Daming Military Empire

Chapter 46
As the saying goes: "Know yourself and know the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles." "To fight a war, you must first find out the situation of both the enemy and yourself. Zhu Cijiong naturally knows such a simple truth. He ordered Qin Liangyu to recruit a thousand elites from the [-] Battalion. After simple scout training, all of them were sent to Jizhou In the Mongolian grassland to the north, go to spy on Huang Taiji's situation and see when he will make a sneak attack.

Zhu Cijiong hadn't planned to activate the Three Thousand Battalion, because they were all recruited by Meng Yuan.But this time they are just needed. Zhu Cijiong is not a rigid person. He would not do such a stupid thing as hiding the three thousand battalion forever just because of a little grudge in his heart. The Mongols are the best.

After sending out the elite of the Three Thousand Battalion, Zhu Cijiong secretly ordered Sun Chengzong to hurry back to the capital. After all, he didn't know anything about the Ming's frontier army, so it was better to listen to Sun Chengzong's opinion.

The preparatory work can only be done in this way. Without knowing the enemy and the self, Zhu Cijiong will naturally not order blindly. Everything must be arranged after the information from the Mongolian grassland and Sun Chengzong returns. The only thing that can be done now is See how powerful these flintlock grenades and mines really are.

Wang Gongchang has gradually entered the right track, and Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing are experts among experts. They can easily grasp such simple things as flintlock grenades and landmines.After Zhu Cijiong drew the sketches of the flintlock grenades and landmines, they only took one day to make the samples.

Zhu Cijiong doesn't need to worry about the next test work. Under his suggestion, the test work has gradually entered a professional track. Now the test of weapon power is no longer a simple wooden board, but a simple humanoid puppet, and the puppet They also wear soft armor, chain mail and armor respectively.

The test results were beyond Zhu Cijiong’s expectations. The soft armor basically couldn’t stop the steel needles shooting all over the place; neither could the chain mail, as the steel needles would get in through the gaps in the armor pieces, and the protection effect was worse than that of the soft armor; only the armor Only the steel needles can be blocked, but the hands, feet, face and other unprotected positions are still not good, and the steel needles are still inserted.Generally speaking, the current soldiers' equipment is unable to defend against the torrential pear blossom needle-like grenades and landmines. Once they explode, everyone within a five-meter radius will suffer varying degrees of damage.

Since the effect is better than expected, it is natural to make it vigorously. Zhu Cijiong directly ordered that all production of flintlock guns be stopped, and everyone will go all out to produce grenades and landmines. Anyway, there will be blueprints for new flintlock guns in a year. Well, recreating these simple flintlock guns is simply a waste of resources.

The craftsmanship of flintlock grenades and landmines is actually very simple. The shell is directly cast and then threaded on the hole. The flintlock device is similar to a simple flintlock gun, and there is no need to use the barrel or the barrel to make grenades and landmines. To make bullets, you only need to make the shell and the flintlock device. The speed is naturally extremely fast. With more than 1000 people in Wang Gong Factory, it is no problem to make a thousand grenades or landmines a day.

Zhu Cijiong didn't think it was fast enough, so he ordered all the blacksmiths and stonemasons of the Ministry of Industry to be summoned. The blacksmiths were responsible for casting the shell, and the stonemasons were responsible for processing the flint and installing the flint on the shrapnel.In this way, the workers of Wang Gong factory only need to be responsible for machine tool processing, and the efficiency has doubled, and more than 2000 grenades or landmines can be produced in a day.

This time it was mainly for defending the city, and grenades are more effective than landmines, so Zhu Cijiong stipulated that [-] grenades should be produced every day, and the remaining time would be to produce landmines.

Just as Wang Gongchang started to make mines frantically, Sun Chengzong finally rushed back to the capital, and he didn't care about rest. As soon as he returned to the capital, he came to the palace to meet Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Cijiong summoned him to the imperial study, and straight to the point he said: "Teacher, I have received a secret report that Hou Jin will detour the Mongolian grassland and attack the capital from the direction of Jizhou Town!"

Sun Chengzong didn't panic when he heard the words, he walked up to the map that had already been hung up, and said solemnly: "Houjin can organize a maximum of [-] soldiers and horses to attack. It is impossible for them to break through the capital. There must be some fraud."

Sure enough, Jiang was still old and hot. Sun Chengzong could guess that Huang Taiji was making a fool of himself without reading the history books of later generations. Zhu Cijiong asked with admiration: "Then what does the Taifu think they want to do?"

Sun Chengzong stared at the map carefully for a while and then replied affirmatively: "I think they want to seize Jizhou Town and cut off the connection between Liaodong and the capital!"

Zhu Cijiong was so impressed that Sun Chengzong was able to guess Huang Taiji's intentions exactly after looking at the map for a while!

When Chongzhen became emperor, he didn't trust others too much. In fact, Yuan Chonghuan also saw Huang Taiji's intentions. He wrote twice to warn, but Emperor Chongzhen ignored him. As a result, Huang Taiji really came, and he even sent Jizhou town It was taken over, and Emperor Chongzhen actually gave Yuan Chonghuan to Ling Chi!I have to say that there is definitely an element of anger in it.

Naturally, Zhu Cijiong would not do stupid things like Chongzhen. He would not kill Yuan Chonghuan even if he didn't wait to see him again. Moreover, Sun Chengzong is the one who is in charge of Liaodong now. It is probably impossible for Tai Chi to take down Jizhou Town easily.

Now that Sun Chengzong's judgment is correct, Zhu Cijiong will naturally stop talking, and he asked straightforwardly: "Then how do the Tai Tuo think we should keep Jizhou Town?"

Sun Chengzong frowned and pondered for a while, then shook his head and sighed: "If we want to protect Jizhou Town, we must transfer the main force of Liaodong to the vicinity of Zunhua. If Huang Taiji directly attacks the Ningjin defense line, we may not have time to come back."

Zhu Cijiong slapped his forehead when he heard the words, and quickly handed over a test report on the desk to Sun Chengzong, embarrassingly said: "I forgot about this, the Taifu will take a look first and then make a conclusion."

Sun Chengzong was puzzled by the results of the test report, and hurriedly read it. As he watched, his eyes gradually became bigger, and finally the eyeballs almost popped out. He asked in surprise: "My lord, is there really such a thing?" ?"

Zhu Cijiong said complacently: "The Wang Gong factory was not built for nothing, and it is now fully producing grenades and landmines."

Sun Chengzong couldn't wait to ask again: "How much can you do that day?"

Zhu Cijiong replied proudly: "There are two thousand grenades and about three hundred landmines."

Sun Chengzong heard the words and calculated against the map: "Two thousand a day, ten days is 20. Now the Mongolian grassland is full of pasture, which is the time to cultivate and thrive. It is unlikely that Huang Taiji will raise troops. Only when the pasture withers in October will he There are more than [-] days between now and October, which means that [-] grenades can be produced. There are [-] large and small cities along the line from Zunhua to the capital, and each city can distribute at least [-] grenades. Your Majesty, if you can hold it, we will definitely hold it!"

Zhu Cijiong heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the answer, and asked sincerely, "How can the Taifu mobilize the soldiers and horses?"

Sun Chengzong already had a well-thought-out idea, and he pointed to the map without hesitation and said:
"Order Changping's general soldier, You Shiwei, to lead 1 troops to garrison Miyun, Huairou, and Shunyi, each with [-] horses and [-] grenades;
Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, led 1 troops to garrison Sanhe, Pinggu, and Tongzhou, with [-] horses in each city and [-] grenades each;
Order Datong's general army to lead 2 troops to station in Jizhou, Xianghe, and Yutian, including 1 horses in Jizhou with [-] grenades, and Xianghe and Yutian each with [-] horses and [-] grenades;
Order Jizhou Town Governor Wang Yuanya to lead Jizhou's 3 soldiers and horses to gather in Zunhua and Santun camps, of which 2 troops in Zunhua are equipped with [-] grenades, and Santun camp's [-] horses are equipped with [-] grenades;

Order Shanhaiguan General Zhao to lead 1 soldiers to garrison Yongping, Qian'an, and Luanzhou, each with [-] horses and [-] grenades;
The rest of the grenades are left to guard the capital, and the land mines can make Jinyiwei choose [-] elite soldiers and bury them on the only way that the Jin army must pass. There are nearly [-] elite soldiers in the Five Army Battalion and the Shenji Battalion in the capital. In his own defense zone, Hou Jin will definitely not be able to take down a single city. "

Zhu Cijiong looked at the map and analyzed Sun Chengzong's deployment. He felt that dispatching troops like this was the best arrangement, and couldn't help agreeing: "Okay, just as the Taifu said."

(End of this chapter)