Chapter 59: The Sapper
Xiao Jin's whimsical ideas were highly approved by Ji Xiaolan and everyone present.
After the craftsmen finalized the shape, the production began overnight.
Xiao Jin was originally going to let Lin Zexu form a new cavalry team, temporarily do the work of laying mines, the cavalry is mobile, come and go without a trace, and Lin Zexu said his thoughts, Lin Zexu proposed, "The iron cavalry of five hundred people is not a small target, it is easy to be exposed, and the work of laying mines must be extremely hidden." ”
Xiao Jin knew that he was paying attention, and waited for him to finish speaking, Lin Zexu saw that everyone listened to him, "I suggest that fifty squads be divided from the cavalry team, and then ten teams from the fifty squads to specialize in laying mines." ”
This is a reason, Xiao Jin agreed with Lin Zexu's suggestion, the original production of muskets, the time to slow down, disperse the cavalry forward is the first priority at present, and concentrate all the craftsmen to produce mines.
Xiao Jin stared at everyone present, "This mine determines the success or failure of this battle, it is very crucial, from now on, all craftsmen are not allowed to go out of the camp, until the end of this battle, the salary of all craftsmen during this period will be doubled, and Mr. Ji will leave this matter to you." ”
Ji Xiaolan said solemnly, "Please rest assured." ”
In the evening, everyone had a simple dinner in the workshop, and after eating, the world's first mine had been made under the care of many craftsmen.
According to Xiao Jin's instructions, in the open space of the workshop, mines were planted, and different gravity was used to conduct experiments, Xiao Jin's idea was very simple, using a mule to experiment, as long as it could easily explode without riding people, it would be considered a success.
Lin Zexu's 50th team was also selected, and the most clever 50 of the 500 people were recruited to observe the experimental site and study.
These days, they will also enjoy closed training, and cooperate with the craftsmen to solve the problem of carrying, after all, the long-distance run, the horse's back is very bumpy, this thing is not good-tempered, and if you don't get it right, it will explode on the horse's back.
Xiao Jin looked at the busy figures of everyone, and said with great relief, except for the soldiers and craftsmen who need to be closed, these core Wenchen generals of his are not needed, after all, they are all transmitted by the system, if they are unreliable, then there is no need to mix in the future, it is better to hide in that pimple as soon as possible to farm.
Xiao Jin said to Lin Zexu, "In the future, this team will be independent and form another army, which will be called sappers. ”
In modern troops, the engineer is an indispensable and important force, and its role can be said to be very huge, often affecting the situation of a war.
Now I can think of this mine and explosives package, maybe in the future will add other weapons of the era, such as the siege of the city wall, fixed-point blasting, mine planting, defense construction, all of which can be done by engineers.
The experiment went smoothly and there were no major problems, after all, the craftsmen had experience in making explosives bags.
On the tenth day of June in the twelfth year of Kangxi, the Taihe Hall will be held.
Kangxi, who was iron-faced, looked at the silent Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and sighed again and again, at first after receiving the twists and turns of Wu Sangui's rebellion, he was afraid and angry, but now, it has become angry.
Soltu is both a squire of the military department and a member of the cabinet, at this time he did not stand up and say something, it is really not like words, he just sent away the other two princes a few days ago, but he didn't expect Wu Sangui to suddenly rebel, he still clearly remembered what he said to the emperor, and swore that Wu Sangui would never have the possibility of rebellion, but the miserable reality slapped him in the face.
Tremblingly, he stood up and knelt down, and after bowing three times and nine times, he said, "Your Majesty, the incident has happened, and it is still necessary to discuss countermeasures to quell the chaos, the capital is thousands of miles away from Yungui, and I am afraid that Wu Sangui has been raising troops for more than half a month for a long time." ”
If it was usual, Kangxi would let Soltu calm down at the first time, but today he didn't shout, he was really angry, Soltu is his father, it's not good to insult directly, looking at the ministers below, they are all waste.
These dog slaves who held the court money, eating in the bowl and looking at the pot, Wu Sangui spent so much silver to feed them every year, eating fat and oily, a group of white-eyed wolves.
The twist on the dragon case flew into the air and landed at the feet of Mingzhu.
"A group of waste eating inside and crawling, repeatedly, if they withdraw early, there will be a disaster now."
"The world was initially decided, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, Wu Sangui was seeking his own death, he was seeking his own death." Kangxi was so excited that he choked on his own saliva again and again, looked at the ministers who were all like quails, and said fiercely, "I know that your thoughts are all about yourself, and you hang high." ”
Walking to Liu Yong's side, he said, "Have you received Wu Sangui's silver?" ”
Liu Yong really hasn't received Wu Sangui's silver, he is a new official recommended by Soltu, although he works in the military department, but the time is very short, I'm afraid that Wu Sangui doesn't know who he is.
But the emperor asked like this, he didn't dare to answer like this, so he immediately knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Weichen takes his head to vouch for it, there is no such thing." ”
Kangxi just asked, seeing that Liu Yong's eyes were very angry, he glanced at him, and then came to another official, "What about you?" ”
Fan Sheng also kowtowed. "Never."
But he didn't dare to say that he would take a head guarantee, Kangxi was not stupid, but very smart, staring at Fan Shengdao, "Do you dare to take a head guarantee?" ”
When Fan Sheng heard Kangxi say this, he was so frightened that he was about to pee, kowtowed and cried, "The minister doesn't dare, the minister did receive it during the festival." ”
Kangxi nodded slowly, and asked one by one, except for Liu Yong and some little sesame officials, almost all of them were accepted.
These people all know Kangxi's temper, if you don't tell the truth and deceive him, it is a big crime of bullying the king, and nine times out of ten they will be used to kill chickens and set an example for monkeys, Kangxi knows the root of them, not to mention, almost all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have been accepted, and it can be regarded as not being held accountable to the public.
Kangxi doesn't know this truth, he can't help it, does he really want to pull it all down and cut it all? At that time, Wu Sangui will be able to enter the capital in less than a month and cut off his head, without these people, he will be nothing.
Reluctantly, he walked back to the dragon chair, took the fold picked up by Mingzhu, and looked at it again, his eyes were staring at the fold, but he said something on his lips, "Anyone who has received Wu Sangui's silver from the thief, after the noon dynasty, will all hand it over to me, and they should donate food and salary to the war, and I will wait for you in this Taihe Palace. ”
"I, I want to take his Wu Sangui's own money to destroy him."
Throwing down the fold in his hand, he picked up another fold and said, "Wu Sangui's soldiers divided into three ways and went straight to Hunan, Huguang and other places, this is the excerpt of the governor of Hunan, and it should be ten days before the incident, and the war should have started." “
After Kangxi finished speaking, he said to himself, "I don't know what the battle situation is." Then he suddenly asked Soltu, "Soltu, how do you feel about this person?" ”
Soltu, who had been kneeling on the ground, originally heard Kangxi talk about the governor of Hunan, but he didn't expect to suddenly mention the governor of Guizhou, Mo Ke, Yu Guang swept the pearl of the old body, thought about it, and said, "This person is an old minister of the Shunzhi Dynasty, and he is the manager of the white flag, not to mention his ability and loyalty." ”
He knew that he couldn't engage in a court fight at this time, so he didn't say anything bad about Moke, Suo Etu was sleek in the old city, and before you understood what Kangxi meant, you don't want to hear a word of truth from him.