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Chapter 387

When Dorgon heard Bayan say this, he couldn't help but become serious.

At this time, he looked at the school ground and said that there were not many Qing soldiers who demonstrated, only one Niulu and three hundred people.

These 300 Qing soldiers were all wearing blue cotton armor, holding muskets in both hands, and war horses dragging artillery on both sides.

After Bayan finished speaking, he bowed to Dorgon, then hurried to the military formation, shouted, "Stand solemn!"

With a "wow!", a Niulu Han flag soldier stopped immediately, standing upright.

The men of the Zhenglan Banner knew that Dorgon came to inspect and performed hard to show his face in front of his master.

Bayan was like a soldier, standing upright and thrusting her chest.

His name is Manming, but he is actually a Han man. He is the son of the old traitor Li Yongfang. Their family married his old slave family and no longer regarded himself as a Han man.

Bayan shouted: "Flintlock rifle on the shoulder!"

With a "wavering" sound, the musketeers in the back two rows all held the muskets on their shoulders, and immediately there were many guns, while the soldiers in the front row still held the muskets in front of their chests so that they could quickly lift the gun and shoot.

In the neat movement of Zhenglan Banner, Dorgon finally felt the murderous aura and couldn't help but say inwardly: "Okay!"

From their neat movements, Dorgon knew that Bayan had not been lazy for the past six months, and the Eight Banners warriors had indeed done hard work.

Bayan shouted: "Get forward, artillery bombardment!"

With a command, neat footsteps sounded, and the musketeers lined up in three rows, lined up forward.

On both sides of the musket quadratic array, three strong horses each pulled a green-headed cannon. While the gunner advanced forward, he quickly set up artillery on both sides. Only a roar of "boom" was heard, a ball of white smoke rose up, and the shells roared out.

In an instant, three iron bombs were shot out from each side of the square array, and the shells crossed and shot towards the target area. Each shell was shot in obliquely, destroying a large number of wooden targets.

At this time, after the artillery fired, the gunner cleaned up a little, and once again dragged the artillery with his war horse, the horse's hooves caught up with the advance stepping formation, and then set up again, and shot out another shot.

When Dorgon saw this, he thought about it. Hong Chengchou hurriedly explained: "Wang Ye, the meaning of this demonstration is that this kind of artillery can follow the movement of the army and provide firepower support to the army in field battles. As for the artillery placed on both wings, it is because the artillery is shot obliquely, which can strangle more enemy troops."

Dorgon nodded. As the Qing army advanced, the two winged artillery followed and fired one shot from time to time.

Previously, among the Ming and Qing dynasties, the red-clothed cannons were too heavy to follow the army. They could only use the Folang machine during field battles, and the Folang machine was not airtight, so they did not shoot far and did not have much effect.

This kind of artillery cannon can keep up with the movement of the army. It can be said that whoever equipped it will take the initiative in field battles.

"Stand up, raise your gun and shoot!" Bayan shouted loudly.

At this time, the Qing army had already walked to the target area that was almost destroyed by artillery. With a command, three hundred musketeers stood up immediately.

"Let me!" Bayan roared passionately.

The first row of musketeers immediately raised the musket and pulled the trigger together.

"Bang bang bang" The deafening musket volley sounded, and a thick white smoke rose up.

After the first row of the Qing army's muskets were shot, they immediately raised them back, then went forward and shot again, and finally the third row.

The three hundred and eight banner soldiers were divided into three rows of shooting, and in the blink of an eye, the smoke of gunfire spread across the front, while the target area ahead was blown to pieces by muskets.

After the artillery strangle and three rows of musket shooting, the originally dense wooden targets were almost completely destroyed, leaving only a few alone, still standing.

At this time, Bayan walked to the 300 musketeers with great pride, and suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "I am the blue flag, majestic!"

"mighty!"

"I am the Qing Dynasty!"

"Magnificent!" "Magnificent!"

Three hundred Qing soldiers shouted together, and their voices were buzzing all over the fields.

Seeing this scene, Dorgon had no joy on his face. He was silent for a long time and suddenly asked: "Sir Hong, how long will it take for these firearms to be delivered to the Zhenglan Banner?"

Hong Chengchou felt a little nervous, but he still said truthfully: "Report to the Regent, Zhenglan Banner has been training for half a year, and the firearm has been delivered for more than three months."

"Three months?" Dorgon was shocked and his face became even darker. He suddenly said, "If I win the world, my Qing Dynasty will forbid this thing!"

In three months, a group of such sharp musketeers could be trained. This did not make Dorgon happy, but felt the bone-broken cold.

Because he realized that if this kind of firearm was used on a large scale, the rule of the Qing Dynasty would inevitably collapse.

Hong Chengchou was also a smart man and immediately understood Dorgon's concerns, but the Ming army has begun to be equipped. If the Qing Dynasty does not have it, it will only be defeated in the end.

"Regent~"

Hong Chengchou was about to speak, but Dorgon raised his hand to interrupt, "Don't worry, Mr. Hong, I will not reduce the cost of the Ministry of Works now. I will allocate you an additional 500,000 taels every year. You must create such sharp firearms for the Qing Dynasty."

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but say in surprise: "Regent, where is the Ministry of Revenue?"

Dorgon waved his hand, "You don't have to worry about this. I will summon Fan Yongdou and others to Beijing in the near future and ask them to support the court to use it to cast firearms."

Fan Yongdou was one of the eight imperial merchants. He helped the Qing Dynasty smuggle materials from the pass, making the Qing Dynasty stronger and eventually entered the pass.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, it reciprocated its favor and gave the eight imperial merchants many privileges. Their business followed the pace of the Qing army and expanded from Shanxi to the entire north and the two Huaihe Rivers.

Especially after accepting Lianghuai Salt Industry, they all made a lot of money, and their original investments were considered to have received a return of hundreds or thousands of times.

Now that the Qing Dynasty is in a tight position, Dorgon hinted slightly, he should be able to blackmail a large amount of money and grain.

These merchants have always been killed after they are fattened. When Hong Chengchou heard that Dorgon was looking for the Fan family, he immediately calmed down and knew that his Ministry of Works had enough money to cast guns and cannons and build warships.

At this time, Bayan led a red-haired Yi over and saluted: "Report to the Regent, the exercise is over."

Dorgon's eyes fell on the red-haired Yi and said, "You are the army of the Qing Dynasty."

The Red Mavericks could speak some Chinese words and bow, "Dear Regent, my subordinates and I are the best officers and soldiers in the company. We trained for the Qing Dynasty, and naturally the best soldiers. If you have 100,000 such soldiers, it will be enough to sweep the entire Europa!"

Dorgon didn't believe that he was boasting. Even they were defeated by Zhao Zamao, so he was embarrassed to say the best soldiers.

Dorgon looked at Bayan and said in a deep voice: "No matter how good the training is, it is better to fight. You should find an opportunity to take it out and fight a war and show your strength to me!"
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