After Mu Ying tried firing twice, he suddenly turned his head to Lan Yu and said, "The Northern Yuan is good at cavalry, and I have been thinking of a way to suppress the cavalry's charge with a fire gun and a bow and crossbow recently. Speaking of this, he turned his head to Zhu Quan and asked: "Dare to ask Your Highness, when firearms and crossbow arrows face the impact of the enemy's cavalry, where is the biggest weakness?" ”

Zhu Quan frowned and said: "From what this king has seen, the biggest weakness is that whether it is a powerful crossbow like a fire gun or a divine arm bow, after shooting a shot, it takes time to prepare before it can be fired again." And the cavalry's ability to rush forward is too strong, even if we have improved the fire gun now, after a fight, we need to tinker for a while before we can shoot again, once the enemy grabs this gap, rushes into the queue like a tide, and breaks up the formation, the long-range weapon is useless, only waiting for the knife. ”

Mu Ying nodded again and again, and at the same time drew three shallow ditches on the ground with the knife in his hand, looked up at Zhu Quan, Zhu Di, Lan Yu and others who were watching, and said with a smile: "Actually, this method is not a big deal, that is, the soldiers with crossbow arrows and fire guns are divided into three columns, do not fire at one time, and shoot in turns." The first column of soldiers held a powerful crossbow with a divine arm, and immediately sat down on the ground to string the arrows after firing the arrows. The second column of non-commissioned officers armed with muskets took over the firing and immediately cleared the muskets after firing. By the time the third column of soldiers with muskets fired, the first column of soldiers had their crossbow arrows ready. This allows three columns to be fired in turn, resulting in a continuous stream of crossbow bolts and firebolts. ”

Zhu Quan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice: "In this way, the firepower will continue, even if the enemy's cavalry will continue to rush over, it will suffer great casualties." His voice paused slightly, and he continued: "In my opinion, this method invented by General Mu seems simple, but it is effective. ”

Mu Ying hurriedly shook his hand and smiled when he heard this: "Actually, this method is also a wisdom picker, not original. ”

"Oh? Has anyone used it before? Yan Wang Zhu Di also has a very strong interest in military affairs, and when he heard Mu Ying say this, he couldn't help but approach him and asked curiously.

Mu Ying nodded and said: "During the Southern Song Dynasty, because there were not enough horses, it was impossible to form a large group of cavalry, and many times it was infantry soldiers fighting against the cavalry of the Jin army, so the method of these three columns taking turns to shoot with crossbow arrows became a way to restrain the cavalry charge. East $ Fang $ .com"

Zhu Quan was also very curious when he heard this, and couldn't help asking, "Is there any other way?" ”

Mu Ying turned around and went to the weapon rack to take down a spear and walked back, and said: "In the fourth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, when Yue Wumu defeated the puppet Qi Li Cheng, he used such a method. At that time, the two sides fought in array on the riverside, and Li Cheng lined up the cavalry on the riverbank, and the foot soldiers were placed in the wilderness. Yue Wumu asked his generals to lead the cavalry to charge the opponent's foot soldiers, and used spear infantry to fight against Li Cheng's cavalry. Speaking of this, he raised the spear in his hand, pointed to the sharp point of the top of the hilt, and said: "When the enemy's cavalry has killed and wounded the bow and crossbow, and after approaching the phalanx of the infantry of the Yue family's army, all the soldiers holding the spear are like the last general." Speaking of this, he put the handle of the spear in his hand into the dirt, and then clenched it with both hands, and pointed it diagonally to the front.

Zhu Quan tried his best in his mind to imagine that thousands of foot soldiers were operating like Mu Ying in front of him, and suddenly smiled: "This is like a hedgehog, waiting for the enemy to rush behind him, he suddenly erects the spikes all over his body, and pierces the enemy's head to the point of bleeding." Presumably, the target of this spear is the war horse under the enemy's crotch. As long as the war horse is heavily damaged by the spear, the cavalry is bound to fall off the horse, and even if it is lucky enough to fall to death, it will become fish and meat to be slaughtered. ”

Lan Yu has always liked to attack in battle, and when the enemy has not come back to his senses, he will beat the other party to lose his armor and abandon his armor, and the corpses are all over the field, and he really can't be interested in what kind of formation is waiting for others to rush over, so he turned around and walked to the side, pointed to a cannon, and said to Wang Erhu on his side: "Go and get the cannonball gunpowder, put it down and take a look." ”

Wang Erhu heard the general's order, stepped forward quickly, picked up gunpowder and cannonballs, and pounded into the chamber.

Zhu Quan hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to stop Wang Erhu, and said with a smile: "Although this place is spacious, it is suitable for shooting firecrackers, archery or something." If you play with cannons, one is not careful, if you fly out of the school military field and blow up to the people in the city, it will be difficult to give a copy to the officials of the court and the imperial history. [Dong^Fang&网 .com]"Saying this in his mouth, he secretly thought in his heart: Your cannon is very enjoyable to put up, if it is bombed indiscriminately and the people are accidentally injured, I am afraid that Zhuo Jing in the court, Fang Xiaoru and others will sue us, and we can drink a pot." He participated in the court meeting twice, and listened to Xue Jing, the head of the imperial study, explained, and knew that these civil officials in the court and the central government were also guys who couldn't rub sand in their eyes, and they were definitely not easy to mess with.

Fan Wengang also knew that this blue jade was arrogant, and he could do everything, so he smiled when he heard the words: "It's better to wait for the next time we go out of the city to the open area to test the cannon again, Xia Guan also has some firearms that have been pondered recently, which can be used on the surface of the water to injure the enemy, and when the time comes, we will make a mess together." ”

Lan Yu thought of the rap of such a civil official in the court, and couldn't help frowning, hearing Zhu Quan say this, he couldn't help but be excited, and after saying goodbye to King Yan, King Ning, Mu Ying and others, he rode away on a red horse.

Wang Erhu, who was on the side, sighed and said to Lan Yu: "When I was in the north before, I often heard others say that Yingtian was a prosperous place, but after I followed the general, I always felt uncomfortable. ”

Lan Yu recalled the ambiguity of Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang about the choice of the commander of the Northern Expedition, and he was also aggrieved in his heart, and when he heard Wang Erhu say this, he couldn't help but bow his head again and again, and thought it was true, sighed and said: "It seems that the land south of the Yangtze River is really not suitable for us. With that, he struck the horse's rump and galloped away. The horses rushed out of the gate of the school military yard like a gust of wind and ran out into the street, frightening several passers-by and screaming to avoid the side.

When night fell, in the imperial study of the Wuying Hall in the Forbidden City, Zhu Yuanzhang was contemplating a recital, only to hear Xue Jing's voice at the door of the study: "Your Majesty, the commander of the Jinyi Guard is now outside the palace to ask for a meeting." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help frowning when he heard this, his heart was slightly strange, and he said in a deep voice to Xue Jing outside the study: "Call him in." ”

A moment later, Jiang Xian stepped into the study and fell to the ground.

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the fold in his hand, stared at him with both eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "Is there anything important when you stand up and speak?" ”

It turned out that when he met Jiang Xian every day, it was late at night, and today he took the initiative to ask for a meeting, which obviously showed that there was some confidential and important matter to report.

Jiang Xian stood up and said in a deep voice the scene that happened outside the Guozi Prison this morning, as well as the clues obtained by his subordinate Jinyi Guards after investigating for half a day.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already learned about this from Li Ling, another leader of Jinyiwei, and his face was silent. After listening to what Jiang Xian said, he sneered and said: "Investigating and dealing with corrupt officials and embezzlement is a matter within the scope of Jinyiwei. And this bold Jiangxi scholar Sun Xu, the alternate is also in the Criminal Department of the Investigation and Criminal Department. Speaking of this, he turned his head and summoned Xue Jing, the head of the imperial study, in, and asked with a calm face: "After I passed down the edict to you yesterday, who went to Cao Guogong Li Jinglong to deliver the edict?" ”

Xue Jing saw that Zhu Yuanzhang's face was cloudy, and his legs and stomach couldn't help but tremble a little, and he bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is Qian Ling, a eunuch under the servant, who went to the palace of Cao Guo to deliver the decree, and he is now waiting outside the palace." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and after Xue Jing called that Qian Ling in, he reached out and slapped the desk heavily, and said angrily: "Bold slave, when you went to the Cao Guogong Mansion to deliver the decree yesterday at my command, who did you tell me to hear?" ”

Seeing that the emperor was furious, Qian Ling's knees weakened, he knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "After the slave was instructed by Chief Manager Xue, before leaving the palace, he met Master Shang Shukai of the Criminal Department who went to the East Palace to meet His Royal Highness the Prince. He saw that the slave was in a hurry, so he asked casually. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang swept his eyes towards Jiang Xian, and said in a deep voice: "I will give you one night, be sure to find out this matter before tomorrow morning, as long as it is an official of the Criminal Department who you think is suspicious, you will be arrested and returned to Jinyi Weizhong and interrogated by torture." ”

After Jiang Xian heard this, he bowed down to receive the order, stretched out his hand to catch the eunuch Qian Ling like an eagle catching a chicken, stretched out his hand and clicked on the acupoint, took him out of the imperial study, and left the palace.

After Xue Jing went out of the imperial study, he walked slowly to the outside of the hall, and gave the cold wind in the cold night a stir, only then did he feel the cold on his back, it turned out that he was unconsciously in a cold sweat, recalling that yesterday Qian Ling went out of the palace to pass the decree under his own orders, just because he caused a big disaster because of one more sentence, he couldn't help but be secretly afraid, and secretly thought to himself: Fortunately, it was not me who went out of the palace in person yesterday to Li Jinglong to pass the decree, even if it was me, when I met the Lord Shangshukai of the Criminal Department to ask, I was afraid that I would say more, Then it is likely that I am the one who is being flayed and tortured today.

It turned out that at this time, the eunuchs under Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu had a very humble status, and they wished that they would stammer, such a high-ranking official as Lord Shangshu, how could others ask and ignore it?

Half an hour later, in the courtyard of the Yamen under the command of the Jinyi Guard, Jiang Xian gave an order in a deep voice, asking more than ten subordinate Jinyi Guards to separate up to arrest the officials of the Criminal Department.

When the Jinyi guards heard the explanation of Master Jiang, who had recently been promoted to commander, they all received the order with a bang, went out of the courtyard and acted separately, and disappeared into the night.

Jiang Xian was in the imperial study before, and heard that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang had strictly ordered him to find out about this matter before tomorrow morning, and he already understood that this was likely to involve official corruption and perversion of the law, Zhu Yuanzhang has always liked to use thunderous means in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, and the arrest list is to arrest the officials who are not high in the official position of the criminal department, but they are likely to know some inside facts, as for the leaders, I will leave it to His Majesty the Emperor to clean up in person tomorrow morning, and he only needs to find out the inside story tonight and grasp the solid evidence.

Looking at the dark night, the corners of Jiang Xian's mouth suddenly showed a sneer, and he secretly thought to himself: Although Jinyiwei is a sharp blade that seals his throat with blood, it is not something that anyone can use, and it should have always belonged only to His Majesty Emperor Hongwu of the current Ming Dynasty. is not the owner of this knife, but he likes to fiddle with this knife with his own cleverness, and in the end he can only cut off his own head.

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