Zhuge Liang of the Dashun Dynasty and Li Dingguo, the King of Jin, had arrived at the Qiuchishan camp in the south of Gongchang Mansion and on the bank of the Rhino River at this time.

The topography of Qiuchi Mountain is very dangerous, a big mountain is surrounded by water on three sides under the Rhinoceros River and Yugu River in the upper reaches of the Jialing River, and the waterside is a steep rising hillside, but it is an open area when it goes up to the top of the mountain, it is a flat land on the top of the mountain that is about seven miles long and less than one and a half miles wide.

What is even more surprising is that there is still a water source on the flat land located on the top of the mountain, which can be cultivated, before the Dashun army took over here, the local mountain people opened two or three thousand acres of wheat fields on the top of Qiuchi Mountain, and cultivated it for many years.

However, soon after the arrival of the Dashun army, this flat land on the top of Qiuchi Mountain became an important place for soldiers to stock up on grain. Because it is located in the frontier area of the confrontation between the two armies of Ming and Shun, Qiu Chi Mountain is one hundred and twenty miles to the north, which is known as the strange mountain of the world, and the throat of Shu Long; The momentum is controlling the offensive and defensive Qishan.

And Qishan is currently in the hands of the Ming army, playing an odious role in blocking the Bashu gate.

Although Gongchang Mansion is generally a mountainous plateau, the degree of steepness is also different, generally the southeast is steep, and the northwest is gentle. Between Qiuchi Mountain and Qishan Mountain, it is a transition area from steep to gentle. From Qiuchi Mountain to the north, the terrain gradually flattened, and then rises sharply to Qishan, and to the north and east of Qishan, it is a large area of relatively gentle area, until Qinzhou (Tianshui), an important town in the upper reaches of Weishui.

In other words, Dashun's defense of Qiuchi could prevent the Ming army from going down the Rhino River and outflanking Luoyang and Yangping Pass. The Ming Dynasty held Qishan, which could prevent the Shun army from seizing Qinzhou and Longxi (Gongchang Prefecture), so as to force Guanzhong, Ningxia and northern Shaanxi.

Since the high-level leaders on both sides of Daming and Dashun are familiar with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", no one will ignore the key point of Qishan.

Therefore, it is unlikely that such a thing as a surprise attack will occur in a key point like Qishan...... However, Li Dingguo, who had just been accompanied by Liu Fangliang, the king of Wei, inspected a newly formed Dashunfu corps on the military camp on the flat top of Qiuchi Mountain, and now for the first time he felt full of confidence in his "one out of Qishan".

Because he did see an elite army that could fight tough battles and win battles!

"King Jin, the morale of the brothers is very high, and the weapons and armor are well maintained, it is definitely worthy of a battle!" Liu Fangliang, the king of Dashun Wei, who received the seal of the general of Pingnan (Li Dingguo's deputy), was more confident, "According to the forehead, there is no need to send the dead soldiers to cross the end of Nanshan, just push it over from the side of Qishan...... With so many soldiers, so well trained, good equipment, and improved musket and knife arrays, how could they not win? In the past few years, they have used their strength in Myanmar and Siam to completely miss the opportunity, if they took advantage of the fierce war in the Ming and Qing dynasties to go out of Qishan, they would have already shared the world with the Zhu family now! ”

"How could they have such an elite a few years ago?" Li Dingguo put away his smile and said coldly, "Before the Burma was defeated, they couldn't even get together the firearms...... How can you equip the centuriens with fifty muskets as they do now? ”

In fact, the increase in the rate of musket armament in the Dashun army had little to do with the attack on Burma, mainly because of the combined effect of the demand for their own weapons and the technological progress brought about by the craftsmen of Dashun - this matter is a bit complicated to say, but it is not difficult to understand. The reason why the military industry of the Ming Dynasty was sparse before was, of course, that the officials were corrupt and incompetent; But on the other hand, it is also caused by the lack of really effective demand...... Military households are so poor that they simply have no ability to bring their own weapons. Without the purchasing power of military households, the craftsmen in various health offices disappeared, and only some craftsmen were left who responded to the large orders of the imperial court. However, the large orders of the imperial court are often underpriced, and a large amount of rebates are given, so the craftsmen naturally cut corners, and gradually become a habit, and they will not make good things.

Although Dashun also has a large order from the imperial court, the craftsmen are mainly producing for the soldiers - if the quality is not good, be careful to be beaten! Moreover, Li Guo and Li Laiheng were really heartbroken in order to improve the quality of guns, and the shopkeepers or managers of those large handicraft workshops in Nanjing, Shanghai, Quanzhou, and Foshan were not as concerned as the two fathers and sons. The gang of people smashed their errands and were fired at most, and Li Guo's father and son were going to die if they smashed it!

Therefore, the two of them have tried their best to introduce good craftsmen to the arsenal managed by the Dashun Gong government over the years, and even introduced many foreign craftsmen from Shalian, and these craftsmen invited with high salaries served as master craftsmen in the official workshops of Dashun, on the one hand, to check the quality, and on the other hand, to teach skills to the craftsmen.

Therefore, the quality of muskets produced by blacksmiths all over Dashun is getting better and better, and the output is getting higher and higher.

However, no matter how good it is, no matter how high it is, compared with the large-scale handicraft workshops of Daming, it is still much worse - especially after the Pukou Institute of Technology began to provide master craftsmen for large-scale handicraft workshops in batches, the gap between the two sides continues to increase!

Although Dashun can accumulate more than 100,000 turtledove foot muskets and shotguns, Daming's side can easily produce tens of thousands of flintlock pistols a year!

Li Dingguo paused, "Let's follow the original strategy and start recruiting the dead...... 40 stone land coupons will be issued and 5,000 people will be raised! ”

40 stone land coupons are the quota of a government soldier!

In Dashun, which has a hole in the sky, this quota is enough to make the soldiers with more sons crazy! ”

......

"Sangui! Li Dingguo, the puppet king of the Jin Dynasty on Liukou's side, is ready to be Zhuge Liang and want to go out of Qishan to take our Guanlong. I pondered that if I want to deal with Zhuge Liang, I have to be Sima Yi, who is our Ming Dynasty's Sima Yi? Come on! ”

In Tianjin Weiling Fort, Zhu Cihong was smiling and talking to Wu Sangui, who came from Hexi non-stop, about a particularly terrible thing...... Let him be the Sima Yi of the Ming Dynasty!

What kind of person is Sima Yi! Rioters and thieves!

Wu Sangui felt that he was so loyal, why was he treated as Sima Yi?

I can't admit it!

"No, no, no," Wu Sangui hurriedly shook his head, "The minister is not Sima Yi, the minister should be Cao Zhen!" ”

"When Cao Zhen?" Zhu Cihong was stunned for a moment, "Cao Zhen can't beat Zhuge Liang!" ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't take "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" seriously, ......" Wu Sangui sweat beads appeared on his forehead! What's going on with this emperor? is quite a big Mingjun, how can you take the nonsense on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" seriously?

"Ah......" Zhu Cihong was stunned, "let me think about it." ”

"Your Majesty!" Wu Sangui said, "Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition was the battle of Lost Street Pavilion, and the commander of Wei was Cao Zhen, and there was nothing to do with Sima Yi...... Sima Yi was beating Meng Da in Shangyong at that time! After the second and third Northern Expeditions, the commanders of the Wei army on the Western Front were Cao Zhen! It was not until Zhuge Liang's Fourth Northern Expedition that because Cao Zhen had died of illness, it was Sima Yi's turn to be the commander of the Western Front.

And Sima Yi's record against Zhuge Liang was not good-looking, with one defeat and one draw. In fact, that Yiping was also lucky, but Zhuge Liang died of illness in front of the army, which made Sima Yi force Zhuge Liang's last Northern Expedition back.

At that time, Zhuge Liang had hit Wuzhangyuan...... It's all in the middle of nowhere! If Sima Yi loses again, Chang'an will be hanging!

In addition, Cao Zhen also crossed the Western Regions for Wei Guoping, led his troops to attack Lushuihu in Liangzhou in the first year of the early Huang Dynasty, beheaded 50,000 before and after, and obtained countless prisoners of war, cattle and sheep. And the minister also crossed the Western Regions for the Ming Dynasty, so the minister is Cao Zhen of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhu Cihong laughed and said, "I, the emperor, am so confused, I actually take "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" seriously...... Okay, you should be Cao Zhen! I made you the governor of Ganshan, the envoy of Hexi and Anxi, you went to block Li Dingguo for me, don't let the Liukou break through Qishan, and don't let Li Dingguo learn Zhuge Liang to work on various plains and slopes on the northern slope of the Qinling Mountains. ”

In the area from the north slope of the Qinling Mountains to the south of Weishui in the territory of Fengxiang Mansion, there are many loess plateaus, and the names are all with a plain or slope, what Wuzhang Plain, Monk Plain, Huanglu Plain There are a lot of them, once they are occupied by Li Dingguo, the trouble will be big!