The two brothers came to Cao Bianjiao's big tent one after the other, and withdrew all his subordinates.

"Cousin, I have an ominous premonition, maybe before the war starts, Wang Pu, Wu Sangui and others will lead the army to escape," Cao Yue once again reiterated his opinion, in front of Cao Bianjiao, he didn't need to worry too much, "If this is really the case, it will definitely lead to the rout of the army." Cousin, Beacon Hill was captured by Jiannu, the grain and grass were lost, the morale of the army was fluctuating, anything could happen, and we couldn't help but take precautions. ”

The situation is critical, and Cao Yue, who knew the outcome of the Battle of Songjin in the original history, was not in a hurry.

Cao Bianjiao knows the military discipline of the Ming army today, and has also experienced many scenes of defeat of the official army, and then thinking of what happened today, the attitude of the other generals during the discussion, he sighed, accepted what Cao Yue said, and did not say anything against it. At the end, he said helplessly: "If the generals can work together in this battle, Jiannu will definitely not be able to get a bargain, but if someone looks for an opportunity to escape, then this battle will ......."

Although Cao Bianjiao didn't say the latter words, anyone could hear the meaning.

However, Cao Bianjiao was a tiger general who had experienced countless life and death battles, and after only losing his temper for a while, he immediately calmed down, turned his head and said to Cao Yue: "Fifth brother, then we have to discuss how to deal with the worst situation." ”

"Cousin, when I was lying in bed today to recuperate, my younger brother thought a lot about the war and figured out a set of tactics that were different from the past," without waiting for Cao Bianjiao to say anything specific, Cao Yue first said some of his thoughts: "My Ming army is far superior to Jiannu in terms of number and equipment, but it is at a disadvantage most of the time in the battle with Jiannu, even if it relies on a strong city. After thinking about it, the younger brother felt that the main reason was that there was a problem with our tactics, especially in the use of firearms. ”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, science and technology were already quite developed, and the Ming army was not only equipped with artillery, but also muskets, including bird guns, fire guns and three-eyed guns. It stands to reason that the army, which was equipped with firearms, encountered the Qing army, which was mainly cold weapons, and it was easy to win. But the fact is that on the contrary, the Qing army is completely superior to the Ming army in terms of combat effectiveness, and hundreds of cavalry of the Eight Banners dare to attack the tens of thousands of Ming troops, and the Ming army is often defeated.

Why is this happening? The main reason is that the military discipline of the Ming army in the late Ming Dynasty was corrupt, and the soldiers completely lost their blood, and another important reason was that they did not make good use of firearms and did not give full play to the power of firearms.

Cao Yue was a retired officer before crossing the war, a high-achieving student who graduated from Shijiazhuang Army Academy, and a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander of a field unit before changing jobs. Although he said that he had experienced real wars when he was in the army, he had experienced a lot of actual military exercises. The most important thing is that because of his interest, in the ten years of studying in the military academy and leading the troops, he studied countless ancient and modern battles, and he also studied the war situation in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and he knew the reasons for the low combat effectiveness of the Ming army at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, anyone who knows a little bit of military common sense knows that an army with cold weapons is completely unable to compete with an army equipped with artillery and muskets, and the most powerful combat musket with an army with cold weapons is a whole volley fire, which is almost a one-sided slaughter.

In the movie "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace", this is the scene when the Qing army fought against the Eight-Nation Alliance.

But now the Ming army is using firearms, but this is not the case, the soldiers are almost fighting separately, in the face of the charge of the Jiannu cavalry, after the musketeers fired a shot, there was basically no chance to put a second shot, and the other party rushed to the front.

The uneven musket fire did not give much lethality to the charging cavalry, and the tactics of battle had to be changed.

"Change the tactics of war?" After Cao Bianjiao heard this, he was very surprised.

"Yes," Cao Yue nodded very firmly, and without explaining too much, he said directly: "Cousin, the younger brother has come up with a way that will definitely greatly increase the power of the musketeers." ”

"What's the method?"

"I can't explain the specifics at once, so the younger brother will gather the family members and explain while demonstrating!"

"Good!" Cao Bianjiao also immediately agreed, and immediately went out of the big tent with Cao Yue.

Cao Yue, who has recovered part of the memory of his original body, is no stranger to everything, as if he has completely entered the state. He skillfully ordered Cao Jie, the commander of the family troops waiting outside the tent, to assemble all his guards.

The Jiading army is a big strange phenomenon in the Ming army. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the armament of the Ming army was lax, the system was destroyed, corruption became commonplace, and the general soldiers who held the military power deducted military salaries, and empty salaries became a common phenomenon, and the troops were often dissatisfied with the personnel and the training was lax. However, the chief military officer will keep a private army, which is the most well-equipped, and the salary will not be deducted, and it is the most elite man in the hands of the chief military officer.

Although Cao Bianjiao and Cao Yue's father, Cao Wenzhao, did not deduct military salaries on a large scale and eat empty salaries, they also had such an army in their hands. Cao Yue's family army had 700 people, most of them were men and horses who followed his father Cao Wenzhao to fight everywhere, and after Cao Wenzhao's death, the remnants of those men and horses followed Cao Yue. Cao Bianjiao and Cao Yue's Jiading troops can also be regarded as the most elite men and horses in the Eastern Association Army.

What's more important is that they only have the master in their eyes, not the court.

In a hurry, Cao Yue, who thought of changing his tactics, immediately thought of pulling his own family troops for an emergency drill, which would be used to save his life at that time.

There are 700 Jiading troops around Cao Yue, and their quality is high in the Ming army, but in the eyes of Cao Yue now, there are the same rabble. He made up his mind that if he could avoid this disaster, he must train his men and horses well and let them become elite soldiers.

There are nearly 20,000 people in the Eastern Association Army, and as Cao Bianjiao's deputy general, Cao Yue can command 5,000 people, but now Cao Yue has no time to pay attention to the 5,000 people he commands.

It's really uncomfortable to be crammed temporarily.

Soon, 700 family members were summoned, and under Cao Yue's orders, 600 of them were divided into six rows, and the other 100 were on standby as support personnel. For every 100 households, there was a general leader, armed with a musket. Cao Yue divided them into teams of one, two, three, four, five, and six. "All teams pay attention and strictly follow the general's orders." Cao Yue, who changed into a military uniform, gave a very majestic order.

Cao Yue also briefly stated his requirements, asking the teams to strictly follow his orders.

In the loud response of all the family members, Cao Yue gave the first order: "First team, take a step forward." ”

After hearing the order, the first team of 100 family members each took a step forward, and the pace was quite neat. Seeing that there was no chaos in each queue, Cao Yue was quite satisfied. In order to avoid confusion, Cao Yue ordered each team to do it all over again, including forward, backward, squatting and other actions.

"Raise your gun! Okay, put it down!"

Cao Bianjiao, who was watching quietly on the side, seemed to understand Cao Yue's plan a little, and looked at it with interest.

"You have done a good job," Cao Yue praised, and immediately started a new training order, "Strictly follow the general's orders, and when you hear the general shouting to shoot, you can fire." After the front team has finished shooting, they must immediately retreat to the last and seize the time to fill the gunpowder lead pellets!"

"Understood!" The neat voice responded to Cao Yue's order.

Cao Yue took a step back, raised the war knife in his hand, and ordered loudly: "First team, prepare ......"

When the first hundred family members heard the order, they immediately raised their muskets in their hands and aimed them at the front.

"Shoot!"

With Cao Yue's order, the first row of 100 family members pressed down the hook on the gun almost at the same time. The firearms of the Ming army include bird guns, fire guns, and three-eyed guns, all of which belong to the most basic arquebuses, and the arquebuses are equipped with hooks, and the top of the hooks is sandwiched with a section of burning arquebus, when shooting, the soldiers press down the hooks to press the burning rope into the fire door, ignite the gunpowder in the chamber, and use the power of gunpowder burning to shoot out the projectiles in the chamber.

As soon as Cao Yue's order fell, a deafening roar suddenly sounded in the camp, and the thick smell of gunpowder wafted into the air. After the shooting, the 100 members of the first team immediately retreated behind the sixth platoon and began to nervously reload their ammunition. The action of reloading the bullet after stepping back was not so neat, and Cao Yue, who was watching, shook his head.

"Second team, prepend...... Shoot!"

A loud roar rang out again.

After tossing like this for two hours, the 700-strong Jiading troops were finally trained smoothly, and Cao Yue also sighed with satisfaction.

Subsequently, Cao Yue ordered Cao Jie, the leader of the Jiading army, to continue training, and he followed Cao Bianjiao, whose interest was completely aroused, back to the big tent.

"Fifth brother, such a shooting method is indeed huge, and it can be continuous," Cao Bianjiao couldn't help the excitement in his heart, stretched out his fist and punched Cao Yue hard, "Brother Wei, I really didn't expect you to think of this method." Non-stop shooting, the lethality of hundreds of muskets in a platoon is very huge, and Jiannu's cavalry can be shot before they rush to the front of our army. Tonight, all the musketeers in the general are assembled for the preparation of the brothers, and they are trained as you have just done. While speaking, Cao Bianjiao shouted outside the tent: "Someone!"

With Cao Bianjiao's shouting, a pro-soldier entered the tent.

"Order Deputy Chief Zhao to immediately assemble all the musketeers and train overnight!"

Zhao Zhen, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern Association Army, was Cao Bianjiao's right-hand man, who followed Cao Yue's father Cao Wenzhao to fight everywhere in his early years, and made a lot of military exploits. The musket battalion in the army has always been in charge of Zhao Zhen, and Cao Bianjiao also instructed Zhao Zhen to be responsible for the temporary training of the musket battalion.

The soldiers immediately went to pass on Zhao Zhen, the deputy commander-in-chief, who was urgently arranging the task.

"Cousin, how many muskets are available in the army? How much ammunition? Cao Yue once again suggested to Cao Bianjiao, "We must accurately grasp these situations. ”

"That's reasonable, for my brother, let people count the number of muskets and ammunition that can be used immediately!" Cao Bianjiao immediately agreed to Cao Yue's proposal, and the cronies who were in charge of military rations put Cao Bing into the account and ordered him to carefully count the weapons and ammunition existing in the army.

After Zhao Zhen, the deputy commander-in-chief, entered the account and listened to the order to leave to prepare, Cao Yue and Cao Bianjiao also began to discuss how to fight the next battle, and how to deal with it in case the other generals led the army to escape.

Just when the two were urgently discussing countermeasures, a shocking, but expected, news came: at the beginning of the shift, Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, led the army to retreat in the direction of Ningyuan without reporting Hong Chengchou.