A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 358 Pioneer

Yuan Chonghuan didn't know what this "sky thunder" was, but he had collected a lot of information about the opponent's musket after such a period of fighting.

In this time and space, Bi Maokang ran away to Tiangongyuan for some reason. As a result, there was no such thing as a self-generated fire gun in the Ming Dynasty. However, Yuan Chonghuan still noticed that the range of the firearms used by the enemy was actually not very far.

It is true that the advantages of the flintlock gun lie in its ease of use and fast rate of fire, but the range and accuracy have not actually been improved much.

It's just that the Ming army's muskets at that time generally cut corners, and the musketeers generally reduced the amount of gunpowder in order to avoid exploding the chamber, which resulted in a much reduced range. But if you install it to the standard amount, although it will be a little different, it won't be too different.

As for the Rumi gun, as a heavy matchlock gun, its length and charge are larger than other matchlock guns, so its range is also higher than that of the matchlock gun. In theory, it should also be higher than the opponent's firearm.

Of course, before, the amount of medicine was reduced because the musketeers were afraid of death, but it actually had no effect, but what if it reaches the standard?

So he ordered his subordinates:

"In this way, more general cannons and large flange machines (heavy flange machines) will be transported from various places, and the craftsmen will be ordered to cast heavy cannons. For muskets, Lumi guns will be mobilized from various places, and then Lumi guns will be made. The more craftsmen the merrier.”

"More than 3,000 elite soldiers were selected from among the soldiers and trained day and night."

"The defenders of each city will build city walls. The enemy's weapons are sharp. They must make the city walls strong enough to withstand the enemy's attack."

"As ordered!"

Yuan Chonghuan was making a series of preparations here, and the reforms implemented by Yan Ling in his own territory could not be completed in a short time. Suddenly, the biggest bandit in the world actually appeared between him and the court. An eerie state of peace.

All of a sudden, half a year passed, and it was the end of the 20th year of Wuxing.

There are victims everywhere.

Emperor Wuxing also learned from the previous lesson. He said three years was three years. Even if Yuan Chonghuan didn't make any move, he didn't urge him in the slightest. All kinds of materials continued to come to the front line.

For example, in Nanyang, Wang Er finally succeeded in breaking out of the siege and rushed eastward to Runing Mansion. On the way, he received a large number of victims without even needing to call for help. His army, which originally had only 2,000 defeated soldiers, quickly expanded to 20,000. , and then the battle to conquer Queshan and annihilate Wang Er completely failed.

Moreover, as a large number of elites gathered to the southeast, the military strength in other areas inevitably fell into emptiness, making it difficult for the Ming army everywhere to suppress the rogue bandits.

However, in the process of suppressing the rebels, a large number of outstanding generals also emerged.

However, because there were too many rogue bandits, they were pacified here and revolted there, causing the Ming army to be exhausted, and the elite Ming army was constantly losing, and their combat effectiveness was gradually declining...

For example, Sun Chuanting, who was the governor of Huguang at the time, and Chen Qiyu, the governor of Jiangxi, were all called "handsome talents". There were even more generals such as Cao Bianjiao and Mangui. With their efforts, a large number of rogue leaders such as Wang Ziyong and Wang Jiayin were defeated. They were either killed or captured one after another.

In half a year, in addition to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang front lines, many things also happened in other areas.

After all, the 20th year of Wuxing, which was the 13th year of Chongzhen in the original time and space, was the peak of the "Chongzhen Drought".

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In half a year, Yuan Chonghuan was quite well prepared.

He recruited a large number of Lumi gun-making craftsmen, and also gathered Lumi gun-making craftsmen from armies from various places. He obtained a total of 20,000 guns to equip the army. He also equipped the army with ten thousand muskets of all kinds.

There are hundreds of other artillery pieces in total.

These muskets and artillery were inspected and found to be of qualified quality. He therefore ordered the troops to recharge according to the standard and not to discharge less. After a period of training, he barely overcame the "phobia of exploding barrels".

In addition, he reorganized the army and reorganized the previously defeated army. He gained more than 30,000 soldiers in total, and then combined his own troops, as well as the re-recruited young men and troops from various places, plus the Liao cavalry. , the total reached one hundred thousand.

The Liao Cavalry suffered heavy losses last time. In the end, only a few thousand of the 10,000 cavalry were able to successfully break through with Hu Dawei. It can be said that all their capital was lost. However, when the emperor spoke, the Li family still obediently handed over the Liao Cavalry. out.

There are a total of 20,000 Liao cavalry. The leader of this generation of the Li family, Li Rusong's grandson, Ning Yuanbo, and Liaodong's chief military officer Li Zunzu left 4,000 for themselves to defend against the grassland tribes, and all the rest were sent down.

Zuo Liangyu and other generals also said that the mistakes made last time would never be made again.

After all, they are still guilty and dare not disobey.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty had relatively strong control over various places. The emperor controlled more than 80,000 Beijing troops and a large number of generals loyal to him. No one dared to rebel. The last time they escaped from battle, the emperor was very angry. It was because of the emergency that Zuo Liangyu and some of the generals were spared from being imprisoned, but they were also given a stern warning.

They are doing their best to avenge their crimes, and they are now active and training very hard. They have also tried their best to change some of their previous bad habits and try to restrain their subordinates.

After a while, these 100,000 people still looked good.

Jiangnan was originally the base camp, so the Jiangnan and Zhejiang military governments digested it quickly. In half a year, their rule was basically stable. Since the base camp was stable, the next step was to continue to expand, so the conflicts between the two sides began to intensify.

Yuan Chonghuan realized that the time he had been waiting for had finally arrived.

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Before the official confrontation, the two sides conducted some confrontations with forward scouts.

On some relatively solid land, there will often be two groups of people chasing each other and fighting each other.

In the wilderness, passers-by often fight each other. The winner in the end often ties the wrong message to the feet of the homing pigeon and lets it fly.

The Ming army won less and lost more. After all, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang cavalry at this time were equipped with carbines, pistols and sabers as standard equipment. Although the Ming army was sharp at night, the opponent would not engage in close combat with you at all. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang cavalry are similar to the German pistol cavalry. They have extremely fierce firepower and can easily knock the enemy off their feet. However, the arrows of the Ming army are often blocked by the armor of the opponent's cavalry, making it difficult to kill the enemy.

The same was true for the infantryman sent out, Xiao Zuo. After being discovered, the opponent immediately took out several pistols and started shooting. The soldier on the other side had just drawn his knife, and there were already several large holes in his body.

In this case, not long after, the Ming army's ears and eyes outside each city were almost killed, making Yuan Chonghuan grit his teeth secretly in anger.

(End of this chapter)