The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 417 Zhenghongqi Firearms Battalion
Wang Wenkui was transferred away and Gaha was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Qiantang Naval Division. This was an order from Dorgon himself. He originally thought that firstly, he could assign the naval division's military exploits to the Manchus, and secondly, he would also let Gaha get acquainted. For water warfare, after all, the navy is all in the hands of the Han people, and he is not at ease.

Unexpectedly, this Gaha was defeated by the Fujian navy with only fifty warships!A total of [-] warships plus thousands of officers and soldiers were completely lost in the hands of the Ming army!
This time, the Han people caught the truth, and what they said was that Gaha's defeat dragged down Ma Degong's attack on Xiaoshan, which made Dorgon's face extremely ugly.

After a while of silence, Fan Wencheng coughed lightly and cupped his hands and said, "The Ninth Prince, the situation is actually not too bad." Dorgon is the ninth among all Nurhaci's king's sons and nephews, so he is called the Ninth Prince.

"Currently only Monan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang are critical, and the rest are ringworm and scabies."

As soon as Fan Wencheng said this, the rest of the people in the Hall of Martial Arts felt tense—Duoduo was defeated by the coalition forces of Sunit and Khalkha, and the news of the loss of more than 2 troops was sent back a few days ago In Beijing, the Prince Regent had just lost his temper because of this, but Master Fan brought up the matter again.

Fan Wencheng continued: "Thinking about it, the two key points in the north and the south should not be attacked at the same time. The policy of one tightening and one loosening should be adopted. When the war between Monan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang is settled, Sichuan, Huguang, Shandong and other places can be calmed down in a short time."

Fan Wencheng surrendered very early, and most of the military and political strategies of the Later Jin Dynasty came from him.Dorgon also valued him very much, and immediately cheered up and said, "Oh? How to tighten and loosen?"

"Returning to Your Highness, the 'pine' refers to the north." Fan Wencheng hurriedly said, "Many tribes in Monan Mongolia have married with me and have cooperated with me for many years. This rebellion is mostly caused by excessive taxes. Your Highness may Then send the daughter of the clan to get married with various ministries, especially Teng Jisi, and then announce the tax reduction and exemption, and the grievances of the various ministries in Monan will be eliminated.

"As for the three tribes of Khalkha, they have no enduring relationship with my Qing Dynasty. Because my Qing Dynasty has gradually become more influential in Mongolia, and they have always considered themselves the rightful masters of Mongolia, this is why they want to eliminate our relationship in Monan. power.

"In this regard, I suggest that on the one hand, they should also be married and offer generous gifts, and on the other hand, recognize the Khalkha tribe as the orthodox gold family, and declare that the Qing Dynasty has no intention of Mobei. If this is the case, Khalkha will retreat.

"Although Prince Yu now has 2 horses in his hands, it is extremely costly to go deep into Monan. As long as the Mongolian tribes can be stabilized, the situation in Horqin can also be stabilized when Prince Yu's tribe retreats to Horqin for repair. Only after the great victory in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, can we continue Move the army to the north and subdue Monan and Mobei in one fell swoop."

Jin Zhijun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, immediately said: "Master Fan's strategy should be able to stabilize the situation in Monan, but without the tax tribute of the tribe in Monan, he has to send money to the Khalkha tribe... I am afraid that the treasury will not be able to bear it... ..."

"No problem," Dorgon waved his hand, "Let's levy another 'Zhejiang Donation'..."

Jin Zhijun, Wang Shixuan and the others looked at each other, and said hesitantly: "Your Highness, an additional payment was levied at the beginning of the year..."

In fact, he wanted to say that Dorgon just issued an edict last year, saying, "In addition to the regular amount, everything will be increased, such as Liao's salary, suppressed salary, and training salary... all will be exempted. If there are officials who recruit secretly... Kill Unforgiven!" He reneged on his promise so quickly and became fat.But considering Dorgon's face, he changed the rhetoric of Huanzhuan.

Dorgon gave him a weary look, "That's it." Then he said to Fan Wencheng, "We'll deal with it in this way first in the north, mainly in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. What should we do?"

"Your Highness, the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is actually not a serious problem. What is lacking is nothing but the ears of the navy." Fan Wencheng smiled confidently, "And this navy is also ready-made. It is in Shandong, with more than [-] warships, destroying Fujian. The army is like crushing insects and ants."

"You mean Zheng Zhilong?" Dorgon frowned and shook his head.In fact, he was very worried about Zheng Zhilong, the pirate leader. He ordered the latter to go to Beijing for an audience, so he took the opportunity to put him under house arrest.In addition, Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, Zheng Chenggong, is the admiral of the navy of the Ming army. How can he be assured to lead the army?

"Your Highness, there is no doubt about the employment!" Fan Wencheng stepped forward, "I recommend two other people to be the water retainers."

"Who?"

"One is Meilezhangjingjue Luolangqiu. He has a lot of research in water warfare. Your Highness can give him the right to make decisions when the situation arises, and send Zheng Zhilong to supervise the army.

"The other is Liu Jinzhong, the lieutenant general. He used to have two or three hundred warships under his command, and he is familiar with water warfare. As the lieutenant general of Zheng Zhilong, he can follow the Zheng family closely with his confidantes. If there is any disagreement with the Zheng family, he will immediately kill him and take over the command. navy.

"With these two people around, the Navy should be safe."

He continued: "Once the [-] warships go south to Qiantang, they will be able to retake the waterway immediately, Master Hong immediately sent troops to the south.

"This time, the newly organized Zhenghongqi Firearms Battalion will participate in the battle, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be settled in less than three months!"

When Dorgon heard the words "Zhenghongqi Firearms Battalion", his eyes suddenly brightened, and he couldn't help but think of the martial arts performance more than a month ago.

The battle formation of the new firearms training battalion is flexible, with a certain degree of advance and retreat, and it is extremely powerful when combined with the flintlock, which is several times stronger than the traditional Manchurian elite infantry.At that time, all the people present sighed in their hearts, no wonder the weak Nanman was able to defeat Boluo with such tactics and firearms.

Now the Qing Dynasty also has such a firearms battalion, and it also incorporates the chariots commonly used by the Jianzhou Army. Together with the elite cavalry, it will definitely be able to quickly defeat the Nanming army.He weighed the risk of Zheng Zhilong's defection, finally nodded and said: "Okay, let Zheng Zhilong go south immediately as you said."

"Whoo!"

In history, Zheng Zhilong has always been suspected by the Qing court. He has been under house arrest since the day he surrendered, and his head was beheaded a few years later.But now under the tremendous pressure of Zhu Linming, Dorgon can only choose to let him out to preside over the naval battle.

Tan Bai interjected, "I've heard that the soldiers complained about the flintlock guns. Some of them fired less than [-]% of the time. Many people abandoned the new guns and still used shotguns..."

"Nonsense!" Dorgon yelled angrily, "Order me down, anyone who dares to change a new gun without permission will be shot!"

Cai Shiying immediately approached him, smiling all over his face, "Your Highness, there is a solution to the fire rate of this flintlock."

"Oh? Why didn't you say it earlier."

"Returning to Your Highness, a few days ago, Mr. Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Rituals, offered advice, saying that the southerners are selling 'wind-up fans', 'revolving lampstands' and other things in various places recently. Oh, they are just playthings to fan the wind and enhance the atmosphere. But The sprung wheels used in them are of the highest quality steel."

Cai Shiying proudly said: "I bought some, took out the spring wheel and reforged it into a flintlock reed. Sure enough, the fire rate has greatly increased, and now it has reached more than [-]%!"

"Okay!" Dorgon shouted excitedly.Once this flintlock has solved the problem of firing rate, it will definitely be a military weapon.He sneered in his heart, these southern barbarians are stupid, such a good steel material is used to make things for pleasure, just because they want to keep the fancy world of the Central Plains?
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