In April of the twelfth year of Shunzhi, two of the five institutes in Qiandong. The second son of the emperor, Xuan Ye, was lying on the table and writing hard, and he didn't look up for a long time. Park and Sun sat down and looked at each other, but they didn't dare to speak, for fear of disturbing the second elder brother's Yaxing; One after another pieces of rice paper quickly flew from the table into the hands of Xiao Gongzi who stood aside......

Hongyi is not actually practicing calligraphy, nor is he copying calligraphy or anything like that, he is making drawings! Yes, drawings! Every piece of paper handed over to Liang Gong was a pattern similar to a five-pointed star, and Liang Gong, the eunuch who began to lead the eunuch, asked Hongyi in surprise: "Second master, what are you doing?" "Second master, this star minion can also draw, you have spent half an hour, the minion will paint for you, right?" "Second Master, @#¥%............"

Hongyi has traveled for more than a year, and has learned Manchu, Mongolian, Korean, Manchu, Mongolian, and "traditional Chinese characters", but he has not learned to be cold and arrogant to these so-called "slaves", and they are usually amiable, but today he really doesn't have the time to take care of this personal attendant, and he just shook his head and waved his hand, but he never spoke. So, an hour later, the little work was completely stopped.

Hongyi was a little anxious, anxious about the place called Humar River thousands of miles away, it stands to reason that the 5,000 army led by Ming Andali should have arrived a long time ago, why has there been no war report yet? I asked Xiao Gongzi to go to Cining Palace to "greet" his master several times in Cining Palace, and asked the Park family to go to the Yugong Palace to investigate, but the result was no movement!

It stands to reason that even if it takes 600 miles to expedite the war report, and the journey of more than 5,000 miles, will it take more than ten days to reach the capital? Could it be that his own crossing, as all the protagonists worry or "expect", has made history change the track? But in the past year, I have been very low-key, and I have been adapting and watching according to the original track of history, at most I have a small "push", and I don't even care about the complaints of readers once I write a novel. With such caution, history should not be turned upside down now!

In order to hide his anxiety, lest the emperor Ama suspect that he was regent, Hongyi began to think about the next step, one of the important steps is to slightly transform the army tactics in the early Qing Dynasty, that is, the five-pointed stars that are now painted large and small, or arranged, or layered! But when I really wanted to get started, I realized that it was not enough for me to draw the "five-pointed star" that this little skill said was really useful! Perimeter geometry, acute angles, obtuse angles...... How to be at the mercy of it! Europe, Europe! I knew that I didn't play so many games, but looked at the history of the development of European military jishu! Alas......

By the way, I haven't scared that old man Tang for more than half a year! The old man must have seen this thing when he was in Europe! Why don't you scare him again? haha！

Hongyi was complacent with his own wit, so he put down the brush with a smile and put down the worries of the two nannies at the same time. Hongyi found one of the most "satisfactory" in the pile of "drawings" in Xiao Gongzi's arms, and wrote a line of foreign text on it again. ”

"Back to the second master's words, Nantang's slave knows, it is Qintian Prison Supervisor, that foreigner Tang Ruowang...... Great Temple! Xiao Gongzi thought about it for a while, and gave the church in later generations a pronoun that he could understand.

"Giggles, big temple!" Hongyi was amused, and almost fell down with laughter, so frightened that Liang Gong hurried to help the second master of the "baby" who had just turned one year old. After sitting down again, Hongyi only said: "Give this to Tang Lao Mafa." ”

"Huh!" Liang Gong carefully folded the white paper, carefully put it into the placket, and said goodbye to Nantang.

Hongyi stretched his waist greatly, and then realized the anxiety and unbearable of the two grandmothers behind him, and immediately returned to the appearance of a baby, crawled over to Sun on the kang, and said, "Mama, I'm hungry!" ”

"Second master, the slave is waiting for you!" Sun and Park smiled, and Sun opened his chest with his hands and feet, hugged Hongyi into his arms, and sent a pair of "food". Although Hongyi had already intentionally quit this, but he refused to eat milk for the first time a month ago, and the Park family resolutely refused to allow it, saying that although the second master is talented, his body is still a baby, so he must feed you until you are seven or eight years old according to his experience in feeding the emperor! She almost went to Cining Palace to cry for this! At that time, Hongyi looked at the lost and embarrassed and heartbroken appearance of the nurse Sun, and then thought about the "unavoidable" expressions of all the young men in that time and space, so he had to take the initiative to climb into Sun's arms "helplessly" and "extremely reluctantly......

Fu Lin was a little stunned in the reign of Yugong, and he took the battle report in his hand and did not speak for a long time. The judgment of the second son of the emperor, Xuan Ye, was not wrong!

The battle report, which had just been rushed to the capital from the front line of the Humar River for 800 miles, said that on the 30th day of the first month of this year, the army arrived at the confluence of the Humar River and the Heilongjiang River, and immediately released scout cavalry to launch a perimeter alert.

On 17 February, Ming Andali decisively eliminated all 20 Russian soldiers who had been logging and building ships in the woods outside Humar Castle. On the same day, the Rakshasa [1] guard sent more than 80 people out of the city to rescue, but they immediately fell into the heavy encirclement of our army and were all killed.

On 23 February, the Ming Andali army moved its red-coated cannons closer to the castle of Humar, opened fire at two forts about 50 zhang and 65 zhang away from the city at the same time, and fired arrows into the city to make it surrender. The bandits ignored them and ordered a siege.

On the night of 28 February, the Qing army launched an intensive offensive against the castle from all sides, and siege equipment such as ladders, fishing rods, and gunpowder bags leaned against the city wall one after another, and the battle was fierce. From midnight to dawn, it was not overcome. In order to avoid excessive casualties, Ming Andali ordered a retreat and set up camp one and a half miles from the city. While the Qing army continued to shell the castle, it cut off the water supply in the city and destroyed enemy ships. By the time of the 10th day of March reported to the imperial court, the city was still under siege, and the thief army had begun to run out of ammunition and food......

Ming Andali swore again in the battle report that he would not break the thief city and swear not to survive!

Although Fu Lin was secretly amazed at the second elder brother Xuanye's clever calculation, he was still a little dazed, this Humar Castle was so laborious to attack? Is that important? Although it is the foundation laid by Taizu Taizong, it is also cold and snowy, and it is useless! Does it really take so much strength from the court to deal with a rakshasa who is far away in the sky? …… By the way, you can ask Tomafa about foreigners!

Inside the Xuanwu Gate, South Hall.

Trembling, John Tang knelt in front of the icon, holding a piece of fine rice paper, and prayed over and over again for God's prompting...... Just now, when he received the "letter" from the old man of Cining Palace, the little eunuch named Liang Gong, who had known him for a long time, he was very excited! This saint sent by God finally delivered the Gospel after his long wait......

After sending Liang Gong away, when he opened the rice paper, he realized that he was really fortunate to be able to serve this messenger of God! It's a sketch of the Star Fortress[2]! The saint was afraid that he would not understand, so he wrote a line in English with a brush: Starfort!

Almighty Lord, you are trying to make the Great Central Empire even more unshakable! If the Star Castle can be promoted in the border fortresses of the Qing Empire, it must be a great advantage! And I, as your servant, will also spread your gospel to more people, whether they are Tatars[3], Mongols, or Han Chinese, with the support and worship of this emperor......

While John Tong was praying, the Emperor also came!

So, after some duet, Fulin was finally further convinced: how much his second son of the emperor fell from heaven!

It turned out that the Rakshasa was originally just a small prince under the rule of the Kipchak Khanate of the Mongol Dynasty, and it was only in the past two or three hundred years that it quickly grew up and continued to come eastward, which gave its father and Emperor Taizu a heavy blow to the Rakshasa bandit army who had rushed into the Outer Xing'an Mountains several times to make waves, because this Rakshasa was eager to get to an outlet on the coast of the East China Sea! Moreover, they called themselves Oros to the outside world, and the king actually called himself "Caesar[4]"? Thomas says that the word in Europa means "emperor" pretty much the same! Outrageous! There can only be one emperor in the whole world! In this way, he can't be a nest emperor who divides the territory and splits the land!

After sending the emperor away, John Tang hurriedly picked up the quill and drew on the blank paper with his own memories...... After a long time, after re-checking and making no mistakes, I added a few words before that line of English, and read it to myself: ADrawingofStarfort [Star Fortress Pattern]!

More than 4,000 miles away, Humal Island at the confluence of the Heilongjiang River and the Humar River. The official residence is from the Mongolian Zhengbai Banner Gushan Ezhen, the general of the Qin Ming Zhengbei, the first-class Ada Haha and the Tuosha Laha Pan Ming Andali, and the Zhengerpin Ningguta Angbang Zhangjing [5] Shaer Huda, who has just arrived with a thousand soldiers, and the main and one bin are sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army, but the atmosphere is a little depressing.

"Does General Sha have any doubts about the way he uses his troops?" Ming Andali was a little annoyed. He led 5,000 elite soldiers, and he had already laid down the siege of this small Humar Castle, which was completely in accordance with the requirements of the second son of the emperor in the Beijing Division, "layers of siege, shelling and arrows, birds do not come out, and no one can escape", but after a long siege, he was murderous, and he launched a general attack a few days ago. But I underestimated this castle surrounded by square earthen walls, and thousands of people attacked it all night, and suffered heavy losses, killing and wounding three or four hundred people. Fortunately, he was also experienced in the battlefield for a long time, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he remembered the second son's sentence "The thief city is strong and cannot be attacked", so he hurriedly ordered to retreat and besieged it with iron buckets, which saved face. Who would have thought that as soon as this Shaer Huda came, he saw the flaws in it, and made himself very faceless!

Sha'er Huda was ordered to raise 1,000 troops to help, and he had already analyzed and understood it during the more than ten days of travel: although he had many military exploits, since the edict said that he was a "reinforcement", this supporting role was decided, and the others didn't care, and it was the right topic to wipe out the Rakshasa people and ensure the safety of Shengjing. In this battle, 5,000 against hundreds, he didn't need his own 1,000 men, but the emperor must have taken a fancy to his many years of experience in conquering the Rakshasa bandits, and he had to remind him at all times.

As soon as Sha'er Huda arrived, he did not enter the Qing army camp, but first galloped around the Humar Castle with the guards, of course, not too close, he had the power of this rakshasa arquebus. I saw that the square castle was more than 30 zhang wide, surrounded by a square earthen wall, surrounded by solid double-layer wooden piles, and the corners of the wall were built with buttresses. The castle was surrounded by wide, deep trenches covered with "wooden barricades", which were surrounded by a layer of thistles. Protective panels were also installed on the wooden barbladder. The walls were carved with cannon holes from top to bottom. What's more, the Rakshasas also filled the middle of the fort with sand and gravel to defend against the bombardment of Qing artillery.

When he climbed the Qing army fort closest to the castle, that is, on a hill, Shaerhuda also had an intuitive understanding of the defense in the city. It turned out that in order to deal with the fire attack and siege, the Rakshasa bandits dug a very deep well in the city, and built four deep inclined ditches in connection with the wells, which could lead to the four directions, so that once the wooden defense equipment was burned, water was drawn from the well to extinguish the fire. In addition, they also installed a triangular iron bracket, a huge iron container with resin for night lighting, in case they were attacked by the Qing army at night, so that they could see each other when they were attacked by the Qing army at night. Wooden barrels were also placed on the walls of the wall to prevent sudden attacks. In the wall, a cannon pier was also built to install cannons, and the cannon piers were used to fire at the attacking army. There are many long poles on the head of the city, which is naturally to prepare for the toppling of the ladders and shields of the Eight Banners of the Great Qing Dynasty. Looking at the bottom of the trench again, the corpses of the soldiers of the two countries who stayed here a few days ago are displayed horizontally, which shows the fierceness of the battle at that time......

On the way back to the Chinese army's tent, Sha Erhuda has not said a word, judging from the defense regulations of this castle, the Rakshasa bandit leader can be regarded as a person who understands soldiers, and all kinds of factors are very thoughtful. However, the use of troops in Ming Andali is inseparable from the old-fashioned impact and encirclement of the Mongolian cavalry, and it can only be sighed that the soldiers under the corpse city are ......

At the beginning of the meeting just now, the two generals also exchanged pleasantries. After the guests and hosts were seated, Sha Erhuda explained his analysis and inventory, which was nothing more than that he could not be attacked, only he was trapped to death. Although Ming Andali knew that the arrangements of the second son of the emperor, Xuan Ye, coincided, but for the sake of face, he hit a rake first!

"Ming Shuai! I don't dare to do it. Now as long as our army cuts off the river traffic, surrounds it without fighting, and builds a fort as soon as possible, and destroys the wells in the city with red-coated cannons, he will rebuild it one day, and I will bomb it again in the future, so that the water source in the city will be cut off, and it will be self-defeating. Sha Erhuda did not answer according to Ming Andali's question, but directly pointed out the next action plan. Seeing that the superior did not explicitly object, Shar Huda continued:

"Besides, the day before yesterday, the Ming Shuai raised troops to feign a fierce attack, just to extinguish his sharp spirit, so that the Rakshasa bandit army was frightened and did not want to forge ahead, and he thought that he could do it!"

"Haha, these tricks have been seen through by the general! haha！ Ming Andali saw a wide ladder in front of him, hurriedly climbed up, and appropriately changed his self-title: "Ben General" was changed to "Ben Shuai", which naturally fixed the rank in the Chinese army's big tent.

"Besides, the men and horses of King Jianjun and Dingyuan General Jidu should also be encamped in Beihai, and it is expected that even if the Rakshasa King has reinforcements from the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Forces, there is no way to cross the Thunder Pond by half a step! For today's plan, it is a difficult word. The bandit army of several hundred people in the city can't survive the summer! Mingshuai, what do you think? "Sha'er Huda continues to actively make suggestions!

"Good! The marshal and the general coincide! Besides, please ask the general to mobilize the 100 Korean spearmen under your command to shoot at the bandits from a distance around this Humar City tomorrow! Ming Andali was overjoyed, and by the way, he gave orders.

"Huh!" Sha Erhuda was a little hesitant and wanted to say something, but Zuihou still held back and accepted it.

That night, Sharhuda summoned his son in his tent. "Bahai, last year, my father led the soldiers to annihilate the Rakshasa bandits in Riha[6], and you also went."

"Yes, Amma!" Bahai bowed in reply.

"Well, you said that the Korean spearmen shot in formation, and the power is lamentable. But if they are separated and scattered, each chooses a high place, can it have a miraculous effect? ”

Bahai lowered his head and thought for a while before he looked up and replied, "Amma, my son thinks that it is better to shoot after being separated. The shotgun requires two people to work together, with one firing and the other aiming. Moreover, its accuracy is insufficient, and it takes 100 shotguns to shoot at all to snipe dozens of shotguns. If they are scattered and scattered, they will be in groups of three or five, and it will be difficult to hide. The second is a single-shot sniper, which is difficult to hit! ”

"Well, you and your father thought of going together." Sha Erhuda nodded in praise with a happy face. It seems that this son of his will also be a wise general in the future! Then he frowned again, and said softly: "But Ming Andali is not good at firearms, but he wants to disperse and use this hundred spearmen for his father, he is the commander, but he can't disobey?" ”

"Amma, my son has a way, I don't know if it's feasible?" Bahai's eyes lit up, and he also said in a low voice.

"Oh, tell me about it?"

"Huh. We can order our soldiers to dig an earthen pit at a high place near the city wall, and build a few inches of soil in front of the pit, so that two or three people can lie in it, and order two or three shotgunners to work in a group and wait for the opportunity. In this way, it can solve the chronic problem of lack of accuracy, and it is difficult to be hit by the Rakshasa musketeers at the head of the city. ”

"Good! Coup! In this way, a long ditch can also be dug in parallel within a firing range of dozens of zhang outside the city, and the depth is shoulder-deep, so that the shotgunmen can still be arrayed in the ditch, which can save their lives without worry, and the power of the salvo is still the same! "Sha'er Huda is a veteran, and his son's clever plan was immediately improved and evolved by him! The father and son looked at each other and smiled, and their hearts were wide open.

A few days later, one of the Cossack soldiers of the Rakshasa was surprised to find a shallow trench outside the city, which had been dug by Bogda[7] soldiers in the dead of night. But if this were a ditch, a three-year-old Cossack child would have jumped over a foal and cut off the head of the man standing in the ditch! Are these people stupid?

Just as he beckoned his comrades-in-arms around him and stood up one after another to watch a burlesque, countless shotguns stretched out from the shallow ditch, "splitting and crackling" a burst of white smoke, and more than a dozen brothers immediately fell beside him! The Cossacks defending the city hurriedly took aim and opened fire, but when they lit the fuse, they found that the soldiers in the shallow ditch had already crouched and hidden, and only the barrels of the shotguns were still exposed! Helplessly, the bullets were released indiscriminately, and before they could be reloaded, the shotgunners showed their heads again, and there was another puff of white smoke, and even the Cossack young man who had seen such a "shallow ditch" for the first time on this shijie died in this foreign land far from his homeland......

As a result, history has undergone subtle changes without Hongyi's knowledge: the father and son of Sharhuda, who used firearms to thwart Russia several times, unwittingly created the basic military facilities of the era of hot weapons such as "foxholes" and "trenches" that later generations called!

A few months later, when Hongyi, who was far away in Beijing, heard this, he fell headlong from the "throne" on the kang and lay there for a long time without reacting...... He never thought that he was just going to the "Battle of Humar" for Ming Andali, who was originally going to fight, and appointed a Sha'er Huda, who was not in line with this battle but had relatively rich experience in the use of firearms, to set up a team.

[1] The official title of the Oros at the time.

[2] Starfort is a type of fortress that was developed to cope with cannons after the advent of the Gunpowder Age, and first appeared in Italy in the mid-15th century. A peculiarity of the Star Fortress is that there are many triangular bastions. By the 16th century, the design of the Star Fortress spread beyond Italy and was widely adopted in Europe until the 19th century.

[3] The missionary's name for the Manchurians.

[4] The German and Russian words "emperor" and "Caesar" are the same root, and "Tsar" means "Caesar".

[5] In the tenth year of Shunzhi (1653), the Qing Dynasty changed the garrison officer of Ningguta to Ang Bang Zhangjing, and was the highest official of the town guard along with Shengjing Ang Bang Zhangjing. In the first year of Kangxi (1662), he was changed to a general who guarded Ningguta and other places. In the fifteenth year of Kangxi (1676), he moved to Wulacheng, Jilin, and in the twenty-third year of Qianlong (1757), he was renamed as a local general in Jilin and other places.

[6] Place name, near the mouth of the Songhua River.

[7] Bogda: The Mongolian word for "emperor", which was used by the Cossacks to refer to the Qing emperor.