The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 75
After the cannon was ejected, thousands of pairs of eyes present all stared at the trajectory of the cannonball.

After flying for about ten seconds, the shell hit the boulder on the small hill very precisely, and the stone fragments were scattered everywhere.

Seeing that the shell hit the target, Li Han was obviously relieved. Although he was confident, he was still a little worried that something might happen. After all, he was still a prisoner.

"Okay, not bad!" Jiang Chuan nodded and praised Li Han loudly.

With Jiang Chuan's approval, Li Han was quite excited, and hurried over and said with a silly smile, "General, what else do you want to hit, I guarantee you can hit them all."

With one shot, this kid was a little embarrassed.

Jiang Chuan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "No need, this shot has already demonstrated your ability. Let me ask you, you used to shoot the Tartars, are you willing to shoot the general in the future?"

Li Han was stunned for a moment, and said with great joy: "General, I am willing, of course I am willing. Although I have shot the Tartars before, I have never fired a shot at Daming. As long as the general can let me take revenge, I can do anything .”

"Okay, from now on you are the commander of my artillery team, and these 29 cannons are under your control. You can choose the manpower you want, as long as you like it, you can give it to you. As long as the person you choose is not from now on I'm captured." Jiang Chuan said solemnly looking at Li Han's excited expression.

"Yes, General, my life from now on is yours. If you tell me to go up the mountain, I will never go down the river. I will follow you through mountains of swords and seas of fire." Li Han was stunned for a moment, then knelt down excitedly and said loudly, Both lines of tears came down.

"Get up, men have gold under their knees, don't kneel down easily. I don't like people who kneel to me. I only like people who have ability and integrity. Work hard in the future. Follow me. Not only can you kill the Tartars to avenge your family, but you will also Marry a wife for you, give birth to a lot of children, carry on the family line, glorify the lintel, comfort parents and ancestors, this life will not be in vain, understand?" Jiang Chuan leaned over to help Li Han up and smiled.

"Yes, General, I won't say anything, you can watch my performance in the future." Li Han nodded heavily, holding back his tears and choking his sobs.

"Okay, go ahead and pick people, you will have work to do soon." Jiang Chuan patted him on the shoulder and smiled.

All of a sudden, his life changed from thinking that he was bound to die to the current turning point, and he regained his new life. Li Han was very excited, full of gratitude to Jiang Chuan, and determined to perform well so as not to disappoint Jiang Chuan.

Looking at Li Han's excited back, Jiang Chuan smiled.He knows that respect and hope can inspire a person's blood and potential more than death threats.

Most of the original artillery team members were jumped out by Li Han, and the remaining few were also not suitable for Li Han.

In addition, Li Han selected some people from among the captives to add them in. In the end, the entire artillery team consisted of about 200 people, basically every five or six people were responsible for one cannon.

As for the people Li Han selected, Jiang Chuan was all right, which made Li Han even more grateful.

Looking at those who were picked into the artillery team, most of the other captives had envious looks in their eyes. Many of them hated themselves for not being an artilleryman.

Jiang Chuan knew that in this era, although the red-clothed cannons had shown great power, the craftsmen and soldiers who operated the cannons did not receive the treatment and respect they deserved. These things happen.

Moreover, other arms, infantry and cavalry don't think much of artillery, thinking that they are not real men, and despise them in various ways.

In fact, this is also the malady of the entire era. Science and technology are underestimated, and all technology and technology are regarded as strange skills and obscenity. While enjoying it, they despise it at the same time, which is the attitude of the vast majority of people.

As a modern soul, Jiang Chuan is of course well aware of the importance of technology, and more importantly, of the far-reaching significance of artillery in war.

So he simply gave Li Han a position as the commander of the artillery team. Not only does he need a technical talent like Li Han, but he also needs a polite and virtuous corporal. It means to show other prisoners that as long as you are really capable and sincere If you take refuge, you will definitely have a chance to regain your life.

Judging from the reaction of the captives, the initial effect has been achieved.

The future is long, just wait and see.Jiang Chuan muttered to himself.

"My lord, are we going to rescue Datong now?" Ran Wu walked over to Jiang Chuan and asked.

Datong?Jiang Chuan looked to the south, then turned to the north, crossed the wild boar slope, and cast his eyes to a place farther away.

Do you really want to rescue Datong?Compared with the Tartars, our own troops are seriously insufficient, and now there are more prisoners and luggage, and we need to allocate troops to guard and transport them.

Moreover, this place is still more than 200 miles away from Datong, and the main force of the Tartars has set off three days ahead of schedule, so they don't even know what the situation in Datong is like now?
Thinking of Datong City, Bai Jinxiu suddenly thought of her. I don't know if she has left Datong City now, will she run into Tazi soldiers?
No matter how powerful she is, she is just a woman.Besides, I asked others to report the letter by myself. If something really happened, I would definitely feel guilty for the rest of my life.

In fact, this girl's nature is not bad, although Gao Leng's self-willed temper has become a little bit bad, but she is still very righteous at critical moments.

Forget it, the big deal is that I will treat her better in the future, as long as she can come back safely this time.This girl is so tough, nothing will happen to her.Jiang Chuan comforted himself silently in his heart.

"My lord, my lord." Ran Wu looked at Jiang Chuan who was lost in thought, and called out.

"Oh, did you mean Datong just now? What do you think?" Jiang Chuan came back to his senses and asked back.

"My lord, we have seized the red-clothed cannon of the Tartars. If we dare to rush to the city of Datong before the Tartars know that their supply team is wiped out, we may be able to deal a heavy blow to the Tartars and relieve the danger of Datong. .” Ran Wu said in a deep voice.

"Yes, we now have cannons, but this is not enough to give us the confidence to fight the Tartars head-on. First, our military strength is seriously insufficient compared to the Tartars; second, it is more than 200 miles from here to Datong City. Now that we have so many extra supplies and red cannons, it will seriously slow down our speed. Third, the artillery team has just been established, and the members are all from the Tartars anyway, and the hearts of the people are still very unstable. Once we face the Tartars The Zi army is likely to fluctuate repeatedly. Fourth, we don’t know the situation in Datong City at all, so rushing forward to rescue is dangerous in itself. Therefore, Datong, we can’t.”

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Chuan said in a calm voice, this is a question he has been thinking about just now.

"My lord's analysis is very reasonable. So what should we do next? Should we go back to Calabash Valley? Now that the Tartars don't have cannons, it must be difficult to capture Datong City." Ran Wu said.

"Of course we have to go back, but not all of them. Although we don't go to Datong, we can go to another place and give Dorgon a great gift." Jiang Chuan laughed and pointed northward with his hand few times.

"Your Excellency, you mean Liaoyang?" Ran Wu was taken aback, looked to the north, and his eyes lit up.

"That's right, let's encircle Wei and save Zhao for the Tartars." Jiang Chuan nodded and laughed.

"Your Excellency is wise. Liaoyang is more than a hundred miles away from here, and this time the Tatars use Liaoyang as their starting point. This time, after the army is exhausted, it will definitely be empty. It is absolutely unexpected that someone will attack Liaoyang. We can just take advantage of Liaoyang's emptiness and take it in one fell swoop. Besides, the small city of Liaoyang is not as thick as the high walls of Datong City, and now we have red cannons to help us out, it will not be difficult to take down Liaoyang. My lord, this move is really clever!" Ran Wu thought about it carefully, and immediately clapped his hands and applauded.

"That's right, that's the reason. So this time you take my personal guards, heavy cavalry and crossbowmen to return to the valley first, pressing the captives and food and supplies. I will take [-] cavalry and artillery to Liaoyang."

"My lord, the battle is dangerous, let the subordinates go down, and I promise to take Liaoyang in one fell swoop." Ran Wu hurriedly begged for orders.

"I know you are loyal, but I have to go this time. Although we have great confidence in winning Liaoyang, the battlefield situation is complex and changeable, and timely decisions are needed, so it is more appropriate for me to go. And Guzhong also needs you to sit in the town. Just Let's do this." Although Jiang Chuan's tone was flat, he carried a decisiveness that could not be changed.

"Promise, my subordinate obeys orders, my lord, take care all the way!" Ran Wu shared his worries for the lord, seeing that Jiang Chuan had already made a decision and would not fight anymore, he immediately clasped his fists and said in a deep voice.

Soon, [-] heavy cavalry, [-] crossbowmen, and [-] armored swordsman personal guards escorted food, supplies, a dozen cannons, and captives, led by Ran Wu, and began to march towards Calabash Valley.

Jiang Chuan only left [-] cavalry, [-] red cannons and half of the artillery team.

With the many unowned horses left on the battlefield, these heavy red cannons have been harnessed to the horses, and the speed can also be increased.Although it is not a draft horse specially used to pull carts, it is still usable.

Moreover, Li Han and half of his artillery team were also on horseback, so the marching speed would not be slowed down too much.

"Let's go!" Jiang Chuan gave an order, and three thousand cavalry rushed to the north, followed by the rumbling artillery team.

The Qing soldiers in Liaoyang would never have imagined that the red cannons that set off to fight Datong a day earlier would soon turn their muzzles and drop the shells on their own heads.

Just when Jiang Chuan was planning to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao and rush to Liaoyang, Datong City, two hundred miles to the south, was in the midst of a bloody storm.

Under Dorgon's strict order, the Qing soldiers had been attacking for two full days. The entire northern city wall of Datong was stained with blood, and the bottom of the city wall was full of corpses. There were both Qing soldiers and Ming soldiers. They are entangled together, and many are even tightly twisted together.

These piled up corpses have begun to emit a disgusting stench under the scorching sun.

Standing on a high observation deck, Dorgon looked at Datong City, which was still firmly in the hands of the Ming army. His handsome face was frowning, and even the deliberately grown beard seemed to be frowning.

"Marshal, we can't attack the city like this again. Our Eight Banners warriors shouldn't die like this." A tall and thin general came up angrily, and shouted loudly when he saw Dorgon.

"Haoge, pay attention to your tone, is this the tone you should have when talking to Uncle Wang?" Dorgon knew who was here without turning his head, and reprimanded coldly.

　The second is coming.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)