Chapter 16 New Weapons
With all the generals, he left the tent. The military soldiers in the ward were not as good as those in the military, let alone compared with the Beijing soldiers. The tents were arranged at the outermost periphery, and the environment was the worst.
Xie Zuhui took the lead and went to the military camp. With a command, he heard a loud bang and the entire military camp was shocked. Then he saw soldiers dressed neatly and came out to line up with weapons in his hands. However, in just a short time, all the soldiers had already assembled.
Fu Tianchou looked at these soldiers and couldn't help but nodded repeatedly. Fu Said once said that the focus of observing the army is on energy. If there is energy, it is strong, and if there is no growth, it is weak. The equipment of this guard soldiers is naturally simple, and it cannot be compared with the army of the army, and it is even worse than that of the Beijing camp soldiers. However, as long as you look at the fast gathering speed and the high morale that cannot be hidden there, you will know that the good soldiers led by General Xie Zuhui. These are indeed rare elites!
"Please read it!" Xie Zuhui said, and issued orders, and his soldiers changed their formations one after another, without any chaoticism. Cold weapon wars and hot weapon wars are different. The most important thing is the density of the formation, and they must be able to adjust the formations. Therefore, changing the formations are all basic skills.
Seeing the formation change, there were spearmen in the front row, erecting a forest-like spear, and many musketeers followed behind him. When Fu Tianchou talked with Fu, he heard Fu say that he highly praised the power of musketeers. However, in the real military camp, there were few firearms. Unexpectedly, the young general in front of him also attached so much importance to musketeers. Half of the two thousand soldiers were involuntarily. He couldn't help but take a few more glances.
After seeing this formation, the generals in the army had changed their impression of these high-spirited guard soldiers. But now they all sneered when they saw these equipment formations.
General Yu sneered, "What are you doing with so many fire sticks? Bows and arrows can still attack the enemy three times. If these things are fired, the Moji people's war horses have already rushed in front of you. Do you still have to use these muskets as sticks?" He paused and said, "What's more, the cotton armor worn by the Moji people is not good at guard against swords and guns, but it can prevent these muskets!"
Although General Yu is a bit dependent on his seniority, he is a long-time general in the army. He is very experienced in his gaze and can see these problems at a glance.
Xie Zuhui bowed and saluted, "Please issue an order and let us wait for shooting!"
Fu Tianchou didn't understand the specific tactical weapons very well. After hearing General Yu's words, hesitated in his heart. After listening to Xie Zuhui's words, he said: "Yes!"
This is in the military camp, and the shooting range is everywhere. With the order of Xie Zuhui, the army drove into the shooting range, but when he saw the sound of fried beans, streams of blue smoke came out.
When an expert looks at the trick, someone makes a "huh" sound, but it is because the smoke emitted by these muskets is extremely small. After ordinary muskets are fired, they will emit black smoke, especially after gathering fire to shoot, which can even cover up the entire sight. If the mouth and nose are not blocked, it can even choke people to death.
Often after the musketeers are launched, the entire military formation is covered with black fog. When the black fog dissipates, the enemy often has already arrived. This is also one of the reasons why muskets are criticized. However, after the muskets equipped by Xi Zuhui are fired, there is only a faint blue smoke, and when the breeze blows, it will dissipate in a blink of an eye.
If Fu Shuo was there, he would know that the reason for the black smoke was that the gunpowder formula was not suitable and the burning time was not sufficient, so there was so much black smoke. At that time, Fu Shuo had experimented with the best ratio of the world's gunpowder formula, one nitrate, two sulfonium, and three charcoal. However, the results were not ideal. Although the two worlds were similar, they were different after all, and their physical properties were still different. In this way, Fu Shuo died of his intention to refine the Earth Yuanshen Pill.
I watched the musket firing continuously and the sound of banging, as if there were endless bullets in the musket. The formation was divided into two groups, one round of shooting was completed, and the back row was followed by another shooting.
These generals were all soldiers who knew the soldiers, and at this time they finally changed their faces. Some people had counted that this musket could actually shoot out five bullets, two rows of rounds, just ten. Thinking about the sudden shooting of five thousand bullets at the Moji cavalry charge, at least a few hundred or thousands of cavalry. In this way, the offensive was almost curbed.
Fu Tianchou also saw the clues and said, "Come here to see if you have a gun!"
"Yes, my husband!" As Xie Zuhui said, he took out a musket and handed it over to him. A personal soldier stepped forward to catch it, but Fu Tianchou waved his hand and rushed away, and caught it himself. Seeing that this gun was very different from ordinary muskets. It was actually a five-barrel, and he suddenly realized: "So it turns out that with five barrels, no wonder he can fire five bullets!"
"Yes, my husband." Xie Zuhui proved himself in front of everyone. His young face was a little excited and blushed, "Made of iron, each with 1 foot 5, weighing 5 kilograms, lined up with a handle, there is a sight, the tube is filled with 2 coins of medicine and a lead bullet, and a fire door is used in a fire door. The barrel can rotate. After ignition and shooting, it will turn to the next fire door, and the flat shooting can reach 120 steps."
Fu Tianchou praised: "Good thing, it's indeed a powerful weapon for the country. How much does this gun cost?"
"This gun is extremely expensive, and it costs hundreds of taels of silver per barrel. The main reason is that this gun barrel is difficult to build and it is scrapped too much. The gun medicine is also made of the best of the experts. It is much more powerful than ordinary gun powder, and the smoke is much thicker. However, the requirements for the gun barrel are higher. If you use this kind of gun medicine for ordinary gun barrels, it will explode if you don't have a few shots!"
"What a pity, the price is too high!" Fu Tianchou sighed: "I will report to the emperor and remember your merits!"
Xie Zuhui immediately shouted: "Mr. Xie, I will definitely live up to expectations and help Lord Fu guard Jiashan Pass!"
Fu Tianchou nodded and said, "I am a civil servant and can't fight. I am also the chief general. As long as I win a battle, my first contribution will naturally be indispensable. Therefore, I have an advantage. I will not be jealous of the virtuous and capable, nor will I embezzle any of my family's contributions. Whoever should be. No matter who it is, as long as I can make contributions, I can guarantee that your contributions will not be discounted at all... Do you understand?"
This was beating the generals. The generals were shocked and naturally said in unison: "Yes, sir!"
This matter was settled at this time. Xie Zuhui brought his two thousand troops of the army, and the five hundred elite soldiers specially allocated by Fu Tianchou. He traveled all the way through the stars and moon, and took shortcuts, traveling day and night to Jiashan Pass. It took only four days to do so, and the entire army almost turned into a savage beggar, and finally arrived at Jiashan. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to (this site) and reward. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
Chapter completed!