After letting Cao Wenzhao sit down, Zhong Jinwei asked him directly.
When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he wanted to stand up and answer. Zhong Jinwei waved his hand first, so he had to sit on the chair and clasp his fists at Zhong Jinwei and replied: "If we just talk about this formation, I think it will be no problem to deal with skirmishers."
Zhong Jinwei nodded after hearing this and said: "This formation was created for Jianlu. They do not have the habit of the Han people to form formations to meet the enemy..."
Cao Wenzhao was a little worried when he saw Zhong Jinwei acting like he was determined to defeat Jianlu, so he directly interrupted Zhong Jinwei and said: "Master Marquis, General Rong Mo will speak out boldly, Jianlu has a strong learning ability. I didn't get married before.
formation because they don’t have to.”
What he meant was that if Jianlu suffered this loss and formed a formation that could deal with the Ming army, he would definitely practice the formation.
Zhong Jinwei saw a hint of worry in the corner of Cao Wenzhao's eyes and knew what he meant. He was afraid that if he talked about things on paper and didn't know how to adapt, he would suffer a big loss.
Therefore, he didn't care about Cao Wenzhao's interruption. He smiled and said: "If Jianlu forms a formation, it will be exactly what I want."
Cao Wenzhao saw that after he made it clear, Marquis Zhongxing said these words instead. As soon as his mind turned around, he asked tentatively: "Master Marquis, is it possible that the blunderbuss can shoot?"
When Zhong Jinwei's guards heard this question, they all laughed silently. If a blunderbuss can't shoot, it's still a blunderbuss!
"Of course, but the new bird blunderbuss used by the new army is currently being tested and has not yet been mass-produced. You will understand when you look back. The wooden stick will be a bayonet installed under the mouth of the blunderbuss. It does not hinder
Shooting."
Although Zhong Jinwei said this, he still felt a little regretful. The current bayonet cannot be easily attached and detached. If the bayonet is installed before the war begins, it will hinder the speed of loading gunpowder bullets from the gun port.
Upon hearing this, Cao Wenzhao thought about it for a moment, and then said to Zhong Jinwei: "Judging from the shooting speed of the bird cannon, I am afraid that Jianlu can still get close. Although the bird cannon can disrupt Jianlu's formation,
But if the opponent uses a long weapon and moves forward, the length of the blunderbuss may suffer a lot. Especially for the cavalry, if they rush into the formation on horseback, it will be difficult to resist even the blunderbuss."
His own troops are cavalry, and he naturally knows that the cavalry is probably too low-end to charge. He didn't mention the cavalry at first just to give Zhongxing Hou a face, so as not to make him think how powerful his cavalry was.
Similar.
But now that Zhongxing Hou has a way to deal with the infantry, he has no choice but to tell the cavalry.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Jinwei didn't mean to be attacked at all, and explained to him with a smile: "It doesn't matter. If it is a plain, there will be chariots and camps to block it. Even if it is not a plain, the Jianlu cavalry will not be able to rush over.
"
Cao Wenzhao was surprised when he heard this. If there was a chariot camp, he could imagine that the cavalry army would not be able to charge over. But without a chariot camp, the cavalry army would not be able to charge over?
"Please ask the Marquis to teach the last general." Cao Wenzhao asked immediately. This would also have something to do with his cavalry, so of course he had to ask clearly.
"I have the Bingzhan Bureau renovating the Folang machine. After it is mounted on the frame, it can be run by a horse, and the range will be much further than the ordinary Folang machine. In addition, the rate of fire is fast, and it can also fire shot shells.
, with the cooperation of the new cannons, it is basically impossible for the Jianlu Cavalry to rush over."
When Zhong Jinwei said this, he felt thirsty. Thinking of the things he had asked people to make before, he felt itchy in his heart. He said to Si Xiao: "Go to Houya and bring over the things I made so that everyone can have a taste."
The fourth child had been thinking about it for a long time after hearing what Zhong Jinwei said. When he heard that Zhong Jinwei was asking them to move it, he quickly agreed and hurried to Houya.
When Cao Wenzhao saw that Marquis Zhongxing only said that the high-speed charging cavalry could be stopped with Folangji and blunderbuss, Cao Wenzhao was still thinking about what to eat while talking. He felt that Marquis Zhongxing was too absent-minded, so he reminded him: "Master Marquis,
This high-speed charging horse is extremely fast!"
At this time, Zhong Jinwei had turned back to look at Cao Wenzhao. Seeing that he was still reminding him with a worried look, he smiled and said: "You will know later when you see the firepower configuration of our new army. The artillery configuration has reached the level of General Bai."
, the firepower is extremely strong. As long as our army’s ammunition is not used up, no matter how fast the Jianlu Cavalry is, they will not be able to get close, so there is no need to worry about this.”
When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he was a little surprised, but at the same time he felt that it was reasonable.
Because the person who said this was the Marquis of Zhongxing, a popular figure in front of the Emperor, and he must have the resources to organize and train this new army to do what the Marquis said.
Thinking of this, he stopped worrying about the cavalry and changed the question: "Master Marquis, what if the ammunition is used up but there are still Jianlu?"
"Then just run away." Zhong Jinwei's answer made Cao Wenzhao stunned. This statement was too irresponsible.
Seeing Cao Wenzhao's appearance, Zhong Jinwei stopped fooling him and said to him: "These questions you raised are all very good, but I have considered that this new army will not act alone until it has accumulated enough experience with battlefield firearms."
.”
After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the four children had returned and stood in front of Zhong Jinwei to resume their duties. In their hands, each held a row of wooden boards made of two small long boards. There were holes in the wooden boards, and each of them had a small wooden stick left.
outside.
When Zhong Jinwei saw it, a smile appeared on his face and he called to the people around him: "Come, come, come, let's all come to relieve the heat."
After saying that, he first pinched a small wooden stick left outside and pulled it out from the raft.
Cao Wenzhao got closer and discovered that what Zhongxing Hou pulled out was actually an ice lump frozen on a wooden stick.
Just when he was surprised, Zhong Jinwei already took one and stretched it out in front of him and said: "Come on, relieve the heat."
Cao Wenzhao quickly reached out to take it, and then said: "Thank you, Lord Marquis."
He could see that it was because he had a good relationship with Mr. Hou that he would be able to eat a piece of ice cream.
Everyone took a piece of ice cream and looked at Zhong Jinwei, waiting for Mr. Hou to eat it first.
Zhong Jinwei was not polite and started licking it directly. Feeling that it was not enough, he bit it with his teeth and made a "bang" sound, and his mouth was filled with coldness.
"Uncle, it tastes so sweet." Ai Nengqi said to Zhong Jinwei after taking a lick.
"That's for sure, with sucrose added." Zhong Jinwei replied. When he was making popsicles and looking for sugar to flavor them, he realized that sugar in this era was very expensive.
Zhong Jinwei was thinking as he ate. Materials in this era were still not rich enough, but because of this, there were probably far less tooth decay than in later generations. If there was a chance, he could create more tooth decay for the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Cao Wenzhao was surprised when he ate the sweet ice cubes. He thought they were ice cubes given to Marquis Zhongxing by the emperor, but he didn't expect them to be made by Marquis Zhongxing himself.
He asked Zhongxing Hou for advice on this method, and Zhong Jinwei did not hide his secrets and just told him.
This is actually not a secret. During the Yuan Dynasty, some people used saltpeter to cool popsicles. However, after firearms became popular, saltpeter was banned by the court as a strategic material. Fewer people used this method, and naturally even more people knew about it.
not enough.
Cao Wenzhao was eating popsicles to relieve the heat. The bursts of coolness stimulated him and felt very good. Because of this, he suddenly remembered the question he had thought of on the general ordering platform. He felt that it was necessary to remind Marquis Zhongxing, so he asked Zhong Jinwei.