"Have you heard, that one who wears chiseled gold and silver armor and rides a tall white horse to hunt is Lord Futai!"

"I've never seen such a civil official, who can ride and shoot, and who is sympathetic to the soldiers and the people, and when he sees that we are tired of tugging, he still makes people get off the boat and march to practice, alas, what a good official."

"Pull a day's fiber, tug the boat to walk thirty miles, you can get a bucket of rice, I have never seen the government levy such a high salary for the fiberman, this winter life is finally better."

With Zhu Shuren riding a tall horse, wearing a bulletproof cuirass inlaid with gold and silver, holding a withered bow and a revolver, he led a team of cavalry to find a way along the slope of Xiling Gorge to practice, march and hunt.

This heroic scene naturally left an extremely profound and vivid image in the eyes of tens of thousands of soldiers and the local people in Zigui.

Love the people like a son, order and prohibit, take the lead, and do everything yourself.

The wages paid by the Huguang army to the slender men seemed to be very high, but in fact, because they were given relatively easy corn, the cost was completely acceptable, and it was only equivalent to half the amount of wheat or one-third of the price of white rice.

Don't look at just walking thirty miles and dragging through Xiling Gorge, just give a bucket of grain, this money is not easy to earn, you have to spend hundreds of catties of effort all the time, if anyone dares to be lazy, even if it is just a few seconds, you can be seen through at once.

Because the boat is sailing against the current, if it does not advance, it will retreat, and the large ships of tens of nearly 100 tons are all dragged up by hard pulling.

……

"Bang bang bang—"

With the sound of several gunshots, the winter snow that had accumulated in the mountains and forests was shaken and fell from the branches, and occasionally one or two big birds flew up.

In front of Zhu Shuren, there were already several prey, which were killed by him with intensive revolver fire.

Liu Guoneng and Yuan Shizhong around him also rode war horses, followed Zhu Shuren's personal guards, shooting and hunting while marching, and by the way, they watched their bosses boast of martial arts.

"My lord is really good marksmanship, I didn't expect that my lord is not only skilled in bows and horses, but also good at muskets, I have never seen adults use muskets before, and they can have such attainments as soon as they shoot."

Zhu Shuren blew out the smoke from the muzzle of the gun, and said regretfully: "Peel these beasts and take them away, and the flesh and bones will be rewarded to the soldiers, but unfortunately in the end they still use muskets to make up for the guns, otherwise these skins will be more complete."

Liu Guoneng said indifferently on the side: "Those hungry wolves are fine, the fur is not worth much, it doesn't matter how many holes are broken, just be careful the next time you encounter a bear and a tiger."

When I was in the north, I also knew that the heavy snow in winter covered the mountains, and the wolves were actually more fearful than the bears and tigers.

It was really thrilling just now, and the last general thought that if he relied on the bow and arrow, he would not be able to resist so many even the pearl marks, so he beckoned the guards to come forward and surround and kill, but he did not expect the adults to use a revolving musket, which was sharper than a continuous arrow, and killed several horses in a few breaths."

When Liu Guoneng spoke, his eyes couldn't help but look at Zhu Shuren's obviously improved new revolver, and his tone and demeanor were greedy.

Those two pistols not only look exquisite and shiny, but also the sound of the guns is not as big as the batch used in the original battle with Li Zicheng, and there are no black smoke and fire, they are really clean and neat, they can be regarded as a pair of sophisticated killing machines, and they are absolutely extraordinary.

Just now, dozens of hungry wolves rushed up, and Zhu Shuren shot left and right, and after the twelve rounds of the two bullet nests were fired, he personally killed and injured four horses, and the hit rate reached one-third. In the case of not aiming at your fingertips, even if it is a dozen steps away, the results are still very impressive.

As for the remaining thirty or so, of course, they couldn't rush in front of Zhu Shuren, and they were all killed by the guards.

Even if he rushed in front of him, Zhu Shuren was wearing a bulletproof forged steel cuirass, and other parts were also protected by a well-made armor stomach, which was definitely not injured by a little cutie like a hungry wolf who weighed only sixty or seventy pounds, and they would at most injure Zhu Shuren's war horse. Especially in the winter, I couldn't find food for a month after being hungry, and some hungry wolves were hungry and lost less than 50 pounds.

In the face of Liu Guoneng's envious eyes looking at the pistol, Zhu Shuren pretended not to notice and did not intend to respond.

He just came to these peasants

The generals who were born in the army, showing more of their personalities and boasting of martial arts, are not here to be a fortune boy to distribute equipment.

After Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing made nitrified fiber, the current output is only enough to equip dozens of revolvers at most, and the smokeless gunpowder in stock is enough to make thousands of bullets.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to issue it to non-core descendant troops for use. As for hunting with this kind of ammunition, only Zhu Shuren himself can do it - this is not a waste, but a further run-in test to get more data and user experience.

After all, Zhu Shuren himself is a traverser, and later generations have seen so many successful and classic firearms, and he also knows the criteria for judging the quality of weapons.

Let him personally do the test, find the shortcomings, and provide suggestions for improvement, which is definitely the most efficient in the world.

There can be no second person who knows better than him what are the shortcomings of a gun and a type of ammunition to be changed and in which direction to change.

After the twelve rounds were fired just now, Zhu Shuren had a flash of inspiration, practiced his true knowledge, and thought of an improvement point: after going back, he could improve the structure of these paper shell bullets, or wax shell bullets.

At the bottom of the sealing wax, you can add a soft copper sheet, and then make the top of the excited flintlock mechanism into a sharp needle shape to ensure that the copper sheet can be pierced and the ignition can be completed as usual.

In this way, when the gunpowder in the fixed ammunition is deflagrated, the pressure of the gunpowder gas sprayed backwards can be distributed by this copper sheet. At that time, the copper pieces remain in the nest, while the wax paper shells melt, and the lead or shotgun is sprayed forward with some of the gunpowder gas.

Because of the poor sealing of the breech loader and the leakage of fire and gas, the breech loading gun can be more or less improved, and the copper sheet is used to block part of the smoke and fire sprayed backwards, which does not burn the gunner, but also improves the utilization rate of gunpowder gas.

As soon as Zhu Shuren thought of it, he immediately asked for a pen and paper, wrote and drew on horseback, and wrote down these points, so as not to forget them when he returned to the boat.

Liu Guoneng and others don't have so much culture, but when Lord Futai is a poet, he wants to write a poem after hunting the beast, and he still does it in one go, relying on the horse.

……

After half a day's trek, the fleet finally crossed Xiling Gorge under the hard work of the slender men.

Zhu Shuren also took this opportunity to take a good look at the troops and get closer to ordinary soldiers.

The scene was similar to the joys and sorrows of Napoleon and his soldiers.

Back on the boat, in the gentle river, slowly moving forward with sails and oars. Zhu Shuren himself, together with Liu Guoneng and others, sat next to a charcoal fire pool surrounded by blue-striped stones on the flagship deck.

On the charcoal fire, a barbecue net supported by vertical and horizontal iron wires was erected, and the flesh of various beasts squeaked and oiled on it.

Zhu Shuren took out a handful of one-and-a-half-foot-long fine wedges, cut them directly and boldly, and then picked up the meat pieces with the tip of the knife, and threw them into the big wooden plate in front of Liu Guoneng and Yuan Shizhong in the same chic posture as Brother Salt.

Liu Guoneng respectfully knotted the meat, ate it with sincere fear, and said with sincere admiration:

"My lord, before this battle, the last general was really worried, you think we are ...... The surrendered troops of the People's Army are the main force, and going to pursue Zhang Xianzhong will not lead to the fluctuation of people's hearts.

Although the last general is confident in the loyalty of his descendants, Zhang Yi is too good at coercing goodness. But this time, seeing the master's commanding skills, the soldiers can be feared, and they will not treat civilians and soldiers equally, and they will not look down on any troops from their backgrounds, this open-mindedness is really unprecedented."

After Zhu Shuren finished picking the meat for people, he himself picked it up and gnawed it directly on the tip of the knife, and he didn't take a spoon, Liu Guoneng said so much, Zhu Shuren had already eaten two pieces of wolf meat.

He licked the wolf oil on the back of the knife, and said neatly, "What's this, since General Liu is so confident now, and tell me how you can quickly break through Zhang Xianzhong's royal palace division and recapture Chongqing."

Liu Guoneng was stunned for a moment, glanced at Yuan Shizhong, and it was not easy not to answer, so he said honestly: "The last general is not good at planning, although when he wants to recapture a city, he will attack the city, but Chongqing has not been lost for a long time, and a quick victory should be in our best interest.

The defenders of Chongqing were also resolute in order to prevent King Rui from being killed by Zhang Xianzhong

Those who resisted, only then were they slaughtered by this beast after the city was broken. But since it changed hands after a bloody battle, the city defense facilities must be dilapidated.

Zhang Yi is anxious to expand the territory, and I know that people like him will only engage in destruction, not construction and repair, so Chongqing's city defense must still be so dilapidated now, no different from when he first contributed. As long as our army goes quickly, it will be able to prevent the thieves from repairing and fortifying, and it will be easier to take it at a smaller cost than if we were prepared to attack slowly."

Zhu Shuren listened quietly and did not say anything, and finally swallowed a piece of bear meat and wiped his mouth: "The inference you said is not bad, it can be regarded as the right way of war. But what you are talking about is only the difference between urgency and urgency, analyzing the pros and cons, and in the final analysis, it is still necessary to attack."

Liu Guoneng realized that Lord Futai was not very satisfied with his plan, but he couldn't imagine how he could improve on this point, so he only confirmed with some disbelief: "After all, we still have to attack? Is there a way for you to take Chongqing back without a strong attack?"

Zhu Shuren took a piece of linen cloth that had just been wrung clean in the river from the hands of the soldiers beside him, carefully wiped the knife surface of the wakicha, wiped off the oil stains, and said to himself to himself at the reflection of his face on the knife surface:

"If I bring Huang Degong and Zuo Zixiong's men and horses this time, as the main force of the first batch, to enter Sichuan to quell the rebellion, then there is really only a strong attack. But I'm bringing you two, so there's something else possible."

Liu Guoneng's breathing also slowed down a little, lest he stop missing words, so he lowered his breath and asked, "I want to hear it in detail!"

Zhu Shuren's eyes turned cold: "Even you just said, before you saw me sympathize with the people and unite the hearts of the army, you were worried that Zhang Xianzhong was good at coercing people who had been thieves, and there would be no accidents.

That being the case, Zhang Xianzhong's understanding of our army is certainly much more ambiguous than our own. And I have pursued Zhang Xianzhong for many years, and I have never directly used your Xinyang soldiers, who were all Huguang soldiers before, especially Huangzhou soldiers and Wuchang soldiers.

So, how do you know if Zhang Xianzhong will move your mind again? Now we are still in Zigui, a little more easy-going, a little more harmonious with the soldiers, civil and military, it doesn't matter.

After waiting for Wuxian County and entering Sichuan, there are some situations, so you have to collect some points. This official let you act in a bad way with this official, or at least there are soldiers under your command who are "thieves and difficult to change", and they will be severely punished by me, you all have to know in your hearts.

As for the work of prevention and meticulous work, we can also relax the scale a little in due course. We always have to divide the troops to defend Chongqing for Zhang Xianzhong, and see a little expectation. Otherwise, if they keep pressing and beating, of course they will hold back."

Liu Guoneng's face was a little embarrassed: "My lord, we are brave and loyal, we are born to be Mingchen, you won't let us surrender, right?"

Zhu Shuren made a gesture of calm and impatient: "How could I let you surrender by deception, you have been awarded the rank of general of Dangkou by His Majesty, and the holy grace is not unimportant. Zhang Xianzhong may not believe it if you surrender by fraud, but there are still many people under your command who are not too heavy by the country's favor, who are easily ungrateful, and who are nostalgic for the life of a thief."