Revolvers are better than smoothbore rifles, but not everyone understands what kind of bullets can be made, and then what guns are developed to use. If there is no way to produce a primer copper shell bullet, even if a revolver is developed, what is the use? Unfortunately, not all people understand this.

"One general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted. A good general naturally plays a decisive role in the battle situation. Hu Shan looked at Ding Junyue, who was a little dazed, and patiently explained to her, "But before that, what kind of soldiers must be there, what kind of military strategy can be used, without the Yue family's army, Yue Wumu will not be able to achieve that great feats even if he has three heads and six arms." ”

Ding Junyue has always had a big gap in her understanding of the old-style army, after all, she is only fifteen years old and has not experienced these things. Compared with Hu Shan, who had experience leading soldiers before joining Ding Yimen, or Du Ziteng, who was born and raised in the guard station since he was a child; For Zhu Yong, who was originally born in a general, it was difficult for her to have the feelings of these three people—the essential differences between the old-style army and the new army trained according to Ding Yi's syllabus.

After Hu Shan spent a lot of time explaining to her, Ding Junyue got up and waved to Hu Shan: "Senior brother, Junyue underestimated you before, you understand everything!" Hu Shan reached out to help her up, patted her on the shoulder and walked away, his back a little silent.

Yes, he knows everything, and no one has been with Ding Yi longer than him; What's more, he was originally the general banner, and above the military strategy, he naturally had a great advantage over other people, and there were many things Hu Shan understood as soon as he heard it. But he was well aware of his problem, which was determination, as it is today. If it weren't for the words and deeds of Ding Junyue and Du Ziteng, who encouraged him, he knew that he would probably not stand up.

For the soup cake seller, the decision may be just to sprinkle more chopped green onions or cut more slices of meat; But for Hu Shan, it is human life, if his decision is wrong. He was going to carry the burden of dying many lives that should not have been lost, even his family.

"Maybe I should study hard and be like Shichang. Go to the Jinshi exam and come back to give Mr. a long face. Hu Shan walked into the lobby and stopped, stretched out his hand and said to Ding Yi, "Ci is not in charge of the soldiers, my father has been teaching me since I was a child. It's a pity I can't do that. There are always many people and things that stumble ......"

Ding laughed and just said to Hu Shan, "You can do it." ”

"But, sir, I ......" Hu Shan's face was full of wry smiles, although Ding Yi gave him affirmation, but he was not a child who had never been in the world, he knew his problems very well. I also know that this problem is not so easy to solve, which is caused by the different personalities and talents of each person.

Ding Yi interrupted him: "You can do it." ”

"But I ...... it"

Ding Yi put down the teacup in his hand: "You can do it." Don't question yourself. Never do that. ”

"Yes. Mr. Although Hu Shan didn't pick himself up right away, or find a solution to his problem, his waist straightened, at least his fallen back was no longer so lonely and powerless. It was impossible for Ding Yi to give an answer that would solve the problem immediately, and Hu Shan was well aware of this, but he could understand what Ding Yi meant.

That is: face it.

He had to face his own problems.

Just as Ding Yi had to face the arrival of Shi Pu Shi Zhongyu, who was the crown prince and the Taibao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the governor of Guangxi and Guangdong, and the military affairs of Guangdong and the management of food and salary. Shi Pu got much more things than Ding Yi, whether it was the honorary title of the prince and the Taibao on his body, or the temporary post of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, it was not something that Ding Yi could hope for, even the actual power was far stronger than Ding Yi.

Of course, Ding Yi wouldn't want to go and meet with Shi Pu, what to tell him? Do you say that Lao Tzu finally opened up the situation, welcome to pick peaches? Or is it waiting to see how someone ends up with him? He didn't mind Shi Pu competing for merit, because Hou Dagou was definitely not easy to match. The anger in Ding Yi's heart is still extremely strong, Ding Yi doesn't care about Shi Pu taking his place, but it doesn't mean that he is a saint.

If Shi Pu is summoned, Ding can also use the holy decree not to allow him to leave Huaiji without permission as an excuse, but Shi Pu just wants to come to see him, so he can't avoid it. And there is another reason why Shi Pu came to Huaiji, that is, he was ordered to send Mrs. Liu of the Imperial History Mansion to reunite, which was at the behest of the Empress Dowager.

With Shi Pu's qualifications and official position, no matter how angry Ding Yi was, he had to go out of the county to greet him.

Of course, Ding Yi is not an unknown person, coupled with his temperament, it is absolutely impossible for him to wait on the edge of the official road, along the river in a sandbar called the autumn limelight, Ding Yi taught people to build a shed, just wait in the shed, and sent Liu Tie to wait with a team of students on the official road.

Hu Shan sat in the pergola with Ding Yi, a little uneasy, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Sir, Shi Taibao is the imperial history of Yongle Year...... This person is not only a high-ranking official, but also a veteran who has gone through several dynasties, Hu Shan feels that Ding Yi seems to be not very good, he is a kind nature, so he is a little worried, "...... At such an age, why don't students go to the official road and wait? ”

Ding Yi rubbed his temples and nodded, he knew that Hu Shan's proposal was very appropriate, so he taught him to get on the boat, went to the official road in the east, and accompanied Liu Tie to wait for the arrival of this Shi Pu Shi Taibao. There are dozens of river boats swimming around the sandbank, the sides of the ships on both sides have been reinforced with wooden planks, leaving a gap that can extend out of the muzzle, when the side passes the hull, you can stretch out twelve muskets at the same time to shoot, and a spring torsion cannon is also installed in the bow, which can throw arquebus grenades in the case of a tailwind, and there is still an approximate aim within seventy steps, of course, this kind of aim is not a bow and arrow for accurate shooting or the concept of Ding Junyue's primitive sniper rifle, but after estimating the distance, change the explosion time by cutting the fire rope, The effect of forming a flowering in the air still has a good lethality for river boats.

However, the boat division led by Xing Dahe preferred to use this metal spring torsion cannon to fire another type of cannonball: chain shells.

Dozens of steps, a range of about 100 meters, a few pounds of chain bullets, ultra-slow speed caused by mechanical torque launching, if it is used in naval warfare, it is really funny, even if the chain bullet fired by gunpowder, when it does not hit the sail, the chain bullet hits the sail, it is just a hole.

And this kind of super pocket chain bullet used by Xing Dahe's subordinates, I'm afraid that I can't even make a hole, and it will be bounced away by the soft sail directly; However, when used on rivers, the hard sails on traditional Chinese boats are many of the sails, and this spinning and flying chain bomb is enough to tear the opponent's hard sail out of a big hole.

As long as a few rounds are fired, the sail will be torn to pieces and cannot borrow the wind, and after being approached, at about eighty meters, the firecrackers with the planks of the ship as the cover will begin to fire a salvo, of course, this can only be regarded as suppressive firepower, twelve smoothbore guns are basically difficult to accurately hit the target of human size at this distance, and it can be regarded as a deterrent to hit the ship; If you don't surrender, when you reach about 30 meters, the grenade flies by, and only one or two are thrown onto the boat, how big can the riverboat be? That's pretty much it.

It was with such tactics that Hou Dagou's sailors almost did not dare to appear in the Xijiang Valley of Huaiji County and Zhaoqing Prefecture.

The rain in early summer is coming, Liu Tie picked a few banana leaves, and Hu Shan and others covered, fortunately the rain came quickly, poured quickly, not long after listening to the sound of horses' hooves on the east road, twenty or thirty war horses galloped over, Liu Tie smiled and wanted to step forward to answer, but was pulled by Hu Shan, the twenty or thirty war horses did not slow down, galloped past them, the official road in this county is not the highway of later generations, it is not wide, and it can barely accommodate two or three horses galloping side by side, if it is so fast, it has to be safer to pass one by one, After riding for a while, Liu Tie and Hu Shan, including the group of students, were all kicked all over their heads and bodies by hundreds of flying horses' hooves, like a mud man.

The horse team galloped over, and it took a long time to turn around and run again, and the knight at the head reined in the horse, and said with a smile: "Ha Luha, don't be surprised, this horse is a bad thing, I don't listen to the call, I'm really sorry for you!" He didn't even mean to get off the horse, so he immediately said, "Taibao is still two miles away from here, what about Ding Rujin?" You can call him over and wait! Ladies and gentlemen, I think there is still some time, why don't you go and borrow clothes! Hahaha! After saying that, the whip was raised, and the horse galloped away again, and twenty or thirty horsemen followed one after another, so Tie Liu and Hu Shan and others were poured muddy water from head to toe again.

"Fuck it!" Liu Tie was so angry, he was originally a dog-legged character, and it was his nature to bully others, but he didn't know that Lu Dao would let people bully him today, "Senior brother, what are you doing holding me down?" Mildew! Let's go, let's go, let's go change into dry clothes and talk about ......"

Hu Shan still pressed Liu Tie and didn't let go, and said to the team of students behind him in a deep voice: "Don't move, just stand like this." ”

It took nearly half an hour for Shi Pu to arrive here. He is already about seventy-five years old, not like Wang Ji, he can still ride a fierce horse and dance with a big sword, and lead the troops from Beijing to Guangdong, although he is sitting in a sedan chair, but it can be seen that he is also tired and quite thin. However, Zhao Fu, the commander of the commander and the general of the left staff, who came with him, was majestic and upright, riding on a tall horse and looking forward to his might.

He looked at Hu Shan and other twenty or thirty people on the side of the road, the muddy water was dry, just standing there straight, like a stone carving, his eyes were cold, he was a soldier, the so-called stunned, but so! These twenty or thirty mud monkey-like greetings, but he couldn't help but subconsciously put away the contempt in his original eyes:

This Ding someone, I'm afraid it's not easy to match! (To be continued......)