The speed of the cavalry that had accelerated was extremely fast, and soon it was only two hundred meters away, Wang Qiang stared at a Qing cavalryman in the front, constantly moving the muzzle of his rifle.

In the blink of an eye, only one hundred and fifty meters away, Wang Qiang fired the first shot, and then Wang Zecheng gave the order to shoot.

Suddenly, a row of white smoke floated up on the position, and the cavalry of the Qing army continued to plant their horses, and the first time they lined up their guns, they knocked down more than a dozen cavalrymen.

After the gunners in the first row finished shooting, they immediately retreated to the back, and the gunners in the second row raised the Minnie gun in their hands, and with Wang Zecheng's order, the gunfire rang out again.

There was only a distance of 100 meters, and more cavalry fell this time, and Liu Zhaoji roughly estimated that there might be thirty or forty cavalry.

By the time the third row of gunners fired, the Qing cavalry had reached more than 70 meters away, but these cavalry did not rush towards the Yangzhou army, but ran back in an arc to the left and right.

Liu Zhaoji was overjoyed when he saw it, and he had a deeper understanding of the Mini guns, and if these rifles were used well, the blow to the cavalry would still be fatal.

The attack of these Qing cavalry may have been just the last courage, and seventy or eighty horsemen were knocked out by Minnie's gun, and they were already completely frightened, so they only cared about fleeing into the distance, leaving behind the infantry and never caring anymore.

Seeing that the Qing cavalry had fled away, Wang Qiang and the special brigade mounted their horses again, made a circle, and stopped more than 20,000 Qing soldiers.

Seeing that the cavalry had been beaten and fled, the infantry had long lost the courage to fight again, and several generals rode out of the team and led more than 20,000 people to surrender.

"How good it is to surrender directly in the city, it has caused Lao Tzu to run so many ways." Liu Zhaoji scolded, this chase was chased ten miles away.

By the time the first division returned to Huai'an City with the prisoners, it was almost dark.

In the original "mansion" of Liu Zeqing in Huai'an City, Huang Degong's loud voice came out from afar: "Governor Dadu, what kind of gunpowder are you using, blowing up the city wall like that, my old Huang didn't expect to capture Huai'an City in one day." ”

"Who said it wasn't, I thought about how I had to fight for three or five days, but I never dreamed that the Huai'an City guarded by 70,000 or 80,000 people would go down in one day." Li Chengdong also followed suit.

"Have the discipline of the troops entering the city been checked? I can tell you, if there is a violation of discipline, I will ask you! Luo Jian said solemnly.

"Governor, you can rest assured, I have already sent out the inspection team, everything is normal in the city now, all the prisoners have been transferred outside the city, and they will be ready to be evacuated tomorrow." Huang Degong replied.

While a few people were talking, Liu Zhaoji arrived.

"Xinghua, your rifle is really good, if Wang Qiang hadn't brought them here, the first division would have been a bit troublesome." Liu Zhaoji said and told the situation of the first division chasing and fleeing Qing soldiers.

"Grand Duke, when will this rifle also be equipped with our second division?" Li Chengdong showed a look of envy on his face.

"Soon, the better we fight, the smoother the production on the military side will be, and then our six divisions will be equipped with this kind of rifle." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Governor, will you give this rifle a name? Why don't you call it an 'Angel Rifle'? Liu Zhaoji said with a smile.

"What 'Angel' rifle? If you think about it, it's better to call it Yangzhou one-style, and Yangzhou two-style and three-style will be there one after another in the future. Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Well, it's called Yangzhou, it's unique to our Yangzhou, and we can't make it from Tartar." Huang Degong also said with a smile.

"Everyone must realize that the fact that we can take Huai'an so quickly today is directly related to the fact that the main generals of the Qing army were killed during the blasting, otherwise even if we attack the city, it will be a bloody battle, and we can't expect this to happen in future siege battles." Although Luo Jian was very happy, he still said to everyone very calmly.

"One more point, I have to remind everyone, there is no more zha medicine for siege today, Xiao Liu has only made so much, and if you calculate the details, I am afraid it will be worth thousands of taels of silver." Luo Jian continued, in fact, even if he took tens of thousands of taels of silver, there was nowhere to buy it.

This box of huangsezha medicine (picric acid) was slowly accumulated by Xiao Liu for nearly a month, and if it is to be mass-produced, it is still impossible with the current technology.

If you encounter this kind of fortified city in the future, you can only use black huo medicine, and the dosage is at least ten times that of today.

Hearing that this kind of fried yao is no longer there, everyone sighed.

"So expensive? But it's worth it, I'm afraid this box will save the lives of hundreds of soldiers. Liu Zhaoji sighed and said.

"But it's not, it's really loud, my ears are still a little buzzing now, it's all because I didn't listen to the order of the Governor at that time, and I didn't cover my ears." Weng Zhiqi said beside him.

"Do you dare to disobey the orders of the Grand Duke? You deserve to be deaf! Huang Degong scolded.

"Is Yan Yingyuan here? Today, the artillery also fought very well, and if it weren't for the artillery suppressing the Qing soldiers on the city wall, the blasting would not have gone so smoothly. Luo Jian didn't see Yan Yingyuan, and hurriedly asked someone to find him.

Luo Jian is not a scavenger, seeing that the chefs in Liu Zeqing's mansion are still there, he made a relatively sumptuous dinner, and the generals had a good meal, but they did not let everyone drink.

As soon as the meal was finished, the guards reported that some celebrities in the city had come to visit the Governor and thanked him for rescuing the city so quickly.

Luo Jian asked Wang Xiuchu to go out to deal with it, and said that the Metropolitan Governor was studying the military situation, so he would not receive everyone in person, and everyone dispersed.

Luo Jian asked people to light more than a dozen candles, put the map out in the hall, and discussed the next step with the generals.

"If you want me to say, let's take Suqian directly, it is estimated that Duoduo will not be able to react at all." Huang Degong said.

Luo Jian thought seriously about Huang Degong's words, there were only more than 2,000 defenders left in Suqian, and all of them were Han troops, which was already clearly known when interrogating the prisoners.

Moreover, Huai'an to Suqian can also transport troops through the canal, and the troops are not hard, which makes Luo Jian moved.

And Suqian to Xuzhou is also connected by a canal, which provides a lot of convenience for the future attack on Xuzhou.

It is not a problem to take Suqian, but the defense after winning must be carefully considered.

In the end, it was decided that Huang Degong would lead the five divisions to attack Suqian, and the artillery would be accompanied by fifteen artillery pieces.

Li Chengdong led the second division to Haizhou County (Lianyungang) march, this natural harbor must be taken as soon as possible, at the same time Yancheng County is also one of the targets of the Yangzhou army, this is the Ming Dynasty salt production area, everywhere are boiled salt pavilions, take this place, Yangzhou salt is not lacking, this salt is not only edible, but also extremely important industrial raw materials, Yangzhou also has another economic source.

Early the next morning, Huang Degong took the Fifth Division to Suqian on a naval warship, and Li Chengdong also marched to Haizhou with the Second Division.

Luo Jian did not leave Huai'an, and after the troops set off, he took a group of escorts to the Huai'an shipyard.

The boat yard is close to the canal, a large courtyard, and it is very calm.

Maybe it's because I think I'll use it in the future, the Qing soldiers didn't damage the shipyard, and the entire shipyard is still the same as when Liu Zeqing was in the past, but it looks dilapidated, and it seems that a ship hasn't been built for a long time.

The guards finally found a few shipyards who were in charge of the shipyard before, and when they asked, they learned that the shipyard had not built a ship for more than half a year because there was no source of funds, and most of the shipbuilders had done other things in Huai'an City.

Luo Jian waited in the shipyard for more than three hours, and these stewards found more than a dozen shipbuilders to come over, the oldest one was almost seventy years old, and the younger one was in his forties.

Seeing the appearance of these shipbuilders, Luo Jian was a little sad, these people should have been technical talents needed by the country, but now they look very down, unkempt, and their lives are very difficult.

Seeing the big official coming, a group of people were about to kneel down and kowtow, but Luo Jian hurriedly stopped them.

Luo Jian asked the guards to buy a lot of food and came back, so that these masters could eat first before talking to them.

"Masters, have you eaten enough, you haven't eaten enough." Luo Jian was not in a hurry.

"Thank you, sir, we're all full." Some of the masters did not hand the guards to their hands and eat the dry food, but put it in their pockets, apparently preparing to take it home.

Luo Jian asked the guards to buy some more, and then he talked to these masters.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if the Yangzhou Army wants to build a ship, can this shipyard still be used?" Luo Jian asked.

"Why can't you use it, as long as we have silver, we can also build a lucky boat." When the eldest master heard about shipbuilding, he opened his cloudy eyes and seemed to be much younger.

"Master's surname? Can shipyards build sea vessels? Luo Jian asked, there are many differences between sea ships and freshwater ships in terms of structure, sea ships mainly use wind power and ocean currents, while most river boats are mainly artificial power, sea ships must be able to withstand large wind and waves, and the appearance is very different from river boats.

When the shipbuilders heard that this was going to build a sea ship, they all looked at Luo Jian with wide eyes, and they all showed puzzled looks.

"This is the Duke of Weiguo and the Governor of Huaiyang, if you have something to say, just say it." Wang Xiuchu watched the shipmasters on the side and was puzzled, and hurriedly introduced them to everyone.

"Huh? You're the Angel Governor? All the shipmasters stood up and kowtowed to Luo Jian.

"Everyone, please take a seat, I came here today to see if I can build a sea ship." Luo Jian raised his hand and asked everyone to sit down.

"Grandpa Guo, the little old man's surname is Hu, he also built a boat in Fu when he was young, our shipyard has been building river boats, if Grandpa Guo wants to build a sea boat, it's not impossible, but this shipyard is not on the seaside, if it is big, it is very troublesome to go to sea." Master Hu said.

Hearing what the master said, Luo Jian suddenly fell into thought.

If the boats built by this shipyard want to go to the sea, they must go through the canal to the Yangtze River, and from the Yangtze River into the sea, but the sea ships are huge and the draft is extremely deep, but the canal is not so deep in some places, which is a big problem.

In this era, the shipbuilding technology of various countries also has some in Luo Jian's computer, such as the information of the "King of the Sea" of Charles I of Britain, which has now gone to sea, is relatively complete, Luo Jian wants to directly build a world-leading warship, these technologies must be used, these technical materials are in Yangzhou, and it is troublesome to run back and forth.

In addition, Luo Jian considered that the steam engine is being studied, there is a relatively mature technology, and it is estimated that it is not difficult to develop it, and in the future, large ships must be equipped with steam engines as power, and only in this way can they take the lead in the world.

The steam engine is studied in Yangzhou, and it is extremely inconvenient to transport, install and debug it to Huai'an.

This gave Luo Jian the idea of building a shipyard in Guazhou.

"Masters, I don't know if you have been to Yangzhou?" Luo Jian asked.

"Most of them have been there, and they used to ship ships to try ships, and it is close to Yangzhou." The old master replied.

"Then do you think Guazhou is suitable for building a shipyard?" Luo Jian asked, this technical matter has to be done by an insider.

"Why not? If a ship yard is built there, even the largest fortune ship can be launched smoothly. Just building a shipyard is not a lot of money. The master said.

"Then would you like to go to Guazhou to build a shipyard?" Luo Jian asked with a smile.

"Alas, as long as you can make a living, the old and young in the family will not starve to death, and you will not work anywhere, besides, I heard that Yangzhou is good now, and I heard that no one has starved to death in the past half a year." A master in his fifties said.

"How many people used to work in this shipyard? Can you get them all back? Luo Jian asked.

"There were the most people working here during the Wanli years, there were four or five hundred people, and there were more than three hundred people in the early years of Chongzhen, and there were only more than two hundred people in the first half of this year. The old master said.

"That's great, then ask the master to gather people quickly, the whole family can bring it all, the sooner the better." In addition, there are other things that can be used in this shipyard, and they are also packed up and taken away. Luo Jian said.

When all the boat masters heard that they could take their families to the young, they were all overjoyed, and they looked at the master one by one.

"Grandpa Guo, it's fast to summon people, these people are dying of hunger, as long as there is a stutter, they will come with a shout, but most of the things in this shipyard are still useful, and I am afraid that these people alone will not be able to move away." The old master said.

Luo Jian was about to speak, when Liu Zhaoji's loud voice came, "Xinghua, let me find it, why did you come here?" ”

"Brother Liu, is there something wrong? I'm looking at the shipyard. Luo Jian said.

"Xinghua, there are too many prisoners, there are fifty or sixty thousand people, should we pick some of them out to make up for the army?" Liu Zhaoji said.

"I'm saying that there is no manpower, you still have fifty or sixty thousand people here, master, in this case, you gather all the people as soon as possible, tomorrow morning I will arrange for the ship to come and move this shipyard, what about the manpower, I will ask Master Liu to arrange, how many people do you want, do you think it is good?" Luo Jianchong said to the master.