As long as Yuan Yingtai does not go out of the city to die, more than 60,000 elite soldiers stay in Liaoyang City, and more than 1,000 Franc machines are placed on the city and bombarded, how many Jurchen soldiers can capture Liaoyang Jiancheng?

The effective range of the Franc machine is up to 300 paces, the best firing distance should be about 200 steps, and the effective range of the small Franc machine is about 100 steps, but this is completely enough.

The Hongyi cannon can bombard three miles away, what erosion for more than ten miles is of course, but the range is definitely far above the Franc machine with insufficient airtightness, but the Franc machine is a range of killing, and the Hongyi cannon is terrifying when it bombards, but the shell is a solid bullet, not a shotgun, in fact, the lethality is not too strong.

Later, the battle of Ningjin relied on Hongyi artillery with soldiers and horses to defend the city, and the Eight Banners Army returned with feathers.

If the battle between Shenyang and Liaoyang is presided over by Xiong Tingbi, I am afraid that the Houjin soldiers will suffer serious losses ten times, and even if the Liao affairs cannot be completely resolved, it is estimated that the Houjin will not be able to have much fun.

Trapped in the old forests of Changbai Mountain, there is no way to farm during the ice age, and the Ming Dynasty blocked the mutual market channel, the strategic resources will only be less and less, and even the Jurchens don't even have salt, their salt is provided by the Ming Dynasty from Haizhou and other salt fields, there is no iron, grain salt and iron are insufficient, Xiong Tingbi does not need too long in office, five years is enough for him to completely repair the side wall, as long as the successor does not take the initiative to attack, even if it is trapped and guarded, the Jurchens are trapped to death.

At that time, Lin Dan Khan was still in a strong period, the Jurchen Mongol allies Korqin were unstable, and tribes of all sizes looked down on Nurhachi, a state-building savage.

But from Xiong Tingbi's resignation, the loss of Liaoyang and Shenyang, to the discord between Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi in the Battle of Guangning, and then to Chongzhen's quick success in the Battle of Songjin, sometimes Min Yuanqi is also a little embarrassed and emotional, may it really be a destiny?

Even if there is a destiny, people can fight, and people may not win the sky, but if you don't try, how can you know the result?

It's not that Min Yuanqi doesn't want to cast Hongyi cannons, after all, everyone knows that this is a good thing.

Of course, the Hongyi cannon can't do a cannon bombardment and erosion for more than ten miles, that's fart and nonsense, but the range of the heavy artillery is quite normal at five or six miles, and the range of the smallest Hongyi cannon is about two miles.

Comparatively speaking, the range of the Big Buddha Lang plane, which weighs more than 1,000 catties, is only three or four hundred steps, less than one mile.

And the effective killing is the armor-piercing distance, and the large Franc machine is only about 200 steps, and it will not be far.

The small Franc machine is only about 100 paces away.

In terms of killing distance and deterrence against the enemy on the battlefield, the Hongyi cannon is the existence of everything in this era, and the Ming army's victory over the Houjin is of course all won by the help of the Hongyi cannon.

If possible, Min Yuanqi also wanted to get the Hongyi cannon, but from the actual situation, he could only give up.

From Jiangbei to Nanjing, there were no craftsmen who could cast Hongyi cannons, and there were no officials who could preside over it, and the high cost of casting Hongyi cannons was also a huge expense that Min Yuanqi could not afford at all.

A heavy cannon of the Ming army weighed five or six thousand catties, and the casting cost and cycle were quite long.

If Min Yuanqi insisted on building this cannon, from finding a craftsman and technician to making a mold to make a cannon, the cost of money and time invested was something he couldn't afford.

Next year, the Qing army will go south, and his cannon may not be cast by then.

Even if a few small copper cannons were barely cast, the artillery crew had insufficient training time, and the training with the soldiers was insufficient, could it really be like the Ming army, which put a large number of Hongyi cannons at the head of the city?

Field battles are not successful, and defending the city is also very rigid, and small cannons are useful and can be used in field battles, but they still can't solve the trouble of time and cost.

I had to give up.

In fact, although the Qing army had a large number of Hongyi artillery, Wu Sangui took the initiative to open the gate in the battle of Shanhaiguan, and there was no need for artillery bombardment.

In fact, the battle of Yishi and Jingshi, and then the war in Taiyuan and Henan Weihui and other places were useless.

Later, the attack on Tongguan and the main force of the army will be battled, the Qing army considered that Tongguan is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it urgently sent Hongyi artillery from Beijing to follow the main march.

As a result, at the end of the battle of Tongguan, the army was defeated, and Tongguan changed hands, and the artillery team escorting the artillery was still in Hebei, which was still far from Tongguan.

These artillery teams later turned south and arrived at Nanjing and other places.

Many cannons were later transported to strategic places such as Jingzhou, where they were preserved.

It was not until more than 200 years later, after the British army invaded and blasted open the gate of the Qing Dynasty, that when various places were busy rearming and rearming, they found that the Hongyi cannons left in various cities at the end of the Ming Dynasty were much larger than the new cannons cast by the Qing army at that time in terms of weight and artillery power, and the power was not inferior to those new cannons, and even won the game.

The Hongyi cannon is too heavy, not only is it not easy to cast, but it is also not easy to move.

The Ming army's firearms road was completely crooked, and a large amount of money was invested in thousands of pounds of Hongyi artillery, not heavy guns or small artillery, only this kind of cannon, which was regarded as a sharp weapon for the town.

If you stubbornly defend the gate of the city, these cannons are indeed sharp weapons, but sharp weapons also need to be controlled by people, and you can only defend the city on the battlefield, but if you defend the city, if the people's hearts are scattered, even if it is ten thousand catties of artillery, what can you do?

When Li Zicheng conquered the Beijing Division, the Hongyi cannon on the Beijing city wall was the most configured in the entire Ming Dynasty, after all, the safety of the Beijing Division was the top priority, and the cannons cast by the Ministry of Industry were given priority to the Beijing Division, followed by Shanhaiguan, and other cities were not as much as the Beijing Division.

What's the use of that?

The Beijing division has no soldiers to defend, and what is more important is that it is ineffective from top to bottom to be loyal to the heart of the fight.

A large number of Hongyi cannons did not fire a single shot, and fell into the hands of the invading army and the Qing army successively.

So such a heavy and inappropriate weapon, Min Yuanqi was not very interested.

Fortunately, there are many types of artillery in the Ming army, and after thinking about it, Min Yuanqi decided to use the Franc machine for artillery.

Moreover, there is no need for a large Franc machine weighing more than 1,000 catties, and the Franc cannon that is generally about 600 to 700 catties is used.

The one that is too small, weighing three or four hundred pounds, has too short a range, and is not too useful.

The medium-sized Franc machine gun, which is six or seven hundred pounds and has a firing range of about 200 paces, is enough to defeat the enemy.

What's more important is that these six or seven hundred pounds of Franc machines are relatively easy to cast, the time cycle is shorter, and the cost is lower, which is also the most cost-effective choice.

Or Min Yuanqi's limited funds on hand, as well as the trouble of lack of time. Otherwise, it is still easy to move, and the small copper cannon weighing about 600 catties is the most appropriate, and it is easy to move on the battlefield, and it is much more powerful than the Franc machine that is limited to the gun carriage and can only adjust the elevation angle to shoot, and the suppressive power on the battlefield is also stronger.

Even so, such a Franc cannon is enough.

The artillery crew can get usable artillery as soon as possible, successfully form it as soon as possible, and can also train with the infantry as soon as possible to give full play to the role of artillery as soon as possible.

These problems are the same as armor making, making fire guns, and buying war horses, which are actually quite headaches, but things always have to be done step by step, and you can't choose to give up because of difficulties.

If one link is given up, then the whole link may collapse, no matter how difficult things are, even Min Yuanqi can't sleep many nights, but he always gritted his teeth and persevered.

This kind of persistence is for himself, but also for his relatives and friends, this side of the land, no matter how he does, Min Yuanqi feels worthwhile.

Success is not necessarily success, as long as you keep doing it, maybe a miracle will happen.

Half a year ago, Min Yuanqi would never have imagined that so many changes would occur in him in a short period of time.

From the beginning of the mediocre small civil servant, through the beginning of the cautious and cautious, then turned to unwilling, rising, and then shouldering more, bigger and heavier responsibilities, to now, many things are no longer just thinking about themselves, but to do more for their own achievements.

Even if he fails in the end, Min Yuanqi hopes to leave with more people, instead of only caring about himself as originally envisaged.

Not to mention anything else, can the family of Min Qiande, the clan uncle who has always trusted and fully supported him, give up?

What about Min Yuanzhong, Min Yuanjin, Liang Shifa and others who are loyal to themselves and can be regarded as confidants?

Shen Yong and Shen Liang brothers, but also for themselves can throw away their lives, such as the workshop in front of him, it looks like there are unsatisfactory places, but two months ago this was still a shrub wasteland, from scratch, from a single person to a huge workshop with hundreds of people, Shen Yong is worried that he is not capable, he eats and lives in the workshop every day, he does not wash or change clothes for more than ten days, and there is a smell of rancid smell everywhere he goes, his children have not seen their father for many days, Shen Yong does not sleep for three hours a day, so he does not sleep and does not go home. How could Min Yuanqi let him down?

Then there is Zhu Wanchun in front of him, his family also fully supports Min Yuanqi, the purchase of gunpowder sulfur saltpeter, if there is no Zhu family, it is impossible to buy it smoothly, war horses, Franc machines, and salt goods all rely on the Zhu family's efforts.

Although the Zhu family also made huge profits in the salt trade, to be honest, his later help and cooperation with Min Yuanqi was also a backer for the family to find a truly trustworthy ally.

Even the Jingshi has fallen, and the emperor has also been martyred, who can know what will happen underneath?

Is it the establishment of a new dynasty after a few years of war, or is the war prolonging, and the countries of the world are full of powerful vassals?

From the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, it is only fifty-three years, but it feels like hundreds of years have passed, because there are too many wars in the five dynasties and ten countries, and those famous and famous generals of the Son of Heaven appear and end again.

If Zhou Shizong doesn't die, or even live for another ten years, how can there be anything to do with the two brothers Zhao Da and Zhao?

As long as people who have read history books are full of history, they will be vigilant at this time, judging from the posture of Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie and others, the trend of strengthening the feudal domain has been achieved.

Whether there will be more and more feudal towns after that, or whether they will be smoothly unified by the newly established Dashun, no one can say from the current point of view.

The Zhu family did make a lot of effort in matters such as purchasing nitrate, and even spent a lot of money.

and the time and energy spent on buying war horses is also very great, and it also uses all the connections and partners of the Zhu family in the north, and owes a lot of favors.

Doing these things, of course, is not only optimistic about Min Yuanqi, but also for the safety of the Zhu family itself.

If there will be endless wars in the future, the flames of war will be prolonged, and the order will be further disrupted, then having huge wealth is not a good thing, and it is very likely to be the cause of the disaster.

For Min Yuanqi, it doesn't matter what the Zhu family thinks, what matters is what others do.

Zhu Wanchun in front of him is already getting along like a friend, and it is impossible for Min Yuanqizi to be sorry for Zhu Wanchun and his clansmen.

These things, like mountains, weighed heavily on Min Yuanqi's shoulders.