"Master, the minions thought that the artillery should be placed behind the infantry."

"In this way, the infantry can provide protection to the artillery."

"Nonsense, what to do with putting artillery behind the infantry and hitting your own infantry?"

"You can hit the sky, I see that the dog's artillery is hitting the sky, and I haven't seen them hit their own people, why can't our Qing artillery?"

"Joke, how can you hit the sky accurately?"

"That's it, isn't that just a blind chicken?"

"How can Minggou do that? Minggou's artillery is clearly aimed at the sky. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think the key to the problem is not where the artillery should be placed, but to find a way to improve the mobility and rate of fire of the artillery, this is the key, the defeat of the Hunhe River is that the rate of fire of the camel cannon is too slow, and the movement of the tiger squat cannon is really inconvenient, otherwise the Ming army has no chance to get close."

"You're right, it's not easy."

"In my opinion, it's because the partial van and the car are not used well."

"That's right, if it weren't for the loss of all the vans and cars in the first attack, the outcome of this battle on the Hunhe would have been completely different, so we must avoid repeating the same mistakes next time."

"Yes, yes, we have to hurry up to build a partial car and a car."

"The key is that our Qing Dynasty's self-generated firearms are not sharp enough."

"No, in my opinion, it's because the Eight Banners Han Army can't fight a tough battle."

This is likely to be the first real tactical discussion since the founding of the Manchu Dynasty.

Therefore, whether it is Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and other ministers, or Manchu military ministers such as Tazhan, Baiyintu, Suke Saha, or Taiji of Horqin Mongolia like Esen, they are all very enthusiastic.

But a tactical discussion like this is doomed to be impossible to produce substantive results.

The end result can only turn into complaining, arguing and even name-calling.

Of course, it was only Hanchen who could be scolded.

……

"Honestly, don't move!"

"Be honest with me all!"

"Whoever dares to move will be killed!"

"Do you see the corpses in front of you? That's the example! ”

Xu Yinglong was carrying a horse chopping knife picked up on the battlefield and was patrolling the prisoner of war camp.

But I saw that in the prisoner of war camp in the central camp of the Ming army, it was already full of prisoners of war, and there were prisoners of war from the Han army, but more of them were prisoners of war from the Eight Banners Manchuria.

This time, there were actually more real slaves caught than the Eight Banners Han Army.

When the battle is not over, the Ming army will not have the slightest softness towards Jiannu.

However, once the battle was over, the Ming army strictly forbade the killing of prisoners, violators would be severely punished, recruits would be deprived of salaries, and the prince of Qin would be stripped of his fame and deprived of his money.

Such a punishment is not unsevere.

So no one dares to offend easily.

"What are you looking at? Believe it or not, gouge out your eyeballs? ”

A Jiannu glared at Xu Yinglong, but was kicked to the ground by Xu Yinglong.

"Xu Yinglong, what are you doing?" A stern shout came from behind him.

Xu Yinglong turned around and saw that it was Xu Yingwei, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother, why are you here?" ”

"There is no brother here, only the military department of the Ming Internal Affairs Office is in the middle of the matter." Xu Yingwei said coldly.

"Yes." Xu Yinglong snapped upright and said proudly, "Report to Xu, Xu Yinglong, the chief of the Ming Dynasty's general sentry in the east of the Ming Dynasty, is counting the number of prisoners of war in Jiannu, please advise!" ”

Xu Yingwei snorted: "Have you counted the results?" ”

"According to Xu's advice, a total of more than 8,000 prisoners of war were captured, including more than 5,000 real slaves." After a slight pause, Xu Yinglong continued, "There are still more than 900 Jiannu who have been seriously injured and disabled, do you want to treat them?" ”

"Cripples don't have to be healed." Xu Yingwei said coldly, "Let's execute them on the spot." ”

Crippled prisoners of war will only add a burden to the Ming Dynasty, but will not create value, so what good will it be?

After a pause, Xu Yingwei asked again: "Have you finished counting the casualties of our army?" How many people are there? ”

Xu Yinglong's face immediately showed a look of pain, and he replied: "There are more than 9,800 wounded soldiers of our army rescued from the battlefield, of which more than 700 are disabled due to injuries, and even if they recover, they may not be able to return to the team. ”

Xu Yingwei sighed and asked, "What about the death?" What is the death number? ”

"More than three thousand one hundred." Xu Yinglong Qianran said, "Including Gu Lvshuai. ”

"Brother Ning Ren also died?" Xu Yingwei was secretly sad when he heard this.

……

Let's go back and talk about Jiannu's side.

Dolgon was so noisy that in the end he could only send away Ta Zhan, Bai Yintu, He Luohui and other Manchu military ministers, as well as Korqin Taiji such as Esen, but Hong Chengchou and a few of them were left behind.

After this quarrel, Dorgon realized a cruel truth again.

When it comes to fighting, the Jurchens and the Mongols are still very good at it, but when it comes to using their brains, it is obvious that the Han people are no more adept.

"I shouldn't have called He Luohui and Esen to come, it's just redundant."

Dolgon said with some self-deprecation: "But now it's okay, without the interference of these people, we can seriously discuss how to deal with the Ming army?" Especially the Ming Army's large Kong Ming lantern, how to deal with it? ”

Speaking of the Ming Army's large Kong Ming lantern, Dolgon still feels that he has more than one season in his heart at this moment.

At that time, as long as he walked a little slower, he Dorgon was afraid that he would have already become a ghost under the lamp.

Hong Chengchou frowned and said: "Master, the Ming army's Kong Ming lantern can fly freely in the air, but I am afraid that my Qing soldiers will be helpless to take it, and the only way to crack it may be to fight poison with poison." ”

"Fighting poison with poison?" Dorgon asked, "Hengjiu, what do you mean by that?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The slave means that we also make large Kong Ming lanterns. ”

"Oh, yes, yes, we also make Kong Ming lanterns." Dolgon's eyes lit up.

When it comes to Kong Ming lanterns, the principle and structure are actually very simple, and they can be made in the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, Ning Wan suddenly said in a deep voice: "But it's also a little strange, this morning when the Ming army counterattacked, they didn't use the large Kong Ming lantern, which is really incomprehensible." ”

"Is it because it's windy?" Fan Wencheng's expression moved.

"Because the wind is strong, I'm afraid that the wind will blow away, so I don't dare to move?"

"When it is." Hou Fangyu said, "Kong Ming Lantern was originally afraid of strong winds. ”

"However, no one can guarantee that the next time we fight against the Ming army, there will be no wind, so we must also make a large Kong Ming lantern, and we must have what the Ming army has." ”

"Master Mingjian." Hong Chengchou and others echoed one after another.

"Then on to the issue of the cannon." Dorgon said again.

"Why can the red-coated cannons of the Ming army be placed behind the infantry? Why didn't their shells fall on their own heads, but they could accurately hit the heads of our Qing soldiers? ”

The room fell silent again.

So far, Jiannu's artillery has been aimed at direct fire.

Even Jiannu's Tiger Squat Cannon uses direct aiming.

There is no such thing as distance measurement, ballistic calculations.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou and they do not have systematic artillery application thinking.

So in the face of Dolgon's question, Hong Chengchou and they were speechless.

However, it is not that nothing has been gained, at least it has begun to pay attention to this issue.

After a long time, Hou Fangyu said: "Master, about the matter of the red-clothed cannon, the slave thinks it is best to consult Tang Ruowang, after all, Tang Ruowang is an expert in firearms. ”

"Makes sense." Dorgon gladly accepted.

"Quickly summon John Tang to come to Liaodong."

……

The next morning, Chongzhen returned to the battlefield on the south bank of the Hunhe River with eight hundred Yiding.

Xu Yingwei personally took a hundred scout cavalry and came to meet Chongzhen twenty miles away.

"Minister Xu Yingwei, please ask the saint Jin'an." Still a hundred steps away, Xu Yingwei rolled the saddle and dismounted early, and paid homage to Chongzhen, without the arrogance of a hero.

When Chongzhen saw this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

There have been too many proud generals in history.

Such as Wu Qi, Han Xin, and Lan Yu in the early Ming Dynasty were all defeated because of their pride.

Chongzhen was actually very worried that Xu Yingwei would become unpopular because of the victory in the Hunhe River.

After the victory in Guting Town, didn't Hu Guozhu float? The influence of the Hunhe victory is even better than the victory of Guting Town, so Chongzhen is really worried that Xu Yingwei will also float.

But fortunately, Xu Yingwei didn't.

Instead of being proud, Xu Yingwei became more humble.

"Flat, please get up." Chongzhen also hurriedly dismounted and wanted to help Xu Yingwei up.

But Xu Yingwei insisted on bowing to Chongzhen five times and bowing three times before he was willing to get up.

Chongzhen held Xu Yingwei's hands, and said in his heart that Xu Yingwei's humility and knowledge of advance and retreat really have Xu Da's legacy.

Chongzhen even wondered if Xu Yingwei's branch was Xu Da's widowed grandson?

As a military general, it is not difficult to maintain humility in a short period of time, the difficult thing is to remain humble for a long time, it is not difficult to remain humble for a long time, and the difficult thing is to remain humble after making immortal achievements.

In history, only a handful of generals like Xu Da have been able to do this.

But now, Xu Yingwei has also done this, although he has made immortal achievements, he is not proud at all.

If this is changed to Nian Qianyao, who is in another world line, after making the great contribution of destroying the country, he actually dares to let the emperor lead the horse for him, he really doesn't know how to write dead words.

Chongzhen smiled and said: "Youzhen, this great victory in the Hunhe River, you have made immortal feats for the Ming Dynasty, I really don't know how to reward you, hehe." ”

"The Holy One is exaggerating." Xu Yingwei hurriedly excused himself and said, "This great victory in the Hunhe River, one depends on the work of the saint, and the other depends on the lives of the soldiers of the infantry brigades. ”

"Too modest, too chaste, too modest." Chongzhen said with a smile.

"This great victory in the Hunhe River, you should be the first to take the lead, this is a fact that is beyond doubt."

Xu Yingwei didn't say anything more, because he knew very well the truth that he was too much, in front of the saint, that is, he should not be arrogant, but he should not be excessively humble.