Chapter 279 It is imperative for the Ming Dynasty to copy the family, and the performance of the whole family army is not only because of the good firearms and the power of the artillery, including training, queues, and battlefield performance, which are incompatible with the Ming army.Lu Xiangsheng can't see it?
Actually, he had seen it a long time ago, but he didn't say it, and he had to wait for Quan Xu to explain.The highest level of lying is half-truths.Lu Xiangsheng knew some of the situation in Quanjiazhuang Town, such as Quanxu's blacksmith workshop and brick kiln, and of course, Qi Hu and Qi Yuanbi were also registered in the Daimyo's Mansion.Lu Xiangsheng sighed: "No wonder, your soldiers are much stronger than Lei Shisheng's command, it turns out that you are training them with the military law of the Qi family, but you are just ......"
"Lord Lu, to say something unpleasant, the princes of the imperial court, it was really not authentic to the Qi family back then!"
”Quan Xu said with a wry smile: "The Qi family can't trust the imperial court now, and they don't want to use the name of the Qi family's army, for fear of trying to increase the disaster, I like miscellaneous studies, and I have a little money in my hand, so I recruited some family members and practiced with the old man Qi, I never thought that the Qi family's art of war is really powerful!"
”Lu Xiangsheng let out a long sigh.At his level, there are some things that there is really no way to say."
Now the Ming Dynasty is an eventful season, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, the people are in flames, originally Geng Ruqi has almost eliminated those rebels, but now......
They arrived at King Qin, Jingshi!
”"Dongsheng is worried about the rebels in Shanxi?"
Lu Xiangsheng's gaze became deep.Although Lu Xiangsheng understands military affairs and knows military affairs, he does not have the confidence to turn the tide, the Tianxiong Army has a higher morale than ordinary elites, and its combat effectiveness may be a little stronger, but he does not have the confidence to beat Houjin.Now, with a force of 2,000 men and horses, Quan Xu has more than 4,000 people in the gold inlaid red flag after the battle, and in three battles and three battles, he killed two or three thousand people.This made Lu Xiangsheng have greater ambitions: "Dongsheng, you said a few days ago that this artillery is going to be sold to me?"
”"It's nature!""
So, what about the firebolt?"
Quan Xu smiled: "Naturally, it can also be sold!"
”If the Tianxiong army is equipped with hundreds of artillery pieces, thousands of guns, what Houjin, what Mongolia, what can it be counted in front of the Tianxiong army?
Lu Xiangsheng remembered Quan Xu's suggestion and used the money of the gentry of the Daimyo Mansion to purchase these equipment.Quan Xu smiled: "Lord Lu, in fact, my artillery configuration is actually not reasonable!"
”"Unreasonable?"
Lu Xiangsheng couldn't believe it.Quanxu's artillery did not have a reserve gunner, that is, only one shell needed to fall into the artillery position, and there would be casualties, even if the artillery was not blown up, the artillery of the whole family army would immediately weaken.This is mainly because Quan Xu is not a soldier, he thinks that one cannon can be fired, but in fact, in order to exert excellent artillery power, it is far from enough for a gun crew of five people.After this period of running-in, too many problems have also been exposed.For example, in the No. 27 Gun Group of the 2nd Regiment's 3 Sentinel 9 Team, there was a loader who was loading shells, and his hand was burned by the barrel of the gun due to carelessness, and the combat efficiency of the entire gun crew was only one-third of that of the other gun crews.Quan Xu continued: "I think that the artillery should learn the establishment of the Qi family's army, with each team of twelve people as an artillery group, among them, set up four positive, two pairs of six loaders, if the main loader is killed or wounded, the deputy loader will immediately go up, and at the same time set up a team leader, responsible for commanding the artillery group, the deputy team is being killed or injured in the main team, the replacement team is commanding, the artillery commander is set up two, one is a deputy, two observers, one is a deputy!"
”Lu Xiangsheng frowned: "Is this necessary?"
”"Very much!"
Quan Xu continued: "In this way, the three teams are one flag, with one flag and one deputy flag.Fifty people per flag, three cannons.The three flags are a division, with a hundred generals, 12 personal guards, 1 deputy 100 generals, staff officers, communicators, and a 12-person support detachment, and the entire division has a total of three flags and ten teams, about 125 people, and nine 105 field artillery.The three divisions are a bureau, with one general officer, one deputy general, one team of personal guards, one team of baggage, one team of support, and the overall situation is three divisions plus three teams, 27 guns, and about 400 people.The three divisions are a battalion, with one thousand generals, one deputy thousand generals, one guard flag, one communication flag, and one baggage flag, totaling about 1,340 or so, and 51 artillery pieces under its jurisdiction. ”In the future, Quan Xu will be ready to make larger caliber artillery, he can customize high-strength alloy cannons from future generations of steel mills, make seamless steel pipes, or research and develop artillery shells, or buy real field artillery.Therefore, the artillery regiment, a small unit of 200 people, is completely unsuitable, and Quan Xu's plan is to expand the artillery regiment into an artillery brigade, and six artillery battalions are 306 guns, so that they can undertake Quan Xu's combat missions.Of course, the artillery regiment will not be canceled, and Quan Xu's plan is to make the caliber of the 105 field artillery smaller, about 80 millimeters, so that it will complement the 105 field artillery from far and near.Lu Xiangsheng frowned and asked, "If this is the case, how much silver does it cost the Tianxiong Army to build three artillery battalions, a total of one hundred and fifty-three cannons?"
”"This ......"
"These cannons are not easy to cast, Lord Hou wants to buy a cannon for three thousand taels of silver, not a penny will be less, of course, if our Tianxiong Army wants to use it, I will charge a cost price!"
Quan Xu said with a smile: "After all, my people also have to eat, so each cannon is charged two thousand taels of silver, which is the cost price of three thousand catties of Franc machine artillery, but, Lord Lu, do you have any money?"
”"If you don't have money, you have to build it!"
Lu Xiangsheng said in an undoubted tone: "Even if you are crushed, you have to build it, this is a magic weapon to defeat the enemy!"
”Although he had made up his mind to sharpen the fangs of the Tianxiong Army at all costs, Lu Xiangsheng felt powerless when it came to doing it.The reason for his inability is simple, lack of money.Yes, now this Confucian general is really short of money.Soldier training has always been the most expensive, not to mention that he wants to train an invincible elite soldier, not a showmanship to decorate the façade.If you want to get invincible elite soldiers, there is no other shortcut, but to carefully select soldiers, unite the morale of the army with generous treatment, deter unscrupulous people with strict discipline, boil their muscles and bones with strict training, change and polish their minds with effective rules and regulations, and then transform them with bloody battles.A cowardly, incompetent, and unambitious general will not be able to bring out a hundred victorious troops, and a casual and greedy general will not be able to bring out a well-disciplined army.In the same way, there is no invincible general in a division of fish belly that is ready to retreat, and the cause and effect inheritance here is clear at a glance.When the general is training his troops, he is also training himself.In addition to the talents of generals, money is also particularly important, a penny is difficult to defeat heroes, without money, it is difficult for heroes to show their strengths.The Tianxiong army has 15,000 troops, including 2,000 cavalry, which the imperial court can solve, that is, more than 2,000 war horses and 1,000 mules and horses.The most important thing is that this team of men and horses have to train every day, and the consumption of training every day can be a lot, arrows, gunpowder, and lead bullets need to be replenished, spears and shields need to be repaired, knives with curled blades need to be replaced, tattered shoes and socks must be changed every month, and military salaries must be paid, and horse materials must be bought......
It's really a lot of money.And the money that the imperial court can give to the Tianxiong Army, there is no shadow yet, combined with the performance of other armies, this money, Lu Xiangsheng must have to find a way by himself.What can I do?
He doesn't have Quan Xu's ability to turn stones into gold, nor does he have Quan Xu's means to make money.Lu Xiangsheng had already made up his mind to open the knife to the gentry of the Daimyo's Mansion: "Dongsheng, you know the boundary river, right?"
It is in the east of Quanjiazhuang Township, Jiehenan Township, Jiehebei Township, Jiehedong Township, a total of 70,000 acres of land, how many artillery can you exchange for me?
How many firecrackers?
”Of the 70,000 acres here, most of them are fertile land, and one acre of land can be sold for 12 taels of silver, and this land is worth 780,000 taels of silver.It sounds like a lot, but the problem is that the artillery pieces placed at two thousand taels of silver are about four hundred and twenty.Of course, Lu Xiangsheng does not have the arrogance of Quan Xu, he only needs to establish three artillery battalions, that is, one hundred and fifty-three artillery pieces.Quan Xu thought for a while and said, "Lord Lu, these lands belong to the Zhang family and the Liu family......"
"Don't worry about this!"
”Lu Xiangsheng said: "How much?
”"One hundred and fifty-three artillery pieces in three artillery battalions, and I will send you another eighteen artillery pieces for backup, with 30,000 shells!"
Jeon Wook was ecstatic.He was finally able to sell the transitional products, and now the Quanjiazhuang Town Gunpowder Factory has begun to experiment with granular gunpowder, which is more powerful than one-third because it burns more fully and the same weight of gunpowder.For the improvement of the musket, there are three main improvements in Quanjiazhuang Town, the first is to install a bayonet holder under the barrel, instead of putting the bayonet into the barrel as before, with this bayonet holder, the bayonet is more reliable, and does not affect the shooting, there are many benefits; The second is to cancel the arquebus design of the butt and replace it with a tap fire design.The third is rifling, which improves the accuracy of long-range shooting."
Firebolts, each one counts you twenty taels of silver, and I can make you seven thousand, enough for you to equip six firebolt battalions!""
That's not going to take 70,000 acres of land!"
Lu Xiangsheng said: "Two thousand taels per cannon, a total of 300,000 taels, 7,000 guns, 140,000 taels of silver, is the price of 30,000 or 40,000 acres of land!"
”"Lord Lu, this training doesn't only need to use firecrackers and muskets!"
Quan Xu smiled: "You have 7,000 guns, even if you use five coins of gunpowder for each gun, you need to prepare at least tens of thousands of catties for each gun, right?"
What about lead, this also requires money, I will prepare 200,000 lead bullets for you, 50,000 catties of gunpowder, 500,000 taels of silver is not much, right?
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