Under the reflection of the setting sun, the world is full of red, and in this fiery world, in the inner city of the capital, it is a miserable rain, these self-proclaimed to be the flag people who abandoned their family and business from the dragon to enter the customs, and now they are waiting for the end of the day, because most of the men have been conscripted as soldiers, serving the emperor, and most of the women and children who stay here are old and weak, women and children, they are also waiting, waiting for the order of the court, almost all of them have packed their things, As soon as the court gave an order, he loaded the things into the car, and then escaped from the customs and fled back to his long-lost hometown in Kanto. However, some banner people with a living vision, this will have quietly instructed Baoyi to buy a horse and buy a horse, everyone knows, if the court asks the big guy to leave here, when the time comes, the horse and the car will definitely not be enough, and then maybe it will be abandoned again.

However, there is more than one person who has this thought, and I don't know how many dignitaries and dignitaries have quietly transported their belongings to Guanwai, and the carriages and horses in this capital are becoming more and more nervous, that is, after the winter snow melts, tens of thousands of horses came from the Mengdi outside the mouth, and the temporary urgency was solved.

But the chaotic people's hearts will not be settled because of the arrival of horses and carriages, people are waiting for the emperor's news, these days, I don't know how many people are always there to spread the news that the emperor and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Qing Kingdom will return to help, and they are looking forward to the return of the emperor's army and escorting the big guy back to his hometown outside the gates.

Just when the hundreds of thousands of bannermen, women and children in the inner city were in a panic, in a mansion outside the Xihua Gate of the palace city, Xuan Ye, who was only eight years old, was discussing something with several blonde and blue-eyed Westerners, this Westerner was met by Nan Huairen, unlike ordinary Western missionaries, these Westerners were soldiers and had a lot of research on military affairs.

Since getting acquainted with them, Xuan Ye has learned many things that he has never known before. Just like the drawings that this Rakshasa man showed in front of him now.

I only listened to Ilya Perfiliev pointing to the drawings on the table, and then explained seriously.

"Your Highness, this is the strongest fortress in Europe at present, not afraid of firearms, its walls may not be very tall, but they can withstand the threat of artillery, because his walls have a thickened skirt under them, and in front of them there is a buffer slope to absorb artillery fire. The prominent edges and corners create intertwined firepower to exert the performance of the firebolt, and no matter where the besieging side is attacking the city, it will be attacked from the front and side of the wall. Ilya Perfiliev, Russia's envoy, has been stranded here since he came to Beijing, and he did not expect that he would witness the end of an empire here, but he was also keenly aware that the future changes in Asia are likely to involve Russia as well, and in contrast, Russia prefers to be neighbors of the Tatars rather than the "Ming state".

Because of this, after learning that the child in front of him was actually the prince of the Tatars, he immediately deliberately befriended him, and often went in and out of his mansion, and the reason why he was able to contact this prince so easily was entirely due to illness - in November of the twelfth year of Shunzhi, smallpox was prevalent in the palace, and the emperor and all the princes who had never had smallpox all went to the Forbidden City to avoid pox, and Xuan Ye, as the third prince, lived in a mansion outside the Xihua Gate of the palace, and was served by Su Mala and several little eunuchs, However, this also provided convenience for Xuan Ye to contact outsiders.

"You mean that this kind of fortress can withstand artillery fire? If I used this kind of wall in the Qing Dynasty, wouldn't I no longer have to worry about the artillery fire of the Ming army? ”

Although he was only eight years old, Xuan Ye had been learning about the Ming army in the south through various channels, and what words such as sharp firearms and fierce artillery left a deep impression on him, so after getting acquainted with Ilya Perfiliev, he often asked about matters related to guns and artillery, and naturally he was more concerned about how to resist artillery.

"Oh? Fortress? ”

Xuan Ye looked at the fortress on the drawing carefully, although he was not very clear about the characteristics of this kind of fortress, but it did not prevent him from being curious about all this, just like for. For some of the methods proposed by Ilya to train the musket team, Xuan Ye was also full of interest, but it was only limited to interest. After all, compared to the Ming army, there are too few firearms in the Qing Kingdom, even if you want to make firearms and artillery, you have to wait for the future to build little by little, but now the fortress proposed by Ilya has aroused Xuan Ye's interest.

Perhaps, there are not enough firearms in the Great Qing Kingdom now, but it does not prevent the Great Qing Kingdom from building a fortress first, after all, now for the Great Qing Kingdom, defensive artillery is undoubtedly more important, as for firearms, it is not too late to build them in the future.

So he looked at Ilya and said.

"Can this really withstand artillery?" The Ming army conquered the city with guns!

Although Xuan Ye has never been on the battlefield, he has also heard many people mention the advantages of the Ming army, they are completely sharp with artillery, if this castle can really block the artillery fire, then what is the Ming army afraid of?

"Back to Your Highness, although we have not been in contact with the Ming army, from what we have heard, the way the Ming army fights is not much different from that of European countries, their army is dominated by musketeers, and equipped with artillery that far exceeds the number of European countries......"

Once upon a time, Ilya was proud that Russia had more than a dozen cannons in the Heilongjiang area, but when he learned that whether it was the Qing army or the loyal army, hundreds of cannons would be invested in a battle, there was still the slightest contempt for it, and the only thing that could make him happy was that the Qing army's battle was only slightly higher than that of the Mongols, and it was precisely because of this that he hoped that between Russia and the Ming State, it would be better to have a Qing State as a buffer for the time being, as for the future...... In the future, if necessary, of course, it is possible to divide the Qing State with the Ming State, but now, when Russia has just arrived in the Far East, the Qing State as a buffer is undoubtedly in Russia's interests, and in order for the Qing army to be able to resist the Ming army, then strengthening their power will be inevitable, and what better way to strengthen the defense of the Qing army than Lengbao?

"And the fortress can weaken the power of artillery to the greatest extent, if the Qing army can hold the fort, then it will be difficult for the Ming army to move further to the north......"

In Ilya's words, Xuan Ye once again moved his gaze to the map, this is the map he asked Su Malagu to find, although the map did not mark the area occupied by the Ming army now, but he still knew that the momentum of the Qing Dynasty is no longer what it used to be, and the current Qing Dynasty, just like the Meng Yuan of the year, has reached the point of storm, and even, if you are not careful, the Qing Dynasty will not even have the possibility of escaping back to the outside of the Guan.

For Xuan Ye, who is only eight years old, although he is young, it does not hinder his enterprising spirit, he is eager to become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, even if he has two brothers, it does not prevent him from yearning for the throne, but if he wants to become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he must keep the Qing Dynasty, and it is because of this that he cares about all this.

Ilya on the side also looked curiously at the map in front of him. The map of the Tatars is really very rudimentary. The coastline turned out to be just simple lines. Bays, harbors, and islands are largely uncharted. But despite this, he was still able to get the information he needed from the map, so he pointed to the map and asked Xuan Ye.

"Your Highness, since both Jingshi and Shandong are close to the ocean, they have a long coastline, right?" Xuan Ye nodded and said.

"Yes, Shandong, Zhili and Manchuria are all seaside places, is there anything wrong?" Ilya carefully examined the map before speaking helplessly.

"Your Highness, in this case, the situation is very unfavorable for you, even if you build a fortress, you will not be able to stop the Ming army, because the Ming army's fleet can raid any port on the coastline at any time. It is also possible to have the army land directly in any place, including Manchuria as you call it. "Landing in Manchuria?"

Xuan Ye looked at the map in surprise, and then, he suddenly thought that Zheng Chenggong entered the Yangtze River from the sea, and then took advantage of the emptiness of Jiangnan to occupy Jiangnan Province, so that the Great Qing Kingdom was in today's predicament. Just in an instant, a cold sweat broke out on his back in fright, in case the Ming army painted the scoop according to the gourd again, and then used the water division to use the army in Manchuria, it would be all over......

"Yes, to transport the army to a port by ship. Capture that port and then bring the army ashore. In this way, the Ming army can bypass your fortress and attack any weak point on the coastline directly, I heard that the fleet of the Ming army conducted a large-scale landing battle on the Yangtze River back then......"

Illia pointed to the long coastline on the map, and although Russia is a land country, he is certainly no stranger to the fact that there have been many landing battles in the Mediterranean Sea in the history of Europe, and that Russia has also carried out landing wars.

Of course, Xuan Ye is no stranger to the landing battle, after all, the Great Qing Kingdom was harmed by Zheng Chenggong's move "Black Tiger Heart", and now when I heard Elia mention this "landing battle", Xuan Ye, who didn't think there was anything, suddenly felt a burst of shock. Even speaking became less fluent.

"Well, how can that be a good ......?"

Almost subconsciously, Xuan Ye thought of Mao Wenlong, thought of their attack on the Qing Dynasty, and even the reason why the Qing Dynasty did not dare to break through the city at that time was precisely because of Mao Wenlong's containment.

"Your Highness, it's not just Manchuria, as long as they want, they can appear anywhere on the coastline, land anywhere, threaten the Qing Dynasty anywhere, or even ...... anywhere"

Facing Xuan Ye, who was frightened and pale, Ilya continued.

"They can directly attack Zhili, land directly in Tianjin Wei by sea, and then take the capital directly......"