I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

In fact, Cheng Shijie did not necessarily want to kill Boluo and his remnants. This had nothing to do with personal vendetta, but was just a struggle for the living environment of the two nations.

Of course, if Cheng Shijie hadn't known the development direction of history, and if he hadn't known how many resources were buried under that barren land, Cheng Shijie would have probably ended the war like the emperors of all dynasties, achieving his strategic goals and withdrawing his troops.

But the problem is that Cheng Shijie was a man of two generations and knew very well what was under this land. It was rich in natural resources, such as oil and natural gas. Gold, silver, copper and other resources. To put it simply, there are endless trees to cut down, endless mines to dig, and [-]% of the fresh water on the earth.

This fresh water is too important for the extremely water-scarce north of the Ming Dynasty. Although there is currently no technology and ability to develop this land, the problem is that this land is too important.

For the Ming Dynasty, Boluo's escape was a good thing, because after all the evil was done, keeping Boluo's existence could also give the Dingxin court a clear strategic goal, just like the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's thirteen expeditions to Mobei during the founding of the Ming Dynasty. During the Chengzu period, there were five expeditions to Mobei, and the army was used for decades.

Although Cheng Shijie behaved very lightly, when this matter was placed in the cabinet, he thought it was time to give Lu Xiangsheng a warning. He didn't even notice such a simple strategic intention, and let Bolo escape by taking advantage of the weather.

The prime minister of the cabinet gave Lu Xiangsheng a warning order. Of course, Cheng Shijie did not stop this. Lu Xiangsheng was definitely responsible for the oversight. This responsibility could be big or small. Cheng Shijie put it down gently, but the cabinet could not. After all, against Anbei The financial expenditure of the Governor's Office is not a small amount.

Affected by the policies of the Ming Dynasty, Ding Dynasty, Ding Dynasty and New Dynasty, craftsmen and technicians in the Ming Dynasty were paid very high, and the rewards were also very heavy. Various inventions emerged in an endless stream. Many equipment that Cheng Shijie did not interfere with have already appeared, such as individual rocket launchers. It is said that the originator of the bazooka rocket launcher has been invented by the Ming Weapons Research Institute.

The reason that forced the emergence of this invention was still because of Shanxi, because since the first year of Dingxin, Shanxi had become the frontier of Li Zicheng's resistance to the Dingxin Dynasty. Li Zicheng also knew very well that his soldiers and equipment were far from Ning Haijun's opponent, so he used Due to the mountainous areas and terrain, two to three thousand forts were built in Shanxi.

When the Dingxin Dynasty's army quickly captured Shanxi and Shaanxi, in order to pursue Li Zicheng's troops, they did not encircle and suppress the defeated Qin army. As a result, these defeated troops and bandits occupied a large number of forts. Although this kind of military building They are rarely built with reinforced concrete, but the problem is that buildings built with glutinous rice juice are just as solid.

Although the Ming army was brave and good at fighting, it was aimed at field battles. Faced with such steep terrain, there were even no roads in some places. Artillery could not push up the mountain, and even light rocket launchers could not move forward. However, without heavy weapons, there was nothing they could do. Wubao, many of the Qin troops who occupied these Wubao were defeated. They knew that if the Ming army caught them, they would be exiled tens of thousands of miles away, and they would never be able to return home. Naturally, they would not just sit back and die.

In the battle to encircle and suppress these bandits and defeated troops, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, but the results were not outstanding. The army needed equipment that could conquer buildings and have a long range. Therefore, after the needs of frontline officers, the individual rocket launcher Then it appeared. This kind of rocket launcher weighs [-] kilograms and has a range of [-] meters. It has certain destructive effects on buildings and has a good effect on killing people.

In addition to individual rocket launchers, there were also breakthroughs in agriculture. With the continuous immigration of the Ming Dynasty, the per capita land ownership began to increase significantly, especially in Liaodong, North China Plain, Hanhan Plain and Chengdu Plain. In many places, the per capita land exceeds [-] acres. , in this case, leaving the land idle is really not in line with the character of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

But when it comes to planting, we are really powerless. One person and one ox can cultivate forty or fifty acres of land, which is actually as high as the sky. Faced with so much land, especially the emergence of phosphate fertilizers in the Ming Dynasty, the land no longer needs to be left fallow, and machines are used to cultivate the land instead of manpower. Without delay, the first Huo Niu small rotary tiller appeared, which solved some of the problems. However, the farming efficiency of the Huo Niu rotary tiller still failed to satisfy the majority of people and landowners.

As a result, the largest fire ox in the Ming Dynasty appeared. This fire ox tractor weighed [-] tons, could generate a force of [-] torques, and drove [-] plows. It could cultivate about [-] acres of land every hour. It was a working ox. More than ten times the efficiency of cultivated land.

Of course, Cheng Shijie also went to watch this giant beast and was very shocked. With the power of this fire bull, the train can drag more than ten or twenty carriages.

Cheng Shijie said to Mo Hua: "Dean Mo, have you ever thought about putting this Fire Bull on the railway track to serve as a tractor?"

"Reporting to the king, we have this plan, but there are still some technical problems that have not been completely solved!"

After Cheng Shijie observed it, he discovered that the biggest problem with this kind of Fire Ox tractor is that its thermal efficiency is too low. It needs to burn nearly three tons of coal and six tons of water in one day. For cultivated land, this problem is not difficult to solve. After all, cultivated land The place is close to the water source, so it is very simple to replenish the water source. However, the problem is that the area where the Fire Ox train passes needs to be filled with water frequently.

"It's not airtight enough!"

Cheng Shijie reminded: "You can use rubber to increase air tightness and improve work efficiency!"

Mo Hua suddenly realized: "That's it!"

"The train, especially the high-power fire ox traction locomotive, is the most important project of the Ming Research Institute at present. This machine is related to the future of Ming Dynasty and the long-term stability of Ming Dynasty!"

Sun Zhili was a little puzzled: "Is it so important?"

"Definitely. If we can now make a fire ox that can drag twenty carriages, according to the current average train speed of eighty or ninety miles an hour, it can run thousands of miles in one day!"

Cheng Shijie pointed to the northwest and said: "Just like the current Hanhai Province, if there is a rebellion or an invasion by a foreign enemy, and the court receives the news, a Fire Ox can carry a fully armed regiment of soldiers on a train. It can take up to three days to reach Hanhai Province. If there is no train, and the most elite army marches with mules and horses, it will also take more than a month. The difference between the three-day response time and more than one month, does it matter to the Ming Dynasty? Long-term peace and stability?"

Trains were actually the real reason why the cavalry completely withdrew from the stage of history. This is why the Chinese cavalry withdrew from the stage of history nearly a century later than Europe. That was because China’s railway network was not perfect at that time. The greatest advantage of the cavalry was after entering the age of muskets. , only long-distance maneuvers are left.

The perfect railway makes the cavalry lose the advantage of long-distance mobility. No matter how powerful the cavalry is, it is inevitable that it cannot outrun the train. After all, the current train only has a pitiful speed of [-] to [-] kilometers per hour and can run thousands of miles in a day. There is no need to consider horse power, and more importantly, the supply consumption is less than that of cavalry.

Listening to Cheng Shijie's explanation, Sun Zhiran suddenly realized.

No wonder the train did not appear. Cheng Shijie began to plan the Ming Dynasty's three-vertical and three-horizontal strategic railway. The three-vertical and three-horizontal railway network plan was not an invention of Cheng Shijie, but was based on the railway construction plans of later generations. Of course, it was not the same as those of later generations. It has the characteristics of Ming Dynasty.

At present, the most economically developed areas in the Ming Dynasty are either close to the canal or close to the coast. The geographical advantages are very obvious. Only when the railway is built can it connect the east, west, north and south. Cheng Shijie saw that the emergence of large-scale fire-ox tractors gave Cheng Shijie room to realize his railway strategic vision.

Located on the front line of the Ural Mountains, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Anbei, was very angry. He was tricked. This made Lu Xiangsheng, who became famous at a young age and rose to prominence all the way, feel very shameless.

Lu Xiangsheng stood at the pass of the Ural Mountains, staring at the Alka Castle defended by the Cossack army in the distance. This castle was built on the mountainside and was very steep. Looking at the densely packed Cossacks in the castle, the anger in Lu Xiangsheng's eyes became even stronger. Where was he? What is not yet known is that Bolo was in cahoots with the Cossacks.

The Cossacks are very confident, but there are five thousand people defending the city, and there is a solid city wall as a backing. No matter how you look at it, the defending side has the absolute advantage. No matter how powerful the Ming Dynasty's artillery is, how powerful can it be?

Can they still blow down their city walls?

Of course, for the Ming Royal Army, if they had taken this kind of city three years ago, they would have been unable to do anything. It was not until the attack on Nanjing that the Ming Army's heavy artillery began to be equipped one after another.

Due to the difficulty of manufacturing technology, this kind of heavy artillery is not widely equipped in the entire army. The four integrated brigades of the Anbei Army only have one artillery battery, and this heavy artillery company only has a pitiful six artillery pieces. However, these six However, the artillery requires more than [-] people to serve, and almost fifty people serve one artillery.

It took the heavy artillery unit of the Anbei Army more than four months to transport these six artillery pieces and more than [-] rounds of artillery shells here. More than [-] horses were exhausted along the way. There are a dozen valuable Shire horses.

It can be said that the price is not small, but it is worth it.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "These barbarians actually dare to cooperate with Jiannu and set their sights on Ming Dynasty. I'm scheming. Fire, fire! Kill these bastards!!"

Lu Xiangsheng's fellow countryman and his personal staff can also be said to be Lu Xiangsheng's financial backer Hou Hongwen, who is currently the staff officer of the Anbei Army. In the second year of Chongzhen, Hou Hongwen, the big financial backer, spent more than [-] taels of silver. , helped Lu Xiangsheng recruit young people, and this gave Lu Xiangsheng the opportunity to go north to King Qin.

This is a huge political gamble, and Lu Xiang has raised almost all of his net worth. If it fails, he will go bankrupt, and Hou Hongwen will go bankrupt too.

Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng won the bet, and Hou Hongwen also won the bet, but it was a pity that Lu Xiangsheng lost in the end.

If according to the original time and space of history, Hou Hongwen died of depression while seeking justice for Lu Xiangsheng. Now he is living a very comfortable life, but now he is faintly worried: "I don't know what the king will do with you!"

"No matter how you deal with it, it doesn't matter. I must kill these villains!"

Lu Xiangsheng also admired Bolo very much. From the exchange with Bolo, he even promised Bolo that he would intercede with Cheng Shijie on his behalf and strive to give him a good home, but Bolo tricked him.

Cannonballs flew out of the barrel at high speed, then slammed into the Alka Castle, exploding the Alka Castle into flames. Amidst the roar of cannons, soldiers in black lined up in three rows and approached the city wall with rifles. They did not climb up immediately. They were more than [-] steps away from the castle and kept firing at the city wall.

The Chongzhen [-]-year-old rifles equipped by the Royal Army of the Ming Dynasty have a longer range than the muskets equipped by the Cossacks. Taking advantage of the range advantage, the defenders cannot hit them at a distance of [-] meters, except for a few unlucky ones.

The bullets of the Ming army were as dense as locusts, piercing into the flesh and releasing streams of blood. The artillery blasted the city wall like a volcano erupting. The fire on the city wall shone brightly and shrapnel flew across the city. The soldiers guarding behind the arrows stomped on were dead and wounded. .

Those brave Cossacks were frightened by this tragic scene. They dropped their weapons and fled in all directions. The relatively smaller number of bannermen soldiers did not collapse. After all, they fled thousands of miles and were rained down by Ming army rockets. They have all experienced attacks. For them, this is just a small scene.

But the problem is, it also makes the fleeing Cossacks unable to stand firm. The governor of Alka Castle, his hair disheveled, brandished his sword and roared at the fleeing Cossack soldiers: "Go back all! Go back all! Hold on to the city wall and don't retreat, otherwise they will all die!!!"

He roared loudly, but no one cared about him at all. Everyone just ran away. The Governor was so angry that he almost spurted blood!

No matter how strong the city is, it is futile in front of the King of War. For the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, if one shot cannot collapse, then another shot will be fired. Until after more than [-] shots, the city wall was finally overwhelmed.

As the city wall collapsed, the Ming soldiers held rifles on their backs, a pistol in their right hand, and a grenade in their left hand. Jieruo Yuanxiang climbed up quickly, and the soldiers below continued to fire at the shooting holes in the city wall, firing a volley of guns. , several more defenders were shot and fell to the ground.

Soon, the first Ming soldier jumped from the crenel onto the city wall. The two defenders roared and rushed towards him with swords. He raised his pistol and pointed it at the two burly guys and pulled the trigger. Bang bang bang, he emptied the bullets in the gun in one breath. ,

The blood and dust exploded on the bodies of the two Cossack soldiers one after another. Their bodies were twitching like an electric shock. With each twitch, their vitality was lost. The bullets were all gone. One fell to the ground on the spot, while the other held on. He rushed in front of the Ming army soldier and struck him with his sword.

The Ming soldier's body slumped, and he slipped under the long sword. The bullet hit the Cossack soldier's shin hard. He made a crisp sound, and the Cossack soldier let out a howl and fell to the ground.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty filed in, and the battle would naturally determine the winner.

Courage is nothing compared to artillery. (End of chapter)