"Little Houzi, you are also a smart person."

Hearing this, Dolgon only smiled faintly, and then continued: "Like Hong Chengchou, I know what to say and what not to say, and I also know what I like to hear and which I will be very unhappy when I hear it. ”

After a moment's pause, Dorgon added, "Still, you've mistaken me. ”

"Yes, yes, what the master said is very true." Hou Fangyu hurriedly said, "The master has the world in mind, and his bearing is as broad as the grassland, how can a slave and other mediocre and vulgar people be able to speculate and speak." ”

"Here we go again." Dolgon shook his head, and said, "Then I will tell you the truth, the battle between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty is now an offensive and defensive situation, and it should be the turn of the Ming Dynasty to occupy the offensive in the future, and I, the Qing Dynasty, will be tired of coping, for this, the Qing Dynasty must have a clear understanding, and also start preparing as soon as possible." ”

If Chongzhen is here, he has to give a thumbs up when he hears this.

Because Dorgon's mind is really clear.

He also has an extremely sober understanding of the military growth and decline between the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

Hou Fangyu also looked stunned when he heard this, and he didn't dare to answer for a while, because he didn't know the true intention of Dolgon to say these words to him suddenly, and Dolgon would never simply talk to him.

"Little Houzi, you must be very confused, why did I suddenly tell you this, right?"

"Back to the master, the slave is indeed a little ungraspable, after all, the slave is just a slave of the master."

"But you have knowledge, ability, and most importantly, loyalty to the Qing Dynasty and me." In fact, Dolgon's words are only half a sentence, and the other half is that you are full of bitter hatred for Daming and Chongzhen.

Hou Fangyu had already heard the meaning of Dolgon's words, and his heart was excited and a little incredulous.

"Little Houzi, with your ingenuity, you must have guessed it." Dolgon smiled and continued, "As you thought in your heart, I have decided to reuse capable and knowledgeable Hanchen like you and Hengjiu! ”

After a pause, Dolgon sighed again: "The era of mounted archery is undoubtedly the era of our Jurchens, Liaodong, the desert and even the entire Central Plains are just hunting grounds for our Eight Banners warriors, but with the emergence of red-coated cannons, camel cannons and self-generated firearms and a large number of equipment, the era of mounted archery is gone forever. ”

"Master Mingjian, the era of mounted archery is indeed gone." Hou Fangyu thought so.

"Yes, the era of mounted archery is gone, and now it has entered the age of firearms." Dolgon sighed and said, "However, we Jurchens are good at riding and archery, but we are clumsy at skill, and even more clumsy at reading, and reading and learning is exactly what you Han people are best at, so I have decided to reuse you Han people." ”

Dolgon was already well aware of the shortcomings of the Manchu ministers.

In a word, the Manchu ministers could not keep up with the development of the times due to their lack of education.

So Dolgon decided to reuse Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou and these Hanchens.

After a pause, he said: "Especially the Jinshi of the Ministry of Science and Rites today, I decided to hire them exceptionally, directly recruit them into the Eight Banners Han Army and entrust them with important tasks, I also want to expand the Eight Banners Han Army on a large scale, in addition, I also want to select capable and knowledgeable marshals from the Han Dynasty to directly command the Eight Banners Han Army." ”

Hou Fangyu only felt a buzz in his head, and the blood in his body boiled.

No way? Dolgon wouldn't want him to be a marshal and lead the Eight Banners Han Army, would he?

"That's right, you're one of my chosen commanders!" Dolgon said solemnly, "However, you have great shortcomings compared to Hong Chengchou and others, and I hope you can make outstanding contributions in this battle of the Hunhe River." ”

It is impossible to let Hou Fangyu be a marshal, how can a eunuch be a marshal?

Dolgon's real intention was actually to use Hou Fangyu to spy on Hong Chengchou and other real marshals.

In a word, Dolgon still doesn't trust Hong Chengchou and these Hanchens, so he has to use and monitor.

And Hou Fangyu, who is full of bitter hatred for Daming and Chongzhen, is undoubtedly the best eyes and ears.

"Understood." Hou Fangyu was so excited that his urine leaked out, "The slave will definitely do his best to make suggestions and help my Qing soldiers defeat the Ming army and win the Battle of the Hunhe River." ”

Dolgon nodded happily, and then said, "Okay, go and get me Ningwan." ”

"Huh!" Hou Fangyu knelt on the ground and hit a thousand, then turned around and rushed out of the line.

After a while, I walked briskly and knelt down on one knee to greet Dorgon.

"Mr. Gongfu." Dolgon leaned back on the cushion and looked at me faintly.

"You have been surrendered to me in the Qing Dynasty since the Mandate of Heaven, and it should have been almost thirty years since today, right?"

"Returning to the master, the slave has returned to the Qing Dynasty since the second year of the Mandate of Heaven, and it has been a full thirty years so far."

"Thirty years, how many more thirty years can there be in life? The first emperor had more than once said to me that Mr. was well-versed in literature and history, knowledgeable, and a rare talent. ”

"The minions are terrified." After Ning Wan, I felt a little ungraspable, and said in my heart, what did Dolgon do with this?

Dolgon was also speechless for a while, and he didn't think about how to tell me to Ning Wan, because Ning Wan I am not Hou Fangyu, Hou Fangyu is just a eunuch, but Ning Wan I am an old qualified meritorious Hanchen.

……

On the battlefield of the Hunhe River.

Chongzhen saw the camel whirlwind cannon for the first time.

"This thing is Jiannu's camel whirling cannon?" Chongzhen looked at the artifact in front of him.

I saw that the caliber of Jiannu's camel swing cannon was about one and a half inches, about 50 millimeters, the barrel was about five feet long, and the wooden support at the end of the gun was about eight feet long.

In Chongzhen's memory, the Qing Dynasty seemed to have a 50mm caliber gun.

According to historical records, a 50mm large lifting gun can penetrate 7 people with one shot.

"Holy Lord, you see, this is a camel cannon lead, weighing about a catty, lighter than the tiger squat cannon, but far heavier than the lead of a bird gun or a Lumi gun." Xu Yingwei handed a shot put ball to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen took it and found that the shot put was about the size of a baby's fist.

Checking the shot put, Chongzhen asked, "Can this lead penetrate the van?" ”

"It's easy." Xu Yingwei said, "The thickest front guard plate of the partial van can be shattered with just one shot. ”

Chongzhen's brows immediately twisted into a pimple, if the thickest frontal guard of the partial van could not block the first shot of the camel gyroscope, then it would be meaningless to equip the partial van.

Because the bulky side van will not only slow down the marching speed of the troops, but also be limited by the terrain, if it can no longer provide sufficient protection for the infantry, it will really become a negative asset, it is better to simply eliminate it.

Then strengthen your own artillery firepower, especially small-caliber mountain guns that are light in weight and highly mobile.

At that time, it is completely possible to let small-caliber mountain artillery accompany the infantry to advance, and truly realize the coordination of infantry artillery.

When the two armies are more than 1 kilometer apart, they will be bombarded with 4-inch field artillery, within 1 kilometer of the distance, and 3-inch field artillery will be used to bombard, and when the distance is 500 meters, they will be fired directly at the close range with small-caliber mountain guns, and finally after entering 50 meters, they will be shot in line with rifles.

Of course, it also depends on which side is more tolerant of death.

In the blink of an eye, Chongzhen's heart couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Anxiety about what? Of course, it was the anxiety that the steam engine was delayed in industrial application.

The steam engine could not be industrialized, and the standardization of the Ming military industry would form a huge obstacle to production capacity, making the output of artillery and flintlock pistols inferior to that of Jiannu.

That is to say, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is far greater than that of Jiannu, and the number of blacksmiths is much more than that of Jiannu.

Otherwise, the number of cannons and flintlock pistols produced each year may not be as large as that of Jiannu.

However, if the output of cannons and flintlock pistols of the Ming Dynasty could not crush Jiannu, then even if the Ming army regained the strength to fight and win the field battle with Jiannu, the strategic counteroffensive was far away.

At most, there is a strategic stalemate.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen asked again: "What about Jiannu's flintlock pistol?" ”

"Bring it." Xu Yingwei motioned for Xu Yinglong to bring over a captured flintlock pistol.

Handing the flintlock pistol to Chongzhen, Xu Yingwei said: "Saint, you see, this is Jiannu's flintlock pistol, the caliber is similar to our flintlock pistol, but the gun is shorter. ”

"Our pipes are three feet long, and those of Jiannu are only two and a half feet."

After saying this, he said: "In addition, the outer wall of Jiannu's gun pipe has not been filed and polished. ”

Jiannu's flintlock pistol barrel is indeed not filed, let alone polished, and the traces left by forging are there, so the process requirements are naturally much lower than those of the Ming army, but the speed of production is fast.

"Take another one and we'll see." Chongzhen found a second flintlock pistol.

Xu Yingwei immediately guessed Chongzhen's thoughts, and said: "Shengshang, although the caliber of Jiannu's gun tube is roughly not bad, there are still subtle differences, so in order to ensure that the lead can be loaded into it, its outer diameter is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the gun tube, so the air tightness is worse than ours, so the range is slightly closer, and the penetration is slightly worse." ”

Chongzhen asked, "How much is the difference, have you tested it?" ”

"Tested." Xu Yingwei nodded and said, "The flintlock pistol mass-produced by our Daming Arsenal can penetrate the triple armor from 30 steps away, but the Jiannu flintlock pistol can only penetrate the triple armor within 20 steps. ”

This data is similar to the data of Daming's first flintlock pistol.

It can be seen that the performance parameters of the Jiannu flintlock pistol are still inferior to those of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the camel whirlwind cannon is a variable, and it seems that it is necessary for the Ming Dynasty to develop a 2-inch field gun or a mountain artillery.

In fact, Chongzhen has long been thinking about the 2-inch gun, because the 4-inch gun is too heavy and the requirements for the road are too high, and it can't play any role in the mountains and mountains in the southwest mountains.

But if there is a light artillery that can follow the maneuver of large animals,

The Ming infantry will be able to obtain sufficient artillery support, and they will be able to crush the indigenous bandits in the southwest.

At that time, not only will remote provinces such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Guizhou be able to quickly pacify, but they will even have the ability to attack Burma, Siam, and even the entire Indochina Peninsula by land.