The northwest wind howled, rolling up the remaining snow on the ground, and scouring everything in its path.

Somewhere in the north of the Hetao, in a dense area of aquatic grass within a radius of more than ten miles, thousands of Mongolian tents are divided into several areas, and the entire aquatic and grass area is completely occupied in a patchwork manner.

In a tent in the East District, Toothless sat at the table, concentrating on disassembling the revolver into parts, wiping them one by one, and then reloading them. On the other side of the table, there was Zhu Ding with a solemn face, staring at the big map in a daze.

Click! Click......

Toothless closing the gun, pulling the wheel, and loading the bullet, a series of techniques were neat and neat, interrupting Zhu Ding from his contemplation.

Zhu Ding smiled bitterly: "People have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away!" In the past, I only thought that your gun was sharp, but now that our army is also equipped with muskets, I know that muskets and muskets are not the same! ”

Toothless smiled: "You have to ask Qin Shuai about this!" Our master is treated equally, we have it, as long as Qin Shuai opens his mouth, he will give whatever he wants! Qin Shuai himself is reluctant, so it's no wonder that the master. ”

"Qin Shuai also wants to, but it's too expensive! Five rounds of your brass bullets are worth a tael of silver. During training, each person has to shoot 20 rounds a day, which is four taels of silver! Lord of the gods, a soldier is only paid four taels a year! This practice method, not to mention whether the fight is won or not, the household department must be impeached first. What's more? Before he could fight the enemy, he died of poverty! ”

Toothless closed the safety and inserted the gun back into his waist: "Qin Shuai is not short of silver now!" Not to mention the money earned by the captives, just the Guyuan business road is prosperous, and it has earned a lot this year, right? His Majesty exempted the three sides from taxes for ten years, and this money did not have to be handed over, all of which was retained by Qin Shuai himself. ”

Zhu Ding's face darkened: "Before the change, Guyuan's income was more than enough to feed more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians on the three sides. But now I really don't dare to say that when I bought a riding knife last year, I thought it was worth the money. Looking at it again this year, I can't wait to sell my knife for a gun. But the muskets in Xiaohewan are really not affordable for ordinary people! The bullet gun costs thirty taels and one tael for every five rounds. It's just a thousand households that are raised by the rich man......"

"Your flintlock pistols are not bad this time! Besides, the master really didn't treat you as outsiders, not only sold guns and projectiles, but even gave Qin Shuai a copy of the gunpowder formula, with that gunpowder factory, how much money can you save? What's more, you can also sell gunpowder to make a little difference! Our gunpowder is so good that I don't know where it is better than the one sent by the military department. ”

Zhu Ding shook his head and made a strange face: "It's really good!" I also have to thank Qianhu for being willing to send instructors to help train the troops, otherwise we will not be able to form combat power by exploring it ourselves. ”

The orderly brought hot milk tea, and the two sat opposite each other with cups.

Toothless took a sip while it was hot: "Come to Hetao to train in battle, and you can obviously feel that you have made great progress!" ”

Zhu Ding said: "This is also a loss to have you by your side, and you have the confidence in your heart!" This war is based on this heart! With the heart, the sheep dare to resist the wolf. The heart is gone, and the wolf is not as good as a sheep! You say, the little prince will really go this way? We've been waiting for three days! ”

Toothless smiled: "This is the fattest place of the water and grass in the Hetao, it's not whether he will choose it." It's that he doesn't have a choice! Otherwise, those tens of thousands of animals alone could drag him to death! Oh, the little prince is a good man, knowing that we have been short of money lately, and Baba has come to send warmth. With this batch of livestock, this year is another fat year! ”

Zhu Ding was stunned for a moment, and grinned for a long time: "That's right, Qin Shuai also pointed to these two-legged animals to go back to mine and pioneer." Ha, with this batch of goods, Qin Shuai may be happy when he goes back, and he can get us a few revolvers. Oops, this thing is so handsome! ”

Toothless white glanced at him: "It's useless to be handsome!" It's not that it's unreasonable, there are regulations on gun control! If you really want to play, go back to the master and go to the shooting range to play casually! ”

Zhu Ding gave a thumbs up: "Obey the military law of your new army!" ”

"Cut! The Ming military law is not bad, what the master said, the difference is not the law itself, the difference is the execution! ”

"Report!" The guard outside the tent interrupted: "Regiment commander, the reconnaissance company is back!" ”

The curtain was raised, and the four spirits dressed as Mongolian herdsmen strode into the tent and raised their hands to salute. Zhu Ding subconsciously returned the salute with Toothless.

Si Ling took off the cylinder behind his back and handed it to Toothless, then he stomped his feet to keep warm, picked up Toothless milk tea and poured it into his stomach, and let out a long breath: "I had a fight with the scout of the little prince, and I deliberately didn't put the gun, hehe, I split three, caught six tongues, and let two go." ”

Toothless pulled out the map from the cylinder and carefully watched the message marked on it: "Eighteen hundred, thirty thousand? Which one is this? ”

"It's the Ibra Division. The tongue confessed that the little prince had taken the old city of Dongshengwei and only gave Yibula a little soup and water. Yibra's subordinates were dissatisfied, and brought men and horses out to fight the grass valley. Along the way, four or five small tribes have been robbed. It's time to be in high spirits. At their speed, they will be there tomorrow evening. ”

"The main force of the little prince is still in the old city?"

"According to the tongue, it seems that the little prince has the intention to expand the old city and intends to make it a base for the south."

Toothless sneered: "It's kind of interesting!" The master said, if the mountain doesn't come, I'll come to the mountain! Order to go down, pull out the camp and move forward, and eat Yibra in one fell swoop tomorrow, and then we will send troops to defend the old city in Dongsheng and give the little prince a New Year's greeting! ”

Zhu Ding was still a little unstable in his heart: "Toothless brother! I know about your new army, but after all, our side is still using muskets for the first time, such a big battle, is it to pick a high ground or something, and seize a favorable position?! ”

Toothless persuaded him: "The musket is a hot weapon, and the tactics are not the same as the cold weapons before. Just like the master said, this is the crushing of civilization against barbarism! If under the same conditions, absolute superiority cannot be obtained. So what are you talking about crushing?! Commander Zhu, times have changed! ”

Zhu Ding had no choice but to nod: "Qin Shuai said that this time to enter the training, everything is subject to your orders." I'm also just suggesting since you insist. I obey orders! ”

In the afternoon of the next day, the two sides met in the grassland. The Ming army discharged ten thousand squares, Zhu Ding's 5,000 musketeers and 5,000 new troops crossed the formation, and Toothless kept a reserve of about 2,000 people.

The welcoming guests had set out last night, leading 3,000 cavalry into the vast Gobi and performing a roundabout intersperse.

This time, the new army and the border army have joined forces to train troops, and many subjects are being conducted for the first time. Neither Toothless nor Zhu Ding expected that welcoming guests would have much effect, but only hoped that they would take this opportunity to familiarize themselves with the new tactics of using a compass and map to guide operations.

It was only then that Yibra discovered that the opposite side was not a Tatar tribe at all, but seemed to be the elite of the Ming army. Although he didn't know why Ming Jun suddenly became so bold, but at this moment, he had no choice at all, so he could only do it first.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the battle began.

As in the traditional Mongol method, the Ibra first sent 2,000 horsemen to try to charge the battle.

Two thousand Mongols shouted excitedly, the rider was in front, the knife hand was in hand, two arrows were discharged, and the echelons rushed forward.

Coincidentally, the two arrows were pointing at Zhu Dingbu, who had just been equipped with muskets for more than a month.

Unlike earlier, among the soldiers lined up here, the instructors from the New Army were obviously different in color. They stood in the first row of their respective cadets and faced the enemy's attack.

"Ready!" The command was surprisingly unanimous, and the new troops raised their guns in unison. The instructors were a revolver and a saber in Yishui, all with solemn faces at this time, watching the Mongols try to rush into the range of bows and arrows and play the usual projectile trick.

When the opponent ran into the 100-meter range, the instructors at the same time ordered: "Fire!" ”

Bang bang bang! As soon as the gunshots rang out, the Mongolian warriors roared and ran as if they had hit an invisible wall, bursting with blood flowers on their bodies, and fell off their horses screaming. There are also horses that are hit and go straight into the street, throwing the rider on their backs aside.

The Mongolian Chinese army, Yibra, who was riding on a horse and stirring up the formation, heard the gunshots quite simply, the Ming army was stupid, did they shoot so far away? What an elite, that is, the formation is better-looking, against the Mongolian warriors, it is not a herd of two-legged sheep!

Later, it was found that the cavalry actually rushed into the street one after another, and almost jumped off the horse in shock.

How can it be? Why can the Ming army's guns hit so far?

His impression of the firecracker is still stuck in the three-eyed gun's kind of face-to-face explosion, which may not be able to hit people, and then he has to rely on the three-eyed gun's head as a hammer to smash people. Such firepower beyond the range of mounted firing was completely beyond his understanding and likeness.

Cavalry charging is not a game, once it is charged, it is difficult to brake. The Mongol cavalry had long been accustomed to shooting arrows at the head of the light bow at nearly 30 paces, while heavy arrows from 70 paces away would be thrown to form a cascade strike.

No one expected that this time, before their heavy archers could take their positions, and before the light riders could open their bows, the opponents opened fire first. The key is that the lethality of this firepower is unbelievable!

What kind of firearm is this?!