Xiao Ji asked, first told the story of his capture of the flintlock pistol, and then asked with a little puzzlement: "The last general looks at the firearms used by the soldiers under your command are far better than those of the Zhou army, why do you care so much about these muskets that are dispensable to you?" ”

Hearing that the two flintlock pistols in the other party's hands were captured when they inflicted heavy damage on the rear army of the Later Zhou army, Wang Kunjun, Cheng and Mu couldn't help but secretly curse in their hearts for Liu Guangyi's shameless behavior of "concealing and not reporting" - if Liu Guangyi reported this matter to Chai Rong, then Xu Shao'an, who was still in the Later Zhou army at the time, would definitely send the news back, and the crossing team would naturally take this factor into account when formulating the relevant jihua, especially when formulating the security jihua for the crossing people. In this way, it may not happen that Wang Kunjun, who only leaves a few guards by his side and guards who are on guard, are at a loss in response to a sudden firearm attack. As for the weapons he sold to the Zhou army, Wang Kunjun didn't want to hide it - Xiao Jixian is now a prisoner of the order, and it doesn't matter if he knows about these things. Therefore, Wang Kunjun replied very cheerfully: "Because these muskets were sold by our brothers to the court of the Zhou State, but now they are in your hands and come to deal with a certain family, and a certain family naturally needs to understand clearly." ”

Hearing that the firearms used by the Zhou army were sold by these civilian armed forces in front of him, who called themselves the "Youyun Righteous Army", Xiao Jixian could not bypass this bend for a while -- in his concept, all kinds of advanced weapons should naturally be built by the imperial court, and then handed over to his own army or supplied to local village soldiers. However, Wang Kunjun obviously didn't have the heart to explain these things to Xiao Jixian, and after saying the above sentence, he signaled his guards to take Xiao Jixian, who was full of question marks, down to continue to detain.

sent Xiao Jixian away, and the matter is not over. The reason why Wang Kunjun attaches so much importance to the issue of flintlock pistols being obtained by the Khitans this time is that, on the one hand, he considers that the excessive spread of firearms is not conducive to his own future development, and on the other hand, he also considers the issue of the custody of firearms in the hands of his subordinate units -- although the "Flying Dragon Army" has never lost or been seized by the other side, it does not mean that such a thing will not happen in the future. After all, the premise that the "Flying Dragon Army" can not lose a single firearm is that all the battles it has experienced before have been the result of the victory of the "Flying Dragon Army", and it is a complete victory. In future battles, no one can guarantee that the "Flying Dragon Army" will remain undefeated forever, especially when the ratio of enemy and our forces is very large, and it is not impossible for the "Flying Dragon Army" to be defeated or even completely annihilated, especially at present, when the crossing team needs to defend the defense line of the Great Wall hundreds of kilometers long with about 30,000 people, and when the "Flying Dragon Army" with only one company or even one platoon is defending many passes with the cooperation of the "security army" twice its size, the probability of this happening will be even higher -- if the enemy has the heart, Even if it is a pile of human lives, it can exhaust the ammunition of the small troops of the "Flying Dragon Army", and then deal with the soldiers of the "Flying Dragon Army" and the "Security Army" who have no weapon advantage by engaging in hand-to-hand combat. Therefore, before the defensive battle of the Great Wall is in full swing, it is still necessary to formulate a rule of law regarding the "custody of firearms".

Of course, now that the four members of the committee are in four places, it is impossible for them to get together and start -- Wang Kunjun is on the way to Shanhaiguan, Xu Shaoan is in Juyongguan, Zhang Weixin is in Youzhou City, and Li Junwu is in "Liangyuan", and Yang Xin, an alternate member of the committee, is running back and forth in "Liangyuan", the new production base, the Khitan prisoner of war camp, the Xishan defense line, Liangxiang City, Youzhou City, and so on, and it is even more difficult to find him to discuss things. Therefore, although Wang Kunjun and several other committee members attach great importance to the issue of "weapons safekeeping," under the current circumstances, they can only hold brief consultations on the radio and work out a "Provisional Regulations on the Use of Firearms of the 'Flying Dragon Army'" with a relatively rough structure and relatively simple regulations, and then convey them to the various defensive positions and passes through the heralds, so that the commanders at all levels can understand and convey them to the soldiers under them, instead of the conventional method of training the commanders at all levels and then conveying them to the soldiers. …,

The "Interim Regulations on the Use of Firearms by the 'Flying Dragon Army'" formulated by the committee in a very short period of time does not contain much content, and its central meaning is only two: one is to keep it strictly in peacetime to ensure that there are no mistakes; The second is to do our best to protect in wartime, and if we encounter a critical situation and cannot protect the safety of our guns, we must consume all ammunition and destroy all of our guns. Because the relevant provisions are simple and clear, and the central idea is prominent, although the "Regulations" were promulgated in a relatively hasty manner and the way in which they were conveyed was not as elaborate as the previous rules and regulations, the Committee believes that with the educational ability of the commanders at all levels of the "Flying Dragon Army" and the ability of the soldiers to understand and accept it, the Regulations can still be implemented and carried out very quickly.

After discussing the "Interim Regulations on the Use of Firearms by the 'Flying Dragons'" with several other committee members through the radio carried by Muttel, it was already completely dark. At this time, it is obviously impossible to set off for Yutian County, and it is said that Wang Kunjun and his party now have nearly 1,500 people, and they are also 1,500 soldiers and generals carrying weapons, even if it is only Wang Kunjun and the less than 200 guards around him, there is no hope of opening the city gate of Yutian County after dark in a state of war - even if Wang Kunjun can show the official status given to him by the courts of Zhou and Liao.

Therefore, Wang Kunjun and his entourage could only spend the night in Shangzhuang Village that night, and then enter Yutian County the next day. Of course, limited to the small area of Shangzhuang Village, except for the three masters of Wang Kunjun, Cheng Fei, and Mutel, as well as some of the villagers' homes where they could live in the inns in the village or were willing to give up their houses in exchange for a little money, most of the other generals could only camp around the entire village outside the village, rely on the tents they carried with them for the night, and provide peripheral protection for the three masters in the village -- after Xiao Jixian's sneak attack, Cheng Fei had already raised Wang Kunjun's alert level to the highest. He is protected by about ten guards at all times. Cheng Fei himself didn't live in the spacious main room, but set up a marching bed outside Wang Kunjun's bedroom to sleep. In this regard, Wang Kunjun naturally disagreed at first, and also planned to order the other party to go back to his room to sleep as a brother, but was rejected by Cheng Fei on the grounds that "according to the charter of the crossing team, all committee members must cooperate with the work of the security personnel during the outing, and must not interfere with the various reasonable arrangements made by the security personnel to ensure their personal safety", so he had to let Cheng Fei use layers of human shields to surround himself tightly.

Early the next morning, Wang Kunjun and the others finished breakfast, rested for a while, and then began to pack their belongings and prepare for the whole army to set off for Shanhaiguan. At this moment, a sharp siren suddenly sounded from the west entrance of the village. After a while, the platoon commander of the personal guard entered the house and reported: "The fifth master, the twenty-ninth master, and the thirty-fifth master, the sixth company of the second battalion of the cavalry regiment camped in the west of the village sent someone to report that it was dusty and the sound of hooves was rumbling on the official road coming from the east, and there should be a cavalry team of no less than seven or eight hundred people approaching Shangzhuang Village. Due to the heavy dust, it was not clear for a while to distinguish between friend and foe, and the company commander had already sent scouts to investigate, and it was believed that news would come soon. ”

"Are all the men and horses inside and outside the village on combat alert?" Cheng Fei asked.

"Twenty-ninth master, all the horses of our army are ready for battle and can launch an attack on the enemy at any time." The platoon commander replied.

"That's very good." Cheng Fei nodded and said, "You quickly go and gather all the guards and the guards of the 'Wolf Tooth Battalion', and set up a defensive position in this mansion." ”

"Yes." The platoon commander of the personal guard agreed to go.

As soon as the platoon commander of the personal guard left with his front foot, Mutel said to Wang Kunjun and Cheng Fei with his back foot: "Fifth brother, twenty-ninth brother, brother will go to command outside the village." If it is really an enemy army, the brothers will annihilate them outside the village, and will never give them a chance to enter the village. After speaking, he hugged his fists towards Wang and Cheng, and strode out of the room. …,

As Mutel left the mansion, nearly 200 personal guards and escorts, under the command of Cheng Fei, fully fortified the mansion where Wang Kunjun was located, inside and out. At this time, it is said that he is a big living person, and even a fly will not want to fly into the house.

Just when a group of personal guards and guards were on guard under the command of Cheng Fei, Mutel, who went to command the cavalry to fight, chatted with a strong man who was fully armed, with the rank of lieutenant colonel on his shoulder, and his face was covered with dust, while walking towards Wang Kunjun's mansion. Seeing this situation, Cheng Fei was stunned at first, but soon recognized that the man with a dusty face was Ma Shizhong, the deputy commander of the "Ranger Battalion", and at the same time figured out the reason why Muttel was able to chat with Ma Shizhong so leisurely - the cavalry team outside the village was none other than his own "Ranger Battalion".

Mutel's subsequent explanation also proved Cheng Fei's guess that the cavalry team galloping from the official road to the west of the village was the "Ranger Battalion" that tracked Xiao Jixian and the remnants of the Youyun Khitan Army led by him. As a result, the guards and guards who were still on guard just now, for fear of missing the slightest movement, suddenly calmed down, and returned to their usual alert level under Cheng Fei's order. The village, which had just been on guard, was quiet and quiet, and became lively with the entry of the "Ranger Battalion" generals.