However, Zuo Liangyu has always been a rudder of the wind, very eye-catching, and now that the situation is undecided, he jumped out rashly and opposed the Ming Dynasty, which is very dangerous, no one dares to guarantee that this Zhu Jie has not kept a back hand, it seems that this guy has never suffered a big loss since his debut, and he has always planned and then moved, or he did not make a move, once he made a move, it was a thunderous man, and the people who had fought with him all lay down, and he must not hit the muzzle of the gun!

Zuo Liangyu didn't have any action on the surface, but he had already taken action on the ground, constantly deploying troops and dispatching generals, and quickly rectifying the three armies, Zuo Mengeng said well, nothing else is necessarily true, but Zuo Liangyu's 100,000 army is real, not even more than 100,000 troops, this guy, smarter than other Ming Dynasty generals, is smart here, he is deeply aware that military power is the most important, in this era of war and chaos, power, money, and fame are not necessarily easy to use, only big swords, spears and artillery are the best, as long as there is someone in his hands, even the emperor will not easily move himself!

Therefore, Zuo Liangyu continued to expand his troops and horses, and even reached 150,000 soldiers when he was at the most, known as 200,000 soldiers, and even if it weren't for the appearance of Zhu Jie, which changed the political situation of the late Ming Dynasty, after the establishment of the Hongguang Small Imperial Court, Zuo Liangyu's strength was stronger, as the four towns of Jiangzuo, his army was the most abundant, known as 800,000 soldiers, and even now his troops are more than 100,000.

It's just that in stark contrast to Zuo Liangyu's continuous expansion of troops, there are no decent generals under his hands, and there are 100,000 soldiers, except for the eight thousand troops of the first five battalions in Zuo Menggeng's hands, which are the elite forces that have been with Zuo Liangyu for a long time, the rest are just a rabble, and there is not much combat effectiveness at all, and some soldiers don't even have weapons.

Just when Zuo Liangyu was intensively preparing for the next battle, Nanjing City also ushered in an exciting news.

The current queen Lin Lan has been giving birth for less than a month, and Chen Yuanyuan is also pregnant, so Zhu Jie has to take time out of his busy schedule to accompany the two of them to relax.

On this day, Zhu Jie was accompanying Lin Lan and Chen Yuanyuan to enjoy the flowers in the Imperial Garden, and the eunuch Liu Sili came over.

"Your Majesty, Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Bi Dengfu, the director of the Firearms Bureau, have asked to meet you!"

Zhu Jie raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Their uncle and nephew came to see the driver together, but it is very rare, let them come to the back garden, I won't go to the main hall." ”

Liu Sili hurriedly went down to deliver the message.

It didn't take long for Bi Maokang and Bi Dengfu to come to the back garden one after the other.

"Minister Bi Maokang (Bi Dengfu) See my emperor long live, long live, see the two mothers Chitose Chitose!"

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "Okay, this is the back garden, not the Jinluan Palace, it doesn't take so many courtesies, come here, give a seat, and watch tea!" ”

The two men thanked them and sat down.

"Bi Lao, seeing that you are full of spring breeze, isn't there any happy event?"

Zhu Jie asked with a smile.

"Congratulations to the Emperor, congratulations to the Emperor! Just yesterday, the Firearms Bureau has successfully developed a rocket according to your instructions, we have tested the performance of the rocket, the range is full of three miles, once the explosion is open, it is enough to make a radius of two zhang into the sea of fire, the power is really shocking, it is definitely another big killer weapon for our Ming Dynasty to set the country and security! Lao Chen and Deng Fu implore the emperor to come to the Firearms Bureau test site on a certain day to test the power of the rocket! ”

Bi Maokang bowed and said.

Zhu Jie was overjoyed when he heard this, he came at the right time, now the war in the Central Plains is a critical moment, after all, he has come to this world for too short a time, just relying on the flintlock musket in his hand, he wants to completely restrain the Manchurian elite cavalry, it is impossible, after all, if tens of thousands of Manchurian elite cavalry launch a charge together, in the open field, even thousands of muskets and musketeers will definitely collapse.

But these rockets are not the same, as long as the rockets and artillery muskets are used together, and the command is appropriate, a firearms battalion, three thousand musketeers, an artillery team, and a rocket team can beat five or six thousand cavalry, or even tens of thousands of cavalry, and the triple firearms can be completely configured into echelons of firepower, constantly striking at the elite cavalry, and when the elite cavalry rushes to the front, I am afraid that it is already the end of the strong crossbow.

"Haha, Bi Lao, you have worked hard, Dengfu, you have also worked hard, why bother to choose a day, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, just today, just today! Let's go, let's go, get up immediately, go straight to the firearms bureau test site, and, come on, go and call Lord Bai Gu and Master Gao Jie, and go together! ”

Zhu Jie laughed and said, then turned around and smiled apologetically at Lin Lan and Chen Yuanyuan: "Lan'er, Yuanyuan, I'm sorry, I'm going to miss the appointment again today, and the military affairs are ......."

Lin Lan smiled and said: "Okay, Your Majesty, national affairs are important, hurry up and get busy, I and Sister Yuanyuan won't be bored, if you can't do it, you will invite Miss Liu to the palace." ”

Zhu Jie took a guard team and went straight to the test site of the Firearms Bureau with Bi Maokang and Bi Dengfu, and came to the test site, where Sun Chuanting and Gao Jie were already waiting.

It took the Firearms Bureau three or four months, according to Zhu Jie's instructions, to mobilize dozens of craftsmen, day and night to make and improve, before the rocket was finalized - the Congreve rocket, which was commonly equipped in the armies of Western Europe in the early 19th century!

As an excellent soldier, Zhu Jie knows a lot about this kind of rocket weapons that have appeared in modern times, and it is simple to do, but the lethality is by no means inferior to the artillery of the same period, and even in naval battles, the power of naval guns is even greater, especially before the appearance of ironclad ships, it is really a powerful weapon, dealing with cavalry, dealing with warships, and even siege cities, it has a huge effect, Zhu Jie has a very clear belly case, and the principle of its rocket is familiar with it. The only problem is to let the craftsmen of this era make it according to the requirements.

Don't underestimate the Chinese craftsmen of the seventeenth century, in the history of more than two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, it attaches great importance to firearms, and there are no less than tens of thousands of craftsmen engaged in the research and production of firearms at the peak, and the skills are extremely exquisite, but in the back of the Manchu Qing Dynasty two hundred years of seclusion, under the national policy of banning firearms, firearms have declined in an all-round way, in the seventeenth century, with Zhu Jie on the side, the craftsmen made Congreve rockets, it is really not a difficult thing!

Each rocket weighs 30 pounds, the arrow body is three feet three inches long, and there is a balance rod with a zhang length behind it, in front of the arrow body, there is also a gunpowder department, once it lands, it will ignite the gunpowder department and explode, the gunpowder department is loaded with black powder, three models of large, medium and small, respectively, can be filled with two catties, five catties, ten catties of black powder, so the amount of charge, completely comparable to the flowering bomb.

(End of chapter)