the gap between the iron cannon and the bird gun, so as not to suffer. ”

Yuan Huang nodded with a heavy face: "It seems that it is necessary for someone to start developing a more sophisticated bird gun, otherwise it will not be good if the weapon is inferior to the Japanese Kou." ”

"Not necessarily." Xiao Ruxun shook his head: "After all, the bird gun is a single firearm, the power is limited, Japan is a small country and a widow, and there are few resources, so it is not as good as my Daming land, so I can only develop this kind of individual firearms, Daming is rich and has a lot of resources, so I can use artillery, these days I got the news, I found that the number of artillery in the Japanese army is very small, and it cannot be compared with Daming artillery at all." ”

"That's good news." Yuan Huang looked at the iron cannon in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Since the Ming Dynasty's bird cannon and the Japanese cannon's iron cannon are both from the Franco man, I don't know how sophisticated the firearms of this Franco man are?" Ji Xin, after this battle, we have to deal with the Francophone people in Liangguang, and get the latest firecrackers from them to take a look, and we can't be left behind! ”

Xiao Ruxun agreed: "I already have a preliminary idea in this regard, it is not possible to always rely on outsiders, not my race, their hearts must be different, they may not give us the latest technology, we have to find a way to study it ourselves, we are the ancestors of firearms, the end of the Tang Dynasty began to use firearms, and the firearms of the Franco-machine people are still passed on to us in theory, but they have not worked hard in one direction over the years."

I heard that where the Francois people are located, the firearms of the army are only two kinds of bird guns and artillery, and they are working hard towards these two, but we are in full bloom, rockets, fire, thunder, muskets, and artillery are studied together, all kinds of them are all kind, and the strength is not towards one place, which is left behind, and after these years of fighting, I feel more and more that only bird guns and car cannons are the most practical firearms, which has to be explained to the imperial court, those flashy firearms don't get it, concentrate on this. ”

Xiao Ruxun kept looking at the iron cannon in his hand.

Yuan Huang also agrees with Xiao Ruxun's concept and feels that he is very compatible with Xiao Ruxun.

"Then did Shen Weijing find out the number of Japanese pirates in Pyongyang?"

"Well, he estimated that there were about 15,000 to 20,000 people."

"So much? The North Koreans said that it was a thousand before, isn't that fooling people? ”

Yuan Huang was a little surprised.

"That's why I absolutely don't trust any information provided by the North Koreans, and I have to get the information myself." Xiao Ruxun said in a deep voice with a cold face: "Even some important military affairs can't be known too much to the North Koreans, there are spies in their court, not only betrayed Zu Chengxun, but also betrayed their own people, before the North Koreans themselves fought Pyongyang and betrayed them, if you don't find out the spies before the war, this battle will not be stable." ”

Yuan Huang looked around and whispered, "What does Ji Xin mean, is it Zu Chengxun's report?" ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded: "That's right, there are too many contradictions in the report, if you think about it carefully, you can find that Li Xue is absolutely problematic, I have tested Liu Chenglong and found that his face is different, he must know something, but he doesn't dare to say it, for fear of causing the wrath of Daming, so these days I sent a few people to secretly investigate Li Xu's affairs, and I estimate that I can find out some clues." ”

Yuan Huang looked at Xiao Ruxun with appreciation: "The imperial court has Ji Xin as the main general, it is really a clever move, such a thoughtful general like Ji Xin, the old man has not seen it for many years, and the last time I saw it, it was Qi Shaobao." ”

"Yuan Gong has an overreputation, but I have to be careful, I have to be cautious, it is not easy for the Ming Dynasty to decide to start a war in Korea, after all, it is not the Ming Dynasty, there are still many anti-war people, although it is clarified that protecting North Korea is to protect China, but once the losses increase, the anti-war faction in the court will inevitably become stronger, and at that time, the situation will change."

Yuan Huang narrowed his eyes, put down the iron cannon, and said in a low voice: "The old man has also heard that it is not easy to fight this battle, His Majesty advocates a war, I am afraid that he also has the intention of making peace with the mud, don't let the courtiers hold on to the matter of establishing the prince, the opposition of the courtiers is so big, so thinking about it, it is indeed not easy to fight this battle." ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded and said: "So before I came, Shi Butang told me three times and twice that there should be no big losses, once the losses are too large, he will not be able to bear the anti-war requirements, and at that time it is estimated that it will be peace talks to solve this matter, although the Ming Dynasty does not negotiate peace, but North Korea is not the Ming Dynasty, and the courtiers do not care, they will not be willing to shed too much blood and spend too much silver for North Korea."

I can be valued because I saved the lives of a large number of soldiers in Ningxia, and in the end, the loss of our army was only more than 3,400 people, which was much lower than the expectations of the imperial court, and made the imperial court save a lot of silver. ”

"The old man knows about this matter, Ji Xin's hand is indeed beautiful, but no matter how you say it, the old man is unwilling to shed blood for the North Koreans, and he is not willing to change the old man." Yuan Huang said: "This battle was originally fought and there was no practical benefit to the Ming Dynasty, at most it would increase its prestige and stabilize the position of the Ming Dynasty, but the labor and money could not be replenished, but a large amount of military expenses and pacification expenses would be added, which was really worth the loss." ”

"Not necessarily."

Xiao Ruxun's opening attracted Yuan Huang's attention.

"How?"

Xiao Ruxun pointed to the south and said in a low voice: "Konishi Yukichang has a legion of 15,000 people, and he himself said that there are eight legions of Japanese front-line soldiers, that is, 120,000 people, according to common sense, 120,000 soldiers need at least 30,000 to 40,000 auxiliary soldiers to transport grain and grass and daily services, maybe more, plus the ships and navy that transport grain and grass between Korea and Japan, the total number of Japanese troops is about 170,000 to 180,000, and even 200,000 is possible." ”

Yuan Huang frowned: "I would like to hear about it." ”

"Manpower! Young and strong! Xiao Ruxun's eyes flashed with excitement: "Since ancient times, what is the most valuable?" Young and strong workforce! That is the most basic criterion for evaluating national strength, 200,000 young and strong, if the Ming Dynasty has an extra 200,000 young and strong for no reason...... Not to mention 200,000, 100,000, more than 100,000 young and strong, what will happen? ”

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