Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 180 God Machine Camp

The batch of Hongwu rifles manufactured by Yang Xian completely released the beast in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Thousands of years have passed, and now there is finally a transition between offense and defense.

The three armies have not moved, and the food and grass will go first.

As a military master, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally understood this truth.

In order to prepare for the Northern Expedition in the future, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to start an inventory of granaries across the country to see how many reserves there were.

Zhu Yuanzhang planned to take advantage of the next autumn tax to go down and see for himself.

It has been several years since the last northern tour.

Beijing.

The nobles of Huaixi gathered together again, but this time it was at Hu Weiyong's house.

I don’t know whether Li Shanchang wanted to avoid suspicion or because he cultivated Hu Weiyong.

In short, he did not attend this party.

"Master Hu, what does the emperor mean by the new tax system? Your Zhongshu Province should know the situation and whether it will be implemented nationwide next year." Anji Hou Lu Zhongheng asked.

Hu Weiyong said: "The emperor has not expressed his position. The previous summer tax in the rest of the country should have had an effect. As long as the situation in various places can still be maintained this autumn tax, Prime Minister Li will definitely make suggestions to His Majesty again and request that the implementation of the new system be postponed. ."

"Master Hu, it's easy for you to say that." Pingliang Hou Fei Ju said with a troubled expression on his face. "It's not like you don't know that the reason why the tax results in various places were so good last summer was that a large part of them came from donations from the gentry from all over the country."

"Previously, Prime Minister Li said that as long as the summer tax figures in various places are good, His Majesty will consider postponing the new system. It took us a lot of effort to persuade the gentry from all over the country to donate."

"Marquis Pingliang, didn't Prime Minister Li submit a letter before? A large part of the reason why His Majesty has not made an immediate decision is from Prime Minister Li." Hu Weiyong looked solemn, clasped his hands in fists, raised them above his head and bowed in the direction of Li Shanchang's residence. Bye, then he spoke. "Li Xiang is worried about everyone's affairs. Everyone must speak according to their conscience."

"Master Hu, I don't mean to blame Prime Minister Li. If what I said just now caused you to misunderstand, I apologize." Fei Ju, the Marquis of Pingliang, said directly. People like them, who were born as military generals, speak straightforwardly. "But if we try to squeeze money and food out of the pockets of those gentry during this autumn harvest, we really can't do it."

If this is really done, what is the difference between directly implementing the new tax system.

Hu Weiyong said: "My words have been conveyed. Whether you can succeed in the end depends on your own abilities."

The gentry can't squeeze out money or food, so they can only look to the common people to see if they can squeeze out some more money and water.

Time flies by quickly, and it’s late autumn in a blink of an eye.

Here in Yangzhou.

The Shenji Battalion was officially established. The location of the camp was not far from the Yangzhou Military Factory. In addition to daily drills, it could also play a role in guarding the military factory.

Unlike Zhu Biao, Zhu Di was involved in government affairs, so he was basically in Yangzhou in the past few months.

The relationship with Yang Xian has also become increasingly familiar.

After Zhu Di was training soldiers, he often came to Yang Xian to ask various questions, most of which revolved around military affairs and firearms.

When Yang Xian had free time, he would go to Shenji Camp to watch Zhu Di train soldiers, just for leisure and entertainment.

On this day, Zhu Di came to Yang Xian excitedly and said that he had created a battle formation and wanted to show Yang Xian.

Yang Xian naturally agreed happily.By the time Yang Xian arrived in front of the Shenji Camp, the soldiers from the Shenji Camp had already finished preparing at the school ground.

Seeing Zhu Di coming back, a soldier who looked like an adjutant stepped forward and clasped his fists and asked, "Your Highness, the preparations are complete. Do you want to practice the new battle formation immediately? Please give me your permission."

Zhu Di turned to look at Yang Xian.

"Master Yang?"

Yang Xian raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with a smile: "Then let me broaden my horizons."

When Zhu Di saw Yang Xian smiling, he smiled too, raised his hand and said, "Let's get started."

"Yes!" The adjutant followed the order.

"Your Highness ordered that the Shenji Battalion drills begin!"

The voice fell.

Soldiers throughout the school grounds immediately began to practice new battle formations.

The sergeants of the Shenji Battalion are indeed elites selected from other battalions, and all of them have very good tactical qualities.

The entire battle formation was very organized and not chaotic at all.

Yang Xian just glanced at it and saw what was going on. He turned to look at Zhu Di and saw Zhu Di looking confidently at the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion on the school field. He couldn't bear to break the news and asked cooperatively: "Fourth Prince Your Highness, why does this battle formation only have guns in the first row, or every other person?"

Zhu Di replied with a smile: "Our army is mostly infantry. The Shangyuan cavalry used to rely most on fire guns and crossbows. Compared with bows and crossbows, fire guns do not require much practice before they can become proficient. Yang The Hongwu rifle developed by Your Excellency is the same as the fire gun in this regard. In the future, it will be a weapon for our army to control the cavalry with foot. In the past, the loading of the fire gun was too cumbersome, which was a major drawback. After firing a shot, there was no need to wait for loading. After that, the enemy cavalry is already in front of them. Although the loading process of the Hongwu rifle has been greatly optimized compared to the fire blunderbuss, in my opinion there is still room for improvement. That's why I created this formation."

"There are 57 people in each team. Each team has one captain and deputy, 55 flag soldiers, three flag guns, five flag guns, four cartridge guns, and 33 magic machine guns."

"When encountering the enemy, the card soldiers are in the front. Five sword soldiers are on the left, and five sword soldiers are on the right. 11 people in front of the magic machine gun fire, 11 people in the middle turn the gun, and 11 people in the back charge. Every other person fires a gun, and the first one fires Six guns, and the remaining five guns are ready for the enemy's advance and retreat. The one who fires the gun in the front will idle the gun and hit the center, turn the gun in the front, and turn the empty gun in the rear. The charge is changed and fired in sequence. Anyone who fires indiscriminately without authorization will be punished by the captain. . Anyone who neglects to reload the gun and does not follow the law will be punished by the deputy of the team. In this way, the gun will not stop making noise, and there will be no strong formation."

After finishing speaking in one breath, Zhu Di looked directly at Yang Xian, wanting to get his comments.

"Very good, very good." Yang Xian said.

This Zhu Di is indeed a military genius, let him do that.

He was able to come up with such a well-designed battle formation in a short period of time.

Yang Xian looked at the drills of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion on the campus at this time, and he could indeed achieve what Zhu Di said just now, with endless gunfire.

"I wonder if this battle formation has a name?" Yang Xian asked.

"The Divine Machine Gun Formation, I named it the Divine Machine Gun Formation." Zhu Di was a little excited and looked at Yang Xian, trying to get his approval. "Master Yang also thinks this battle formation is feasible?"

If we take the Hongwu rifle at this moment as an example, this battle formation is indeed a way to improve shooting efficiency. Unfortunately, it was just before Yang Xian came to the Shenji Camp today.

Research at the military factory has made new progress.

This time it's about ammunition.

(End of this chapter)