Chapter 438: Master of the West Factory
Two hundred bird-bearers lined up.
These 200 bird guns belong to the imperial horse supervisor, Qin Kan was ordered to go out of Beijing, Zhang Yong got 500,000 taels of silver to solve the urgent need, in order to thank the righteous and thin cloud of Qin Marquis, not only generously seconded 2,000 warrior battalion soldiers, but also selflessly dedicated these 200 bird guns, "eat people with short mouths" these four words Zhang Gonggong will show it very typical.
Originally, Qin Kan thought that he couldn't use them, so he kept letting them serve as a guard of honor, but he didn't expect to use them today.
The three rows of bird gunners were lined up from squatting to standing, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the hill next to the official road, and the first round of salvo fire, many muffled screams were heard in the grass, and the crossbow arrows in the sky were suddenly slowed down, and after the second round of salvo, the arrow rain had been completely suppressed, and only a few arrows were shot out painlessly.
Qin Kan's right arm was in pain, and for the first time, he found that his arm was so painful, and while he was in a cold sweat, his eyes kept staring at the guns of the birds, and he had a rough idea of the power of the two rounds of muskets.
Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty's bird gun still uses the front tube to fill the fire rope excitation type, the process is very complicated, first stuff the gunpowder from the barrel, tamp it with a small iron rod, and then fill the lead bullet, and then pull out a fire rope from the top of the tail after the most deferred, ignite the fire rope when used, the fire rope burns to the inside of the barrel, and the gunpowder in the ignition tube forms a small explosion, which excites the lead bullet to injure the enemy, and its principle is actually similar to the fireworks hundreds of years later.
Qin Kan watched intently at the entire process of filling and excitation, silently counted the time, and found that to complete the entire process of attacking the enemy, it was calculated according to the time of his previous life. It takes about two or three minutes to fire a shot, and the gunpowder cannot be damp, if it rains or snows, the bird gun is completely useless, which is equivalent to being scrapped.
Qin Kan's brows furrowed, before leaving Beijing, he was still thinking about whether to let all the low-key training of the five hundred young soldiers be equipped with firearms, and become a Shenji battalion dedicated to him in the future, but after seeing the shooting process of the bird gun with his own eyes today, he found that if this thing is on the battlefield, it is basically equivalent to a one-time consumable. After firing a shot, you can only discard it. After all, opportunities on the battlefield are fleeting, and the enemy will not wait for you for two or three minutes to reload and kill them for the second time.
The biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty is in the north, and the biggest strength of the Northern Tartars is cavalry, and the only thing that the Ming can handle is firearms. How to make the most of the strengths and avoid the weaknesses is a big problem. This problem has not been solved for nearly 300 years in the Ming Dynasty. After all, the last Han dynasty was invaded by the northern aliens, ending the Ming dynasty, and the last Han dynasty fell to the ground.
Daming's firearms are indeed a strength. However, this advantage is not long enough, and the firearms need to be improved.
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Qin Kan, who was surrounded by more than a dozen personal soldiers, was thinking about the future of this Han dynasty, and the two hundred bird-gunners outside had already placed several rounds of guns, and the enemy was suppressed so that he could not raise his head, and the rest of the officers and soldiers began to outflank the mountain on the left and right, and the whole situation had gradually turned from defense to attack.
Wu Hu lay on his stomach in the grass, staring at Qin Kan, who was being guarded by his own soldiers dozens of zhang away, his eyes were resentful.
If Qin Kan can be eliminated, Gonggong Liu will be rewarded with officials, and his future is unlimited, and his future is ten zhang away, which seems to be within reach.
There was a flash of fierceness in his eyes, and Wu Hu had a crazy expression on his face.
Two fingers reached into his mouth, Wu Hu made a sharp whistle, and the Xichang subordinates who were lying in the grass immediately stood up from all over the hill when they heard the whistle, and with a wave of the steel knife in their hands, less than three hundred people were left to launch a crazy attack on Qin Kan's location.
Wu Hu is not a reckless person, and he naturally has his confidence to ambush Qin Kan with only four hundred people, and his confidence is that four hundred belong.
The West Factory has been reopened since the first year of Zhengde, Liu Jin has made a lot of efforts to reorganize the West Factory in order to effectively control Jinyiwei and the East Factory, and has been very strict in the selection of personnel.
Although the imperial court said that the people in the rivers and lakes were a little disgusted, many ministers have said that "chivalry is forbidden by force" and other suppressive words, but Liu Jin didn't care so much, at that time he was in charge of the power of the ceremonial supervisor, and it was extremely jealous of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, Liu Gongcheng needed to have an extraordinary armed force in his hands to contain the factory guards, and the people in the rivers and lakes became the backbone of the establishment of the West Factory.
There is a group of eunuchs who are accustomed to intrigue in the palace to escort the West Factory, grasp the direction, and there is a group of outlaws for them to drive, in just one year, the West Factory has indeed formed a lot of containment on Jinyiwei and the East Factory, Dai Yi often cries in front of Qin Kan how Liu Jin bullied him, which shows how vigorous the development of the West Factory.
This time, Liu Jin wanted to pull out Qin Kan's thorn in the eye, and the people sent by Xichang were all top masters of martial arts, all of them were powerful, and they could be described as an all-star luxury lineup, which was also the reason why Wu Hu dared to ambush Qin Kan with only 400 people even if the 3,000 rebels failed to arrive on time.
Qin Kan's bird hand in front put down a group of Xichang fans, coupled with the officers and soldiers flanked on both sides, Wu Hu was finally in a hurry, so he made a desperate decision.
If you can kill Qin Kan with your life today, it is worth it to die no matter how many people you die, and after returning to Beijing, Gonggong Liu will have a heavy reward, if Qin Kan is safe and sound, but Xichang has died so many masters, he should be damned after returning to Beijing.
With Wu Hu's order, the subordinates of the West Factory threw down their crossbows and jumped out of the grass, giving up the long-range attack, and everyone rushed towards the two hundred bird gunners like crazy, and a few rounds of muskets came down, killing nearly 100 people in the West Factory, and this threat must be eliminated first.
Soon the West Factory Fan Zi rushed to the front of the bird gun, once it fell into hand-to-hand combat, the bird gun completely lost its power, the West Factory Fan Zi was like a tiger into the flock, and for a time the bird gun screamed one after another.
The master of the West Factory is extraordinary, and his shots are often fatal, and he is extremely vicious, Li Er, who was watching from afar, had a solemn face, and the arrow in his shoulder had not been pulled out, and he grinned in pain, but he shouted loudly The school captains who were outflanked on both sides closed and contracted, and more than 100 school captains who were blocking Qin Kan also copied the top of the knife one after another.
With a scream, the bird hands fell down one by one in front of the masters of the West Factory, these masters made vicious moves, and focused on the fatal places, and few of the people who fell were injured, and all of them died.
The situation is getting more and more critical.
"Master Hou, let the soldiers escort you to withdraw first, these hundreds of people are not a good number, and the attack is very tight, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop it......" Li Er said urgently.
"Fart! The wind and waves are coming, and hundreds of people are so frightened that I run away, do you want Ben Hou's face anymore? Li Er, if you dare to retreat, Ben Hou will kill you in front of the battle! Qin Kan said sharply.
Hearing a terrible scream in his ears, Qin Kan's face twitched a few times, but his brain was spinning rapidly.
No wonder hundreds of people in this area dare to ambush themselves, it turns out that it is not a raptor but the river, this group of people does have some real skills in their hands, just now I underestimated them.
At this time, the outflanking captains have also been closed, but the outflanking has no effect, the masters of the West Factory did not wait for them to attack, they all rushed to the official road and fought with the bird guns, look at their skills, after cleaning up the bird guns, it is the turn of the captains, it seems that the captains are not their opponents.
The two sides have been fighting until now, Qin Kan, who originally had a small advantage in strength, has lost his advantage at this moment, and if the situation continues to develop, the possibility of being captured alive or even killed by these hundreds of enemies is getting bigger and bigger.
Li Er stomped his feet and said hurriedly: "Master Hou, since you don't run, how can you deal with the situation in front of you, and ask Master Hou to take a charter." ”
Qin Kan took a deep breath, glanced at it, and saw the grass where the master of the West Factory was lurking, and then flicked the crossbow arrow inserted behind Li Er's shoulder, Li Er's face turned white in pain, and he gasped.
"Is this a crossbow bolt?"
"Yes......"
"If you have crossbow arrows, you should have a crossbow, right?" Qin Kan was thoughtful.
"That's ...... nature"
"Since they threw down their crossbows to play melee combat, then let's play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses, Li Er, send two hundred people to the grass and find the crossbows they dropped......"
"Huh?"
"Shoot them!"
Li Er was stunned for a moment, and then waved his hand behind him excitedly, and the two hundred captains decisively jumped into the grass, and soon found nearly a hundred machine crossbows in the grass, which shows that in order to kill Qin Kan, the West Factory Committee has really invested enough.
The 100 machine crossbows have changed their owners at this moment, and there are still more arrows in the crossbow, just when the master of the West Factory is forgetting to slaughter the bird gunner, unconsciously, the 100 machine crossbows have been aimed at them.
I have to say that this is simply a stroke of genius, and even Wu Hu, who was fighting, didn't expect that the hundred machine crossbows he ordered people to throw down caused him big trouble.
Qin Houye's quick wisdom is by no means comparable to the stall head of the small West Factory.
A knife slashed to death a bird gunner, and when he looked up inadvertently, Wu Hu and the masters of the West Factory were suddenly scattered.
Hundreds of machine crossbows quietly walked ten paces away from them, forming a semicircle around them.
Li Ermu stared at the center of the official road, a sneer on the corner of his mouth, the steel knife in his hand flickered, and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”
Whoosh!
The crossbow arrows were fired in unison, dozens of Xichang masters fell to the ground in hatred, and the rest dodged in panic.
In the chaos, Wu Hu was full of grief and indignation, and shouted angrily: "So despicable! Let's pick up the bird guns and fight them! ”
Without hesitation, everyone subconsciously leaned over to pick up the bird's gun, and then froze...... Silence.
If Qin Kan can maintain his demeanor and give them time, let them calm down, fill the medicine, tamp it, load the fire rope, and light the fire...... Then the two sides can be worthy of a fight. Can ...... now
Now the bird gun in the hands of the masters of the West Factory is not much stronger than the burning stick.
Facing the pitiful eyes of the captains in brocade, Wu Hu's face turned pale, and he sighed desperately at the sky.
"Fight with them!" The master of the West Factory raised his arms and shouted, and the bird in his hand was vigorous.
Whoosh ......
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PS: There is one more ...... (To be continued......)