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All of you here are poor people, and Hu Guang gave the example of laying foundations, and they can all understand. I heard that Hu Guang used the strategy of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, to seize the world, and suddenly he looked very tall again. With such an explanation, who dares and cannot argue with Hu Guang.

However, no one could have imagined that Hu Guang changed his words again at this time: "Of course, the current situation is very good, and we must also take advantage of it!" ”

At this moment, some people were confused, and Lakshen first asked suspiciously: "If you don't fight, how can you use it if you shrink in the mountains?" ”

Hu Guang smiled when he heard this, turned his head to look at him, and said: "We will not fight much, take advantage of the current public opinion advantage, fight some small-scale wars, and do not aim at expanding the control area." ”

"What are you doing then?" Lakshin can't figure it out, isn't fighting a war just a land grab?

However, the leaders who came out of Fugu heard Hu Guang's words and could understand them. Because they've been doing that kind of work since last winter.

"Our goal, number one, is to continue to expand our impact; The second is to obtain sufficient supplies, including food, war horses, iron tools, gunpowder, and so on. The third is military training, and our officers and men cannot only rely on training, but also need actual combat ......."

"Wait, haven't all of our people fought?" As if he had to find fault, Laxon continued to ask questions.

In fact, in Daqingshan, at the meeting after the merger of the two parties, under Hu Guang's clear principle of free discussion, the former leader of Yingzuigou was the most asked question. Because compared to them, the leaders who came out of Fugu were basically familiar with the way he spoke and could keep up with Hu Guang's thinking.

Hu Guang was not impatient at all. He continued to smile and explained: "When I say actual combat, I mean using the combat methods we have trained to carry out battlefield practice when we are sure. Our army, the weapons used, will be different from before. ”

Seeing that Laxin didn't ask any more questions. Hu Guang concluded: "The training speed of our field regiment should be accelerated, and the basic queue competition will be held in three days, and the winning battalion will be equipped with firearms for live-fire training. ”

As soon as they heard this, the three battalion commanders were excited, except for Uncle Mo, who was a little calm when he was old, Liu Daneng and Hu Han looked at each other for three years, as if they were about to swallow each other.

The meeting then dissolved, and the two men walked in the lead, immediately disappearing at the door of the Juyi Hall. Apparently to go and mobilize.

Hu Kuan didn't leave immediately, and asked Hu Guangdao a little seriously: "Second brother, the last battle damaged a lot of three-eyed guns, and now there are only thirty-five in the army, can this work?" ”

Speaking of which, this flintlock three-eyed gun is indeed better than the ordinary three-eyed gun, at least you don't need to slow down to avoid the wind to light gunpowder. This was crucial for the cavalry.

However, the firing rate of the flintlock three-eyed gun is too low. Only about 50% of flintlock pistols can go off. And the original range of the three-eyed gun is close, and if you find that it doesn't sound when you fire it. There's no chance to fire a second shot. I can only smash it with the three-eyed gun.

After some melee combat, the flintlock device was protected from turbulence by an iron cover, and this part was often smashed, so that the flintlock three-eyed gun could no longer be used.

If you haven't used the flintlock three-eyed gun before, it's fine. After the remote cavalry used it, they all liked it and rushed to use it. Even Hu Kuan, the regiment commander, hopes to give all the cavalry a team, and he can be sure of it when he goes out to fight.

After all, after the cavalry rushed. The flintlock three-eyed gun can shoot three times at a time, so close to the distance, three lead bolts hit it, either a horse or a person, basically the trick is finished, far better than using a riding bow.

Hu Guang naturally understood this, and immediately took his brother to the artisan camp base in the valley.

It was convenient that the road was repaired, and it only took them more than an hour to ride to the place.

When Blacksmith Zhang heard Hu Guang's intention, he smiled and led the two brothers to the warehouse next to the blacksmith shop.

"The flintlock three-eyed guns that were damaged before have been repaired and put there." After pushing open the door, Blacksmith Zhang smiled and pointed to a row of brand-new gun carriages in the left corner.

Then, he took a few more steps inside, and continued to point to the ones inside, saying, "These are brand new, and they have been made in the past ten days. ”

Hu Kuan's eyes lit up, he strode over, picked up the repaired flint three-eyed gun to look at, and quickly walked inside, picking up a new one to compare.

Hu Guang didn't go over, he was beside Blacksmith Zhang, nodded with a smile, and said, "Yes, I didn't expect this to be very efficient." And what about flintlock pistols? How many have been built? ”

When Blacksmith Zhang heard this, his excitement just cooled down, and he walked to the corner of the wall on the right side of the wall and said, "All the flintlock pistols are here." ”

I saw that there were almost more than a dozen flintlock pistols on the gun rack here, and the number of flintlock three-eyed guns I saw just now were simply two extremes.

Seeing Hu Guang's somewhat surprised face, Blacksmith Zhang explained helplessly: "The three-eyed pipe is short, and the whole one can be poured with a mold." Installing a flintlock device would not take much effort. But this flintlock is different. The barrel is long, and in order to ensure the quality, it must also be forged with wrought iron, double-layer composite, plus drilling and boring, repair boring, and installing firing devices are very troublesome......"

Hu Guang nodded when he heard this, it is true that this bird gun will be a lot of trouble. He knew that in order to increase the range, the bird guns in the late Ming Dynasty were generally relatively long, about three feet. On the premise of ensuring quality, the longer the tube, the more difficult it is.

The reason why the West, in the era of arquebuses, lined up face to face and shot at each other at close range was because of their short barrels and short range.

When Blacksmith Zhang said this, he suddenly sighed, and when he saw Hu Guang looking at him, he complained again: "This bird gun must be made by skill, but there are only twenty-one people in my blacksmith shop, including my apprentices." And some of them are not skilled and often have to rework. Therefore the number of the birds is ......"

When Hu Guang heard this, he couldn't help but be speechless. The shortage of skilled craftsmen was already known when I was in Fugu County. When collecting materials, I have always paid attention to recruiting skilled people, but I have little to gain.

Because skilled craftsmen are generally in the city above the county seat, the heavenly army does not have the ability to fight. Although there are also smaller villages and towns, in general, there are few skilled craftsmen.

At that time, Hu Guang asked Blacksmith Zhang to take his apprentices and train skilled craftsmen by himself. But a person's ability is limited, and he can only bring so many at a time, and the cycle is not short. If the skilled craftsmen want to solve the problem by themselves, there is no need to count on it in the short term.

The lack of skilled craftsmen will seriously restrict the creation of firearms, and further affect the combat effectiveness of the heavenly army. This bottleneck must be solved!

Just as Hu Guang was thinking this, the blacksmith sighed heavily. (To be continued......)