Yang Guozhu, Gao Yongming, and Su Ding, the commanders of Xuanfu, took He Xuan to the west of Songshan City.

Yang Guozhu smiled bitterly: "I heard Su Ding say, your mouth is more rushed, I didn't expect to be so rushed, but this time I offended Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan, be careful that he will secretly make a move against you in the future." This man's temperament is a little stingy. ”

"Wu Sangui wants to deal with me? It's up to him? What tricks does he have to deal with me. He Xuan said with some disdain.

Yang Guozhu was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled bitterly: "That's right, I forgot that you are the number one He Shenjiang in the world." Wu Sangui, no matter what moves he has, there is no way to take people like you. By the way, today is the time when I am on duty to guard the west city wall, so you can follow me to the west city wall to have a look. You are my general, and if the Qing army attacks, you can also help. ”

He explained, and He Xuan understood how Songshan City was defended now.

Matsuyama Castle has a total of four walls.

Either side could be attacked by the Manchus.

Therefore, the city defense of Matsuyama Castle is guarded in this way.

In Songshan City, there are a total of eight general soldiers, namely Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, Yang Guozhu, the general soldier of Xuanfu, Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Jizhen, Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier of the East Association, the general soldier Ma Ke of Shanhaiguan, the general soldier Wang Tingchen of the Qiantun guard, and the general soldier Wu Sangui of Ningyuan.

And Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, and Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, guarded the west city wall. The odd-numbered days were guarded by the soldiers of Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, and the even-numbered days were guarded by the soldiers of Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu.

Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Miyun, and Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Jifu, guarded the east city wall. The odd number of days was guarded by Tang Tong, the commander of Miyun. On even days, Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Jifu, guarded the city wall.

Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier of the East Association, and Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, guarded the southern city wall. The odd-numbered days are guarded by Cao Bianjiao, and the even-numbered days are guarded by the Shanhaiguan General Soldier and Ma Ke.

Wang Tingchen, the former commander of the Tun Guard, and Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan, guarded the north city wall. The odd-numbered days were guarded by the soldiers under Wang Tingchen, and the even-numbered days were guarded by the soldiers and horses under Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan.

And this day is an even-numbered day.

"I'm interested in killing the Tartars. Bound. He Xuan said.

Next, Yang Guozhu, Gao Yongming, Su Ding, and He Xuan went to the west city wall. Although Matsuyama Castle is only a small city, it is also a real city after all, and its walls are quite thick, far from being comparable to the walls of Aoyama Military Fort. The height of the castle wall is about six meters.

Yang Guozhu leaned on the masonry of the city wall, and said with emotion: "This time, in Songshan City, our Daming Kingdom has been accumulated, and the last elite is there, if this battle is lost again, it is really unimaginable." ”

Yang Guozhu is indeed a high-spirited figure, in the original history, after the defeat in the battle of Songshan Jinzhou, the Qing army persuaded the high-ranking officials to surrender, and Yang Guozhu fought to the death until he was killed by an arrow. He is really patriotic, so he feels quite a lot of pressure on his shoulders.

"The general army has been overwhelmed, and now we have a full 130,000 horses, and then we have the exquisite command of Inspector Hong. With the help of any god generals, I believe that we will be able to defeat the Qing army. Gao Yongming said on the side, he also had a lot of feelings at this time, he remembered that when he first met He Xuan, He Xuan was still a small official, it seemed that he was just a hundred households, but in a blink of an eye, he was already known from the command of Sanpin, and he was known as the first god general in the world.

Now He Xuan's position in the Ming army is definitely not under him, the commander of the three grades.

"I hope to defeat the Manchus. Yang Guozhu said.

......

At this moment, I suddenly saw in the distance, densely packed Qing troops, approaching this side.

The Qing army is about to attack the city again.

Yang Guozhu's face couldn't help but change: "The Manchu Qing Dynasty is attacking the city again, everyone prepare." ”

I saw the Qing army in the distance, pushing some cannons, and came directly to a place about a mile away from the wall of Songshan Castle and stopped, as if they were debugging the cannons.

He Xuan couldn't help twitching the corners of his lips, cannon, he has been in this world for so long, and he seems to have never seen this. But when you think about it, it is clear that by the end of the Ming Dynasty, firearms had already appeared. However, due to the fact that the power of hot weapons is not too sufficient, the cost is too high, and there are too many explosions, an era of parallel cold weapons and hot weapons has been formed.

The small group of Qing troops must be cold weapons. For example, the first time he fought against the Qing army, the first time he fought against the Qing army, the second time three hundred people and one cow record, all of them are like this. But later, when facing Zilharang, Jierharang was originally the prince of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who was excluded, and the lowest status among the many banner owners, and his subordinates probably did not have any firearms troops.

And now, facing the absolute main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, no, it is the Manchu Qing Dynasty's eight or ninety percent of the troops.

At this time, firearms appeared, and it was normal.

Especially when attacking the city, the original rushing car had to rush to the front, and I don't know how many people would die, so it was naturally not as convenient as the artillery of firearms.

The artillery of this era, to put it bluntly, is to put a big iron ball, put some gunpowder iron pieces or something in it, really hit it, where the bombing, if the enemy is dense, there is no problem to kill a dozen or so people, and injure dozens of people. Of course, such a cannon is best used to bombard the city walls.

And in this era, the range of artillery, what the hell is going on.

In the first month of the sixth year of Ming Qi (1626), the 68-year-old Nurha Chiqin led the main force of 130,000 Eight Banners Army to cross the Liao River and attack the lonely city of Ningyuan. The Ming court sent Yuan Chonghuan to garrison the city, and Yuan Chonghuan used the "Hongyi cannon" to severely damage the Eight Banners Army, "in each artillery station, erosion can be several miles". The Hongyi cannons of the Ming Dynasty caused heavy losses to the banner soldiers, and Nurhachi was also wounded and forced to withdraw his troops, and died of his wounds in August of that year.

This paragraph is a typical braggart.

The artillery of this era still wants to be hit by a single cannon, and it can be eroded for miles? He thought he was putting an atomic bomb.

Looking at the records of the literati of the Ming Dynasty at that time, we can find that the Dutch artillery, known as the Hongyi cannon, is the most powerful Western firearm seen by the Ming people. Compared with the Franco machine, its design casting is more precise and shows greater power. In the 33rd year of Wanli (1605), the Dutch invaded Guangdong, and the Cantonese sought to resist the enemy with the Portuguese in Macao. The Ming Dynasty gradually learned about Dutch firearms from the actual battle between China and the Netherlands. The giant gun is a long-term skill of Hongyi, "the long man has a hand, and it can poison people twenty miles away."

In addition, there are also statements that express shock at Western artillery technology, such as: the Dutch "big gun is more than two feet long, and the middle is as empty as a four-foot wheel cloud." This can be a cave stone city, and it will be shaken for dozens of miles." (Mao Ruizheng's "Huangming Xiangxu Lu" volume 5 "Helan") Hongyi cannon "One shot is ten miles, all of it is broken, although I have a sharp blade, I can't be the enemy; Although there are sharp soldiers, do not fight". (Shen Guoyuan, "The Letters of the Two Dynasties", vol. 16).

However, everyone should also know that the ancient literati really had no talent for mathematics. They habitually pour water into the numbers casually, no way, the imperial examination never tests mathematics, they are quite idiots in this regard.

The cannons of the Ming Dynasty hit ten miles, twenty miles, hahahaha, it's really funny.

During World War II, the maximum range of 75mm field guns in various countries was only 9KM, that is, 18 miles.

According to the records of the literati of the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that the artillery of the Ming Dynasty could be the same as that of World War II.

So, just take a look at these data, don't believe it.

The following information can be more credible.

And the range of the cannon, the information on the naval guns of the English "King of the Seas" in 1632.

The first were the 32-pounder and 30-pounder cannons.

According to the record, "the guns weighed more than 5,000 pounds and fired a projectile that could be fired at a distance of 14 yards at an elevation angle of 3,000 degrees."

Then there were the 18-pounder guns, "a 5-pounder gun filled with 18 pounder guns could penetrate 400 feet of oak at a distance of 2 feet 6 yards, and even at a distance of 1000 yards it could still effectively penetrate a 1 foot of pine plank".

So in this era, the best artillery of the British army can hit a thousand yards and can have effective killing. A thousand yards is nine hundred meters.

If you have studied this history, you will find that the British army at that time was quite ahead of the Ming army in terms of firearms.

Whether it is the Ming army or the Qing army, the effective range of their artillery cannot reach 900 meters.

After reading the records of the West, let's take a look at the records of Qi Jiguang, a more reliable person in the Ming Dynasty.

Qi Jiguang's "Actual Record of Military Training" written in 1560 is a summary of the experience and actual combat when training soldiers in Jizhou Town, and the number of Franc machine guns equipped in Qi's army is the largest in China, and the variety is also the most complete. But when Qi Jiguang talked about the range of artillery, he only said 1-2 miles. Zhongyun in "The Actual Record of Military Training: The Franc Machine Map": "This weapon is the most advantageous, and the speed is incomparable, but its weight is not suitable for marching, compared with the carless battalion, it can only be used to defend the city on the side wall." Today, there is a car camp, but there is no heavy weapon, and it is difficult to retreat from the conflict. Its manufacturing method, copper and iron are not restricted, but mainly thick. Each gun is seven feet long, then the medicine does not need to be built, five feet is the middle, three feet is only ear, and the shorter is unbearable. ...... The method of release is to use the medicine according to the size of the child,...... Today's iron concave heart to send one, send the entrance, invaginated eight points, the child body is still round, and out of the profit, can play more than one mile (Ming Dynasty 1 step = four feet = 120 cm), people and horses hole. ”

To put it bluntly, at that time, Qi Jiguang could hit about a mile with a cannon.

Almost 80 years have passed since Qi Jiguang's era, and the current range of the cannon is only about 700 meters.