Although I did not develop the flintlock pistol before Xiyi, I was able to keep the time of equipping the troops from hundreds of years behind. Zhu Yongxing is still satisfied with the cooperation with the French. Of course, he didn't just count on the French, he also used Paul to recruit technicians and craftsmen from other countries.

Now is not the time to discuss and study that the Ming Dynasty already has this and that, how can it be converted into the help of the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty as quickly as possible, then how to come.

If it were to be made entirely by itself, the flintlock pistol would have to be equipped with the troops, and it would probably take a year at the earliest. Therefore, Zhu Yongxing adopted a synchronous approach, making his own products while constantly importing them according to the financial situation. The 300 flintlock muskets purchased on credit can now be used to train soldiers.

The advent of a new weapon often means a change in tactics. Flintlock pistols and arquebuses, although both breech guns, are very different in use.

ArquebusesIn order to leave a distance for the arquebus, two soldiers side by side could not be very close together (at least one meter). But the flintlock musketeers could be arranged in close lines, and then stretched out for a long, long time on the lateral bar. In Europe, the old infantry phalanx was gradually giving way to a more effective line formation, and the line of fire on the battlefield was more dense. Moreover, the fast reloading speed of the flintlock pistols also allowed the flintlock ranks to maintain a small depth, only three or four columns.

"Shoot!"

An officer shouted orders, and the soldiers around him repeated his orders loudly so that all soldiers could hear them. The front muskets fired a volley, then retreated from the gap to the rear row to reload. Another platoon of soldiers raised their guns to aim, and after the order was given, there was a roar and white smoke rose.

Zhu Yongxing sat on the platform, shook his head slightly, and waved his hand to order to stop shooting training.

"The exchange of arquebuses for flintlock muskets is not just a renewal of weapons. Tactics also need to keep up, and the formation, spacing, and formation changes have to be changed. Zhu Yongxing called several officers from the military academy over and patiently explained: "If there is no breakthrough in tactics, how can weapons give full play to their power?" The flintlock pistol needs to be three feet away, and people can go from person to person, so that the firepower can be increased exponentially. ”

It is self-evident that Min Shizi attaches great importance to this newly organized unit. Seeing that the pot was smashed, several officers were inevitably worried.

"The flintlock pistol will be equipped with a bayonet in the future, so that it can not only shoot but also charge in hand-to-hand combat, so you can write a drill code according to it, and send it to me when you are done." Zhu Yongxing knew that it was useless to be anxious, and his tone softened a little, "You think about it more carefully, I believe in your ability." Well. That's all for today, I'm going to take care of official business, let the soldiers practice loading first! ”

"The last general will send it to His Highness."

Zhu Yongxing smiled faintly and left the school under the protection of several personal guards. Before he had gone too far, he heard the angry scolding and commands of several officers behind him.

"Stupid, if you don't take the stab, you dare to shoot it!"

"Open the hammer to charge"

"Open the medicine pot!"

"Get the medicine kit!"

"Flip the medicine bag!"

"Finger jamming!"

"Bite through the medicine bag!"

"Loading the primer!"

"Close the fire door cover!"

"Spear!"

"Charge!"

"Lead!"

"Stuff it in a paper bag!"

"Take the stab!"

"Fool, don't have your hands. Pull it out below! ”

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Zhu Yongxing smiled bitterly and continued to walk forward. He had abolished the humiliating corporal punishment in the feudal army. Only the batons were retained, and the confinement penalty was increased. With the exception of the use of sticks and whips in training, anyone who dared to use lynching at other times was punished with the harshest punishment by the Judge Advocate General's Division.

The modern army is a war machine, and through brutal corporal punishment and daily training, soldiers gradually lose the ability to think for themselves. and form a reflexive execution of commands. The fear of sticks and whips is ingrained in a modern army, and the more fearful they are on the battlefield, the more they will mechanically carry out orders.

Zhu Yongxing did not want his army to become machines, soulless walking corpses that could only rigidly kill or be killed. Therefore, he also wants to inject soul into the army. Let the soldiers have their own ideals, so that they not only have mechanical rigidity, but also flexible tactics and flexible elasticity, and can fight with a desire to fight.

“…… The king is wise, his words are unhindered, the officials are honest, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, without hunger or poverty. The small people can also complain about the Huabiao and go up to the imperial court...... There is no injustice in the world, and there is no injustice and lawlessness...... Although Yidi is rampant for a while, China has a reason to do so, and the heavy responsibility of turning the historical transition now falls on our shoulders, let us fight bloodily not to be slave dogs of the Tartars, for the happiness and well-being of us and our descendants, and for the creation of a peaceful and prosperous era in our minds......

This is a beautiful story that most people have been listening to since childhood, and it is also a beautiful era that every ordinary person struggling at the bottom fantasizes about. This is Zhu Yongxing's ideal, and it is also the ideal that he has refined and will be recognized by the majority of soldiers.

Moreover, Zhu Yongxing used practical actions and loose policies to make people see the clues of success. No longer regard this beautiful hope as a mirror and a deception.

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The capital of the Yi tribe in Shuixi lies in this city.

The banquet was over, the sky was dark, and more than 20 important members of Shuixi, such as Mu Kui, Mu Hao, and Scolding, gathered in the meeting hall of the Shuixi Propaganda Embassy.

On the front wall of the offering table, a vase more than a foot high is inserted with a few pale yellow sprigs of fragrant plums. On the main wall is a huge old Yi painting, which can be known as "Flying Dragon Out of the Water" according to the title. It was a wyvern with a very strange structure: a snake body, horns, ivory, a horse's mouth, a long beard, and six sharp claws on the dragon's body, which stretched out to the vast sea and grasped the six peaks in the sea. The dragon's whole body is painted with colorful colors, the swirling auspicious clouds and the rolling sea water are vaguely blended in the sky, and the curved and long dragon body and tail are not out of the water.

Perhaps because of the age, the color on the picture sheet has faded and looks a little hazy and blurry, but it still looks very imposing. This "Flying Dragon Out of the Water" was drawn by the ancestors more than 1,000 years ago. The dragon's six claws grasp the six peaks of the sea, symbolizing the desire of his six sons to occupy six worlds! Because Mu Qiqi is the youngest of the six ancestors and six brothers of the Yi nationality, and the Yi nobles have always loved the young, this painting was passed on to Mu Qiqi.

With the eastward migration of the Mobu, this painting was most widely transmitted to the city of Wo on the south bank of the Wujiang River, and was regarded as the treasure of the Yi family. It is treasured in a special stone box, and it is only hung up during the Yi year, the torch festival, and when important events in the tribe are decided. In front of this ancestral picture, people will naturally remember that they are the descendants of their admiration, and they feel the responsibility on their shoulders, and their faces will naturally become solemn.

The curtain is raised. Tho Mu Ankun led two guests in, one was Wusa Tusi An Chongsheng, the other was Lang Loan Tusi Long Fanyu, followed by his teacher Zhang Mo. After taking a seat, An Kun's face sank, and he stretched out his hand to signal to Zhang Mo.

Zhang Mo coughed lightly, took out a letter, and read it aloud. Before the letter was finished, everyone in the hall was already angry. Talk.

"Tho Mu, Wu Sangui is just asking for Meiji, and he even wants me to lose 20,000 troops in Shuixi and admit 3 million, which is simply too deceitful."

"Yes, Wu Sangui looked at me at Forty-eight Eyes in Shuixi, and opened his mouth to be 20,000 soldiers and 3 million silver. Where do you want us to get it? ”

"Wu Sangui threatens each other with military might, don't you know that I also have tens of thousands of soldiers in the forty-eight eyes of Shuixi? I really think that Shuixi Tou is weak and can be bullied! ”

A few hot-tempered Mu Kui and Mu Hao couldn't hold back. Opened his mouth to scold. The rest of them were also displeased, dissatisfied with Wu Sangui's lion opening.

"Everyone-" An Kun stretched out his hand and pressed it down, lengthening his voice, and waited for the silence below before he spoke: "People are good at being bullied, and horses are good at being ridden." Wu thief regards me as nothing. Take what you want. There are also major local officials in Guizhou, all of whom were blackmailed and persecuted by Wu thieves. As he spoke, he gestured to the left and right, and continued: "Forcing Usa and Lang to borrow and lose millions of silver, and being greedy is excessive. Hateful. ”

Wu Sa'an Chongsheng is An Kun's nephew, and Lang Loan Longfan Yu is the maiden brother of An Kun's second wife, sharing blessings and misfortunes. Wu Sangui's salary was so huge, the wording in the letter was unreasonable and arrogant, and the two toasts naturally scolded in unison and were filled with righteous indignation.

"Wu thieves are trapped in Yunnan Province, and they have been defeated by the Ming Dynasty and the Min prince repeatedly, Guizhou is empty, and he still dares to speak wildly, he really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead." An Kun gritted his teeth, asking for Mei Ji is simply cutting his heart, a man can't have a wife, what is a big husband, in his eyes, millions of silver fell second, "I am determined to raise troops, help Ming to resist the Qing Dynasty, and slash behind Wu thief, what do you think?" ”

"It's the other way around."

"Cut off the back road of the Wu thief, so that he will die without a place to be buried."

"I'd rather die standing than be afraid to live and rebel against the Qing."

"Guowa cannot be killed, and the Yi family cannot be humiliated."

In the sound of shouting and killing, An Kun's uncle, Mu Kui An Ruding, who was sitting in the first place of the civil official, had a glittering light of wisdom.

When the voice stopped for a while, An Ruding said cautiously: "Tho Mu, I Shuixi neither sent troops nor lost salaries, but I also did not raise the flag to resist the Qing Dynasty, what can Wu Sangui do to me?" When the Ming army and the Qing army are separated in Yunnan Province, it is not too late to make a decision! ”

An Kun frowned, turned his gaze to Zhang Mo, and said, "Sir, let's analyze whether it is a delay or an appropriate time to start an army." ”

Zhang Mo nodded slightly, stepped forward and arched his hand, and said, "I think it's the right time to start the army at this time." The two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties confronted each other in Yunnan Province, and if the Ming Dynasty won, the Qing army will be defeated into Guizhou, and the strength will increase greatly, which is not good for Shuixi; If Qing wins, the Wu thief will be difficult to control, and he will return to Guizhou with the victory, and Shuixi will be the meat on the anvil. Only at this time, when the victory and defeat were not divided, the Qing army could not divide the troops, isn't it just the opportunity for Shuixi to rise up in response to the situation and raise the flag to advocate righteousness. There are many local officials in Guizhou, and when they see the victory of the water, they will respond in groups, so why worry about the big thing? ”

An Ruding thought about it and felt that Zhang Mo's analysis was reasonable, but he still said in a serious spirit: "It's easy to recruit soldiers, but it's hard to find good generals." Since the ancestor An Bangyan, I have not had a war in Shuixi for more than 30 years. The children of each department know how to spend time and drink, but they don't know how to practice literature and martial arts. Even if the 48th Division gathered more than 100,000 soldiers, none of them could lead the army to resist the enemy, and they were nothing more than a rabble, how could they resist the Qing army's warlike division? ”

"Then according to my uncle's opinion, I Shuixi will have to endure humiliation and humiliation, and be at the mercy of Wu thieves?" An Kun's face was displeased.

"I didn't mean that, I just wanted to think long-term, for the sake of my water." An Ruding said slowly without being in a hurry or annoyance: "I suggest contacting Kuang Guogong Pi Xiong in the Ming Dynasty and asking him to go out of the mountain to praise and paint military affairs to help me fight against the Qing Dynasty in Shuixi." Pi Xiong is the Ming general, ask him to contact the Ming army in Yunnan Province on his behalf and contain the Wu thief, then I Shuixi is not alone, and I can also use this as a signal to encourage all the Tusi to rise up together and help the Ming to resist the Qing Dynasty. ”

An Kun pondered for a long time, turned his eyes to look at Zhang Mo, and asked, "Mr. Zhang, can you go through the labor and persuade Ling Taishan to help me in Shuixi." ”

Zhang Mo was secretly happy in his heart, but he still pretended to hesitate for a moment before he arched his hand and said: "Tho Mu has an order, and he dares not to obey it." It's just that I don't know how to convince him, so I asked Tho Mu to show it. ”

An Kun was just about to speak, An Ruding had already rushed to say: "Mr. Zhang, and explain my sincerity in Shuixi to help Ming resist the Qing Dynasty, and Tho Mu is willing to serve Pi Guogong as a military advisor and plan together." ”

Zhang Mo naturally knew Lu Dao'an Ruding's thoughts, and he didn't want to use outsiders to take charge of the military, the military advisor, hehe, was just a bureaucrat. But Shuixi's righteousness was almost determined, and the goal was achieved, so he didn't want to quarrel again, smiled indifferently, and bowed to the side.

"There are only four towns in Guizhou now, and they are scattered and stationed, so it is difficult to gather in a hurry." An Ruding stood up, glanced around, and said: "There is also Wujiang natural insurance, the eastern line is worry-free for the time being, and the western line is worried." Although there are many people in Shuixi, I usually have little training, and if I play against the enemy, it may be difficult to win. When avoiding its sharpness, rely on the geographical advantage to break the enemy. There are three roads that can lead directly to the hinterland of our Shuixi, and all three roads have their own dangers: Azatun, Rooster Ridge, and Hou'er Pass. Our Shuixi Army held these three important places, and it was difficult for the Qing army to fly even if it had wings. When the enemy can't attack for a long time and the division's veterans are tired, they will make an appointment with the Ming army and wave their troops to attack them, and the Qing army can be broken. ”

said something that made everyone in Shuixi happy and convinced. An Kun was overjoyed, patted his thigh and said: "Uncle is my handsome talent in Shuixi, I am willing to entrust my uncle to the position of president, and I will break the enemy who comes to attack." ”

Zhang Mo couldn't help but be impressed by An Ruding, this old guy turned out to be so shrewd and saw the situation in Shuixi thoroughly, not only pulling the Ming army to cooperate, but also calling on all the toasts to swarm, which invisibly relieved a lot of pressure on Shuixi.

Next, An Ruding suggested taking it by surprise and attacking the Qing army in Dafang City, the hinterland of Shuixi, as well as the Acropolis of Wusa, to deal with the nearest enemy first, and then raise the flag to resist the Qing.

An Kun and everyone agreed, and after careful discussion, they went to arrange the arrangement.

………… (To be continued......)