Author: An Huajun

The three of them discussed for a while and ordered their soldiers to call Jiang Min and Zhang Jun. Since the government was determined to fight, they had to make arrangements in advance.

After a while, Jiang Min and Zhang Jun arrived. Zhang Jun held a porcelain jar in his hand, looking mysterious.

Wang Xiaolie asked the two of them to sit down and said: "Just now we asked Zhe Yan to be held hostage in Fuzhou to persuade Zhe Keqiu to surrender. However, the conditions we gave were very harsh, and it is estimated that Zhe Keqiu will not surrender. Or

It can also be said that if we want to use fighting to promote peace, we must put enough pressure on Zhe Keqiu."

Zhang Jundao: "Zheke can ask for this person. It won't work without fighting. We have been in Shizhou for a few months, and we haven't contacted him yet. We obviously have no intention of giving up on the Jin Army. We want to sit back and watch the success or failure, and get the benefits of both sides. This kind of person

, we have to beat him until he refuses to obey!"

Wang Xiaolie smiled and asked Jiang Min on the side: "What do you think?"

Jiang Min said: "Fuzhou has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the core Zhe family army is about ten thousand people. With these more than ten thousand people, how can Zhe Keqiu surrender? He will not surrender until Fuzhou is pushed to a dead end.

of."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Yes, it is not enough for you to be stationed in Shizhou. However, the article on Fuzhou must start from the other side of the Yellow River. I plan to attack Yan'an Prefecture with three divisions, and then advance to the Suide Army.

In addition to Zheng Jianchong of Yan'an Prefecture, the Jin army also includes Zhao Bin of Qingzhou and Murong Wei of Huanzhou. The combined strength of these three men is fifty or sixty thousand, and there are no other strong soldiers."

Jiang Min said: "What should we do in Jingzhao Mansion? There are no strong troops stationed in the important place in Guanzhong."

Wang Xiaolie said: "I want to occupy Jingzhao Mansion with one division of troops. This battle may involve the whole of Shaanxi."

Jiang Min nodded and said: "If we attack Shaanxi, we will only have four divisions, and three more divisions will be built. There are more than 10,000 Jin soldiers and 70,000 to 80,000 puppet troops.

One hundred thousand soldiers and horses. In terms of military strength, we do not have the upper hand."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Yes. So the plan is to attack Yan'an Prefecture first and occupy Jingzhao Prefecture. There are Wu Jie and Yang Zheng in the west, and the Jin army does not dare to come to the rescue. In fact, in the final analysis, we are not involved in the Shaanxi war.

Most of the Jin troops are on the western front. As long as we fight fast, there won't be too many Jin troops."

Jiang Min said: "What Xuanfu said makes sense. But for this war, do you want us to send troops from the north?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "I called you here today just to see if you can mobilize troops. If you have spare strength, it is best to mobilize three commanders and about 10,000 troops to cross the Yellow River to the west to attack the Suide army. The north-south confrontation

If we advance, we can quickly defeat Zheng Jianchong."

Jiang Min said: "The Suide Army is a very valuable territory. Should we wait for his answer?"

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "No need. Within ten days, you have to prepare 10,000 troops and horses to attack."

Jiang Min nodded and said nothing more.

Wang Xiaolie turned to look at Zhang Jun and asked, "Do you have any objections? Is this arrangement appropriate?"

Zhang Jundao: "The deployment of Xuanfu and Dutong is very appropriate. I have no objection."

Wang Xiaolie said: "That's good. - By the way, what do you have in your hand? Why do you keep holding it?"

Zhang Jun hurriedly raised the porcelain jar in his hand and said: "Xuanfu, this thing is called a grenade——"

Wang Xiaolie laughed after hearing this and said: "We are talking in the room, why are you using a grenade? Fortunately, there is no open flame in this room, otherwise it would be a disaster! If you use artillery too much, you will naturally think of making grenades. In the military

There is also production, but it is not of much use."

Zhang Jun's eyes lit up. He stepped forward and said, "We think it is very useful! Xuan Fu, let's see, if the front row of the battle array holds this object and throws it with all its strength before the battle begins, the enemy will definitely be in chaos. At this time, they will swarm up,

Naturally, you will win a great victory!”

When Wang Xiaolie heard this, he thought it made sense. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly remembered a name he heard in his previous life. Isn't this the Grenadier?

When muskets became more and more perfect and battle formations disappeared, grenadiers were naturally useless. But in this era, there are cannons but no guns, so grenadiers cannot play their role properly!

Taking the grenade in his hand and weighing it, Wang Xiaolie asked: "How far can the soldiers throw it now?"

Zhang Jun said: "There are different distances. The far one can be thirty steps, and the close one can be nearly twenty steps."

Wang Xiaolie said: "This won't work. You go back and select people specially, and ask them to be tall and throw them extra far. See how far they can be thrown in the battle formation."

Zhang Jun laughed after hearing this and said: "Why bother picking someone again! I have already found someone, Xuan Fu can just go and see him."

Wang Xiaolie saw that there was nothing important anymore, so he said to Wang Ruohai: "Let's go and take a look. If this method is successful, there will be new tactics in the future. After using artillery, the tactics are still too simple and require more

Think of ways to."

Wang Ruohai said yes. Together with Wang Yan, they followed Jiang Min and Zhang Jun out of the room.

There is a small school ground behind the state government office. Zhang Jun has already ordered fifty people and they are resting there.

Seeing Wang Xiaolie and others arriving, everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Seeing that everyone was tall and strong, Wang Xiaolie said to Zhang Jun: "Choose twenty of them who are particularly outstanding, line them up in two rows, and wait for orders."

Zhang Jun obeyed the order and hurried forward. He picked twenty particularly strong ones among the fifty people and lined them up neatly.

Wang Xiaolie stepped forward and said: "Today I will test the power of the grenade, and I specially selected you. I have a whistle here. Once the whistle blows, the grenade is taken out; second whistle blows, the fuse of the grenade is lit; three whistle blows, the grenade fuse is lit;

Sound the whistle and throw the grenade forward. Okay, don't light the fuse yet and see how far it goes."

Zhang Jun was asked to prepare a grenade and everyone took it in their hands. Wang Xiaolie picked up the whistle and looked at everyone.

The grenades of this era used black powder and were packed in porcelain jars. The sizes were not uniform, and their power was really limited. And because it was a porcelain jar, if you were unlucky enough to hit it on a rock or something, it would not explode and the porcelain jar would shatter, which would be a waste.

.

When this thing was built in the army, Wang Xiaolie felt that it was of no great use and had no intention, so he allowed the craftsmen to do whatever they wanted. Now that it is to be used by grenadiers, these are certainly not suitable. The people selected by Zhang Jun can only

Practice your bombing posture first.

Holding the whistle and looking at the grenades in the soldiers' hands, Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but shake his head.

At the first whistle, the soldiers took out the porcelain jars. Fortunately, Zhang Jun was careful, and the porcelain jars were all the same size, about the size of a cantaloupe. At the second whistle, some soldiers threw the porcelain jars out, and some looked around.

Don't know where to start the fire.

Wang Xiaolie sighed and said: "Okay, I won't light the fire today. When I blow the second whistle, I will throw the grenade out."

Everyone calls it "Well."

Wang Xiaolie took a breath. With one whistle, he took out the porcelain jar; with the second whistle, they all threw out the porcelain jars in their hands.

After three consecutive shots, Wang Xiaolie closed the whistle and asked Zhang Jun to dismiss his soldiers.

Several people gathered together, and Wang Xiaolie said: "The soldiers tried throwing grenades just now, and everyone saw it. I will talk about the problems I saw first, and everyone will talk about what you saw later. First of all, the actions are not uniform, what kind of

The postures are all there. The movements are not uniform, so how can the distance of throwing be the same? Another thing is that many people throw not in a straight line, but to one side. This is even worse. Of course, insufficient training is also a problem."

Wang Ruohai said: "Although Zhang Qianha has specially selected them, the grenades are still of different sizes. This is not acceptable."

Everyone was talking about it, and everyone had different opinions.

Wang Xiaolie said: "This is how it goes. Jiang Min and Zhang Jun will then select a few people to form a group to discuss various issues of the grenadiers. The other personnel will fully cooperate with their work and strive to use it for three months.

Preliminarily form a grenadier unit."
Chapter completed!