Chapter 536: Luo Hong invites a fight

Qingzhou Daying.
After leaving the military workshop, Xiao Ming took the rifled gun directly to Qingzhou Camp.
Compared with the lively training scenes before, the Qingzhou camp at this time was a bit deserted. After part of the Qingzhou army was stationed in Ryukyu and the other part of the Qingzhou army went to Yunzhou, only 5,000 soldiers were stationed in the Qingzhou camp to guard Qingzhou. Security.
However, in addition to the current 5,000 Qingzhou soldiers, there are still remaining soldiers who have escaped from Chang'an in the current Qingzhou camp. There are a total of 3,000 soldiers who have been placed in the western campus of Qingzhou.
When he arrived at the Qingzhou Camp, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army were carrying out filling training in the past. Luo Hong and other generals from Chang'an were enviously looking at the Qingzhou soldiers wearing neat uniforms and carrying bayonets and flintlocks.
Compared with the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army, the firearms camp from Chang'an seemed out of place.
"Your Highness."
The arrival of Xiao Ming quickly alarmed the generals who were observing the training. Luo Hong brought the generals from the firearms camp and saluted Xiao Ming.
"Free gift." Xiao Ming helped Luo Hong up.
Luo Quan rejected him that day, and then Fiji told him the reason. This made Xiao Ming deeply feel that Luo Quan was a man of righteousness. It is no wonder that Luo Quan's position in the court has been stable over the years.
Niu Ben brought Lu Fei, Luo Xin, Qi Guangyi and other generals at this time, and after saluting, Niu Ben said: "His Royal Highness, we are demonstrating the musket array to them."
When Xiao Ming came in, he could see what they were doing. He said to Luo Hong, "What do you think of our Qingzhou Army?"
"The training of the Qingzhou Army is only afraid that the firearms battalion is out of reach. Moreover, the firearms equipped by the Qingzhou Army seem to be different from the firearms battalion." Luo Hong shook his head.
Speaking of this flintlock, Niu Ben and Xiao Ming were a little embarrassed. At that time, he sold the matchlock to the court and other vassals. The secret of this flintlock has been kept secret. Now Luo Hong is stationed in Qingzhou camp and finally sees the tricks. .
However, what he mentioned was also very tactful, but he must have thought about it in his heart, knowing that Xiao Ming had left it.
"Actually, the difference between flintlock and matchlock is not very big, but one is flintlock and the other is ignition by matchlock. There is almost no difference in range and accuracy. The only difference is the stability of firing. There is another difference. It's the bayonet on this."
Up to now, he no longer concealed the need for the flintlock, so he told all about the flintlock.
While talking, let Niu Ben bring a flintlock rifle, and then bring a matchlock rifle from the firearms camp, and show Luo Hong the firing and bayonet parts of the two.
Holding a flintlock gun in one hand and a matchlock gun in the other, Luo Hong called two soldiers to experiment with the matchlock gun and the flintlock gun respectively, and found that the flintlock gun was slightly faster than the matchlock gun except for the filling to the completion of shooting. One point, it really doesn't make much difference.
After such an experiment, he didn't think Xiao Ming had deceived Xiao Wenxuan, because it didn't make much difference in his opinion. After all, whether it was a matchlock or a flintlock, as long as the enemy rushed to the front with a bullet, he would have to fight melee.
Relatively speaking, he felt that the bayonet was very important.
But even so, he stared at the flintlock spear blankly, meaning it goes without saying, even if the gap is small, who doesn't want something slightly better?
"His Royal Highness, the general led all the soldiers of the Firearms Camp to be loyal to His Highness."
Compared with Luo Xin's smooth tongue, Luo Hong was calmer and dull, but no matter how honest people were, Luo Hong directly expressed his opinion to Xiao Ming in front of the Qingzhou army general.
"Ahem." Xiao Ming looked at Luo Hong and a group of firearms generals who were kneeling on one knee and said: "Please, since you are willing to follow this king, this king will naturally not treat it differently. I hope you can stand up and help this king in the future. ."
Luo Hong didn't stand up, but said: "At the end of the day, I will hear that His Royal Highness will conquer Pengzhou to punish King Wei for his rebellion and rebellion. If His Highness believes in our firearms camp, we are willing to go for His Highness.
"This..." There was a wave in Xiao Ming's heart.
Luo Quan said that because he was still worried that Xiao Ming would be uncomfortable with these generals, so he wanted to prove his loyalty with his military exploits.
For Xiao Ming, he was really tempted.
Cangzhou, Laizhou, and Yizhou have no more than 15,000 troops. Now the firearms battalion has 20,000 people, which reduces the gap with the Pengzhou defenders.
After all, Pengzhou is the northern gateway of the Wei land, and the king of Wei has many people. The number of troops in his hand is more than four times that of him, and this does not include the private soldiers of the local wealthy family, not to mention that once it enters a state of war, this will not fight. It's impossible to die.
After hesitating for a while, Xiao Ming said: "If this is the case, this king will not shirk. After all, since you are the king's army, you should treat them equally. Now that this king is using soldiers, this battle of Pengzhou will be counted as one of you. Copies."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Luo Hong was overjoyed when he heard the words, and the other generals in the firearms camp were also happy. Xiao Ming's words were equivalent to accepting them.
Shaking his head, Xiao Ming asked Luo Hong and the others to get up. Since Luo Hong mentioned the conquest of Pengzhou, Xiao Ming asked accordingly: "Dudu Niu, have all the three armies notified?"
"His Royal Highness, the general has already issued a military order to dispatch the Cangzhou army and the Pengzhou army to Yizhou to join together, plus the preparation of food and grass~EbookFREE.me~ It takes about twelve time to set off to Pengzhou, but this equipment? "Niu Ben stopped talking when he said this.
Xiao Ming knew that Niu Ben would mention this. He said: "This king has just returned from the military workshop. Song Changping will give priority to providing weapons to the soldiers of the three states. One month can satisfy at least half of the soldiers. Moreover, you can't fight without a musket. Already? How did we fight the barbarians in the battle of Cangzhou?"
Niu Ben was stunned. At this time, he realized that the whole army had some blind worship of muskets, and he had forgotten his original ability. He suddenly understood, "The final general understands, and the final general will remove the plate armor later. , The sword was shipped to Yizhou."
Xiao Ming nodded lightly. In the age of muskets, it is very dangerous to forget the skill of cold weapon fighting. In fact, although the mainstream of the world is still muskets, the battlefield is often accompanied by bayonets after a few volleys. Charge melee.
For example, the most prestigious British red shirts in modern times still fight by shooting a volley at nearly 50 meters, and then launch a charge.
Because of this, Xiao Ming is not so arrogant that he can single-handedly challenge the Great Yu Kingdom if he is equipped with a flintlock. Strictly speaking, he is still at the stage of alternating hot and cold weapons. He needs to face every war. Be careful not to be sloppy.