Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1250 Breaking the Captives ([-])
"Jinglong, Ying, and Jie hid firearms in the ground, and the people and horses encountered them, and they were rotten. After the battle was resolved, the King of Yan lost his way from the rear of the three-cavalry hall, dismounted from his horse and fell to the ground, looked at the river, discerned things, first knew the camp, and rushed across the river from the upper stream. And north." - "The Chronicle of the History of the Ming Dynasty".

This passage is about the Battle of Baigouhe in the Battle of Jingnan in 1400 AD.At that time, Li Jinglong, Guo Ying, Wu Jie and others had a combined army of 60, known as a million, stationed in Baigou River, ready for battle, and Ping An also brought [-] elite cavalry nearby to prepare for guerrilla attacks.

The two sides fought for a long time in this battle. Because Li Jinglong buried a mine in the ground, it was so powerful that if a man or a horse stepped on it, it would basically be blown up. As a result, Zhu Di was left with only three cavalrymen. He was almost captured alive and lost his way. Only when you can dismount and lie down on the ground and listen to the sound of the water, can you identify the direction and find the way back to the camp.

There is a kind of firearm here, which can be hidden in the ground and has great power.There is no doubt that this thing can only be a mine, or a precursor to a mine.

Since the mines in the early stage were mainly made of stone shells, they mainly relied on the gunpowder inside to explode the stone shells to kill the enemy, so they were called "stone bombing cannons" - note that the word for cannon is next to the word for stone.Later, the mines of the Ming Dynasty began to appear iron, and the ignition device was improved.

The initial ignition is the line of fire. When you see the enemy coming, estimate the time, and then ignite the lead in advance, so that when the enemy arrives, it will almost explode.But this shortcoming is too obvious. If your estimated time is not accurate, or if the opponent suddenly changes the marching speed, then the mine will not be able to explode.

So later, a steel wheel was used to set fire - this kind of device can be regarded as a trigger ignition device. As long as you step on it, the flint inside will rub against the steel wheel to make fire, ignite the lead, and explode with precision.It is said that Qi Jiguang came up with it at the beginning, but this is doubtful - Gao pragmatically learned that this thing may have existed before Qi Jiguang, but it was not very easy to use. Qi Jiguang later mobilized people to improve it successfully.

However, Qi Jiguang's improvement can only be said to be a great improvement compared to the previous steel wheel ignition mines, but it does not satisfy Gao pragmatically.Long before the private military industry, Gao Shishi knew that the ignition success rate of Qi Jiguang-type steel wheel ignition mines was not more than half, while others were too easy to ignite, causing them to blow up inexplicably, so that the errand of transporting the mines at that time followed suit. It's almost like playing Russian roulette, and it's all a matter of chance whether you will take your life in the process of transportation.

So during the Longqing period, Gao Wushi gave Qi Jiguang a picture book he had drawn, asking him to continue to find someone to improve the mines.

However, Gao pragmatism is also a half-hearted person. He only knows the basic principles. There are actually some small problems in the drawings he draws, such as design cumbersome and so on. So after the successful implementation of the military industry and private sector, Jinghua Ordnance can be regarded as the real start of the mine series. great development.

When it comes to Jinghua's series of mines, mines, and grenade products, there is one person who cannot be bypassed. His name is Gao Yi.

Gao Yi was originally from a refugee military family. Because of his outstanding firearm manufacturing skills, he was recruited by Gao Jie, a pragmatic uncle, when he was admiral Cao Jiang in his early years. He was especially good at making all kinds of thunderbolts.Later, when Gao Wushi got Sanshen Garden, he was recommended to Gao Wushi by Gao Mo. [See Chapter 044 of the book "Little Ge Lao", there are many talents]
In the beginning, Gao Wushi used him broadly, but Gao Yi didn't come up with anything particularly good. Later, Gao Wushi found through investigation that he was not particularly good at guns and artillery, but he was not very good at the nature of landmines. The things he has are both talented and skilled, so he started to use them and let him specialize in making "thunders".

This decision played a decisive role. Gao Yi designed thirteen kinds of "mines" in five years, including land mines, mines, palm mines (grenades), and even rocket mines on a whim - Daming The development of China's rockets is not bad, of course, it is not the kind of satellite launching in later generations, it is a rocket similar to rockets.Therefore, Gao Yi also wanted to take advantage of it and designed two "mine-carrying rockets", saying that they could be used to capture fortresses and naval battles.

It is a pity that this idea died because it was rejected by Gao pragmatic. Gao pragmatic believes that these two matters can be solved by the artillery, and there is no need to consider what "mine-carrying rocket" should be used for the time being.

In fact, Gao Pragmat himself felt that the idea of ​​"thunder-carrying rockets" was not impossible, but he knew that Jinghua couldn't mess around at that time.

First of all, in his personal positioning, Jinghua wants to point out the direction of scientific and technological development, and whether "mine-carrying rocket" is the right direction, because there is no historical proof, so he is not sure, after hesitating for a few days Or choose to be more cautious, do not engage in first.

Second, Jinghua did not have the financial resources at that time to be able to "how bold people are and how prosperous the land is". The development of a weapon does not really need to be done by drawing a picture, it requires more than one key talent to go The design is perfect, and you need to know how many trial products to verify. If you go the wrong way, it will not only waste financial resources, but also waste manpower.

So Gao Yi was ordered by Gao Wushi this time, and he only concentrated on three things: landmines, mines, and grenades, and let go of the rest.

As the political group of the Shi School and Gao pragmatic himself gradually stabilized in the imperial court, the military industry and private sector have also become the "inertial system" of the imperial court. Jinghua's "Lei series" firearms, like muskets and artillery, have gradually entered the ranks of the standard weapons of the Ming Dynasty. , began to equip the army in batches.

However, due to the limited funds of the imperial court, the equipment of these various "thunders" also followed a similar priority to that of muskets and artillery. The Beijing battalion (including the later imperial guards) was first equipped, followed by Xuanda and Jiliao. , and then around the navy (mine).In general, it has not been fully rolled out, and the three sides of Shaanxi have not received it.

Due to the suppression of Hannaji and Qiejing, the three towns of Xuanda have not fought any serious battles for many years, so Jinghua's new mines don't say that the Ordos department has little understanding, and even Tumut is not aware of the Ming army. The "Thunderbolt Cannon" has developed by leaps and bounds.

This was not a problem at first, but today it has become Boshuoketu's nightmare.

Boshuo Ketu was fortunate to be the second leader of the Ming army to taste the "Jinghua Zero Zero Three-type mine" - the first was Mang Yingli, who was bombed by Liu Wei last time, and Liu Wei was also at that time. Used this mine.It's just that because Liu Wei was far away, the reserves in his hands were a bit small, and he was almost a batch of samples given by Gao pragmatic as a new weapon for actual combat testing, so although his performance was also eye-catching at the time, it did not arouse strong repercussions.

However, this time is different. Gao pragmatism himself has come out in person. How can these things be less?Not to mention that Ma Gui directly took half of the inventory accumulated in Datong Town in three or four years, and the Guards brought a lot of them - anyway, Jinghua's mines are different from the past. They have "insurance" and will not Feel free to explode on your own, so bring a little extra to be prepared.On the contrary, the highly pragmatic family guards did not bring many landmines. They mainly carried guns and grenades.

However, at the beginning, the Guards brought these mines not to fight an ambush, but to assist in breaking Ningxia. The most recent time this style of play appeared was when Buri Hartu taught Huo Luochi and focused on Brother Rabbit to break Xining. , but the method they used is a bit more primitive, which is to directly bury explosives, and mines can actually be used in the same way, and require less "equivalent".

Boshuoktu didn't think much of it when he saw Ilduzzi's sudden acceleration. He only thought that Ilduzzi was worried that Gao pragmatic arrived in Ixibal ahead of schedule, which would affect the battle plan, so he got angry and accelerated the speed. .

Because of this, Boshuo Ketu did not react much, but subconsciously accelerated his horse speed.However, he did not intend to catch up with Ilduzzi immediately, because in his opinion, Ilduzzi only needed to deceive too much pragmatism, and did not undertake many combat tasks, and he needed to maintain a certain amount of horsepower to use Next, he will fight with the high pragmatic department.

With a single thought, Boshuoketu's misfortune was even more unstoppable.If he catches up with Yilduchi faster, since Ma Gui doesn't want to accidentally injure Yilduchi's troops, the ambush Boshuoktu faces may be a little lighter, but now there is no chance.

As the Mongolian army has always been accustomed to, although Boshuoketu's own position is not "Fengya", but it is quite forward, so he has been waiting for him to run past the foot of Hurihuliang Mountain, and everything around is still quite calm.

However, just as he continued to move forward unprepared, he suddenly heard a series of loud rumblings not far behind.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Every loud noise was accompanied by a huge earthquake under their feet. Many people were thrown off their horses by the panic-stricken horses, and people turned on their backs. Even Mongolian soldiers could not stabilize the horses at this time.

Boshuoketu himself was a little farther away, but the situation was better. Although his warhorse also stood up, he relied on his excellent riding skills to fix himself on the horse's back abruptly, waiting for the warhorse to have four hooves. When he landed, he turned to look behind him.

This was incredible, and Boshuoktu was stunned.

Just now, the elites of the Ordos sweat tent were in chaos, and the explosions that continued to appear from the ground turned their bombers on their backs, and their stumps and arms flew everywhere. .

Boshuoktu was indeed a man who had been on the battlefield when he was young. He could smell the strong smell of sulfur and gunpowder in the air, and knew that the explosion that was still going on could not deceive anyone.This is not an earthquake, this is a firearm of the Ming army, caused by something like a thunderbolt fireball.

Encountered.

The word immediately appeared in Boshuoketu's mind, but in this case, his thinking was also affected after all, and it was too late to think about how this encounter was caused, and what was the problem behind it.

A familiar voice shouted: "Jinong, Ilduqi must have turned against it! Jinong quickly gathers the people and evacuates here before making calculations!"

Boshuoktu was awakened by this loud shout, and his mind became much clearer. Now he can't care about what happened to Ilduqi, and whether it was really the other way around. In short, it is definitely correct to gather people to evacuate first !
"Blow the trumpet! Raise the flag!" Boshuoketu knew that yelling at this time was meaningless. Few people could hear their voices clearly. Only the horns had the ability to make everyone subconsciously turn towards the sound. source of gathering.And when they searched for the source of the sound, they would find their flag, and then slowly came out of the panic and returned to calm.

It has to be said that Boshuoketu has learned a lot of war knowledge since he was a child, and the performance of the elites of the Ordos Khan Horde made him proud-they did not care about casualties, and the moment the horn sounded, they began to slowly and resolutely. Approaching the Jinong banner of Boshuoketu.

It's a pity that this series of explosions was so powerful that Boshuoketu's department was blown into two pieces, and the ground in the middle part was almost collapsed. There was an irregular pattern, but roughly four or five feet. The big pit, which is wide and more than ten feet deep, makes it impossible for the subsequent part to come over immediately.Some people are nervously testing to see if they can come over from the "sink", while others seem to be planning to detour.

Boshuoketu's position was a little farther away, and he could only see a subsidence, but he couldn't see how deep the subsidence was, so he didn't dare to urge the order, so he had to try his best to gather the Mongolian cavalry in the front to gather towards him.

At this time, he was particularly worried that the Ming army in ambush would swarm up, because in that case, even if he could rush out, he would inevitably suffer serious losses.

However, the Ming army did not seem to be doing very well. Boshuoketu himself felt that his army had been bombed extremely badly, but no Ming army suddenly appeared to surround him.

However, when he was just a little fortunate, he suddenly heard someone laughing loudly and loudly in the distance to his left.

Boshuo Ketu immediately turned his head to look, and saw that there were several columns of Ming troops less than a mile away, and a large banner stood in the middle of the front. The chief military officer, the former military governor, was numb.

Ma expensive!

A cold light flashed in Boshuoktu's eyes, and the fierceness of hatred was like reality, staring straight at the famous army general who was riding a tall horse in front of the formation.

Bosuo Ketu wanted to curse, but Ma Gui opened his mouth first, and laughed sarcastically: "Boshuo Ketu, you stinky and uneducated Tartar! My emperor, Nian'er, is waiting on the fortress. You don’t have enough to eat, and you give Zhun Er and others a tribute city. You don’t appreciate the grace of God, and you pray every day and night. Instead, you avenge your revenge and raise an army to help rebels? My imperial court, Sima, and Qizhen Jing have slightly raised the Shutai, and ordered the heavenly soldiers to retaliate, but with a little trick, I can behead the dog, pass the capital to the capital, and justify the way of heaven! Boshuoketu, your time of death is approaching now, This commander has a high body and a heart, and Shi En asks you: Do you have a last word to explain?"

Bo Shuo Ketu was very angry when he heard the words, and saw that there were only three to five hundred people around Magui. He guessed that the high-level and pragmatic army had no time to deploy, so he had to send a small number of elites to set up an ambush here. Bian Sheng sneered: "The last words? Why don't you say it!"

Then he shouted: "The warriors of the Ordos Khan tent! You are the soldiers guarding the tomb of Genghis Khan, and the most glorious people in all Mongolia. Are you willing to let the Han people slaughter it!"

"cannot!"

"Genghis Khan!"

Boshuoktu took a deep breath and shouted again: "Since I can't, I can take this person as I wish, and I will use his head to pay homage to the warriors who died under conspiracy and trickery today! Genghis Khan will be in Tengger ( Seeing us heroically kill the enemy!"
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