First Prince of Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 78 Prince Seal

  Zhu Biao looked at Quan Xu and said: "You take my warrant yourself, go ask the Holy Lord to seal it, and then go to the Ministry of Industry to ask for firecrackers, and equip your 30,000 people!"

  Zhu Biao, no matter his status as the prince or the general Tiance, has no power, and he directly asks the Ministry of Industry for a large number of firearms.

  Firearms and military equipment, no one can move lightly without the emperor's order. Zhu Biao wrote the required firearms on the paper as he said, and then stamped the prince's seal that he carried with him.

  This seal was bestowed on the day he was canonized as the crown prince, and it is the first time Zhu Biao has used it. It is shaped like a squatting dragon button, a platform, four inches square, one inch and two inches thick, and is extremely delicate.

   Quan Xu took the note with both hands respectfully. It was originally just a piece of ordinary paper, but after it was stamped with the Prince's seal, he carried the will of the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty.

  Quan Xu immediately drove back to Nanjing, Zhu Biao sat on the chair, thinking about the scene of the soldiers using firearms just now.

   Now the use of firearms is still very rough, basically throwing down after firing one shot, and then taking out a knife to chop people.

  Zhu Biao recalled a movie he watched before. He forgot what it was called, but he still clearly remembered a scene where Manchu Eight Banners soldiers charged on horseback, while British and French allied forces stood in three rows and fired muskets in turn.

After the first row finished fighting and went to the end, the second row continued to shoot, and then the people in the last row had time to reload the muskets. Repeatedly, the Eight Banners cavalry was beaten before they even got close to 30 meters Rout and flee.

This is a very good and simple and practical method, especially for dealing with cavalry. Of course, the current firecrackers are far inferior to modern muskets, so you can add some elite crossbowmen to them, so that you can provide sufficient and stable weapons. Firepower!

   As long as you figure it out, the principle is actually very simple. Zhu Zhizhi believed that this was invented by Mu Ying, but it was used many times in the future when Yunnan was pacified, and Zhu Di also used it many times in the Northern Expedition.

   Zhu Biao did not order the whole army to implement this method because there are many types of firearms in various ministries, but there are not many firecrackers. If they are concentrated in advance, it will not only affect the army formation that has been training, but also easily cause the generals to rebound.

  So Zhu Biao plans to try it on his 30,000 pro-army first, and if the effect is really good, he will spread it to the whole army and form a firearms battalion.

  When Zhu Biao was still thinking about how to improve it, Chang Yuchun and Li Wenzhong walked in, and Zhu Biao stood up to show respect.

  The three of them sat down after seeing the ceremony, and Chang Yuchun said: "His Royal Highness's ministries have already mastered their affiliations, and now we just wait for Mu Ying to come, and we can swear as masters to go to war."

  Zhu Biao nodded and said: "That's good, I won't leave, I will just stay here, and I will follow the army during this time."

  Li Wenzhong nodded and said: "That's very good. It's time for the general and the generals to get acquainted with each other. I'll stay too."

  Chang Yuchun smiled and said, "I still have to take medicine, so I won't be with you young people anymore."

  Zhu Biao also smiled, Chang Yuchun was trying to downplay his own sense of existence, after all he is the military leader, if he is here, the generals will always act according to his will.

   Then Zhu Biao stayed in the military tent. When he got up the next day, he saw Quan Xu and Liu Jin guarding outside his tent. Zhu Biao went out and stretched his waist and said, "How's the matter?"

  Quan Xu replied: "The Holy Majesty has already stamped the seal, and the last general also handed over the decree to the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. However, Nanjing's firearms reserve is not enough. I am afraid that only 20,000 firearms can be collected."

Zhu Biao nodded. He never thought that he could fill up 30,000 firearms. After all, this is a good thing, and the army needs it. If Zhu Biao hadn’t walked through the back door, he wouldn’t even be able to get 20,000 of them: “The fastest! When can it be delivered?"

  Quan Xu replied: "Delivery within three days!"

  Zhu Biao knew it well, so he didn't ask any more questions, but glanced at Liu Jin who was preparing to wash the utensils, and asked with a smile: "Didn't I ask you to look after the house, why did you come out again?

  Liu Jin said with a playful smile: "With you, there is a servant's home. If you are not there, there is just a house, and the house will not fly away. Naturally, the servant will serve you."

  Zhu Biao nodded in satisfaction. To be honest, he was not used to not having Liu Jin by his side.

   After Zhu Biao washed up, Liu Jin went down to arrange Zhu Biao's meals in person.

In the next half month, Zhu Biao did not return to the palace, but let Quan Xu lead the army to practice "three-stage strike". Can't hide it.

Zhu Biao kept rehearsing the three-stage attack he thought in his mind. He tried the simplest one first. Three people formed a team, and the musketeers in the front fired first, then retreated to the back of the team to concentrate on loading ammunition, and the soldiers in the second row Go forward and fire.

  Three people reloaded and fired alternately, which tripled the efficiency of the arquebus that originally took a minute or more to shoot once!

   Then I feel that if the enemy cavalry has a large number and is not afraid of sacrifice, it is easy to make the mobile soldiers unwilling to return to the first row.

  So I tried to install anti-horse fences in front of the formation, and then arranged soldiers in groups of three, and let the soldier with the highest shooting accuracy be the shooter, and the other two were responsible for the assembly of bullets and matchlocks.

  After the archer shoots, the second soldier takes over the musket and loads the gunpowder from the front, rams it and then loads the bullet. A third soldier simultaneously adjusted the position of the fire rope from the rear, moved the trigger to its original position, and then handed the musket to the shooter, thus achieving uninterrupted shooting.

   I also tried methods such as adding elite crossbowmen next to the firearms, and drilled again and again, allowing more and more generals to participate in the discussion. The more debates, the more I feel that this method is good.

  Naturally, compliments to Zhu Biao were indispensable during the period. Even Zhu Yuanzhang put down his official duties and ran to look around in person. Finally, he patted Zhu Biao on the shoulder with satisfaction, and went back cheerfully. "

  The generals are naturally envious, but still the same sentence, there are not enough firearms, and only Zhu Biao can dig out Daming's family fortune. Now the entire Ministry of Industry can't produce a firearm.

   At least not this year, but the Ministry of Industry has summoned craftsmen to manufacture a large number of them. Presumably there will be a batch of firecrackers by the end of the year.

  Zhu Biao also called a group of craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to talk about his ideas for firearms.

Finally, looking at the bewildered craftsmen, Zhu Biao sighed helplessly. He had never touched any real firearms in his previous life, and he was not a fan of military affairs, so what he said was not so easy to understand, but it was only Noki expects to be with them too.

   Two days later, Mu Ying finally led the army back. Zhu Biao glanced at the dusty Mu Ying and the listless soldiers behind him, thinking that if he went out now, he would directly mutiny.

  Fortunately, Zhu Biao was not that kind of person. He ordered the soldiers who came here not to train for three days, so they could rest. After letting Muying sleep for two hours, he dragged him to chat for half the night before letting him go back to rest.

   I have to say that there is indeed a fate between people. He doesn't know why he is very close to Mu Ying, even if he hasn't seen him for a long time, he is still very close.

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