Longevity Begins with Jinyiwei

"Li Zicheng got all his family assets here!"

Looking at the formation of Fufeng City, Li Xiu's mouth rose, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"The spies came to report that after Zhang Xianzhong left tens of thousands of troops in Hanzhong to block the Minzhou guards, he did not choose to help the wind, but went to the governor of the three sides..."

Li Dingguo reported in a low voice.

"They are in harmony!"

Li Xiu chuckled lightly. No matter how they looked at it, they didn't look like the thieves who could get together, but now they have cooperated so closely.

"The last general felt that Li Zicheng and that Zhang Xianzhong were only trying to delay the time. Before in Denglai, they arrested a lot of Houjin's fine works, and Houjin has connections with Jiangnan and Shaanxi..."

"It's not possible, they're just going to do it!"

Li Xiu waved his hand. He has always attached great importance to intelligence work. Jinyiwei monitors the world, and he dare not say that everything is in his ears, but today's Jinyiwei is definitely not weaker than the peak period of Jinyiwei in Hongwu years.

Jin Yiwei in such a state, how could he not know the filth in the dark.

It is no exaggeration to say that the chaos in this big tomorrow can not be without the help of Houjin.

Of course, flies don't bite seamless eggs. If he takes every step and boils frogs in warm water bit by bit, no matter how Hou Jin contributes to the flames and stirs the wind, it is impossible to evolve into the current situation.

But...however, this rotten Ming Dynasty has no capital at all.

In this way, he can only take risks, force the world to rebel, and then clean up the world, come to a break and then stand.

Otherwise, no matter how much tossing, it is just a matter of being a paper painter and barely supporting it. People die and the country is destroyed, and a sad song is a doomed thing.

Heavy thoughts flashed through his mind, Li Xiu glanced at Li Zicheng's military layout, but couldn't help but chuckle.

Taking Fufeng City as the keynote, large camps are set up on the left and right, and the attacking army is restrained by superior forces, and the military layout is completely defensive.

In this way, according to Li Zicheng's strategy of delaying time, it is naturally quite good and reasonable.

but…

The battle of defending the city is not something that Li Zicheng can hold if he wants to defend it.

"Let the artillery battalion prepare!"

Following a military order from Li Xiu, the artillery battalion, which was heavily protected, was also slowly advancing to the front of the formation.

Li Xiu has always attached great importance to firearms, especially since he has been assisting the country's administration, with enough power in his hands, the already huge military firearms division has grown rapidly.

At the beginning, the firearms division, which had a few dozen people on secondment from the Inner Court War Bureau, has grown into a behemoth with nearly 10,000 craftsmen, integrating R&D, manufacturing, and maintenance.

Its scale seems to have far exceeded the sum of the Armament Bureau under the Ministry of Industry and the War Bureau of the Inner Court.

Consuming such a huge amount of manpower and material resources, coupled with the fact that it is under the direct jurisdiction of the five military governors, is enough to allow Li Xiu to formulate various incentive policies without interference.

A reasonable policy orientation, insider management, sufficient human and material resources, and occasional guidance from Li Xiu, all these factors combined, in this era, are enough to easily produce amazing returns.

Although there has never been a real cross-generational weapon, on the basis of existing firearms, the Arms Division has already achieved a peak.

The once-expensive flintlock guns have been completely manufactured on a large scale. Just the flintlock guns, the scale has reached nearly 2,000 per day. Take Jingying as far as the equipment rate of flintlock guns is concerned. up to eighty percent.

Of course, among them, pure firearms only accounted for less than half of them, and most of them were both firearms and cold weapons.

Just like the several cavalry regiments in the Beijing camp, in addition to the necessary cold weapons, they are generally equipped with two short flintlock guns, as well as several grenades for throwing, or thunder.

Gu Yan

Of course, these are only muskets. Since the flintlock guns are widely popularized on a large scale, it is difficult to improve in a short period of time. Li Xiu's attention to this weapon department has changed from muskets to artillery.

For example, the pinnacle artillery of this era, the red-clothed cannon, has been improved by the Armament Division. Whether it is the weight of the gun body, or the power and range, it has been enhanced, and the other various types of artillery have also been improved.

Of course, the most important thing is to form a large-scale manufacturing production.

Today's Beijing Army, each battalion of infantry troops is equipped with nearly a hundred artillery pieces. You must know that the nearly 200 artillery pieces of the present day are not comparable to the artillery pieces of the Beijing battalion.

Among them, in addition to some small guns equipped to each thousand households, a considerable part of them are large-caliber front-loading smoothbore guns!

The famous red-clothed cannon is one of them!

It is no exaggeration to say that such a density of firearms, not to mention standing at the peak of this world, at least, inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, there is no army that can be compared.

In the same way, under such firearms, it is not so easy to be a tortoise.

The army formations spread out, and hundreds of artillery pieces of various types were arranged in order according to their range, forming a huge artillery position. On both sides of the artillery position, several army formations were lined up. The purpose of their arrangement was to protect this place. The largest artillery position in the land.

It is worth mentioning that most of these hundreds of artillery pieces, except for a small number of small cannons that can be carried by manpower, are similar to the towed artillery pieces of later generations, except that they are pulled by mules and horses, and the rear is supplemented by wooden wheels.

Before the technology broke through the limit, at least, under the current conditions, Li Xiu had already raised this firearms army to the top.

"artillery!"

"So far, can you hit it?"

Above the tower, Li Zicheng looked at the movement of the towering military formation in the distance, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

He is no stranger to artillery. There are quite a few artillery pieces in his army, but most of them are old-fashioned goods that are not suitable for use, and a few that can be used are not bad. .

But... it doesn't seem to have such a long range, does it?

Suddenly, Li Zicheng couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in his heart.

It seems to be confirming Li Zicheng's hunch. As soon as the idea emerged, he heard an earth-shattering roar!

As soon as the voice arrived, the scene that caught his eye also made Li Zicheng, and even all the soldiers on the tower, completely stunned in place.

Hundreds of artillery shells with a piercing whistling sound, such as meteors and fire rain, fell in an instant, descending on the heavily guarded military camp.

boom! boom! boom!

Looking around, everything is full of blood and rain!

The towering wall, like a thin layer of paper, was torn open one by one in an instant, and the solid iron bullets roared down, ploughing **** paths in the military fortress.

There are flowering bombs coming, and it is even more visible to the naked eye. The broken fragments are swept away, and it is also a **** storm~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It is just a round of artillery strikes. The big camp in the village has already become a mess of porridge!

"Ho..."

Seeing such a tragic situation, and looking at the distant artillery position, Li Zicheng had a hard time breathing.

At such a long distance, other than sending troops to attack, he has no means of countermeasures!

If you leave it alone, you will be beaten passively and die slowly.

But, send troops out...

…