Chapter 352: The evolution of the musket!
Then the butler handed the thing in his hand to Gongsun Liang.
Gongsun Liang was slightly stunned, wondering what exactly this thing could be.
After the butler saw Gongsun Liang accepted the things, he whispered to Gongsun Liang.
"Mr. Gongsun, the lord has spoken."
"This thing must be hidden well, if King Jin objects."
"Perhaps you can use this..."
After saying that, the butler left without looking back.
He looked at the butler's leaving back, then looked at the medicine bag in his hand.
Gongsun Liang, who was always smart, couldn't guess what this package was used for...
"My lord, my lord, you are making things difficult for me..."
"However, since this is your intention, Liang will do his best to help you."
"That's... really ungrateful..."
Gongsun Liang muttered to himself as he carefully put the package into his arms.
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Following Han Zhong, Du Mingyu, and Yuan Hao, they returned to the outskirts of Jibei City with the musketeers and 100,000 northern troops.
After ordering the troops to go on holiday, Han Zhong took Du Mingyu and Yuan Hao with him.
After the three of them entered the city together, they went directly to the county magistrate's mansion in Jibei City.
As the three of them walked into Gongsun Liang's study together, they bowed to Gongsun Liang in unison.
"Military Advisor, I'm back."
Looking at the three generals summoned by his letter, Gongsun Liang nodded.
"Three generals, I think you already know why Liang called you three here in such a hurry, right?"
As soon as Gongsun Liang finished speaking, the three of them nodded at the same time.
Han Zhong, the leader, stepped forward first, bowed to Gongsun Liang and said.
"Military Advisor, we already know what you mean."
"I have already discussed this with Du Mingyu."
"Xia Country has not shown me any favors over the years."
"So, Du Mingyu and I have decided that if the Lord wants to rebel."
"Then we, the generals, are willing to serve as the vanguard for our lord!"
Hearing this, Du Mingyu and Yuan Hao on the side also nodded.
Looking at the three people who had expressed their opinions, Gongsun Liang nodded with great satisfaction.
"Very good, it seems that the lord was right about the three generals."
"Now I would like to ask the three generals to do me a favor. What do you think?"
After hearing what Gongsun Liang said, the three of them smiled and bowed.
"Military Advisor, if there is anything you need our help with, please tell me!"
"As long as it can help the lord, the three of us will do our best."
Seeing that the three of them agreed without hesitation, Gongsun Liang said with a smile.
"Don't worry, three generals. This is not a big deal."
"It's just that Liang wants to redistribute the troops of the three generals according to the orders of the lord."
"According to the Lord's order, we will rise up against Xia in one year."
"Therefore, within this year, our northern army must at least double in size."
"In addition, we must ensure the combat effectiveness of these new recruits."
Having said that, Gongsun Liang paused and gave the three some time to buffer.
"Therefore, Liang is preparing to mobilize the troops under the command of the three generals."
"Like the musketeers under General Yuan Hao, Liang plans to expand the force to 25,000."
The other two had no objection to Gongsun Liang's strategy of expanding the army.
However, Yuan Hao, the commander of the musketeers standing by, couldn't help but frown.
It takes a lot of effort to train these musketeers, and the muskets in their hands require a lot of money to forge.
It can be said that every musketeer was trained with real money!
But now, Gongsun Liang is asking for an exorbitant amount of money.
The first thing he said was to expand the number of musketeers five times!
Thinking of this, Yuan Hao frowned and said to Gongsun Liang .
"Master Military Advisor, once the musketeers are expanded."
"The money required is really too huge, especially if we want to attack Xia Kingdom."
"Xia Kingdom is mostly cities, and musketeers are really not very useful for sieges!"
Facing Yuan Hao's rebuttal, Gongsun Liang seemed to have expected it.
After taking out a blueprint from the table nearby, Gongsun Liang threw it to Yuan Hao.
"General Yuan Hao's consideration is indeed correct, but what if the musket has been modified?"
After saying that, he looked at Yuan Hao with a smile.
After taking the drawing thrown by Gongsun Liang, Yuan Hao opened it and started to look at it.
As he watched, a hint of joy flashed in Yuan Hao's eyes.
It turned out that it was during the months when Jiang Chen attacked Bei Ming and Xu Song.
The blacksmiths led by Guan Laoer combined the ideas and suggestions left by Jiang Chen.
In addition, there was a successor of the Shenji Sect who was accidentally found among the people.
With the help of the assembly line set up by Jiang Chen, they quickly developed a method to make the materials lighter and simpler.
Moreover, the power of the percussion flintlock rifle has been raised to a whole new level.
Compared with the previous muskets that relied solely on fuses to ignite, this was a great leap forward in development.
Moreover, this percussion flintlock rifle with a percussion flintlock as its main body simplifies the shooting process and improves the firing rate and shooting accuracy.
Coupled with its low cost, it is very convenient for mass production!
As for the needle-fire rifle, which is more advanced than this percussion flintlock.
It has also been handed over to Guan Laoer and his group of craftsmen by Jiang Chen!
After seeing the improved percussion flintlock rifle, Yuan Hao no longer had any objections.
In this way, the entire northern border and even the Ming Dynasty came under Jiang Chen's sphere of influence.
The largest-scale conscription in history has begun!
As the conscription order was issued, countless young and strong men from the Northern Territory and the Ming Dynasty soon chose to join the army.
In just half a month, the number of applicants has reached 300,000!
Among these 300,000 people, Jiang Chen selected the strongest 100,000 for expansion.
The remaining 200,000 people were arranged by Jiang Chen in batches to serve in the military farms established in the northern border and various parts of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, Jiang Chen also specially reorganized the army in the entire northern territory.
The musketeers led by Yuan Hao were completely renamed "Shenjiying" and had a strength of 5,000.
As for the other 20,000 expanded musketeers, Jiang Chen planned to break them up and disperse them into various units.
The Northern Iron Cavalry led by Huo Xiang was also reduced to a size of 10,000 people.
After the reorganization, the Northern Cavalry was named "Shenshu Camp".
The other 40,000 Northern cavalrymen infiltrated into the various units waiting for expansion.
In this way, the cavalry under Jiang Chen's command only need to wait for the qualified number of recruits to be reached.
After training and equipped with war horses, they can form a sufficient combat force at any time.
After taking these measures, Jiang Chen was selected from the garrison troops in various places.
Fifty thousand people were selected and assigned to various counties in the northern border.
According to the scale of 10,000 county soldiers, they were dispersed into the five newly planned counties.
