Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 276 Soldiers Out of Jingzhou
Without socialized mass production, we can only rely on small handicraft workshops, and it is quite time-consuming to manufacture 500 excellent guns.

In order to ensure the quality of production and rush the construction period, Dong Sheng, the commander of the Musketeer Battalion, worked all night long during this period.Zhang Hua wanted to recruit skilled craftsmen outside, and he spared no expense to buy pig iron and steel talents. Apart from practicing martial arts every day and urging all battalions to train soldiers, Lin Yi also frequented this secret arsenal.

After more than three months, the arsenal was buzzing, and finally the first batch of 500 new-style muskets were hammered out with a sledgehammer and a small hammer.

Each of the 500 muskets has gone through several strict quality inspections, which means that all the 500 muskets are finished products that pass the quality standards, and there are no defective or defective products at all.

Don't worry about the bullets, because of their tight size, the bullets of this gun are the same as the bullets of the matchlock gun.With this kind of guns, a large number of arquebus guns, including all kinds of firecrackers, were destroyed, which was equivalent to going back to the furnace to make another one.

Next, these 500 guns were used to equip 500 members of the first musketeer team, which of course were 500 people selected from Dongsheng's musketeer battalion.

Those who were selected were given a gun. They were very happy with the new gun and couldn't put it down. They looked here and touched there. I heard that this gun is different from the original gun, but it still looks the same. There is not much change in appearance, but I heard that it can be launched with a single pull of the trigger without ignition. How amazing is this thing?

Some even held two guns together and compared them with each other. The result was that they were all exactly the same in terms of size, length, shape and weight.In order to distinguish, the numbers on the butt are different, and you can also write your name on the belt.

After the crowd quieted down, they started talking...

Ji Dong asked them to start military training, because they had to practice with new guns in order to form combat power.

Dongsheng led the 500 people to start training the musket battalion. At the same time, the second batch of muskets began to be mass-produced again, also 500 pieces.

Before producing the second batch of guns, in order to encourage their enthusiasm, Lin Yi not only honored their wages in full, but also gave each of them an extra two taels of silver, so they were all very happy. The first batch of experience, the next step is to be familiar with the road, and it will be more handy...

Lin Yi came to the training ground of the new gun camp. Dongsheng was explaining to them the improvement of the new gun and how to use it. Seeing Lin Yi coming, they quickly put down their guns and saluted Lin Yi. Lin Yi asked them to continue.

Dongsheng relied on his courage to ask Lin Yi to demonstrate to everyone.Many soldiers here have heard that their Master Lin is a sharpshooter, but they have never seen it.

Lin Yi didn't refuse. He took the gun, reloaded it skillfully, filled it with ammunition, then raised the gun, opened the safety and aimed to shoot. The 500 generals watched intently, paying attention to every movement of Lin Yi.

It wasn't until Lin Yi fired a shot that accurately hit the bull's-eye 240 meters away, everyone applauded and cheered. No one doubted the magic of the flintlock anymore, and they saw that Master Lin was a well-deserved sharpshooter.

Amid the applause and cheers, Ji Dong didn't stop, and fired the second and third shots, which obviously increased the speed.

It turned out that the first shot, Ji Dong, deliberately took a slow motion to let everyone see clearly. The next two shots were very fast, from reloading, charging, opening the safety, raising the gun to aim, pulling the trigger, and hitting the target. The time has been shortened by more than half, and the movements are very skillful, like flowing clouds and flowing water.

These three shots all hit the bull's-eye, and the sharpshooter with every shot and every shot is worthy of the name.

The slaps of the generals below were all red, and some of them were hoarse.

Ji Dong threw the guns to Dong Sheng and asked them to practice hard, because they were always muskets, but they had changed from a three-eyed blunderbuss to a unified self-generating flintlock.

Therefore, Ji Dong gave them very short training time, and they had to form an army in one and a half months. This was Ji Dong's death order for them.

One and a half months later, Lin Yi came over to check on the 500 shooters from the Musketeer Battalion.Ji Dong randomly selected ten people, and asked them to operate on the spot. From loading, charging, opening the safety, and raising the gun to aim and shoot, they did everything in place.

Nine people hit the target, and only one missed. The soldier was terrified. Ji Dong didn't blame him, because it was obvious that the soldier was too nervous.

Ji Dong was very satisfied with the results of such spot checks.

In one and a half months, the second batch of 500 muskets was produced, which was twice as efficient as the first batch of muskets produced. They were used to equip 500 people and continued to let them practice shooting.

At the same time, Ji Dong asked them to produce 1000 of the third batch of muskets, and Ji Dong only gave them a one-month construction period this time.

After this batch of muskets was produced, another 1000 troops were equipped, that is, a total of 2000 new musketeers were equipped.

Several months have passed since Lin Yi's trip to Anhui, nine months have passed since Lin Yi's trip to Anhui, and nine months have passed since Lin Yi's feud with Sun Chuanting in Yichang. Ten months have passed, and it is now August 1643.

In nearly a year, the imperial court urged him to enter the army nine times in total. Lin Yi or Zu Keyong found various reasons to prevaricate the previous few times. The ninth time to urge him to fight was Li Wenhai, the head of the Ministry of War.

This Li Wenhai is being angry at both sides now, but no one dares to take up his job. Except for Li Wenhai, none of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty dare to come, and they all know that Lin Yi has a bad temper.

Because Li Wenhai is relatively familiar with Lin Yi and has been dealing with him for a long time. He and Lin Yi have been dealing with him since Yang Sichang was around.

After Li Wenhai urged Lin Yi, when he arrived at the emperor's place, he was scolded because Lin Yi didn't raise an army, and after the scolding was over, Emperor Chongzhen had to let him come.

Li Wenhai still didn't dare not to come. After receiving the order, he didn't dare to lose his temper in front of Lin Yi. Don't look at her being angry in front of the emperor. Don't be her imperial envoy. When it comes to Lin Yi, it's the dragon, he has to fight If it is a tiger, he has to lie down, and he has to look at Ji Dong's eyes and speak.

Otherwise, he knows that Lin Yi is not what he used to be now, the guy who can make him eat with a stare has moved, this guy can't even offend the court, Yang Sichang, Sun Chuanting, Gao Qiqian, these people can't do anything about him, let alone him Head of a small military department?

Li Wenhai was very self-aware. He ran a total of nine times, and his legs were really thin, but he only dared to complain halfway. When he saw Lin Yi, he had to be kind and put on a smiling face.

Of course Ji Dong knew why he was here, so he was polite to him, let him into the tent, let him take a seat, and ordered someone to bring tea.

Li Wenhai spoke politely to Lin Yi, and expressed the emperor's strong desire to let him send troops quickly, but this time he was not asked to fight against Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan, but to deal with Li Zicheng.

From Li Wenhai's mouth, Lin Yi learned about the situation of the Ming Dynasty in more detail, and now the war in the Northeast is getting worse.After the ancestor's birthday, Hong Chengchou and Gao Qiqian also surrendered to the Tartars. More than a dozen general soldiers, killed in battle, wounded and injured, were all defeated. Jinzhou and Ningyuan were all occupied by the Manchu Tartars. Shanhaiguan became the first line of defense.

Emperor Chongzhen was hit hard. He never dreamed that Hong Chengchou and Gao Qiqian could betray him, surrendered to the Manchu Tartars, and became shameful traitors.Emperor Chongzhen thought that they died in the line of duty, and held a memorial service for Hong Chengchou in the temple, and delivered a memorial speech. At this time, Hong Chengchou, Zheng's self-proclaimed slave, knelt and kowtowed in front of Huang Taiji, which is so ironic!

Wu Sangui retreated to Shanhaiguan with more than 1 Guanning cavalry.

In order to comfort Wu Sangui, Emperor Chongzhen made Wu Sangui the earl, and built a large-scale construction project for Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiangfu in the capital.

Emperor Chongzhen's intentions are obvious, you, Wu Sangui, must work hard to guard Shanhaiguan.If you want to follow your uncle to betray the Manchu Tartars, then you can wait to collect your father's body!
The situation in the pass made Emperor Chongzhen even more anxious.Zhang Xianzhong had already occupied most of Sichuan, and apart from being defeated, the officers and soldiers had nothing to do with losing.It was Li Zicheng, not Zhang Xianzhong, who worried Emperor Chongzhen even more.

After Li Zicheng occupied Nanyang and captured Luoyang, he aggressively attacked Kaifeng.Sun Chuanting led 10 troops to aid Kaifeng. Li Zicheng was injured by Kaifeng defender Chen Yongradiation and had to retreat.In the process of chasing Li Zicheng, conflicts occurred among the officers and soldiers. Zuo Liangyu fled to Wuhan without a fight. Zhu Dadian of Nanjing and David Tiger of Baoding were deceived by Li Zicheng again during the pursuit and were defeated. Reorganize the troops in Xiangcheng area.

Now Sun Chuanting only took Gao Jie's men and Niu Chenghu's men, and Chen Yongfu's Kaifeng soldiers continued to chase Li Zicheng's men behind.

Li Zicheng's men have now arrived in Nanyang.Sun Chuanting chased to Pingdingshan. In order to completely eliminate Li Zicheng, Sun Chuanting ordered Lin Yi to go north from Jingzhou and intercept Li Zicheng.

Because now Sun Chuanting is the minister of the Ministry of War, with the title of governor, and the sword of Shangfang, the governor of the world's soldiers and horses, so his orders also represent the will of the emperor.

Ji Dong felt that it was time for him to send troops. He hadn't fought a war for nearly a year, and now he had enough soldiers and food to equip 2000 new musketeers. He was already ready to go.

According to historical records, eight or nine months later will be the day when Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, the day when the old emperor withdraws from the stage of history, that is, when he really rises, the emperor can die, but the Ming Dynasty cannot be destroyed.

Therefore, Lin Yi said to Li Wenhai: "Master Li, go back with peace of mind. You will never let Your Excellency go back for the tenth time. Lin will send troops now."

Li Wenhai was really afraid of running away, and after saying a few words of approval to Lin Yi, he really left, but this time he didn't really leave, but watched Lin Yi's movements from a hundred miles away.

After Li Wenhai left Jingzhou, Lin Yi ordered troops immediately, leaving 1 troops stationed in Jingzhou, and let the deputy general Zu Keyong take charge of Jingzhou in Beijing. Lin Yi took this as his temporary base and let them continue to forge firearms here.

Then raised 5 troops, took generals Hao Yaoqi and He Renlong, and left Jingzhou in a mighty way, passed Dangyang and walked far away, and went straight to Xiangyang.

Li Wenhai from Jingmen saw that Lin Yi had really raised his troops this time. Li Zicheng had suffered a lot this time, and he should go back and return to his command. Governor Sun and the emperor must be satisfied this time. , should not be scolded again.

Li Wenhai was so happy that he almost jumped up, and led his people back to report to his orders.

(End of this chapter)