A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 308 Watching the Battle Formation Using Firearms to Make Firearms
Huang Taiji pondered for a long time, then looked at Abatai: "Rao Yu Baylor, you were the first to fight against Ming general Wang Dou. In your opinion, how should you deal with the battle of Wang Dou's soldiers?"

Abatai got up and knelt down and said: "Return to the emperor, according to the slave's opinion, Wang Dou's troops will not lose to me in battle, and they will not lose to me in bravery. His troops are also good at cooperating with friendly troops, and they rely on each other on foot and cavalry. Our cavalry is invincible." Play. It has sharper weapons, even more powerful."

"To defeat Wang Dou, the slave thinks that the only way to win is to use firearms to make firearms, and use the same sharp cannons and blunderbusses to blast away the formation!"

"firearm?"

Huang Taiji narrowed his eyes.

In fact, firearms were not rare in the Qing army, and even artillery was widely used. Historically, during the Songjin War, both Ming and Qing used a large number of Hongyi cannons.In the battle of Songshan alone, the Qing army dispatched [-] artillery shells, [-] Hongyi cannons, and [-] catties of explosives.After the Songjin War, the Qing army stationed in Jinzhou already possessed a hundred red barbarian cannons, but most of the Ming army's artillery outside Guanwai fell into the hands of the Qing people. Only Wu Sangui's troops stationed in Ningyuan still had more than a dozen red barbarian cannons.

The situation of firearms in the Ming and Qing Dynasties reversed. Tang Ruowang, a Western missionary at that time, exclaimed: "He has strong horses, sharp arrows and strong bows. He has surpassed me by a lot, and recently his firearms are comparable to mine. Who cares about my amazing skills? It is known to be there. At present, firearms are so expensive in Western countries, but the enemy not only has them, but now they have them widely..."

Just hearing what Abatai meant, it seemed that he wanted the soldiers of the Eight Banners to practice firearms.

Huang Taiji was still pondering, and Abatai's words were like piercing a hornet's nest. The picture of Zhenbaiyin on the forehead of the inlaid yellow flag Gushan first said: "Your Majesty, riding and archery is the foundation of our country. Manchurian children practiced bows and arrows since childhood , if they are asked to change to firearms, it would be putting the cart before the horse."

Gushan Ezhen'ashan of Zhenghuang Banner also said: "Our warriors of the Eight Banners are invincible, and all the Ming troops they encountered fled in fear. Enough."

The remaining two Yellow Banner ministers spoke one after another, opposing letting the Eight Banners soldiers change to firearms.

Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhenhaoge gave Abate a cold look and snorted coldly.

Huang Taiji nodded slowly. After he established the Qing Dynasty, he also regarded cavalry and archery as a magic weapon to win the Central Plains, and repeatedly emphasized that cavalry and archery were the "foundation of the Eight Banners" and "the foundation of the country".Many edicts were issued to ask the kings Baylor to lead the bannermen to practice archery. The strong children of the younger generation were ordered to practice archery with horn bows and feather arrows, and the young ones were ordered to practice archery with wooden bows and willow arrows.

Bannermen who are proficient in riding and archery will not only be given banquets and rewards, but can even wear flower feathers on their crowns, and enjoy the honor of accompanying the emperor on hunting tours and riding and archery.Those who failed in the school examinations were reprimanded and punished to do hard labor.

In such an atmosphere where the whole country is based on riding and shooting, suddenly letting them change to firearms will kill those Manchurian bannermen.

He looked at Abate and motioned him to continue.

Abatai was a little depressed. Before he finished speaking, those ministers with two yellow flags, Baylor, jumped up as if their tails had been stepped on.

Abatai continued: "Your Majesty, Baylors, riding and archery is the foundation of our Qing Dynasty. Of course, we can't let the Manchu and Mongolian children change to firearms. The meaning of the slaves can be expanded to the second banner of the Han army, and it can be expanded to four or four banners. It is the Eight Banners, increase the number of artillery in the Wuzhenchao Ha camp, organize and train firecracker sergeants, and use it to fight against the artillery battle array of Wangdoubu!"

After Abatai finished speaking, there was complete silence in the arena. All the Manchu and Mongolian Banner owners were exchanging glances. Expanding the Eight Banners of the Han Army?Is it still organized to form a firearms unit?
Those Han soldiers... they could betray their former masters and seek refuge in the Qing Dynasty. Of course, there is no need to talk about their loyalty and quality.The Jianwu Zhenhachao Artillery Battalion is fine, but the expansion of the Eight Banners, the same treatment as the Manchu Eight Banners, and the sharp guns, this...

They couldn't help looking at Kong Youde, the respectful king on the right, and I was waiting for a group of Han officials, even though they were Han officials. It was strictly stipulated that all Han people in the territory should wear Manchu styles in their clothes and hairdos. Since that year, there have been no Hanfu hair buns in the Qing Dynasty.

Kong Youde stood calmly, but he was secretly excited. Not long after he voted for Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji established two left and right banners of the Han army, and he, Tong Yangxing, Shi Tingzhu and others each controlled a Wuzhen Chaoha firearms unit.

Because his army is equipped with a large number of Western firearms, and has a full set of casting bullet pharmaceutical technology and artillery aiming knowledge and instruments, Kong Youde is more valued by Huang Taiji than Tong Yangxing.

In the past, when the Qing army attacked the formation, the opponent's Ming army's firearms were not good enough, and the soldiers were not capable of fighting. Therefore, Kong Youde's firearms soldiers were useless, and most of the banner troops were used as artillery.Now that there is Wang Dou, Abatai proposes to expand the Eight Banners of the Han Army...Kong Youde is overwhelmed.

He suddenly noticed that Huang Taiji was looking at him, and Kong Youde's expression became more respectful.

Huang Taiji's voice sounded: "King Shun, if the soldiers in your camp fight against Ming General Wang, what are the odds of winning?"

Kong Youde went out and knelt down: "When I was in Shandong, killing Shandong soldiers was like chopping melons and cutting vegetables. Although there are hundreds of thousands of them, there is nothing I can do. The soldiers in each town are not our enemies. This Ming general Wang Dou..."

He hesitated for a while, and asked Abatai the king's gunfire range and power. After getting the answer, he continued: "I followed the emperor with three thousand soldiers and horses, all of which were of the same color. You can kill the enemy with a hundred steps, and you should be able to fight Wang Dou, the chance of winning should be [-]%."

He was very regretful: "The great general Shenwei in the Xichen camp did not come with the army, otherwise the odds of winning would be [-]% to [-]%."

The Shenwei General Kong Youde mentioned was a kind of red barbarian cannon, weighing nearly [-] jin, and the shells weighed about [-] jin. There were forty of this kind of artillery in the Wuzhenhachao Artillery Battalion of his banner.Because it was too heavy, Huang Taiji never followed when he went south to Shanhaiguan and led his troops into the customs.

According to what Kong Youde said, if there are several such artillery pieces, even better if there are all forty of them, they will be lined up, and the bang will blow Wang Dou's army apart.

Huang Taiji nodded slowly, and glanced at Abatai: "Forgive the matter that Baylor asked for, we will discuss it again when we return to the court, please respect the king and step down."

After Abatai and Kong Youde stood up and retreated, Huang Taiji paced slowly. After a long time, he said in a deep voice, "I intend to go to Pinggu in person to watch his king's battle formation."

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As soon as Huang Taiji said this, all the princes and ministers around him were in an uproar, but before they could speak, Dorgon said: "Your Majesty is wise, now that the generals of our banners have lost their troops under Wang Dou's attack, and the wounded divisions are frightened, so they will be brave." If Rao Yubaile has more than [-] soldiers, he will have to retreat and dodge when facing Wang Dou and other generals. However, our emperor's divine power, the arrival of the heavenly soldiers will surely set Wang Dou back, and greatly strengthen our Qing generals. Morale!"

Duo Duo also adhered to Dorgon's words. The Ming army gathered 10 people in Tongzhou, and Wang Dou had just captured Pinggu. The news spread that their morale was even stronger. The 25 captive population in Tianjin, as well as a large amount of gold and silver, may be difficult to transport out of the customs, so the emperor's personal conquest of Pinggu is really a wise move.It will definitely boost the morale of the army.

The two brothers sang together, and when they entered the banner masters of the pass, Ji Erhalang, Du Du and others were silent.

The owners of the Eight Banners and Mongolian Banners naturally have no part to speak.

Huang Taiji looked at Dorgon for a long time, and Dorgon was always respectful and humble, and finally Huang Taiji said: "Your Excellencies, please return to Tianjin and gather troops to join us in Tongzhou within three days. "

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After Huang Taiji gave the order, the Manchu and Mongolian flag owners who entered the customs acted vigorously, and Dorgon and others returned to Tianjin that day.

Huang Taiji's Two Yellow Banners and his son Haoge Zhenglan Banner counted more than 2000 men and tens of thousands of armored soldiers, including more than 1000 Ba Yala soldiers, and more than 3000 Gebush Xianchaoha soldiers, totaling more than [-] Armored soldiers.

This time, there were 5000 people from the Three Banners Banner Ding who entered the customs with Huang Taiji and Hauge, plus the Bayala Camp and the Gebush Xianchao Ha Camp, there were more than 8000 armored soldiers.Kong Youde was accompanied by [-] right-wing soldiers of the Han army, making a total of [-] troops.

On the same day, given the title of "Batulu", the third class Merlezhangjing Oboi of Manchuria Xianghuang Banner, ordered by Huang Taiji as the vanguard, led [-] troops to Tongzhou.Huang Taiji then pulled out his camp and personally led the rest of the army to march forward. The area around Tongzhou was immediately overcast and the sentinel galloped.

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On the fourth day of February in the 12th year of Chongzhen.

On the first day of February, Wang Dou, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and others deliberated on how to write the victory report for one night. On the second day, the victory report was sent to Tongzhou.Chen Xinjia was overjoyed when he heard the news, and quickly reported the victory to the capital.At the same time, Chen Xinjia sent an order to Wang Dou and others that he intended to go to Pinggu to comfort the people.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the lunar new year, Wang Dou did not expect Chen Xinjia's army to come, but received an emergency messenger sent by Chen Xinjia.

The envoy said anxiously to Wang Dou: "The slave chief Hong Tai came to Tongzhou in person, Tongzhou is in critical condition, please return to help quickly, General Wang!"

Cao Bianjiao and others were taken aback. The emperor of the Qing Dynasty came?

Wang Dou said in a deep voice, "What about Yang Junmen and Hujunmen?"

The envoy sighed: "When they met the slave chieftain's vanguard, Obai, the soldiers and horses had already dispersed."

(End of this chapter)