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"This" Wang Pingfan also heard this situation, there had been no problems with the artillery in their army before, he felt that this thing should be able to be used forever, he didn't think that this cannon would break down at all, but the situation in front of him suddenly made him at a loss. "Wu Sima is reasonable, he will turn around and immediately play the prince, and let the prince transfer a few more cannons to us. After all, the importance of our place here is no worse than that of Yueyang, and the prince can't favor one over the other, don't worry, hahahaha" said, he pretended to laugh lightly.

Seeing that Wang Pingfan was not taking it seriously, the other generals also thought that many more cannons would soon be transferred to the army, so they also let go of their worries one by one, became happy, and picked up the wine bowl more quickly, holding the bowl and drinking in a big gulp. It's just that they didn't notice that Wang Pingfan's smile was full of worry, and Wu Sima, who had been staring at Wang Pingfan, noticed something different from Wang Pingfan's eyes.

In the past few years, Wu Junjun had three transactions with Geng Jingzhong from Fujian, and a total of more than 400 large and small artillery pieces were traded, 50 of which were with him, and about 50 were distributed on the towers of several big cities in Sichuan and Guizhou, and the main force of the front line in Yueyang accounted for 180 of them, and the remaining 100 or so were in Yunnan Laochao, of which Kunming City was laid with 80 gates, which Wu Sangui specially laid out in order to guard against the old nest in Kunming.

In the past few years, after getting the cannon, they have indeed organized gunner training. However, due to the consumption of ammunition for training, it is also a large expense. Therefore, of course, the training of the gunners of the Wu Army was far inferior to that of the gunners of the Mawei Army. But even the number of training sessions is not too much. But in addition to the year's southern and northern wars, conquering cities and conquering cities, there was no less use of artillery, so it is natural that this cannon has problems, after all, what Geng Jingzhong sold to Wu Sangui at the beginning was not a first-class cannon, and the limit on the number of uses was far worse than that of the Mawei Army's cannons.

Wang Pingfan, as Wu Sangui's confidant general, knows these things best, and there will be no problems at this moment except for the more than 100 gates set up in Yunnan. I'm afraid that the other more than 300 will have problems one after another, and when the time comes, all their cannons will have problems, and a chapter of aces and a killer feature will be burned over there, which will have a huge impact on the Wu army. Suddenly, Wang Pingfan suddenly thought of a more strict problem, that is, they themselves could not cast a red-coated cannon at all, and even a simple bowl mouth gun or a shotgun could not be made!

At that time, when Geng Jingzhong and Wu Sangui first traded, Geng Jingzhong's request was to collect all the skilled people in Yunnan, the most important of which were craftsmen who could cast cannons and make shotguns. The first time he traded in the whole of Yunnan, there were not many talents left in casting artillery and muskets, but at that time Wu Sangui still kept an eye on it. There were some craftsmen who could cast artillery, and the idea was simple. In the future, if there is a problem with these cannons, someone can fix it.

However, at that time, Wu Sangui was still thinking about whether he could imitate this red-clothed cannon. Until now, Wu Sangui thought that most of the cannons equipped in Geng Jingzhong's Mawei Army were purchased from overseas foreigners, and although Fujian could be cast, it could be imagined by looking at the imperial court that even if it could be made, it would not be much in that year. It's just that Wu Sangui couldn't think of the military level of Fujian's side at all, and he completely miscalculated.

In the second and third transactions that followed, not only Yunnan but also a large number of firearms craftsmen in Guizhou controlled by Wu Sangui were invited to Fujian, and the total number of talents in this area exceeded 500 in several batches! Some of them can make shotguns, some can cast cannons, each of them is of different levels, but they are all quite good, at the moment they are an indispensable part of the horsetail arms workshop, very reused, a change from the low status of craftsmen in the past thousand years. Their salaries are more than those of most Ponytail soldiers, and even if their skills are average, their monthly salary is equivalent to that of a squadron leader in the Mawei Army.

The happiest thing about these craftsmen is not that they have received a reward that they dare not imagine, but more importantly, their status has been greatly improved, and with their own role models, they have written to their acquaintances one by one, inviting them all to come to Fujian. As the old saying goes, things gather like people in groups, and the friends of the craftsman can only be craftsmen with the same low status, and ordinary people are unwilling to marry with the craftsman's family, which shows the social status of the craftsman. But here in Fujian, it's completely different, if you have a good life, how can you not call your relatives and friends over!

This is also Wu Sangui's lack of attention to craftsmen, in the past few years, one after another, those craftsmen who were left in Kunming by Wu Sangui have also secretly moved to Fujian, and no one cares about them anyway. The ordinary people don't treat them very well, and those high-ranking officials and masters don't pay attention to these craftsmen, and they really don't even want to listen to them. This leads to the fact that Wu Jun wants to cast artillery or make muskets by himself, and it has become a fantasy, and there is no one with only materials, so what can I do!

As soon as the celebration party here ended, Wang Pingfan immediately returned to the big case of his temporary station, and he was about to write all his worries in the letter, preparing to send someone to report to Wu Sangui overnight. Such a big matter is bound to be reported to Wu Sangui, and only Wu Sangui can decide. But after thinking about it, he didn't know where to start writing, so he simply wrote four big words - artillery scrapped! Thinking about it, with Wu Sangui's shrewdness, he would definitely know the meaning of these four words, maybe Yue Yang's side had already discovered this problem.

Wang Pingfan really didn't dare to imagine that if all the artillery in the Wu army was scrapped, it would cause such an impact on the morale of the Wu army's soldiers. In the past year, the Wu army has relied on sharp artillery fire, attacking the city and pulling out the fortress without disadvantage, often a big city can not withstand the bombardment of many artillery, the Qing army in the city will take the initiative to surrender, the most typical is the many cities in Hunan, there were originally a lot of Qing army defenders, but all of them could not withstand the bombardment of artillery. Of course, the defeat of these cities is not all the credit of artillery, and the Wu army also killed and wounded a lot of soldiers in order to attack the city.

But it is undeniable that the role of artillery is huge, without artillery, they must pay a greater price if they want to take these cities, not to mention the food and grass consumed, just the dead and wounded soldiers will be an unbearable number. Just like the battle of the former Heavenly King Ping Domain, if there was no artillery of his own, the Qing army's not very skilled gunners would be doomed to death on their side. The number of people is less than the people, and if they are violently bombarded by artillery, they will definitely be finished.

Wang Pingfan's 800-mile expedited was delivered to Wu Sangui in a few days, and Wu Sangui was also shocked when he saw these four big characters, and then there was a cold sweat on his back - he also realized the severity of the matter. But what followed was regret, regret that he had fallen for Geng Jingzhong's tricks, and regret how he had agreed to Geng Jingzhong's conditions at that time and let go of all the craftsmen who could cast cannons, otherwise these problems would no longer be a problem. Hey, it's a pity that there is no regret medicine to buy in the world! (To be continued......)