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Chapter 1497 Revenge
Soon, the survivors of the Meng family in Ireland gathered behind Meng Xin's trench for a small meeting.

Because a skirmish broke out along the western bank of the Mersey River, Meng Xin's fourth brother was shot by more than a dozen longbowmen as a messenger during the encounter, and he was heroically wounded.

This may be the luckiest member of the Meng family. Although the objective condition of lack of armor cannot be changed, he lost two relatives in a row. Meng Lao Si went to the front to send messages and kept carrying a big round shield on his back, so he saved his life, but his back was shot Flesh injuries from arrow clusters are unavoidable.

In addition, half of the left ear was pierced by an arrow.

In fact, this was also a serious injury. Before the order was delivered, he fell to the ground due to blood loss. He was picked up by the reinforcements behind and entered the wounded barracks.

There are only three members of their family who can continue to fight. The third brother-in-law is also a messenger, and he is an immigrant from Shandong. He can talk to all the ministers and directly approached their general Zhao Can.

A family of brothers went to the battlefield, counting the two brothers-in-law and seven people, now there are only three left, and one is a son-in-law. If the fight continues, the family will be wiped out.

The third brother-in-law specially asked Zhao Can for a military order to send Meng Xin and the sixth brother back to his hometown, and he continued to serve in the army.

In fact, Zhao Can promised that this had nothing to do with the five brothers who went to the battlefield. He just remembered that Meng Xin's eldest brother-in-law told him that his daughter-in-law gave birth to two sons in Ailan just before the war, and he wanted to go back and have a look. He turned his head to fight and came back, and died in the charge within a few days, and now his head is still hanging on the other side of the river.

It was very difficult to ask for the transfer order, but something went wrong when the family held a small meeting.

The problem is not with the sixth brother, that silly boy is scared whenever the third brother-in-law stares, and it is Meng Xin who makes him dare not go east or west.

If Meng Xin doesn't leave, not only Meng Xin won't leave, but also must let the third brother-in-law go back.

The reason is that it is enough to take revenge on one person. Their eldest brother-in-law is gone. If the third brother-in-law is gone, they will not be able to hold up their heads in their hometown. The third brother-in-law is Han, and everyone should respect them when they go back. There are no males in the family. will be bullied.

That night, Meng Xin limply leaning on the blunderbuss, holding four heads in his hands, went to see General Zhao Can, and asked for an order to bring the third brother-in-law and the sixth son home.

I limped back to the small trench that was dug.

The heads of the four Englishmen not only changed two transfer orders to send their brothers home, but also changed their outfits.

The arrow wound on the leg was seen by the Beiyang military doctor sent by the London government to the Rebel Army. He gouged out the carrion and bandaged it with medicine. Knowing that he was a gunslinger stationed by the river, he specially prepared a small rucksack for replacement. Medicines and medical supplies.

The old matchlock gun that had been smoked four spots was confiscated, and he was issued two new ones and an old one, three firearms, one long and two short, the two new ones were flintlocks, one long bird gun, A short pistol.

The old one was a three-eye gun, not for him.

General Zhao Can told Liu Ruguo about their Meng family. Liu Ruguo admired warriors, and he wanted to tell the whole army the name of Meng Xin, in order to let everyone learn the spirit of Meng Xin, so he specially assigned a small follower, Join him in the trenches to watch the riverbank.

This is just a statement on the surface, the real reason is that Liu Ruguo severely criticized Zhao Can, how could he let a person with poor legs watch the riverside.

The mission of monitoring the riverside is not to kill or injure the enemy, but to have someone send a message to the rear when the enemy breaks through in a big way. On Zhao Can's line of defense, there is a section of defense that is in charge of a cripple. Isn't this a big joke? ?
It's just that the matter has come to this point, and he is not willing to let Meng Xin switch defenses, so he can only send another young man with good legs and feet, who can replace Meng Xin to complete the task of sending messages.

In addition to these, when Meng Xin returned to the small trench dug under the tree by the river, he was wearing an iron helmet made by the Nanyang Guards in the early years on his head and a Spanish breastplate with a bullet dent on his chest. People look more like regular soldiers than anyone else.

Liu Ruguo wants to set an example, and the living Meng Xin is a good example.

Can't just introduce to the whole army this hero who killed four enemies on the front line in order to avenge his brother, and the enemy killed him within three days, so what's the point of all this.

In the next few days, enemies came to the river beach where Meng Xin was stationed. It seemed that the English rebels on the opposite bank already knew that there was a fierce Ming army musketeer here. Searching for something.

Sometimes when he saw more than three people, Meng Xin would let them go. If there were less than three, he would wait for them to get closer to thirty steps before firing the gun. Unless luck was too bad at this distance, it was rare to be inaccurate.

What's more, he now has three guns.

He has figured out the rules, not only can a two-person team fight, but even a three-person team can try to fight.

As long as one is injured, the remaining two people will panic. If two are injured, the remaining person will definitely run to the other side of the river.

What's more, even if the remaining two people don't panic, there are still five lead pellets and a crossbow bolt waiting for them.

The three-eyed blunderbuss is a magical tool in close combat with poorly protected enemies. At least it is very courageous for the person who fired the blunderbuss, and it can also make the enemy extremely timid.

After all, people still believe in technology most of the time. Facing a person holding a blunderbuss, the person being targeted may hope that the opponent's blunderbuss skills are not good, and there is a possibility of missing.

But in the face of a person with a three-eyed gun, it seemed superfluous for the person being targeted to even pray for luck.

Even the person who fired the blunderbuss didn't know where the three lead pellets would hit, and whoever was aimed at would know. The three blunderbuss barrels directly formed a psychological deterrent.

But in the final analysis, Meng Xin believes that the best firearm is the flintlock with the inscription of world peace on the barrel.

In fact, he was very puzzled. The matchlock and the flintlock seem to have the same manufacturing process and cost, but the functions they can play are very different. Then why did Ming make so many matchlocks? ?
Of course, this "not much difference" is not just because Ireland can't make them, but also because they look basically the same.

Meng Xin often complained in private, basically killing a person with a flintlock, he would mutter to his little follower.

How could they know the pain in Daming's heart.

It's not all because of Chen Mu, but in a very short period of a few years, he asked to use matchlock bird guns to replace fast guns, three-eyed guns, and fire guns as one of the standards for military reform in the capital of a province.

As a result, just after a few years, Emperor Wanli requested that the flintlock blunderbuss be used to replace the matchlock blunderbuss as a reform standard.

But toss the dead, the Northwest Frontier Army still plays bows and arrows, you internal guards don't even look down on matchlock guns.

Meng Xin's persistent vengeance finally attracted the attention of the enemy. After many people reported to Drake that the scout infantry crossing the river in a certain area would be ambushed by musketeers, they finally dispatched a team of more than [-] soldiers to the place where Meng Xin was located. People's Squad.

This time, a mass of enemies landed from the shore, and Meng Xin, who was holding a blunderbuss in the trench, was extremely peaceful in his heart.

He looked at the dozens of black spots that had been smoked out on the Gunner, let out a long breath, turned his head and said to his little follower: "You go, I have finished my revenge."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)