After controlling the entire territory of Tongchuan Prefecture, a total of more than 20,000 people were captured, and each unit first selected the best and strongest to fill the army, and then appointed Jin Tongwu as the head of the guerrilla regiment to form the 11th Regiment, and Yang Yongtai, an operational staff officer, was appointed as the chief of staff. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In history, Jin Tongwu was Li Dingguo's main military assistant in the later period, and he was also Li Dingguo's trusted minister.

However, due to the fact that he had been in the Great Western Army for a long time in the past, he did not understand the combat methods of the Loyal and Righteous Army, so in order to allow the rapid formation and establishment of the troops, Yang Xuan visited the department from time to time, and even sent a number of officer training camp students to the department to help it train his troops.

As a result of the reorganization, the strength of the regiments has not only been restored, but also the number of soldiers and horses has been expanded, for example, the guard regiment has now exceeded the establishment of the A regiment, while the other regiments participating in the war have reached the establishment of the B bell regiment.

In recent years, there have been many deaths in various places, and the abandonment of the land is also very serious, and it is more than enough to resettle the victims.

These captives melt into the sea like fine sand (the people), it is basically impossible to think about things, and besides, everyone has the strength to rebel, and they will not have the strength to farm, and now there are so many wastelands, as long as everyone is willing to work, why worry about food and clothing?

After the occupation of Tongchuan Prefecture, in addition to the formation of the 11th Regiment, the artillery regiment was established, and the 9th Regiment Thousand General Ma Mingluan was reassigned to the Artillery Regiment Division, and its vacancy was held by Yang Fuquan, the thousand general of the Guard Regiment.

In the past, most of the guns used by the Loyal Army were Franc cannons, and since the casting of Franc cannons began last year, with the development of cannon casting technology, considering the needs of future wars, the casting of red-coated cannons began in March.

This red-coated cannon still adopts the more advanced and mature technologies of this era, such as iron core copper body, iron film casting water cooling technology, forging technology, and thickening method of medicine room, etc., to assemble the army.

This red-coated cannon still adopts the more advanced and mature technologies of this era, such as iron core copper body, iron film casting water cooling technology, forging technology, and thickening method of medicine room, etc., to assemble the army.

Considering the different combat methods, a total of two kinds of red-coated cannons were cast, namely the field cannon of the 2-catty cannon and the siege cannon of the mortar cannon.

The 2-kilogram cannon weighs about 400 kilograms, the gun body is 1.48 meters long, the outer diameter is 14 centimeters, and the inner diameter is 7 centimeters.

(Imitated by Wu Sangui Dongting Lake sunken cannon, in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period, there was salvage in the sixties of the last century, the salvage iron cannon is 1.48 meters long, the outer diameter is 18 cm, the inner diameter is 7 cm, and it weighs 310 kg.)

Compared with the French iron cannon more than 150 years later, the barrel of the Chinese iron cannon is significantly heavier, and a large number of artillery pieces were manufactured during the reign of Napoleon, among which the most famous 6-pounder gun (2.54 kg) has a caliber of 93mm, a barrel length of 1.52 meters (16.3 times the caliber), and a gun weight of 389 kg.

That is, an iron cannon of the same weight, 150 years ago, China could only fire 2 catties of iron balls, and more than 150 years later, France may launch a powerful 5 catties of iron balls. ）

The red-coated cannon cast by Wu Sangui and others using traditional techniques weighed 310 kilograms, but because there were only traditional carriages, unicycles, and tricycles invented by the protagonist in this era, it was very difficult to drag.

Historically, the Manchu Qing Dynasty attacked Tongguan, and the battle was delayed for several days because the artillery was lagging behind.

In order to facilitate the transportation of artillery, this time, in addition to the use of iron core copper casting method, the use of steel mold water cooling method and other new casting methods, and in the casting process of continuous forging for many times, each artillery basically used 1,000 catties of pig iron and 150 catties of copper, so that the weight of 400 catties of 2 catties of guns was cast.

The new method of casting cannons reduces not only weight, but battlefield mobility, and is very durable, firing 30 shells in a row without any damage.

The 2-pound cannon is mainly used to support infantry operations, and every 10 people operate a three-pound cannon with a gun commander, of which 6 are responsible for firing, and the other 4 are responsible for surrounding vigilance.

Every 3 three-pound guns are organized into an artillery squadron, with squadron leaders, observers, surveyors, etc.

The 10 three-pound guns were organized into a 2-pound artillery brigade, and this time a total of 30 two-pound guns were cast and trained into a 2-pound artillery battalion.

In addition to field artillery, there is also a siege artillery, which is what we call a mortar, if the 2-pound cannon is a classical cannon, then the mortar is a bit of a howitzer or mortar.

The shape of the mortar gun resembles the Chinese stone mortar, so it is called the "mortar gun", which is characterized by a short barrel (the ratio of caliber to barrel length is usually less than 1:12 to 1:13), a large angle of fire, low muzzle velocity, and a high arc trajectory of the smoothbore gun; Its firing range is short, the projectile is powerful, and it is mainly used to destroy strong fortifications.

The mortar cannon weighs 500 pounds, is carried by a four-wheeled wooden artillery carriage, and can fire 30 pounds of iron balls, with a range of more than 200 meters, which is used to siege the city.

A mortar cannon was operated by 10 people, 3 of whom operated it, and the rest of the men and horses passed transport shells (iron balls or stones), and a total of 10 guns were cast this time, hoping to play a surprise role in the attack on Chengdu City.

The new policy was slowly rolled out, and the place gradually stabilized, while the officials handled their daily affairs, Yang Xuan focused on salt fu.

When he was in Shunqing Mansion, Yang Xuan paid attention to salt politics, but Shunqing Mansion did not produce salt, and at that time it mainly focused on salt sales, which was different in Tongchuan Prefecture.

Not far from Suining is the Chinese Dead Sea, which is the middle of this lake, where people can float on the surface because of the high salinity.

In the feudal society, the salt and iron policy can be said to be a major national policy, why Guan Zhong was able to assist Qi Henggong to become the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, and why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had the money to conquer the Xiongnu, one of the main reasons was the implementation of the salt and iron monopoly system.

Pipe? According to the record of "Sea King", Guan Zhong calculated an account for Qi Huan: a large country with 10,000 military vehicles, about 1 million taxable people in the total population of 10 million, each person levied 30 yuan per month, and 30 million yuan a month;

But on the other hand, as long as the price of salt is increased by 2 yuan per liter, because the sale of salt is strictly in accordance with the household registration and the implementation of "selling salt by mouth", you can get an extra 60 million yuan per month, far more than the income brought by the high poll tax of 30 yuan per month.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, through Sanghong sheep, he implemented a monopoly system of salt products, official transportation, and private sales, which brought a lot of money to fight against the Xiongnu.

Although the Sui Dynasty had abolished the salt monopoly system, it was not until the end of the Tang Dynasty that the salt and iron monopoly system was re-implemented, and after hundreds of years of development, the salt tax became the second largest tax in the country after the Ding Fu.

In the Ming Dynasty, salt mines were discovered in Pengxi, Yunxian, Suining and other places, and the local people mined them and then sold them to various prefectures and counties.

When I was a child in the East, I also heard my grandfather talk many times about going to Suining to pick salt to buy when he was young, and it can be said that in the Ming Dynasty, where the transportation was not very developed, Suining salt ensured the supply of salt in the entire northeast of Sichuan.

After now controlling the six counties of Tongchuan Prefecture (Pengxi, Shehong, Tongnan, Suining, Lezhi, and Anyue), Tang Jietai, the governor of Tongchuan, summoned the eight major salt mine owners, the four major salt merchants in Tongchuan Prefecture, and several private salt leaders to come to Yamen.