On August 28, all civil and military officials from Tianjin gathered in Fanjiazhuang to observe the training of Li Zhi's servants.
Li Zhi defeated Zhenghuang Banner at the gate of Fanjiazhuang City, killed Yang Guli in formation, and captured and beheaded more than 7,600 Dongnu heads. Officials in Tianjin wanted to know how Li Zhi did it. Li Zhi asked Huben to
The soldiers of the division gave live demonstrations to let the officials understand how they killed the enemy.
On this day, all the military attachés and civil servants from Tianjin gathered together and sat on the shooting range of Fanjiazhuang to watch the demonstration of Master Huben.
Li Zhi had already prepared a hundred flintlock rifles that had not yet had time to be rifled, and asked the soldiers of the Huben Division to demonstrate a hundred-gun salvo.
There was only a crackling sound of gunfire, pieces of white smoke spewed out, and the target fifty steps away was broken into pieces.
Li Zhi said loudly: "Look, everyone, with such a powerful volley of hundreds of muskets, even the Tatar cavalry charging into the formation will be killed on their horses. If they cooperate with various traps and resist the horses to defend the city, the effect will be
Even better, Dongnu will leave dozens of corpses before he reaches the formation."
Geng Yingjie, Tianjin's deputy general, asked: "This fire blunderbuss does not require a match rope? But the self-generating fire blunderbuss invented by Bi Maokang?"
Li Zhi replied: "This kind of fire gun is called a flintlock gun. It is not Bi Maokang's self-generated fire gun, but it has the same purpose as the self-generated fire gun."
Geng Yingye nodded and said nothing. The generals looked at the flintlock rifle and muttered: This is similar to the self-generating fire blunderbuss invented by Bi Maokang in Nanjing. Bi Maokang's self-generating fire blunderbuss is too expensive to make and no one uses it. What's the use of showing it to us?
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He Shishou stroked his beard and asked, "How much silver does it cost to make one of your fire guns?"
Li Zhi replied: "I will give the craftsmen four taels of labor and six taels of materials to buy fine iron and steel. The total cost is ten taels of silver per rod."
Hearing Li Zhi's words, all the civil and military officials took a breath. Ten taels of silver a shot was too expensive. Although this fire blunderbuss was sharp, it could only hit fifty steps. After one shot, the enemy would be killed.
They rushed over and killed a limited number of enemies. Moreover, if the soldiers used this firecracker, they could not carry other long weapons, and their ability to fight in close combat was greatly reduced.
Seeing that the military attachés looked down on the flintlock gun, Li Zhi took out a bayonet from his waist and put it on the gun, saying, "This gun can be equipped with a bayonet made by Su Gang for hand-to-hand combat. This bayonet costs three taels of silver."
Hearing Li Zhi's words, all the military attachés looked at each other with disappointment in their eyes. How inconvenient is it to attach a bayonet to a musket? It's not as straightforward as spearmen.
Can this flintlock gun really defeat Dongnu's cavalry? Could it be that Li Zhi was lucky and the Tatars, not knowing the details, desperately attacked the city and hit Li Zhi's gun?
Moreover, various military attaches have deeper concerns - spending money to make equipment sounds simple, but in fact it is impossible to operate at all. What should I do with the money that is used to honor the gods? If you do not honor the gods, the slightest mistake will become a serious crime, and you can be punished at any time
There is a risk of going to jail. Risking offending all kinds of gods and deities, frugally building this firecracker without a match rope? Isn't that looking for death?
This flintlock gun doesn't look very good, at least it doesn't meet the needs of Ming Dynasty military attachés.
It's better to drink soldiers' blood and empty wages, pay filial piety to all the gods, and then wait for others to perform meritorious service and share his military merits!
The officials were not interested in Li Zhi's flintlock rifle and urged him to demonstrate the Hongyi cannon.
Li Zhi launched ten six-pound cannons and fired at targets 300 meters away, all of which broke the two-inch-thick wooden planks.
When the officials saw this cannon, they thought it was even more ordinary and asked, "How much does it cost to make one?"
Li Zhi quoted a high price and said: "It costs six hundred taels to build a door!"
Hearing Li Zhi's words, all the military attaches wanted to leave on the spot. They finally understood that Li Zhi was not here to make a fortune, but to spend money! His troops were built with money. He became an official
The bigger the army is, the more soldiers it has, and the more money it spends on this army.
Not everyone has as many profitable properties as Li Zhi. Who has so much money to squander? It is said that being an official for thousands of miles is just for money! If you don't make money as an official, why do you wear this black gauze hat?
The officials became interested and soon dispersed, each riding away on horseback.
After seeing off the visiting civil and military officials, Li Zhi went to the wounded soldiers camp to check on the injured soldiers.
Different from previous battles, this time there were casualties in Li Zhi's Huben Division. Four soldiers were injured during the defense of the city. The Qing army Bai Baiyala shot and wounded more than 50 soldiers. Finally, when the Qing army charged into the battle,
More than fifty soldiers were killed and injured. Now, thirty-eight soldiers have died of their injuries. There are still seventy-three wounded soldiers in the wounded barracks of the Huben Division, of which twenty-three are seriously injured and may also die.
Li Zhi walked into the wounded barracks and heard the groans of the wounded.
The medical skills of the Ming Dynasty were not backward in this era. At this time, the West had just discovered blood circulation, and its grasp of the properties of various drugs was far inferior to that of Chinese medicine. But even so, ordinary Chinese medicine was still unable to deal with severe physical trauma. Li Zhi
Several old Chinese medicine doctors were found in Tianjin Acropolis, but they could only watch the wounded die one after another.
Tatar arrowheads are often soaked in horse dung, which is poisonous. If they are shot in the limbs, their limbs will often be amputated, and if they are shot in the torso, they are basically hopeless.
Li Zhi temporarily hired 20 women as nurses, and asked the nurses to distill high-concentration alcohol and disinfect the soldiers' wounds every day. As for surgical-level treatments such as bone setting and suturing the injured muscle tissue, these few locals in Tianjin
No doctor can do it.
After disinfecting the wound, you can only rely on the injured person's body to recover on its own.
Seeing the backward surgical skills in Tianjin, Li Zhi secretly wanted to recruit medical talents and use scientific experiments to build a team of doctors. Let the doctors explore trauma treatment methods in the experiments and gradually improve the level of surgical skills - a team of doctors.
The trauma treatment team has a huge effect on boosting the morale of soldiers, and can even make soldiers who dare not fight bravely face the enemy.
Li Zhi walked into the wounded soldiers' camp and checked the wounded soldiers one by one.
A wounded man whose right arm was hit by a Tatar's poisonous arrow and whose right hand was cut off by the doctor cried when he saw Li Zhi.
Li Zhi patted his back and said, "Hero! Why are you crying?"
The wounded man cried: "General, I have an old mother and a pair of children at home, and they all rely on my three taels of military salary to support me. Now that I have broken my right hand and cannot fight, my family has no money to rent a house, and I am afraid they will starve."
Freezing to death in the city!"
Li Zhi pondered for a moment and said: "Don't cry, I won't let your family starve to death!" After thinking about it, Li Zhi said: "During the six months of healing, I will give you one, two, and five yuan of silver per month.
You, then give me a dou of rice every month. After your wound is better, you can learn to read and practice writing with your left hand. After six months, I will find you a clerical job! Although there is no high salary like being a soldier, you can get two taels of silver a month.
, there are still days when there is meat for three meals!”
The wounded man was stunned for a moment, started to cry harder, and kowtowed to Li Zhi. Li Zhi pressed him on the bed, smiled at him, and went to the next patient's bed.
The next patient was even more seriously injured. His spine was severed by the Tatar's white-toothed axe. Although the wound gradually healed without suppuration, the lower half of his body is now paralyzed.
Seeing Li Zhi coming, the wounded man immediately shed two tears on his face and was speechless.
Li Zhi patted the wounded man on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid if you are seriously injured and lose the ability to work. I will give you a wounded person's allowance of one to two or five yuan every month, and a bucket of rice every month for your family."
We can all have enough food and clothing!”
When the wounded man heard Li Zhi's words, he couldn't hold back his tears and just nodded his head.
It took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "Thank you, General!"
Li Zhi turned around and said to Zheng Hui who was following behind: "Write it down and operate according to the principles I said: For the injured who can still work, the Ministry of Works will try to arrange suitable jobs for them, with a monthly salary of two taels and three meals."
Meat. For those who have completely lost the ability to work, a monthly allowance of one tael and a bucket of rice will be given to the wounded. For soldiers who died in battle, a one-time pension of 20 taels will be paid, and a monthly pension of one tael will be paid.
, issued for thirty years.”
Hearing Li Zhi's words, all the wounded in the wounded barracks burst into tears. Where could such a good commander be found? In this way, there would be no worries about being injured or even sacrificed. There was only one wounded man who was not seriously injured.
One wanted to climb out of bed and kowtow to Li Zhi.
Li Zhi helped the wounded and said calmly: "Without courtesy, you are all heroes of Fanjiazhuang!"
