I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 67 Your Majesty Is Not Human
The sky is like lead, and the north is cold.

In late autumn, on the grasslands hundreds of miles north of the Great Wall, snow scum began to fall.

The cold wind is howling, and the earth is boundless.

On the vast northern desert, a cavalry quietly appeared.

This cavalry force was less than [-], and the flags and drums were silent along the way, traveling day and night, like a group of ghosts, covering the mouth of Xifeng...

……

To the west of Xifengkou, where the peaks and ridges overlap, the autumn wind is bleak and the rain is like waves.

In the depths of a hidden valley, in a temporary cabin, Mao Yuanyi was wearing a dark green cotton robe, sitting upright, holding a yellowing book in his hand, reading with gusto.

Sitting beside him were seven or eight of his students, the oldest of whom was in his thirties.

The youngest is only sixteen or seventeen years old.

Some of them were flipping through all kinds of confidential letters, some were looking at the map and taking notes, all of them looked energetic and full of youthful vigor.

The only weird thing...is the 'armor' on them.

The military costumes of the Ming Dynasty are mostly red in color to show "martial arts are still powerful". In addition, according to the ranks of military schools, they are matched with purple, blue, yellow, white and other colors. The colors are gorgeous, which is convenient for inspection and command. It can greatly invigorate the army.

At the same time, the Ming Dynasty followed the military system of the Tang Dynasty, requiring generals to wear battle robes and tasseled helmets, sergeants' jackets and flying saucer hats, and a layer of iron armor on the outside, which looked very majestic.

But right now, the 'student soldiers' of the Great Ming Lecture Hall...

Wearing a yellow and green jacket and trousers, covered with a layer of cooked cowhide armor, which only protects the chest and abdomen and other vital points, it was also painted in yellow and green colors, which made every student soldier disgusted.

This set of outfits was made by Zhu Youjian, the idiot emperor, and it was specially distributed to the "student soldiers" who inspected and practiced, and it was also called "training uniforms".

Zhu Youjian's reason is very simple, you are here to train, go to war, not to be a donkey friend to pick up girls, don't think about being a handsome guy all day long.

On the battlefield, you must first ensure that you run faster than others!
Secondly, be concealed, don't be a target for arrows.

Jiannuluo lives on horseback all day long with circle legs. He is good at riding and archery. Almost everyone can shoot the arrow without fail. You are wearing colorful clothes. What is it if it is not an arrow target?
For this statement, Mao Yuanyi immediately accepted it.

Because he knew that the original armored helmets of the Ming soldiers were too heavy, costing twenty or thirty catties, plus firecrackers, ammunition, dry food, water bags, marching bags and other messy things. use up……

……

"Report!"

Suddenly, a student soldier walked in quickly and knelt down on one knee: "Report to the commander, the Jiannu iron cavalry is rushing through the snow, less than four hundred miles away from the entrance of Xifeng!"

"Continue to spy and report back at any time." Mao Yuanyi said calmly without raising his eyelids.

"Order!" The orderly turned and went out.

Inside the cabin, it was boiling.

"Jiannu really wants to raid Xifengkou?"

"It's simply unbelievable that His Majesty can predict the future?"

"You are worthy of being my Great Ming Sage Monarch. In this battle, those slaves and beasts must be brought down!"

"Your Majesty, he is simply not human..."

……

Listening to the disciples' discussion, Mao Yuanyi was also secretly surprised.

Three months ago, the emperor passed down a secret decree, asking him to take the students to Xifengkou for an 'internship', and asking him to make a perfect plan to ambush the slave cavalry.

At that time, to be honest, he was a little resistant.

The front line of Xifengkou is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you send a random team over, the Jiannu cavalry will not be able to attack at all.

Since you can take advantage of natural dangers to defend, why do you need to ambush?

What's more, isn't Jiannu always attacking the front line of Shanhaiguan?This time, why did they spare no effort to detour for more than a thousand miles to attack Xifengkou?

The great eunuch Wei Zhongxian is too insignificant to bewitch the Lord Long Live and make such a foolish move!
However, when he led [-] student soldiers to the entrance of Xifeng, he realized in astonishment how rotten the current defense line of the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty was!

According to the court report of Sun Chengzong, governor of Jiliao, there are 350 elite defenders on the front line of Xifengkou, three red barbarian cannons, and [-] new-style firecrackers...

Such an 'elite troop', with such a luxurious configuration, made it defend the natural danger of Xifengkou, unless [-] to [-] Jiannu cavalry elite recklessly attacked, coupled with the full support of dozens of artillery.

Otherwise, it will be impossible to break through!
But in fact... there are less than [-] veterans left in more than a dozen fortifications along the line, and the weapons in their hands are also dilapidated.

Even the guys in the hands of Orion are better than the fire sticks in the hands of Daming officers and soldiers!

How is this fight going?
Daming's Great Wall defense line is like a child's play.

Therefore, as soon as he arrived at Xifengkou, the first thing he, the principal of the Daming Martial Arts Hall, did was to send a letter to the idiot emperor Zhu Youjian Feige, reporting the situation here in detail.

Soon, Zhu Youjian's second secret decree came——

[Don't expose, strictly deploy, carefully plan, this time, try to kill Huang Taiji, and resolutely beat the disabled Jiannu Zhuweitou!

After the complete victory of this battle, I invite you to go boating in the middle of the sea, draw a boat and listen to a little song! 】

Listen, is this human?

The majestic emperor of Ming Dynasty, in the secret decree passed down, was so vulgar.

It's just, really absurd.

Later, when Mao Yuanyi led the student soldiers to conduct a secret investigation, a large number of armaments were continuously transported over.

Fifty new cannons, 20 new muskets, [-] pointed-triggered bullets, [-] new landmines, [-] throwing thunderbolt grenades, and three new rocket launchers...

Seeing these new firearms, Mao Yuanyi was a little confused.

Also shocked!

Some of these new firearms were designed by himself, and after the blueprints were sent to the palace, there was no news about them.

He didn't ask any more questions.

Because, Mao Yuanyi knew very well in his heart that the Ming Dynasty was really too poor. It had to provide disaster relief, build water conservancy, and distribute salaries. How could there be any spare money to make new firearms!
However, the idiot emperor acted like a juggler. He not only produced a large number of firearms, but also improved some of them. Even Mao Yuanyi himself couldn't believe it.

For example, this new musket only needs to change the magazine, which is many times more advanced than the firecrackers equipped by the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!
In such a windy and heavy rainy weather, no matter whether it is a matchlock gun or a breech trigger gun, it can't be fired at all, not even a fire stick.

However, the new-style musket delivered this time only needs to press the magazine into the breech, and after one shot, the magazine can be withdrawn and loaded directly, without considering external influences such as wind, heavy rain and so on.

'Your Majesty, he is simply not human! '

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"Teacher, if the Jiannu iron cavalry attacked overnight, they should arrive tomorrow evening. Do you want to activate the first defense?"

Just when Mao Yuanyi exclaimed, "Your Majesty is not a human being", a short and thin young student cupped his fists and said.

"No, it will start after three hours."

Mao Yuanyi put down the scroll in his hand, rubbed the center of his brows, and said with a warm smile: "Your calculation is the normal speed of Jiannu cavalry, which is nearly a hundred miles a day, and it should be about the same in the front line of Shanhaiguan;

In fact, the attackers this time were the most elite cavalry of Jiannu. Except for bows, arrows, firecrackers, dry food, etc., they had no baggage burden, so their speed should be calculated as two hundred miles a day and night;
The wind and snow weather you consider should not include headwinds and tailwinds.

Although there was a snowstorm to the north of the Great Wall, they came with the wind, and the influence of the snowstorm on their speed should be very limited. "

The students suddenly realized and pinched their fingers to calculate.

"That is to say, if the other party has three horses and one person, they can arrive at Xifengkou in the early morning of tomorrow?" A student was surprised.

Mao Yuanyi nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "This is the first time you have led troops to fight in your life, and your calculations are not thorough and accurate, so it's no wonder everyone."

"However, the teacher would like to warn everyone that as a general, you must have a clear mind, consider every strategy, and all the details of the enemy and the enemy, otherwise, it is tantamount to murdering the lives of your comrades, and it is no different from betraying the country!"

A few words, said plainly, heard in the ears of the students and generals, but they were deafening, and they all bowed to thank:

"Thank you teacher for teaching!"

Mao Yuanyi nodded, spread out a map casually, and said with a smile, "Come here, everyone, it's time for us to stretch our muscles."

(End of this chapter)