"Jinglong, Ying, and Jie hid their firearms in the ground. When men and horses encountered them, they were almost dead. After the battle was over, King Yan came from behind the Sanqi Palace and lost his way. He dismounted and fell to the ground. He looked at the river and discerned the east and west. Then he knew the camp and hurriedly crossed the river from upstream. And the north." - "The Chronicles of Ming Dynasty".
This passage is about the Battle of Baigou River in the Battle of Jingnan in 1400 AD. At that time, Li Jinglong, Guo Ying, Wu Jie and others combined an army of 600,000, known as one million, and were stationed at Baigou River. They were prepared and prepared safely. There are 10,000 elite cavalry nearby preparing for guerrilla attacks.
The two sides fought this battle for a long time. Because Li Jinglong buried landmines in the ground, they were so powerful that they would be blown to pieces if the troops stepped on them. As a result, Zhu Di was left with only three cavalrymen. They were almost captured alive and lost their way. In the end, he only Only when you can dismount your horse and lie on the ground and listen to the sound of water flow can you identify the direction and find the way back to the camp.
A kind of firearm appears here, which can be hidden in the ground. It is very powerful. "People and horses will be killed when they encounter it." There is no doubt that this thing can only be a landmine, or the precursor of a landmine.
Since the early landmines were mainly made of stone shells, they mainly relied on the gunpowder inside to explode the stone shells to kill enemies, so they were called "stone bombs" - note that the word "cannon" is next to the word "石". Later, the mines of the Ming Dynasty began to appear iron, And improved the ignition device.
The initial ignition is the fire line. When you see the enemy coming, estimate the time, and then light the fuse in advance, so that when the enemy arrives, it will almost explode. But this shortcoming is too obvious. If your estimated time is not accurate, or the opponent If the marching speed suddenly changes, the mine will not explode accurately.
So later, a steel wheel was used to generate fire - this device can be regarded as a trigger ignition device. As long as you step on it, the flint inside will rub against the steel wheel to create a fire, ignite the fuse, and explode accurately. It is said that it was originally invented by Qi Jiguang. But this is doubtful - Gao Pragmatic learned that this thing may have existed before Qi Jiguang, but it was not very easy to use. Qi Jiguang later mobilized manpower to improve it successfully.
However, Qi Jiguang's improvement can only be said to be a major improvement compared with the previous steel wheel ignition mines, but it does not satisfy Gao Jingshi. Gao Jingshi already knew the ignition success rate of Qi Jiguang's steel wheel ignition mines long before the military private sector. Not more than half, and others were too easy to ignite, causing them to explode inexplicably. The task of transporting landmines at that time was almost like playing Russian roulette. Is it possible that a life would be involved in the transport process? , that’s all impossible.
So during the Longqing period, Gao pragmatically gave Qi Jiguang a picture album he drew and asked him to continue to find people to improve landmines.
However, Gao Pragmatic himself was also a dabbler. He only knew the basic principles, and the drawings he drew actually had some minor problems, such as design cumbersomeness, etc. So, it was only after the successful implementation of the military private sector that Jinghua Ordnance really started the landmine series. great development.
When it comes to Jinghua's series of mines, mines, and grenades, there is one person who cannot be bypassed. His name is Gao Yi.
Gao Yi was originally a refugee from the military family. Because of his family's outstanding skills in making firearms, he was taken under the command of Gao Jie, Gao Jie's uncle, during the admiral Cao Jiang in his early years. He was especially good at making various thunderbolts and fireballs. Later, when Gao Jie obtained Sanshen Garden, , was recommended to Gao Pragmatic by Gao Mo. [See Chapter 044 of the volume "Xiao Ge Lao" in this book, there are many talents]
At first, Gao Yishi used him extensively, but Gao Yi didn't come up with anything particularly good. Later, through inspection, Gao Yishi discovered that this person was not particularly good at firecrackers and artillery, but he was good at mines.
He was very talented and skilled in the things he had learned, so he began to use them according to his talents and let him specialize in making "thunder".
This decision played a decisive role. Gao Yi designed thirteen kinds of "mines" within five years, including land mines, sea mines, palm mines (grenades), and even a rocket mine on a whim - Daming
The development of rockets in China is pretty good. Of course, they are not the type of rockets that launch satellites in later generations, but rockets similar to rockets. Therefore, Gao Yi also wanted to take advantage of it and designed two "mine-carrying rockets", which he said could be used to capture fortresses.
It can also be used in naval battles.
Unfortunately, this idea died because it was vetoed by Gao Pragmatic. Gao Pragmatic believed that these two matters could be solved by artillery, and there was no need to consider the use of "mine-carrying rockets" for the time being.
In fact, Gao Pragmatic himself felt that the idea of "mine-carrying rockets" might not be feasible, but he knew that Jinghua couldn't fool around with it at that time.
First of all, Jinghua's personal positioning is to point out the direction for the development of science and technology. As there is no historical proof whether "mine-carrying rockets" are the right direction, he is not sure. After hesitating for a few days,
It's better to be cautious and don't do it yet.
Secondly, Jinghua did not have the financial resources at that time to be able to "be as bold as the people are, as the land is as productive". The development of a weapon does not really just require drawing a diagram. It requires more than one key talent.
A perfect design requires countless trial products to verify. If we go the wrong way, it will not only waste money but also manpower.
So Gao Yi was ordered by Gao Pangshi this time to only focus on three things: land mines, sea mines, and grenades, and let the rest of the stuff go.
As the political group of the Practical School and Gao Pragmatic himself gradually consolidated their position in the imperial court, the private military industry also became the "inertial system" of the imperial court. Jinghua's "Thunder Series" firearms, like muskets and artillery, slowly entered the ranks of the Ming Dynasty's standard weapons.
, began to equip the army in batches.
However, due to the limited funds of the imperial court, the various "thunder" equipment also followed a basically similar priority order as the muskets and artillery. They were first equipped with the Beijing Camp (including the later Imperial Guards), followed by Xuanda, Jiliao
, and then there are the navies (mines) from various places. Generally speaking, they have not been fully rolled out, and the three sides of Shaanxi have not obtained them.
Due to the suppression of Hanaji and Qiejin, the three towns of Xuanda have not fought any serious battles for many years. Therefore, Jinghua’s new mines, let alone the Ordos Department, do not know much about the Ming army. Even Tumut does not know about the Ming army.
The "Thunderbolt Artillery" has developed by leaps and bounds.
This was not a problem originally, but today it became Boshe Ketu's nightmare.
Boshuo Ketu was fortunate enough to be the second leader to taste the Ming army's "Beijing 003 type mine" - the first was Mang Yingli. He was bombed by Liu Wei last time, and so was Liu Wei at that time.
This mine was used. However, because Liu Wei was far away, the reserves in his hands were a little small. They were almost a batch of samples given by Gao Pragmatic as a practical test of new weapons. Therefore, although the performance was eye-catching at the time, it did not attract attention.
Strong response.
However, this time it was different. Gao Pragmatic himself took action personally. How could these things be missing? Not to mention that Ma Gui directly took away half of the inventory accumulated in Datong Town in three or four years, and the Imperial Guard even brought it. A lot of them - anyway, the landmines in Jinghua are different from those in the past. They are "insured" and will not explode on their own, so they can be prepared if they bring more. On the contrary, the highly pragmatic servant escorts do not bring many landmines. They mainly carry It's guns and grenades.
However, at the beginning, the Imperial Guards brought these mines not to fight an ambush, but to assist in the attack on Ningxia - the last time this strategy appeared was when Burihatu taught Huo Luochi and focused on Brother Rabbit to attack Xining. , except that the method they used is more primitive, which is to directly bury explosives. In fact, landmines can also be used in the same way, and require less "yield".
Bosho Ketu didn't think much about it when he saw Ilduzi suddenly accelerating. He just thought that Ilduzi was worried that Gao Pragmatic would arrive at Ixibal ahead of time and affect the battle plan, so he got angry and speeded up. .
Because of this, Boshu Ketu did not react much, but subconsciously speeded up his horse. However, he had no intention of catching up with Ilduzi immediately, because in his opinion, Ilduzi He only had to deceive Gao Jingshi, and he did not undertake many combat tasks, but he needed to maintain a certain amount of horsepower for the next battle with Gao Jingshi's troops.
With a sudden thought, Boshu Ketu's misfortune became even more unstoppable. If he had caught up with Ilduzi faster, since Magui did not want to accidentally injure Yilduzi's troops, the ambush faced by Boshu Ketu might have been less severe. A little, but now there is no chance.
As has always been the habit of the Mongolian army, although Boshu Ketu himself was not in the "front line" position, he was still quite forward, so until he ran past the foot of Hurihuliang Mountain, everything around him was still quite calm.
However, just as he continued to move forward unprepared, he suddenly heard a series of loud rumblings not far behind him, as if the earth was shattering.
"Bang bang bang bang bang..."
Every loud noise was accompanied by a huge earthquake underfoot. Many people were thrown off their horses by the panicked horses and turned over. Even the Mongolian warriors could not steady their horses at this time.
Bosho Ketu himself was a little further away, and the situation was better. Although his horse also stood upright, he relied on his excellent riding skills to forcefully fix himself on the horse's back, waiting for the horse to hoof. After landing, he turned around and looked behind him.
This was so unbelievable that Boshu Ketu was completely stunned.
The Ordos sweat camp elites who were still furious just now were in chaos. Explosions continued to appear from the ground, knocking their bodies off their feet. Broken limbs and broken arms were flying everywhere. Blood, brains and even the colorful intestines in their stomachs all splashed all over the floor. .
Bosho Ketu was indeed a man who had been on the battlefield at a young age. He could smell the strong sulfur and gunpowder smoke in the air, and he also knew that the explosions that were still continuing to this day could not fool anyone. This was not an earthquake, this was the Ming army's Firearms are made from things like thunderbolts and fireballs.
Ambush.
This word immediately appeared in Boshu Ketu's mind, but under this situation, his thinking was affected after all, and he had no time to think about how the ambush was caused and what problems occurred behind it.
A familiar voice shouted: "Jinong and Ilduqi must have rebelled! Jinong quickly gather the troops and evacuate here first before making any further calculations!"
Boshu Ketu was awakened by this loud shout, and his mind became much clearer. Now he didn't care what happened to Ilduzi, and whether it was really the opposite. In short, it was definitely right to gather people and evacuate first.
!
"Blow the trumpet! Raise the flag!" Boshu Ketu knew that there was no point in shouting at this time. Few people could hear his voice clearly. Only the horn had such ability, making everyone subconsciously pay attention to the sound.
The source of the sound gathers together. When they look for the source of the sound, they will find their own flag, and then slowly come out of the panic and return to calm.
It has to be said that Boshu Ketu has indeed learned a lot of war knowledge since he was a child, and the performance of the Ordos Khan's elite also makes him proud - they did not care about casualties, and began to fight slowly and resolutely the moment the horn blew.
Approach the Jinong banner of Boshu Ketu.
It's a pity that this series of explosions was too powerful. Boshu Ketu's headquarters was blown into two pieces, and the ground in the middle part was almost collapsed. There was an irregular, but roughly four to five feet.
The large pit is wide and more than ten feet deep, making it impossible to come over immediately. Some people are nervously testing to see if they can wade through the "sink", while others seem to be planning to take a detour.
Boshu Ketu's position was a little far away, and he could only see a depression, but not how deep it was. Therefore, he did not dare to press for orders, so he had to try his best to gather the Mongolian cavalry from the front and gather towards him.
At this time, he was particularly worried that the Ming army ambushing here would rush forward, because in that case, even if he could rush out, he would definitely suffer serious losses.
However, the Ming army did not seem to be doing very well. Boshu Ketu himself felt that his army was badly bombed, but no Ming army suddenly appeared to surround him.
However, just when he was feeling lucky, he suddenly heard someone laughing loudly and loudly in the distance to his left.
Boshu Ketu immediately turned around and saw several columns of Ming troops appearing less than a mile away. In the middle stood a large banner with the words "Dou Da" written on it: Guard Datong.
Qian Shima, the commander-in-chief and former military commander.
Damn expensive!
A cold light flashed in Boshu Ketu's eyes, and the sharp glare of hatred was as real as he stared straight at the famous military general riding a tall horse in front of the formation.
Boshu Ketu was about to curse, but Ma Gui opened his mouth first and laughed sarcastically: "Boshu Ketu, you are a young and ignorant Tartar! My emperor is waiting for you at the fortress.
You are not hungry enough to eat, but you are allowed to receive tributes and cities. Instead of being grateful for God's grace and praying day and night, you repay kindness with hatred and raise troops to help the rebellion? Boshu Ketu, what you do is different from animals! Today, there are
I am the young Sima of the imperial court, and I have set up a strategic high office in the seven towns to mobilize the heavenly soldiers to fight against the rebellion. With a little trick, I can cut off your dog's head and spread the word to the capital to rectify the way of heaven! Boshu Ketu, your death is coming soon.
I, the Commander-in-Chief, have a divine heart, and I would like to ask you a question: Do you have any last words?"
Boshu Ketu was very angry when he heard this. Seeing that there were only three to five hundred people around Ma Gui, he expected that Gao Pragmatic's army had no time to arrange, so he had to send a small number of elites to set up an ambush here.
Feeling scared, he sneered: "Any last words? It's better for you, Ma Gui, to say it!"
Then he shouted: "Warriors of the Ordos Khanate! You are the warriors guarding Genghis Khan's mausoleum and the most glorious people in Mongolia. Are you willing to be slaughtered by the Han people!"
"cannot!"
"Genghis Khan!"
Boshu Ketu took a deep breath and shouted again: "Since you can't, just let me capture this person. I will use his head to commemorate the warriors who died under conspiracy and conspiracy today! Genghis Khan will be killed in Tengger (
The Eternal Sky, Heaven) is watching us bravely kill the enemy!"
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