Care for the injured veterans.
Xiao Ruxun's thoughts were widely spread in his army. He often taught the officers to send the injured soldiers to the military doctors in time for treatment, to care for the injured veterans, and not to treat the injured veterans as a burden. He also repeatedly punished the officers who mistreated the injured veterans.
This became the main reason why the soldiers respected and loved Xiao Ruxun and were willing to listen to his orders.
This reputation also spread after the war in Korea ended and a large number of troops returned to their original camps. Many troops from different factions knew that there was a General Xiao who loved the lives of his soldiers and did not make unnecessary sacrifices. If they fought with General Xiao, their lives would be guaranteed.
Xiao Ruxun cared a lot about the establishment of the military doctor system. This was an important reason why the survival rate of the veterans was the highest in the Ming Dynasty Army. This time, Xiao Ruxun did not bring many troops with him, but he brought 30 military doctors with him.
Each military doctor was equipped with three apprentice assistants. This meant that Xiao Ruxun had a mature medical team of 120 people. There were five such medical teams in the Zhennan Army. Xiao Ruxun focused on training them, and they were also the main source of military expenses.
Then, he replenished a large batch of medicinal herbs in the capital and forcefully kidnapped a group of doctors who were good at treating sword wounds to follow the army. In total, Xiao Ruxun had a medical team of about 150 people to treat the soldiers.
By the way, those doctors had rejected her at first with a proud look on their faces. But after Xiao Ruxun showed off her knife in front of them, they followed her with a straight face. Now, they were happily working in this big family of the medical team.
The lightly injured soldiers were properly bandaged, and after the seriously injured soldiers were diagnosed, there was no need for them to continue staying here, especially when Xiao Ruxun planned to continue advancing. There was no need for him to bring them along, and he could not bear to let them die on their own.
So, after a discussion with the military doctors, about 2,500 to 2,600 seriously injured soldiers were urgently bandaged, and Xiao Ruxun ordered the Liaodong Cavalry to send 500 people to prepare carriages to escort these soldiers back to the capital before the army broke through the Mongolian cavalry and advanced.
This was a trump card to make the soldiers in the capital completely change their attitude toward Xiao Ruxun and make them willing to continue fighting.
No soldier wished to die in battle, but no soldier dared to say that they wouldn't die in battle.
Although the survival rate of following a powerful general was higher, if the powerful general still cared about their lives, they would be happier and more willing to fight for the general.
Seeing the seriously injured comrades who could only die in despair receive proper treatment and be sent back to the capital, an unprecedented feeling swept through the hearts of the soldiers from the capital.
The hope of a new life was rekindled in their hearts. Many soldiers wept bitterly. When the hope of survival tilted towards the battle, not many people thought about how to escape.
Then Xiao Ruxun took the final step.
In order to gain the least amount of trust from the soldiers who had never come into contact with him before, it was important to display powerful military force and display the general's own strength. After all the preparations were done, he would display the general's strength and let the soldiers have hope in him. Then, the soldiers would reignite their conviction to fight.
Twenty Hongbarbarian Cannons were transported to the city wall one by one in front of the soldiers. When the soldiers saw these three zhang long cannons, they were very shocked. Not to mention the soldiers, even the officers were shocked when they saw these cannons.
At present, in the Daming army, Xiao Ruxun's Zhennan Army was the best equipped. The weapons they used were all the most advanced and some even surpassed the weapons of this era. However, with the current manual industry system, Xiao Ruxun could only do so much. If he wanted to continue to develop, he had to industrialize machinery.
That was not something that Xiao Ruxun could do. After all, he didn't have the system and couldn't travel back and forth.
The twenty Hongyi cannons entered the eyes of the Ming Army decades in advance. The huge cannons were much bigger than the cannons used by the Ming Army, such as Franco Cannon, Crouching Tiger Cannon and General Cannon. The Zhennan Army was used to them. It was also the first time for the Liaodong Cavalry who came with the Zhennan Army to see such a big thing.
Naturally, it was also the first time for Nurhachi to see such a big thing. When he saw such a terrifying cannon, he was completely stunned. He looked at the huge cannon in a daze and kept swallowing his saliva.
My God, how powerful was such a big thing? How many people would die in one shot?
Was this the new standard cannon of the Ming Army? Was the Ming Army so powerful? How could Xiao Ruxun always do such unexpected things?
There was no doubt that such a huge cannon made everyone want to understand it as soon as possible. It also quickly increased everyone's confidence of victory.
The balance of the war began to swing again.
"Admiral, this is …?"
With a hoarse voice, Chai Guozhu ran to Xiao Ruxun's side with a cup of steaming hot medicinal water in his hands, asking her about the origins of the Red Barbarian Cannons. Obviously, he was also shocked by these cannons.
"This is the Hongyi cannon, the latest type of cannon made by the Franco people. I seized it when I was fighting against the Franco people in Nanyang. Then, I found someone to copy it successfully. Compared to the Franco gun, the Hongyi cannon is more powerful and has a longer range. It's much better than the Franco gun in sieging cities and seizing strongholds."
Xiao Ruxun patted the body of a Red Barbarian Cannon with a faint smile.
"My God, how many people will die in one shot of this cannon? There's no value in using the Franco gun anymore! Admiral, when can these Hongyi cannons be installed in the nine sides? "
Xiao Ruxun looked at Chai Guozhu's greedy face and said with a smile, "Don't be fooled by its size. In fact, it has a big weakness. The biggest problem is that this guy can only fire solid bullets and can't fire explosive bullets. If it's used against enemy troops, its power is limited."
"Can't fire explosive bullets?"
Chai Guozhu clearly didn't understand the scientific principles of cannons.
"Yes, this cannon's body is long, so its inner diameter is naturally larger, and it needs more gunpowder to power it. Once the cannon is fired, both the temperature and the force inside are higher, so it can shoot farther, more accurately, and more powerfully. However, the shell of the explosive shell is too thin, and it can't withstand the force inside. If the explosive shell is fired by force, the explosive shell will explode inside, and the chamber will explode."
At the mention of the chamber exploding, Chai Guozhu shrunk his neck, obviously frightened by the explosion.
"It's going to explode again?"
Xiao Ruxun laughed.
"Yes, that's why we can only use solid bullets at the moment. Its power is limited and can't kill more enemies. It's not that we haven't tried to use explosive bullets with thicker shells, but the shells are too thick, and the gunpowder won't be enough to explode the explosive bullets. It can only break into a few pieces, so it's better to use solid bullets.
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