Beiyang new warlord

However, this cannon is full of trachoma, and experienced gunners would not even move such a cannon. There are too many air bubbles inside, and it can't be fired for a few shots, and it just explodes.

It's no wonder that the old man is trembling.

Mao Jue couldn't help showing a look of disappointment on his face. This era is the most lethal, and the main force for attacking cities and villages must be cannons, but he didn't get angry. After all, nothing can be done overnight. Now the flintlock gun that satisfies him Being able to make it already made him very satisfied.

"General, the problem of trachoma still needs to be explored, but with Mrs. Yang's guidance, the trachoma has been reduced a lot, as long as, as long as I give the old man some more time"

"Okay, you don't need to talk, I will give you time, just speed up! And this musket, pick [-] from the finished product, take it out and fire it, how many times can a gun be fired at most, and send it to the troops Before hand, Ben will know!"

The progress of the Hongyi cannon was a bit slow, but Qi Jiguang's signature firearm, the tiger squat cannon, was made with ease and was reinforced with iron hoops. Many mortars and tiger squat cannons of this era have taken shape.

Stayed here until the evening, watching the sunset, a puff of smoke straight into the yellow sky, in the workshop, the sound of banging irons accompanied by the firelight, singing and dancing without listening, Mao Jue relaxed in satisfaction tone.

Guy thing, also have!

Chapter 69. The smoke rises, the mountains and rivers tremble

"Kill! Kill!"

Intense shouts shook the entire school field. The recruit training has entered the second month, and the training has finally entered the actual combat from the abhorrent queue and standing in the army.

The shiny flintlock guns were in everyone's hands, and at the gate of the barracks, a huge wild boar hung there dead, causing flies to fly all over the sky.

The general is the courage of the soldier, the guy at hand, and the armor on his body is also the courage of the soldier. On the day when the flintlock was issued, Mao Jue grabbed a flintlock from a certain soldier in front of everyone. The sharp bayonet pierced through the heart of the wild boar with ease, and such a beast weighing one hundred catties was directly knocked down.

This is definitely different from the soft and brittle bird guns in the past, and it instantly gave great confidence to the eight flintlock whistles, and the farthest rumor in Liaodong, Nurhachi means wild boar skin, this poke also shows that The meaning of this regiment's existence is to stab into the heart of wild boar skin like a bayonet, which also greatly improves the morale of this newly formed pro-army regiment.

Soldiers, this is what you need!

The only shortcoming was that the two Hongyi cannons were not in place yet, so the runners could only run around holding the tiger squat cannons, carrying shells and gunpowder barrels all over the field.

However, Mao Jue was not in the school field at this time, and Wen Meng was completely given the task of directing these hundreds of infantrymen to practice assassination against the scarecrow's throat. At this time, Mao Jue was personally supervising another team that he relied heavily on.

cavalry!

Twenty miles east of Jialuofeng Fortress, Yellow Lawn.

The slope of about ten degrees is relatively flat. On the edge of the forest on the slope, there are hundreds of shadowy scarecrows holding shields and bows. It seems that they just jumped out of the forest. A few hundred meters away, two cavalry posts are restless. waiting.

"attack!"

Amid Mao Jue's angry shouts, Liu Chong flicked the horse's reins first, and then the two regiments of cavalry charged forward like noodles. The horse's hooves flew up, and deep horseshoe marks emerged on the dry hillside.

In the past, this brave cavalry team would have swung their sabers and chopped down fiercely, but this time, the cavalry made a big turn 40 meters in front of the "Jiannu" army formation. In an instant, the same dark gun barrel protruded forward fiercely.

ping pong pong~

The treatment of the cavalry is really higher than that of the infantry. The eight flintlock sentries only have live ammunition training once every three days. The cavalry has live ammunition training every day. Under the intensive gunfire, those straw crowds with swords and shields were immediately beaten. It was twisted and crooked, even the wooden shield was cracked, and the scarecrow was beaten and caught fire.

Heavy infantry has always been the nemesis of shock cavalry. The Ming army fought the most brilliant and tragic two field battles in Liaodong. One was the battle of Liu Ting's West Route Army and Qi's Army at Sarhu, and the other was between the remnants of Qi's Army on the Liaohe River. The last swan song of the white pole soldiers was the same twice. The billowing Eight Banners iron cavalry roared and rushed over, but they were killed and injured by the spears of the Ming army. The shield chariot, relying on the advantage of numbers and the consumption of bows and arrows, broke through the formation of heavy infantry and exhausted the two elites of the Ming Dynasty.

Equipped with bayonets, Mao Jue's flintlock soldiers have more than 1.6 meters of weapons in their hands. Coupled with cotton armor, they are enough to take on the task of heavy infantry. They can also use muskets to shoot at long-distance. Although they are primitive firearms, the performance of muskets In fact, it is better than bows and arrows. Otherwise, the British would not have issued the abolition of the longbow decree, and replaced the longbows that have been used for hundreds of years with more primitive matchlock guns. In this case, the function of cavalry to fight in battle will be reduced. Quite a few, the task of harassing and protecting the formation is much heavier.

Mao Jue remembered a well-known military unit in later generations.

Dragoons!

The cavalry flintlock is a short model of [-] cm. Although the effective range is reduced a lot, the flexibility and speed on the horse can make up for this. The short barrel is better than reloading immediately. If trained properly, a hundred cavalry will be like gadflies That brings the other party incomparable harassment and trouble.

But the premise is that the training is proper, a round of musket bombardment, the scarecrows in the front are in a mess, but the ones behind are basically fine, and the nearby trees are unlucky, many holes have been punched, obviously someone missed it.

An angry Mao Jue cursed.

"It's been three days! Are you all pigs? It's like this when you hit stationary targets. How can you fight the Jiannu Eight Banners like the wind in the future? Come on, set up a scarecrow, and then practice for me! A bundle of wheels can't knock down half, don't let him Damn it's dinner!"

This Liu Chong was also full of anger. He slapped the two who had just emptied their guns, and roared like a cup.

"Take aim and hit again! I can't eat dinner, so you don't want to be sleepy tonight, if you can't hit half of it, let me squat on horseback tonight!"

Now that the army's sense of honor has also been cultivated, the two officers were angry, and the soldier himself was also full of anger, restlessly quickly loaded the ammunition, and planned to carry out the next round of attack.

But at this moment, a few cavalry galloped over in a distant distance, and Su Changmei was sweating profusely, acting as the messenger.

"General, Commander Mao, the military situation is urgent, please return to Pidao immediately!"

With a thump in his heart, Mao Jue asked hurriedly, "Do you ever know what happened?"

"Return to the general, the battle in Liao Town has started again! The governor of Liaodong ordered the whole Liao to prepare for the war. There is an imperial decree, and Mao Shuai is also going to fight!"

I didn't care about the training, so Mao Jue rushed to the port with a dozen cavalrymen in a hurry. He was really worried, so he sent someone to take Zhao Cheng, Zhao Yong, Tian Tao and He Momo with him, and sat down. The boat crosses the sea.

I haven’t been back to Phi Island for several months. It seems that everything here has changed. It’s really a big war. More than 100 warships from the Dongjiang River are all out. The port is full of soldiers pushing fresh water food to load the ship. They are usually lazy. The Ming army was also mobilized nervously, thinking that there were patrol phalanxes carrying spears patrolling everywhere, and the number of patrolling men in Pidao Town was two or three times more.

Holding the general order, he went directly into the town, the governor's mansion, and the main hall. The military meeting of the senior officers had been going on for a while. Wait for the senior officers to stay.

While laying out the marching route, seeing Mao Jue coming in, Mao Wenlong's face turned dark suddenly, and he stretched out his hand in annoyance.

"My son came at the right time! Ru Tieshan Town and Mao Youde's troops stayed behind in Dongjiang! Guarding against bandits and preparing for Japanese, there must be no mistakes!"

Mao Wenlong's temper was really inexplicable, but his words made Mao Jue heave a sigh of relief. Now the personal soldiers have not finished training, and more importantly, he needs to preside over the new crops to be planted, harvested, and winter storage. He was really afraid that Mao Wenlong would come to fight as a father-son soldier and drag him away.

Under the eyes of Mao Wenlong, who will clean up after a while, Mao Jue cupped his fists obediently: "The general obeys orders!"

Then he shrank behind the listless Mao Youde.

This time Mao Wenlong's marching route is still the same as before, taking the waterway into Lushun, from Jinzhou to the north, waiting for an opportunity to harass Hetuala or Liaoyang Shenyang line, Mao Zhongming is the vanguard, Shen Shikui is on the left, the Liu brothers are on the right, and the polished commander Chen Jisheng Follow Mao Wenlong to the central army, and the rest are the rear army. This time, Dongjiang really came out in full force.

Looking at this configuration, Mao Jue understood a little bit. There must be a reliable person guarding the house to reassure Mao Wenlong. Mao Youde's loyalty can be seen by everyone, and he is his own son, so it is not surprising that they stayed behind, not because Mao Jue didn't know what he did to make Mao Wenlong so angry that he was left behind.

As expected of a veteran, Mao Wenlong waved his hand in satisfaction after specifying several plans and thinking about how Jiannu would fight back.

"The generals will return to the camp immediately and prepare. We will set off tonight and go straight to Jinzhou! Mao Jue, you stay!"

"The last will obey!"

More than a dozen important generals stood up, clasped their fists and bowed, and walked away in a blink of an eye, leaving Mao Jue standing alone in the lobby, looking at Mao Wenlong with a darkened old face, he couldn't help feeling numb in the back of his head.

It's really blowing beard and staring, the wrinkles on the forehead are almost like a tiger, I don't know what made this old guy angry, Mao Wenlong growled angrily.

"Bastard, don't come in with the old man yet!"

"what happened?"

In the study, a Liaodong official document was thrown in front of Mao Jue. After looking at it twice, Mao Jue's old face twitched suddenly. No wonder, Yuan Chonghuan sold it to him!

This guy is definitely revenge, revenge for Mao Jue's words of Yuan Manzi's personal confession. In the official document, he especially praised Mao Jue's foresight. It's either a compliment or a good one.