Outside the city of Yangzhou, inside the tent of the Qing army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"More than a thousand warships, all wiped out in one day, is Kukun an idiot?" Dodor roared in his tent.

Kukun is the new commander of the Qing army's naval division, and the naval warships that went south this time were all commanded by Kukun.

The Manchus still couldn't trust the Han people at this time, so the Manchus were still the commanders of key departments like the water division.

"Lord Yu, General Kukun fought bravely, but the Ming army was too treacherous, and our army first entered the Yangtze River, did not know the waterway, most of the battleships bottomed out and ran aground, so they suffered this defeat, and General Kukun was martyred, at this time the army was unstable, or to pacify." The staff on the side reminded.

The meaning of the staff is obvious: everyone has already died in battle, there is no point in holding people responsible, and now that the war is imminent, the key is to appease people's hearts.

"More than a thousand warships! Tens of thousands of good men, just like this, sleep at the bottom of the river, I Duoduo hereby swear: On the day the city is broken, Yangzhou will be washed in blood! Duoduo gritted his teeth and said, "Chuan Han Dai came to see me!" ”

"Huh!"

Aixin Jueluo Han Dai, the official and military department secretary, is also one of the important generals who went south this time.

Not long after the herald went out, Han Dai entered the camp, after all, there was such a big thing, all the military commanders did not have time to run around, and waited for the call of the commander.

"Han Dai, you are in charge of all the weapons of this southern expedition, and now there are still surplus warships?" Duoduo didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point.

"There are only more than 300 small boats left, and they were requisitioned and transferred by Li Shutai, the deputy commander of the Han Army's Zhenglan Banner, to prepare for the attack on Chongming Island." Han Dai replied.

Li Shutai, the second son of Li Yongfang, the word Shouchou, Shuda, his real name is Yanling, and he was later appreciated by Nurhachi, and was given the name Shutai, a native of Tieling, Liaodong, belonging to the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army, and it is also one of the few Han generals in the Qing army who can command the water division.

"Three hundred? It's useless, it's not Nanming's opponent at all, and Chongming Island is also a battleground, I can't imagine that Nanming still has a follower, so it's a little difficult to do. Dodor muttered to himself.

You must know that Duoduo led an army of 300,000 to the south this time, not just for one Yangzhou, he wanted the entire Jiangnan.

"Lord Qiyu, in fact, the Nanming Water Master has long been vulnerable." Han Dai said suddenly.

"Are you slapping me? Or is it that in this water war, thousands of warships in the Qing Dynasty were sunk by themselves? Duoduo glared at Han Dai.

Can Duoduo not get angry?

A sailor like Nan Ming is vulnerable in the mouth of Han Dai, so how can the Qing Dynasty be counted?

"The prince is angry, as far as I know, the Nanming Water Division has long been abandoned, and it was the bandit Zheng Zhilong who defeated my Qing Dynasty this time." Handai explained.

"What do you mean by that?"

"It is a bandit, can be recruited by the Southern Ming Dynasty, and it will definitely be able to accept the Qing Dynasty Zhao'an, before Zheng Zhilong's third brother Zheng Zhibao had sent someone to discuss the matter of recruiting security, but the price was too high, and was rejected by the regent. Han Dai explained the reason.

"And what's going on? So what does Zheng Zhilong want? ”

"Divide the land and seal the king!"

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Putting aside the Manchu Qing Dynasty for the time being, at this time, in the Nanjing Imperial Palace, Zhu Youzhen and the ministers of the DPRK and China were also discussing Zheng Zhilong.

"Haha! Zheng Zongbing is the first fierce general of my Ming Dynasty, destroying the Manshui Division in one day, killing 100,000 enemies, this is a great achievement, it should be rewarded, and I will pass on my will: Promote Zheng Zhilong, the chief soldier of Fujian, as the governor of the water division, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Water Division, and the title of Pingguo Gong, the bounty is 1,000 taels, and the silver is 100,000 taels. ”

Since ancient times, the Chinese people exaggerated their military exploits, has become an instinct, this time the Qing army sailors, including sailors, a total of only 35,000 people, Zheng Zhilong in order to invite merit, reported to kill 70,000 enemies, and then the official who reported it, and felt that the number of 70,000 was a bit tongue-twisted, and directly changed it to 100,000, so the number of enemies killed tripled..........

And Zhu Youzhen, who has always been stingy, is rare to be generous this time, because he won the battle and destroyed the Manchu Qing sailors, according to this situation, at least within half a year, the Qing soldiers will not be able to cross the river to the south.

"Emperor Shengming, there is a sailor of Pingguo Gong, the Manchu Tartars don't want to go south, and we only need to wait for reinforcements from all walks of life to arrive, and then we can cross the river in a big way and make a northern expedition to the Central Plains!" Mandarin Hall Scholar Gao Hongtu echoed.

Previously, the general troops of all walks of life were reluctant to send troops, that was to stand in line, fearing that they would fight the Manchus, but they would not be able to win, and the Manchus would retaliate afterwards.

Now Zheng Zhilong's sailors are mighty, and they have killed all the Manchu sailors in one battle, and without the threat of sailors, it is not a big problem for all the general troops to support Yangzhou, after all, if you really can't fight on land, you can also retreat to the south of the Yangtze River.

Without worries and being able to make meritorious contributions, the minds of the DPRK and Chinese officials have been revitalized again.

In the eyes of the provincial generals, with Zheng Zhilong here, the Qing army could not go south at all, so surrendering to Cheng would become a luxury, so it was better to take the opportunity to compete with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, maybe his official position could be one step closer.

For the first time, the main battle faction in the DPRK surpassed the main peace faction.

As for Li Hongfei in Suzhou, as early as half a month ago, he had already handed over 50,000 grenades and 50 special forces to be led by Guo Sheng and sent them to Yangzhou.

Everything that should be done has been done, and the rest depends on the final result of this battle in Yangzhou.

If Shi Kefa can hold out until reinforcements from all walks of life arrive, the new army in Suzhou will follow the armies from all walks of life and fight into Jiangbei.

If reinforcements never come, the 10,000 new troops can only be responsible for responding and blocking the Qing army that is following behind.

Regarding Zheng Zhilong's destruction of the Manshui Division, Li Hongfei was also quite surprised.

"Has this Zheng Zhilong changed sex? Didn't he mobilize the warships before to surrender the Qing? Knowing this, why did I work so hard to build a shore defense treadmill? Li Hongfei muttered to himself.

That's right, the 10,000 Suzhou New Army led by Li Hongfei is building forts along the Zhenjiang River, and 100 Hongyi cannons with a caliber of 150 mm are placed in Zhenjiang.

The firing range of the Hongyi cannon has been greatly improved after many improvements, especially this large-caliber heavy artillery, which now reaches an astonishing 2.5 kilometers, deploying batteries along the Yangtze River, and even completely blocking the slightly narrower river surface.

Not only Zhenjiang, but also near the Suzhou Grand Canal and Baoshan Town Wharf, Li Hongfei also arranged a large number of Hongyi artillery groups.

These artillery groups were originally deployed in advance to prevent Zheng Zhilong from surrendering to the Qing Dynasty and attacking Nanming in turn.

As a result, I didn't expect this Zheng Zhilong to be so steel, and on the first day that the Qing army sailors entered the Yangtze River, they were completely wiped out by Zheng Zhilong.

"Forget it, it's all shipped, let's put it on first. It's a big deal to find an opportunity to sell it to Zheng Zhilong in the future, and his warship should also need this kind of heavy artillery. Li Hongfei said again.

Although the range is long and powerful, each cannon weighs about 2.5 tons, and ordinary chariots and horses can't pull it at all, let alone fight with the army.

You must know that the rate of fire of the front-loading gun is very slow, because after each fire, it must be filled with water into the gun chamber, extinguish the fire star, tie a dry cloth to a stick and reach into the gun chamber to dry, then fill in gunpowder, combustibles, stuff the shell, and then point it out, these actions are quite slow and cumbersome, not including the correction of the gun position.

This is a common problem with front-loading artillery, it is good to be able to fire one shot in two minutes, and a running war horse can run a considerable distance in one minute, so the Hongyi cannon is not suitable for field combat at all.

Earlier, Shi Kefa used Hongyi artillery to deal with Xu Dingguo, that was because he waited for work, set up Hongyi cannon nearby in advance, and later used a large number of infantry to entangle Xu Dingguo's cavalry, delaying the running speed of war horses, and finally taking indiscriminate artillery bombardment, which led to Xu Dingguo's defeat.

However, it is a person like Shi Kefa who does not understand military affairs and dares to use it indiscriminately.

Although Zhenjiang no longer needs shore defense artillery, Li Hongfei sent people to transport it, which has already consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, how can there be any reason to transport it back again?

Therefore, Li Hongfei felt that if he had a good relationship with Zheng Zhilong in the future, he might be able to sell these Hongyi cannons to this rich local tyrant.

used to want to "send" the cannonballs to Zheng Zhilong's fleet, but now they have to find a way to sell the heavy artillery to the other party, and I have to say that creation makes people.