Who shot the cannon?

Artillery fired by the Huguang Artillery Battalion.

Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, artillery has been attached great importance to. As early as outside the Pass, Emperor Taizong boldly proposed the guiding spirit of establishing a powerful artillery force in the Qing Dynasty, thus creating the first artillery force of the Qing Dynasty - Wuzhen Chaoha Camp.

Afterwards, huge sums of money were spent to bring in artillery talents from within the Pass, surrender prisoners, and introduce artillery talents from the Korean army. In the end, they succeeded in overpowering the decadent Ming Dynasty in terms of the quantity and quality of artillery, laying the foundation for the Qing Dynasty to successfully enter China.

After the regent Dorgon led the army into the pass, the important towns in the pass that the Qing troops had failed to attack and had to bypass were often unable to survive even a day under the attack of the Qing's powerful artillery troops.

For example, the important town of Taiyuan fell in one day, like Tongguan fell in half a day, like Yangzhou fell to the ground with the sound of cannons, like Nanchang fell in two days...

It can be said that as soon as the heavy artillery arrives, the fortified city will be destroyed.

In view of the importance of artillery, the Qing army has formed an unwritten rule over the past century, that is, the artillery unit must take precedence over other units in terms of salary, rank, and even equipment.

That is to say, the preparation of high-end configuration is one level.

Moreover, the command power is firmly in the hands of the children of the bannermen. Officers who are not from the bannermen cannot serve as commanders of artillery units.

The artillery battalion of Huguang Green Camp starts from the second-grade deputy general (Xie Zhen). The rest of the troops are organized up to the battalion level, and the commander is the third-grade staff general.

The person who served as the assistant commander of the Huguang Green Battalion Artillery was Eda, who was born in Xianglan Banner in Manchuria.

This man was a Xiaofolang machine gunner in the Eight Banners Forward Battalion of the Central Army. Last year he was transferred to the artillery unit of the Green Battalion in Huguang and held the position of Zheng Sipindusi.

After the co-organizer Niu Lunbao and others successfully seized the military power of the Huguang Green Camp, Yongxun, as the general king, naturally wanted to clean up the Huguang Green Camp in order to firmly control this elite.

The specific method is to collectively replace the middle and high-level generals, and replace all key positions with their own people.

Similarly, artillery, a critical branch, has also undergone vigorous reorganization.

The result of the reorganization was that all generals from the Han banner in the original artillery battalion were transferred, and all important positions in the battalion were replaced by officers from the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia.

The reason why they were not dispatched from the Guards, Coats and other units is that artillery is different from other arms and has strong professional skills. Sending generals who do not understand artillery to command artillery will cause big troubles.

Moreover, attacking Xiangyang requires a strong artillery force. In this case, it is impossible for Yongxuan to randomly transfer people to take over the Huguang artillery camp.

The person who made the specific adjustments to the artillery battalion was Yongxun's father-in-law, Fu Seng'e, the Minister of War.

With his approval, Eda, who was born in Manchuria, was promoted to deputy general and became the top commander of the Huguang Artillery Battalion.

Eda also behaved quite honestly after taking office. He obeyed any orders from the camp and calmed the panicked artillery unit. He led the most powerful artillery unit in Huguang to participate in the attack on the river mouth and cooperated with the main force.

The troops carried out shelling on Niuxin Village for several days.

Although it failed to completely destroy the Niuxin Village rebel defense line, the effect was significant.

The Buddhist monk Eda planned to give Eda a single-eyed flower feather after the war and promote him to a more important position.

The single-eyed flower feather is equivalent to the Baoding Medal of the Qing Dynasty, the double-eyed flower feather is similar to the Blue Sky and White Sun, and the three-eyed flower feather is equivalent to the Guoguang Medal.

Giving a yellow mantle is probably the Yunhui Medal.

They were all commendations given by the Qing Dynasty to outstanding soldiers.

Currently, the leader of the rebels, Guiziliu, has three flower feathers for his eyes and 16 yellow mantles.

Except for the one he was awarded, the owners of the other two are one who is Mingliang and the other who died in the previous war and died for his country.

Yongxun was also very satisfied with the outstanding performance of the Manchu and Mongolian artillery generals headed by Eda.

However, due to the rush of time and the artillery unit officer's file information was with Guiziliu, Si Age did not have time to learn more about Eda's personal resume.

This man was a vest gunner of the Qianfeng Battalion. He was ordered to carry several small Franco machine guns and was ordered by Jia Jia Shikai, the Prime Minister and Minister of Military Affairs of Shandong, to go south to quell the religious rebellion in Shandong.

After the Shandong religious bandits were pacified, Eda was transferred to the Changwei Army under the Infantry Command Yamen and served as the artillery team leader (ranked as the fifth-level defense guard). Later, he went south to Huguang with the army and was promoted according to the Banner Wai Ren.

First-level principle, converted into the fourth-grade artillery battalion commander of Huguang Green Camp.

At the same time, he is also one of the Manchurian committee members of the Huguang Green Camp.

He is a first-class Manchu warrior who is loyal to Prince Rui.

It was Prince Rui who personally promoted him from a rank-less vest to a full fourth-rank captain.

In addition to receiving the official salary of the Dusi, he also enjoys a special allowance of 300 taels from the Joint Advancement Association every year.

After discovering that his superiors seemed to be under control, Erda planned to launch a mutiny.

But when the mutiny was about to begin, the staff of the Secret Service secretly conveyed to him the highest instructions from the honorary president.

Since then, Eda has been waiting for the dawn to arrive.

When does dawn come?

It's now.

According to the supreme directive, Erda issued action orders to the artillery members.

After that, hundreds of cannons adjusted the muzzle height and the firing direction.

Directly paralyzed the puppet army's command center.

One after another, the cannonballs roared towards the place where the puppet general Wang's flag was. People screamed and horses neighed, and frightened horses ran around in sight. All the people and horses hit by the cannonballs were smashed on the spot.

The fall of General Wang Qi caused the officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion to cheer, and the friendly troops in the distance to let out roars that filled the mountains and plains.

Having completed his mission, Eda excitedly picked up the telescope. In the lens, Prince Rui had climbed down from his white horse and walked towards the cheering officers and soldiers of the Green Camp surrounded by countless personal guards.

Wherever the young hero of the Qing Dynasty went, swarms of officers and soldiers lifted their spears into the sky.

Especially those officers and soldiers who were born in Jinchuan Town, everyone burst into tears.

Many people even feel sad and blame themselves!

Because they don't know that Guiziliu is Prince Rui, their admiral!

Otherwise, how could they listen to the lies above and shoot their most beloved admiral!

Jia Liu, who was dressed in a red robe, kept moving forward surrounded by the crowd. He waved enthusiastically, kept greeting his loyal soldiers, and even broke through the obstruction of the guards several times to shake hands cordially with the officers and soldiers.

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This just put a lot of pressure on the guards who were protecting the prince, especially the captain of the security bureau, who dared not leave the prince for a moment, lest there be bad guys hidden among the thousands of people.

"Sir Admiral!"

A distinctive shout caught Jia Liu's attention. Following the sound, a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old was looking at him with a flushed face.

He wanted to get closer, but was pushed to the left and right by the equally excited companions around him.

After finally squeezing out, he was stopped by the Admiral's personal soldiers who were holding hands to isolate the crowd.

"It's Dahu! Quick, let him come over, let him come over!"

Jia Liu recognized this young man at a glance. Wasn't he Cui Hu, Cui San's son, whom he personally visited in Chongqing to express his condolences?

Good guy, I haven’t seen you in a few years, but the half-year-old kid back then has turned into a teenager who is taller than me.

Upon hearing the prince's instructions, the guards quickly opened a gap and allowed the young man to rush to the prince's side.

"Dahu, what a good boy, you've grown so tall!"

Jia Liu slapped Cui Hu hard. He remembered that he arranged for Cui Hu to study at Xiaozhai Military Academy, but he did not expect Cui Hu to be assigned to Huguang Green Camp.

Then I thought about it and it was right. Huguang Green Camp was originally formed with Jinchuan Town of Sichuan Green Camp as the core. Except for the students of Xiaozhai Armed Forces Academy who were assigned to Jinchuan and Chengdu towns, the rest were assigned to Tianjin Navy.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Cui Hu is in Huguang Green Camp.

"Dahu kowtows to the Admiral!"

Cui Hu took the opportunity to kneel down, but Jia Liu stopped him and asked with a smile: "How are your father, your mother, and your grandma?"

"Thanks to the Admiral, my grandma passed away the year before last! My father and mother are fine. My father said that the Admiral was the great savior of our Cui family. He asked me to have a chance to see the Admiral and give you a good kiss!"

Cui Hu insisted on kneeling, but Jia Liu couldn't stop him, so he let the child go.

After he finished kowtow, he helped the person up and said with some emotion: "I also miss your father and the others. I have been wanting to go back and visit them in the past few years, but I have never had the chance. Send me a letter to your father and your mother.

Let them pack up and go to the capital, and I, the admiral, will ask them to take a stroll and have fun..."

Afraid that he would forget this, he specifically turned around and asked Shuan Zhu to make arrangements in person, that is, to select some family representatives from Sichuan Green Camp to come to Beijing, firstly to attend his coronation ceremony, and secondly, to let them have a good look at the beauty of the Qing Dynasty.

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Shuan Zhu must have remembered it, and was about to remind the young master that the Huguang Green Camp had changed its banner, but the puppet army still had three major battalions, so this place was not safe.

Just as he was about to say this, a group of officers suddenly rushed to the young master and bowed down in front of him: "Long live, long live, long live!"

"Long live?"

Jia Liu was stunned, suddenly his body felt warm, and he looked down and saw that someone had put an imperial robe on him.

When he turned around, he saw that it was Baoning, the admiral of Shaanxi-Gansu, Cao Dahua, the commander-in-chief of Xinghan Town, and Lao A and the others.

"Your Majesty, the military morale is available!"

The old man looked excited. He knew that there must be a yellow robe in the prince's suitcase, so he decisively pried the combination lock on the prince's suitcase.

Sure enough, there were three sets of royal robes stacked squarely inside.

One set is for enthroning, one set is for daily use, and one set is for worshiping heaven.

What is now draped on Jia Liu is the royal robe that he uses every day.
To be continued...