It was early morning on November 20, the first year of the Ming Dynasty when King Ding monitored the country.
In the Ming army camp to the west of Guicheng City, there was also a commotion. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Jinyi Army also took the time to enjoy a sumptuous "morning tea"... Only when they are full can they have the energy to go to the battlefield!
The rules of having a good meal and going into battle to kill people are eternal.
Cui Liu, who had been busy all night last night, was now munching on an extra-large barbecued pork bun. The sweet, soft, waxy and oily barbecued pork was wrapped in the snow-white cracked bun skin. It was so beautiful.
He looked up at the artillery officers and sergeants who were gathered in a circle. They were all devouring their food just like him. Some of them had already eaten two or three barbecued pork buns and were burping.
Seeing that everyone had almost finished eating, Cui Liu began to convey the order, "All the artillerymen will be in position immediately after breakfast. No delay!"
The so-called artillery is the artillery that uses six-pound field guns - this six-pound field gun is improved from the six-pound naval gun on the British Great Eastern. The gun body is cast in bronze, and the cannon shells used are heavy. Increased from six pounds to six kilograms.
Under Zhu Heji's Eight Towns of Jinyi, each town had an artillery camp equipped with twelve six-pound field cannons. There are currently three Jinyi troops on the battlefield at the foot of Dinghu Mountain, equipped with a total of thirty-six six-pound field cannons.
Cui Liu then added: "All the Second Artillery soldiers stayed behind to make medicine together after their morning tea!"
The so-called Second Artillery is the artillery that uses mortars and rockets that throw hammers... Their guns are not as big as field artillery, so the field artillery is generally called "big artillery", and they are the "Second Artillery" "Yes.
Well, it sounds like the Second Artillery Corps is not as powerful as the Artillery Corps! But the guy they used is pretty awesome!
Unlike the large artillery, which is all town artillery, the second artillery is all battalion-affiliated, and a battalion is directly under a leader. The First and Second Artillery Corps are usually equipped with two mortars and two rocket launchers.
In addition, all Second Artillerymen must master the craft of "pharmaceutical"...that is, the craft of preparing sugar and medicine. The sugar medicine they use themselves and the sugar medicine used by the grenadiers must be boiled in front of the formation.
The place where Cui Liu is now is a "temporary pharmaceutical factory" specially set up for the use of the Second Artillery Corps.
After the Second Artillery Soldiers finished their morning tea, they had to start making medicine. The process of boiling medicine is much simpler than at the beginning, and it is also safer.
First of all, the raw materials for making medicine have changed from the original white sugar and fire salt to square packs of "military white sugar" and fire salt. Among them, "military white sugar" has already been added with binders and catalysts. As long as it is boiled and added with salt, sugar medicine can be prepared. Therefore, the paper wrapping the sugar will be printed with the words "military white sugar, strictly forbidden to eat", and there will also be the trademark "Made in Beichang" and "Bei"...
Secondly, you don’t use fire directly to boil the medicine...it’s hard to control the heat! So it was changed to the salt bath method, which is to heat table salt and then use the table salt to heat "military white sugar", which is less likely to cause accidents.
Third, because a binder is added to the sugar medicine, its plasticity is greatly enhanced and it is not easy to break. Therefore, the boiled confectionery will be placed in a set of special copper molds and pressed into a flat square. Then cut into pieces with a kitchen knife, and finally wrap in oil paper. It looks similar to the sugar cubes used to make coffee. The oil paper of the package has also been printed in advance, with the words "Exclusively used for Tianlei, toxic and harmful" and "Be careful to prevent moisture"...
These poisonous and harmful "sugar cubes" are also packaged in special wooden boxes and then distributed to the grenadiers or the Second Artillery Corps for their own use.
These "sugar cubes" are not large in size, so they can be directly filled into a grenade hammer or flower hammer together with lead bullets and a small amount of black powder used to support combustion. If you can't use it all, you can just pull out the fuse of the wooden tube after the battle, and you can take out the "sugar cube" inside, and you can use it again next time.
In addition, the sugar medicine loaded into the rocket does not need to be made into "sugar cubes". It can be poured directly into the cylinder of the rocket before it solidifies.
While Cui Liu was busy supervising the officers and soldiers of the Second Artillery making sugar medicine, Zhu Heji was inviting Shang Kexi, Shang Zhixiao, Li Chenggong and Li Rucai to have morning tea in his Chinese army tent.
In addition to these four prisoners and Zhu Heji, there were also Yang Qilong, Su Zhanhai, Zhuge Zhengyang, and four "Ren-Slayer Confucians" holding long swords in the tent. These four Ren-Slayer Confucians had already eaten and drank enough. Just wait for Shang Kexi, Shang Zhixiao, Li Chenggong and Li Rucai to finish eating, and then send them on their way.
Among the four, Shang Kexi had the best appetite. Four barbecued pork buns and a bowl of wonton noodles were not enough, so he took the bowl of wonton noodles placed in front of his son Shang Zhixiao and ate it.
However, Shang Zhixiao, Li Chenggong and Li Rucai all had little appetite. Shang Zhixiao and Li Chenggong were better off. They were just dead...and Li Rucai had a look of injustice on his face and kept begging: "I He is just a boss and a slave for one year, please, saint, please spare my life!"
Li Chenggong, who was standing next to him, snorted and lectured Li Rucai: "Rucai, everyone is destined to die. Death can be as heavy as a mountain, or as light as a feather..."
"Bah! Li Chenggong, you really think you are Nurhachi's god-uncle!" Li Rucai doesn't want to buy into his little uncle now, "He has long disowned our family...otherwise Will we both be born slaves?"
Li Chenggong taught him a lesson: "Rucai, the servant in charge of clothing also received the emperor's favor!"
"Bah, what kind of imperial favor... I want to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty! Uncle Saint, I want to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty! Is it too late for me to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty?"
After hearing this, Zhu Heji just smiled: "It's too late, it's too late... Shang Zhixiao, what about you? Do you want to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty?"
"Huh! I, Shang Zhixiao, am not afraid of death!" Of course Shang Zhixiao didn't want to think about it anymore. He still has this bit of backbone!
Shang Ke, who was on the side, nodded happily, "Good son!" Then he put down his bowls and chopsticks and glared at Zhu Heji, who was sitting high above him, "The traitor named Zhu, after I finish eating, I want to kill the widow, please listen." Your Majesty!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the curtain of the big tent was lifted up, and then Cui Liu was seen walking in carrying two square wooden boxes.
Seeing the two wooden boxes, Zhu Heji smiled and said to Shang Kexi and Li Chenggong: "Shang Kexi, Li Chenggong, we are going to fight Qingyao today and need something to sacrifice the flag, so I borrowed your two heads!" "
"Huh, if you want to kill, just kill! I'm so happy..."
"Your Majesty, your servant Li Chenggong..."
Shang Kexi and Li Chenggong were only halfway through their words when their mouths were blocked by Zhan Renru behind them.
Then Zhu Heji said to Shang Zhixiao and Li Rucai: "You two were originally going to be killed, but the Gu family needs two people to help send the heads of Shang Kexi and Li Chenggong to the opposite side Tuhai and Sun Yanling, so It’ll be easier for both of you! Can you guarantee delivery?”
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At this time, the sky was dimming, and the sound of trumpets and drums could be heard in the Qing army camp. Groups of Qing soldiers began to move out of their respective camps, and under the guidance of Goshiha sent by Tuhai, they walked towards the planned position.
The Han cavalry at the front had already advanced outside the Qing camp. According to the plan, they would arrive at the battlefield first and occupy a good position for the infantry behind. At the same time, it prevented the Ming army's squad from harassing the marching army.
According to the arrangements of Tu Hai and Sun Sike, the leaders of this battle are of course the local green battalions of Guangdong, the Pingnan Prince's Mansion and the Xushun Gongfu Banner Army... They are the main army!
Behind the Guangdong Green Camp and the Banner Army were Sun Yanling and Ma Xiong from Guangxi. It’s almost time for them to die for the Qing Yao in Guangdong! They are in a hurry to get home and must fight!
The third formation is composed of the northern green camp soldiers led by Sun Sike and part of the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers from Tuhai - the Eight Banners Soldiers from Tuhai were divided into two parts, and three of the cavalry led by them are the governor's team!
The two fire thunder soldiers led by Deng Zhong are not so free. They are the trump card of the Qing army on the battlefield today!
In addition, Tuhai also gathered all the artillery carried by the armies and handed them over to Deng Zhong for unified command. Whether Tuhai could maintain the situation in Guangdong and Guangxi for the Qing Dynasty depends on the ability of this "toilet loyal"!
