As for the Qing army finding a way to purchase a castrated version of the Thunderbolt 1646 model at a high price to deal with the Xinghai Kingdom, that is a joke.
In fact, the castrated version of the Thunderbolt 1646 is only slightly better than the flintlock guns of this era.
Of course, even so, this castrated version of the castrated version can be regarded as a relatively powerful artifact of this era.
After all, after greatly limiting the range, the Thunderbolt 1646 has quite prominent shortcomings, such as difficulty in loading ammunition, etc.
The biggest problem here is that the Thunderbolt 1646 can only be loaded with paper-cased bullets customized by Xinghai Kingdom!
In other words, as long as the exit of bullets is controlled, even if the Qing army obtains the unimproved version of Thunderbolt 1646, they will not imagine the overall situation.
After all, the number of bullets that Xinghai Kingdom sells to all parties is limited, and it is impossible to completely open up the supply.
With the promulgation of this policy, the castrated version of the Thunderbolt 1646 and the castrated version of the castrated version began to become popular in the Zhaowu regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty.
First of all, local governments took the lead in purchasing a large number of firearms, transforming the former patrol battalions into semi-firearms and semi-cold weapons troops, and developed an application model close to the Folang machine phalanx.
Secondly, squires and escort agencies from all over the country also purchased this advanced firearm and formed corresponding firearms troops.
No way, this world is too chaotic, there are bandits and bandits transformed from refugees everywhere.
If those squires didn't have any armed force in their hands, they might have their yards opened at any time, and all their food, gold, silver, and women would be robbed.
Therefore, these country gentlemen spared no effort in investing in this area.
In fact, at this time, due to the weakness of the Zhaowu regime in the Southern Ming Dynasty and the need for money, control in this aspect was relatively loose.
As long as you pay the money, the official hat will be handed to you.
Once you have an official hat, you can then pay some money to the local government to form a team for training.
In just three months, just as summer has just entered, Xinghai Kingdom’s firearms sales, excluding the Zhaowu regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty and the Zheng family regime of Jiaozhi, have reached an astonishing 13,000!
It can be said that local governments have organized firearms teams ranging from five to six hundred to three to four hundred. As for the country squires, they have at least fifty or sixty firearms.
For this reason, Xinghai Kingdom specially sent out students from the Army Academy to serve as instructors.
These trainees were originally those who performed well in several battles. They were initially promoted from third-class privates to first-class non-commissioned officers and second-class non-commissioned officers. Later, due to the rapid expansion of the army, the number of veteran officers was no longer enough to support the platoon-level establishment.
Let's put it this way, the current number of veteran officers cannot even fill the position of company commander, let alone platoon commander.
Under such circumstances, the platoon leader can only be promoted from non-commissioned officers.
Of course, the position of platoon leader, the leader and tail of the soldiers, is not easy to occupy and requires learning.
Any non-commissioned officer who is literate in more than 1,000 words, no matter what grade he is, can get an opportunity to study at the Army Academy. After one year of graduation, he will be awarded the rank of second lieutenant and become a distinguished officer.
That's right, in the eyes of those naturalized soldiers, officers who could only be served by veterans before were just like the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, they were extremely noble beings.
In other words, if you can go to the Army Academy for further studies, you will be honored!
Now that the students are assigned to serve as instructors, this is actually a subject that the college allows them to practice company command and management in advance.
It is conceivable that those musketeers serve as training tools. After they graduate and officially become officers, their experience in all aspects will be better than that of ordinary trainees.
And in July 1648, Emperor Yongli, who had retreated to the boundary of Guangxi, once again mobilized his army and attacked the boundary of Guangdong.
The reason why Emperor Yongli did not immediately attack the Zhaowu regime was that the Qing army oppressed them too hard, and the Yongli regime focused all its attention on resisting the Qing invasion.
But things are different now. As the Qing army temporarily entered a strategic defensive posture, and after being violently beaten twice by the Xinghai Kingdom army, the entire Qing army's defense line retreated hundreds of kilometers!
As a result, the external pressure on the Yongli regime suddenly decreased.
After there were no foreign enemies for the time being, the Yongli regime set its sights on the Zhaowu regime.
Human beings are like this. Sometimes, they hate betrayers far more than foreign enemies.
In the eyes of Emperor Yongli, Emperor Zhaowu was a betrayer and a conspirator!
Historically, the King of Gui, the Yongli Emperor, first proclaimed himself the governor of the country. As a result, Ganzhou was humiliated, scaring Emperor Yongli to the point of peeing, and he simply gave up the cave and fled, which greatly disappointed the people.
Therefore, the king of Tang Dynasty, Emperor Zhaowu, was proclaimed emperor in Guangzhou Prefecture. Emperor Yongli was shocked and angry, and then hurriedly proclaimed himself emperor.
As a result, the two emperors hated each other.
After that, the two sides fought fiercely, but Emperor Zhaowu had the upper hand and was slightly better. However, the Qing army took the opportunity to go south and captured Guangzhou Prefecture. Emperor Zhaowu, who had been the emperor for 41 days, was captured and then committed suicide and died for his country. Guangdong fell, which was regarded as the end of the Southern Ming Dynasty.
The grievances between emperors.
Now, the arrival of the Travelers seems to have reversed some historical changes. With a little butterfly's wings flapping, Emperor Zhaowu was not destroyed by the Qing army, while Emperor Yongli raised the banner of crusade and rebellion.
It can be said that Emperor Yongli's strength is still very strong.
After all, he is the old King of Gui, and his fiefdom is in Guangxi. Although the vassal king is not allowed to interfere in local affairs, otherwise it will be regarded as treason, but after so many years of hard work, the Gui Palace has collected quite a lot of money from the people.
The most important thing is that the Duke of Guizhou, who has guarded Yunnan for generations, recognized Emperor Yongli.
So with an order, 150,000 soldiers and horses were summoned, and they came to kill them in a mighty manner.
These 150,000 troops were dispatched and rushed all the way, and their momentum was still very strong.
But it didn't take long for the morale of the 150,000 troops to drop rapidly.
The reason is simple. Ever since they entered the light cave realm, they have encountered a problem.
Those counties and prefectures are actually equipped with a lot of firearms.
However, these firearms are very powerful and can hit a long distance. Every time they attack a city, a lot of troops will be lost.
What's even more disgusting is that when collecting food and grass on the spot, the yards of the local squire are not so easy to conquer.
Twenty or thirty muskets can be stretched out in any yard, and they can start shooting randomly, not to mention how many people can be killed, but the impact on morale is indeed great.
But we can't do it without destroying the county towns and prefectural cities along the way. Once we go through a detour, the follow-up logistics will be difficult to guarantee.
People can come out from the county or prefectural city to attack the grain and grass transportation team at any time!
Under this situation, the marching speed of the 15th Army was greatly slowed down.
As a result, the Zhaowu regime had sufficient time to prepare for war.