Xu Erjin's gunpowder ratio, no, it should be said that Qi Jiguang's gunpowder ratio is very close to the best ratio of modern black powder.

It was also this gunpowder maker who made Chen Mu understand that the best ratio of gunpowder may not be the best, nor may it be the most suitable.

Gunpowder, gunpowder, and letter medicine, due to the different emphasis required by weapons, in order to achieve the best results, it is necessary to change the ratio slightly according to local conditions. Of course, gunpowder of the same ratio can be used on all weapons, but it may not be the most effective.

It was not until the gunpowder granularization that the size of the gunpowder particles could finally be relied on to determine the speed of gunpowder burning, and at this time, the best ratio of gunpowder could highlight its power.

Xu Erjin has a set of special brass molds, opens the cloth strips, closes them and pours them into the lead water and waits for a while, and the dissolved lead pellets are formed with the cloth pieces.

This is not Qi Jiguang's method, but out of the whimsy of the gunsmith.

Very useful.

On the fourth day of the seventh month, Sun Ao, the deputy Qianhu, led his subordinates to drive more than 400 ships along the coast to bypass the Qijiang River to the back of Huangliangdu, infiltrate Huangliangdu and cut off the internal and external connections of its thieves.

The county commander Zhou Xing took the county officials of Xiangshan County to stand beside the horse road, seeing that this ritual was similar to the guards, but the body was covered with those nondescript objects, and he didn't know what to say.

"Chen Qianhu's banner army, so poor?"

Zhou Xing asked in a low voice, looking at the banner army walking in front of him, his waist bag was neatly hung, but there was no piece of armor on his body, some waist knives and some spears, but he didn't even have a helmet.

Although the fighting spirit is high and the formation is neat, it is not as pleasing to the eye as the army with bright armor.

What's more, the clothes carried are of different colors, and no matter how strict the military formation is, it looks messy.

Only military attachés above the general flag have iron armor, and even if it is a small flag, they can only wear a leather armor on their chest, which is very simple.

Zhou Xing wondered: "Chen Qianhu has built a lot of construction in Xiangshan, and he has never slackened his training and preparation, why doesn't the banner army even have decent armor?" ”

The officials also sighed constantly, they heard that Chen Qianhu bought cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, but they didn't expect the flag army of the Xiangshan Guard to look like this.

"Go back and send a message to the state capital, ask them to set off some armor, or some copper and iron if they don't have armor, this is to let the flag army go to death!"

The Xiangshan County Commander finally knew why Chen Mu repeatedly emphasized that even if he was only facing the thieves in Huangliangdu, he had to practice for March, because his guard did not have iron armor at all.

Chen Mu, who was drifting away, didn't know what Zhou Xing was thinking, what could he do if he knew?

The state capital did not have extra armor allocated to him, and he went to buy it himself, and he could not afford it. Originally, the seized iron in the warehouse could be used to make some iron armor and iron helmets, but due to the delay of one month in the delivery to the state capital, there was no time to make the armor.

Fortunately, he had Li Dan's help to find out the core forces of Xu Laoqi entrenched in Lao'an Mountain in Huangliangdu in advance, as long as he could cut off his connection with the villagers of Huangliangdu, it was too late to gather a large team of men and horses, and the strength of hundreds of people would attack Lao'an Mountain, where dozens of people were entrenched, and in Chen Mu's plan, there would not be too many casualties.

Even this dispatch of troops is not even a war, and for Xiangshan Qianhu, at best, it is just a place for training and ammunition.

Xiangshan Thousand Households is close to Guangzhou and far away from Haojing, Huangliang is close to Haojing and far away from Xiangshan County, they sent troops in the morning, marched for more than half a day before they could reach Huangliangdu, and there was still more than half an hour's journey from Lao'anshan.

Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Mu did not order a forced march, but simply asked his subordinates to set up a camp in Huangliangdu.

Sun Ao, who took the lead, had been waiting for a long time in Huangliangdu, and when he saw Chen Mu, he took the lead in hugging his fists and said: "Thousands of households, checkpoints have been set up on all major roads in Huangliangdu, and several settlements in the capital have also been sent to guard and control them. ”

After that, Sun Ao put down his hand and said: "Thanks to the thousands of households in front of the matter, there are many thieves among the people in the capital, and there are dozens of people who rush to report the news day and night. ”

Chen Mu glanced appreciatively at Li Dan sitting in the military tent.

It's not that he expected the opportunity, but that there is a person like Li Dan who knows the details of Xu Lao, and he avoids possible disasters for them.

Whether there are thousands of households in the whole Huangliang capital is a problem, but now there are weapons that can arm two or three hundred people, if you don't know the depth of the garrison here, the banner army is all new pawns, and the villagers organize a charge at night, and eighty percent of the army formation will be dispersed.

Xu Laoqi, who was raised by a son of a bitch, also knows what it means to hide soldiers from the people?

"A large-scale search for weapons can meet resistance." Chen Mu estimated that resistance was indispensable, so he simply asked, "How many casualties are among the subordinates?" ”

Sun Ao smiled and said, "Three were injured, there were dozens of resisters, and some were killed and some were captured." They were all headless flies, and they were terrified when they saw the officers and soldiers set up cards, and they dared to resist anything, and most of them were caught when they fled to seize the road. ”

Courage, people's courage is not constant, because the environment changes more or less.

Perhaps these villager organizations that had been pirates could burst out with terrible combat effectiveness under the command of Xu Laoqi, but when they separated from Xu Laoqi and the officers and soldiers blocked various intersections so that they could not gather together, the courage no longer existed.

Since ancient times, great military artists have never written more than just military books, and pointing out the weaknesses of human nature in war has always been one of the necessary talents for leading a leader to victory.

Chen Mu paused and said, "Gather the elders of Huangliangdu, declare that the past is not to blame, let the people stay at home with peace of mind, don't go out, you will encounter danger when you go out." ”

"The road is under martial law, select four key roads, set up a general flag to guard, three small flags are on duty for four hours, and two small flags are patrolled in turn. In the past few days, all those who walk in groups and those who have sneaky deeds will be caught, and those who carry weapons or run away to resist will be put to death. ”

"The other two general flags are scattered to Lao'an Mountain, and the mountain road must be explored before noon tomorrow."

After that, Chen Mu turned around and said: "Dan'er, on my behalf, I will order Lou Baihu to lead the headquarters to be on duty tonight, and tell Deng Qianhu to bury the pot and cook tomorrow morning, and attack the mountain at noon!" ”

The yellow sorghum is not big, and the sentry posts composed of the four general flags are enough to block the villagers' settlements everywhere, whether it is Lao'anshan or Xiangshan Jiudu, they have no way to escape. Dozens of thieves, if they dare to flee into the sea, it will save Chen Qianhu time and effort - the two naval commanders under Chen Junye, another Chen Junye in Guangzhou Prefecture, are always at sea.

Chen Mu was looking forward to him running to the sea.

However, Xu Laoqi obviously did not flee as he imagined.

At noon the next day, after eating and resting for a while, the flag army fled back to the mountain road, bowed to the ground and reported to Chen Mu: "Qianhu, the thieves didn't run, the small ones went up the mountain and saw it, they have knives and guns, and they have set up earthen barriers waiting for us to attack!" ”

"It's better that I didn't run, and I didn't run."

Chen Mu buckled the last armor buckle on his body, filled the handcuffs and short guns with gunpowder, pinned the handcuffs to his waist, held the short guns in his hands, and stepped out of the account.

"The thief cub on the mountain didn't take you seriously, he set up a wooden fortress and arrow tower to wait for you, are you all resting?"

Chen Mu said as he raised his finger and swept over the prepared flag army.

"Get up when you're rested! Thousands of households listened to the order and attacked the mountain with Chen! ”