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Landmines, known as "weapons for the poor," could finally be popularized early, which made the Qing army suffer greatly. It is not easy to be killed, but it is not difficult to be injured, and black powder mines are such characteristics. However, as a defensive weapon, it can have a deterrent effect, and it can be satisfied.

Taking advantage of the chaos after the scout team was bombed, more than a dozen figures suddenly appeared in the grass and behind the trees, and crossbow arrows and throwing spears flew towards the enemy. Amid the screams and exclamations, a dozen figures retreated quickly, only to see the grass and trees shaking, and after a while, they were nowhere to be seen.

The scout captain dodged again, only to be cut in his shoulder by the flying rubble, and blood flowed freely. Looking at the soldiers and war horses that fell to the ground, he was both resentful, helpless, and afraid. If you continue to do it again and again, you will kill yourself sooner or later. If he fought with real swords and guns, he felt that with his skills and experience, he could deal with four or five enemies, but the enemy just wouldn't give him a chance to show it.

A scout who had been hit in the face by the rubble rolled on the ground in pain, blood gushing from the fingers covering his face. Not far away, a scout who had been shot in the neck by a crossbow arrow was already motionless, and the blood gushing from the wound became a small pool of blood, and he was completely dead. There was also a scout with a spear pierced through the thigh, screaming like a pig. There were also a few scouts who were bleeding or wounded, but their lives were not in danger.

Several horses were also killed and wounded, and the wounded horses neighed and jumped. It was not easy to calm down. Some of them were frightened and ran away, and they were gone. This group of scouts is basically scrapped and can no longer carry out their missions.

Sighing heavily, the scout captain had no choice but to order to halt his advance, and while treating the wounded, he sent someone back to report the news. Entering the forest to pursue is the next strategy. The captain of the scout who had suffered could not forget the bamboo sticks, the traps, the lying crossbows, and the hanging crossbows, as well as the pike darts and crossbow arrows that came from the shadows.

The harassment and attacks on the Qing army were not limited to scouts who were far away from the brigade. At this time, Wu Guogui, the chief soldier, stood in front of a bomb crater with a gloomy face, looking at the surrounding bloodstains and stump rags, and didn't know what Lu Dao was thinking.

“…… Along the side of the wall, choose its flat and wide place where it can be gathered, dig the ground and bury the stone cannon inside. A wooden box is placed in the middle, and the letter of each cannon is always in the box. And the bottom of the box is made of gunpowder. Tibetan steel wheel. and put the flint on the side, and lie down on the ground. When the captive horse tiptoes on its machine, the steel wheel turns, the fire comes out of the box, and the cannons are raised at the same time, and the captives know what they are doing. ”

"Self-inflicted steel wheel fire", Wu Guogui read Qi Shaobao's book and knew the name of this weapon. And I know who invented it, but I didn't expect to be bumped into by myself.

"Your Excellency—" A close officer apparently didn't know what was going on. He asked hesitantly: "How can the enemy prevent this from killing or injuring our army?" ”

Wu Guogui shook his head lightly and said: "There is no need to take precautions, this thing is called 'Self-Inflicted Steel Wheel Fire', it is complicated to manufacture, and there are very few enemies. It is only to intimidate our army and slow it down. ”

If it is really a "self-inflicted steel wheel fire" made according to the drawing, of course, there are many parts and it is difficult to manufacture. But Wu Guogui is obviously wrong, of course. At present, there is no demining technique, and there is no demining engineer class, and the number of such weapons is very small, so of course there is no need to guard against it. Besides, what is the number of dead and wounded soldiers, Wu Guogui is only surprised that the enemy has such a weapon, but he is not heartbroken for the soldiers who are regarded as mustard.

The development of the matter made Wu Guogui feel that the judgment was correct, although from time to time there were "self-committed steel wheel fires" that brought casualties, but the number was really small. After the scouts were protected by additional infantry, although the distance of reconnaissance was shortened and the speed of the troops was affected, they were getting closer and closer to the intended target, Shiping City.

The reason for this situation is not that there are not enough mines, but that there are too few people who can lay them. Although it seems simple to modern people, there are not many specially trained soldiers in the Ming army, and it is obviously not a task that can be completed in a short time to harass and attack, and to teach others.

Learning and making progress in actual combat is a method that Zhu Yongxing has implemented in accordance with the haste of time. Although it was not used many times in the early stage, with the continuous accumulation of experience, the continuous improvement of the burial method, and the increasing number of trained personnel, the nightmare of the Qing army was not far away.

And need to be exercised and grown in actual combat, there are also Yuanjiang's native soldiers, Xujiashan is steep, the big depression is a fence and a trench, and the Xinzhai Ridge valley ridge is vertical and horizontal. The three blocking battles became more and more impressive, and the proportion of Ming troops in the participating forces was also decreasing. By the time of the fourth Baiyi Chong Blocking Battle, it was still the officers of the Ming Army who were in charge of the command, and only the Ming artillery participated in the front-line battle, and the remaining 3,000 Ming troops had become the reserve behind them.

The flames on the chest wall were connected together, accompanied by countless explosions emitting thick white smoke, more than two hundred firearms were fired almost simultaneously, and the lead bullets instantly flew over a distance of fifty paces, easily tearing apart the shields and armor of the Qing soldiers, deforming and disintegrating in their bodies, forming a cavity effect, and the blood of the wounded spurted out of the body along those holes, turning into blood arrows.

The advancing ranks of the Qing army were no longer calm, and an officer shouted and cursed, told the archers to speed up their fire, and ordered the auxiliaries to come forward and fill the trenches.

The shouting and scolding stopped abruptly, and the armor, which was better than the soldier, could not stop the cheap buckshot, and the officer clutched his stomach and struggled desperately on the ground, letting out an inhuman scream, and the blood that flowed was still the color of feces.

The musket fire continued, and the Qing troops who were blocked in front of the trench suffered more and more casualties, and the archers were already weak and tired, although the opposite side also suffered losses, but the defending side had trenches, breastwork, shields and other cover, and it was on the slope to occupy a favorable position, and the casualties were much less than those of the Qing army.

Wu Guogui's fists were clenched tightly, and the casualties paid on this not too dangerous hillside had exceeded his expectations. What made him feel even more heavy was that the defenders on the opposite side were obviously disheveled native soldiers, who only wore red scarves around their necks, but they were quite calm in the battle.

The first resistance was faced by mostly red-clothed Ming troops, and only a small part of the native soldiers were engaged in battle, and the rest were used as auxiliaries; The second time, the third time. The fourth time, the number of the Ming army gradually decreased, and the number of native soldiers continued to increase, from busy to calm, such a change made Wu Guogui have to feel frightened.

Of course, this is a defensive position that relies on the position. It was not a field battle, the defenders had a great advantage, and the psychological pressure on the native soldiers was not so great, so the action of shooting and reloading would not be too panicked. However, the requirements of Zhu Yongxing and the generals of the Ming army were not high, and the Yuanjiang Campaign was also mainly defensive.

As a veteran who had participated in the Gaoligong Mountain Resistance Battle, he was no stranger to trenches, trenches, breastwork, and the tactics of musketeers. And it can be adjusted according to the specific terrain.

"His Royal Highness once said that life and death are four hundred steps, and it is only a hundred steps to get angry and shoot. That is to say, the position must be arranged at 400 paces, or trenches, or wooden stakes, or deer barricades, just to delay the enemy's onslaught and disrupt its formation. Zhao Desheng put down the binoculars and handed them to Xu Mingchen beside him. He continued: "And the musket is powerful only at a hundred paces, and at a distance it is empty of ammunition. Messing with oneself. ”

Xu Mingchen took the binoculars, and after observing them, he handed them to Gao Yingfeng.

After Zhu Yongxing got the telescope, he immediately sent someone to take a boat straight down to Yuanjiang and sent four pairs to Yuanjiang City and three pairs to Yuanyang Mabao. It's a rarity. Na Song and Wu Zisheng also knew that the Dao was urgently needed on the battlefield, and it was not good to stay privately. Therefore, these four deputies were all sent to the front line, and three of them were assigned to the scouts by Zhao Desheng, leaving only one pair to command.

The scout has a telescope. The reconnaissance range has increased significantly. After observing the movement of the Qing army in the distance, you can use the flag to notify the back, so that the transmission of information is very fast.

Gao Yingfeng observed for a while, and finally had a new understanding of the current blocking position, and the original incomprehension suddenly became clear.

There were two blocking trenches in front of the trenches and breastprints defended by the musketeers, within range of the muskets; Farther away, there were several trenches, but they were not completely dug up, but there were passages two feet wide. If you want to figure it out, it is a large square pit, the bottom of the pit is sharp bamboo, and the edge of the pit can be walked.

This seemed to facilitate the passage of the Qing army, and the Qing army did indeed do so. However, it had a consequence, that is, the hedgehogs were concentrated between the trenches, and the space for casting and dodging was narrow, and it was easier to squeeze and trample on the reserved narrow roads when retreating.

After understanding the layout of the position, Gao Yingfeng felt that the safest way was to fill in all the trenches, regardless of whether they could pass or not. Then the musketeers and archers were transferred to suppress, and the two trenches at the back of the pack were filled, and the last of the two trenches were formed in a hand-to-hand fight.

Of course, no matter how you attack, casualties are inevitable, and they will be higher than the defender. If you set up a few more blocking positions, I'm afraid that when you reach Shiping City, the vanguard of the Qing army will be exhausted, right? Gao Yingfeng had such a thought.

"And artillery!" Zhao Desheng pointed to the hillside and pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, not surprised, but a little disdainful.

The Qing army carried several small cannons to the hillside, which was a light artillery similar to the Tiger Squat Cannon, with a short range but easy to carry. The forward troops led by Wu Guogui only brought a few artillery pieces of less than 500 catties because they had to march quickly, and there were not many of them.

"Order, artillery ready to bombard!" After Zhao Desheng gave the order, he sat down on the big stone next to him, beckoned, and one of his own soldiers immediately took the copper hookah, stuffed it with tobacco, and the flint fire sickle crackled and lit the cigarette. Zhao Desheng watched the actions of the Qing army while leisurely smoking a hookah.

The history of tobacco in China can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, when tobacco was introduced to Taiwan and Fujian by Luzon in the third year of Wanli.

After the smoking ban was issued, Hong Chengchou, the secretary of the military department who fought hard between Liaodong and Houjin, said that "Liaodong soldiers are addicted to this", which led to the smoking ban ending without illness. The hookah originated in ancient Persia, was introduced to Eastern Europe in the late 16th century, and then introduced to China through the Silk Road, popular in the late Ming Dynasty, and prevailed in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

Whether in the military or in the civilian population, there are already many smokers. Zhu Yongxing also smoked in his previous life, but he belonged to the kind of person who played cigarettes and did not have much addiction to smoking. Therefore, he has no plans to ban smoking, and even thinks about producing cigarettes in the future, and will make Honghe, Hongtashan, Yuxi and other brands first.

After a nest of cigarettes, Zhao Desheng waited for a while, saw in the telescope that the artillery of the Qing army was almost finished, sneered, and ordered the artillery to be fired.

The red flags waved one after another, reaching the flanks and dirt slopes of the musketeers' positions. The artillery had already adjusted their sights and moved when they heard the order, and more than 20 sky-bombing cannons roared angrily, firing shells at the Qing troops 200 meters away.

More than two dozen shells flew in the air, some scattered into small shells in the air, and some remained intact. Draw the arc of death in the sky and fall on the heads of the Qing army. A moment later, the explosion roared like a string of thunder, and the black smoke that rolled up frantically drowned the Qing troops and artillery sandwiched between the trenches.

Suddenly, there was another big bang, followed by another one. The Qing troops within a dozen meters of the center of the explosion were either killed or wounded, dust and debris flew up in the smoke of gunpowder, and even the trenches were filled with mud.

Before the smoke had cleared, there was another round of bombardment. Explosions sounded one after another, and in the smoke, one fire point after another flashed, and each time it flashed, it was accompanied by an explosion, and even the screams and exclamations of the Qing army were suppressed.

Wu Guogui was taken aback, and immediately understood that he had fallen for the enemy. I thought that there would be no problem outside the range of the musket, but I didn't expect that the enemy's strike range was within 300 meters. This is a heavy loss, and even the artillery pushed up is more than lucky.

The smoke has faded a little. The heat wave mixed with the smell of sulfur came in, stabbing Wu Guogui from opening his eyes. The sudden blow made his mind cloudy.

Wu Guogui couldn't count how many shells fell, but he knew how many of his own men and horses were in the area shrouded in gunsmoke. The view is still cut off. Several frightened horses neighed and fled from the smoke. Explosions, plumes of smoke, and dust became all the scenery that could occasionally be seen in the smoke. At the moment when the fire flashed, the Qing soldiers who had not yet attacked could see their desperate and painful companions who were knocked to the ground in the smoke. The fire dissipated. Everything was again covered in smoke.

The delay fuse is always left longer, which makes the explosion uncontrollable, some explode quickly, and some only bang for half a day.

The smell of blood and brimstone grew heavier, and the survivors escaped from behind the smoke and stumbled towards the camp. One, two, three, more, with dust and fear on their faces, blood stained on their bodies, lost their weapons, and ran for their lives.

The smoke slowly cleared, and the screams could be heard clearly, some of them were wounded who had fallen to the ground, and some of them had lost their sight and fell into the trench and were pierced by sharp bamboo guns. A miserable scene finally appeared in the field of vision of the Qing soldiers,

Stumps and broken arms, weapons and rags were scattered in the bombed area, with blood and flesh everywhere, corpses lying on their pillows, wounded wailing, several artillery pieces lying upside down, several barrels of gunpowder brought with them detonated, and the craters that were blown up were still smoking.

"You can attack 300 paces, but only show the enemy 100 steps, and when he is unprepared, he will suddenly attack the enemy." Zhao Desheng was very proud, such deceitful tactics, as well as blocking defense, were all used in the Battle of Tengchong, and now they are still effective.

"General Zhao is clever!" "General Zhao is both wise and brave, and his future is immeasurable!" Xu Mingchen and Gao Yingfeng, as generals anyway, still have some inferiority complex, so they took the opportunity to hurry up and compliment.

Zhao Desheng was humble in his mouth, but he was happy in his heart, after this battle, I am afraid that there will be an earl! These two soil buns, they haven't seen the city defense of Yuanjiang yet, so they are really solid! It's a pity that I couldn't follow His Royal Highness Min, and I couldn't let His Highness Min see his merits and growth.

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At the beginning of the founding of any feudal dynasty, the "fathers" were knighted according to the size of their meritorious service. Those who are highly meritorious and trusted by the emperor are often given important tasks to one party. Because the emperor regarded the whole country as the private property of one person and one surname, and hoped to pass it on to all generations, he vainly tried to make the heirs of the heroes also loyal and support his own descendants. Even if the heir of the hero is incompetent and has no achievements, he still lets him take the position.

The descendants of the heroes of the feudal town grew up in a comfortable and prosperous environment, and most of them indulged in pleasure, arrogant and arrogant, and exploited the people under their rule to satisfy their extravagant life. This is like the rise and fall of a feudal dynasty, the process of politics from clear to corrupt, and this kind of lord is basically the same.

The same is true of the Mu family in Yunnan, Shizhen, which began to degenerate from the third generation of Mu Sheng, and began to decline from its heyday. The evil behavior of crippling the people to accumulate wealth and harass the local area reached its peak when the seventh generation of the national prince Mu Chaobi was in power. Within the family, they are also vying for power and profit, plotting for their brothers' property, raping their sisters-in-law, bullying their young nephews, and even killing their parents and sons.

In the period of Mu Tianbo, the last Guogong, Mu Mansion, like the Ming Dynasty, was also full of holes, accumulated heavy and difficult to return, and its influence in Yunnan was greatly weakened. Mu Tianbo's request for help from the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty was unwavering, and the Mufu henchmen continued to be greedy and cruel, first arousing the rebellion of Yuanmou Tusi, and then Sha Dingzhou, who coveted the wealth of the Mu family, rebelled, and the Mu Mansion was almost wiped out.

When Chongzhen died in Beijing, Mu Tianbo called on all Tusi to send troops to avenge the emperor, but there were few responders, which shows that the authority of Mu Mansion has been extremely declining. When Mu Tianbo drove into Myanmar, the centuries-old Mu Mansion can be said to be weak, and Zhu Yongxing naturally will not let go of the opportunity to prosper and eliminate the disadvantages.

As soon as Annan Fu gained a foothold, Zhu Yongxing issued an order to change the rent of all Mu Xunzhuang in the area controlled by the Ming army to a division on behalf of the army. He was even more unkind to those in his own jurisdiction, and dismissed all the stewards of Mufu Xunzhuang and sent them to Annan for resettlement, while the Zhuang soldiers were disbanded on the spot, or joined the army, or granted land for the people. After that, Zhu Yongxing took all the fields of Xunzhuang into state ownership, reduced rents and taxes, and greatly alleviated the exploitation of Zhuang households.

And along the southern border of Lin'an Province, that is, the current Yuanyang, Jinping and some old areas, it is the concentration of Mu's Xunzhuang. After the return of the land to the people, the return of Xunzhuang, and the reduction of the tun tax, the people's hearts were greatly settled, and it became a relatively stable occupation area.

……………… (To be continued......)