Luo Jian stayed in Yan Yingyuan's artillery unit for a long time, in fact, Luo Jian gave a good lesson to the artillery unit, although the current artillery is not the real artillery that Luo Jian thinks, but after all, it is much stronger than the artillery of the same era.

The few problems mentioned by Yan Yingyuan, in fact, Luo Jian had already realized that with the comparison of advanced artillery in later generations, now these simple artillery pieces are all problems in Luo Jian's opinion.

It's just that the problem of connecting the retreat device to the barrel must be solved as soon as possible.

Although there is already a preliminary welding technology, it is only for some metals with low melting points and low hardness such as copper and tin, but iron welding or even steel welding technology is not available at this time.

The current connection between the barrel and the retreat is tied with an iron hoop, and this connection method will loosen after the gun is fired a few times, and it must be re-reinforced, and it will produce a lot of unsafe factors, which makes Yan Yingyuan the most troublesome.

As for the other problem, Luo Jian solved it on the spot, because Yan Yingyuan raised the problem of battlefield observation, Luo Jian directly asked the guards to transfer five telescopes from the glass factory, and sent them after Luo Jian finished speaking.

On the way back to Luo Jian's home, the staff officers of the General Staff Department came to report that the Fourth and Fifth Divisions had moved to Chuzhou.

Chuzhou is not far from Nanjing and Yangzhou, when Duoduo retreated, he knew that Chuzhou could not be defended, so he simply gave up, and now Chuzhou has more than 3,000 defenders of Yangzhou, all of which were the original Luzhou army.

The Fourth and Fifth Divisions were maneuvering toward Chuzhou to take offensive actions in the direction of Dingyuan and Fengyang, and this plan of action of substituting offense for defense was a plan made by the General Staff Headquarters on the basis of everyone's opinions.

According to Shi Kefa's opinion, the strength of the Yangzhou army is not enough now, especially when it is known that Luo Jian and the new weapons they carry are not much left, it is best to take a defensive position, as long as they can repel Duoduo's attack, they can win time for development.

But senior generals such as Huang Degong and Liu Zhaoji didn't think so, and Liu Zhaoji's words made Luo Jian agree with it the most.

Liu Zhaoji said that Yangzhou is developing, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is also developing, once the Manchu Qing Dynasty stabilizes the occupied areas, the area under its jurisdiction is incomparable with Yangzhou, and its manpower and material resources Yangzhou is even more incomparable, and Yangzhou's development has to be restricted by the imperial court in many ways.

Li Chengdong said more simply, he said that if he wanted to fight, he would have to go to the enemy-occupied area to fight, and if it was destroyed, it would be someone's territory, and if he defended on his own territory, even if he repelled the attack of the Qing army, Yangzhou would suffer heavy losses.

Huang Degong believes that the combat effectiveness of Liu Liangzuo's troops in the Shouzhou area is not strong, and the Yangzhou army will target them, and will inevitably force Duoduo to come to the rescue, and our Yangzhou army will fight a decisive battle with the Qing soldiers on the front line of Fengyang and Shouzhou.

After thinking calmly, Luo Jian agreed with the generals' opinions, believing that it was better to take the initiative to attack than to defend passively.

The map of the battle on the wall of the war room shows the basic situation of the two sides very clearly, and at present, after the elimination of the Duoduo army, there are about 1670,000 horses, distributed in Xuzhou, Suzhou, and Sixian.

The area around Shouzhou and Fengyang is Liu Liangzuo's department, about 30,000 horses, plus 3,000 Mongolian cavalry and 500 Manchu cavalry.

In the area from Lu'an Prefecture to Hefei County, the original Ming army surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the number was not large, only three or four thousand.

In the direction of Huai'an is the Qing army, the quasi-tower department, the number of men and horses is estimated to be about 1230,000 people, of which the Mongolian soldiers and the Manchu soldiers are only 7 or 8,000 people, and the rest are the surrendered Ming army, which is currently stationed in the area from Suqian to Siyang County.

The target of the Yangzhou army's initiative this time was Liu Liangzuo's division as Huang Degong said, and when Li Chengdong led the second division to maneuver to Fengyang, the fourth division had already surrounded Dingyuan County.

The county seat of Dingyuan is not big, Luo Jian feels that it can't even compare to a small town in later generations, only a short city wall, and the Qing soldiers defending it are only more than 1,000 people from the original Liu Department.

There was no battle in Dingyuan County, and more than 1,000 people and horses of Liu Bu directly chose to surrender.

The news that the Yangzhou army had captured Dingyuan County alarmed Liu Liangzuo, and he had an intuition that the Yangzhou army was coming at him this time.

The first thing Liu Liangzuo did was to send someone to Xuzhou to report to Duoduo, and then went directly to his original mansion to find Bai Yintu, the leader of the Qing soldiers stationed in Shouzhou City.

The 4th and 5th Divisions took Dingyuan County and did not stop, and continued to maneuver westward in the direction of Shouzhou.

The Second Division shook a shot outside Fengyang City, which shocked the defenders of Fengyang City and reported to Liu Liangzuo again and again, and then turned directly towards the direction of Shouzhou.

The Sixth Division stationed in Anqing is currently the largest division among several divisions in Yangzhou, and its good military discipline and treatment have attracted a large number of young and strong men, and Weng Zhiqi has recruited more than 6,000 people in more than half a month.

When Luo Jian transferred Huang Fei's sailors to Anqing, Weng Zhiqi couldn't stay in Anqing anymore, he thought that his 15,000 men and horses staying in Anqing was a waste, and in a hurry, he sent a fast horse to Yangzhou to ask for instructions, asking to attack and advance in the direction of Tongcheng and Shucheng.

Leaving 3,000 men and horses to cooperate with Huang Fei to defend Anqing, Weng Zhiqi's sixth division also began to move.

The large-scale mobilization of the Yangzhou army not only shocked the Qing soldiers, but also caused a tremor in the city of Nanjing, which was no less than a super earthquake.

More than 40 ministers have gathered in the mansion of Ma Shiying's Ma Cabinet Department, all of whom have come to ask the Ma Cabinet Department, why did the Military Department issue the order to transfer troops at this time?

Yangzhou was originally the barrier of Nanjing, and now most of the 50,000 or 60,000 horses of the Yangzhou army have been transferred, and the city of Nanjing is equivalent to opening its arms to the Qing soldiers, and the ministers are as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

Poor Ma Ge Department is also an uninformed member, the transfer of the Yangzhou army has not been approved by the Ministry of War at all, according to Luo Jian's words, telling the imperial court is almost equivalent to telling the Qing soldiers, so the transfer of the Yangzhou army is an absolute top secret operation.

The ministers asked the Ministry of War to give an order and asked the Yangzhou army to quickly withdraw to Yangzhou for defense, but the Ma Ge Department felt that this was unlikely, the troops had already run out for hundreds of miles, who would chase them back?

The ministers began to retreat and ask the imperial court to immediately mobilize troops and horses to defend Nanjing, but the Ma Ge Department counted with their fingers, there were already a lot of troops near Nanjing, in addition to the Yangzhou army, there were still 70,000 or 80,000 horses, and then transferred it was probably about the same, and it would not play a role.

The other group of courtiers under the leadership of Li Zhan, the right capital of the imperial history, directly to the emperor impeachment of Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor Luo Jian and Supervisor Shi Kefa, according to the palace eunuchs revealed the news, this time there are more than 30 ministers.

Li Zhan and the ministers said in the recital that Luo Jian and Shi Kefa's unauthorized transfer of people without the permission of the imperial court this time was an act without a king and a father, and the imperial court must severely punish this kind of behavior before they can be followed by a ban.

The fat emperor Zhu Youxiang in the Cixi Palace was also shocked and inexplicable, didn't Wei Guogong promise to guard Yangzhou well and let him live a good life in Nanjing, why did he lead the troops out?

So Qin Cha went to Yangzhou again, this time it was 100,000 urgent, of course, he didn't walk slowly in a sedan chair, he was all fast, and he arrived in Yangzhou in a day and a half.

Ren Minyu, the prefect of Yangzhou, warmly received Xu Hongji, the minister of the Imperial Mission, and when Wei Guogong wanted to see the governor and the superintendent, Ren Minyu regretfully told him that he had not seen them for several days.

Shi Kefa didn't run far, just in the farmland outside Yangzhou, the rice was ripe, and it was necessary to grab it back before the big war, a large number of officials and officials were taken to the countryside by him, took off their official robes and changed into civilian clothes, and brought their own dry food to help the peasants work, and the supervisors went down to the fields in person, and no one dared to deal with it.

When Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, personally rode a horse and led his entourage to find the countryside, a large group of people working in the farmland not far away were directly ignored by him, so Wei Guogong searched for a day and did not find the supervisor, and regretfully returned to Nanjing.

At this time, Luo Jian had already arrived in Yanggong Town, which was more than forty miles away from Shouzhou, and Luo Jian personally came with artillery.

According to Luo Jian's original idea, the artillery of the Yangzhou army as a secret weapon was to wait for the Duoduo army to send out and give them a hard blow, but Li Chengdong said that there were 3,000 Mongolian soldiers and 500 white armor soldiers in Shouzhou City, and these cavalry troops were too threatening to the Yangzhou army, and they must be dealt with with artillery.

The 2nd, 4th, and 5th divisions had already pressed towards Shouzhou from three sides.

Liu Liangzuo in Shouzhou City was already restless, and he already had plans to abandon the city and flee, but Bai Yintu did not speak, and he did not dare to escape without permission.

Bai Yintu is most afraid of the strange car of the Yangzhou army, these days the scouts are dispatched, Bai Yintu is to let them focus on checking the strange car is not there, a few days of scouts have reported that they have not seen a strange car in the Yangzhou army, which makes Bai Yintu feel a lot more at ease.

As for abandoning the city and escaping, Bai Yintu never thought about it, in his opinion, this Shouzhou City is so strong, even if it can't be defended, but if the Yangzhou army wants to defeat it within ten days and half a month, it is impossible at all.

Liu Liangzuo, who was helpless, had to prepare to defend the city, according to Liu Liangzuo's meaning, this city gate must be sealed.

But Bai Yintu resolutely disagreed, all he led were cavalry, if the city gate was sealed, then he would also be sealed, and he also wanted to find an opportunity to go out of the city to find fighters, so that the Qing warriors could be trapped in the fortified city, he thought it was an insult to the Qing warriors.

The three divisions stopped and set up camp five or six miles from Shouzhou City, it was getting late, and it was tomorrow to attack the city.

As soon as the next day dawned, Liu Liangzuo accompanied Bai Yintu to climb the city tower on the Tongshu Gate, looking at the military camp of the Yangzhou army in front of him, Liu Liangzuo only felt that his heart was beating a drum, this Yangzhou army was afraid of no less than 30,000 or 40,000 horses, it seems that they are bound to win Shouzhou.

The sound of horses' hooves under the city attracted the attention of Liu Liangzuo and Bai Yintu, and they saw more than 100 horsemen on the mountain behind Nanguan Village outside the Tongqi Gate huddled with two or three generals to climb a high slope, and the leader was wearing unusual colorful clothes and was pointing at Shouzhou City.

It is said to be a high slope, but in fact it is only more than ten meters high, which is still much lower than the Shouzhou City Tower.

Looking blankly at the general of the Yangzhou army on the opposite hillside, Liu Liangzuo knew that it was Luo Jian, the governor of Yangzhou, and inexplicably had a sense of fear, and even regretted the surrender of the Manchus.

Liu Liangzuo wanted to turn back to Bai Yintu and say a few words to strengthen his courage, but when he turned around, he found that Bai Yintu was gone.

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