Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

"Xiaohouzi, you are also a smart person."

Dorgon just smiled slightly when he heard the words, and continued: "Just like Hong Chengchou, he knows what to say and what not to say, and also knows what I like to hear and what I will be very unhappy after hearing."

After a short pause, Dorgon said again: "However, you still misjudged me after all."

"Yes, yes, what the master said is very true." Hou Fangyu hurriedly said, "The master has the world in mind, and his bearing is as wide as a grassland. How can a slave and other mediocre people be able to speculate on what he said."

"It's coming again." Dorgon shook his head, and said again, "Then I will tell you the truth, the battle between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty is now a change of offensive and defensive positions, and it will be the turn of the Ming Dynasty to take the offensive in the future. My Qing Dynasty will be exhausted to deal with it, for this point, the Qing Dynasty must have a clear understanding and start preparing as soon as possible."

If Chongzhen was here, he would give a thumbs up when he heard this.

Because Dorgon's mind is really very clear.

He also has an extremely clear understanding of the growth and decline of military power between the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

Hou Fangyu's expression froze when he heard the words, and he didn't dare to answer for a while, because he didn't know the real intention of Dorgon saying these words to him suddenly, and Dorgon would never simply chat with him.

"Xiaohouzi, you must be very confused, why did I say this to you all of a sudden, right?"

"Back to the master, the slave is indeed a bit pointless, after all, the slave is just your master's servant."

"But you are knowledgeable, capable, and most importantly, loyal to Daqing and Zhen." In fact, Dorgon only said half a sentence, and the other half is that you are full of deep-seated hatred for Ming and Chongzhen.

Hou Fangyu had already heard the implication of Dorgon's words, and his heart was excited but he couldn't believe it.

"Xiao Houzi, I must have guessed it with your intelligence and wisdom." Dorgon smiled and nodded, and then continued, "Just as you thought in your heart, I decided to reuse you and Heng Jiu who are capable and knowledgeable. Hanchen!"

After a short pause, Dorgon sighed again: "The era of riding and archery is undoubtedly the era of our Jurchens. Liaodong, the desert, and even the entire Central Plains are just hunting grounds for our Eight Banners warriors to hunt freely. With the appearance of firecrackers and a large number of equipment, the era of riding and archery is gone forever."

"Master Mingjian, the era of riding and archery is indeed gone forever." Hou Fangyu deeply believed.

"Yes, the age of riding and archery is gone forever, and now we have entered the age of firearms." Dorgon sighed, and said, "However, our Jurchens are good at riding and shooting, but we are not good at skills, and even more clumsy at shooting weapons." Reading, and reading and studying is exactly what you Han people are best at, so I decided to reuse you Han people."

Dorgon has deeply realized the shortcomings of Manchu ministers.

In a word, Manchu ministers have been unable to keep up with the development of the times due to lack of education.

So Dorgon decided to reuse Han Chen such as Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou.

After a pause, he continued: "Especially the Jinshi who took the examination of the Ministry of Rites today, I decided to recruit them out of the rules and directly recruit them into the Eight Banners Han Army and entrust them with important tasks. I also want to expand the Eight Banners Han Army on a large scale. , I will also select capable and knowledgeable officials from among the Han officials to directly command the Eight Banners Han army."

Hou Fangyu only felt a buzzing sound in his head, and his blood boiled all over his body.

No way?Dorgon wouldn't want him to be a commander-in-chief to lead the Eight Banners Han army, would he?

"That's right, you are one of the handsome ministers I have chosen!" Dorgon said solemnly, "However, compared with Hong Chengchou and the others, you have great shortcomings. I hope you can make a difference in this Hunhe battle." Excellent contribution."

It is impossible for Hou Fangyu to be a handsome minister, how can a eunuch become a handsome minister?
Dorgon's real intention is actually to use Hou Fangyu to monitor Hong Chengchou and other real handsome officials.

In a word, Dorgon still doesn't trust Hanchens like Hong Chengchou, so he has to use and monitor them.

And Hou Fangyu, who is full of deep-rooted hatred for Daming and Chongzhen, is undoubtedly the best eyes and ears.

"Understood." Hou Fangyu was so excited that he leaked urine, "I will definitely do my best to make suggestions and help my Qing army defeat the Ming army and win the Hunhe War."

Dorgon nodded happily, and then said: "Okay, go and find Ning Wan."

"Hey!" Hou Fangyu knelt down and slapped a thousand times, turned around and walked out of Xingyuan excitedly.

After a while, after finishing Ning, I walked quickly to the courtyard and knelt down on one knee to pay respects to Dorgon.

"Mr. Gongfu." Dorgon leaned against the cushion, looking at Ning Wan me faintly.

"It should be almost 30 years since you surrendered to my Qing Dynasty during the Destiny Year?"

"Reporting to the master, the slave has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty since the second year of the Mandate of Heaven, and it has been a full 30 years so far."

"It's been 30 years, how many 30 years can you have in your life? The late emperor told me more than once that Mr. Li is well versed in literature and history, and has extensive knowledge. .”

"The servant is terrified." After Ning Wan, I felt a little lost, thinking to myself, what is Dorgon doing with these things?
Dorgon was also speechless for a while, and he didn't think about how to tell Ning Wan, because Ning Wan, I am not Hou Fangyu, Hou Fangyu is just a eunuch, but Ning Wan, I am a veteran Hanchen.

……

In the Hunhe battlefield.

Chongzhen saw the camel rotary cannon for the first time.

"This thing is Jiannu's camel swivel cannon?" Chongzhen looked at the artifact in front of him.

I saw Jiannu’s camel cannon with a caliber of about one and a half inches, about 50mm, and a barrel length of about five feet. Together with the wooden support at the end of the gun, the total length is about eight feet. From the shape, it looks like a big gun.

In Chongzhen's memory, it seems that the Qing Dynasty really had a 50mm caliber gun.

According to historical records, a 50mm large gun can penetrate 7 people with one shot.

"Your Majesty, look, this is the lead of a camel cannon. It weighs about one catty. It is lighter than the muzzle bullet of a tiger crouching cannon, but it is much heavier than the lead of a bird blunderbuss or a Lumi blunderbuss." Xu Yingwei handed a lead ball to Chongzhen. .

Chongzhen took it and found that the shot put was about the size of a baby's fist.

After weighing the shot put, Chongzhen asked, "Can this lead penetrate the van?"

"It's easy." Xu Yingwei said, "The thickest front fender of a van can be broken with just one shot."

Chongzhen's brows immediately became pimples. If the thickest front guard of the van could not block a shot from the camel's swivel gun, then it would be meaningless to equip the van.

Because the heavy vans will not only slow down the marching speed of the troops, but also be restricted by the terrain. If they can no longer provide sufficient protection for the infantry, they will really become negative assets, so it is better to simply eliminate them.

Then strengthen your own artillery firepower, especially the small-caliber mountain artillery with light weight and strong mobility.

At that time, it is completely possible to let the small-caliber mountain artillery accompany the infantry to advance, and truly realize the coordination of the infantry.

When the distance between the two armies is more than one kilometer, use 4-inch field bombardment, and when the distance is within one kilometer, use 3-inch field bombardment. When the distance reaches 500 meters, use small-caliber mountain artillery to approach and direct fire, and finally enter 50 meters. Then use rifles to line up and shoot them. At that time, it will be firearms anyway, and it depends on who has more and more powerful firearms.

Of course, it depends on which side is more able to bear death.

In a flash, Chongzhen couldn't help feeling first-class anxiety.

Anxiety about what?Of course, the anxiety steam engine has not been put into industrial application for a long time.

The steam engine cannot be applied industrially, and the standardization promoted by the Ming Dynasty military industry will actually form a huge obstacle to production capacity, making the output of artillery and flintlock guns less than that of Jiannu.

That is to say, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is far greater than that of Jiannu, and the number of blacksmiths is also much larger than that of Jiannu.

Otherwise, the number of cannons and flintlock guns produced each year may not be as many as Jiannu.

However, if the output of Daming's cannons and flintlock guns cannot crush Jiannu, then even if the Ming army regains the strength to win field battles with Jiannu, the strategic counterattack is still far away.

At most, it will form a strategic stalemate.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen asked again: "Where is Jiannu's flintlock?"

"Bring it here." Xu Yingwei signaled Xu Yinglong to bring over a captured flintlock.

Handing the flintlock to Chongzhen, Xu Yingwei said: "Your Majesty, look, this is Jiannu's flintlock. The caliber is similar to ours, but the barrel is shorter."

"Our gun barrels are three feet long, while Jiannu's are only two and a half feet long."

After a pause, he added: "In addition, the outer wall of Jiannu's gun barrel has not been filed or polished."

The barrels of Jiannu's flintlock guns are indeed not filed, let alone polished, and the traces left by forging are all there. Naturally, the requirements for this kind of craftsmanship are much lower than those of the Ming army, but the production speed is fast.

"Take another one and let me have a look." Chongzhen found a second flintlock gun.

Xu Yingwei immediately guessed what Chongzhen was thinking, and said, "Your Majesty, although the caliber of Jiannu's gun barrel is roughly the same, there are still some subtle differences, so in order to ensure that the lead can fit in, the outer diameter of the gun barrel should be slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the gun barrel. Not a lot, so the airtightness is worse than ours, so the range is slightly shorter and the penetration is slightly worse."

Chongzhen asked: "How much is the difference? Have you tested it?"

"Tested." Xu Yingwei nodded and said, "The flintlock guns mass-produced by our Daming Arsenal can penetrate triple armor in 30 steps, but Jiannu's flintlock guns can only penetrate triple armor in 20 steps."

This data is similar to that of Daming's first flintlock gun.

It can be seen from this that the performance parameters of Jiannu flintlock guns are still inferior to those of Daming.

But the camel swivel gun is a variable. It seems that it is necessary for Ming Dynasty to develop a 2-inch field gun or a mountain gun.

In fact, Chongzhen had been considering 2-inch guns for a long time, because the 4-inch guns were too heavy and had too high requirements for roads, and they could not play any role at all in the mountains and mountains of the southwest mountainous area.

But if there is a light artillery that can maneuver with large animals,
The infantry of the Ming army will be able to receive sufficient artillery support, and they will be able to crush the indigenous bandits in the southwest.

At that time, not only remote provinces such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou can be quickly pacified, but they will even be able to free up their hands to attack Burma, Siam and even the entire Indochina Peninsula by land.