Yuan Zongdi pondered for a moment and said: "Soldiers need to be quick. If you want to take action, hurry up. Duke Yiguo and Marquis of Yidu will send you two to lead five battalions to attack Dangyang."

Hao Yaoqi and Ta Tianbao quickly bowed their hands and said solemnly: "Follow the order."

"In case of an accident, you must not stay under the city for a long time. You should return as soon as possible and prepare to attack Wushan." Yuan Zongdi also asked: "How about just fifteen days?"

This sentence was turned to Huang Li. He didn't know how long it would take Huang Li to make weapons, nor when the attack on Wushan would be launched.

Huang Li thought for a while and said: "Half a month is fine. It may take me nearly a month to build a new weapon."

Huang Li calculated very clearly that he would make full preparations for one month and leave another month to attack Wushan, just in time to end the battle before the Eight Banners soldiers arrived in Xi'an.

If you expect the enemy to be lenient, even if there is an accident in the operation, as long as it is not a tragic defeat, at least you will have time and troops to deal with the Qing army after you withdraw.

Although he had to play again, Huang Li still had to leave some room. At least enough money for the bus, so as not to lose all his pants and have to walk home on two legs.

It is difficult to change a cautious character, so if you can do it without taking risks, try not to risk your life. What's more, the strength of the Ming army does not have the capital to squander, so every battle needs to be conscientious and go all out.

"Some are like the early stage of Houjin who had just rebelled against the Ming Dynasty. Although they won every battle, if they lost a battle too badly, they would be in danger of catastrophe. Unfortunately, the Ming army at that time was so bad that they would not give it a chance.

It’s useful!”

Huang Li shook off his wandering thoughts and listened to the dukes and princes continue to discuss the military situation. Thinking of the artillery he had just exchanged for food, he had another idea.

Taking a moment, he said: "I still have some research on firearms. I would like to make a suggestion, please consider it."

Yuan Zongdi looked at Huang Li, smiled and said, "Mr. Huang, just say it."

Huang Li smiled and said: "More than two thousand bird guns were seized this time. After careful selection, there should be about a thousand of good quality. I think we can add two thousand spearmen to form a separate battalion.

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In the Ming army, there was no separate musketeer unit. The musketeers were all mixed in the large army. Although what Huang Li wanted to form was not a pure firearms unit, it could be called a transition.

The mixed equipment of hot and cold weapons was also the most important application method of matchlocks in battle formations at that time. Such as Spanish phalanx, Swedish phalanx, Dutch phalanx, Gustavian phalanx, etc.

Although the blunderbuss had many flaws, combat at that time was still dominated by swords, guns, bows, arrows and artillery. But Huang Li felt that in order to keep up with the times, we must start from scratch and gradually improve through exploration and practice.

Yuan Zongdi, Hao Yaoqi, and Ta Tianbao exchanged glances, and each had their own guesses. But one thing they all thought of was that the third prince was going to form his own direct troops.

Of course, the newly formed Musket Battalion also drew officers and soldiers from various armies, and it cannot be called a direct descendant of the Third Prince.

But as time went by, if the Third Prince had the means, the officers and soldiers of the Musket Battalion would return to serve and become a force like the Imperial Guard.

"Mr. Huang, this is a very good idea." Yuan Zongdi thought clearly and said with a smile: "After the establishment of the Musket Battalion, Mr. Huang will personally lead and train it. The generals of the Musket Battalion can now be selected from the army by Mr. Huang."

Huang Li chuckled and said: "As for training, I have some methods. I can accept it if it is difficult. As for the selection of generals, the three adults will arrange it. I believe that, like the first troops, they will all be elites."<

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"That's for sure. Don't worry, Mr. Huang." Hao Yaoqi said with a smile: "When the fleet sent by Duke Lin arrives, we will ask the Musketeer Battalion to return to Xingshan with Mr."

Ta Tianbao rolled his eyes and immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity. Placing his troops next to the third prince would definitely be beneficial and harmless in the future.

"Well, I guess Duke Jingguo and Duke Yi thought the same way. They could only aggrieve Duke Lin and Duke Wan. Who told them not to be here! By the way, they sent all their sons to the third prince.

It’s not a loss.”

Huang Li has not captured the army yet, and the idea of ​​establishing a direct lineage is just the thinking of a time traveler, always thinking of developing into an advanced model.

Of course, he is still more cautious, knowing that large-scale changes to the military system and combat methods are too risky.

That's why he set up a battalion and practiced first. Then he continued to adjust and improve it in practice, and finally a relatively fixed pattern could be formed.

Since civilization cannot defeat barbarism, then it can’t be wrong to replace the advanced and defeat the backward, right?

Seeing that the plan had been decided, Huang Li stood up and left. Although he was still in Yiling, some research and development and testing work could begin.

Huang Li took several guards and went to the arsenal first, took saltpeter, sulfur and grease, went to the military camp outside the city, summoned a few craftsmen, and began to set up pots and burn oil.

In ancient wars, arson was a very long-standing and important tactic. Burning camps and strongholds in land battles, burning warships in water battles, arson has been refined over hundreds of years.

But in Huang Li's view, the arson technology used by the Ming and Qing armies has seriously regressed. In the Song Dynasty, there were heavy fire oils and heavy fire oil tanks that looked like flamethrowers.

But now, arson only relies on rockets wrapped with animal and vegetable fats and gunpowder, and the effect is no longer so bad.

The key reason lies in the raw materials. The Song Dynasty paid tribute from vassal states such as Shaanxi, Yan'an, and Annan to obtain oil, and then processed it into fierce oil.

But in the Ming and Qing dynasties, with the increasing development of gunpowder weapons, fierce oil withdrew from the stage of history.

"Oil is temporarily unavailable unless we reach Shaanxi. But with my chemistry expertise, I can still create a divine fire that burns more violently and becomes brighter when it meets water."

Huang Li estimated the temperature of the oil in the pot, added beeswax and sulfur powder in batches, and kept stirring. The oil became viscous visible to the naked eye.

That's right, what you want is the sticky effect, which can't be shaken off and can't be wiped out by pouring water.

Reduce the Xishan Guanmuzhai under Wushan City, the Tuzhai in the northeast corner, and even Wushan City to ashes and give the Qing army a fiery barbecue feast.

Of course, the specific formula and effect still need to be confirmed through experiments. After all, although Huang Li has theory, he has not done much practice.

"Unfortunately, given the conditions in ancient times, there were too few materials that could be picked up and used, so we had to start from scratch and work it out step by step."
Chapter completed!