Although some people are skeptical about Zhang Leping's idea of ​​selling arms to save the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Leping proposed another example: "You can see more. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement was suppressed by these foreign guns and cannons."

What the people on the Lushan Is Not Knowing yet is that their arms were delivered to Hong Chengchou, the famous one above the traitor, for use.

Hong Chengchou, who is still in charge of politics in Shaanxi, has made a great reputation after resolving the siege of Hancheng. He was also relied on Yang He, who was the governor of the trilateral military affairs, and handed over all the Australian fast guns and cannons that the court had been used. Now the subordinates of Hong Chengchou's division are all selected from the main barracks of each division. Because the Australian firearms themselves are valuable, Yang He and Hong Chengchou also promised to pay full wages and never owed them after entering the new army. This is also impossible to do. The Australian fast gun is valuable. If the soldiers take the Australian fast gun away because of the owed wages, it would be a big trouble. In contrast, the new army in the main barracks had more than two taels of money per month. The value of an Australian fast gun is enough to pay them two years of military wages - not to mention the Australian steel cannon. This can only be operated, maintained and maintained by Lord Yang He and Hong Chengchou's personal soldiers.

There is no place to drink the blood of soldiers. With Jiubian being so big, Yang He also issued a strict order to dare to attack the new army's military pay.

There were not firearms in the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, there were hundreds of firearms of all kinds, but there was one thing, and quality was always a heavy topic. Especially the kind created by craftsmen for the troops - the money used by craftsmen for the firearms had been deducted layer by layer, and it was just a joke to want to get high-quality firearms. Youdao is a good thing to pay for money, which is reflected in this regard.

On the contrary, the firearms sold by the people are quite exquisite. Even Westerners buy firearms built by the Ming Dynasty - the law of the market economy. Whoever buys yours is not of good quality?

The price of the Lumi gun is ten times more expensive, but the imitation of the Beijing camp is incomparable to the genuine Australian guns. The barrel life issue alone is worth buying Australian guns. In this era, the barrel made of pig iron will be almost overwhelmed by the end of the lifespan of 20 or 30 rounds. The Australian gun fired hundreds of rounds - of course, it needs to be cooled down after every ten rounds, and it is just a drop in the range, and there is no worry about bombings - it is actually the rifle being flattened.

The quality of Australian fast guns is almost impeccable, and it can be used as long as it is not rainy weather - both sides will not fight in this era, because the rain is not only the enemy of gunpowder, it can also corrode combat weapons such as swords, guns, armor and other combat weapons.

Hong Chengchou didn't have much time. After his troops were equipped with fast guns and cannons, he had the opportunity to fight against the peasant army only a few days later.

Baima Beach in eastern Shaanxi

The peasant army in the distance did not set up any decent camps, but was in a mess with weapons such as large blades, spears, etc. Among them, the well-equipped ones with a shabby mandarin duck war jacket were the small leader of the peasant army. Because they were unable to survive for a long time, many soldiers from the nine sides also joined the peasant army and soon became the backbone members.

As for the horses behind, those who rode horses were already the top players in the peasant army, and they were called old camps by various divisions. This was also the real foundation of the peasant army. The horseless ones in front were just hungry people who gathered temporarily. Their biggest dream was to have a full meal. Then the peasant army leaders quickly fulfilled their wishes - to feed them with the robbed food and grass, and pushed them to the battlefield.

This time, the peasant army was not stuck. Yang Liuying, Wang Zuogui, who was also a bandit, and Miao Meizhi invited the army to attack Hancheng. The peasant army was divided and the time was combined. Now the four peasant army had a total of 80,000, claiming to be 100,000. Of course, most of them were hungry people. Not long after the four peasant army started, the old camp had only a few hundred cavalrymen. This time the official army that went out to fight against them had only four or five thousand.

The leader of the peasant army, Yang Liu, did not stick to mud, Wang Zuogui, Miao Mei and others waved their steel knives and shouted: "Brothers, kill all the officials and open Hancheng, and let everyone be happy."

The eyes of the peasant army, including the hungry people, gradually turned red, and they all shouted loudly: "Kill the government army and open Hancheng, all of them will be happy."

For a moment, the roars of tens of thousands of people shook the fields, and the government camp opposite seemed a little impatient.

Seeing that their morale was greatly boosted, the leaders of the peasant army ordered a war. The peasant army had no formation at all. This war was nothing more than the people following people forward with various iron-piece big swords, spears, and even hoes. They ran slowly, and the little leader behind them kicked them with one kick. Those who dared to turn around were often slashed on the ground and moaned on the ground with one knife. The iron-piece knife wanted to kill people with one knife or chop off people's heads with one knife. If they wanted to cut off people with one knife, they would probably be the knife first.

Hong Chengchou felt relieved when he saw this scene. The bandits were bandits after all, and even if they gathered millions, it was useless. Seeing that the peasant army began to charge, Hong Chengchou ordered: "Send the order and set up the triassiding formation. Only when the order was ordered could you fire the gun and fire the cannon. Those who fire the cannon in advance would be killed. Those who retreated without authorization would be killed. Those who make noise would be killed."

Several messengers rode horses and passed down the general's orders. The official army changed its formation and divided the infantry formation into three sparse rows. Each team had artillery soldiers in the middle, and the two wings were cavalry guards.

The history of the Triassic Array can be traced back to the conquest of Yunnan by the general Mu Ying under Zhu Yuanzhang. At that time, Mu Ying set up a handgun (which can be regarded as a kind of short-barrel musket) and it was also defeated by the enemy at that time.

However, the triassiding formation arranged by Hong Chengchou is different at the moment. The infantry facing the bandits head-on are only equipped with Australian fast guns and artillery, and the two wings are cavalry. If the travelers on the Lushan Hu saw this, they would shout that Hong Chengchou was also travelers, at least they were queuing up to kill the party members - this is very close to the formation of quasi-modern war.

In fact, it is not surprising that Hong Chengchou set up this formation. Although he did not invent the Triassic Array, the reason why the new army only equipped Australian fast guns was because after seeing the Australian fast guns, Hong Chengchou found that there was no need to arrange cold weapon troops among the fast guns. In Hong Chengchou's view, no matter how many people came to the enemy, as long as the Triassic Array's platoons were fired in turn, they could not rush in. At this time, the more courageous he was, the faster he died, and after suffering certain casualties, there was no one who did not retreat. So Hong Chengchou gave each of the new army a waist knife as a melee weapon.

When the peasant army roared and rushed to 150 steps away, the new army soldiers here received the order to "aim the first row." There was a sound of guns on their shoulders. However, the discordant sound also sounded "bang". A new army soldier watched the peasant army in front of him nervously pulled the trigger. However, because of the strict order just now, the new army soldiers around him did not follow the shooting but continued to aim.

Hong Chengchou said furiously: "Whoever fires the gun without authorization first, catches it, and chops it up."

This person who can't escape was fired by black gunpowder after all, and a ball of white smoke was shot. I saw this unlucky guy being dragged out of the team by two personal soldiers. Before he died, he shouted: "Master, please spare your life, Master. I have a 60-year-old mother and there are still unweaned children under me..."

Soon, a bloody head was placed in front of Hong Chengchou. At this time, the vanguard of the peasant army had rushed to a distance of fifty or sixty steps. Hong Chengchou ordered: "Tell me the order, the troops took turns to shoot, the artillery soldiers were ready to fire, and the cavalry guarded the two wings."

The new army soldiers who had been waiting for a long time finally waited for the opportunity to open fire. A smoke of gunpowder rose up in the official army camp. The peasant army opposite was full of people, and at this distance, the Australian fast gun could penetrate the double layer of iron armor, and of course it could penetrate the bodies of two or three people. The peasant army fell down, but before they could react, there was another smoke of gunpowder rising in the official army camp opposite, and gunfire was loud. This time the gunfire really overshadowed the peasant army's shouts. Another peasant army was beaten down, and the fearful leaders also killed several people in a row to stabilize the peasant army's formation.

At this moment, the third platoon of the government army opened fire. This increased the task of leaders of the peasant army at all levels. The leaders at all levels knew the power of the firearms but also knew the weaknesses of the firearms. They shouted: "The three platoons of the government army have been fired, and it will take a long time to load the bullets. Take advantage of this opportunity to rush up. The government army has no spear formation, and once they rush up, there is no way for the government army to do anything."

The peasant army is often a mob. As long as it retreats, it requires greater efforts to incite and reorganize to have the courage to charge. The one-stop action in ancient books is not just a matter of saying it. After all, it is tiring to take the guy back a few times under malnutrition conditions.

Seeing that the peasant army dared to charge, Hong Chengchou laughed: "Good, this time I will show you some big ones. I will pass on my orders and the artillery fire."

Several flags were shaken, and the artillery equipped by the New Army and the New Army, which had completed the second loading of the first platoon, opened fire together. Hong Chengchou's troops equipped ten Australian Red Cannons, fifty large tiger cannons and two thousand Australian fast guns. Although the artillery fired all of them, they also caused heavy casualties and injuries to the peasant army on the opposite side.

Although the Australian fast gun is powerful, it can penetrate two or three people within a hundred steps when facing the peasant army without armor protection. When the cannon hits a single piece, it will be one inverted and a large area. The Australian Red Barbarian steel cannon also hits a single piece but its width is not large. In this way, almost all the peasant army within a range of tens of meters within a few hundred meters were swept down. The Australian Big Tiger Zun steel cannon has a relatively short range, but because its cannon barrel has a trumpet, the projectiles covered a wider area, and more people were killed at this time.

After the gun fired, they jumped backwards with two rounds of gun mounts due to recoil. This is the case in this era, and it will take time to clean the barrel and reload and reset the bullet.

At this time, many peasant soldiers were already stupid. After the second platoon of the new army reloaded and fired a volley, the remaining peasant soldiers realized that some fled in scattered places and some sat on the ground and cried and screamed, mixed with the crying of a large number of peasant soldiers. They ran in the wrong direction and continued to rush towards the new army, without exception, were knocked over to the ground by the new army's muskets.

Then the third row loaded the ammunition and went forward to continue shooting. The peasant soldiers found that they had run 200 steps or even further away and did not run out of the range of the opponent's musket.

This is also one of Hong Chengchou's strategies, which is to bring the peasant army closer to fight and kill bandits. The Ming Dynasty adopted the head-level system, and rewards after the war were closely related to the amount of head-level, which also caused a group of warlords to kill good people and make achievements in the late Ming Dynasty - if you have no one, just say a good thing.

Although Hong Chengchou disliked himself to learn from those who were good at killing good people, he would be polite to face those who were already bandits - this strategic idea is to fight more annihilation wars and less a defeat wars.

After the new army's fast gun team fired three rounds of muskets, Hong Chengchou saw that the peasant army was defeated and ordered the cavalry to pursue it. There was no way. Although Hong Chengchou wanted to have a great victory to wipe out the bandits in the first battle of the new army, the new army and artillery of the official army had only 3,000 people. The peasant army on the opposite side had tens of thousands of stole the charge and refused to fight for life. It was indeed a bit difficult to kill them all at once.

At this time, more than 800 cavalry were needed on both wings to be dispatched. This was also the only unit in the new army that was not equipped with Australian firearms, but there were still three-eyed guns that were always equipped by the Ming army.

Except for the small number of cavalry in the old camp, all the rest of the peasant army was infantry. Those who took mules and horses to join the peasant army were either collected and were absorbed into the old camp.

This time, the cavalry chase was captured a lot, and even the rebel leader Yang Liu was caught by the government army because he broke his legs because of his horse. As for the peasant army soldiers, more than 50,000 people were captured. It can be said that except for the killing and a small number of escaped foot, almost all the rest were captured. Because some small leaders were originally from the government army, they knew that the government army only killed the evildoers and never asked about them. Under the pursuit of the cavalry, they surrendered in groups in groups.

But this time, these people made a wrong idea. After Hong Chengchou learned that he had captured so many prisoners, he put down a sentence: "Kill them all."

Someone below said: "The general is cautious. Since ancient times, he has been a good man. Killing prisoners is ominous."

Hong Chengchou said: "It is even more ominous not to kill. They are local farmers who rebel because they cannot live. They left them with more than 50,000 people, and my new army lost more than 50,000 heads. The place has 50,000 more mouths to eat. If they want them to work, they still have to have half a pound a day. How much is the 50,000 people with half a pound of grain, 25,000 pounds of grain, a few thousand stones of grain a day, and millions of stones of grain a year. Should you give or I give? They don’t have enough food to continue to rebel, or they will kill them cleanly."

No one took out millions of stones of grain a year, but this was millions of taels of silver. The court only paid a tax on the Ministry of Revenue a year, only a few million taels of silver and tens of millions of stones of colored rice. If it weren't for such a small amount, the court wouldn't have sent any additional Liao gulf. So Hong Chengchou ordered tens of thousands of people to fall to the ground, and many bandit generals who took off their armor and changed their clothes and hid among the peasant army prisoners also died in begging for mercy and cursing Hong Chengchou.

Looking at this bloody scene, Hong Chengchou was not moved at all. He knew that someone could take out the food to support the 50,000 prisoners, but there were millions of peasant soldiers in Shaanxi. According to Hong Chengchou's analysis, there was no millions, but dozens of rebels were either carrying tens of thousands or thousands of people, and there were still hundreds of thousands. However, over time, these bandits really couldn't guarantee that they could gather enough millions of troops to show the official army. After all, Shaanxi was a major disaster-stricken province this time, and the farmers at the bottom were the weakest resilience.

After winning the battle, we will naturally win. The victory of the new army beheading more than 70,000 yuan in the battle of Baimatan is also a rare victory in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Hong Chengchou also wrote his experience of using Australian fast guns and steel cannons on the memorials, and presented this battle vividly in front of the emperor and the cabinet.

Of course, Hong Chengchou was not so stupid that he killed the prisoners, but wrote that the peasant army was extremely strong, and launched a sea of ​​people to charge in front of the Triassiding of the New Army's fast guns until he rushed out of his wings with seventeen times. However, the bandit leader cunned and left Yang Liu's old camp and the official army in stalemate. The old camps of other bandit troops took the opportunity to run away. Yang Liu did not fall off his horse and was captured alive, but was beaten several times and was bleeding profusely before his death.

If Hong Chengchou was a Jinshi from the 14th generation, his writing level was much higher than that of the 3rd generation. Emperor Chongzhen saw that he was indeed very happy. After deciding the reward of Hong Chengchou and the new army, he thought about how to squeeze out more silver to buy more Australian fast guns and build more new troops. It is best to give this one to the troops on the nine sides. There are not many new troops with thousands of people, but this power is obviously surprisingly great, but the imitations of the Beijing camp are far from enough. Even the Shenji Battalion attaches great importance to Australian goods and cannot put them down. Those domestic imitations are often useless after a few shots - it is not a joke to continue to blow up.

When I remembered those wastes from the Beijing camp, Chongzhen didn't shoot a single shot. The gun could be imitated, but the lifespan and quality were incomparable to Australian goods. As a great country in the Celestial Empire, the Ming Dynasty actually wanted to buy a large amount of arms from an Australian island country, which was not nice to say. However, now there are bandits inside and Mongols and Tartars outside, so I can't control so much. Fortunately, although the treasury was persistent and empty, the treasury still had some money left by the predecessors and the former.

Chongzhen had no choice but to do anything about the emptiness of the treasury. When Emperor Tianqi was seriously ill, he was still sitting in the king. After secretly agreed to the unequal treaty such as the withdrawal of mining taxes and commercial taxes, the big guys promoted themselves to the throne, otherwise the prince who was qualified to take over the throne was not the only one (for those ministers, as long as the descendants of Emperor Hongwu were of course qualified to be emperors, they did not necessarily need the younger brother of Emperor Tianqi. Emperor Yingzong was captured in Tumu Fort, didn’t these people change the emperor immediately? The Mongolian Watami tribe who captured Yingzong was disappointed. The strange goods were originally worthless at all). It was not easy to get up - fortunately, the older brother Emperor Tianqi had no son, otherwise, according to the urination of the big bosses in the court, they naturally prefer a three-year-old child to be the emperor.
Chapter completed!