The Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

The soldiers of the Han Army flag had been scared out of their wits for a long time, but before long, they generally explained what they knew about "pouring beans out of bamboo tubes.".

Both xipingbao and Shaling were defeated, and the Guangning defense line of the Ming army had collapsed.

Sun Degong fled back to Guangning city and controlled the situation of Guangning city. He begged the old slaves to surrender and invited them to enter the city.

But perhaps it was the old slave who was not sure of sun Degong's attitude and didn't believe sun's sincerity. He didn't enter Guangning city immediately, but stayed outside the city all the time.

At the same time, the later Jin Dynasty was particularly successful in the Western Front battlefield. The vanguard had already laid down the youtun and had already approached the front line of Jinzhou.

These refugees and women were the people of Daming in youtun area. As for the men, they had been taken away to the west of Liaohe River. As for their treatment, the soldiers of the Han Army Flag did not say well about their treatment. However, the old slaves were extremely hostile to the Han people. A Han Army Flag soldier predicted that these men would be more dangerous than lucky.

Seeing that, Guan Canghai waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take them down. He asked Li Yuanqing in a low voice, "my Lord, these people..."

Li Yuanqing looked up at the sky and looked wearily at the soldiers of the Han Army flag, "they have done meritorious deeds, but their crimes are greater. Throw it in the sea. "

"Yes." Guan Canghai saluted and waved his hand to his soldiers.

For a moment, several soldiers strode forward, each with a knife, and threw it directly into the sea.

This is the deep sea, with the spread of the smell of blood, not long, there have been dark fins swimming over.

The wind and snow on the sea is getting bigger and bigger. Li Yuanqing looks at the sea with some fuzziness, pondering for a long time.

The collapse of the Guangning war meant that the Ming Dynasty had completely lost its initiative in the Liao area. In addition to the small area of Liaoxi corridor, thousands of miles of fertile land had entered the hands of old slaves.

No matter what, it's impossible to do something else.

After getting Guangning City, the old slaves will be able to rest assured in the war against Mongolia in the future. I'm afraid the North Korean side will have to reconsider the situation and think about their future.

But there will be gains as well as losses.

More and more people in the imperial court will pay more attention to the government and the government officials

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The next evening, the fleet arrived at Changsheng island.

Although the sky is still snowing and the wind is strong, but after all, it is mid February, the offshore ice has begun to thaw, and the fleet successfully landed from nanxinkou.

At this time, there is a gap of more than 200 meters in the sea water from the opposite bank. There is no need to worry about the later Jin cavalry coming.

Although Li Yuanqing did not go out for a long time, the construction of the new town on the side of nanxinkou has been quite large.

On the side of the hill, it has become a huge construction site. Although the weather is cold and the ground is very hard, it does not hinder the enthusiasm of the craftsmen and the people. They are also building their own homes. They are eager to spare no effort.

Shang Laoliu didn't expect that Li Yuanqing would have such a great harvest this time, especially when they were all Zhuang women, all of whom were labors. They were also very happy.

Li Yuanqing thought about it for a moment. Instead of taking these women to Guanglu Island, he asked them to settle down in Changsheng island and join the construction army of Changsheng island.

Shang Laoliu accompanied Li Yuanqing to inspect the construction of the project, and instructed the people to settle down these refugee women. This gave him time to talk to Li Yuanqing.

"Yuanqing, it's a good thing to have more people. But we are short of food and grass again. The grain trade with the Qu family must be carried out in advance. "

Li Yuanqing nodded, "what can be solved with money is not called a matter. Brother Shang, you can arrange this matter and inform the Qu family to prepare the food as soon as possible. First Let's start with 20000 liang of silver. "

Shang Laoliu nodded, "by the way, Yuanqing, you asked Xu Liang and the old craftsman to make a new bird's blunderbuss. They also have results there. Unfortunately, you're out. They are very anxious

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but be overjoyed. Brother Shang, you can take care of this side first. I'll go to Guanglu Island immediately. "

"Don't worry. Yuan Qing. " Shang Laoliu couldn't help laughing bitterly, "that Xu Liang is now in Changsheng island and has been here for several days. I'll have him called at once

After a while, Xu Liang was brought over. He and his entourage held two new-style blunderbusses in their hands.

Seeing Li Yuanqing again, Xu Liang was overjoyed and hastened to kowtow to Li Yuanqing first. Then he brought the bird blunderbuss to Li Yuanqing like a treasure. "Your honor, we have made the bird blunderbuss you mentioned."

Li Yuanqing takes over the bird gun and looks at it carefully.

This new type of blunderbuss is about 1.75-1.85 meters, which is at least 50.60 centimeters shorter than the traditional blunderbuss of the Ming army. The tube of the blunderbuss is thicker. The position of the mouth of the narrowest part should be as thick as an adult's thumb.

The butt of the gun is pine. Although it is not a good wood, it is polished very smooth and feels good."How many steps can this blunderbuss take?"

Although the appearance is good, Li Yuanqing wants to know more about the effect of the blunderbuss.

Xu Liang said, "my Lord, I'll show you now."

He said, waving his hand to let his entourage put a heavy board 80 steps away, and then simply drew a line on the ground with his feet. He stood behind the line.

After that, Xu Liang took out the bullet from a small cloth bag on his waist, put it in his mouth, took out the poke, put it into the blunderbuss tube, checked it, and then put the bullet into the blunderbuss tube and stabbed it firmly with a poke.

Then, open the fire door, put in the powder, check carefully, cover the fire door, take out the flint, and light the fire rope on one side.

Then, he lifted the blunderbuss and held them on his shoulders. His eyes were on the center of the gun tube, and his right index finger was firmly placed on the trigger.

As the fire rope ignited into the fire door, Xu Liang pulled the trigger.

In an instant, just listen to the "pa" sound, white smoke rises, not far away, that piece of wood almost a finger thick, in the middle of the split, broke a hole, sawdust spatter.

Li Yuanqing was overjoyed. "Brother Xu, good. Very good. When was the blunderbuss made? "

Xu Liang's eyes also twinkled with excited light, "my Lord, on the eighth day after you left, I beat them together with my colleagues. Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life."

Although Shang Laoliu knew that Xu Liang had made a new type of bird gun, he did not see him demonstrate it. At this time, seeing that the bird gun had such power, he opened his mouth and said, "dear, is this still a bird gun?"

Li Yuanqing a smile, "big brother Shang, first take fifty Liang silver, reward brother Xu."

"Well." Shang Laoliu quickly sent for the cash silver and handed it to Xu Liang.

With heavy silver in his hand, Xu Liang's face turned red, but he looked at Li Yuanqing. What he said was a hundred taels.

Li Yuanqing said with a smile, "these fifty Liang are the present reward. We'll make up for the rest later. Brother Xu, can the blunderbuss be launched again? "

Xu Liang also understood the meaning of Li Yuanqing, and said with a smile, "my Lord, you can."

Li Yuanqing was overjoyed. "Please call shunzi and all of them. Let them see it, too. "

"Yes."

When they arrived here, they were not called officers.

Instead of choosing a target this time, Xu Liang chose a pine tree not far away, filled the pellet, ignited the fire rope, aimed at the direction, and pulled the trigger, almost in one go.

For a moment, with a crisp sound, not far away on the pine trunk, has been blown open, a baby fist like opening, sawdust spatter.

Shunzi couldn't believe it and ran to the tree to see it.

Li Yuanqing several people also came to the tree to check.

I saw, this can be like Adult Thigh thick pine, the trunk of the obvious injury is not light, the projectile at least into the trunk 4, 5 cm, dark stuck in it.

Shunzi took out the dagger in his boots and took a long time to take out the bullet and put it in the palm of his hand to watch carefully.

"My grandmother. Brother, is this, this, this a bird's blunderbuss? It's not like what we've seen before Shunzi is full of disbelief.

Xu Liang said with a smile: "this tree is about 70 steps away from the position where it was launched just now. If you can get closer, the effect may be even better. "

Li Yuanqing said, "can the blunderbuss be fired again?"

Xu Liang nodded confidently, "small again for adults to demonstrate."

With that, he took the bird's blunderbuss and walked sixty steps away, and Li Yuanqing's people rushed to follow him.

Filling the pellet, igniting the fire rope, and pulling the trigger, Xu Liang had already obeyed his hand. With the sound of "pa", the unfortunate pine tree was attacked again.

Li Yuanqing and others rushed to the tree to check, because the distance is closer, the launch is more powerful, the projectile has been deep into the pine wood, can not be picked out with a dagger.

Duan Xiliang couldn't help but marvel. "In my early years, I heard that the bird's blunderbuss under grandfather Qi's command could smash the Japanese slave's armor and take their lives directly. I still didn't believe it. I didn't think of it, this..."

Li Yuanqing could not bear the surprise in his heart. He waved his hand to Shang Laoliu and said, "send someone to take 100 liang of silver to reward brother Xu."

"Yes." Shang Laoliu hastened to send someone.

After a while, two ingots of heavy silver were handed over to Xu Liang.

Xu Liang was so happy that he knelt down to kowtow to Li Yuanqing, "thank you for your reward."

Li Yuanqing laughed, "brother Xu, you have made great contributions to our army. You deserve it. By the way, can the blunderbuss still be fired? How much money does it take to make such a blunderbuss? "

Xu Liang said in a hurry: "my Lord, please feel it. The blunderbuss are very hot now. If it's small, you can launch it again or twice, but if you have more, I'm afraid it won't work. There may be a risk of explosion. The main reason is that a few small people did not grind the blunderbuss in a hurry. If there is enough time, a small one can guarantee that one shot can be launched at least six times in a row, or more. "Li Yuanqing nodded.

In the era of the firerope gun, the army generally adopted the "segment attack" shooting method, such as "two-stage attack" and "three-stage attack".

In general, a bird's blunderbuss are fired twice or three times on the battlefield. There is time for the blunderbuss to cool down during the interval of the shot.

Xu Liang's new type of blunderbuss has already been qualified.

However, Li Yuanqing was more concerned about the cost and time, "brother Xu, how long does it take to catch up with such a blunderbuss? What is the specific cost? "