"Have you heard that the one wearing silver armor with chiseled gold patterns and hunting on a tall white horse is Lord Futai!"
"I have never seen such a civil servant. He can ride and shoot. He is also considerate of the soldiers and the people. When he saw that our tugboat was tired, he even asked us to disembark and march for practice. Oh, what a good official."
"A day's hauling can drag the boat for thirty miles, and you can get a bucket of rice. I have never seen the government recruit trackers and pay such high wages. This winter is finally getting better."
As Zhu Shuren rode a tall horse coquettishly, wearing a bulletproof breastplate inlaid with gold and silver, holding a bow and a revolver, he led a group of cavalry along the hillside on the side of Xiling Gorge to find a way, practice, march and hunt.
This heroic scene naturally left a very profound and vivid image in the eyes of tens of thousands of soldiers and the local trackers in Zigui.
Love the people like a son, follow orders and prohibitions, lead by example, and do everything personally.
The wages paid by the Huguang Army to the trackers seemed high, but in fact because they were given relatively easy-to-obtain corn, the cost was completely acceptable. When converted, it was equivalent to half the weight of wheat or one-third of white rice.
Price.
Don't look at just walking thirty miles across the Xiling Gorge and being given a bucket of grain. It's not easy to earn this money. You have to spend hundreds of kilograms of effort all the time. If anyone dares to be lazy, even if he just rests for a few seconds,
They can all be seen through at once.
Because if you don't advance against the current, you will retreat. Large ships of dozens and hundreds of tons are all dragged up by force.
…
"Bang bang bang——"
With the sound of several gunshots, the newly accumulated winter snow in the forest was shaken and fell from the branches. Occasionally, one or two big birds flew up in fright.
But in front of Zhu Shuren, there were already several prey, which he killed with intensive fire from his revolver.
Liu Guoneng and Yuan Shizhong were also riding war horses, following Zhu Shuren's personal guards, marching and hunting, and watching their superiors show off their martial arts.
"Your Majesty is really good at marksmanship. I didn't expect that your Majesty is not only proficient with bows and horses, but also with muskets. I have never seen you use muskets before, but you can be so accomplished in one shot."
Zhu Shuren blew the remaining smoke from his gun coquettishly, and said regretfully: "Skin these ferocious beasts and take them away, and then give their flesh and bones to the soldiers. It's a pity that they had to use muskets in the end, otherwise these furs would have been lost."
can be more complete.”
Liu Guoneng said nonchalantly: "Those hungry wolves are just that. The fur is inherently worthless. It doesn't matter if there are a few more holes. Just be careful next time you encounter a bear or tiger."
When I was in the north, I also knew that when mountains are closed by heavy snow in winter, wolves are actually more terrifying than bears and tigers. Bears and tigers cannot find food, so they just go out to look for food alone, while wolves are endless, making friends with each other.
It was really a thrilling situation just now. I thought that if I relied solely on bows and arrows, even a volley of arrows would not be able to withstand so many. I then called for the guards to come forward and kill. Unexpectedly, the lord used a revolver, which was more powerful than a volley of arrows.
Within a few breaths, several horses were killed in a row."
When Liu Guoneng was talking, his eyes couldn't help but look at Zhu Shuren's obviously improved new revolver, his tone and expression were full of greed.
Those two pistols not only look exquisite and shiny, but the sound of the gunfire is not as loud as the ones used when fighting Li Zicheng, and there is no black smoke and fire. They are really clean and neat, and they can be regarded as a pair of sophisticated killing machines.
Extraordinary product.
Just now, dozens of hungry wolves rushed up. Zhu Shuren fired from left and right. After firing twelve rounds from two bullet chambers, he killed and wounded four of them, with a hit rate of one-third. Without taking aim, even if
The results at a distance of more than ten steps are still very impressive.
As for the remaining thirty or so, of course they couldn't get in front of Zhu Shuren and were all killed by the guards.
Even if he rushes in front of him, Zhu Shuren is wearing a bulletproof forged steel breastplate, and other parts are also protected by sophisticated armor and stomach. It is definitely not something that a cutie like a hungry wolf weighing only 60 or 70 kilograms can be injured. They will only be injured at most.
Zhu Shuren's war horse. Especially in the winter, when they have been hungry for months and cannot find food, some hungry wolves have lost weight to less than fifty pounds.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo Reading recently to catch up on books, change sources, and read aloud with many sounds, and it can be used on both Android and Apple.]
Faced with Liu Guoneng's envious look at the pistol, Zhu Shuren pretended not to notice and did not intend to respond.
He was just here to show off more of his character and show off his martial arts skills to these generals who came from the peasant army, not to be a boy who wanted to make money and distribute random equipment.
After Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing developed nitrocellulose, the current output is only enough to equip dozens of revolvers at most, and the smokeless gunpowder in stock is only enough to make several thousand rounds of bullets.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to issue it to non-core direct troops for use. As for hunting with this kind of ammunition, only Zhu Shuren himself can do it - this is not a waste, but a further running-in test to obtain more data and users.
experience.
After all, Zhu Shuren himself is a time traveler. He has seen so many successful and classic firearms in later generations, and he also knows the criteria for judging the quality of weapons.
Let him do the testing himself, find deficiencies, and provide suggestions for improvement. This is definitely the most efficient thing in the world.
There is no second person who knows better than him the shortcomings of a gun and ammunition that need to be corrected, and in which direction they should be corrected.
After firing the twelve bullets just now, Zhu Shuren had a flash of inspiration, gained true knowledge through practice, and thought of an improvement point: after returning home, he could improve the structure of these paper-cased bullets, or wax-cased bullets.
At the bottom of the sealing wax, you can add a soft copper piece, and then make the top of the activated ignition mechanism into a sharp needle shape to ensure that the copper piece can be pierced and the ignition can be completed as usual.
In this way, when the gunpowder in the fixed ammunition deflagrates, the pressure of the gunpowder gas sprayed backward can be more shared by this copper piece. When the time comes, the copper piece remains in the bullet nest, and the wax paper shell melts, and the lead bullet or
The shotshell is ejected forward along with part of the gunpowder gas.
Because the breech is not tightly sealed, the leakage of fire and gas in breech-loading guns can be improved more or less by a few percent. Use copper sheets to block some of the fireworks sprayed backward, which will not burn the gunner, but also increase the gunpowder.
Gas utilization rate.
As soon as Zhu Shuren thought about it, he immediately asked for pen and paper to write and draw on horseback. He wrote down these points so as not to forget them when he returned to the ship.
Liu Guoneng and others were not that educated. They just thought that Mr. Futai was a poet. After hunting a ferocious beast, he would compose a poem. Still, he could finish it in one go and rely on his horse to wait.
…
After half a day's trek, the fleet finally passed the Xiling Gorge thanks to the hard work of the trackers.
Zhu Shuren also took this opportunity to review the troops and get closer to the ordinary soldiers.
The scene was similar to that of Napoleon and his soldiers sharing the joys and sorrows.
Returning to the ship, they advanced slowly by sails and oars in the gentle river current. Zhu Shuren himself, together with Liu Guoneng and others, sat beside a charcoal fire pool surrounded by blue stones on the flagship deck.
A barbecue net supported by vertical and horizontal iron wires was set up over the charcoal fire, and the meat of various beasts was sizzling on it.
Zhu Shuren took out a fine ribbed knife that was one and a half feet long, cut it directly and boldly, then picked up the piece of meat with the tip of the knife, and threw it onto the large wooden plate in front of Liu Guoneng and Yuan Shizhong with the same cool posture as Brother Sa Yan.
Liu Guoneng knitted the meat respectfully, ate it with fear and fear, and said with sincere admiration:
"Sir, before this battle, the general was really worried about whether your use of us... surrendered troops from the civilian army as the main force to pursue Zhang Xianzhong would lead to unrest in the hearts of the people.
Although the last general has confidence in the loyalty of his direct lineage, Zhang Ni is too good at coercing kindness. But seeing the master's control skills this time, the soldiers will have no fear, and they will treat everyone equally in civil and military affairs, and will not look down on anyone.
The open-mindedness of the troops he came from is truly unprecedented."
After Zhu Shuren picked the meat for others, he picked it up and gnawed it directly with the tip of the knife without taking a spoon or chopsticks. After Liu Guoneng said so much, Zhu Shuren had already eaten two pieces of wolf meat.
He licked the wolf grease on the back of the knife and calmly said: "What's the point? Since General Liu is so confident now, tell me how you figured out how to quickly defeat Zhang Xianzhong's rear division and recapture Chongqing."
Liu Guoneng was stunned, looked at each other with Yuan Shizhong, and was reluctant not to answer, so he said honestly: "The general is not good at planning. Although he decided to attack the city when he wanted to recapture a city, Chongqing has not been lost for a long time, so a quick victory should be dealt with
We are most advantageous.
The Chongqing defenders had resolutely resisted in order to prevent King Rui from being killed by Zhang Xianzhong. Only then were they massacred by this beast after the city was broken. But since it changed hands after a bloody battle, the city defense facilities must be in dilapidated condition.
Zhang Ni is eager to expand his territory. I have always known that people like him can only destroy and not build and repair. Therefore, Chongqing's city defense must still be as dilapidated as it was when it was first contributed. As long as our army moves quickly, we can prevent the flow of water.
It is easier for thieves to repair and reinforce the enemy at a lower cost than to prepare for a slow attack."
Zhu Shuren listened quietly and did not express his opinion. Finally, he swallowed a piece of bear meat and wiped his mouth: "The inference you mentioned is not bad. It can be regarded as the correct way of war. But what you said is just a matter of priority and analysis.
There are pros and cons, but in the final analysis we still have to attack by force.”
Liu Guoneng realized that Master Futai was not satisfied with his plan, but he could not imagine how he could improve this point. He just confirmed with some disbelief: "In the final analysis, we still have to attack by force? Then is there anything else that you can do without attacking by force?"
How to get Chongqing back?"
Zhu Shuren took a piece of linen cloth that had just been wrung clean in the river from the soldiers around him, carefully wiped the surface of the wakizashi's knife to remove the oil stains, and said to himself while facing the reflection of his face on the knife:
"If I lead Huang Degong and Zuo Zixiong's troops this time, as the first batch of main forces to enter Sichuan to quell the rebellion, then the only way is to attack by force. But I am leading you two, so there is something else.
possible."
Liu Guoneng's breathing also slowed down a bit, fearing that he would miss a word, so he lowered his breath and asked, "I would like to hear the details!"
Zhu Shuren's eyes turned cold and stern: "As you just said, before you saw me caring about the people and soldiers and rallying the morale of the army, you were worried about whether there would be any accidents because Zhang Xianzhong was good at coercing people who had been thieves before.
In this case, Zhang Xianzhong must have a much better understanding of our army than we do ourselves. And I have been chasing Zhang Xianzhong for many years, and I have never directly used your Xinyang soldiers. Before that, they were Huguang soldiers, especially Huangzhou soldiers and Wuchang soldiers.
First.
So, how do you know whether Zhang Xianzhong will try to win over you again? Now that we are still in Zigui, it doesn't matter if we are more easy-going and the soldiers are more civil and military.
After passing Wu County and entering Sichuan, there are some situations that you have to control. I asked you to act in a way that is not in harmony with me, or at least there are soldiers under your command whose traitorous nature is hard to change. I will punish you severely.
Everyone should be aware of it.
As for the precautionary work, we can also relax a little at the right time. We must allocate troops to Zhang Xianzhong to defend Chongqing, so as to see some hope. Otherwise, if we keep suppressing the attack, they will of course cower and defend."
Liu Guoneng's face became a little embarrassed: "Sir, we are loyal and loyal, and we are ministers of the Ming Dynasty. You are not going to ask us to surrender, are you?"
Zhu Shuren made a calm gesture and said: "How could you be allowed to feign surrender? You have been awarded the rank of bandit general by His Majesty. His grace is not unworthy. Zhang Xianzhong may not believe that you have feigned surrender, but under your command,
There are still many people who are not too grateful to the country, who are easily ungrateful, and who are nostalgic for their life as thieves."