After a series of questions from Chongzhen, the Minister of War had to discuss ways to retreat to the enemy with several ministers in front of him...

After a dispute and discussion, stimulated by the new method, the Minister of War's helpless face also regained a trace of confidence. Then, he answered to the imperial throne with an anxious look on his face.

"Your Majesty, I have discussed specific strategies to retreat to the enemy... The old minister believes that using this method can not only defeat the rebels' attack on the capital, but also cause heavy damage to the rebels in the battle and achieve some unexpected results..."

Hearing this, Chongzhen quickly asked...

"What method... as long as we can fight back the rebels' attack on the capital, protect the capital, and preserve the dignity of the court and my... I don't care whether it can cause heavy damage to the rebels..."

"I don't want to see the capital where the Ming central is located again in my lifetime, and suffer wars. Otherwise, even if I die, I will not have the face to see my ancestors..."

The Minister of War did not hesitate and directly replied: "Your Majesty, our method is divided into two steps..."

"The first step is to draw heavy troops immediately to slow down the speed of the rebels' attack on the capital. If the rebels can be blocked on the way to attack the capital, it would be better..."

"The second step is to take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the rebels attacked the capital and the troops of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces were empty, and give the rebels a big drama of "speaking east and attacking the west and attacking the Huanglong", so that the rebels attacking the capital would fall into a dangerous situation where they could not take care of each other at the end..."

Under the explanation of the Minister of War, those who only know how to talk about war on paper, all of them are full of hope for this plan. Especially Emperor Chongzhen, the anxious face once again ignited hope of defeating the Tiger and Leopard Army and Wei Zheng.

In less than two days, because everyone had equipped war horses, tens of thousands of Northern Expedition Army had reached semi-mechanized, and the assembly was completed.

The cavalry commander Zhao Yun got the vanguard task as he wished. The commander commander 10,000 iron-armored cavalrymen were cleared for the main force of the Northern Expedition Army and cleared the safe passage to enter the capital.

For the 40,000 Northern Army commanded by Wei Zheng himself, leaving Datong Prefecture means leaving Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces and entering Beizhili controlled by the imperial court.

Although after passing Datong, the road to the capital had become without any danger. However, the court still dispatched a total of 50,000 troops to enter several counties where the rebels were required to attack the capital.

In the eyes of the ministers of the court, the series of exquisite firearms equipped by the Tiger and Leopard Army are all aimed at midnight snacks and defending the city. In the battle of siege, powerful firearms like grenades have almost no effect.

In this case, the gap between the imperial government and the rebels will become smaller and smaller.

In addition, the official army is very good at defending the city wall fortifications that are very beneficial to them. The Tiger and Leopard Army, which has always been invincible, is likely to fail under the persistence of the official army's reliance on the city wall...

The first county town that stood in front of the Northern Army. If it were in the past, the defenders with only a few hundred people would be responsible for defending thieves and maintaining the stability of the county town.

However, just yesterday, the county town with a city wall of only 1 meter high was directly stationed in eight thousand officials. Not only that, there were more than ten red-clothed cannons and forty or fifty other commanded cannons.

As for other convex guns, guns, rockets, etc., as long as they can cause damage to the Northern Army, they are all equipped.

Facing the county town in front of him, Wei Zheng was not in a hurry to attack...

He was waiting for the arrival of the artillery.

Although Wei Zheng, who came from later generations, looked down on the red cannon that weighed thousands of kilograms on the top of the city. However, the red cannon could fire flowering bullets at a range of two miles, which still made Wei Zheng feel a little afraid.

Looking at the entire Northern Army, there were only fifty heavy artillery drawn from the heavy artillery division, which was improved on the basis of the red-clothed cannon and made with new steel. Cannons with at least twice the weight could be fought against the red-clothed cannons of the official army. Otherwise, the siege soldiers sent by themselves would definitely suffer heavy losses under the attack of the red-clothed cannons of the official army.

After a day of waiting, the weight exceeded 1,500 kilograms and was transported by cannon trucks. The fifty cannons with a barrel of as long as five feet long finally entered Wei Zheng's vision and entered the battlefield where a fierce battle was about to break out.

Since Dorgon attacked Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces for the second time, Wei Zheng has never been to the Equipment Department again.

Therefore, it was Wei Zheng's first time seeing the cannon parked on the official road in front of him.

Looking at the cannon in front of him with a caliber of only 100 mm but a barrel thickness of two centimeters, Wei Zheng couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

Because, in his opinion, if the steel used to build the cannon is qualified and has the special steel of later generations, the thickness of the cannon in front of him can be reduced to at least one-third of the current one.

As the barrel thickness becomes smaller, the weight of the entire cannon will be greatly reduced...

However, no matter what, the cannon in front of you is the most powerful cannon in the Tiger and Leopard Army.

After quickly put away his slightly confused little thoughts in his heart, Wei Zheng asked directly to the commander of the heavy artillery regiment in front of him...

"Captain Wang, I want to know how powerful the cannon in front of me is compared to the red-clothed cannon equipped by the imperial government army. On the battlefield, can our cannon completely suppress the red-clothed cannon of the government army and provide artillery fire cover to the brothers involved in the attack."

Speaking of serious matters, the commander of the military family quickly suppressed his heart, and answered proudly because of the excitement he felt when he saw Wei Zheng Zhenren.

"Reporting to the commander, the general cannons, who have arrived at the battlefield, did not even have room for revenge in front of our cannons..."

"As long as the red cannons equipped by the official army have the courage to fire on the battlefield, the generals will have the confidence to blow the red cannons equipped by the official army into a pile of scrap iron, so that they can taste the power of our cannons..."

Hearing this, Wei Zheng was relieved and asked with interest.

"You're so sure?"

The regiment commander replied confidently: "Master, the red cannons equipped by the imperial government army are all made of fine iron. However, we are made of steel. Since using the steel frying method that Dazheng gave to the Equipment Department, the steel production of the steel mill can meet all the needs of firearms."
Chapter completed!