Long Er is a taciturn person, and his appearance is ordinary, and that Yu Mao'er looks more like a cowering old farmer, only such a person is the ideal candidate for intelligence sentry and night sleep. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Long Er's words were also simple, and he talked about his sentinel experience in a dull manner, but Wang Dou could hear how many difficulties and dangers were contained in his plain words?

In fact, an emerging country or group must be strict under the rule, such as the road introduction system at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, which effectively checked the spies and stopped the population turbulence, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the road guide was like a fictitious.

Although the territory of the Qing Kingdom is not as strict as the East Road, how easy is it to find out the information? Among them, the cold smoke and cold moon, crying day and night, needless to say. A team of people led by Long Er, many of them were killed, and some of them couldn't even find their corpses, when it came to this, Long Er's sluggish face changed, and his eyes were a little hairy

Wang Dou sighed: "Brother Long has worked hard, the fallen soldiers, the shogunate will live and commemorate, and if the remains cannot be recovered, let's build a clothed tomb." ”

He stroked the map book brought back by Long Er and the others, shook his head and said: "If the world is going to be peaceful, I don't know how many people will die, and how many soldiers will have no bones." ”

Wen Daxing persuaded: "The generals don't have to be sad, they died for the country and the people, and they died well. ”

Wang Dou nodded and sighed, praised Long Er and the others, and asked the General Staff Department and the Zhenfu Division to reward them for their merits, and rewarded them with some wealth in the house. Wang Dou knew that Long Er was good at smoking pipes, and rewarded him with some fine tobacco.

Long Er, Yu Mao'er and others left the general's mansion, and a thin middle-aged man outside the mansion was squatting on the wall in a daze.

Ryuuji's characteristic is that he doesn't talk much on weekdays.,But it's very enthusiastic about acquaintances.。 He walked over with a large bag and a small bag, and said in a loud voice: "Look, the general of the Qian Hai brothers has rewarded us with so much wealth. ”

He took out a bag as if offering a treasure: "Look at what's inside, the tobacco, it's all high-quality Fujian smoke, the general personally rewarded it, and ordinary people can't smoke it." ”

He took out his precious pipe, carefully took out some tobacco and filled it, took out the fire fold and lit it, took a puff, and closed her eyes in intoxication.

It took him a long time before he opened his eyes: "The good smoke rewarded by the general is extraordinary." ”

Seeing Yu Mao'er and Qian Hai looking at him with blank eyes, Long Er generously handed over the bag: "Take some of them, especially Brother Qian Hai went to Liaodong this time, thanks to you." ”

The three of them squatted beside the wall like beggars, smoking cigarettes and chatting and spitting smoke. At this time, the Ming Dynasty smoking wind is extremely prosperous, it is said that tobacco can dispel miasma, treat head lice mold insecticide, and treat wind, cold and dampness and other effects, a pound of tobacco leaves outside Liaodong Pass can be exchanged for a good horse, so tobacco is planted everywhere in the country.

Because the people have a variety of tobacco and do not farm wheat, Emperor Chongzhen issued a holy decree in the twelfth year to ask the disciples to be more severe: "Those who eat tobacco die." ”

But it still didn't work, and there were several bans on smoking.

The three of them were all smoking guns, swallowing clouds and spitting fog for a while, Long Er said to Qian Hai, who was silent: "Brother Qian Hai, you have all the ability, and you were Mao Shuai's personal guard back then, and you can also speak Liaodong dialect, Korean, and Japanese. You can rest assured, after the review of the Suppression Department and the Intelligence Department, you will soon become a member of our Jingbian Army. When you kill Kong Youde, a big traitor, in the future, you can avenge your family. ”

Qian Hai was originally lifeless, but when he heard this, a bright light appeared in his cloudy eyes, and he said, "Really? ”

There is a little Jiangsu and Zhejiang accent in the language. …,

Ryuuji patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, we will vouch for you." ”

Yu Mao'er also said: "Yes, I will also vouch for you." ”

Qian Hai trembled his hands, and tears welled up in the eyes of the emaciated man: "...... Okay, as long as I can kill the Tartars, and I can kill Kong Youde, a big traitor, let me be willing to do anything......"

After learning the news of Liaodong, Wang Dou felt a little heavy, according to the sentinels of Long Er and others, the Qing Dynasty was building artillery, and there were many Shenwei generals and cannons in it.

Wang Dou knew that the Shenwei General Cannon, the cannon that hit was more than ten catties, and that was the Hongyi Twelve-pounder Cannon. Of course, how many Shenwei General Cannons there are in the Qing Kingdom, Long Er and others can't detect it, and Wang Dou can also understand it.

Also, according to the intelligence, the Qing State is making bird guns, and the Eight Banners Han Army is training firearms on a large scale, and it is really difficult to say how many birds and guns they have.

Wang Dou's eyes are deep, and the emerging power groups are all good at learning, and there are few conservative forces.

Historically, the Qing people attached great importance to firearms, but because their opponents were weak, they were not used on a large scale. However, in the later Junggar Rebellion, due to the large-scale use of flintlock pistols and Hongyi cannons by the Jungar soldiers, the Qing State also built a large number of Hongyi cannons, bird guns, etc.

Now because of their influence, is the age of firearms coming?

In firearms against firearms, although Wang Dou was confident that his gunners had a great advantage, it was inevitable that there would be a large number of casualties, and the maximum caliber of his own artillery was only six pounds...... It seems that the sergeants had to be trained how to avoid artillery when defending, and how to deal with artillery when arrayed. nucleus

Wen Daxing was also uncomfortable when he learned this information, and saw that Wang Dou was pondering, and said softly: "General, general......"

Wang Dou snorted, regained his sharpness, his eyes shot a cold light, asked the guards to inform the generals of the discussion, and then looked at Wen Daxing: "Daxing, you send someone to Beijing to preach, just say that there are more than 100 artillery pieces in Dongyu, more than 10,000 bird guns, and there are thousands of pounds of heavy artillery in it." ”

Wen Daxing groaned: "The general means ......"

Wang Dou snorted: "Fighting, it's not our family fighting, I didn't fight heavy artillery of ten catties or more, the Beijing division can have it." ”

Soon, an astonishing news spread inside and outside the Beijing Division, Dongyu, Zhengda built heavy artillery, including the cannon of General Shenwei, their artillery battalion, and more than 100 artillery pieces. They also trained 20,000 Han troops in the Eight Banners, and many of them practiced birds.

For a while, the Beijing division was in an uproar, the officials and the people were talking about it, the benefits of firearms, the Shunxiang army on the east road of Xuanfu Town, now called the Jingbian Army, had already been vividly displayed by everyone.

In everyone's impression, although Dongyu is fierce, he is the image of cold weapons such as cannibalism, cavalry shooting, spears and halberds, and suddenly has so many artillery and birds, what does this mean? Their level of civilization has reached a very high level, and their image has suddenly changed, how can they make everyone's hearts balanced?

For a while, there was a lot of discussion inside and outside the Beijing Division, and there were those who couldn't believe the roarers, those who shouted that our firearms were inferior, and those who shouted that I was in danger.

John Tang, a Western missionary in Beijing, shouted everywhere: "His man is strong and strong, and his arrows and bows are strong, and he has beaten me a lot, and now his firearms are equal to mine. At present, firearms are expensive Western milling, and the enemy not only has them, but now they are widespread! ”

Another missionary shouted: "The barbaric Tatars have already possessed sharp firearms, but our Chinese army might as well cast heavy artillery as soon as possible, or buy them from the Bugarao Gun Factory." ”

Not to mention that the missionaries were so excited, firearms, and all kinds of technical products, have always been the advantage of Hongyi knocking on the door of China. …,

After the German missionary John Tang came to China, in the seventh year of Chongzhen, together with Luo Yagu, he presented a telescope brought from Europe to the Ming Emperor, wrapped in yellow silk, with a gold-plated frame and copper accessories. This matter was valued by Emperor Chongzhen and all walks of life in the government and the opposition, not only John Tang was received and rewarded, the Chinese government also organized forces to imitate, and the first self-made telescope in China was completed that year, called the speculum.

Prior to this, the pro-Western representatives such as the Catholic Xu Guangqi had repeatedly purchased Hongyi cannons from the Portuguese in Macao, and during the Apocalypse, they bought 26 Hongyi cannons, 19 of which were left in the capital and the rest were transported to Ningyuan City outside the Guan.

After the battle of Ningyuan, the Hongyi cannon became famous, aroused the enthusiasm of the government and the opposition to buy and imitate, in the first year of Chongzhen, the Portuguese mercenaries came to Beijing, there were 200 soldiers, and 31 guns, craftsmen and companions, a total of seven large iron guns, three big bronze guns and 30 eagle beak guns, led by the Western commander "Xilao of Gongsha", these artillery, Emperor Chongzhen gave the name "Shenwei General".

At the same time, the Ming court also carried out batch imitation of Hongyi cannons, the location is mostly in the southeast coast, to Chongzhen for three years, there are more than 400 imitation large, medium and small Hongyi cannons, and when the Ming Dynasty died in history, a total of more than 1,000 Hongyi cannons of all kinds were made.

In the north, Xu Guangqi not only made artillery, but also asked Portuguese gunners and artillery technicians to directly teach the Hongyi cannon control point release method, and he also co-authored the "Measurement Law" of artillery ranging with Matteo Ricci, Tang Ruowang and others, as well as the "Fire Attack Essentials" for measuring the elevation angle of the barrel.

This was the honeymoon period for pro-Western officials in the Ming Dynasty, and soon Kong Youde rebelled, with more than 1,300 men and women in the remnants, as well as an elite artillery team, and many firearms men surrendered to Houjin. The Portuguese Gongsha Xilao was killed in battle, and soon Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua, Zhang Tao, Wang Zheng and others died, a large number of pro-Western forces were purged, and Tang Ruowang and other missionaries were greatly neglected.

At this time, when the news of the firearms came from the Dongyu, not to mention the shouting and screaming of the missionaries, the pro-Western officials who shrank their heads and shrunk their heads were also in high spirits, running up and down the government and the opposition to echo.

And this news is not false, there have been facts earlier, at this time in Jinzhou or Songshan front, there are a large number of thieves and slaves Hongyi heavy artillery attack, there are people who also turn out not long ago Songshan guard general Fan Chenggong Tang report: "The thieves carry more artillery fire, will Songshan 25th, 26th two days of fierce attack, the situation is very critical, the city found more than 601 guns, all weigh more than 10 catties, the south wall is now equipped with 40 Hongyi cannons, with 12 oxen to pull a cannon. ”

A few months ago, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, asked the imperial court to supply guns and cannons, and the newspaper was also turned out by everyone and said that Hong Chengchou set up a gunpowder bureau in Jizhou to make guns and cannons, and also asked the Ministry of Industry to send 50 cannons to No. 2 and No. 3 cannons, and 10,000 bird guns, but the Ministry of Industry only issued 50 cannons and 2,000 bird guns.

What does this mean? I'm not talking nonsense!

There are also a large number of officials who secretly sent henchmen to the East Road, asking Zhongyong Bo Wang to write a book, Zhong Yongbo has the most experience in the use of firearms, if he writes, he can increase everyone's right to speak. To be continued [this text is provided by The Unspeakable]. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. ）