Chapter 557: Small Cannons and Chess Pieces

At the end of the month, after the long-distance reconnaissance patrol of the Chinese Army finally withdrew from the Jinzhou defense line, Dolgon was finally busy with the distribution of benefits after returning from this expedition.

On this day, he took a group of Houjin's ministers Baylor to the artillery factory located in the north of Shenyang City.

Entourage, there were a series of Jurchen Baylor who immediately took refuge in him after Huang Taiji's death, as well as Shi Tingzhu and other officers of the Eight Banners of the Han Army who were originally used by Huang Taiji to contain the Jurchen Eight Banners and horses, but were fiercely suppressed after Huang Taiji's death.

The person directly responsible for casting cannons in the artillery factory was a leader of craftsmen who surrendered to Houjin when Houjin entered the Ming Dynasty.

Although in the later stage of the Battle of Dalinghe, the Houjin army was bombarded by Chen Xin's heavy artillery troops who suddenly crossed the sea.

However, in the early battle of Dalinghe before that, when dealing with the army to which Daming Zu Dashou belonged, and the Daming reinforcements who came to Dalinghe to rescue Zu Dashou, the artillery team of Houjin Wuzhen Chaoha performed very well.

The artillery used by Wuzhen Chaoha, except for the small cannons captured from the Ming army before, almost all the large-caliber heavy artillery was created under the supervision of this person.

Even if Huang Taiji died, Dolgon and other living people would not forget the performance of the Wuzhen Chaoha artillery team at that time, not to mention, they also needed to make this person work harder to build artillery to deal with the Huaxia army that made them powerless.

Therefore, the leader of the craftsmen surnamed Wang was promoted to the rank of deputy general because of his meritorious work in casting cannons, and became one of the high-ranking officers in Wuzhen Chaoha.

After kneeling down to salute, the leader of the craftsmen surnamed Wang led a number of rollers and the ministers of Baylor into a courtyard specially used to display the cast artillery.

After entering, Dolgon completely ignored the newly cast large iron cannons on one side, and walked to the other side with a slightly anxious look, standing in front of the two small-caliber cannons.

Since the Battle of Jinzhou, the four major councillors of Dolgon, Duoduo, Yuetuo, and Daishan, as well as a large number of generals of the Later Jin Army who had experienced the following battles, have begun to pay attention to the armament of the Huaxia Army.

When Chen Xin rebelled with Amin, the armament of the Xuan army established by Chen Xin was not fundamentally different from that of the Houjin, it was all the same thing. If it weren't for Chen Xin's reliance on the natural danger of the Yalu River and a few warships that I don't know where to get them, Chen Xin would have been arrested and beheaded by them.

Later, Hwang Tae-gil secretly planned the "Rectification of Chaos" operation that was planted by Amin's side, killed Amin, and seized most of the military power in the so-called South Korea established by Amin.

From then on, Huang Taiji and the Hou Jin people no longer regarded Chen Xin as a rival, but actively expanded in the direction of the steppe, competing with Lin Dan Khan for the leadership of the Mongol tribes.

Later, there was an incident where Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong privately. Huang Taiji seized the favorable opportunity when the chaos in Dongjiang Town could no longer attack the rear of the Houjin, bypassed the Shanhaiguan Pass and went straight to the Jinggi area of the Ming Dynasty, plundering a large number of people and materials, and greatly alleviating the economic strength of the Houjin that was messed up by Nurhachi.

When doing these things, Hou Jin Na completely put all his energy into it, and he no longer had time to take care of Chen Xin and his group in the south. Therefore, they don't know much about the development of Chen Xin's department in recent years.

The Houjin side only knew through the reports of Sukh Saha and others that the army under Chen Xin had been equipped with a large number of muskets and artillery.

However, from the point of view of the Houjin, their Wuzhen Chaoha is also an all-firearms unit, and even Kong Youde's department, who fled from the Ming Dynasty, is also equipped with firearms on a large scale. Chen Xin's actions were not taken seriously by Houjin at all.

It wasn't until after the battle between Hou Jin and Da Ming in the Daling River area that Chen Xin suddenly crossed the sea and launched that fierce attack, which made Hou Jin realize that Chen Xin was so powerful that he already had the ability to counterattack Liaodong.

During the Battle of Jinzhou, the Huaxia Army actually directly put out a powerful array of cavalry and the kind of muskets and handcuffs that could be fired continuously.

In the later Battle of Fuzhou, all kinds of mines and light but powerful small cannons appeared.

At this time, these individuals of Houjin finally began to mumble in their hearts, not knowing what powerful weapons or new tactics they would encounter next time they met the Huaxia Army.

The endless emergence of new weapons in the Huaxia Army, as well as the constantly innovating new tactics, brought a kind of unknown fear to the people in the Later Jin Dynasty and the vast number of front-line officers.

Because of this fear, Dolgon, Duoduo, Yue Tuo, Dai Shan, and even the slave owners and military officers who were slightly more powerful in the Later Jin Dynasty could not bear to send spies to China to spy on them.

The leader of the craftsmen surnamed Wang is just a general person in charge, in fact, there are other craftsmen who personally guide the casting of cannons.

At this moment, the craftsmen of the two front-line knelt on both sides of the two small cannons, respectfully welcoming the arrival of the "masters".

"Lord Belle, please see, these are the two small cannons, which can shoot three-pound guns, which can be pushed by a gun cart, and the total weight of the gun carriage is 850 pounds.

Originally, there was no hope for this cannon, but Belle Ye ordered the servants to go to the Tianyou Army to observe, and only after the advice of the gunners under the command of the general soldier of Nakong that Wangdou was added. The minion thanked Lord Belle for his advice. ”

Dolgon gently touched the two small-caliber cannons with his hand, and then, looking back at Shi Tingzhu who came with him, nodded at him, and motioned him to come up and take a closer look at the difference between these two small cannons and the small cannons of the Huaxia Army.

Shi Tingzhu has had a very difficult time since Huang Taiji's death, because they, the Han Army Banner that was expanded later, were the ones who came to contain the Jurchen Eight Banners with Huang Taiji, and now that their supporters are dead, they can still have a good life there.

Fortunately, Huang Taiji died, and the heir of Zhongyi, Haoge, was killed by Chen Xin on the Yalu River a few years ago, leaving the other sons too young to compete with the other Baylors for power.

And the other Baylors, in recent years, have also been suppressed by Huang Taiji, and their forces have been constantly balanced, and they have not been able to stand out and inherit the throne at all.

When the dispute continued, these off-the-field forces, the Han Army Banner, which was originally not valued, re-entered the eyes of the magnates of the Eight Banners.

Shi Tingzhu himself, as soon as his eyes came, took refuge in Dolgon, who had the title of the wise king. became a powerful pawn under Dolgon, competing for the throne of the Golden Khan.