Chapter 125: On the eve of the decisive battle

Lu Wenzhao is just in his early forties this year, with a thin figure and a very elegant temperament, he doesn't look like a brocade guard at all, but like a Confucian student.

Hearing Lao Zhu's question at this moment, he hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, I have already tried it, the range of this Minne rifle is nine hundred meters, but after it exceeds five hundred meters, whether it is destructive power or accuracy, it will be greatly reduced." ”

"Therefore, I believe that the best range of this firearm should be about 500 meters."

Although Lu Wenzhao is also a Jinyi guard, he came out of the army, has no background, and his family is not wealthy.

Therefore, his ability is also among the top in the Jinyi Guard, especially his control of the fire gun, which is even more superb, and it can be said that he can fight wherever he can within 100 meters.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Guoxing decided to hand over the fifty Minne rifles to him.

When he first came into contact with this gun, Lu Wenzhao was conquered by this gun.

For no other reason, it's just that the range of this gun is too far.

The original range of the firearm was only a pitiful 100 meters, even if Lu Wenzhao hit it accurately, he could shoot at most two shots at a distance of 100 meters, and after killing two people, the person on the opposite side could rush to his face and fight him hand-to-hand, and his firearm would have to become a burning stick.

And now, with this Minie rifle with a range of 500 meters, Lu Wenzhao can shoot five shots before the enemy rushes to his face.

With his marksmanship, five shots can kill at least five people, which is a qualitative leap in his strength.

"Five hundred meters, it's already an exaggeration."

After getting an accurate answer from Lu Wenzhao's mouth, Lao Zhu couldn't help but sigh slightly.

Lao Zhu has fought so many battles, big and small, and no one knows better than him what a shooting distance of 500 meters means for the battlefield.

This range represents absolute dominance, as well as absolute deterrence.

Although the cannon is longer than its range, the cannon thing has no accuracy at all, and where it hits is completely up to fate.

And more importantly, the artillery thing is too bulky, it can't compare to the gun.

As for the name of the Migne rifle, Lao Zhu did not mean to change it.

Daming has not had the habit of stealing other people's things since the founding of the country, just like the Franco cannon and the Hongyi cannon, Daming did not have the slightest taboo when he took the name, and directly said that it was Frangi and Hongyi's things.

If it's someone else's, it's someone else's, as long as this thing is good, it's over, and there's no need to erase the credit of others.

Besides, for the naming right, the Ming people have never been obsessed, if it weren't for the annotation that this thing is called the Migne rifle, it is estimated that Song Yingxing and Bi Maokang will most likely have a name like a Hongyi gun.

It's just that in this way, the Westerners of later generations will probably be puzzled, and they who attach great importance to the naming right may be very puzzled why the rifled gun invented by the Ming Dynasty should have a Western name.

Lao Zhu didn't care about these side matters, and after letting Lu Wenzhao lead the team to try the Migne rifle, and when he confirmed that Lu Wenzhao's accuracy was indeed very high when using the Migne rifle, a plan instantly appeared in Lao Zhu's heart.

These days, in addition to training, Lao Zhu has been arranging manpower outside.

After all, after being killed and retreated, it is impossible for the people of Jiannu to honestly return to the camp of Jiannu, and a considerable number of Jiannu will definitely take the opportunity to scatter and escape.

Therefore, Lao Zhu used the soldiers under his command, the soldiers who were defeated by sheep and slaves, to gather outside the city little by little.

Originally, Lao Zhu meant that he wanted to wait for a good time to give him a ruthless blow and directly recreate the slave army.

And now, I probably don't need to wait for any time, just do it.

Because in Lao Zhu's view, the biggest advantage of the Minne rifle at present is not its range, after all, there are only fifty in total, before there is no large-scale equipment, even if the range is long, what can it be?

How many more people can you kill? Killing a few more people on the battlefield can be useful.

So the horror of him is that no one knows, and no one can think that this thing can have such a long range.

So for now, the biggest use of the Migne rifle should be to snipe the opposing generals.

At a distance of 500 meters, even if he killed Abatai, he could not imagine that someone would be able to shoot him from such a distance.

So Lao Zhu's idea is to directly fight with Abatai, and then let Lu Wenzhao and them directly snipe the generals of Abatai's side in the chaos of the army, and it is best to kill Abatai together.

As long as Abatai dies, the elite of this Jiannu will be completely finished.

Of course, this method can only be used once, and after this use, others will definitely know the situation of the Migne rifle, and the next time others are on guard, this method will definitely be useless.

But Lao Zhu doesn't care, now that the Minne rifle has been made, it won't take long to be mass-produced, and when the next time there is a war, it will not be these dozens of Minne rifles, but directly equip the whole army with Mine rifles, and directly crush all opponents head-on.

Lao Zhu pondered for a moment, and then quickly perfected his plan in his heart.

It's just that Jean didn't rush to let Lu Wenzhao and them do it, but let them continue to train, and at the same time, he also began to frequently mobilize the guards in the city to prepare them for a tough battle.

No matter how good the Minne rifle is, Lao Zhu will not put all his hopes on Lu Wenzhao and them.

In Lao Zhu's view, sniping is just a small means, and it can't be put on the table.

If you can succeed, it is the best, even if you don't succeed, it doesn't matter, in the end, it still depends on the soldiers who can really decide the victory or defeat on the battlefield.

After all, it is still the era of cold weapons, and real large-scale battles still require short-handed combat, and soldiers still need to fight with their lives.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that the number of Mine rifles is relatively small now, and if we wait until the Mine rifles can be equipped on a large scale, then the situation will definitely be different.

But that's all for the future, not something to worry about now.

Because of the identity of Emperor Lao Zhu, as long as he sits in the Yellow Cliff Pass, the morale of the soldiers will be very high.

Now that he hadn't mobilized much at all, the morale of the soldiers had reached its peak.

Lao Zhu did not let the soldiers kill them as soon as possible, but first let the soldiers attack tentatively a few times, so as to paralyze Abatai, who had already relaxed a little.

When Lao Zhu felt that the time was almost up, when Abatai routinely asked the people to attack the city and consume it, he directly asked Zhang Dengke to order all the men and horses, and suddenly killed it with an army of 50,000.

And Tang Tong, who had already quietly led troops to ambush outside the city, was waiting for the opportunity with 10,000 elite soldiers.

At this time, the troops in the Yellow Cliff Pass almost poured out, and Lao Zhu only left 10,000 new soldiers in the city, and they did not stay to defend the city, but were used by Lao Zhu as a last resort, and they were ready to fill it in at any time.

As Lao Zhu stood in the most conspicuous position above the city and beat the drum with his own hands, the decisive battle of this war quietly unveiled.