Cutting 1719

Chapter 27 Review

In mid-August of the 58th year of Kangxi, the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion of Huguang Province issued an order to inspect the military preparations. It seemed quite lively.

At this time, on the review field outside Hanyang City, [-] to [-] soldiers were waiting for the review, while Zhang Liandeng, Ning Zhongyuan and other participating guerrilla generals were pointing on the troop counting platform, making a few noises from time to time. The laughter seemed rather harmonious.Many of these generals came from the flood areas they were in charge of, and they didn't usually see each other, so they naturally wanted to get closer.

General Chen Li of the Fubiao Battalion pointed to the soldiers in the audience with a smile and said: "General Su Wenning is a man who fights on the battlefield. The soldiers here are really unusual. No matter the formation or the appearance, they are better than what we saw before. The two generals of Jingmen Battalion and Suining Battalion sold out all the cannons in the camp in order to go whoring and gambling in the city, what a disgrace!"

What these words were said was guns and sticks. Everyone looked sideways when they heard it. It was obvious that it was directed at Ning Zhongyuan. say.

Naturally, Chen Li will not forget the past grievances and disputes. Not long ago, his own son even had a conflict with the little bastard of the Ning family. People said that the Ning family was buying mother-child cannons through private channels, so they concluded that the mother-child cannons in Ning Zhongyuan camp could not be handed over, so they couldn't wait to open them when they first arrived.

Ning Zhongyuan didn't seem to understand, and said to himself: "General Chen, the soldiers that I, Ning, are leading are all good soldiers, and they can defeat the enemy with or without cannons."

As soon as these words were said, many people secretly sentenced Ning Zhongyuan to death in their hearts. It would be fine to say these words normally, but at this juncture, it is not obvious that those few cannons in the camp are just pretending to be numbers.This made some other guerrillas and guards relax. Now that they collapsed today, they are still supported by tall people, and they probably won't be held accountable for their own mess.

Seeing that Ning Zhongyuan didn't dare to respond directly, Chen Li struck while the iron was hot, looked at Zhang Liandeng and said, "I tell the Governor, I think that General Ning has a good command of troops, why not let General Ning's Hanyang camp come first? It would be a good start." !"

Zhang Xiandeng nodded lightly, looked at Ning Zhongyuan and said with a smile: "This is a guest from afar, but now he is on General Ning's territory, so please ask the master to set an example."

Ning Zhongyuan nodded and replied: "I would like to report to the governor, among the bidding camps in Huguang Province, only the governor's bidders can be called elite, and it seems that they have not participated in the review a few days ago, why not review them together today. It can boost the morale of our army, and secondly, let the subordinates and others have a good time watching and emulating them."

Zhang Liandeng also nodded, and said: "That's okay, whichever battalion performed the best today, I'll give him a lottery afterwards." After speaking, he looked at Chen Li with a smile, "General Chen must perform well."

This time it can be said that the face was completely torn apart, and the generals also felt the tension in the atmosphere, and did not dare to make a sound, for fear that the flames of war would burn to their heads.

For Chen Li and Ning Zhongyuan, this time the review is also progress and no retreat. Now Wuchang Hanyang and other places are under the jurisdiction of Hubei Governor Zhang Liandeng, but they don’t even have a commander in chief. If Zhang Liandeng is evil, the future Life is not easy.

There was no movement on Chen Li's face, but his teeth were already itching with hatred. During the previous review process, he had always been leisurely watching the show, and would accept some benefits from time to time to help some battalions below to pass the test. But now, no matter whether your battalion is mules or horses, you have to pull it out for a walk.

Thinking of this, Chen Li couldn't help scolding Zhang Liandeng in his heart: "You old bastard, you don't care about this old man if you get any benefits on weekdays, you just hope to take care of one or two, but now you give yourself to him in the blink of an eye. It is really hateful to sell it!"

But after all, Zhang Liandeng didn't know how to communicate with the mind, and he always had a smile on his face, with an amiable appearance, and said: "In this case, let's start." After finishing speaking, the drummers behind him began to beat the drums.

After the three-tone drum, Ning Zhongyuan waved his hand, and more than [-] officers and soldiers in the audience started various drills, shouting Sha Zhentian one by one, but there were only a few movements back and forth.

This is something that can't be helped, after all, the officers and soldiers of the green battalion these days can only do those two things, and all the generals know it, so they don't care about it.

On the contrary, Zhang Liandeng, who was born as a literati, looked at it with relish, nodded from time to time, looked around at the generals and said, "I have always felt that there is nothing good to say about the journey, but now seeing the style of the Hanyang camp is refreshing!" Nodding his head to cater, only Chen Li snorted coldly, Xin Dao will perform wonderful artillery skills later.

After the previous drill is completed, the next part is to practice the shotgun and artillery.In the current establishment of the Hanyang Battalion, there are [-] shotguns, [-] gunners with six sub-cannons, and the rest are holding long knives and shields.

Two hundred shotgunners formed a horizontal formation of three rows. It is said that this is the three-strike formation of shotguns handed down by Mu Ying from the previous dynasty. It is quite powerful and has been used by people all the time. The soldiers of the Green Battalion are also using this method all the time. Old antique array.

The shotgunners of Hanyangying pour the gunpowder from the medicine tank into the medicine tube, then take out the fire stick to compact the gunpowder in the chamber, then take out the bullets and put them into the gunpowder, then press the bullets into the gunpowder, and finally put the gunpowder into the gunpowder. The gunpowder in the tank was poured into the fire door of the medicine room, and the matchlock was installed. It was not ready until this step. The whole process was extremely cumbersome and took more than four minutes.

If people in the future see it, they will probably laugh their heads off, but in this era, the use of shotguns is so troublesome. Even Ning Zhongyuan's Hanyang camp is relatively fast, and the shotgunners in other battalions are even worse.

The shotgunners held a bird gun in one hand and a torch in the other, facing the scarecrow target a hundred steps away. If the distance of later generations is counted, it is about 70 meters.

Following the order of Shotgun Qian Zong, the shotgunners in the first row lit the gunpowder rope. With a roar, a row of bullets kicked the straw man on the opposite side into the dust, and then the shotgunners in the first row retreated to the last row. Row, the second row of shotgunners continue to fire and shoot. This formation is that the shotgunners can go back and forth and bombard the opponent's straw man continuously. After eighteen rounds of roaring, the opposite straw man's target is no longer formed.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Liandeng was thoughtful on the stage, and slowly said: "This bird gun is so powerful." It turned out that this experience not only shocked Zhang Liandeng, but also planted a seed in his heart.

(End of this chapter)