The heavy rain gradually became lighter at noon, but it was still sparse and the sky was dark. The Qing army camp, which was set up in the south of Yangzhou City, seemed to be shrouded in a rain and fog.

In the camp, there was only the rising smoke, and no one was rumbling, and it could even be called silent. When Duke Zhenguo, the son of Dorobel Tulun, drove into the camp under the escort of the Eight Banners under the Eight Banners' Inspectors, all he saw was the armored soldiers standing in the rain and fog. Apart from this, there was no other person walking. He sighed at the time and said to his left and right: "I only obey Oboi, the Manchu army governing," he said to his side.

The Manchu soldiers in the camp were stationed and headed to the Obai tent. Because the sky was a little dark, there were oil lamps in Obai's tent. Under the light, the "Baturu" warriors in Manzhou who were personally named by Emperor Taizong, who now commanded the army of Sanwan as an inner minister, was reading a book. The book was written by the Han people. When Emperor Taizong was there, he specifically asked Obai to study this book more, saying that as long as he read the book thoroughly and understood the principles in the inner world, he would be invincible in the future, no matter whether he fought or governed the people.

The person Aobai admired the most in his life was Emperor Taizong, so even though Emperor Taizong had been dead for more than ten years, he still kept the teachings of Emperor Taizong in his early years in his heart. Whenever he had free time, he would take out the book written by the Han people and read it. Unlike other princes and ministers in Manzhou, Obai had a very good Han level and could speak fluent Chinese language. He was also a minister of Manzhou who always advocated the importance of the Han people. Even though he tried his best to oppose Dorgon back then, he was very supportive of Dorgon's proposal to use Han to control the Han Dynasty.

Tunqi's grandfather was Shurhaqi, the younger brother of Emperor Taizu. He worked with Emperor Taizong in his early years. He followed Prince Ying Ajige to fight Korea and then fought Zhang Xianzhong from Prince Su Haoge to Sichuan. And Oboi was there, so the two had a good relationship. When Shunzhi 11th year of pursuit of Hengzhou defeat, Tunqi was deposed. Later, it was Oboi who helped him advance in front of the emperor. He was awarded the title of Duke Zhenguo in the 12th year of Shunzhi. Otherwise, it would be just a idle red belt in Beijing.

Tunqi has a sister who married Tumulu's family in Zhengbai Banner. Unfortunately, she died in Guangzhou three years ago. Whenever she thinks of this, Tunqi is very sad. She always thinks about killing all Taiping Kou and finding his sister's bones in Guangzhou. But this matter is just a thought. It's not that Tunqi is worried that not only killing Taiping Kou, but that the whole city of Guangzhou was slaughtered by Taiping Kou. There are so many corpses, and so long has passed, where did he go to find his sister's bones.

When Tunqi came in, he saw the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in Oboi's hand at the first glance. He couldn't help but say, "What's the good thing about the Han people? You've read this book for more than twenty years?"

"The books of the Han people are good things, and they are very useful to us, but they can't underestimate them. Just this book has many great principles. I have read it for more than twenty years, but I still feel that I haven't seen it thoroughly."

Seeing that it was Tunqi, Obai smiled and put down the book, signaled Tunqi to sit down, and asked him what was wrong. Tunqi said that Prince Korqin and Wu Keshan would arrive at Sanwan at the latest. The emperor asked Obai to arrange the Mongolian soldiers and not neglect the Mongolian princes and princes, which made the hearts of the Outer Mongolian army cold.

Wu Keshan was the master's uncle, and the Mongolian soldiers were an important force in this war. Oboi was able to distinguish the importance of the matter and had already ordered him to prepare a camp for the Mongolian soldiers and wait for them to arrive.

After saying this, Tunqi said again: "Gabula reported that the Yizhen Taiping gang braved the wind and rain yesterday and rushed to attack his camp with great force. He asked the emperor to send troops to help to avoid being broken through by the Taiping gang."

Gabula is a native of the Zhenghuang Banner of Manzhou Province. She is the eldest son of Sony, the minister of the First Class of Guards. She is now commanding 10,000 infantry and cavalry to resist the Taiping Army in the west. However, Gabula is only 28 years old and has never had any experience in leading the army before, so many old ministers, including Oboi, think that Gabula should not be allowed to stand alone. However, Sony is well-received by the emperor. In addition, except for Oboi and a few veterans in the camp, almost all the remaining children in Manzhou have not fought.

In the formation, there were very few outstanding young people, and they were worried about letting the Han governors lead the army, so they could only let these inexperienced Manzhou children take charge. Fortunately, the Taiping Army in the west had very few troops and the main forces were all in the south, so at the beginning, Oboi did not focus on the Taiping Army in the west. Facts also proved that the Taiping Army in the west was at most a partial division of the Taiping Army. Gabula fought with them in Tongshan for a while before blocking the other side.

Tunqi asked Aobai what it means. Now the soldiers and horses are all in Aobai. If reinforcements are sent, you will definitely have to go from Sanwan.

Obai shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to send reinforcements to Gabula, and none of my soldiers can be transferred away."

Tunqi hesitated a little: "If Gabula can't hold back, wouldn't it be that the bandits approach Yangzhou? The emperor is in the city, so it would be inappropriate not to send reinforcements."

Oboi disagreed and said, "There are four thousand taels of yellow flag brigades directly under the emperor, and more than 20,000 Han troops and battalions. The bandits in the west have only 10,000. Even if they can eat Gabula, they will have the power to attack Yangzhou City. Don't worry, ask Gabula to take over." Speaking of this, Oboi paused, "If we really want to send troops to the west, it will be the trick of the thief scholar. Now this is the main force of both sides. Once the Mongolian soldiers arrive, I will prepare to fight the thief scholar. At this time, if the emperor draws troops from me, who is the cheapest?"

After listening to Tunqi, he realized that the more urgent the attack of the Taiping gang in the west, the more it showed that the Taiping army here was under great pressure. He was eager to force the Qing army in Sanwan to divide the troops through the Taiping gang in the west. If he really wanted to divide his troops to go to the west, he would have been trapped by the bandit scholar.

However, Tunqi was worried, and he said, "If you don't send reinforcements to Gabula, will Sony hold a grudge against you?"

Oboi smiled and told Tunzisoni that although sometimes he was not in harmony with him, he was not stupid and knew where it mattered now.

"The thief scholar put a bait in the west to lure me to divide the troops, but I was not fooled. When the Mongolian tribes arrived, I would fight him to see if he could block his three heads and six arms."

Oboi said fiercely, but he didn't know that at this time, in the treach scholar's tent in Gaomin Temple, the treach scholar was facing Cheng Hanbin, the ambassador of the Arsenal Bureau, who was coming, and "Yes, Your Highness, the King of Qi is the bait. My banner is here, and Shunzhi and Oboi's eyes are nailed here. How can they be fooled? They will just send all their soldiers to me crazily."

"Why isn't your highness too dangerous?" Cheng Hanbin was quite worried.

"With these three hundred flying thunder cannons you brought, no matter how big the danger is, it's worth it."

The flying thunder cannon mentioned by Zhou Shixiang is a simple earth cannon in his memory in his previous life. This kind of cannon is rather a shooting barrel, which is a powerful earth bag. The main body is an empty iron bucket. After filling it, the bag is tied into a disc shape, and then tied it into the bucket with a wooden board. Then, the bag is ignited first, and then ignite it. Then, the bag can be shot from 5 to 10 kilograms to a distance of 100-150 meters. In addition to fixing the iron bucket, you can also dig an inclined pit directly on the ground, and the hole faces the enemy. However, this kind of earth pit can only be used at one time and is not as good as the iron bucket to be used continuously.

After Cheng Hanbin got the design drawings of the flying thunder cannon, he began to lead people to create experiments. He found that the bag could be thrown dozens of meters away, which was much safer than charging with the bag on his back. However, during the experiment, because Zhou Shixiang was not sure about the amount of medicine, several accidents occurred, dozens of people died, and Cheng Hanbin's left arm was almost blown off. Later, during the experiment, Cheng Hanbin could only use bandits sent by the Military Information Department to participate in the experiment, so as not to die again. After continuous experiments, Cheng Hanbin and others finally came to the results that the best packaging amount should be 5 to 8 kilograms, and the ejected gunpowder was about 0.5 kilograms. Too large or too small will seriously affect the effect.

After the drug pack explodes, it can damage or destroy obstacles within 10 meters, and kill soldiers within 20 meters. And this killing is not to blow people up, but to kill many people. During the experiment, the Ordnance Bureau killed as many as hundreds of horses, sheep, pigs, etc. after the carcasses were cut open, most of the five internal organs were shattered and bleeding from seven orifices.

There are many disadvantages of flying thunder cannons. First of all, the accuracy is poor and the range is short, and there is not much advantage over bows, arrows and muskets. When firing, it can only be roughly guaranteed to be thrown in one direction and will not be thrown within 50 meters in front of the formation, but it is hard to say where it can be thrown. Secondly, a single launch requires 5 to 8 kilograms of medicine. If you need to fire it, you will get thousands of kilograms of medicine. If you fire it a few times, the gunpowder consumed is almost the entire inventory of the Ordnance Bureau.

40,000 kilograms of medicine were transported together with 300 thunder cannons, and more than 20,000 kilograms of medicine were also plucked in Nanjing. These medicines were all pelletized, and their stability and explosion effects were several times stronger than those that had not been treated. Although they still cannot be compared with gunpowder in later generations, they must be the most powerful gunpowder of this era. In order to transport these medicines and thunder cannons to the front line, Cheng Hanbin and the Ordnance Bureau went all out to ensure that the delivery of the Ordnance Bureau was the first thing that the rear must ensure. For these cannons and medicines, the transport of a group of seriously injured people was even postponed.

Zhou Shixiang naturally knew the shortcomings of the flying thunder cannon, but he was not a siege, he was in a field battle. He didn't need to have a long range, nor did he destroy the fortifications of the Qing army. He could only send out about 100 meters. All he wanted to do was when thousands of Manchu and Mongolian cavalry rushed over with their sabers, countless burning medicine bags fell on their heads.

After looking at the large iron bucket placed on that door, Zhou Shixiang felt like a time traveler for the first time.

The advantage of time travelers is to create something that the enemy has never seen before, which will scare them to death.

"Things without conscience are the most efficient weapon for killing people in fixed areas, fixed battlefields, and fixed ranges." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!