"Deputy Division!"

Far away, Luo Hu dismounted first, and then went up to meet Li Yan.

It was only when he was a few steps away that he stopped, and his face showed a little embarrassment and reserve. He is now the commander of the cavalry of the Chuang Army, although he has not been officially conferred, but his status is definitely above that of an ordinary General Guo Yi, and Li Yan has warned him a long time ago...... Even if it is to yourself, you have to keep a certain distance and proportion.

"Are you training?" Li Yan also jumped off the horse with a smile, recently, he has been completely idle in the army, even if Li Zicheng has any arrangement decisions, most of them are hidden from him.

Or simply don't consult him and just lay it out.

There are many reasons for this, mainly because Li Yan is a native of Henan, and there is a big difference between his origins and places in the army, and the generals of Shaanxi have no good impression of the generals in Henan.

Chen Yongfu's ability is obvious to all, handing him a drudgery left behind in Taiyuan, now displaced and not knowing where.

Yuan Shizhong's small Yuan battalion was even more proud of Henan, with strict discipline, daring to attack the Qing army in the south, snatching back the captured Han people, and not killing the people, even the gentry.

Such a leader of the rebel army, as a result, was killed by Li Zicheng's frenzied attack in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, half of the reason for killing Yuan Shizhong was the same as killing Luo Rucai, it was to eliminate dissent, and half of it was because Yuan Shizhong was the local military force of Henan, and he had the heart and strength to do so, if he didn't kill this person, Li Zicheng would not be at ease, and the generals from Shaanxi under his command would not be at ease.

Li Yan's position in the army is becoming more and more embarrassing, also because these Shaanxi generals are becoming less and less confident and more and more unable to trust outsiders.

He looked at the heroic Luo Hu.

The young generals in front of him do not have the ignorance and arrogance of those Shaanxi generals, nor do they have the rogueous habits brought about by their ferocious and long-term mobile combat careers.

What Luo Hu has is only loyalty to King Chuang, obsession with military affairs, and love for his brothers.

It was not an easy task to gain the loyalty of these children's cavalry troops.

"Yes, there are a lot of new war horses, and there are also many new soldiers to train together." Luo Hu smiled and replied to Li Yan: "Actually, the newly assigned brothers to me are not bad at riding, they just have to adapt to my command." ”

"You can understand that the soldiers need to adapt to the command, and it's not bad."

The two walked side by side, saying as they walked, Luo Hu here Li Yan also often comes and goes, after all, other generals don't have a heart, even hatred and hostility, only Luo Hu here, can also make Li Yan feel like leading the army to fight.

When he and Luo Hu climbed to the high place of the school review and inspection, they looked around, but saw that the camp tent was endless, and countless soldiers were training and practicing martial arts with halberds, and I don't know how many orders were galloping back and forth in the camp, and as far as the eye could see, hundreds of cavalry of different sizes were galloping within a radius of ten miles, practicing formations, such a formation, in addition to being able to compare with the encirclement and sealing back then, Li Yan had seen such a scene for the first time in the past few years in the army.

"The emperor also took out all our family funds."

Seeing that the valley and the banks of the Baishui River were full of camp tents, everywhere there were flags waving, the spear tips and spear tips of the soldiers flashed like a shimmering river, the reflected light pierced people's eyes, and the sound of blacksmiths striking iron shook the valley and resounded into the sky.

Li Yan first nodded and smiled, and then frowned: "It's a pity that our firearms are all gone." ”

Li Zicheng's department also originally had artillery, which was looted by the Ming army during the war in various parts of the Central Plains, and some were cast by themselves. However, at that time, the ordinary craftsman casting process was not up to par, so the quality of the cast artillery was really average, often blown up or damaged, and it was not easy to carry it when it turned to war.

As a result, after the stone battle, most of the main force was lost, and Li Zicheng hurriedly withdrew from Yanjing, where could he still bring firearms.

Otherwise, there are a lot of serious Hongyi cannons weighing two or three thousand catties or even four or five thousand catties in Yanjing City alone, and it would be a top good thing to carry them out and garrison the city.

"Deputy Division, firearms don't seem to be of much use?"

According to Luo Hu's experience, if it falls to the point of purely fortifying the city and defending it, it is not very meaningful to have firearms. Hundreds of thousands of people surrounded Kaifeng, and there were a lot of firearms at the head of Kaifeng, but so what?

Later, Luoyang and other cities also fell in one go, and they didn't care about firearms at all.

As for field warfare, artillery is inconvenient to carry, and it is even more chicken.

"That's because we're not used to using it," Li Yan frowned and said, "The Dongyu and the officers and soldiers have been fighting in Liaodong for decades, and they all use firearms with each other. I've heard people say that Dongyu attaches great importance to artillery, and after King Sanshun surrendered, he also helped cast a lot of guns and artillery. ”

Li Yan's words, Luo Hu has always attached importance to it, because he frowned and thought about it, and finally spread his hands and said: "I will tell the emperor now, and I am afraid that it will be too late to cast the cannon again." Besides, there are too few craftsmen in our battalion who can cast cannons, and their craftsmanship is a little worse. ”

"Well, too."

Li Yan knew more than he said. The Qing army suffered a lot of losses under the firearms of the Ming army in Liaodong!

Don't look at how they always boast about riding and shooting, in fact, the Qing army not only has a deep understanding of firearms, but also has a deep understanding. Later generations, from the Kangxi year, deliberately said that firearms were worthless, resulting in the Opium War, when the Chinese people still held arquebuses, and the technical level of artillery was not as good as that of the late Ming Dynasty.

There are many reasons for this, but the most critical one is because there are too few Manchurians, if the entire army and the people develop firearms, and the people have learned to use firearms, and strive for excellence, those horsemen who are full of cavalry and archery have been defeated as early as the Shunzhi years, what kind of fire stoppers will be used in the future?

Therefore, it is not only necessary to ban it, but also to deliberately corrupt the firearms of the Ming army under public opinion, which is regarded as useless. Although the firearms of the Ming army were shoddy, the role of firearms in the battle of Ningjin was very clear to the Qing army. To deliberately say that firearms are useless and to exaggerate the skill of mounted archery is pure deception.

Of course, in the end, you will be fooled and fooled, which is a serious side effect.

The nobles of the Eight Banners at this meeting are very aware of the power of firearms, except for the Qing army's horse armor and infantry armor, which are pure cold weapons, there are still many firearms in the Han army.

In history, there are a lot of firearms in the Duoduo army, mainly because Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, the kings of Liangshun, are following in the Duoduo army, they cast a large number of artillery, light and sharp, and can go with the army, and there are many firearms in the Liangshun Wang's department, which are much more sophisticated than the Ming army's firearms, and they are very sharp to defeat the enemy.

In this situation, Li Yan's channels are very secretive, even for people like Luo Hu, he can't tell the truth about everything.

As a result, the mind is not comfortable, and the complexion is depressed.

"Actually, firearms are small roads." Luo Hu didn't look at Li Yan's face, and said very calmly: "The so-called time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people." Our army is fighting in the countryside, and its morale is not as low as it was in Yanjing, so it is ready to fight. Moreover, I saw that the army was divided into troops, and when there was a stone, they hit us by surprise, and the troops were also above us. Now so arrogant that he dares to divide his troops, I think this is another chance to win. With these two victories, it is enough to offset the benefits of their artillery. ”

"Not bad, not bad!"

Li Yan was greatly appreciative and said with a smile: "It is really rare for you to have such an opinion now. The emperor handed over all the cavalry of the imperial camp to you, which shows his wisdom. ”

Luo Hu was embarrassed by what he said, and was about to be humble, but when he saw a few royal guards galloping on horseback, he stopped for a while, just waiting for someone to come.

After a while, several guards rushed to Luo Hu, and when they came to Luo Hu, they came to march, but their faces immediately showed joy, and after bowing, they said: "The emperor has an urgent order to order General Luo to go to the big tent to discuss matters." ”

"Yes, I obey!"

"That's right," the guard said to Li Yan when Luo Hu bowed down to obey the order: "The emperor ordered the deputy military division to also go, and I happened to meet here, so I don't have to run more." ”

"Huh?" Li Yan was surprised at first, and then he also bowed and replied, "Yes, the minister obeys the order, and now go to the emperor's big tent to obey the order." ”

"Then please!"

The imperial camp guard ran a sweat, the weather was cold, there were no trees on the northern Shaanxi Plateau, the ecology was extremely bad, the wind blew, straight like a needle piercing the bones, such a weather ran a sweat, it can be seen how urgent the matter is, and how hard this person runs.

In this case, Li Yan and Luo Hu did not dare to slack off, the two glanced at each other, and then immediately turned over and got on their horses, and even their own soldiers didn't care to greet them, and immediately rushed towards the big tent of the imperial camp where Li Zicheng was.

One of them is a cavalry general who is close to him, and the other is a deputy military division, although he is not trusted and reused now, but it is only Li Zicheng's strategy to appease the generals, so no matter what, they live very close to Li Zicheng's Chinese army, only a few miles apart.

From a distance, I saw Wu Ruyi, Li Shuangxi and others waiting outside, and when they saw these two people rushing over, the guards on guard did not come forward to check, but several generals nodded to each other, and then the tent of the big tent was opened, and Li Yan and Luo Hu entered side by side.

The imperial tent is a three-large tent built with cowhide, which can accommodate hundreds of people, whether it is the palace and guards who are waiting, or the civil officials and generals who are called to come, the deliberations in the tent are very wide and tolerant.

Originally, Li Zicheng could live in the city, but after Yanjing, Li Zicheng seemed to have a sense of repentance, although there were still no fewer women at night, but the pleasure of dogs and horses was much more restrained than before and after entering Yanjing.

(To be continued)