"Master, I think the artillery should be placed behind the infantry."
"In this way, the infantry can provide protection for the artillery."
"Nonsense, what if you put the artillery behind the infantry and attack your own infantry?"
"You can shoot towards the sky. I saw that the artillerymen of the Ming Dogs were shooting towards the sky, and I didn't see them hitting any of our own people. Why can't our Qing artillery do it?"
"It's a joke, how can you hit the sky accurately?"
"That's right, wouldn't that just be a blind shot?"
"Then why can Minggou do it? Minggou's artillery is clearly aimed at the sky."
"Everyone, I believe that the key to the problem is not where the artillery should be placed, but that we should find ways to improve the mobility and rate of fire of the artillery. This is the key. The defeat of Hunhe lies in the rate of fire of the Camel Cannon.
It’s too slow, and the movement of the Crouching Tiger Cannon is really inconvenient, otherwise the Ming army would have no chance to get close.”
"You put it very lightly. This matter is not easy to handle."
"In my opinion, it's because sidecars and sidecars are not used properly."
"That's right, if it hadn't been for the loss of all sidecars and carriages in the first attack, the outcome of the Hunhe Battle would have been completely different, so we must avoid making the same mistake next time."
"That's right, we have to seize the time to build a sidecar and a bodycar."
"The key is that our Qing Dynasty's self-generated guns are not sharp enough."
"No, in my opinion it's because the Eight Banners and Han Army can't fight a tough battle."
This was probably the first real tactical discussion since the founding of the Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, whether it was the surrendered ministers such as Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwe, or the Manchu military ministers such as Ta Zhan, Bai Yin Tu, and Suk Saha, or the Horqin Mongolian Taiji like Esen, they were all very enthusiastic.
But tactical discussions like this are destined to be impossible to discuss substantive results.
The final result can only evolve into complaints, quarrels and even abuse.
Of course, the only one who gets scolded is Han Chen.
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"Lie down and don't move!"
"Everyone, please be honest with me!"
"Whoever dares to move will be shot to death!"
"Did you see the corpses in front of you? Those are role models!"
Xu Yinglong was inspecting the prisoner-of-war camp while carrying a sword that he picked up on the battlefield.
But I saw that the prisoner-of-war camp of the Ming Army's Central Formation was already full of prisoners of war, including prisoners of war from the Han Army, but more of them were Manchu prisoners of war from the Eight Banners.
This time, we actually captured more real slaves than the Eight Banners Han Army.
Before the battle is over, the Ming army will not show any mercy to Jian Nu.
However, once the battle was over, the Ming army strictly prohibited the killing of prisoners. Violators would be severely punished. Soldiers who recruited soldiers would be deprived of their pay. Qinwang scholars would be expelled from their titles and deprived of official gifts.
Such punishment is not unsevere.
So no one dares to offend easily.
"What are you looking at? Do you believe I will dig out your eyeballs?"
One of the slaves glared at Xu Yinglong, but Xu Yinglong kicked him to the ground.
"Xu Yinglong, what are you doing?" A stern scolding voice came from behind.
Xu Yinglong turned around and saw Xu Yingwei, he quickly smiled and said: "Brother, why are you here?"
"There is no brother here, only the military department of the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Internal Affairs is in trouble." Xu Yingwei said coldly.
"Yes." Xu Yinglong stood at attention and said proudly, "Report to Xu Gaijian, Xu Yinglong, the commander-in-chief of Ming Dynasty Laodong, is counting the number of slave prisoners of war. Please give instructions!"
Xu Yingwei snorted: "Have you found the results?"
"Reporting to Xu Guijian, a total of more than 8,000 prisoners of war were captured, including more than 5,000 real slaves." After a slight pause, Xu Yinglong continued, "There are still more than 900 Jiu slaves who have been seriously injured and disabled. Do they need to be punished?"
heal?"
"If you are disabled, you don't need to be treated anymore." Xu Yingwei said coldly, "Let's execute them on the spot."
Crippled prisoners of war would only add burden to the Ming Dynasty, but could not create value. What was the use of keeping them?
After a pause, Xu Yingwei asked again: "Have you finished counting the casualties of our army? How many people are there in total?"
Xu Yinglong immediately showed a look of sadness on his face and replied: "A total of more than 9,800 wounded soldiers of our army have been rescued from the battlefield, and more than 700 of them have been disabled due to injuries. Even if they recover from their injuries, they may not be able to return to the army.
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Xu Yingwei sighed and asked again: "Where are the killed in action? What is the number of killed in action?"
"More than three thousand one hundred." Xu Yinglong said calmly, "including Gu Lushuai."
"Brother Ning Ren was also killed in battle?" Xu Yingwei was heartbroken when he heard this.
…
Let’s talk about Jiannu later.
Dorgon was so disturbed by the quarrel that he could only send away Ta Zhan, Bai Yin Tu, He Luo Hui and other Manchu military ministers, as well as E Sen and other Horqintai Jidu, but Hong Chengchou and others were left behind.
After the quarrel just now, Dorgon once again realized a cruel fact.
When it comes to fighting, the Jurchens and the Mongols are still very good at it, but when it comes to using their brains, they are obviously not as good as the Han people.
"I shouldn't have called He Luo Hui. It's completely unnecessary for E Sen and the others to come."
Dorgon said with some self-deprecation: "But now it's better. Without the interference of these people, we can seriously discuss how to deal with the Ming Army? Especially the Ming Army's large Kongming Lantern, how to deal with it?"
Speaking of the large Kongming Lantern of the Ming Dynasty, Dorgon still feels satisfied to this day.
If only he had walked a little slower at that time, Dorgon would have become an unjust ghost under the lamp.
Hong Chengchou frowned and said: "Master, the Ming army's Kongming lantern can fly freely in the air, so we, the Qing soldiers, may have nothing to do with it. The only solution may be to fight fire with fire."
"Fight fire with fire?" Dorgon asked, "Hengjiu, what do you mean by this?"
Hong Chengchou said: "My slave means that we also make large Kongming lanterns."
"Oh, yes, we also make Kongming lanterns." Dorgon's eyes suddenly lit up.
Speaking of Kongming lanterns, the principle and structure are actually very simple and could have been made in the Qing Dynasty.
At this time, Ning Wanwo suddenly pondered and said: "But it is a bit strange. The Ming army did not use large Kongming lanterns when they counterattacked this morning. This is really puzzling."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Is it because of the strong wind?" Fan Wencheng's expression changed.
"Because the wind is strong and you are worried that you will be blown away by the wind, so you dare not move?"
"That's right." Hou Fangyu said, "Kongming lanterns are originally afraid of strong winds."
Dorgon said: "However, no one can guarantee that the wind will not blow the next time we fight the Ming army, so we must also build large Kongming lanterns. We must have what the Ming army has."
"Master has a clear lesson." Hong Chengchou and others agreed one after another.
"Let's talk about the cannon." Dorgon added.
"Why can the red cannons of the Ming army be placed behind the infantry? Why do their artillery shells not fall on their own heads, but can accurately hit the heads of our Qing soldiers?"
The room fell into silence again.
So far, Jiannu's artillery has fired directly.
Even Jiannu's Tiger Crouching Cannon uses direct aim.
There is no such thing as distance measurement or ballistic calculation.
Therefore, Hong Chengchou and others did not have systematic artillery application thinking.
So when faced with Dorgon's questions, Hong Chengchou and the others were speechless.
But it’s not like I gained nothing, at least I started to pay attention to this issue.
After a long while, Hou Fangyu said: "Master, regarding the red cannon, I thought it would be best to ask Tang Ruowang for advice. After all, Tang Ruowang is an expert in firearms."
"That makes sense." Dorgon readily agreed.
"Summon Tang Ruowang to Liaodong quickly."
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The next morning, Chongzhen returned to the battlefield on the south bank of the Hun River with eight hundred Yiding.
Xu Yingwei personally led a hundred cavalry scouts to meet Chongzhen twenty miles away.
"Your Majesty Xu Yingwei, please bow to the Holy Spirit Jin'an." Still a hundred steps away, Xu Yingwei got off his horse early and paid homage to Chongzhen without any trace of the arrogance of a hero.
Seeing this, Chongzhen couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
There have been too many arrogant generals in history.
Men such as Wu Qi, Han Xin and Lan Yu in the early Ming Dynasty all fell because of their pride in taking credit.
Chongzhen was actually worried that Xu Yingwei would become arrogant because of the victory at Hunhe.
After the previous great victory at Guting Town, didn’t Hu Guozhu drift away? The influence of the Hunhe Victory was even greater than the great victory at Guting Town, so Chongzhen was really worried that Xu Yingwei would drift away too.
But fortunately Xu Yingwei didn't.
Instead of being proud, Xu Yingwei became more humble.
"Ping Shen, You Zhen, please get up quickly." Chongzhen also quickly dismounted and wanted to help Xu Yingwei up.
But Xu Yingwei insisted on paying five obeisances and three kowtows to Chongzhen before he stood up.
Chongzhen held Xu Yingwei's hands and said in his heart that Xu Yingwei's humility and knowing how to advance and retreat was really the legacy of Xu Da.
Chongzhen even doubted whether Xu Yingwei's descendants were Xu Da's surviving children and grandchildren.
As a military general, it is not difficult to remain humble for a short period of time. The difficult thing is to remain humble for a long time.
In history, only a handful of generals like Xu Da were able to do this.
But now, Xu Yingwei has also achieved this. Although he has made great achievements, he is not proud at all.
If it were Nian Gengyao from another world line, who dared to ask the emperor to lead his horse after accomplishing the great feat of destroying the country, he really wouldn't know how to write the word "death".
Chongzhen said with a smile: "Youzhen, with this great victory over the Hunhe River, you have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. I really don't know how to reward you, haha."
"Your Majesty has said too much." Xu Yingwei hurriedly declined, "This great victory at Hunhe was firstly dependent on His Majesty's strategic planning, and secondly, it was dependent on the lives of the soldiers of each infantry brigade. I just followed the prescription and took the medicine, and it was really not a great achievement.
If your Majesty chooses any diligent scholar to come here, he can also win a great victory over the Hun River."
"Too modest, chastity, too modest." Chongzhen said with a smile.
"You should take the lead in this great victory over the Hunhe River. This is an unquestionable fact."
Xu Yingwei didn't say anything more, because he knew very well that too much was too little, and in front of the Holy Master, he should not take credit or be arrogant, but he should also not be too humble.
