The Eight Banners outside the Guanwai in front of Zhang Pengfei have a very high rate of firearms equipment, which is very different from more than ten years ago.

The Tatars captured tens of thousands of artillery pieces of various Ming armies, most of which had been piled up in warehouses and rusted, and now many of these weapons were brought to the battlefield.

Dongjiang Town seized a victorious cannon equipped by the Tatars, and the cannon was engraved with "In the sixth year of Chongzhen, the governor of Liangguang Army Gate Xiong Zao, Lingxi Daozuo Buzheng Wang, and the superintendent Wan Wenhao, He Wuyi, Zhang Shangwen." ”

This is a light breech gun that fires 1 pound of iron bullets, and the Tatars have not even changed the inscription.

The Shengjing artillery has 8 cannons weighing 6 to 16 catties, 32 victorious cannons built by Xiong Wencan in the 6th year of Chongzhen, and 200 Furlong machines.

It is difficult for the Hongyi cannon to maneuver in the northeast, where there are no roads and poor infrastructure. The Franc machine was light enough but less powerful, and the Tatars did not look down on it.

The power of the victory cannon is acceptable, this kind of light cannon can be carried by horses and camels without towing, easy to carry, very popular with the Tatars.

The Eight Banners outside the customs have gone through a process.

The Tatars wiped out the weak Ming army, but unexpectedly ran into a real battle in the northeast.

In 1643, the Russians entered Heilongjiang and officially came into contact with the Tatars. The two armies met and greeted each other with weapons, the Russians with bronze cannons and arquebuses, and the Tatars with clear bows and heavy arrows.

At that time, the Ningguta garrison was only 430 people, and about 300 Manchu and Mongolian armorers and about the same number of Hannu and Sauron attacked the village of Uzala, which was garrisoned by 206 Russians. The Tatars did not have enough troops, so they had to use some Han slaves. Handed over 6 miscellaneous cannons and 30 three-eyed guns to Hannu to operate.

Without any suspense, this battle Tatars were swept by the Cossacks.

A strong bow and heavy arrows can only hit the Ming army, and on a slightly more intense battlefield, it is not much stronger than waste.

In the following decade or so, many skirmishes broke out between the garrison battalion and the Cossacks.

The brutal results taught the Tatars that the bow and arrow deserve only two words, rubbish.

The battlefield is the best school, and the Eight Banners quickly discarded the garbage in their hands, even if they paid for it, they had to buy a bird gun. Any emperor's or minister's vain attempt to preserve national traditions with bows and arrows is in vain, weapons are related to the lives of officers and soldiers, and who cares about such ethereal things as Chinese riding and shooting.

The Eight Banners outside the Guanxi were originally under the management of Shengjing Angbang Zhangjing Ye Keshu, and the eight banners of Manchu, Mongolia and Han were stationed in each important place. In the entire south of the Outer Xing'an Mountains and north of Shanhaiguan, there are more than 10,000 permanently garrisoned flag camps.

Such a small number of troops obviously could not hold the vast northeast and outer northeast, and the Tatars had to rely on the mobilized Huerha tribe and the Han slaves who were engaged in cheap labor in Ningguta, in addition to the banner army.

The Ningguta Theater was originally commanded by a subordinate of Shengjing's garrison Ang Bang Zhangjing. Because of the increasing military pressure from the outer northeast, Sheng Jing could not control it.

In 1653, Shunzhi was promoted to the blue flag of Melle Zhangjing Shaer Huda as Ningguta Angbang Zhangjing, and the 4,000 flag battalion was separated from the Shengjing War Zone and the Ningguta War Zone was established separately.

Then, Shunzhi decided to deal a decisive blow to the Russians, and sent the White Banner Mongolian Gushan Ezhen Ming Andali to lead an expedition to Heilongjiang. This time, Ming Andari drew a large number of guns from Shengjing and other places, and completely suppressed the Russian army in the field.

However, the transportation conditions in the northeast were too poor, and the Tatars did not bring heavy artillery, and bombarded them with light artillery for 20 days, and they were helpless against the Humarzhai garrisoned by the Russian army.

The Russian army also fell into the dilemma of food shortages in the first battle of Humarzhai, which made both the Tatars and the Russians realize that the two sides had reached the limit of expansion, and it was difficult to fight a decisive battle until the population, roads, cities and other conditions could not keep up.

The two sides reverted to the usual skirmishes, as the Han army, which was most familiar with firearms combat, was caught in the battle at Guannai, and Beijing again sent 148 North Korean shotguns to reinforce Ningguta.

This time, the firearms Tatars were no longer at a disadvantage over the Russians. Shahrhuda led 300 full troops, 300 Huer Ha Zhuangding, and Korean spearmen, and encountered Stepanov's flotilla on the Songhua River. Water warfare soon turned into land warfare.

The Russians faithfully recorded the details of that battle, and the Tatars fought with artillery and arquebuses, were well-trained, and always lined up in battle formations according to the color of the flag. Sharhuda commanded well, and the Russian army recognized the overwhelming superiority of the Tatar platoon in gun shooting.

Since the beginning of this battle, the Eighth Banner Army has gradually gained field superiority, compressing the Russian army to the northwest to Nebuchu in the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River.

The Eight Banners were swept by the Cossacks with clear bows and heavy arrows, and defeated the Cossacks with bird guns.

For ordinary soldiers, bows and arrows and shotguns are not a choice at all, bows and arrows are occasionally useful when hunting, and there is a little value of retention, which is a burden on the battlefield.

Therefore, the Eight Banners soldiers that Zhang Pengfei encountered in Lushun were very typical musketeers.

A team of 10 people, when they arrived at the battlefield, 9 people dismounted and shot shotguns, and 1 person drove horse piles and led 10 horses.

This kind of unit is extremely mobile, and many of the soldiers are veterans and elite soldiers who have been fed in small-scale battles on the battlefield in Heilongjiang, and their marksmanship is very good.

The Tatars' tactics were usually to use hundreds or thousands of musketeers to spread out a wide front and a large depth, controlling a large area of the battlefield.

Zhang Pengfei tried several times, and if the infantry of Dongjiang Town entered this battlefield, they would immediately encounter a platoon of guns fired by Tatar gunners relying on various terrains in forests and mountains.

The battlefield was chaotic, and there was smoke everywhere. As soon as the determined infantry approached, the Tatars immediately collected their guns and rode horses to fight in different places.

In fact, this is also the case many times on the battlefield in Kannai, but the proportion of cavalry is not so high, and many times light infantry is used instead.

In the Guannai, the commanders of the two armies scattered the troops, wide fronts and large depths, and controlled thousands of the most elite main forces in their hands.

The battlefield unfolded in several states and counties, and there were hundreds of thousands of people fighting everywhere, and there was gunsmoke rising everywhere, which was very chaotic.

Of course, this style of play is very inefficient, and if the commander is cautious, it is difficult to achieve decisive results. Thousands of people fought together for half a day, wasting countless ammunition, and the casualties were only a few dozen. Only when one side cannot hold out and the retreat is pursued, will there be more significant casualties.

In this chaotic battlefield, whoever has no brains to assault is unlucky. In the Battle of Hengzhou, Nikan tried to use cavalry assault to achieve a decisive result. The Ming army spread out 20 miles in depth and fought indiscriminately on all sides.

The Manchurian cavalry was constantly consumed and disrupted during the attack, and in the end, even the commander Nikan was killed.

The terrain of southern China is divided by rivers and mountains, and the weaker side can choose to avoid the flat terrain as much as possible, dragging the battle into chaos. This was usually done by the Ming army, and occasionally by the Tatars. This means that it is difficult to have a large array of tens of thousands of infantry and tens of thousands of cavalry to hedge.

Factors such as terrain, infrastructure, supply conditions, and technical level determined the mode of warfare, and the common choice of the Ming army and the Tatars was reasonable.

Arquebusiers could not form a side-by-side formation, so they had to form a loose formation. Platoon gun firing looks lively, but the actual density of fire is not high.

If half of an army is equipped with cold weapons and half of it is equipped with hot weapons, then half of the people are always in a state of idleness in some kind of war situation, and manpower is very wasteful.

Only the advent of new weapons can put an end to this inefficient warfare.

Zhang Pengfei vaguely knows a little, but he doesn't know everything.

Barnaby patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go, we've emptied this castle and there's nothing to do." ”

Zhang Pengfei sighed slightly, "Get on the boat." ”

The main force of the Ming army has left Lushun.

Zhang Pengfei persevered to the end.

Barnabi wanted to meet the real Tatars.

The hundreds of Ming troops who stayed behind set fire to Fort Arthur and sailed out of the inner harbor on a few galleys.

Winter is approaching, the coast of Liaodong will be frozen at that time, and the white waves in the open sea under the north wind will be surging, which will end all military operations on both sides.

Dongjiang Town withdrew to the two islands of Zhangzi and Haiyang, where more than 13,000 people are currently stationed, and there is enough food to eat until the beginning of spring.

After several months of continuous sailing and fighting, Dongjiang Town needed a period of recuperation. During the winter camp, the women in the army were the best way for the soldiers to relax.

Ding Yaokang tried his best to build some houses on Haiyang and Zhangzi Island, but the number was not enough, and the soldiers had to go back to help.

Before the temperature drops significantly, Zhang Pengfei plans to train recruits in preparation for next year's battle after the thaw.

Ding Yaokang led an officer who had just shaved his braids to find Zhang Pengfei.

"Yu Shuai, this is Li Jinwen."

"The deputy general of the general Jiaozhou Zhenhai Shixing General Army, meet Yu Shuai."

"Oh, you are the deputy general of Jiaozhou under Dengzhou City? I've seen you on the battlefield. ”

Li Jinwen smiled, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, if there is a collision, please Yu Shuai Haihan." ”

Zhang Pengfei waved his hand, "There is no need to mention the past, everyone will be friendly in the future." ”

Jiaozhou town mark is not really fought under Dengzhou City, and it is all about robbing the people.

"What are your plans for the general army?"

Li Jinwen is the main promoter of Hai Shixing's reversal and has a good understanding of the situation.

"We were going to leave Jiaozhou and go south to Jianghuai."

"How many soldiers do you have?"

"5,000 people, including more than 10,000 family members."

"How do I remember that there are not so many people in Jiaozhou Town? Most of the city guards didn't follow you anyway, did they? ”

The size of the green battalion is systematic, although Hai Shixing commands more than a dozen battalion heads, what he really controls is the town mark and a few nearby battalions. No matter how far away there are scattered soldiers, there is no whole system anyway.

Li Jinwen smiled, "The people of Jiaozhou are enthusiastically joining our army. ”

Zhang Pengfei nodded. It's just coercion, everyone understands people, but there's no need to say it.

"It's not a good way out for you to move around with so many people. I heard that the Tatar chieftains sent Ma Guanghui, the governor of the three provinces of Shandong, Shandong, and Henan, and Shen Wenkui, the governor of Caoyun, to the north and south, and mobilized troops such as the Zhili Green Battalion, the Hebiao, the Caobiao, and the Jianghuai Green Battalion. I'm afraid you don't have a chance of winning. ”

"Yu Shuai is right, I can't hide it, I came this time to discuss with Yu Shuai and stop walking."

"Into the mountains like Yu Qi?"

Li Jinwen shook his head, "There are so many of us that we can't afford to raise them in the mountains, and the officers and soldiers can't bear that hardship." ”

"If you go to sea, you don't have enough ships to go to the South Seas, and there are no big islands off Jiaozhou that can garrison troops."

"Retreat to the Spirit Mountain Guard."

"That's right", Zhang Pengfei held his chin, "You want my gunboat support, right?" ”

"Exactly, help our army defend until the beginning of spring next year, Yu Shuai, please rest assured, we will definitely give the benefits that should be given."

"Let me think about it, General Li is far away and hard, so you can go and rest first."