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  Chapter 401 399【Surprise attack on Liaodong】

   Nanjing.

  Song Yingxing brought two craftsmen to the audience, and also brought two muskets.

   "Meet Your Majesty!"

   The two craftsmen had obviously received etiquette training, so they resisted not kneeling, and followed Song Yingxing to bow to each other.

  Zhao Han asked with a smile: "You said the firecracker has improved again?"

  Song Yingxing replied: "Many styles have been improved, and this time I bring the best two."

   The two craftsmen behind Song Yingxing are probably the main contributors to these two guns.

  Zhao Han asked Song Yingxing to bring the gun over, and found that one was long and the other was short.

  The long one is no different from the existing bird guns, but the short one is obviously a flintlock.

Song Yingxing explained: "The improvement is nothing more than misfiring. This new bird gun (matchlock gun) has been tried for a month, and every 100 times the gun is fired, about 96 to 97 times are normal. And this flintlock, I also tried it for a month, and for every 100 shots, about 81 to 82 shots can be fired."

   That is to say, for these two new guns, the misfire rate of the arquebus is 3%-4%, and the misfire rate of the flintlock is 18%-19%.

   has been significantly improved.

  The next question is what kind of new gun should be installed.

  Zhao Han asked: "What about the shooting speed?"

  Song Yingxing replied: "The rate of fire of the bird gun has not changed, but the rate of fire of the flintlock should be doubled."

   Then don’t think about it. You must change to a flintlock gun. The nearly 20% misfire rate can be fully compensated by the rate of fire.

  The flaws of the matchlock gun are too obvious. Even if the Datong Army is well-trained, it can only fire once a minute.

   There is also a match, under normal circumstances, it can only burn for 30-40 minutes, and it will be shortened to 20 minutes in windy weather. The matchlock is afraid of rain and water, and it will be exposed at night.

  In addition, in order to prevent the matchlocks from interfering with each other, the musketeers should not stand too close together, and the musketeers should be at least one meter apart.

  After switching to the flintlock gun, the formation has to change accordingly.

  The width of the battlefield can become larger, the musketeers can stand denser, and the depth of the formation can become shallower. The number of melee units can be reduced, more firecrackers can be added, and the hollow formation against cavalry can also be practiced.

  Zhao Han said happily: "Make all of these flintlocks, and first equip our army's dragoons."

  With this military expansion, the inventory of the old matchlock guns was emptied, leaving only more than a thousand guns. The next step is to mass-produce flintlock guns, first for the dragoons, and then for the infantry.

  The eliminated firecrackers can be thrown to those defecting troops.

  For example, Qin Liangyu, Yang Zhan, and Gan Liangchen in Sichuan, and Guangxi soldiers who fought with the Tenth Division.

  Of course, due to production restrictions, it will take at least two to three years for all ten regular divisions to change their outfits. This is not playing games, researching and developing new equipment, which can be made immediately by spending gold coins, but in real battles, you have to wait slowly.

  After changing clothes, you can't go to the battlefield immediately, and you must carry out new formation and tactical training.

  Zhao Han asked the names of the two craftsmen again, so that he could appreciate them.

   The one who improved the flintlock gun, rewarded five acres of land, rewarded five taels of silver, and raised his salary by five levels. In addition, the title of "Skillful Craftsman" was awarded, and the Ministry of Industry and the whole army were notified for commendation.

  The one who improved the arquebus gun was rewarded with three acres of land, three taels of silver, three levels of salary increase, the title of "skilled craftsman", and notified the Ministry of Industry for commendation.

  Those who have obtained special titles, whether they are civil servants, military generals, merchants or craftsmen, will be allotted corresponding jade pendants and waist cards. Jade pendants can be hung on the waist as ornaments, and waist cards can be used to meet officials at all levels, including the emperor.

  A person holding a badge with a special title wants to see an official at a certain level, and the official must meet within ten days.

   Waist badges are numbered and engraved with the name of the person. If anyone uses or forges it, it is tantamount to treason.

  The special title of merchant has been awarded to hundreds of people.

  For example, if you donate to support education, you can be awarded the title of "Confucian businessman", except for the establishment of private schools. Another example is this year's catastrophe, and merchants who donate money and food to help the victims can be awarded the title of "benevolent merchants".

  These titles, just like the arches of Ming Dynasty, must be reported to the central government layer by layer, and can only be approved after review.

   Except for being able to meet officials with a license, everything else is honorary, without any special treatment.

   So far, no one has a license to meet Zhao Han. It is okay to see him, but if you have nothing to do and just chat with the emperor, the emperor will definitely record you in his notebook. The same is true for officials at all levels. If they look around for nothing, they are just asking for trouble.

  …

  North Korea, Seoul.

  A servant scrambled and rushed in, shouting in a panic: "Your Majesty, the soldiers from the Celestial Dynasty are here!"

   "Which... which dynasty?" Li Zhen's face turned pale with fright.

  The servant replied: "It is the Datong Dynasty that occupied Jeju Island."

  Li Ji trembled all over, stood up and ran to the harem, saying as he ran: "Quickly send the order, Yujia Beishou, to ask for the protection of the Qing Dynasty!"

  North Korea has been full of disasters in recent years.

   It was first invaded by Japan, all the way to the capital, burning, killing and looting along the way, the people's livelihood and economy were greatly damaged.

   Then he was beaten up by the Manqing again, and sent troops to help Daming fight, and the whole army was wiped out. Then he was violently beaten by the Manchu Qing, and 500,000 people were directly abducted from North Korea. Li Zhen's two sons were also taken as hostages.

  Civil strife broke out during the period, and North Korea was battered.

  Although it has recovered in recent years, it is impossible to fight wars again. Especially after the trade between China and North Korea was cut off, the army and navy were all abolished, Zhao Han sent troops to occupy Jeju Island, and the king of North Korea didn't even dare to fart.

   Just when Li Ji was about to abandon the royal city and flee, another official came to report: "Your Majesty, the envoy from the Celestial Dynasty has arrived with a gift."

   "Didn't they come to attack the city?" Li Zhen was puzzled.

  Official replied: "No."

   In fact, there are no messengers. Jeju Island has been set as Jeju County, and the merchant Meng Huai'en has already become the county magistrate.

   This time, Meng Huai'en went north with the army to become an official in a new territory.

  Replenish fresh water at Ganghwa Island on the way, and come to Seoul by the way to re-trade with North Korea—to force North Korea to sell food!

   Mao Wenlong’s Dongjiang Town does not produce food, and many military rations are bought from North Korea.

  At this moment, Meng Huai'en was wearing a blue official uniform and a black hat. Except that there is no Buzi, it is exactly the same as the magistrate of Daming County.

  He was followed by a group of soldiers, swaggering into Seoul.

   Li Yu led all the officials to greet him on their knees, prostrating and shouting: "XXX pays homage to the envoy of the Celestial Dynasty!"

  Meng Huai'en smiled and said, "Get up."

  Meng Huai'en was a little ecstatic at the moment, thinking that he was a businessman from Shandong who stayed in Zhenjiang because of the military disaster. How could he think that a few years later, he would be an official and magistrate? Today, even the king of North Korea kneels down to him.

   Li Yan had to kneel, because he surrendered to the Manchu Qing and completely turned his back on Daming.

  Although the Ming Dynasty has fallen, China has a new emperor. He had to be humble enough to save his life.

  Li Yan welcomed Meng Huai'en into the palace, accompanied all the officials, and hosted a banquet in honor of Meng Huai'en.

   After drinking for three rounds, Meng Huai'en suddenly said: "Our Majesty wants to rebuild Dongjiang Town, and the military rations are too far away, and he wants to reopen trade with North Korea. Silk, cloth, spices... have everything, and North Korea has to trade it for food!"

  Li Yuwei: "To tell you the truth, my lord, five years ago, the Manchu Qing abducted hundreds of thousands of people from North Korea, and also robbed countless livestock and property. There is really not enough food in North Korea."

   This is the truth.

  Hundreds of thousands of people, a large number of livestock and goods, were packed and taken away by the Manchu Qing. How could they recover in five years?

Meng Huai'en said with a sneer, "Since your Highness doesn't have that ability, then someone else has the ability to be the king. The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses who formed Dongjiang Town are now on the side of Jianghua Island. There is no food available in Phi Island, so they simply captured Seoul. Seoul rebuilds Dongjiang Town!"

  Li Yan was speechless for a while, frowning for a long time, and finally bit the bullet and said: "Master Angel, North Korea has food!"

  Of course there was food. Hundreds of thousands of people were kidnapped, leaving a large area of ​​land, which was seized by North Korean officials and then recruited tenants from all over the country to cultivate it.

  North Korean people have no food, but North Korean officials have more food than before!

   Moreover, after the resumption of trade, officials can take the opportunity to make a lot of money by exchanging grain for Chinese goods.

  If Li Zhen refused to agree, the two classes of nobles in North Korea would force him to agree.

   A few days later, the two parties conducted a transaction in Ganghwa Island.

  One shipment of goods can be exchanged for several shipments of grain, eliminating the risk of long-distance shipping from Jiangsu.

  The monitors of the Manchu Qing who stayed in North Korea immediately sent people back to report that the Datong Army was going to establish Dongjiang Town on Phi Island, and asked for more defenders in the coastal cities near Phi Island.

   Really build a military base on Phi Island?

of course not!

Because of the latest news, in order to dispel the idea of ​​the nobles of the Eight Banners robbing and going back, Dorgon ordered the destruction of towns and villages in Liaodong - this is also done in history, otherwise, most of the nobles of the Qing Dynasty would want to go back after robbing. northeast.

   Eight Banners soldiers and their families, servants, and households under the Eight Banners, more than 300,000 people entered the customs successively, enriching the sparsely populated Beizhili.

  In the entire Northeast, there are only 15 cities left with troops staying behind, and the rest are all governed by civilian officials.

  Since the northeast is so empty, why are you still nesting in Phi Island? Land directly to occupy the city!

  Liaodong Peninsula, with such a large area of ​​land, only Gaizhou and the Eight Banners Army are left.

  Dorgon never thought that Zhao Han could directly send troops to attack the Liaodong area across Shandong. This is not a problem of IQ, but a problem of vision, which even Hong Chengchou didn't expect.

  The navies of Shanghai and Fuzhou were all dispatched, carrying the soldiers of the 11th Division of the Datong Army and a lot of logistics supplies, and headed for Jinzhou (Jinzhou District, Dalian City).

  After unloading in Jinzhou, they will continue to return to Ganghwa Island to ship food from North Korea.

   "Enemy...enemy attack?"

  There is only one Han military officer and one Han civilian official responsible for managing Jinzhou City.

   They watched the huge naval fleet attack, and they didn't understand what was going on at all, and they even forgot to gather troops to defend the city.

   Of course, there is no way to gather troops.

  The urban population, plus rural farmers, in the entire Jinzhou territory, there are only 20,000 to 30,000 Han Chinese left, and there are more than 10,000 Datong soldiers and officials who came by boat!

  When the Datong army docked and landed, Jinzhou officials finally came to their senses and recruited the people in the city to defend.

  Hu Dinggui ordered: "The whole army takes off their helmets!"

  A commoner in Jinzhou, looking at the approaching Datong army, suddenly shouted excitedly: "There is no hair shaved, it is the imperial court's army, the emperor sent troops to fight back!"

   "Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

   "Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

  I don't know who shouted first, and the rest of the Han people cheered.

  Dorgon not only moved the population, but also took away most of the food. There is no Jinzhou City full of people, and the food is almost gone. It is estimated that half of them will starve to death before the farmers outside the city can grow food.

   "Kill the Tartars, welcome the Heavenly Soldiers!"

  The city defense force that had been organized with great difficulty suddenly rushed towards the Jinzhou officials.

   Those Jinzhou officials are actually Han Chinese.

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