After Hao Yaoqi succeeded in the surprise attack in the heavy rain, he did not hesitate to fight and quickly withdrew his troops to the vicinity of Mamuji. At this time, the main force of the intruder army gradually arrived. Li Laiheng personally led Li Shiwei and other elite artillery troops to the vicinity of Mamuji.
, make preparations for an emergency landing on Chen Yongfu.
Li Shiwei's artillery mark was the real essence of the Huguang Army. Li Laiheng equipped almost all heavy artillery pieces over eight kilograms in the artillery mark.
Some of these heavy artillery were captured, but more were self-made by the Huguang Army.
In Suizhou, Xiangyang and other places, under the careful management of the Chuang Army, on the basis of the abundant food brought by the camp system, and on the basis of public-private partnership, many people chose to accept the camp system and accept the income from the farm interest.
The gentry who invested in industry and commerce cooperated and established many large workshops.
Although these workshops did not directly undertake the manufacturing projects of military ordnance, their prosperity and development also provided the Ordnance Institute under the leadership of Baijiuhe with a richer material foundation and a wider range of choices.
Many Ordnance Academy workshops in Suizhou and Xiangyang have cooperative relationships with these public-private joint venture workshops. This also tied a group of Handong gentry such as Yi Daosan to the tanks of the Huguang Army.
The artillery mark is the biggest symbol of the strong material foundation of the Huguang Army!
Although the number of artillery in the artillery barracks is not as high as that of the Qin Army Chariot Camp after Sun Chuanting's reorganization, the quality of the artillery in the barracks barracks has many advantages over the Qin Army Chariot Camp.
Zhang Guang, the director of the Ordnance Academy in charge of heavy artillery manufacturing, was a Catholic who was proficient in mathematics. After the invasion army occupied Wuchang, Zhang Guang invited two Jesuit priests active in Wuchang to help calculate the new artillery module.
Although the Ming Dynasty also had books such as "The Essentials of Fire Attack" that introduced the new knowledge of artillery modules, it failed to be widely disseminated. This made the artillery casting of the Ming army still rely heavily on the skills of craftsmen.
Experience and lack of a truly scientific system.
In this case, the artillery of the Qin Army's vehicle camp was either loaded with gunpowder that exceeded the stress limit of the barrel due to the "double loading method", wasting a lot of gunpowder energy, or simply caused the barrel to explode due to overloading; or it was due to insufficient loading.
Reasonable casting makes the designed stress level too high, making the cannon wall too thick, and adding a lot of useless weight.
In fact, the artillery of the Chuang Army could not catch up with the Ming Army or the Qing Army in terms of craftsmanship, but in terms of design, due to a more scientific "module", it could show higher power and weight with the same materials and weight.
Come on mobility.
"Commander, all the artillery targets have been gathered. We can attack Ma Muji only when the weather improves."
Li Shiwei knelt on the ground and reported the report to Li Laiheng with both hands. Although his performance was average in terms of talents, Li Shiwei was indeed loyal to Li Laiheng personally. In addition, although Li Shiwei's ability was limited, he was able to accept various new technologies more easily.
Knowledge and constantly update your own knowledge system.
That's why Li Laiheng handed over the crucial artillery mark to Li Shiwei's command.
"Very good, the rain has almost stopped. As long as the artillery targets are all in place, it will be absolutely impossible for Chen Yongfu and Yuan Shizhong to rush from Mamuji to Xuzhou as a team."
Li Laiheng clapped his hands, and people could already see a ray of white light from the horizon. The clouds in the sky were also much thinner. The continuous autumn rain that swept across eastern Henan now only contained the last few drops of rain like drizzle.
Although the ground is still muddy, which will affect the maneuverability of the artillery targets, as the weather improves, large-scale artillery firing is no longer a problem.
Gu Junen said proudly: "I told you this rain won't last long..."
He turned to look at Fang Yiren and said with a smile: "Leshan is too worried. In addition to military matters, I also pay attention to astronomy and astronomy. I have long seen that the heavy rain is about to stop. I told you before
However, Leshan still didn’t quite believe it. Are you willing to believe it now? There is no better situation or better opportunity than this.”
Fang Yiren twisted his sleeves that were soaked by the rain, and replied with a smile on his face: "He is so straight and has many talents and erudition. Even Zhuge Kongming and Sima Zhongda in ancient times cannot compare with him."
Gu Junen chuckled and said: "Too much praise! Too much praise!"
Li Laiheng did not think of the hidden meaning of Fang Yiren's words. He thought of the wonderful connection between Bozhou and Guide, and sighed:
"Bozhou is the place where the Red Scarf Army started. Han Lin'er and Liu Futong established their capital in Bozhou and reopened the Song Dynasty. Guide can be regarded as the place where Zhao Kuangyin started. Yizu was appointed by Zhou Shizong as the governor of the Guide Army, and later he
Called the King of Song. These two great Song dynasties actually met here in eastern Henan."
What he did not say was that the two Song Dynasty regimes also had great connections with the Hu people and Yi Di.
The Song Dynasty of Song Taizu was destroyed by the Hu people, and the Dragon and Phoenix Song Dynasty established by Han Lin'er and Liu Futong started the road of destruction of Hu Yuan.
Thinking further, the Qing army is quietly advancing north of the Yellow River at this moment. Will they be Kublai Khan or Emperor Yuan Shun?
As for himself, will he follow Lu Xiufu's path of despair like Li Laiheng in history, or will he open up a new utopia like Liu Taibao and Zhu Hongwu?
"The world is full of troubles, who can predict them?"
Li Laiheng's inappropriate nostalgia for the past revealed his inner worries about the Qing army's movements on the north bank of the Yellow River.
What are the intentions of Abata and the others?
If the Qing army suddenly crosses the river at this time, and the Chuang army throws all its troops into the attack unprepared, the situation will indeed become very bad.
Even if the tragedy of the Battle of Shanhaiguan in history is "reenacted", it is completely expected.
"Are you still worried about the Donglu on the north bank? General Yougu led the troops to organize river defense. How can the Qing army fly across? You are really worrying too much."
Gu Junen was very surprised by Li Laiheng's worries. He had never really been exposed to the Qing army. Although he had heard about the Ming army's repeated defeats in front of the Qing army over the years, he did not feel that the Donglu army had been defeated.
Is there anything particularly awesome about it?
In fact, Gu Junen's thoughts were in the majority among the Chuangjun, while concerns like those of Li Laiheng and Fang Yiren were in the minority.
It can even be said that Gu Junen's regard for the Qing army was already very high among the Chuang army.
In later history, when the Chu army occupied Beijing, it was Gu Junen who first proposed that "Liaodong is troubled" to remind Li Zicheng to pay attention to the movements of Wu Sangui and the Qing army outside the Pass.
However, when they occupied Beijing, the Chu army was already in a dilemma. With a much smaller force than Dorgon and Wu Sangui, they were surrounded by a large number of hostile gentry soldiers.
Under such a situation, even if Gu Junen saw the threat from the Qing army outside the pass, it would be difficult for the Chuang army to win in Shanhaiguan.
Now Gu Junen does not regard Donglu as an urgent need. He can regard the Qing army and Huang Taiji as powerful enemies like Dayan Khan and Anda Khan. His knowledge is actually higher than that of those in Guan who have never personally come into contact with the Qing army.
There are generally many scholars.
"Well, Brother Gu is one of the best generals in the Chuang army. With him keeping an eye on the Yellow River, I believe that the Qing army will never land in front of us... Now we still need to persuade Chen Yongfu to surrender as soon as possible."
Li Laiheng nodded and said yes, Fang Yiren followed:
"Should we send Wang Chen's letter to Ma Mu Ji? Now it is not an exaggeration to say that Chen Yongfu is in a desperate situation. With an old friend like Wang Chen serving as a military envoy in the army, Chen Yongfu should believe that we will never
He will be treated badly."
Li Laiheng shook his head: "No, wait a minute. Chen Yongfu is a man with two different personalities. When Kaifeng was captured by the Chuang army, Chen Xin surrendered to our Chuang army. But at that time, Chen Yongfu took advantage of the Chuang army's goodwill towards him to break out and escape.
, he is definitely not a person who can be persuaded by a little old friendship with Chen Xin.
We still have to wait for Cannon Biao to show his strength and let Chen Yongfu know how powerful we are. What's more, there is Yuan Shizhong beside him. I don't know where Yuan Shizhong came from. He regards helping the gentry as the only way to save the time.
He is much more stubborn than Chen Yongfu."
The sky, which had always been dark and gloomy before, with no trace of sunlight visible, was now getting whiter and whiter. One after another, the sunlight was like a sharp sword that had just been pulled out of its sheath, shining with cold light.
The clouds.
The heavy rain has completely stopped, and the temperature is slowly rising after the rain. There is still a moist and fresh atmosphere in the air. But Li Laiheng knows that it won't take long for the gunpowder smoke to shatter this moment of peace and silence.
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The main force of the breaking army has already begun to take action. The infantry are clearing the roads and remaining enemies. The soldiers at the artillery mark are pushing the heavy artillery forward to a suitable fighting position. Hao Yaoqi also led the cavalry troops back to Ma Mu.
Near the gathering. Li Laiheng praised his old brother for his great progress. He said jokingly:
"Human Dao, you are fierce Zhang Fei, but you may not be any worse than Guan Dijun in the future!"
Hao Yaoqi had just dismounted. When he heard this, he turned pale and said, "What are you talking about in charge of the team? I am Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and it's a good thing that the marshal is our Uncle Liu. But in charge of the team, wouldn't you become that useless Liu?"