In fact, many of us don't know that there is only one kind of marquis that we call in China, but there are a few words that can be translated as "marquis" in the West. And those words represent different Western marquises. That is, there are several varieties of marquis in the West. And between the various marquises, the high and low status are different.

The author has also encountered this problem, when my brother took the "sixth grade" for the first time, he was surprised to find that there are more than 20 kinds of knives in the British kitchen in the reading questions. And I only know one kind of "knife". The results of this exam, of course, the author ran away, but it also made the author complain that now, our two knives in China are already very remarkable, and I didn't expect to play more than 20 knives in the UK.

And Carreli, for the purpose of elevating Wu Shigong's status and satisfying his vanity, said to Gonzalez the noblest of the marquises. This kind of marquis, the standard translation is - elector.

Before introducing the Elector, we also want to introduce some common sense. The first is the difference between an emperor and a king. In modern society, there are emperors and kings, but we basically treat them as the same kind and are all heads of state.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, both the East and the West, the emperor and the king were completely different identities. Or in fact, or nominally, the king was to obey the emperor's orders. So we can also often see in the history books that the emperor of China canonized the king of an overseas vassal state or something. And a king who has not been canonized by the emperor is not legitimate. To put it in modern diplomatic terms, that is: what is not recognized by the international community.

And in the East, there is only one emperor, and that is the emperor of the central powers, and the others are kings. And, of course, there's one hiding in the island of the Dwarf Nation. The one who secretly proclaimed himself emperor. China, however, has never recognized him.

And in the West, there is a pope with a religious leader. Secularly, when Mehmed II captured Constantinople by land by warship into the Golden Horn, the Eastern Roman Empire was effectively destroyed. And the only remaining emperor in Europe was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. And, of course, a tsar. But at that time, Russia had not yet integrated into the mainstream of European society, so this emperor was ignored.

The emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, on the other hand, were not entirely father-to-son. His emperor was elected by the electors, and one of them was selected to serve as the elector.

Of course, this process is quite complicated to introduce. What kind of electors are elected by fighting each other and diplomacy with each other! The elected Elector will be crowned by the Pope! If the Pope does not agree to be crowned, he will fight to the Vatican to force the Pope to be crowned! The Pope will also organize an anti-imperialist coalition to go to war with the emperor who has not yet been crowned! Anyway, in the history of the Holy Roman Empire, it was troublesome, difficult, exciting, and long to go from being an elector to an emperor.

None of this is the focus of this article, though. Let's just take a brief look. But we have to keep in mind two things: the first is that the elector is qualified to be emperor. This can also be seen. how high the status and power of the Elector were; The second is. The Electors all had their own princely states. They also all had the power to canonize their subordinates as nobles and divide their territories. Therefore, the power of the elector is the same as that of the kings and grand dukes of Europe, except that the title is somewhat different.

At this time, we should also understand, after Weishenme Gonzalez misunderstood Wu Shigong as the Elector, little stars would immediately appear in their eyes.

In the end, Gonzalez and these people were all middle- and low-ranking officers in Portugal, and they did not know much about the government structure of the Ming Dynasty. I also don't understand the role and strength of the Ming Dynasty's nobles.

Gonzalez, although they were basically Portuguese soldiers, they also arrived in the Far East to take risks and make a fortune. And now, under the guidance of Carelli, the Elector's wife, how can he not show chivalry and fight for titles, fiefs and gold?

Let's be honest. The whole process is this: under the misdirection of Carreli's own vain language, Gonzalez and the Portuguese soldiers are dazed.

Anyway, Wu Shigong doesn't care if Gonzalez and them misunderstood, now as long as they stay. And Gonzalez and them are also eager to show their abilities in front of Wu Shigong.

This shot impressed Wu Shigong and the officers of the Runing battalion, because Gonzalez pointed out a major omission in the artillery team's firing of Jishu.

They also spoke highly of Gonzalez's imagination of the curved artillery shot, but they also pointed out that this is a special kind of artillery shooting jishu used in special situations, and in ordinary battles, this kind of shooting jishu is not particularly useful. And about this, Wu Shigong, the officers of the Runing Battalion, also admitted.

And Gonzalez pointed out that in fact, when the artillery shoots at the ship, there is no need for a fire rope at all, just burn the shell red, put the shell directly into the barrel, and let the hot shell ignite the gunpowder to shoot.

The biggest advantage of this approach is that the cannonballs can not only break the wooden planks on the ship, but the high temperature of the cannonball can directly cause the ship to burn. Since the burning parts of the ship are basically in the upper part of the ship, it is also inconvenient for the people on the ship to get water to fight the fire, so it can greatly increase the wreckage rate of the ship.

Gonzalez had served on ships, so he was familiar with this method of firing artillery commonly used on ships. And after Shiyan, it also proved the correctness of their statement.

After hearing this statement, Wu Shigong, the officers of the Runing Battalion, especially Liang Hui, and the people of the artillery team, were all stunned. It's really different from having expert guidance and not having expert guidance!

Then Gonzalez: They began to shoot with standard firearms. It was nothing more than to break down the shooting action into more than two dozen steps, and let the soldiers do the decomposition skillfully first, and those Portuguese officers were on the side to correct the wrong movements at all times. This is followed by a complete firearm loading training.

This training method is very efficient, and after only three days of training, it is obvious that the reloading speed of artillery and guns has increased a lot. The Runing Battalion also made these decomposition movements into a large picture and hung them on the training ground, so that every soldier could see them at all times. However, this also made the 200 knives of paper that Wu Shigong got back useful.

Frequent firearms training has caused the Runing Battalion to be filled with gunfire and smoke every day. Wu Shigong simply ordered that there was no need for regular shelling of Dengzhou City. Anyway, the other Ming troops in the distance didn't know what the Runing Battalion was doing. It's better to save some gunpowder.

After that, the rebels in Dengzhou City bought 600 stone of grain at a high price twice. However, this does not prove that both parties are sincere in abiding by the agreement.

The rebels also stepped up the deployment of spies in the direction of the Henan army to find out whether the Henan army had relaxed its vigilance. And Wu Shigong also strengthened the sentry posts and spies, and strangled those rebel spies who went out of the city, just to tell the rebels in Dengzhou City: I welcome to do business honestly, and if you want to use your brain, then I will not be polite.

Therefore, in just a few days, the Henan army killed more than two dozen rebel spies who left the city. Under such a heavy blow, the rebels also retreated. In the process of strangulation, Huang Qiqi also secretly sent people several times to send the news that the rebel spies were sent to the city.

And Wu Shigong also sent someone to send him twenty stones of grain when Huang Qiqi's troops were guarding the southern city wall at night. After going back and forth, some tacit understanding was formed between the two of them, and there was a little trust.

Wu Shigong did not monopolize the money he earned. One day, he called Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng over and gave them one thousand taels each. However, Wu Shigong also said ugly things in front: The silver given was only given by the face of fellow Henan villagers. The silver earned by the Runing Camp was all earned by the Runing Camp itself. If Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng were red-eyed, then they could have rushed ahead when they broke Dengzhou City and took it from the rebels themselves.

Now Wu Shigong, he even pulled the artillery set up in the artillery position on the hill back to his own camp. Wu Shigong then made the camp of the Henan Army, and made a pair of turtle defense.

Anyway, with the terrain of the small mountainous area outside the south of Dengzhou City, it is still possible to run a few small groups of rebels, but it is absolutely impossible for the rebels' brigade to break through from here. Wu Shigong didn't want to take the initiative to attack Dengzhou City, so it was better to defend with peace of mind! This can also completely eliminate the possibility of a sneak attack by the rebels.

On these days, Wu Shigong had a detailed conversation with several leading Portuguese officers of Gonzalez. It is to take out all the things in their stomachs about Western military tactics and jishu.

The development of the Runing Battalion has reached the present, and it seems to have developed very strong in the eyes of outsiders, and among the officers in the Runing Battalion, there is also a phenomenon of cocking tails, but Wu Shigong himself is still a little bottomless.

The officers of the Runing Battalion are basically halfway monks, and even Xue Yongli, the former guards of the Yangwu Marquis Mansion, is also mostly on paper for the war, so the current Runing Battalion can be said to have grown up from learning.

But in this battle to encircle and suppress Kong Youde's rebels, Wu Shigong opened his eyes and knew that there were still many things he didn't understand. For example, the method of firing red-hot shells that my own artillery team just learned.

Moreover, Wu Shigong also found many other tactics, such as the smashing tactics after the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry used the three-eyed fire gun to shoot in three stages. To be honest, Wu Shigong felt that their tactics were better than the tactics of the Runing battalion cavalry shooting with medium-sized guns and then switching to the tactics of riding spears and sprinting, at least there was no need to change weapons to reduce the cavalry's error rate.

However, Wu Shigong couldn't study, because the equipment of the Runing battalion had basically been finalized, and if he went to change his outfit, the whole cost would be too great. In addition, if the tactics are changed, the cavalry tactical training and drill code will also be completely revised. So whether it's money or time, Wu Shigong can't afford to spend it.

But if there is only this point, it will be forgotten, Wu Shigong is even more afraid that the Runing battalion is also taking a detour in other aspects, so Wu Shigong needs Gonzalez and them to introduce the most advanced firearms use tactics in the West, so that the Runing battalion will not take some detours. (To be continued......)