Steel Dynasty - Chapter 539

[Chapter 539 Luo Hong asks for a fight]

the Qingzhou camp to fight.

After leaving the military workshop, Xiao Ming took the rifle directly to the Qingzhou camp.

Compared with the lively training scenes in the past, the Qingzhou Camp at this time was a little deserted. After part of the Qingzhou Army was stationed in Ryukyu and another part of the Qingzhou Army went to Yunzhou, there are only 5,000 soldiers stationed in the Qingzhou Camp today to defend Qingzhou. safety.

However, in addition to the current 5,000 Qingzhou soldiers, there are still remaining soldiers who escaped from Chang’an in the current Qingzhou camp. These soldiers total 3,000 and are placed at the west side of Qingzhou’s campus.

When he arrived at the Qingzhou camp, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army were undergoing their usual reloading training. Luo Hong and other generals from Chang’an were looking enviously at the Qingzhou soldiers who were neatly dressed in military uniforms and carrying flintlock guns with bayonets on their backs.

Compared with the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army, the firearms battalion from Chang’an seemed out of place.

“Your Highness.”

Xiao Ming’s arrival quickly alerted the generals who were observing the training. Luo Hong led the generals from the firearms camp and saluted Xiao Ming.

“No courtesy.” Xiao Ming helped Luo Hong up.

Luo Quan rejected him that day, and Fiji later told him the reason, which made Xiao Ming deeply feel that Luo Quan understood the righteousness. It is no wonder that Luo Quan’s position in the court has always been stable despite the ups and downs over the years.

At this time, Niu Ben came over with Lu Fei, Luo Xin, Qi Guangyi and other generals. After saluting, Niu Ben said: “Your Highness, we are demonstrating the musket array to them.”

When Xiao Ming came in, he could see that they were there. What are you doing? He said to Luo Hong, “What do you think of our Qingzhou Army?”

“I’m afraid that the training of the Qingzhou Army is beyond the reach of the Firearms Battalion. Besides, the muskets equipped by the Qingzhou Army seem to be different from those of the Firearms Battalion.” Luo Hong shook his head. .

Speaking of this flintlock gun, Niu Ben and Xiao Ming were a little embarrassed. At that time, he sold the matchlock gun to the court and other vassal kings. The secret of this flintlock gun had been kept secret. Now that Luo Hong is stationed in the Qingzhou camp, he finally sees the trick. .

However, he mentioned it very tactfully, but he must have had some calculations in his heart, knowing that Xiao Ming had reserved a hand back then.

“Actually, the difference between a flintlock gun and a matchlock gun is not very big. However, one uses a flintlock and the other uses a matchlock to ignite. There is almost no difference in range and accuracy. The only difference is the stability of the firing. There is another difference. That’s the bayonet on it.”

At this point, he no longer had the need to hide the flintlock gun, so he told everything about the flintlock gun.

As he spoke, Niu Ben was asked to bring a flintlock gun, and then a matchlock gun from the firearms camp, and showed the firing and bayonet parts of both to Luo Hong.

Holding a flintlock gun in one hand and a matchlock gun in the other, Luo Hong called two soldiers to experiment with the matchlock gun and the flintlock gun respectively. He found that the flintlock gun was slightly faster than the matchlock gun in addition to loading to completion of shooting. A little bit, but there really isn’t much difference.

After such an experiment, he did not think that Xiao Ming had deceived Xiao Wenxuan, because in his opinion, it did not make much difference. After all, whether it was a matchlock gun or a flintlock gun, as long as the enemy rushed in front of him with bullets, he would have to fight hand-to-hand.

Relatively speaking, he felt that the bayonet was very important.

But even so, he looked at the flintlock gun eagerly, and the meaning was self-evident. Even if the gap was small, who wouldn’t want something slightly better?

“Your Highness, the general will lead all the soldiers of the Firearms Battalion to pledge their allegiance to Your Highness.”

Compared to Luo Xin’s glib talk, Luo Hong was calmer and duller, but no matter how honest a person was, he had his heart. Luo Hong directly expressed his stance to Xiao Ming in front of the general of the Qingzhou Army.

“Ahem.” Xiao Ming looked at Luo Hong and a group of firearms battalion generals who were kneeling on one knee and said, “Everyone, please stand up. Since you are willing to follow me, I will not treat you differently. I hope you can help me in the future. “

Luo Hong did not stand up, but said: “The general heard that His Highness is going to conquer Pengzhou to punish King Wei for his rebellion. If His Highness believes in our Firearms Camp, we are willing to go for His Highness. “

“This…” Xiao Ming’s heart was slightly disturbed.

Even after saying this, Luo Quan was still worried that Xiao Ming would not trust generals like them, so he wanted to use his military exploits to prove his loyalty.

As for Xiao Ming, he was really tempted.

The armies of Cangzhou, Laizhou, and Yizhou only numbered more than 15,000 people. Now the firearms battalion has added 20,000 people, which reduces the gap in numbers with the Pengzhou garrison.

After all, Pengzhou is the northern gateway to Wei, and the king of Wei has many people and a vast territory. The number of troops in his hands is more than four times that of him, and this does not include the private soldiers of the local wealthy families. What’s more, once it enters a state of war, it will not be fought. It is impossible to live until death.

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Ming said: “In this case, I will not shirk it. After all, since you are my army, you should be treated equally. Now it is the time for my king to use troops. This battle in Pengzhou will count you as one.” “Thank you, Your

Highness

.” Luo Hong was overjoyed when he heard this, and the other generals in the Firearms Camp also looked happy. Xiao Ming’s words seemed to accept them.

Shaking his head, Xiao Ming asked Luo Hong and others to get up. Since Luo Hong mentioned the conquest of Pengzhou, Xiao Ming asked: “Captain Niu, have the armies of these three states been notified?”

“Go back to your highness, the general has already arrived. A military order was issued to dispatch the Cangzhou army and the Pengzhou army to join together in Yizhou. With the provisions and supplies, it will take about twelve hours to prepare the equipment before setting off to Pengzhou. “But this equipment?” Niu Ben stopped talking at this point.

Xiao Ming knew that Niu Ben would mention this matter. He said: “I have just returned from the military workshop. Song Changping will give priority to providing weapons to the soldiers of the three states. In one month, at least half of the soldiers can be satisfied. Besides, we can’t fight without muskets.” How did we fight the barbarians in the Battle of Cangzhou?”

Niu Ben was stunned for a moment. At this time, he realized that the whole army was now blindly worshiping the muskets and had forgotten their original skills. He suddenly understood, “General, I understand. I will transport the plate armor and swords to Yizhou later.”

Xiao Ming nodded slightly. In the era when muskets were rampant, it was very dangerous to forget the skills of cold weapon fighting. In fact, although muskets were still the mainstream in the world today, on the battlefield, bayonets were often picked up after several rounds of volleys. Charge melee.

For example, the most famous British red shirts in the contemporary era still fight in a volley of 50 meters, and then launch a charge.

Because of this, Xiao Ming is not so arrogant as to think that he can challenge the Chongqing Kingdom alone if he is equipped with a flintlock gun. After all, strictly speaking, he is still in the stage of alternating hot and cold weapons, and needs to face every war. Be careful and don’t be careless in the slightest.

(End of chapter)