Chapter 488: Returning to Jiangning (Page 1/1)

In fact, there were many problems with this "combat effectiveness assessment" conducted by Jianyu, so the conclusions he obtained were also very different from the real strength of the Ming army.

First of all, the green battalion soldiers who play the Ming army are very different from the military literacy of the Dragon Guard and the broken battalion. For example, when Jianyu was conducting military exercises, the "Ming army" had not been able to form a "three-row horizontal formation" after a meal, but the Zhenghongqi Firearms Battalion on the opposite side quickly completed the formation and attacked first, always occupying the initiative. But with the training level of the new army of the Ming army, how could the speed of the formation leave a chance for the Qing army to take the lead?

Second, in the process of "shooting," the "Ming soldiers" knew that the opposite side was full of Manchurian Eight Banners, and where did they dare to behave too well to overshadow the Manchurian soldiers, and their subordinates were all a few copies slower, and even many people withdrew from the military exercise without being "killed," resulting in the "Ming Army" formation quickly falling apart.

As for the comparison of weapons, because Jianyu did not master the technology of fixed ammunition and the low level of training, the loading and shooting were more than twice as slow as those of the real Ming army.

In addition, under Qiao Weili's deliberate misdirection, the top management of Jianyu was convinced that "the heavy firearm has a longer range". In fact, although the 11-coin heavy guns can theoretically shoot nearly 200 paces away, the main factor restricting the firing range in actual combat is the accuracy of hitting.

If you want to break through the limit of 70 steps, you can only rely on rifled gun technology, using bullet spin to ensure ballistic stability. However, only the Dragon Guard is now heavily equipped with rifled Type II Hunter Guns, with an effective range of more than 100 paces.

In the end, it was just a fantasy for Jianyu to use the method of fully equipped armor to fight against the Ming army. Not to mention that the rifled bullet shot by the rifled gun can penetrate two layers of cotton armor with great ease, even the six-dollar flintlock gun used in the camp can effectively break through the cotton armor within seventy steps. This is why the European infantry gradually abandoned armor from the 17th century onwards – as the warring sides were equipped with more and more muskets, armor did little longer than add to the burden on the infantry.

However, before the actual battle, the whole Jianyu was convinced of the results of this exercise, and fell into the myth that the Ming army was vulnerable in front of the Zhenghongqi Firearms Battalion.

Dasu on the side knew that Luck Dehun always thought that he was the best candidate to oversee the battle situation in Jiangnan, and he was not convinced by Hong Chengchou, so he also pretended to be indignant and said: "Then Hong Chengchou prides himself on 'stepping by step', in fact, I don't think he will fight at all." The army of more than 100,000 people couldn't take that little place in Zhejiang for a long time, and now they were beaten to Jiangyin City by Nikan. What a shame! ”

Babutai immediately answered: "If you want me to say, how can His Royal Highness the Regent not know that our Lord Belle is brave and good at fighting? It's just that it is necessary to appease those green camp Nikan, so Hong Chengchou is reused. When it comes to the regent's trust and respect, he is far inferior to Belle.

"Recently, the Nanban has repeatedly attacked and harassed everywhere with the convenience of boats, Hong Chengchou has repeatedly written to ask for the transfer of Laizhou sailors, but the regent ignored him, and Lord Belle only played once, and the imperial court immediately sent warships south."

In fact, Hong Chengchou has a hard time saying this. He was more anxious than anyone else to want the navy warships to come for reinforcements, but he also knew that Dolgon recalled Zheng Zhilong because Liaodong and Gyeonggi were harassed by the Ming army, and if he insisted that the sailors go south regardless of the recklessness, once there was a slight mistake in any of Shengjing, Xingjing, and Beijing, those people in the Northern Party would definitely take advantage of the problem and put all the blame on him. At that time, it will still be light to lose official positions and the like, and if you don't do well, you will have to throw your old life on the party struggle.

Therefore, he could only knock on the side, "reminding" Dorgon that he needed a warship, but the latter was a big boss, and where could he understand his "hint of shame", only if he could hold it without a ship, so he didn't even send a boat.

On the other hand, Lekdehun is the grandson of Nurhachi's second son, Daishan, and he firmly sided with the latter in the political struggle between Hauge and Dolgon, and greatly trusted Dorgon. It is because he can freely say that the situation in the south of the Yangtze River urgently needs warships, and he wants the imperial court to send sailors quickly, but he does not have to worry about the criticism of courtiers.

Luckedhun's expression softened a lot when he heard this, and he glanced at the phalanx under the city, and immediately pointed to a foot soldier—the man turned to the right when he heard the order to turn left—and said to the guard beside him: "That man made a mistake for the third time, according to the rules, ten lashes." ”

"Huh." The guards immediately turned away, and soon the screams of the soldiers could be heard from below the city.

Seeing this, Da Su was amazed in his heart, and the more than 20,000 troops of the Zhenghong Banner had only been training for a few months, and they were already lined up in order, and their momentum was mighty. Just lifting his feet and landing in unison, and keeping the formation straight when marching, even the elite of the Beijing camp under his command could not do it.

I thought that Luck Dehun should be very satisfied, but I didn't expect his requirements to be so strict, I heard that he led the troops well, and it seemed that it was true.

As the descendant of Dolgon, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, and in the future, with the Zhenghong Banner as a support, the position of the Nine Princes will definitely be more stable.

Suddenly, a number of horsemen came from the city, and the riders immediately held a triangular red flag and shouted all the way, "Urgent!" ”

When the officer guarding the gate saw the small flag, which represented the urgent military situation, he did not come forward to ask any more questions, but immediately ordered the gate to be opened and let them in.

In a moment, several captives strode up to the city, knelt in front of Luckedhun under the guidance of the guards, took out a letter and held it up, panting and saying, "Report! Summoning the southern governor Lord Hong urgently ordered, and Lord Belle immediately led the army back to Jiangning! ”

Luck Dehun dismantled the fire paint on the letterhead three or two times, took out the brocade inside and glanced at it, and couldn't help laughing, "Hong Chengchou always talks about 'strategy' and 'planning', this time he was surrounded by the Southern Barbarian army in Jiangning City, but it is still a 'siege strategy from all sides', but in fact, he doesn't want me to lead troops to save him?" ”

As he spoke, he handed the military order to Babutai beside him, who immediately lowered his face and said: "I said earlier that we would block the Nanban in Jiangyin, but we hurried here but we didn't even see a single figure. Now another military order is sent to Jiangning to 'encircle and suppress', and then it won't be empty again, right? ”

When Hong Chengchou sent a herald heard this, he hurriedly said that the Ming army was overhauling earthen fortifications and watchtowers outside Nanjing, and bombarding the city with cannons day and night.

Luck Dehun nodded, "In this way, these Nanban are determined to attack Jiangning to the death." That's a good thing, as long as we catch them, my army will be able to kill them in a moment! ”

The herald said again: "Lord Belle, Lord Dutang also specially advised, saying that this Ming army is extremely cunning and quite fierce in battle, so you must be more careful. ”

(End of chapter)

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