He deliberately provoked the Dashun army, and the dozens of barrels of human heads were indeed the heads of the soldiers of the Dashun army, or the heads that Jiang Xuan cut off from the battlefield after the battle.

But Jiang Xuan did not defeat the Dashun army, in the morning battle, Jiang Xuan and Li Daowei were equal, the two armies lost part of the elite troops, and if they continued to fight, they would only end up together, and the generals were very reluctant to command their soldiers and horses, so they tacitly retreated.

Because the Qing army still had a soldier and horse in Boluo, Li Daowei ordered the troops and Shiying to take the lead in withdrawing from the battlefield, and most of the corpses of the dead soldiers were not brought back to be buried, and the corpses of the Qing army were mixed with and burned, and Bolo came to the battlefield with his own soldiers, and when he saw the corpses all over the ground, he suddenly had a disgusting plan, let the soldiers and Jiang Xuan talk about it, cut off some Dashun soldiers' heads and come back.

He wanted to use these heads to disgust the Dashun army, provoke the Dashun army, and make the command of the Dashun army lose its due judgment ability, and sure enough, under his vicious conspiracy, the ordinary soldiers of the Dashun army in the city really thought that the dozens of barrels of heads were the corpses of their comrades.

And Ling Jingyang and other generals thought that the reinforcements had been defeated, Zhang Luofu, Wang Chengen, Lao Mantou and other generals all asked to go out of the city to avenge their comrades, but suddenly a cold voice sounded.

Everyone looked sideways, it was Zhu Youzhen, he was known as Leng Pang, he served as the second-in-command in Zhang Luo's auxiliary army, and he also belonged to the middle and senior generals of the Shiying.

"Generals, aren't these just dead men's heads?"

When everyone heard him, not only did they not calm down, but they became even more angry, Zhang Luofu and Ling Jingyang were also a little dissatisfied with Zhu Youzhen's remarks, which were simply cold-blooded to the extreme.

Zhu Youzhen continued to say: "There are heads everywhere, this is just the head cut off by Jiannu from the battlefield, as long as we want, we can also cut off the heads of the captives in the city and hang them on the city wall, so that Jiannu is also like you, angry people are not ghosts, they are all crazy." ”

A word woke up the dreamer, Ling Jingyang and other generals instantly calmed down, the old steamed bun scolded the Qing army for being insidious and cunning, Ling Jingyang ordered that they were not allowed to go out of the city to fight, and those who went out of the city without permission were beheaded to show the public.

After the military order was transmitted, the Dashun army, which was still angry just now, became extremely ruthless, and although many soldiers hated the heads of their comrades-in-arms and were put in wooden barrels by the enemy, after the military order was issued, no one must unconditionally carry it out.

Ling Jingyang asked Wang Chengen's artillery battalion to shoot a few cannons to boost the morale of the soldiers in the city, Wang Chengen beckoned the gunners to put the tiger squat fort on the city wall, and it was a bombardment to the outside of the city, the tiger squat cannon was not very powerful, but the speed was fast, and the gunpowder in the city was sufficient, Wang Chengen led the gunners to bombard for a long time, although it did not cause much damage to the Qing army, but it also let out a bad breath, and the anger of the soldiers in the city also got some vent.

After the bombardment ended, Wang Chengen had a whim, why didn't he recommend Fang Xiaoyan to go further?

Wouldn't it be better to let Fang Xiaoyan also become a lieutenant and leave the artillery camp with hundreds of firecrackers?

He came to Ling Jingyang's side and said respectfully: "General Ling, the last general thinks that Fang Xiaoyan is young and promising, and only let him serve as the commander of the fire gun battalion, it is a pity, it is better to upgrade to the fire gun camp and let Xiao Yan serve as the captain, first, it can strengthen the firepower of our army, and second, let Xiao Yan and his subordinates be promoted." ”

Ling Jingyang thought about it in his mind for a while, but he didn't realize Wang Chengen's deep purpose, and felt that Wang Chengen's proposal was good, Datong City had captured a large number of firecrackers from the Qing army, and it was time to upgrade the firecracker camp, he and Wang Chengen said: "Well, that's a good point, let Fang Xiaoyan come to see me." ”

Seeing that Ling Jingyang did not refuse his suggestion, Wang Chengen brought Fang Xiaoyan to Ling Jingyang, Ling Jingyang waved his hand, let Wang Chengen go down, and said to Fang Xiaoyan: "Xiaoyan, do you have any experience in commanding three hundred firearms?" ”

Fang Xiaoyan touched his head and reported his experience to Ling Jingyang.

"Thanks to the general's love, the last general will be able to have the next day."

"Xiaoyan, don't learn from those literati, I am here to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the firecracker."

"The last general thought that the musketeers were invincible in close combat, that is, it took time to reload the gunpowder, and the enemy rushed forward, and the musketeers could only fight in close combat, and the musketeers had no advantage in hand-to-hand combat, and often the enemy infantry cavalry rushed into the musketeers' army, basically on the verge of being annihilated."

Ling Jingyang heard Fang Xiaoyan say so much, and the Qing army did not attack the city, so he was a little interested and continued to talk with Fang Xiaoyan for a while: "Then how do you think it should be improved?" ”

"It's nothing more than to increase the speed of reloading gunpowder, but also to let the gunners also have good combat power, the last general has seen a large number of gunguns in the Jiannu warehouse in the city these days, but most of the people who will practice gunguns in our army are in the gunners camp, so these guns are still in the warehouse, it's really a waste."

Fang Xiaoyan also had the years to improve the Fire Gun Battalion, Ling Jingyang looked at him with a smile: "Xiao Yan, just now Captain Wang Endu recommended you to be the Captain of the Fire Gun Battalion, do you have the confidence to serve as the Captain of the Fire Gun Battalion?" ”

Fang Xiaoyan opened his mouth wide in surprise, Du Wei?

That's Li Rufeng, Wan Liyun and others at the same level, he is only an eighteen-year-old boy, and he also has this luxury in his heart.

But when he opened his mouth, he said completely different words: "General, the last general will not dare." ”

This surprised Ling Jingyang, how could he promote Fang Xiaoyan, and Fang Xiaoyan still refused?

Fang Xiaoyan then said: "Our army does not have a strong artillery unit, there is no artillery support, in the battle, the firecracker battalion is just a round of firecrackers, and after the enemy rushes up, the firecrackers still have to go to hand-to-hand combat, and then there is a firecracker army of more than 1,000 people, our army's gunpowder can't keep up, and it will waste our army's precious troops. ”

This is true, almost all of the grain, grass, weapons and ammunition in the stone camp were stolen from the Qing army, and there was no perfect ordnance manufacturing capacity, artillery, firearms, and gunpowder were one-time consumables, and when they were consumed, they would lose their due ability.

But he still decided to promote Fang Xiaoyan to the captain of the fire gun battalion, not only that, but also let Fang Xiaoyan go one step further on the captain, and the whole crew of the fire gun battalion was supplemented to the directly subordinate troops, and let Dong Daqi lead the three hundred directly subordinate troops to return to the local area and continue the local recruitment work.

He asked Lao Mantou to write a letter of appointment and distribute it to the generals above the rank of lieutenant and the whole army, and from today onwards, the Huojiao battalion was upgraded to a lieutenant-level battalion, and Fang Xiaoyan was the first lieutenant.

Dong Daqi led 300 directly subordinate troops to the local government, Dong Daqi was the garrison of Datong City, and Wang Mu and other civilian officials were responsible for local conscription.

After this appointment was issued, Dong Daqi was unwilling, but he was an open-minded person, as long as he was still in Shiying, there would always be an opportunity to continue to fight with the Qing army on the front line.