Chapter Ninety-Eight: Damp Gunpowder

Zhu Houhuang stretched out his hand to look at the loaded paper bullets, and took a look at them with his hand, and found that the gunpowder inside had turned into a ball, and the plate was clumped like this, and the ghost knew that it would not be able to hit. He threw the gunpowder ball on the ground with a "snap" and said, "What's going on?" ”

From the moment he discovered the wolf smoke, Zhu Houhuang immediately anxious and everyone was ready to go. It's just that a routine inspection before his departure immediately identified the problem.

The musketeer's gunpowder was unusable, maybe not all, but most of it was unusable.

Zhu Houhuang was almost furious, and wanted to kill all of them to correct military justice.

Wu Ming stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, it's not their fault. ”

Zhu Houhuang closed his eyes and said to himself in his heart: "You have to control your anger, control your anger, control your anger." In fact, Zhu Houhuang only needs to think about it to know that this is not the soldier's fault, if those people are the most similar during this period of time, it is Zhu Houhuang and the soldiers who followed, who have been running around in the heavy rain, repairing houses, or rescuing the wounded, and so on. Moreover, in the heavy rain of the past few days, even the gunpowder warehouse was full of people, and the whole staff could not find a dry place up and down.

At this point, it is not entirely to blame.

But what now? Wu Ming has already sent people to explore the way, and has found out that the natives in the east have made a big move, gathered thousands of people, and come to this side in a mighty way, this is not a matter of one tribe, but a decision made by several tribes together. caught Zhu Houhuang off guard.

In the first few months on the island, Zhu Houhuang worried about the attack of the natives day and night. So much so that Zhu Houhuang wanted to put the ruling center in the city of Taiwan on Yikun. Make a natural barrier with the whole of Taiwan. But after a long time, Zhu Houhuang also decided to be a little worried, but he didn't want everything to break out after a storm.

These natives don't come early or late, but when they come at this time, it's like a house leak that happens to rain overnight. At this time, the firearms unit that he was most proud of was actually abolished.

"Your Highness," Tang Yin's face turned a little pale, and he said, "Your Highness can't guard the general, I think the reason why these savages suddenly attacked was also because of the heavy rain." We couldn't find food for a while, so we had to come to us to grab it, and we only had to guard the big guys, and after a few days, they retreated on their own. ”

"Absolutely not." Zhu Houhuang's face calmed down and said, "This is the first time to fight with the natives, if we lose our morale and are overwhelmed by the momentum of the natives." In the future, they will look down on us, and our life in Dongyong will be even more difficult, besides, if they don't come to us, I will still look for them. ”

"Not bad." Wu Ming said: "Your Highness is right. These natives are just a few more people, and they are not accustomed to warfare, and they have no military formations to speak of, and if they are in the jungle, they dare not say that they will win, but now they have abandoned the mountains and forests and fought with our army in the plains, even if there are no firearms, our army is also sure to win. ”

Zhu Houhuang calmed down and said secretly: "I'm still not as experienced as Wu Ming." Although Zhu Houhuang fought two battles in the north, he relied entirely on the power of firearms, and did not pay much attention to other aspects at all. Unconsciously maintain the strength of the army on firearms, as if without firearms, there will be no war.

Wu Ming is still much more sober than him.

Even if there is no firearm, the battle in front of him can be fought, no different from his opponent, if the musket and gunpowder are damp, and the Mongolian elite cavalry fights, Zhu Houhuang will definitely retreat without saying a word. I'm worried about who the enemies in front of me are. It is impossible to say that the bandits of the Ming Dynasty are all more effective than them, even if there are a little more of them. It looks menacing. Only they are not found in the jungle, or in the mountains and forests. Even without muskets, it would not be difficult to defeat them.

In a word, Zhu Houhuang was a little panicked.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houhuang calmed down and said, "Yes, this battle will be entrusted to General Wu." ”

Wu Ming marched and saluted: "I will live up to the trust of His Highness." ”

Zhu Houhuang felt that he was still much worse than Wu Ming, and it was much more reassuring to entrust this matter to Wu Ming than to go into battle by himself, but he was unwilling to wait for the result in the big man. I want to set off with Wu Ming.

Of course Wu Ming didn't want to. Zhu Houhuang's appearance on this battlefield was simply a burden for Wu Ming himself, and it was harmful. But Zhu Houhuang is bent on this. Wu Ming also had no choice but to persuade Zhu Houhuang to stay in the rear, and Wu Ming walked in front with a large team.

Wu Ming secretly said in his heart: "I want to strike first and defeat these natives, and when His Highness comes over, the fight will have already been completed, so that His Highness will not be in any danger." ”

Wu Ming had this thought in his heart, so he set off first.

Between the big man and the Wang family building, the distance is not far, but more than ten miles, there is a road in the middle, out of the road, this road is the road that the native and the big man repeatedly traded and transported goods, it has not been repaired at all, it rained heavily, almost became a small stream, flowing from east to west. The trek was difficult on the road.

Wu Ming had to ask all the soldiers to roll up their trouser legs, they wore straw sandals, stepped on the muddy water, and walked step by step in the direction of Wangjialou, just a dozen miles, walking for several hours.

Wu Ming looked at the sky, calculated the time, sent the order, and said, "Rest in place and eat dry food."

Although the ground was covered with water, after receiving the order to rest, all the soldiers also worked in a team to find a place to sit and rest.

These soldiers have been training under Zhu Houhuang for such a long time, and they have also been contaminated with a lot of Zhu Houhuang's style. Even during the break, several groups were sent to keep on guard. One by one, the rest began to eat dry food and drink the water from their own kettles.

Wu Ming stood on top of a big stone and looked out from afar. He could already faintly hear a cacophony in the distance.

Suddenly, a man came running from the front and said, "My lord, they are coming." ”

Wu Ming raised his head, and a soldier on the tree also reported to him, saying, "The enemy is coming." ”

Wu Ming stood on top of the tree trunk a few times and looked at the past from a distance. I saw countless people clustered together at the end of the road, like ants, dense, there was no formation at all, and when walking, there were also walks, some had to stop, some of the other side was crowded by everyone, and some places were empty without a person. It's just two or three miles away.

Wu Ming couldn't help but smile in his heart: "I have been in the army for so many years, and I have never met such an unsuccessful enemy." ”

Wu Ming jumped down from the tree and said, "Pass my order, assemble after a pillar of incense." ”

Wu Ming calculated the time for their actions, and after a pillar of incense, they should have been able to find themselves that the war had started at that time, and now it was just time for the soldiers to rest. Rational distribution of the physical strength of a soldier is the basic skill of a general. Although it is not as high as astronomy and geography, it is also a compulsory course for every general. Otherwise, he doesn't know when his subordinates will be able to burst out with maximum combat effectiveness.

Basically, it was to deal with some savages, and Wu Ming's arrangement was also cautious, and he planned to wait for work.

After a pillar of incense, all assembled. Wu Ming's arrangement was not the time to march just now.

When he marched, because of the road, two or three walked side by side, and the line stretched for miles, but now Wu Ming squeezed all the soldiers together, one person and one column, and squeezed the path from the big man to Wang's house tightly, and the soldiers on both sides stood in the grass, even close to the trees.

"In this battle, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road." Wu Ming specially selected the bravest people in the team as the first rank. Wu Ming suddenly remembered someone. This man is only sixteen years old, but his courage is one of the best in the whole army. It's just that after all, he is still young, and when he is at the forefront, Wu Ming is a little uneasy. However, as soon as he thought of his martial arts, Wu Ming said secretly: "No matter what kind of person you are, if you eat this mouthful, you will have to walk in the battle array." ”

Immediately, Wu Ming put his flag behind the third row, which was simply the rhythm of taking the lead.