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The power and use of the gun is the most studied thing by Song Qing in the past two years, because he has almost studied the things in cold weapons, with the help of Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde, the two generals, the tactical configuration of various contemporary cold weapons, the configuration of the arms and the like has long been mastered, even if he himself thinks about the new ones, it is basically this level, the only deviation is that he plans to make a linear cavalry, which is not yet available in this time and space, but it is very useful, Especially against the Manchurian cavalry, it is a sharp weapon, but because there is no silver to feed so many horses at present, this plan can only be stranded for the time being.

Therefore, he put most of his time and energy on firearms, this is the most advanced opinions he can put forward, and it is also the best way for the Han people to fight against nomads, after all, this thing does not require high physical fitness, as long as you can grasp the methods and quality of firearms casting, everything else is not a problem, a teenager can take a firearm to kill the enemy, far more cost-effective than training qualified archers, not to mention artillery.

Now is the era when cold weapons are transformed into hot weapons, and although the contemporary firearms of the Ming Dynasty have not lagged behind the West, they are really not good in quality, and even there are a large number of defective products in Beijing, so if you want to use this thing that can effectively fight against the nomads, quality is the top priority, and now the weapons used by his firearms and artillery teams, he dares to take the head to vouch. It is definitely the most reliable group of the Ming army in this time and space, which was created by the supervision of the axe.

After creating this batch of weapons, he has not yet met an opponent in the real sense, and now this Zhang Xianzhong in front of him will largely shake the Ming Dynasty in the future, and divide Sichuan for a long time, and after his death, his subordinates will still support the Southern Ming Dynasty to fight against the Manchu Dynasty.

He even hoped that Li Zicheng was also here, and even Gao Yingxiang's brigade could come. If you have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, you can deal with 200,000 homeless troops. Then the experiment of this firearm can be regarded as truly qualified, fortunately, although there are not 200,000 people here, there are at least 50,000 homeless troops, which is enough for him to slash hard.

Twelve cannons roared again. Another violent shock wave. But today, the wind is still blowing in the direction of the homeless. A large amount of smoke also blew in the wind, enveloping the entire charging team in a cloud of white smoke when the smoke cleared. There was another big gap in the ranks, and many lives were taken out of the ranks.

Zhang Xianzhong breathed a sigh again, the nerves that were originally full of confidence had already been somewhat abnormal beating, he found that he really underestimated these Ming troops, especially the kind of cannon that breathed flames, it was indeed a big killer on the battle array, but this level of attack and loss was not enough for him to retreat, he had seen a lot of officers and soldiers with sharp bows and arrows, but as soon as his team rushed up, the other party immediately dispersed, and this situation was definitely not a few, the twelve cannons on the opposite side were indeed sharp and abnormal, But the lethality is still not enough after all, it looks quite bluffing, but at this time, it only kills a few hundred people, which is not a large number for 20,000 people.

Maybe their men and horses will rush up later, and the other party will not be able to withstand it, and then they will be able to capture these twelve cannons, although it seems that the weight is not light, but it is definitely a good object to use to open the city and pull out the village.

Like all the generals of the peasant army who plan to make a difference, Zhang Xianzhong is also paying attention to the cultivation of veterans, and he is not blindly consuming the newcomers, those veterans who have fought one or two battles and have not died, he will be very concerned about organizing them, and if there is a vicious battle of the dead, the first will not let them go again, but let the newer cannon fodder go up, and then draw those who have not died from it to come out, and continue to increase the number of so-called old brothers, because these people are the key components of fighting or winning wars.

It's just that this time, he is destined to be disappointed, Song Qing came over this time, the main task is to train the team and experiment with firearms, with these two principles in front, it is impossible to leave him much alive, unless he takes the initiative to withdraw his troops now, but then he will also not get many veterans who have fought in the war.

The ranks of the peasant army were still charging, but after two rounds of shelling, the speed was slower than before, and the leaders of the team saw the problem, and immediately pulled out their knives and began to urge them to advance, these officers were actually old brothers, but unlike those who were in charge of the final decisive battle, they were arranged in the cannon fodder team, responsible for supervising in the case of unfavorable charges, and even simply the overseers with big swords, who saw hesitation, or even planned to flee for their lives, went up to kill with a knife.

There is such a group of people staring behind, the homeless people have to move forward again, slowly the speed is increasing again, and the platoon artillery has also been bombarded by the third round, and there is basically no chance to use it recently, some leaders of the homeless team have good eyes, seeing that this cannon is almost useless, they have raised their long knives above the top, and roared at the top of their voices: "The cannons of the dog officers and soldiers are almost out of reach, the brothers hurry up and rush over, as long as they rush to the opposite side, they will be defeated, they can only let us cut and kill, rush!" ”

When it comes to agitating people's hearts, probably no one is stronger than these rogue leaders, and these outcasts are absolutely proletarians who are homeless and unemployed, and the rest is nothing more than a life, plus a broken weapon, and there is almost nothing else, and everything they want to get must be obtained after a desperate charge, so courage is never a problem for them, even if they are suppressed by something they have never seen or are very sharp in a short time, they can quickly recover their energy.

The charge began again, and the twelve guns also began the last bombardment, which was immediately dragged back by the artillerymen, and the four thousand musketeers immediately came up. Behind them were the archers of a thousand beggars, and they were archers with somewhat disgruntled faces, and their dissatisfaction was with their position.

After the beggar army arrived in Xuzhou, they were very honest at the beginning, because even the most basic soldiers knew that they had all committed a heinous crime, if it weren't for Song Qing to take them in, I am afraid that they would have already been separated and collapsed, and the officers were beheaded for public display, and the ordinary soldiers were estimated to become prisoners. I went to work as a coolie somewhere.

Although it is on Song Qing's territory. They are also engaged in manual labor, but their diet is similar to that of the Xuzhou soldiers, and no one feels that they are suffering, so they are grateful from top to bottom. A year later. Song Qing began to resume their military training. And instilled some training methods of Xuzhou soldiers to them, the beggar army has fought with Xuzhou soldiers, and the other party is very capable of fighting. Therefore, they are not excluded, but after all, they were once proud Dongjiang soldiers, and they still maintain their dignity.

After this expedition, the beggar army was holding back a lot of energy, wanting to make a contribution, repay Song Qing's life-saving grace, and by the way, also play a position for himself in the Xuzhou system, can not always appear as a prisoner, although there is no difference in various treatments, but this name is to make them uncomfortable, this time against 50,000 rogues, they all thought that the opportunity to come out had come, who knew that Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were arranged behind, and even a thousand archers were lined up behind the fire soldiers.

Once upon a time, they were the main force in the fight against the Houjin, where were the Xuzhou soldiers at that time? This arrangement makes the beggar army very uncomfortable, and always feels that he has become a child protected by the Xuzhou soldiers, but the military order is like a mountain, they have been in Xuzhou for more than two years, and the most profound understanding is the military order, as long as Song Qing's order is issued, everyone needs to implement it unconditionally, and the strictness of the military regulations is much stronger than the brotherhood model of the Dongjiang Army back then, so no one dares to have any opinions, so they can only follow honestly.

But in their hearts, they hoped that the firecrackers in front of them would not be able to withstand it as soon as possible, so that their archers would go up, and a thousand infantry and a thousand horses would go up and charge again, and play the majesty of their beggar army, as for the name, they didn't have much to think about, the Dongjiang army is still alive and well, Shang Kexi and others can also represent that army, and they are not interested in fighting for this name, and after the name of the beggar army was instilled by Song Qing, they also knew how much this was the most powerful force in the history of the Han people. They don't have any problem naming themselves after this name, they just want to prove their worth by fighting.

When the beggar army was full of thoughts, the four thousand firecrackers were already in place, and the officers who were responsible for calculating the enemy's position were staring at the front with their eyes firmly in mind, secretly counting in their hearts how far those homeless people were from them, which could be about fifteen zhang away, the officers raised their hands and shouted: "The first row is ready, light the fire, release!" ”

More than 1,300 firecrackers were fired, and the dense sound was as if beans were fried in a hot oil pot, and countless lead bullets were splashed out like raindrops, rushing into the dense formation of the homeless army, and huge white smoke also rose up, pushed forward by the wind, covering all the sights ahead, and both sides lost their goals almost at the same time, and they couldn't see what happened to the homeless people in the center, and they couldn't calculate how many casualties were given at this moment, even so, The officers of the firecracker team did not have the slightest intention of stopping, and continued to order: "The first platoon retreats, the second platoon continues to fire, and the third platoon prepares!" ”

Another platoon of guns, the second row of non-commissioned officers quickly withdrew to the back to load, the third row of people changed up, under the officer's command, fired again, five rounds of attacks in a row, the shouting in the distance almost stopped, the officers subconsciously raised their hands high, did not give another order, and the fire gunners who came back again were meticulously holding the fire guns, ready to continue firing at any time, and at the same time they were very carefully observing, how big the results of their own rounds of salvo fire were nearby.

Soon, the smoke dissipated, fifteen zhang away from the rogue gradually revealed, according to the distance calculation, from the fire to the present, those rogue almost failed to advance a battle, the distance of about fourteen zhang is like a boundary line between life and death, and like the pass of the ghost gate, as long as the distance is crossed, except for four or five stupid sitting on the ground, people have been half dead guys, the rest have all become corpses, densely packed with almost more than 5,000 people, the results of the battle are surprisingly good.

"It's really good, almost three guns killed one person, if it weren't for such a dense formation, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to fight so well." Song Qing commented in a sullen voice: "It's just that these homeless people are also Han Chinese, it's a pity to die here, if it weren't for the military orders, plus Lao Tzu wants to train the army, I really don't want to kill so many people." ”

Ding Kui and Xue Wu beside him also nodded sullenly, Song Qing has always instilled the differences between ethnic groups, even if Ding Kui and Xue Wu are high-ranking officers, they are not immune to this kind of influence, and Huayi Dafang is the mainstream idea in recent years, and it is normal for them to have this kind of thought, and they all sighed a few times.

However, sighing and sighing, Song Qing did not intend to show mercy to his subordinates, it turned out that the danger of the Liukou to the Ming Dynasty was greater than that of the Houjin, if it were not for Li Zicheng to hit the city of Beijing, the Houjin estimated that it would not be able to enter the Central Plains for a few decades, in case there was a master of Zhongxing, and they could be destroyed if they were not good, and the Ming Dynasty also put most of its energy on fighting the Liukou because of the policy of first securing the inside of the country, resulting in many elite soldiers and strong generals being lost in the internal friction, so that the Houjin took a big advantage.

Of course, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Dashun and Daxi and Nanming united against the Qing soldiers, that is a later story, after all, at that time, everyone knew that there was one more foreign regime in the world, and it was also the most powerful one, and the armed forces of the Han people united to fight against it was also a normal reaction, but in any case, the harm of the rogue could not be ignored, especially in ancient times, it was likely to take several years or even decades to build a city, and it would probably only take a day or two to destroy a city.

Song Qing was thinking about some big problems between the rogue and the social economy, but Zhang Xianzhong didn't have the heart to think about these things, he was already stupid by the power of the burning sticks on the opposite side, there were 5,000 people, in such a blink of an eye, they died outside in a daze, although they were all cannon fodder soldiers who sent people to death, but there was no such way to die, more than 5,000 casualties, and they couldn't even rush over a foot of land, this way of fighting anyone would be distressed. (To be continued......)