Through comparative experiments, it was determined that "as long as the production of shotguns can be optimized, and the projectile with good air tightness and round enough can be produced, even if it is more than 100 steps away, it can achieve a good hit rate".

Shen Shuren immediately made a decision, first arranged craftsmen, and began to trial produce sub-caliber lead bullets that were round enough.

On the other hand, he also further tested the armor-piercing effect of shotguns, as well as further military intelligence espionage work.

The results of the follow-up armor-piercing experiment were not much of a surprise, and everything was in order:

After switching to shotguns, the killing effect is very good against unarmored targets, even lightly armored targets with only laminated hard cotton but not lined with iron sheets, or bamboo armor of Japanese robbers, even if it is a small lead, as long as it can be covered, it is at least seriously injured.

With the sanitary conditions at that time, there was a high probability of infection even if you did not die.

As for the cotton armor lined with iron sheets, the shotgun really can't break the armor.

In order to quantitatively and accurately analyze, Shen Shuren even asked people to do a multi-rent comparison experiment on the weight of the shotgun from small to large, and finally found that the weight of the shotgun must be close to two cents in order to have a good armor-piercing rate.

This means that even if you switch to a shotgun of this size, you will only be able to hold two or three at most, and the firepower density will not increase much compared to the single-headed bullet, so it is basically meaningless.

Therefore, if the shotgun breaks through the iron armor, there is no need to think about it for the time being.

In the above-mentioned related experiments, Shen Shuren had people take various types of scrapped armor pieces, tie them to the body of a freshly slaughtered pig, and then fire at the armored pig, and the data is basically reliable.

After the test, the contaminated meat near the lead bullet was slightly removed, and the remaining pigs were distributed to the soldiers. Even if there are trace amounts of lead that cannot be cleaned up, the soldiers can't care about it.

This trace amount of lead toxicity will not show up until at least when we are old. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, even Guanyin soil was eaten, and the soldiers could not live to be old at all.

……

Once you've researched and deployed your weapons and tactics, the next key is to understand your enemies.

There is no such thing as the best weapon in the world, only the best weapon for the battle in front of you.

For the time being, Shen Shuren can't use shotguns to take into account both firepower density and armor piercing, so he can only hope that the enemy doesn't have too much heavy armor.

Fortunately, when he instructs his subordinates to do things, they have always been multi-line and parallel, quite in an orderly manner of modern project management, and there will be no bottlenecks such as things coming to an end.

As early as the Mid-Autumn Festival Night Banquet, Shen Shuren asked Shen Fu and others to check the suspicious recruits they had recruited during the previous group training.

The specific method of interrogation is nothing more than isolation and examination, repeated fatigue interrogation to scratch flaws, and then intimidation with the words of the prisoner's plight.

Although Shen Shuren had not studied criminal investigation in his previous life, he had enough common sense, and he had also watched a lot of detective films and police and gangster films, and it was more than enough to take out a scale and a half claw to deal with the ancient illiterate.

After two days, Shen Fu really caught seven or eight of the dozens of suspicious people. After strict interrogation, it was confirmed that it was indeed sent by Liu Xiyao.

These delicate works often have one thing in common: they appear to be physically strong, and even good at martial arts, but they lie that hunters can't shoot arrows, and dock workers don't know how to swim.

As for the screening of the remaining 20 or so suspicious people, although there is also the problem of "mismatch between skills and identity", the re-examination confirmed that they are just idle bastards.

During the review process, it is inevitable that these people will be tortured, but it is not unjust - although they are not meticulous, they casually reported a false identity and wanted to join the army and be paid, which in itself is also a big or small mistake.

With the severity of military law, a beating is completely deserved. After the fight, you can't let it go, so you can stay in the camp first and do some coolie infrastructure work to give your mouth a full meal.

In the future, I will slowly observe whether I have become honest, whether I have learned skills well, and if I have repented well, I will be assigned to the regular combatants.

……

It was already August 18.

Early in the morning, Shen Shuren didn't have time to take care of those bastards, and only brought all Liu Xiyao's detailed works to be interrogated in person. Those who do not have their turn for the time being are to continue to be held in solitary confinement to prevent collusion.

Beside Shen Shuren, there were Shen Fu and a row of powerful family members, all holding weapons, and the security work was very complete.

The first to be escorted was a tall young man with many marks of being beaten.

"What's the name? How long to be a thief? What is his position? Shen Shuren didn't bother to read the file, so he asked more, but also to find the rhythm and give more dismounts.

"Liu San, a thief for two years, served as the head of the sentry." He replied grovelingly, and it seemed that he had been completely convinced.

Shen Shuren: "Tell me, how is this Liu thief armed, and the armor used by the soldiers is complete?" ”

Liu Xiyao's original level of weapons and equipment, the officers and soldiers also roughly have points, so that the intelligence will not be smeared. However, after Huanggang County was defeated at the end of last year and the predecessor Yan Zhifu was killed, the military inventory of Huangzhou Mansion was also seized by Liu Xiyao.

Although Shen Shuren had some of the accounts obtained by Zhao Yunfan, he didn't dare to believe them all, who knew how serious the deficit in the military accounts of various places at the end of the Ming Dynasty was, and how much was lost in the battle.

These data are still directly asked to the captives, and it is more accurate to ask for first-hand information.

Liu Sanwei replied: "I only know the department I am in, except for the department always has a set of iron cotton armor, the rest of the posts always only have cotton armor and leather armor without iron sticks, and ordinary soldiers can just catch what they wear and wear."

Swords, guns, bows and crossbows are sufficient, but most of the arrows are bald and hairless, and as for the firearms, there seem to be some in the army, but we have not touched these whistles. We don't know the rest of the ministries. ”

Shen Shuren turned his head slightly and lowered his voice: "Have you written it down?" ”

Shen Fu bowed slightly: "Write it down." ”

Shen Shuren nodded and continued to torture Liu San:

"Well, I'll ask them again in a moment, and if you don't agree with what you say, one of you will inevitably be whipped. And one more question, why have you been sent here this time? ”

Liu San didn't dare to resist, and poured beans into the bamboo tube and said, "Liu Shuai...... Oh no, I mean that Liu Thief sent us, saying that he heard that Qi Shui was recruiting Xiang Yong, and wanted to see if he could infiltrate new soldiers, gain trust, and open the city gate as an internal response when attacking the city in the future. ”

Shen Shuren raised his eyebrows, and said, "Liu Xiyao is coming to attack the city?" When? ”

Liu San looked bitter: "I really don't know about these, I'm just a whistle." ”

Shen Shuren's heart froze: "That's it, then answer the last question - who else is there above you when you come this time, or who do you want to listen to?" ”

Liu San subconsciously shook his body, and hurriedly denied: "The little one doesn't know what the adults mean, let's all fight for ourselves, and I don't listen to anyone." ”

Shen Shuren waved his hand angrily, Shen Fu comprehended, and immediately went over to a whip, whipping the skin and flesh.

Shen Shuren waited until the fight was over, and then he took the time to cover his nose with a silk scarf and said:

"If you want to win the door, you can rely on seven or eight people? Besides, you don't know how you were exposed, do you? I'm not afraid to tell you now, anyway, you don't have a chance to confess.

This official only arrested you people on the basis that you lied about being a dock worker but couldn't swim, and that you were a hunter but couldn't shoot well. However, I believe that there are many versatile people in the meticulous work. It's only been two days now, and those people certainly haven't been exposed.

If you are afraid of offending people, you want to shelter your original comrades-in-arms, and I will not stop you. However, as long as there are other detailed works that have been isolated, there are any ones who can't stand the torture and help the official catch those versatile and meticulous works that have not yet been exposed.

Then, the official will definitely kill all the other tight-lipped ones, leaving only the obedient ones. If you don't want to die, you can bet on whether your original robe is hard to beat! ”

After Shen Shuren asked, Liu San's face really changed greatly. And Shen Fu on the side actually showed a look of shame.

It's still too rushed, and I haven't had time to think about it: since I can catch this kind of clumsy work, then those fine works with good acting skills and versatility must still be unexposed and still mixed in with the recruits!

I didn't expect to be the first to touch the melon, I'm really ashamed.

Next time, the young master will leave this kind of interrogation to himself, but he will have to increase his vision and experience.

Shen Fu was still blaming himself, and Liu San below couldn't stand the fright, so he directly reported some names and described the appearance characteristics.

Shen Shuren gave Shen Fu a look, and he immediately went to the camp with Shen Shuren's warrant, and after a while, he captured more than 30 people.

Of course, this time he learned to be obedient and didn't bring everyone with him, so the more than thirty newly captured fine works didn't know which robes had been exposed and which hadn't been exposed.

"Tut-tut, this is like words, since you want to win the door, only seven or eight people will take a fart? There are thirty or forty people who can barely gamble. It's a bit of Zhang Xianzhong's fellow party. ”

In history, Zhang Xianzhong was a thief, but he didn't do this kind of thing. Zhang Xianzhong's deception of Xiangyang to kill the vassal king is one of the classic examples.

Shen Shuren sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and was very satisfied with the latest results, "Go, everyone will be beaten up first and then ask, this kind of stubborn person is not so easy to kill." ”

Shen Shuren made a pot of tea by himself, took the book, and after reading the small half of the book, Shen Fu came back with a big man covered in bruises:

"Young master, this should be a big fish, he is a department chief in Liu Xiyao's army, and in the detailed work sent this time, even if it is not the highest status, it is not far behind."

Shen Shuren didn't like the smell of blood on the other party's body, and instructed Shen Fu: "You come and ask, why did Liu Xiyao target me, when did he start to kill him, and say it to spare him from death."

If he doesn't say it, he will report to Liu Xiyao in the future, saying that he failed to deceive the door because this guy took the initiative to surrender to the official army, and Liu Xiyao would kill his whole family. ”

The thief army is a little stubborn, and he has no temper when he is dealt with like this.

After a while, Shen Fu came back again: "Young master, I asked clearly, it was ten days ago, a group of family members of a large local family wanted to go over the mountains to Luotian County, hoping to find a way out of Huangzhou from there, but they were caught by Liu Xiyao's scouts.

That group of local bigwigs was actually a relative and friend of the dead Yuan Zhongyi, suspecting that Yuan Zhongyi's death was related to you, young master, and wanted to report to Yuan Jixian and Yuan Daotai after escaping. After being arrested, they said that they knew the important military situation and were willing to surrender to Liu Xiyao, just to avoid death.

Liu Xiyao learned about the recent situation in Qizhou from those people, and also learned that the young master you were expanding the group training recently, so he sent a fine work, and wanted to get in and gain a firm foothold. ”

After Shen Shuren heard this, he did not remove the joy of internal trouble, but frowned: "This is not a good thing." If these meticulous efforts go well, maybe Liu Xiyao will attack ahead of schedule, and we have only been training for a few days, and we have not had time to produce much new ammunition.

But if Liu Xiyao knew that he had finished his meticulous work of sneaking in to make money, he might give up the attack; But it's also possible to think I'm a ruthless character, and want to jump over the wall and strangle me at any cost, so I'll still rush to attack.

It would be nice if there was a way to stabilize Liu Xiyao and make him feel that 'everything is under control, but there are just a little twists and turns, and it takes a little more time to slowly gain the trust of the guards'......

That way can we ensure that we hope that Liu Xiyao will attack quickly, and we hope that he will attack slowly. ”

Shen Fu scratched his head beside him, feeling unlikely: "Young Master, this can't be done, right?" ”

Shen Shuren touched his embarrassed beard: "Let me think about it." ”