prosperous age

Chapter 42
"Then it's no problem. After training more than a hundred gunners, as long as the training is rigorous, the step of reloading should be as short as possible. With relatively intensive firepower, it is still possible to deal with the small drum Tartar cavalry. As long as you are lucky It’s not too far behind, surrounded by the Tartar brigade.”

Hearing Wu Zhankui's words, Wei Guangde clapped his hands together and said slightly excitedly.

Because Wei Guangde thought of this year's Northern Expedition, even if his father went, there was a high probability that he would not encounter the Tartar brigade and a fierce battle would break out, so he spoke more casually.

You know, not to mention in this era, even in his later life, many elders still have a lot of taboos about what they say, especially for such life-threatening topics, which are even more taboo.

Whether you talk about feudalism or superstition, it is still very important to speak well.

"Now that I've said that, I don't know much about fire guns and bird guns. Do you think it's necessary to call in all the gun players from other hundred households? After all, they have some experience, which is better than letting those big-headed soldiers learn from scratch. a lot of.

Well, my men, no matter how I think about it, I can gather about a hundred skilled gunners. In addition, whether the archers should be concentrated and trained strictly. "

Now that he said that, Wu Zhankui had to think about how to train people out as soon as possible, which could be related to their own lives.

Drawing gunners from other hundred households became his ideal method of operation, and he could quickly gather a team of skilled gunners.

It's not that he doesn't know the difference between archers and gunners in this era. In fact, relatively speaking, archers are more valuable than gunners, because archers can shoot a dozen or twenty feather arrows at the enemy in one go, while proficient gunners at the same time The hand may only fire a few shots.

However, the training of archers is much more troublesome than that of gunners, and it is not like gunners who can quickly form an army.

The archer does not mean that as long as the arrow is released, it is over. Without the aim, if the arrow cannot be shot to the required area according to the requirements, it will only be a waste.

What archers need most is arm strength, and with the current bodies of those soldiers, it is no problem to swing a hoe, but it is a bit unsatisfactory to draw a bow and shoot an arrow.

Moreover, the maintenance of bows and arrows is much more troublesome than firecrackers. Wu Zhankui doesn't think he can collect enough bows and arrows.

Bird guns, now it seems that at least the number is enough to use, as long as these batches of guns can be taken out of the warehouse of the guard first, it will take some time for those gunners to recover their strength.

That's what Wu Zhankui thought, but he didn't expect his nephew to shake his head and object.

"Uncle, it's better to pick some veterans from the guard to train honestly.

I don't know the level of gunners in other Baihusuo, but most of the gunners in our Bengshan Baihusuo have already lost everything they eat.

In our castle, Tang San is somewhat familiar with those things because he is in charge of maintaining firearms. The other gunners, to put it bluntly, may not have seen what a firearm looks like. "

Wei Guangde remembered that when he was learning guns, he chatted with Tang San and knew about it.

The weapons in the guard were supposed to be issued to the soldiers of the guard, but they were all put into the warehouse of the guard.

Wei Guangde guessed that his father did this because he was afraid that the soldiers would secretly sell their weapons for money.

Only those archers still kept their weapons. First, they needed them for hunting in the mountains, and second, Father Wei still hoped that the archers under him could maintain a certain combat power.

And after the weapon is locked, if you want to move it out again, well, you only moved it out half a year ago, but it seems that Tang San said that those gunners need to be taught by him several times before they can barely remember how to use it.

This is the gunslinger that uncle said, skilled gunslinger.
Wei Guangde must have 120 disapprovals.

However, after reading the articles later, he still vaguely remembers that it should be in this era that there was one general in Ming Dynasty, but actually there were two, the most famous one was Qi Jiguang, and the other was Yu Da, whose name Wei Guangde did not recognize.

Wei Guangde is not very familiar with the latter one either. It seems that few people in later generations comment on him, and most of them focus on Qi Jiguang.

And this Qi Jiguang's fame is naturally due to the Qi's army formed by his Yiwu mine soldiers.

I remember that the article I read at the time said that Qi Jiguang recruited soldiers from the mines in Yiwu, but I vaguely remembered that Qi Jiguang recruited people because he saw peasants fighting with weapons. Anyway, I felt a bit conflicted, but the Zhejiang soldiers recruited from there seemed to be He was really good at fighting, and that's why he created a Qi family army.

The last one of the Qi family army is not right. It seems to have fought against the Manchurian Tartars. Although it was defeated in the end, it seems that it was defeated only after being besieged by superior forces.

The Qi Family Army seems to be an army with a high proportion of firearms and equipment in this era, even surpassing Westerners in the same period.

What does this mean? This means that as long as the troops are well-trained and use the firearms of this era, they still have a chance to defeat the Tartars, who are not much different in strength.

And the real Qi’s army not only has to be strictly selected from the source of recruitment, but also has to work harder in the subsequent training. At the same time, Qi Jiguang does not rely solely on bird guns to fight the world. In fact, Qi’s army is a combination of bird guns, artillery and chariot formations. , Only then can they make a name for themselves on the northern grasslands.

But Cheng Ye Xiao He defeated Xiao He, because the fighting power of the troops was too strong, which directly caused the Mongolian Tartars at that time to be discouraged.

Since the Qi family army was transferred to the north to suppress the Japanese, after several conflicts, people began to avoid Qi Jiguang, which also made him completely lose the opportunity to make great contributions in the battle, because he did not have enough military exploits, and he was not able to obtain the title until his death.

The so-called "a good fighter has no great achievements", perhaps this is the truth.

At the same time, Li Chengliang was raising his own self-esteem. He collected the wool every once in a while, but accumulated military exploits, and was finally named a marquis during the Wanli period.

Naturally, Wei Guangde didn't know about this. In his impression, Qi Jiguang, a great hero, actually ended in a dismal end.

He also had no idea how the Qi family's army won the battle. He had no impression of the formation of cars and the formation of mandarin ducks.

Maybe in the future, he will find out.

Of course, it may never be found.

But at this moment, Wei Guangde talked about Qi Jiguang's selection of soldiers in his impression.

"You can recruit soldiers in the entire thousand households, not only in good health, running and jumping, but also in being honest and obedient, serious in doing things, and meticulous."

Wei Guangde carefully searched the pitiful stock in his mind, "Soldiers are dishonest, and when they see the limelight, they can run faster than daddy and uncle.

That is to say, no matter how strong the combat power is, those soldiers are absolutely unacceptable.

Then there is training, I will sum up my experience in playing bird guns later, and when the time comes to teach those gunners, it will definitely increase their combat power by more than several times."

Wei Guangde has never been a soldier, and he doesn't know how to train soldiers, but he is very familiar with the development history of rifles, and he also knows the methods to improve the combat power of firecrackers, even playing with guns and shooting birds. He also tried it when he was young, and he naturally felt that he was the person in the room who had the most say in making the bird's gun play its greatest power.

(End of this chapter)