Xia Nan replied: "It turned out to be General Wu of the 'Yongguan Three Armies and Filial Piety Nine Sides', please feel free to ask if you have anything." "Although Wu Sangui was a notorious traitor in the original time and space, he was only a young player in his twenties at the moment, and Xia Nan was not a brainless angry youth, but he could face him calmly.www.biquge.info

Hearing his words, Wu Sangui showed a smug expression on his face. This is the most proud thing in his life: in the third year of Chongzhen, he led dozens of family members to fight into the encirclement of more than 10,000 Tartars, rescued his father Wu Xiang, and laid the starting point of his military career with an almost legendary battle, and also created the reputation of "bravely crowning the three armies and filial piety on the nine sides", which shocked the current saint, and was promoted to a guerrilla general.

He had a good impression of Xia Nan, and said modestly: "I have won awards." May I ask General Xia, why are all your subordinates all birds? We also have bird guns in Liaodong, but the bird guns cannot form an army alone, they must be matched with sword and axe hands or spearmen, otherwise after being close to the enemy, it will be a one-sided defeat. ”

For Wu Sangui's doubts, Xia Nan is not surprised, people who have not seen flintlock pistols are accustomed to using the performance of the bird gun to understand, do not know the significance of a high enough rate of fire for a firearms army, since the start of the Qiongzhou battalion, there have been many people who have suffered in front of the Qionghai rifle. He didn't intend to hide his strength, so why not tell the other party everything, anyway, when he was fighting, he would naturally be seen by these friendly forces. The Qiongzhou battalion can't always hide on the island Taoguang to raise obscurity, it is a matter of time before it ascends to the big stage of the Central Plains, showing its muscles, and letting the imperial court and even Chongzhen pay attention to itself, so that there will be a better opportunity to expand its influence and strengthen its strength. Wu Sangui in front of him and his Guan Ning army are obvious examples.

Since the rise of the Later Jin, the Ming army has been repeatedly defeated in the war with the Later Jin army, and even the remarks of "Jurchen Man is invincible" have been circulated, and often hundreds of Later Jin soldiers can defeat thousands of Ming troops. As the only one in the Ming army that won and lost in a head-on confrontation with the Houjin army in the field, it naturally received Chongzhen's respect and regarded it as the pillar of the country against the Tartars. Gathering the strength of the whole country to collect all the Liao salaries allocated to Liaodong, coupled with the fertile tuntian in Liaodong, the Guanning army gradually became a warlord who took advantage of the danger of Shanhaiguan to support his own troops, never took the initiative to attack Houjin, and made a fortune with peace of mind.

Xia Nan smiled and said: "My bird gun is made by myself, which is not the same as that of the imperial court. I can fire three shots with one shot, but as long as I don't encounter elite cavalry, it is difficult for ordinary infantry to get close. In addition, the spear head is equipped with a sharp blade, and the enemy can be used as a spear after getting close, which can be used for long-range attacks and melee combat, so why do you need an axeman and a spearman? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the tent, including Wu Sangui, gasped. Capable of attacking from a distance, fighting in close combat, and firing three times as fast as before, such a bird-gun completely subverts everyone's perception and is enough to change the existing combat mode.

Wu Sangui's eyes lit up, if there was such a sharp weapon, why would Guan Ningjun hold on to the three-eyed gun? Because the quality of the bird gun was unreliable, and the rate of fire was too slow, it was not suitable for use on horseback, so the Guanning army, which was mainly cavalry, abandoned the bird gun issued by the imperial court and used the three-eyed gun instead. The advantage of the three-eyed gun is shorter than that of the bird's gun, and the cavalry can also use it, and it has good lethality within twenty or thirty steps, and the key is that it can be fired in bursts, and it can also be used as a hammer for melee combat after firing three shots. Since the Apocalypse period, the three-eyed gun has become the standard equipment of various towns in Liaodong.

However, the shortcomings of the three-eyed gun are also very obvious: first of all, the range is too close, and it is basically a sound to hear from fifty paces, and there is no advantage in encountering the bird gun soldier at a distance; The second is that melee combat is not satisfactory, and the hammer is also a scum against spearmen. In Wu Sangui's view, if Xia Nan didn't brag and thought of getting such a weapon, the Guan Ning army would be like a tiger with wings and sit firmly on the throne of the first strong army of the Ming Dynasty.

However, this occasion is not suitable for talking about these things, Wu Sangui looked back at his second uncle Zu Dabi, and thought: I will have a good talk with my second uncle, and persuade him to buy bird guns from this Guangdong general, anyway, Guan Ningjun is not short of money.

Liu Zeqing and others obviously didn't believe Xia Nan's words, but after being squeezed by the words "killing Shandong soldiers like cutting vegetables", they didn't dare to make any more provocative remarks, lest they be humiliated by similar words again, and just stared at Xia Nan with suspicion and disdain.

Zhu Dadian was also skeptical of Xia Nan's words, but for him, whether he was exaggerating had no substantive impact. If this guest army is really a strong army, it is always good to add an extra boost to the counterinsurgency; If it is just bragging, it will not affect the overall situation, this guest army is not in the plan, and it is only a matter of time before the existing forces are relied on to quell the rebels.

He coughed a few times and said to Xia Nan: "General Xia Shen is such a strong soldier, and he is dedicated to serving the imperial court, and he should be a model for martial artists." Benfu is also looking forward to your efforts against the rebels to help counter the rebellion. Today, your troops have come from afar, and you must be tired and sleepy, so you will be arranged by Xiangsan to go down and set up camp, and the grain and grass will be allocated later. ”

Xia Nanxing saluted: "Xie Futai, the last general will retire first." Under the watchful eyes of the military generals of Liaodong and Shandong, he withdrew from the big tent.

The Qingpao official came out of the queue and walked side by side with him outside the big tent, introducing himself: "General Xia, the official's surname is Xie, his name is Sanbin, he is the governor of Shandong Province, and is responsible for assisting Futai in raising grain and grass, coordinating the personnel of various departments, and the affairs of your department's station and grain and grass are all in charge of this official, if you have anything, you can come to me directly." ”

Sure enough, it's Xie Wenjun's father! Xia Nan didn't dare to slack off, looked left and right to see that there were no irrelevant people present, and saluted respectfully: "The last general has long admired Xie Xun according to the name, and he is very respectful." This time I sent troops to Dengzhou, and I hope that Lord Xie will take more care of Governor Mu's face. ”

Xie Sanbin was quite satisfied when he saw his respectful attitude. In the big tent, he squeezed Liu Zeqing mercilessly, which was quite inconsistent with the description in his wife's uncle Mu Tianyan's letter, and he was worried that he was a domineering martial artist, but now it seems that his worries are superfluous. When it should be hard, when it should be soft, when it should be soft, although Nan is young this summer, he is quite old-fashioned and is a material that can be made.

He stroked his beard and asked with a smile, "Is Wenjun good in Guangdong?" She has always been in the north, but this time she stayed at her uncle's house for a year, and she didn't know if Xi was used to the water and soil in the south? ”

Xia Nan smiled mysteriously: "This, Lord Xie might as well go and ask Miss Xie herself directly......"

Xie Sanbin was stunned: "What, did she also come to Shandong?" ”