Since the Jianzhou Jurchens started their army, they have been rampant outside the country for 30 years, and after countless bloody battles, they have finally unified the Jurchen tribes. The reason why he was able to win all battles was of course the fierce and stoic courage that the Jurchens had honed for hundreds of years in the cold and bitter land, and more importantly, the Jurchens' archery and horse archery were above all his opponents.

Compared with the Ming army, the main battles that the Jurchens had experienced before were still in the era of cold weapons. For them, the most lethal and deterrent weapon is the bow and arrow in their hands. Based on their long-term experience in fighting with bows and arrows, the strongest weapon in the world in their minds is the bow and arrow, as long as the bow and arrow are practiced well, there is no army in the world that can make them afraid.

This idea of being invincible in cavalry shooting is the same even in the hearts of people like Huang Taiji and Dai Shan. Before that, no one had no weapons that could fight the bows and arrows of the Eight Banners, and they didn't think they would ever have them in the future.

So when Nurhachi said that he would scoop up the Ming army's musket to test fire, many people didn't dare to show anything on their faces, but they were very disapproving.

There is something rare about the Ming army's firearms, and it's not that I haven't seen them. It's not much use at all in the battle array, it's just that the sound of fireworks is very scary, and the guns that come out are scattered and scattered, and they are injured at most when they hit the armor far away, and there are few examples of people who can break the armor and kill people.

Zhang Chengyin's Ming army is known as the elite, with so many firearms, the actual combat on the battlefield proved that they can't fight their Jurchen bows and arrows at all, what big guns and small guns are useless, a row of firearms down their own side at most dozens of people, but their own arrow rain can make them fall hundreds of times in the past, and the rate of fire of bows and arrows is much higher than that of firearms, who is powerful is naturally self-evident.

Moreover, the Ming army's big guns will explode on their own if they are not good, and those present have seen the tragic situation of the cannon blowing up the barrel and the gunner's arms and legs flying wildly and the corpse mutilated. This kind of weapon is so dangerous, and it takes a long time to make a successful shot, it is heavy and inconvenient to carry, and the lethality is not guaranteed, plus the soldiers of the Ming army are incompetent, so the Jurchen upper generals have a feeling of contempt for firearms.

What kind of general's cannon and what thunderbolt cannon blow so awesomely, it's not like that. What kind of people do what they do, that is, the stupid and cowardly army of the Ming army will invent this kind of useless weapon, the army with embroidered pillows uses the weapon of the silver-like wax spear head, and the toad jumps on the surface of the foot, not biting people and scaring people.

But Nurhachi spoke, and no one dared not listen. Huang Taiji and others are skilled in bowing and horses, but to say that they are all clubs and mallets when fiddling with firearms. First, they disdain to learn; second, I feel that it is too dangerous, and it is not worth it to blow myself up if I can't get gunpowder; So at present, the only people who have really come into contact with firearms here are the Han officials who surrendered.

As for the guns, some of them were captured when they plundered Fushun and other places last time, and the big guys such as the generals' artillery, tiger squatting guns, and Weiyuan cannons all went back to the furnace to make fine iron arrows, but they still left twenty or thirty bird guns, fast guns, three-eyed guns, etc., and the Han army that surrendered with equipment, these people are currently under Li Yongfang's men.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Yongfang's body to see how he reacted.

Li Yongfang didn't expect that there would be his own business here, and he originally thought that he would just follow and take a look. Only then did he understand what the messenger had intended to ask him to bring a fire gun before the emotion came, and he couldn't help but complain secretly.

He used to be an official in the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't know much about the internal problems of the Jurchens, but he only had some general hearsay. But he is not stupid, since he surrendered here, he has always seen more and done less talking, and he has also detected some clues for him. Amin in front of him is the son of Shulhachi, and Shulhachi let Nurhachi die, that is, to kill his father and enemy. According to the rules of the Han people in the Central Plains, the revenge of killing the father is not shared, although Nurhachi still makes Amin a big official, but what kind of trick is between these two people? It doesn't seem to bite the strings. Li Yongfang didn't know what the Jurchens thought about the hatred of killing their father, but he knew that hatred was the human nature of no race.

He didn't want to get involved in the internal struggle among these Jurchen nobles, who knows what Nurhachi thought? After being in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty for so many years, he has long understood that the most important trick to being an official is to figure out what he wants. At the moment, Nurhachi is respected here, but he can't afford to offend others.

Because he is a Han after all, even if he shaves his hair, he is still a Han. No matter how bad Amin is, he is also the banner master of the Jurchens, and offending him is undoubtedly the loss of the overall face of the four major beylers, and if these people are embarrassed by themselves in the future, it is difficult to say whether Nurhachi will protect him. Besides, he is now Nurhachi's grandson-in-law, and these people are all his elders, of course, the Jurchens don't pay attention to this ethical generation, but he Li Yongfang can't help but talk about it.

Even if Nurhachi can protect him, can he protect him for the rest of his life? He's an old man now, and who knows how many more years he'll live? In the future, if he hangs up and offends these people in advance, how can he continue to mix in the Jurchens? The power struggle of the Jurchens is a bloody and cruel reality, Shulhaqi and Zhuying are examples, yesterday they were still in charge of the glory and wealth, and in the blink of an eye, they became miserable prisoners. In such a cruel environment, it is really not advisable for a Han person like himself to be too deep, otherwise maybe one day someone will look at him unpleasantly, and a word can send him to the eighteenth layer of hell.

Do you really want to mess around here? Why do you think that? If you can't get along, isn't there another way to go? Is there really any hope of going back? Li Yongfang couldn't help but think of the message conveyed to him by the mysterious envoy in the Ming Dynasty envoy group a few days ago......

Li Yongfang, who was nervously turning in circles in his head, came to Nurhachi's horse, knelt down, did not dare to raise his head, and held up a bird gun with both hands and raised it respectfully above his head.

"King Khan, the minions have prepared the firearms, please show them to the King Khan."

"Forehead rises and speaks." Nurhachi's face was not as cold and hard as just now, after all, Li Yongfang was the head of the Han people who surrendered, and he could play a certain role in subduing people's hearts, so he couldn't be too harsh on him.

"The minions don't dare, in front of the Khan's horse, there is no place for the minions to stand." Li Yongfang patted his ass, but just knelt. In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, people who don't know how to make sycophants can be regarded as officials for nothing, let alone an old fritter like Li Yongfang, who has already honed his skills.

"Get up, get up, what's the word." Nurhachi's words were so, but there was no anger in his tone. Obviously, Li Yongfang's sycophants played a role, but this Khan king was not used to people disobeying him. Huang Taiji Daishan and others next to him were amazed, thinking that if they had time, they really had to learn from this Han man, and this sycophant was really useful.

Li Yongfang stood up in an orderly manner, completely like a son seeing Lao Tzu. Nurhachi pointed to the wooden shield and said, "Judging from the forehead, if this kind of big shield is used to attack the battle, can it defeat the firearms of the Han people?" ”

"In the words of the King of the Khan, although the firearms are sharp, they still need to be put away. Now the soldiers of Liaodong have been slacking off for a long time, the soldiers and generals do not practice drills, the equipment is negligent in maintenance, the generals are greedy for money and afraid of death, and the morale of the soldiers is scattered, which is basically a plate of scattered sand. With the elite army of a hundred battles under the command of King Khan, it is like a tiger wolf fighting a sheep dog, how can it be invincible? If it is matched with such a big shield, it means that the Ming army has firearms to help, and it will be impossible to escape defeat. ”

Li Yongfang said a lot, but in fact, he didn't say anything. It's just that the Ming army is incompetent, and the problem of Nurhachi is covered up by the concept of stealing, because he hasn't figured out what Nurhachi's true intentions are, so he doesn't dare to say anything. In fact, judging from his experience, the firepower of this kind of wooden shield to block small-caliber fires such as bird guns from a long distance is okay, and it is estimated that it is enough to choke when it is close. Especially when you encounter a large lead of more than a pound, and then you meet an experienced and excellent gunner, you will definitely break one by one.

It's a pity that old foxes like Nurhachi are not easy to fool after all, after listening to Li Yongfang's words, he frowned and asked: "Although the Ming army is incompetent, there are tens of thousands of people in Liaodong, and there are even more million Han people, and in the end, everyone is incompetent. It is necessary to know that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the army, and some people usually do not show their strengths, but they have advantageous means at critical moments. Like that Yue Xiang, who has heard of his name before, but he has clashed with the soldiers and horses of the second elder brother and the eighth elder brother several times, repeatedly ruined my good deeds, and escaped from the round-up of my army one after another. And this person is only a small general in the Ming army, so you can know that although the top level of the Ming army is weak, it is still not to be underestimated. If you meet a powerful gunner, you say, what is the chance of winning if this big shield wants to block the cannon? ”

This time it was really a duck on the shelf, Li Yongfang's mind spun around quickly, gritted his teeth and was about to speak, Nurhachi waved his hand and said: "In the end, it will not be empty talk here, you can use a fire gun to see if this wooden shield can block it." ”

Li Yongfang had no choice but to retreat, took out the gunpowder bottle and lead he carried with him, poured the gunpowder into the medicine room, and then used the whole strip to put the lead into the barrel of the gun and set the fire on fire. As a general, his martial arts and military skills are still passable, but he has some headaches in terms of firearms.

In this period, firearms belong to very technical special weapons, how much gunpowder is poured, how deep and tight the lead gun is, how to aim, the potential of the end gun, the range of fire and damage are all exquisite, and even because it is produced by craftsmen in different workshops, the performance and quality of guns are also different, and it is common for some guns to be scrapped after thirty or forty shots, so the cost of training has become very high. So it's really hard to be a trained firearms player these days.

It also takes two or three years for archers to mature, but there is basically no cost for bow training, and the equipment can be reused. This is not the case with firecrackers, which require gunpowder and lead for one hit, and when they are hit, they are gone, and this is all piled up with money.

Li Yongfang has been in the military camp for most of his life, and he knows how to use this bird's gun, but if he really lets him fight by himself, he has no bottom in his heart, and he feels that his gunpowder seems to be a little small, and he doesn't dare to add it if he wants to add it, for fear that he will hurt himself by loading too much weight, and while silently chanting the blessing of the Buddha in his heart, he aims the flat-ended musket at the front.

"Slow."

Just when Li Yongfang was drumming in his heart, Huang Taiji next to him suddenly spoke.

I saw him dismount and salute and said: "Father Khan, that is, the test gun, must be based on the actual combat situation, when the Fushun was broken, the son of the minister was in the Ming army Zhang Chengyin's army fought in the south pass of Fushun Pass, the Ming army sent the fire, often three or four hundred steps away from the release, and the release is uneven, the distance and the height are different, the lead and the body is weak and weak, and the loading is very troublesome, after a gun can not be continued, I take this opportunity to rush up, the Ming army is often in chaos, there is no chance to send a second gun. I don't know if the original practice of the Ming army is like this, if so, it must be a target shield 300 steps away to be suitable for the way of actual combat. ”

Huang Taiji's words made a smile of appreciation appear on Nurhachi's face, after all, this eighth son has the name of a wise general among their eight banners, and his vision is really unusual, and he can be the first to see this problem. Dai Shan next to him looked at it and suddenly felt a pang in his heart, thinking that this old man was really still a strong enemy, he suffered a loss a few days ago and was honest for a while, and now he is back to his old ways, so he really can't take him lightly. At the same time, he also secretly blamed himself for how his mouth was so slow, and he obviously thought of why he didn't say it, so this guy took the lead.

Thinking of this, he also rolled the saddle and dismounted, and Shi Li said.

"Father Khan, the son's red flag attacked the Ming army some time ago, and he encountered the Ming army's firearms to resist, and the sons found that the Ming army's firearms could only hit far, and the melee hand-to-hand combat was powerless. As long as our army gallops and shouts from afar, the Ming army often rushes to be the first to fire, but there are few hits. As soon as our army rushed to the front, the Ming army was in chaos without a fight. It is because Erchen thinks, most of these firearms are incompetent in close combat, otherwise why did our army rush to the front, and the Ming soldiers abandoned the guns? If not, wouldn't it be better to wait for our army to get close before firing guns? ”

This sounds childish and ridiculous, but in fact it is the reality at this time.

Jianzhou Jurchen also established the country name Houjin, and Nurhachi founded the country as Khan, and thought that it was a regime equal to the Ming Dynasty. But in fact, in terms of economy, science and technology, culture and other aspects, all are far behind the Central Plains Dynasty, and now they are still in the primitive society of slavery, the productive forces are extremely backward, and the level of science and technology and culture are basically blank.

For such a group of illiterate reckless men, at this time they did not understand the combat principle of firearms at all, and a few people knew that it was also the level of half a bottle of vinegar, coupled with a serious superstition about bows and arrows, and they were not willing to learn the combat methods of their defeated generals, but they just took it for granted that the firearms were useless fancy weapons, and they were too lazy to understand, and they subconsciously avoided to understand, so there were such strange theories.

This stubborn and conservative character lasted for more than two hundred years, until the end of the industrial revolution in Western Europe, the **** under the rule of the Manchu Qing still refused to accept new things, and finally knocked on the door of the country under the strong ships and cannons of the Western powers, unveiling the dark history of suffering and exploitation of oppression, invasion and exploitation for a hundred years, which shows that the Jurchens are really a short-sighted nation.

But for now, the cultural and technological gap between the Jurchens and the Han people is not enough to stop their invasion, and the bow and arrow are not outdated at this time.

"That's reasonable, E, you were a general in the Ming army before, do you know how the Ming army's gun method is practiced? What are the styles of firearms in the army? ”

"King Hui Khan's words, the guns and guns of the Ming army in Liaodong are no different from the Ming army in Xuanda Jizhen and other places, and most of them are practiced in accordance with the new book of performance written by Qi Jiguang. At that time, Li Chengliang and Qi Jiguang were both border commanders, guarding the Great Wall together, and they had a deep friendship. His sons Li Rusong and Li Rumei all studied the art of war under his command, so the training of the Ming army in Liaodong also inherited the style of the Qi army. Originally, there were many kinds of firearms in the Ming army, and the names were very mixed, but later Qi Jiguang eliminated a lot of nominal things when he was training, leaving only the invincible general cannon, the Franco, the tiger squat cannon, the bird gun, the fast gun, the flying mountain cannon, the three flying swords, the rocket, the son and the mother gun and other nine kinds of firearms in the army. At present, all the camps and guards of the Ming Army in Liaodong are like this, and they have not changed for many years. ”

"Oh, there is such a name, but I don't know what is the most advantageous of these nine firearms?"

Qi Jiguang's heavy people are like birds, rockets, this gun is in the past when he was in the south of the Yangtze River to suppress the Japanese from the hands of the Japanese people, the Japanese people called it an iron cannon, and Qi Jiguang saw that this gun is powerful and can be holes in heavy armor, and it is very accurate, and the birds on the tree can be ten of the **, so it is named the bird gun. This method of maneuvering was originally very strict, every time it was released, only the orders of the Chinese army were heard, and the commander of the Chinese army was in charge of the gun, looking at the enemy to 50 or 60 steps, and the Chinese army released a gun, to the enemy's side, before allowing the gun to be released, and it was divided as scheduled. Every long horn is sounded once, and if the Chinese army sets fire to a branch, it is allowed to release the rocket as a whole, and if there is no horn, the enemy will go to the camp, and it is not allowed to be lightly released. If the order is disobeyed and the enemy is hit, the enemy will be killed with one gun, and the beheading will be executed on the spot. ”

"And the defenders of the city guard the Francophone and the stone cannon, the Franco, also known as the alphabet cannon, is obtained from the overseas red-haired sea boats. The big ones weigh thousands of catties, and the small ones have more than 100 catties. Stone cannon Qi Jiguang called the first sharp weapon to defend the city, it is to fill the hole in the stone with gunpowder, build it with soil, install the reed tube, put it in the side wall battlement, meet the enemy under the wall, then burn the line into the cylinder, push it down by hand, the enemy sees only a stone, thinking that I can't hit it, and no longer be on guard. The medicine burns and the stones are broken, there are those who are close to each other and are not injured, and there are those who are hit by dozens of zhang, and the enemy is unpredictable, so everyone is in danger. This thing does not cost official money, tens of thousands can be prepared at a time, saving money and threatening the enemy, it is a wonderful strategy. There are still as big as a thousand catties, and there is a way to walk the rabbit lead, the system of longitudinal landmines, so it is ever-changing and not endless, but there is lag, not expected, not as good as the wall to push down is wonderful. The enemy to the wall, unstoppable, such as the head of the enemy, and the outside of the cluster of arrows such as a moth, that is, throw a stone, but hit a person, look up at the stone, every can be avoided, ten did not get one of them. As soon as this cannon fell, there were hundreds of people who didn't know who they were, and they were not afraid, and everyone ran away, so it was for the benefit of the people. ”

Speaking of the stone cannon Emperor Taiji is also deeply experienced, he has seen the power of the stone cannon under the Goatyu Fort, and killed the men he sent to scold the formation, so he leaned over and said: "Father Khan, the stone cannon has been seen, it is indeed as the forehead said, the cannon stone is bursting, the gravel is scattered and bursting, the strength is like a strong arrow, hitting the people and horses are either dead or injured, it can be called a sharp weapon." ”

As soon as he said this, he seemed to be talking about the benefits of the Ming army's firearms again. Dai Shan, who was next to him, couldn't follow him, because Huang Taiji's tone just now didn't degrade the firearm too low, as if it was just a purely academic discussion. And what he just said has some conclusive meaning, and it is very difficult to turn around at this time.

"Hear it, don't underestimate the firearms of the Ming army, people are only allowed to release them when they reach fifty steps, and the Ming troops you have encountered before are negligent in practicing and releasing the law, so that you and others have such contempt. That being the case, move the shield fifty paces away and take a look. ”

Li Yongfang had to rekindle the fire rope, aim at the target as much as possible, read God bless in his heart, pulled the trigger, the dragon head fell with the fire rope, and a fireworks erupted, and at the same time, Li Yongfang's face twisted back, and the smoke did not spray into his eyes. The mouth of the bird's gun shook, and a tongue of white smoke and fire spewed out, and a trail of smoke flew out, hitting the wooden shield fifty paces away, and blasting a small hole in the cowhide covering the wooden shield, and the sawdust flew wildly, and the projectile was embedded in the wooden board.

Still no breakdown......

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