prosperous age

Chapter 63
Father Wei and his uncle Wu Zhankui were discussing over there whether to bring those heavy guns, and Wei Guangde's thoughts were a little wandering at the moment.

Wei Guangde wondered if he should fiddle with hot air balloons. That thing is easy to make, and its purpose is naturally to detect the movements of the Japanese pirates in advance and provide intelligence support for whether to fight or run.

Simple is simple, and there are actually similar objects, that is Kongming lanterns.

Later generations will buy a lot of Kongming lanterns during the New Year and festivals, and they are not expensive. You can let them fly by writing a few words of blessing.

However, Wei Guangde soon realized that everyone could understand what they said, but with their little ability, they might not be able to do it.

The Kongming lanterns that later generations let fly by themselves are now the so-called top-level materials and craftsmanship. Can the Ming Dynasty make them?

Not to mention that this thing needs to bring a hundred and eighty catty person up, I'm afraid it might just fall apart in the air.

Wei Guangde can't solve the skeleton, skin, and manufacturing process, mainly because he can't solve the bearing problem, and he doesn't understand those things.

When it was dark, Wu Dong and Wei Wencai finally arrived at Pengze County with two hundred families.

More than 200 people did not enter the city, but directly lived in the barracks of Qianhusuo.

The two followed a few servants, and when the city gate was closed, they marched into the city and returned home.

When Wei Guangde heard the news, the two had already gone to the study with Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng, presumably they were still discussing this matter, Wei Guangde did not go to get involved.

At this stage, it is better to read more articles written before to see what needs to be revised, so that the whole article looks better is the right way.

During dinner, Wei Guangde saw his cousin and elder brother, but their expressions were not very good.

After the meal, the three young people got together to chat and found out. After returning home and seeing their father, they knew that the place they might be going this time was not the north mentioned last night, where they were fighting the Mongol Tartars. They were sent to South Zhili, and even to the coast of Zhejiang to guard against Japanese pirates.

Although I have heard that the Japanese pirates are cruel, they are all young people after all, especially Wu Dong. In the past year, he followed the training of soldiers and horses, and watched those people under him gradually transform from farmers to soldiers. At least they were barely qualified soldiers. He said no. Small minds are impossible.

When it comes to fighting the Mongolian Tartars, well, infantry against cavalry, he is indeed a bit timid.

But when it comes to fighting Japanese pirates, Wu Dong feels that the soldiers he trained can be pulled up without any problem.

Japanese pirates are ferocious, I will line up guns for you from a long distance to see if you have a steel frame, and if you are close, there will be a dozen archers shooting continuously, to see if you have the life to charge up.

Wu Dong also had the same opinion as Wei Wencai about his soldiers fighting desperately in close combat. He was afraid that the soldiers would collapse at that time.

But if it's just a long-range battle, there is still no problem.

So after knowing the details, Wu Dong was the first to jump out and follow the past to see the world and see if this pirate is really as powerful as those people say.

Regarding this point, there was obviously a conflict with his uncle Wu Zhankui, who would definitely not let his son go to the battlefield with him.

Even if Wei Wencai proposed to go later, it was directly rejected.

"Uncle said, they go over to see the situation first, and if it is easy to fight, they will send a letter and let us go there to share the credit."

Sitting on the sidelines, Wei Wencai talked about the previous incident to Wei Guangde, and he was also full of embarrassment.

"We have been leading that group of people to practice, and my uncle may not be able to command like a man."

Wu Dong was naturally dissatisfied, he really wanted to see what the Japanese pirates looked like.

In the Ming Empire these days, the images of Japanese pirates circulated are also very exaggerated, almost not human.

In the folks, because of the propaganda, those pirates were all described as Japanese people, with three heads and six arms, and they looked like monsters.

Of course, Wu Dong and Wei Wencai scoffed at these things, but they were reluctant to explain more on weekdays.

If it is really clear, it can only show the incompetence of the guards, and their own faces are not good-looking.

Although it didn't contribute to the flames, it was just letting it go.

I know that the Japanese pirates and them actually look the same, but I heard that the Japanese have strange hairstyles. Anyway, I can tell that they are not Han Chinese.

Most of those Japanese pirates in disguise also learned from others, so it is really difficult to distinguish the real Japanese from the fake Japanese.

As for why this is so, it is easy to understand if you think about it carefully. These are all Han Chinese. Although they have become pirates, their roots are still in Ming Dynasty.

You don't have to return to your roots after working as a pirate until you retire. Although retirement is more difficult, there are always relatives on the mainland.

"This time it's really dangerous. There are tens of thousands of Japanese pirates."

Wei Guangde hastily reminded him that he didn't know whether his father and uncle had clearly explained the seriousness of this matter to them.

"I don't want to watch the battle of dozens of people."

Wu Dong laughed lightly.

"Yeah, if it wasn't for the fact that it was a big fight, who would be interested in watching that.

In the past, we often practiced against each other, with more than a hundred people fighting against each other, and that was it.

Since the Japanese pirates dared to gather tens of thousands of people this time, they must have fought a big fight, and they might directly corrupt Zhejiang and Nanzhili.

The Nanjing military department was afraid that it was also worried about the money and food of Su Song's second mansion, so they hurriedly dispatched troops to strengthen their defenses.

There are tens of thousands of Japanese pirates, and they definitely didn't go all the way. Maybe they took action against several prefectures at the same time, and responded to each other, so that the imperial reinforcements could take care of one thing and lose another.

A chaotic battle involving tens of thousands of people is so exciting. "

Wei Wencai also answered the conversation with a smile at this moment. Obviously they also knew the details, but not only were they not frightened, but they aroused their interest.

In fact, this might not be a kind of trust in the two hundred men under his opponent.

Wei Wencai and Wu Dong devoted all their energy to the drills of these two hundred-household institutes, and Wei Guangde offered advice and suggestions from time to time, especially in the formation of troops.

Wei Guangde has no experience in the army, but he can't stand the huge amount of information on the Internet. He has read some articles, not to mention the addition of those film and television works.

For Wei Wencai and Wu Dong, they followed the tactics handed down by the older generation at the beginning, and asked the soldiers to stand in several rows. The front row was the sword and shield fighters, and the spearmen, bird gunners and archers were at the end.

When fighting, use guns and shields to stabilize the front line, and shoot the enemy with bird guns and bows. If you can't defeat the opponent, you can only let the infantry fight the opponent head-on until the opponent collapses.

As for them, they led the servants to stand at the back, and executed the military law on the battlefield against the soldiers who dared to escape without authorization, that is, to behead their heads as a public display.

For this style of play, Wei Guangde found it novel at first, and then he felt that the formation was a bit thin. After all, there are only so few people, and it is okay to say that they are evenly matched. If the opponent has cavalry or the number is superior, they can be overthrown with a single charge.

In order to adopt a formation, Wei Guangde spent a little brainpower.

(End of this chapter)