As the gong alarm sounded, the armored soldiers on the hillside suddenly fell into panic. In a hurry, some looked for bows and arrows, some scurried under the carriage, some cried and shouted "Buddha", and some followed
Headless flies were scurrying about in the crowd, and the chaos was mixed with the shouts and curses of the officers.
Mian En stood motionless, his blood was so angry that his blood was trembling, his head was shaking, and he tried very hard to arouse the emotions of these people. However, with the smoke over there, it was all in vain.
At this time, Lan Chun, the guard behind him, said in a hurried tone: "Sir, I will protect you and take shelter in the woods."
After hearing the words of his men, countless thoughts flashed through Mian En's mind. However, the pride and strong self-esteem inherent in his blood always prevailed, and his face became more and more ferocious.
He decided to take a gamble. If the situation at hand could not be solved, whether it was to take his place on the nine-level throne or lead the Eight Banners through hardships, it would all be wishful thinking!
"Get away!" Mian En yelled, kicked Lan Chun out, and then said to the guard captain Wu Ni who was running over: "Wuni!"
"The slave is here!"
"Wait a minute and see what I mean! As long as I wave my arm, I will let the cannon team fire at that thing!" After that, he said to several guards: "You guys go too! Who dares to fire without permission without listening to the order?
If you don't have a gun, or if anyone is running away, don't wait for my orders, just kill them directly!"
"Hey! I obey your orders!"
After giving the order, Mian En turned around and stepped onto the carriage shaft with a quick step. He took off the bamboo hat on his head and the oil coat outside, completely revealing the prince's robe. Then he raised his right leg and stepped on the carriage.
He took a sip on the box, his eyes fixed on the black figure in the sky in the distance.
"Come on! Just stand here! Either I will knock you down, or you will kill me!"
As the saying goes, a soldier must be brave to be brave. Mian En's posture made the panicked officers and soldiers around him stunned, and then they felt ashamed. They all turned to the carriage where Mian En was and gathered around, or drew their bows and arrows.
Or holding a knife and a gun tightly and shouting curses at the sky.
At this moment, the bloody spirit hidden in the bones of the Eight Banners Mongolian soldiers in Jingkou finally broke out under the inspiration of Mian En.
Survival or face? This question is placed in front of modern people in another time and space, and many people will choose the former without hesitation. For many modern people, how much is face worth per pound? Money is real! As long as I
With money, what kind of face can’t be regained? Some people even loudly claim that “learning to be shameless is a compulsory course for adults.” Only by being shameless can we live a happier life.
But for Chinese people in traditional society, face is the dignity of being a human being. If dignity is gone, they are no different from pigs, dogs and beasts. You must know that death in ancient society was much more serious than in modern times. If "loyalty" is involved again
, the entire family will be unable to hold their heads high, and future generations will be pointed out.
It is said that after Gao Liugeng and the others had a small test in the morning and beat the Qing army to a pulp, they did not send out drones anymore because the snow was getting heavier and heavier. The officer who gave them drone training had repeatedly warned that strong winds, heavy snow, and heavy rain would
, you must not fly in the four weather conditions of thunder and lightning.
During this period, they just observed through the telescope on Tianfeng Pavilion and noticed that Qing troops were active on the top of the mountain in the south. However, because the visibility was too poor, they could not see clearly what the other party was doing.
It went on like this until noon. Gao Liugeng, who was eager to learn about the Qing army's situation, saw that the snow had lightened up. After careful consideration, he decided to send out the drone for reconnaissance. After all, there were only ten of them, and they did not want to find out the Qing army's movements.
I really have no idea. In order not to affect the flight speed, I didn’t hang grenades this time.
At the same time that the drone took off, several Qing troops stationed on the mountain behind Yongqing Temple noticed it, so they hurriedly lifted up the tarpaulin on the woodpile and poured another jar of Yongqing temple into the air.
I burned the sesame oil obtained from the monks of Qing Temple.
The drone first flew over the dry riverside and circled around. It saw that there were No. 100 Qing troops on the east and west sides of the Hongtu Bridge, but they were not the previous group of armored soldiers wearing cotton armor; then it flew to Yongqing Temple.
After wandering around the back hill, I discovered that there were only four Qing soldiers on the hill.
"Captain, look!"
The team member responsible for operating the drone soon discovered a new situation. On the trail leading to the back mountain of Yongqing Temple, more than 20 Qing troops were carrying supplies on their backs to the top of the mountain; the most conspicuous among them was
They were two cylindrical objects wrapped in oilcloth, tied with ropes, and carried on the shoulders by four Qing soldiers with wooden poles. Judging from the clothes worn by those Qing soldiers, these people were not Eight Banners soldiers, but Green Camp soldiers.
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Gao Liugeng, who was standing next to the operator, felt that what the other person was carrying should be two cannons. As for what the other people were carrying, they should be gunpowder, shells and sandbags. He then looked at the appearance of the cannon body wrapped in oilcloth and the load carried by the operator.
After pondering the height and pace of the Qing soldiers for a moment, they estimated that the length of the two cannons should be about six feet and their weight should be about three hundred kilograms.
When Gao Liugeng was receiving training at the Intelligence Bureau headquarters, he had specially studied the artillery knowledge of the Qing army, including shape, weight, caliber, range, etc. This was very helpful in spying on the defense forces of cities in various places. According to his estimation, then
The two cannons should be large mountain-splitting cannons.
The mountain-splitting cannon first appeared in the Ming Dynasty. In the early days, it was a short-range, small long-barreled cannon. It generally weighed about 70 to 80 kilograms. It fired iron sand and was mainly used to kill infantry. In the Qing Dynasty, due to the Qing government's control of
Only three light varieties are specified for daily drills, anti-theft and patrol artillery, so they are widely equipped in flag camps and green camps in various places.
Before the "Battle of Jinchuan and Jinchuan" broke out, the Qing army used a large number of split-mountain cannons in the battles between Hezhan and Tusi because they were light in weight and easy to transport. However, because they were too weak in power, they had no effect on attacking Tibetan watchtowers.
At most, iron bullets can knock off a few rocks or make a small hole. Therefore, if the Qing army wanted to conquer the tower, they could only use human lives to fill it.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After the "Battle of Jinchuan" began, facing the mountainous area densely populated with towers, the Qing army found it difficult to advance, and large artillery could not be transported, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate.
Governor Zhang Guangsi reported that the Chengdu Munitions Bureau had improved the mountain-splitting cannon, increasing its weight to 500 to 700 kilograms and its length to more than six feet. It could fire shells weighing three kilograms to three and a half kilograms, with a range of four to five miles.
, each time you use thirty concentrated attacks, you can destroy a watchtower.
After the "Battle of Fuldan City", Zhao Xin asked the Qing government to take the Flower and Bird Island in the Si Islands as a transfer station for the southward journey. Although Qianlong pinched his nose and agreed, he wanted to prevent ships from Beihai Town from entering the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and disrupting the south of the Yangtze River.
He then transferred all the hundreds of large mountain-splitting cannons cast in Sichuan to Jiangnan to strengthen the armaments of Jiangyin Fort and Jiangning, Zhenjiang and other places.
Gao Liugeng felt that there was some trouble. Although the grenades attached to the drones could kill people, the iron cannons of several hundred kilograms could not explode. He had to find a way to get rid of these two cannons, otherwise it would pose a threat to Tianfeng Pavilion.
It’s too big. You must know that the top of the mountain behind Yongqing Temple is several meters higher than the height of Tianfeng Pavilion, and the distance between the two is only more than two miles. This thing can even hit stone towers, and the wooden structure of Tianfeng Pavilion
I'm afraid it will collapse after just a few shots.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered the large seven-eight-foot-square drone he had seen during training in Beihai Town. He had personally seen a row of mortar shells hung underneath that thing for a display of firepower. The power was simply incredible!
But it's a pity that they are an intelligence agency responsible for espionage and secret operations, not a field force, so they can only use this small drone. Think about it, although the load of the thing is heavy, it is also very noisy. When activated, it can't wait to fly two miles away.
It can be heard outside.
Just as he was thinking about how to deal with it, the drone turned south again, and hundreds of armored soldiers gathered on the hillside soon appeared on the screen. The difference from before was that Qing Qing, who saw the drone coming, quickly
The soldiers actually did not run away. Instead, they stood around a dozen carriages, holding bows and arrows in a prepared posture.
"Have these guys changed their gender?"
The operator's muttering attracted Gao Liugeng's attention. He turned to look at the screen and saw a man standing on a carriage in the middle of the screen. He was still bareheaded in the cold weather and was wearing an azure official uniform. He looked very...
He's obviously an official.
Gao Liugeng made a "cut" sound and said contemptuously: "You are so brave! What are you doing without wearing a hat in the cold weather?"
However, as the camera zoomed in, he was surprised to find that the official's robe had two circular patterns on the shoulders, one on the chest and one on the back.
You must know that even the first-class governor of Liangjiang has a square patch on his chest and no pattern on his shoulders. The answer is obvious. The only one who can wear this suit is the prince who went south on imperial envoy!
The problem is that Gao Liugeng doesn't know what Mian En looks like, so his first reaction is that he is cheating. This guy is standing there stupidly in the cold weather. He is obviously a target. What does he want to do?
Sure enough, as the drone's camera panned around, he finally discovered the musketry unit hiding in the woods.
Okay! The Qing army's gunnery squadron hiding in the woods was nowhere to be seen under the condescending surveillance of drones. You could even clearly see a guy wiping his nose with his sleeve!
Needless to say, the guy sitting on the carriage must be a Xibei! The Qing army tried to use him to attract attention. When the drone lowered its altitude to drop bombs, they shot it down with muskets.
Thinking of this, Gao Liugeng sneered and said: "You are as evil as a ghost, but you still want to eat my foot-washing water! Guisun, you actually want to trick me, but I won't be fooled!"
"Captain, the snow is heavy again and the lenses are fogged up. We can't fly anymore."
"Hey~~ That's the only bad thing about this thing, it's too expensive." Gao Liugeng said helplessly: "Take it, take it."
Seeing that the eight-clawed monster of the Northern Pirates actually left without laying an egg, the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners in Jingkou, who did not know that they were unlucky, felt unbelievable, and then they burst into cheers that shook the sky, and the momentum was like a mountain falling apart.
They all cast their eyes on Mian En, who was still on the carriage, and the admiration in their hearts was beyond words. It was really like "like a torrential river, continuous and endless, and like the Yellow River overflowing, which can't be controlled at once."
"Your Majesty is mighty! Your Majesty is wise!"
"Your Majesty is a good man!"
"Your Majesty is here, all evil will be dispersed!"
"Your Majesty, a thousand years old! A thousand years old!"
Seeing the scene in front of him, a smile appeared on Mian En's stiff face. Even though he looked mighty and domineering as he stepped on the box, in fact, his whole body was frozen.
When the drone was hovering overhead just now, Mian En's front and back were soaked with cold sweat. Now a gust of wind was carrying snow flakes, and she felt that her whole body was cold, and her underwear was wet with sweat and clinging to her body was indescribably uncomfortable.
That is to say, he has practiced martial arts, riding and shooting since he was a child, and has developed good muscles and bones. If it were anyone else, he would have fainted by the wind.
At this time, the guard Lan Chun had already got on the carriage and wanted to help Mian En down. He felt that his master was shivering, so he hurriedly took off his cotton robe and put it on him.
"Sir, would you like to sit down and have a rest?"
Mian En raised his hand to stop Lan Chun's move. He knew that his morale was strong and he had to take advantage of this momentum to carry out subsequent actions. He moved his body a little, and then ordered Lan Chun to open the door he was pedaling just now.
A box made of oak wood. Several cheering armored soldiers were quickly attracted by what was revealed in the box. After a while, whispers made all the armored soldiers present fall silent, and their eyes showed excitement.
I saw that inside the box were stacked layers of Su Tong silver ingots, all of which were five ounces each, shining brightly. The small breast nails were surrounded by circles of fine annular silver patterns, and the pockmarked pits on the lower hemisphere were invisible.
Even if there is no trace of dirt, it will look like it is newly cast, with a full ninety-five percent finish.
Mian'en signaled Lan Chun to hand him a silver ingot. After taking it, he tossed it up and down in his hand and said loudly: "This silver is the reward I brought to you. I know it's not easy for you to support your family. Everyone, everyone
Fifty taels will be given first! After the deed is completed, each person will be rewarded with another fifty taels! Those who are injured will be given between 100 taels and 200 taels according to the severity, and those who die in battle will receive a pension of 300 taels! Whoever can catch a North Sea pirate
, life or death, reward five hundred taels of silver!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The reason why Mian'en borrowed 30,000 taels of silver from the Weaving Department before coming was to let the Jingkou Eight Banners Armored Soldiers take risks again and enter Suiyuan and
The people in Beihai Town worked hard to complete the task of capturing Yuan Mei's family. He didn't believe it. Even with the heavy reward, more than 500 armored soldiers and 100 gun soldiers couldn't deal with ten Beihai pirates. At worst, they had to use human lives, even if it was ten, two
Ten lives are exchanged for one, and things have to be done today.
Although his crow's mouth and gambler's mentality boosted morale, as the saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. Just talking is not enough, and it is really useless if he doesn't spend real money on it.
Boom! As soon as these words came out, the soldiers present immediately went into a rage, saying in their hearts that the old man, the prince, is so interesting. He is really anxious for me to wait for him! Now the new year will be better!
Even though a quarter of the Manchu Qing's annual fiscal revenue came from Jiangnan, garrisoning the Eight Banners did not bring much benefit. Because the Qing government did not allow garrison bannermen and their families to buy properties and do business, they could only earn their living wages to support their families.
In these days, a family is not a family of three in later generations. It is common for three or four generations to live under the same roof. Families with a small population range from three or four to seven or eight people, and families with a large population range from eight or nine to more than 20 people. mouth.
Take an ordinary cavalry soldier stationed in the Eight Banners at Jingkou as an example. The annual salary is 24 taels of silver, 36 taels of horse dry silver (only issued to cavalry, not water camp infantry), and 30 dan per year. If there is a hereditary minor title - such as Yunqi Wei , you can get an extra 85 taels every year.
You must know that the number of armored soldiers stationed by the Qing government in various places of the Eight Banners is fixed. For example, the number of armored personnel in Jingkou is 1,600, and that in Jiangning is 4,666. The problem is that the population of Jiangning is as high as 70,000 to 80,000 in the city. It does not mean that there are only a few young and strong people in the family. To be able to be used as armor, you only have a chance if there is a shortage. If there is no shortage, you can only eat at home and wait to die.
After the rise of Beihai Town, the Manchu Qing Dynasty expanded the scale of raising soldiers in various cities. However, if the raising soldiers did not go into battle, they could only get 12 taels of silver per year, and rice was five stones, eight buckets, nine liters, nine combined two spoons.
Rice is cheap in the south of the Yangtze River. The money and grain can certainly keep the family full, but you can't live just for food, right? It costs money to marry a wife, to exchange favors, to spend money during festivals, and even to buy firewood.
Apart from this, there are many families in the Eight Banners of Jingkou who cannot raise the betrothal gifts because they have no money, so they have to postpone the marriages that have already been arranged. Now that they have this money, they can prepare betrothal gifts and prepare for the wedding when they return home.
More than half an hour later, under the command of Mian En, the Qing army armed with money launched a second attack on Suiyuan.
This time, Mian'en did not send a large group of troops to press forward. Instead, he selected 60 elite warriors from the armored soldiers and divided them into two small teams, led by guards Wu Ni and Lan Chun respectively.
The troops led by Wu Ni entered the vegetable field on the east side of Suiyuan from the dry river edge, and then followed the bamboo wall into the Peach Blossom Embankment. If all went well, the large group of troops behind them would press forward. The small group led by Lan Chun entered from the red soil The bridge faces west and goes straight to the main entrance of Suiyuan.