Zhang Mengcheng slowly withdrew his bloodless Yanling knife from the scabbard. This group of robbers was so fragile that the cavalry of Jindingshan had only just appeared on the battlefield, and these people lost the will to resist. From the discovery of the robbers to the end of the battle, there was no decent engagement between the two sides.

"Look, sir, that guy has a strange guy in his hand, and we don't seem to have it in the stockade." Guan Yuze pointed to a caravan officer who was hit by an arrow in his shoulder, and hurriedly reported to Zhang Mengcheng. The military horn on his waist constantly reflected golden light under the sunlight. He was playing the trumpet just now, and his performance made Zhang Mengcheng quite satisfied.

After Zhang Mengcheng heard Guan Yuze's question, he turned his head to look at the caravan personnel who were fighting the fire and rescuing the wounded. A man who looked like a caravan leader actually held a flintlock handcuff in his hand. Zhang Mengcheng, who was very interested, walked over with the guards around him.

The leader of the caravan, who still had a feather arrow on his shoulder, saw Zhang Mengcheng and the others coming over, and hurriedly squeezed out a flattering smile and said: "Thank you for your help, the villain's name is Huo Bingxiang, and he is a businessman in Chang'an Mansion." I don't know which military fort the military master is, I have an old relationship with Master Li, and I will definitely say a few good words for the military master in front of Lord Li. ”

"Don't bother, I'm under the command of Zhang Mengjin, the Ningsai garrison, and my surname is Zhang. As for Li Ruozi, he was transferred a year ago, and now the military preparation road on Yansui West Road is Lord Dai Junendai. ”

Hearing the businessman's self-introduction, Zhang Mengcheng felt very funny. As a businessman running around, this guy's information is actually lagging to this point, and he doesn't even know who the current Yansui West Road Bingbei Road is, it seems that this guy doesn't often appear near the West Road.

After Huo Bingxiang heard Zhang Mengcheng's words, he immediately became very embarrassed. He did deal with Li Ruozi a few times, but he didn't have a deep friendship. Huo Bingxiang's original intention was to use Li Ruozi's name to scare and scare the officer in front of him who didn't know the details, but he didn't think that he had committed such a big oolong. blamed himself for his previous attention to the south, and the area around Yansui West Road was not an area he often visited.

"Forgive me, Master Zhang, I haven't been to the West Road for a long time. Master Jun, you also know that this world is not peaceful, especially next to Dongchuan here, I am afraid of meeting thieves, so I haven't been here for a long time. Here, hey, there is some silver here, you can take it and buy some wine for the brothers to drink, the silver is not much, but I will prepare another gift to pay tribute later. ”

Huo Bingxiang was afraid that Zhang Mengcheng would misunderstand that he was a thief's spy, so he hurriedly explained. At the same time, he took out some broken silver from his body, but brought his own wound with him on the way.

Zhang Mengcheng looked at the other party's obviously painful face, his head was full of cold sweat, and he desperately pretended to be smiling to please himself. Zhang Mengcheng didn't intend to embarrass him, he didn't take his money, but said: "Don't be busy with this matter first, I look at your short gun is quite rare, can you show me." ”

Huo Bingxiang saw that the other party was not in a hurry to ask for benefits, but was interested in his Western handcuffs, so he hurriedly handed over the handcuffs and said: "Some gadgets, if the military and the military master like it, they will be given to the military master." The brothers of the military master saved and saved the lives of all of us, and hey, these little things should be a little bit of my heart. ”

Seeing that the other party was in severe pain, Zhang Mengcheng, who took the handcuff, shouted to Ma Jinzhong, who was still collecting the prisoners: "Jinzhong, send someone to the back Zhuangzi to pass the message, ask them if they have any doctors or wound medicine, and if so, bring them together." A few people over there went to help the caravan put out the fire, and then helped them take care of the wounded, and their hands and feet were clean, so as not to break our rules. ”

After Ma Jinzhong received the order, he immediately sent someone to give an order to the rear cantonment. After that, he and Xi Gui, who returned from the pursuit, counted the prisoners and booty together. This time, Zhang Mengcheng and the others were just going out to inspect, and they didn't bring any gold sore medicine. And several Jindingshan soldiers who heard Zhang Mengcheng's orders also quickly started to act.

"Go back and greet your buddies first, and come over if you need help. I don't know if there are any doctors in the village behind, if you want, you can follow us. Twenty miles to the north is our quarters, and the doctor's skills are good, and he should be able to heal your wounds there. Don't worry, we are really officers and soldiers, and the garrison of Nimsai in the north is my eldest brother. Zhang Mengcheng got what he wanted, and his attitude towards the caravan was also very enthusiastic.

Huo Bingxiang saw that Zhang Mengcheng's subordinates were going to approach his goods, and he was afraid that they would steal and damage his property, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to stop him. But seeing that this military master just shook his hand, he heard that the other party was going to find someone to provide treatment. He didn't know what to say for a while, so he found a place to rest with the help of the servant.

Zhang Mengcheng concentrated on playing with the newly obtained handcuffs, which were larger in caliber than the bird guns in Jinding Mountain. There was an inscription on the grip, but Zhang Mengcheng didn't know if it was Latin or German or something, not English anyway.

There was actually a rifling in the barrel, but it was not so complete because of poor maintenance and too long a period of use. There are some grips under the handle that are covered with iron, and the wear is a little serious, I don't know if the owner often uses this thing to knock things.

The trigger bow guard and bow guard tip are fairly intact, with some dents in the through-strip tube and through-bar base. The strip should not be the original, but it does not prevent it from being used. The bolt is the most attractive part of this handgun, it is an authentic flintlock gun machine, and it is also the best place to maintain this handgun.

However, the structure of this bolt is still a little more complicated, and there are a total of eight parts on the handcuff, including a barb, a firing pin, a flint, a buffer, a fire dish, a gold stopper, a fire cover, and a gold stopper spring.

The excessive number of parts complicates the maintenance of this handcuff and reduces its productivity. If you find a way to modify it, such as combining the fire cover with the gold stopper, it should be easier and more economical.

Zhang Mengcheng didn't think about making a flintlock pistol before, but first, there was no reference, and second, he had been entangled in trivial matters, so this matter was pulled down.

I heard my second brother say that Cao Bianjiao had a strange double-barreled handcuff, and he didn't need a fire rope to ignite successfully, which made his second brother Zhang Mengguang very envious. After Zhang Mengcheng heard it, he always wanted to see it with his own eyes, but unfortunately he never had this opportunity.

After carefully looking at it, Zhang Mengcheng wanted to test shoot it immediately. But after taking out his bird gun lead pill, the strong visual contrast still made him give up this idea.

"Kiko, go to the merchant and ask for some handcuff pellets. Bao'er, you go pick up a six-petal helmet and try it out. ”

"Huh."

"Yes."

The two people who were originally standing beside Zhang Mengcheng and observing this strange short gun together left separately after hearing Zhang Mengcheng's instructions. Zhang Mengcheng began to clean the gun tube and make preparations before the test launch.

"Sir, the projectiles are in this bag. It's just that there aren't many left, only seventeen. The guy said that the mold for casting the projectile was left in his hometown. Zhang Shuangxi completed the task first, and immediately explained everything, and at the same time handed over a piece of lead.

After Zhang Mengcheng took the lead and finished loading, he waited for Guan Yuze's return. But he didn't wait long, Guan Yuze came back directly with an integrated helmet. It looks pretty good, better than the large number of six-petal helmets in Jinding Mountain.

Guan Yuze was a little reluctant to have such a good helmet, so he suggested to Zhang Mengcheng: "If you don't change my helmet, let's keep this one." ”

"Don't change it, this is the best one to test the gun. You hold the broken spear against it, and put the helmet twenty paces away. ”

Zhang Mengcheng felt that it was better to have this, so he pointed to a broken gun not far away and insisted that Guan Yuze use this helmet to test. "That's it, don't come back again. The others get out of the way, I'm going to try the handcuffs here. ”

Under Zhang Mengcheng's order, the others naturally did not dare to approach. So Zhang Mengcheng tested the firing with confidence, but the first shot actually missed the target. Feeling that he might be a little overbearing, Zhang Mengcheng walked fifteen steps away, reloaded his ammunition and shot again, but the result still failed to miss.

After carefully checking the gun again, Xiucai did not find any problems. So Zhang Mengcheng came to a distance of ten steps away from the helmet, reloaded and re-test-fired.

This time it finally hit the helmet, and there was a dent in the nice helmet, but it didn't go through. After Zhang Mengcheng added some more gunpowder, he walked to a distance of five steps again to test the shot, and finally made a hole in this good helmet.

The handcuffs didn't perform as well as expected, but they were still valuable. As for this helmet, Zhang Mengcheng really wanted to know who the master who made it was.

After completing his own experiment, Zhang Mengcheng handed the handcuff to Guan Yuze and Zhang Shuangxi. After teaching them some basic operations of handcuffs, they were asked to continue to test fire with helmets, and Zhang Mengcheng came to Huo Bingxiang's location.

At this time, the soldiers sent out by Ma Jinzhong had already taken back the wound medicine, but there was indeed no doctor in the cantonment. Therefore, Huo Bingxiang and his injured men could only clean up by themselves.

Zhang Mengcheng saw that Huo Bingxiang was actually about to pull out the arrow directly, and hurriedly opened his mouth to stop it: "Don't be busy pulling it out, this position is a little bad, it is more secure to ask a skilled person to do it." ”

After Huo Bingxiang's guy heard Zhang Mengcheng's words, he didn't dare to do it casually. Zhang Mengcheng walked over and looked carefully.

Although Zhang Mengcheng was not a medical doctor in his previous life, he also learned some methods of traditional Chinese medicine in this life. But after checking Huo Bingxiang's injury, Zhang Mengcheng didn't dare to rashly pull out the arrow, he said to Huo Bingxiang: "I don't have enough confidence in this place, don't you have a skilled doctor in your caravan?" ”

Although Huo Bingxiang was already a little accustomed to pain, his face was still a little pale with pain. After hearing Zhang Mengcheng's inquiry, Huo Bingxiang said very sadly: "There is an old guy who is very good, but unfortunately he was killed by the robber's bow and arrow. ”

"Otherwise, you should continue to endure it, our group of officers and soldiers are stationed not far away, where our family is small, and there are also military doctors in the battalion. Your arrow wound is a bit serious, so it's safer to let a skilled doctor treat it, and by the way, you can also treat your guys. It just so happens that we have caught so many robbers, and we need your witness. Zhang Mengcheng invited Huo Bingxiang to Jinding Mountain again, just like Zhang Mengcheng said, they really need Huo Bingxiang These witnesses.

Huo Bingxiang looked at the injured guys under him, and then at the feather arrows on his shoulders, and finally accepted Zhang Mengcheng's invitation.

After all, Zhang Mengcheng and his gang are well-armed and disciplined, so they should not be fake thieves. At the same time, Huo Bingxiang and the others are also injured and tired, if Zhang Mengcheng and his gang have bad intentions, they can do it now.

After figuring out this, Huo Bingxiang beckoned his men to change the direction of travel to Jinding Mountain with the help of the Jinding Mountain cavalry team.

And the cavalry of Jinding Mountain, while being responsible for the guard, also sent some men to patrol the surroundings. After all, he had only finished a battle, and according to Jindingshan's habits, he still needed to be on guard all the time.