Dorgon held up the copper bowl, the soju burning in his mouth and esophagus, giving his mind a dizzying thrill.

Putting down the wine bowl and picking up a piece of fatty lamb, spirits and fat meat seemed to him to be a perfect match.

The wine and meat went down and wiped his mouth, and Dolgon wiped his mouth. It was disdainful to express his contempt for Zilharang's embezzlement.

"Get some gold and silver? What's the use?! Only dirty and stupid people do that! ”

It was only in the presence of his closest brother, in front of his two most confidant minions, that he removed the mask he used for disguise.

"Let me ask you, do you know the price and price of grain in Shengjing?"

"Let me ask you, what is the standard of status among our Eight Banners?"

Duoduo and the two Baya Lama Zhangjing looked at each other, and the second monk was a little puzzled by the question raised by the second brother.

"Let me tell you, the price of grain in Shengjing, ordinary one stone of rice, the worst rice mixed with sand and stones, will also be sold for eight taels of silver! What did he get that little money for?! This mongrel of the Shulhazy family! ”

After a great mockery of Zilharang's rat-eyed eyes, Dorgon took from the bookshelf a very tightly wrapped Song book by Ahabs.

"Fifteenth brother, if we take a letter like Zhilu Dao to Shengjing, how much can Second Brother Li pay to exchange it?"

"Second brother! If you ask me what kind of woman is comfortable to sleep on, I still know! But this thing, it knows me. I don't know if it's the eldest and the second?! ”

"Master Prince Yu, such a book, the second master of the Li family can open a price, and the weight of the paper can be exchanged for a hundred times the grain. Or ten times as much cloth, refined salt, and cooking oil! ”

"After we looted a lot of money from the Ming Kingdom, the prices in Shengjing are going to jump up again! When the time comes, let him hold the pile of silver, and after being reprimanded and scolded by the black fat man, he will not be able to buy food! ”

Thinking of the fate of his old rival Zilharang stealing chickens and rice, Duoduo couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth. "Second brother, so you and the second brother of the Li family exchanged those rotten paper and rags for grain and cotton cloth?"

"Not bad! What's the use of guarding a pile of rotten rocks? Be greedy, be greedy, and be useful! Get more good rice, refined salt, cloth, Nanzhong knives and guns, firearms, and gunpowder to be real! ”

Dolgon's subordinate White Banner Baya Lama Zhangjing was thoughtful, "Master, then what do you say is respected in the Eight Banners?" ”

"Naturally, it's the population of Qiding and Niulu!"

Dolgon's words were unequivocal. But the three of them were stunned. Wow! It's so simple. Why didn't we see it?

Among the total of 310 cattle records of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, 48 are bull records of the white flag and 50 cattle records are inlaid with white flags, which are the two flags with the largest number of people in the Eight Banners. It is the two yellow flags led by Huang Taiji. There were not as many as the Dolgon brothers. This is also the reason why Huang Taiji has always been uneasy about the Dorgon brothers.

This entry. The Dolgon brothers had the largest number of soldiers and horses in the banner, and although many bannermen stayed behind in the Qing Dynasty, the two banners still sent a total of 15,000 troops. Among them, there are 5,000 people in armor and banners, and there are hundreds of Baya soldiers in each of the two banners.

The Eight Banners take Niu Lu as the unit, and when fighting, one Ding draws one, one Ding wears armor, and the rest are scattered. Among these armored soldiers, some of them were Bayala soldiers, and the rest were infantry and horse armor soldiers. In wartime, the armor banner is the main force, and the rest of the flag soldiers are used as ordinary soldiers, and most of them have to go into battle with the army and fight.

And in the army, there are a large number of Baoyi Aha as miscellaneous servants and auxiliaries. These people were the largest number in the expedition, but they were not the number of troops, and their main tasks were to camp up, manufacture various equipment, provide logistics services, etc., and when necessary, they also had to go into battle to kill.

Above the clothed Aha is the man in armor. The status of the armored people is higher than that of Aha, and the last ones are the bannermen of the Eight Banners.

The Clothed people are mostly the tribes of the Northeast People, and the ethnic groups are diverse, mostly the Oroqen people, Xibe people, Evenki people, Solon people, Daur people, Hezhe people, Kuyi people, etc., the Manchurians call them savages, and they are mostly collected from various mountain rivers.

Because these people are strong, they are the main targets of cannon fodder in the Qing army. The dead soldiers are in front, the sharp soldiers are behind, and the soldiers who should be executed, many of them are from these tribes. Due to the frequency of wars. These soldiers of the Northeast tribesmen who were used as cannon fodder, and when they got to the back, many tribes disappeared.

In the history of the Qing Dynasty, it is common to see the words "exile the families of officials to Ningguta and the armoured people" who came from the barbaric and backward tribes of Jiannu. And these so-called savages, combat effectiveness has always been the pillar of the Manchu army, until the suppression of the White Lotus Sect and the suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, they were the magic weapon of the Qing army.

The Qing army fought with the Ming army, because of the Achilles' heel of the small population base, the first wave of pioneers fought in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, the second wave drove the Mongolian tribesmen to fight, the third wave drove the tribesmen in the northeast to fight, and the fourth wave drove the Mongolian Eight Banners to fight. The last was the army of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

Although the structure of the Mongol and Han armies of the Eight Banners of the Qing State is not very perfect, in order to reduce the loss of core strength and drive cannon fodder miscellaneous soldiers to attack cities and trenches, the owners of the Eight Banners Manchuria have already had great experience.

However, in the past two years, the savages of the various divisions of Sauron have become more and more difficult to deal with, and even began to take the initiative to harass the tribes close to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, attacking the Manchu officials and the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. (Lin Wenbing: That's not what I instructed them to do, I'm just in charge of buying heads!) ）

"Second brother, so you asked that fat man for a decree to allow the Baoyi Ahabs to make meritorious contributions and carry the flag?"

Since entering the customs, after the meritorious service of Baoyi Aha proposed by Dolgon, the armor and weapons obtained belong to him, and he was raised as a bannerman under the great temptation, those who could only follow the Qing army in the past to pick up cheap Baoyi, suddenly broke out into the sky-high combat effectiveness, and more than a dozen cities were conquered by Niu Lu and Jiala composed of Baoyi Aha with a drum.

Among the 57 Niu Lu compiled from the prisoners of the Guanning Army, more than half of them had horses and armor, and many of them were the families of the former generals, so their personal skills and combat effectiveness were naturally different.

According to the traditional system of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. These coated cattle were the private property of Dorgon and the Dordors brothers. Even Huang Taiji himself, if he doesn't have a high-sounding reason, it is not good to steal other people's slaves and populations with open fire.

"Not bad! Fifteenth brother, you can calculate it yourself, since you entered the customs, have you had more or fewer soldiers? ”

There are huge personality flaws in Dord's personality because he witnessed the tragic death of his mother as a teenager. Fierce and brutal, bohemian. These words make up his main character. But when it comes to the way of business. is an official's intrigues, but he is far inferior to his second brother.

"Back to the two masters, when we entered the customs, there were 5,000 people wearing armor and banners, and the rest were Yu Ding. But now. Even if it's these remnants. They are also wearing iron armor. 5,000 in armor. There are more than 3,700 people wearing Nanban armor! Among the coated minions who accompanied our two white flags into the customs, more than 10,000 people were approved to wear iron-inlaid cotton armor because of the battlefield! Among them, more than 7,000 people were carried up and became bannermen because of their meritorious service. ”

"Master. In addition to the seventeen clothed cattle that Prince Rui gave us, we have white flags, especially under your name, not only have the soldiers and horses not been damaged, but there are thousands more. These new minions are bent on serving their masters, and also for their own promotion and fortune. It was the Baya soldiers in charge of the slaves, and more than 200 people were selected from them. ”

The two absolute henchmen told their masters about the growth and changes in their strength in the past few months.

"Besides these, fifteenth brother, do you really think that your second brother is so loyal to that black fat man?"

Dorgon poured another bowl of wine down his neck and ran his sleeve over the oil from his lips.

"Second brother, how do you say this?"

"Fifteenth brother, I'll tell you the truth." A cold light flickered in the corners of Dolgon's eyes, and the two Baga Lama Zhangjing immediately got up and left in amusement. Only the two brothers were left in the room for a secret conversation.

"What's the use of those cannons that we keep? It is a wolf and occupies a large space. We have nowhere to hide these cannons! And the gunners and mules and horses, where are we going to go up and hide them? What's worse is that these cannons consume a lot of money! A shot costs several pounds of gunpowder, and if there is not enough gunpowder, these cannons are just a bunch of rotten iron that is not available! It's better to leave it to the fat man and let him feed these artillery teams. We can also show our devotion to him. ”

After being dull for a while, Duoduo put down the wine bowl in his hand, "Second brother, having said that, but I have always been unwilling to cheapen the group of dog thieves who forced Eniang to death in vain!" ”

"Your second brother is not that stupid!"

The cannon Dolgon was handed over in full, except for the dozens of cannons that reported to Huang Taiji that he had attacked Jinan and other places with the army.

"I left behind the hundreds of Lu Mi guns and hundreds of Nanzhong Fire Guns in Lu Xiangsheng's camp, as well as more than 2,000 Nanzhong Fire Guns and Lu Mi guns captured from the Gao Qi Diving Camp, adding up to nearly 4,000! Those three-eyed guns, as well as the rotten fire guns that exploded as soon as they fired, all sent Jilharang and the two Mongolian minions back to Shengjing! ”

"In addition, nearly 3,000 sets of Nanban armor seized from the two large battalions, you and I are one and a half, and there are about 40,000 pieces of knives and guns. They are all good Nanban knives and guns, and some knives don't even have a notch scratch! ”

"Also, the medicine bags seized from Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qi's diving camp, the minions of the Guan Ning Army have also picked them out. They said that this was a good thing bought at a high price from Nanzhong, and that if they were injured by a gold wound, even if they were hit by a cannon, as long as they did not die on the spot, they cleaned the wound with the liquor in this medicine bag, and then used the medicine powder in it to stop the bleeding, and then applied the cotton wool, and then bandaged the wound with muslin cloth, and most of them would not die! ”

"Good baby! Elder brother! And such a good thing?! ”

"It's just a pity that there are always too few good things! There are less than five hundred copies. ”

"Does that yellow wolf know the way?"

"Naturally, this kind of good thing can't let him know the truth. Only you and I know about it. For all those who know about the matter, I am ready to arrange for them and Yue Tuo and others to attack Jinan first. ”

"Good!" Duoduo sneered twice.

"That guy who forced Eniang to death, he can bleed a bowl of nosebleeds on weekdays, and it is best for Fokulun to bless him in the future, and Amma's spirit in the sky will take care of him, don't let him get hurt, otherwise, the bleeding alone will be enough for him!"

Huang Taiji was overweight, and he suffered from high blood pressure and other diseases. He was often dizzy and prone to nosebleeds. From the point of view of modern medicine, there may also be low platelets, poor blood clotting ability and other diseases, which is a very dangerous thing for a ruler who is often present on the battlefield.

Firearms, knives and guns, armor, and a battle-tested armed team have made the brothers' strength swell unprecedentedly in this invasion.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and Baya Lama Zhangjing, who was in Manchuria with a white flag, gently asked outside the door, "Master, according to your consciousness." The minions brought them all. Ask the master to give me instructions. ”

In the yard. Under the light of the pine torch lantern, hundreds of musketeers lined up neatly.

The firecrackers were all dressed in iron-studded cotton armor, and a wide cowhide strap straddled diagonally from the left shoulder to the right rib. Around the waist was also a wide cowhide belt, on which hung a gunpowder jar filled with propellant. There was also a powder jar filled with the primer of the fire gate.

On the cowhide strap on the left shoulder hung a lead bag filled with projectiles. Whether it's a fire gate primer or a propellant. It's all made of copper pipes. Each tube is exactly one of the pills, and the equal portions are equal.

"According to those people, there is also a so-called fixed cartridge ammunition in the Southern Barbarian Army at the moment. The link of charging is omitted. These arquebuses and Lumi guns that we have captured still have to be charged separately! ”

The white flag of Baya Lama Zhangjing said with regret.

"It's okay! As long as those Nanban sell these sophisticated firearms to the Ming generals, we will have them! What they did was to send us the best weapons, armor, gunpowder, food, soldiers, and minions! ”

Zhang Jing, who was inlaid with a white flag, responded very proudly.

"The minions give the masters the same performance, toast!"

At the sound of an order, these gunners, who had been in the Guanning Army not long ago, skillfully took out a tube of gunpowder from their gunpowder canisters and poured the gunpowder into the gunpowder. It is also granular gunpowder. When pouring the medicine, the gunners are accustomed to being natural, and use their thumbs and index fingers to surround the mouth of the gunpowder to prevent the gunpowder from being spilled, and the lethality is insufficient after the gunpowder is released.

The gunner quickly took out the cane and built it into the gun a few times, building the gunpowder solid. He took a lead pellet from the lead bag, wrapped it in tissue paper, and brought it to the bottom of the puff with a cane. The last hand took out a tube of primer from the powder jar filled with the primer of the fire gate, but it was a finer particle of gunpowder, poured it into the fire gate pool, and closed the lid.

These guns moved fast, and it didn't take much time to complete this dazzling series of movements.

"Raise the gun! Fire! ”

"Bang bang bang!"

The dense sound of guns and popping beans sounded, startling the night birds that stayed in the tree of the governor's yamen and scattered in all directions.

The sudden sound of the gun made the nearby Eight Banners soldiers suddenly exclaim, and there was a commotion in several barracks.

It is no wonder that when the Xuan army held the Jiazhuang position not long ago, the stimulation brought to them by the sound of the fire was too great.

Even Duoduo himself, when he suddenly heard this dense sound, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He remembered that scene very much:

Taking advantage of the cold weather, Xuan's army took water from the nearby Artemisia River, rammed the earth excavated from the trenches into a low wall, poured water on it, and soon froze into a simple city wall. The firecrackers hid behind the low wall and fired their guns, the sound of which was mixed with a dense stream of projectiles, like a wind blowing through the weeds. Faced with the roar of the rain of lead bullets, the Qing soldiers fell to the ground one after another. Those who were lucky enough not to be hit all screamed loudly.

The hundreds of white-armored soldiers who rushed to the front were knocked over by nearly half. They let out a variety of howls, or fell heavily into the trench in front of them, or fell backwards on the hard ground.

Most of these people could not die for a while, and many of them struggled desperately, screaming loudly, or some of the most courageous people, covering their wounds and carrying weapons, stumbled and pounced again. At last, they were finally weak, and either rolled into the trench in front of them and did not move, or threw themselves down in the low wall and died, occasionally convulsing their bodies.

Not only that, but many projectiles were shot at the low wall, bouncing back and forth between several frozen and hard low walls, forming a random ricocheting projectile, causing greater casualties to the Qing soldiers who rushed into the low wall.

After paying a huge price, the Eight Banners reluctantly rushed into the camp of the Xuanda army. However, they are faced with new killings and tragic fighting.

Behind the wall, the black pressure of the mouth of the gun continued to burst into flames, one by one, the two white flags of the Qing army heavy armor who were panting and climbing the wall were knocked to the ground by the projectile, and the rapid projectile passed through their bodies and penetrated from his back, and the huge impact hit their heavy bodies and fell backwards on their backs.

"Put!"

The sound of loud shouts rang out, followed by a deafening burst of firearms.

A large area of gunpowder smoke rose up, and a large group of heavy armored soldiers of the Qing army with spears and halberds rolled to the ground. The distance between the two low walls is only forty or fifty steps, and the venue is really a bit unwieldy for these heavy armor soldiers who are accustomed to using spears and halberds to kill, but the Nanzhong firearm in the hands of Xuan's army is the best killing range, this distance can already penetrate their heavy armor, that is, the firearm did not penetrate their armor after being hit, and the huge impact of the firearm projectile is enough to shatter their bodies behind the armor.

The violent sound of the fire bolt was incessant, and each person's fire rope ignited the primer in their own fire door, and the glittering flames rose up, and then turned into smoke and fire that erupted violently from the mouth of the fire. At the end of the day, it merged into a deafening volley of firearms.

Clouds of blood mist emerged from the bodies of those Qing soldiers in heavy armor, and a large number of Qing soldiers who were shot fell to the ground one by one, covering their wounds and howling in pain. The hot blood in the body gushed out along the wound, and in this cold winter weather, it quickly flowed into the hard frozen soil, and soon condensed into ice.

"Second brother, if you hadn't transferred the artillery in time to bombard the artillery in Lu Xiangsheng's camp, I'm afraid that we would have killed and injured another thousand people, and we might not be able to break through Lu Lao'er's camp!"

Remembering the tragic scene of that day, Duoduo still had palpitations.

"That's why I'm going to train our own firecrackers! Tell the minions below that if you want not to be killed by the fire guns of the Ming Kingdom, you must have more and more ruthless guns in your hands than the Ming Kingdom! (To be continued......)