Compared with the inconvenient transportation of the Ming army in Sichuan, the news of the Qing court was relatively fast. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The news of the Ming army's recovery of Guangxi, the Qing army letter used 800 li to expedit, change people without changing horses, about 8 days, the war report arrived in Anqing; On the 10th, it was sent to the capital.

The vast battle of the lake is imminent, the Forbidden City Taihe Gate, the eleven-year-old little emperor Kangxi sits on the dragon chair in the middle, Kangxi who was originally in history to be in power after three years, has now been in charge in advance, but some major events still need to go back to tell Bumu Butai, and she will be in charge. Some smaller things, Kangxi himself can call the shots. In addition to Sonny's old age and Aobai's worship in Anqing, Suke Saha and Kubilong stayed in the capital to assist Kangxi.

Sonny is old, Sukh Saha and Aobai are vying for power, and Suppilon has fallen to Aobai's side. At present, although Aobai is not in the capital, there is Kubilong to help him speak, and there is also a group of Aobai's henchmen, so in fact, the contest between Suke Saha and Aobai is at a disadvantage.

Kangxi sat on the dragon chair in the middle, and Suke Saha spoke first: "Your Majesty! Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guizhou all fell into the hands of thieves, and after the thieves seized Zhejiang, they did not send troops to Jiangning, not only fearing our Jiangning Jiancheng, but also trying to detour to Fujian and Guangdong, and take Huguang directly! The situation in the south of the Yangtze River has festered, and this Huguang is my granary, and we must not miss anything! If Huguang falls into the hands of thieves, my children of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty will lose their hardcore crops! ”

During the Qing Dynasty, Jiangnan was a granary at the beginning. Later, because of the development of the silk industry and tea in the south of the Yangtze River, many farmers changed their rice fields into mulberry fields and tea forests, and the Ming army seized Jiading, Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places, and the granary of the world has long been transferred from the south of the Yangtze River to Huguang.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Kubilong, who has always been at odds with Sukh Saha, agreed with Sukh Saha's words for the first time, "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that Huguang must not be missed!" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Huang Xigon also stepped forward.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Batai, Suo Etu, Wang Xi, Tuhai, Du Lide, Mulima, Sakhalian, Wang Denglian, Huang Ji and other Manchu and Han officials came forward one after another.

Kangxi looked at Su Ke Saha: "Su Aiqing, in your opinion, where should the main battlefield be in this Huguang decisive battle?" ”

Sukh Saha said: "Hunan! Emperor! Hunan must not be lost! The thief sailor is powerful, if Hunan is lost, the thief sailor enters Dongting Lake, the thief sailor can go down the river, and Yuezhou and Wuchang are in danger! If Wuchang is lost, the thief sailor will go down the Yangtze River, and Jiujiang, Anqing and other places will be in danger! At that time, only the lonely city of Jiangning will be left, and naturally it will not be able to hold on, and I will lose the entire Jiangnan in the Qing Dynasty! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Wang Xi stepped forward and said, "Hunan can't be lost!" If Dongting Lake is lost, the thief sailor will be like a tiger! As long as the thief sailor goes down the river, our army will not be able to resist it at all! ”

"Your Majesty!" Suke Saha said, "The thief sailor is going upstream, and he needs to use the monsoon season, and the speed is still slow, and the solid thief has not been able to attack Jiangning!" What's more, our army has the Anqing Navy Division's battalion, and if the thieves go against the current, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses! But once the thieves occupy the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the situation will be different! Sichuan has fallen into the hands of thieves, and Hunan must not be lost again! Otherwise, the thief giant ship will go down the river and will not be able to resist at all! ”

Who knew that Kubilong retorted: "Your Majesty! The minions don't agree with what Master Sukh Saha says! Although the thief sailor is sharp, the spirit canal has been in disrepair for many years and cannot pass through large warships! If the thieves go down the river in a small boat, and Lord Ao is stationed in Anqing, can the thieves still be able to take down the strong city of Anqing? Therefore, the main battlefield cannot be in Hunan, it should be in the Jiujiang area of Wuchang! ”

Kangxi asked: "Ji Aiqing, why did you choose the main battlefield of the decisive battle in the Jiujiang area of Wuchang?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Ji Bilong arched his hand, "The cities of Changsha and Yuezhou are in disrepair all year round, where can they compare to Wuchang Jiancheng?" The terrain of Hunan is flat, and there is no danger to defend! If our army is stationed in Changsha and Yuezhou, it will not have the advantage of the city or the terrain, but it will be conducive to the use of thieves' firearms! So the minions thought that the decisive battle in Hunan was a losing move! ”

Sukh Saha was furious: "Who said that you want to take advantage of the city? If you want to break the thief in one fell swoop, there is only a field battle! Wang Wei is already good at attacking and defending cities, but you prefer to trap lonely cities, wouldn't you let the thieves break through each one? I, the king of the Qing Dynasty, when have I ever been afraid of a field battle? ”

Suppilon sneered: "It's not what it used to be! The thieves have sharp firearms, and our army has lost nine out of ten field battles, so how can we fight with the thieves in the field? If it is pulled out and fought in the open terrain, even the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry will be defeated, let alone the Green Battalion? Now, our army can only stop the thieves with the help of fortified cities such as Wuchang and Jiujiang! ”

"Don't we have the Huguang New Army? The imperial court spent so much money to raise them, did it raise a group of rice buckets? What's more, we also newly trained the Eight Banners New Army! You can also go to Hunan and fight with the thieves! "Sukh Sahadao.

He knew in his heart what kind of goods the Eight Banners New Army were, but he sneered in his heart, but he couldn't belittle the Eight Banners on his lips, so he retorted: "What about the New Army? The thief has a firearm called a swarm of bees! This firearm is outrageously powerful! Don't talk about 5,000 cavalry, 10,000 cavalry rushed up and the whole army was annihilated! Not to mention the infantry! If it's in the open field, no number of new troops will be enough for them to fight! So our army can only rely on the city to hold on! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Mulima jumped out.

"Your Majesty!" Kubilong arched his hand again, "Our army is centered on Wuchang and other fortified cities, building earthen cities around them, imitating barbarians to build fortresses!" The forts are connected by moats between them, and if the thieves want to attack, they can only attack one fortress after another! And our army can use the trench to attack and break the enemy in one fell swoop! ”

Suppilon's professional words made many people stand up and support him.

However, there are still many people who support Sukh Saha, such as Sakhalian, Wang Denglian, Tuhai and others, who insist on a decisive battle with the Ming army in Hunan, and should decide the winner in the field battle, rather than being trapped in a lonely city and eaten by people one by one.

The two sides argued, and Kangxi, who was not very old, could not make a decision for a while, and ordered him to retreat.

Having no choice but to retreat, Kangxi went straight to Cining Palace, where Bumu Butai lived.

"Huang Ma, the thieves and soldiers refer to Huguang, some of those minions say that they will fight a decisive battle in Hunan, and some will say that they will fight a decisive battle in the Jiujiang area of Wuchang, Huang Ma, who should the grandson listen to?" Kangxi consulted his grandmother.

Bumu Butai asked about the situation clearly, nodded calmly and said: "Good grandson, grandma knows about the war in the south, our army really can't be consumed in the field anymore!" The thief's firearms are outrageously sharp! The minion said that the swarm of thieves is really powerful, this is not what a slave said, many banner people said so. There are banner people who fled back from the Battle of Jinhua, and they are all crazy! One can imagine how powerful this firearm is! ”

Kangxi asked, "Huang Ma, why can't we imitate this firearm?" ”

Bumu Butai shook his head helplessly: "Grandma also helped you ask Nan Huairen, it really can't be imitated!" If the good grandson doesn't understand, you can go to Nan Huairen and ask yourself. ”

"Grandson, this is out of the palace!" Kangxi dropped a sentence, changed into a set of ordinary son-in-law's clothes, and went out of the palace under the escort of a group of plainclothes guards, and went straight to the church where Nan Huairen lived.

After seeing Nan Huairen, Nan Huairen's answer poured a basin of cold water on Kangxi: "We really can't imitate this kind of firearm!" We can only build a swarm of bees that don't explode in the previous dynasty, but we can't build this new swarm of bees! Even the kind of swarm bees that don't explode is extremely expensive, and an arrow costs a lot of two pieces of silver! ”

After Nan Huairen's patient explanation, Kangxi realized that it was not so easy to build a rocket.

The first is the nozzle hole, the position of the nozzle hole of the rocket must be accurate, if there is a deviation, the rocket shot out is crooked, flying indiscriminately, I don't know where to fly, maybe it will turn around and return to its head. This is still the kind of ordinary swarm rocket used by the original Ming army when it was in Liaodong.

If you want to build a swarm of rockets that can explode, then it is even more difficult, not only the nozzle hole, the nozzle inside should be straight, to avoid the rocket from running around, but also for the processing of the tail fin, the processing of the projectile body, there are high requirements, it is necessary to maintain the balance of the rocket, so that the rocket will not fly around.

As long as even the four tails are asymmetrical, or the projectile body is unbalanced, the launched rocket is likely to return to the top of its head and explode!

Even if all this is done, the rocket has a low hit rate, so a large area needs to be covered.

For the Qing court, there were not many sulfur mines, unlike the Ming army that traded with Japan, and could obtain a large amount of sulfur, so the gunpowder of the Qing court was very valuable. To launch a swarm of rockets over a large area, it required a large amount of gunpowder, which was too difficult for the Qing army.

"Mr. Nan Huairen, there is also a kind of palm thunder in the thief's hand that can be thrown out with a pull, can that kind of firearm be imitated?" Kangxi asked another question.

Nan Huairen shook his head: "The cost is too high!" No unexploded palm mines have been obtained. I tried to use a steel wheel flint to pull the fire, but the ignition rate was very low, and I couldn't hit it four times out of ten. If it is lit with torches, then it is very inconvenient for ordinary infantry. ”

Nan Huairen didn't know the method of adding copper wire and glass slag and then using red phosphorus to pull the fire, so he first thought of flint ignition, but the success rate of flint ignition was too low and the reliability was very poor, after all, it was different from mines. The mine is large, there are multiple flint ignition devices in it, and the impact force of the ship is strong and the energy is huge, which can ensure a successful ignition. What's more, now the mines of the Qiongzhou Army have also been replaced, and they have also become copper sheets, glass slag and red phosphorus ignition methods.

As for other high-power weapons, they can't be imitated by Nan Huairen.

"It seems that it can only be a decisive battle with the thieves in the Wuchang area! The minion of Kubilong is reasonable, using Wuchang Jiancheng as the center, building a walled earthen city around it, arranging cannons, and arming layers of defenses! Dig trenches, our army can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat! With such a defense, you will be able to defeat the thief! Kangxi muttered to himself. During this period of time, because the situation in the Qing court was unfavorable, Kangxi also read a lot of military books, and even explored countermeasures from the war report. (To be continued.) )