After the cannon was discharged, thousands of pairs of eyes present were all staring at the trajectory of the shell's flight.

After about a dozen seconds of flight, the shell hit the boulder on the hill with great precision, and stone fragments flew everywhere.

Seeing that the shell hit the target, Li Han was obviously relieved, although he was confident, he was still a little worried about an accident, after all, his current identity was still a prisoner.

"Good, good!" Jiang Chuan nodded and praised Li Han loudly.

After getting Jiang Chuan's approval, Li Han was quite excited, and hurriedly ran over and said with a smile: "General, what else do you want to fight, I guarantee that I can hit it." “

A hit, this kid was a little scared.

Jiang Chuan patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "No need, this cannon has already reflected your ability." Let me ask you, you used to operate artillery for the Tartars, are you willing to operate artillery for General Ben in the future? ”

Li Han was stunned for a moment, and said happily: "General, I am willing, of course I am willing." Although I used to operate a cannon for the Tartars, I never fired a cannon at Daming. As long as the general can make me take revenge, let me do anything. ”

"Okay, from now on you are the commander of my artillery team, and these twenty-nine cannons are under your control. You can choose any manpower, as long as you like it, it can be given to you. As long as the person you pick is not a captive from now on. Jiang Chuan looked at Li Han with an excited expression and said solemnly.

"Yes, general, my life will be yours in the future, you said let me go up the mountain, I will never go down the river. The sword mountain and the sea of fire are all following the general. Li Han was stunned for a moment, and then knelt down excitedly and said loudly, and two lines of tears came down.

"Arise, men have gold under their knees, do not kneel lightly. I don't like people who kneel to me, I only like people who have the ability and backbone, work hard in the future, follow me not only to kill the Tartars to avenge the family, but also to marry you in the future, give birth to a lot of dolls, pass on the ancestry, glorify the lintel, and comfort the ancestors of my father and mother, so that I can not live in vain in this life, understand? Jiang Chuan leaned over to help Li Han up and said with a smile.

"Yes, General, I won't say anything, you can see my performance in the future." Li Han nodded heavily, choking back tears.

"Alright, go ahead and pick people, you'll have work to do soon." Jiang Chuan patted him on the shoulder and smiled.

Suddenly, his life went from thinking that he would die to the current peak and turn, and he was reborn, Li Han's heart was not excited, he was full of gratitude to Jiang Chuan, and he was determined to perform well and not let Jiang Chuan down.

Looking at Li Han's excited back, Jiang Chuan smiled. He knew that respect and hope were more important than death threats to bring out more in a person's flesh and potential.

Most of the original artillery team members were jumped out by Li Han, and the remaining ones were also not suitable for Li Han.

In addition, Li Han selected some people from the captives to supplement them, and in the end, the entire artillery team was about 200 people, basically every five or six people were responsible for one cannon.

For the manpower selected by Li Han, Jiang Chuan was all approved, which made Li Han even more grateful.

Looking at those who were picked into the artillery team, most of the other captives had envious looks in their eyes, and many hated why they were not artillerymen.

Jiang Chuan knew that in this era, although the red-coated cannons had shown great power, these artillery-making craftsmen and soldiers who operated the cannons did not receive the treatment and respect they deserved, and were deducted from their salaries, whipped at will, and even tortured and killed.

Moreover, the other branches of the army, the infantry and cavalry, do not look down on artillery, feel that they are not real masters, and despise them in all kinds of ways.

In fact, this is also the disadvantage of the whole era, despising science and technology, all science and technology are regarded as strange and ingenious, while enjoying, while despising, is the attitude of the vast majority of people.

As a modern soul, Jiang Chuan is of course well aware of the importance of science and technology, and more importantly, he is well aware of the far-reaching significance of artillery in warfare.

Therefore, he simply gave Li Han a position as the commander of the artillery team, not only to need a technical talent like Li Han, but also to be a polite and virtuous corporal, and to show other prisoners, so that they know that as long as you are really capable and sincerely surrender, you will definitely have a chance to regain your life.

At present, judging by the reaction of the captives, the initial effect has been achieved.

The coming day is long, and you see. Jiang Chuan muttered to himself.

"My lord, are we going to rescue Datong now?" Ran Wu walked over and asked beside Jiang Chuan.

Datong? Egawa's gaze looked to the south, then to the north, over the boar slope, and into the distance.

Do you really want to rescue Datong? His own troops are seriously insufficient compared to the Tartars, and now there are a number of more prisoners and baggage, which need to be guarded and transported by separate forces.

Moreover, this place is still more than 200 miles away from Datong, and the main force of the Tartars has already set off three days in advance, and now I don't know what the situation in Datong City is?

When I thought of Datong City, I suddenly thought of Bai Jinxiu, and I don't know if she has left Datong City now, will she run into Tartar soldiers?

No matter how powerful she is, she is just a woman. Besides, he still asked his family to report the news, and if something really happened, he would definitely feel guilty for the rest of his life.

In fact, this girl's nature is not bad, although Gao Leng willful temper has deteriorated a little, but she is still very righteous at the critical moment.

Forget it, it's a big deal that Lao Tzu will have a better attitude towards her in the future, as long as she can come back safely this time. This girl is so tough, she will definitely not have an accident. Jiang Chuan silently comforted himself in his heart.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency." Ran Wu looked at Jiang Chuan, who was deep in thought, and called out loudly.

"Oh, did you mean Datong just now? What do you think? Jiang Chuan came back to his senses and asked rhetorically.

"My lord, we have now captured the red-clothed cannons of the Tartars, if we dare to rush to the city of Datong before the Tartars know that their baggage team is completely annihilated, maybe we can deal a heavy blow to the Tartars, and maybe we can relieve the danger of Datong." Ran Wu said in a deep voice.

"Yes, we have cannons now, but that's not enough to give us the strength to be tough and strong. First, our forces are seriously insufficient compared to the Tartars; Second, it is more than 200 miles from here to Datong City, and we now have so many baggage and red-coated cannons, which will seriously slow down our speed. Third, the artillery team has just been established, and the members are all from the Tartars anyway, and the people's hearts are still very unstable, and it is very likely that there will be repeated fluctuations in the face of the Tartar army. Fourth, we don't know the situation in Datong City at all, so rushing to the rescue itself is dangerous. So, Datong, we can't. ”

Jiang Chuan pondered for a moment and then said in a condensed voice, this is the question he had been thinking about just now.

"Your analysis makes a lot of sense. So how do we go next? Do you want to go straight back to Hulu Valley? Now that the Tartars have no artillery, it must be difficult to capture Datong City. "Ran Wudao.

"Of course you have to go back, but not all. We don't go to Datong, but we can go to another place and give Dolgon a great gift. Jiang Chuan laughed and nodded a few times with his hand to the north.

"Your Excellency means Liaoyang?" Ran Wu was stunned for a moment, looked towards the north, and said with a light in his eyes.

"Yes, let's give the Tartars a siege to save Zhao." Jiang Chuan nodded and laughed.

"Your Excellency is wise. Liaoyang is more than 100 miles away from here, and the Tartars took Liaoyang as the starting point this time, and this time the army must be empty, and it was never imagined that someone would attack Liaoyang. We can just take advantage of the emptiness of Liaoyang and take it in one fell swoop. Besides, the small city of Liaoyang is not thicker than the high walls of Datong City, and now that we have the help of red-clothed cannons, it is not difficult to take Liaoyang. My lord, this is a wonderful trick! Ran Wu thought about it carefully, and immediately clapped his hands and applauded.

"Yes, that's it. So this time you take my personal guards, heavy cavalry and crossbowmen to press the prisoners and grain and grass to the valley first, and I will take 3,000 cavalry and artillery to Liaoyang. ”

"My lord, the battle formation is dangerous, let's let my subordinates go down, and promise to take Liaoyang in one fell swoop." When Ran Wu heard this, he hurriedly asked for help.

"I know you're loyal, but this time I have to go. Although we have a great deal of certainty that we will take Liaoyang, the battlefield situation is complex and changeable, and we need to make a decision in time, so it is more appropriate for me to go. And you need you to sit in the valley too. So be it. Although Jiang Chuan's tone was flat, it was resolute that could not be changed.

"No, my subordinates obey orders, take care all the way!" Ran Wu was worried about the lord, and seeing that Jiang Chuan had already made a decision and no longer fighting, he immediately clenched his fists and said in a deep voice.

Soon, a hundred heavy cavalry, a thousand crossbowmen, and five hundred ironclad swordsmen escorted grain, grass, baggage, and a dozen cannons and prisoners under the leadership of Ran Wu and began to march in the direction of Hulu Valley.

Jiang Chuan left only 3,000 cavalry and fifteen red-coated cannons and half an artillery corps.

With a lot of ownerless war horses left on the battlefield, these heavy red-coated cannons have been put on the horses, and the speed can also rise. Although it is not a horse specially used to pull a cart, it can be used improvised.

Moreover, Li Han and half of his artillery team also stepped on horseback, and the speed of the march would not be dragged down too much.

"Let's go!" Jiang Chuan gave an order, and three thousand cavalry roared towards the north, followed by a rumbling artillery team.

The Qing soldiers in Liaoyang would never have thought that the red-coated cannons that had set out to fight Datong a day earlier would soon turn their muzzles and drop the shells on their own heads.

Just when Jiang Chuan was about to encircle Wei to rescue Zhao and attack Liaoyang, Datong City, two hundred miles to the south, was in the midst of a bloody storm.

Under the strict orders of Dolgon, the Qing soldiers have been attacking for two whole days, and the entire city wall north of Datong is stained with blood, and the city wall is full of corpses, both Qing soldiers and Ming soldiers, the two sides are intertwined and entangled, and many even hug each other tightly.

These piles of corpses had begun to emit a disgusting stench under the scorching sun.

Dolgon stood on a high lookout, looking at Datong City, which was still firmly in the hands of the Ming army, his handsome face was furrowed, and even his deliberately grown beard seemed to be wrinkled.

"Dashuai, we can't attack the city like this anymore, we Eight Banners warriors shouldn't die like this." A tall, thin general came up in a huff and shouted at the sight of Dolgon.

"Hauge, pay attention to your tone, is this the tone you should have when you talk to Uncle Wang?" Dolgon didn't look back to know who it was, and reprimanded him coldly.