"It's just that among the 1,200 birds, there are many shoddy and unusable, and when the subordinates inspected before the war, they found that there were only three or five hundred of usable ones, and if the rest were used, there was a risk of exploding, and they were really unusable. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xiao Ruxun frowned and said, "Why didn't you tell me before?" ”

Wang Hui was stunned for a moment, and then said respectfully: "The general has repeatedly warned me and others, although there are many names of firearms in my court, but most of them are flashy and unreal, and they cannot be used, so the soldiers of my generation have expelled the people who rely on the Tartars as swords, bows and horses, firearms are only auxiliary, and we must not rely on firearms to fight and forget the fundamentals, our army rarely relies on firearms to fight, and the general has never said that he wants to use bird guns to fight, the battle situation is urgent, and his subordinates do not talk much, please forgive the general!" ”

Xiao Ruxun was also stunned when he heard this, and nodded slowly with a heavy face.

"It's true that although I have a lot of firearms, it is by no means the way to win, if you really want to fight against the traitors, you still have to rely on bows, horses and swords, but ......" Xiao Ruxun turned to look at the three henchmen: "What this general said may not sound you believe it now, but this general always feels that in the future battlefield, it is enough to defeat the enemy, and it must be firearms." ”

When the three generals heard this, they looked at each other and looked dazed, as if they were shocked that Xiao Ruxun, a former firearms opposition, made such a remark.

"This general has carefully considered, my dynasty people's army weapons grow on the land, ancestors for generations are farmers, since childhood, after joining the army to learn the art of bow horses, compared to the grassland captives since childhood on horseback, but it is too much worse, is to become an army, countless years of work can not compete with the captives, is the foot bow crossbow, maybe diligent training, no year of success can not become an army, but firearms are not, a bird gun, is a farmer to take, a month of skill is enough to be proficient, a cavalry cost, can raise five soldiers."

Xiao Ruxun said slowly: "At the beginning of the founding of the country, Mu Wangying used the method of three-stage shooting of firearms against the barbarian elephant soldiers in the land of Yunnan, and broke it, and the general thought that a gun pawn is naturally nothing, but if you can get three thousand skilled guns, arrange them in three columns, six columns or even nine columns, the former shoots, and the latter is loaded, so as to replace it in turns, or it can form an uninterrupted firearm shooting." ”

Wang Hui seemed to know more about firearms, and said: "But general, the range of the bird gun is only 100 steps, and even so, it depends on the will of heaven where the lead hits 80 steps away, and it is extremely difficult to break through the armor 50 steps away. ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded: "You're right, what I mean is not to use firearms as the main combat weapon, but to think, next we wait to defend the city and fight, can we use the advantage of firearms to fight against the enemy, if the enemy army comes, I am afraid there are 10,000 people, the horse army should not be much, but our army has few soldiers, and it is impossible to go out to compete with it, thanks to the solidity of the city, it is the time when firearms are used, Ziheng, are our soldiers proficient in firearms?" ”

Wang Hui lowered his head and pondered, and said: "On weekdays, there are also lessons in the use of firearms, and there are more people who are proficient in iron cannons and Franc machine guns, and fewer people who are proficient in bird guns, only three or five hundred. ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded, and asked again: "How many cannons are there on the city wall?" ”

Wang Hui nodded: "There are many cannon muzzles on the city wall. ”

Xiao Ruxun immediately ordered: "Select those who are good at using firearms, transport all the two generals' cannons and Franco's guns to the city to prepare for battle, and then select 300 gunners and issue them to the birds, and I will personally train them in the military camp." ”

Wang Hui was surprised: "The general knows the tactics of firearms? ”

Xiao Ruxun paused for a moment, nodded and said, "I have gained a little from reading on weekdays." ”

When the three generals heard this, their doubts disappeared and they nodded yes.

Xiao Ruxun decided to inspect the city wall with Zhao Hu and Chen Xie, strengthen the defense, transport more rolling wood and stones and bows and arrows to the city, and then arrange the defense of the Franco, and ordered Wang Hui to return to the barracks to arrange the affairs of the three hundred guns, and then go to the barracks to practice the guns.

Pingyu City is worthy of being a military city, completely established for military affairs, the administrative division of the Ming court, does not contain the land of nine sides, the land of nine sides is under military management, there is no official such as the prefect of the county, all rely on the support of the army, all affairs for the war concessions, the city is also for the war service, there are many defense facilities, the city is quite strong, no wonder can be isolated and helpless for several months.

Longqing six years to Wanli three years, the general Yuan Shijie, Zhao Chongbi with stone to build the south and north city wall, build the female wall, and build the eaves on the Beigushan city wall, after the completion of the construction of the supplement, the circumference of the city wall is 3150 meters, 12 meters high, build the east, west, south three gates, the east is called "the east", the south is called "the south", the city tower is built on each gate, and the urn city is built outside; In the fifteenth year of Wanli, the general Jia Bangzhi and Guo Zenghui built the Nanguan earth wall and the dam gate, the circumference of the earth wall is 855 meters, the height is 8 meters, and from the dam gate to the west city wall, the moat is built with stone, the moat is 835 meters long, 7 meters wide, 2 meters deep, and the water mouth is built under the southwest city wall, the water mouth stone coupon hole, the wall is built on the top, the earth trench is built below, and there is an iron fence.

The height of the main city wall of twelve meters is the height of about four floors, which is not too high, compared to the height of the city wall of the famous historical city of dozens of meters, it is naturally not the same, but in the northwest frontier, as long as the number of thieves is not too much, the ordinary horse team has no way to do this city, although the Ming court has not slackened its strength, and has not divided the three sides of Shaanxi into administrative regions, but also uses this way of building castles to actually control the northwest, and the effect is actually very good.

This has been the case since ancient times, as long as there is a city, the Han people can survive and master the place, multiply, if the alien race wants to completely expel the Han people, the only way to go is to burn the city, just like the Yongle City in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Xiao Ruxun is more optimistic about the defensive function of this city, supplemented by the advantages of the Fran machine, in the past experience, it is not difficult to hold the city of Pingyu before the arrival of reinforcements, Xiao Ruxun is also a veteran, rich combat experience, a big knife to play the tiger and tiger, quite strong, in addition to the original in Chongqing in an abandoned equestrian club horse farm picked up more than a hundred horses, so equestrianism is also quite good, gasoline these things are rare after the end of the five years, horses and cattle these animals have become the main driving force again.

Although he can't lead the army to charge into battle now, fighting with such a wealth of modern firearms and cold weapons is Xiao Ruxun's strength, and if he really wants to engage in modern warfare, Xiao Ruxun will be blind.

checked the lineup of soldiers, checked the weapons of the soldiers, took a soldier's spear and weighed it, took a bow and tried the bowstring, and found that they were all full of color and good texture, and then patted the soldier's shoulder to encourage a few words, the soldier was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and then Xiao Ruxun also announced that he would prepare a meat sacrifice army tonight, reward everyone's previous victory, and everyone's military achievements will also be recorded, and they will be sent together after the war subsides, which makes the soldiers in the city happy.

Zhao Hu and Chen Xie watched behind them and glanced at each other - a general is a general, a master who inspires people's hearts.

"Have you sent out sentry cavalry to restrain the enemy?"

Seeing that there were no loopholes in the four city walls, Xiao Ruxun asked Zhao Hu, and Zhao Hu nodded: "I sent three sentry cavalry, respectively to the north, west, and south to seek the enemy, and there is no sentry cavalry to return, and I don't know if the thief army will attack again, but if there is a sentry cavalry returning, the general will inform the general immediately." ”

"Okay." Xiao Ruxun nodded, and then commanded with a little unease: "The soldiers are treacherous, the thief army is not a rabble, the father and son have been fighting on the battlefield all year round, and they are cunning and abnormal, if the thief army does not attack with a large army, the advance force of a small group of cavalry will attack quickly, and our army will have to prepare, and the sentry cavalry will also make mistakes."

In a word, from this time on, the gates of the city shall not be opened for twelve hours in the whole day, and the gates of the four sides shall be filled with stones and rolling logs, and the vigilance of the head of the city shall not be relaxed. ”

Zhao Hu clenched his fists and received the order: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

"Yuande, the south city and the east city will be handed over to you, you can transfer 800 soldiers at will, if the west city and the north city need support, you can mobilize troops and horses to help, or the same, no matter what, a city wall town guard must not be less than two hundred during the day, not less than one hundred at night, and no less than five Franco, I estimate that the thief army is still coming from the west, but the thief army is numerous, in case of surrounding the city and attacking from all sides, our army will be very passive."

Chen Xie immediately received the order: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

"In addition, the two thousand people do not practice the battle formation, and the forcible battle in the city is afraid of mistaking a major event, so that when it is not necessary, the people cannot be mobilized to the city, but can only be made to carry materials under the city, and many of the residents in the city have relatives of our soldiers, if there is a big injury, it is not good for the army."

Zhao Hu and Chen Xie clasped their fists together: "The general is thoughtful, I'll wait for you!" Obey the general's orders! ”

Nodding, Xiao Ruxun was relieved.