Chapter 262: Bargaining
Zhu Yong didn't know that he had fallen into the big pit dug by the emperor, and this guy was still thanking him happily over there. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info The masculine face was about to laugh like a bun at this moment, and Tang Ming suddenly had the urge to rush up and give him two punches.
The old fox Yao Guangxiao was still chattering about his grievances just now, and as soon as the goal was achieved, he became a monk again, with a kind face and a kind smile on the corner of his mouth, and the sad face just now was simply like two people.
If Tang Ming hadn't been cheated by him just now, who would have thought that such a sanctimonious old monk would have calculated him. Tang Ming was not a person who didn't dare to speak up after suffering a loss, and he said to Zhu Di with both hands in fists.
"Your Majesty, if you want General Zhu to go to war, then is it a little less to give only 2,000 cavalry. Although General Zhu is brave and good at fighting, the other party is not a vegetarian. ”
"And how many people do you think it will take to find it appropriate? You must know that this mysterious army has never fought against me head-on, and they will definitely not fight you with too many men and horses, so it will be in vain? Zhu Di seems to be in a very good mood, and his tone of voice is very light.
Tang Ming stretched out a palm and shook it in front of Zhu Di, and said, "Add five hundred people, Weichen doesn't want cavalry, he wants the best gunner in the army, and enough ammunition." ”
Zhu Di frowned when he heard this, Tang Ming's request was greatly unexpected, and he couldn't understand what his intention was? After a while, he was relieved, thinking about everything Tang Ming had done before, that one was not unexpected, if he tried to figure out his intentions every time, Zhu Di felt that there was no need for this, anyway, what he wanted was the result, and he didn't bother to ask about it.
Zhu Di waved his hand, threw a token at Tang Ming's feet, and said with a straight face: "Yes, this is the order of the commander of the army, and with this token, you can mobilize the whole army at will." Of course, except for my pro-army guards, in addition, if you can return victoriously this time, I will make you a general, a thousand acres of fertile land in Nanjing, plus a general's mansion. ”
This is definitely the biggest reward for Tang Ming in Zhu Di's history, there is a mansion in thousands of acres of fertile land, and the location is still in Nanjing, in the face of such a rich reward, Tang Ming couldn't help but be a little excited for a while.
Without saying a word, he pulled Zhu Yong, who had an envious face, out of the big tent, Tang Ming held the handsome order given by Zhu Di in his hand, asked the guards where the Shenshen Gun Camp was and went straight.
Although Zhu Yong was very envious of the rich reward promised by the emperor to Tang Ming, he did not have a trace of jealousy in his heart. At this moment, he didn't understand why Tang Ming didn't want cavalry, but only five hundred sharpshooters?
You must know that this battle is not as good as the last time when you were attacked by transporting grain and grass, and the last time you fought a defensive battle with leisure and hard work, but this time you are taking the initiative to attack, and you must have the mobility to compete with the enemy. There is nothing in the army that is faster than cavalry.
Fortunately, the emperor was very generous and directly threw the handsome order to Tang Ming, it seems that the emperor's trust in him is not as simple as one or two points. But Tang Ming didn't seem to appreciate the emperor's affection, took the token as a chicken feather, and hurried to the sharpshooter camp as soon as he got out of the big tent.
"I said brother! You don't really only need five hundred gunslingers, do you? Since the emperor has handed over all the orders to you, it means that he trusts you very much, and if you don't take the opportunity to ask for more people now, it won't be a waste of the token in your hand. ”
Tang Ming's footsteps didn't stop, but he squinted at the culprit Zhu Yong, this guy didn't seem to realize that he had jumped off the kang until now, and even he was pulled down by him. There is still time to worry about whether you will suffer or not.
"Don't you think that the emperor promised you to fight this time, and he promised too quickly?" Tang Ming was so confused by Zhu Yong's performance that he didn't know if he really didn't understand or pretended to be confused.
Zhu Yong was stunned for a moment when asked, and hesitated and said, "It seems to be a little refreshing, but isn't this the emperor worried about this?" Someone took the initiative to ask for a fight, he was naturally happy, and as soon as he was happy, he readily agreed to me, which is understandable! ”
Tang Ming really had the urge to take a piece of tofu and kill him at the moment, there was a saying in later generations that was not bad at all, if you are not afraid of a god-like enemy, you are afraid of a pig-like teammate. A teammate like Zhu Yong, who is even a lot of pigs, Tang Ming can only look at the sky and sigh!
Although firearms are not very important on the current battlefield, this thing has always been valued by the imperial court, and the explicit order that private people are not allowed to make guns has been well implemented.
Only the National Ordnance Department can make guns and cannons, so although it is good to keep the technology from leaking out, it also makes the progress of the technology of making guns and cannons slow. Just like those fires used now, in addition to the rough workmanship, their quality is also very poor.
As Zhu Yong said, the fire system is like a burning stick, especially the trouble of loading ammunition and gunpowder, which greatly restricts the practicability of the fire system on the battlefield. If it is used in a dry environment, it is fine, but if it happens to be wet or rainy on the battlefield, this fire system is really no different from a burning stick.
Its powder cap and medicine attraction, often in wet or rainy days can not ignite the fire and cannot fire, such a mistake often misses the fighter, leading to the defeat of the war. This is also a hard flaw that the imperial court has always attached importance to the fire system and cannot use it on a large scale.
The flintlock pistol made by Tang Ming did not have such a hard wound, its powder nest was completely sealed, and it was ignited by hitting the flint, which was not only convenient but also practical.
The sharpshooter battalion was located in the rear of the entire battalion, and the 1,000 men who came at the time had lost more than 200 men in the last few battles, and now there were less than 800 men in the battalion. The thousand-person sharpshooter battalion is led by the garrison Li Dazhu, who is less than 1.6 meters tall, and his short legs and short legs are round and long, which looks very funny.
But he was born as a civilian, from a small ordinary soldier in the sharpshooter battalion to the current garrison commander of a thousand people in the sharpshooter battalion, relying on real skills, and using blood and sweat to get the credit step by step to this high position.
When he heard that Weihaihou was coming, he was very happy to greet him at first, but when he saw that he was just a young boy, his first impression was a little contemptuous from his heart. I heard that the sharpshooter camp was for people, and I asked for 500 of them.
The sergeant in the sharpshooter battalion was Li Dazhui's life, how could he easily let Tang Ming take it away. And he was taken out to fight by him, and he was taken to the battlefield by such an unknown commander, not to send his soldiers to death.
Li Dazhui is a real person, he doesn't know hypocrisy, and he said with one mouth: "If the Hou Ye wants someone, it is very unknocking, the last few sharpshooter battalions have been hit hard, and now the battalion is full of wounded, I hope the Hou Ye will forgive me!" (To be continued.) )