Baili Wuji didn't have the idea of blaming Zhou Baozhong in his heart, but when he saw Zhou Baozhong's arrogance, he had the idea of killing his arrogance, untempered iron is not good steel, and a fearless general is by no means a loyal minister, this truth, Baili Wuji naturally knows.

Knocking and beating Zhou Baozhong made him fearful in his heart, so that he could truly grow into a generation of famous generals.

And Zhou Baozhong's performance today was undoubtedly beyond Baili Wuji's expectations, and it undoubtedly made Baili Wuji look down on him.

As for using the lives of Sancheng soldiers as a cover, and making the follow-up army successfully defeat the enemy, this kind of thing, how could Baili Wuji really blame Zhou Baozhong, Baili Wuji himself is such a person, Ci is not in charge of the army, this truth, Baili Wuji has understood since he was a child.

Seeing that Zhou Baozhong had relented, Baili Wuji eased his breath and said: "It's good that you understand, you must remember that I want victory, but it is not a victory piled up by the lives of soldiers." ”

Zhou Baozhong said: "The minister remembers it in his heart. ”

"Get up." Baili Wuji waved his hand and said.

"I already know the disadvantages of musket firing intervals and the lack of effective offensive methods against cavalry, and I am very pleased to see you practice today and see that you have a purpose." After scolding the three of them, Baili Wuji began to soothe them.

"Over the years, the musketeers have been invincible against the infantry, but against the cavalry, it has always been a weakness, more than enough to defend and not enough to enter, do you have a good solution? Let's take a closer look. ”

When the three of them heard His Majesty's inquiry, they glanced at each other, and finally Zheng Yanhua played on behalf of the three of them: "Your Majesty will report to you." The three ministers had been privately pondering this defect of musketeers for many days, and their final opinion was that there should no longer be a division between musketeers and cavalry. Instead, the two were combined, and the ministers also took a name for this branch of the army, called the Musketeers, hoping that His Majesty would forgive his sins. ”

Baili Wuji looked at the three of them in a daze, feeling a little out of order. The musketeers, thanks to what they figured out.

After a long time, Baili Wuji spoke: "Have you ever thought about it?" Among the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Ming Kingdom, how many soldiers could have both musket skills and horsemanship? Again, if the two are combined. How many pounds were the supplies of this army and the weight of the soldiers? I roughly estimated that, apart from the new army, there were less than 1 out of 10 Ming soldiers who mastered both skills. And when the two are combined, a musketeer. A standard war knife weighs nine catties and eight taels, a small crossbow weighs three catties, twenty crossbow arrows weigh five catties, a musket weighs twelve catties and six taels, a thirty projectile is about three catties, and eight grenades weigh twelve catties. Each person carries ten days' rations based on dry food, at least twelve catties, so that the weight of each person has reached fifty-seven catties, plus war horse forage, soldiers' bedding and other sundries, not to mention sixty catties, how can soldiers fight? ”

Hearing the emperor's eloquent talk about the soldiers' equipment, Zheng Yanhua played again: "Your Majesty, there are combat knives in close combat. There are muskets at range, supplemented by grenades. The function of the small crossbow has been weakened, and the ministers thought that the musketeers could cancel the equipment of the small crossbow, so that they could reduce eight catties, and the grenade configuration too much could be reduced to four, and it could be reduced by six catties, so that it could be controlled below fifty catties. What's more, when the army sets out, there must be a transport team, and the supply can be reached within an hour for the cavalry, and there is no need to carry a large amount of rations and grain and grass with you, I don't know if Your Majesty thinks so? ”

Baili Wuji nodded and smiled, in fact, this is the purpose of Baili Wuji's determination to build a new army, integrating multiple arms into one, creating an ace army, which can be invincible, of course, each branch of the army cannot be omnipotent, just like if the battlefield of this new army is in Shudao, then it is far less convenient than the infantry, but Baili Wuji will set the positioning of this new army in the north, then the musket cavalry is very suitable.

Baili Wuji waved his hand and ordered the three of them to retreat.

The next day, Baili Wuji issued an order, naming the new army as musketeers, organizing it as an army, and promoting Guo Tingwei, Zheng Yanhua, and Zhou Baozhong to the left, center, and right tricompartment commanders.

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Just when Baili Wuji was immersed in building his descendant army, Chai Rong of Zhou Guo was lavishly rewarding the heroes of this crusade against the five states.

Ma Jun was the commander of Fan Aineng, and the infantry army was the commander of He Hui, who was executed by Chai Rong without hesitation for escaping from the battle.

Now that the war has been won, Chai Rong has also fulfilled his expectations, and the reward is naturally essential.

Chai Rong issued an order to appoint Li Chongjin as the envoy of the Zhongwu Festival, Xiang Xun and the envoy of the Yicheng Festival, Zhang Yongde and the envoy of the Wuxin Festival, and Shi Yanchao as the envoy of the Zhenguo Festival. Ma Ren was appointed as the direct commander of the crane bow and arrow, and Ma Quan was the commander of the scattered personnel; Dozens of other officers and colonels were promoted, and some of the soldiers were promoted from the ranks to be military commanders and captains.

Zhang Yongde praised Zhao Kuangyin's wisdom and bravery, and tried his best to protect Zhao Kuangyin as the envoy of the difficult festival.

Zhang Yongde is Guo Wei's son-in-law, Chai Rong's brother-in-law, he married Guo Wei's fourth daughter, Princess Shou'an, Zhao Kuangyin is Chai Rong's sworn brother, they are all a family, Zhang Yongde is good friends with him, and it is reasonable to ask for the seal for Zhao Kuangyin.

Chai Rong naturally wouldn't grieve his sworn brother, but this time, I don't know what Chai Rong thought, and vetoed Zhang Yongde's proposal.

Chai Rong promoted Zhao Kuangyin to be the capital of the palace, and concurrently served as the assassin of Songzhou, and also promoted Zheng En to the front of the palace.

Maybe Chai Rong's consideration is not selfish, and he wants to keep the two sworn brothers by his side and take charge of the forbidden army, so that he can also rest assured.

But Zhao Kuangyin learned that his wish to make the five states of the festival was frustrated, and he felt a little sad in his heart.

After that, Chai Rongjia and Liu Ci of Pingzhang were the defense envoys of Xia Sui. At this point, the courtiers of the Zhou State understood the meaning in Chai Rong's heart, and it turned out that the emperor wanted to abolish the envoy of the difficult festival and reduce it to a defense envoy.

In fact, Chai Rong's disposal is correct, Xia and Sui have been independent outside the Central Plains since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and they are close and away, which has a great relationship with the integration of the military, government and financial powers.

And Liu Ci is famous for his loyalty and bravery, he is old, and he is very loyal to Chai Rong, and if he is placed in the five states of Dingyan, nothing will happen.

The Zhou army lost tens of thousands of soldiers in this battle, but the 15,000 infantry and 15,000 cavalry in the city of Xiazhou surrendered to the Zhou army, and after the reorganization, the strength of the Zhou army did not suffer much loss.

Chai Rong was grateful for Baili Wuji's assistance, and through this war, Chai Rong was no longer defenseless against Baili Wuji, which led to the case of the Ming army sending supplies from the territory of Zhou to Yanyun in the north.

At this point, although the Ming and Tuesday countries have not really signed an alliance, in fact, the friendship between the two countries has exceeded the boundary of the allies. (To be continued......)