"The warriors under General Zheng are really extraordinary. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Patrolling around Zheng He's military camp, Mrs. Xu and Chen saw that the momentum of the Ming army was far better than that of the Song army under Zhang Shijie, and they couldn't help but admire, and then they couldn't help but admire, and then they saw that even the cavalry horses in the Ming army were much better than the Song army's divine horses, not to mention the righteous army under their command.

Although Zheng He led the navy, there were also cavalry on board, and the horses used by these cavalry were all horses selected from the Ming Dynasty, and there were special ships to transport them, and this time they were also brought to Quanzhou from Liuqiu; On the other hand, because the Song army did not have a horse-producing land like Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures at the beginning of the founding of the country, and later the northwest was occupied by the Western Xia, it was not easy for them to find a good horse, and it was said that there was only so little time left in the territory now.

"Hey, what are these?" When the Ming army team walked to the front and saw the firearms in their hands, Mrs. Xu couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why don't these soldiers use knives and guns, but hold these weapons?" ”

"This is a firebolt." Zheng He took the firearm from a soldier and handed it to Madame Xu and Chen Hangyan, an elite army selected from the Shenji Battalion established by Zhu Di, who mainly practiced firearms and cavalry. It is mainly equipped with thunderbolt artillery (infantry firecracker), Dalian Bead Cannon (multi-barreled firearm), Handle (infantry self-defense handgun), field heavy artillery and Dalian Bead Artillery.

Mrs. Xu and Chen looked at each other for a long time and couldn't figure out how the firecracker was used, "It's a bit like a musket, but it seems to be a lot thinner." ”

The assault rifle is the first kind of rifle that fires bullets in history, invented and during the period of Emperor Lizong of the Southern Song Dynasty, the giant bamboo barrel is used as the body of the gun, and the inside is filled with gunpowder and Ziyi--bullets, after igniting the fuse, the gunpowder erupts, and the "Ziyao" is shot out, with a range of up to 150 steps (about 230 meters), but this weapon was not used on a large scale for the Song army because of many defects.

"You can see it at a glance." After that, Zheng He ordered someone to come forward to demonstrate, only to see a soldier step out of the team and list the firearm in his hand aimed at the target in front of him, ignite the fire rope, pull the trigger, only to hear a loud bang, the projectile flew out of the target and was blasted open a big hole.

Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan couldn't help but widen their eyes, and hurriedly walked to the target to take a closer look, Chen Hangyan even checked the thickness of the target, the depth of the bullet hole, and gasped, "Such an artifact, I'm afraid even if Meng Yuan's cowardly Xue Jun comes, he can't stand it, right?" ”

The Cowardly Xue army was the elite of the Mongol army, they wore armor made by the best Mongolian armor craftsmen, and there were gorgeous silk clothes inside the armor to block the depth of the arrows, and they were not afraid of arrows in every battle, but even the defense of the Cowardly Xue army could never stop the attack of the Ming army.

"General Zheng!" Seeing that there was an artifact, Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan seemed to be a little unbearable, and turned their heads to look at Zheng He, but the next words were not easy to say.

"At present, the craftsmen who are in demand have begun to imitate this thing, and the army under the command of Zhang Shumi will use it later, and if the two of them want it, the court will definitely supply it." Li You had already seen their thoughts, so he made a guarantee, Zheng He's fleet was naturally indispensable to repair and build firecrackers and cannons, but the number was small, and now they were still begging to teach those craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty, although there were already some finished products, but they were not mature enough, and secondly, they could not carry out large-scale production, so at least until now, Li You had no way to equip these Song troops with firearms, but as time went by, these were all things sooner or later.

"Thank you, Lord Sangkook." Mrs. Xu and Chen were overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked them, the lack of horses in the rebel army would make them suffer losses every time they fought against the Mongol cavalry, but if they had these firearms, they might be able to reverse this unfavorable situation.

"Although this thing is good, it also needs to be used by soldiers." Li You persuaded that there was no shortage of firearms in the Ming army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but they were defeated again and again by those Tunguska savages, so it can be seen that it is not enough to rely on weapons to fight.

"Please also rest assured, Lord Xiangguo, the two of us will never live up to such an artifact." Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan hurriedly assured.

"That being the case, don't rush into the battle tomorrow, stay in the rear and see how General Zheng uses firearms to resist the cavalry." Li You made a decision, and there is nothing better than the actual combat examples on the battlefield to familiarize people with the new tactics as soon as possible.

Lady Xu clenched the sword at her waist when she heard this, although it made her feel a little pity that she couldn't take the lead in rushing into battle to kill the enemy, but it was nothing compared to witnessing the large-scale use of the firecracker; She had just noticed that although the fire gun was powerful, it was slow to fire, and she didn't know that Zheng He would make up for this deficiency in this way. exchanged glances with Chen Hangyan, and he seemed to have a general mind, so the two hesitated for a moment and agreed, "Obey the orders of Lord Xiangguo, but if the battle situation changes, please don't forget the soldiers and horses under us." ”

"That's how it should be." Li You nodded in agreement, facing the enemy head-on These people may not take much advantage, but even if it is no problem to pursue the enemy.

After waiting patiently, the instigated army finally arrived near the city of Quanzhou, but to his great surprise, the Song army did not refuse to defend the city, but instead lined up a large formation outside the city, seemingly intending to engage in a field battle with the Mongol cavalry.

"Haha, don't these southern barbarians think that if they defeat Pu Shougeng, they will be invincible in the world?" He couldn't help laughing, as if he saw the scene of the Song army running away from the wolf under the pursuit of the cavalry under his command.

Beside him, Sun Shengfu, who was sent by Pu Shougeng to ask for help, looked at Quanzhou City occupied by the Song army with unwillingness, and he was still a step late after all, so he quickly knelt down and pleaded with the instigator, "Please also ask the marshal to avenge my master." ”

"This official just received the order of the imperial court to go south to find the Song army, but I didn't expect them to take the initiative to send them, it seems that the immortal heavens are bless me to take this great achievement!" Didn't the other party collapse at the touch of a touch when he fought with the Song army before? So the instigator didn't bother to think about the difference between the Song army's formation and the previous one, and the commander's soldiers and horses rushed towards the Song army.

Seeing that the army was about to rush to the front of the battle, Zheng He waved the order flag unhurriedly, and the battlefield suddenly erupted with a sound like bursting beans, and the Ming army in the front row fired the first round of projectiles in the white smoke, and then they hurriedly stepped back and reinstalled the bullets, and the soldiers in the second row continued to shoot, and then returned to the rear to install the bullets, and when the soldiers in the third row finished firing, the soldiers in the first row had already rearranged the bullets and were ready to shoot.

This is Zheng He's real killer feature, which is passed on from the three-stage shooting method of Wang Muying of Qianning in the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued.) )