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Chapter 372
It is impossible to satisfy people's hearts, no matter how fair you are, you can still find thorns.However, this time, the memorials were announced together with the final results, where doubts were picked out, and then the materials were supplemented again, from which it can be seen how seriously the emperor checked.In this case, unless there is a very big injustice, no one dares to make trouble.

Thus, the announcement of the list of officers came to an end calmly.Among the list of officers, there is no doubt that Cao Bianjiao's name is there.

The next step is to deploy according to the types of arms, such as long gunners, sword and shield players, archers, riders, etc. These are the elites of the various armies. Personal combat skills are the first condition for selecting new troops, and no further training is required. , which can save a lot of time.

The spearmen are all tall, long arms, and powerful soldiers, which allow them to use longer spears, iron and palladium and other long weapons, so that the enemy cannot approach; while the sword shield hand can skillfully use the knife Shield fit.The strength of the cavalry is also selected, and they are all those with the best riding skills among the troops on all sides.Fighting against the enemy in front of the battle is not far behind even compared with the Mongols who have been on the horse all their lives.In fact, some of these cavalry troops were of Mongolian origin and had been serving as servants of various generals in the Daming Frontier Army.

The training of the battle formation is carried out according to Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation, and the smallest unit is a squad of ten people.After the battle formation training in units of squads is ready, it is necessary to train more large mandarin duck formations in units of platoons and companies.The purpose of the training is that when the first division faces the enemy, it can be as large as almost the entire division as a big mandarin duck formation, or as small as a squad-based mandarin duck formation.Of course, these small mandarin duck formations are mainly for chasing the enemy.

All the archers and artillerymen form separate regiments, that is, the long-range firepower is assigned separately and carried by vans.Being in battle can not only block the opponent's cavalry attack, but also protect one's own artillery from the opponent's long-range firepower.As for being assigned to archers, it is because the rate of fire is fast enough, everyone is a strong bow, and the range is far enough.

For others, the training of an archer, especially an archer who can draw a hard bow, takes too much time and costs too much.But for the new army, these archers who can pull strong bows are all ready-made, they are just drawn from all sides, and there is no need for additional training in personal bow and arrow skills.At this time in the Ming Dynasty, even if muskets could be improved into flintlock guns, their power before battle was far inferior to that of archers with strong bows.

Of course, after this batch of new troops, it will be more difficult to recruit such strong archers to form an army.After all, there are very few archers like this who can draw a strong bow.At that time, the advantages of muskets can be reflected.As long as the capital can be spent and the training time is short enough, combat power can be quickly formed.If the new army's long-range firepower is added later, it will have to be equipped with flintlock guns and the like.

The battle formation trained by the new army is a new formation developed on the basis of the original "Mandarin Duck Formation" after Qi Jiguang was originally transferred to Ji Town. An enemy with a large cavalry army like the Mongols.

It's just a pity in the original history. After Qi Jiguang's army was trained, Daming and Mongolian Altan Khan had reached a settlement, and there was no major war between the two sides. Therefore, this army with a new formation did not show its full potential. It works as it should.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't need to worry about formations, because the chief teacher he appointed, Xi Mao Yuanyi, was an expert.Trained by Mao Yuanyi, he is at ease.

Relatively speaking, Emperor Chongzhen was more concerned about the curriculum arrangement of eunuch political commissars and the effect of teaching.He is even more concerned about the report and summary of the eunuch's political commissar's mastery of soldiers' thoughts, and he will check it himself, and he will never be lazy.

There was one thing that surprised him about the new army's equipment.Originally, he wanted to tell the idea of ​​the flintlock gun.But what he didn't expect was that before he said anything, Bi Maokang, the new director of the Military Weapons Bureau, enthusiastically took the initiative to tell him the flagship product of the Ming Military Weapons Bureau, which was the flintlock that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to announce.

"Your Majesty, this is a self-generated firecracker! Compared with the previous bird blunderbuss, it is far superior."

Watching Bi Maokang show off his flintlock invention, Emperor Chongzhen just smiled and nodded, listening patiently to his show off.

"In the Battle of Sarhu, when our Ming army retreated to Jilin Cliff, there was a thick fog and it was difficult to see people. However, our army's artillery and matchlock blunderbuss had to be ignited in advance to trigger the artillery fire blunderbuss. At the same time, if you see it, you will become a target." Bi Maokang talked in front of the imperial court, "Through years of careful consideration, I finally got this self-generated firecracker. There is no need to ignite the matchlock in advance, and there is no need to worry about burning the matchlock. There is no need to worry about the matchlock touching the gunpowder of the surrounding comrades, and it can also be used for fighting in strong winds. I can assure you that after the self-generated fire blunderbuss is equipped with our Ming army, we will be able to destroy Jianlu and recover Liaodong!"

The Battle of Salhu back then had always been a pain in Daming's heart.Bi Maokang was also one of the officials of that era, so he cared a lot.Because of this, when he talked about this self-generated firecracker, he even used the example of Saarhu back then.

After hearing Bi Maokang's words, Emperor Chongzhen actually didn't take it seriously. It was always people, not weapons, that could decide a war, unless it was an epoch-making weapon that was advanced enough to make up for the human factor.The gap between matchlock guns and self-generating guns alone has not yet reached this level.

Under Bi Maokang's expectant eyes, Emperor Chongzhen nodded with a smile and said, "This self-generated firecracker is really good. Bi Qing obviously put his heart into it. I am very relieved!"

Hearing the emperor's praise, Bi Maokang was happy. Just as he was about to say a few words of modesty, he heard Emperor Chongzhen change the subject and asked him: "But everything has its advantages and disadvantages. I want to hear it. It's self-inflicted." What are the disadvantages of guns?"

"..." Bi Maokang didn't have time to be modest, so he just stood there in a daze.He didn't have much contact with the emperor before, and he didn't expect that the emperor was so young, but he had such a mature mind, and he knew that everything must have its advantages and disadvantages.After listening to my own description, I can still maintain my own ideas, and I have to talk about the shortcomings of self-generated firecrackers.

To be honest, Bi Maokang was a little shocked.But when he saw Emperor Chongzhen watching him, he quickly came back to his senses and felt that the emperor's gaze was very discerning, so he didn't dare to hide anything, and hurriedly told him: "What your majesty said is very true, everything has its benefits. , must have its disadvantages. The key to this self-generating firecracker is the self-generating system."

　The second is at noon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)