please make me king

Chapter 1042 Fire Cannon Camp

Since Zhu Wanling came, the relationship between Zhang Shun and the Guanzhong gentry has been greatly eased.

Of course, in addition to Zhang Shun's superb skills and courteous corporals, the most important reason is that there are not many scholar-bureaucrats in Shaanxi who were born in the military.

Hao Jie, the only one who was born in the military, is far away in Suide, and his direct interests have not been damaged.

After Zhang Shun promised not to seize the fields of the scholars, the others transferred to Zhang Shun's command with peace of mind.

Among them, Wang Zheng and Jiao Yuanqing were old and didn't want to be magistrates, and Zhang Shun obeyed their wishes.

The remaining Jiao Yuanpu was appointed as the prefect of Fengxiang, Wang Daochun was appointed as the prefect of Binzhou, Song Shixiang was appointed as the prefect of Qianzhou, and Hao Jie was appointed as the prefect of Shangzhou.

Dou Guangyi and Zhu Yiyu were respectively appointed by Zhang Shun as magistrates of Xingping County and Lantian County. In just a few days, the entire Xi'an Prefecture was completely brought under Zhang Shun's rule.

And Zhang Shun finally got his energy out, and deployed to solve the next problem facing the rebel army.

First of all, Zhang Shun appointed Zhang Sanbai, who was carrying grain to support Guanzhong, as the grain and grass transfer envoy to garrison Shangzhou, responsible for the grain and grass transported from Nanyang.

Secondly, appointed Fatty Zhang, the "king of neatness", to be stationed in Tongzhou to defend the Shanxi officers and soldiers on the east bank of the Yellow River, and to guard the grain roads from Xi'an, Yaozhou, and Yanzhou to Yan'an.

Finally, Bai Guangen was appointed to be stationed in Gongchang Mansion, and opened up the southern route - "Longguan Road" via Fengxiang, Taizhou, Gongchang, Lintao to Gansu.

So far, the core areas south of the Qinling Mountains have all been brought under the rule of the Rebel Army, and Zhang Shun has truly become a veritable King of Qin.

"His Royal Highness King Shun, are you looking for me?" Xu Quan, who had not seen him for a long time, was much darker and stronger than before.

"Come, sit down! Hold the piano and serve tea!" Zhang Shun said politely, then picked up the blueprint in front of him and handed it to him, "Look at this first!"

"A knife, a helmet, and a pair of armor?" Xu Quan looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but wonder.

"Yes, the sword is called the blunderbuss knife, the helmet is called the Li helmet, and the armor is called the breastplate!" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing.

"These three things have already existed. This gun knife is one foot and eight inches long, the blade is one foot and three inches long, and the handle is five inches long. It can be inserted into the muzzle of the gun."

"This helmet imitates the style of an iron helmet with a straight eaves and a straight eaves with the word "Yong" on it, but I have slightly improved it."

"The helmet has a ridge on the top and a lining belt inside the helmet, which is much cooler than wearing a thick lining hat, and it does not affect the protective effect!"

Xu Quan looked carefully for a long time, and saw a branch-shaped reinforcement ridge protruding from the top of the hat, and there was a lining with a "complex structure" inside the helmet, so he couldn't help being a little dazed.

In fact, what Zhang Shun said was the red lacquer helmet with straight eaves and straight eaves. However, he had never seen this helmet in his previous life, so he almost thought it was a red safety helmet, and thought it was very kind.

It's just that after people took back two helmets for research, they found that the helmets were too simple and the design was not scientific.

Zhang Shun, as a practitioner in the construction industry in his previous life, was very familiar with hard hats, so he simply redesigned them according to the structure of his previous life, and named them Li helmets.

Its hanging lining is mainly made of cowhide, which is fixed by drilling six small holes around the helmet.

If it wasn't for saving costs, Zhang Shun would have wanted to write the word "safety" on the front of the hat to warn the soldiers.

Xu Quan was dazed when he saw it, and he didn't dare to speak.

"Look at this breastplate again. It is made of green cloth iron armor. The shoulders and neckline have been improved, and the hem has been slightly increased. Each collar only uses [-] pieces of iron, which is a whole lot less than before. About half of it is lighter and better defensive!" Zhang Shun continued pointing at the breastplate.

Zhang Shun's so-called "cuirass" is of course not a Western European integral breastplate, but an improvement of the blue cloth iron armor in the early Ming Dynasty.

The shape of the blue cloth iron armor in the early Ming Dynasty is roughly between the breastplate and body armor of later generations. If you change the name to a more vivid one, it can be called "vest-type cotton armor".

This thing is different from most traditional armor structures, and it is worn directly over the head.

If the neckline is too wide, there will be a problem of "not covering the heart"; if the armor body is shortened, there will be a problem of "not covering the navel".

If the cuff is too wide, it will press the shoulders and cannot open the bow; if the cuff is too narrow, it will not be able to cover the Yamaru, so this thing is gradually eliminated.

It’s just that Zhang Shunlai, as for his previous life, couldn’t help but be surprised when he saw this shape. Isn’t this thing just a simple breastplate and body armor?
Therefore, Zhang Shun redesigned the armor and structure, basically improving the blue cloth iron armor according to the cotton armor made by Gao Guiying.

The original semi-fixed nails of the same size are replaced by appropriate iron plates according to the human body structure, and then painted and fixed on the inside of the cloth surface with red lacquer nails.

It has a certain amount of allowance at the neckline and waist, which can be elasticated with the belt to make it more suitable for wearing.

Its style changed from the previous straight style to the "bee waist style".

Part of the strength of the waist and hips can be borrowed to bear the weight of the armor to reduce the burden on the shoulders.

However, due to the lack of fit caused by this, Zhang Shun designed three styles of large, medium and small according to the height, fat and thinness of most soldiers, and let the soldiers choose.

In fact, this is the plate armor popular in Western Europe. Although the defensive advantage is not outstanding compared with cotton armor, it is better in lightness and fit.

"King Shun, what are you doing?" Xu Quan looked at this and then at that, and couldn't help but bewildered.

"Oh, that's right, I want to form a battalion of new-style firecrackers!" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing, "You will train and command this battalion, how about it?"

"Ah? That's really great!" Xu Quan has wanted to lead the army for a long time. Although he now has [-] young men under his command, he also practiced hard every day, but without veterans and low-level officers as the skeleton, it would not be possible at all.

Seeing Xu Quan's ecstasy, Zhang Shun couldn't help pouring cold water on him and said, "But this camp is an experimental camp, and we are going to practice new tactics, are you willing?"

"Yes, yes, as long as I am not in the same rank as Hong Chengchou, I am willing for anything!"

"Uh, actually, don't be prejudiced against him, okay, forget it, I won't talk about it!" Seeing Xu Quan's disapproving expression, Zhang Shun had no choice but to switch back to the topic.

"This new-style battalion has a quota of [-] people, including one artillery banner, a total of [-] gunners, [-] horse mules, and [-] artillery pieces."

"Four Gunners Divisions, each with [-] men, are equipped with one gun, one sword, one helmet, one pair of breastplates, one pot of gunpowder, five matchlocks, one pair of luggage, one bag of dry food, Flint pair."

"White Blade Team has five hundred members, all of whom carry a rattan card, a waist knife, a spear, a pair of armor, a helmet, and a bag of dry food."

"The first division of the luggage team consists of [-] people, [-] vehicles, [-] horses and mules, of which [-] are pack horses and pack mules, and the remaining [-] are spares."

"There are more than a hundred scouts and pond reports, and more than a hundred horses are set up to go back and forth to investigate and pass on information."

"Isn't this too shabby?" Xu Quan couldn't help but look ugly when he heard the words, "Only five hundred white-bladed teams and one banner cannon are available. There are no surprise soldiers and many blunderbusses. What's the deal?"

Since ancient times, the ranged soldiers and melee soldiers must be maintained within a reasonable ratio in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army.

Like the ratio of nine bows and one gun in the Song Dynasty, it often falls apart at the touch of a finger.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there were ten gunners, twenty crossbowmen, thirty sword players, and forty spearmen in the hundred-man team. The ratio of long-range and close combat reached an astonishing three to seven.

In the later period, elites like Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation were only equipped with two bird gunners for each team.

Fortunately, King Qin, he equipped himself with two thousand bird gunners all of a sudden, and the ratio of long-range and close combat reached an astonishing four to one, five to one, how can this be fought?
Hearing this, Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing and said: "You're thinking too much, my musketeer not only shoots projectiles, but also can be used for battle and melee combat."

"The way to approach the thief is to shoot alternately. When the thief is close, insert the gun knife into the bird gun and go forward to fight."

"If you encounter cavalry, form a small hollow phalanx to defend them. Use artillery and firecrackers to attack them."

"In short, if you hit it outside, use a blunderbuss, if you are close, you use a blade, jump and swing lightly, and it will come from morning to evening."

"This is a military book written by me. It is divided into marching, shooting, formation, and camping methods. Please correct me!"

(End of this chapter)