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Chapter 292
"Have you heard that the one who wears the silver armor with chiseled gold patterns and rides a tall white horse to hunt is Lord Futai!"

"I've never seen such a civil servant who can ride and shoot, and who is compassionate to the soldiers and common people. Seeing that our tugboat is tired, he will let people disembark and march for drills. Alas, what a good official."

"Traveling a day's fiber, the tugboat travels [-] miles, and you can get a bucket of corn. I have never seen such a high wage from the government's recruiting trackers. This winter is finally easier."

Following Zhu Shuren, riding a tall horse, wearing a bulletproof breastplate inlaid with gold and silver, holding a carved bow and a revolver, he led a team of cavalry to find their way along the hillside of Xiling Gorge, marching and hunting.

This heroic scene naturally left an extremely deep and vivid image in the eyes of tens of thousands of soldiers, as well as the local trackers in Zigui.

Love the people like a child, obey orders and prohibit them, lead by example, and do everything personally.

The wages that the Huguang Army pays the trackers seem high, but in fact, because the relatively easy-to-obtain corn is given, the cost is completely acceptable. After conversion, it is equivalent to half the amount of wheat, or one-third of white rice. Price.

Don't look at just walking thirty miles to drag across Xiling Gorge, just to give a bucket of grain. They can all be seen through at once.

Because if you sail against the current, you will retreat if you don’t advance. Large ships of tens of hundreds of tons are all dragged up by force.

……

"Bang bang bang-"

With several gunshots, the first winter snow in the mountains and forests was shaken to fall from the branches, and occasionally one or two big birds flew up in shock.

But in front of Zhu Shuren, there were already several prey, which he killed with intensive fire from his revolver.

Liu Guoneng and Yuan Shizhong also rode war horses and followed Zhu Shuren's personal guards, shooting and hunting while marching, and watching their superiors boast about their martial arts.

"My lord is really good at marksmanship. I didn't expect that my lord is not only proficient in arching horses, but also with muskets. I have never seen my lord use a musket before, and he can have such accomplishments as soon as he makes a move."

Zhu Shuren blew the lingering smoke from the muzzle of the gun coquettishly, and said regretfully: "If these beasts are skinned and taken away, the flesh and blood will be rewarded to the soldiers. It's a pity that the guns were replaced with muskets in the end, otherwise these few furs will definitely be able to die." more complete."

Liu Guoneng said indifferently from the side: "Those hungry wolves are nothing more than that, their fur is worthless, so it doesn't matter if there are a few more holes, just be careful next time you meet a bear or a tiger.

When I was in the north, I also knew that the mountains were covered by heavy snow in winter, and wolves were actually more fearsome than bears and tigers. Bears and tigers could not find food, but came out alone to look for food, but the wolves were endless, beckoning friends and attracting others.

It was really dangerous just now, and the general thought to himself that if he relied on bows and arrows, he would not be able to resist so many shots, so he called the guards to come forward to surround him, but he didn't expect that the revolver was more agile than the arrows. In a few breaths, several horses were killed in a row. "

When Liu Guoneng was speaking, he couldn't help looking at Zhu Shuren's obviously improved new revolver, and his tone and demeanor were full of greed.

Those two pistols not only looked exquisite and shiny, but also the sound of the guns was not as loud as the ones used in the battle against Li Zicheng, and there was no black smoke or light. Extraordinary.

Just before and after, dozens of hungry wolves rushed up, Zhu Shuren shot from left to right, and fired twelve rounds from the two magazines, killing and wounding four wolves himself, with a one-third hit rate.In the case of not aiming easily, even if it is a distance of more than ten steps, it is still very impressive.

As for the remaining thirty or so, of course they couldn't reach Zhu Shuren and were all killed by the guards.

Even if he rushed to the front, Zhu Shuren was wearing a bulletproof forged steel breastplate, and the other parts were also protected by excellent armor. It was definitely not something that a cute wolf who weighed only [-] to [-] catties could get injured. They would only hurt Zhu Shuren at most. war horse.Especially in the winter, when they were hungry for a month and could not find food, some hungry wolves were so hungry that they lost less than [-] catties.

Facing Liu Guoneng's envious eyes looking at the pistol, Zhu Shuren pretended not to notice and did not intend to respond.

He just came to show these generals who were born in the peasant army, to show off more of his personality, to show off his martial arts, not to be a money-scattering boy who randomly distributed equipment.

After Fang Yizhi and Song Yingxing produced nitrocellulose, the current output is only enough to equip dozens of revolvers at most, and the smokeless gunpowder in stock is enough to make thousands of rounds of bullets.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to distribute it to non-core direct line troops.As for hunting with this kind of ammunition, only Zhu Shuren himself can do it—this is not a waste, but a further running-in test to obtain more data and user experience.

After all, Zhu Shuren himself is a time traveler. Later generations have seen so many successful and classic firearms, and he also knows the criteria for judging whether a weapon is good or bad.

It is definitely the most efficient in the world to let him do the test in person, find out the shortcomings, and provide suggestions for improvement.

It is impossible for there to be another person who knows better than him what shortcomings of a gun and ammunition need to be corrected, and in which direction to correct it.

After firing the twelve rounds just now, Zhu Shuren had a flash of inspiration, practiced his true knowledge, and thought of an improvement point: after returning, he can give these paper shells, or wax shells, and improve the structure.

At the bottom of the sealing wax, you can add a piece of soft copper, and then make the top of the activated flintlock into a needle shape to ensure that the copper can be pierced, and the ignition can be completed as usual.

In this way, when the gunpowder in the fixed ammunition deflagrates, the pressure of the gunpowder gas sprayed backward can be shared by this copper piece.At that time, the copper piece remains in the bullet nest, while the wax paper shell melts, and the lead bullet or shot is ejected forward along with part of the gunpowder gas.

Because the breech loading gun is not tightly sealed and leaks fire and gas, it can be improved more or less by a few percent. Using copper sheets to block some of the fireworks ejected backwards will not burn the gunner, but also improve the gunpowder. gas utilization.

As soon as Zhu Shuren thought about it, he immediately asked for a pen and paper, and wrote and drew on the horse's back. He wrote down these points so that he would not forget them when he returned to the boat.

Liu Guoneng and others don't have so much culture, they only think that Master Futai is a poet, and after hunting a beast, he wants to compose a poem.

……

After a half-day trek, the fleet finally crossed the Xiling Gorge with the hard work of the trackers.

Zhu Shuren also took this opportunity to inspect the troops carefully and get closer to the ordinary soldiers.

That scene was almost like Napoleon sharing joys and sorrows with his soldiers.

Back on the boat again, in the gentle river current, relying on sails and paddles to move forward slowly.Zhu Shuren himself, together with Liu Guoneng and others, sat beside a charcoal fire pool surrounded by blue stones on the flagship deck,

A barbecue net supported by vertical and horizontal wires is set on the charcoal fire, and the meat of various beasts squeaks on it.

Zhu Shuren took out a fine wakizashi that was one and a half feet long, cut it boldly, and then picked up the meat with the tip of the knife, and threw it into the big wooden plate in front of Liu Guoneng and Yuan Shizhong with the same chic posture as Brother Salt.

Liu Guoneng ate the meat respectfully, ate it with trepidation, and said in admiration:
"My lord, before this battle, the last general was really worried that if you use us... the returned troops of the civilian army as the main force to pursue Zhang Xianzhong, will it cause people's hearts to fluctuate.

Although the final general has confidence in the loyalty of his direct descendants, Zhang Ni is too good at coercing kindness.But this time, after seeing the master's mastering skills, the soldiers will have no doubts about fear, and they will treat them equally, and they will not look down on any troops from any background. This kind of open-mindedness is really unprecedented. "

After Zhu Shuren picked the meat for others, he picked it up with the tip of the knife and gnawed it without using a spoon. After Liu Guoneng said so much, Zhu Shuren had already eaten two pieces of wolf meat.

He licked the wolf grease on the back of the knife, and said leisurely: "What's the matter, since General Liu is so confident now, let's talk about how you thought of how to quickly break Zhang Xianzhong's rear division and take back Chongqing."

Liu Guoneng was taken aback, and looked at Yuan Shizhong, but it was hard not to answer, so he said honestly: "The last general is not good at planning, although he said that when he wanted to regain a city, he would attack the city, but Chongqing has not been lost for a long time, and a quick battle should be right. We have the best advantage.

In order to prevent King Rui from being killed by Zhang Xianzhong, the Chongqing defenders also resolutely resisted, which led to the massacre of the city by this beast after the city was broken.But since it changed hands after the bloody battle, the city defense facilities must be dilapidated.

Zhang Ni is eager to expand the territory. I know that people like him can only destroy, not build and repair, so the Chongqing city defense must still be as dilapidated as it was when he first contributed.As long as our army goes fast, we can prevent the thieves from repairing and strengthening, and it is easier to win at a lower price than preparing to attack slowly. "

Zhu Shuren listened quietly without expressing his opinion. Finally, he swallowed a piece of bear meat and wiped his mouth: "The inference you mentioned is not bad, it can be regarded as the correct way of war. But what you said is just a matter of priority. Pros and cons, in the final analysis, we still have to attack."

Liu Guoneng realized that Master Futai was not satisfied with his plan, but he couldn't imagine how to improve on this point, but he confirmed with some disbelief: "In the final analysis, we still have to attack by force? Then don't you need to attack by force? How to get Chongqing back?"

Zhu Shuren took a piece of sackcloth that had just been wrung out in the river from the hand of the soldier beside him, and carefully wiped the surface of Wakizawa's knife to remove the oil stains, while looking at the reflection of his face on the knife surface, he said to himself:

"If I brought Huang Degong and Zuo Zixiong's men this time, as the first main force, to enter Sichuan to suppress the rebellion, then I would really have to attack by force. But I brought the two of you, so there is no other way." possible."

Liu Guoneng's breathing also slowed down a bit, fearing that he would stop missing words, he lowered his breath and asked, "I would like to hear more about it!"

Zhu Shuren's eyes turned cold and stern: "Even as you said just now, before you saw that I sympathized with the common people and united the soldiers, you were worried that Zhang Xianzhong was good at coercing people who were former thieves, so there would be no accidents.

That being the case, Zhang Xianzhong's understanding of our army must be much more vague than our own.And I have chased and suppressed Zhang Xianzhong for many years, and I have never directly used your Xinyang soldiers. Before that, you were Huguang soldiers, especially Huangzhou soldiers and Wuchang soldiers.

So, how do you know, will Zhang Xianzhong try to win over you again?Now that we are still in Zigui, it doesn't matter if we are more easy-going and civil and military.

After passing Wu County and entering Sichuan, if there are some circumstances, you have to put them away.This official made you act out of harmony with this official, or at least some of your officers and men are "thiefs are hard to change", and I will severely punish you. You must know it well.

As for the work of guarding against secret operations, the scale can also be relaxed a little in due course.We always have to divide Zhang Xianzhong's troops to defend Chongqing, see a little hope.Otherwise, if they keep pressing and beating, they will of course shrink back and defend. "

Liu Guoneng's face became a little embarrassed: "My lord, we are utterly loyal and born to be Ming ministers. You don't want us to feign surrender, do you?"

Zhu Shuren made a false gesture of support: "How can you make you feign surrender? You have been awarded the rank of general by His Majesty. The holy grace is not insignificant. Zhang Xianzhong may not believe that you feigned surrender, but under your command, Those who do not receive much kindness from the state, those who are easily ungrateful, and those who are nostalgic for the life of a thief, there are still many people."

(End of this chapter)