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Chapter 407: There must be a lot of musketeers, right?

"Tell me about the situation."

Zheng Kai nodded and looked down at Huang Laosan who was kneeling on the ground, and said coldly.

"We crossed the wall, and the Ming army on the opposite side was ready to fight. When we got a little closer, we were attacked by their musketeers. Our army suffered heavy casualties! After finally rushing to the front, the soldiers in front were attacked by them It was blown to pieces, and the soldiers behind were too frightened to go any further, turning around and running away one after another. They couldn't be stopped!

Those Ming soldiers sent infantry to chase and kill them, and those who didn't have time to run back died under their swords!

Woohoo!The command of the subordinates is not effective, please forgive me, the general! "

Huang Laosan described the scene at that time with emotion, and cried himself while talking.

"Let's not talk about whether to give sin or not. I just heard the sound of muskets on the battlefield like popping beans. It's normal for you to rush there with heavy casualties. No wonder the Ming army is so confident. They must have at least four or five thousand musketeers, right? "

"It shouldn't exceed a thousand."

"That's right. A thousand. What!? Less than a thousand Musketeers!?"

"Yes! General."

"Huang Laosan! Do you think I'm stupid? With that series of voices, how could there be thousands of soldiers shooting? Do you think I've never seen a musket before? Don't reload? Don't light a match?" Zheng Kai thought Huang Laosan It's purely to get rid of the crime and talk to myself here.

It's not that he has never fired a gun, and it is the most advanced matchlock gun in the Netherlands, which is extremely powerful!It's the same as firing a musket slowly.Experienced players would have to toss for a long time, saying that such dense noises were made by a thousand Ming troops, he absolutely did not believe it.

Thought it was beyond his cognition.

"General! What I said is absolutely true. All the soldiers are watching. If there is even the slightest falsehood, they are willing to be quartered!" Seeing that Zheng Kai didn't believe it, Huang Laosan became anxious.

If you lose a battle, you may not die, but if you lie about the military situation, you will definitely die.

"Really?"

"Really! Those muskets of the Ming army fired very fast, and it felt several times faster than our muskets! The brothers who charged suffered such a loss, and many of them were killed by them without warning!"

Zheng Kai saw that Huang Laosan didn't seem to be lying, so he called a few soldiers who had fled back, and after questioning, he found that it was very different from what Huang Laosan said.Only then did he completely believe Zheng Kai's words, but he still didn't understand why the firing rate of the Ming army's muskets was so fast. Could it be a new breed?

Then he counted the casualties of his own side, and after getting the exact number, he grinned in distress.

More than 600 people.

More than 600 people were lost in this short period of time!How does this make him go back to work?

It's fine if you win a big victory, but let alone win at this time, you haven't even touched a hair of the opponent!
Knowing the occupation and counting the casualties, it's time to consider the next move.

But just after passing the minefield, they ran into a musket formation again. If there were only musket formations, it would be fine, and even more dead people could rush to the front, and there was still hope of victory.But what about those things that explode when thrown out?Is it possible to take the lives of soldiers to fill?

Zheng Kai held another meeting, hoping that someone could come up with constructive ideas like last time.

But this time he was disappointed. After witnessing Huang Laosan's disastrous defeat, no one dared to make suggestions at this time.

He fell into anxiety again.

Why is it that the number of soldiers on one's own side is three times that of the opponent's, but the fight has not caused many casualties to the opponent?

After much deliberation, there is only one answer.

firearm.

It's not that they don't have firearms, but whether it's power or style, they are far behind the Ming army.

Until the sun went down, Zheng Kai, who was thinking left and right, had nothing to do.

"It's getting late today, retreat three miles one after another, set up camp, and make plans tomorrow morning."

Zheng Kai reluctantly gave the order to withdraw the troops.

"Brother Xianglin, do you want to pursue?" Mu Tianbo said to Ma Xianglin standing on the ruins of the wall.

"No, it's not necessary." Ma Xianglin shook his head and said. "The soldiers under the Lord's command in this battle are very brave. I am afraid that after a little more training, they will become an invincible elite army."

"Haha, thank you Brother Xianglin for your praise. I don't dare to think about being invincible, as long as you pull it out without embarrassing yourself." Mu Tianbo remembered the performance of these soldiers back then, and the smile on his face became even stronger.

After all, he was also one of the few Dukes of the Ming Dynasty, and his subordinates were full of wine bags and rice bags, so if he said it, he would make people laugh out loud?It's fine for others to laugh, but if His Majesty finds out, where will I put my face?

So everyone thinks differently.

Zheng Kai was thinking about how to restore the decline and drive away the Ming army.

Mu Tianbo wanted to make more military exploits and achieve more brilliant results.

What Zhu Youjian, who is far away in the capital, is thinking about how to persuade those corrupt scholar-bureaucrats tomorrow.

Early the next morning,
February [-]th
Morning assembly
The ministers entered the palace early, civil and military lined up on both sides, waiting for His Majesty's arrival in whispers.

Zhu Youjian was late.

In fact, he could not have been late, but thinking of the wages deducted for being late in his previous life, he decided to be late every time he went to court, which was also a silent protest against the sufferings of his previous life.

You have the ability to deduct my salary?
After Zhu Youjian arrived, everything went according to the established procedures. Everyone was absent-minded, and Zhu Youjian was also absent-minded.

Finally, the daily work report is over.

A censor fired, and said a lot of eloquence, which can be summed up in one sentence.

Jiaozhi is a country that Taizu has decided not to conquer. His Majesty's sending troops to attack violates the ancestral system and is really inappropriate.

As soon as the cannon rang, everyone, regardless of whether they had anything to do with it or not, perked up.

Among other things, as Xungui's leader, he was the first to be unhappy.Are you kidding me, how exciting is it to fight a war?His title has come to an end, but the official positions of the people below have not come to an end, and they are all waiting to be promoted by fighting.

You bitches say that playing Cochin is against ancestral customs, so you don’t want us to do it, okay?

So Zhang Zhiji led his people and began to spar with them.

In the years since Zhu Youjian succeeded to the throne, the status of generals has gradually improved.They also braced themselves.Besides, with Zhang Zhiji standing in front of him like Mount Tai, who is afraid of whom?
People from both sides were furious, but the discerning people remained silent.

For example, the elders of the cabinet put their heads down and put statues on them.

Zhu Youjian didn't stop him either. Every time someone spoke, he would nod his head, as if agreeing with what he said.

Seeing His Majesty nodding repeatedly, these guys were encouraged, and each of them worked harder to explain their views.

Later, Zhu Youjian gradually became tired of watching them turn over and over just a few sentences.A cough interrupted their debate.

"I think both of your views are very reasonable. You all have worked hard to make plans for the future of the Ming Dynasty, and I am very pleased. I am very relieved to have ministers like you in the court!"

(End of this chapter)