Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 132

"Why is the emperor here?"

Liu Zhaoji was surprised, and also felt that he had caused trouble with his words just now, but he didn't care too much, so he hurriedly saluted Zhu Yousong with his whole team, "Soldiers should not bow their knees easily!" Zhu Yousong stopped them with a wave of his hand.

Zhu Yousong looked at the unfamiliar and friendly faces, and said earnestly: "Liu Aiqing just said it well. The training ground is the battlefield. There are only victory and defeat, life and death on the battlefield, and nothing else. As a soldier, you must absolutely obey orders. Military orders are like mountains. , Do not rebel at any time, and do not bend your knees. Remember that rebellion and kneeling are the greatest shame for soldiers. I believe that all the soldiers in my Ming Dynasty are all steel and iron, and there is no bear bag. Continue to train!"

"Observe the order!" Zhu Yousong's seemingly random words were very inspirational. Hearing Liu Zhaoji's blood was burning. You heard what His Majesty said, military orders are like a mountain, no matter at any time, no matter what happens, military orders must not be violated, let alone surrender!"

"Understood, the student is guilty." The general had a look of shame on his face.

Liu Zhaoji stood up and said: "Since you have been convicted, you will be punished. Military law is ruthless. Come on, follow the military regulations. First-time offenders will be punished with twenty sticks!"

A few soldiers in charge of discipline came over behind him, pushed the general to the ground, pulled down his pants and played his ass...

Zhu Yousong nodded and praised Liu Zhaoji for his selflessness. Without iron discipline in the army, it is impossible to train first-class elite soldiers.

After scolding the generals, Liu Zhaoji asked a lieutenant to temporarily train the battalion officers, and came to Zhu Yousong for the second time to plead guilty. Condemnation."

Zhu Yousong shook his head and said with a smile: "Those who don't know are not guilty. I didn't make a fuss when I came here. You are all focused on training soldiers, but you have no intention of speaking. What is the crime?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After not much contact with Zhu Yousong, Liu Zhaoji found that Zhu Yousong did not have the airs of an emperor at all. It was the first time he had seen such a condescending emperor who was able to visit them in person at the training ground. , my heart became more and more admirable.

Liu Zhaoji accompanied Zhu Yousong to watch several other training grounds. Some practiced physical strength by throwing rocks and locks, some practiced stabbing, and some practiced offensive and defensive battles. The sound of weapons crashing was endless.

Zhu Yousong focused on the training ground of the Firearms Battalion. They were nothing more than some firecrackers, bird blunderbusses, three-eyed blunderbusses and the like, and some of them could fire in bursts. Regardless of being backward, the lethality was limited, but in the era of cold weapons, This thing has quite a deterrent effect.

Seeing that their master came with the emperor, all the soldiers in the drill looked at him in horror, and then became more energetic, standing upright, Zhu Yousong casually picked up a blunderbuss, Liu Zhaoji gave an explanation, and finally seeing that the emperor was very interested, he hurriedly ordered someone to load the gunpowder and reload it. After everything was ready, Zhu Yousong raised his gun to the rake in the distance and took aim.

It's good that Lu Jiude had brought soldiers, Li Guofu, An Lin and other accompanying eunuchs quickly plugged their ears.

Zhu Yousong pulled the match rope, boom boom boom three times in a row, and the rake 150 meters away vibrated at the place where the blue smoke rose and fell.

Soon the rake soldiers shouted: "One hit!"

"Your majesty is so powerful, you hit really accurately." Lu Jiude, Li Guofu and others clapped their hands and praised.

Zhu Yousong, who had never fired a gun before, felt good about himself, but he still didn't take it seriously and said, "Stop complimenting me, what's the matter, only one of three shots hits!"

Liu Zhaoji, Zheng Hongkui and the others hurriedly explained, "It's not the ministers who are fighting for His Majesty. Your Majesty seems to have never used firearms. It is not easy for beginners to hit the target. This kind of firearm does not go through special learning and training. , most people can’t handle it at all.”

Zhu Yousong was also very interested in the artillery of the supply battalion. When he came to a Francophone, Zhu Yousong seemed to be admiring an antique. The instructor of the firearms battalion explained to Zhu Yousong carefully and respectfully. Look in front of the door, touch here, pat there, and look at the sight.

Knowing that this kind of artillery has an effective range of 500 meters and a range of 45 km when fired at an elevation angle of 1 degrees, especially when it fires shotgun shells with 500 rounds of bullets, it can block a 60-meter-wide front. You Song couldn't help but praise its power.

Of course, the most powerful cannon is the Hongyi cannon, also known as the General Cannon, which was manufactured by introducing Western technology in the late Ming Dynasty. It has ear and sight, can adjust the range, and has a long life. , The effective range can reach 1.6 miles.It is a pity that the Imperial Battalion is currently only equipped with 4 such cannons, and the Artillery Battalion has a total of 10 cannons, most of which are Francophones and Tiger Crouching Cannons.

Soon Zhu Yousong also learned the fatal weakness of these gods of war. Due to the bottleneck of smelting technology, tube explosions often occur, especially for large artillery loaded in the rear. Continuous firing requires higher barrels. In addition to the Hongyi cannon, a cannon was scrapped after firing a few bullets, so the theoretical firepower is far from the actual firepower.

This is a technological problem that needs to be solved. At present, fighting on the battlefield is mainly by force.Zhu Yousong knew what he knew.

After leaving the firearms battalion, they visited the riding and archery training ground of the horse step battalion.In ancient battlefields, horseback riding and archery were the skills that generals must master. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to the constant border troubles and thieves, civil servants had to take additional martial arts tests during the imperial examinations. This was mainly horseback riding and archery.

Of course Zhu Yousong knew the importance of cavalry and shooting. Due to the immaturity of firearm technology, cavalry played a decisive role on the battlefield in the late Ming Dynasty.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were three teams with the strongest combat power. One was Yuan Chonghuan's Guanning Iron Cavalry, the other was Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, and the third was Sun Chuanting's Qin Army. Only Guan Ning cavalry.

Tens of thousands of horses are galloping, crushing everything, overturning mountains and seas, and they are always invincible. Only cavalry can do it. In addition, their fast reaction speed and flexibility to come and go like the wind are unmatched by any other army.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong, who has traveled through time, is very interested in horseback riding and archery, which is also an indispensable skill for him to conquer the world as an emperor on horseback.

Now Zhu Yousong has become an expert at riding horses. Since he has not been in Daming for a long time, he has a lot of opportunities, and he has to cultivate Qi internally and practice swords externally. .

At this time, a soldier failed to hit three shots in a row. The temporary teacher was about to reprimand him when Zhu Yousong and others arrived. Hundreds of soldiers stood in silence waiting for instructions.

Liu Zhaoji didn't say anything, took the bow and arrow from the soldier, felt a bit light when he shook it, but it was a strong bow and he made it together, took three arrows at random, loaded one first, and stood still , Push Mount Tai with the front handle, pull the bowstring with the back handle, there is a soft creaking of the bowstring, the bow is opened like a full moon, and the arrow will go out after a while.

Then the soldiers who reported eighty steps away shouted: "Hit the heart of the rake!"

There was a sound of praise, but Liu Zhaoji did not stop, but fired two more arrows in a row, and all three arrows in a row hit the target. Amid the applause, Liu Zhaoji taught the bow and arrow to the soldier again, letting him continue to practice.

(End of this chapter)