Chapter 168 Firearm (Part 1)

June 16th year

Wang Hongyi acquired Nanjun and Zhangling County and established another 30,000 units.

The military organization in Jingzhou has reached an unprecedented 150,000. Of course, this is just a system, and it will take at least three months to fully train and mature.

By the way, when it comes to Wang Hongyi's current position, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is more than ten thousand in size, and it is even more wrong to say that it is high-level. Wang Hongyi stipulates that the cultural and sports form should be specified as soon as possible.

According to the Ming Dynasty's "Draft of the Ministry of Rites", Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly issued edicts to ban the reduction of documents from traditional Chinese literature, advocating that "the literature is pure and not to be beautiful by false words."

In December of the ninth year of Hongwu, Ru Taisu, the head of the Ministry of Justice, submitted a letter of Chen Shiwu, which was 17,000 words long, and said five things in total. Zhu Yuanzhang asked the Secretary Wang Min to read it to him. He read it until 6,300 words, but he had not yet reached the main topic.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and asked someone to scepter Ru Taisu, and immediately ordered: "The function words are inaccurate and the clever texts are indiscriminate. I am very tired of it. Since now, those who have entered and left the court with traditional Chinese literature will be punished!"

Wang Hongyi also ordered: "In the future, the writings of the matter should be written in a simple and honest manner. Do not regard the false words as beautiful. After the main text, then use a few sentences to explain the conciseness."

"It is summarized and then passed on to the Sewen Pavilion. The Sewen Pavilion reviews and drafts the handling opinions, and then handles them by the Sewen Pavilion."

The three passages of the memorial will be born from this - the main text, refined, and written.

In this way, the speed of processing official documents will be greatly improved and the efficiency will be greatly improved.

Half a month after Zhangling County surrendered, it quickly entered the state and everything was in order.

Jiangling. Chuankou County. Xueyuan

Xue Garden is a famous garden in Jingzhou. It has curved corridors and pavilions, green as a pile of green as a screen, houses and terraces, and gravel paths. It is extremely beautiful. Although Jiangling has changed its ownership now, it has not damaged its prosperity.

I heard melodious music in the garden, and walked along the music, and the path suddenly became clear.

A large pavilion was sitting with several people standing with them, and the fragrance of tea was revealed, but several people were talking about major events.

"Nanjun and Zhangling County have surrendered. The Duke of Shu has set up a new camp and has dispatched old troops to disrupt the training..."

"The prefects of Nanjun and Zhangling County both gave them a thousand acres of land and a silver medal, and Yinzi and the other two were awarded their merits to commend their loyalty."

"After just half a month, the Lu family, Li family, and Cui family were able to donate large ships, and recruited naval troops from various counties and counties to gather one place. In a short period of time, there were 20,000 naval troops."

"The Wu court is as prosperous as fire, but there are few military affairs. Although it is 200,000, the battle is probably no more than 100,000. Jingnan has decided to collect 30,000 infantry, and it is amazing to add up to 100,000 infantry. In this way, it is only 150,000."

"The Duke of Shu has now commanded 150,000 troops. Although the troops are not familiar with them and the order is not stable, there is still a county in Jingnan that has not been sent, and the Wu State is the same. It can be said that the flag is equal."

"I think all three parties need to cultivate, but I'm afraid September is the season of the war."

"Not necessarily, all three parties need to cultivate, but the focus is different. This battle was first a water battle. The Duke of Shu Kingdom had a maximum of 20,000 naval forces and were not familiar with the troops. The King of Wu and the Duke of Chu had 40,000, or even 50,000. Therefore, I expected that once Wu land was settled and Jingnan was settled, they would jointly launch a water battle."

"When I say it makes sense. Neither the King of Wu nor the Marquis of Chu will allow the Duke of Shu to train the naval army."

"But at the same time, if the Duke of Shu waits for his cultivation, he will send troops by land to attack Nanyang and Jiangling. It depends on what time it is. Once a water battle is launched, it will be necessary."

"Everyone has expressed his opinions. By the way, I have seen the Duke of Shu, what have you seen?"

These *** parts are monks with star crowns and green robes, and there are also several people wearing regular clothes.

"I have seen that the fate of Duke Shu is unpredictable. Just from the perspective of face, it is just a noble fortune in physiognomy. I am just a vassal state. However, his aura is as broad as a canopy, with blue and pure color, with a crown hanging on the verge of the sacred figure, and five colors are all like dragons and clouds. Although he is not the emperor, he also has the aura of a king."

"This person's fate is strange and difficult to measure. My cultivation is shallow and I can't see clearly where his foundation is."

Everyone was speechless after hearing this.

"Where is the Chu Hou?" After a while, someone finally said.

"After Duke of Shu got Xiangyang, he was like a tiger adding wings. Not only was the situation in Shu stable, but the original hidden dragon power of Jingzhou could no longer suppress him. Except for King Wu, no one in the south could compete with Duke of Shu for Jingzhou. Even if King Wu was killed, it would be difficult to infer who would win."

"Even if the Wu and Chu coalition forces win against the Shu army, the biggest winner is the King of Wu. Unless the King of Wu and the Duke of Shu die together, how is this possible?" A middle-aged Taoist narrowed his eyes slightly and said slowly: "I see that our support for the Chu Marquis will come to an end. Anyway, we are not in deep territory and we have no time to pull out our hands."

After hearing what happened, everyone in the pavilion frowned.

Although I didn't intervene deeply, I had been operating for more than ten years. Once I abandoned it, I suffered a lot of losses. Is the fortune of the Duke of Shu really so powerful?

Although the Duke of Shu has firmly been in the main position in Shu, now the world is in chaos and heroes are emerging. In the world, which prince is not constantly devouring the surrounding forces? Although the Duke of Shu has risen rapidly, who can tell clearly which step he can take?

The tug-of-war between the princes is probably not to be settled within ten years.

The middle-aged Taoist saw that everyone was in deep thought, but he did not interrupt him.

But at this moment, another bird was chirping and flew in from outside.

"Is there another news coming?" The middle-aged Taoist felt a little uneasy, frowned slightly, stretched out a palm, letting the bird perch on it.

The little bird tilted its head, confirming something.

After a moment, with a "gurgling" sound, it fell down, and there was a letter on it.

"Is it the information of the Shu army again?" Several people in the pavilion couldn't help but change their faces slightly.

At this time, the middle-aged Taoist opened the letter at a slow and fast speed, and after seeing the contents of the letter clearly, the middle-aged Taoist's face changed.

"What happened?"

"It was news from the Shu army. After Nanjun and Zhangling County took the initiative to surrender, the Duke of Shu sent an envoy to Nanyang County." The middle-aged Taoist couldn't help but sigh: "It's really...

The middle-aged Taoist said, and handed the letter to the person opposite him.

"What? Nanyang County is not stable anymore? Do you want to surrender to the Shu army?" The man said in surprise: "Has the Duke of Shu's fortune reached this level?"

The middle-aged Taoist's half-closed eyes opened suddenly, and the trace of indifference on his original face disappeared, becoming very solemn.

Recalling the losses of his sect over the past decade, the middle-aged Taoist sighed: "If Nanyang County loses again, I am afraid that the trend of Jingbei will not be reversed. We must make quick decisions for the support of Chu Hou."

Jingzhou. Hanjin County

Hanjin County is located on the west bank of the Han River. In ancient times, there was Guandu here and was known as the "Little Hankou".

Although it was a county town, it built a giant fort and became an official ferry.

Every day, there are traffic and sails, people come and go, and there are endless streams of prosperity.

At this moment, 50,000 troops, 20,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry, and 20,000 navy troops were assembled.

Wang Hongyi inspected the navy, and the left and right secretary cabinets and personal guards performed their duties and followed closely.

"Report!" A cavalry came quickly, and reached a hundred steps away, flew off the horse, and after being examined, he stepped forward and knelt down on the ground.

"Master, this is the information from the Young Prison. Please read it!" As he said that, the cavalry raised his hands high, putting a secret letter in his hand.

"Emergency information from the Young Prison?" Wang Hongyi immediately felt moved when he heard the cavalry's words.

The personal soldiers arrived in front of the cavalry and carefully received the secret letter. After checking, they walked to Wang Hongyi and handed the secret letter to Wang Hongyi.

After opening the secret letter, Wang Hongyi quickly started to read it.

But in a moment, a smile appeared on Wang Hongyi's face.

"Has the hand gun been made?"

The pistol is slender and tubular, with a diameter of 1.5 cm and a total length of 35 cm. Due to Wang Hongyi's guidance, the gunpowder is changed from directly igniting the ignition hole with a fuse to load the ignition hole with a fuse, and then igniting it with a fuse. It can be said that it has basically evolved into a fuse gun.

Of course, this range is very low, only twenty steps, which is effective on the ship. Because the gun is released through the ship, it is basically ineffective in infantry battles, because the enemy's twenty steps arrive in a blink of an eye, and only the part is to be tortured.

"There are also hand fire bullets."

The hand fire bullet is a transformation of Tao Lei. It is generally round and has several raised corners. This corner falls on the other side's boat and does not roll out too slippery.

There is oil and fire and gunpowder inside. There is a small hole on the surface of the body to place the fuse. After ignition, it falls on the other party's ship, causing a small explosion and causing a raging fire. It can be thrown by hand, or a bamboo pole or a miniature stone thrower.

"I finally reached the level of Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang in the Ming Dynasty." Wang Hongyi couldn't help but laughed to the sky.

Although the Navy has expanded its army to 20,000, it is still built roughly, far from comparable to the Wu Chu Navy. Wang Hongyi is quite clear about this, and the only way is to use "smart tools".

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng competed for hegemony, they used a lot of firearms, and the process was very exciting.

The main ones are muskets, generals, iron cannons, muskets, rockets, magical arrows, fire caltrops and burning firearms.

The musket is the basic equipment of the navy, but the musket is loading ammunition slowly at this time and cannot shoot continuously.

The result of Wang Hongyi's three standards of truth is: "Develop standards, form standard equipment, remove patterns, and uniform production"

Considering the reality, the cannons are not in time for production now, so they only concentrate on muskets and fire thunder. This hand-fired fire bullet is actually a variant of fire caltrops.

This is also the level that technology can reach now.

But transcendent insights still play a major role. First of all, the "match rope" of the handgun is transformed, which greatly reduces the loading time and can implement "three-stage shooting".

The second is the hand fire bullet produced by the mixture of gunpowder and oil and fire, which is a powerful tool to deal with wooden ships.

With these things, I finally felt relieved. Wang Hongyi ordered: "Let the young supervisor craftsmen who arrived in Xiangyang be uniformly manufactured immediately, at any cost."

I suddenly remembered something in my heart, that was, before the war, Zhu Yuanzhang sealed the ship gate and ladder, leaving the navy soldiers with no way to escape and could only fight to death or die in battle. He decided to adopt this method in my heart.

Under such a method, the navy would either win a great victory or the entire army would be destroyed. However, even if such an entire army would fail, the Wu Chu navy would have to suffer heavy casualties - this is the navy's version of the battle of the backwater.
Chapter completed!