The Bashang grassland outside the mouth has now ushered in the season of recovery of all things. The originally white wilderness was covered with green clothes almost overnight, and even the blue sky and white clouds in the sky looked particularly bright in this season.
In the Xilin River Basin and east of Dalahaizi, thousands of miles of pine forests that have been covered by ice and snow for several months are now ushering in the spring of recovery. The lush greenery and vitality are filled with boundless forests.
On a forest road that cuts through thousands of miles of pine forest, there is a troop of more than 10,000 Houjin Eight Banners soldiers (actually Ba Cheng Eight Banners soldiers). This kind of army carries a large amount of supplies. There were horse-drawn carts piled with grain sacks. Behind these carts, there were three to four hundred camels, and these camels also carried things on their backs, mostly bags of salutes.
There are also dozens of camels carrying a special saddle on their back. No one can sit on the saddle, but a small cannon is mounted on it. This kind of artillery is a type of camel cannon, called a saddle-mounted cannon. As the name suggests, it is an artillery piece on the camel's saddle.
The weight of the saddle-mounted gun is not large, only forty or fifty kilograms, and it can fire projectiles or iron sand weighing five or six cents. It was actually a squatting tiger cannon, but it was mounted on a heavy wooden saddle.
When firing, the cannon must first be carried off the camel's back with the saddle attached. Then place it on the flat ground and pile a few more sandbags on the left and right sides.
Because there is a camel that can be used as a coolie to carry the cannon at any time, the saddle-mounted cannon is much more maneuverable than the tiger crouching cannon.
The significance of artillery mobility in field battles cannot be overemphasized.
This weapon was not invented by Hou Jin, but copied from the camel army of Concubine Wu Liangha.
The camel army of Imperial Concubine Wu Liangha only had camel city tactics and three-eyed guns at the beginning.
But by the fourth or fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, saddle-mounted guns and camel guns (actually turtledove guns) began to appear in large numbers, allowing the camel cavalry to quickly become firearms.
In fact, in this era, the camel cavalry in Central Asia and Tianzhu dominated the battlefield with camel cannon!
Combining camels with heavy muskets and light artillery is the truly correct way to use them.
Although this kind of camel artillery is not enough to fight against European armies with field artillery, it is enough to deal with opponents without powerful artillery.
After suffering the loss of the camel cannon from the noble concubine Uliangha, the Hou Jin army immediately copied the gourd - they already had the tiger crouching cannon, and there was no shortage of camels, so it was not difficult to combine the two.
However, Houjin's supply of gunpowder was insufficient, and he did not have the ability to equip too many camel cannons, and there was no place to buy turtledove guns.
Therefore, Huang Taiji could only equip the Manchu Banner and the Han Banner with camel cannon Niulu - each flag only had one camel cannon Niulu and dozens of camel cannons.
As for the camel guns, there are none...
Dorgon and his two-year-old nephew Funing were also marching on camels. The uncle and nephew were riding a camel together, and they looked so close to each other!
Dorgon is in his early 20s this year, but his health has always been poor. Although he has many wives and concubines, he does not have a son or a half. When he sees that his brothers have all become fathers, he is naturally envious. This time I got the opportunity to take 2-year-old Funing on a long trip, so of course I had to take the opportunity to enjoy the joy of being a father.
So along the way, he often asked Fu Ning to ride camels with him, and would tell him stories, telling Fu Ning why he was traveling so far this time.
Of course, he couldn't be too honest and confessed his conspiracy - he had an ulterior motive in deceiving 2-year-old Funing from Huang Taiji.
His purpose is to pull Hauge from the position of Huang Taiji's heir!
Because the three Dorgon brothers and Hauge have always had a grudge, Hauge's biological mother Ulana was Huang Taiji's successor, but because she neglected Dorgon's younger brother Dodo, she was ordered to divorce by Nurhaci - Ulana Shi is not Huang Taiji's concubine, but the main wife. My sister-in-law has neglected her little brother. This is no reason to give up!
Moreover, Huang Taiji was still one of the four Baylors at that time, and Duduo ranked seventh in the clan, and his status was lower than Huang Taiji...
So in Hauge's view, this matter was that Duduo used himself to gain favor and slandered the Ulana family, which also made Hauge change from the eldest son to the eldest son.
If Hauge becomes the Great Khan in the future, will he still be able to enjoy the good fruits of Duduo? Dorgon and Duoduo have the best relationship. They share the same spirit. Of course, they cannot let their little brother suffer misfortune.
Therefore, Dorgon started plotting against Hauge early!
Of course, there was a sense of public service in protecting Funing when he went on an expedition... Huang Taiji really couldn't fight the five-year-old Zhu Cixiang.
Because the situation west of Thousand Miles of Pine Forest is not favorable to Dai Jin, and the Dai Jin soldiers may not be able to win. How will Huang Taiji step down by then?
To be defeated by a five-year-old child...what kind of Mongolian Khan is this?
It won't take long for this matter to spread throughout Mongolia, and even Mongolia in the desert will know about it. When the time comes, everyone will have to watch the jokes of the Great Jin Kingdom.
However, after taking Bao Funing's errand for the expedition, Dorgon felt a little uneasy and felt that something was wrong!
Zhu Cixiang is only five years old. With Belle Dorgon's clever skills, it's not difficult to get a tie, right?
But why are there always ominous omens surging in Dorgon's heart?
Thinking of this, Dorgon couldn't help but sigh, and the little kid Fu Ning sitting in front of him heard it. The kid suddenly turned around and said to Dorgon in a very serious tone: "Uncle Fourteen, don't be afraid. The eldest brother of the Zhu family is only five years old! Uncle Fourteen, you are already fourteen, you can definitely defeat him..."
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"Shilang Liu, what do you think of Long Live the Lord?"
In Ningyuan City, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, was entertaining Liu Ce who came from Xuanfu in his governor's office.
Now Yuan Chonghuan has a lot of power in his hands, and his life is quite comfortable. But he is not as majestic as he was in his previous life. He does not have the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, nor does he have the sword of Shang Fang.
So he is the governor of Jiliao, not the governor of Jiliao.
In addition, he also felt Zhu Youjian's distrust of him.
"Long live the Lord, you want to see what kind of soldiers five million a year can produce?"
Liu Ce is also a real person and said it straightforwardly.
After hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan frowned even more tightly.
"Liu Shilang, Huang Taiji is in Jinzhou now, and there will be no less than 50,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners around him... Although I, Ji Liao, have an army of 130,000, I am still not confident enough to defeat the slave thieves with one blow!"
Liu Ce was a little impatient when he heard this, shook his head and said: "Commander, in the first year of Chongzhen, you kept talking about the Ping Liao Dynasty in five years... This is already the sixth year! And the imperial court really did not treat Ji badly in terms of food and salary. Liao, right? Long Live the Lord didn’t let anyone restrict the overall system, right?
Although the General Administration does not have Shang Fang's sword, no one here in Ji Liao dares not to listen to you... For more than five years, you have done whatever you want, spending a total of more than 20 million in military pay! Can't you have a good fight now? If you don't dare to send troops, once His Majesty is thundered into anger, I don't know how many people will lose their heads! "
As Liu Ce spoke, he made a beheading gesture with his hands, and Yuan Chonghuan felt a cold wind blowing behind his head!
This long live master is really a murderous master!
Yuan Chonghuan gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Let's send troops and give it a try... However, Xiaguan doesn't have Shangfang's sword, and he can't control the Yanning and Pingliao armies to form a joint force. If your Majesty wants to complete the victory in one battle, you should appoint a governor. Division, governor-general of the Yanning, Jiliao, and Pingliao armies."
Liu Ce smiled and said: "Long live the war, I already knew that the commander-in-chief would say this... He asked me to tell the commander-in-chief that Yanning, Pingliao and Jiliao can fight on their own.
Moreover, there is no need to complete the victory in one battle, and there is no need to conquer Jinzhou this time, just seek a decisive battle outside Jinzhou.
Long live the Lord also said that as long as the general organization gathers 100,000 troops, and then uses the army to carry food into Songshan City first, and then build a dignified formation outside Jinzhou City. "
Zhu Youjian still knew Yuan Chonghuan and knew that he had no rules for playing field games, so he simply played a coaching game.
(End of chapter)
