The situation of the Ming army being subjected to heavy artillery bombardment, the Qing army on the Loess Ridge saw it very clearly, at this time Shi Tingzhu laughed arrogantly, and then said: "Okay, it is really happy to beat the Ming dog to cry and call his mother!" ”

Dolgon, Duoduo, and Abatai also laughed, the garrison of the first line of defense was hit by the Ming artillery and suffered heavy casualties, but at this time the Qing army found the field, and also let the Ming army taste the taste of being bombarded by artillery.

However, after Dolgon laughed, he had another feeling in his heart, the credit in front of him was all from the Han army's Wuzhen Chaoha battalion, could it be that the once invincible Qing Dynasty Iron Cavalry had retreated to the rear, and the battlefield in the future was dominated by artillery fire?

Of course, this thought only flashed through Dorgon's mind, and as for Duoduo, Kong Youde, Abatai and others, they did not have this idea at all, and only laughed profligate at this time.

On the side, Jin Zidian saw the corners of his eyes jumping, thinking that the Manchu Qing Dynasty originally had the advantage of iron cavalry, and the infantry armor was also unparalleled in the world, and now with the help of artillery, North Korea is even less an opponent.

"If North Korea wants to continue to survive in the future, it must hug the thighs of the Qing Dynasty and must not provoke the anger of the Qing Dynasty!" 33

At this time, there was also laughter and laughter in the mountain city of Rufeng Mountain.

Dai Shan, Ying Erdai and other civil and military ministers all loudly congratulated Huang Taiji and congratulated their artillery battalions on their outstanding performance.

Huang Taiji also smiled and breathed a sigh of relief at the battle in Loess Ridge.

At this time, Huang Taiji thought to himself: "A sophisticated firearm is indeed a weapon to dominate the world!" In the past, the elite of the Ming army who dared to fight could often block the attack of our Qing Dynasty iron cavalry with the help of the Che battalion, but they could not block the bombardment of artillery. The Zhejiang soldiers who were strong into the year, how outstanding their combat power was, and my Qing Dynasty iron cavalry could not break into its formation due to the casualties, and in the end, didn't they also use artillery to blast it open? Flesh and blood can't be compared to cannons! ”

So Huang Taiji thought that in order to win this battle, the Qing Dynasty had vigorously expanded the Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion of the Han Army Banner, built a large number of firearms and artillery, and continued to expand the number of firearms and equipment in the future.

It's just that the amount of iron produced in the Qing Dynasty is limited, and if you want to expand the scale of firearms production, you really have more than enough heart but not enough power.

In recent years, almost all the iron materials mined in the Manchu Qing Dynasty have been consumed by this batch of guns and artillery, and even the iron materials looted from the Ming State in previous years have been used up.

Moreover, Huang Taiji also had a worry in his heart, using firearms to fight, and after this battle, the stockpile of gunpowder and gunpowder was also consumed, which made the gunpowder reserves of the Manchu Qing Dynasty also frequently urgent.

In order to ensure that the artillery and guns could be supplied in sufficient quantities in this battle, Huang Taiji even spared no expense to transport a large amount of gunpowder from North Korea, spending a lot of money, food and manpower.

"The use of firearms is different from knives and arrows, it seems that in addition to smuggling and scraping from Korea, you have to enter the Ming Realm to loot, and plunder more iron and gunpowder!"

In the rumbling cannon, the Qing soldiers and horses in the Loess Ridge area cheered more than once, and the Ming army's position was silent, and the soldiers of each town were furious, watching the friendly troops being killed by the artillery fire of the Qing army, everyone's hearts were full of unstoppable killing intent.

At this time, Hong Chengchou, Zhang Ruoqi, Ma Shaoyu, Qiu Minyang and others all turned pale and clenched their fists.

Several chief officers were also anxious, and Zuo Guangxian, the commander of the reinforcement and suppression, kept muttering: "The slave thief's artillery is so powerful, what should I do, what should I do?" Can Xuanfu Town and Shanxi Town hold on? ”

And some Liaodong officials and generals in the military array looked colorless, and they only secretly rejoiced in their hearts that it was not they who attacked the mountain at a loss. Otherwise, the thief's artillery was so sharp, and his own army was routed under the thief's artillery before it could reach the mountain.

Wu Sangui also looked solemn, and at the same time sighed in his heart: "The Xuanzhen Army is really elite, it has been bombarded by the slave artillery to this day, and it can still brave the slave artillery fire to keep advancing!" ”

Wu Sangui asked himself, with the situation of the soldiers and horses under his command, most of them would not be able to persist until now.

Liu Yan looked at the situation in the distance, he was also anxious, holding a clairvoyant mirror and staring intently, when suddenly the commander of the artillery battalion made Qian Jian shout beside him: "My lord, look over there!" ”

Liu Yan was shocked, hurriedly held a clairvoyant mirror to look, and following the direction of Qian Yan's guidance, Liu Yan saw a shell from the Qing army hit an earthen bag truck in Xuanfu Town. Unlike other chariots, this simple earthen bag cart, under the whistling shells of the Qing army, whether it was a chariot or a people, all were safe and sound.

Liu Yan's eyes suddenly brightened, and he called himself a delay, and he actually forgot about the bulletproof sandbag. Although Liu Yan also reminded Hong Chengchou and the general officers before the war to prepare more sandbags to prepare for war, he forgot to instruct Yang Guozhu and Li Fuming to arm the sandbags on the chariot to resist the artillery fire of the Qing army.

At this time, the chariots of the Ming Dynasty were all used to deal with the Hu cavalry, against their archers and cavalry, so it was enough for the wooden chariots to be equipped with a license. But now with the Qing army equipped with a large number of firearms, the situation on the battlefield has changed. The opponent of the Ming Dynasty is no longer a pure cold weapon army, but a semi-firearms army equipped with sharp artillery and a large number of firearms!

Hong Chengchou next to him paid attention to Liu Yan from time to time, and when he saw Liu Yan at this time, he seemed to be thoughtful, so he hurriedly said: "Did Mr. Liu think of something?" ”

Liu Yan nodded and said to Hong Chengchou: "Hong Du look over there." ”

Hong Chengchou hurriedly raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked in the direction pointed by Liu Yan, Zhang Ruoqi, Ma Shaoyu and others also hurriedly looked, and then everyone shouted in unison: "Sack car!" ”

"Dirt basket car!"

"Dirt bag truck!"

Zhang Ruoqi shouted: "We should have thought a long time ago, didn't General Liu's Changling Mountain defense line use a large number of sacks and earthen baskets to prevent the shells of slaves and thieves?" How did I get here, but I forgot it! ”

Hong Chengchou also said in a tone of self-reproach: "Yes, I should have thought of using a vehicle to bag dirt to protect the soldiers who are moving forward." ”

In fact, it is no wonder that everyone can't remember that the army is the most conservative and stubborn group, because every habit or regulation in the army is bought with countless lives and blood, and if there is no opportunity, it is impossible to think of changing it.

And sometimes it's just a thin layer of window paper, which is pierced by chance, and it's another world. Before the opportunity comes, maybe for hundreds of years, you may not think of going there.

It seems to be the fixed cartridge ammunition equipped by the new army in Qinglai Town, in fact, as early as the Qi family's army, particle gunpowder and bird gun ammunition have been used in different categories, but the two have not been combined.

Many things are just a layer of paper, just an idea, just like a chariot, maybe everyone will say that the expensive chariot is not as good as the push-pull cart used by the people? In fact, in the face of artillery, chariots are useless, and civilian chariots stacked with earthen bags and baskets have become sharp weapons.

At this time, everyone knew that sandbags, bamboo baskets and other things could be used to block the artillery shells of the Qing army, so they hurriedly ordered the people in the rear to prepare a large number of longboard cars, less two-wheeled, four-wheeled, and no wheelbarrows. Because in the face of artillery, the wheelbarrow was too light to block the vibration of enemy shells. Then a large number of earthen bags and baskets are loaded on it, and once they are ready, they will be urgently sent to the front of the battle, and these modified chariots will be used to block the front of the soldiers and the battalion to escort the soldiers of Xuanfu Town and Shanxi Town.

In order to prevent the slave cannon from drilling through the bottom of the car and breaking the legs of the cart, a lot of dirt bags need to be tied to the bottom of the car in front of it, and it is better to leave no gaps as much as possible. In order to prevent the slave thief from smashing the car backwards and backwards, the front and back of the car need to be specially reinforced.

Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, was in charge of the logistics of the army, and immediately received orders from Hong Chengchou to recruit a large number of craftsmen and people to carry out the transformation of earthen carts.

Due to the urgency of the war on the front line, the renovated car could not be prepared for the time being, so Qiu Minyang commanded a large number of people to choose some suitable long cars, which were filled with sacks and earthen baskets, and the front and bottom of the car and both sides were tied with numerous earthen bags and urgently transported to the front line.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou also hurriedly sent people to the armies of Yang Guozhu and Li Fuming to inform them of this law.

Then Hong Chengchou said to Liu Yan: "The slaves and thieves are sharp, and the generals and soldiers of General Yang and General Li have suffered many casualties, and they still need the help of General Liu to provide medical officers!" ”

Since Liu Yan led the new army of Qinglai Town to the battlefield in Liaodong, there were many well-trained and skilled medical officers in the new army, and they were well known by various towns. There are 30 medical officers in each department, and each medical officer also has a dozen or twenty helpers, which is very abundant.

In terms of the logistical capacity of the Ming army at this time, even if Hong Chengchou's supervision battalion is included, the number of medical officers in each army is not as large as Liu Yan's town.

So after listening to Hong Chengchou's words at this time, Liu Yan said solemnly: "Don't let the governor say it, this is a natural thing!" ”

So Liu Yan immediately summoned Bao Xuezhen, the head of the medical department, and ordered him to immediately support Xuanfu Town and Shanxi Town to treat the wounded in the two towns who had been evacuated.

Bao Xuezhen immediately received the order and led more than 100 people to the temporary "hospital" in front of the Chinese army.

Bao Xuezhen and other medical officers were uniformly equipped and uniformed, wearing a simplified version of the cuirass, and a bright red round-necked robe with blue water patterns embroidered on it. Each person also has a special ambulance box, which is filled with various medicines and instruments, such as scissors, hemostatic powder, Jincang medicine, alcohol, gauze bandages, marching pills and other items, which are very complete.

Since the establishment of the shogunate in Qinglai Town, Liu Yan also thought about letting the medical department set up a medical school or several medical schools to recruit and train a large number of medical officers and develop various medicines.

At this time in the world, the medical level of the Ming Dynasty is still the highest, before the emergence of antibiotics, Western medicine at this time is a street goods, no matter what the disease, Europeans are accustomed to using bloodletting therapy to treat the disease, it is completely ignorant behavior, careless human life.

However, Liu Yan's idea of establishing a medical school was shelved because of the urgency of the war in Liaodong, and he could only wait until the war was over to make plans.

At this time, Hong Chengchou and others watched Bao Xuezhen go to support with a large number of medical officers, and everyone skillfully set up tents in the temporary ambulance place in front, boiled water to disinfect all kinds of instruments that they had never seen before, and then cooperated with each other to debride, diagnose and treat the wounded.

It can be seen that the strength of the new army in Qinglai Town is not only how the soldiers of the new army are good at fighting, but also the strength of the new army's armament system.

Hong Chengchou also ordered at this time that a large number of people in the army obeyed the command of Bao Xuezhen and undertook miscellaneous tasks such as carrying stretchers and transporting the wounded. At the same time, Hong Chengchou also mobilized some of the soldiers and horses of the supervision battalion in order to protect the safety of the medical officers of the new army in Qinglai Town, which can be regarded as a show of goodwill to Liu Yan.

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