The ancients divided the time into 12 hours, Mao Shi is the morning of the later generations from 5 to 7 o'clock, in addition to the hour, after nightfall and like to use "more" to mark the time, there are officials in various places to arrange the watchman, every time the time is to inform the people loudly, let them arrange the time reasonably.

Of course, there is also the meaning of fire prevention and anti-theft.

In winter, due to the change of the Tropic of Cancer, the days are long and short, and the winter night is particularly long, in the summer, as soon as the gong of the fifth watch is sounded, the people have already gotten up, the men's decoration tools, the women's fires to cook, ready to welcome the arrival of the new day, but in winter, after knocking the five watches, the world is still dark, this is the darkness before the dawn, but I feel that the night is thicker.

People don't understand why the days are longer and the nights are shorter in summer and the days are shorter in winter, which is a scientific constraint, but they will use their time according to the sky, such as some people with a heart.

Dorgon was such a caring man.

As soon as the fifth watch arrived, Dolgon stood up, walked to a heavily guarded tent with a solemn face, waved his hand lightly to let the guards retreat, and then took the lead in walking in, Fan Wencheng and Azig followed into this mysterious camp, in fact, this tent is not allowed to be carried out except for Dolgon, even Azig is not allowed.

"Guerga? Aobai, see the prince. As soon as he entered, he saw a large, bearded man half-kneeling and saluting Dorgon.

"Hey, Aobai, why are you here?" Azig looked at it and immediately asked with a tiger face.

Gualca? Ao Bai is a member of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, born in the Guarjia clan, the grandson of Suwan clan patriarch Suoerguo, the nephew of the founding hero Fei Yingdong, brave and fierce since childhood, repeatedly made military exploits in the army, known as the first warrior of the Manchu Dynasty, but unfortunately this person likes to go against Dolgon. Back then, he was forced to die to establish the son of Emperor Taiji as the emperor, otherwise Dolgon would have already been dressed in the imperial robe.

Aobai has been suppressed by Dolgon, but he didn't expect to suddenly appear in the barracks, and Azig couldn't help but be surprised when he saw it.

"If you return to the English Prince, your subordinates were ordered to escort weapons, and they only arrived in the camp yesterday, and it is inconvenient to see each other on official business." Ao Bai answered respectfully.

At this time, Dorgon said indifferently: "Let's show the things." ”

"Yes, lord."

Ao Bai clapped his hands, and immediately someone lit a giant candle. Only then did Azig find that there was a large pile of things covered with white cloth in the corner of the tent, and after Dolgon's consent, he pulled it hard, revealing several behemoths at once. Fourteenth brother, isn't this the Hongyi cannon of Ningyuan City? ”

Azig is too familiar with this Hongyi cannon, this is the treasure of Ningyuan City, and the Manchu Eight Banners did not suffer its losses during the Battle of Ningyuan. Several times to kill the feather and return is due to it, I didn't expect to see it here, because of the big loss, now I see it have a sense of fear.

Dolgon stroked the dark barrel with some affection and said, "That's right. There are a total of eleven Hongyi cannons in Ningyuan City, two of which were damaged in the battle, and the remaining nine are in order to deal with these Sichuan dogs. This king secretly ordered Ao Bai to transport six statues from Ningyuan, twelve brothers, look dumbfounded. ”

"No wonder the fourteenth brother said that he would capture Ningqiang Prefecture in three days. It turned out that there was this reliance, but I didn't expect that even I would hide it in the dark, and I was transported here without knowing it, which is amazing. Azig said with admiration.

Hongyi cannon is also called red-clothed cannon, this is a heavy cannon, each cannon is three meters long, weighs two tons, in the case of backward ancient carriage tools, it is extremely difficult to transport, I didn't expect Dolgon to get it to the barracks quietly, and then recall that the front is to send cannon fodder and use the Han Eight Banners to attack, only then do I understand that a qiē is a smoke screen, paralyzing the Sichuan army, and then taking Ningqiang Prefecture in one fell swoop.

What a big deal.

Dolgon smiled at Azig, turned to Aobai, and said, "Aobai, you have done a good job on this errand, and the king is very satisfied, what reward do you want?" ”

Ao Bai's heart moved, and he immediately gave a military salute and said: "The last general is willing to lead the army to charge forward and make contributions to my Qing Dynasty." ”

He was the first warrior of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Aobai's favorite thing was to kill happily on the battlefield and use the blood of the enemy to achieve his feats, but he offended Dolgon, and he had been doing some errands, and the hero was useless, which made him very depressed.

If you don't have military achievements, how can you be promoted?

Dolgon's eyes rolled for a moment, and he quickly smiled and said: "General Pingxi is dealing with Zhang Rui, this person is a general in central Sichuan, it is difficult to deal with, and he threatens the safety of the base camp at all times, General Aobai, I wonder if you are interested in meeting him for a while?" ”

"The last general commands." Ao Bai said without hesitation.

With the Hongyi cannon, in the style of Dolgon, there must be a back, this Ningqiang Prefecture is already the meat in his mouth, will he share the credit with himself, and he is willing to let himself lead his troops to deal with that Zhang Rui, this is already very good, Ao Bai did not dare to be picky, and immediately responded.

"Okay, there is General Aobai out of the horse, and it will definitely be successful" Dolgon said dryly: "It's the fifth watch, and in three quarters of an hour, the king will officially launch the siege, and then Zhang Rui will definitely lead his troops to rescue, General Aobai, now you can go to General Pingxi." ”

"Yes, the last general will retire." Ao Bai was not lazy, and immediately said goodbye.

After Aobai left, Azig said with some worry: "Fourteenth brother, this Aobai has been against us, and it was not easy to suppress him, and now he is given a chance to come out, this is a great credit, why bother to cheapen him?" ”

Dolgon sneered and said: "Hmph, although Hong Chengchou has 30,000 people, but only 3,000 cavalry, those war horses are still left over by us, and Zhang Ruibu is all cavalry, riding a high-quality horse, and all equipped with firearms, once he is ruthless to intercept him, it is not easy to intercept him, Ao Bai went, intercepting him is beneficial to us, we can attack the city with more peace of mind, if you can't intercept it, this is just right, not only his credit for transporting artillery this time is gone, but also give us the reason for him, I am afraid of what he will do." ”

"That's right," Azig nodded and said, "Even if he has credit, he will score half of us, hahaha." ”

The two brothers spoke in front of Fan Wencheng, and Fan Wencheng listened with a smile all the time when he spoke, without saying a word, and Dolgon and Azig were not worried, because Fan Wencheng only cared about dealing with the Ming Dynasty and helping the Manchus to enter the Central Plains, and as for the internal contradictions of the Manchus, he never got involved.

This is also one of the reasons why he is still standing as a Han man after three generations.

"Two princes, it's almost time." Just as Dorgon and Azig were laughing triumphantly, Fan Wencheng cautiously reminded him on the side.

"It's time," Dolgon nodded, and then ordered in a loud voice, "Come, push out the Hongyi cannons to this king, and aim them all at the city gates, and this king will raze them to the ground in the shortest possible time." ”

"Yes" A group of pro-soldiers obeyed the order and went to push the huge artillery together.

Just when the soldiers pushed the artillery, Dolgon patted Azig on the shoulder and said: "Brother Twelve, these six are powerful heavy artillery, when the cannon is fired together, it will knock down the city wall of Ningqiang Prefecture in a short time, and at the same time as the cannon sounds, the dark chess we left in Ningqiang City will also be launched, wearing the armor of the Sichuan army to attack the Sichuan army, they will fall into chaos in a short time, and then you will rush in with our warriors of the two white flags, and kill the Sichuan army for me without leaving a piece of armor." ”

"Hahaha, okay, my favorite thing is to do this kind of thing, more than 10,000 Sichuan dogs, this life is enjoyable." As he spoke, Azig couldn't help but lick his lips with his tongue, looking bloodthirsty.

In less than two quarters of an hour, the six mighty Hongyi pushed out the camp gate, and advanced about two miles from the city wall in the night, and asked the gunners to adjust the angle, and the distance and position of the artillery were good during the day, as long as the angle of the shelling was adjusted.

The maximum range of the Hongyi cannon was three miles, and now it was advanced to two miles, which was enough for every shell to hit the intended target.

And this qiē, the sleeping Sichuan army did not know anything, even the patrol on the city wall did not notice, no one could have imagined that the Qing army did not attack late at night, and launched an attack near dawn.

The six swarthy muzzles of the cannon were aimed at the city of Ningqiangzhou, behind the Hongyi cannon, the black pressure was full of soldiers ready to attack, tens of thousands of people were like tens of thousands of bloodthirsty hungry wolves, and their eyes flashed with devouring fierce light in the darkness......... (To be continued......)

ps: The artillery is working hard, does this book still have the support of book friends? R1292