Chapter 910: Support

Thousands of cavalry guarded the caravan into the Khan City of Baba Sultan, a large dilapidated city located on the border. The traces left by the fierce battle can be seen on the city walls. More than a hundred pack horses and more than ten large chariots

After entering Khan City, the city gate was closed, and the captain of Baba Sultan couldn't wait to open the box and take out a hay-packed melee.

Some old mesh rope gun models are old goods that were eliminated by the Ming army for many years, but they were regarded as treasures by the escorts of Baba Sultan. The big belly and bearded Baba Sultan was overjoyed and respectfully invited the envoy of the Ming Dynasty to the royal city to enter the royal city.

The VIP, soon there was a sound of guns banging and banging into the sky outside. The equipment rate of the mezzanine gun was not high in the Turkic Khanate, and Europeans would not sell weapons to the Turkic people.

Europeans were very cautious about the Turks. Even the most greedy European arms dealers would not sell their weapons to the terrible Turks. The firearms of the Turkic Khanate in Central Asia originated from the powerful Ottoman Turkish Empire and the powerful Ottoman Empire.

The years of fighting with Europeans are the religious war between Christian countries and Islamic countries.

Now, the Turkic Khanate in Central Asia finally has a safe source of firearms.

The trustworthy ally of the Turks, the Ming Empire, the wise and powerful Prince of Liaodong, offered half and half, and extended a helping hand to the Turkic soldiers. The Ming Empire not only sent firearms but also helped train the army, and the first batch of military training from the Ming Kingdom

The officer had already set out from Hanhai City, an elite cavalry whistle of 120 people, helping Baba Sultan train the eight thousand Turkic cavalry under his foot.

The Turkic Sultans responded strongly to the generosity, friendship and morality of the Ming Empire.

The officials of the Ming Military Information Department soon became guests and guests of the Sultans. The Ming Military Information Department quickly integrated into the upper circle of the Turks under the banner of military aid.

Hanhai City, Grand Governor's Office.

Yuan Chonghuan came back from attacking Turkestan, and his whole body seemed to be refreshed and returned to the core power group of the Ming Dynasty. Lord Yuan was naturally refreshed and handed over the position of Chief of the Military Academy and took the title of Deputy Chief of Staff of the Grand Governor's Office.

He firmly stayed under Lu Xiangsheng and became the third-largest person in charge of the Arsenal Department and the Military Information Department.

As the prestige of the Grand Governor Ma Cheng grew deeper, the organizational framework of the Ming New Army gradually became clearer.

The new military system of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Governor's Office was under the jurisdiction of the Great Governor's Office. The Great Governor's Office has a series of departments including the Staff Department, the Military Order Department, the Military Law Department, the Tongzheng Department, the Ordnance Department, the Military Information Department, and the Training Department, which directly manage the preparations of soldiers in various places.

, through the preparation of military commands in various places, it is a completely independent military system, and local governors and governors are not allowed to interfere in military command.

The generals of each province were laid off in batches, and entered the local military preparation road, or the provinces were targeted for battalions.

The Ming Dynasty's standing army is divided into three parts, and most of the main field troops are in the hands of the Grand Governor Ma Cheng, mainly the Liao army, the Taiwan New Army, and the southwestern army with the Zhongzhen Camp as the core. The total force is close to 300,000. This is a

A daunting power.

The second-line troops are the standard battalions under construction in various provinces. After completion, the total strength of the standard battalions in various provinces will exceed 200,000.

The third-line troops are the garrison troops and vassals of various overseas territories.

This vertical military command system has been efficiently operated with the prestige of the Grand Commander Ma Cheng, completely abandoning the drawbacks of literati interfering in military, emperors and nerds. The use of civilized military command became history in the Ming Dynasty, and a large number of humanities abandoned their pens.

Joining the army has long been a prosperous era where many famous generals emerge.

Hanhai City, official hall.

Today's military discussions are about the relationship with the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

The Ming Dynasty formed an alliance with the Kazakh Turks, and its power inevitably extended to the Caspian Sea. To the west of the Caspian Sea is the territory of the Ottoman Empire. There is also a Persian Empire in the south of the Caspian Sea. The Ming Jinshi participated in the military discussion, and the generals looked at the huge map.

, discussing a lot, with the successive victory of the Ming army, the elites of the Ming Dynasty suddenly realized that the world outside the country was so huge and the situation was so complicated. The Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire were two powerful behemoths, when

Slowly draw it.

Yuan Chonghuan rubbed the celadon cup and sighed, "The heavenly kingdom is coming, and all nations come to pay tribute, and I look like a toad who eats the sky."

As soon as Deputy Yuan finished his story, all the colleagues frowned. The speech of the decent Chief of Staff was too harsh. How could my Emperor Ming Empire be a toad? Ma Cheng admired Yuan Chonghuan very much, and he said something.

Yes, Yuan Chonghuan has a big temper and a small temperament, and is quite a bit successful, but he has a great advantage and strategic vision.

Lu Xiangsheng is pragmatic and simple, but he is not as far away and accurate as Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan's attitude towards the Ottoman Turkish Empire was to stay close and distant, keep in touch, be lukewarm and warm, and use calmness to control his movements. After pondering, Ma Cheng adopted it in full. Isn't this the set of "Directors" that is the long-term relationship between the enemy and the near, and now it is

The concept is out of date.

The real problem in front of us is the attack on the Russian Irkusk fortress, which was like an arrow on the string and had to be fired. The Russians also adopted the strategy of building a city, building large fortresses on both sides of the Ob River and Ural River to guard the water source.

The Ming army could only capture the fortresses one by one, so a new siege tactic came into being and embarked on the stage of history.

Civil engineering, digging tunnels, and blowing up city walls.

In the matter of gunpowder blowing the city wall, it doesn’t matter which utensil is used to hold gunpowder, and it doesn’t matter whether you use a coffin or not. This thing is the same as the concept of directional blasting. Ma Cheng has a little understanding of blasting theory, has given some guidance to the students of military students, and has experimented many times.

, and then create a feasible set of tactics. It doesn’t matter whether it is placed in the coffin or in the urinal. The key is to know how to blow it up.

How to explode? First, the tunnel needs to dig to the foundation of the city wall, and then dig horizontally along the foundation to form a cross-section. The gunpowder cannot be buried in the same place, it must be buried in a scattered manner, and blasted at multiple points at the same time to form a force-bearing surface

, use the combined force formed by multi-point blasting to push the city wall. How big is this blasting surface? At least two or three hundred meters long. In the tunnel of two or three hundred meters long, at least tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder must be buried in it.

Blast down the city wall.

Technically, it is not difficult to achieve black gunpowder blowing the city wall. The difficulty is that every time you blow it up, it is filthy and it cannot be afforded. Yuan Chonghuan bit his back teeth and subtracted 50,000 kilograms of gunpowder, and 50,000 kilograms of gunpowder just to hear it.

, It's still a matter of whether it's successful or not. How much manpower and material resources will be required to transport 50,000 kilograms of gunpowder to the front line, about twenty first-class big blessed ships, full of gunpowder, transported from Taiwan to Vladivostok fortress, and then use 10,000 pack horses to travel halfway
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