The horse under his crotch was foaming at the mouth.
Duduo looked serious and took the envelope.
He scratched the paint with a dagger and took out the letter. After reading it in a hurry, Dodo's face suddenly fell.
"Prince Yu, what happened?" He Luohui, the real man with a white flag on his forehead, asked in a low voice.
This He Luohui was originally a subordinate of Xianghuang Banner, but was later bribed by Dorgon. In addition, he had an old grudge with Haoge, so he deliberately reported Haoge for secretly colluding to promote good deeds, and Omoktu and other subordinates conspired to rebel, causing Haoge to rebel.
Ge was deprived of the title of Prince Su, generals such as Yang Shan and Omoktu were executed, and the strength of the Zhenglan Banner was severely weakened.
After this incident, He Luohui could no longer stay in Xianghuangqi.
Later, he was transferred to Xiangbai Banner by Dorgon to serve as Gushan Ezhen.
"Something big has happened." Duduo nodded and said to He Luohui and others, "The remnants of the Puppet Huns who were originally trapped in southern Shanxi and western Henan suddenly launched an offensive against Huaiqing."
"The Huaiqing garrison of our Qing Dynasty was completely destroyed in Baixiang Town."
"Huaiqing's general Jin Yuhe, deputy general Chang Ding and staff general Chen Guocai were all killed in the battle."
"Ah?" He Luohui, Tong Yangliang and others were all surprised after hearing this. The Dashun army's offensive was so fierce?
Duduo went on to say: "After defeating Jin Yuhe's troops, the remnants of the Pseudo-Shun army took advantage of the victory and invaded Wei Hui Mansion. Wei Hui's general, Zu Kefa, and his three thousand troops were trapped in Xinxiang County and were in danger."
"This!" The faces of He Luohui and others suddenly became more solemn.
Tong Yangliang whispered: "Master, if Zukefa is eaten, the door to Jinan will be wide open, and thieves from this group can march straight in and threaten Beijing!"
"Well, you are right." Duduo nodded and added, "So, the emperor and the regent ordered me to lead an army to rescue Zukefa immediately and save Weihui Mansion. Jinan Mansion can only wait until next time.
.”
"Alas." Tong Yangliang sighed after hearing this, missing a good opportunity to make a fortune.
Duduo sent someone to call Hauge again and handed over the letter: "Prince Su, please take a look."
Hauge has experienced the setbacks of the past two years and is no longer as sharp as before. After reading the letter, he said: "Since it is the will of the emperor and the regent, there is nothing to say, so you can go quickly."
Duduo said: "But there is a question. Once Nanming learns that the king's army has turned west, will they take advantage of it and send troops to invade Shandong or even Gyeonggi?"
"Nan Ming?" Hauge said, "I'm afraid you don't have the courage?"
Duduo said: "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what might happen. What if Nanming really sends troops?"
After a pause, Duduo continued: "You also know that at this time, the main force of our Qing Dynasty has been mobilized. There are only 5,000 soldiers and horses left in the entire capital, and among them, there are only five Niulu elites from the Eight Banners."
Hauge came to his senses and asked, "So what does Prince Yu mean?"
"My king wants to send a partial division to continue southward, advance all the way to the north bank of the Yellow River, and confront the Ming army across the river. This will scare the Ming army and make them not dare to act rashly. What do you think of King Purging?"
"This is a very good idea." Hauge had heard Duduo's intention and immediately volunteered, "If Prince Yu can trust me, let me lead the thirty Niu Lu of Zheng Lan Banner to the south.
Is it okay if we only want the Manchu warriors of the Zhenglan Banner and not the Eight Banners Mongolia and Eight Banners Han troops?"
"Thirty Niulu is too many." Duduo decisively refused.
"I can only give you ten Niulu Manchu warriors, but I will also give you five Niulu Eight Banners Mongolians and five Niulu Eight Banners Han troops. A total of twenty Niulu six thousand elite soldiers plus three thousand
Coating.”
By the way, Jiannu sent two armies this time, totaling 160,000 people.
However, the number of people recruited is far more than 160,000, because there are still more than 90,000 coated.
This is how the Jiannu wars were fought. When going on an expedition, each bannerman would bring a coated slave of his own family. When not fighting, he would serve him and help dig trenches and build forts. During the war, he could help wear armor and guard the war horses.
When you are desperate, you can still make up the numbers, and you can help carry the loot when you return to the army.
Of course, the bannermen themselves had to pay for the supplies for the soldiers' clothing.
So when Dorgon gave the army rations, he didn't even consider coating them.
Therefore, the actual number of slaves was 250,000, but these 90,000 coats were not included in the army. Dorgon, Dodo, and Azig did not include these coats when they discussed politics.
But in fact, these coatings also have certain combat effectiveness.
It will definitely fail to defeat the Dashun Army, but it will be more than enough to defeat the Nanming Army.
Of course, it is the Nanming Army from another time and space. After Chongzhen's transformation and training, the Ming Army's combat effectiveness has been greatly improved, and it is already much stronger than these coated minions.
Therefore, Duduo actually only gave Hauge 6,000 troops.
There was already a hint of anger on Hauge's face, but he held it back.
At the same time, he was secretly angry in his heart. Even if Duduo only gave him 6,000 elite soldiers, he would still rely on these 6,000 elite soldiers to win a great victory in Henan. He would use his military exploits to tell Dorgon that in terms of fighting, Azig and
The two Duduo brothers were together, but they were far inferior to Hauge, who was the most capable commander in the Qing Dynasty!
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Soon, five days passed.
The time has come to November 10th in the 17th year of Chongzhen.
Since receiving the urgent delivery from Wang Jiayan on October 20th, he began to prepare for war. As of today, Chongzhen has been preparing for war in Xuzhou for a full twenty days.
Now, we have begun to calibrate the shooting elements of the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
Because of Qu Shawei, there was no need for Chongzhen to get involved.
It just so happened that Qu Shawei could also use this to train the artillery squadron soldiers.
At this moment, Qu Shawei was explaining to the artillery team members: "After these twenty days of explanation, I have taught you the basic observation methods of ballistics, including the calculation formula of ballistics, which I have repeatedly explained many times.
times, so the next step is to apply it in practice and consolidate the knowledge learned in actual observations.”
After speaking, he pointed to a Crouching Tiger Cannon in front of him, and then said: "The standard charge of this Crouching Tiger Cannon is the maximum range of eighty-two hours. We have just measured it, which is about four hundred steps."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "We have calculated the muzzle velocity of the projectile before."
"Now the impact point I require is three hundred steps."
"Then what degree should the muzzle elevation be?"
Speaking of this meal, Qu Shawei said again: "Start calculating now."
One hundred artillerymen immediately picked up branches and began to calculate on the ground.
After a while, the first soldier raised his hand and reported: "Tell the instructor, there are two muzzle elevation angles, one is 19 degrees, and the other is 57 degrees."
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"Very good." Qu Sha clapped slightly, "By the way, what's your name?"
"Instructor, my name is Xia Wanchun." the artilleryman replied.
"Oh, yes, I remembered it." Qu Sha smiled and said, "You seem to be only fifteen years old?"
"Report to the instructor." Xia Wanchun replied according to the rules of Western artillery, "I am fourteen years old this year."
"Only fourteen years old? Oh my God." Qu Sha said, making the sign of the cross slightly, "Your achievements will be limitless, and you will probably become the greatest artillery expert in the history of the East."
While the two were talking, other artillery soldiers also calculated the results.
Almost all the artillerymen calculated the results, but their speed was much slower than Xia Wanchun.
"Well done." Qu Shawei clapped her hands and said, "Now, let us use facts to prove whether your calculation results are correct? First adjust the shooting angle to 19 degrees."
After saying that, he pointed at Xia Wanchun and said, "You do it."
"Yes, instructor." Xia Wanchun bowed his head and picked up the inclination measuring instrument next to him.
A bevel gauge is actually a protractor with a long leg attached to one side, a rope at the top corner, and a lead ingot tied to the end of the rope.
Xia Wanchun inserted the long leg of the bevel meter into the muzzle of the Tiger Crouching Cannon. However, because the Tiger Crouching Cannon was an open-mouthed gun, its bore was not parallel, so the bevel angle measurer needed to be corrected to ensure
The long side of the bevel gauge is exactly in the center of the muzzle of the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
At this time, the scale of the measuring instrument can be read through the string tied to the lead ingot.
When the mark was exceeded, Xia Wanchun inserted a wooden block into the tail of the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
Seeing this, Qu Shawei sighed. Western artillery had bid farewell to this primitive shooting angle adjustment method twenty years ago, and instead adjusted the shooting angle through the lugs and hinges fixed on the gun mount.
Watching Xia Wanchun's methodical artillery drill, and other scholars also observing carefully, Chongzhen felt very pleased. In any case, this was a good start. It may not show its power now, but in the future, it will be cast in the Ming arsenal.
With the standardized Tiger Crouching Cannon and Hongyi Cannon, the Ming Army's artillery will usher in a qualitative leap.
I just don’t know how long it will take for the Ming Dynasty Arsenal to produce standardized modern artillery?
Just when Chongzhen was thinking about the future, a loud bang suddenly sounded from the gun platform in front of him, and then a black shadow flew backwards like lightning.
Looking at Xia Wanchun first, her little face was covered with gunpowder smoke and she was completely confused.
Looking at the Crouching Tiger Cannon again, where is the shadow of the Crouching Tiger Cannon on the gun platform? I don’t know where it will fly to.
"My God, Xia Wanchun, you made a fatal mistake." Qu Weisha slapped her forehead and said, "You fired the cannon without fixing the tiger's claws with an iron drill. This is so stupid. It will kill you.
Yourself and your comrades!"
Xia Wanchun's little face fell down, like a child who had done something wrong. Well, he was just a child.
When Chongzhen was about to step forward to comfort Xia Wanchun with a few words, he suddenly saw Hu Guozhu hurried over from the corner of his eye.
Hu Guozhu whispered a few words to Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen hurriedly came to Chongzhen again and whispered: "Long live my lord, the Yiding have heard about Jiannu's whereabouts."
"Is it finally here?" Chongzhen was refreshed.
After waiting for almost twenty days, the southern expeditionary army of Jiannu finally arrived.
However, Wang Chengen shook his head and whispered: "Long live my lord, the enemy situation has changed. It seems that the slave-building army has not moved south."
