"Tell me about the situation."

Zheng Kai nodded and looked down at Huang Laosan who was kneeling on the ground, and said coldly.

"We crossed the wall, and the Ming army on the opposite side was ready for battle. We got a little closer, and we were attacked by their musket team. Our army suffered heavy casualties! Finally rushed to the front, the soldiers in front were blown to pieces by them, and the soldiers behind were so frightened that they did not dare to go any further, and turned and fled one after another. You can't stop it!

Those things that the Ming army sent infantry to chase and kill, but they didn't have time to run back... All died under their swords!

Whining! The subordinates are not in good command, please give the general the guilt!"

Huang Laosan described the scene at that time with emotion, and as he spoke, he cried to himself.

"Giving sin or not giving sin for the time being, just now I heard the sound of muskets from the battlefield like bursting beans, and it is normal for you to rush over and suffer heavy casualties, no wonder the Ming army is so fearless. They must have at least four or five thousand musketeers, right?"

"It shouldn't be more than a thousand."

"That's right... Thousand... What!? There are less than a thousand musketeers!?"

"Yes! General."

"Huang Laosan! Do you think I'm stupid? How could that series of sounds be a thousand soldiers shooting? You haven't seen a musket before? Don't reload? Don't light the rope?" Zheng Kai felt that Huang Laosan was talking nonsense to himself purely to get rid of his crimes.

It's not like he hasn't fired a gun, and he's the most advanced arquebus in the Netherlands, and it's incredibly powerful! It's just that the musket is slow to fire like something. Familiar hands have to toss for a long time, saying that such a dense sound is made by a thousand Ming troops, he definitely doesn't believe it.

I thought it was beyond his knowledge.

"General! What I said is true, all the soldiers are watching, and if there is even the slightest lie, they are willing to be punished by the dismemberment of five horses!" Huang Laosan saw that Zheng Kai didn't believe it, and immediately became anxious.

If you lose a battle, you will not necessarily die, but you will definitely not survive by lying about the military situation.

"Really?"

"Really! Those Ming army's muskets fired very fast, and they felt several times faster than ours! The brothers who charged suffered such a loss, and many of them were killed unsuspectingly!"

Zheng Kai saw that Huang Laosan didn't seem to be lying, so he called a few soldiers who fled back, and after asking, he found that it was not bad what Huang Laosan said. Only then did he completely believe Zheng Kai's words, but he still didn't understand why the Ming army's musket fire rate was so fast, could it be a new variety?

Then he counted his own casualties, and when he got the exact number, he grinned in distress.

More than 2,600 people.

In just this moment, more than 2,600 people were lost! How does this make him get back on business?

If you win a big victory, it's just that, but at this time, let alone winning, you haven't even touched a single hair of the other party!

Now that you know about the occupation and count the casualties, it's time to think about your next move.

But just after the minefield, I ran into a musket formation, and if there was only a musket formation, it would be okay, and more dead people would be able to rush to the front, and there would be hope for victory. But what about the things that blow up when they are thrown out? Is it possible to fill in with the lives of soldiers?

Zheng Kai held another meeting, hoping that someone would come up with constructive ideas like last time.

But this time he was disappointed, witnessing Huang Laosan's fiasco, and no one dared to make suggestions at this time.

He fell into anxiety again.

Why is it that even though the number of your own soldiers is three times that of the opponent, you have not caused many casualties to the opponent so far?

Come to think of it, there is only one answer.

Firearm.

It's not that they don't have firearms, but whether it is power or tricks, they are far inferior to the Ming army.

Until the sun set, Zheng Kai, who was thinking about it, had no way at all.

"It's getting late today, retreat three miles one after another, set up camp, and make plans tomorrow morning."

Zheng Kai reluctantly gave the order to withdraw the troops.

"Brother Xianglin, do you want to pursue?" Mu Tianbo stood on the ruins of the walled wall and said to Ma Xianglin.

"No, it's not necessary." Ma Xianglin shook his head and said. "The soldiers under the command of Grandpa in this battle are very brave, I am afraid that after a little more training, they will be able to become an invincible elite army."

"Haha, thank you Brother Xianglin for your praise, I don't dare to think about being invincible, as long as I pull it out and don't be embarrassed." Mu Tianbo remembered the performance of these soldiers at the beginning, and the smile on his face became even stronger.

I am also one of the few princes in the Ming Dynasty, and my subordinates are full of wine bags and rice bags, and I can't make people laugh when I say it? It's okay for others to laugh, if Your Majesty knows, where will your face go?

So everyone thinks differently.

Zheng Kai was thinking about how to recover the decline and drive away the Ming army.

Mu Tianbo is thinking of making more achievements and achieving more brilliant results.

And Zhu Youzhen, who was far away in the capital, was thinking at this time about how to persuade those scholars with rotten ideas tomorrow.

Early the next morning,

February 15

Morning meeting

The ministers entered the palace early, and the civil and military were lined up on both sides, whispering and waiting for His Majesty's arrival.

Zhu Youzhen was late.

In fact, he could not have been late, but remembering the salary deducted from him because of being late in his previous life, he decided to be late every time he went to court, which can be regarded as a silent protest against the suffering of his previous life.

If you have the ability, you still deduct my salary?

After Zhu Youzhen arrived, everything was carried out according to the established process, everyone said absent-mindedly, and Zhu Youzhen also listened absent-mindedly.

Finally, the daily work report is over.

An imperial historian opened fire, and said a lot of things freely, which can be summed up in one sentence.

Annan is a country not to be conquered by Taizu, and it is inappropriate for His Majesty to send troops to attack against the ancestral system.

As soon as the cannon sounded, everyone was in good spirits, whether it was related or not.

Not to mention anything else, as the head of the noble, Zhang Zhiji was the first to be unhappy. What are you kidding, how exciting it is to have a fight? His title is over, but the official positions of the people below have not come to an end, and they are all waiting to be mentioned by fighting.

You dogs say that beating Annan is against the ancestral system, don't you want us to be okay?

So Zhang Zhiji took people and began to spray with them.

In the years since Zhu Youzhen succeeded to the throne, the status of military generals has gradually improved. And they stood up. Besides, there is Zhang Zhiji, who is like Mount Tai, in front of him, who is afraid of whom?

The two parties were inseparable, but the clear-eyed people were silent.

For example, several cabinet elders in the cabinet bowed their heads and pretended to be statues one by one.

Zhu Youzhen did not stop him, every time someone spoke, he would nod his head, as if he agreed with his statement.

Seeing His Majesty nodding his head again and again, these fellows were greatly encouraged, and one by one they expounded their views more vigorously.

Later, Zhu Youzhen saw that they were flipping over and over with just those sentences, and they gradually got tired of it. A cough interrupted their debate.

"I think both of your views make sense. All of you are planning for the future of the Ming Dynasty, and I am very pleased. I am very relieved to have you humerus ministers in the court!"