Being praised by the emperor, Jiang Rong was a little flattered, and subconsciously rubbed his trousers with his hands. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhu Youlang chuckled and said, "Aiqing is a firecracker, right, can her marksmanship be accurate?" ”

"Of course!" Hearing the emperor ask about his special skills, Jiang Rong replied proudly with both feet together.

"Okay, then let's go to the shooting range and show it to me!"

When everyone entered the barracks in the east of the city, the main force of the Huben battalion in the barracks was divided into three thousand-man teams and was practicing with all their might, fighting desperately, the sergeants followed the golden drum banner, beat the drum and marched, the low flag tended, and the gold was retreated, and the military command flag waved to the left, and the whole army marched to the left, waved to the right, and marched to the right.

On the horse path outside the field, hundreds of knights rode war horses to practice riding, they suddenly hid in the pedal, disappeared, suddenly leaned forward and backward, or flew on the horse from the left and right, or jumped from the horse to change horses, in the blink of an eye, the rabbit fell and fell, dazzling.

On the northwest side of the school grounds, there are still hundreds of famous firecrackers and crossbowmen who are practicing archery and crossbowmen with firearms such as bows and crossbows, bird guns, and three-eyed guns.

The three hundred Macao mercenaries were surprised to see the training scene of thousands of battalions of soldiers on the school ground, but they did not expect that the Ming Emperor who was fleeing still had so many loyal soldiers to escort them.

Zhu Youlang watched and walked, nodded frequently, and looked quite satisfied, when he arrived at the northwest shooting range of the school field, with the emperor's order, Jiang Rong hugged a very large and extremely long fire gun.

This kind of firecracker, in terms of length, is much longer than the bird gun currently used by the Ming army, and the caliber of the gun is more than twice as large as the bird gun. After the target position was fixed and the fire gun was put on the bracket, Jiang Rong began to load the medicine.

Zhu Youlang watched with interest.

"This firearm is big and long, but it is a bit like raising the gun to the end of the Qing Dynasty, and it depends on the accuracy of this gun."

He said silently in his heart.

After the medicine was loaded, Jiang Rong lit the fire rope, and after a snorting sound, an orange-red flame burst out from the muzzle, followed by a loud bang.

"Hit the target!"

The gunfire rang out again.

"Hit the target!"

"Hit the target!"

"Back to the saint, the wooden target has been shattered."

After the military attache who checked the results trotted over to report, there was an uproar in the shooting range, Zhu Youlang glanced at Jiang Rong in surprise, the arquebus thirty steps away has never been accurate, I didn't expect him to hit the target again and again, this marksmanship can be regarded as powerful.

"The gun is good, I'm rewarded." Zhu Youlang smiled and said, "Come on, reward Jiang Aiqing with ten taels of gold and ten horses of colored satin." Yang Shouchun, who was waiting on the side, heard the emperor's order and hurriedly agreed.

After receiving the emperor's praise and reward, Jiang Rong was very happy in his heart, and even the other Portuguese soldiers were also envious, and they all shouted to perform for His Majesty the emperor, until they were stopped by Pang Tianshou.

After rewarding Jiang Rong, Zhu Youlang suddenly had an idea, he said with a smile: "Since you have returned to your homeland, stay and serve the Ming Dynasty well, I will not treat you badly, you will be the head of the three hundred soldiers in the future, I will seal you a five-grade guerrilla, belong to the guard battalion, and listen directly to me." ”

Jiang Rong didn't expect that just by demonstrating the marksmanship, he would be rewarded by the emperor and be granted a five-grade official position, so he couldn't help but be surprised.

"The minister will definitely do his best to live up to His Majesty the Emperor's appreciation."

After speaking, he bowed and bowed, the posture was very non-standard, and the Chinese was not very smooth, but the tone was sincere and the feelings were sincere.

After arranging those foreign soldiers, Zhu Youlang went to the arsenal of the Defense Division to see the artillery and muskets that had been transported, all of which were brand new and shiny, and were still wrapped in oiled paper. The artillery was all Hongyi cannons with six-pounder shells, and each gun was equipped with a special gunner, all from Portuguese mercenaries; The fire gun is a heavy fire gun, weighing more than 20 pounds, and is also equipped with a fire rope, a medicine tube, a lead bag, a gun sleeve, gunpowder, and a number of leads. According to Zhu Youlang's guess, this should be the kind of Mushikert arquebus used in the Spanish phalanx, although it is powerful, it takes a long time to fire.

In order to encircle those Portuguese mercenaries who were proficient in firing artillery, Zhu Youlang decided to give them the treatment of five-grade officers, and the annual salary was very considerable, in order to be able to go into battle to kill the enemy at that time.

With qualified gunners and excellent artillery, Zhu Youlang finally had the confidence to face Li Chengdong's army.

On February 12 of the first year of Yongli (the fourth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, 1647 AD), Li Chengdong brought 4,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters and 8,000 Zheng Zhilong's troops to surrender by land and water, as well as more than 20,000 miscellaneous Ming troops who surrendered, and a total of 50,000 horses and horses.

Along the way, they encountered some exiled people and villages who refused to shave their hair and change their clothes, and after a period of iron cavalry sweeping, it was not surprising that they achieved the "total rape" achievement, they not only killed all the people, but also plundered all the valuable soft they carried, and while proud, they ordered the burning of houses and villages along the way, and the blood and rain flew along the way, and the people cried endlessly.

Zhu Youlang's monarchs and ministers, who got the news, were also stepping up their efforts to collect water, grain and grass, arrange city defenses, and express their determination to defend the people to the death. There are about 8,000 battalions in Wuzhou City, of which only Jiao Lian's 4,000 Tiger Battalion have the strength of field warfare, 1,000 Guards Battalion and 3,000 patrol battalion soldiers are all soldiers, the war is imminent, the army is unstable, can only be used to defend the city, and there is a lack of soldiers and less armor, and it is not easy to collect more than 300 pairs of cotton armor and more than 50 pairs of iron armor, which are also given priority to Jiao Lian's Tiger Battalion, even so, the armor rate of the Tiger Camp is less than 30%.

Two days later, the army besieged the city, looking at the city, boundless, covered with the Qing army of soap and boots. Except for the north gate, the other three sides were surrounded by Qing soldiers.

Zhu Youlang stood on the south of the city, looking out of the city, the open land, the fields, and the official roads were full of Qing soldiers rushing to the city, the front and back were endless, the spears and spears stood like a forest, the chariots and horses were like a river, and the initial estimate was that the soldiers were at least about 30,000, and the positions were being arranged in an orderly manner.

On Zhu Youlang's side, Zhai Shiyun, Fang Yizhi, Wu Jisi, Jiao Lian, Pang Tianshou and other internal supervisors and civil and military officers looked extremely solemn.

While arranging the position, the Qing army beat drums loudly, and hundreds of war drums sounded at the same time, and the dull sound was like a muffled thunder, which struck the hearts of the soldiers and people in Wuzhou, doubling their pressure. At this time, Wuzhou City seemed to be a small boat tossed and displaced in the sea, and it seemed that a wind and waves could be destroyed.

Wu Zhenyu couldn't get angry, and said, "What do you want to do here?" ”

"It's just a demonstration, don't pay attention to it." Zhu Youlang replied casually.

Soon after, five or six horsemen rushed out of the Qing army's array and came to the southern city, which was worthy of a stone's throw away and then dismounted.