For Dayan Khan, I'm afraid Brown Cloud Castle is just the beginning of this nightmare. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Shortly after he withdrew, a sentry came to report that Xuanfu had no reinforcements at all. What he saw in Brown Cloud Castle that day was probably only a suspicious soldier of the Ming army.

Annoyed, Dayan Khan planned to return to Xuanfu. But another sentry came to report, saying that a large number of reinforcements had arrived from the direction of Jizhen this time, which did not seem to be a bluff.

This Dayan Khan was completely stunned. It all shows that people are cunning, and he can only be regarded as knowledgeable today. This is between the real and the real, and the real and the false, which really makes it difficult for people to make correct judgments.

Originally, Dayan Khan hoped to store the looted grain here after conquering the Brown Cloud Castle to solve the shortage of grain and grass, but now it is much more difficult to conquer the Brown Cloud Castle once the troops are withdrawn.

Of course, Dayan Khan could still take this fort if he attacked it at all costs, but he didn't dare to gamble like this, because the number of steppe string controllers was too limited, and one less one died.

But he was not willing to leave like this. Come to Xuanfu and Datong at any time, but the great tomorrow will not think about the northern tour all the time.

Without such a piece of fat to seduce, Dayan Khan was really worried about whether his people had the motivation to sell their lives.

Between wish and reality, Dayan Khan struggled painfully, and at this time, a night attack by the Ming army completely cut off his sweet dream.

The number of Ming troops in this night attack was not large, but they were obviously carefully planned and came straight to the grain and grass.

A fire burned the only grain and grass of the Tatars, and Dayan Khan had no choice but to withdraw his army.

The loss of morale was irreparable, and Dayan Khan, who was full of ambition when he came, had to lament God's injustice and bad luck.

In this bet on the fortunes of the country, there is no doubt that Daming is the winning side.

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There are two flowers, one on each branch.

Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao was in a good mood.

The Tatars actually retreated, this time they retreated directly to Mobei, at least in a short period of time.

Zhu Houzhao had to admit that it was the night attack on the Tatar camp that played a decisive role, and this strategy also came from his husband Xie Shen.

Ordered to turn the tide in danger, Xie Shen is like a hero.

He enjoyed not only the emperor's commendation, but also the respect of the entire Xuanfu garrison.

Zhu Houzhao was excited and slightly disappointed.

In fact, he had always wanted to personally lead the army and fight the Tatars, and this was the best opportunity, but it was a passing with him.

Even if he is willful and warlike like Zhengde, he will not order the army to pursue at such a time.

As long as the Tatars bypassed the Great Wall and returned to Mobei, they were as elasiatic as steppe wolves. At this time, the pursuit is likely to go deep alone and be eaten by the enemy.

At the time of the prosperity, Zhu Houzhao had no intention of continuing to stay in Xuanfu, so he simply drove back to Beijing.

The Son of Heaven decided to return to Beijing, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

This northern tour in the first month of Zhengde's third year can be regarded as a thrilling and undangered one.

For Xie Shen, this northern tour is not completely meaningless.

At least let Emperor Zhengde clearly understand the comparison of military forces between the enemy and us, and will not blindly give birth to the illusion that our Heavenly Empire is superior, the country is rich and the army is strong, and the world is invincible.

Not to mention anything else, the Tatars still have the capital to break hands with the Ming Dynasty militarily.

Only by giving the Son of Heaven a sense of crisis can we have the motivation to develop the new army.

As soon as Xie Shen returned to the capital, he inquired about the progress of the imitation of flintlock pistols.

I have to say that the craftsmanship of the Ming craftsmen is still very superb. As long as they dismantle and study the actual flintlock pistol, and then explain the basic principles, they will be able to imitate things that are inseparable.

Xie Shen immediately decided to enter the palace and tell Emperor Zhengde the good news.

In his opinion, this is a good opportunity to change the historical trend of the Ming Dynasty, if it is seized, the Ming Dynasty will no longer be just a piece of paper.

Because he had already given Emperor Zhengde a pass before, Zhu Houzhao was not too surprised this time, and immediately ordered the military department to create a new army and recruit brave people across the country.

At Xie Shen's suggestion, the Shenji Battalion also completed the replacement, completely replacing the firecracker with a flintlock pistol.

The production of flintlock pistols is limited, and it is difficult to fully promote them, but it is still possible to equip them on a small scale.

"Siming, the old man sometimes often wonders, are you my Ming person."

In the cabinet room, Li Dongyang said while brushing his beard.

"Uh......"

Xie Shen looked at Li Dongyang very embarrassed, and said in his heart, what does this mean?

"The old man has read countless people, but I have never seen you so smart, it seems that you are one position ahead of everyone."

Damn, it's worthy of an old fritter, Li Dongyang shouldn't have seen that he was a traverser, right?

If that's the case, it would be embarrassing.

Xiya Gong praised it. Xie was just lucky. ”

Li Dongyang shook his head and said: "Once it's lucky, every time it's like this, it's a matter of strength." Why don't others have so many novel ideas, but only you have them? ”

This...... How do you take that?

Luck is indeed part of strength. What's more, he is indeed stronger than others. But he can't boast about himself......

"Well, it may have something to do with Xie's usual penchant for thinking."

"It's good for young people to be modest, but don't be presumptuous."

Li Dongyang sighed and said: "With your ability, it's okay to come to the old man's seat, the old man is really tired." ”

Calculated carefully, Li Dongyang has been in the cabinet for fifteen years, and with the time he has been dormant in the Hanlin Academy, everything that can be seen clearly has been seen clearly, and he has indeed reached the age of no nostalgia.

In a popular saying, the old man has read all the vicissitudes of life.

However, Xie Shen didn't want Li Dongyang to be like this. To put it mildly, what a shield this is.

With Li Dongyang here, no one will be staring at Xie Shen, once Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, these old ministers, are gone, and no one will shelter Xie Shen from the wind and rain.

God knows if someone will be staring at Shousuke's position, ready to stumble at any moment.

"Xiya Gong should be strong and strong, but he can't have the intention of retiring."

Xie Shen said sincerely.

"If it weren't for the peace of mind of Your Majesty, the old man really wanted to go back to his hometown for a few days to celebrate his birthday."

After a pause, Li Dongyang continued: "Siming, do you know what it feels like to be tired? ”

Xie Shen smiled bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart that perhaps no one understands this feeling better than me, as a traverser, it is definitely a tiring thing to remind yourself not to be assimilated at all times.

"At least these efforts made by Xiya Gong have been fruitful, if Xiya Gong doesn't do it, of course, he can have a moment of leisure, but who else can be expected to do this?"

In this matter, Xie Shen will definitely not let go.

Everything else can be discussed, but this is not the only thing to be discussed!

If you want to pick and don't do it, push all the work to me, you want to exhaust me.

Seedlings need to be cared for, but they can't be so promoted!

But Li Dongyang kept staring at Xie Shen, which made Xie Shen's spine cold.

Li Dongyang's old man is very optimistic about you, which is really helpless.

Fortunately, at this time, Xie Qian coughed at the right time and said, "This is good, why did Yuan Fu say this." Why don't we go and see the training of the god machine camp together? ”

Xie Shenxin thanked Yu Qiao for being a savior, and hurriedly said: "Mu Zhai Gong is right, hasn't Xiya Gong always been curious about this flintlock pistol, it just so happens that Your Majesty is going to see the Shenji Camp drill today, why don't you go and see it together." ”

Li Dongyang hesitated a little and said: "This, I'm afraid this is a little bad." ”

Xie Shen said in his heart that Li Dongyang couldn't wipe off his face, so he smiled and said: "It's okay, I won't say it, Mu Zhaigong won't say it, who will know about Xiya Gong going to the Shenji Camp?" ”

Li Dongyang was helpless when Xie Shen was so swayed, so he nodded and said, "The old man is not afraid of anything, so let's go and have a look." ”

Li Dongyang has also heard a little about the affairs of Xuanfu, and he also feels that there is a hidden disease in the army of the Ming Dynasty, since Xie Shen can prescribe a prescription, it is still possible to cure it.

But it was said that the three giants of the cabinet, uh, the three scholars of the cabinet all skipped class and went out of the city.

The Shenji Battalion was first founded by Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, with a capacity of 5,000 people. Among them were 3,600 infantrymen, all armed with firearms. A thousand cavalrymen, as an auxiliary. There were also 400 artillery men, which, as the name suggests, controlled the management of wartime artillery.

The composition of this army is still very scientific. In fact, the Ming Dynasty's formed firearms unit was even more than a hundred years ahead of the West. But the problem is that technology is a thing that does not advance or retreat.

Due to various considerations, the Ming Dynasty did not give good treatment to the craftsmen, which led to an extreme lack of creativity among the civil officials.

Coupled with the problem of empty salaries for officers, the Shenji Battalion gradually declined. By the time Zhengde ascended the throne, the full 5,000-strong army was less than 3,000 people.

From the perspective of the whole country, this ratio is not bad, but in Jingshi, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, 2,000 people can run away alive, where is the face of the Son of Heaven?

It's just that Emperor Zhengde is playful and doesn't bother to care about these things on weekdays.

But this time Xie Shen mentioned the Shenji Battalion, and Emperor Zhengde naturally wanted to ask a question or two.

The Son of Heaven personally asked, even if there was a big difficulty, he had to bite the bullet. Soon, the vacancy was filled, and the first batch of 500 imitation flintlock pistols was also sent to the Shenji Battalion.

Xie Shen couldn't help but sigh, it's really good to have power.

The sudden rise of the Shenji Battalion made the other two battalions of the three major battalions of the Jingshi envious, but there was no way, who asked Xiao Ge Lao to make this flintlock pistol that had the most to do with the Shenji Battalion.

But it was said that when the three giants of the cabinet came to the Shenji Camp, Emperor Zhengde had already arrived for a long time.

He was quite surprised to see that in addition to Xie Shen, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also came: "The first assistant and the second assistant are also here." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the old minister also wants to see how strange this flintlock pistol is."

Li Dongyang said unhurriedly, still so decent.

"Well, since they're all here, let's take a look together."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, and Gu Dayong, who was waiting on the side, immediately said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty has a will, the infantry volley!" ”

The fifty men in a row immediately raised their flintlock pistols and shot at the target two hundred paces away.

They are proficient in the use of muskets and artillery, so they have no psychological barriers to flintlock pistols, and they can get started very quickly.

Because they have to perform in front of the emperor, they have practiced countless times before, and there will be no mistakes.

Only a crisp sound was heard, and several round holes appeared on the target two hundred paces away.

After being silent for a long time, Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands again and again: "Hit, all shot!" ”

He was as excited as a child, and said to Xie Shen: "Sir, this is too godly. ”

Zhu Houzhao likes novelty things, so when he was still the crown prince, he once came to the Shenji camp with Emperor Hongzhi.

In his impression, the range of the musket was not as far as that of the flintlock pistol, and the accuracy of the attack was much inferior.

The flintlock pistol can accurately hit a target at a distance of 200 paces, but the firebolt can miss the target at a distance of 100 paces.

"Your Majesty, this is the progress of the times."

Xie Shen smiled and said, "Your Majesty thinks that if this flintlock pistol is fully popularized, how much can my Daming's combat effectiveness be increased?" ”

"Haha, this is God bless Daming!"

Zhu Houzhao clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "If this flintlock pistol is fully popularized." Where else are the Tatars or something. If that thief chief dares to invade my Ming border again, I will shoot him to death with this flintlock pistol! ”

"Yes, shoot these brutes!"

Gu Dayong also made a gritted tooth shape.

Zhu Houzhao was amused by him, and said repeatedly: "You slave, you are becoming more and more unruly." I discussed state affairs with a few scholars, what did you interject? ”

Gu Dayong said with a smile: "Emperor, the slave and maid don't know anything about state affairs, but the slave and maid understand that Your Majesty is destined by heaven and has the blessing of God." Otherwise, why did God entrust such a good thing to the hands of the old man of Xiaoge to the emperor? ”

Xie Shenxin said No wonder the emperor favors the eunuchs, this eunuch's ability to please people can't be compared.

This is not because the eunuchs are talented, but because the civil officials have too many things to scruple about.

If you want to mix in the Shilin Qingliu circle, the most important thing is the official voice, once you are labeled as a flattering gentleman, then your career is basically worrying.

In fact, Xie Shen was also apprehensive at first. Regardless of whether it is an arquebus or a flintlock pistol, the range is not far, which is actually not obvious compared to the bow and arrow.

But now it seems that at least within the range of two hundred paces, it is still possible to hit the human form, and that is enough.

The advantage of muskets over bows and arrows is that they can be used in dense formations.

This avoids the problem of bow and arrow array faults. Moreover, musket units do not need auxiliary units and can fight alone, which is also very beneficial for renovating combat thinking.

As for the use of muskets against cavalry, it may not be so perfect in actual combat, but it is still a new attempt.

Xie Shen is not a god, it is impossible to destroy the world like the creator god, he can only transform the Ming within the scope of his ability, so that the Ming will have new things in the military, economy, and system.

This process of change may be painful and uncomfortable, but it must be experienced.

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