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Chapter 229 Preparations before the war

With the struggle between Zhao Xing and Man Gui, Chongzhen finally agreed to launch an active attack on Jiannu on the 28th day of the 12th lunar month.

Now there are four days left before the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. We must seize the time before the war.

In order to ensure absolute victory, at least not a defeat, Zhao Xing was preparing to take out his hidden treasure, but after thinking about it, Man Gui and others were all old troops. Even if you equip him with the most advanced weapons, it would not be possible to change their essence in a short period of time. Keep the treasures for yourself, there is no need to waste them.

Since we cannot come up with new things, we will change it based on the original ones. This will not only be acceptable to the soldiers, but also as long as we have a slight improvement, it will be fine.

Now the firearms of the Ming Dynasty account for 40% of the entire team's equipment. But for the well-known reason, they are also praised by the soldiers as suicide tools.

At the same time, there is a lack of training. When the enemy is not within the range, they fire randomly. As a result, when the emergency loading is completed, the enemy will rush to the front of them with the speed of the war horse. Due to panic and frightened, the amount of gunpowder will be filled in a standard way. Either the loading is less, just a noise, or it will be filled in too much, which increases the risk of blowing up the chamber.

How can I solve this problem? It’s very simple, fixed-set gunpowder.

As long as you design a reasonable amount of up and down, and then wrap a small bag of one bag in paper, you can basically solve this problem. In order to solve the problem of blowing up the hall, Zhao Xing decided that he would rather lose the shooting distance than let it explode and get rid of itself.

If this problem is solved, there is another problem, that is, you must have unified standards for fixed-packing gunpowder. However, the Ministry of Works of the Ming Dynasty did not implement an advanced unified standard system at all. All standards are determined by the randomness and experience of the manufacturer, which is also the disadvantage of Chinese craftsmen.

Especially with inexplicable fantasy things added there, it is even more troublesome. You don’t know how efficient it is in this bucket of gunpowder, and you don’t understand how to detect the other bucket of gunpowder, eight beans or the arsenic that kills people?

At that time, an old craftsman arranged by Zhao Xing asked him to test their power for the dense gunpowder barrels in front of him. As a result, the old craftsman was sobbing like a death sentence. After Zhao Xing was persuaded, he gave a generous reward. The old craftsman stomped his feet, with a heroic and resolute look on his face, opened a bucket of gunpowder with a crowbar, reached out to pinch a small handful of gunpowder powder, put it in front of him, looked at it, put it under his nose, and smelled it directly, and then stuck out his tongue-

This action made Zhao Xing's souls burst into tears. Only then did he realize that the method of verifying gunpowder was savored. No wonder he had an expression like he was on the execution ground.

He kicked the old craftsman over, saving his life, and stopped his life-threatening move. Then he was at a loss for the gunpowder stacked into mountains.

At this time, Zhifeng, who had just arrived, was really amused and laughed at this scene. He humbly praised his elders for his wisdom and helped the embarrassing Zhao Xing to relieve the embarrassing Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing raised his hand impatiently and called: "Don't play this trick for me, just say it, just tell me your idea, it's all burning your butt."

Zhifeng laughed: "Sir, you are a fan of the authorities. You have thought about everything in a complicated way. In fact, the solution is very simple. Just take apart all the gunpowder and stir it back together, and everything will be alive?"

Zhao Xing was stunned, then ashamed, and then said with confidence: "Your method is very good, so you can lead a group of people to do this." This is a very leader's style - you suggest you do it. If you succeed, your achievements are the leader, because it is called being able to know people and the leader is decisive; of course, if you fail, a big pot is whistling towards you from the sky.

When a decent leader of the Tiqi became the supervisor, Zhifeng felt aggrievedly that this was definitely a waste of talent. But Zhao Xing patted his shoulder: "This is a glorious and arduous task. If it is not my confidant, how dare I hand it over to him?" Just this sentence left Zhifeng speechless and burst into tears of gratitude.

Before leaving, Zhao Xing suddenly remembered a magic weapon to increase the power of gunpowder: "Now immediately search for all the eggs in the capital, take out the egg yolks, and then stir the gunpowder with egg whites to make them into granular shapes, which will increase the power of gunpowder."

Zhifeng asked in confusion at the time: "What is this?"

The subordinate dared to ask his boss what the reason was, which was simply seeking death. So Zhao Xing said angrily: "Why did I do this? I told you that if he feeds the gunpowder with egg white, he will possess the gods."

Leaving a confused face, Zhao Xing ran into Mangui's military camp. Facing the soldiers who had enough food and drink and had the strength to start training, Zhao Xing announced on the spot: "In order to be strict in discipline on the battlefield, and not panic in the face of the storm of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, and not to panic in front of the storm of the Qing Dynasty, I asked that a supervision team be set up after every musketeer team. I was panic and did not order those who fired randomly, and those who were in a random order would be killed. Those who were in a mess should be killed in the face of the enemy's own storm."

Faced with such a gloomy order, Man Gui agreed very much. Because in the eyes of these generals, the lives of soldiers were even more like grass. In the military camp, even if they were making loud noises, they would be beheaded immediately. Killing people is common and normal for them.

In order to stabilize the morale of these musketeers, Zhao Xing specially demonstrated the efficiency and safety of fixed-mounted gunpowder, so that they knew that as long as you were not panicked, it was definitely not a suicide weapon. At the same time, he mobilized the original sword and shield soldiers behind them and announced to them shamelessly that these shields would resist the enemy's precise riding and shooting, protect their faces, and let them kill the enemy with peace of mind.

In fact, in this era, the power of bows and arrows is not very powerful. As long as you don’t hit the throat directly, there is no life danger. In the TV series, you see those powerful generals, like the wolf-toothed arrows on their bodies, and they can still shout and fight. That’s not a magical drama, that’s a fact.

With such a shield soldier, the musket soldier protected the head, face and throat. The arrows on his body were only injured and bleeding, but not fatal.

Of course, such arrangements were also Zhao Xing's sinister orders. While protecting the musket soldiers, the sword and shield soldiers were ready to stop their defeat at any time.
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