When Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo were taken to the capital camp, they knew that this was probably a warning from the imperial court, and this should be the proper intention.
However, the two of them looked at each other. As soldiers who had fought for so many years, they were still a little unconvinced, even if this Beijing camp defeated an army of hundreds of thousands of captives last year!
After all, they had not personally experienced the Battle of Jizhou, and even if they now knew that the Battle of Jizhou was real, they would subconsciously find reasons for themselves.
For example, aren't there a lot of new recruits in the Beijing Camp? No matter how well they train, they have to spend all their training time here. If they face the army led by the two of them, they will definitely not be defeated like Jianlu.
Act on your own initiative!
All these things, just thinking that the imperial court is going to use Jingying to give the two of them a showdown is a dream!
There are strong winds and waves, so how can you visit a Jingying camp and be amazed!
With this mentality, they followed Wang Chengen to the capital camp.
Because of his decree, Zhou Yuji personally received them.
"This is Uncle Zhongwu, Long Live Lord's favorite general!" Wang Chengen introduced to them.
As a result, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and Zhou Yuji looked at each other, and sparks flew.
One is the chief soldier of the imperial court, and has killed countless thieves in his life; the other two are thieves who have rebelled since childhood, fought in the north and south, and have lived a good life;
Especially since Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu had no choice but to come here, they would not be polite or condescending to Zhou Yuji;
And Zhou Yuji naturally couldn't be polite to them. If it weren't for the emperor's will, it would be impossible to receive them!
In such an atmosphere, a group of people went to the general stand in the school field, and then began to review the troops.
At this time, Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo both looked at each other and understood the meaning in each other's eyes. They were trying to calm themselves down and wanted to show off their power, but that was all!
While thinking this, the army pulled out of the camp.
Upon their appearance, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were immediately attracted.
I saw groups of Ming army soldiers, all wearing armor and well-armed, carrying muskets on their shoulders. They were walking in unison, uniformly and powerfully.
Team after team passed by the generals' platform; behind them were soldiers from the car camp. On top of the sidecars were artillery pieces of various sizes. But overall, they were more powerful than Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu.
The artillery pieces seen are all smaller.
At the back, there is a horse-drawn artillery, which is a wheeled artillery. You can tell at a glance that it is for field use. Even if the terrain is not conducive to sidecars, this horse-drawn artillery should be able to be used.
Then came the cavalry, also marching in unison.
Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu noticed that the cavalry in the imperial camp were equipped with sabers and short-handled muskets. Only a small number of them were equipped with three-eyed blunderbuss and long spears.
Although the two of them were a little shocked by this, they still managed to keep their expressions calm and were not frightened by the Beijing camp.
In this case, although their personal guard troops are not as numerous as those in the Beijing camp, they can still do it.
The two of them were thinking that the team was almost finished, and when they were looking to see if the court had any other moves, they saw Zhou Yuji wave his hand, and several guards on the side stepped forward and presented two things to the two of them.
The meaning is obvious, that is, let the two of them hold it.
Li Dingguo lowered his head and looked at the thing in front of him. It was a short stick. What was it for?
After receiving it, for a moment, the two of them didn't know what to do next.
Then Zhou Yuji said calmly: "This is called a telescope. Let's look at the actual target practice in the distance!"
After he finished speaking, he took a monocular telescope, opened it, adjusted the focus, and started looking.
Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu glanced at each other, and they both understood that the other party must be thinking the same thing as themselves: the officers and soldiers were so far away from each other for actual combat shooting, and they were afraid that they would be exposed if they were close, but that's the kind of thing, right?
Then, the two of them followed Zhou Yuji's example and picked up the stick in their hands to look at it. They found that there was actually crystal in the stick. As expected of the imperial court, it was rich!
Then I picked it up and looked at it, and found that I couldn't see anything clearly!
On the other hand, Wang Chengen, who was standing by him, couldn't stand it anymore. He knew that they were opposing generals, belonging to different camps, and could not deal with each other. At the same time, he also knew that these two thieves were highly valued by Emperor Chongzhen, and they were probably the next Yuan Shizhong.
Therefore, as the first person in the inner court, he smiled and explained to Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu: "Both of you, you are holding it backwards. Change one end, look at the distance, and pull slowly until you can clearly see
See the distance."
Li Dingguo glanced at the eunuch wearing a scarlet robe and followed the eunuch's instructions with some suspicion.
After a while, I saw him immediately taking away the monocular, then staring at the distance ahead, then picking up the monocular, looking at it, and then putting it down again. After several times in a row, his face was obviously a little shocked.
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Because he knows that if the army has this thing, when marching and fighting in the future, if you use this thing to look carefully at something suspicious, you can see clearly and the possibility of being ambushed will be very low.
Moreover, when facing the enemy in battle, you can also see what the enemy is going to do immediately, so that your own side can make timely countermeasures.
This thing is a good thing for marching and fighting!
After thinking this way, he finally carefully looked through the monocular telescope at the Ming army's actual target shooting in the distance.
After taking a closer look, he was suddenly shocked again!
I saw the Ming troops in the distance firing very quickly.
His men also had musketeers. However, compared with the musketeers he saw, they were really incomparable!
Let’s not talk about the distance and accuracy, as they can’t be clearly seen, but the speed of loading ammunition is definitely several times faster than his men.
What is the strength and weakness of the Musketeer? It is the shooting speed!
The reloading speed is several times different. If we really encounter this, this battle will be impossible to fight!
While he was thinking about it, he saw the artillery over there also started firing.
"Boom boom boom..."
The sound of artillery continued, and the smoke rose. It happened that their direction was not blocked, and they could see that the iron bullets were plowing through the rows of dummy phalanxes in front of them.
Moreover, Li Dingguo also discovered that although the artillery of the official army was lighter than the artillery under his command, it obviously had a longer range. And like the musket, the shelling speed was much faster than the artillery under his command.
How is this done?
Li Dingguo, who had such doubts in his mind, absolutely did not believe that this could be trained.
Because he is actually very strict with the training of his men. Therefore, he understands that no matter how well he trains, he cannot be so fast. It is definitely weird! And the same is true for the range, which is weird!
After the shooting was completed, Li Dingguo discovered another strange thing. He saw that the imperial officers and soldiers who had finished shooting seemed to have taken a dagger from their waist, inserted it into the muzzle of the gun, and then, like a spear, they were shouting to kill and practicing assassination.
!
Before again, he had never heard that muskets could be used in this way! Generally speaking, musketeers were issued with a waist knife. If the enemy was approaching, they would abandon their muskets and use the waist knife to kill the enemy.
However, generally speaking, musketeers are not good at cutting people with swords. Once they are close, the musketeers' combat effectiveness is greatly reduced, and their waist knives are too short, so they are often no match for enemies with long weapons.
But what I saw in front of me was that the officers and soldiers turned their muskets into spears, which were much safer than waist knives. How did they do this? Didn't this mean they could shoot from a distance and assassinate at close range?
While he was astonished, the soldiers of the Ming army who had completed their exercise mission returned to the same route.
This time, the Ming army soldiers carrying flintlock guns did not remove the bayonets on the gun heads. When they passed by the general point, Li Dingguo finally saw them clearly.
It turned out that the dagger was not inserted into the muzzle of the gun, but was sheathed there. This means that the gun is not broken, and it can be used as a musket after removing the dagger!
At the back of the team, the targets for musket shooting were also carried over by the officers and soldiers and passed in front of the general point stand.
Li Dingguo could see that the target was densely covered with bullet points. Although there must be some missing targets, the bullet points on the target still surprised him. Because he could guess that the officers and soldiers were
The aim is a bit high.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Liu Wenxiu beside him stuttering: "These... so many identical muskets, and... and armor, are they really taken out of a cornucopia?"
Upon hearing this, Li Dingguo came back to his senses and was shocked again.
If there were only one or two pieces of this kind of musket and armor, he believed that the army could make them. It would just take a little longer and consume more money and food.
However, what you can see in front of you is that this is a standard armor weapon in the military. Even if you have money, you can't make so many of them, right?
Upon hearing the question, Zhou Yuji just sneered lightly and did not answer. He stood up and said, "Follow me!"
On the other hand, Wang Chengen smiled and said to Liu Wenxiu: "Of course not. This is a new method of making ordnance and armor invented by Lord Long Live, and it was made by the Inner Court War Bureau."
When Li Dingguo heard this, he was even more shocked than when he heard that the cornucopia was taken out. Because he knew that the cornucopia was just a legend after all, and it was a magical method. But if mortals really have the ability to build these weapons and armor on a large scale, it means
What, he, the person leading the troops, absolutely knows!
After that, the two of them followed Zhou Yuji to visit the trophy exhibition hall in Jingying, which contained the captured flags of the Jizhou Battle at that time. Behind each flag was an army of Jianlu or Mongol Tatars.
was destroyed.
After reading this, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu had completely forgotten about encouraging each other with Zhou Yuji. Both of them were shocked.
Because they understand that if such imperial officers and soldiers attack them, they will have no power to fight back. All they can do is to turn in quickly before such officers and soldiers come to kill them. The only way out is to turn in quickly.
At this time, an order came from the palace, and the emperor summoned Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo, and met Zhou Yuji.