Li Shutai, Zhao Tingchen, Yuan Maogong, Xu Xuling, Lang Tingzuo, Lang Tingxiang, Lang Tingji, Tong Fengcai, Malerji, A Xixi, Ma Hu, Shi Weihan, Chen Tai, Aljin, Li Guohan, Zhuo Butai, Baha, these key members of the Tashan system, now have at least one Jiala Zhangjing, and at least more than 1,000 soldiers under his command. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Melle Zhangjing's substantive positions and titles, there are a lot of them.

When these people saw the new weapon created by Chen Banda, and saw the effect and power of the Aobai Divine Machine Battalion after the demonstration, they were all happy to see the hunting.

Li Shutai, Ma Leji and others even grabbed a lifting gun, and compared it left and right, pondering how to maximize the effect of this sharp weapon.

"I think it's the best thing for defense! Set it up in the trench bunker, behind the cannon hole of the wooden wall, and steadily kill and injure the enemy troops attacking the trench! ”

Tong Fengcai drew a sketch on the ground with a horsewhip, pointing to his comrades from Aobai and Tashan, and everyone gathered around to watch. Although the picture is simple, it is clear to everyone at a glance that this is the epitome of the trench fortifications in Tashan and Jinzhou.

"Compared with the Nanban, we have fewer artillery pieces, and we don't have as many guns as them. There is not a single rocket that lacks morality! Therefore, if you fight against the Nanban in the future, you might as well do this. Tong Fengcai pointed to a thick long line representing the long trench with the gold-inlaid handle of the horsewhip, "I only put a few soldiers on the front line, and killed and wounded the Nanban soldiers and horses at a distance of about 200 paces with the guns erected on the chest wall of the long trench. ”

"That's a good idea! Raise the gun and add the firearm, and we won't have to worry about the three-plate axe of that crazy tiger! ”

"If you add artillery, you should be able to press the Nanban team within a hundred steps in front of our position!"

"At this distance, they can only shoot at our firearms, we have trenches to rely on, and the casualties are much less than those of the Nanban, and the Nanban will suffer heavy casualties!"

"That's right! At this distance, his earth-shattering thunder is no matter how powerful a warrior is, he can't throw it into our trenches! can only be beaten right in front of your eyes! ”

In the minds of these generals of the Tashan system, the sea of fire and corpses everywhere on the Tashan position back then were memories that they could never erase. Their tactical way of thinking, consciously or unconsciously, has slipped in the direction of relying on firearms and fortifications to conduct defensive operations.

Ao Bai watched from the side for a while, and a sneer suddenly broke out on the big disc face.

"Guys, you only see the power of raising a gun in siege and defensive operations, but why don't you see how effective it is in the field?"

The so-called character determines fate, and in the same way, character also determines the tactical style of the general. A person with a temperament like Ao Bai absolutely does not like the flesh mill of trench warfare, he only likes to kill and capture the flag in the field battle, destroy and defeat the enemy.

"Aobai, although your gun has a long range and great power, but the reloading time is much longer than that of a firearm, and you need three people to operate a gun, how can you use it to break the enemy in the field?"

The three brothers of the Lang family are now two Meler Zhangjing real positions, one Meler Zhangjing title, and the three brothers are all Meler Zhangjing, and they are also very dazzling figures in the Eight Banners. The questions they raised were naturally the thoughts of everyone.

Ao Bai sneered, wiped off the sketch of the fortifications that Tong Fengcai had drawn on the ground with the soles of his boots, and sketched them on the ground with a horsewhip.

Soon, the squares representing the cannons, the long strips representing the guns, and the flat squares representing the firecrackers appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"I ordered the artillery to be in front of the enemy, and then the guns were raised, and the guns were pressed. Each time the enemy is approached, the artillery fires first, and then, the gun is raised forward to bombard one round, so that the artillery has time to reload. After raising the guns and firing them, the musketeers stepped forward, whether it was three columns or five columns, just bombardment. Then, the cannon crossed over the gunners and fired, and the guns followed, and the gunners were loaded with sub-medicine. And so on and so forth, as you say, the enemy will never be able to rush within a hundred paces of our army. Our army can be pressed slowly, and it only takes a few rounds of bombardment, and the enemy army will definitely collapse! ”

Aobai's tactical design suddenly brightened the eyes of these Tashan generals who were stuck in the Tashan defense combat experience: the main force advanced step by step with guns, and part of the cavalry used the cold weapons that the Eight Banners were good at to attack, and part of the cavalry used carbine to shoot in a rotary way to control the periphery of the battlefield. Finally, use elite skirmishers to break through the complex terrain and let the main force come forward to win.

But in this way, the so-called cavalry and archery technique of the Eight Banners cavalry has to make a lot of content adjustments, not only the bow and arrow on the horse, the sword, gun, short axe, and iron bones under the step, but also the use of firearms! The mounted infantry of the Eight Banners is about to master one more skill!

"Aobai, this, it's a little difficult!" Zhuo Butai was a little embarrassed, he turned his head and timidly glanced at the Dianjiangtai in the distance, "Not to mention whether the masters are willing to change it as you say, even if they are willing to change it like this, where, there are so many fire guns and medicines in there?" Second, the vests of each flag have increased the subject of performing firearms, how to calculate this standard? You don't want to offend all the Eight Banners at once! ”

Zhuo Butai's words immediately resonated with the generals of the Tashan system, these upstarts could obviously feel the pressure from the upper echelons of the Eight Banners, and they were unwilling to operate firearms, and they did not plan to stay in the pass for too long, etc.

"Everyone, I can't hide it. The Lord Regent ordered me and Cao Jueluo to take charge of this Divine Machine Camp, so naturally he had his plans. Ao Bai raised his big slap and waved it a few times at his retinue, who nodded and got on his horse.

"Three shots at once, everyone, please keep an eye on it!"

Located in the left front of the point of Dolgon, Hong Chengchou, Dai Shan and others, a city wall cloud ladder city (, put the first horn cannon, a flag bearer on the city holds a three-foot-long, six-foot-wide triangular flag (the periphery of the flag is decorated with centipede teeth, and the center of the flag has a "Ling" word cut with a big red velvet step), as soon as the cannon sounds, the Lingqi will be shaken left and right once, and the second and third cannons are the same; Then there were drums in all directions of Nanhaizi, and when the war drums responded from all directions of the entire martial arts arena, the flag was hung on the flagpole.

At this time, the war drums in the school field sounded in unison, and the horns did not stop, and the officers and men of the Shenji Battalion, who were originally lined up in the distance in front of the point general platform, immediately turned to face north and faced the point general platform, and set up a long snake formation.

After the officers and soldiers lined up, the drums and trumpets rested for a while. Immediately, the drum and trumpet were raised again, and when the soldiers heard the sound, they moved their shotguns to their chests, took out the bamboo pipes that had been pre-filled with gunpowder, and poured the gunpowder into the cavity of the guns. As soon as the second drum and horn sounded, the gun was removed from the gun and inserted into the chamber to build the gunpowder, and then the strip was put back in place to resume the posture of holding the gun in the right hand. Smell the third drum and trumpet, raise the gun in a ready position at the same time, and check the flint and other objects. Then the horn sounded again, and the gun was aimed forward. At this time, the drum sounded, and then there was a temporary silence, and the rotation "knock, knock, knock" started three more times, and the third sound was the firing signal, so all guns were fired together.

Dai Shan and the others saw a long snake-like fire dragon suddenly lit up in the distance on the platform, and then the smoke rose, and this neat row of gunshots sounded in their ears, "Okay! Very good! Excellent!" Prince Li straightened his gray beard, "Back then, the Ming army always abused our army with firearms, and now our firearms are far superior to them. ”

However, the next demonstration of "three shots in a hurry" made Dai Shan and others a little annoyed. Because arquebuses are not suitable for rainy days, these cavalry use flintlock guns, which are what the devils call rain iron cannons.

After the practitioner carries the gun on his horse and enters the horse track, he must quickly take out the bamboo pipe containing the three-coin gunpowder from his waist and pour the gunpowder into the chamber of the gun. Immediately remove the pass from the gun, stuff the gun chamber, tamp the gunpowder, and then reset the pass bar; Then he pulled the handle of the machine, checked the preparations before shooting, and immediately raised the gun to aim at the first target on the left, and immediately pulled the trigger before the horse ran to the target. The vest should complete three shots within 100 paces, and place the second and third shots, just like the first shot.

The targets prepared for the armours who demonstrated the three guns were made in this way: a three-foot-long iron bar was taken, one end of it was inserted into the soil, the other end was fitted with an iron ring with a diameter of one foot, and finally a small leather ball dyed red was hung in the center of the ring.

"The rule set by the Lord Regent is this, if the vest is fired on the horse, if the vest is opened, the force of the projectile passing the ball can make the little red ball hanging on the target swing, and it is considered a hit. One shot is combined, two shots are good, reward Qian Mi, three shots are successful, the evaluation is outstanding, and the department will fill in the vacancies! Ao Bai proudly explained the training standards of the Shenji Camp to these upstarts.

There is no doubt that the Shenji Battalion has become another sharp weapon in the hands of Dolgon, after the Clothed Soldiers, to suppress the opposition forces in the Eight Banners.

However, Li Shutai and the others couldn't think of so much, they just thought about how many people would be able to pass if such training was implemented among their subordinates? This tactic of three shots at once undoubtedly swept past the enemy formation in front of the two armies, and could kill and injure the enemy more effectively than bows and arrows. However, the requirements for practitioners are also higher. It must be quick, skillful, and swift, and if it is a little sluggish, the horse will run past the target and not have time to release the gun.

At this time, the Eight Banners Group was not synonymous with decay and decay. They are extremely sensitive and quick to learn and master new things, new technologies, and new tactics. In this regard, the Ba'er Jin family, who were also born in the northeast, have a strong resemblance to them, from using wolf tooth arrows to playing with artillery, it is only the time of several generations of grandchildren.

However, there are left, center, and right factions in any collective, and Chen Tai and others are quite appreciative of such training and tactics. However, the old and virtuous Prince Li Daishan and others couldn't stand it anymore. He was dismissive of these tactics that went against Jurchen tradition. He snorted in his nose, "Qiqi Regent, the minion has been tired for the past few days, and occasionally feels cold, so I implore the regent to allow the minion to leave early for a while." ”

"Why did Brother Li leave early? There is another link, and today's proofreading is over. With a smile on his face, Dorgon waved his hand at the second brother, "Shuoto, go, wait for your Amma to sit down." ”

Dolgon's trick really made Dai Shan disgusting enough, knowing that he didn't want to see Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo's sons, but he just let Shuo Tuo, who is now in charge of a banner, go over to serve Dai Shan, which is clearly to block him. However, if you don't hit the smiling person, let alone the regent who has the power of life and death in his hand? Seeing his son Shuotuo, who was eager to eat him alive, came over with a malicious smile, Dai Shan could only sit down stupidly.

After the demonstration of the left wing of Aobai, he only went down to the camp with the Tashan generals to discuss how their soldiers and horses fought and how to train. Next on the field were the 10,000 soldiers and horses of Cao Zhenyan and Cao Jueluo on the right wing.

is different from Aobai's formation, Cao Zhenyan's momentum is even better.

The generals sounded three more trumpets under the stage, the drums and horns sounded in unison, and the thunderstorms on both sides of the martial arts arena also shouted in unison, and the horse team took the lead and slowly came out; When they reached the limit, there was a sound of gold, and they all closed it together. I saw that the three-way war drum was beating, the yellow flag was waved on the stage, and the vest queue stood on the first floor; Red flags are flying, cannons and gun-carrying teams stand on the second floor; The blue flag beckoned, and the firecrackers stood on the third floor; The black flag beckoned, and the sword team stood on the fourth floor; The white flag was waving, and the pikes stood on the fifth floor. 10,000 soldiers and horses made a total of five layers, and the array was neat and the flags fluttered.

There were many gold-weaving dragons in that array, all of which were owned by the Baya Laqi Zhangjing, Beile, and Beizi who were on errand in the Shenji camp, and the owners of these gold-weaving dragons dismounted together and saluted the regent on the stage neatly and waited for the order to come down.

Suddenly, the yellow flags on the Cloud Ladder City suddenly parted, and the horses stabbed at the two wings and retreated separately, protecting both sides of the great array, and the front revealed cannons and spears; With a sound of the cannon, the red flag pressed down, the war drums behind the battle were urged, and the artillery and guns in front of the battle were fired together. The sound caused a field of flying sand and rocks to fly in front of the formation, and the flames were everywhere, like a landslide.

After the guns and artillery are fired, the large array moves to the second advance; According to the order, another burst of guns was fired, and the large array moved to the third advance. After talking about it, he moved to the ninth and put nine rounds of guns. When they reached the ninth march, the red flag swept into the ground and erected it, only to see the letter cannon flying, the drums and horns in the formation sounded in unison, and the artillery of each team handed over the chain of guns and cannons according to the chain of steps, ping pong, as if tens of thousands of thunderbolts exploded together, shaking the entire Nanhaizi for dozens of miles to shake a little.

Suddenly, there was a sound of gold, and they all stopped together, and there was silence. The red flag swept again, the cannon did not move, but the serial guns rolled up again, hitting the smoke and dust, and the electric flames in the black smoke shot indiscriminately. Wrap these 10,000 soldiers and horses in smoke, and see a figure there?

The red flag shook on the city of Yunti, but the gun-carrying team retreated. I saw that the blue flag was erected, the firecrackers rushed out of the smoke, and thousands of firecrackers were released in a cycle, like rain hitting the remnants of the load.

Cao Zhenyan, the general in the audience, urged the cannons repeatedly, the black and white flags were raised, and the pikemen killed together with the sword and brand soldiers. The yellow flag rose again, and the Ma army was divided into two wings and copied out of front of the formation, fighting against each other. The firecracker corps, the spear-carrying team, and the artillery corps went to ambush the two again, and there was a loud bang, and the horse army was scattered on both sides.

Cao Zhenyan had the intention to show off, so he grinded the five-color general flag in front of the general platform, a gong sounded, the victory drum was blown, the cannons, guns, guns, knives, and spears were all contained, and each returned to the army, and set up eight phalanxes in accordance with the system of each flag.

Suddenly, there was a shout among the eight phalanxes, the sea covered the river, and the soldiers and horses of the eight battalions flew out with the flag, protecting the entire point of the platform, tumbling and rolling into a large phalanx.

The phalanx shouted in unison, the war drums beat randomly, and they still returned to the place where they had been arrayed at first, and the ranks stood in unison. Just erect a big flag in the middle of the phalanx, on which are written the eight characters of "Leveling the world, leveling the thief and rebelling".

With such a demonstration, Dai Shan and the others felt uneasy in their hearts, and before they knew it, they were already soaked with cold sweat through several layers of clothing. "If the dog thief of Lao Fourteen plans to take Lao Tzu's life and seek to seize the throne, he only needs to let Cao Zhenyan, the dog minion, wave his master and kill him!"

Intimidated by Dolgon's prestige, Dai Shan sent Dolgon's orders to all the Eight Banners as the regent, saying that we who are slaves have no opinion, just follow the regent's will.

The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway.

Compared with the ministers of the Eight Banners, Hong Chengchou is naturally half an expert. In the past few days, one of his eyes stared at the entire Shenji Battalion's drill through the lens of the telescope.

He found that the tactics of the Da Ming Shen Machine Battalion were different, although they were all to ensure that the firepower was endless, and they were all so-called serial marksmanship, but the Qing army's was different from that of the Ming army.

The serial marksmanship of the Qing soldiers is divided into progressive and regressive serials.

The so-called progress chain refers to advancing while fighting; Regression is a series of regressions, which is to fight and retreat. Serial marksmanship is done by a column of several soldiers. At the beginning, the squad advances, and after the first soldier shoots, he moves out of the column to the left, stands and loads, and when he finishes the line, he is in the opposite tail, and the second to ninth soldiers all do the same. Along the way, the squad is always moving forward. It's a progressive chain. At the beginning of the regression chain, the squad is stood, the first soldier shoots, and then the rest of the squad is reloaded, and the rest of the soldiers do the same.

"Back then, Wu Biao used the formation of Xu Jin to fight against the regent's Fuhu Kaishan Formation, and the two battles were evenly matched, and they were both casualties. Now that the regent has such tactics, I wonder who will be able to gain the upper hand when he fights against the soldiers and horses of Liang Guogong on the battlefield in the future? ”

"Mr. Hong, Mr. Hong?!"

Hong Chengchou was contemplating and thinking, but his thoughts were interrupted by Dolgon's call.

"What is the gentleman thinking?" Dolgon saw that Hong Chengchou's mind did not belong, but he was a little puzzled.

"Nothing, nothing." Hong Chengchou hurriedly explained: "The prince is so powerful, why worry that the thieves will not be destroyed, and the world cannot be unified?" ”

"I have decided to order all the departments of the Eight Banners of the Great Qing Dynasty, except for the King of Pingxi and other departments who are currently fighting against the thieves in Xuanfu and other places, to practice this art of riding and archery.

"The prince is wise!"

On the stage, the nobles of the Eight Banners below Dai Shan all bowed down and shouted long live to Dolgon Mountain.

Only Hong Chengchou stood in front of his seat, frowning, thoughtful.

"What is the gentleman's concern?"

"The prince ordered the Eight Banners to drill firearms, and it is of course extremely wise to practice firearms tactics. However, the minister was stupid, but he was worried that it was not easy to build this firearm and cost money and food. At present, there are huge military expenditures in various places, how can we properly organize the firearms of the Eight Banners? ”

Hong Chengchou also handled the manufacture of firearms, and also purchased firearms and gunpowder from merchants in Nanzhong. He knows how much it costs! Now that trade with the South has been cut off, it is bound to be difficult to purchase from the south. If he built it himself, with the urine of the Ming Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Internal Supervision and Military Bureau, he wanted to create a sea-like firearm that was equipped with the firearms needed for the Eight Banners exercise, but this cost made him a little trembling when he thought about it.

"That's what the gentleman was worried about. Please rest assured that sir. I have ordered Chen Banda to build 10,000 imitation Nanban firearms, and 3,000 guns to be used in the warehouse. It can be sent to the Eight Banners at any time. I also gave Chen Banda, a dog minion, a decree that this amount must be kept in the treasury for reserves. You don't have to ask for a separate order! ”

"This!" Hong Chengchou gasped a little like a toothache! He expressed his shock at Dorgon's investment in the military industry.

"The prince is so generous, let the ministers admire. It's just that, in this way, the military salary must be 。。。。。 According to Hong Chengchou's impression of the cost of building these firearms, such a large-scale manufacture of firearms and guns is bound to cause huge pressure on military spending.

"Sir is indeed a loyal minister of the country. The old success of seeking the country is very gratifying to me. Chen Ban is big! After Dolgon praised Hong Chengchou, he called Chen Banda, who was waiting on the side of the Dianjiang platform, "You tell Mr. Hong how much these firearms cost." ”

"Yes!" Chen Banda hesitated slightly, and then fluently reported a string of numbers.

"Imitation Nanban fire guns are two silver dollars each, and each gun costs eight silver dollars!"

"What did you say?!" Inspector Hong turned his back to the sky and made his chair down, silent for a long time. His move frightened Chen Banda! In fact, the cost of each imitation Nanzhong firearm was only one tael, three cents, six cents and six cents of silver, but he reported two silver dollars. Each gun cost less than six silver dollars, but he reported eight silver dollars. The mystery in between, I don't say it, everyone can guess a few points.

At that time, Xu Xiangguo in Shanghai personally supervised the manufacture of high-quality Lu Mi guns, known as the most ruthless and vicious, and the cost of each one reached one hundred and fifty taels. The firecracker built by his old man costs fourteen or fifteen taels, and it costs a lot of money to buy the Nanzhong firecracker, so how did it get to Chen Banda's hands with only two silver dollars? ”

(The above figures are from the 9th year of Yongzheng, the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi to Yongzheng, the 51st year of Qianlong, and the 51st year of Qianlong and Shen to Qianlong.) The flint hair gun of the same style as the Lu Mi gun created by Xu Guangqi was made under the supervision of the famous corrupt official He Shen, each with fifteen catties of leaf iron, and one tael or three dollars of silver for the materials and six cents of silver. The maximum range of more than 400 paces of the gun is carried out, and the most expensive cost is only six taels, and the lowest is two taels and eight dollars. ）

"One hundred and fifty taels, two silver dollars, alas!" Hong Chengchou silently read these two sets of numbers in his heart, wanting to cry without tears.

"Xu Xiangguo, a certain family originally thought that you were an honest and self-disciplined scholar, although you believe in Western sects, but you have made great contributions to the country. Now it seems that you are also one of the moths that ruined my Daming Jiangshan Society! ”

"The Ming Dynasty has a famous minister like you, if you don't die, it is really unreasonable!" (To be continued.) )