jdhmnovel Chapter 510 This battle will not be easy.
Chapter 510 This battle will not be easy.
Yang Shaofeng wanted to slap himself.
Why the hell couldn't I hold back?
No.
Where did I get my confidence to challenge Li Wenzhong and Zhu Laosi and the others?
Yes, Li Wenzhong had a useless son named Li Jinglong, who was known in the martial arts world as the Great Ming War God.
However, it's uncertain whether Li Jinglong was truly incompetent or not, and Li Wenzhong was an even more ruthless character who had defeated many. Luo Guanzhong was so traumatized by Li Wenzhong that after retiring from public life, he simply wrote about Zhao Yun based on Li Wenzhong's style.
There are also Zhu Lao Er, Zhu Lao San, Zhu Lao Si, and Zhu Lao Wu.
Apart from Zhu Laowu's obsession with medicine, Zhu Laoer and Zhu Laosan were no less capable than Zhu Laosi in leading troops into battle. Zhu Laosi, in particular, led his troops to the grasslands five times to cause trouble, and was later known as the chubby General Who Conquers the North.
Therefore, there was a great war god of the Ming Dynasty, plus a general who conquered the north, and two other people who were likely even more ruthless than the general who conquered the north.
How desperate must I be to challenge them?
"Now we're in trouble."
Yang Shaofeng paced back and forth, muttering to himself, "The Duke of Cao alone is already a headache enough. Add the rest of them, and my chances of winning this time aren't very high. I'm afraid I'll lose face big time."
Jin'er watched Yang Shaofeng pacing back and forth and smiled, saying, "Husband, what you said is not right."
Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback and asked, "What's wrong? Could it be that I still have a chance of winning?"
Jin'er shook her head slightly and smiled, "The chances of winning are definitely not high, or even nonexistent, but it's not shameful to say that."
Yang Shaofeng's eyes lit up, but Jin'er stabbed him in the heart: "Husband has never led troops before, let alone fought a war. It's not shameful to lose to your cousin."
Is this meant to comfort me?
Yang Shaofeng snorted with a dark face and simply ordered someone to summon Limpy Wu and the commander of the Imperial Son-in-Law's personal guards.
"You two both know about my challenge to the Duke of Cao."
"The chances of winning are definitely slim, but not impossible."
The commander of the personal guards and Lame Five glanced at Yang Shaofeng cautiously.
Chances of winning?
where?
Just as the two were secretly complaining, Yang Shaofeng continued, "Although the yamen runners I sent were a bit weak, the guards of the Imperial Son-in-Law's mansion are truly elite."
"The soldiers that Duke Cao led this time were drawn from various garrisons in Dengzhou, not his own elite troops."
"Comparing the two sides, the advantage or disadvantage of the soldiers is not significant."
"That's one of them."
Yang Shaofeng's words immediately roused Limpy Wu and the commander of the personal guards.
Yang Shaofeng continued, "Secondly, the contest that I agreed to with Cao Guogong is not just a martial arts competition."
"We should have the advantage in this respect, right?"
"After all, most of the guards in the Prince Consort's mansion can read, and the yamen runners in the various counties of Dengzhou Prefecture can also read a few characters."
"Regardless of how difficult the exam questions are, as long as we can recognize the questions and write down a few words, we'll be able to beat Duke Cao and his group in the exam."
After a slight pause, Yang Shaofeng added, "Thirdly, I have also prepared some new equipment for the brothers."
"Once the training is almost over, we can distribute these new equipment to the brothers."
"In other words, apart from the yamen runners of Dengzhou Prefecture who are at a disadvantage because they have never been on the battlefield, we have the advantage in every other aspect."
"..."
Listening to Yang Shaofeng's analysis point by point, Limpy Wu and the commander of the Imperial Son-in-Law's personal guards immediately gained confidence.
That's right. The guards of the Prince Consort's mansion were originally elite, and their combat strength was much stronger than that of the soldiers of Dengzhou Guard.
In addition, the Prince Consort has been forcing the guards of his mansion to learn to read and write, so the guards of the Prince Consort's mansion can now understand some military books, which is better than the illiterate ordinary soldiers in the various garrisons of Dengzhou.
As for the new equipment...
Limpy Wu and the commander of the Imperial Son-in-Law's personal guards exchanged a glance, then suddenly chuckled and said, "My lord, have you ever heard of a repeating crossbow? If only we could get one of these things out..."
Yang Shaofeng glanced at the lame Wu and sneered, "I don't know how to make repeating crossbows, but I can make even more ferocious firearms."
No matter how good you are at fighting, Li Wenzhong, can you really beat a grenade and a cannon?
Speaking of grenades and cannons, Yang Shaofeng felt a strange ache in his bones.
The development of firearms in the Ming Dynasty was ridiculous.
For example, the Ming Dynasty started using cannons and firearms very early on, and even the explosive shells had already taken shape.
However, the craftsmen who made firearms were rather unreliable; they often added a whole bunch of random things to the gunpowder.
poison.
Rusty iron sheet.
Tribulus terrestris.
Based on the idea that if they can't kill people with explosives, they should at least be able to poison them, so they'll add all sorts of random things to try.
The problem is, this is just not going to work!
Whether poison is reliable or not is another matter. Even if it is reliable, the high temperature of gunpowder exploding at that moment would be enough to destroy the poison.
Even if it doesn't fail to produce a complete toxic fumes, and even if it manages to create a powerful toxic smoke, it will still be affected by the wind direction, right?
Therefore, after sending Limpy Wu and the commander of the Imperial Guards to train the soldiers, Yang Shaofeng summoned all the craftsmen responsible for making firearms and certain equipment.
"Discard all those random poisons; we'll deal with them later when we have time."
"The gunpowder will be the granular gunpowder made by those Taoist priests."
"What I need you to make now are those few things that I had someone bring to you."
"Especially that fixed-load bullet, you guys should think about it yourselves. I can't guarantee who can figure it out, but getting a baron for you is no problem."
"Furthermore, if anyone can come up with another way to manufacture musket barrels using machines, I will try to get you a viscount title."
"..."
"By the way, we can add some rusty scrap iron to the shells and landmines."
……
While Yang Shaofeng was arranging training and equipment, Li Wenzhong called Zhu Lao Er, Zhu Lao San, and Zhu Lao Si together.
"This battle will not be easy."
Looking at the "Training Manual" on the table, Li Wenzhong went straight to the point: "Just from this book, you can tell that your brother-in-law knows how to train soldiers."
"Moreover, the fact that he dared to challenge us shows that he must have some confidence."
"What if we lose to a pale-faced scholar who has never led troops before..."
Upon hearing Li Wenzhong's words, the expressions of Zhu Lao Er, Zhu Lao San, and Zhu Lao Si immediately turned rather unpleasant.
Zhu Laosi said with a bitter expression, "It's not difficult to defeat my brother-in-law in the martial arts arena."
"The difficult part is how to beat him in the exam."
"He got a huge advantage!"