Lord of Ming Dynasty

He raised his head and looked at Du Ge, "Is there any more?"

Du Ge said: "Xin'an County has not seized much, but 1 taels of silver and 20 shi of grain. We have seized [-] taels of silver and [-] shi of grain here. In addition," he called out, "present it. "

"We found this."

Zhang Qiang watched suspiciously as Du Ge's soldiers opened a box, and took out a matchlock gun from it.

"This is?"

"Portuguese matchlocks, my lord."

Du Ge said.

Zhang Qiang stood up. Although there were a lot of firecrackers used by the Ming army and the seized Qing army troops, there were not many of them that could be used. After the troops trained, they lost a lot. Zhang Qiang is currently trying to expand the firecrackers for his troops. , but no firecrackers to worry about.

The grape matchlock gun is not to say how advanced it is compared to the firecrackers equipped by the Ming and Qing armies, but one thing is that it is definitely much better in terms of workmanship and durability.

Think about it, the probability of bombing is lower, at least lower than that of the Ming and Qing armies, the accuracy is slightly better, and the quality is relatively better. This is the weapon that Zhang Qiang's current firearms troops urgently need.

Zhang Qiang picked up the matchlock gun and observed it carefully. The workmanship is obviously better than that of the Ming army, and they are all new. This is better than the [-] Portuguese matchlock guns that Zhang Qiang found in Zhu's mansion and bought by Zhu Dadian, which had been stored for a long time. much better.

"How many?" Zhang Qiang asked while checking.

Du Ge said: "My lord, there are 750 rods in total, of which [-] rods are better preserved, and the other [-] rods were damaged in the war when they resisted our attack. This is what I have selected. The best [-] rods originally came with [-] rods, but they used [-] rods, either missing or damaged, and only these are still intact in the warehouse.”

"Okay, take them all out and equip my troops." With a wave of Zhang Qiang's hand, he found the best users for these weapons.

Du Ge said cautiously: "My lord, can you keep some for me?"

Zhang Qiang looked at him sideways, saw that he was a little hairy, and laughed awkwardly, Zhang Qiang said: "I will leave you three hundred rods." Du Ge immediately turned into a sincere smile, and just wanted to thank Zhang Qiang, Zhang Qiang added : "Wait until my troops have replaced three hundred firecrackers."

Du Ge's smile cooled down, and finally the expression on his face became that of constipation.

Zhang Qiang patted him on the shoulder, "My army is a full-fire force that can exert its maximum effectiveness, but you can't do much with this army, so - thank you for my favor to you!"

Du Ge's smile is uglier than crying, is there such a master?

But something is better than nothing.

Du Ge changed his mood, and his role became a loyal subordinate again, "My lord, what shall we do next?"

Chapter 79 Helpless

In order to supplement Wei Wuji's transferred troops and defend Jinhua Mansion, Zhang Qiang's firecracker troops have already dispatched two hundred households to supplement them. Therefore, Zhang Qiang's establishment is actually not the full number of two thousand households of firecrackers. Troops up.

Now that he has captured [-] matchlock guns this time, he can reorganize the former musketeer troops and make up for the drawn troops.

Eight hundred rods can prepare three hundred musketeers.The rest equip their own cavalry troops, 150 cavalry troops, at least 66 cavalry can be equipped with muskets, and yes, these cavalry can become hunting cavalry.

Attacking the enemy with muskets from a distance is more efficient than bows and arrows. The bows and arrows of horse cavalry have a short range, and their lethality is definitely not as good as muskets.

But the archer cavalry shoot seven or eight arrows, the enemy is protected by armor, with three or four arrows hanging on his body, he is still alive and kicking, and he draws his saber to fight you, unless he hits a vital point, the damage will not be great.

Zhang Qiang felt that the chasseurs were more effective than pure cold weapon cavalry.

Therefore, he gradually transformed his cavalry troops into European chasseurs.

"Next?" Zhang Qiang also asked himself.

Du Ge said: "Who will guard this place, this is an important passage connecting our hinterland?"

Zhang Qiang looked at him, "You come to guard, and I will give you a force of one thousand households. What you have left is less than one thousand households. I will take it away, and I will leave the more than 1000 people who have just been turned into auxiliary soldiers for you." , Form a thousand households, and you will lead the troops of these two thousand households to guard here. You use the firecrackers I replaced to form a firecracker force, just a strengthened hundred households."

Excluding Du Ge's army of 150 households, Zhang Qiang led the army directly, and increased a lot of troops at once. The cavalry battalion, a [-]-man guard cavalry squadron, plus four Duge troops of one hundred households, and cold weapon troops, Zhang Qiang's troops were expanded to [-] troops.

Counting Zhao Siyang's more than 900 artillery units and Xuanyuan Longfei's two mixed units of 900 households, Zhang Qiang's army still has more than [-] troops.

There are still more than 100 auxiliary soldiers left, and a civilian team of as many as 4000 people, which is still a lot of troops.

"Hurry up and suppress the bandits here, hunt down the deserters, suppress the remnants of the Qing army who want to rebel in the local area, and recruit some young and strong men at the same time. At least give me two thousand households to make up for our lack of guarding troops." Zhang Qiang Added the order to Du Ge.

"Don't worry, my lord, the general will guard this place well and do what you told me well." Du Ge said.

"Well, keep an eye on Lin Chengcheng and He Jin at the same time, don't let them have the slightest disagreement, and keep in touch with Hu Kui to ensure my safety." Zhang Qiang said again.

Du Ge did not accept Zhang Qiang's words, but asked, "My lord, when shall we continue marching?"

Zhang Qiang smiled and said: "We are waiting here. Since the enemy has got the news of our army's attack, they will definitely send a large army to attack, or they will strengthen their defenses and give the enemy half a month. If the enemy does not come to attack, we will go to Taizhou Fucheng .”

Zhang Qiang has another purpose, which is to wait for the supplies to be transported from the rear, as well as five thousand captives and two thousand civilian husbands.

In a flash, half a month passed, five thousand captives were sent over, and there were two guards from hundreds of households, because every place that was captured had to be equipped with a garrison and an administrative team to manage the place. Generals like Du Ge could not used to manage the place.

They are going to attack at any time and fight against the enemy.

In the past half month, Zhang Qiang successfully trained 500 of Du Ge's three hundred troops to become elite firearms soldiers.

Then directly into your own troops.

For the remaining half of a hundred households, Zhang Qiang added them to Zhao Siyang's artillery unit, making the artillery battalion more than 1000 people. Although it was not close to the strength of a thousand households, it was not bad.

There was still one hundred households left to Xuanyuan Longfei to manage, and Xuanyuan Longfei's troops increased to two thousand households plus one hundred households.

The expected enemy's attacking troops did not wait, so Zhang Qiang could only collect ships and go to Linhai County along the Lingjiang River.

In addition to the civilian husbands, nearly 2 troops marched in, boarded the ship, and attacked.

Nearly [-] boats, large and small, almost filled the Lingjiang River for four or five miles.

They are not naval warships, but only civilian awning boats, flat-bottomed boats, and some larger fast crab boats, which are basically not on the table.

The boat sailed for three days, fought continuously, and conquered many villages and towns under the rule of the enemy along the river. Each big town left a force of the general banner, plus some soldiers from the Ming army and some civilians, and then set sail again to attack the enemy troops on both sides of the river along the way. The garrison finally arrived at Yongfeng Town. The enemy's navy had already moved up the Shuojiang River, causing heavy losses to the ships in front. Hundreds of ships were sunk and attacked. When Zhang Qiang had no navy, he could only Set sail and land.

The artillery was placed on the coast to bombard the enemy ships, and the enemy navy had to retreat under the fierce artillery fire from the artillery battalion along the coast.

Leaving most of the artillery battalion behind, Zhang Qiang led the troops forward along the west bank, over mountains and mountains, avoiding the enemy's naval forces and advancing towards Linhai County.

Two days later, they arrived outside Linhai County and confronted the enemy across the river.

At this time, Zhang Qiang found that facing the surging water of the Lingjiang River and the majestic ancient city wall built on the opposite side, there was nothing he could do.

The navy of the Qing army cruising on the river swaggered past, firing two artillery pieces from time to time, frightening some young and strong soldiers in Zhang Qiang's army with panic in their eyes, and their formation was chaotic several times.

Blocking the sun with your hands, looking at the ancient city wall, you can actually see the red barbarian cannon. It seems that due to the joining of the rebel generals of the Ming Dynasty, the firearms of the Ming Dynasty were used by the Tartars, which caused more than a little inconvenience to the army of the Ming Dynasty. It was simply a catastrophe.

I don't have a Hongyi cannon in my hand, even if I have, it is impossible to shoot at the Hongyi cannon that is so high on the enemy's city wall. Due to the height, my Hongyi cannon has to be pushed to a very close place, and the enemy's Hongyi cannon It is a very disadvantageous thing to shoot at the enemy within the range of the cannon, and even if you bring Hongyi cannons this time, it is also a disadvantage for a few Hongyi cannons to shoot at the Hongyi cannons on the opponent's wall.

People's heads are shaking on the enemy's city wall. There are many red smocks and hats in the Ming Dynasty. Those who don't know it think that it is their own territory guarded by the generals of the Ming Dynasty. Lightning helmets, red tassels, bird feathers, Qing army generals wearing red robes and official uniforms of the Qing army, Zhang Qiang almost thought that they were still the army of the Ming Dynasty.