In the Chinese army's tent, Chen Qing listened to the training report of the three people. Chen Qing smiled and said: "Training is about finding problems, not showing performance. Let's talk about the problems found so far."
The three of them looked at each other, and Hu Yanyun bowed and said: "Your Highness, we now feel that we are seriously deficient in defense powder keg. So far we have only trained three times, which is far from the twenty times of intensive training, and there is still one more
Ten thousand soldiers have no chance to train."
"Why?" Chen Qing frowned.
"Because there are no more gunpowder barrels, we can't get it. Not only us, but all the troops can't get it. It's said that the inventory is gone."
Of course Chen Qing knew what the problem was? The key was that the production of gunpowder could not keep up. As a result, the Firearms Bureau could only guarantee the production of iron fire mines and had to stop the production of gunpowder barrels. The gunpowder barrels previously stored by the Ordnance Bureau were almost dismantled to obtain the powder.
, this makes it impossible to ensure that the gunpowder barrel is used for training, and the iron fire thunder is too lethal and cannot be used for training.
Chen Qing nodded and said: "I understand. I will go back to the Military Department to discuss how to solve this problem. What else is there?"
Lu Gui bowed and said, "Also, we all feel that the current training regulations are a bit unfair."
"Tell me more about it!"
"We still think it's fairer to send him off midway. We can't wait until everything is over and then count the white spots on his body to determine the outcome. We should be dismissed if there are white spots on his body from spear strikes. Some soldiers were shot seven or eight times and are still on the battlefield.
It’s so unfair on the other side.”
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "This issue is not only raised by your family, but also by other battalions, but I will not change. I have to tell you that you have confused training and martial arts. We are currently training, and we must ensure that all soldiers
They have trained for enough time. If a soldier is sent off after being poked with a white spot when he first goes into battle, then what is the point of his training? But in the later stages, when there is a martial arts competition between battalions, he can be sent off midway as you said.
,Understand?"
Chen Qing asked some other questions and then came to the side tent, where a Central Plains sand table was placed. There were soldiers standing guard at the door and no one else was allowed to enter at will.
Chen Qing walked into the tent and unexpectedly saw Liu Qiong and Tang Qian. He was surprised and said, "When did you two come here? I didn't know?"
The two of them hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Liu Qiong said sheepishly: "Today it's our turn to use the sand table. We came here early in the morning and didn't leave the tent. We didn't know His Highness was coming."
"What's your plan?"
"Your Highness, I and General Tang are considering the Hulao Pass plan."
Chen Qing laughed and said: "What if there is only one Hulao Pass plan? Others will laugh at you!"
Since the advent of Iron Fire Thunder, seizing the pass is no longer difficult and can be accomplished by a single commander. A city commander like Liu Qiong would be laughed at if he only came up with a plan to seize the pass.
Liu Qiong blushed and said quickly: "Biji and General Tang's plan is a surprise attack."
"What kind of surprise weapon?" Chen Qing asked with great interest.
Liu Qiong hesitated and said: "You can say that it is a humble position, but I kindly ask Your Highness not to let other governors know. We have spent a lot of effort and it is really not easy."
Chen Qing smiled and said, "Say it! I'll keep it a secret for you."
Liu Qiong picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the southern part of Henan Prefecture and said: "The humble soldiers are Xiong'ershan, who will attack Dengzhou and seize Dengzhou, Tangzhou and Ruzhou."
Chen Qing suddenly became interested and asked, "Isn't Yue Fei's army in Dengzhou?"
"I have confirmed it. According to the armistice agreement signed between the imperial court and the Jin Kingdom, the eastern section is bounded by the Huaihe River and the western section is bounded by Tongbai Mountain. Yue Fei's army must retreat to the south of Dengzhou and Tangzhou. The scout Feige sent by the humble minister
The message came back that there were 20,000 enemy troops stationed in Dengzhou, led by our defeated general Zhang Zhongxiong, who was responsible for garrisoning Dengzhou and Tangzhou, but there was no army in Ruzhou."
"What about your route?"
"Bizhi is considering advancing into Ruzhou along the northern foot of Xiong'er Mountain, using Ruzhou as the base, and attacking Dengzhou and Tangzhou in the south."
"Is there a road through the vast mountains?" Chen Qing continued to ask.
Liu Qiong nodded, "Beizhi had a Dutou who was a hunter from Xiong'er Mountain. He told Beizhi that every summer, businessmen would pass through Xiong'er Mountain to Dengzhou to buy medicinal materials and furs, and then return the same way in autumn. There was a
Very rugged mountain trails to walk on.”
"Can the baggage truck leave?"
Liu Qiong smiled bitterly and shook his head, "We can only use mules and donkeys that are good at walking on mountain roads to carry grain and grass, so I need 30,000 Hedong donkeys in my plan."
Chen Qing thought for a moment and said: "It must be a donkey from Hedong, not a camel?"
"Camels are not good at walking on mountain trails, so I'm afraid they won't be able to do it."
Chen Qing nodded, "Your plan is not bad. Please refine it and make it more solid. Especially in the later stages of the battle with Zhang Zhongxiong, all possibilities must be considered, such as how to deal with the enemy's reinforcements, and then
For example, what to do if Yue Fei sends troops, how to retreat if he fails, etc. When the time comes, you will not just report to me. There will be a review group. Guan Shigu, Jiang Yanxian, and Zhang Xiao will all participate. They all have rich combat experience.
It’s so easy to fool him.”
Liu Qiong asked nervously: "When will the review start?"
Chen Qing said calmly: "I request that the deadline be at the end of this month, and then the review will begin within ten days. Both you and General Tang will participate, and you will have to answer many questions on the spot."
Liu Qiong and Tang Qian discussed for a while and said to Chen Qing: "We discussed it and temporarily gave up the small task of capturing Hulao Pass and concentrated on making the Qi Wen plan more detailed and solid."
Chen Qing praised: "That's right, seek refinement rather than more. Hulao Pass and your Dengzhou surprise army plan are completely opposite to each other!"
When Chen Qing came back from Bashang, it was still dusk. They did not go back directly to the government, but came to their official rooms and sent people to bring Guan Shigu, the counselor of the Military Department, Sima Luwei, and Yang Zaibo, the commander of the Firearms Department, and the weapons
The deputy secretary ordered Zhao Wenxin and four others to come.
Among these four people, Guan Shigu is the top supervisor, Lu Wei is the person in charge, Yang Zaibo, the director of the Firearms Department, is responsible for manufacturing, and Zhao Wenxin, the deputy director of the Ordnance Department, is responsible for warehousing.
The Firearms Department and the Firearms Bureau are not the same thing. The Firearms Bureau is only responsible for firearms design, gunpowder preparation and firearm testing. The Firearms Department has a wide jurisdiction, including firearms and kerosene. Firearms range from mining, purification, grinding,
Casting the shell, assembling the finished product, etc., except for the most confidential parts which are completed at the Firearms Bureau, all other accessories and finished product assembly are the responsibility of the Firearms Bureau.
Chen Qing is concerned about the problem of gunpowder production. Insufficient production has always been a big problem. Otherwise, box-type wooden fire mines with a charge of 500 kilograms would not be so rare. There are only five in the entire army.
Not long after, the four people hurried to Chen Qing's official room.
"Thank you for your hard work, you even brought four of you here during dinner."
Guan Shigu said with a smile: "Your Highness must have just come back from Ba Shang!"
Chen Qing nodded, "I just encountered some difficult problems and wanted to discuss how to solve them with everyone."
Guan Shigu said solemnly: "Your Highness, please speak!"
Chen Qing said slowly: "Although the Jin soldiers do not have iron fire thunder, they are equipped with a large number of gunpowder barrels. They imitated us and filled them with poisonous nails. Therefore, in the battle of the Central Plains, we will inevitably be attacked by poisonous nails and gunpowder barrels. Our only
The best response is to train soldiers to avoid gunpowder barrels, but the problem now is that the gunpowder barrels we trained are out of stock, and it is said that the Military Department has no stock here either, is that right?"
Chen Qing looked at Lu Wei, who was in charge of the inventory of gunpowder barrels.
Lu Wei nodded, "That's true. We dismantled 12,000 gunpowder barrels before. The double-layer barrels and poison nails are all in the warehouse, but the gunpowder is gone."
Guan Shigu felt a little ashamed and said: "At that time, I didn't consider that the training required wooden fire thunder. I just thought about training firearms soldiers how to use iron fire thunder. I completely forgot that we also need to defend against the golden soldiers' wooden fire thunder. In the end, I made the decision.
I did not think carefully about taking the gunpowder from the gunpowder barrel in the inventory, and I am indeed responsible."
Chen Qing waved his hand, "I summoned the four of you not to hold anyone accountable, but to find a way to solve the problem together."