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The current cowlin guns in the Ming Dynasty were actually not easy to use. Not only did the reloading speed slow, but the accuracy was also a big problem, and they were also greatly affected by weather factors. The dry season is still good, and if it rains, the use of cowlin guns will be greatly restricted. The battle on the Liaodong front proves that cold weapons are still useful at critical moments.

If conditions permit, Zhang Zhun is preparing to equip the guard with cannons with a caliber of more than 100 mm, and the range should not be long, and about three kilometers is enough. The key is that the explosion should be powerful, and solid bombs should not be used. Of course, it would be even better if it could reach more than five kilometers. Zhang Zhun is not very satisfied with the three types of cannons commonly used by the Ming army at present.

The tiger squat cannon has a caliber, a range that is too close, and its power is too small, which is not practical. It needs to be improved. Most of the Flores launch solid bullets, and the power of the flowering bullets is not very strong, so it also needs to be improved. The red-clothed cannon is powerful and can siege cities and kill enemies. Unfortunately, it is too heavy. A war horse must be used to drag and pull. Don't expect sports warfare, it can only be used to siege cities or defend cities.

Zhang Zhun is still very familiar with black gunpowder. As long as there is enough Glauber's salt, sulfur and charcoal powder, he can prepare black gunpowder with different functions. As for how to prepare ammunition, there is no problem at all, at the expert level.

The power of the original black gunpowder is not very great, which is the main reason why the firearm cannot completely replace cold weapons. However, if carefully prepared and some special ingredients, such as copper oxide, the power of black gunpowder can be doubled immediately. A pound of black gunpowder added with copper oxide is enough to blow a bus to pieces.

If a cannon made of copper oxide black gunpowder is used, the lethality of the flowering bullet is absolutely amazing. A flowering bullet like this can beat thirty soldiers equipped with smoothbore guns. It is much more lethal for dense enemies than solid bullets. It is particularly useful when defending the city. If you fire a shot into the enemy rushing up, the effect will be absolutely great.

In this era, the favorite battle is the tactic of crowding the sea of ​​people, even when the Eight Banners of Manchuria siege was no exception. If the dense siege team was blown up several times by explosives or something, the losses can be imagined. However, the conditions for manufacturing black gunpowder are not met now, and Yangjiatun has no Glauber's salt and sulfur, so it has to be kept temporarily.

The key to the escort team's fight is to rely on triangular thorns.

During this period, Zhang Zhun made all-round ideas for the guards, and the two lectures a day were extended by more than thirty minutes than before. Modern troops pay great attention to indoctrination of ideas, so Zhang Zhun would certainly not ignore them.

There are two main ideas he instilled in the guards. One is the basic content of Chairman Mao’s military thoughts. The other is the Han chauvinism. The former is to help the military households establish confidence in rebellion and overthrow the corrupt Ming Dynasty. The latter is to fight against the increasingly powerful Later Jin Tartars and protect the Central Plains.

In terms of discipline, it is a great decree to change the "Three Disciplines and Eight Notes" into a revision of the "Three Disciplines and Eight Notes" as a great decree. Because the soldiers of the guards are all real poor people and have been oppressed by the government and the landlords and powerful people, they do not feel ideological resistance when they execute the "Three Disciplines and Eight Notes". On the contrary, they are proud of such discipline from the bottom of their hearts. This is one of the biggest characteristics of the guards.

Zhang Zhun invested a lot of energy in the military discipline. A large part of the combat effectiveness of the military comes from strict discipline. Qi Jiguang's troops are able to fight than Yu Dayou's troops because the Qi family army has strict discipline. If the entire team retreats, the whole team will behead them together and will never be ruthless. At the same time, they will not be in marching and fighting, and they will be deeply supported by the people. Some of the troops commanded by Yu Dayou cannot do this.

In the imperial army, discipline is also a watershed in battle. Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, and Lu Xiangsheng's troops are all more capable of fighting because of their better discipline and stricter rewards and punishments. Zuo Liangyu, Liu Zeqing and most of the Ming army troops have loose disciplines and worse than bandits. It is obvious that such troops are rebellious, infighting, and not obeying commands.

In "Three Disciplines and Eight Notes", Zhang Zhun emphasized the first one:

Obey all actions.

The soldiers of the guards all came from Yangjiatun. They had no problem fighting for Yangjiatun. However, if the battlefield expanded in the future, what if the future battle had nothing to do with Yangjiatun? Will they still be as active as they are now? This is the issue that Zhang Zhun needs to consider. It is very necessary to instill the concept of obeying commands in all actions from now on.

The Guard also carried out comprehensive queue training.

Cohort training is not just for good looks, not just for training the willpower of the soldiers, but for cultivating a sense of collective honor, cultivating everyone's spirit of coordination, cultivating the team's cohesion, and cultivating the basic temperament of soldiers.

Five days passed, the guard team had basically formed a whole, and there were special people to follow in all work. For example, ideological and political work was also handed over and over again to Zou Mingjia. In a relatively closed environment, it was very effective to instill a certain concept repeatedly. Zhang Zhun only needed to propose new theories, new ideas, and new systems when he spoke twice a day.

In terms of intelligence, it is mainly left to the mouse to be responsible.

The sudden attack of the Sand Owl Lei Lao San made Zhang Zhun realize that it was not enough to just focus on Fushan City, but also to pay attention to the reactions of Jimo County and even Laizhou Prefecture. There are only eighty guards now, and any wave outside may drown them all. Of course, with the current government forces in Shandong, it is not so easy to cause huge waves.

But no matter what, meticulous intelligence work is very necessary. At least, the Renjiatun, Hounantun, Houbeitun, Zhaojiatun and other places north of Yangjiatun should be arranged to closely monitor the movements of Fushan City, Jimo County and even Laizhou Prefecture. If these villages were arranged with eyeliner, Lei Laosan's surprise attack would not have any effect.

At the same time, we should be able to understand all the details of Fushan City.

To kill Wang Shixin, you have to attack Fushan City, which is certain. Wang Shixin is burdened with a lot of blood debts and will never surrender. There is no doubt about how to attack Fushan City. It is necessary to study carefully. The muskets of Wang Shixin's family members are not easy to deal with, especially for defense. After defeating Fushan City, how to deal with the counterattack of the court is also a problem that needs to be studied in advance.

Also, it was not just the poor military households in Yangjiatun who wanted to kill Wang Shixin. Yangjiatun was just a more prominent garrison, and other garrisons also wanted to share the benefits. Since they wanted to share the benefits, they had to search the guys, rise up and resist, and attack Fushan City together. Zhang Zhun would not even give him a son to the person who was waiting for the pie to fall from the sky.

The rats are familiar with all kinds of schools and many different schools, so it is very necessary to ask him to quietly inquire about the situation in other villages and make some preliminary understanding. Zhan Yingwei was killed by Wang Shixin, and his former partners could not watch him be killed. If dozens of people could be organized in each village to participate in the attack on Fushan City, the momentum would be very powerful.

"Mouse, ask more, listen more, and speak less. Do you understand?"

Zhang Zhun said with instructions.

"Brother Yulin, don't worry, I'm ready to find out the news."

The mouse went confidently.

Sure enough, all kinds of information followed and came to Zhang Zhun.

After Lei Laosan was wiped out by Zhang Zhun, Wang Shixin realized that Yangjiatun was difficult to deal with. In order to prevent accidents, he ordered strict control of Fushan City, and the city gates were basically closed. Wang Shixin's servant team, as well as other minions and black panthers, patrolled the city day and night, fearing that they would be attacked. Wang Shixin also organized the servants of other officers, and also organized some idle people to arm themselves and defend closely. In a short period of time, three or four hundred people gathered.

Because of the strict entry and exit control, it is impossible for mouse and others to easily enter Fushan City. However, Fushan City could not completely cut off contact with the outside world, and mouse still successfully found a lot of useful information. He also successfully arranged two internal agents in the city. Once Zhang Zhun launched an attack on Fushan City, they could cooperate to a certain extent.

“Good done!”

Zhang Zhun nodded and praised the mouse.

The conditions for attacking Fushan City are not yet mature, so Zhang Zhun asked the mouse to continue working hard to develop more internal support.

"You are the first-class merit to take down Fushan City."

Zhang Zhun encouraged the mouse.

The mouse went there with a sense of accomplishment.

On the night of March 15th, Zhang Zhun was training the guard team, and Yang Ruifeng suddenly came.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Zhun asked.

"It's a little troublesome." Yang Ruifeng answered worriedly.

It turned out that no one came to buy the salt from Yangjiatun, and the backlog was severe.

Yang Kaide summoned the backbone military households to discuss it, but he never had a good idea. Everyone had no choice but to ask Zhang Zhun for help.

Before Yangjiatun, the salt was sold to the salt lord Lei Lao San. Everyone sent the private salt to Zhaojiatun, the northernmost part of the north, and handed it to a man named Litong, who handed it to one hand and the other. Although each pound of salt was only a few cents, it was an income after all. Now that Lei Lao San is dead, no one has come to buy the private salt in Yangjiatun, and the military households in Yangjiatun had no income at all.

In fact, there are still many salt owls outside Zhaojiatun. However, the people from Yangjiatun dare not transport salt outside. There are also chaos outside. The salt owls have their own sphere of influence, and there are also salt dings from the Salt Inspection Department, which are also vicious. If they encounter them, things will be dangerous. Don’t talk about salt at that time, even people will be in great danger.

"Where do you usually sell private salt when you buy it?" Zhang Zhun asked calmly.

"Jimo Camp." Yang Ruifeng replied.
Chapter completed!