The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 652
"Longnan Steel?!" Although Li Dingguo has been active in the southwest region, he still knows the saying that "the best steel in the world comes from Longnan".

He reached out and pulled out the saber from the waist of his bodyguard—these more than a hundred bodyguards still carried sidearms—and then slashed hard at the saber issued by the court.

There was a crisp sound, and a gap more than two inches deep appeared on the knife of his guard. Obviously, if he used more force, it would break off on the spot.

Looking at the saber again, the blade was as smooth as new, without leaving any marks.

Liu Wenxiu also took a deep breath, "As expected of Longnan Jinggang! I'm afraid that the 'Changyang Sword' I use is not as good as it..."

Li Dingguo couldn't contain his excitement, he pointed to the carriage and asked the officer beside him, "Is it filled with such sharp weapons?!"

"Return to the general, there are [-] handles in total, all of which are made of the same steel and the same skills."

"Okay, okay!" Li Dingguo rubbed his hands happily, and turned to the next car, "What is this?"

A soldier took out a spring-wheeled short gun from the wooden box on the cart and handed it over respectfully.Li Dingguo looked at it over and over for a long while, knowing that it should be a firecracker, but he stared blankly and couldn't use it.

Seeing the awkward situation, Deng Shan hurriedly stepped forward to take the short gun, and demonstrated it seriously, "Here, that's it. After filling the ammunition, put it on the body, and take it out at any time before the battle. It can be fired at any time. It is most suitable for cavalry."

As he spoke, he raised the gun and pointed it at a distant space and pulled the trigger. The spring wheel quickly fired sparks, followed by a roar.

Li Dingguo stared blankly at the gun, "This, this thing doesn't use matchlock?"

"No need. There is no time to light the match when the cavalry rushes to kill." Deng Shan is also considered a person who has "experienced the world", and he took it for granted, completely forgetting that he used the three-coin bird gun as a treasure a year ago.

"Okay! Good stuff! How far can this gun shoot?"

"Thirty steps are enough to kill the enemy."

Li Dingguo touched the spring wheel gun as if he had found a treasure, "This is better than the three-eyed gun!"

Deng Shan was a little embarrassed and said: "It's just that the production of this gun is extremely troublesome, and there are only more than 500 pieces in the imperial treasury. What is missing can only be temporarily replaced by bows and arrows from the Xunjie Battalion."

"It's already quite a lot." Li Dingguo was satisfied, and asked again, "I don't know what kind of bow and arrow to use?"

"Ah, but the Tartars are the best at making bows." Deng Shan asked for bows and arrows. "There are five thousand horned bows in total, all selected from the bows captured by the captives."

Because the compound bow of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties used the horns of cattle and sheep as the bow arm, it was called the horn bow, and it can be regarded as one of the strongest cold weapons in this era.

Li Dingguo secretly sighed, "It's really a big deal".You must know that Jianlu's bow-making skills are extremely secretive, and Daming's imitation is far less easy to use than the "original version".Jianlu regarded his own bows as treasures, and it was rare to seize a few, but today the imperial court took out [-] bows at once!

In fact, this thing is rubbish to the Longwei Army and Poluying who are armed with rifled guns. After several great victories in the past, the captured clear bows piled up in a warehouse and no one used them.This time it can be regarded as "cleaning up" some.

"This is armor?!" Li Dingguo held the forged plate armor handed over by the officer, touched and tapped it, his eyes were full of joy, "How is this armor made? It's so smooth and smooth, and so strong!" He weighed it, "I guess it's only thirteen or four catties?"

"Return to the general, this is the breastplate armor, made by a hydraulic forging machine. It weighs fourteen catties."

Li Dingguo took out his handy dagger and stabbed it in the corner of the plate armor. The smooth armor surface with the tip of the knife slid away, leaving only a shallow mark.

"Good armor! This is much stronger than ordinary cotton armor! It is light in weight and will not tire the horse."

He looked at the officer at the side and said, "I don't know how many sets of this kind of armor there are. It would be too..."

Deng Shan coughed dryly, "Well, there are only [-] pieces in stock, and the rest of the soldiers can only use cotton armor for the time being. Next month, the next month must be full of breastplates for the Swift Camp."

Hearing this, Li Dingguo almost spat out blood. He thought it was a fine armor specially made for senior generals, but he didn't expect that the imperial court planned to have one for everyone!
At this moment, he just felt that he was like a country bumpkin. Anything that the imperial court took out at random was like a peerless treasure in his eyes.

He couldn't help but turned to Deng Shan, and asked curiously, "Do all the soldiers of my Polu camp have such armor and weapons?"

"Cough..." Deng Shan was a little embarrassed, it's not good to tell a lie, and he was afraid of chilling the heart of the Swift Camp when he told the truth.After a long while, the upright man still stammered: "It's too late for the Swift Battalion to form an army, and some things can't be assembled for a while... But I promise, it won't be long before you all have what the others in the Polu Camp have!"

"You mean, there are other sharp weapons?!"

"Ah, yes, there are some...Jeter guns, binoculars, thunderbolts, cannons, etc..."

Li Dingguo's saliva almost didn't flow out, he pulled Deng Shan and said: "Master Commander must take me to see these sharp weapons!"

Deng Shan said: "General Li, you will have to distribute military weapons to the whole army later. Well, tomorrow the Holy Majesty will come to Jiangning to preside over the military parade, and my battalion must also make some preparations..." Seeing Li Dingguo's disappointed expression, he hurriedly comforted him Said, "However, during the military parade, General Li can see all the utensils in the battalion."

"A military parade?" Li Dingguo asked in surprise, "The last general heard that the Holy Majesty is going to get married in three days, so how could he come to Jiangning for a military parade?"

Deng Shan said with a smile: "Hey, you don't know the Holy Spirit's temper. The battle is imminent, and he will definitely not sit in the palace. But Nanjing is only half a day's journey away, so the wedding may not be missed."

After Deng Shan left, the officers of the Polu Camp took Li Dingguo to count other supplies.

General Li was amazed by the new military uniform, the mighty leather boots, and even the wagon for transporting goods.It is indeed right to follow the Ming court!

……

Hundreds of soldiers from the Imperial Battalion rode their horses around a cloud chariot and galloped southward.

In the car, Ma Wensheng twisted the vent of the charcoal brazier to make the fire brighter.Yang Tinglin beside him leaned on the seat with half of his buttocks, and said carefully to Zhu Lin: "Your Majesty, when I came out, I heard that the Queen Mother was looking for you... seems very annoyed..."

Ma Wensheng shrank his neck, and said in a low voice: "Ah, this is a disaster for Eunuch Feng..."

Zhu Lin rolled his eyes at him, "It's not that he's useless, let him be 'broken', and he'll be exposed so soon." He looked at Yang Tinglin again, "Isn't Yang Tinglin rushing to catch up just to talk about this?"

"Ah, back to the emperor," Yang Tinglin said hurriedly, "His Royal Highness Tang Wang has returned to Beijing." He paused, and continued, "It has been secretly sent back to Yongshou Palace according to His Majesty's order."

Zhu Linmi put down the memorial in her hand, nodded and said, "That's good. How about the old lady?"

"Back to the emperor, the old queen mother summoned the ministers to the Yongshou Palace, and said that the ministers should immediately arrange for the king of Tang to become a vassal."

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