Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

"Express delivery from Qufu?" Dorgon's expression changed slightly, and Hong Chengchou's expression froze.

Cut open the sealing paint with a dagger, and then take out the letter and read it hastily. Dorgon's good mood because the navy will soon be able to rush to the battlefield disappeared instantly.

The Eight Banners Mongolia was crippled.

"Master, what happened?"

Hong Chengchou asked Dorgon carefully.

"Look for yourselves." Dorgon handed the letter to Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou took the letter, and Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I moved to Hong Chengchou's side from left to right.

The three of them watched it quickly, with expressions of disbelief on their faces, obviously shocked.

Hou Fangyu took the letter from Hong Chengchou at this time, and Dorgon didn't stop it when he saw it, which made Cao Eryu, who was standing next to him, very unconvinced.

Because Cao Eryu found helplessly that the distance between him and Hou Fangyu was rapidly increasing.

Cao Eryu is still just a slave, but Hou Fangyu is evolving like Hong Chengchou and the others, and is becoming more and more valued by Dorgon. How can this be so?

"Master, this matter is not trivial." Hou Fangyu said carefully.

"The Ming army only had [-] cavalry, and they were ambushed by my [-] Qing cavalry, but the final result was that the Ming army won completely and our Qing cavalry suffered a complete defeat!"

"If the reason is not clear,

"I'm afraid it will be inevitable to repeat the same mistakes in the future."

"That makes sense." Dorgon said solemnly, "Then tell me, why did our Qing army lose?"

Hong Chengchou said: "Judging from the report, there is nothing to blame for the ten kings' use of troops, and there is no problem with the choice of the battlefield. After all, the Ming army was also ambushed."

"However, the end result was completely unexpected."

"The biggest reason for this is the formation of the Ming army."

"Heng Jiu, are you explaining the square formation formed after the cavalry dismounted?" Dorgon thought thoughtfully, "What's so unique about this formation? It actually helped the Ming army achieve such an unbelievable victory." ?”

"Master, it's mainly because of the self-generated firecracker." Hou Fangyu said solemnly.

"Self-generated firecrackers? It seems that self-generated firecrackers alone are not enough to stop the cavalry attack?"

Dorgon recalled the Hetao War between Qing and Shun in his mind. The Eight Banners Han Army also tried to use flintlock guns to block the frontal charge of the pseudo Shun cavalry, but in the end they all failed without exception.

It must be admitted that the learning ability of Jiannu, a fishing and hunting nation, is still very strong.

In the era of the old slave, he completed the study of the Ming army's side car, and then imitated the heavy but stronger 楯 cart. These 楯 carts played an important role in the war that the old slave seized Liaodong.

In the era of Huang Taiji, he began to imitate the Hongyi cannon and formed the first firearms unit - Wuzhenchaoha.

This firearms unit played a decisive role in the wars between Jiannu and the Ming Dynasty, Chahar Mongolia, and Korea. It was also from the Huangtaiji era that firearms began to become the mainstream of the battlefield.

And Dorgon's learning ability is even higher than Nurhachi and Huang Taiji.

Regarding this point, one only needs to look at his reform of the Eight Banners system. …

"Master, the servant is also not sure, it's better to ask the messenger of the ten kings."

Hou Fangyu actually didn’t know the trick. In fact, except for Chongzhen, no one in this world can figure out the trick. According to the historical trajectory of another time and space, it will take at least 60 years for the infantry hollow phalanx to appear. How could it be possible to know the mystery?

But Hou Fangyu's words also awakened Dorgon.

"Oh yes." Dorgon asked Cao Eryu, "Where is the messenger of the Ten Kings?"

"Eh?" Cao Eryu said with a bitter face, "The servant has already sent him back to Qufu."

"Idiot, hurry up and get it back!" Dorgon said angrily, "If you can't get it back, don't come back either."

"Hey!" Cao Eryu was so frightened that his face turned pale, and hurriedly left the Chinese army tent to chase Duoduo's messenger.

Fortunately, the courier sent by Doduo did not go far because he had traveled a long distance for two days and two nights, and both men and horses were exhausted. In addition, it was the return journey, so they did not go far, and were quickly chased back.

"Slave reckless, kowtow to the emperor's father and the regent."

Mangtu, the red armor inlaid with a white flag, flicked his sleeves and gave Dorgon a thousand blows.

"No." Dorgon waved his hand and asked, "Mangtu, were you there when the ten kings' army besieged the Ming army?"

"According to the emperor's father and regent, the servant was there at that time, and besides the ten kings." Mang Tu nodded and said, "So I watched the whole battle process from beginning to end."

"Okay, then I have a few questions I want to ask you."

Dorgon thought for a while and asked, "What kind of formation did the Ming army put up at that time?"

"It's a rectangular formation." Mangtu replied without hesitation, "The length is about two hundred steps, and the width is about one hundred steps. It is divided into three rows from the inside to the outside, and each row has less than [-] Ming soldiers."

Dorgon immediately began to count silently when he heard the words.

A rectangle with a length of two hundred paces and a width of one hundred paces has a circumference of six hundred paces.

There are three thousand Ming troops in each row, that is, five Ming troops within one step.

"Mangtu, isn't that right?" Dorgon asked, "There are so many Ming troops?"

"Returning to the words of the emperor's father and the regent, there were indeed so many Ming soldiers, and there were still a few of them at that time."

Mangtu said with certainty: "The Ming army was very neatly lined up at that time, and it was easy to count them clearly. There were more than 8000 Ming troops in total, and each row had about [-] soldiers."

"Then the Ming army must stay close together?"

"Yes, that's how it is. The Ming army was close together at that time, and they even needed to turn sideways."

"Especially when the two Ming armies are changing, you need to turn sideways to pass through."

"Really close together?" A flash of lightning flashed in Dorgon's mind, and he suddenly realized, "I understand now, that's why."

"So that's how it is." Hong Chengchou and the others were also stunned.

Only Cao Eryu and Mangtu were stunned, thinking what do you all understand?

Hong Chengchou said: "Master, this makes sense. If five musketeers stand side by side in one step, the firepower of the same width can be increased by at least three times! It is indeed possible to block the cavalry."

Hou Fangyu's point was another: "What's the matter with that bayonet?"

"Oh yes, there are also bayonets." Dorgon woke up like a dream, "How about the bayonets of the Ming army's self-generated firecrackers?"...

"From the words of the emperor's father and regent, the general shape of this object is like this." Mangtu said, he drew a sketch on the ground with his waist knife, and finally said, "This object is a blunderbuss set on a self-generating fire blunderbuss. It's on."

"It's amazing, it's really amazing." Hong Chengchou repeatedly praised, "Although this thing looks simple, it is extremely exquisite. It allows the musketeer to have the defense of the spearman, but it will not affect the shooting of the self-generated firecracker. It is really amazing. The person who can create this thing is definitely a great talent, is he also a Western missionary like Tang Ruowang?"

Mangtu shook his head and said, "It is said that this thing was conceived by Chongzhen."

"Chongzhen?" Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and the other three immediately looked at each other.

This dog emperor still has this ability?Could it be because of Meishan's enlightenment?
Dorgon immediately told Mangtu, "Mangtu, you don't have to go back to Qufu, go back to Beijing immediately, and tell Tang Ruowang everything you know about the self-generated gun bayonets, and ask Tang Ruowang to give me every self-generated gun bayonet from the Qing Dynasty." They are all equipped with bayonets, and then I will tell Tang Ruowang to let him continue to increase the production scale of self-generated firecrackers."

"Hey!" Mangtu agreed, got up and hurriedly left the tent of the Chinese army.

Watching Mangtu leave, Dorgon turned around and asked Hong Chengchou, "What do you guys think?"

Fan Wencheng sighed, and said calmly: "Master, this is a brand-new method of firearms warfare. The slave has a hunch that once this method of warfare is popularized, the role of cavalry will be greatly weakened."

"No, the cavalry still has a role." Hong Chengchou shook his head and said, "At least the cavalry's marching speed is not comparable to that of the infantry, but from now on the cavalry will no longer be able to dominate the battlefield."

"Yes." Hou Fangyu said deeply, "The era when infantry dominates warfare has arrived."

"Infantry dominates the war?" Dorgon said thoughtfully, "Let's talk about the battle of Guting Town."

"If the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Eight Banners of Mongolia are not the only ones under the command of the Ten Kings, if the Eight Banners of the Han army were present at that time, could they destroy the square formation of the Ming army?"

"Of course it is possible." Hong Chengchou said without hesitation, "Although the infantry phalanx of the Ming army can withstand the frontal charge of the Mongolian cavalry, it is impossible to block the bombardment of the red cannons. With a few rounds of cannon firing, the infantry phalanx of the Ming army will be torn apart."

"Not exactly." Hou Fangyu questioned, "If there is no terrain restriction, the infantry phalanx of the Ming army is actually movable. Although the speed of marching in formation is relatively slow, it must be faster than the red cannon."

"Then what if it's a camel cannon?" Dorgon said, "Should it be able to keep up with the infantry phalanx of the Ming army?"

"The camel cannon is of course possible," Hou Fangyu replied, "and the camel cannon is also capable of destroying the infantry phalanx of the Ming army. It can be called the nemesis of the infantry phalanx of the Ming army."

Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, as long as there is a way to crack it.

"It seems that it is necessary for Khalkha Mongolia to pay tribute camels as soon as possible."

"Moreover, let Tang Ruowang build five hundred more red cannons."

.........

Needless to say, Jiannu's firearm technology and firearm tactics are advancing rapidly.

In contrast, Dashun's progress in firearms was slightly slower than Jiannu's.

However, under the strong push of Li Yan and Gao Yigong, Dashun was not left behind too much.

Especially after the defeat in Hetao, Gao Yigong and Li Yan learned from the pain and realized the power of Jiannu's self-generated firecrackers and Hongyi cannons, so they also began to increase their efforts to imitate firearms.

After nearly five months of exploration, the first batch of camel rotary guns were finally imitated successfully.

This batch of camel swivel guns was supervised by Song Xiance. Since Niu Jinxing was executed, Song Xiance succeeded Niu Jinxing as the right prime minister of Dashun Kingdom, but the left prime minister was temporarily vacant.

Today is an auspicious day for the first test firing of the Camel Rotary Cannon.

Li Zicheng even postponed going to Hanzhong Mansion in order to observe the test firing of the camel rotary cannon.

Otherwise, at this time, Li Zicheng should have brought the Dashun army into Hanzhong Mansion long ago.

In addition to Li Zicheng, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang, Ma Weixing, Liu Zongmin, Gu Junen and other senior officials of the Dashun Army were basically present. By the way, Liu Zongmin's status in the Dashun Dynasty was not as good as before.

He suffered a disastrous defeat in Kaifeng Mansion last time and was captured alive by Jiannu, which seriously damaged his prestige.

In addition, Li Zicheng also spent a lot of effort to rectify the government affairs during this period.

Now the official administration of the Dashun Dynasty is relatively clear, and the burden on the people is not heavy.

"My lord, the auspicious time has come, and it's time to test the cannon." Song Xiance got up and bowed.

"Okay, let's start." Li Zicheng nodded happily.

It can be seen that Li Zicheng's interest is still very high.

Song Xiance immediately walked to the front of the general's platform holding a command flag, and waved it vigorously twice.

I saw twenty camels standing in front of the Dianjiangtai, and each camel carried a swivel cannon on its back.

After receiving Song Xiance's order, Luo Shou immediately ordered the camel to kneel down on the ground, and then several gunners began to work nervously to load the ammunition.

After a while, the ammunition was loaded.

Immediately the gunner inserted the red-hot iron braze into the gun port.

Accompanied by continuous loud bangs, the point general platform trembled slightly.

When Li Zicheng, Tian Jianxiu and other senior officials of the Dashun Army hurriedly raised their heads to look forward, they saw dozens of vans as targets hundreds of steps ahead, smashed to pieces in an instant.

Looking at the broken wood and rotten boards flying all over the sky, there was a moment of silence on the platform.

But soon, there was another burst of cheers, and Li Zicheng was also very happy.

"Prime Minister You! You have done an excellent job on this errand." Li Zicheng said happily, "From now on, you will be promoted to the first rank of noble, and Chengyi Bo will be promoted to the title of Marquis of Chengyi. In addition, you will be rewarded with 1000 taels of Zuse silver."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Song Xiance was overjoyed upon hearing this.

However, Song Xiance did not forget Li Yan and Gao Yigong.

"My lord, this matter is also due to the contribution of the right army division and the rear general."

"I know this matter well, so you don't need to say anything." Li Zicheng nodded and said, "You just need to do your own work well, and the next step is to imitate Jiannu's self-generated firecracker as soon as possible."

"Leader, I must imitate the self-generating firecracker as soon as possible."

Song Xiance sighed inwardly, "Master You, I can only help you here."

Li Zicheng said happily again: "Also, these 20 camel cannons went to Hanzhong Mansion together with me, just to test their power with Zhang Xianzhong, a treacherous villain."

At this time, Gu Junen said: "Your Majesty, the name Camel Swivel Cannon doesn't sound good. Do you want to change it to a mighty and nice name, so that it can be worthy of such awe-inspiring power?"

"Yes, you should change your name."

"After all, this is our Dashun's own cannon."

Li Zicheng murmured and said, "The invincible Shenwei Dashun Pao?"

"Shang Ming Jian, this name is both powerful and catchy, it is the most appropriate." Song Xiance, Gu Junen and other Dashun civil servants were full of flattery immediately.