Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1098 Touring Jiangxi
In Wuchang Mansion, Huguang, in the Cannon Workshop of Hankou New City, Wang Yanzheng led a group of generals to inspect.

The firearms manufacturing bases of the Ming Dynasty mainly had three places, namely Guangzhou, Wuchang, and Nanjing. Of course, there were also Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi. Confidentiality is also an attitude towards the internal separatist forces.

Wang Yan was the first to re-build the firearms casting base of the Ming Dynasty in Guangzhou, so Guangzhou was the earliest and had the best foundation. Nanjing mainly received Hong Chengchou’s Jiangnan Cannon Foundry, which has a huge scale. Wuchang was Wang Yan’s supplement for the convenience of the Huguang battlefield, and In preparation for the attack on Nanjing, a cannon casting base was established.

Relatively speaking, Huguang's Cannon Workshop is the smallest.

Because the scale is relatively small, the types of firearms produced here are also less. Only a few types of cannons and one type of blunderbuss are cast. The main task is to repair all kinds of firearms that have been scrapped or have problems.

The blunderbuss produced by Zhubaofang are naturally self-generating blunderbusses, and the cannons are the rapid-fire bronze cannons that appeared in the last autumn exercise.

Wang Yan told the generals of the Ma army before that they needed to equip them with guns. There was coal and iron near Wuchang. In order to save costs, they were built directly in Huguang.

At this time, on the school field outside the city, fifty rapid-fire bronze cannons were lined up one by one. The soldiers of the artillery team were performing a drill, but it was not Ma Jun who participated in the drill, but the Zhongzhen Township brought by Wang Yan. artillery team.

The artillery used by the Ming army in field battles is generally a vehicle-mounted Flang machine, and the Flang machine has a limited range due to air-tightness problems, and can only shoot a few hundred steps away.

If the Ming army is equipped with this kind of rapid-fire artillery, the maximum range of the field artillery can be increased by two miles, which will give the Ming army a huge range advantage in field battles.

The governors of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies believed that this kind of artillery, combined with the horse army to fight the infantry, might be able to exert unexpected effects.

If the infantry and cavalry meet in the wild, and the infantry forms a tight formation, it is generally difficult for the cavalry to break through. Outside the range of the artillery, the infantry was bombarded unscrupulously until the infantry line loosened, and then the horse army made a surprise attack.

"Boom boom boom..."

The school field was filled with gunpowder smoke, and the iron bullets roared out amidst the roar, and hit the ground, splashing pieces of mud.

Although the artillery team in Zhongzhen Town are all old gunners who are very proficient in artillery operation, these artillery are new artillery after all, and they also need a certain amount of time to adjust.

Wang Yan arrived in Huguang in May, and now it is July. The artillery team has been practicing for more than a month, and they have basically figured out the performance of this batch of artillery.

Wang Yan returned to the new city of Hankou after watching the cannon test at the artillery field. As soon as he returned to Xingyuan, someone greeted him.

"Your Highness, there is another message!"

Hearing that Wang Yan handed over the whip to his subordinates, he hurriedly walked into the shaft. He walked through several halls, and then stopped in a hall.

In the middle of the hall is a huge sand table with small flags of five colors on it, each color represents a side of power, and each flag also has the number and number of troops written on it.

From the situation on the sand table, one can see the current situation, and the general situation of the whole world is clear at a glance.

Although the red flag representing the central government was three times as large as the yellow and blue flags representing Tang Lu, there were still a large number of black and white flags to the north. If these two parties also joined in, the situation for Ming would be difficult.

Wang Yan took off the red cloak and handed it to the guards to hang on the wall, then took off the helmet and put it on the table, then asked: "What news, tell me? Let's see how they want to deal with me !"

"Your Highness, according to the information sent by Jin Yiwei, King Lu has secretly left Nanjing, and the fifth son Zhu Cihuan is indeed in the hands of King Lu!" Wang Ji said.

After the establishment of Houyong Town was abolished, he also transferred to serve as a Tongzhi in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Wang Yan frowned after hearing this, "So, King Lu is determined to raise troops! But he held Zhu Cihuan in his hand, obviously he was thinking of the oriole in the back, and he didn't have the same heart with Tang Fan. "

Tang and Lu together have more than [-] troops. If they are of one mind, and there are Jin and Qing in the north to contain the imperial army, Wang Yan is really difficult to deal with, but if the two kings have their own ghosts, then it will be much easier for him to deal with it. up.

Thinking of this, Wang Yan asked again: "Where is King Tang? What is he doing now?"

"King Tang is still in Nanjing, and he doesn't seem to want to leave Nanjing!" Wang Ji said in a deep voice, "However, Jin Shenghuan and Zheng Guoxing have sent their confidants to Nanjing to meet with King Tang in secret. As for what to discuss, Jin Yiwei Haven't found out yet."

"King Tang is still in Nanjing?"

Wang Yan was puzzled for a while. Judging from the information he got, Tang Wang obviously wanted Jin Shenghuan to ambush him on his way back to Beijing.

In the city of Nanjing, Wang Yan has many confidants, and the garrison is mainly composed of Wang Yan's people. If Tang Wang dares to stay in Nanjing, what is his plan?For a while, Wang Yan didn't quite understand.

"These two highnesses are not fuel-efficient lamps!" Wang Yan shook his head and sighed: "Unfortunately, they are the clan, and they are destined to be enemies with Gu. If they can obey Yu Gu and obey the orders of the imperial court, Jin and Gu will be killed by Gu early in the morning." Wiped out!"

"That's right! King Lu alone carried the banner of Jiangnan's anti-Qing Dynasty, and King Tang was also a famous virtuous king. If they can support His Highness, the world will be settled!" Wang Ji echoed, but then changed the subject, " However, His Highness can't be merciful, the two kings are not easy to deal with, His Highness must uproot them this time, and we must not give them another chance!"

Wang Yan knew that for a powerful opponent, cutting the grass and root is the greatest respect for the opponent.

Wang Yan nodded, "North, is there any movement?"

"Yes!" Wang Ji's face showed worry, "The secret spies of the Qing Dynasty should have detected some movement. The Qing army is sending more troops to Henan, and it seems that they intend to take back Nanyang."

"Is there any movement in the Kingdom of Jin?" Wang Yan raised his brows, it was really troublesome.

"The Kingdom of Jin didn't see any movement at all. They suffered several major defeats and were eager to regain their strength. The Hanzhong side sent back news that Wu Sangui was organizing soldiers to reclaim the fields, and had no intention of attacking Shangyong!" Wang Ji said: "As for Qinghai, we have no way of knowing whether the Jin Army will make any moves."

Wang Yan pondered for a while, and after a while, he said: "This matter cannot be delayed any longer. If we wait any longer, Hauge and Dorgon will take advantage of it. Gu must put down this civil strife as soon as possible. Take the opportunity."

Speaking of this, Wang Yan stood up, walked quickly to the sand table and looked at it, and then said: "Didn't the spies say that Jin Shenghuan was waiting for Gu in Anqing? Gu will change the route back to Beijing this time, and Gu will patrol Jiangxi and send orders Jin Shenghuan, let him go to Nanchang to see the lonely king."

Wang Yan's arrogance leaked out, he waved his hand, and ordered: "Also tell Gao Yigong that Nanjing must be defended no matter what, and if it fails, His Majesty, the Queen Mother, and the cabinet and council officials must withdraw. Now, without Nanjing, Gu is still the prince regent of Ming Dynasty, and they can only be traitors!"

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