Seeing the neat appearance of the Chu army's spear array, Tang Laihe deliberately raised his voice and was full of praise.

Out of politeness, Wan Yuan Ji nodded with a smile, turned his face away, and looked absent-minded again.

Zhao Yinxuan and the two generals of the Jiangxi army did not speak, and kept staring at the soldiers of the Chu army who were practicing in the field. They know very well about the combat effectiveness of the Chu army, and they also admire it very much, and they want to see the training of the Chu army when they have the opportunity to see it twice.

The other two or three civilian officials were all laymen, and they could only watch the excitement, but since Tang Laihe praised it loudly, they also nodded yes one after another, and echoed their words, only Jiao Lian, the deputy general of Yangshuo, disagreed.

"This gun formation is indeed neatly arranged, but standing in place is not a skill, and when it comes to the enemy's battle, it is the real kung fu to advance and retreat. According to the last general, the set of hexagram guns they made is very ordinary, and there is nothing special ......"

Jiao Lian is a warlord in Guangxi, second only to Chen Bangfu in strength in Guangxi Province.

He is an old-school military general, a pure soldier, who doesn't care about politics or anything, and whoever is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will listen to whomever he wants. However, because he has been guarding Guangxi for many years, he has a very close personal relationship with Zhai Shiyun, and is also regarded by outsiders as a member of the pro-Gui faction.

After Emperor Longwu moved to Guilin, Jiao Lian was also suppressed, but there was no complaint, his troops did not directly participate in the Eastern Crusade, but were only responsible for escorting logistics materials, that is, a grain officer, this time he came to Jiangxi with Tang Laihe.

Jiao Lian felt that Chu Jun's gun array was not bad, but it was not amazing, but those civil officials were overly touted, but they all spoke some layman's words, which made people get goosebumps all over their bodies. I couldn't help but retort.

"Hahaha, General Ruiting (Jiao Lianzi) is the first good general in Guangxi, and his vision is naturally high. How is it, how is the Chu army better than your Yangshuo soldiers? ”

Tang Laihe praised the Chu army, originally wanted to provoke Wan Yuan Ji to talk to the generals of the Gan army, but they didn't talk, but Jiao Lian came out, a little unhappy in his heart, Wan Yuan Ji and a few civilian officials heard that there were bones in his words. subconsciously turned his head to look at Jiao Lian together.

Jiao Lian didn't notice it, thought about it seriously, and said, "The Chu army has been on the battlefield for a long time. Repeatedly defeating strong enemies, the Yangshuo soldiers are definitely incomparable, but in terms of gun formation and marksmanship, it is not far behind. ”

"Okay." Tang Laihe smiled and nodded. No more gun drills. Walking forward, everyone followed.

"Bang! Bang! ”

In front of him was a shooting range, several musketeers were shooting, the gunfire was very loud, completely different from the common bird guns and flintlock guns, Jiao Lian's face changed, he strode forward, and shouted at the firecrackers: "Brother." Lend your fire gun and see. ”

The soldiers were stunned, and a young man in the lead was wearing an ordinary military uniform. couldn't see the official rank, he hugged his fist at Jiao Lian and said: "This master, I'm sorry, we have military discipline in our bodies, guns are in people, guns are destroyed and people are killed, and we can't borrow them." ”

Jiao Lian touched a nail, but he was not annoyed: "Hey! It's kind of interesting...... What's your name, can you tell me? ”

"Mark Wang Yi, the second sentry officer of the Chu Army's firearms battalion."

"You're good! Keep practicing, I'll just take a look at it, okay? ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, feel free."

Wang Yi bowed his hand to Tang Laihe and the others, turned around and ignored them, and ordered the soldiers to continue to practice shooting. Jiao Lian stared at the strange firecracker in their hands beside him, his eyes flashed with a hot light, and he scratched his ears and cheeks from time to time, like a child who saw a novel toy and wanted to snatch it over.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and the humanoid gun target placed a hundred paces away was shot in the chest, and Jiao Lian cheered loudly.

"Bang!"

Another gunshot rang out, and the one hundred and twenty-step target was hit in the lower abdomen, and Jiao Lian applauded again.

"Bang!"

The gunfire rang out again, and the target one hundred and fifty steps away missed the target, Wang Yi took the gun, re-aimed, and fired again, hitting the left rib of the target.

When he reached one hundred and eighty steps, Wang Yi shot four shots in a row, only one shot, he returned the fire gun to his soldiers, and whispered something, but Jiao Lian next to him was full of red, shouting and screaming, and ate several blank eyes of the Chu soldiers.

Tang Laihe was a little strange and asked, "Ruiting, is this bird gun very special?" Is it farther than the usual bird's gun? ”

Jiao Lian was shocked, as if he was frightened by this super layman, and said loudly: "Is it more than far? It's so far away! The usual bird gun can hit thirty or fifty steps, and the red-haired ghost's flintlock pistol is sixty steps, but this bird gun can hit one hundred and eighty steps, do you say it's powerful! ”

Tang Laihe was also moved: "In this way, isn't this bird gun a militaristic weapon?!" ”

He turned around to look at Wan Yuanji, Wan Yuan Ji and the others shook their heads, and they all said that they had never seen this kind of firecracker.

"One hundred and eighty steps! A fire gun that can hit 180 paces! Even the Tartar cavalry didn't have to be afraid, and before they rushed to them, they would have been beaten and lay down......" Jiao Lian explained to these laymen very enthusiastically.

"Not a hundred and eighty steps, right? Just now, the soldier fired four times, and only hit once. Wan Yuan Ji frowned.

"It's not in the way, the firecrackers on the battle array are all fired in rows of salvos, and hundreds of firearms are fired together, so you don't need to be too accurate......"

Jiao Lian explained casually, and said excitedly to Tang Laihe: "This thing is indeed a militaristic weapon, not too much, as long as there are two thousand such firearms, you can forge an iron army, sweep the Central Plains of Heshuo, and drive the Tartars out of the pass!" It seems that the Chu army has just made this kind of firecracker, why didn't Shao Sima ask for a few and have them imitated by the imperial court's military department? ”

Although Tang Laihe has no real position, he still has the official title of the squire of the military department, so he Jiao Lian called him Shao Sima, hearing that this kind of fire gun can deal with the Eight Banners cavalry, it is not an ordinary bird gun at all, Tang Laihe was also aroused, asked a few words carefully, nodded and stepped forward.

"General Wang Xiao, this official is a squire of the imperial court's military department, the overseer of the Eastern Expedition, can you take a look at the fire gun in your hand......"

Holding this strange fire gun in his hand, Jiao Lian was like Sun Wukong who got the golden hoop stick, fiddling back and forth for some reason, turning over and over for a long time, and asking Wang Yi again and again for advice.

Wang Yi answered them one by one.

"It's called Minnie ......"

"The name was given by my family's Wang Junmen, I don't know what it means......"

"It is accurate within 100 steps, and it can shoot with a single shot at 150 steps, which is twice as long as the range of the flintlock pistol......"

"You can't say this, you go and ask Wang Junmen......

"Hehe, I can't say this, you see, we have three in our hands, and I don't know the others......"

Wang Yi said what he could say, and didn't say what he couldn't say, Jiao Lian, who was getting more and more hooked, was itching and unbearable, and he didn't return it to Wang Yi when he took the Minnie gun, he had to do it himself, regardless of his identity, he simply played tricks, Tang Laihe really couldn't stand it, and drank him out loud.

After a few people left the shooting range, Jiao Lian kept following Tang Laihe, constantly muttering how good the Minny gun is, it must be imitated, etc., Tang Laihe was so annoyed that he asked him to find Wang Kefan by himself, Jiao Lian agreed, and ran away.

Looking at his back, Wan Yuan Ji showed a smile: "This guy is honest and honest, and his nature is not bad." ”

Tang Laihe also smiled: "Yes, Wu Ben is vulgar, it should be like this." It's a pity that the world is not ancient, and the current martial arts are too slippery, and there are fewer and fewer good generals like Jiao Lian. ”

said unintentionally, the listener was intentional, Wan Yuan Ji felt that he meant something else, and he was secretly happy in his heart, but his face was not shocked, and he took a breath and whispered with emotion: "Jiangnan is good, and the scenery is old and ...... The land of Suzhou and Hangzhou is rich in the world, Wang Kefan intends to hunt Jiangnan with Zheng Chenggong, which is originally human nature, and the old man does not blame him. But the strategy of Fujian is the first priority of this Eastern Crusade, and Mr. Nandou is also invited to speak up (Mr. Nandou, it is Tang Laihe). ”

Tang Laihe reacted at this time, he said something wrong, which caused Wan Yuan Ji to misunderstand, and he couldn't help but be embarrassed, he originally wanted to persuade Wan Yuan Ji, but now he didn't know how to speak.

"Oh...... this, Raiding Fujian is the meaning of the saint, and the civil and military officials also agree with it very much, I know this joint. However, the Qing army had heavy troops on the front line of the Yangtze River, and Wang Kefan was under the greatest pressure. ”

I can't knock on the side anymore, just pick it out.

Wan Yuan Ji raised his eyebrows: "What, Mr. Nandou also agrees with Wang Kefan, do you want me to wait for the army to attack Xianxia Pass?" ”

"Xianxia Ancient Road is the throat of Zhejiang and Fujian, the north gate of Fujian, if you don't take this gate, even if you capture Fuzhou and other places, you won't be able to defend it sooner or later." Tang Laihe sincerely advised: "The governor is the governor of Jiangxi and Fujian, and he must have a long-term plan after recovering Fujian. Although it takes some effort to send troops to Xianxia Ancient Road now, it will save much trouble in the future, as long as thousands of elite soldiers are sent to guard the Xianxia Pass, and the superintendent can be lightly endowed in Fujian Province, and operate with peace of mind, isn't it once and for all? ”

"There is some truth to this ......." Wan Yuan Ji nodded and didn't say anything more.

"This crusade is a matter of national luck, only for complete victory, other things should be put aside." After saying that, Tang Laihe had no scruples, and said frankly: "It is the best policy to go out of the Xianxia Ancient Road, so that Tong Yangjia can not take care of each other, not only to support the Chu army on the North Road, but also to annihilate the Qing army in Fujian in one fell swoop...... If several armies go straight to Fuzhou, although they can succeed for a while, but the Qing army in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces from the Xianxia Ancient Road to the south and north, combined forces, the war will inevitably be repeated, this move is suspected of being eager for success and quick profit, and please think twice! ”

"Mr. Nandou, you also underestimate the main department, of course I understand these truths."

Wan Yuan Ji and Tang Laihe are both members of the imperial party, and when it comes to this, there are some things that don't need to be hidden: "It's not that I don't want to send troops to Xianxia Ancient Road, but I can't do anything!" The Gan army under my command is too weak, and they have traveled hundreds of miles to capture Xiongguan Mandao, and they really don't have the ability......"

Tang Laihe thought for a while and asked, "How are the soldiers in Guangxi?" Let Chen Bangfu and Zhao Yin choose to go to Xianxia Pass, does the governor think it is appropriate? (To be continued......)