Wanli 1592

Chapter 8 The Hard Way
Xiao Ruxun nodded, and immediately ordered Wang Hui to start preparing the wooden tokens, start the first round of drills, and see if he could select soldiers with proficient marksmanship as officers.

In fact, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, according to Zhu Yuanzhang’s request, there were ten blunderbusses out of a hundred households. Form a powerful and dense firepower, form an army alone, and cooperate with the main army to fight. At this moment, the blunderbuss team is far from being able to replace the effect of swords, guns, bows and crossbows. It can only play its role in certain special situations. , is this time.

Moreover, even on the plains, as long as there are enough pawns and a firm formation, even if you face the enemy's heavy cavalry attack directly, you can still fight the enemy. The combination of matchlock guns and long spears may have an unexpected effect against cavalry.

As for the future... After Xiao Ruxun has certain achievements and reputation, he will find a way to improve the matchlock gun, and start researching the flintlock gun. After all, the appearance of the flintlock gun is the dawn of the real firearms age.

The injury was just recovering, Xiao Ruxun had been moving for a long time, and he already felt that his energy was low, but he still needed to keep looking here, so he walked back and leaned against the general platform to relieve a little pressure. Wang Hui noticed Xiao Ruxun's strangeness, and walked Going to Xiao Ruxun's side, he said softly: "The general is recovering from his injuries, it's better to go back to the mansion to rest, as there are subordinates here to take care of it."

Xiao Ruxun shook her head slowly: "This matter is very important, I have to handle it myself, it doesn't matter to me, I can stand still, but I may not be able to stay in the barracks tonight, Ziheng, I will leave the barracks to you tonight. "

Wang Hui nodded and cupped his fists: "No!"

From this time until the sun went down, the sound of the blunderbuss could be heard endlessly. In the end, Wang Hui also recruited a group of soldiers who could use the blunderbuss from the reserve team to supplement them, and finally selected 50 pawns who could form combat effectiveness. Xiao Ruxun also ordered 170 people to be drawn from the [-] reserve team as auxiliary soldiers for the blunderbuss team, and distributed to the remaining [-] eight blunderbusses that could be used, and practice the method of coordination tomorrow.

Before returning to the mansion, Xiao Ruxun also inspected the nearly two-thirds of the unusable bird guns in Wang Hui's mouth, and found that not only were they made poorly, but the barrels that should have been made of refined iron were actually rough iron with pits and holes. No wonder it didn't explode!No wonder Qi Jiguang sighed that the firearms were rough and unusable when he was defending Jizhen. It was precisely because of this that the Ming army could not realize the deployment of the army with such excellent firearms.

Daming's Ministry of Industry had a big problem.

"This kind of blunderbuss can actually be shipped out of the warehouse and transported to the border. If it hadn't been discovered early, it would have been discovered in case it was needed in a war. Wouldn't it have missed a major military event! Look, can this blunderbuss be used?!"

Xiao Ruxun was furious, and threw a waste bird gun on the ground, and then asked the quartermaster of the munitions warehouse: "You are the first to touch this batch of bird guns. Since you found something wrong with the bird gun, why didn't you report it?!"

The quartermaster hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "General Mingjian, since the blunderbuss came into existence, it is a miracle that [-]% of the blunderbusses sent by the imperial court can be used. At the beginning, I reported that the blunderbusses were nearly half unusable and asked for a replacement. But every time there is no news, there is no news, and there is nothing we can do!"

Xiao Ruxun glared at Wang Hui. Wang Hui had been in charge of the firearms unit in his army for two years. Wang Hui looked ashamed and said, "It's not that the quartermaster deliberately concealed it. It's just that we are so soft-spoken. It’s been like this since I came out of the workshop of the Ministry of Industry, and it’s been like this for decades since the bird’s blunderbuss came into being, and we have nothing to do, even if we report it to the court, the court doesn’t know how to solve it.”

I know what they are telling the truth, and I also know that there are big problems with Ming’s craftsman system and process system, and now, all of this cannot be solved by Xiao Ruxun, not to mention that he is a general and cannot interfere with government affairs, even if he is a civil servant, Under the oppression of that powerful interest group, even a fierce man like Zhang Juzheng can't change the overall situation, so how can he, a small general, be able to change it now?
In the 20th year of Wanli, 1592 AD, there are still 52 years before the Ming Dynasty's demise, nearly one Jiazi's time, what can I do and change to restore the fate of the Ming Dynasty's final disintegration?Even if the Ming Dynasty had thousands of mistakes, it was still a Han Dynasty. If there were mistakes, the Han people should deal with them themselves. Throw the country to the Manchu Tartars!

Xiao Ruxun closed her eyes, and then opened them - she was familiar with history books in her previous life, and the only regret was that Daming died at the hands of Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng failed to fulfill his duties, and was defeated by Man Qing in an instant, humiliating!

Burglary!Burglary!What face do you have to call yourself king? !
I was helpless in the previous life, but I still have a glimmer of hope in this life, so I will do my best to save the crisis!

Looking down, looking at the batch of defective products and the trembling quartermaster in front of him, his fiery mood was immediately poured with cold water—this kind of journey, I am afraid that it will not be a little easier than the way of survival in the previous life...

Sighing, Xiao Ruxun helplessly left this batch of waste products and set off to return home.

Back in the mansion, Yang Caiyun has prepared dinner and is waiting for Xiao Ruxun to eat together. The dishes are also very simple, but one vegetable and one soup, and the war is urgent. It is not bad to have such a meal. After Xiao Ruxun enters the house and changes into regular clothes, Yang Caiyun then served a bowl of thick porridge: "Xun Lang is recovering from his injuries, so don't eat oil or meat, let's eat some porridge and side dishes to nourish your body!"

Xiao Ruxun nodded and took the porridge, showing a smile: "Caiyun, sorry for the trouble."

"How can it be troublesome to do this for Xun Lang?" Yang Caiyun had a gentle smile on her face, and then a look of worry flashed on her face: "Xun Lang looks bad, could it be military affairs?"

Xiao Ruxun was taken aback for a moment, then put down the porridge bowl, and nodded with a serious expression: "Surely I tried to guard against it, but I couldn't prevent it from rotting from the root. Of the 470 bird guns, there are only [-] available. , less than five hundred, is this how the court’s state money was wasted? Mistakes, the army, and the country!”

Yang Caiyun looked worried, and said softly: "When I was young, I often heard my father say such things. If 100 taels of silver is allocated, and 30 taels of silver can be put to practical use, it is not bad. The wind is prevalent and unscrupulous, and it is a foregone conclusion, and the chief assistant can't change this kind of thing."

"Alas..." Xiao Ruxun said slowly in a low voice: "It's nothing more than they are greedy for ink. They shouldn't, they shouldn't, and even the military expenses of the frontier army have to be deducted. The land on the nine sides is the key to the life and death of the Ming Dynasty. If there is a loss on the nine sides, If the capital is not guaranteed, if the capital is not guaranteed, those corrupt officials will not be able to reap any benefits. The reason why they are still greedy for money in the court is that our soldiers on the nine fronts fought bloody battles to keep the thieves from entering! Military expenses are not spared, it is a crime worthy of death!"

Yang Caiyun held Xiao Ruxun's hand, and said softly: "Xun Lang, don't say such words, no matter it is now or in the future, no matter where Xun Lang is, please don't say such words."

Xiao Ruxun looked at Yang Caiyun's worried face, held Yang Caiyun's hand and nodded: "Don't worry, my husband will never say such things outside, I am really angry today."

Only then did Yang Caiyun feel relieved.

On the second day, Xiao Ruxun put away all the unhappiness of yesterday, persevered to patrol the whole city, and then came to the barracks to inspect the army training. Early this morning, Xiao Ruxun sent someone to the city gate to ask if there were sentries coming back to report the news, but there were still no sentries. Returning made Xiao Ruxun even more worried.

In the barracks, 400 pistols and [-] auxiliary soldiers were ready for training. As soon as Xiao Ruxun arrived, they spontaneously started shooting practice. Since Xiao Ruxun didn't use much before, they had a lot of stocks of lead and gunpowder. No matter how many blunderbusses and more than [-] blunderbusses are shot, they will not be exhausted in a short period of time, and this kind of thing requires more practice to be able to hit the standard. Xiao Ruxun is not stingy with lead and gunpowder, as long as they can hit the target. If you can't hit it, then Wang Hui has a dark face and a few strong master soldiers holding water and fire sticks to serve.

Xiao Ruxun's request today is no longer a simple target training, this is not an ordinary training, but a front-line training, pay attention to being fast!What I want to practice today is the method of three-stage shooting. In fact, with the rate of fire of the arquebus, even the most skilled arquebus soldiers cannot guarantee uninterrupted firepower in the case of three-stage shooting. At least six or even nine stages are required. It's just that there are so many people now, and it's not realistic to do six-dan and nine-duan shooting, so we still start with the most basic three-dan shooting.

The traditional three-stage shooting method has two meanings. One is three rows of pistols and three rows of guns. One is that only the front row is responsible for firing, the middle is responsible for passing, and the rear row is responsible for loading, maintaining continuous firepower and using guns instead of people. This is Oda Nobunaga's tactics.

Xiao Ruxun chose the first way.

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