The sunset was like blood, and a big war ended quietly, because of the fear of the firearms of the Ming army, the Qing army did not even dare to clean up the corpses of their comrades who died in battle, and could only watch the Ming army show off their strength and cut off the heads of those dead corpses and tie them around their waists.

Dolgon swallowed the mouthful of blood in his throat again, and took Hauge, who had lost his soul, to recuperate, and looked at the battlefield lit by fireworks, speechless for a long time.

"What is the maximum distance that Akito's firearms can reach?"

"Go back to the prince!" Man Dahai, the general of Zhenguo on the side and the seventh son of Prince Dai Shan, hurriedly replied: "According to visual measurements, the farthest can reach two hundred steps outside the trench!" ”

Dorgon nodded, the range was not much different from the range of the firearms he had encountered before, but the power was truly amazing.

Man Dahai looked at Dolgon's expression, leaned closer, and whispered: "Uncle Fourteen, today's battle situation in the north of the city is not satisfactory, Lu Xiangsheng seems to have entrusted the defense line in the south of the city to Hu Dawei and the general surnamed Zhu, but he ran to the north of the city with the battalion of the superintendent, Ao Bai did not take any advantage, and he could only return in vain!" ”

The southern expedition was so unsmooth, which Dolgon did not expect in any case. Assuming that the stronghold of Fan's firm had not been uprooted, that Lu Xiangsheng had not retreated to Sanfu, and that the Ming army had civil strife, the current result would have been that the Qing army would have wiped out the Xuanda Army lightly, and then swept through Hebei and Shandong.

But do these assumptions make sense?

Dorgon felt bitter in his heart. It seems that something is wrong, but I can't say what happened. It seems that there is an invisible hand that is quietly erasing the advantages that originally belonged to the Qing Dynasty little by little.

"Hu Dawei is just a brave man, this king looks at the tactics of the Ming army today, there are many novelties, and it is definitely not something that Hu Dawei can think of. Lu Xiangsheng supervised the battle in the north of the city, but allowed the south of the city to command on its own, and it was definitely not because of Hu Dawei. This king guessed that it might be the general of the Ming army named Zhu Ping'an! Dorgon quickly found the key.

"Rather finish me!" Dorgon thought of an opportunity.

After Ning finished, I immediately ran over, "What does the prince command?" ”

"How much do you know about Zhu Ping'an?"

I'm a little worried about this time. "This ......, the minions don't know much. If the minion's unsuccessful nephew is still there. Maybe I can say a thing or two. But......! ”

Ning Wan's eyes lit up, "There was a letter from the slave's nephew before he disappeared. It was mentioned in the letter that Zhu Ping'an was a student of Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Fengyang, but a famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty accepted a military general as a student. It was also a sensational news at the time. There is also a rumor. However, the credibility is not high. It is said that when the thieves besieged Fengyang with a gust of wind and 30,000 troops, it was this Zhu Ping'an who attacked the enemy camp at night with a mere hundred elite cavalry, which caused chaos among the thieves. Win without a fight! ”

"What a joke!" Duoduo and Mandahai on the side immediately shouted, "How is it possible for a hundred people to break an army of thirty thousand?" ”

Dorgon frowned. Breaking the army of 30,000 with 100 people is obviously a bit exaggerated, but Zhu Ping'an has definitely made a great contribution. Presumably it should be a battle where the enemy is outnumbered, this Zhu Ping'an can stand out, and make the army of thieves fall under Fengyang City, it seems that he still underestimates this person!

In front of the camp in the south of the city was originally a flat river, which was very suitable for cavalry to attack and harass. But now it has become a world of trenches, which are deep and wide, and the cavalry must not be used, and the immature ones rely on foot soldiers to attack, so that once the Ming army continues to bombard, the casualties ......

When he was hesitating, the guards came to report: "Lord Lord, there are surviving soldiers under Lord Tan Tai who have returned, saying that the artillery position on the Ming army's position is already in ruins, and it seems that this kind of firearm of the Ming army can only be used once, and it may not be able to be fired again tomorrow!" ”

"Really?" Dolgon suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly took the clairvoyant mirror to take a closer look. On the position of the Ming army, the original iron barrel array has been changed beyond recognition, and it seems that this kind of firearm is an object that injures the enemy by 1,000 and damages 800!

Dolgon's gaze continued to shift, looking around the camp south of the city. The camp is backed by Julu City, and the two large camps in the south and north of the city are like two fortresses that take into account, with a circular moat, firmly enclosing Julu City in the middle, which is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"Pass the order!" In a matter of moments, Dorgon had made up his mind. "Early tomorrow morning, the camp in the south of the city will be stormed with the white flag and the red flag, and Duoduo and Man Dahai will lead all the troops under their command to fight. The Han army flag ......! Dolgon's face couldn't help but darken, the Han Army Banner had already been scrapped in today's battle.

"That, the Han army flag will cooperate with the yellow flag to feint the enemy army north of the city, and drag Lu Xiangsheng's main force to death!"

……

The battlefield has been cleaned, but Hu Dawei is still in a dream, "This is won?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng also learned about the battle situation in the south of the city, and personally rushed to inspect it, immersed in the real situation, and was dumbfounded by the achievements of the camp in the south of the city. "It's such an artifact, why didn't you tell this official earlier!"

Zhu Ping'an had a bitter face, didn't speak, and led Lu Xiangsheng and other generals to the area of the original iron bucket array.

"The Governor should see for himself!"

Lu Xiangsheng took a closer look and was immediately deflated. Dozens of iron barrels, now intact, only five or six remain, most of them were reimbursed after one use, and a few were dumb when they were launched, but they had already been blown apart by the gunpowder packets ignited in them, which is also the reason why He Changshui and others and the people of Zhongdu Fengyang tried their best to dodge at the beginning.

This kind of launcher, which was borrowed from the "unconscionable cannon" of later generations, is not complicated in process, and can also be manufactured under existing conditions. What was lacking was the precision of the size of the iron drum and the weighing of the gunpowder fill. At present, the military does not have the strength to manufacture this in large quantities, because the amount of medicine required is really staggering. Even the gunpowder packets that were fired were greatly reduced compared to later generations, and they were filled with a large amount of rubble and iron pieces to increase the power after the explosion.

Even these dozens of iron buckets were still built by He Changshui and the craftsmen in Fengyang for a month, and the size and specifications have been adjusted most accurately under the existing conditions according to the dosage, and for this, the lives of two craftsmen and six people were also paid in the process of realization.

Therefore, this kind of conscienceless cannon can probably only be used once, and the remaining iron buckets will take a great risk when they are used again.

In this battle, the Manchu casualties reached a staggering 2,000 people, the Han army flag almost lost its combat effectiveness, Tan Tai's department, more than half of the casualties, only the wounded and stunned prisoners captured more than 200 people, while the Shaanxi army and the Fengyang army were only 100 casualties, or appeared in the early days of the trench battle and the Han army flag encounter.

But such a brilliant record can never be repeated, which makes Lu Xiangsheng a little frustrated. Next, it is inevitable to face a face-to-face confrontation with the Qing army, so that the casualties of the Ming army will rise quickly, so how long can it last?

"Commander, after today's temptation, Dolgon will definitely change its countermeasures tomorrow, and we must also prepare early!" Zhu Ping'an admonished. Although the firearms in his hands are sharp, Zhu Ping'an also understands that firearms are too dependent on logistics supplies, although he still holds some new firearms in his hands, but the consumption of ammunition is amazing, and there will always be a time when all of them are consumed, and at that time, it is still necessary to have a decisive battle with the Qing army with cold weapons.

At that time, it will be time to test the command ability and strategic planning of the commanders of both sides. Zhu Ping'an thought that he was just a new soldier now, and there was still a big gap between him and Lu Xiangsheng in terms of arranging troops, deploying troops, and commanding Ruoding, and so on.

Zhu Ping'an bowed his hand at Lu Xiangsheng and asked him to retreat from the left and right, and the generals' personal soldiers also retreated to a hundred steps away. Only then did Lu Xiangsheng, Hu Dawei, Yang Dekai, and Yang Guozhu be invited to the camp in the south of the city.

"Tomorrow, the Tartars will inevitably change their tactics, and there are still some firearms and equipment here at the end of the general, please ask the commander to understand in detail and command the armies to use them, as long as the Tartars are painful, there is hope of winning this battle!"

"Commander, please see, this thing is the magic machine arrow car in my Ming army, after the final general is modified, the existing range can reach 800 to 1,000 steps!"

"This is a firearm created by the last general with reference to the equipment of the Western army, called a rocket car, and the range can reach 1,000 to 1,500 steps!"

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but be amazed. He also understood the meaning of what Zhu Ping'an had just said: In the final analysis, war is a contest between man and man, and one or two new weapons can only increase the probability of victory within a limited range, but they may not be able to reverse the entire situation of the war, and there are too many factors involved, and improper use will be counterproductive.

"Then why not use it in today's battle and destroy the gathering place of the slave chieftains in one fell swoop!" Lu Xiangsheng is really an expert in military affairs, and he understood the key to it as soon as he heard it.

Zhu Ping'an smiled, "Commander, please think about it, Dolgon and a group of Tartar generals are in the area two thousand steps away, they are afraid of the artillery in our Ming army, if once the rocket vehicles and other things in our army are exposed, they will inevitably be on guard." Therefore, today, the last general deliberately used the artillery of the iron barrel formation to lure the enemy to annihilate him, hoping that the Tartars would mistakenly think that only this kind of firearm in our army could lure them closer to our army's camp, and then they would be able to kill and wound a large number of people! ”

"No matter what tactics they adopt tomorrow, as long as their formation or the command center of the Tartars is close to within 1,500 steps, the last general will immediately take action, but the accuracy of this thing's shooting cannot be overtrusted, but it will still produce miraculous effects when attacking the swarming Tartar attack formation!" (To be continued......)