The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 84 Armory and Arquebus

Jiang Chuan was in a good mood, and brought his people back to the granary, and made people guard the surroundings strictly. After no one was allowed to spy, Jiang Chuan entered the granary alone, and received all the grain and grass into the system granary.

After leaving the granary, Jiang Chuan suddenly thought of a question.Since Liaoyang City is the bridgehead for the Tartars to attack Daming, in addition to food and supplies, there should be a large amount of weapons and equipment stored, so there must be barracks and armories.

Now that he is here, and there is the system, the heaven-defying transport captain, he has already made up his mind to evacuate Liaoyang City. Except for the things of the common people, all other materials will not be left to the Tartars.

"Can you find the location of the barracks in the city?" Jiang Chuan asked the commander following behind him.

"My lord, the barracks is outside the north gate of Liaoyang City, and the arsenal should be there too." The commander replied.

Outside the north gate?This is not surprising, the general city will set up the general camp outside the city, if there is an enemy attack, they can respond to each other, and they will not be completely surrounded in the city.

"According to what the captives said, there are only a thousand troops in Liaoyang City. We have wiped out more than a thousand enemies in the city, so there will not be too many remaining Qing soldiers in the barracks outside the city. Gather your troops and bring five hundred cavalry with me. Go to the barracks in the north of the city." Jiang Chuan ordered after a little thought.

Soon, [-] cavalry gathered in place, [-] light cavalry, and [-] bow cavalry followed Jiang Chuan and flew across the long street and flew towards the north gate.

The barracks was just ten miles away from the north gate. When Jiang Chuan rushed over with five hundred cavalry, he found that the barracks had already been opened wide, empty and there was no one there.

After sending people in to search for a while, no one was found. The ground was in a mess. Flags, weapons, armor and robes were thrown away. Obviously, the remnant soldiers who stayed behind also ran away in a hurry after seeing the rout soldiers who had escaped from the accident in the city.

"These grandsons run quite fast. Look for the weapon arsenal, warehouses, and other items discarded in the camp. They are all useful." Looking at the messy Qing army barracks, Jiang Chuan said, said with a smile.

It's easy for the Qing soldiers to run away.

The subordinates quickly found the location of the arsenal, and there was also a small warehouse next to it for storing food, robes and armor.

After Jiang Chuan rushed over, he asked someone to open the door, and when he went in, he found that the space in the armory was really not small, and it was divided into several large rooms.

After entering the first large room, there are densely packed spears and guns, neatly arranged on the shelves, and the sharp lights of the spears are shining sharply, obviously they are well maintained on weekdays.

The second room contains long knives and shields, which are also neatly stacked on shelves.

In the third room are bows and arrows. Bows are divided into two types: step bows and riding bows. The step bows are bigger and longer, and the bow power is naturally stronger. Of course, the range is longer and the penetrating power is also stronger.The riding bow is smaller and more convenient to carry.

At the same time, there are also a small number of infantry crossbows, which are very similar to those produced by the system, and the difference is not very big.

There are also several types of arrows, including ordinary arrows, armor-piercing arrows with heavier, thicker arrow clusters and longer clusters, and Mingdi used to signal and contact troops.Of course, there are also short and sharp crossbow bolts equipped for crossbows.

In the fourth room, there are some strange weapons that are relatively rare on the battlefield, such as the Guan knife, such as the mace, such as the thick-backed machete and the like.

The discovery in the fifth room aroused Jiang Chuan's interest. On the shelves were rows of muskets that smelled like animal fat. They were as tall as a person, with thin and long barrels. As well as the matchlock hanging behind the barrel, Jiang Chuan can be sure that this is the originator of modern muskets - the matchlock gun.

Although it has long been expected that the Tartars will have muskets, the red cannons have been imitated, and the muskets are not a problem.

But when I saw it with my own eyes, I was still a little surprised and surprised.

Reaching out and taking one from the shelf, Jiang Chuan was able to confirm that these matchlock guns had just been made, and they probably had not been used before, so they were seized by himself.

There is a small leather bag hanging next to these gun racks, and when you open it, there are bags of gunpowder wrapped in oiled paper, as well as lead pellets.Another small bag contained a fire pocket, which was obviously used to light a fire.

And next to each gun was an iron pass, which Jiang Chuan knew was used for compaction when loading bullets.

Although these antique-like matchlock guns are of little practical value in Jiang Chuan's eyes, they are troublesome to load, have a short range, and their service life is not long, and they are in danger of exploding. Just like the scene where youkai appear on TV.

But even so, it still made Jiang Chuan feel cordial.After all, a soul from modern society would feel more intimate psychologically with muskets, weapons that are closer to modern civilization.

Jiang Chuan roughly counted. There are only [-] matchlock guns in this room. Obviously, they have just been made and have not had time to equip the Qing soldiers. They should be more of an experimental nature.

Jiang Chuan knew that in the early days of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the upper echelon was still positive and open to the research and use of thermal weapons.Especially when Huang Taiji was in power, he sent people to imitate red cannons, cast arquebus guns, and train the Shenji battalion. These measures were all learned from the Ming army, but the quality of the artillery and muskets produced in the end was lower than that of the Ming Dynasty. It was much better, and it also allowed the Qing army to gradually acquire the ability to siege the city, forming a comprehensive crush on the Ming army in terms of combat effectiveness.

The development of firearms in Ming Dynasty was very early, and there were all kinds of firearms, but in the end, due to the decline of national power and the corruption of the imperial court, the quality of firearms declined seriously, and the quantity could not keep up.Many muskets and cannons suddenly exploded on the battlefield, causing the soldiers of the Ming army to suffer unspeakably. Many people abandoned firearms one after another, preferring to use cold weapons such as broadswords and spears.

From this point of view, the quality of weapons is really a direct reflection of a country's national strength.

Unexpectedly, Man Qing in this time and space is still walking in front of the teacher Daming, which makes Jiang Chuan have to lament that good fortune is tricking people.

Withdrawing his chaotic thoughts, Jiang Chuan asked the system to take all these weapons back into the system's arsenal.

Looking at the empty arsenal, Jiang Chuan clapped his hands and walked out of the door in satisfaction, and walked to the warehouse not far away.

　The third is coming.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)