1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 647 The Firearms Unit of the Qing Dynasty

April 1650, 4, Beijing, Shuntian Prefecture.

On the huge school military field and the surrounding wilderness, tens of thousands of troops gathered, including the elite Manchu Eight Banners force, and the sturdy Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry, but more of them were the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the descendants of the original Ming Dynasty. The momentum is overwhelming.

Luo Shouzhang, the former senior tactical staff officer of the Qi State Marine Corps stationed in Denglai, was riding on a horse, staring blankly at the majestic soldiers and horses of the Qing army in front of him, his face calm.The hair that used to be short and flat is more than three inches long, and it is disheveled on the head. His face is also a little pale, which may be the reason why he has not seen the sun for many days.

In fact, apart from being tortured by the Qing army in Dezhou when Luo Shouzhang was just captured, the Qing army basically never beat or tortured him when they learned of his identity.After arriving in Beijing, he was regarded by the upper echelons of the Qing court as an important figure who could live in a rare commodity, and he was taken care of in a big house.

Since being captured, Luo Shouzhang has been determined to die, and he will not say a word to any inquiries from the Qing army.However, the Qing army didn't expect to get anything from their mouths, and he was not the only one who was captured by officers and soldiers of the Qi State.

In addition, the Qing army fought against Denglai for several years, and countless spies were dispatched. The details of the Yongchu court in Denglai and Shandong have already been clearly understood.Even if some of Qi's military deployments in Daming were made, the Qing army knew something about it.

During Luo Shouzhang's house arrest, Dorgon summoned him to the palace from time to time to ask some overseas anecdotes and world geography, talk about the situation in Nanyang, and even talk about the style of Hanzhou.Every time he talked, Luo Shouzhang was very cautious, trying his best to avoid political, economic and military information related to Hanzhou, so as not to be taken advantage of by Jiannu.

It can be seen that Dorgon is very interested in overseas, and he also showed a trace of fascination for Qi Guo and the Hanzhou continent they occupied and many overseas territories, and occasionally expressed emotion, saying that after the unification of the world, he will Unload all government affairs, form a huge fleet, and go on a cruise in Nanyang and Hanzhou in person.

But Luo Shouzhang felt extremely contemptuous of this, you a group of Tungus savages who ran out of deep mountains and old forests (as Qi Tian said), can you play with water?I'm afraid it wasn't true, the built boat was overturned by the big waves on the bottom of the sea halfway, and fed the kingfish and crabs one by one.

However, after being imprisoned by the Qing government for a long time, since he didn’t receive any harsh treatment, instead, he was provided with food and drink, and he was completely relieved. message, forget about it.At the end, the head on the neck will be cut off with a knife at most.After several months, the flesh under the waist and thighs gradually grew, and she became a little fatter.

Early this morning, Dorgon brought him to the palace again. He thought he was talking about overseas geography with him, but unexpectedly, what he saw was Dorgon in military uniform and a group of followers, and then gave him a horse. horse, and took him to the military camp on the outskirts of Shuntianfu.

Looking at the teams of officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty in and out of the school grounds, although there was no expression on their faces, they were still extremely shocked deep in their hearts.The army formation of tens of thousands of people stood quietly in the school grounds, in the wilderness, and among the mountains and forests. Apart from the snorting of war horses and the fluttering of fierce flags, there was no other movement.The entire military formation exudes a strong atmosphere of killing, and it is obvious that it is an elite division that has been fighting for a long time.

Dorgon looked up at the sky, the sky was clear, and it was a good weather for a military parade!
"Let's start." Following Dorgon's faint order, several army command flags waved, and the solemn and orderly formation suddenly moved.

Under the cover of more than a thousand cavalry on both sides, a group of hundreds of Wuzhen Hachao stepped out of the queue. They pushed a dozen 3-pound cannons, moved forward more than 100 meters quickly, and then stopped.

There were several Western barbarians standing in the right row of the artillery formation. Seeing that Wu Zhenhachao had finished building the artillery position, they swung the command saber in their hands forward, and uttered a very strange accent, "Fire the artillery!" , target, the enemy 150 paces ahead."

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The artillery roared, and after the first salvo of artillery fire, a burst of gunpowder smoke rose in the formation, and six or seven shells hit several mounds 150 steps away from a distance, Smoke, dust and clods flew in all directions.

"Second round, get ready! Let it go!" a barbarian officer on the right ordered loudly again.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

The artillery fired continuously for five rounds, then stopped.Immediately afterwards, a large formation of 2000 muskets, lined up in a tight formation, slowly came from behind the artillery position.

"Standing!"

"First row, get ready!... Let it go!" a Han Eight Banners officer on the right side of the queue ordered loudly.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." The musketeers of more than a hundred people in the first row immediately lit their matchlocks, then raised their guns and aimed forward.

"Second row forward! Get ready!... Let it go!"

Under the command of the officers, the musket formation advances, raises the guns, shoots, clears the chambers, inserts gunpowder and projectiles... and rolls forward row by row to attack.The entire school military field was filled with gunpowder smoke, exuding a strong smell of gunpowder, wrapping the entire musket array in it.

The musket array fired ten rounds successively, and the team also advanced about a hundred meters. After an officer behind the formation gave the order to "charge the whole army", two thousand musketeers drew a gun sword from their waists. , stuffed into the muzzle of the musket, shouted, and rushed forward.

On the two wings of the musket formation, more than a thousand Eight Banners cavalry rushed out, holding sabers, roaring and launching the final impact forward.

"How is it?" Dorgon sat on the horse, turned his head and asked with a smile: "Is my firearms army of the Qing Dynasty worthy of a battle with your country?"

"You invited Westerners to teach firearms warfare?" Luo Shouzhang fixed his eyes on several officers with Westerner faces who were galloping forward on horseback. "Portuguese? Or Dutch?"

"Hehe..." Dorgon followed Luo Shouzhang's eyes and glanced at the few Westerners who wanted to come to please the reward, and laughed, "Looking at your nervous appearance, I think my Qing's firearms troops are enough Can fight. So, this king is also very pleased!"

"Are you going to attack Shandong and Denglai immediately?" Luo Shouzhang asked.

"You know a little bit, and you can see the next major military operations of the Qing Dynasty. You are worthy of being the confidential counselor of the Qi State." Dorgon nodded and said; "Shanxi is flat, Shaanxi, Henan, and Hebei are stable. It is time It's time to fully understand the troubles in Shandong and Denglai."

"You... you sent a mission to our mainland of Hanzhou to confuse us and make our ships and soldiers stationed in Denglai relax their vigilance?"

"Hmph, you are a small foreign country with a population of less than 30, and you still dare to challenge the power of the Qing Dynasty and prevent me from entering the Central Plains and unifying the world?" Dorgon showed a look of disdain on his face, "Send a mission to the remote continent where you live in a humble place. Don't you think that I, the Qing Dynasty, are afraid of you? Quer is a small country, and you are overestimated!"

Two years ago, the Dutch East India Company finally entered the Yangtze River after a lot of hard work, and then went to Nanjing to meet Hong Chengchou, a military affairs scholar appointed by the Qing court to appease the Southern Governor.They asked for the right to do business with the Qing court in foreign trade. In return, they would provide the Qing court with a large number of artillery and muskets, as well as some firearms and military instructors, to help the other side quell domestic resistance.

At the same time, the Dutch also promised that if the Qing court needed it, they could even lease armed merchant ships to them to help transport troops and provide landing cover.

After Hong Chengchou got in touch with the Dutch, he quickly obtained an important message from them. This Western barbarian occupying the Nanyang area must have had some kind of filth with the Qi Fan who supported the Yongchu court, and he seemed to want to get some help from the mainland. Such a breakthrough will not only allow us to obtain the commercial rights granted by the Qing Dynasty, but also indirectly attack the military strength of Qi Fan.

Moreover, what he valued most was that these Western barbarians were willing to sell the latest firearms to the Qing Dynasty. In this way, it could help the Qing army to fight against the Qi Fan with sharp guns, and completely solve the troubles in Shandong and Denglai.

Therefore, without any delay, Hong Chengchou sent a team of soldiers and horses to protect several representatives of the Dutch East India Company, all the way north to Beijing.

Sure enough, Dorgon immediately reached a cooperation intention after talking with these representatives of the Dutch East India Company.The Qing court bought more than 3 matchlock guns and flintlock guns and more than 4 artillery pieces from the Dutch with porcelain, silk, tea, fur, and a large amount of silver. The [-]-pound and [-]-pound artillery of the Qing Dynasty even ordered [-] in one go to strengthen the firepower output of the Qing army in field battles.In addition, Dorgon also ordered the Ministry of Industry to summon skilled craftsmen in the capital to imitate the muskets and artillery purchased from the barbarians in an attempt to achieve local manufacturing.

The East India Company mercenaries who served as firearms instructors were supposed to return to Batavia after a year of service.However, in order to allow the Qing army to better master the operational skills and tactics of muskets and artillery, the Qing army insisted on paying a large sum of money to the East India Company, forcing all the dozen or so mercenary instructors to stay, and giving Their official positions were respectively awarded as Chief Qian, Guerrilla, and General.

When the Qing army attacked Denglai three times, in addition to the powerful mobile fleet of Qiguo, which was hard to defend against, they felt extremely headaches. What made all the officers and soldiers fearful was the continuous firepower of the opponent. The shooting continued continuously, until all the Qing troops collapsed.This makes me Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners powerhouse that has always ruled the roost in the field, how embarrassing!

Today, my Qing Dynasty has also established a pure firearms force of its own, supplemented by more than [-] North Korean shotgun soldiers. Its firepower output may be difficult to find an opponent on the entire continent.Don't forget, I still have hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry in the Qing Dynasty. With such strength, no one in the whole world can stop it!

"Guyu sent a large army to attack Shandong and Denglai at the beginning of May. This time, the puppet court of the Ming Dynasty will be wiped out in one fell swoop." Dorgon held a horsewhip in his right hand and pointed to the tens of thousands of soldiers standing in front of him. "Such a mighty army, how can it not break the world's thieves and bandits! You little Qi Fans are no exception, you are all like a mantis, and you can't think of your own strength. I, the Qing Dynasty, will rule the world, and it will be just around the corner!"

Luo Shouzhang watched as Dorgon took the lead and ran towards the Qing army formation. Immediately, tens of thousands of Qing troops erupted in cheers. Countless swords and guns were raised above their heads, exuding a strong killing atmosphere, and their hands and feet became a little cold. The heart sank even more.

(End of this chapter)