A gun costs at least ten taels of silver! It’s terrifying!
An army with more than 10,000 guns cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!
The cost is not high!
Moreover, this gun is also subject to wear and tear. No one knows how much the final wear and tear will be!
Then the second flaw is manufacturing efficiency!
Although Zhu Cixi introduced the concept of modern manufacturing and asked many craftsmen to work together to create one of the parts separately, and then finally integrated them together. This did improve some efficiency, but the effect of this was not particularly obvious. .
After all, there are only so many craftsmen. Even in the entire Ming Dynasty, there are only a few outstanding craftsmen. Moreover, manufacturing the core rifling of Lumi guns is very difficult. Even the best craftsmen cannot make several guns in a day. Tube!
There is no way around this.
And this is not something that Song Yingxing and the others can solve. The Rumi gun is already good enough as a matchlock gun, and Song Yingxing and Wang Zheng have nothing to do about it.
There is little room for improvement, and improving manufacturing efficiency is not an area that the two of them are good at.
Therefore, even if this gun has been accumulated for a long time, only a part of it can be produced, which is barely enough for the First Guards Army to use.
In addition to this gun, there is also Song Yingxing's mobile artillery.
It is precisely because of the emergence of these two, coupled with the well-trained training of the First Guards Army itself, that it is basically close to the quality of a modern army. Under various conditions, such a great victory can be achieved!
Nothing can be accomplished overnight.
Zhu Cixiang's ability to confidently send the Prince's First Guards Army to the expedition was not only because he did not have enough strength at hand, but also because he recognized the actual combat capabilities of the First Guards Army.
"Go back and tell the prince! I will fully support him in organizing the new army! If you have any needs, ask them all! I will fully satisfy him!"
Emperor Chongzhen was indeed very suspicious of foreign ministers, but he still had some advantages, that is, he still had absolute trust in his sons and others.
After all, there is no way his own son could turn against him.
He doesn't need to worry about raising a tiger, the only thing he worries about is that the tiger is not strong enough to wipe out the world!
I have to admit that the other military towns are now falling apart. Except for Qin Liangyu who is about to be defeated in Sichuan, many other people have already listened to the instructions but not the propaganda.
Chongzhen knew very well that the current situation was caused by the greatly reduced authority of the imperial court!
We can only rely on the prince!
If the prince can't do it...
To be honest, Chongzhen doesn't know who he should rely on... It seems that at present, no one has the ability to clean up the world!
Except for his own prince.
There was a hint of emotion in Chongzhen's eyes. He could only trust the prince now!
There is no one you can trust!
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
The eunuch in front of him said respectfully to Emperor Chongzhen in front of him.
Just when Chongzhen and the eunuch finished talking, the atmosphere in the Jiangnan area was a bit strange. Not everyone was celebrating this event.
Everyone has some doubts in their hearts, why is His Royal Highness the Prince able to kill so many Manchu and Qing cavalry without being hurt at all?
Then why were there so many casualties when dealing with those intruders before?
What exactly is going on?
Everyone was curious and had some doubts about this achievement.
People in the Jiangnan area are suspicious, but now the people in Beijing have nothing to worry about.
Everyone saw the fact that Duduo, the prince of the Zhengbai Banner of the Manchu people, walked into Beijing with thousands of defeated soldiers and dejected soldiers!
"what happened??"
In the main hall, Dorgon frowned and looked at Dodo in front of him and asked.
Several palace ladies nearby were fanning him.
He excitedly said to Duduo in front of him: "More than 5,000 people were killed or wounded, including 2,000 of our Manchu warriors! Those are my warriors of the Zhengbai Banner! Do you know??"
Duduo had a look of shame on his face, lowered his head and said to Dorgon beside him: "Brother Wang, those Han people are very cunning, and their guns are very powerful!
Moreover, their troops were actually able to disperse! When our troops chased us, they dispersed all over the mountains and plains, surrounded us, and then opened fire with guns and cannons! We could only find a place to break out.
Then I wanted to catch them off guard, so I went back to kill them. As a result, after they formed a battle formation, their firepower was very fierce. Thousands of them died before we even got close..."
"firearm……"
Dorgon frowned and said to a eunuch next to him: "Go and call Kong Youde over!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
The eunuch left respectfully.
Not long after, Kong Youde came over.
"Prince Regent, did you call me?"
Kong Youde hesitated for a moment, looked at Dorgon in front of him and asked.
"kindness!"
Dorgon nodded and glanced at Dodo next to him.
"Duduo, tell Kong Youde what the firearms you encountered look like!"
"Yes! Brother Wang!"
Dodo nodded.
He probably told Kong Youde about the firecrackers and artillery he saw.
After listening to Duduo's words, Kong Youde's brows were already frowning tightly.
"How about it??"
Dorgon next to him looked at Kong Youde's brows and asked quickly.
"King Qi, this fire gun, if what King Dodo said is correct, it should be the Rumi gun!"
"Rumi gun?"
Dorgon and Dodo were both stunned for a moment, looking at Kong Youde in front of them with confusion in their eyes.
Kong Youde explained patiently: "This Rumi gun was probably invented by a man named Zhao Shizhen during the Wanli period. This gun weighs about seven or eight kilograms, or six kilograms, and is about six or seven feet long. The leading rail and machine are all inside the bed.
. When pinched, it will fall, and the fire will rise again. There is a steel knife at the end of the bed. If the enemy is approaching, it can be used as a slaying sword. When releasing, grab the supporting hand in front, tuck the end of the bed behind, and only pinch the engine without pulling the weight, so the skill is not good.
When moving, the fire door should be a little far away from where the eyes should be pointed, so that the first smoke will rise, so that it will not smoke and startle the eyes."
"And steel knives?"
Duduo was suddenly shocked and looked at Kong Youde in front of him.
"good!"
Kong Youde nodded, frowned slightly, and asked Duduo in front of him: "Is your Majesty sure, you have seen tens of thousands of these guns??"
"good!"
Dodo nodded.
At this time, Kong Youde's brows furrowed even more tightly.
"Any questions??"
Dorgon looked at Kong Youde and asked.
"It's not a problem either..."
There was a hint of hesitation in Kong Youde's eyes as he looked at Dorgon in front of him.