The spirits of the defeated soldiers are lifted, yes! It's just the generalissimo who loses! But Zhu Bugs, whom we admire the most, has never lost a battle, if Zhu Baba is in command, maybe there is a way to deal with the Shenji Battalion.

The large group of decadent defeated soldiers all turned their heads and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with expectant eyes, and their low morale was also raised!

This is the benefit of Zhu Yuanzhang arranging Xu Renjie to suffer defeat on his behalf, if Zhu Yuanzhang was in command from the beginning, after the soldiers were frightened by the Shenji Battalion, their morale would fall into an irreparable situation, and Huanglong Cottage would be defeated in successive battles, and finally collapsed.

But now the defeat in the first battle belongs to Xu Renjie, not to Zhu Yuanzhang, although the soldiers have suffered heavy setbacks, as long as they think that there is Zhu Bugling in the back, their morale will still be saved.

"Brother Zhu, do you have a way to deal with the Shenji Battalion?" The defeated soldiers shouted one after another.

Xu Renjie, who was kneeling on the ground in frustration, and Desperate Saburo crawled a few steps on their knees, and came to Zhu Yuanzhang to listen to him.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that everyone's attention had turned, so he stretched out three fingers and said very seriously: "Sense of distance!" ”

"Distance? What do you mean? "The crowd is unknown.

"Cannons and firecrackers are powerful, aren't they?" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't answer what the sense of distance was, but suddenly talked about something else.

Everyone didn't know what he meant, but since they were asked, of course, they had to hurry up and talk about their feelings about the firecracker, and a group of defeated soldiers shouted urgently: "The firecracker is too powerful...... The wooden shield can't stop it! ”

"The cannon is also very powerful, as soon as the cannon sounds, the mountains and rocks are cracked, and it is impossible for our flesh and blood to stop it......"

"And they hit far ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Although the cannon is powerful, it can only be used to deal with the arrow tower, and it is basically impossible to hit a living person if you want to hit it." As for the firebolt...... he paused suddenly and said with a smile: "Although its power is great, compared to the bow and arrow, it has a very huge disadvantage, that is, the sense of distance. ”

"Brother Zhu, we don't understand, don't sell it......" Wang Er shouted.

"To put it simply, the firebolt must be within a certain distance in order to hit more accurately, beyond this distance, the firebolt will not be able to hit people...... It is not the same as a bow and arrow, the archer can accurately grasp where his arrow will shoot, but the firecracker cannot, they can only ensure that within a certain distance, the firearm has a relatively high hit rate, but beyond that distance, it will completely lose accuracy. Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand and stroked: "If it exceeds one hundred and fifty feet, the hit rate of the fire gun will begin to drop significantly, and when it reaches a position of three hundred feet, the fire gun will not hit anyone at all." In fact, the Shenji battalion that came to attack the mountain this time only brought one cannon and less than 200 muskets, and they had to dodge our bows and arrows when attacking the mountain, so they had to fire bullets from a long distance, and they did not dare to fire at a close distance. ”

The soldiers were at a loss, still not quite understanding. It's no wonder that they are all rural villagers, and their knowledge is relatively short, and if they are a little more complicated, they have to be repeated many times to understand.

Seeing that everyone's faces were full of incomprehension, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Pass my order, the guards who have withdrawn from the No. 3 branch will immediately report the number by name, and give me accurate casualty statistics." ”

"Roll call?" The leaders were stunned, Xu Renjie was the first to react, he was still kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to get up, but his mouth was already shouting: "Yes, how many casualties are?" We retreated so embarrassed that we forgot to count the casualties, which is too undeserved......"

"Quick, re-roll call, count casualties!"

"Each soldier returns to his direct captain, reorganizes the queue, and counts by name!"

"One, two, three......"

"The first squad of the three major teams has finished the roll call...... No casualties! ”

"The seventh squad of the four major teams has finished the roll call...... Slightly injure a brother! ”

"The fifth squad of the three major teams has finished the roll call...... One brother killed and one brother lightly wounded! ”

Because Zhu Yuanzhang's army has undergone several years of hard training, the soldiers have done a good job of such small things as rolling names and counting, and after a while, the casualty figures were counted in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Report to Brother Zhu, the brothers guarding the No. 3 branch were originally 1,000 people, and at this time, there were 988 people present, only 12 brothers died, and 25 were injured, except for two who were injured by the firecracker, the others were all injured during the retreat......"

As soon as this report came out, all the leaders sweated together, and even Xu Renjie raised his head in disbelief: "Our casualties are so small? ”

"No, why did our army collapse and flee with such a small casualty?"

"That's weird, isn't it...... I heard the roar of artillery in front of me, and I thought that my brothers were suffering heavy casualties, how could I ......"

The crowd couldn't believe their ears.

In fact, such a casualty figure had long been expected by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the defenders of Huanglong Cottage were bound to be frightened by the two new weapons of firearms and artillery for the first time, and the soldiers were immediately crushed, and most of them did not fight with the officers and soldiers at all. Before the huge losses were inflicted, the army ran away in fright, and the casualty figure must have been a very small number.

"Got it?" Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly: "Fire guns and cannons are all bluffing things, and they can't hit people at all...... You have not lost to muskets and cannons, but to your own cowardice and cowardice! ”

There was a sound of swallowing saliva all around, and the defeated soldiers were speechless by Zhu Yuanzhang, indeed, most of them were frightened by the rumbling cannons and the sound of crackling guns, and some people were scared away by seeing the cannon break through the rocks, and some people were scared away when they saw the fire bolt piercing the wooden shield in the hands of a soldier...... The reason why they fled and retreated was not that the enemy had already been killed in front of them, or that the defeat was irretrievable, but that they were afraid that it was difficult to overcome in the face of mysterious and unknown weapons.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the soldiers were speechless, knowing that they had been shocked by themselves, but this was not enough, doing so would only make them feel inferior, but they could not revive their morale, and if they wanted to bring back the sluggish morale, they also needed to ignite their blood after the inferiority complex, so that the inferiority complex could be transformed into anger and willpower.

He said loudly: "In this way, let's not talk about it, let's look with our eyes, I'll let you see with your own eyes, the fire gun is not terrible at all." ”

He suddenly waved his hand and said loudly to the soldiers around him: "Reorganize the army, the soldiers who have withdrawn from the No. 3 sub-village, plus the 1,000 guards who stayed in the main village, let's go down the mountain to attack the camp of the officers and soldiers!" ”

"What?" Everyone was shocked, and Xu Renjie shouted loudly: "Brother Zhu, our army is newly defeated, and it is not appropriate to attack at this time...... It should be held steady and regrouped. ”

Desperate Saburo was also shocked: "Go to attack the camp at this time? This...... The artillery and fire of the officers and soldiers are ...... Belch...... But ......"

"There's nothing to be afraid of!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "The officers and soldiers have only captured the No. 3 sub-village, and it is impossible to withdraw all the troops from the sub-village immediately, so there is no point in attacking the sub-village!" Based on Du Wenhuan's experience, he will definitely judge that the most correct way is to have all the officers and soldiers stationed in the No. 3 sub-village, condescendingly, and then try to attack the main village. However, the Shenji Battalion became a burden to the officers and soldiers at this time, and it was not a matter of time and a half if the thousand catties of Franc machine guns wanted to get to the mountains. Therefore, the officers and men had no choice but to leave the artillery in the camp at the bottom of the mountain, that is, the Shenji battalion had to stay, and in order to protect the Shenji battalion and the camp at the bottom of the mountain, the officers and men had to divide their forces into two, half stationed in the No. 3 sub-village, and half in the camp at the foot of the mountain. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang divided his hands: "The result of this is that both on and off the mountain, only half of the officers and soldiers are ...... In this case, I suddenly sent troops to attack the camp at the foot of the mountain, and the officers and men did not dare to take the initiative to fight under any circumstances, they would stay in the camp and wait for the officers and soldiers on the mountain to come down to reinforce ......"

This is a psychological factor, which is actually quite easy to understand. Suppose you take 3,000 men to fight the enemy, and when 3,000 men are around, if the enemy weaker than you provokes, you will definitely dare to fight head-on. But if for some reason you divide 3,000 men in half, and the enemy suddenly comes to provoke, no matter whether the enemy is strong or weak, even if the enemy who comes to attack you is weaker than half of your army, your first reaction will be not to fight! Because you have 3,000 men, why do you use half of them to fight? Fools do this! It's better to hold on for a while, wait for the three thousand people to come together, and then kill the opponent with overwhelming momentum.

Zhu Yuanzhang decided to attack the camp left by the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain at this time, because he saw that the officers and soldiers would only defend and would not come out to meet the battle, so he could take advantage of this and implement a plan to revive morale.

In short, the order was given, and the soldiers began to move. The morale of the 1,000 left-behind troops led by Wang Er was not bad, and they quickly completed the whole column and were ready to set off at any time. But the 988 soldiers who had just returned from the defeat of the No. 3 sub-village were a little timid and did not dare to go out.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that there would be such a thing, so he didn't care, he asked Wang Er to lead the troops in front, and Desperate San Lang walked behind with the defeated soldiers, drilled out of the main village, and walked towards the camp of officers and soldiers a few miles away. He himself grabbed Xu Renjie, and while walking, he had something to say to Xu Renjie.

Xu Renjie couldn't help but ask: "Brother Zhu, let's give up the cottage that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and take the initiative to provoke the officers and soldiers...... Is this really the art of war? I've been defeated for a while, and you can't lose again...... Otherwise, our cottage is really going to end. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly: "I'm not going to fight with the officers and soldiers, I took these two thousand people over, just to let them watch a play, and after watching this play, the Shenji Battalion no longer has to worry." ”