Nanming Yiming

Chapter 150 The Xinchang Mutiny
Xinchang County is located at the junction of Siming Mountain and Tiantai, at the eastern end of Xinsheng Basin.It is the only way to enter the southwest of Shaoxing from Taizhou and Ningbo.

Yu Guowang also sent two generals, Xiao Ni and Jin Tang, to lead 2000 elite soldiers to garrison here.

Originally, Ma Degong in Jinhua and the Ming army in Shaoxing reached a tacit understanding of mutual non-aggression, and the Ming and Qing sides were repeatedly fighting for Taizhou, so Xinchang was safe and sound.

Since the defeat of Zhang Mingzhen and the Qing army occupying the entire territory of Taizhou, the atmosphere in Xinchang has become tense.Not only have a lot of open posts and secret posts been added, but also a curfew has been set up, and only two city gates are open.

Jin Tang said worriedly: "The Qing army is currently besieging Fenghua City, and I don't know how the battle is going. Will the Qing army raid our Xinchang?"

Xiao Ni said: "I was still afraid that the Qing army would not come. I have raised soldiers for thousands of days to use them for a while; the reason I have worked so hard to train gunners is to teach these Tartars a good lesson."

Seeing Xiao Ni's confident appearance, Jin Tang had no doubts at all.

This little Ni is known as a "firearm maniac", although he was born as a bandit, he has a lot of research on this firearm.He can easily disassemble and assemble these firearms, and even imitate and improve them. The bird guns in the cottage before were all improved by Xiao Ni, and their range and power are much stronger than the original ones.

However, the Lumi blunderbuss issued by the Governor's Mansion stumped him, not because of the complicated structure, but because the barrel of the Lumi blunderbuss was made of the best fine steel, and Xiao Ni couldn't train such a good one. It is made of fine steel, so the properties of the imitated Lumi blunderbuss are slightly worse than the original ones.

After Baitouying got hundreds of Lumi guns, he worked hard to train the gunners. Right now, all of the 200 gunners under him are sharpshooters, and their shooting speed is much faster than other brothers.

But the consumption of ammunition is also huge, and even 2 Lumi guns were used up.

Yu Guowang, who is the commander-in-chief, is also quite confused about this. Who told his brother to have such a habit, he had no choice but to go to the magistrate to apply for supplies again and again.However, the materials must be given priority to the combat troops, and the materials that can be received are naturally not enough for other purposes.

This little Ni is also a talent, the Lumi gun is not good at imitating, the granulated gunpowder and the fixed bullets really made him imitate it himself, the marksmanship of his 200 gunners is really nothing to say, it is all on the training ground It was fed with dozens of times the ammunition of others.

Xiao Ni also kept saying that she wanted to compete with the people from the Shenji Camp to see who is the best firearms player in the Governor's Mansion.

The training level of his gunners is high enough, but he lacks actual combat experience. Now he hopes that the Qing army can come over and give away the head, so that his subordinates can practice their hands.

However, they did not wait for the Qing army, but found that Yu Guowang rushed to Xinchang with 500 troops.

Xiao Ni and Jin Tang hurried down to the city to greet them, and Xiao Ni said excitedly, "Brother Yu, why did you come to Xinchang? Do we have a mission?"

Yu Guowang said: "The news came from Wang Zhifu that Lumi guns flowed out of the Ningbo barracks and fell into the hands of the Qing army. Dingxihou was injured by the Qing army's Lumi guns; this is Liu Baihu from the Intelligence Department. Come to Xinchang to inspect the Lumi gun, you must fully cooperate."

Soon, the gunners of Baitouying came to the shooting range with Lumi guns.

"Bang, bang, bang"

After the gunners of Baitouying finished shooting and confirmed that there was no problem with the performance of the Lumi gun in their hands, they handed over the Lumi gun to the inspector to check the serial number on the gun.

The Governor's Mansion has very strict management of Lumi guns, and each Lumi gun has a record file; even if the owner of the fire gun changes, the file will change until the day it is completely damaged and cannot be used at all.

The service life of the gun barrel is limited, and it will be replaced if it exceeds a certain standard; of course, there is a strict process for replacement, and the replaced parts are also uniformly recycled.

It wasn't the first time Liu Baihu checked the Lumi gun, but the result still surprised him.

It's not that there is a problem with the Lumi Gun, but that their shooting results are a bit exaggerated. Everyone hit the target 80 paces away, and the shooting movements were very skillful, which can be said to be done in one go.

It is no exaggeration to say that the target shooting performance of this team is the only one he has ever seen in his life, even far surpassing the Shenji Camp, which is good at firearms.

Liu Baihu picked up a Lumi blunderbuss and looked at it carefully. It can be seen that this blunderbuss has been used many times, and the inner wall of the blunderbuss has a lot of wear and tear, which should be caused by multiple firings.But the whole gunpowder looks brand new. It should be that the gunner has been wiping it with castor oil, and there is very little gunpowder residue inside, so it can be seen that the maintenance is very good at ordinary times.

At this time, the subordinates came to report: "Baitouying has 200 Lumi guns in the register, and the inspection has been completed. All are normal, and the numbers are all correct."

Hearing this, Yu Guowang also heaved a sigh of relief. If the Lu Mi blunderbuss flowed from him to the Qing army, it means that there are spies inside, and he will investigate his old brothers.

Liu Baihu nodded and said, "Brothers, you have worked hard. After this inspection, all the Lumi guns are fine."

Just as he was about to stamp the inspection report to pass, doubts arose.

Liu Baihu asked: "Are you saying that all 200 Lumi guns can be fired normally?"

A member of the intelligence department said: "It is true, all of them can hit the bull's-eye normally 80 paces away!"

Liu Baihu said: "However, a few days ago, Baitouying said that two Lumi guns could not shoot normally due to aging barrels, and applied for replacement barrels."

"The replacement gun barrel has not been released yet, so how can it be used normally again?"

Originally, according to the replacement process, a new gun barrel was received, and the scrapped gun barrel was handed over and it was completed.But now the firecracker can still be used normally, so is there a problem?
Especially at this time, when you are tracing the whereabouts of the fire gun, you have to make people doubt your purpose after you make such a move.

Xiao Ni hurriedly said: "The barrels of the two firecrackers reported earlier are indeed scrapped, and Liu Baihu can check them."

"I was afraid of delaying the training of my brothers, so I replaced the gun barrels myself. The quality of these gun barrels is not good, and there will be problems in actual combat; but it is not bad for training shooting."

Liu Baihu was taken aback by these words, and asked, "Where do these barrels come from?"

Xiao Ni had no choice but to tell the truth, and said: "The barrel of this Lumi gun has a limited service life. After about 150 uses, it will gradually burst, leak and other problems."

"Our army usually has a lot of training, and the gun barrels replaced by the Governor's Mansion can't keep up; so the end will privately build a batch of gun barrels for training."

Liu Baihu knew that what Xiao Ni said was probably true. From their shooting results, it can be seen that they usually shoot a lot of targets.However, the fact that private casting of Lumi guns is too great, although the government has never officially issued an order to prohibit private casting.But from ancient times to the present, private casting of weapons is a felony of treason.In the past, you fell into the grass and became bandits, and no one can control your own casting.

But now that he has joined the Governor's Mansion, all the equipment is issued by the Governor's Mansion. No matter what the purpose is, this is absolutely impossible.

So Liu Baihu immediately sent someone to seal up Xiao Ni's "black workshop", but he didn't know if he didn't check it, and he was shocked when he checked it.

Not only did Xiao Ni cast the gun barrel privately, even the Lumi gun was completely imitated.

Liu Baihu quickly realized the seriousness of the matter, and asked Yu Guowang, "Did Mr. Yu know about Xiao Ni casting Lumi guns in private?"

Xiao Ni has this hobby, and Yu Guowang has heard about it. Xiao Ni liked to tinker with these firearms in the cottage before, and he didn't take it seriously.

He really didn't expect that Xiao Ni copied the Lumi gun directly.

So he said: "Of course I know that Xiao Ni likes to tinker with firearms, but I really don't know anything about his private imitation of Lumi guns."

Yu Guowang also understands that this matter can be big or small, especially when Xin Zai is investigating the loss of Lumi guns, Xiao Ni will be in big trouble this time.

So he said: "Come here, take Xiao Ni to the prison and wait for his release; now the deputy general Jin Tang is in charge of all the defenses of Xinchang."

This matter was too big, Liu Baihu immediately sent someone to report the situation to Liu Yichen.

In the prison, Xiao Ni also began to reflect on this incident. Of course, he knew that it was definitely not allowed to forge Lumi guns in private.However, I am a "firearms maniac", and I still couldn't bear the loneliness, so I imitated the Lumi blunderbuss.

But I don’t have that much money to imitate Lumi blunderbuss in large quantities. It was Lin Xiaopeng, a thousand households under him, who encouraged him to say: replacing a large number of forged blunderbuss tubes can strengthen the training of the blunderbuss players, and train all the blunderbussmen under him to become elite soldiers.

This Lin Xiaopeng's father-in-law is a wealthy family in Xinchang, and he has provided a lot of money and craftsmen.

Now that I think about it, these two people probably have another purpose.

So Xiao Ni said: "I want to see Yu Zongbing and Liu Baihu"

In a house in Xinchang, Lin Xiaopeng, a thousand households in Baitouying, is discussing countermeasures with his father-in-law, Luo Yuanwai.

Lin Xiaopeng said nervously: "Xiao Ni's private casting of Lumi guns has been exposed, I don't know if it will involve us, I think we should first find a way to withdraw from Xinchang, it would be bad if we put ourselves in gone."

Luo Yuanwai was very calm, and said: "We haven't fully mastered the manufacturing process of Lumi guns yet, wouldn't it be a waste of all previous efforts to withdraw at this time?"

Lin Xiaopeng said: "Our craftsmen have mastered the most difficult technology of the gun barrel, and other components and assembly will surely be able to break through in time."

Luo Yuanwai said: "Indeed, it can be made in time, but who will remember our achievements at that time?"

"This"

Lin Xiaopeng knew very well that what his father-in-law said was right, even if they ran back, the Qing army would just give them some rewards.How useful is he, a surrendered general without soldiers and horses?
Luo Yuanwai said: "If we donate Xinchang City and Xiao Ni together, it will be a great contribution!"

Lin Xiaopeng said in embarrassment: "Although I have 500 people under my command, there are only about 200 real confidantes, and everyone else listens to Xiao Ni; and the Ming army is treated well now, I am afraid they are not willing to surrender."

Luo Yuanwai showed a sly smile, and said: "The most elite team in the entire Xinchang City is the 200 gunners under Xiao Ni, and the others are nothing to be afraid of!"

"Admiral Yang Wenqi's tens of thousands of troops are in Fenghua. As long as these gunners are dealt with, and the inside and outside cooperate, taking Xinchang is not like picking something out of a bag!"

Lin Xiaopeng asked again: "How can we make the gunner willing to use it for me?"

Luo Yuanwai said: "As long as we let out the news that Xiao Ni secretly built the Lumi gun, he will be executed for treason; Are they unwilling to surrender?"

At night, Lin Xiaopeng brought more than 100 cronies to the barracks of the Fire Gun Squad, and said, "It's not good, I heard that Liu Baihu will transfer Xiao Ni to Hangzhou Mansion overnight."

The firecrackers team are all Xiao Ni's cronies, so they were naturally blown away when they heard the news.They asked one after another: "Xiao Zongbing will be all right?"

This is Lin Xiaopeng's confidant who took the opportunity to say: "How can it be okay, privately forging weapons has always been a felony of treason, and you will definitely die!"

The other person took the opportunity to make up the knife and said: "Our firecracker team is all Xiao Ni's cronies. We are also involved in this matter, and I am afraid that we will also be implicated."

One person said: "Impossible, Xiao Ni just made some replacement barrels for us to strengthen our training, and has he risen to the height of rebellion?"

Another person said: "Why can't you? Didn't you see that Yu Zongbing picked himself clean today, immediately sent Xiao Ni to prison, and put us all under the golden soup?"

"Now that the Lumi gun is lost, they can't find out who lost it, so they just use this excuse to blame us!"

At this time Lin Xiaopeng said: "Brothers, let's rescue Xiao Ni first, and then we will talk about the rest."

Soon Lin Xiaopeng led people to the prison and rescued Xiao Ni.

Lin Xiaopeng knelt down and said: "Xiao Zongbing, Liu Baihu will send you to Hangzhou to claim credit for the crime of treason, and the brothers will also be implicated. We can't just sit and wait for death. Please come out and preside over the overall situation in person to find a way for the brothers." way out."

Seeing this situation, Xiao Ni understood that Lin Xiaopeng must have colluded with the Qing army a long time ago. It seems that he must have secretly obtained the Lumi blunderbuss to the Qing army.

But in the current situation, everyone has been coerced by him, so I will cooperate with him first to see if he can still play tricks.

So Xiao Ni said: "Brothers, now that Zongbing Yu is being deceived by traitors, we can't stay in Xinchang anymore. If you don't stay here, you have your own place. Everyone, just follow me and kill the south gate. Let's continue." Go back to Tiantai Mountain to live a happy life."

Hearing that Xiao Ni was going to lead the crowd back to Mount Tiantai, Lin Xiaopeng was overjoyed.As long as Xiao Ni leads people to withdraw from the south gate, the Ming army in the city will definitely intercept them.At that time, his people will secretly open the east gate and let the Qing army enter the city. This Xinchang will not be within easy reach.

At that time, the uncooked rice has been cooked, and Xiao Ni Jiangqing is wrapped up, and the credit for donating the Lumi gun is not to be credited to him.

Luo Yuanwai, who was on the side, saw that the matter was over, and hurried outside the city to report to the Qing army.

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