The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 780 The Big Killer

After listening to the interpreter's message, Qin Yiming couldn't help Monk Zhang Er puzzled. He pointed at Wu Keshan and shook his head at the soldiers beside him, "Tie me up first."

"Yes!"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute!" Wu Keshan didn't dare to pretend to be a wolf with a big tail anymore, he got up and saluted, "General, why do we need to meet each other?"

"Tied up!"

Wu Keshan's legs softened, and he fell to his knees, "General, I am willing to lead the Darhan Banner to surrender to Ming Dynasty."

Qin Yiming was taken aback, what?Want to surrender?Didn't it mean that the Horqin Mongols and Jianlu were some kind of "blood alliance"? I thought they would fight to the death, but who knew they would fall so quickly?
Seeing that he was silent, Wu Keshan said very sincerely: "Although the sixteen tribes of Horqin have no subordinates, this king... I still have some prestige in Horqin, so I can invite them to surrender together. In addition, the four thousand Horqin tribes of Songjin are now Cavalry I can call them back too."

In fact, Horqin's various ministries were severely damaged after being looted by Teng Jisi. Afterwards, Wu Keshan saw tens of thousands of Ming soldiers approaching Songjin, and Hauge conscripted all the men from Jianzhou but failed to retreat from the enemy. The breath is about to run out.

This time, the Ming army came so fast that he didn't even have time to run, so he simply didn't do anything, and simply took refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty dealt with the Mongols for hundreds of years. During this period, the various Mongolian ministries repeatedly expressed their submission, but the Ming Dynasty still failed to form an effective rule over Mongolia.

He decided that as long as he was soft this time, the Ming Dynasty would treat him softly based on his status as the highest among the Horqin Mongols.Looking back and waiting for the Ming army to slap his ass and leave, he is still Horqin's boss.

As for the Manchurian "Blood Alliance"?Don't be kidding, I'm going to fly separately when the disaster is imminent, and you Qing court has no ability to save me.Besides, it was said earlier that Bumbutai and the little emperor were missing, but they haven't been found for more than half a year, probably because they were killed by Hauge.Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous!
Qin Yiming frowned and thought for a while, the Holy Majesty ordered him to beat Horqin, but he didn't mention whether he would be surrendered.

As for Wu Keshan's claim that he can persuade the Horqin Mongols to surrender... according to the news sent a few days ago, the various departments of the Baigan Army have broken through at least twelve of the sixteen Horqin departments, and the rest are also under Qin Zuoming's army. Wu Keshan's help is also a general trend.

So he waved his hand, "It's better to tie it up first. I'll talk about it after I report to the Holy Majesty."

"Slow, slow..."

When Wu Keshan was dragged out of the big tent, Qin Yiming ordered again: "Send an order to gather the nearby livestock and hand them over to Teng Jisi's people to take care of them."

He was not afraid that the people from Darhan Banner would run away, as long as he controlled the livestock, who would dare to run around in the vast desert without food?
"The army rests on the spot, wait for Zuo Ming to come to meet up, and send troops to attack Shenyang!"

"Yes!"

……

Hanxing two years, February 24.

At the foot of Songshan Mountain, the Ming army camp.

Zhu Linming looked at the report sent by Qin Yiming, nodded and said: "It's good to surrender, and save you the trouble of chasing and suppressing everywhere."

Zhang Jiayu bowed to one side and said: "Your Majesty, the Horqin tribe and the Jianlu tribe are one body, and they caused many disasters in the Central Plains before, if we let them go easily..."

"Forgiveness and forgiveness." Zhu Linmei smiled warmly, "Let Wu Keshan gather all sixteen tribes of Horqin first, and then give them another pasture."

"What does your majesty mean?"

"Two places for them to choose. If you want to be warm, go south, Guinea Island. If you want to be cool, go north, along the Lena River."

Needless to say about the ghostly place of Guinea, the Lena River has already turned into ice in the hinterland of Siberia.

Zhang Jiayu's eyelids twitched, and he bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Just as he was talking, Yu Xin brought someone to report, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has sent the newly cast cannons. Three 42-pound cannons, five 24-pound mortars, and three [-]-pound short cannons , the chariots and horses have already arrived outside the camp."

"Okay, I'm waiting for these things to attack. Let them drag them directly to the enemy's bastion." Zhu Linmi suddenly wondered again, "Why are there three 24-pound guns?"

Behind Yu Xin, an official from the Ministry of Industry came forward to salute, and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Siwu of the former Nanjing Armament Bureau created a new type of extremely powerful shell, which must be released with this short cannon. Originally, the Ministry of Industry thought that this thing It may not be suitable for use, Fang Shilang mainly sent it to Liaodong for a try."

"A powerful cannon?" Zhu Linmei raised her eyebrows and asked, "Who is this secretary?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, his name is Zhang Luxiang, he was a Jinshi of Gezhi Kexinke last year, and he has many wonderful ideas."

Zhu Linmi heard that the name was a little familiar, but she couldn't remember who it was, so she greeted the official from the Ministry of Industry and Zhang Jiayu and others, "Go, go and see how powerful this new cannon is."

When the group arrived at the open area outside the camp, Yu Xin had ordered the 42-pounder guns and mortars to be taken away, leaving only three stubby guns and a few carts of ammunition.

Someone from the Ministry of Industry pointed to a square-faced man in his early thirties beside the cannon carriage, "Your Majesty, he is Zhang Luxiang."

The latter hurriedly stepped forward to salute, but was held back by Zhu Linmi, "Forget it. Let me tell you what's so special about your cannon."

"Return to Your Majesty," Zhang Luxiang said, "This cannon is an ordinary short cannon. I just made a new kind of cannonball. When it is shot into the enemy's formation, it can explode with a bang. At least no one can survive within two feet."

"Will it explode?" Zhu Linmi's eyes lit up, "Flower bomb? You invented it?!"

Zhang Lvxiang was surprised and said: "Flower bomb? Your majesty knows the name of this cannonball. Could it be that there was such a thing in the first place? Yes, I was inspired by the shocking thunder created by your majesty and switched to shooting it with a cannon. It seems that it is..."

"No, no," Zhu Lin said hurriedly, "I just heard what you said and gave this cannonball a name, but I haven't seen it before."

He has always felt that things like flower bombs are not safe, so he never mentioned them to others. He never thought that someone in the Ming Dynasty would invent them himself.The enthusiasm of this inventor must not be easily dampened.

Sure enough, it is right to promote Gezhixue!It has only been more than half a year since the Gezhi Imperial Examination, and he has achieved such an amazing result!

He said to Zhang Lvxiang again: "Quickly take one and show me."

"According to the order."

Zhang Lvxiang and a gunner carefully carried the new shells over. Zhu Linmi only took one look, and immediately felt extremely shocked!

A fuze made from the root of a feather protruded from the black iron ball, and the shell was cross-fixed on a pie-shaped wooden chassis with copper skin. The appearance was exactly the same as the front-loading shells that appeared in the Napoleon era!
Zhang Lvxiang explained: "Your Majesty, this shell is hollow and filled with gunpowder. If the fuse is ignited before the barrel, and then the gun is fired into the enemy's formation, the fuse ignites the gunpowder in the shell, and the shell explodes immediately. It is more powerful than ordinary shells. How many.

"Ah, and this wooden disc under the shell..."

Zhu Linmei continued: "It can stabilize the direction of the shell, so as to prevent the shell body from rolling when fired, causing the lead wire to contact the burning gunpowder in the shell early."

(End of this chapter)