Second, the superintendent of the army Zong Yuanfang, the governor of Denglai Yan Kunzhi, as well as the prefect, Tongzhi, the governor and other major officials of Dengzhou feasted the generals and Lushun fathers and elders in the deputy general's mansion in Lushun, and then ordered the Jimo battalion to be stationed in Lushun to guard the palace, Li Weiluan temporarily returned to Dengzhou with Yan Kunzhi, Shang Kexi and 2,000 Dongjiang soldiers temporarily stayed in Lushun to assist, and there was another important task after the reward.

In order not to let things repeat, Yan Kunzhi and others also collected a large number of artillery, rockets and other city defense weapons everywhere, what made Yang Bo most happy was that Yan Kunzhi also got a few barrels of fierce fire oil, this kind of city defense weapon made by the Ming Dynasty weapons supervisor, pour a bucket down, the city is a sea of fire, Yang Bo's first thought is that Chen Jianghu and they have something to do.

Zhou Guangbi wanted to go to Beijing to open his eyes, so Yang Bo forced him into the list of prisoners, anyway, Zhou Guangbi's dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, it was enough to disgust Zong Yuanfang. As soon as Zhou Guangbi left in this way, Lushun's talker was himself, Li Weiluan had no soldiers in his hands, and he had a very personal relationship with Yang Bo, so he had nothing to worry about, and although Shang Kexi was Zong Yuanfang's chess piece left in Lushun to stare at him, but the reward had not come down yet, and everyone got along very harmoniously.

That night, Li Weiluan invited Yang Bo back, it was to say goodbye, Yang Bo knew that his reward would definitely not be small, and anyone who saw Li Weiluan's deeds of preparing to [***] family members to go with Huanglong on the report document would be moved.

After having a secret conversation with Yan Kunzhi that night, Yang Bo waved his hand and summoned Han Yan'er of Jimo over, preparing to let him preside over the internal affairs of Lushun. Since Yan Kunzhi had already expanded the number of troops in the Jimo battalion, the first task was to restructure the army, and the soldiers and horses of the battalions of the original Shijiu Institute were merged with the Jimo battalion, which was called Denglai soldiers externally and the "Thunder" brigade internally, with six battalions under its jurisdiction, namely: "special forces battalion, crime battalion, smoothbore artillery battalion, pikeman battalion, arquebus battalion, and Liaodong battalion."

Each battalion has 500 people, plus the men and horses of each division directly under each battalion has been expanded to about 550 people, the total number has reached 3,500 people, and a separate reserve battalion has been set up.

Therefore, the focus of construction in the future will be inclined to Lushun, and the military functions of the Shijiu Institute and the Jimo base will be stripped away, and the Shijiu Institute will only be responsible for the production of the two factories and the trade of goods such as private salt, while Jimo will retain Jiaozhou Bay as the base of maritime trade, and the two places will also bear the heavy responsibility of providing food for Lushun.

Take Lushun, Yang Bo began to make up his mind to take the evil road of the warlords in the late Ming Dynasty, as far as Yang Bo's understanding is concerned, there are no more than two kinds of warlords in the past dynasties, one is the strong and strong in the system, some people have money and territory, as long as the time comes, they can be turned into warlords, the other is the warlords outside the system but recognized by the imperial court, nominally obeying the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and they can challenge the world at the first opportunity, there are more warlords outside the system in the late Tang Dynasty, and the warlords in the late Ming Dynasty, such as the head of the Guanning army, can not get local support, It is not based on a strict organizational structure formed through bloody battles, and Yang Bo chooses the second type.

The battle of flanking Jinzhou shows that the army under his command is not a feudal army, nor is it a religious army, and it already has the rudiments of a modern army, which is not centered on a certain ideology, but with a large number of educated soldiers and non-commissioned officers as the core, so that there can be enough organization, and this organization represents the tenacity of the troops. The feudal army will collapse when it dies, and it will collapse when the casualties reach a very small percentage. And the religious army, which is also a fanatical religious army, can also reach the death of the backbone, and persist in the offensive even if there are huge casualties. However, the real modern army is to achieve the tactical goal of "effective attack" when the casualties reach a certain percentage, rather than "persist in attacking".

Now the priority needs to be solved is the pension of the fallen soldiers, the placement of veterans, the recruitment of new recruits, Lushun needs to expand the barracks, clean up the wasteland, register military merits, Han Yan'er, who arrived in advance, and a group of clerks were very busy, after a few days, Han Er's family also brought a group of old women to help, Yang Bo was a little more relaxed.

Liu Manzi and Li Dazheng of the spear barracks were red-faced, and the two of them had already quarreled in front of Yang Bo a few times, for the issue of the credit for the unlucky broken leg Niu Lu.

The arquebus battalion said that they shot Niu Lu's leg first, and the pikegun battalion refuted that they captured the Niu Lu first, and the arquebus battalion retorted that we broke Niu Lu's leg, even a fool can catch it, Liu Manzi was furious, patted the table and said, you don't need to shoot, Lao Tzu can catch that Niu Lu, Lao Tzu hasn't counted with you to wipe the gun and go off the fire, and the arquebus battalion ridiculed and said, you pikemen are as slow as turtles, Lao Tzu doesn't shoot that Niu Lu will jump off the building, do you want to die Niu Lu?

When they finished arguing, the house was empty, where was Yang Bo's shadow?

Xiao Wu smiled and said: "My lord said, let you go to Zhang Shixiong to evaluate the merits, he doesn't care about this matter!" ”

Li Dali and Liu Manzi thought of Zhang Yanluo's black face, and immediately sighed at the same time......

The final statistics have come out, after several battles, the number of fallen soldiers in each battalion of Shijiu is a total of 347 people, according to the pension of 30 taels per person, more than 1,400 taels of silver are needed, Yang Bo really can't take out this silver now, he can only find Yan Kun's advance, and wait for the imperial court to pay it back, and then find the old lady Yao to borrow part of the debt to add this large amount of expenditure, as for the martyrs of the fallen soldiers and other salt ponds that should be obtained, the land is reserved, and if the stone mortar is not enough, the land on the Mo side can also be converted into cash compensation.

There is also the problem of the placement of disabled veterans, after the war, a total of more than 130 veterans who have lost their combat effectiveness need to be properly resettled, these veterans are the most valuable resources, Yang Bo's initial solution is to prepare to divide the area in the Lushun area, establish a military cantonment system, these veterans can be sent down to serve as cantonal commanders, the new military academy also needs them to serve as honorary teachers, help train recruits, teach practical combat experience, etc., but also let them have a sense of belonging after leaving the army. Yang Bo also grinded hard bubbles, and got some places from Yan Kunzhi, so that these veterans could be placed in the general banner of the guard station in the area from Shijiu to Jimo, and there were hundreds of households.

As for the bereavement pension for the wounded soldiers, Yang Bo can't get the money for the time being, and he has to wait for the reward to come down, Yang Bo plans to persuade them to take a stake in Haimao, and Haimao's profits are enough to support their relatively wealthy retirement career in the future.

There are also the remains of more than 40 missing soldiers have not been found, it is estimated that they fell from the city, I don't know where they were got by the tartars under the city, Yang Bo is very guilty about this, he doesn't even want to go back to the stone mortar, he feels uncomfortable when he thinks of facing the grief of so many martyrs' families, because the weather is hot, most of the soldiers' bodies are burned and turned into ashes of an altar, and most of the family members have received the death notice.

The biggest casualties in this battle are the pikemen battalion and the sin barracks, accounting for almost a quarter of the casualties, and there are many old bandits in the sin camp who have no families, Yang Bo selected a group of orphans who were rescued from King Lu last time to recognize these old bandits as their fathers, worship from time to time, and also do not let them cut off the incense.

When the sentinel reported that the two banners of the Tartars had retreated to the Fuzhou area, Yang Bo handed over the defense of Lushun to Tie Niu, and he took the commanders of each battalion, loaded with a boatload of ashes, and quietly returned to the stone mortar.

Early in the morning of the second day, on the way from Shijiu to Dafu Mountain, both sides were full of solemn sergeants, Yang Bo took the chief officers of all sizes and the chief officer of the civil affairs of Shijiu, personally carried the coffin and walked in front, about 20 family members of the soldiers resolutely refused to cremate the remains, and must collect the remains into the coffin for burial, Yang Bo was not good at forcing their thoughts, so he agreed, but there was still some heavy smell in the coffin, Yang Bo held his nose and insisted, behind him, the chief officers at all levels were cautiously holding a jar in their hands, Then there are some children dressed in linen and filial piety, also holding ashes in their hands, and finally some grief-stricken family members, supporting each other, stumbling behind, and the worship procession is lined up in a long line.

The Loyal Soul Shrine of the stone mortar covers an extremely wide area, the dense forests on the side are cleared out as a cemetery, the incense in the ancestral hall is full of incense, the spiritual positions of the fallen soldiers in the previous battles are placed on it, the life deeds of each soldier need to be engraved and recorded, and a group of stonemasons temporarily recruited by Xiao Mochou are still in a hurry, and it is too late to erect it now.

Here is usually said that there are three veterans full-time cleaning, offering incense, this time I am afraid that I will have to add a few more manpower, it is conceivable that the family members who have come to worship these days must be endless.

If the family agrees, the church believers will place a bouquet in front of the martyr's spiritual seat and pray for it, the whole process is solemn and solemn, Yang Bo finally shouted three times: "The return of the loyal soul, to see the family state, the return of the loyal soul, and the ...... of the relatives forever"

On the third day, Yang Bo summoned Chen Jianghu to inquire about the relocation of the Jianghu camp, but he didn't expect Chen Jianghu to walk in with a black firecracker, Yang Bo saw his face full of joy, and his heart was immediately ecstatic.

Needless to say, the flintlock pistol was developed!

Yang Bo took the flintlock pistol and looked at it carefully in his hand, that's right, this is the flintlock pistol that Yang Bo saw in the video in his later life, the long fire rope has been completely gone, Yang Bo gently pulled the trigger, and the hammer on the fire gun slowly opened,

Syllable!

The hammer hit the flint so hard that there was no spark to be seen during the day, but Yang Bo knew that all the obstacles had finally been overcome.

"What is the fire rate?" Yang Bo asked

"There are about five out of ten shots", Chen Jianghu did not dare to hide it.

Yang Bo nodded, pondered for a moment and said: "It may be that the distance between the hammer and the anvil is too large, resulting in weak firing, or it may be that the fire sickle on the anvil is not enough, resulting in too few sparks to ignite the primer, you have to go back and adjust the steel spring to see, and try to ensure that the dumb fire rate is below the second shot."

Chen Jianghu nodded and said: "This is still the first sample, I heard that the adult was coming back, and I temporarily rushed out to make it for the purpose of the adult, and when the sample stabilized, the process will be formulated and large-scale production." ”

Yang Bo nodded, the biggest advantage of the flintlock pistol is that it can be fired many times, and there is no need to worry about not being able to hit the iron, but the mute fire rate must be controlled within a certain range, this problem is not difficult, Chen Jianghu can solve it himself, Yang Bo did not say much, and continued to look at this flintlock pistol, the flintlock pistol has a movable fire door, which is covered when firing, so that in case of wind and rain, there is no need to worry too much, plus the standard large-brimmed hat that Yang Bo is ready to design for the musketers, the firing rate can definitely be guaranteed.

The successful development of the flintlock pistol indicates that the combat effectiveness of the Thunder Brigade will be greatly improved, although the range has not been greatly improved, but those musketeers not only increase the rate of fire, but also do not need to carry too much cumbersome, but also simplify the steps of reloading after firing, thinking of the range, Yang Bo asked again: "How was the short gun last time?" ”

Chen Jianghu turned and shouted outside, and Chen Jianghu's son walked in with a tray covered with a red cloth, and a short gun was carefully placed on it.

This is a very beautiful short gun, about half a meter in length of the whole gun, the fire rope that Yang Bo is most concerned about has been canceled, and the sui firing device is also used, the black barrel, the hard boxwood, and some delicate patterns are carved on it, Yang Bo took a closer look at the gun, and the two rifling lines inside were straight.

"How many steps is the test shot?" Yang Bo is most concerned about this issue.

"About 80 steps for the test launch," Chen said proudly.

"Eighty steps?" Yang Bo was a little incredulous.

"My lord, I want these short guns from my special forces battalion!" He Jiu, who had just come in to report the matter, heard Chen Jianghu's words, and immediately screamed and pounced. (To be continued.) )