Chapter 32: Observation and Craftsmanship

"First team, kill!"

"Kill!"

"Wow~~!"

"Team 3, do it again!"

On the east side of the south gate of Ningyuan City, the Guerrilla Li Feng Department of the Shanhaiguan General Soldier and Horse Department was stationed, looking at the gunpowder smoke that had been in the air for a long time, and the teams of pikemen who had been a little hoarse and had lost some strength, Xu Changqing kept rubbing his nose vigorously and did not say a word.

At this time, Xu Changqing had been watching here for half an hour.

Whether it is Li Feng's pikemen or bird guns, they have all been drilled several times.

It's a pity that for Xu Changqing, the effect of these two arms is not good.

Even, it can't be said that it's bad, but a little .... Outrageously poor.

The bird guns didn't even understand the simplest section attack style, not to mention the chaos, those bird guns that looked slender like bamboo poles were even more speechless.

Many soldiers don't even look at the target, just raise the gun in front of them, close their eyes and let it go.

The only advantage is that it can make people 'listen to it', and the smoke is filled, and the power is a bit bluffing.

Pikemen are better than birdsmen.

The momentum of a platoon of pikemen rushing to kill the target from dozens of meters away is still very powerful, after all, cold weapons are much easier to control than hot weapons.

It's a pity that although these pikemen in Li Feng's department are also young and strong, and they have obviously been trained, their personal qualities are too poor, they have no energy, and they have no strength after two or three rounds.

Not to mention any cooperation and collaboration.

However, compared to the uneven Bird Soldiers, almost all of whom have a bit of yellow muscle, the quality of the pikemen is already very good.

This made Xu Changqing not know what it was like for a while, but he couldn't describe it, let alone say a word.

Next to him, Li Feng was proud of this, comfortably ate a dried fried bean, and smiled proudly at Xu Changqing: "How is it, little Xuzi, brother, how are I here?" ”

When he was in Hong Chengchou's official hall before, Xu Changqing almost slaughtered this guy, which made him faintly afraid of Xu Changqing.

But this guy has an advantage, he doesn't hold grudges, and he really doesn't hold grudges, at this time, he wants to use the advantage of this status to suppress Xu Changqing.

Xu Changqing was a little embarrassed for a while.

This guy is really a bit ......

However, to a certain extent, Xu Changqing admires Li Feng's character.

Frankly speaking, being a pawn in the game, if you don't have too much strength to resist, it's really not a good thing to think too much.

Like Li Feng, there is meat to eat meat, there is wine to drink, and the bigwigs will do whatever they are told, and it is not an excellent thing if they have not tasted it.

"Hehe, the old brother's team is indeed elite, and the younger brother can't compare with it. Brother, you have trained the team to this level, think about it, it took a lot of thought and time, right? ”

Xu Changqing brushed Li Feng's train of thought, scratched his itch, and explored what he wanted to know.

Li Feng was even more proud when he heard this: "That's not it! It's okay to say that these pikemen have spent a lot of thought on my brother, just from the selection of people and the right adjustment, I don't have a lot of brains to burn my brains. Xiao Xuzi, although you don't accept yourself at night and have killed Tartars, you don't think you've seen a real positive scene, right? Brother, let me tell you, if you really want to make a big scene, it's not easy to use any bird guns and artillery! The ones who are really good at it are still pikemen, not sword and shield soldiers......"

Li Feng is honest, and he is held by Xu Changqing, and he deliberately wants to show off in front of Xu Changqing, and he also talked about a lot of core things.

This guy has been thirty-five years old, joined the army since he was sixteen or seventeen years old, and became the domestic slave of the Li family, and it has been twenty years since he was in a flash, and he has experienced many major wars.

He participated in the Battle of Quang Ninh that year.

Although he didn't really participate in the war at that time, he really saw the sharpness of the Eight Banners in the old slave era.

According to Li Feng's experience, if the battle was fought on a frontal battlefield, once the Ming cavalry was dispersed, the battle would be lost.

And the fact is that in these major battles, ninety percent of the Ming army's nine cavalry will be scattered by the Manchu Eight Banners Iron Cavalry.

Therefore, over the years, the officers and men of the Ming army have also summed up a lot of experience, how should this battle be fought after the main cavalry was dispersed?

Even how to capture some Tartar heads in the runaway and take yourself out.

Among them, the best is undoubtedly the pikemen.

Once the Tartar cavalry was dispersed, the pikemen pounced on them and crucified them, without giving them a chance to recover.

Li Feng, a guerrilla general, was made up of more than a dozen Tartar heads because he had captured more than a dozen Tartar heads that year, and he used his military exploits to survive.

Xu Changqing was speechless in his heart, but he could only nod his head in agreement.

This guy is really a bit of a fool.

However, having said that, what Li Feng said was not entirely wrong.

Historically, whether in the East or the West, infantry versus cavalry has always been an eternal topic, and cavalry has always overpowered the infantry before firearms became dominant.

Among them, the elites of various countries and nationalities have also used their blood and flesh to run a lot of valuable experience.

For example, the Spanish phalanx, some of the formations of the French, including the Modao army in the Tang Dynasty, and even the heavy armor soldiers in the Three Kingdoms, and so on.

Without exception, the infantry in these formations are all long soldiers.

For example, the Mo Dao Army in the Tang Dynasty, that kind of consumption power is simply outrageous, and it is even rumored that it is difficult to raise 10,000 Mo Dao Army with the strength of the whole country.

Because not only is it extremely difficult to build a Mo knife, but it is even more difficult to train soldiers who control a Mo knife, and it is definitely more precious and cherished than the pilots of later generations.

This not only requires soldiers to be tall and have extremely high requirements for physical fitness, but also requires teamwork and even a certain written foundation.

Because without this foundation, it is difficult to achieve oneness.

Including the Ming military gods, Qi Jiguang and Grandpa Qi also explained in the "New Book of Ji Xiao" that if you want infantry to fight cavalry, the best type of soldier is still long soldiers, especially pikemen.

Because compared to other classes, pikemen are the cheapest and easiest to train!

Of course, in the event of an engagement, this casualty rate is also the most terrifying.

Xu Changqing would definitely not be stupid enough to use infantry to forcibly harden the cavalry, with his current small body, he simply could not bear this kind of consequence.

However, before you don't have a firearms class, pikemen are definitely a good choice.

Once this kind of sprint is up, as long as the weapon is qualified, even if the Tartar is wearing armor, the lethality caused is also considerable.

This is by no means comparable to the most ordinary standard saber of the Ming army.

This kind of standard saber is just to suppress and intimidate the common people, and it is almost useless to go to the battlefield.

After chatting with Li Feng for a while, it was already dusk, and the sun was about to set, so Li Feng warmly invited Xu Changqing to stay for dinner.

With the familiarity with Xu Changqing, this guy also fell in love with Xu Changqing a little.

Because Xu Changqing not only has real skills, but also makes people very comfortable, and is good at listening to him, which makes him almost feel like a confidant.

Xu Changqing wants to deepen his relationship with Li Feng, this guy is a good person.

It's a pity that at this time, Xu Changqing finally came to Ningyuan for a trip, how could he have so much leisure?

Even with the reason of such a big event as 'take a good rest, I will go on an expedition to find Miss Li tomorrow', I declined his kindness.

was personally sent back to the city by Li Feng, Xu Changqing just wanted to find Liu Lang, and Li Hongyun, the old housekeeper of the Li family, found Xu Changqing again, which was naturally nothing more than the time to set off tomorrow and some specific affairs.

Xu Changqing thought about it carefully, and also deliberately magnified the power of the Tartar rangers, asking Li Hongyun to strive to bring more elite riders to ensure that everyone was foolproof.

finally got rid of Li Hongyun and found Liu Lang, who hadn't woken up yet, and was still hungover.

Xu Changqing could only wake up this guy and ask him to help him allocate equipment, and at the same time, find some news from the craftsman.

Liu Lang was too lazy to move, but as soon as Xu Changqing said about the matter on the Li family's side, the drunken spirit was suddenly thrown out of the clouds, and he hurriedly patted his head and said: "Brother, alas, I blame my brother for this, how the hell did I forget about it." Fortunately, brother, you are blessed, otherwise, I really don't know how to dare you explain. ”

After a little bit of hypocrisy, Liu Lang didn't dare to hold it anymore, knowing that Xu Changqing was in a tight time, he hurriedly followed Xu Changqing to the baggage camp to check.

There are indeed a lot of spears here, but unfortunately, the effect is not too satisfactory to Xu Changqing.

I don't know if it's cutting corners or what, the head in front of these spears is not a big problem, but the barrel is a little short, only one meter six or seven, definitely less than two meters.

It seems that it is only a few tens of centimeters shorter, but these dozens of centimeters of cutting corners can make people uncomfortable enough to hold it, so that they can't exert their maximum strength.

This made Xu Changqing really feel like vomiting blood!

At this time, even Emperor Chongzhen, the Son of Heaven, tightened his belt, but how dare anyone cut corners on such a militaristic heavy weapon!

Really, they are not wronged by the ten clans!

However, something is better than nothing, Xu Changqing grinded softly and hard, grinded 200 spears with Liu Lang, and opened a blank check, asking Liu Lang to help him find a craftsman.

With Xu Changqing's generosity before, Liu Lang still trusts Xu Changqing's credibility very much, and the craftsman is not worth much, so after thinking about it for a while, he directly took Xu Changqing to a broken camp on the west gate.

This camp is not as good as the previous camps of the young and strong Liao people, and the dilapidated ones are simply not the same.

Fortunately, after all, they are all craftsmen and craftsmen, and the camp can barely be seen, it is not so dirty, and people can enter.

It was almost seven o'clock at this time, and the men who were busy in and out of the city had returned, and the families were preparing to cook and eat.

But Xu Changqing watched a few in succession, but he couldn't stand it anymore.

These artisan families, not to mention a bit of oil stars, can't see too many rice grains, basically vegetable leaves accompanied by rice particles of rotten porridge, can make people warmer, fill the stomach, can be full, that is really a dream.

Many of the children are so skinny that they almost fall down when the wind blows, making it impossible to bear to look at them.

This is even more unacceptable than the heart-piercing photographs of the African refugee camps that followed!

The poor children in those refugee camps, after all, are dark-skinned and still have a distance, but at this time, these are all yellow-skinned and black-haired Chinese people!

Who would have imagined that in this corner of this majestic and majestic Ningyuan City, there is actually such a group of people?!

Seeing that Xu Changqing's face was not very good, Liu Lang hurriedly smiled and adjusted the atmosphere and said, "Brother, state affairs are difficult." Now you don't know our situation, how can there be so much work for these craftsmen to do? It's a day. ”

Saying that, Liu Lang's face was slightly solemn, and he lowered his voice and said, "Brother, you have to think about it." If you want to engage in these artisans, it won't help you, they are all a bunch of foodies. ”

Xu Changqing had calmed down at this time, but his chest was constantly undulating, showing that the blood in his chest was still extremely agitated.

Xu Changqing did not refute Liu Lang's words, and after a moment, he said in a low voice: "Brother, I will take all these people away, what procedures do I need?" ”