Chapter 336 New System

Chapter 336 New System

Chapter 336 New System
After going around in circles for nearly half an hour,
Lu Yunyi and Li Jinglong finally arrived at the outermost part of the entire camp, where the musketeers were located.

Coming here, Li Jinglong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Along the way, Lu Yunyi handled many military affairs and also made some corrections.

This made Li Jinglong even more uneasy.
When I was the commander in chief in Kunming a few days ago, I didn't seem to have so many military affairs to deal with.

But once the war started, the army seemed to be busy with endless military affairs, making it impossible to rest.
He somewhat doubted whether he had the ability to do so.

Inside the camp, one could see Xu Zengshou, Guo Quan and many other soldiers busying around.

They were sitting at a table outside the camp.

He looked back and forth at the musket, muttering to himself, as if he was studying something.

At this moment, Xu Zengshou was thinking about how to ensure that the amount of gunpowder was accurate.

Now that there are more firearms, there will inevitably be more people.

There will inevitably be omissions, and if the barrel explodes it will be more trouble than gain.

It’s a pity that the two of them have no clue now and can only try to make each step more rigorous.

Xu Zengshou took a quick glance and saw two people standing not far away, and his body shuddered.

Guo Quan was carefully loading the gunpowder at this moment.
This action frightened him so much that he spoke out immediately.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

But soon, he also saw the two people walking slowly towards him, and a smile immediately broke out on his face.

He put the musket aside, stood up quickly and bowed.

"grown ups!"

Lu Yunyi looked at the two of them and couldn't help but nodded.

Compared to the past, Guo Quan is less impetuous and overbearing.

Xu Zengshou's face was no longer pale, but became dark, making him look much more mature.

Lu Yunyi looked at the muskets placed behind them and asked:
"doing what?"

Xu Zengshou quickly told Guo Quan about his recent research, and Guo Quan stood there with his back straight.

After hearing this, Lu Yunyi looked at the two of them with some admiration:
"You guessed correctly. In the subsequent wars, we will have to rely heavily on muskets and firearms to kill the enemy.
You have to be prepared.
After the detailed information is collected,
I will assign soldiers to you according to the battlefield situation, so don't let them down when the time comes."

Smiles broke out on their faces and they nodded repeatedly.

"Don't worry, sir. During your absence,
Two thousand soldiers in the army have completed the drill and are now proficient in using firearms."

"Only two thousand?"

Lu Yunyi remembered that when he left,
The drill plan was to familiarize at least three thousand people with the use and shooting of muskets.

How come you have only practiced two thousand now?

At this point, Xu Zengshou and Guo Quan both looked at Li Jinglong.
Li Jinglong's originally cheerful expression suddenly faded, and he said in surprise:
"Why are you looking at me? You guys use too much, you can blame me."

Lu Yunyi also looked over with a questioning look on his face.

Li Jinglong looked embarrassed and could only explain the whole cause and effect.

"It's like this, Yun Yi. In order to ensure accuracy and proficiency, the soldiers consumed too much gunpowder during training.
It was fine originally, as there was enough gunpowder.

But ever since the warhorse incident, there hasn’t been that much gunpowder available.”

"In this case, if we want to ensure proficiency and accuracy, there is no way to train 3,000 people.

If we force them to share the money, it will be enough, but the soldiers will certainly become half-baked.

So, we trained two thousand people first.”

"I guarantee that these two thousand men are all skilled in the use of muskets!"

Li Jinglong's words were so powerful that Lu Yunyi looked strange.
But he didn't mean to blame, and nodded slightly:

"Quality is more important than quantity. We have to make choices. Two thousand men are enough."

After hearing this, Li Jinglong breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Zengshou and Guo Quan also smiled again.

Lu Yunyi walked to the table, picked up the medicine spoon with "2 liang 5" engraved on it and looked at it carefully.

The military has strict regulations on the use of muskets.

This kind of medicine spoon is a new item that can ensure that there is neither too much nor too little gunpowder in the powder chamber.

This was improved by Lu Yunyi based on the milk powder spoon and is just a temporary item.

Now, because the number of musketeers has increased,
Such objects that require human control also become unstable.

Everyone makes mistakes, especially in the chaos of war.
It is common to fill too much or too little gunpowder.

Lu Yunyi lowered his head and thought. The people beside him did not disturb him and were also thinking of a safe solution in their minds.

After a while, Lu Yunyi's eyes flashed, and he raised his head and looked around.
Faintly, he could still see the emerald green bamboos used to decorate the camp, and he said in a deep voice:
"How about this? Let's completely separate the process of weighing gunpowder and filling gunpowder."

The group looked bewildered.

Lu Yunyi explained:

“The medicine spoon method is excellent, but it is only suitable for experienced fighters in battle formations, as it is easy to make mistakes in a hurry.

In this case, we will use bamboo tubes to pre-load a certain amount of gunpowder in the future.

It can also save the weighing process, and the shooting speed will be faster.
If there is damage during a tense moment,

We can also let some soldiers who have never touched a musket take over, at least they won’t explode.”

As he spoke, Lu Yunyi walked to the camp.

There are several bamboos here, and there are clear signs of felling around them.

The long knife was swung out, and a piece of thin bamboo appeared in Lu Yunyi's hand.

He took the bamboo back to the table and cut it carefully with a utility knife.

Soon a semi-open pen holder-like object appeared.

Lu Yunyi picked up the medicine spoon, put a spoonful of gunpowder in it, looked at it carefully, and said:
"Just like this, pre-install it in advance, and then seal the bamboo tube to make it waterproof.
When you need it, just open the bamboo tube and pour the gunpowder in."

As he spoke, Lu Yunyi looked thoughtful and spoke to himself:
"The bamboo tubes cannot be thrown away. They can be reused. The empty tubes can also be used to determine how many shots the soldiers have fired.

Moreover, this saves time in reloading ammunition.
It can also reduce errors caused by dosage.

But pre-installation is a hassle. Perhaps you can use experienced veterans to pre-install it.

Then set up quality inspection and conduct random inspections. No, no, no. It is still better to pack after full inspection.

Wait until the system is established.

The work can then be handed over to civilians, greatly reducing the burden on the soldiers.

Perhaps, the imperial court sent people to directly load and seal it in the gunpowder workshop."

Listening to Lu Yunyi's mumbling,

Li Jinglong stood aside, looking stunned.

When he heard the last sentence, his eyes lit up!
He looked at the small bamboo tube in front of him, his face full of thought.

He is different from the other dukes.
His most core demand was to ensure the authority and power of the court.

The greater the power of the court and Your Majesty, the greater his power will be.

This method will enable the imperial court to better control gunpowder and firearms.

As long as the process of design, production, manufacturing, packaging and distribution is under the control of the court,

Then, firearms, a weapon of destruction on the battlefield, will be completely controlled by the imperial court.
The power will be greatly enhanced, and at the same time the military towns and workshops in various places will be weakened.

Li Jinglong's heart was pounding. He now understood.
New objects are not important. What is important is that new objects can break the old system and bring about a new system.

Li Jinglong looked thoughtful and remained silent.

Xu Zengshou and Guo Quan were stunned on the spot. They had commanded musketeers in battles.
It takes a lot of time to fill the gunpowder.

Among them, weighing gunpowder is the most time-consuming and error-prone operation.

If this process can be omitted
The two looked at each other, their eyes widened little by little! Perhaps the Nine-stage Strike that had not been successfully completed could be truly completed!
Xu Zengshou took a step forward, looked at the emerald green bamboo tube on the table, and saw the complex colors of gunpowder inside, and spoke in a decisive tone:
"My Lord, this method is excellent!"

Lu Yunyi felt dizzy at the moment and pinched his brows hard.

“You guys verify it first, it won’t be used in this battle, so let’s use the old method.

In short, you should think about the complete process yourself, and you should take care of every detail before you implement it. "

Xu Zengshou and Guo Quan showed a trace of confusion on their faces.

Lu Yunyi smiled and continued to explain:
"In war, the big picture can be seen from the small details, and the same is true in the production process.

Start small and then scale up quickly once things are going well.”

Xu Zengshou thought of the earthen fort he had built during the siege of the Halazhang camp.
At that time, we would dig one first, and then dig the others after all the improvements were completed.

His eyes lit up little by little, and he looked at Lu Yunyi with excitement:
"My Lord, I understand!"

Lu Yunyi breathed a sigh of relief, reached out and patted his shoulder:

"You must be extremely careful with many matters concerning the Musketeers, and be prepared.

In the subsequent battles, you will gradually become the main force in the offensive.
There will be endless enemy troops to kill, so don't show mercy."

"Yes! I will definitely fulfill my mission!"

Xu Zengshou and Guo Quan's eyes widened and they spoke loudly.

Lu Yunyi smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's go to bed early after dinner."

"Yes!"

After explaining the situation, Lu Yunyi and Li Jinglong left the musketeers.
Then he started to wander around the camp again.

Soon, I saw You Dafeng in the stable, sweating all over.
He had excellent hearing and had been raising horses in the army before becoming a true scout.

Seeing him busying around, Lu Yunyi quickly reached out and grabbed him:
"You Dafeng, why don't you go and rest? We still have military duties to attend to in the evening."

You Dafeng was suddenly pulled, with anger on her face.

But when I looked closely, I saw a smile on his face in an instant.
He placed the large bowl of eggs in his hand on the ground and smiled:
"Greetings, my lord."

"I will first take a look at the war horses. They have been running for several days in a row and need to be taken good care of.

The grooms here are outsiders after all, so you still have to take care of your own things."

Hearing this, Lu Yunyi smiled and stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder:

"You're so thoughtful, take some rest."

You Dafeng chuckled and whispered:

"Please rest assured, sir. I will rest as soon as I am done with my work."

Lu Yunyi couldn't do anything to him, so he smiled and nodded.

He then continued to patrol the camp with Li Jinglong, and after walking for nearly half an hour, they finally returned to the central military camp.

Arriving here, Li Jinglong sat down on a chair and wailed:
“Fighting is too difficult.”

"Take your time. There are many procedures for marching and fighting. It took me nearly ten years to fully understand them."

Lu Yunyi said as he walked back to the table and sat down.

After two hours of not dealing with military affairs, there were more than twenty documents on the table.

Li Jinglong looked over and was stunned to see that he had no intention of taking a break:
"Yun Yi, you should take a rest first."

"It's okay, let's deal with the military affairs first."

Lu Yunyi didn't even raise his head, just looked at the military newspaper in his hand and yawned continuously.

Li Jinglong did not persuade him any more and decided to go back and rest.
As an outsider in the front-line scout unit, my greatest contribution is to avoid causing trouble.

After Li Jinglong left, the military tent became quiet.

I don't know when, the sky suddenly darkened.

Lu Yunyi was still sitting there, looking depressed, thinking deeply about a document in his hand.
This is the military strategy for the upcoming war.

No matter what, the enemy still maintained its numerical advantage.

If the front army scouts want to respond, they naturally have to use people like cattle.

When the strategy he formulated was issued, it unsurprisingly caused complaints from many generals.
The document in front of me is about the many matters concerning the rotation of personnel during the war.

Looking left and right, Lu Yunyi felt that what he said made a lot of sense. The reason was that there were too few scouts in the front army.

Lu Yunyi showed a trace of sadness on his face.
If he could become a commander, with 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers under his command,

Then we should be more calm in dealing with such wars.
There is no need to use one person as two people as it is now.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Yunyi threw the document in his hand, leaned back, and thought carefully about what to do.

At this time, slightly heavy footsteps were heard.
Liu Heiying appeared at the entrance of the military tent.

His condition was much better than Lu Yunyi's, but fatigue could still be seen on his face.

He walked quickly to the table and lowered his voice:
"Brother Yun'er, Sun Sian and Qin Yuanfang have already left the city."

Lu Yunyi's expression became more serious, and he nodded slightly:

"Got it. Have the scouts from Yunlongzhou returned? What news did they bring back?"

"It has returned, but it was badly damaged and did not bring back much news."

As he spoke, Liu Heiying handed over the document in his hand.

Lu Yunyi took it and opened it to check, his face turned strange:
"So many dead bodies?"

Liu Heiying nodded slightly:
"According to the information sent back, the Luchuan people have occupied the Youyu tribe.

The place is now brightly lit, but the owner has changed.

Tens of thousands of bodies were found in the graves discovered in the north, including some Indians who were still alive.
Although they were seriously injured and unable to move, they were abandoned by Aruta.

They arrested the man, but they couldn’t communicate with him, so they gave up.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room turned chilly, and the flickering candlelight seemed unable to dispel the chill.

Lu Yunyi nodded thoughtfully:

"On normal days, the Luchuan Army would not dare to let the Indians die like this in battle, fearing that someone would cause trouble and rebel.
Now, Aruta is personally leading the Indians, unscrupulously letting them come and die."

Liu Heiying's face was solemn and he looked regretful:

"These Indians are useless. If we had so many obedient soldiers and trained our troops well, we could conquer any place in the world."

Lu Yunyi laughed:
"Black Hawk, you are wrong.
The reason why Aruta dared to let them rush to die is because these Indians are stupid.

If they became smarter, they would not be so determined.

Anyway, there are 50,000 soldiers in total. If 10,000 are killed, there are still 40,000.
Fortunately, they don’t have much armor or weapons, otherwise it would still be a big trouble.”

Liu Heiying nodded:
"Fortunately, we have muskets. If we had chopped them down one by one, the brothers would have been exhausted to death."

"Hahaha."

After learning the exact news, Lu Yunyi was completely relieved and asked:
"Did Lord Feng send a letter urging us to send troops as soon as possible?"

"No, I just asked someone to pass on a message that Yunlongzhou must not make any mistakes. Even if the Golden Tooth Guards are gone, we must not act rashly."

Lu Yunyi nodded thoughtfully:

"I see."

"Go back and rest first. We will set out tomorrow after we come back from the investigation."

Lu Yunyi sighed, then picked up the document he had just dropped and prepared to continue reading.

Liu Heiying looked at the many military newspapers on the table and did not leave. Instead, he drank a large pot of tea.
He pulled a stool over and just sat down.

"Brother Yun'er, let's watch it together. The sooner you finish watching and the sooner you can rest, the more energy you will have to fight the enemy."

Lu Yunyi glanced at him, smiled, and nodded slightly:
"Okay, let's sort it first, no rush."

(End of this chapter)