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"Your Highness, Zhuifeng has been brought out for you!"

Just then, Geng Qing, dressed in armor, came to Zhu Yan to report.

Zhuifeng is Zhu Yan's favorite warhorse. He has accompanied Zhu Yan on the battlefield for several years and has made great contributions in the fight against the Tartars! Although the horse is a little old now, Zhu Yan is still used to riding it when he goes out! "Yan'er, are you going out of the city again?"

"Retreat?"

Gao Guifei couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, I'm going to the military camp!"

"I haven't been to the military camp for a while. The soldiers' training can't be slack!"

Zhu Yan shook his head, but he didn't lie. This time he was indeed going to the camp of the Royal Guards.

"Then go quickly, and remember to come back early!"

After hearing this, Concubine Gao didn't say much.

Zhu Li then took Geng Qing and left the Prince Su's Mansion, and went straight out of the city to the camp of the Ganzhou Guards!

After Zhu Li arrived at the military camp, Geng Qing also appeared in front of Zhu Li, and also handed over a list! At the same time, prisoner cars were escorted from outside to the military camp!

After a rough count, there were more than a hundred prisoners! "Your Highness, these death row prisoners were all escorted from Xi'an Prefecture, and they have all been verified!"

Geng Qing reported in a muffled voice.

"There are no false cases, right?"

Zhu Li asked indifferently.

"All of them deserve death!"

Geng Qing nodded.

"Well, just send them to their hometown!"

Zhu Li nodded with satisfaction and ordered.

If the ghost soldiers under his command want to improve their strength, feeding them with the flesh and blood of living people is definitely the best choice!

When Zhu Li attacked the Hexi Corridor and Hami, he could get some Tatars as tribute!

But since the Hexi Corridor was completely controlled by Zhu Li and Hami became the Hami Guard of the Ming Dynasty, basically no one dared to run to Zhu Li's territory without opening their eyes!

Zhu Li had no choice but to settle for the second best and choose those extremely evil and damned people to serve as the delicious meals of these ghost soldiers! "I obey your order!"

Geng Qing responded and led a team of people to escort these death row prisoners on the road again!

These death row prisoners didn't know what was waiting for them, but everyone had a look of panic on their faces!

However, Zhu Yan had no sympathy for these damned people! "Your Highness, the things are ready, waiting for you!"

Geng Qing reminded Zhu Yan softly at this time.

"Very good, I hope you won't disappoint me!"

Zhu Yan said, and walked into the military camp.

He came to the military camp this time for something more important than dealing with these death row prisoners!

That is, the crossbow made of three rubber bands has been made!

As for the rubber bands, they were what he had learned fromMade of natural rubber extracted from the first batch of rubber grass shipped from the Western Regions!

To put it bluntly, this rubber crossbow is an enhanced version of a slingshot! In modern society, slingshots are very common. Basically, boys will play with this thing in their childhood! In fact, it is just a toy made of tree branches tied with rubber bands!

Although it is just a toy, it can be used to shoot birds and some small animals. It can even kill people by aiming at the fatal parts of people at close range!

However, those slingshot toys made of tree branches and rubber bands basically shoot mud balls or small stones, and people will only suffer minor injuries at most!

But the slingshot crossbow made by Zhu Li, which uses three rubber bands as the ejection power, is different. It is a frame made directly from iron, and the rubber bands are as thick as a finger, and three strands are used at the same time!

The whole shape is somewhat different from the general crossbow, so it is more convenient to aim. There is even a butt-like design installed at the tail, which makes the firing more stable and easier to aim!

In addition, when loading, people with insufficient arm strength cannot even pull the three-strand rubber band slingshot, and must use their feet to load the load. The ammunition used is also a short crossbow arrow, but the power is enormous!

The power of this shot is about three times stronger than some slingshots that can kill people in later generations. The crossbow arrows shot out are accompanied by a whistling wind! And there is no threshold for using this thing. Even if it is loaded with a pedal, all soldiers can easily get started!

And the shooting accuracy is definitely more accurate than ordinary bows and arrows. After all, it is built according to firearms!

People usually have a misunderstanding about military archers. Whether it is ancient or modern people, they think that archers can only wait for death when they encounter close combat! However, the reality is that archers are often the strongest type of soldiers!

The reason is very simple. If you want to be an archer, you must have enough arm strength. People with less strength will definitely not be able to do it!

An army of 100,000 people only has a few thousand archers at best! With such a ratio, you can imagine the quality of these archers. Let them fight with ordinary soldiers in a one-on-one duel. Ordinary soldiers are really not their opponents!

You should know that the bows and arrows in the army are really not something that everyone can pull!

Without strong arm strength, it is estimated that you will have a hard time pulling a two-stone bow, let alone shooting accurately!

But this rubber slingshot crossbow is different. They are not only powerful, but also very easy to use!

Even if you can't meet the requirements of an archer, this thing can basically be loaded with a foot. The most challenging thing is the problem of personal accuracy, that is, good eyesight and accurate aiming! In addition, the range of this bow is directly increased by about two times compared to ordinary bows and arrows!

The recorded range of bows and arrows in ancient armies was basically around 100 meters, which was considered quite far.! This range is even longer than the firearms used by the Ming Dynasty now!

This is why the Ming Dynasty has firearms like firearms, but still can't destroy the Tartars of the Northern Yuan Dynasty!

One is that the power of the firearms is too small, and the other is that the range is too short!

In addition, these grassland Tartars are very smart and will never fight with you in close combat. If they can't beat you, they will run directly to the depths of the desert, leaving the Ming army staring blankly! Perhaps the only firearm that can make the grassland Tartars afraid is the Hongwu Cannon!

But that thing is too heavy. It's okay to use it for defense in border cities, but it's completely unrealistic to drag it across the grassland!

This is also one of the reasons why the Northern Yuan Tartars can still jump to the present!

However, the rubber slingshot crossbow that Zhu Yu has developed now has a range of about 250 meters. Although it is still a bit short in Zhu Yu's opinion, at least in the encounter with the Tartars, it is enough to ensure that the Tartar cavalry will be shot into sieves before they rush to him! From this point of view, with this rubber slingshot crossbow, it is equivalent to having the confidence to be invincible!

Zhu Yu came to the camp of the Ganzhou Army. The main purpose was to test the newly manufactured slingshot crossbow! After confirming that there is no problem, it can be mass-produced and then equipped in large quantities to the Ganzhou Guards!

These are all guarantees of the combat effectiveness of the Ganzhou Army!

Coming to the prepared shooting range, Zhu Yu looked at the slingshot crossbow in his hand. Although the manufacturing process is not sophisticated and cannot be compared with later generations, as long as it does not affect the use, these can be ignored!

After all, this is in the Ming Dynasty, how can it be compared with the craftsmanship of later generations? Zhu Li directly loaded the gun with his hands. With his arm strength, he didn't even need to use his feet!

After aiming at a wooden stake not far away, Zhu Li pulled the trigger directly!

Accompanied by the whistling wind, the short arrow shot out from the slingshot crossbow and instantly sank into the wooden stake!

"Not bad!"

Zhu Li nodded with satisfaction!

??The test firing effect of the slingshot crossbow made Zhu Li quite satisfied.

But there is obviously still a lot of room for improvement. However, it is not the time to be picky. Even if it is a technical improvement, it will take time. Wait until better slingshot crossbows are put into the army in the future, and then eliminate them!

"Your Highness, this slingshot crossbow requires a lot of rubber raw materials. Although the Western Regions have been sending rubber grass, the output can only guarantee that 500 can be made every month at most!"

Geng Qing reminded softly on the side.

"There is no other way. We can only make do with the rubber grass for now. When the rubber trees planted in the south can be harvested in the future, we can start mass production!"

"How many have been produced so far?"

Zhu Li sighed helplessly and asked slowly.

"Only one thousand have been produced so far. It is no problem to equip a thousand households!"

Geng Qing replied.

"In this way, we only need to make another 4,000 in half a year, a total of 5,000 slingshots and crossbows, which can equip a battalion!"

Zhu Yu thought about it and directly determined the number of slingshots and crossbows! The personal guards of the princes usually have three guards, that is, three battalions.

The soldiers and horses of each battalion range from 3,000 to 5,000!

Zhu Yu's Ganzhou personal guards have a total of three battalions, which are announced to be 15,000 people, but Zhu Yu privately recruited a lot more, basically reaching about 20,000 people! This is actually quite a lot among many princes!

Most princes, especially those in the inland, have only a few thousand guards with three guards, and even less than 10,000!

Among all the princes, the only ones who can compare with Zhu Yu are Qin Wang Zhu Chong, Jin Wang Zhu Gang and Yan Wang Zhu Di!

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After all, they, like Zhu Jian, are all frontier vassal kings, and it is definitely not possible without troops! However, since Qin Wang Zhu Chong was recalled to the capital, his guards stayed in Xi'an Prefecture, and after Zhu Yuanzhang handed Xi'an Prefecture over to him to manage, Qin Wang's three guards now obeyed the orders of Su Wang Zhu Jian!

This means that Zhu Jian took over Zhu Jian's original three guards!

In other words, the actual available troops in Zhu Jian's hands have doubled to more than 30,000 people! Of course, he can't gather all 30,000 people together, after all, Xi'an Prefecture also needs to be garrisoned, and he can't do anything wrong!

But if necessary, he doesn't mind using this army directly! This is also equivalent to a big gift from the old man to him!

Ganzhou Army has about 20,000 soldiers. If 5,000 of them are equipped with this kind of slingshot crossbow, the ratio will be very terrifying!

It will also directly improve the combat effectiveness of the entire army by several levels!

Of course, as long as Zhu Li is willing, it is not a problem to equip the entire army, but it will take more time! Zhu Li still has this time! But there is no need to be so anxious for the time being!

"Your Highness... sent by Xi'an Prefecture!"

Just then, a fast horse brought a letter, which was directly handed to Zhu Li by Geng Qing.

Zhu Li took the letter and looked at it, and his face suddenly turned cold.

"There really is a policy from above and a countermeasure from below. After my second brother left Xi'an Prefecture, these guys have become even more unscrupulous!"

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"Do you really think that what I said is bullshit, or do you really think that I dare not touch them?"

Crumping the letter into a ball, Zhu Li snorted coldly, and spread his palm again. The original letter had turned into powder and floated in the air!

"Your Highness, what should we do next?"

Geng Qing's eyes flashed with a cold light. He knew that someone had touchedIf you violate the taboo of Prince Su, there will be bloodshed!

"Take your people and wait for me outside the city!"

"I will go back to the palace first and come later!"

Zhu Yu didn't say anything nonsense. After telling Geng Qing, he rode back to Prince Su's palace alone on the horse! Zhu Yu must go to Xi'an Prefecture in person!

And he hasn't been to Xi'an Prefecture since he was in charge of it. It's a good opportunity to take a trip! But before going to Xi'an Prefecture, he must go back to the palace to tell his mother and Gu Shi. After all, although Xi'an Prefecture is not far from Ganzhou Prefecture, this trip will take at least a few days!

In Prince Su's palace, Concubine Gao was playing with Zhu Zhanyan in the yard, while Gu Shi was holding Zhu Zhanye, a premature baby who was born not long ago and was still in the cradle, basking in the sun!

As for Li, she became Gu's successor. Now she is basically helping to take care of the affairs of the palace! After all, Zhu Xiajun is still in his infancy, so it is best for his mother to take care of him. Naturally, she does not have so much time to manage so many trivial matters.

It can also be said that after Li joined the Su Palace, she helped Gu share a lot of pressure.

And Li's ability is quite good, which makes Gu and Zhu Yan quite satisfied.

Gu is not a petty person, and she does not have such a strong desire for control, so she is also happy to hand these things over to Li!

Of course, if there are things that Li can't handle, she, the queen, must also need to solve them! But the most important thing is Zhu Yan's approval and delegation of power!

In other words, Li has no evil thoughts, but if Zhu Yan notices that Li has any thoughts that she shouldn't have, he will never delegate power to her!

Seeing Zhu Yan return to the palace so quickly, Concubine Gao and Gu were a little surprised.

"Yan'er, you're back so early today?"

Concubine Gao asked curiously.

In the past, Zhu Yan would usually come back after dark, and he must have been busy in the military camp, so he came back too quickly.

"Mother, I have to go to Xi'an Prefecture. I won't be in Ganzhou these days, so I'll leave the palace to you!"

Zhu Yan said straight to the point.

"So suddenly? What are you doing in Xi'an Prefecture?"

Concubine Gao asked in surprise.

The prince was not allowed to leave his fiefdom without an imperial decree. Although Xi'an Prefecture is now considered Zhu Yan's fiefdom, it is just a trusteeship!

Suddenly hearing that Zhu Yan was going to Xi'an Prefecture, not only Concubine Gao, but even Gu was a little surprised.

"Father has given Xi'an Prefecture to me to manage, so it's time for me to go there in person!"??

"The mess left by my second brother also needs to be cleaned up!"

"If I don't go there in person, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it well!" Yi.