Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 191
After nearly 20 days of marching, Zuo Menggeng's 22 men finally passed through Jiangxi and entered Jianning Mansion in Fujian, where the main force of his troops was also arranged.

The next day, Zuo Menggeng and his generals Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Jin Shenghuan and others selected a good place to bury his father Zuo Liangyu's coffin, and then went south to Fuzhou to meet Tang Ning with the generals without stopping.

Tang Ning was not in the mansion, but in the military training ground, so Zuo Menggeng and his party were taken directly to the military training ground outside Nancheng.

After meeting Tang Ning, she was younger than she imagined, but the group did not dare to show any disrespect, and were very sincere and fearful.

Tangning already knew that Zuo Liangyu died of illness on the way and was buried in Jianning Mansion.

He tried to comfort him, and then led everyone around the training ground.

From far away, one can hear the uniform sound of shaking the sky.

"Hohohoho..."

"Kill kill kill..."

After entering the huge training ground, Zuo Menggeng and his party saw that the soldiers of the new army were divided into phalanxes and were undergoing different trainings.

"Step by step..."

"Tattoo..."

Passing by a phalanx, they saw that the soldiers of this phalanx were lined up neatly, walking in neat steps, vigorous and vigorous.

In an adjacent phalanx, they saw soldiers spread out at the same distance, standing tall and straight, motionless.

Under the scorching sun, his face remained unchanged even under the rain of sweat, like a wooden stake.

"Kill, kill, kill..." In another phalanx, the soldiers held shining sabers, and under the command of a general above, they fiercely slashed out every move and every style, with a murderous aura.

They also saw the practice of long spears, as well as bow and arrow shooting exercises, which were somewhat different from what they were familiar with. There were not only stationary target exercises, but also moving target exercises.

Among these moving targets, there are also enemies and friends.

For example, if one or several human-shaped targets are suddenly erected, it is necessary to make a quick judgment and shoot the enemy's vital parts to be considered qualified.

It is a failure to miss or hit the humanoid target representing one's own person, which can effectively train the soldier's reaction speed.

In addition to these cold weapon training, there were more firearm training. After a little observation, they discovered a problem. The shooting speed of these soldiers was much faster.

Immediately, they found out the reason. These soldiers seemed to have omitted the step of loading gunpowder, and the speed of loading projectiles was very fast, just a little poke or two with a cleaning rod.

Then he directly pulled the trigger to shoot, but did not see the match.

"Generals, how does this gun compare to a bird?" Tangning asked with a smile.

Zuo Menggeng and his group looked at each other, and it was Zuo Menggeng who asked aloud: "My lord, there is not much difference between this musket and the Niaotong. Isn't this the Niaotong?"

Tang Ning explained: "This gun is called a flintlock gun, and it is ignited with flint. The projectile and gunpowder are wrapped in paper. They are tailor-made and the same size, so the loading process is easier."

"Just like that, Niaotong fires one projectile. This gun can fire at least three projectiles, and it is more accurate."

Everyone in Zuo Menggeng was startled, they naturally saw at a glance that this gun was several times stronger than the blunderbuss.

"My lord, is this spear a magic weapon?" Jin Shenghuan asked.

Tangning laughed and said, "It's far worse than the magic weapon. This gun fires one bullet, and the magic weapon can fire more than [-] bullets at the fastest."

"Hiss..." Everyone couldn't help but gasped when they heard this, and couldn't help but look at the soldiers of the new army who followed behind. They knew that these were Tangning's personal soldiers.

The muskets carried by these soldiers are also a little different, the most notable difference is that there is a gleaming sharp knife above the muzzle.

"The last general has longed for the magic weapon for a long time, I don't know if I can see it today." Zuo Menggeng thought for a while and said, and also expressed the feelings of other people.

Tangning pondered for a while, then nodded, because even if Zuo Menggeng didn't say anything, he would still open the eyes of these people.

After walking around the surrounding area for a while, Tangning led everyone to the southeast corner of the military training ground. Everyone immediately felt a difference. Many soldiers held weapons that they had never seen before.

Song Yunwan brought a few soldiers forward and gave each of them a Zeiss telescope.

To Zuo Menggeng and the others, the telescope is naturally not a rare thing, but the telescope in their hands is obviously much more refined than what they usually use, and it is not ordinary at first glance.

Tangning pointed to a few things hanging on a pole in the distance, and everyone quickly picked up binoculars to look at them.

Those were earthen pots the size of a human head, so the place should be one mile away.

Suddenly, a crisp sound of "bang" startled everyone, and a crock shattered in response, and they quickly put down their binoculars to look for the sound.

But he saw a soldier not far away pull something on his musket, and a golden object flew out. He quickly pushed it again and raised his gun to aim.

Everyone quickly picked up the binoculars and looked at it. With the same crisp sound, another earthen jar shattered.

Such a small crock can be hit from a mile away, and it can be shot immediately with a push and a pull. This firearm, which seems to be very similar to a blunderbuss, is actually so powerful.

Then, they saw a soldier holding another firearm that was completely different from the bird's gun. It was much shorter than the bird's gun, and it could shoot wildly when the trigger was pressed.

A pile of earthen jars hundreds of feet away shattered with a loud crash.

If those were not crock pots, but a group of attacking soldiers, it is not difficult to imagine their tragic end.

The next weapon was even more terrifying. It was erected on a shelf, and the target the soldier in charge of the operation wanted to shoot was two miles away.

In the field of vision of the telescope, they could see clearly that it was a large wooden board with earthen pots hanging on it.

Suddenly, there was a sound that was so terrifying that it made people feel chills in the heart.

"Chichichi..."

Zuo Menggeng instinctively put down the binoculars to look over, but saw that terrifying weapon spitting flames crazily. I don't know what flew out of it like rain, and fell to the ground with crisp sounds.

Picking up the binoculars to look at the target in the distance, I found that the earthen pots were smashed like paper, and even the big wooden board was punched out with bright round holes.

Finally, there were too many holes in the board, and it couldn't support it and fell down.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but feel thirsty.

"Shen Bing, Shen Bing, it really is a Shen Bing." Jin Shenghuan said in shock.

Tang Ning smiled and said, "If a few of these firearms are deployed at the pass, even if he has thousands of troops, he will never be able to go one step further."

"Your Excellency is absolutely right." Zuo Menggeng and others agreed with trepidation.

The firepower of the machine gun has shocked them very much. When they saw the power of the 150mm howitzer, they could no longer describe it in words.

The earth shook and the mountains shook, as if they had been punished by heaven within a radius of tens of feet. Eight out of ten pigs were killed by the shock at a distance of tens of feet from the center of the explosion.

There are blood holes of different sizes on these dead pigs, which are caused by the shrapnel and rubble from the explosion, which is extremely terrifying.

This was also the reason why Tangning didn't want to waste pork. Zuo Menggeng and others could imagine that if these pigs were placed in the center of the explosion, they would probably have been blown to pieces.

"The new army has this magical weapon, and it will be invincible." Zuo Menggeng sighed.

Tang Ning said seriously, "The magical soldiers are only for help, and the talents are the foundation. The emperor has no way, and he will be expelled from the throne by the common people."

"If the sword is not sharpened, it will not be good. If the soldiers are not trained, they will not be good. It is a pity that hundreds of thousands of soldiers are defeated by mere Qing soldiers."

Hearing this, everyone thought it was true, but at the same time felt ashamed, because they knew that Tangning's words were meant for them.

The Chuang army lost to the Qing army, and they were also no match to the Chuang army, wouldn't it be even more unbearable?
Today, the generals really opened their eyes and were taught a lesson. They became more and more in awe of Tangning and the new army.

Therefore, they hurriedly agreed with Tangning's order to train the Zuo army with the method of the new army.

When they came to Fujian, they were attached to the new army, and all the food and salaries were in Tangning's hands.

In addition, they clearly realized that the training method of the new army was indeed much better than that of the left army, and they had no reason to object.

While devoting all his energy to training the left army, Tangning stepped up his preparations.

(End of this chapter)