Chapter 706: The Power of the Great Ming Flintlock
After Zhong Jinwei learned about the situation of the Denglai Ming Army, he also sent consultation to the Guan Ning Army on the training situation through the name of the Ministry of War.
After receiving the reply, after comprehensive consideration, in the name of the Ministry of War, orders were issued to the Ningjin front line, Haizhou and Denglai directions. They were asked to detach themselves from the city under the leadership of veterans of the New Army and move to the areas controlled by Jianlu.
, and started a small-scale fight with Jianlu Tanma to seize control of field intelligence.
If you feel that your strength is insufficient, you can send more soldiers out. The purpose is to make Jianlu blind and at the same time exercise the courage and fighting skills of the newly trained soldiers.
The ultimate purpose of all this, known only to a few senior generals, is to prepare for next year's decisive battle.
Therefore, whether it was Yuan Keli, the governor of Liaodong, Zu Dashou and He Kegang who were stationed in Haizhou, or Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai, they all actively dispatched fusiliers and started small-scale wars on the land of Liaodong.
On this day, a boat with two bows docked on the Yalu River in the Dandong area. Not long after, about sixty Ming troops disembarked. After a while, they disappeared on the shore on horseback.
This Ming army was led by Zhu Yuanzhong, the personal guard of the New Army Cao Bianjiao, and included twenty veterans of the New Army and forty new soldiers from Denglai. On the order of Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai, they went to investigate the burial that had been ordered by the Marquis of Zhongxing.
of field artillery.
The reason why so many people are dispatched at one time is because the fusiliers need a large number of people to be powerful. Otherwise, if they encounter Jianlu's scouting horses on the road and fight them one on one, except for the veterans of the new army, the others may not be those with rich experience.
The opponent of Jianlu Tanma.
Another reason is that the Ming army was large enough to be able to send so many people.
"Brother Zhu, do you think we will encounter Jianlu Tanma?" A new sergeant from Denglai asked Zhu Yuanzhong slightly nervously.
He was not nervous because he was afraid of the Jianlu raids. After all, he was also an elite selected from the veterans of the Denglai Ming Army. He asked this just because it was his first time to use the new weapon flintlock in his hand against the enemy.
Nervous due to excitement.
Zhu Yuanzhong smiled after hearing this and said: "Although Jianlu has withdrawn those boring catapults, their scouting horses are still active. We will definitely encounter Jianlu along the way."
"If you meet the best one, beat him up and do more military service to earn some drinking money." A veteran of the new army also said with a smile.
The veterans of the new army have developed a psychological advantage over Jianlu from last year to this year's war. In their eyes, it seems that Jianlu is their medal, just waiting for them to win it.
In fact, we can't blame them for looking down on it, because they do have this advantage.
Qi Jiguang, the god of war during the Wanli period, has requirements in the sixth volume of his military book "Ji Xiao Xinshu" that the training of bird guns requires reaching a distance of 80 steps. Hitting a human-shaped target requires one out of three shots to qualify, and two out of three shots.
Or hitting seven out of ten shots is considered good, and hitting all three shots is considered excellent.
The requirement for the crossbow in the book is that it is a good shot if it hits a human-shaped target at a distance of sixty paces and hits two out of three shots.
The training of the new army, under the training of Zhong Jinwei who spared no expense, is generally at the level of two out of three. More importantly, the range of the flintlocks in their hands is 20 times longer than the range of Jianlu's bows and arrows.
distance of steps.
The range of muskets in the late Ming Dynasty would not be caught up in the West until the Napoleonic era.
The Ming Dynasty had such technology, but was ultimately defeated by the Jianlu bows and arrows. The reason for this was actually explained by Qi Jiguang long ago: the bird blunderbuss is worse than the arrow, but the skill of the blunderbuss is worse than the arrow. The blunderbuss is not as good as the style, and the practice If it is not precise, it will be worse than the arrow, and it will allow the enemy to improve his skills.
In other words, if the quality of the gun is good and the training is sufficient, then the gun is worse than the bow and arrow; but if the quality of the gun is poor and the training is insufficient, then the gun is inferior to the bow and arrow and will be defeated by the bow and arrow.
Corruption was rampant in the late Ming Dynasty in history. Not to mention these firearms, including armor, bows and arrows, etc., anyway, all war preparation materials were in short supply and of extremely poor quality. As a result, many people in later generations could not understand why weapons were so popular.
He was defeated by cold weapons.
Now, because of Zhong Jinwei's time travel, the weapons in the hands of the new army are better than the muskets in Qi Jiguang's era. The first is that flintlocks have replaced the match ropes, and the second is that bayonets have been added.
Once these reasons are combined, the words of this veteran of the new army make sense.
Zhu Yuanzhong was riding on his horse, looking at his men, especially the new Denglai troops, and reminded them: "As long as you don't panic when facing the enemy, and reload quickly according to the training, it will be very easy to achieve military merit!"
When the Denglai New Army heard this, they were all very happy. When they fought side by side with the New Army, they had always envied the New Army's ability to kill captives as easily as they killed chickens and sheep. Now they never thought that such a day would happen to them.
, and used the flintlock gun, a weapon in his hand to kill prisoners.
As expected by Zhu Yuanzhong, they had not traveled far when they encountered a group of Jianlu's scouting horses, about fifteen people in total.
Both sides discovered each other almost at the same time. When Zhu Yuanzhong saw it, he immediately ordered a charge.
There are more people on our side than Jianlu Tanma, and the flintlock guns in everyone's hands are loaded. They can shoot as long as they pull the trigger. Even if you are riding on a horse, you can't shoot accurately, but when you get close, more than sixty guns can be fired together.
Shooting can at least kill most of the Jianlu Tanma.
In the past, when the Ming army and Jianlu Tanma encountered each other in the wild, even if there were more people than Jianlu and Tanma, the Ming army's first choice would be to escape.
But today is different from the past. When the Ming army saw Jianlu probing the horse, it was like seeing a medal or a piece of Jiu Si Bao banknote. They would turn around and run away!
This Jianlu scouting horse was indeed very brave. Although they saw so many Ming troops, they were not afraid and urged their horses to meet the enemy.
The legendary skill of riding a horse and being able to pierce the Yangtze with a hundred steps may exist, but at least there is no such outstanding person among the Jianlu Scouting Horse.
Both sides urged their horses to get closer and then prepared to shoot arrows, and those who fired fired.
The outcome of the battle was no surprise. Ten of the Jianlu soldiers were killed on the spot, three were injured and captured, and the other two survived and escaped.
One person in the Ming army was seriously injured because his horse was shot in the crotch and fell off. Five others were slightly injured. They could continue marching after pulling out the arrows and treating the wounds. But two of them were injured because of their injuries.
It's his arm, so he can't shoot.
More and more wars like this took place in Liaodong. So much so that later, when Jianlu went out on a mission, it was no longer just a team of ten people as in the past, but dozens or even hundreds of people.
As a team. Otherwise, if few people go out, very few people will be able to go back.
Because of this, sometimes, the Ming army occasionally encountered Jianlu forces who were several times their own strength. Inevitably, they would be defeated, and the flintlock guns in the hands of the new army would inevitably fall into the hands of Jianlu forces.
Therefore, these flintlock guns captured by Jianlu's scouts were treated as treasures and immediately rushed to Shengjing.