The firepower of the Qin army was greatly improved before and after the founding of the state.

On the one hand, under Xiao Ruxun's order, the military industry department of the former Ming Army eliminated all flashy firearms and firearms that were outdated from the times, and no longer manufactured and used.

For example, what kind of magic machine arrows, what bowl mouth guns, what five thunder god machines, all stop researching and manufacturing, and spend all their energy on making firecrackers, artillery, and grenades.

Guns and artillery are traditional research projects, and grenades are not a new thing.

During the Song-Jin War and the Song-Mongol War, hand-thrown gunpowder weapons such as thunderbolt fireballs, quinoa fireballs, poison fireballs, smoke balls, and earth-shaking thunder were made at a very high level at that time.

In particular, the earth-shaking thunder played a very big role in the Jin-Mongolia War and the Song-Mongolian War.

The Mongol cavalry, which was invincible at the time, suffered more than one crushing defeat with this weapon, and later used the captured craftsmen of various ethnic groups to make the same or even more advanced firearms, so that they completely crushed the Jin and Song in military terms, leaving them with no power to fight back.

This kind of ancestral wisdom can still be found in ancient books, but the excessive imagination of the Ming army's firearms manufacturing department has limited the development of firearms.

Over the past 200 years, they have developed more and more in strange places, and all kinds of strange firearms can be invented, but there are not many of them that are really useful.

So much so that the old firearms of centuries ago are still in service in the army and have not been eliminated, what bowl mouth gun and what three-eyed gun, this kind of firearm in the era of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di was still used by people until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and it has never been changed.

After Xiao Ruxun set the world, the first batch of decrees had the abolition of these flashy firearms, and ordered the military industry department of the Ming army to completely stop the production of these strange firearms and return to the normal path of development.

Under the leadership of Xu Guangqi, Guangqi lead bullets and Guangqi flintlock pistols that could hit long distances were also manufactured.

Although it is not possible to mass-produce it at this time, it still makes sense to use it as a sharpshooter in the army to snipe enemy officers, and Ho Heli and Hu Erhan both died under the Guangqi flintlock pistol.

And the artillery aspect is a top priority.

After fully realizing the limitations of the power of muskets, Xu Guangqi asked Xiao Ruxun to produce a large number of cannons that were easier to carry than the army, and to improve the manufacturing technology.

Hongyi cannon also carried out a certain scale of production, but because Hongyi cannon can not use flowering shells, the power is limited, although the range is longer, but the number of manufacturing has been suppressed, Xu Guangqi organized a group of flowering bomb craftsmen to carry out special research and innovation on flowering bombs, in order to increase the quality and power of flowering bombs.

So at the moment, the main battle artillery in the Qin army is still about 300 to 500 catties of Furlong locomotive guns, as for the Hongyi cannon, it is also equipped, but it was not brought in this battle.

Ma Chong gave the order, and the artillery team immediately sorted out the formation, pushed the car cannon within the firing range, loaded the ammunition, and waited for the order to be issued.

"Cannon !!"

The military order was given, the gunner ignited and fired.

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom ————!!

Twenty Furlong locomotive cannons were fired at the same time, which bombed the fake camp of the Jianzhou army, and some Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers were very unlucky to be killed, and a large number of trees on the mountain also fell.

"Shoot !!!"

The military order was given for the second time, and another twenty prepared guns quickly stepped forward and fired fire.

Another round of shelling, the trees on the mountain were blown down and shattered, and many unlucky Jianzhou soldiers were killed or wounded.

This kind of artillery bombardment lasted for five rounds, and the 600 Jianzhou soldiers on the mountain suffered many casualties, and they finally knew that the Qin army would not approach on their own, so they had to retreat according to the established strategy, waving a large number of flags, creating the illusion that the main force was retreating, hoping to attract the Qin army to pursue, lengthen their formation, and create a gap to facilitate the number of troops to kill.

I have to say that this is a good strategy, if the Jianzhou soldiers encounter a brave and unscrupulous general, it will really work, because the front is a dense forest, which is not conducive to the march of large troops.

But Ma Chong and Luo Rong are both experienced generals who have been fighting from the south to the north for a long time, where is it so easy to fool?

Not to mention that Chu Ying almost immediately pointed out that this was a ploy to lure the enemy deeper.

Chu Ying can see what other generals can't talk about.

Ma Chong showed a mocking sneer on his face, and ordered Chu Ying to lead the leading troops to cut down trees and pave the way, open the way for the whole army, and walk slowly, not in a hurry.

Little by little, the prey's guts are polished, so that the prey feels absolute fear, so that it loses the will to resist, this is Ma Chong's tactic.

He knew that he had an absolute advantage, and the rash attack of the enemy would only increase the possibility of capsizing in the gutter, as a senior general, he knew what he should do and what he should not do, and he could guess what these Jianzhou Jurchens were thinking now.

No rush, no rush, take your time.

No one was going to rush him.

Chu Ying took the forward to cut down trees in front of him to open the way, find the road he was familiar with, constantly sent scouts to explore the way, fought steadily, and led the army directly through the Salhu area, but he did not give Eyidu a chance to send troops to fight.

Fighting face-to-face is looking for death, and he is not stupid, seeing that the Qin army is not fooled but fighting steadily step by step, he knows that his strategy of luring the enemy has been seen through, and there is no point in continuing to ambush, and he can only reach the second line of defense faster than the Qin army.

The first line of defense was broken in this way, which seemed to be a huge blow to Yidu, and the Qin army's unhurried march made him feel a little desperate.

If they march like this forever, and the army is so well-groomed that they have to use these trees to cut down and camp even at night, and they don't give him the slightest opportunity, he really can't find a way.

He could only send someone to report to Nurhachi, so that Nurhachi knew the steady attitude and tricky degree of this Qin army, and he did not dare to rashly send troops to fight a decisive battle with it, he knew what the result of rashly sending troops would be.

Nurhachi naturally knew what this meant, and after getting the report from Eyidu, he discussed with Fei Yingdong and An Feiyangu with a sad face, but there was no good way for these two people, at this time, Nurhachi missed He Heli very much, this person who could give him advice.

But now without him, Nurhachi can only figure out his own way.

"At the moment, we forcibly let some older people join the army, and we can barely make up 30,000 people, although the strength is equal to the Qin army, but from the results of the last battle, it is obviously inferior to them in terms of combat effectiveness, if there is no good way, I suggest that we don't fight with them."

Ampheyangu's face was ugly.

Fei Yingdong's face was not good-looking.

"They obviously don't plan to divide their troops, and they don't care how they induce them, they just march slowly like that, but we just have no way, we can't defeat them like this, and if we force the battle, we will most likely lose."