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Chapter 241 Grenade

Liu Zongmin was let into Li Zicheng's tent, and then began to tell about Lantian County.

"Lantian County's army is very good. When I followed my elder brother in Lantian, I fought against him. They are good at using a formation called mandarin duck formation, which is very scary."

"Mandarin duck array?"

Li Zicheng asked curiously after hearing this, at this time Liu Zongmin said: "It is said that he learned it from Qi Shaobao's anti-Japanese army, that is, find eleven people in the army, one is the commander in the middle, two shield bearers, and one big Shieldman, a small shieldman, and then two wolf soldiers."

"Wolf Whip is just a moso bamboo. The branches on it are not cut off, but the branches are tied with blades. It is very sharp to use and can block all kinds of swords and swords. We suffered a lot from it at that time."

"Then there are four men with long spears and two men with palladium in the back, forming a mandarin duck formation like this. It is difficult for short weapons to get into their bodies during battle."

Liu Zongmin introduced to Li Zicheng the mandarin duck formation with the largest number of troops in Lantian County. Li Zicheng listened carefully. He thought this method of warfare was very good. If he was given a base, he would like to try this method and train a group of mandarin duck formation soldiers.

In fact, this is indeed a very good fighting method, and as long as you have a little strength and are willing to imitate, it is easy to imitate. The shield does not need ballistic shields and police anti-riot shields, but ordinary wooden shields covered with iron sheets can be used.

In ancient times when there was no heavy firepower, they were all about the same, and their combat effectiveness was not much different. As for wolf traps, there were even more of them. Bamboo was not lacking in Shaanxi, nor in other places. It was easier to use local materials, and even It is much simpler than making ordnance for soldiers.

The red-tasseled spear, this is the most equipped weapon in the peasant army. There is no other reason. It uses the least amount of iron. It only needs an iron head, and a wooden pole behind it will do.

As for whether the wooden pole is not straight, or has other problems, it doesn't matter, as long as it can stab people.

As for boring palladium, there is no such thing, and it can be replaced by a three-pronged fork, which is the fork used by farmers to insert cow dung. These things are too simple, and Li Zicheng can easily get them.

Liu Zongmin didn't expect that his introduction of the weapons and equipment in Lantian County would give Li Zicheng the idea of ​​improving the army, but this could be regarded as his first suggestion when he came to Li Zicheng's army.

After Li Zicheng heard about the main army in Lantian County, Liu Zongmin introduced again: "In addition, in Lantian County, there is Li Chaomeng, a fierce general, who is the brother of Li Chaosheng, and he is unparalleled in bravery."

After hearing this, Li Zicheng looked at Liu Zongmin and said, "How do you compare with your brothers?"

Liu Zongmin's strength is obvious to all in the rebel army. Some people call him the number one hero in the rebel army. Although it sounds like bragging, it is almost the same. Liu Zongmin's combat effectiveness is definitely top-notch in the rebel army. Anyone who can fight against him people, no more than five people.

The reason why Wang Ziyong looks down on Liu Zongmin so much, but has been unable to kill Liu Zongmin, is that Liu Zongmin is too good at fighting. Even Wang Ziyong can't ignore this kind of capable person. More importantly, he doesn't reuse him. If he is killed, Wang Ziyong It is also reluctant.

At this time, Liu Zongmin heard Li Zicheng's question, and said with some embarrassment: "I am not his opponent. I have fought against him twice, but I have never survived [-] rounds."

"Twenty rounds?"

Li Zicheng was very surprised. He thought that Li Chaomeng was at most between brother and brother Liu Zongmin, even if he could win, he would be slightly better, but he couldn't survive twenty rounds, which was outrageous.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng said with emotion: "There are such fierce people in the world!"

At this time, Liu Zongmin also remembered the past when he fought against Li Chaomeng: "That person cannot be defeated by manpower. If you want to win, you must encircle him with a large army."

After hearing this, Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Is there anything else that is amazing?"

Liu Zongmin said: "By the way, there is still a cannon in Lantian County."

"cannon!"

Hearing this, Li Zicheng was startled. He had dealt with the cannon before, and it was really a killer weapon. Even if the cannon was not used to attack, it would be very terrifying to use the cannon as a deterrent.

Liu Zongmin said: "Yes, in the process of fighting for hegemony in Lantian, that cannon made a great contribution and brought us a lot of damage. So if Brother Li attacks Lantian, he must be careful of the enemy's cannon."

After hearing this, Li Zicheng confirmed again: "Does the other party only have one cannon?"

Liu Zongmin nodded and said, "That's right, there is only one cannon, and that cannon was bought by the Qingyu bandit Feitiandiao from the Shaanxi frontier army."

Hearing this, Li Zicheng laughed: "If only one cannon is not to be feared, it's not like we haven't seen cannons when we were fighting Hong Chengchou's troops. Although the power is strong, after firing one cannon, the second cannon will take a long time. And the lethality is at most a dozen people, but the movement is bigger."

After hearing this, Liu Zongmin didn't say much, but Li Zicheng didn't care. He followed Liu Zongmin and said, "This is Lantian County three years ago, but now Lantian County has annexed Chang'an County, Zhashui County, Shangluo County, and four counties. Integrate into one, and it must be a little stronger. In the past, there should be more than 2 soldiers in Lantian County, but now there should be [-] or [-]."

Liu Zongmin said, and Li Zicheng heard this and said: "Almost, but Lantian County heard that the people's livelihood is very good, and where the people's livelihood is good, most of the people don't want to be soldiers, so there will not be too many soldiers, but the specific number will be sent out to the sentry. Go investigate."

Liu Zongmin nodded and said, "It should be so."

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "Come here, let's hold a banquet and welcome Brother Liu to join the group."

"Yes."

Li Zicheng's peasant army had just robbed Baishui County, so there was no shortage of cattle and sheep in the army. At this time, Liu Zongmin was welcome to join the group by slaughtering cattle and sheep for food.

Liu Zongmin readily agreed, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves for a while.

Lantian County Government, Li Chaosheng's office, the LED lights on the roof illuminate the room as bright as day, countless people in the whole study are busy, there is going to be a war, the chief bookkeepers have to check the money and food, and the staff are working on the sand table at night Go to the rehearsal to prevent mistakes and omissions in the battle. Although the battle has not started, the rehearsal war for this battle has already been killed in the sand table.

The staff department has conducted no less than twenty times of deduction, and is constantly optimizing the battle process and strategy and tactics.

Li Chaosheng was listening to Bai Shoumin's report.

"Just now the Shougong sent a telegram, saying that the five commanders of the thieves discussed the idea of ​​attacking Lantian in the Baishui County Yamen, but they failed. At the meeting, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Ma Shouying, Luo Rucai, and Hei Shashen were not convinced. , broke up unhappy."

Bai Shoumin read the information while Li Chaosheng listened carefully.

Shougong is the code name of Li Shichao. What is Shougong? Shougong is a gecko. The spies lying next to the tiger, guarding the existence of the Zhonggong, are currently the most important spies among the thieves.

"Shou Gong also said that Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are very jealous of each other, and there is a stance that there is no room for two tigers between each other. In addition, this time, Zhang Xianzhong separates his troops and plans to bypass Xingping and attack the Chang'an County area to which Lantian belongs."

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng nodded, followed Bai Shoumin and said, "Also tonight, Liu Zongmin came from northern Shaanxi to vote for Li Zicheng. The two chatted happily, and Liu Zongmin introduced to Li Zicheng the situation of the army in Lantian County three years ago. It mainly introduces Yuanyang Formation, General Li Chaomeng, and artillery."

Li Chaosheng touched his chin after hearing this: "This is the old calendar from many years ago. Don't they know that Lantian County is developing?"

As Li Chaosheng said, he followed Bai Shoumin and said, "In addition, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Ma Shouying, Heisha God and others all sent spies to Lantian County to investigate the military situation. How does this county official plan to deal with it?"

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked up at Bai Shoumin and said, "Spy?"

Bai Shoumin nodded and said, "Yes, they want to disguise the spies as refugees?"

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said, "Refugees?"

Bai Shoumin nodded, and after hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "They really dare to think, since they want to be refugees, let them do it, by the way, send a telegram to all the troops to let the bandits into Dali County, Dali County needs Clean it up once, it will be ours after cleaning it up, don't rush to fight."

"Yes."

Bai Shoumin nodded and retreated. At this time, Li Chaosheng beckoned and asked Guzi to bring over the map. Soon the map of Dali County came out, and Li Chaosheng marked the positions of the various legions on the map.

The first brigade led by Li Chaolong had a total of [-] elite troops stationed in the east of Dali County, and the second brigade led by Li Chaohu had a total of [-] elite soldiers stationed in the southwest of Dali County.

Li Dezhen's third brigade was on the northwest side, forming a corner with Li Chaohu's army.

Shi Dalei's Fourth Brigade guarded the territory of Lantian County as a support.

These are the four major brigades in Li Chaosheng's hands.

Li Chaosheng looked at the map and said, "Guzi, order Shi Dalei's Fourth Brigade to move to the border of Chang'an County to block Zhang Xianzhong's troops. This block can allow him to carry [-] cannons, [-] flintlock guns, and unlimited gunpowder. "

"Yes."

Gu Zi responded immediately, followed by a special correspondent to notify, Li Chaosheng said: "Let Liu Airen gather the militiamen in Chang'an County, do a good job of supporting and delivering supplies, and if it comes to a critical moment, please help me Go up, don't let Zhang Xianzhong's troops enter Lantian County."

"Yes!"

Gu Zi responded immediately, and then another correspondent went to the Union.

"In addition, inform Guzi's Musketeer Battalion and Li Chaomeng's special brigade to join forces and enter Dali County. The target is Ma Shouying's cavalry. Take all these horses back to me, and don't let me make trouble on the battlefield."

"Yes."

Gu Zi responded, and immediately went to notify Li Chaosheng. At this time, Li Chaosheng was looking at the map. As for the three forces of Heisha God, Luo Rucai, and Li Zicheng, Li Chaosheng was not afraid. Only the strength of the army is enough to deal with any opposing army of Li Zicheng and the three of them.

You must know that most of Li Zicheng's soldiers are mobs, while Li Chaosheng's troops are all elite soldiers who have been selected from hundreds of thousands of people. The major reform of the military region has reduced the original 10 soldiers to more than 1.

Although there are few soldiers, each of them is an elite soldier. Together, 4000 people can deal with [-], or even [-] to [-] peasant troops without difficulty. This is the power of professional soldiers.

Li Chaosheng even dared to use them against the most powerful soldiers of this era, such as the Jianzhou Tartars, Liaodong Cavalry, and White Army, Li Chaosheng dared to confront him head-on.

The reason why these elite soldiers in this era are so powerful is that they are all piled up with silver. The army of the Tartars built a state by looting. Money piles up.

And Li Chaosheng's soldiers are not only piled up with money, but also with beliefs. Each of these soldiers is literate and understands why they fight. They have their own beliefs, which Li Chaosheng cultivated for them.

There is no way to compare an army with faith with a mob without faith. Faith is the most precious thing in this era.

After Li Chaosheng finished the arrangements, he said to Gu Zi: "Go and tell Liu Airen that the supplies must be delivered in time."

"Yes."

Gu Zi nodded, Li Chaosheng stretched his waist, and was just about to take a rest when a guard suddenly said that Sun Da from the Firearms Workshop asked to see him.

Sun Dali?
Li Chaosheng was taken aback, and when he remembered, this guy is the grandson of the old grandson, who used to be a blacksmith, but after he came to Lantian, he asked the old grandson to send him to the college to study. When he was studying, this guy looked like a fool Guy, but very smart, especially interested in your gunpowder extra oil.

It is said that a few days ago, he also worshiped Song Yingxing, the dean of the Science and Technology College of Lantian Academy, as his teacher, and Song Yingxing was very optimistic about him, calling him a wise man, and even led Sun Dali to learn about artillery and gunpowder.

What surprised Li Chaosheng was that Sun Dali was actually interested in chemistry. He has already taught himself through the chemistry books in the library, and he also proposed the improvement of gunpowder. Although he did not succeed, his idea was very advanced.

Moreover, Li Chaosheng had chatted with Sun Dali. This boy who used to be dressed as a blacksmith had changed into a scholar's robe at this time, but it couldn't cover up his muscles. He told Li Chaosheng that his greatest wish in this life was to improve firearms. He wanted to take firearms up a notch from their modern state.

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng admired this strong boy very much, and said that if he really did it, he could reward him with a big house so that his grandparents could enjoy endless glory and wealth in this life.

Sun Dali was very interested and agreed, and the two of them had completed the gentleman's agreement.

But at this time, it was almost time for war. Li Chaosheng was very curious about what Sun Dali was doing here, so he let Sun Dali in. As soon as Sun Dali came in, he shouted to Li Chaosheng: "Master, I did it, I did it!" Out."

Li Chaosheng didn't understand what he said, but the next moment he saw Sun Dali holding a wooden stick with an iron gada on it and a fuse behind it, his scalp exploded in an instant: "Grenade !"

(End of this chapter)