The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 482 I'm here to take back the Southern Capital!
It turned out that Li Zhongxing had been shrinking back before, and when he saw that the situation was not right, he immediately oiled the soles of his feet, and led more than 2000 cavalry under his command to protect Luck Dehun and retreat towards the east.

Zhu Linmei glanced at the hussar battalion not far away. It was already exhausted, and even the legs of some horses were shaking.He shook his head and said, "Let Tie Dake lead 1000 people to stare at him.

"We need to concentrate all our strength to break through Nanjing quickly! As long as Lu Kede does not turn back west, there is no need to waste energy on him."

"Yes!"

The main force of the Ming army returned to Jurong County for a short rest that day, and rushed towards Yingtianfu under the leadership of Zhu Linmi the next day.

On the flat post road to the west of Jurong, Yu Xin and Zhu Linmi rode side by side, reporting yesterday's battle situation, "My lord, except for the soldiers who killed the bandits Gu Shan Ezhen Chen Tai, Jia Lazhang Jing Ba Butai, and Ba Ya In addition to Yongshou, La Tiaozhang Jing Dasu and the puppet Wucai commander captured 36 puppet generals including the puppet Jiangning deputy general Lu Shiyang. In addition to the ambush of Zhang Tianlu's troops the night before, a total of [-] puppet generals were captured and killed in this battle, more than half of them were Jianzhou captives."

Zhu Linmei nodded, "This Lu Shiyang was originally Hong Chengchou's confidant, and he must know a lot about the situation in Nanjing, so we should interrogate him carefully."

"Yes!" Yu Xin saluted and continued, "In addition, in the battle of Jurong, our army killed more than 2 enemies and captured more than [-].

"Among the captives and thieves, there are more than 3000 people in the Red Banner main force of Luck Dehun, and more than [-] people under the Yellow Banner under Dasu and Chen Tai."

Zhang Jiayu continued with a smile on the side: "The actual number of Manchurian soldiers in each banner is no more than 3000, and there are another [-] to [-] followers. This is because Hongqi captured and killed more than [-] in Jurong in one fell swoop. It is estimated that he With one flag, there are not many men. As for the bordered yellow flag, at least [-]% of it has been lost."

"Besides, most of the captives with yellow flags came from cavalry, so there are only a few infantry left at home." Yu Xin also laughed, "After this battle, Donglu will definitely be hurt!"

Before Jianlu entered the pass, there were only 10 to [-] regular Manchurian soldiers, and there were about [-] to [-] auxiliary soldiers and followers composed of Manchu, Han, and Korean coats.After entering the customs, its population has increased slightly, but the Eight Banners will never exceed [-] people, and the diehard Baoyi is only in the early [-]s.

In other words, after the two major battles of Shanguan and Jurong in the past six months, Jianlu has lost nearly [-]% of his strong men!This is more than just hurting the muscles and bones, it is simply breaking the bones and tendons!

When the officers around heard the news, they shouted excitedly: "This battle was fought happily!"

"Dorgon, I'm afraid he won't be able to sleep anymore!"

"In my opinion, Jiannu's Eight Banners should be renamed Seven Banners, haha."

"Seven flags? Teach him that there will be no flags left!"

"By the way, my lord, there is one more thing." Yu Xin put away his smile and said again, "My subordinates have carefully looked at the confiscated military weapons of the bandits. [-]. In addition, although Jiannu's cannons are not as sophisticated as those cast by our Armament Bureau, they are not weak and there are a lot of them. If the captives continue to manufacture such cannons and cannons in large numbers, the battle behind us will not be easy. You have to plan ahead..."

Zhu Linmin nodded solemnly. He had learned the details of the battle from the frontline officers who commanded the battle yesterday, and learned that if he hadn't "digged a hole" in the spring of the Jianlu gun in advance, I am afraid that the Qing army's infantry would not have been killed in the battle of Jurong. would fall apart so quickly.

At that time, the two sides had already formed a situation where large corps were shooting at each other. If the battle lasted for a moment, there would be a large number of casualties of the Ming army.

The speed at which Jianlu stole the advanced tactics and weapons from the teacher should not be underestimated, he sighed in his heart.Decades ago, Hou Jin was just a fishing and hunting tribe relying entirely on swords, horses, bows and arrows, and began to learn a full set of Ming army combat methods.As a result, their blunderbuss, cannons, chariots, etc. were used more slickly than the Ming army, and their firearms were more sophisticated than the Ming army, so that Ming had no power to fight back.

After this campaign, Jianlu decided to strictly check the springs of the guns and replace them.When there is another battle in the future, I am afraid that we will face the Qing army equipped with real flintlocks.

As for the cannon, Tang Ruowang, as a leading cannon-casting expert in this era, should soon find out that this thing is unreliable after he heard the news that the hexagonal rotary-bore cannon exploded, and continued to cast the traditional red cannon.

Therefore, even though he has won a big victory over Jianlu, he still cannot take it lightly!After all, Dorgon still has hundreds of thousands of Manchu, Han, and Mongolian armies that can be mobilized, and there are seven Jiangbei provinces and Mongolian tribes as economic support.Under the desperate situation, he is bound to launch a series of large-scale wars to restore the decline.

Zhu Linmei lowered her eyes and thought, if she wants to completely defeat Jianlu at the lowest cost, she must continue to increase her technological advantage over Jianlu and speed up the upgrading of armaments.Otherwise, when Beijing is recovered and troops enter Liaodong, it is unknown how many Ming soldiers will shed blood on the battlefield.

Fortunately, after more than a year of hard work, Daming has already owned half of the country, and its economic and population foundations have gradually stabilized.The natural sciences have also been promoted on a small scale, and many projects that could not be implemented before now have the basis for starting.Immediately, many options emerged in his mind-upgrade and popularize rifled guns, special hunting guns, artillery drilling technology, steel cannons, popularize forged steel breastplates, wooden rails combined with cans to upgrade logistics capabilities, build new large Battleships, superfast sailing ships...

It can be said that everything in it can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

However, in order to complete the upgrade of these armaments, it also depends on the investment and improvement of a large number of infrastructure and technologies such as steel factories, glass factories, shipyards, finishing technology, and chemical technology.I am afraid that all of this will not be able to have the energy to expand on a large scale until Nanjing is captured.Thinking about this, he turned his eyes to the direction of Nanjing, "Hong Chengchou, I'm here to take back the Southern Capital! Wash your neck and wait!"

Yu Xin then reported the seizure situation.Since it was Jianlu's elite banner soldiers who were defeated this time, their equipment level was several chips higher than that of ordinary green camps, so the spoils of war were naturally extremely rich.

"... There are nineteen thousand and three hundred eleven-coin flintlocks, and more than one thousand and eight hundred six-coin flintlocks." Yu Xin said with some regret, "It's just that most of the blunderbusses have been damaged and need to be repaired." It takes a lot of work to be afraid."

Zhu Linmei thought for a moment after hearing the words, and said: "Send it to Longnan, and after repairing it, it will be used by the Baigan army of the Marquis Zhongzhen." Although these large-caliber flintlocks were vulnerable to the Dragon Guards, they were used to deal with the enemy's opponents. The Qing army of the Hauge Department, which used matchlock guns, still has a lot of advantages.In addition, we should be on guard against Zhang Xianzhong. After all, the "God of War" Li Dingguo is still under his command for the time being. If he turns against the Ming army, the situation in Sichuan will definitely deteriorate.

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