Boom boom boom...

Twenty artillery shells fell to the ground and exploded one after another - the Ming army fired all explosive shells this time.

Although none of the several artillery shells that landed near the Qing artillery carriage hit the artillery carriage, the resulting explosion killed or injured the Qing artillery gunners, and the four artillery carriages immediately stopped in place.

Other explosive shells also caused dozens of casualties in the Qing army, causing confusion among the Green Camp soldiers and the Eight Banners soldiers of the Han army.

"Go quickly and move the artillery cart away!"

Bayan barked orders.

Immediately, hundreds of people rushed to the four liang artillery cart and worked together to lead it towards the city.

The rest of the Qing troops also dispersed further to avoid the second round of artillery bombardment by the Ming army.

Because the Qing army all knew that the Ming army's new artillery not only had a long range, but also fired quickly. Even if the gunner fired slowly, he could still fire a round with more than a hundred breaths.

You know, you know, but although these four cannons are not as heavy as the Hongyi cannon, they still weigh more than two thousand kilograms. Even if they are pulled by horses and pushed by people, they can only move about half a mile in a hundred breaths.

In order to threaten the position set up by the "Ming Army" on the other side of the river, they had set up the artillery position on this side of the river. The distance between the two was only more than a mile.

The new artillery of the Ming army can shoot as far as three or four miles.

Sure enough, after a hundred breaths, the Ming army's second round of artillery shells came over. The live ammunition was mixed with shells, and they all fell towards the four artillery carriages.

Suddenly, the Qing army suffered dozens more casualties, and the artillery carriage stopped again.

Bayan's current Han army with red flags only numbered more than 4,000 soldiers. They were bombarded twice in a row, and the casualties exceeded one percent, which made him feel distressed.

Seeing the green soldiers retreating all over the mountains and plains like sheep, Bayan's eyes flashed coldly and he said to a soldier: "Send the order for the green soldiers to send artillery!"

"嗻!"

On the other side, Dong Xueli was running and watching a show.

In fact, they didn't run too far. They spread out about a mile away from the river bank and rearranged their positions. In this way, if the Ming army crossed the river, they could seize the opportunity to attack halfway across the river.

Although he was like his grandson in front of Bayan, he had long been dissatisfied with the other person's condescending manner.

At this time, seeing Bayan's people losing money one after another, he felt a little gloating.

Unexpectedly, not long after he was happy, he learned that Bayan asked the Green Camp soldiers to move the artillery truck - wasn't this using the Green Camp soldiers as scapegoats?

Angry in his heart, Dong Xueli wanted to rebel immediately.

But he felt quite guilty - after all, he was already a slave of the third surname. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he fought several battles with the Ming army. His hands were stained with the blood of the Ming army. If he really surrendered, he might not end well.

Thinking about it, it was the big-head soldiers below who died after all, so Dong Xueli decided to admit it and sent a group of green soldiers who were not very popular with him to transport the cannon.

This was the case until the Green Battalion soldiers moved the four liang artillery vehicles out of the range of the Ming army's artillery, and suffered another round of artillery fire.

Bayan went over to check and his face suddenly turned dark.

I saw only two of the four Hongyi cannons intact. One of the fire doors was smashed, and the other one also had a hole. I don't know if it can still be used.

Hexi.

Li Ren and Wang Fuchen both came over, each holding a telescope to look at the situation on the opposite side, which made Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others not far away became jealous for a while.

They had learned that the telescope used by Li Ren and others could see much further and more clearly than the previous telescopes.

Gao Yigong was thick-skinned. After reading Li Ren, he came over and said with a smile: "General Li, can you all take a look?"

"Okay." Li Ren smiled and handed over the telescope, "Actually, I also brought you a few telescopes this time - according to the regulations of the Military Academy, all the generals and deputy generals in the garrison will be issued telescopes.

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"That's great!" Gao Yigong's face was filled with joy when he heard this.

Soon, Li Guo, Xin Sizhong and others also came over.

Li Guo said: "In the past, if we wanted to cross the river, we would probably be attacked by Qing captives who were halfway across. Now that there are dozens of cannons, it will not be that easy for them to stop us."

Xin Sizhong said: "There is still a certain danger - it is best to find more river boats and build a floating bridge to cross the river. Or we can attract the Qing captives here and we can secretly cross the river elsewhere."

Li Ren took a look and found that the current of the Yellow River here was quite fast.

Recalling Lu Daqi's previous instructions, he said: "There is no need to rush across the river - our purpose is to let the Qing captives increase their troops to Shanxi. Therefore, before Governor Lu sends the order for a general attack, we should reorganize the army well.

The main thing is running-in training.”

"That's what Mr. Li said."

"Then let's go back to the main camp to continue talking about the reorganization. We can just leave the Hexi position to Wang Zongbing (Wang Fuchen) to guard it."

"good."

Li Guo and Gao Yigong brought out almost all the Shun troops following them this time. As for the Ningxia Guard, they were handed over to Niu Chenghu for garrison.

Niu Chenghu turned out to be the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, and later surrendered. Therefore, when Lu Daqi visited Shaanxi and Gansu, he contacted Niu Chenghu and learned about the situation outside, and it was easy for Niu Chenghu to return to the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Niu Chenghu was originally a semi-warlord general, so Lu Daqi was not in a hurry to let him accept reorganization, but asked him to guard the Ningxia Guard as before.

Once the Qing captives were driven out of Shanshan, Niu Chenghu would have no choice but to accept reorganization unless he sought refuge with a large tribe in Oirat Mongolia.

The Recruitment Department spent several days completing the selection process.

As Gao Yigong said, apart from being too old and too young, most of the officers and soldiers under their command were of good quality, so more than 28,000 people were eventually selected into the new army.

However, there are only more than a thousand strong soldiers who meet the standards of the new army; there are more than 4,000 elite soldiers who meet the standards of the new army; the rest can only be regarded as soldiers who dare to fight.

Li Ren, in accordance with the instructions of the Military Affairs Council, selected 800 soldiers and prepared to transfer them to supplement the vacancies in the various imperial guards.

Three thousand elite soldiers were also selected to supplement the shortages in the border defense armies.

The remaining soldiers, about two thousand elite, are to be retained as personal soldiers in the newly formed two-town garrison.

As for the extra thousand soldiers who dared to fight, they were used to supplement the garrison of several towns in Shaanxi.

Finally, the newly established two-town Shaanxi garrison had Li Guo and Gao Yigong as chief officers respectively, and Li Ren and Wang Fuchen each selected a battalion general as their deputy generals.

In addition, Xin Sizhong was transferred to Lu Daqi to supervise Biao as deputy general.

Ma Chongxi, Zhang Neng, Tian Hu, Yang Yanchang, Liu Wenbing, and Guo Junzhen were the battalion generals in Li Guo and Gao Yigong's army respectively.

Among them, Liu Wenbing has the same name as Xin Lebo of the Ming Dynasty who died in the Jiashen national disaster.

After the recruitment department completed the selection, some people were selected, and the specific reorganization work was handed over to Li Guo, Gao Yigong and other former Shunjun generals.

In this way, Li Guo and others can reorganize according to their respective understandings of the generals and officers in the army, so that they can get along faster and their combat effectiveness will not drop too much...

Go back to a few days ago.

September 19, Nanjing.

Zhu Yuyao was in the Wuying Palace, holding a video conference.

"As for Shaanxi, Lu Daqi and Li Dingguo have decided on a strategy of attacking Shanxi in three directions: south, middle and north, and are expected to launch a general offensive at the end of September.

However, it is difficult to predict whether the Qing captives will send more troops to Shanxi and by how much.

Therefore, the minister suggested that Yinxi be blocked and Zeng Ying launch a general offensive as soon as possible to increase the pressure on the Qing captives on the southern front.

In this way, even if the Qing captives do not send more troops to Shanxi, they will send more troops to the southern front, and we can always achieve the goal of reducing their troops in northern Zhili."

After listening to Li Yan's words, both Zhu Dadian and Red Lady here, as well as Qin Liangyu and Ma Ke on the other side, couldn't help but nod.

Seeing this, Zhu Yu'ao said: "Then the Military Academy sent a message to Du Yinxi and Zeng Ying, ordering them to find an opportunity to launch a general attack on the Qing captives before September 30th!"

In the video projection, Li Yan bowed his head and said: "I obey the order!"

Military orders issued by the Military Academy are currently handled by the Staff Department, which is actually managed by Li Yan.

The head coach of each team who has deployed a telecommunications team will usually send a telegram to the telecommunications office under Zhu Yuyao's charge after receiving an order from the Military Academy to confirm the order.

Only after receiving the confirmation message sent by the Telecommunications Department in the name of Zhu Yurao, the commanders of all parties will carry out the military orders issued by the Military Academy.

Although it is a bit convoluted, it can ensure that Zhu Auao firmly controls the army.

In addition, Zhu Yuyao, as the Military Academy, would not issue too specific command orders to the generals at the front. For example, this time, Du Yinxi and Zeng Ying were given ten days to find the best fighter plane.
Chapter completed!