Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 341: The Remaining Brave Should Pursue the Poor Bandits

"Jiangzhou Camp, Zhenjiang Camp, Zhenjiang City, and Beigushan Camp seized more than 560 artillery pieces of various types from the Tartars, weighing from 390 to 27 jin, and light from [-] to [-] jin. Cannons and rear-loading guns, the front-loading guns are mainly red guns and cupolas, and the rear-loading guns are mainly Franco-type guns."

In Zhenjiang city, Yu Dafu, the envoy who was also in charge of the imperial camp's grain platform, reported excitedly that the cannons, gunpowder and lead bullets among them were amazing.

Before the war, Yan Wogong continued to strengthen the defense of Zhenjiang, the gate of the Yangtze River, and strongly supported Chen Jin's reconstruction of the Yangtze River Navy and the construction of Jiangfang Fortress. The yamen was stationed in Zhenjiang, which formed the stronghold of the Navy.

Yan Wogong mobilized most of the artillery owned by Jiangnan and concentrated it in the two cities of Zhenjiang and Jiangning. Among them, Zhenjiang was the front line and deployed most of the artillery.

Especially those heavy general cannons deployed for coastal defense and city defense. The 50-jin Shenwei General Cannon deployed as many as [-] in the Zhenjiang Battalions, and there are even super-sized fortresses. The cannon weighed seven thousand catties.

Among them, the Shenwei General Cannon is a new type of red-clothed cannon that was imitated as early as the 16th year of the Qing Dynasty in Chongzhen. It received five catties of medicine, ten catties of iron, an iron core and a copper body. The iron barrel was cast in the copper cannon body, which is more corrosion-resistant , the copper cannon body is stronger and not easy to burst. The quality of these cannons is relatively good, and the inscriptions on the cannon body show that many of them were cast in the newly built artillery factory in Beijing after entering the customs and then went south with the army.

In addition, there are newly cast [-]-jin Shenwei Invincible General Cannon, [-]-jin Wucheng Yonggu General Cannon, and [-]-jin Wucheng Yonggu Invincible General Cannon. Cannons, as well as larger heavy artillery from [-] to [-] jins that are being trial-produced.

But now, more than 500 artillery pieces, large and small, and countless ammunition, together with the artillery vehicles, have fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

Yan Wogong served as the captain of the transportation team.

The Qing army’s cannons, what Zhu Yihai really liked were the [-]-jin Shenwei General Cannon and the [-]-jin Shenwei Invincible General Cannon. The general gun is equivalent to an eighteen-pound naval gun, and the two thousand catties of Shenwei invincible general gun is equivalent to a twelve-pound gun.

The artillery Zhu Yihai ordered in Macau was a 24-pound gun.

However, Zhu Yihai was still very satisfied with being able to capture 56 10,000-pound red-clothed guns and more than a hundred [-]-pound guns at one time. Yan Wogong's ability to handle affairs is very strong. I gave it to him. Now there are not many guns in Jiangning City, especially gunpowder. Zhenjiang has stored [-]+ catties of gunpowder.

There are still thousands of guns of various sizes in Nanjing, but among them there are only thirty or so guns over [-]-pound, and only a few dozen of [-]-pound guns. The rest are all kinds of small guns. My father-in-law transferred almost all the gunpowder to Zhenjiang, and there were only ten thousand kilograms of gunpowder left in Nanjing.

The Shenwei Great General cannon has five catties of powder and ten catties of ammunition at a time.

With [-] catties of gunpowder, a maximum of [-] guns can be fired. The problem is that shotguns and firecrackers must be supplied.

The [-]-jin cannon is too heavy to be transported, and it is not suitable for putting it on the ship. Zhu Yihai plans to melt it down and recast it, or transport it back to Zhoushan or Chongming to be used as a coastal defense fortress cannon.

The [-]-pound gun was directly drawn to the navy as the main naval gun.

The 24-jin Shenwei Invincible General cannon weighs only [-] pounds. Zhu Yihai also plans to give it to the navy. The army will basically only use three types of guns in the future. Shenji Town is a special firearms unit. They are equipped with [-] pounds and [-] pounds. The three-caliber artillery, the pounder and the three-pounder, concentrates on the use of artillery to reduce the confusion of calibers.

For the other infantry, each town is equipped with a cannon mark, equipped with twelve-pounder and three-pounder guns.

For the battalions below the town, the plan is that each battalion will be equipped with two three-pound guns, and the sentries below the battalion will be equipped with some smaller tiger squats.

Basically, he followed Bi Francis's suggestion and concentrated the use of heavy artillery to increase its power, while the small artillery was assigned to the standard battalion.

Other messy cannons are not equipped with the main battle troops of the imperial battalion, and are sent to the Beijing battalion and imperial battalion, or simply returned to the furnace. The naval ships are equipped with 24, [-], [-], and [-]-pound artillery. Zhu Yihai also Think guns are justice.

Although he also pursues a large caliber, he still believes that it must be a systematic match, rather than a random one. At this stage, Zhu Yihai's tactical thinking still emphasizes maneuvering and the need to grasp the strategic initiative, so those guns that are seven thousand catties, eight thousand catties, or tens of thousands of catties feel The price/performance ratio is not high.

Even if it is a [-]-jin or [-]-jin cannon, it must be specially equipped for the Shenji Artillery Unit and Navy, and other horse infantry troops are not equipped to avoid reducing mobility.

"The quality of the cannons cast by the Tartars is quite good, but some of the cannons cast by me in the Ming Dynasty are obviously not as good."

Zhu Yihai is not surprised to hear that. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were all kinds of chaos. The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty had a high level of technology, but they were limited by the system. As a result, all kinds of cutting corners resulted in poor quality. Those who are both amateurs and corrupt.

The Qing army attached great importance to firearms, and there were many specialized firearms management organizations. They were very strict about the casting of firearms. They recruited and robbed craftsmen everywhere, and paid them well. Of course, the quality was very good.

Zhu Yihai is now also building gun factories in Yuhuan, Zhoushan and other places. The operation is similar to that of the Qing army. Craftsmen are recruited everywhere, and the treatment is very generous, and there are even rewards for innovation.

The treatment is good and the salary is high, and commission rewards are even given according to the output and quality. Craftsmen and apprentices also have additional subsidies. Those craftsmen masters have become respected and enviable high-paying masters, which naturally attracts them to work enthusiastically.

Zhu Yihai couldn't help sighing in his heart, Yan Wogong alone defeated a hundred thousand soldiers.

Dorgon also completely misjudged, and gave Yan Wogong the privilege of dealing with it at a very low price. His strategy is in charge of the five provinces, and he is holding the Shangfang sword and the king's order flag given by Dorgon. This secret trick is very powerful.

Clearly behead Zhang Cunren, a big traitor with strong ability and senior qualifications, secretly killed Li Shitai, Bashan and other Tartar warriors, and forced a local national treasure to be revealed in secret, and even Chen Jin and Zhang Dayou. The more capable officials were sent away, not to mention rectifying the Jiangnan officials and green camps, secretly forcing them to rebel, or even abolishing them.

Anyway, what Mr. Yan did was impeccable on the surface. They were all efforts to save the crisis and wipe the ass of his predecessor Hong Chengchou. Totally irreparable.

This is the same as when Hongguang sent Chen Hongfan and the others to the north to discuss peace. Who would have known that the three leaders of the mission would end up secretly surrendering captives?
After returning, he persuaded the Tartars to surrender in various ways, which can be said to have greatly disintegrated the Hongguang Dynasty’s will to resist. Later, when he came to Hangzhou, he even encouraged King Lu to supervise the country and surrender to the Qing Dynasty within five days.

Now the Tartars have also tasted this bitter fruit.

"Your Highness, please immediately send troops to attack Jiangning and recover Nanjing!"

A group of civil and military ministers asked in unison.

Jiang Ning was already like a ripe fruit, which fell when touched.

"Jiangning still has at least [-] green camps, and no less than [-] township folks." Zhu Yihai reminded them.

But everyone still thinks it's a fight.

With Yan Wogong's internal response, Zhu Yihai thinks that taking Jiangning City is not a big problem, but doing so may expose Yan Wogong. It's a little bit to be a Jiangnan manager.

"The restoration of Nanjing is of great significance and will surely inspire the morale of the people of the world. Please send troops immediately!"

(End of this chapter)