Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

Gu Huanchen was fascinated, stared at the artillery, ignored Wang Yan and the others next to him, stepped forward to look carefully, and touched it repeatedly before stopping. This luster and texture, you can't go wrong, is the selection of the finest stainless steel materials, and the cannon and the base wheel are integrated, this fine craftsmanship alone is not trivial.

The so-called inch of steel and inch gold, where is this iron cannon, it is clearly a gold cannon, the price of a cannon is heavier than the same gold, how can it be reasonable, with such an extremely precious steel cannon, violent destruction of heavenly things. A cannon weighs a thousand catties, so how many pairs of stainless steel armor can be made, and how many swords can be sharpened like clay swords.

Thinking of this,

Gu Huanchen hurriedly turned around and instructed the servant to present the sword concubine, this is his portable sword, which is made of the finest stainless steel, cast by a famous teacher, called the sword concubine, who has never been inseparable, and loves Yu and favors him. He took Jian Ji and lightly scratched on the barrel, but failed to leave a trace, hesitated again and again, and knocked down ruthlessly, only to hear the crisp sound of breaking gold, the barrel finally showed a shallow gap, and then glanced at Jian Ji, and sure enough, the blade was curled.

"Good steel, it's really a tyrannical thing, using such a rare and good steel cannon, it is worth five thousand taels of silver with materials, Miss Yan, with all due respect to Gu Mou's bluntness, is it worth the loss to spend so much money to build a small cannon. "

"Please Mr. Gu to come and watch the test firing of this cannon. Then you will understand. Wang Yan smiled.

Gu Huanchen put away his sword, threw it to the servant in a chic manner, and sat down nearby, Wang Yan raised a gesture to the guards behind him, and gave the order to go down, and in a short time, five gunners entered the position.

"Ready, filled, loaded. "The artillery captain ordered.

One of the gunners stuffed a white silk bag into the muzzle, which was a medicine bag, and another gunner waiting next to him took a stick and put it into the gun. Another gunner took a solid copper projectile with three wings on it, aimed it at the rifle and stuffed it into the muzzle, and then solidified it again.

Wu Chang used an iron needle to pierce through the mouth of the fuse, pierced the medicine bandage, exposed the gunpowder, and took out a small piece of powder wire and inserted it into the mouth of the fuse.

"The report is that the artillery is reloaded, and the request to open the gun. Wu Chang turned around and stood upright at the viewing platform and reported loudly.

"Permission. Wang Yan raised his voice and ordered.

"Yes. "Commander Wu returned to the front of the gun, and shook the toothed disc of the gun mount to adjust the angle of the gun, because it was a test firing, the target was far away, and the tart would not miss the target.

It was only at this

time that Gu Huanchen suddenly realized that he was going to use this cannon to hit the target standing under the dirt slope in the distance, and after a rough calculation, he was at least five or six hundred steps apart, and because he was not in the school yard, he didn't pay attention at all. This surprise only felt that the world was spinning, and if he was sure to hit such a distance, wouldn't he be able to easily take the head of the enemy general in the army later.

"Open fire. Wu Chang shouted angrily, and the gunner on the side held a wooden stick wrapped around the fire rope and aimed it at the mouth of the fuse gently.

Hearing a loud bang, the servants around Gu Huanchen were all frightened, and he didn't care about this, he just stared intently, and the dirt slope behind the target raised dust. In a moment, the opposite valley echoed, still rumbling, like thunder.

"If, if Wang Pu has more than a dozen such artillery, they will fire together, maybe they have killed Huang Taiji, but unfortunately this cannon is too expensive, with Wang Pu's financial resources, at most two or three, no wonder, Huang Taiji is not reluctant, he would rather abandon the Beijing Division, but also surround Wang Pu, most likely Wang Pu used this kind of cannon to scare him, so that Huang Taiji was annoyed and angry, and he did not spare and wanted to get rid of it quickly. "

"Right in the bull's-eye, seven rings. "A soldier rode his horse and galloped back.

Wang Yan Shi Ran walked up to Gu Huanchen and said with a light smile: "Sir, I haven't seen this kind of cannon, as long as we build a warship and install this kind of cannon, even if there are 100,000 troops, we can't help us." "

"How many cannons do you have. Gu Huanchen asked.

"Not much, this is a land artillery, and when you are out on the battlefield, you have too much artillery, and it is not appropriate to keep up with the provisions. We built a total of 20 gates, 15 in Yanmen, and 5 in Pinglu in the south. Wang Yan obviously regarded Gu Huanchen as his own family, and told these military secrets one by one.

"Well, that's a lot. Gu Huanchen was secretly surprised, and estimated in his heart that Wang Pu secretly had a channel for making money that he couldn't get on the table, but this kind of profiteering often involved bending the law, so it was not easy to inquire at will.

"It's just that I'm in trouble at the moment, and I don't have enough money. Wang Yan said dejectedly: "Originally, the business was doing well, but in the past two months, several bandits suddenly appeared to cut off the business, the thieves were very cunning, and several times they sent troops to suppress them all in vain, and then went on like this, it was difficult for the clever woman to cook without rice, no income, and it didn't hurt to owe a few days, so that there was food to eat, and it was good to have food to survive, but without silver, the purchase of good timber, the construction of warships would inevitably delay the construction period, and the young master was trapped thousands of miles away. "

Gu Huanchen was silent, privately thinking that this busyness could not be shirked, Wang Pu would only be useful to him if he was alive, and it was too late to rescue the soldiers, wouldn't it be a vain job.

"Who are the leaders of these bandits, and whether they are fighting each other separately or cooperating with each other. "

"This, the slave family doesn't know. Wang Yan lowered her head and said hesitantly, shyly twisting like a little girl who had done something wrong.

"Then don't you send someone to investigate? Gu Huanchen frowned and asked.

"I, our own family has an internal ghost, and the people who inquired about the information have been pulled to the right place by him, and it is not the fault of the slave family. Wang Yan argued, but under Gu Huanchen's sharp eyes, Yu said that Yu was weak.

"The so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, a hundred battles will not be defeated, if the number of ways to come to the enemy is unknown, then wait to build momentum and then break the enemy. Gu Huanchen paced back and forth a few times, and suddenly realized that he had a word.

"What is the momentum, please Mr. Clearly. Wang Yan couldn't help but beat his heart faster, looking up at this beautiful man who was radiant and knowledgeable.

"Set a trap and lure the enemy into the bait. "

But it is said that Wen'an County, under the drum tower of this desolate small county town, the Ming army of the four roads gathered in one place, with a total of 16,000 soldiers and horses.

"There is no food or salary, and the brothers are getting angry, please forgive me, but I should not refuse to pay the extraction fee. Zuo Liangyu grinned.

"If you are afraid to move forward and harm the county, why should the official pay you the silver, the silver allocated by the household department, the official will withhold it first, and then it will not be too late to give it when you return victoriously. "The county order is a stubborn temper, and he doesn't let go.

Zuo Liangyu and Cao Wenzhao, Wang Chengyin and others looked at each other with a secret hatred, but the Ming official system used literature to control the military, and the Qipin County Order was not inappropriate to command a group of third-grade generals to guerrilla.

"This is the salary sent to us by Inspector Sun, why do you withhold it. Cao Wenzhao has an upright temperament, and his temper is not small, arguing with him face to face.

"Presumptuous, you only know that there is a grandson, I don't know if there is a saint, violent and wanton, whether it is Sun Chengzong's order, wait for this official to participate in you, be careful of the dog's life. This county order was actually furious, and his mouth was full of heart.

"The brethren are faithful to the king of Qin, and they will come here to fight with the Tartars, and the silver will be said when they return in triumph. Zuo Liangyu hurriedly jumped out to play a round, secretly pulled the corner of Cao Wenzhao's clothes, and said: "Silver doesn't have long legs, and the words of the adults are also the meaning of the imperial court, and they don't know how to joke, let's just listen, why talk nonsense." "

"Go quickly, return victorious, and the court will not treat you badly. The county order waved his hand, the Donglin Party was about to lose power, Sun Chengzong's signboard was no longer effective, and many political opponents were eager to try and give the Donglin Party small shoes to wear.

Several generals were really helpless, so they had to obediently hang down from the city wall with bamboo buildings, and each returned to the camp to explain it clearly to his subordinates.

"Damn, this is obviously deliberately making things difficult, or let's make a fuss and force this dog official to spit out the silver. At this time, in Zuo Liangyu's camp, all the generals were indignant and clamored.

"If you want me to say, this matter is not simple, a county order dares to disobey the yang and the yin, and do it against Inspector Sun, there must be someone behind him, let's take it easy, don't send it to the knife. Qian Zong Lou Guang said ruthlessly.

"Trouble, make a fuss, Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, and his Guan Ningjun was outside the city at the time, what does this mean, you guys, use some brains, the one who is anxious to accompany the courtiers to play with his life, makes people panic. Zuo Liangyu drank a glass of wine, poured it up, the inferior wine was spicy, and he couldn't help grinning, and his face immediately became a little ruddy, as if he had just used this glass of wine to suppress the anger in his stomach.

As expected, the generals and guerrillas under the city were not stupid, and when they thought of Zuo Liangyu, they refused to be the first bird, and jumped out to take the lead in making trouble. Thinking that the emperor is such a ruthless man, he must not die too much when he is in a bad mood.

The army was drawn out of camp at the end of the day, and Cao Wenzhao, who was more sincere, invited himself to be the vanguard.

The wind and

sand are grinning, the eyes are full of withered yellow elm cypresses, the yellow weeds are swaying with the wind, the local civilians have long been able to hide, and the county commanders and officials and subordinates have gradually faded away from the military horses after the battlements. I just sneered in my heart, it's good that this army can't come back, the wonderful thing is that Sun Chengzong lost his holy family, and half of the silver fell into his private pocket, killing two birds with one stone.

Houjin scouts

spread very widely, arrogant and presumptuous, often more than a dozen light horsemen dare to go deep into the hinterland of the Ming Kingdom, such as into the realm of no one, Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu and others led the army to move a little north, the front scouts encountered Houjin scouts, back and forth many times, there were casualties and casualties.

"You can't ask Huang Taiji to calculate our numbers, pass the order, all the light horsemen are scattered, and you must not let the prisoners and scouts approach the army. Cao Wenzhao issued an urgent order and quickly transmitted this order to the friendly forces in the rear.

When Zuo Liangyu heard about this, he knew that there was something to be gained, and sent a message to the friendly army: in order to confuse the enemy, he went to erase the remnants of the army's passes. Without waiting for the friendly army to reply, he led his subordinates to the end of the ranks. After listening to Zuo Liangyu's summons, the guerrillas secretly despised this person and chicken thief, but this proposal was really necessary, and they couldn't find fault with it, so they had to pinch their noses and admit it.

More than 10,000 people passed by, leaving footprints and horseshoe prints, and the ruts were deeply embedded in the soil. Don't move people's footprints, wipe the horseshoe prints and wheel prints clean, work more carefully, mother, this battle is not good, do you think you can go back, that is, you will escape from the fate, you don't have to expect the court to give us food and salary, no food and wages at home will have to starve to death, take these words down and tell the brothers one by one, and carefully wipe the horseshoe prints, success or failure in one fell swoop. "

Houjin scout Alaihe is a man in armor, accumulating two futures, and is now the title of sentry commander, he was originally born as a Jurchen, since he was a child, he hunted in the bitter cold land of ice and snow for a living, even when he encountered a big tiger, he was not afraid, and he relied on his skills many times to deal with it, and retreated. The mature Jurchen had been using soldiers for many years, and there was a shortage of warriors, so they used iron tools to exchange the population from the Jurchen, and Alehe's tribe sold him cheaply for a cauldron.

At the end of the Linhai Snow Plain turned out to be a stone city, the people in the city did not wear animal skins, but cotton cloth, and there were a lot of novelty objects, people would use money to buy these objects, and the money had to go to Nanban to rob it, not only money, any object was in Nanban, and it was very convenient to go to whoever robbed it.

Alaihe was born with a good understanding, and he immediately figured out that Nanban was the prey without anyone teaching him, and it turned out that the outside world was exactly the same as his hometown, and they all made a living from hunting, but the prey was different. Understanding this simple truth, he grabbed a few Nanban women on his first expedition with the army, sold a good price to buy a fine step bow, loved Yu's life, and slept with the bow every night, inseparable, and secretly regretted: If there was such a strong bow in the past, the tiger could also fight a few, and Ah Di would not die in the tiger's mouth.

At the

moment of the Great Wall, Alaihe looked at the stone fence built by the Southern Barbarians, marveled at the vastness, but inexplicably bred shame and cowardice in his heart, in his hometown only the prey in the field can be hunted, because it is an ownerless thing, once enclosed in the fence, it is no longer the prey, because there is a master, if someone takes the livestock in the fence home, it becomes a thief, it is the most shameful bad deed in the world, if a family has a thief, the tribe will drive the family away, even if they beg and cry will not be tolerated, decades later, people will remember that there was a thief in this house, and the doll said that the house is dirty, and there are thieves who lived。

Alaihe was afraid of becoming a thief, so he was bound all the way south and hesitated, but fortunately, Donglu was well versed in the habits of the Shengnuzhen and did not blame him, so he simply made up all the Shengnuzhen into the scout. These raw girls are not only hard-working, but also like monsters, everyone is steely, and they are idle in the cold night, so the mature women really hand over the hardest and most tiring work to these tireless half-humans and half-beasts.