Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 129 Chapter 129, Shi Kefa stated the chaos, Zhu Cihong made up his mind
Although the army had surrounded Jinan, it did not launch an attack immediately.

This is what Zhu Cihong meant, and the reason is very simple - Hongyi Cannon didn't arrive.

The Hongyi Cannon was the most critical weapon on the battlefield in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, none of them.

This advanced artillery from the West played a very important role after being resold to Daming by the Portuguese.

The death of Nurhachi, the victory of the Songjin War, the guards of Beijing City, and the Battle of Shanhaiguan and the Battle of Baoding after Zhu Cihong crossed, the Hongyi cannons are all weapons that determine the outcome.

In history, during the siege battles when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, we can also see the appearance of Hongyi Cannon many times.

In front of the Hongyi Cannon, the city walls of the old era collapsed, which can be said to be vulnerable.

After all, there were tens of thousands of Li Zicheng's Dashun Army in Jinan City, so it was impossible for these Dashun Army to surrender easily. Shi Kefa's tentative siege had already proved this point.

Zhu Cihong didn't think there was any point in wasting soldiers on sieges. Both he and the British Duke agreed that the city walls should just be blown down with red cannons.

There are more enemies waiting for the Ming army to deal with them, so it would be better to sacrifice less.

Regarding this, Shi Kefa was dubious: "This Hongyi Cannon can really have such a magical effect?"

Zhu Cilang laughed immediately after hearing the words: "This kind of cannon may be more magical than you imagined."

It is well known that black gunpowder originated in China, where it entered the battlefield for the first time, and was eventually introduced to the West through the Yuan Dynasty's Western Expedition.

But it was indeed the Westerners who really made gunpowder flourish, and thus developed artillery and made artillery the master of the battlefield.

Why can Westerners do this?In fact, the answer is very simple, because the West, especially European countries, have fought too many times.

Compared with the Chinese dynasty in the East, in medieval Europe, there were hundreds of states within the Holy Roman Empire alone, as well as the Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of England, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Danish-Norwegian Commonwealth, and Sweden Kingdom, Kingdom of Spain, Kingdom of Portugal and more.

The combined area of ​​the above-mentioned countries is about the same as the area in the heyday of the Ming Dynasty. You can imagine how chaotic this situation is.

Under such circumstances, European countries will develop their military power crazily and at all costs, and because of their limited population, the number of troops is limited, so the equipment of the military has become the most promising breakthrough direction for victory.

After hundreds of years of fierce fighting, the equipment developed by Western European countries is more powerful than that of the Huaxia Dynasty, which was in peace for most of the time, and that is nothing more than normal.

People go out with knives to chop people every day, and Chinese people go out with knives to chop wood every day. The knives used for chopping people must be sharper than the knives for chopping wood, isn't it?
As a modern person, Zhu Cihong has a very deep understanding of how weapons can change warfare.

In the face of modern weapons, any crowd tactics are a joke, and the lethality and quality of weapons are the last word.

That is to say, now Da Ming really does not have the manpower, material resources and time, otherwise Zhu Cihong would have promoted the modernization of Ming's army as soon as after crossing, at least to modernization.

After listening to Zhu Cihong's explanation, Shi Kefa didn't say anything. On the one hand, he really hadn't fought any battles. Mentaiko has a deep sense of awe.

Zhu Cilang said to Shi Kefa: "Master Shi is worried about Li Yan's reinforcements, right? Don't worry, as long as Li Yan arrives, we will have tens of thousands more prisoners."

Shi Kefa was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "It seems that His Royal Highness is as brave as the rumors, it is indeed my great blessing."

Shi Kefa's words came from the bottom of his heart. Daming was too aggrieved to be passively beaten all these years. Those courtiers who really loved Daming hoped that a famous general would come down from the sky and beat Li Zicheng and Man Qing to the ground!
Zhu Cihong pulled Shi Kefa to sit down, and said with a chuckle: "As for the matter of combat, you can rest assured, Mr. Shi. The main thing I want to ask you now is about this world."

Historically, at this time period, the Manchu Qing had already occupied Beijing and began to travel all the way south, so the historical materials in Zhu Cihuang’s mind from the system were basically the Manchu Qing and conquered it, which is completely different from the timeline in which the Ming Dynasty is still alive today.

Zhu Cihong urgently needs to know what is going on in the south in this new timeline, which has been cut off from the capital for several months.

Shi Kefa hesitated for a moment, then said: "To tell the truth, His Royal Highness, since Henan and Shandong were surrounded by Li Zicheng's thieves, the Ming officials from all over the country had no leader and could only fight on their own. Although the Nanjing side also knew some news, it was not enough. comprehensive."

According to Shi Kefa's narration, there are mainly the following forces in the southern part of the Ming Dynasty.

The first one is Ning Nanbo Zuo Liangyu, who claims to have 20 soldiers, but has been stationed in Hubei and Jiangxi, and ignores the news that Nanjing asks him to be king.

It's just that after learning that the Ming Dynasty had successfully occupied Baoding, Zuo Liangyu took the initiative to send his son Zuo Menggeng to lead the army north to King Qin, and arrived in Jinan in two days.

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong nodded thoughtfully.

Of course Zuo Liangyu was known to Zhu Cihong. He was born in the Guanning Army, and he supported the soldiers with self-respect. In the end, he was involved in the internal strife in the Southern Ming Dynasty, attacked the court in the name of "Qing Emperor's side", and died of illness halfway.

His son Zuo Menggeng was even more outrageous. After Zuo Liangyu died of illness, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty without firing a shot, and became the vanguard of the Qing Dynasty's attack on Jiangnan.

Shi Kefa continued to speak, this time the second military force he was talking about was Qin Liangyu's White Army.

This well-known female general in the late Ming Dynasty, because Zhang Xianzhong has been coveting Sichuan, she has been leading the white pole army to stare at Zhang Xianzhong.

It's just that Zhang Xianzhong has withdrawn from Sichuan and returned to Hubei recently, and Qin Liangyu's white pole army may come to the east.

Zhu Cihong also nodded slightly, although the two names Qin Liangyu and Zuo Liangyu are similar, but Qin Liangyu is a true national heroine, Zuo Liangyu... Hehehe.

However, Qin Liangyu's white-armed army was few in number, and in addition to protecting Sichuan from being poisoned by Zhang Xianzhong, it actually didn't have much effect on the battle situation.

Zhu Cihong asked, "Then, what about the Nanjing court?"

According to the system established after Ming Chengzu Zhu Di moved the capital, the city of Nanjing where Ying Tianfu is located belongs to the "shadow court" of the Ming Dynasty. When the official court of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing is in danger, the Nanjing court should play its role.

Judging from the current description of Shi Kefa, this effect has not appeared.

Shi Kefa hesitated for a moment, then said: "In Nanjing, among the six divisions of Yingtian Mansion, there are actually quite a few adults who care about the capital, but they don't have any generals in their hands at all, except for the repeated orders to Ning Nanbo. Apart from Zuo Liangyu and Fengyang governor Ma Shiying, there really is no better way."

Zhu Cihong was not surprised either. After all, Nanjing has always been the destination of Beijing's ministers after being demoted. How many old people can really be expected to sincerely rescue the capital after being demoted?

Zhu Cihong said: "Then, why doesn't the governor of Fengyang, Ma Shiying, not send troops?"

Fengyang is the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang, known as the "Central Capital" of the Ming Dynasty. Eight years ago, Li Zicheng attacked this place, digging up the graves of Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestors.

So later Chongzhen re-appointed the governor of Fengyang, ordered him to control a military force, and rebuilt the guards in Zhongdu.

Since Fengyang is located in Southern Zhili, just north of Nanjing, this army is basically armed with financial and military resources from the south of the Yangtze River.

Shi Kefa hesitated for a moment, and then said: "To tell you the truth, before setting off, I also talked with Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, but he thought that Li Zicheng's army was powerful, so, so..."

Shi Kefa didn't continue talking, but Zhu Cihong had already fully understood.

"So that's it. It seems that my Great Ming is not that there are no soldiers and no generals in the south, but that some people have soldiers in their hands, but they are unwilling to rescue the capital!"

In fact, when reading the history books of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong once had doubts. Why did the area south of the Yangtze River, where Chongzhen has never experienced large-scale wars in the past 17 years, never have a teacher of King Qin? Could it be that these Ming people in the south of the Yangtze River are not patriotic? , only doing business and not fighting?
Now he understands that it's not that people from Jiangnan are not patriotic, nor that people from Jiangnan don't join the army, but that Zuo Liangyu and Ma Shiying, the commanders of the southern Ming army who lead the army, think that the capital of the Ming Dynasty is doomed, and they never thought of going north to serve as the king at all. !
Shi Kefa saw that Zhu Cihuang's face was not right, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the situation in Ming Dynasty is in turmoil at this moment. The troops in the hands of Zuo Liangyu and Ma Shiying are forces that the court can rely on. Please be more careful when dealing with them, Your Highness."

Shi Kefa was worried that Zhu Cixiang was too young and impulsive and would break up with the two warlords Zuo Liangyu and Ma Shiying, which would be difficult to handle.

Zhu Cihong laughed, and said solemnly: "Master Shi, don't worry, I have my own sense of proportion! Well, today's talk is enough, Mr. Shi, you can rest well."

After a while, Zhu Cihong returned to his camp, and asked Fang Gongqian: "How is the training of the prince's personal army in this palace, are they loyal enough?"

Fang Gong patted his chest dryly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the slaves are watching, absolutely loyal."

Zhu Cihong nodded and smiled: "Very well, let them get ready, I will need them these few days."

Fang Gongqian was a little puzzled, but soon understood that it was Zhu Cihong who wanted to attack Jinan, so he kept saying yes.

After Fang Gongqian left, Zhu Cihong snorted softly, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"The country is facing a crisis, but you only want to be a warlord and protect the little military power in your hands? Wait and see how I deal with you!"

(End of this chapter)