The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

Chapter 254 The Finished Flintlock Rifle

At this time, armies from all over the place were constantly heading towards the border, and all kinds of money and food extorted by Emperor Wu were also sent there continuously. As a transit station, the capital city was extremely lively.

Emperor Wu was happy. This time the princes sent troops, the noble families provided money and food, and they also helped him, the emperor, to fight the war. What's more, it was the Sixth Brother who came up with the idea, and he was the one who was scolded.

On the contrary, Emperor Wu has no problems at all, so how can he not be happy?

I also saved some money and food, which was like killing two birds with one stone.

Only Ning Yi was still busy training the Beijing Camp, and he would often go to the base to see the training of the First Army and the Second Army.

He even urged the three cavalry armies to seize the time to train and speed up the pace.

That’s not all. Now no one is keeping an eye on King Huai’s captured soldiers. After being screened by him, they are used as labor to build various parts of the base.

By vigorously accelerating the development of firearms, the artillery corps was able to be quickly established. The initial few artillery pieces had grown to twenty pieces.

Although not all the artillery pieces are in place yet, the artillerymen are training rapidly.

As for the gunpowder problem, one used toilet magic to replenish it as soon as possible, while the other one looked everywhere for sulfur and saltpeter mines.

With rapid refining, the supply of gunpowder has reached a level sufficient for training purposes.

As for the thousands of new servants, Ning Yi first placed them in the base for training for two months.

Moreover, the Intelligence Department is not only going to the border to collect information about the war situation, but also recruiting orphans at the border and transporting them over to be trained as servants.

Qin Haifeng was puzzled: "Your Highness, this large army, training hollow square formations, is currently useless. It is impossible for the Beijing camp to go north."

"Also, the border has stabilized. It's impossible for the barbarians to break through the defense line of 500,000 elite troops in a short time."

I guess everyone in the capital thinks so, even Emperor Wu.

After all, in addition to the 300,000 elite troops at the border at the beginning, there were more than 100,000 elite troops from the vassal kings who were sent there successively, as well as tens of thousands of elite infantry from the northwest.

There are nearly 500,000 elite troops from the Dawu Kingdom.

Moreover, money and food are continuously being transported to the front line. I believe that the front line will no longer be able to bear the pressure no matter what.

Only Ning Yi was not so optimistic. He learned from the information reported by the Intelligence Department that the situation at the border was not optimistic.

The border army did not dare to fight a field battle with the barbarian army. The barbarian army was composed of cavalry, and they were infantry when they dismounted.

He is fearless and has strong fighting ability.

The soldiers who had initially fought with them outside the city suffered heavy casualties.

Cities were captured one after another, it was simply hell on earth.

The current defensive troops can only stay inside the city and watch the barbarians acting arrogantly outside the city.

Even the generals on the border were in a mess, some abandoned the city and fled, some surrendered, and the situation was chaotic and varied.

Those who surrendered and those who were captured became cannon fodder for the barbarians, and they attacked cities even more fiercely along the way.

It can be said that Han Dingtian's battle report was quite good. The situation on the border cannot be solved by relying solely on these vassal kings' soldiers who can only resist and preserve their strength.

Ning Yi knew that sooner or later, the war would spread to the capital.

He must respond in advance, otherwise it would be a pipe dream to really expect the Beijing troops, who can only defend the city, to defeat the barbarians.

Ning Yi said leisurely: "Just wait and see, the day will come when we will have a showdown with the barbarians on the battlefield."

Qin Haifeng was confused. Seeing the Sixth Prince say this, he thought that the Sixth Prince wanted to take the initiative to go to the border to participate in the war. If so, it would be a bit dangerous.

He thought that the Sixth Prince wanted to gain more military merits so that everyone would think that the Sixth Prince was a strong fighter.

In fact, Ning Yi didn't want to go to the border to fight a decisive battle with the barbarians, because that would mean that the situation had collapsed to the extreme.

"By the way, Your Highness, the first batch of qualified long muskets has arrived." Qin Haifeng reported.

He didn't care about this matter at first, thinking that this long musket was not as good as the three-barreled musket.

At first, he didn't know why the Sixth Prince had to bother with this three-barreled musket. The distance was too close and it was troublesome to load.

Moreover, even if it hits a person from a long distance, it won't cause any injuries.

After all, the armor of today's soldiers is still very strong, and it is difficult for you to break them.

But Ning Yi insisted on producing it in such large quantities.

It wasn't until the real decisive battle that people discovered that the three-barreled gun was indeed powerful. At close range, it could not only break through ordinary armor.

They can even be fired collectively and continuously, which is much more convenient than bows and arrows.

He even started to equip the hundreds of guards in the prince's palace under his command with small three-barreled muskets. They were usually inconspicuous when hung on their bodies, but they could be used to hurt people at close range.

As for the long musket that Ning Yi had requested and tested several times, he was not optimistic about it at all.

I feel like this thing takes half a day to reload, but it can only fire one shot and it's gone.

It's far from the three-barreled gun, but since His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince has urged us many times, the base must manufacture it.

Ning Yi became interested: "Let's go and take a look."

He also had a camp outside the city, a camp for his own two thousand servants.

Many people know about it, but don’t take it seriously.

At first, Emperor Wu thought he was so powerful just because he trained a group of little brats. After all, Feng Zhong had boasted that these little guys were very powerful.

As a result, I asked a few knowledgeable people to take a look, and they went back and shook their heads.

What does the Sixth Prince train every day? He either stands in line, walks left or right, or has an old scholar teach him how to read, or runs.

Of course, they were not optimistic about the so-called formation, thinking that it was not suitable for large-scale military operations, but was only suitable for wiping out small armies.

It is only suitable for one or two thousand people. As for other training, it is useless.

Emperor Wu was no longer interested. Let Old Six do whatever he wanted, but he would not allow the Beijing Camp to mess around. The old military formation of the Great Wu Kingdom was still reliable.

After Ning Yi came over, a group of servants from the eighth and ninth classes surrounded the groups of mules and horses to watch.

When he saw Ning Yi, he immediately bowed and called him "Sir".

This is the rule, and it is also the rule they have to learn when they become servants.

At first, these servants could not stand the devilish training, but after several months of training, they no longer ran away. They even looked forward to going to the battlefield as soon as possible to gain military merit and become generals.

Ning Yi opened a box, inside which were neatly arranged rectangular muskets wrapped in oil paper.

I opened one and saw that it was indeed similar in shape to the drawing he gave me, with a mahogany buttstock and a black iron pipe fixed on it.

With the flint lock, powder chamber and trigger, it looks very complete.

This is the flintlock musket that Ning Yi finally finalized after countless reworks. He was too lazy to even use a matchlock rifle.

Directly upgrade it to a fragmentation fire gun, so that it can function normally.

The foreman who came to deliver the muskets gave Ning Yi a list: "Your Highness, a total of 600 long muskets, this is the most the base can currently produce."

Ning Yi nodded slightly and looked at the musket carefully.

He wondered, "Where's the bayonet this prince requested? Where is it? Hasn't it been provided?"