Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Chapter 192 Targeted
Zhu Youjian was very satisfied with the power of the Caron Cannon.

Very satisfied.

In a sense, apart from the lack of long-range heavy artillery, this treasure ship equipped with Caron guns is already a super-class heavy sailing battleship in short-to-medium range battles.

There is nothing wrong with saying that he is invincible in the world.

As for the heavy artillery, Zhu Youjian felt that in this era when the explosive bomb technology was not yet mature, there should be no heavy artillery that could destroy a 70-meter-long giant ship in a short period of time.

Especially today's Ming and Qing navy, Korean navy, and Japanese navy battleships actually serve the most light artillery and light clippers.

Even when fighting on the water, they often use circular shelling, and then shoot guns and arrows at each other close to each other, and finally jump to gangs.

And if this kind of tactics is against a heavy battleship.

The end may really be described as horrible.

Not to mention the treasure ships equipped with Caron cannons.

If this treasure ship is equipped with several heavy guns as the main guns, then Zhu Youjian can be sure that the glorious name of 'Sovereignty at Sea' should be more suitable for this treasure ship.

After watching the treasure ship, Zhu Youjian was very satisfied, and at the same time, he quickly began to think about the current combat strength of the Black Banner Navy with this treasure ship and the Eight Banners Navy and Daming Navy.

The final result is that if the Black Flag Navy uses the treasure ship as its flagship, the only shortcoming of the Black Flag Navy is that the artillery carried by other ships is too small.

If the Black Banner Navy can carry artillery and use firearms on a large scale, then the Black Banner Navy can instantly become the strongest navy that can run across the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea!
Of course, that's easier said than done. It's not that hard either.

After occupying Shengjing, Zhengheiqi's shortcomings in production have been made up for a lot. When Azig retreated, the focus of cover was the Manchurians, followed by the relatives and families of officials, and then all kinds of craftsmen.

Therefore, Shengjing's chasing team still caught many and most of the lost craftsmen after searching.

Among them are the advanced gunsmiths of our Qing Dynasty.

With them, the production of Caron cannons is probably not enough, but it is still no problem to produce artillery such as Franglers.

It's just that it takes time.

And be it.
Looking at the treasure ship, Zhu Youjian couldn't help being in trouble.

How to keep this treasure ship is still a problem.

After all, if they stay here, if they go to battle in the future, their combat performance will be astonishing, but this ship was built by Wang Chengen, but it shines brightly in the hands of Zhengheiqi. trouble.

The size and appearance of the treasure ship can't be hidden.

It's not like putting a layer of black paint on it can make everyone selectively blind.

In the end, the solution Zhu Youjian came up with could only be based on the principle of being aboveboard and buying the treasure ship with real money.

As for the Caron.

What cannon?

Wang Chengen did not bring artillery with him when he went to sea.

These are all Zhengheiqi's artillery.

In a blink of an eye, the craftsmen who had stayed on the treasure ship were sent to the treasure ship without the Caron cannon.

Then one by one weighed the silver in their arms, watching a group of painters board the boat to paint the treasure ship, the red treasure ship suddenly turned into a dark black, and the upright temperament suddenly became full of coercion feel.

"The cannon master also sold it?"

"Perhaps the Black Banner King gave too much."

"We have all been rewarded, it seems that we have been rewarded a lot."

And that's when Zhu Youjian watched the black flag navy's combat power skyrocket.

Our Qing Dynasty moved up.

Looking at autumn and winter, the offensives of Dashun Army and Daming had been reduced a lot due to internal differences, so Daqing also had time to take a breather and began to prepare for a counterattack.

And the first goal of the counterattack.

That's right.

It is Dashun.

Do not ask.

Asking is class hatred.

The landlords of Ming Dynasty are afraid. Li Zicheng really does not intend to cooperate with the landlord class. Since the beginning of the uprising, many landlords, large and small, have been killed, especially big landlords, such as the princes of Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the landlord bureaucrats are now urging Daming to regard the crusade against intruders as the top priority.

And our Daqing is the same.

Even because of Li Zicheng's misfortune before, the landlords, officials and gentry class in the Qing Dynasty are even more afraid!
So now that the Qing Dynasty has just breathed a sigh of relief, the theory of crusade against Dashun has immediately become the mainstream.

Dorgon deliberated during the Wang minister meeting, and finally took advantage of the trend to set the target of the counterattack on Dashun, a relatively soft persimmon.

So Azig, who had just gained more trench warfare experience in the confrontation with the black flag savages, quickly went to Pingyang Mansion and took over the war between the Qing Dynasty and the Dashun.

Coincidentally, on the Ming side, Long Wu couldn't cover up the voices of the officials and the people, so he also wanted to try to temporarily change his goal to crusade against the intruders.

After all, any delay in avenging Emperor Daxing would affect the legitimacy and stability of his regime.

So while Azig began to launch a counterattack, Zheng Chenggong entered Hubei.

For a time, Dashun was enemies on three sides.

That's right, the relationship between Daxi and Dashun is not good.

On the seventh day when Azig led the troops to join the battle against the Dashun Army, by digging trenches close to the Dashun Army's trenches, and then attacking in two parts, they broke through the Dashun Army's trenches in a very short time!
And then followed the trend to pursue the Shun army who fled backwards. With the help of its chaotic army and elite troops, it pushed back the front line by forty miles in two days!Tongguan is just around the corner!

If it weren't for Liu Zongmin, Marquis Ru and the left governor of Dashun, fighting to the death and leading the elite of the old battalion to fight to the death with the Qing army, the Shun army would almost be defeated!

But three days later, the Qing army launched an attack again, and finally broke through the newly built trenches that the Shun army had not yet finished rectifying.

When the Qing army wanted to surrender, Liu Zongmin first cursed Wu Sangui, and then cursed Niu Jinxing, then Prime Minister of Dashun, and finally died in the trenches with dozens of his personal guards.

Li Guo retreated into Tongguan with tears and set up a defense line in Tongguan.

After Azige led his army to Tongguan, Dashun Wushan Burma Shiyao joined Li Guo in Tongguan to meet the enemy.

It is also at this time.

As soon as Azige set up his battle in Tongguan, he received a secret letter from Prime Minister Dashun.

September.

Azige sent out surprise soldiers to ambush, broke through the trenches before Tongguan and defeated the Shun army, forcing him to retreat into Tongguan.

At this time, news of the Ming army's large-scale invasion appeared in the south of Shaanxi.

Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, Hao Yaoqi and other troops were ordered to go south from Tongguan to block the Ming army, which greatly reduced the number of troops left behind in Tongguan.

Then the Qing army besieged Tongguan for only five days, and Tongguan was broken.

Li Guo retreated, and Ma Shiyao surrendered to the Qing army.

After the Qing army captured Tongguan, the Shun army that had gone south to block the Ming army suddenly turned around and went to protect Xi'an instead.

The Qing army did not continue to advance for the time being. After many days of attacking and breaking the formation and accepting more than ten thousand soldiers from Ma Shiyao, the Qing army wanted to rectify in Tongguan.

In late September, Zheng Chenggong led his troops into southern Shaanxi, and immediately ran into the Qing army in Tongguan.

After the Dashun Army lost Tongguan, Xi'an was naturally in a hurry, but Li Zicheng had no intention of running this time. After all, even if he wanted to, he had no way out. The road going south was blocked by the Qing and Ming troops.

Therefore, Li Zicheng is going to defend Xi'an to the death.

　Cough cough, three shifts on the 15th, and three shifts on the 16th! !

　　
　
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