Wang Shao, who was studying hungrily at the Royal Military Academy, suddenly received a secret order, and Lu Chengqi clearly told him in his handwritten edict to give him 500 musket teams, and asked him to immediately take 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry to Youzhou City, waiting for an opportunity to assist the border army to attack the Khitans. Originally www.biquge.info Lu Chengqi wanted to equip the front of the rifle with a bayonet, but because the ordnance supervisor was working day and night, he only had time to produce parts on the assembly line, and he didn't have time to build a standard bayonet. And the bayonet made of steel is not very useful, and Lu Chengqi can't look down on it. In desperation, the musket team could only be equipped with a simple knife for the time being.

Wang Shao was surprised and delighted, he hadn't really been on the battlefield, but Lu Chengqi handed over such an important battle to him to command, didn't it mean that Lu Chengqi trusted him very much and was ready to reuse him?

After receiving the secret order and the talisman, he hurried back to the forbidden army camp overnight, and Di Qing had already assembled the army and handed it over to him. At the same time, he told him about the three-stage shooting skills that the musket team of 500 men had been trained in these days. Wang Shao had only seen the first rifle made by the Ordnance Supervisor, and he was still very skeptical about the practicality of this weapon.

But Lu Chengqi gathered the crystallization of the country's top craftsmen and produced the Hongxiang-style rifle, how can it be a general? If it weren't for the limited production capacity, Lu Chengqi would be eager to immediately equip the forbidden army with two-thirds of the rifles. It's a pity that before there is no large rifle workshop to come out, this idea can only be thought of.

First of all, the steel production of blast furnaces is unstable. The quality of the iron ore, the quality of the transformation of coal into coke, these top craftsmen have not been able to grasp it well. After all, this is an earthen blast furnace, and it is good to be able to produce steel. Not long ago, due to improper operation, several craftsmen were burned by molten iron. Lu Chengqi ordered to be appeased, and if he lost his ability to work, the imperial court gave him enough money and silver, so that these craftsmen could spend the rest of their lives in peace. Lu Chengqi repeatedly emphasized safety awareness, and also asked people to sew heat-resistant clothing that is not easy to catch fire, sewn with animal skin on the outside, and cotton on the inside, which can be well insulated. But the heat outside the blast furnace was too strong, and Lu Chengqi also asked people to make ice from saltpeter and boil sugar water to dissipate heat for the craftsmen.

Now every craftsman has an apprentice, from one or two to five or six, all learning to make new things. Although the division of labor proposed by Lu Chengqi has been popularized to a certain extent, in Lu Chengqi's eyes, a lot of labor is still wasted.

The Armament Superintendent has also been repeatedly expanded, and now employs more than 500 people, almost all of whom are craftsmen. Except for the vigilant inspectors and the officials of the Ministry of Works who helped deal with the artisans' eating and drinking, they were all technicians. Lu Chengqi set a complete set of talent training programs, and when talents are discovered, they require the officials of the Ministry of Industry to continue to follow up and ensure the creativity of the craftsmen themselves.

To put it bluntly, the current ordnance superintendent is a logistics department, and the craftsmen of the original ordnance superintendent have been passed down from generation to generation and are responsible for manufacturing cold weapons. The Weapons Supervisor is now located in Chang'an City, specializing in the production of cold weapons, bows and arrows, swords, spears, saddles, horseshoes, armor, etc. The products made were sent to the forbidden army as soon as possible, then to the border army, and finally to the box army. The Ordnance Supervision outside Chang'an City is actually the Ordnance Invention Department, specializing in black and gunpowder.

This is just the logistics of weapons, as well as the collection of grain and grass. In the past, whenever there was a big war, the officials of the household department secretly had fun, and they could do enough in terms of food and salary. Now that Lu Chengqi is vigorously grasping corruption, they have only reined in a little. In addition, Lu Chengqi explicitly ordered to use the loan accounting method, and they couldn't do anything in the account book, plus the supervisors carried out routine inspections every month, even if they had crooked thoughts, they couldn't do anything, so they had to allocate the full amount of food and pay and send it to the three armies.

Lu Chengqi secretly ordered the household department Shangshulin Town to prepare the March ration for the 10,000-strong army, and also ordered him not to make a noise to ensure the secrecy of the march. There are not many Khitan spies in Dashun, if they find out this news, then this 10,000 army will not only not be able to make a surprise soldier, but also the danger of being annihilated by the Khitan people in the field.

Lin Zhenzhong can also be regarded as a capable person, and quietly took out the food and salary of the original box army and sent it to the forbidden army camp in batches. It also includes fried noodles "invented" by Lu Chengqi, three or five catties of fried noodles can ensure the amount of dry food for individual soldiers, and they can be eaten with water, and the taste is also good, and it is not easy to get rancid.

Before the departure of the forbidden army, Lu Chengqi personally went to the camp of the forbidden army, secretly summoned Wang Shao, and said: "Commander Wang, you have three missions here. First, it is necessary to send the people in the wilderness along the way to the city, and the walls are cleared, so that the Khitans cannot be given the opportunity to fight for war; Second, notify the city guard of Youzhou to strictly guard the city and not to fight; Third, you led your army to watch the battle from afar, waiting for the opportunity to move. If the Khitans are defeated, you will beat the water dogs; If the Khitans retreated more neatly, then don't chase them. You are a general, and you are more familiar with this truth. There is a poor Kou Mo chasing, but it is also a situation. There is also a saying called 'It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, not to sell the name of the overlord'. ”

Wang Shao saw that Lu Chengqi's logistics and everything had been done for him, and he only needed to go out with peace of mind, so he was inexplicably moved in his heart, and said: "The last general will live up to His Majesty's high expectations, and he will definitely fight the majesty of the forbidden army!" ”

Lu Chengqi also repeatedly told him to reuse the musket team. He told Wang Shao about the range and power of the Hongxiang-style rifle, and Wang Shao's jaw was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped: "If there are 3,000 musketeers, why are you afraid of the Khitan 10,000 cavalry?" ”

Lu Chengqi also smiled bitterly, the Hongxiang rifle produced by gathering the country's top craftsmen, although the power is huge, the output has always been a bottleneck. Only a dozen guns can be made every day, and when and when can it be equipped with the entire army? Lu Chengqi had no choice but to expand the number of apprentices and step up the research and development of water-powered machine tools.

Lu Chengqi smiled bitterly: "Musketeers are not omnipotent, and their melee ability is too weak. If the cavalry bursts in front of them, or strikes from both flanks, they will be routed. Originally, I wanted to add a bayonet in front of the rifle, but the war waits for no one, and only by making a batch of rifles can I exert my combat power. Wang Qing, you have only studied at the Royal Military Academy for a month, and you don't know the combat mode of the musket team yet, this expedition, after entering the battle, you can't interfere with the actions of the musket team, let them play on their own, it will definitely scare you! I can't wait to see the barbarians fleeing in embarrassment. ”

Wang Shao nodded and responded, but he didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Chengqi didn't say much, and encouraged Wang Shao, who led the army for the first time, and then let Wang Shao get on the horse and go on the expedition.

Taking advantage of the night, the forbidden army secretly withdrew from the camp in batches, no one spoke in the dark, and even the horses were tied with thick cloths on their hooves, and the horses were tied with rings in their mouths, without making a sound.

Through observation, Lu Chengqi found that these forbidden troops, after more than a month of training by the officers of the Royal Military Academy, gradually took on the appearance of a strong army, at least they were ordered and prohibited.

Lu Chengqi looked forward to it in his heart that this forbidden army could create miracles, it didn't take too much, a small victory was enough, so that the people of Dashun could ignite their passion and go to produce well.

Like a black dragon, the forbidden army is firmly and steadily advancing towards the north, and in the dark night, it seems that there is a hidden murderous intention. A bloody battle seems to be brewing in the north......

Lu Chengqi looked at the 10,000-strong army, and he muttered to himself: "The speed of the ancient march is not flattering, can you rush to the city of Youzhou in half a month?" ”

There is a reason for Lu Chengqi's worries, the ancient official roads and post roads are in disrepair, and it is even more difficult to move an inch if it rains. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, it was clear that there were still many troops in the country, but there was no way to take the Manchu Tartars with only tens of thousands of people, that is, it was not easy to transfer troops, and the roads were eroded. There were no large troop carriers on the waterways, and there were many pirates on the sea routes, coupled with the lack of food and salaries, and the officers drank the blood of the soldiers, and the combat effectiveness and morale of the army were extremely low. If you transfer troops from Sichuan, you won't want to go to Liaodong for a year and a half.

Lu Chengqi was also worried about this place, he was afraid that even if the 10,000 forbidden army forcibly marched and rushed to the city of Youzhou, the Khitans had already plundered it at that time and left......

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