Speaking of Zuo Menggeng's secret weapon, this guy still has a set of it.

After the Battle of Jiujiang, he saw that the cavalry's fierce rushing was useless, so this guy immediately had other ideas, that is, heavy infantry.

If his financial resources were sufficient, he would definitely be able to form a super heavy infantry, but the problem was that he didn't have much money, so he could only use a simple version.

What is a simple version? You can only work hard on the shield. As for the other armor on the soldier, he has no other way.

After returning to Wuchang, this guy made many large shields more than half a meter high overnight. Of course, he knew that this thing could not block the opponent's musket, so he asked someone to put a layer of mud on the outside of the shield.

This guy also asked someone to try it privately. The old-fashioned muskets of the Ming Dynasty were absolutely impossible to penetrate this thing, and this guy called it a secret weapon.

When it was first formed, Wu Sangui didn't believe much about this thing, but now he can only try it out at this time.

If the army under Haoge fails like this, it will not be of half a cent benefit to the army under the two of them, and all the army will be shocked.

"Come on, call the Iron Armored Army to come out."

Zuo Menggeng quickly looked at the situation on the battlefield, and then thought about his current crisis, so he could only take out the secret weapon.

Iron Armored Army?

After hearing this title, Wu Sangui was stunned for a moment. Unexpectedly, Zuo Menggeng was so brave that he actually gave his army such a name.

If it is really an iron armored army, the soldiers should be wrapped in iron.

But except for a huge shield, the armor on your body is not very good. Basically, all of them are soft armor. If the shield is broken, it will never be able to stop the other party.

Of course, at this critical moment, Wu Sangui cannot say anything else. Zuo Menggeng was able to take out this army, which was a great sacrifice. If he had ridiculed a few more words at this time, he might have ruined the big thing.

This army was used by Zuo Menggeng to deal with the imperial musket team, so everything from personnel to the objects used was the best. If it were a soldier who was not strong enough, he would probably not even be able to lift this shield of more than half a meter.

Originally, this thing weighed nearly twenty kilograms, and with the outer layer of mud, the total weight was as high as sixty kilograms. In today's era, if you have poor physical fitness, you will definitely not be able to drag this thing.

Wu Sangui looked around and saw that Zuo Menggeng was born in a military family. Even if he was a bit nonsense, the troops were deployed in front of him, but he did not throw away all his father's people.

All three rows of soldiers in front were dragging a shield, and all the soldiers behind were holding bows and arrows. Such a formation was not uncommon in this era.

The shield soldiers rushed forward with their strength. After reaching a certain distance, the archers behind them would shoot arrows on the opponent's position, which was definitely a strong enemy for the musket team of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there is a prerequisite here, that is, it can block the muskets of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Although I had an experiment before, I could only block those old-fashioned muskets.

The difference between old-style muskets and new-style muskets is that as long as you are not a fool, you can see that the two sides are completely different. Therefore, although Zuo Menggeng formed this army, he never dared to take it out.

First of all, because of the huge investment, even if you only create a shield for them, it will cost about two taels of silver.

In addition, the supplies of these people cannot be the same as those of ordinary soldiers. If they are not allowed to be strong, how can they be able to drag this thing?

Secondly, he was also unsure. Zuo Menggeng regarded this as a secret weapon against the Southern Ming court. As long as he was not taken out one day, in the eyes of Zuo Menggeng and his generals, they would have some aces that could restrain the Southern Ming court.

Now that I have taken it out, if I win, I will naturally be happy. But if I can't rush over with this thing, then even if the trump card in their hearts collapses, many people's psychological defenses will collapse.

Once that time comes, the lost gold and silver are nothing, the most important thing is that the morale of the soldiers cannot be maintained at all.

This is also the reason why Zuo Menggeng has never been willing to take it out, and Wu Sangui is unwilling to make it clear. After all, this is an offending thing.

But now he is facing defeat and the Eight Banners Cavalry is completely unable to control the situation.

If you don’t get anything useful, the energy of these hundreds of thousands of soldiers will be defeated. Although the other party has not occupied Wuchang City yet, it will be a matter of time before occupying Wuchang City.

"Your Highness, look..."

Ye Yun had returned to Zhu Cixuan's side. The most tense moment had passed. At this moment, he saw a lot of shield soldiers in the distance.

Although they had never encountered such an army before, Zhu Ciyang had told them that such an army might appear, so they had practiced it and had no worries at all.

"Have you explained it to the people below?"

Zhu Cixuan observed with a telescope and found that the shield in the front row was definitely very heavy.

You can tell by looking at the expressions on those people's faces. They look at the muscles on their bodies with bare hands and know that they are very strong, but even if such a group of people want to stick out those shields, it will take a lot of effort.

"Please rest assured that when training in Nanjing, my subordinates have already made targeted training on this, and the bomb drop team has been prepared."

Ye Yun didn't take these people seriously. When he was training in Nanjing, Zhu Cilang had already greeted them in advance.

Even if these people use the strongest shield, they may not be able to stop the grenades in the hands of the soldiers. Perhaps you can block the bullets of the musket, but the grenades are thrown from above. Can you still throw them back?

"Don't be careless, you go over and supervise the battle yourself."

Things on the battlefield cannot be careless. Everyone knows that Zhu Cilang is more cautious in doing things, because Zhu Cilang knows that everything is hard-won now, and we must move forward and we must never make any mistakes.

"The last general takes the order."

Ye Yun agreed and immediately turned over to the horse, leading more than 30 personal guards to the front line, and the horse's hooves splashed a piece of dust...
Chapter completed!