"Bah, bang, bang!" The crisp sound of flint hitting the anvil sounded.
With the impact, a string of sparks fell into the primer chamber.
However, since there was no ammunition in the primer chamber and the gun chamber, it was not fired.
Qin Yuliang's eyes lit up and he asked: "Is this the self-made fire gun donated by Bi Maokang?"
"Yes, this is a self-generated fire gun, but now it is called a flintlock gun." Chongzhen did not deny it.
"This is a sharp weapon. I had the honor to watch Bi Maokang demonstrate it back then." Qin Liangyu said happily, "Compared with the bird gun, the Lumi gun is more convenient and faster to shoot and is not afraid of rain and fog, but the cost seems to be quite expensive."
"It is indeed expensive," Chongzhen said. "The bird gun only costs nine qian, and the Rumi gun only costs one tael and one qian. However, the flintlock gun and bayonet cost a full 2 taels and five qian."
Qin Liangyu shook his head when he heard this. Two taels and five dollars? This is too expensive.
"Second team!" The female general waved her saber and was about to signal the second team of female soldiers to come forward when Chongzhen coughed lightly. If Li Xiangjun was not interrupted, she could continue training.
Wang Chengen lost no time in stepping forward and shouted: "The Holy One has arrived."
When Li Xiangjun heard the sound, he turned around and saw that Chongzhen was really coming, so he hurried forward to greet him.
"I aided General Li Xiangjun in suppressing Xuzhou and bowed to the Holy Spirit Jin An." Li Xiangjun paid homage with a great salute.
"Get up." Chongzhen solemnly raised his hands and said with a smile, "Li Xiangjun, haven't you always wanted to see General Qin? This person is the Optimus Prime of our Ming Dynasty, General Qin Liangyu."
"Old General Qin?" Li Xiangjun's beautiful eyes lit up instantly.
What a beauty, Qin Liangyu admired her in her heart.
It is said that Huguang, Sichuan produces beauties, but there are very few beauties like this in Huguang, Sichuan.
After Li Xiangjun was stunned for a moment, he bowed to Qin Liangyu and said: "General Li Xiangjun, I would like to pay my respects to General Qin."
"General Li, please get up quickly." Qin Liangyu stepped forward to help Li Xiangjun and said, "I think you were quite organized when you were training troops just now. It's like Qi Shaobao's new performance book?"
"Old General Qin, this is a new performance book."
Chongzhen interjected: "Not only the female barracks, the entire New Army is trained according to Qi Shaobao's performance book."
Qin Liangyu sighed: "The Holy Master just said that I am the Optimus Prime of the Ming Dynasty. I am really ashamed of myself. Only Qi Shaobao is the Optimus Prime of the Ming Dynasty. Although Qi Shaobao is no longer here, his new book on performance is still
It’s enough to create a strong army for our Ming Dynasty!”
Chongzhen said solemnly: "Of course Qi Shaobao is the Optimus Prime of the Ming Dynasty, and Old General Qin is also the Optimus Prime of our Ming Dynasty, and he is still the living Optimus Prime. General Li, and Old General Qin have unique insights into military training, and they are not even mentioned in Qi Shaobao's words."
Otherwise, it would be impossible to train brave and capable soldiers with white poles, so you must learn more from her."
The second half of Chongzhen's words was specifically addressed to Li Xiangjun, and his concern was beyond words.
Qin Liangyu, who was over seventy years old, understood the profound meaning immediately and said to Li Xiangjun: "If General Li does not give up, I will devote my whole life to teaching him."
"My dear teacher, please accept my disciple's bow."
Li Xiangjun was also smart and immediately knelt on the ground to pay homage.
"Good boy, get up." Qin Liangyu stepped forward to help Li Xiangjun.
Seeing that Li Xiangjun accepted Qin Liangyu as his teacher, Chongzhen recited happily: "Learn from the Eight Formations of Xichuan. The mandarin ducks hold military talismans in their sleeves. It is said that women are willing to accept it, so why should a hero be her husband."
Li Xiangjun looked over in surprise.
The Holy One can actually write poetry?
…
In the next two months, chieftains from western Hunan and Hubei arrived in Wuchang one after another.
By the middle of May, the number of chieftains from western Hunan and Hubei who came to Wuchang for gathering exceeded 30.
In fact, almost all the chieftains from all over western Hunan and Hubei came. The reason is also very simple, because the court promised them enough benefits, in addition to a salary of one tael per ding per month and five dou of rice per ding per month for work.
, after pacifying the Shadingzhou Rebellion, they will be given additional rewards based on the number of digits.
This is truly an unprecedented favor.
And when people arrive in Wuchang, they need to stay there for two months!
Now all the toasts in western Hunan and Hubei are here.
And bring all the soldiers you can.
Among them, there are three big chieftain kings, namely Shinan Xuanfusi, Baojing Xuanweisi and Yongshun Xuanweisi. Each chieftain king has more than a dozen little chieftains under him.
However, the relationship between the big chieftain and the little chieftain is not strictly subordinate. They are relatively independent. It is somewhat similar to the relationship between the Emperor of Zhou and the princes. If conflicts arise between the little chieftains, the big chieftain will mediate them. When the big chieftain wants to use troops externally, he will also
The local soldiers of the little chieftains can be recruited to join the war, but the military, political and financial rights of the little chieftains are not under the control of the big chieftain.
There were more than thirty chieftains, large and small, some with more than 10,000 troops, some with just a few hundred. In total, there were already more than 100,000 native soldiers, which can be said to be an overwhelming force.
Chongzhen treated all chieftains equally. As long as they came to Wuchang under the imperial edict, he would first provide them with two months of military rations and pay, and then allocate the military camp left in Wuchang Town for proper resettlement.
The military camps left in Wuchang Town are enough to station 200,000 people.
It is more than enough to house more than 100,000 chieftain soldiers.
In the Ming Dynasty, so many soldiers had never been summoned at once.
With so many native soldiers gathered in Wuchang Mansion, and they were from more than thirty chieftains, trouble was inevitable. Therefore, since these native soldiers gathered in Wuchang Mansion, quarrels and fights occurred almost every day.
However, it was limited to picking quarrels, provoking troubles, and fighting, and did not escalate into burning, killing, looting, or armed fighting.
However, the scale of the fights has tended to expand. It has gradually expanded from dozens of people at the beginning to hundreds of people. Once the number of people fighting exceeds a thousand, armed fighting will probably be inevitable.
Especially the feud between the chieftains who already had a feud has become very tense.
If it hadn't been for the pressure from the three chieftain kings, a fight would have broken out long ago.
However, the three chieftain kings gradually became unable to suppress the tendency of fighting.
However, what is puzzling is that Chongzhen turned a deaf ear to all this.
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At this time, Chongzhen was at the Wuchang Pier receiving the Suifu guns just sent from Nanjing.
"Gao Banban." Chongzhen held a flintlock gun in his hand, looked left and right, and then asked, "Which batch of flintlock guns is this from the Ming Dynasty Arsenal?"
Gao Qiqian said: "Long live Lord, this is the ninth batch."
"The ninth batch." Chongzhen said, "So there are already nine thousand flintlock guns?"
"Long live Lord, it's not nine thousand, but eleven thousand." Gao Qiqian said, "The Hubu Arsenal and a dozen other arsenals also sent two thousand flintlock muskets."
Chongzhen said quietly: "Eleven thousand flintlock muskets are still not enough."
While he was talking, Zhu Cijiong came over with a dark face and said, "Father, just now the native soldiers from the Lajadong Division under the Yongshun Xuanwei Division made trouble again and injured several vendors setting up stalls outside the military camp."
"Are you making trouble again?" Chongzhen asked while loading bullets, "Did anyone get killed?"
"That's not the case." Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said, "Father, we can no longer allow these soldiers to act recklessly, otherwise sooner or later they will cause even greater trouble, and people may be killed next time."
Chongzhen was noncommittal and turned to ask Xu Yingwei: "Xu Yingwei, do you think what King Ding said makes sense?"
"Of course what His Highness Prince Ding said is correct. These local soldiers are uneducated, fearful of power and have no morals. If they cannot be strictly controlled, they will cause greater trouble sooner or later." Xu Yingwei followed Zhu Cijiong's words and affirmed.
One sentence, and then the conversation changed and he continued, "But if you want to control these soldiers, you have to find a suitable opportunity."
"Huh?" Zhu Cijiong fell into deep thought after hearing this, "Xu Xiucai, what you are saying is that if we take care of them now, they may not be convinced, so we must first find an opportunity to kill their prestige and let them know the new
Only if the army is powerful will they obediently obey the laws of the imperial court?"
"Jiong'er, you are wrong, not necessarily, but definitely." Chongzhen said solemnly, "If you reach out to control them now, it will definitely arouse their dissatisfaction. If you control them harshly, they may go home directly.
, what will you do then? Arrest them and kill them? If we really want to kill them, more than thirty chieftains will probably rebel overnight. By then, let’s stop thinking about quelling the Shadingzhou Rebellion.
Let’s first think about how to put down the Tusi rebellion in western Hubei and western Hunan.”
"Well, I understand now." Zhu Cijiong said, "That's why my father allowed the local soldiers to cause trouble and fights. Only when the local soldiers made a real fuss and the situation got out of control, then the imperial court decisively dispatched new troops.
Suppress it with thunderous force in one fell swoop, so that the purpose of the demonstration can be achieved without arousing the same hatred among the other chieftains."
"Jiong'er, you are wrong again." Chongzhen said, "It is not me who allows the native soldiers to cause trouble and fights, but those chieftains."
"Ah?" Zhu Cijiong said with a confused look on his face, "But I have never seen the chieftains condone the fights between the native soldiers, but I often see the chieftains mediating the fights between the native soldiers."
"But what's the result?" Chongzhen asked, "Are the fights getting more and more intense?"
Zhu Cijiong scratched his head and said: "The fights are getting more and more intense, but that's because those chieftains are incompetent. If it were my father who took action, he would definitely be able to resolve the conflict easily."
"Those big and small chieftains can resolve conflicts easily." Chongzhen said coldly, "But they didn't, and they even secretly added fuel to the flames. Jiong'er, you are still too young, so you can't see through it, but they can't deceive me."
"But..." Zhu Cijiong still didn't believe it, "Why did those chieftains do this?"
“Because of silver and precious food,” Chongzhen said. “Only by provoking conflicts between the native soldiers and diverting their attention to the fights and vendettas among the tribes, will the native soldiers ignore the chieftain’s treatment of them.
Slavery and exploitation, otherwise the soldiers’ spearheads should be aimed at the chieftains above them.”