Chapter 43: The Big Rocket

Withdrawals, especially before the battle. Again retreated in front of Dord.

In such a season, it is impossible to be without flaws.

The generals were overjoyed, and they all asked Duoduo for battle, saying, "Ten kings, your subordinates ask for war." ”

Dordor swept across the battlefield and said, "Don't chase them and let them go." ”

"This ----" is something that many people don't understand.

When Dordor saw that Thurai was thoughtful, he said, "What do you think, Thurai?" ”

Turai said: "The ten kings are wise, and the servants guess what the ten kings mean, which is to lead the Xia army out of the city to fight. Xiangyang City is a strong city after all. If the thieves retreat in Xiangyang City and attack the city, it will take a lot of effort. The thieves are outside the city like this, and it is not right to fight to the death, but it is better to deal with them. ”

"The thieves are waiting for the battle, but in the battle, I am in a foot formation, several times to rush into battle, and the thieves are not strong enough to hold on."

"In every battle, the casualties are not small, and they are just held in one breath."

"And the formation of the thieves' retreat is not chaotic, although there are small flaws, but the flaws are very small."

"Even though we are in great pursuit today. It was not enough to wipe out all the thieves outside the city, but if the thieves were defeated, they would not dare to go out of the city to fight again. Are we not going to storm the city? ”

"Therefore, the ten kings are clever, they want to cut the flesh with a blunt knife, and drag the thief hard, and the blood of the thief will be dried up, and the time will be when the thief collapses. Instead, he took advantage of the victory to pursue, and it was impossible for the thieves to hold on. ”

All wars are fought by men.

If the Xia army fights under the city again and again. The morale is exhausted, and it is estimated that he will not be able to muster up the courage to hold on to Xiangyang City.

Otherwise, with the current morale of the Xia army, even if the army breaks through the city wall, I am afraid that it may not be able to defeat Xiangyang City.

At the beginning, Jiangyin was a small county, and it could hold on for so long.

In fact, the Qing army was not too familiar with siege warfare, although the Hongyi artillery made up for the shortcomings of the siege.

But in essence, Dordor did not want to be caught in such a war.

Of course, Thurai also figured out the thoughts of the Ten Kings.

That is the kind of war of attrition outside the city, and most of the people consumed are Han troops. Duoduo will not lose the Han army.

Even to a certain extent, Duoduo still disliked the Han army, especially in the first year of Shunzhi, that is, last year, there were too many troops.

When Dashun was in Beijing, the so-called male army was one million. That's not discounted at all, just more and not less.

In the repeated wars, although there were many casualties, the plan did not reach the point of one million casualties.

The people will be numbered above millions. But most of the army was in despair.

From the time the Qing army entered the customs, there were more than 200,000 elite soldiers in the Manchu, Han and Mongolian Eight Banners, and in just one year, they heard of the number of prisoners surrendered to one million.

Although the Qing court used the method of reusing the Liaodong people, that is, the banner people of the Han army, the generals who were born in the Liaodong generals at the beginning to lead the surrendered army. Unified surrender.

Zu Dashou's nephew, Zu Zerun is one of the typical examples.

But even so, this surrender is still too much. The consumption of some Han troops is not in his eyes at all.

"Haha." Dordor said, "Thurai has won my heart. ”

"It's just, that's it." Wu Sangui said: "It is a bit difficult to obey the king on the top of Da Xian Mountain. ”

"Just then," said Dodor, "send someone to ask the King if he can sustain it." ”

"Yes." Immediately someone said.

But after a while, Kong Youde's news was delivered, and it was not much to Duoduo's surprise.

The whole national atmosphere of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was to advocate courage and despise cowardice. Even if Kong Youde really couldn't hold it a little, when Duoduo asked, it was absolutely impossible for him to say this thing.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan also retreated to Xiangyang City.

On top of the statistics of the entire battlefield, it has already reached Zhang Xuan's hands. Although the number is only an approximate number.

But just this made Zhang Xuan very uncomfortable.

The number of casualties added up was at least above 10,000, and under the first battle, so many people were lost.

That is, such an intense battle simply could not last for three days.

Otherwise, if you don't have to fight with the Qing army, you will collapse.

"Rumble." The sound of cannon rang out. It was dull and long, and it had slowed down a lot compared to the sound of the cannon during the day.

But it still hasn't been broken.

In the dark, looking down at Xiaoxian Mountain, you can only see the dark side. However, according to the daytime coordinates, just bomb down.

Anyway, Xiangyang City, such a large area, is always unbiased.

Such a bombardment may not bring much damage to Xiangyang City. But the year made Xia Jun unable to live in peace this night.

It will affect the state of the second day, and even affect the morale of the army and the morale of the people.

If this is done day and night, after more than ten days, Zhang Xuan does not dare to imagine the morale in Xiangyang City.

Zhang Xuan looked at the direction of Da Xian Mountain, and could only see the light of fire, and then the rumbling cannon sounded.

Zhang Xuan was silent for a while before he said, "Call Wang Cannon over, and Qin Meng also call over." ”

But after a while, the two people came over, Zhang Xuan unfolded the map, pointed to a mountain peak, and said, "Can you place artillery on this mountain peak?" ”

When Wang Cannon saw it, he trembled and said, "Grandpa Guo, this is impossible. The shortest path from Xiangyang City to this mountain peak is to climb over Da Shou Peak. But nowadays, the only thing that can't be bypassed is bypassing, but once you bypass, you have to bypass at least dozens of miles. If the Qing army is not discovered, at least a hundred miles will be bypassed. ”

"And this mountain and Da Hyeon Mountain, at least four or five miles. Want to have such a long range. It can only be a Hongyi cannon. ”

"The road in the mountains is only a few small paths, and there is no room for this cannon to pass. So blaze a trail. It's longer. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "How long? ”

Wang Dacang said: "At least five or six days? ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head and said secretly: "Five or six days, it's too long." His heart moved, and he said, "Can the rocket be launched for miles?" ”

Zhang Xuan seemed to remember that the black fire-medicine rocket seemed to have a long range. The design is also not too complicated.

Wang Cannon was a little sweaty and said, "Small, I'm not too good at this." He also asked Grandpa Guo to gather other craftsmen in the army. ”

"Okay." Zhang Xuan immediately made a decision, and on top of the rocket, all the craftsmen who were good at it were summoned.

After a while, some craftsmen were summoned.

Zhang Xuan said: "You are all craftsmen who are good at rockets, I want to know how big this rocket can be." How far can the range be? ”

"This ----" these craftsmen talked about it for a while, and then said, "Grandpa Guo, this has never been done before. In general, rockets in the army are a swarm of bees, and hundreds of tigers are rushing together. The kind of big rocket that Grandpa Guo said has never been done at all. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Just do it here." Immediately and immediately. ”

"Yes." These craftsmen did not dare to slack off.

Immediately, a large amount of raw materials was delivered. But after a while, the framework of a rocket was built.

It is a spear with the shaft of an arrow, and below it is a powder cartridge. There was a lot of gunpowder piled up in it.

Gunpowder in the Ming Dynasty has long been divided into propellant and explosive. This is just an enlarged version of a Ming Dynasty gunpowder, and there is nothing surprising about the design.

Zhang Xuan looked at it and always felt that there was something missing. For a moment, I couldn't remember what was missing.

After a closer look, I finally understood that the fixed wing behind was missing. Rockets in the Ming Dynasty, like a swarm of bees, a hundred tigers rushed arrows, such rockets, never talk about the head, only about coverage. The situation of rockets running around is even more everywhere, and there are many people who accidentally injure themselves.

These are acceptable for those small rockets. But for such a rocket that is one or two meters long, and the launch-charge and explosives weigh more than a dozen pounds, it will not work at all, and the devil knows where he flew after igniting it.

Zhang Xuan immediately told the craftsmen about this, but he couldn't explain it clearly for a while, and suddenly remembered the bow and arrow, and said: "Some gunpowder arrows shoot very accurately, and some can't shoot accurately, that is, there is a problem with the arrow feather." ”

"If this rocket doesn't have arrow feathers, it will definitely not shoot in the right direction."

When the craftsmen heard this, they suddenly had a sense of enlightenment, ancient China has always been practical and less theoretical.

Why there are feathers after the long arrow, which can fix the direction, these craftsmen can't say. But it is very easy to place this structure on the long arrow on this big rocket.