More than a month ago, after hearing that Gao Yingxiang was captured alive by the official army, Xu Yixian and others persuaded Zhang Xianzhong to be the king, and Pan Duao also used the words of "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes", but Zhang Xianzhong tried his best to resist public opinion and wrote a letter to recommend Li Zicheng as the king. Pen~Fun~ Pavilion www.biquge.info now that he heard that the messenger had returned, of course he wanted to ask Li Zicheng about the situation.

The two men sent to deliver the letter walked in, bowed to the people in the room, and then stood respectfully bowed.

Looking at the two of them, Zhang Xianzhong asked, "Is Li Zicheng the king?" ”

"Back to Dashuai, Li Zicheng has already been called the king. I heard that Luo Rucai also wrote a letter to recommend Li Zi to become the king of Chuang. The two men replied respectfully.

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong smiled: "This Cao Cao is indeed as slippery as a loach." Then, he asked: "According to your observation, how many people does Li Zicheng still have?" "Luo Rucai is cunning and cunning, nicknamed Cao Cao.

The two subordinates lowered their heads and thought carefully for a while, and then said: "About fifteen thousand, I don't know if there are any other places." ”

"It seems that Hongji's situation is also difficult." Zhang Xianzhong sighed.

Looking at the two subordinates who delivered the letter, Zhang Xianzhong said: "You go down, each of you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and you will be allowed to live happily in the happy camp for two days." ”

The Happy Camp is a place where soldiers vent their **, and they are full of women who have been plundered to be military prostitutes.

Hearing this, the two soldiers were overjoyed and happily bowed down and took their leave.

Seeing the two soldiers go out, Pan Duao said: "Dashuai, this Huang Lai'er is called King Chuang, will he crush us in the future?" ”

Li Zicheng's original name was Li Hongji, and the small character was Huang Laier.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and Zhang Xianzhong smiled disdainfully: "We are not an official army, why should he be the king of Chuang to suppress us, now it is a troubled time, it is more than whose soldiers and horses are bigger, whose fists are bigger, and who speaks counts." ”

"What the marshal said is reasonable, whether Li Zicheng is the king or not, we will always be allies with him, and no one can control anyone." Xu Yixian said

Nodding, Zhang Xianzhong said: "What Lao Xu said is good. As the saying goes, the rafters rot first, whoever is called the king will attract the attention of the government and the encirclement and suppression of the official army. ”

"What the marshal said is that that's what Zhu Hongwu did." Pan Duao said flatteringly.

Sun Kewang said: "Father, how will we fight with Li Zicheng in the future?" Who has the final say in joint operations? ”

"It's easy to do. If there are many benefits for us, we will unite, and if there are few benefits, we will shirk it. In joint operations, whoever says something makes sense will listen to whomever he says. Zhang Xianzhong clapped his head.

After discussing this matter, at this time, Zhang Xianzhong remembered one more thing, and he asked: "Dingguo, how happened to the departure of King Lu Yan who asked you to send someone to investigate?" Is he gone now, who will replace him? ”

Thinking of Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Xianzhong was a little frightened, since Lu Xiangsheng became the prime minister of the five provinces, the peasant army is like encountering a nemesis, there is no one who will not be defeated when he encounters him, especially he also transferred the three thousand cavalry outside the pass as a sharp knife, these cavalry are even more difficult to deal with under the leadership of the fierce generals Zu Kuan and Zu Dale.

After hearing the news that Lu Xiangsheng was leaving the Central Plains to take up a post at Xuanda, Zhang Xianzhong was like moving away from a big pebble that was pressing down on his body, and his whole body and mind relaxed.

In order to find out the specific situation, he sent Dingguo to inquire about the matter.

"Father, the people who heard the news haven't come back yet, but I think they're coming back soon." Li Dingguo bowed and said.

Li Dingguo's character is Ning Yu. SX Yulin people. One of the leaders of the Onishi Peasant Army in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The family is a farmer. Li Dingguo, who was ten years old in the third year of Chongzhen, participated in Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army and was loved by Zhang.

Li Ding went to fight in Qin, Jin, Henan, and Chu with the army, and was known for his bravery in the face of the enemy's battle, and he liked to read the art of war and the books of "Zizhi Tongjian", and wrote with leniency in the army. He is known for his courage and bravery. The Daxi regime was established, and General Anxi was promoted, together with Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi, and was raised as a righteous son, and Qi was collectively called the Four Generals.

After Xianzhong's death, he led the rest of the Great Western Army to enter YN Lianming to resist the Qing Dynasty.

Later, he moved to the Yunnan-Burma border. In the first year of Kangxi, due to the hopelessness of recovery, he was angry and ill, and died in the Mengla army.

Li Dingguo was one of the most outstanding anti-Qing generals in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and when the nation was in danger, he resolutely gave up his past suspicions, cooperated with the Southern Ming court, and was unswerving; In the face of Sun Kewang's multi-party provocations in the same camp, he took into account the overall situation and avoided it in many ways; He once "struck the king twice, and the world shook", so that the Qing court was once ready to give up the seven southwestern provinces, if it were not for the traitor leaking secrets, it would have caused Wu Sangui's entire army to be annihilated.

Li Dingguo has benefited the people of Sichuan, and after his death, Sichuan built more "Li Jin Wang Temple", and in the land of Yunnan and Guizhou, the British name and legend of "Li Jin Wang" have also been spreading.

"Report me as soon as there is news." Zhang Xianzhong said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Li Dingguo bowed down and agreed.

In the imperial palace in Shengjing, Huang Taiji was studying several yellow and clear Type 81 rifle bullet casings and bullets in his hands.

After leaving the court yesterday, he asked in detail about the process before and after Yanguli's defeat, and then selected some officers from Yanguli's army to ask, and finally confirmed that the militia in Zhuozhou was indeed not something Yanguli could defeat.

In order to prove that he was not incompetent, Yanguli handed over the bullet casings and bullets that he had brought back as evidence.

"Xiandou, you have read a lot, you are erudite and intelligent, do you say that there is such a thing as a continuous fire gun in this world?"

Huang Taiji asked Fan Wencheng.

Fan Wencheng is the most trusted Hanchen of Huang Taiji, and if there is any suspicion or difficulty, Huang Taiji will discuss it with him. Fan Wencheng did come up with many brilliant ideas for him

Fan Wencheng is not easy to answer this question, because he has also participated in the investigation of the reasons for Yanguli's defeat, Yanguli's defeat has a lot to do with the sharpness of the militia's firearms, and in the middle of the retreat, he was defeated by the people's continuous firecrackers, if it were not confirmed by many soldiers and officers, he would not believe it anyway.

After pondering for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, the minister has read a lot of books, but most of them are about governing the country, and the books on firearms are only slightly involved, so it is not good to forget to draw conclusions." ”

Huang Taiji also knew that this question was really difficult to answer, and said no, there was physical evidence in front of him, and there were so many people testifying, saying that there was, everyone had never heard of it.

Glancing at him, Huang Taiji said: "It seems that this matter will only be known when Ren Changshou, the director of the Shengjing Ordnance Bureau, and Zhao Youcai, the chief craftsman, come." ”

He had sent two craftsmen into the palace to come back for questioning.

"These two people are from famous teachers, well-informed, and have been engaged in firearms for decades, and they can be regarded as the highest level of firearms craftsmen in my Qing Dynasty, maybe they can answer this question." Fan Wencheng bowed and said.

Having said this, he was sure in his heart that there was little hope for this, and although he did not know firearms, he knew from the glittering brass shell and the cone-shaped gun that it was an extremely delicate firearm.

Huang Taiji was thinking: "Since that militia group has a burst of firearms, it means that there is really such a thing in the world, maybe these two firearms craftsmen will know something about this." If you can make it......" Thinking about this, his heart was on fire.

After a while, the two craftsmen finally arrived, walking panting and sweating.

Zhao Youcai and Ren Changshou were directing the craftsmen to make firearms in the ordnance prison, and someone from the palace sent them into the palace to reply, and heard that His Majesty of the Qing Dynasty wanted to see them, although the two didn't know what was going on, but they didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly followed the eunuch after explaining the work at hand.

"The villain Zhao Youcai (Ren Changshou) has seen Your Majesty." The two spoke in unison, kneeling and kowtowing.

After the two kowtowed, Huang Taiji said: "The two masters, please get up, I want to ask you for something." ”

"Yes." As they spoke, the two stood up, bowed their heads, and stood cautiously to the side.

Looking at the deferential appearance of the two, Huang Taiji smiled and asked, "I heard that the two masters are from famous teachers and are well-informed, I wonder if you have heard of such a firearm as a repeating firearm?" ”

"Burst firebolts?" Ren Changshou exclaimed in surprise.

Ren Changshou is forty-five years old this year, the son of the third disciple of Zhao Shijiao, a Ming Dynasty weapon, and the whole family was plundered in Tongzhou in the second year of Chongzhen (Tiancong 3 years, 1629) when the Qing army first entered the Ming Dynasty.

After that, because he was proficient in the production of firearms, he was appointed as the director of the Shengjing Ordnance Bureau by Houjin, and his family had one hundred taels of silver per month, twenty stone rice noodles, and ten Han slaves to serve.

Chief craftsman Zhao Youcai was meditating on the shape of the fire gun.

Zhao Youcai was the eldest disciple of Bi Maokang, and he and his wife and children were secretly plundered from Nanjing to Houjin, and under the threat and temptation, he also threw himself into the arms of Houjin.

Seeing Ren Changshou's surprised look, Huang Taiji said in his heart: "Could it be that he has seen a burst of fire?" If he had seen it, it would have been possible to gather the power of the Qing Dynasty to make it. Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked, "Master Ren, have you ever seen a burst of fire?" ”

"Your Majesty, my ancestor Zhao Shizhen once made this thing." Ren Changshou bowed and replied.

Hearing this, Huang Taiji was pleasantly surprised, and he said, "Master Ren, you tell me about this." ”

"My ancestor once made a multi-barreled arquebus called the Thunderbolt, which absorbed the advantages of the bird gun and the three-eyed gun, and the gun was equipped with five guns, and after each shot, it rotated 72 degrees to fire another tube, and after the five tubes were shot, the front end of the gun could shoot fireballs to burn the enemy soldiers. The barrel is equipped with a medallion as a shield, and the axe that supports the gun body when shooting can also be used for defense after shooting," Ren Changshou said carefully.

At this time, the chief craftsman Zhao Youcai also interjected: "Your Majesty, the villain also remembered that this continuous fire gun is a bit similar to the Five Thunder God Machine created by Qi Jiguang. ”

"Five Thor Machines? What are its features? Huang Taiji asked.