The child soldiers sent by Wang Si told Li Guo, "Father Li, I have discovered the enemy, it seems that it is a convoy transporting things to Fugu, and the fourth brother asked me to report to you." ”

"Well, it's good, Xiaosi still listens to me very much, and he can inform me of anything in time." Li Guo nodded: "How many enemies are there?" Xiao Si sent someone to monitor it, right? Li asked.

"Daddy Li, it seems that there are not many enemies, and there are only more than 100 Ming troops guarding them. The fourth brother did not send anyone to monitor, and when I left, the fourth brother had already led the child soldiers to attack the Ming army. The child soldier who reported the news said it very calmly, as if it was a matter of course to attack the Ming army.

"What?" Li Guo jumped up, this little rabbit cub of Wang Si was too bold. These child soldiers are still young, how can they be the opponents of the Ming army?

"Quick, gather people and go to the rescue of Wang Si!" Li Guo roared. Although the child soldiers also experienced battles, they were always with other adult soldiers, and they never marched and fought alone. Moreover, in terms of the number of Wang Si's child soldiers, and the number of Ming soldiers guarding him, Li Guo was very worried about the loss of the child soldiers.

By the time Li Guo rushed to the south gate in a hurry, the battle had already ended. And Tie Dan and Luo Hu, who were monitoring the east gate and the west gate, also listened to the information and had already rushed there one step ahead.

Li Guo saw that there were no casualties among the child soldiers, and he was relieved.

Tie Dan and Luo Hu were envious, and Wang Si was also full of pride.

"Little Four, you little rabbit cub, why are you disobedient? You half-grown babies, can also fight? Say, how many casualties? Li Guo shuddered at Wang Si's head.

Wang Si rubbed his head, although he was beaten, he won the battle, he was happy in his heart, and smiled at Li Guo, "Father Li, we have no casualties." Those Ming troops did not resist, they ran fast, we didn't kill a few people, most of the Ming troops ran into Fugu City. We did not go to Fugu City to pursue you according to your orders. ”

Li Guo nodded, "Well, little four, well done." For the sake of your victory, I will not punish you, but you will be happy, and what good things have you gained? ”

Wang Si pursed his lips, raised his head proudly to Tie Dan and Luo Hu, and then said to Li Guo, "Father Li, you see that I have seized so many good things. ”

Li Guo walked to the captured carts, and he was also very satisfied, there were indeed a lot of materials on the carts. There were cotton armor, weapons, and a lot of bows and arrows, and the number of arrows was also abundant.

Li Guo didn't look at anything else, but was immediately attracted by a material, that is, a bird gun.

The bird gun is a type of fire gun, and it can also be said to be a modified fire gun. There are many types of firecrackers, such as one-eyed firecrackers, three-eyed firecrackers, etc., and we will make a systematic introduction to firecrackers in the future, and let's talk about bird firecrackers for the time being.

The bird gun is also called the arquebus, and most of the fire guns before the bird gun were independently developed by the Ming Dynasty, and the bird gun was passed down from the Wa Kingdom. Although the impression of the country is not very good, it is.

The Wa Kingdom, on the other hand, learned from the Franc machine, which is now the grape ya, from the very means of passing guò. In the Ming Dynasty, the captives of the Wa Kingdom were captured and obtained. At that time, in a naval battle in Fujian, the Ming army captured a number of Japanese people and guns who made arquebuses, and learned to make bird guns and improve them. At that time, the Ming Dynasty had a large land, abundant resources, and many talents, so the re-developed bird gun was "more exquisite than the Western Fan".

In the late Ming Dynasty, bird guns became the main equipment of the Ming army, except for the separate firearms unit Shenji Battalion, most of the border troops were equipped with firearms.

It's just that the firecrackers, including the bird guns, also have certain shortcomings and limitations, coupled with the corruption of the army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and there are no real famous generals who are good at using them. Therefore, after the death of Qi Jiguang and others, in the Chongzhen Dynasty, although the fire gun was also used, it was not particularly taken seriously, and it had already existed in name only.

But Li Guo knows the benefits of the firecracker, after all, this is **, if you can use it well, if you can improve it, the effect is extremely high, and the benefits are great.

"Little Four, do you know what this is?" Li Guo pointed to the bird and asked Wang Si.

Wang Si nodded, "Daddy Li, I recognize, this is a bird." ”

Li Guo's troops also captured the Ming army's muskets, although the number was not large, but Wang Si recognized it. Just like when Niu Decao fought Zhang Damazi for the first time in Wang Zhuang, the two firecrackers he used were one-eyed firearms.

Although Li Guo also had the intention of developing firearms, the number of firearms seized in the past was very small, because the Ming army did not particularly like to use these things, and the brands were very mixed. After Li Guo's uprising, there has been no fixed territory, and the economic strength is not enough, so he has always put this matter down.

Although Wang Si captured not too many birds this time, there were also two hundred, which is also the reason why Fugu, Hequ and other places are not too important, because the border troops in the dangerous places of the border pass mostly use cannons to defend the city, and they prefer to use bows and arrows to shoot the enemy. This is because shooting with a firecracker, if it is not properly trained, the accuracy of the firecracker is not very high, and there are many disadvantages, which are not as simple and convenient to use as a bow and arrow.

Of course, Li Guo understands that it is far from enough to set up a firearms battalion at this point, but it can be used as a preliminary shelf for a firearms battalion.

"Hmm." Li Guo nodded, "Little Four, all these bird guns are distributed to you and your subordinates, you have to keep them well, and when you are busy for a while, I will give you good instructions on how to use them." I'm going to set up a team of firecrackers, and you're in charge. ”

"But these things don't seem to be very easy to use, how cool it is to kill the enemy with a knife and gun!" Wang Si seemed a little reluctant.

"What do you know about a little broken boy? You'll know the benefits of this stuff later. Li Guo glared.

Also, in the eyes of the people at that time, the most powerful thing to fight on the march was the cavalry. The world-famous Guanning iron cavalry is cavalry, and it is the cavalry that has defeated the Ming army many times, the cavalry is invincible, and the horse is the most important. Muskets were not favored, and even no artillery was taken seriously.

Therefore, Wang Si was not satisfied with Li Guo's arrangement, but this was Li Guo's arrangement, and Wang Si did not dare to say anything, so he had to accept it.

Li Guo looked at Wang Si with amusement, but did not explain how he valued the benefits of the firecracker. One is that Li Guo is the father of these children, and his identity is there, so he doesn't need to explain.

Second, Li Guo believed that the Ming army's military supplies were robbed, and the Ming army in Fugu City would definitely go out of the city, and if they did not go out of the city to recapture the military supplies, the officials of Fugu City would definitely be severely punished. Although the Ming army that went out of the city was only possible to put on a show, it was one thing to send troops or not, and it was another thing to fear the enemy without fighting, and victory or not was secondary. Therefore, Li Guo's first consideration now is how to annihilate the Ming army.

"Tiedan, Luo Hu, Xiaosi, you said that after the defeated Ming army ran into Fugu City, do you think they will still go out of the city?" Li Guo asked.

"I don't think I will go out of the city, the Ming army is afraid of us, how dare I go out of the city?" Luo Hu and several people have this view.

"They will definitely go out of the city, or they will be punished." Li Guo said with great confidence, "You remember, fighting a war is not an ordinary thing, not only to be brave, but also to use your brain, everything must be considered thoroughly, understand?" Li Guo instilled thoughts in these guys all the time.

"Understood." The three of them agreed together.

"Since the Ming army will go out of the city, it is not enough for us to defeat the Ming army, so now send someone to inform Liu Tichun and Gu Ying, and ask them to come quickly and secretly and hide outside Fugu City. If the Ming army dares to come out, they will definitely be able to come and go! Li Guo ordered.

As a result, Liu Tichun and others, who were robbing money and grain in Fugu, in addition to leaving the necessary troops, most of the men and horses quickly rushed to the outside of Fugu City and hid.