Zhu Biao looked at Quan Xu and said: "You personally take my warrant and ask the Holy One to seal it, then go to the Ministry of Works to ask for fire blunderbuss and equip your thirty thousand men!"
Zhu Biao had no power either as the prince or as the general of Tiance, so he directly asked the Ministry of Industry for a large number of firearms.
No one can use firearms or weapons without the emperor's order. As Zhu Biao spoke, he wrote the required firearms on the paper, and then stamped it with the prince's seal that he carried with him.
This seal was given on the day the prince was crowned. It was the first time Zhu Biao used it. It has the shape of a squatting dragon button and a platform. It is four inches square and one and a half inches thick. It is extremely delicate.
Quan Xu took the note with respectful hands. It was originally just an ordinary piece of paper, but after it was stamped with the crown prince's seal, it carried the will of the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.
Quan Xu immediately rode back to Nanjing. Zhu Biao sat on a chair, thinking about the scene where the soldiers using firearms had just drilled.
Nowadays, the use of firearms is still very crude. Basically, you just throw it away after firing it once, and then take out the knife to kill someone.
Zhu Biao thought of a movie he had watched before. He had long forgotten what it was called, but he still clearly remembered a scene in which the Eight Banners soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty charged on horseback, while the British and French allied forces stood in three rows and took turns firing muskets.
The first row finished fighting and went to the end. The second row filled in and continued shooting. Then the people in the last row had time to reload their muskets. Repeatedly, the Eight Banners cavalry was beaten before they even got closer than thirty meters.
Flee in defeat.
This is a very good and simple and practical method, especially for dealing with cavalry. Of course, today's muskets are far inferior to modern muskets, so you can add some elite crossbowmen to them, so that you can provide sufficient and stable firepower.
Firepower!
As long as you figure this out, the principle is actually very simple. Zhu Miao believed that this was invented by Mu Ying, but it was used in the future when Yunnan was pacified, and Zhu Di also used it many times in the Northern Expedition.
Zhu Biao did not order the entire army to implement this method because each department had a wide variety of firearms, but not many muskets. If they were concentrated in advance, it would not only affect the military formations that had been training, but also easily cause the general's backlash.
Therefore, Zhu Biao planned to try it on his 30,000 pro-army troops first. If the effect was indeed effective, he would extend it to the entire army and form a firearms battalion.
When Zhu Biao was still thinking about how to improve, Chang Yuchun and Li Wenzhong walked in, and Zhu Biao also stood up to show respect.
The three of them sat down after seeing the ceremony, and Chang Yuchun said: "His Highness's ministries have taken control of their respective departments. Now we just wait for Mu Ying to arrive, and then we can take the oath to fight."
Zhu Biao nodded and said, "That's good. I won't leave either. I will stay here. During this period, I will also be following the army."
Li Wenzhong nodded and said: "That's very good. It's time for the general and the generals to get acquainted with each other. I'll stay too."
Chang Yuchun smiled and said: "I still have to take medicine, so I won't be with you young people anymore."
Zhu Biao also smiled. Chang Yuchun wanted to downplay his own presence. After all, he was the military boss. If he was here, the generals would always act according to his wishes.
Then Zhu Biao stayed in the military tent. When he got up the next day, he saw Quan Xu and Liu Jin guarding outside his tent. Zhu Biao went out, stretched out and said, "How are things going?"
Quan Xu replied: "The Holy One has stamped the seal, and the general has personally delivered the decree to the Minister of Industry. However, Nanjing's firearms reserve is no longer enough. I'm afraid I can only make up 20,000 firearms."
Zhu Biao nodded. He never thought that he could collect 30,000 firearms. After all, this is a good thing. The army needs it. If Zhu Biao hadn't gone through the back door, he would never have gotten the 20,000 pieces: "The fastest
When can it be delivered?”
Quan Xu replied: "Delivery within three days!"
Zhu Biao knew what he was doing, so he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he glanced at Liu Jin, who was preparing toiletries, and asked with a smile: "Didn't I ask you to look after the house? Why did you follow me out again?
Liu Jin said with a playful smile: "You are the only one who has a home for slaves. If you are not here, it is just a house. The house will not fly away, so the slaves will naturally have to follow you to serve you."
Zhu Biao nodded with satisfaction. To be honest, he was really not used to not having Liu Jin around.
After Zhu Biao washed up, Liu Jin went down to arrange Zhu Biao's meals in person.
For the next half month, Zhu Biao did not return to the palace. Instead, he asked Quan Xu to lead his troops to practice the "three-stage attack." Zhu Biao did not hide it from the lieutenant general, and it was impossible to hide such a large battle.
Can't hide it.
Zhu Biao continued to practice the three-stage attack he had in mind. He first tried the simplest one, with three people forming a group. The musketeers at the front would shoot first, then retreat to the back of the team to concentrate on loading ammunition, and the soldiers in the second row would
Step forward and fire.
The three of them loaded and fired alternately, tripling the efficiency of the matchlock gun that originally took a minute or more to fire!
Then I feel that if the enemy cavalry is large in number and not afraid of sacrifice, it will easily make the moving soldiers unwilling to return to the first row.
So they tried to install a horse-proof fence in front of the formation, and then arranged the soldiers into groups of three, letting the soldier with the highest shooting accuracy act as the shooter, while the other two were responsible for assembling the bullets and match ropes.
After the shooter shoots, the second soldier takes over the musket and loads the gunpowder from the front end, tamping it firmly and then loading the bullet. The third soldier simultaneously adjusts the position of the match rope from behind, moves the trigger to its original position, and then hands the musket to
To the shooter, thus achieving uninterrupted shooting.
They also tried methods such as adding elite crossbowmen next to the firearms. After repeated drills, more and more generals participated in the discussion. The more they argued, the more they felt that this method was good.
During this period, it was natural that I had to compliment Zhu Biao, and even Zhu Yuanzhang put down his official duties and ran to have a look in person. Finally, he patted Zhu Biao on the shoulder with satisfaction and went back happily."
The generals are naturally greedy, but again, there are not enough firearms, and only Zhu Biao can dig out the Ming Dynasty's family background. Now the entire Ministry of Industry can't produce a single fire gun.
At least this year it won't work, but the Ministry of Industry has summoned craftsmen to make a large number of firecrackers. I think there will be a batch of fire blunderbuss by the end of the year.
Zhu Biao also called a group of craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry and talked about a lot of his ideas for firearms.
Finally, looking at the blank-eyed craftsmen, Zhu Biao sighed helplessly. He had never touched any real firearms in his previous life, and he was not a military fan, so what he talked about was not so easy to understand, but it was only
Neng Ji looks forward to working with them.
Two more days later, Mu Ying finally led the army back. Zhu Biao glanced at the dusty Mu Ying and the listless soldiers behind him, and wondered if there would be a direct mutiny if he set off for the expedition now.
Fortunately, Zhu Biao was not that kind of person. He ordered the soldiers who arrived not to train for three days and had a good rest. After letting Mu Ying sleep for two hours, he dragged him and chatted for half the night before letting him go back to rest.
I have to say that there is indeed a fate between people. He doesn't know why he is particularly close to Mu Ying, even if he hasn't seen her for a long time, he is very friendly.
