Wanli 1592

Chapter 35 Exceptions
After the big plan was confirmed, Ye Mengxiong was more interested in Xiao Ruxun's improvement of the gunpowder's equipment. He found that Xiao Ruxun's gunpowder bags were all equipped with oiled paper bags. He was very curious, so he asked Xiao Ruxun about this. why.

In this regard, Xiao Ruxun explained that in order to make the soldiers reload faster, a certain amount of gunpowder and a lead bullet were wrapped in it, and they were poured in directly when used, eliminating the need to weigh the weight and fill the lead bullet, and wrap it in oil paper. It can also be waterproof, and the oiled paper can also be recycled in a certain sense, reducing consumption, Ye Mengxiong clapped his hands and sighed.

Then Xiao Ruxun showed Ye Mengxiong the three-stage round strike formation he had practiced. Ye Mengxiong's eyes lit up. He found that these gunmen were not only skilled, but they were also very accurate when shooting. It can be seen that these gunmen are well-trained and elite gunmen. If there are thousands of gunmen like this, they can form considerable combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

Xiao Ruxun also proposed that matchsticks need to be soaked in urine before drying, which can reduce the burning speed of matchsticks. Ye Mengxiong was very surprised, because Daming did not have this technology at this time, so he ignited matchsticks for experiments, and found that the burning speed was reduced by three times. About one-tenth of the speed, which surprised Ye Mengxiong.

"Watching Ji Xin's firearms battalion today, I realized how powerful the Ming Dynasty was. After the end of the suppression of the rebellion, I will write a letter to the imperial court, suggesting that the imperial court follow Ji Xin's method to set up a training firearms battalion to put on the battlefield. Ji Xin Xin thought that the firearms battalion supplemented by swords and shields could fight the iron cavalry head-on?"

Xiao Ruxun replied: "The general didn't actually fight, he just speculated that the general didn't have so many blunderbusses and pawns under his command, so he couldn't actually fight. If he had the chance, he would try actual combat. The pawns are hidden inside, and the iron cavalry will not dare to face the sharpness directly, and will definitely walk around the army formation. Within a hundred steps, when the pawns show their power, they can calmly shoot at the cavalry.

Moreover, lead bullets have lead poison, and gunpowder has fire poison. As long as they hit, with the medical skills of Mongolian thieves, the lightest result is amputation, otherwise the wound will fester and die. The training cost of one cavalry can train five gun pawns , as long as one gunpowder can kill a cavalry pawn on the battlefield, it is considered a big profit. We have many people, but there are few thieves. If things go on like this, the thieves will not be able to persist. No compensation. "

Ye Mengxiong nodded: "I see, lead is so lethal? I really don't know, otherwise I will write to the imperial court to try my best to promote the use of bird guns."

Xiao Ruxun took the opportunity to say: "I don't know if Futai knows about it. It is a miracle that [-]% of the bird guns sent to the border for use in the past years are usable. Most of the time, only [-]% to [-]% are usable. Burst.

Of the 470 blunderbusses in the warehouse at the end of the day, only [-] are usable, and the rest are all unusable. If you really can’t make so many, you can just make less, to ensure that they are all high-quality goods, so as not to waste the country. treasury! "

Ye Mengxiong frowned: "There is such a thing? The old man didn't know!"

Xiao Ruxun nodded and said: "The quality of firearms over the years has been relatively poor. A considerable part of the border troops are not willing to equip firearms, but are unable to equip them at all. Every time they submit letters to the court, there is no news from them. If things go on like this, the frontier troops are especially unhappy. I like firearms, everyone knows that firearms are powerful, but the rate of inferior firearms is really too high."

Ye Mengxiong nodded solemnly, and said: "This old man will discuss this matter with the platform in detail. Ji Xin, you have to do a good job in digging the tunnels. It's up to you whether I can be promoted and rewarded." , you need to know, if you want us to put our hope of victory on a general, not only your talent, but also the reason of Yang Gong is in it, don't let me down!"

Xiao Ruxun's heart trembled, and he clasped his fists and said, "I won't let the platform and the platform be disappointed!"

Ye Mengxiong nodded and left with a heavy expression.

Ma Gui was almost suffocated after following, and hurriedly came up to ask: "What are you talking about? You look so affectionate? These governors and governors never pay attention to us and other warriors. Why are you an exception? ?”

Xiao Ruxun looked at Ma Gui's thick, fleshy face, and smiled wryly: "If you can also have a father-in-law who was a minister of the Ministry of War, you can too."

Ma Gui immediately stopped talking, his eyes were as big as bull's eyes: "Brother Ji Xin, you married the daughter of the Minister of Military Affairs? Is your wife the daughter of the Minister of Military Affairs? I thought... why are you so powerful? "

Xiao Ruxun actually also wanted to know how her father managed to bring the daughter of the Minister of War into his home. Yang Zhao was a real Jinshi from a professional class, and he had served as the Governor of Liaodong, etc. He was one of the six ministers. One, what kind of method is An Ran to retire and become an official? Why did he take a fancy to a general like himself?Is it just because the legendary self can write poetry?
Xiao Ruxun will not write any sour poems now. Tang poetry and Song poetry are not copied, but life can still be copied if it is just as it was first seen, but Nalan Rongruo is such a handed down work that has been traversed The senior was copied badly, so he was really embarrassed to write.

Early the next morning, Xiao Ruxun looked around the entire city wall of Ningxia, and got the blueprint of the city wall of Ningxia. He discussed with Wei Xuezeng and Ye Mengxiong and selected several tunnel blasting points, all of which were on the side city wall. defensive place.

This is not like the gate of the city, which is protected by three gates. As long as one part of the side wall is blown up, there will be a hole, and the army can rush in, fight against the bandits, and defeat the bandits!

The army camp stretches for several miles, and there are many places that cannot be seen from the top of the city. To be cautious, Xiao Ruxun chose the camp at the back as the starting point for digging tunnels, and then arranged for the four tunnels reserved by the church hand in hand. The four generals in charge figured out how to dig a qualified hole, personally commanded a group of soldiers to dig, and then picked the soil to other places, and figured out the whole process.

Then, Xiao Ruxun surveyed the soil quality in this area, and found that there is little water, drought, and hard soil quality, which is not easy to collapse, but once it collapses, it will be a big collapse and destroy the entire tunnel.

Therefore, after Xiao Ruxun determined the depth of the tunnel to be dug, he ordered a group of soldiers to use the wood in the camp to make supports to prevent possible collapse during the excavation process. Pull the rope from the entrance of the tunnel to the corner of the city wall, calculate the length of the tunnel to be dug, accurate to the foot, and finally finalize the plan.

Then, the excavation started day and night. According to the plan set before, Wei Xuezeng and others fired cannons to attack the city from a long distance every day, and then ordered the soldiers to make noise and pretend to attack, and beat the drums hard to make loud noises to make the enemy soldiers be defeated. Confused, it is not easy to find that the Ming army is digging tunnels. Although the daily feint attack is huge, the intensity is not high. In order to prevent the rebels from becoming suspicious, Wei Xuezeng will also order the army to attack once or twice.

In addition, the more important point is that Wei Xuezeng did not give up the possibility of persuading surrender or alienation. He always believed that the best policy is to surrender without fighting. Indeed, this is the best policy, but can it be implemented?

(End of this chapter)