Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 207 Let the Qing Army Taste the Artillery of Ming Dynasty
If Zhu Youjian could still calm down when he heard the news that Lu Daqi was killed in battle and Yongcheng was slaughtered.

So at this moment, when Zhu Youjian heard that the Qing army might have another army going south all the way, and that it was personally led by Abatai, the king of Doro Raoyu County in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhu Youjian was a little shocked.

He didn't know if Abate had participated in the war to destroy Ming in history.

But now, this news made Zhu Youjian have to start to doubt. Does this mean that Dorgon has realized the true strength of his guards, and he does not hesitate to send another army?

Zhu Youjian admitted that he was a little flustered now.

But he also knew that his original intention of annihilating the Duoduo tribe could not be changed.

Moreover, no matter what variables are encountered, this is an important condition for the survival of Jiangnan according to oneself.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian nodded solemnly: "Reply Ning Wuhou Zhou Yuji, it is allowed to annihilate the invading enemy first, and then rush to Huai'an, but you must arrive in Huai'an before the tenth day of May! Annihilating the Zhunta Department may have to cross the Yellow River, Don’t miss out on this opportunity!”

After Zhu Youjian gave the instructions, he couldn't help but think about it again.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help thinking that maybe it was just that Abatai just wanted to take a bite out of his own Daming after seeing the Duduo and Azige tribes fighting smoothly in Shaanxi and Henan.

That being the case, it's better to let Zhou Yuji play it first.

It was just to teach Abatai a hard lesson, let him know that going south to attack Daming is not as easy as he imagined!

As long as Abatai has scruples, Zhu Youjian feels that he still has a chance to wipe out the Duoduo Department of the Qing Army.

At this time, Liu Fangliang also ran over in a hurry: "Your Majesty, the sentry cavalry of the Third Army of the Guards came to report that the Duoduo Department of the Qing Army captured Suzhou three days ago. It is not yet known whether the Qing Army will go east to Fengyang or Go south to Mengcheng."

Zhu Youjian didn't expect Duoduo to be so fast. He had just received the news of Lu Daqi's death, and Duduo had already occupied Suzhou City.

"My dear friends, come in first, you don't have to sleep tonight, take advantage of the rolling spring thunder, iron horses and glaciers, think about how to deal with the situation that has begun to change, the current situation is still beyond our expectations However, the sudden southward movement of the Abatai tribe was beyond our expectation. Logically, if it was Dorgon's intention, it is impossible for Jin Yiwei not to have known in advance that there was a change in the capital of the Qing court. Therefore, in my opinion, it is possible that it was A Ba Tai is making his own claim and taking the initiative to provoke!"

When Zhu Youjian said this, all the officials present began to think about it.

"It is true that as His Majesty just instructed, now the tartars are becoming more and more rampant in the south. It seems that they are really deceiving my Ming Dynasty and not letting them suffer. They really think that my Daming is a piece of fat that everyone can bite into!"

Liu Fangliang couldn't help saying something at this time, and other officials also echoed.

Zhu Youjian also knew that the officials present at the moment could not offer any constructive opinions. Shi Kefa's rear dispatching was okay, but he was naturally unfamiliar with this kind of military affairs.

Li Banghua was originally corrected by an official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Gao Hongtu was a scholar-type official, and Wang Chengen was loyal, but he was not someone like Wang Zhi or Cao Jixiang.

There is only one Liu Fangliang who has experience in commanding troops.

Since Liu Fangliang also agreed, Zhu Youjian was naturally relieved, and told Liu Fangliang:

"Next, if the Tartars divide their forces to tentatively attack Mengcheng, let's see if Aiqing can also teach the Qing army Duoduo a lesson, let them know how difficult it is to go from Mengcheng to Jiangnan!"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I also want to fight these Tartars and see what they are capable of. They let me break in. No, many brothers of the Extermination Army fell into their hands!"

Liu Fangliang almost put forward the word Chuangjun by mistake, but immediately changed it.

The people present couldn't help but smile, which made the heavy atmosphere a little easier.

……

The next morning.

Kong Youde led [-] Han Chinese Eight Banners cavalry and E Neng's [-] Manchurian Eight Banners cavalry walked side by side towards Mengcheng, but stopped a thousand steps away from the infantry battalion of the First Guards Corps.

"I didn't expect that there are so many Ming troops under this Mengcheng, and they are not defending in the city, but they are going out of the city to prepare for a field battle with my master Wang. Their courage is not small!"

Kong Youde couldn't help saying something, while E Neng, the deputy governor of the Manchu nobles, smiled coldly: "That's because they knew we had red cannons and couldn't defend them, so they had to come out to fight with us. It's better like this , King Gongshun, you and I will advance from both wings, defeat the cavalry first, and then encircle the infantry, we will surely defeat the enemy in front of us, and when the time comes to enter the city, we will not have everything we need!"

"According to Edutong, there are no less than [-] Ming troops outside the city, which also shows that there must be a lot of money and food women in the city. This king has been holding back for a long time, and now he has to vent it!"

This Kong Youde said with a smile, although he is a prince of the Qing Dynasty, he is still a Han Chinese. Although he is called the commander in chief, he cannot disobey the order of the deputy governor of Hubei.

Of course, Kong Youde did not feel unhappy because of this, he is now highly motivated to conquer the world with the Qing army, and he is also very confident that the Qing Dynasty he serves can rule the world.

Kong Youde, who was as complacent as the nobles of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, shouted: "Kill!" Immediately afterwards, he rushed towards the cavalry camp of the Ming Guards.

Kong Youde and Hubei didn't pay attention to rules and regulations, and they didn't test the Ming army's reality. They each led a road of Qing army cavalry and charged bravely towards the positions of the first and second cavalry battalions of the first and second cavalry battalions of the third army of the guards. .

Liu Fangliang originally thought that the cavalry of the Qing army would charge directly at the infantry and hit his central army first, but he didn't expect that he would directly charge at the cavalry on his two wings, and wanted to fight cavalry against the cavalry.

Liu Fangliang couldn't help sneering, thinking that since the Tartars don't teach rules, he doesn't need to talk about rules, so he directly ordered: "Order the artillery to adjust the direction and shoot on the left and right wings before the enemy comes near, and wait until the enemy's camp is in chaos. At that time, the first and second battalions of the cavalry rushed up directly, grandma, I really thought that the Ming artillery could not be deployed, so I rushed up in such a hurry!"

As soon as Liu Fangliang gave an order, some commanding soldiers began to ride their horses towards the artillery battalion, galloping back and forth while waving flags.

In a short while, the teams of the artillery battalion began to adjust the field artillery immediately, and after a while, only one voice was heard: "Let it go!"

It was countless black iron bullets roaring towards the cavalry of the Qing army.

The surface of these shells is coated with flammable materials. When they touch the ground, the energy generated by the momentum collision will cause this flammable material to directly ignite and ignite the internal gunpowder, causing the shells to burst directly and generate a powerful air wave.

The shrapnel of these shells is made of alloy metal quenched with poison. Once it breaks and injures the enemy, it will cause huge damage and even cause the wounded person to fester and die.

The improvement of the red-clothed cannon in the Qing Dynasty was just to lengthen the barrel and lengthen the cannon body to increase its power.

From the red cannon at the beginning of [-] catties to [-] catties, and then to [-] catties during the Opium War, they did not know how to improve the power of artillery shells, the internal structure of artillery fire, and gunpowder.

On the other hand, the field artillery of Ming Dynasty completely improved the effectiveness of the artillery from all aspects.

Today, the field artillery of the Ming Dynasty is going to let the Qing army have a taste of real artillery crushing.

(End of this chapter)