Thank you so much, Reska! "Returning to the tent of the Shenji Battalion, I hastened to thank Reska behind me.

"General, you are too modest, although you have just served as the commander of this army, I can still feel that you will definitely be an excellent commander in the future!" Reska smiled, her blue eyes glinting with admiration. I guess it was my knowledge of the UK last night that made him very interested in me as a foreigner.

I shook my head noncommittally, then picked up the roster of the Divine Machine Battalion that I had put on the table, and turned to look at Reska: "Your Excellency, if you don't dislike it, can you serve as the instructor of this Divine Machine Battalion?" I hope you can teach my soldiers how to use these new muskets proficiently! ”

"It's my pleasure that you want to believe me, General. But how are you going to train these soldiers? Is it a traditional phalanx tactic or something else! Reska glanced at me slyly, yes, the traditional infantry phalanx tactics are difficult for the musket to give full play to the firepower advantage, and although the current flintlock pistol is very advanced, but after all, it is still the medieval front-loading gun, if the enemy cavalry attacks or the opponent's crossbowmen break into the firing range, the firearms troops can no longer play the advantage of firepower if they continue to form a phalanx, which can no longer adopt the original infantry phalanx tactics, but to adopt the later column formation tactics.

"I'm going to stretch the line longer, put more fire-guns on the front, and then three rows in turn, the first row - shooting, the second row is ready, the third row is loaded, and after the first row finishes firing, retreat to the third row to reload, and then shoot in turn, so that I can give full play to the maximum firepower advantage of firearms!" I hurriedly explained my third-line tactics, even though I had stolen my own historical common sense.

Reska smiled lightly: "General, your three-line tactics can certainly maximize the advantage of fire-gun, but what if our enemy blocks the shooting with something such as a thick shield with a wooden wall as he advances?" Although the new musket is a great improvement over the previous musket, it is not powerful enough to change the battlefield pattern! ”

"So I decided to add a little twist to the new musket, do you think this can be done?" I pulled out a piece of paper full of drawings from my bosom, which I had thought about all night last night and had done with what little knowledge I had of weapons.

On the drawing, at the front end of the slender musket-gun barrel, there is a fixed card holder, and under the card seat is a sharp bayonet of about 50 centimeters, yes, the fire-gun plus the bayonet is the mainstream of this era, and then the extremely powerful British Red Coats army relied on the new flintlock fire-gun and bayonet to conquer the world, fortunately, I have seen some common sense of the card bayonet before, which can be regarded as my own attempt!

"That's a good idea!" Reska nodded: "At the very least, the musketeers can have a certain amount of hand-to-hand combat ability, and if they are trained well, the sword may not be able to take advantage of us musketeers." How did you come up with the idea? "Reska looked at me and hoped I could answer his question.

I smiled noncommittally, I can't tell him I saw it on TV and Baidu!

Reska didn't ask, he stuffed the blueprint in his pocket, and continued: "I'll add this dagger to the new musket according to this drawing, see if it affects the shooting, and if it does, I'll try to make some corrections." Checkmate! IMHO, your tactics are certainly advanced, but you can't win the war with fire-gunners alone, I saw in the army of King Gustav their concentrated use of artillery, I think they are right, if in battle, it is possible to concentrate all artillery as an independent unit, to provide huge intensive fire support for infantry in battle, then for the enemy, it will be an absolute nightmare. ”

"Separate artillery units?" I nodded, that's right, artillery support is the most important part of modern warfare, if you want to organize this Shenji battalion into the strongest firearms unit in this era, the support of artillery and cold weapons is absolutely indispensable.

"I've unloaded all twenty-six cannons from the ship, and the gunners on my ship will be happy to teach you how to use these powerful cannons!"

That's fine, then the next step is to turn these intractable cannons into mobile field guns, which can also provide sufficient artillery support in the field.

"I need a firepower unit of eighty cannons! Let's call them the Artillery Regiment for the time being! Reska: Can you guarantee that you will be able to train this artillery regiment in three months? ”

"What can't I promise? Zhang, what we do is something that others rarely try, and our artillery regiment also has to cooperate with our infantry, and our infantry also needs time to learn and become familiar with new tactics. I really don't know if we can achieve the results we want in three months! ”

I nodded knowingly, and he was right. Everything will take time. But why am I in such a hurry? Is it true that from the bottom of my heart, there is still that terrible thought that I want to try?

After a month, Reska and I have been staying in the Shenji Battalion, although Li Guangzhong has very doubts about my thoughts, but it seems that he always listens to me at the end, I organized the 4,000 Shenji Battalion into four basic infantry regiments, each infantry regiment is divided into three combat battalions, for basic training in three-line tactics and assassination techniques, although I am not very proficient in three-line tactics and assassination fighting, fortunately, Reska seems to be very familiar, he combines the gunnery that soldiers usually train and Western fencing, Although the development of a set of bayonet assassination techniques is still far from modern assassination techniques, it has also achieved very good results from the time of training.

Except for the four basic infantry regiments, which was the artillery regiment that Reska was talking about, since there were no more people to use, I asked Li Quang Chung to gather all the people who could use artillery, and finally gathered enough people to use sixty guns, and these people used those twenty-six cannons for shooting training every day. Every day, the sound of artillery fire would be heard near the school grounds, and gradually, the soldiers who were not yet accustomed to the loud roar and gunsmoke battlefield environment began to slowly adapt. It's just that the people who live near the school yard are unbearable, and they often run to the front of the commanding embassy to make noise, and Li Guangzhong also turns a blind eye to the other, and he just doesn't come out anyway.

In order to obtain enough weapons and ammunition, Reska also gathered a number of craftsmen who were responsible for casting muskets and artillery, as well as making ammunition.

After a month of basic training, the Shenji Battalion finally had some results, but this was not my ultimate goal, my final idea was to train a modern army organized with modern times, a powerful army.

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In February of the forty-sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Jingshi

Emperor Wanli raised his hand slightly, waved away the officials of the military department kneeling in front of him, as before, the military department brought ominous news, this time it was Liaodong that had an accident, and Nurhachi, the slave chief of Liaodong, who was once a subordinate of the empire, openly challenged the imperial court, and the military department had quarreled into a pot of porridge for this matter, and the main battle lord and the two sides quarreled together, but no one dared to put forward a reasonable suggestion. The ball was kicked back and forth, and finally to His Majesty the Emperor.

Wanli has been tired of this kind of news, in the forty-six years since he was in power, the imperial court has been dealing with the war, the Bobai rebellion in Shaanxi, the invasion of the Chao-Xian Kou, the rebellion of Yang Yinglong in Sichuan, the military rebellion continues, and a lot of national strength is constantly lost, and it also makes the ruler of the empire feel exhausted, if it were not for the national strength accumulated when Zhang Juzheng was in power, the empire would have collapsed long ago.

"Your Majesty, Nurhachi openly challenged the imperial court, this is despising my Ming Dynasty, despising the imperial court, and even more contempt for Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should immediately transfer troops, sweep Liaodong with thunder, and annihilate the traitors!" Song Yinglong, the squire of the military department, has always been the main battle faction, in his opinion, although this Nurhachi is not strong, but it is indeed a big trouble for the empire, so he strongly advocates the transfer of troops to suppress it, but he is also the only one among all the people in the military department who asks for a large army to go to war.

"Song Shilang, Nurhachi is just the patriarch of a small tribe of the Jurchens in Liaodong, and his power is weak, I heard that when Lord Li Chengliang was here, this person was just a pawn under him, if my Heavenly Empire had to use all his strength to deal with such a thief, wouldn't it make others laugh." It was Song Yinglong's boss who spoke, Li Cheng, the secretary of the military department.

"Lord Shangshu, Nurhachi has now mastered the Jurchen tribes, and my Ming Dynasty is in Liaodong, the army is weak, once Nurhachi gathers troops to make chaos, then my Liaodong land will be in danger, Liaodong is a dangerous place, the people are warlike, the products are abundant, if it falls into the hands of others, the country will inevitably be unbearable, and then the time will be wasted, and it will be too late to regret!" In the face of Li Cheng's criticism, Song Yinglong did not back down at all, and almost tried his best to explain the danger of losing the land of Liaodong.

"Your Majesty, what Song Shilang said is true, since Nurhachi openly challenged the imperial court and intended to cause chaos, this is absolutely intolerable to the imperial court, but in recent years, the Ming Dynasty has been repeatedly warned, the treasury is empty, and the people are exhausted. The old man who had been standing silently on the side suddenly bowed his hand to the emperor, it was Fang Congzhe, a cabinet scholar who had only recently ascended to the throne of the first assistant.

The old and cunning guy, Wanli scolded secretly, and then glanced at Fang Congzhe, who was standing there with his hands bowed and respectful: "Then Aiqing, you come to tell me, how to deal with this Nurhachi?" ”

Fang Congzhe hurriedly knelt down and respectfully bowed to the Son of Heaven: "Weichen thinks that the treasury is really difficult to support when a large army is dispatched at this time, but if he sits idly by, the prestige of the imperial court in Liaodong will inevitably be damaged, so Weichen thinks that it is better to order the guards in Liaodong to mobilize troops to suppress it, thinking that Nurhachi is not a grass coward, and the guards are enough to deal with this kind of thief!" ”

"Your Majesty, never!" Before Fang Congzhe finished speaking, Song Yinglong immediately knelt on the ground, clasped his hands into fists and said: "Your Majesty, Nurhachi has few troops, but they are all soldiers of a hundred battles, and they are even more loyal to Nurhachi. ”

Fang Congzhe was immediately excited by Song Yinglong's words, he immediately turned his head and scolded sharply: "Song Shilang said this, it is clear that he is growing the anger of others, if he is in the army, he should be punished." Mobilize the army, spend tens of millions, the treasury has long been exhausted, and it is simply no longer able to support such a big war! ”

Song Yinglong was drunk like this, not only did he not have any intention of retreating, but straightened up and fought back: "What Fang Shoufu said is true, but if Nurhachi is allowed to become bigger, when the time comes, the continuous war will not only make the people suffer, but the cost will be incalculable, and when the country is disturbed, won't it lose more?" ”

Fang Congzhe was speechless when he said this, but he had nothing to refute for a while, so he had to look at Song Yinglong angrily, and the few gray beards under his chin also kept trembling because of excitement.

"If you only care about the stability of the moment and put Liaodong in chaos, and bring the Ming Dynasty into the boundless flames of war, I want to ask Lord Shoufu, do you deserve this infamy through the ages?"

"You only know that the army is reckless, the old ministers are for His Majesty and the people are the people, dare not to do their best, how can a person like the slave chief be worthy of my Ming righteous teacher, I think you want to take the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, in order to make a false name."

"The soldiers are fierce and the war is dangerous, the so-called righteousness, there is no difference on the battlefield, the clear talk is misleading, Lord Shoufu should not forget the lessons of the previous dynasty!!"

"You !!!"

"Don't talk about it!" Wanli's brain was about to be blown up by his own courtiers, he waved his hand impatiently, signaling that the argument would end here, every time the court quarreled over a thing, he needed to make a decision, which is also the reason why he didn't want to have a court meeting, because every time the court meeting, a little bit of bad things would be turned upside down, although someone once told him that it was a good thing for everyone to quarrel in the court, because the decision-makers could find a reasonable balance point through these quarrels and then make the right decision, listen to the wise and advise, this is the truth. But every time it's so noisy, no one can stand it, so he decided not to listen to these noises, but it's not okay if he doesn't listen, after all, the entire Ming Dynasty still relies on himself.

He suddenly remembered that about twenty years ago, also at this time, the spies planted in the Ryukyus by the Chaoxianhe Empire sent the news of the imminent invasion of the Japanese Invaders, and the Ministry of War and the Cabinet were also like this, quarreling into a pot of porridge, and the ministers of the main war and the main peace stated their reasons, and finally he decided to go to war, and the war lasted for several years, and finally on the surface of the Chao-Xian Sea, the Ming Navy defeated the Japanese Navy, and the good news was transmitted to the Empire, and the scene of the Emperor Shengming of the world once again appeared in front of his eyes.

"I'll think about it again! Stand down, all of you! Wanli closed his eyes slightly, and an unstoppable sleepiness slowly crept up his body.

Sure enough, it's old! The emperor secretly smiled bitterly, as time passed, his aging began to slowly accelerate, but the affairs of the empire became more and more burdensome day by day, and the ambitious monarch who was once high-spirited and wanted to monopolize power was no longer there, leaving only an old man who had been exhausted by the enthusiasm of state and family affairs.

"It would be nice if Zhang Juzheng was still here!"

The familiar and unfamiliar face suddenly appeared in front of him, and he was standing in front of him, telling him the truth of governing the country.

"Your Majesty is the son of the great tomorrow, the world looks up to you, don't let the world underestimate my Ming!

Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang, Tan Lun, Li Rusong, Li Chengliang, if they still have one of them, there would be no such things today.

Who will be the next celebrity of the Ming Dynasty?

The emperor closed his eyes slightly, silently, where did Daming go? Where will he go from here?