Zhuge Liang of the Dashun Dynasty and King Li Dingguo of Jin had already arrived at the Qiuchi Mountain Camp on the bank of the Rhinoceros River in the south of Gongchang Mansion.
The terrain of Qiuchi Mountain is very dangerous. It is a large mountain surrounded by the Rhinoceros River and Yugu River in the upper reaches of the Jialing River. It is surrounded by water on three sides. The waterside is a steeply rising hillside, but when you reach the top of the mountain, it is open again. It is a piece of land about seven miles long. , a flat mountaintop less than a mile and a half wide.
What is even more amazing is that this flat land on the top of the mountain actually has water sources and can be used for farming. Before the Dashun Army took over the place, the local mountain people opened two to three thousand acres of wheat fields on the top of Qiuchi Mountain and cultivated it for an unknown amount of time. How many years.
However, soon after the Dashun Army arrived, the flat land on the top of Qiuchi Mountain became an important place for garrison troops and food storage. Because this place is located at the forefront of the confrontation between the Ming and Shun armies. One hundred and twenty miles away from Qiuchi Mountain to the north is Qishan Mountain, which is known as the most steep mountain in the world and strangles the throat of Shulong. It controls the offensive and defensive power.
Qishan is currently under the control of the Ming army, playing a hateful role blocking the entrance to Bashu.
Although Gongchang Prefecture is generally a mountainous plateau, the degree of steepness is also different. Generally speaking, it is steep in the southeast and gentle in the northwest. Between Qiuchi Mountain and Qishan Mountain, there is a transitional area from steep to gentle. From Qiuchi Mountain to the north, the terrain gradually becomes flat, and then rises sharply to Qi Mountain. To the north and east of Qi Mountain, there is a large area of relatively gentle terrain, until Qinzhou (Tianshui), an important town on the upper reaches of the Wei River.
In other words, Dashun's defense of Qiuchi can prevent the Ming army from descending from the Rhinoceros River and outflanking Lueyang and Yangping Pass. The Ming Dynasty guarding Qishan could prevent the Shun army from seizing Qinzhou and Longxi (the seat of Gongchang Prefecture), and thus advancing into Guanzhong, Ningxia and northern Shaanxi.
Since the senior officials of both Daming and Dashun are familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", no one will ignore the strategic importance of Qishan.
Therefore, it is unlikely that a surprise attack would occur in a strategic area like Qishan... However, accompanied by King Liu Fangliang of Wei, a large group of troops that had just been formed was reviewed at the military camp on the top of Qiuchi Mountain. Li Dingguo of the Shunfu Corps felt confident for the first time in his "leaving Qishan".
Because he did see an elite force that could fight tough battles and win them!
"Prince Jin, the morale of the brothers is very high, and the weapons and armor are well maintained. They are definitely worthy of a battle!" Liu Fangliang, the king of Dashun Wei who received the seal of General Pingnan (regarded as Li Dingguo's deputy), was even more confident. , "It seems that there is no need to send dead soldiers to cross Zhongnan Mountain, just push it directly from Qishan Mountain... Our soldiers are so many in number, they are so well-trained, and their equipment is good, and There is also an improved musket and knife formation, how could we not win? In recent years, we have used our efforts in Burma and Siam, and we have completely missed the opportunity. If we had taken advantage of the fierce battles in the Ming and Qing Dynasties to leave Qishan, we would have been with them by now. The Zhu family divides the world equally!"
"How could we have such elites a few years ago?" Li Dingguo put away his smile and said coldly, "Before we conquered Burma, we couldn't even get together the muskets... How could we give everyone as much as we do now? A centurion equipped with fifty muskets?”
In fact, the increase in the musket equipment rate in the Dashun army has little to do with the attack on Myanmar. It is mainly due to the combined effect of the demand generated by Dashun soldiers' own weapons and the technological progress brought about by Dashun's craftsmen. —This thing sounds a bit complicated to say, but it’s actually not difficult to understand. The reason why the Ming Dynasty's military industry was so poor in the past was, of course, that officials were corrupt and incompetent; but on the other hand, it was also caused by the lack of real and effective demand... Military households were so poor that they had no means of preparing their own weapons. ability. Without the purchasing power of military households, the craftsmen in various guard stations disappeared, leaving only a few craftsmen who dealt with large orders from the imperial court. For large orders from the imperial court, the price was often insufficient and a large kickback was required, so the craftsmen naturally cut corners and cut corners. Gradually, it became a habit and they would not make good things.
Although there are also large orders from the imperial court in Dashun, the craftsmen are mainly producing for individual soldiers - if the quality is not good, you will be beaten! Moreover, Li Guo and Li Laiheng were really worried about improving the quality of guns. The shopkeepers or managers of the large handicraft factories in Nanjing, Shanghai, Quanzhou, and Foshan were not as concerned as the two father and son. Those people who messed up their jobs would be fired at most, but Li Guo and his son would be killed if they messed up!
So the two of them have tried their best over the years to introduce good craftsmen to the arsenal run by the Dashun government. They even introduced many foreign craftsmen from Shalian. These highly paid craftsmen served as master craftsmen in the government-run factories in Dashun. On the one hand, we control the quality, and on the other hand, we teach our craftsmen skills.
Therefore, the quality of muskets produced by blacksmiths across Dashun is getting better and better, and the output is getting higher and higher.
However, no matter how good it is, no matter how high it is, it is still far behind the large handicraft workshops of the Ming Dynasty - especially after Pukou Industrial School began to provide large-scale craftsmen for large handicraft workshops in batches, the gap between the two sides continued to increase!
Although Dashun can accumulate more than 100,000 turtle-dove-foot muskets and shotguns, Daming can easily produce tens of thousands of flintlock muskets per year!
Li Dingguo paused, "Let's follow the original strategy and start recruiting dead soldiers... Issue 40 stone land coupons and recruit 5,000 people!"
A 40 stone land coupon is a quota for a soldier!
In Dashun, who has a hole in the hole, this quota is enough to make the soldiers with more sons go crazy! "
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"Sangui! Li Dingguo, the puppet king of the Jin Dynasty on the rogue side, is planning to become Zhuge Liang and come out of Qishan to seize our Guanlong. I thought that if I want to deal with Fang Geliang, I have to fight Sima Yi. Who is the Sima Yi of our Ming Dynasty? Otherwise You do it!"
In the Tianjin Wei Ling Fort, Zhu Cixiang was laughing and talking to Wu Sangui, who was coming from Hexi non-stop, about a particularly scary thing... Let him be Sima Yi of the Ming Dynasty!
Who is Sima Yi? You treacherous ministers and traitors!
Wu Sangui felt that he was so loyal, why was he regarded as Sima Yi?
This cannot be admitted!
"No, no, no," Wu Sangui quickly shook his head, "I am not Sima Yi, I should just be Cao Zhen!"
"Being Cao Zhen?" Zhu Cihong was stunned, "Cao Zhen can't beat Zhuge Liang!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, please don't take "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" seriously..." Beads of sweat were pouring from Wu Sangui's forehead! What's going on with this emperor? You're such a wise man, how come you take the nonsense in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" so seriously?
"Ah..." Zhu Cixiang was stunned, "Let me think about it."
"Your Majesty!" Wu Sangui said, "Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition was the battle of Shujieting. The coach of the Wei State was Cao Zhen. Without Sima Yi, there would be nothing...Sima Yi was fighting Mengda in Shangyong! During the second and third Northern Expeditions, the Wei army's commander on the Western Front was Cao Zhen! It was not until Zhuge Liang's Fourth Northern Expedition that it was Sima Yi's turn to be the Western Front commander because Cao Zhen had died.
Moreover, Sima Yi's record against Zhuge Liang was not good, with one defeat and one draw. In fact, that leveling was also a matter of luck. It was only Zhuge Liang's death in front of the army that allowed Sima Yi to retreat from Zhuge Liang's last Northern Expedition.
At that time, Zhuge Liang had already reached Wuzhangyuan... He had already entered Guanzhong! If Sima Yi loses another battle, Chang'an will be in danger!
In addition, Cao Zhen also crossed the Western Regions for Wei Guoping. In the first year of Huangchu, he led his troops to attack Lushuihu in Liangzhou. He beheaded 50,000 people and captured countless prisoners of war, cattle and sheep. The road to the Western Regions was reopened, and Liangzhou's trade flourished and became increasingly prosperous. And I also crossed the Western Regions for the Ming Dynasty, so I am Cao Zhen of the Ming Dynasty! "
Zhu Cixi laughed and said: "I, the emperor, are so confused that I actually take "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" seriously... OK, you are Cao Zhen! I will appoint you as the governor of Gansu and Shaanxi, and the festival of Hexi and Anxi Envoy Du, go and block Li Dingguo for me, and remember not to let the rogue bandits break through Qishan Mountain, and don't let Li Dingguo imitate Zhuge Liang and farm on various plains and slopes on the northern slope of the Qinling Mountains."
In the area from the northern slope of the Qinling Mountains to the south of the Weishui River in Fengxiang Prefecture, there are many loess terraces, and their names have Yuan or Slope. There are a lot of Wuzhangyuan, Monk Plains, and Huanglu Plains. Once they are occupied by Li Dingguo, The trouble is big!
