Chapter 361: The First Army Town, the Strongest Army in the World!
Zhang Wu was a little surprised.
Mingxia has always treated the Queen and His Majesty as her parents. She married him and has been out of the palace for two or three years.
This feeling has not faded.
However, Mingxia is just a maid beside the Queen.
After leaving the palace, in order not to discredit the Queen, she rarely mentioned the Queen in front of outsiders. She only prayed for the Queen at home during festivals.
This time the observation group is coming.
Mingxia was very happy when she heard the news earlier.
But why did he show his fist after returning from Fujian?
Mingxia was slightly angry and said: "Some people in the observation group are a little bit overbearing and bossy, as if the prince owes the court a lot..."
She is a woman.
Although she doesn't know much.
But she also knows how to interact with people.
When two people interact and get along, if one party gives a little, but always feels that the other party owes him a lot.
It is natural that they will be overbearing, bossy, and ask for all kinds of rewards, and their appetites will become bigger and greedier.
Then these two people will definitely break up.
"I think that the way people get along with each other is the same as the way His Highness gets along with the court. In fact, we are by His Highness' side and can see clearly that the court has not given His Highness much help and support. Even if there is, His Highness's return to the court is enough.
But now, some people in the observation group naturally think that His Highness's return is far from enough and they are getting more and more greedy..."
What did the court give His Highness?
Just a maritime trade right!
Your Highness gave the court an increasingly active and colorful Fujian.
Help the court to eliminate pirates.
The court can be said to have made a lot of money from this business!
Those who always want His Highness to return more, why don't they ask themselves.
If the court sent them here, even if they gave the same support, could they give the court such a big return?
"Your Highness's relationship with the court, when the Emperor is here, is that of father and son, monarch and subject. In the future, when the Emperor and the Empress are a hundred years away, they will only be brothers, not even monarch and subject. Your Highness's fiefdom in Dongfan was not granted by the court, unlike other princes, but was won by your Highness himself..."
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"I thought, maybe if you help your Highness show off your fists, those who have unreasonable thoughts will not dare to do so. If you can't stop these people's thoughts..."
Mingxia stopped talking.
Zhang Wu held the wine glass in silence.
Of course he knew what Mingxia didn't say.
If you can't stop these people from being greedy and greedy.
In the future, the two sides will inevitably break up.
Even if your Highness is tolerant, he can't be infinitely tolerant.
Because there are a large number of people behind your Highness.
Your Highness is a responsible person.
He can not care about his own interests, but for the interests of so many people around him.
At that time, can he still give in?
As for Mingxia
Angry at these people's greed, and indignant for His Highness and the Princess.
At the same time, she also cares about the Ming Dynasty.
Perhaps, in the palace, except for the emperor and the queen who treat Mingxia as a family member, other royal family members only treat Mingxia as a palace maid.
But Mingxia always regards the Ming Dynasty and the royal family as her own family because of His Majesty and the Queen.
She does not want the prince and other princes in the court to make wrong decisions because of the influence of the officials.
Zhang Wu asked curiously: "Do you think that if there is a conflict between the court and His Highness, His Highness is more likely to be the final winner?"
Mingxia glared at Zhang Wu and filled Zhang Wu's glass with wine, "Of course, as close people around them, how could we not know the abilities of His Highness and the Princess..."
Let's see how long it has been since we came to Fujian.
Less than three years!
As close people around His Highness and the Princess.
On the way to Fujian, I knew His Highness's idea.
In His Highness' original idea, he never thought that he would make such a great achievement in such a short time.
But after coming to Fujian.
The Japanese pirates attacked Min County, triggering a series of changes.
It destroyed His Highness's original plan.
It also prompted His Highness to modify the plan.
"The Queen said before that His Highness is the kind of person who, when faced with adversity, has greater pressure, and is more adaptable while maintaining his goal."
No one knows a son better than his mother.
What happened in Fujian in recent years.
It undoubtedly confirmed the Queen's judgment.
"So, if there is a conflict between the Ming Dynasty and His Highness in the future, even if the Ming Dynasty has the upper hand, I am very pessimistic."
Zhang Wu nodded silently.
Follow the prince into the grassland.
He knew too well how amazing the rebound force of the prince under great pressure was.
Then he smiled and said, "Don't worry, our soldiers of the First Town will never embarrass the prince. During this period, my First Brigade and the First Battalion have completed the long-barreled muskets, and the town's artillery camp, the eighteen copper cannons have finally been configured..."
The long-barreled muskets are nothing more than the workshop forging more iron, and the craftsmen spend more time drilling iron pipes.
The First Town really took a lot of effort to equip these 18 copper cannons.
Copper is money!
The Shen family helped Liang Daoming to collect them from Srivijaya at a high price.
In order to quickly assign an artillery battalion to the First Town of their army, Fatty Jiang threw almost the last copper coin of Dongfan into the copper smelting furnace.
The prince is definitely poorer than them.
There is no way, the Navy's ugly short, black and thick iron cannons are simply not usable by their army.
Compared to the Navy's stupid, big, black and thick ones.
The copper cannons of their army are definitely gentle beauties like Mingxia.
When Yu Jing saw it, he must have drooled and cursed.
If this is not enough to give the prince some excuse.
Brothers can only wipe their necks!
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Compared with the tossing and turning of the observation group, there are many thoughts.
The powerful merchants who followed him slept very contentedly.
The next day.
Zhu Di led everyone to the shipyard.
Lan Yu looked at the hundred acres of land that had been fenced off and asked curiously: "Will all this land be used for shipbuilding?"
Everyone looked at Zhu Di from the corner of their eyes.
Is it too big?
By visual inspection, this land is at least a hundred acres!
How many warships does King Yan want to build?
What on earth do you want to arm so many troops?
Zhu Di smiled and nodded: "In the future, sea trade will develop rapidly, and the demand for shipbuilding will definitely be higher..."
call!
Many people breathed a sigh of relief.
It turned out to be a merchant ship builder.
However, immediately afterwards, Zhu Di's words made many people's hearts rise again.
"The development of civilian shipbuilding can also promote the development of warships. Today's warships, even after modification, are actually not suitable for naval warfare. The warships are not big enough and have not enough artillery."
Mu Ying asked curiously: "Lao Si, how big a warship do you want to build and how many cannons do you want to install?"
Today they just wanted to see a warship equipped with twenty-four cannons.
This may be the most advanced warship in the world!
The fourth child is still not satisfied?
Zhu Di turned to look at Mu Ying, "Brother, the sea-going ships we are using now are too small and have poor wind and wave resistance..."
In the future, he will definitely develop naval warships and civilian transport ships to the scale of treasure ships in history.
That is an ocean-going ship.
However, treasure ships also have major shortcomings.
The treasure ship was a sail-powered ship.
The development of Kebao Ship also continued the original traditional shipbuilding concept of the Central Plains.
For example, on the deck, there is a cabin where people can live more comfortably.
This is definitely a huge waste of the limited space of the warship.
Ships used for war are first of all to ensure the output of force, and are by no means comfortable.
In the absence of technology that can achieve both, warships must first cut down on comfort.
While ensuring the normal life of the soldiers.
Maximize the power of the warship.
This is the concept behind the development of a weapon.
Now, the warships refitted on Jilong Island adhere to this concept.
"Future warships, ordinary small and medium-sized warships, must be equipped with at least dozens of cannons, while large and extra-large warships must be equipped with at least a hundred cannons..."
The accuracy of artillery in this era was terrible.
It can only be made up by quantity.
Zhu Di was not satisfied yet.
But he didn't notice that the people around him were already stunned.
After leaving Fujian and going to sea, Zhu Silang's fifty warships and one hundred and sixty artillery salvos shocked them.
Zhu Silang is still not satisfied?
crazy!
They actually want to build a ship with a hundred doors!
frenzied!
What would it look like if ten or fifty such large warships fired a salvo?
Many people shudder when they think about it in their minds.
That's thousands of artillery pieces!
A single salvo, a thousand iron bullets, if one hits one person, it will cost a thousand lives!
What does Zhu Silang want to do?
How many people do you want to kill?
Compared with the civil servants in the observation group.
Mu Ying and Lan Yu looked at each other in surprise, but they were thinking about other things.
I can't wait to see the shocking scene of thousands of artillery fire.
The imperial court was under great pressure on land.
It is impossible to spend huge sums of money to develop the navy.
But Zhu Laosi is here. As long as the relationship between the two parties is maintained well, Zhu Laosi will definitely be willing to learn from Zhu Laosi.
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Everyone has different thoughts.
Follow Zhu Di into the busy dock.
A warship that had been completely refitted and equipped with twenty-four cannons was parked in the open-air dock.
Although I have heard Zhu Di say that warships with dozens or hundreds of cannons will be developed in the future.
But at this moment, everyone was still shocked by the warship equipped with twenty-four cannons.
Silly big black cannon.
Cold and dark.
A shock that penetrates the soul.
Lan Yu stood at the bow of the ship, touching the cold and somewhat rough iron cannon, and asked: "We will go to the South China Sea to destroy pirates during the Spring Festival. How about taking this ship with us and showing us the power of a warship equipped with twenty-four cannons."
"Okay." Zhu Di smiled.
This type of ship is equipped with twenty-four cannons, which is the result of experiments with a similar warship.
Just let Yu Jing take advantage of the Chinese New Year period to let the soldiers board the ship and pull it out of Jilong Island for a simple sea trial to get familiar with it.
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After coming out of the dock.
Zhu Di took everyone to observe the firearms workshop, the iron smelting workshop...
Everyone had lunch with the craftsmen in the firearms workshop.
It's approaching evening.
Come out of the iron smelting workshop.
Fang Xiaoru, Tie Xuan, and Sheng Yong murmured a few words in a low voice, walked a few steps quickly, came to Zhu Di's side, and asked curiously: "Your Highness, during one day of visit, we found that the status of the craftsmen in Jilongyu Workshop is very high..."
They actually saw Jiang Jinzhong talking to these craftsmen with a smile.
Even when these craftsmen met King Yan, they only respected him and were not frightened.
This is really surprising.
You know, in the Ming Dynasty, the status of craftsmen was not high.
Many of them also went to work as craftsmen's supervisors.
The superior officer who supervises the craftsmen has the power of life and death over the craftsmen below!
Unlike Jiang Jinzhong, he still has to smile.
Zhu Di looked at these young Ming officials who were similar to him in age.
There is no doubt that these people are excellent.
Observe very carefully.
They even discovered the places that Taishan, Brother Mu Ying, Lan Yu and others neglected.
"There is no way. Jilong Island is really short of craftsmen. These craftsmen are treasures for Jilong Island..."
"Moreover, in the process of improving the status of craftsmen, we found that it is very helpful to stimulate the creativity of craftsmen. The threaded drill bits for processing iron pipes and the transformation of warships were all invented by these craftsmen in a short period of time."
Labor is not divided into noble and humble.
It must be promoted in conjunction with the rural villages and hired workers' shareholding system.
The two complement each other.
The concept of no distinction between noble and humble can further activate the creativity and subjective initiative of the people under the rural villages and hired workers' shareholding system.
At the same time, only in the relatively equal folk environment created by the rural villages and hired workers' shareholding system can this concept have a foundation for survival and rooting.
Like the current situation of Daming.
If it is raised, the people will laugh at him as a madman.
The gentry will regard him as a thorn in the eye.
Of course, in order to maintain a harmonious relationship with Daming in the future.
He would not directly bring such things to the surface.
However, he would improve the status of craftsmen in practical actions.
After the establishment of the rural villages, the wealth and political status of farmers would increase accordingly.
The same is true for hired workers.
He said to Fang Xiaoru and others.
He hopes to let them accept something new, and it would be best to win their approval.
When they are in high positions in the future, with power and ability, they will promote the progress of the Ming Dynasty.
The difference in their ideas is not big, so the two sides can get along.
At the same time, he also hopes that the Ming Dynasty will go further and the people will be more prosperous and active.
When farmers and hired workers do not feel desperate about their professions and want to escape and get rid of them from the bottom of their hearts.
Only then can greater creativity be stimulated.
Otherwise, everyone is just numbly busy for survival and livelihood, and all they want is to escape and get rid of this profession.
Then, creativity will definitely not be generated.
The driving force of creativity comes from love, concentration, and high spirits.
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The Ming Dynasty is too big.
This kind of thing cannot be accomplished overnight.
But he has planted the seeds.
After the rural villages are built.
As long as the Ming Dynasty can persist unswervingly.
The people can develop villages into small economies by relying on local villages and raw materials produced by the land.
Get rich from it.
With money, political status is improved, and bureaucrats dare not oppress at will.
Most people will like the profession of farmers.
And they must be willing to actively use their intelligence and wisdom for the prosperity of the rural areas where they live.
The best proof is that the eighth uncle and his friends spontaneously made corn stalks to make wine.
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Zhu Di saw that Fang Xiaoru and others were all lost in thought, so he stopped talking.
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The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month.
The day of the Little New Year.
Early in the morning.
After everyone had breakfast.
Zhu Di led the observation group and the powerful merchants to the army camp.
Along the way, except for Zhu Di's people.
Everyone else was very excited.
"Your Majesty is willing to give craftsmen a higher status, are you willing to give us merchants a higher status as well?"
"As long as you are willing to implement the shareholding system for hired workers, it will probably be the same!"
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"The visit these days is so shocking, and finally, the highlight is here!"
"Of course, I couldn't sleep at five o'clock this morning."
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In the midst of excited and nervous discussions.
Zhu Di led a group of people and entered the camp in a mighty manner.
Headed straight for the observation platform.
This time, the observation platform was larger than last time.
Because there were so many people.
More than 800 people!
At the same time, the leaders and villagers of many villages in Dongfan were also invited.
This arrangement was naturally to prepare for the gradual rule of Dongfan in the future.
Everyone looked at the empty parade ground and looked at each other.
Lan Yu guessed something and asked curiously: "Your Highness, are you going to start from the assembly?"
Seeing Zhu Di nod.
Lan Yu looked at the drum placed on the east side of the observation platform and volunteered, "I wonder if Your Highness can let me beat the drum to gather the generals?"
Zhu Di saw Lan Yu eager to try, and smiled and said, "Of course, the soldiers know that they will have exercises in the near future, but they don't know the specific time. Even senior generals such as Tan Yuan and Zhang Wu don't know."
He also wanted to truly test the results of this year's training.
As for whether there will be mistakes and embarrassment, he didn't care.
If you want to show it, show the most authentic first town of the army!
Lan Yu and Mu Ying were surprised.
Others said that they didn't believe it.
Zhu Silang, they believed it!
Nothing else.
After arriving in Fujian, Zhu Silang was unreservedly honest!
Lan Yu immediately stood up and walked quickly to the drum under the gaze of everyone.
Dongdongdong!
A drum sounded.
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In the commander's tent.
Tan Yuan was discussing the exercise with two assistant commanders, five battalion commanders, and sixteen battalion commanders.
Suddenly, the sound of drums was heard.
Everyone was stunned.
The Second Brigade Commander Wen Dong, one of Zhu Di's 500 personal soldiers, was transferred to the Army Brigade Commander together with Zhang Wu. Hearing the voice, he frowned and asked, "Commander, is His Highness planning a surprise attack?"
Dongdongdong...
As soon as Wen Dong finished speaking, the second drum sounded.
Crash!
Tan Yuan stood up suddenly and ordered, "Everyone, return to your respective camps immediately and blow the whistle to gather the troops!"
It must be His Highness planning a surprise attack.
"Yes, sir!"
The generals hurried away after receiving the order.
Beep beep...
Soon, the cavalry flag of the artillery camp, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the town commander, heard whistles.
The whistles became more and more frequent.
Everyone on the parade ground observation platform could hear it.
Lan Yu, Mu Ying, and Xu Da, as military experts, all listened attentively.
Gradually frowned.
Except for the whistle, they could not hear any other sound.
In the Ming army, every time at this time, it was always chaotic, and all kinds of beatings and scoldings were heard.
Ta-ta-ta...
While listening curiously, the sound of footsteps sounded.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.
Then they saw a black square formation, stepping on neat steps, running from the back of the large camp in the distance.
They had all seen the leader and generals.
Captain Sun Yuanchu.
Zhu Di nodded slightly, and a smile flashed at the corner of his lips, not surprised that Sun Yuanchu appeared first.
Among the thirteen captains of the infantry battalions.
The others were veterans and brave generals.
Only Sun Yuanchu was a weak young master before.
In terms of bravery, Sun Yuanchu knew very well that he would never be able to compare with other captains in his life.
Even if he tried hard, it would be difficult to catch up.
But Sun Yuanchu knew his strengths.
Using his knowledge, he was the first in the camp to secretly learn to read, so that he could instill the content of the Army Drill Manual into his soldiers and focus on training.
The first battalion of the first regiment of the first regiment was not the most outstanding among the thirteen infantry battalions in terms of bravery.
But it was the most balanced in all aspects.
The quality of all soldiers was very balanced.
The coordination was the best.
When he returned to Fujian, the reason why he brought Sun Yuanchu was a reward to Sun Yuanchu.
Of course, he did not require every captain to lead the soldiers like Sun Yuanchu.
It was unrealistic.
Everyone has their own style of leading soldiers.
"Everyone!"
"Stand at attention!"
"March in place!"
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"One, two, one!"
"Stand at attention!"
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"Report to the commander-in-chief, our battalion has assembled!"
"Report to the commander-in-chief, the third battalion has assembled!"
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"Report to the assistant commander, the first battalion and the second battalion have assembled!"
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As the battalions appeared in front of the observation platform, noisy commands sounded.
After a moment, the sound gradually died down.
Nearly 13,000 people, wearing black split-style military uniforms, carrying bright yellow military ranks on their shoulders, raised their heads and chests, and stood solemnly.
As far as the eye can see.
No matter which direction they look from, everyone can only see a straight line.
Everyone stood up subconsciously in shock.
"This! This..."
"This is too neat!"
"Can the court's army do this?"
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Lan Yu listened to the shocked whispers of the merchants and tycoons behind him, and looked at Zhu Di standing on the edge of the observation platform with a hint of shock in his eyes.
Gathering within the time of three drums, very good!
Moreover, Zhu Laosi's uniform is so beautiful!
It's okay for only one person or a few people to wear it.
But if thousands of people wear it and stand together, the oppression is too strong!
"Your Highness, the first regiment of the Dongfan Army has assembled!"
Tan Yuan trotted to Zhu Di and reported loudly, waking everyone up.
Zhu Di said solemnly: "According to the training subjects, start. You will be in full command today!"
"I obey your orders!"
Tan Yuan left after receiving the order and returned to the front of the formation.
"First regiment, first regiment..."
Orders were issued one after another.
The soldiers of the first regiment quickly took action and quickly moved thousands of scarecrows to the open space on the left side of the observation platform.
Arranged in formation.
Even merchants and tycoons who don't understand military affairs know that these scarecrows must represent the 'enemy army'.
The 'enemy army' formation is 500 steps away from the first regiment of the army.
After the first regiment returned to the team and re-arranged.
Tan Yuan stood on his horse and shouted, "Everyone, turn left!"
The messenger began to gallop on the parade ground.
The order was passed on, and the battalions turned left in unison.
"Artillery ready!"
"First battalion, first battalion, second battalion attack! Second battalion sword and shield soldiers follow up! Cavalry battalion flank cover!"
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Zhang Wu's first battalion was fully equipped with firearms.
The first battalion was equipped with long-barreled muskets, and the second battalion was equipped with Ming-style muskets.
As Tan Yuan's order was issued.
The first battalion took the lead.
Tattattatt...
In neat steps.
The soldiers of the two battalions loaded their muskets while approaching the "enemy army".
Mu Ying noticed that during the approach, the first and second battalions did not move forward in unison, but separated to the left and right wings of the enemy army.
The sword and shield soldiers of the second battalion were separated by a hundred steps, and faced the enemy formation directly when the two battalions of the first battalion moved left and right.
The five hundred cavalrymen led by Zhou Lang, disguised as a complete cavalry regiment, moved behind the two wings of the infantry.
"Old Four, why did the first regiment and the second regiment of the first regiment move to the left and right wings of the enemy army respectively, leaving the front to the sword and shield soldiers..."
Bang bang bang...
As soon as Mu Ying's voice sounded, a fierce artillery fire suddenly came.
Everyone was startled.
I saw that the artillery deployed in the rear took the lead in launching an attack.
Eighteen iron bullets flew over the heads of the soldiers and hit the ground hard.
Then they bounced high and rushed into the "enemy" formation.
After an iron bullet tore dozens of scarecrows, it lost kinetic energy and stopped.
Hiss!
"Even if it hits a real person, it might be able to tear the bodies of more than a dozen people, right?"
"The two armies are fighting. If we do this first, the enemy may become timid!"
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Fearful comments resounded.
Bang bang bang...
When the artillery began to fire towards the rear of the two thousand 'enemy' array.
The first target of the First Association has started firing from the left.
Bang bang bang...
Immediately afterwards, the second standard of the First Association, which broke into the enemy's array fifty steps away, also launched a volley of gunfire from the right side.
Zhu Di explained: "Brother, this is crossfire. The accuracy of the gun is too poor. If you fire from the left and right wings, the barrage will cross and concentrate on the enemy's dense array. It is more lethal than direct wide frontal fire..."
This is what they have concluded through practice.
He knows crossfire.
But he didn't know whether the use of crossfire with musketry was effective.
After practice, it was proved that using it in a musket volley is more effective than firing directly at the enemy array with a wide frontal volley.
In fact, Zhu Di no longer needs to explain.
As far as Mu Ying and others could see, more than two thousand scarecrows were instantly shattered into pieces under the cross-fired shots from two targets diagonally from the left and right sides.
Even if it is the same strength, or even several times the strength.
Before the battle, they suddenly suffered such a violent blow and lost more than 2,000 forwards.
No matter how brave the enemy is, their formation will probably be in chaos.
"kill!"
Just when Xu Da, Lan Yu, Mu Ying and others imagined the development of the next battle.
Deafening shouts of death suddenly sounded.
Xu Da and others woke up and followed the sound.
I saw the second Xie Sword and Shield soldiers, directly entering the enemy's formation from between the first and second targets.
Five people form a group, cooperate with each other, aim at several "enemy troops", and rush forward to kill them with one blow.
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Sheng Yong's face was pale, and he looked at the soldiers of the Army's First Town who were cooperating with each other to kill each other, and moved closer to Lan Yu, "Yongchang Marquis, can the imperial infantry and the Army's First Town win when they meet like this?"
Lan Yu came to her senses.
He glanced at Sheng Yong.
Mouth full of bitterness.
win?
Thinking too much?
Even the imperial infantry, under heavy fire from artillery and two standard fire cannons, would first lose one or two thousand men, and the formation would be in chaos.
Then he was killed by the second sword and shield soldier.
Create more chaos.
The two targets of the first association can completely roll back and impact from the left and right wings after shooting.
It's just that there are only two thousand scarecrows in the training ground, which is not convenient for them to be used, so Zhu Laosi made no arrangements.
But the layout of the battle formation is clearly to prepare for this.
What's more, there is also a standard cavalry.
It can be said that the first town of Dongfan Army will encounter an infantry of more than 20,000 to 30,000 people.
They can all gain the advantage on the battlefield!
Especially when playing in a group of five with melee combat.
On the battlefield, in a small local area, the advantage is very obvious!
Very useful for melee formation!
Mu Ying and Lan Yu looked at each other, ‘Learn! Must learn! After returning, we must reform the prince's guard rate according to the Army's First Town, and kill those bastards who are the supervisors! ’
What is the biggest shortcoming in Zhu Laosi's training?
It must be that the two standard fire guns of the first association are not unified. Since the effective range of the second standard is only fifty steps, it can only rush into the enemy's range of fifty steps and fire.
However, when Zhu Laosi leads the first town back to the court to help in the battle, the second standard will definitely change its clothes.
There is also a cavalry badge, which is not full of soldiers at all!
It must have been full at that time!
At that time, Zhu Laosi's army was probably the strongest in the world!
No! It already is!
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