The power of the broom on the long knife is obvious to everyone, and Shen Baiyi, as a theorist, is even more delighted, and began to think about how to use it in actual combat on the spot, and kill the Japanese Kou without leaving a piece of armor.

After the initial surprise, several people calmed down and began to carefully analyze the key points, Gu Yunji said: "The reason why the broom can block the long knife is nothing more than that it has thin bamboo branches, and as soon as the long knife cuts in, it is like falling into a net, and it can't be moved." ”

"The bamboo branches are tightly tied together, and if we use fine iron to replicate them, the density of the forks will definitely not reach such a high level, and if we want to effectively contain the katana, we can only make it larger. But in this way, the weapon will become cumbersome again, and it will be inconvenient to carry and use. ”

Su Qi said: "It doesn't matter if it's bulky, anyway, this is not a single combat, but a coordinated confrontation with the Five Elements Array as a unit." Even if you can only delay the pirates for a little while, the pikemen behind you will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to stab the pirates through them. ”

Seeing Su Qi again at this time, the only remaining awkwardness in Shen Baiyi's heart disappeared, and he secretly praised His Majesty for how good this helper was sent, and his face was full of suppressed excitement: "As long as it can be used, since this broom is so effective, I will study and study it when I go back today, and strive to build the weapon as soon as possible." ”

However, Su Qi's brows did not stretch: "In my opinion, for the success of the Five Elements Array, weapons are only secondary, whether it is an 'iron broom' or a fire gun, after all, it can only play an auxiliary role as an external force, and the key is that the quality of the local soldiers is completely insufficient." ”

"The anti-Japanese formation is a cooperative battle, which not only requires the soldiers to be of high quality and strong combat effectiveness, but also requires a very high tacit understanding between them. But judging from the current garrison of the guard, it is far from meeting this requirement. ”

The soldiers in the garrison are all peasant households serving in the military, and they look at the school yard at a glance, not to mention the quality, just looking at the appearance and age, it is already a serious unevenness. The youngest looked fifteen or sixteen years old, and the oldest one was in his fifties, and his height was even higher, and the quality of the soldiers was very poor.

Shen Baiyi said: "This shouldn't be difficult to solve, right?" If the quality of the source of troops is poor, then we will cast a wide net and recruit from the entire Zhejiang, and select the best of the best, I don't believe that we will not be able to select a strong army. ”

Su Qi sighed: "Of course it's okay, but it takes too long." The soldiers recruited from different places have different languages and customs, and it takes a long time to run in to meet the requirements of tacit understanding in the anti-Japanese formation. ”

Shen Baiyi's eyebrows were stained with sorrow: "It's only like this, take your time." ”

"Master Gu!"

At this time, Fu Zida hurriedly rode a horse from afar, stopped in front of Gu Yunji, and panted: "Oh no, the group of miners in Qingyuan Town are fighting again!" And this time the scale is very large, and several villages are implicated, so go back and have a look! ”

As soon as he heard about Qingyuan Town, Gu Yunji had a headache: "Why are you fighting again?" ”

There is a small silver mine in Qingyuan Town, and most of the local villagers make a living from mining, which is often feared by outsiders because of its lucrative profits. In order to protect the mine, the locals have developed a fierce folk customs over time, and they have to fight with the mining thieves from other places every once in a while.

Moreover, these villagers are red-eyed, and they are all killed, and once the fight starts, they will implicate many people, ranging from dozens of people to hundreds, and a large group of people will be as fierce as fighting on the battlefield, and it is common for people to die. At the end of each time, the government had to drag away at least a few corpses.

However, they have repeatedly failed to change their ways, arrested a group of people, and a new group of people participated in the fight, but they could not finish the arrest, and they could not ignore the fact that everyone was imprisoned. It is said that the elders and young people in each village are good at beating people, and they themselves encourage this kind of atmosphere, and it is very difficult for the government to deal with it.

Gu Yunji had only been in office for a few months, and this was already the third weapon fight he had encountered.

Seeing Fu Zida's anxious face, Su Qi knew that the matter was very serious, and immediately urged Gu Yunji and said, "Then you go quickly, we don't have anything important here." ”

Gu Yunji nodded in response, and said, "Once Qingyuan Town fights, the scale is very large, and the officials are not enough, can I borrow you to order troops?" ”

Su Qi readily agreed: "Of course this is no problem, Shaoxingwei has the responsibility of defending Shaoxing Mansion, and there is no need to go through any regulations, I will transfer it to you directly." How much? Is 100 people enough? ”

"Not enough." Gu Yunji showed a wry smile, "At least three hundred." ”

Fu Zida looked embarrassed next to him, and leaned close to Gu Yunji's ear and whispered, "...... My lord, the scale of this fight is particularly large, and I am afraid that three hundred people will not be enough. ”

Gu Yunji decisively changed his words: "Then five hundred." ”

"Five hundred?! You don't need so many people to fight the pirates, do you? ”

Su Qi was taken aback: "It's just a group of villagers making a small fight, even if there are a lot of people, it won't cost five hundred officers and soldiers, right?" Is this to maintain order, or to suppress rebellion? ”

If it weren't for what he had seen with his own eyes, Gu Yunji also felt that it was outrageous to use five hundred officers and soldiers to stop the villagers from fighting, he sighed faintly and said, "If it's a small fight, you can just go and see it." ”

Su Qi felt even more strange when he heard this, so he simply personally transferred five hundred soldiers and followed Gu Yunji and Fu Zida to Qingyuan Town.

After arriving at the place, seeing the scene in front of him, Su Qi was directly stunned and stammered: "...... You call it ...... Villagers fighting? ”

Whose family fights to the death?

In the small open space, the figures were scattered, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, and there were at least five or six hundred people at a cursory glance. Among them are not only men in the prime of life, but also women, the elderly, and even older children. There were twenty or thirty lying on the ground alone, and I don't know if they were dead corpses or seriously injured villagers.

These people used everything that could be used as weapons, whether it was a mining pickaxe, or a kitchen knife, a hoe, or even a random stone picked up by the roadside, and frantically shot at the people around them, asking for their lives, and they did not show any mercy, as if they were all red-eyed.

From the perspective of a general in Su Qi, the villagers fought in a disorderly manner, and there was no distinction between offense and defense.

He watched a man take a blood-stained kitchen knife and cut it into another person's neck, but because of the wrong angle, the knife was stuck in the bone, but the man was extremely ruthless and chopped it down, this person drooped half of his neck, blood gushed out, splashing the man's face.

And the man just wiped his face casually, cursed a few words in dialect fiercely, and quickly picked up a kitchen knife to find the next target.

Rao is a battle-hardened general in Su Qi, and he couldn't help but be shocked by the scene of this weapon fight, and his scalp was numb, and he suddenly felt a little trance: Are the villagers now so strong?