"Then what's the use of us asking for these broken birds, to be a target for that Pang Gang?"

Hearing Li Yan say this, Li Yan and the three of them couldn't help but smile bitterly, for fear that Li Zicheng would really be angry, Li Yan quickly explained: "Don't worry, King Chuang, there is a reason why students want this firecracker, although these firecrackers can't be compared with those firecrackers of the Qingzhou Army, but compared to the Ming Dynasty's firecrackers at this time, it is not a little bit stronger, we can still use it to fight with the Ming army, and we can also use this as a foundation to train a group of skilled bird guns, In the future, if there is another chance to obtain those firearms held by the Qingzhou Army, there will not be no one to do it by then. ”

"Well, that's true." Li Zicheng nodded, "Don't you think our brothers didn't have anything when they went out of Shaanxi?" But it's probably not easy to get the kind of firearm of the Qingzhou Army. ”

"It's okay!" Song Xiance came over on crutches and said: "Let's think of seizing a few of them, and then let the craftsmen make them according to those bird guns, and the poor road doesn't believe it, can those bird guns only be made by the Qingzhou army, and we can't do it?" ”

"Master Song is right." Everyone nodded their heads one after another

At the same time that Li Zicheng received this batch of firearms, Huang Taiji, who was far away in Liaodong, also came to a small mountain village more than 30 miles away from Shengjing, and the original name of this village was Roe Deergou.

Huang Taiji led his concubine Da Yu'er and Dolgon and dozens of other Manchu princes and ministers, escorted by thousands of Bayala white armor soldiers, into the front of the village, but the village looked a little dilapidated, and hundreds of houses still showed some traces of burning and ruins despite being retouched.

Before entering the village, Huang Taiji and his party heard a burst of "bumping" firearms, and before the Bayala soldiers around him could react, Huang Taiji stopped their actions, shook his head and said: "You don't have to worry, this must be Kong Youde who is training soldiers." ”

After walking for a while, after passing through several layers of checkpoints to the village, I saw that hundreds of soldiers of the Han Army Banner were practicing shooting under the officer's order, and thousands of sergeants were standing neatly behind them, and Kong Youde was sitting on a table behind him drinking tea.

The soldiers were divided into three rows, the first squatting, the second standing, and the third waiting for orders.

I saw that the sergeant of the first row held the fire gun and aimed at the target sixty steps away in front and pulled the trigger, only to hear a sound of bumping, after the white smoke dissipated, from the perspective of Huang Taiji and others, you can see that the target in front of you has been hit, and then the second row of soldiers began to aim at the target again, and the cycle repeatedly, in less than a cup of tea, the three rows of soldiers have fired the fire gun in their hands, and the accuracy rate has reached fifty percent.

"Good!" A cheer sounded behind Kong Youde.

Since Huang Taiji did not let the people outside report, Kong Youde did not find the Huang Taiji group coming from behind him.

Kong Youde looked back, and was so frightened that he quickly jumped up and ran to Huang Taiji and knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the slave Kong Youde is training soldiers, and he failed to meet him in time, hoping that the emperor will atone for his sins!" ”

"That's it, I said a long time ago, you don't have to be so polite in the barracks, why did you forget." Huang Taiji, who looked generous on the surface, helped Kong Youde up and scolded him with a smile.

Kong Youde stood up, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you send someone to inform the slave when you come to the slave's barracks, and the slave can pick it up." ”

"What to pick up, are you still afraid that I won't be able to recognize the way?" Huang Taiji waved his hand, he seemed to be in a good mood at this time, and he said to you with a smile: "You promised me to help me build a strong firearms army within half a year, I ask you, have you done it now?" ”

Kong Youde said solemnly: "The emperor can rest assured, these soldiers have been trained by the minions and have mastered firearms, and the minions can ensure that they are not inferior to the Qingzhou army." ”

Although Kong Youde did not fight with the Qingzhou army, he also heard others talk about the achievements of the Qingzhou army, after more than half a year of training, he thought that his Han army flag may be inferior to the Qingzhou army in the range of firearms, but the quality of the non-commissioned officers has been equal to the Qingzhou army, or even surpassed.

It's just that Kong Youde's self-confidence made some people a little dissatisfied, only to see Dolgon frowning and said: "Gongshun Wang, it's not that I don't believe your words, this king has taught him to do it with that Pang Gang, and the strength of that Pang Gang is also very clear. ”

"Oh, really?" Kong Youde was not convinced after hearing this, Dolgon is now questioning his firearms battalion in public, that is slapping him in the face, in the past six months, Huang Taiji has tilted a large part of the manpower and material resources of the Qing Kingdom to the Han army flag, isn't Dolgon questioning his ability when he says this?

At this point, Kong Youde was not allowed to retreat, he raised his head and said: "Since this is the case, how about asking Prince Rui to personally come down and give advice?" ”

"Don't dare to advise." Dolgon, smiling and modest, gestured to one of his retinues behind him, who quickly unburdened him from his back, came to Dolgon, knelt down in front of him, and lifted the burden above his head.

Dolgon's burden shook as a result, and a musket was revealed, and Dolgon raised this musket high above his head and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please see, everyone, this musket is the musket used by the Qingzhou Army under the command of Na Pang Gang, you can see what is the difference between it and the musket we use." ”

Da Yu'er, who had been snuggling up to Huang Taiji's side, stared at the fire gun in Dolgon's hand and said, "Prince Rui, can you show the fire gun in your hand to the palace?" ”

"Absolutely!" Dorgon quickly bent down and raised the fire gun flat, parallel to his head, and handed it to Da Yu'er.

After Da Yu'er took the fire gun with both hands, she only felt that her hands sank and almost fell off.

Dolgon hurriedly held the fire gun and said, "Your Royal Highness Concubine Zhuang be careful, this fire gun is ten catties, but it can be calm." ”

In a hurry, Dolgon's fingers unconsciously touched Da Yu'er's back, only to feel a slippery feeling slip through his fingertips, and Dolgon's face turned slightly red under the flutter of his heart.

Da Yu'er's face was also slightly red, and she quickly took her hand back, glanced at the firearm, and then said: "What's the difference, it's just that the workmanship is more exquisite, is there anything mysterious that can't be done?" ”

Dorgon shook his head and said, "Your Highness, don't talk too much, whether you want to wait until you have tried the power of this firearm before making a decision." ”

After saying this, Dorgon shouted, "Chahatai, test the power of this firearm for the emperor, Her Royal Highness Concubine Zhuang, and all the lords. ”

"Scum!"

With Dolgon's order, a Goshha stood up, respectfully took the firearm in Dolgon's hand, and then quickly took out a pack of fixed gunpowder and loaded it into the barrel through the muzzle, quickly used the pestle a few times, and then aimed at a target in the distance, and then said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please take a closer look, and the slave will demonstrate the power of this firearm to your lordship." ”

"Bang!"

A dull gunshot rang out, a slight snapping sound sounded ahead, and a large vat that was a target was reduced to fragments at once.

"Hiss"

There was a gasp around him, and many people, including Huang Taiji, were taken aback, only Abatai and the others, who had fought with Pang Gang's Qingzhou army, had the same face as usual, they had seen the sharpness of this kind of fire gun as early as Julu and Texas.

Kong Youde snatched the firearm in Goshha's hand with lightning speed, he took the firearm in his hand and looked left and right, and finally put his eyes in front of the chamber of the gun to observe it carefully, and finally said in a trembling voice: "Ingenious, really ingenious!" ”

Huang Taiji's face was also not good-looking, and finally he said in a deep voice: "If I am not mistaken, this fire gun can hit three hundred steps away, right?" ”

Dolgon lowered his head and said, "Return to the emperor, to be exact, it should be three hundred and fifty steps, and this point has already been reported to the emperor when the younger brother returns." ”

Huang Taiji's face was even greener, but Dolgon's words choked him not lightly, the last time Dolgon and others returned from the defeat of the giant deer, Huang Taiji also punished several generals for this, although dozens of generals such as Duo Re Roll said in unison that the firearms of the Qingzhou Army were too sharp, but Huang Taiji was not a fuel-efficient lamp, etc., he had dealt with the Ming Army for more than 20 years, and he thought that he was well-informed, and he had never seen any of the firearms of the Ming Army, and he always thought that Dolgon and others were shirking responsibility for their own failures. But today, Dolgon told him with living facts that this matter is indeed true, and the firearms of the Qingzhou Army are so sharp.

Ignoring the serious-looking but slightly smug look in his eyes, Huang Taiji's fat body slowly turned half of his body towards Kong Youde, "King Gongshun, I now ask you, can your firearms battalion imitate this kind of firearms?" ”

Kong Youde didn't answer, just put his little thumb into the barrel of the gun and turned around, and only after a long time did he kneel down with a wry smile at Huang Taiji: "Your Majesty, please forgive the incompetence of the minions, the minions can't do it." ”

"Rubbish!" Huang Taiji's anger finally couldn't be suppressed, and he roared and roared: "Such a firearm is in your hand, and you actually say that you can't prevent it, what's the use of raising so many craftsmen for you!" ”

Kong Youde said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, it's not that the minions are incompetent, but that this gun is not complicated, but the lines in its tube are too ingenious, and the minions really can't be imitated!" ”

(To be continued)