Chapter 12 Huang Degong surrenders
"General Huang Degong of the Yongwei Camp, please see His Highness!"
"Commander of the Yongwei Camp, Zhou Yuji, comes to see His Highness!"
"General Sun Yingyuan of the Yongwei Camp, see His Highness!"
After receiving the notice, the three generals of the Yongwei Battalion did not dare to delay and immediately went to the command platform to see the Crown Prince.
"Three generals, no courtesy!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Zhou Yuji had already seen them, and Zhu Cixiang's eyes were mainly focused on Huang Degong and Sun Yingyuan this time.
It turns out that they are indeed similar to those introduced in history. Huang Degong looks powerful, while Sun Yingyuan looks elegant.
Zhu Cixiang was excited when he saw the three heroes of the late Ming Dynasty, but he still went straight to the point without talking too much:
"The three generals insist on leading their troops in person and training hard every day, but are they sure they can defeat the Eastern Tatars in cavalry and archery if they continue to train like this?
I have a suggestion. I hope you will spend a few hours every day practicing formation and musket shooting training. The military training of the Ming Dynasty must be fully transformed into firearms."
Sun Yingyuan has always been calm. He saw that the crown prince had not expressed his position. Zhou Yuji had just had a misunderstanding with the crown prince. Although he did not agree with Zhu Cihong's words, he could not express his position immediately.
Huang Degong was different. He was a fierce man. Seeing that the Crown Prince was a child, he was worried that the Crown Prince would lead him into a ditch while training at the Yongwei Camp, so he raised his hands and said:
"Your Highness, Huang Degong is a rough man who doesn't say anything well. There is no difference between the firearms made by the Ming Dynasty and fire sticks. Brothers have accidentally injured too many people with firearms. There is no way to use swords and guns to kill the Tatars. Although the Tatars are powerful in cavalry and shooting,
But brothers can fight with their lives..."
What Huang Degong said is true. Most of the Ming army now dare not use firearms, except of course artillery.
Zhu Cixiang already understood the situation, and he did not refute Huang Degong:
"I already understand this. The next step is to strictly rectify the war situation. Every musket they build must be of high quality, otherwise I will destroy him!"
Huang Degong raised his hand again and said:
"Your Highness, even if the quality of the firearms can be guaranteed, it will be difficult for them to cause a fatal blow to the Eight Banners of Dongdu. After two rounds of shooting, there is no time to reload the ammunition. The opponent's cavalry has already entered the formation. Brothers are almost like lambs waiting to be slaughtered."
Although Zhou Yuji and Sun Yingyuan did not speak, they both nodded and said that Huang Degong was right. Zhu Cixiang smiled lightly:
"Not necessarily. I will ask the Bingzhan Bureau to create a deadly weapon as soon as possible. If you don't believe it, you can go to the training ground and give it a try."
Zhu Cixiang stood up and walked off the podium as he spoke. Others immediately followed him. They didn't believe that the crown prince had any big weapons.
When he reached the place where the Yongwei camp trained spear assassination, Zhu Cixiang stopped and pointed his little hand at the scarecrow in the front row to give the order:
"Yue Yang, form a formation eighty steps away and strike three times at the scarecrow!"
"As you command!"
Yue Yang took the order and quickly set up a shooting formation. Soon a hundred people were arrayed in three rows. Yue Yang took out the embroidered spring knife from his waist:
"First row, shoot."
"Bang bang..."
A burst of gunfire rang out, and the scarecrow was hit by minion bombs and the grass flew everywhere.
"Second row, shoot!"
"Bang bang..."
"Third row, shoot!"
"Bang bang..."
It took more than a dozen breaths for the three rows of volleys to end, and the dozen scarecrows in the front row of the Yongwei Camp shooting range were bombarded to pieces.
After the three rows of salvos fired, Yue Yang did not order to stop shooting, and then the second round of shooting began.
"First row shooting"
"Bang bang..."
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The Donggong Guards loaded Mini bullets very quickly, the two rows exchanged fire without interruption, and the gunfire never stopped.
The scarecrows used in soldiers' assassination training are not made of straw. The straw is just the outer skin and the inside is all solid wood. It is very strong. Otherwise, how could it withstand the constant stabbings of soldiers' spears.
As a result, dozens of dummies were almost blown to pieces by Mini bullets under two salvos fired by the East Palace Guards. You can imagine how deadly these bullets would be if they hit the soldiers.
"Suck... it's so fast. It only takes about ten breaths to reload the ammunition. The dummy has been destroyed. How is it possible..."
The power and reloading speed of the Gamini bullets in the rifled gun made the soldiers and eunuchs present take a breath of cold air, and they were so shocked that they opened their mouths wide and could not close them for a long time.
Whether it is a bird gun or a Lumi gun, you must first load the ammunition and install a match rope before igniting and shooting.
A maximum of three shots can be fired per minute. In actual combat, soldiers are in a hurry and can only fire one shot, which leaves enough time for the opponent's cavalry to charge.
However, the Donggong Guards can reload about eight times in one minute, and soldiers with quick movements can even reload up to ten times. This reloading speed is absolutely unbelievable to the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion.
Huang Degong and others, who were still questioning Zhu Cixi just now, were so excited that they were a little incoherent:
"Your Highness... Your Highness, what kind of firearm is this? Can it be equipped for the Brave Guard Battalion? Even if it can equip two hundred people, it can greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the Brave Guard Battalion..."
Zhu Cixiang didn't have so many rifled guns now. In order to win over the Yongwei camp, he decided to give them dozens of them:
"Yue Yang, give fifty rifled guns to the Yongwei camp in the hands of the guards!"
"As you command!"
Yue Yang waved his hand, and fifty guardsmen immediately handed their rifles to Huang Degong. Huang Degong was so moved that he hurriedly bowed to thank him:
"Thank you for your great kindness, your highness. In the future, wherever your highness has the courage to defend the camp, Huang Degong will not hesitate to die!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled faintly:
"No need to be polite. I also have four repeating pistols here, one for each of you three and Lu Jiude for self-defense. The firearms I have given you must not be touched by a second person, otherwise I will take them back immediately.
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While Zhu Cixiang was talking, he took out four shell guns and eight magazines from his wide sleeves.
Seeing that the Crown Prince had so many good things hidden in his clothes, Huang Degong and others immediately burst into laughter. They were just happy without thinking too much.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace!"
Worried that they wouldn't be able to use it, Zhu Cixiang turned on the safety of the rifle at them, walked to the dummy thirty steps away, raised his hand and pulled the trigger:
"Bang bang..."
A burst of gunfire rang out instantly, and the dummy was shot five times. Huang Degong hurriedly ran over to take a look. He saw five holes in the dummy. Huang Degong was shocked.
"Mom, it's really a repeating gun. Five shots hit it in succession at a distance of thirty steps. This hand gun is really powerful. The Crown Prince is so smart!"
Huang Degong was a man of temperament. When he returned to Zhu Cixiang, he fell down and worshiped:
"Your Highness, you are truly a child prodigy. Huang De is impressed!"
Zhu Cixiang stretched out his hand to help Huang Degong:
"General, no courtesy. I have many good things in this palace. As long as you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, I will never treat you Yongweiying badly in the future."
After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, he turned back to Cao Huachun and said:
"Cao Daban, I am short of people around me. How about borrowing a thousand elite soldiers from the Yongwei Camp?"
"Your Highness, I wonder what kind of soldiers you need? I will help you choose them right away!"
The crown prince is now in charge of the country and his status is like that of the emperor. If he wants to transfer soldiers from the Yongwei camp, Cao Huachun certainly does not dare to disobey and is immediately ready to select for Zhu Cixiang.
Zhu Cixi nodded and smiled:
"Cao Daban still cares about me, eight hundred cavalry, one hundred artillery, one hundred experienced scouts, all of whom are skilled in equestrian skills, plus Zhou Yuji." I like the Ming Dynasty. In the prosperous period, I invited everyone to collect it from the time when the prince supervised the country: (www.
Chapter completed!