I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

"Everyone who wants to escape, go and escape as soon as possible, and I will not stop those who want to descend. As for me, I have no face to live anymore."

As Hong Chengchou said that, he drew his sword and tried to commit suicide, but was stopped by his quick-witted subordinates and personal soldiers.

"Hey, you are trying to trap me in infidelity."

Hong Chengchou was furious and berated his subordinates.

When a general saw Hong Chengchou's appearance, he couldn't wait to kick him under the city wall.

After all, not everyone will be deceived by Hong Chengchou's little trick, and there are many high-ranking officials who use 'attempt suicide' to keep their reputations, and there are many routines, everyone already knows it.

Some people act well and their subordinates cooperate, so the main general will probably have a decent reputation. If you surrender in the future, you can also say that you once wanted to commit suicide to die for your country, but he was helpless when he was rescued by his subordinates.

But some people don't act well, and it's embarrassing if their subordinates don't cooperate.

For example, Qian Qianyi, he wanted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty to survive, but he was afraid of being scolded as a second minister, so he wanted to play the scene of committing suicide first, and then surrendering later can also be said to be forced helpless.

It's a pity that after he jumped into the water, his subordinates didn't understand the style. Or maybe some people see it and are lazy to save such hypocritical people, so as not to have a bad reputation for destroying others' loyalty to the country in the future.

Since then, Qian Qianyi was embarrassed by no one to save him. He was just pretending, but he didn't really want to die. You watched me die like this, which made me very embarrassed.

Seeing that his subordinates were determined not to save, Qian Qianyi also gritted his teeth and went ashore by himself. His wife Liu Ruzhi asked him why he came up. Qian Qianyi said, "The water is too cold." Lei turned countless people around and became an eternal laughing stock.

Hong Chengchou was luckier than Qian Qianyi, and his subordinates were all acquainted, so he didn't embarrass him or make him a laughing stock.

As the Ming army rushed in front of him, Hong Chengchou and others were also skillfully captured.

He has had the experience of being captured for a long time, and he is indeed very experienced and skilled.

With the fall of the handsome flag, the resistance on the city wall also weakened rapidly.

The main general is gone, and he continues to resist. Isn't that a disease of his brain?

Those generals are already taking the lead in surrendering, and the soldiers will not resist.

Outside the city, Wu Changqing and others saw some of the situation in the city through the telescope.

This is the city of Nanjing. The city of Nanjing, which claims to be able to stop a million soldiers, took only a few days to capture it with ease.

"With rifled guns, it will be much easier for us to attack the city in the future, and the recovery of Beijing is just around the corner."

Liu Hansan said with emotion that this kind of rifled gun is too deterrent to generals, and will test the command system of the Qing army very much in the future.

"It's not that easy. In the future, the generals of the Qing army may all wear soldiers' clothing, and it will be difficult to identify them."

Li Shaobin said that he just saw the enemy generals change their clothes. Since the generals in Nanjing City have thought of this move, the Qing army generals in the north have information and have time to study it, and they will definitely be able to come up with ways to deal with it.

This rifled gun can still play some deterrent effects in the future, but it is impossible to achieve a decisive effect like this time.

"Eliminate the remaining enemies as soon as possible, and strive to spend the night in the city at night."

Wu Changqing said.

The urban area within the Beijing City Wall is nearly 100 square kilometers. Although it is much smaller than that of later generations, it is already a super metropolis in this era, and it is difficult to find a larger city in the world.

It is not an easy task to completely occupy and clean up such a large urban area, and it takes a lot of time and energy.

Wu Changqing spoke, and his subordinates naturally did not dare to slack off. Without the idleness to continue chatting, they ordered their respective troops to speed up the cleanup.

It was not until the five fingers were gone that the city was initially under control.

It is a pity that it is already night, and Wu Changqing has no idea of ​​entering the city. It is better to wait another night, wait until tomorrow and enter again during the day, and let the people come out to watch and show the strength of his army.

This is also an opportunity to establish a prestige and win the hearts of the people, and Wu Changqing will not miss it.

The generals did not realize Wu Changqing's wish to enter the city for the night, and they were all a little ashamed and apprehensive, for fear that Wu Changqing would get angry because of it.

In the battle to capture Nanjing, they really didn't have much credit. They relied on the snipers brought out by Wu Changqing.

Finally, Wu Changqing gave them a chance to show their abilities, but they were not sure, and they didn't even do a good job in clearing the remaining enemies.

As a general, he naturally dislikes a group of subordinates who are ineffective.

"Report the results."

Wu Changqing didn't take what he said to heart, after all, it was just a casual remark. It doesn't matter if he enters the city one day earlier or one day later.

"This time, our army killed more than 6,000 Qing troops and captured more than 31,000 enemy troops, of which 20,000 were cavalry. We also captured 20,000 war horses and 13,000 pack horses."

Hearing that more than 30,000 war horses had been captured, the generals stood up abruptly.

This is a war horse. The current price of a war horse is about 18 taels, and the price of a pack horse is 112 taels. The value of this batch of war horses alone has reached more than half a million taels.

Also, this is the market price. War horses are strategic materials, and they are basically in a priceless state. Not to mention that the number is so large that tens of thousands of war horses are impossible to buy with money.

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With this batch of warhorses, they can form a cavalry that has always been strong.

If you want to go north to recover the north, the cavalry is an indispensable arm, because the plain area of ​​​​the north is too large. From Jiangbei to Beijing, it is a plain, and the entire North China Plain stretches for thousands of kilometers.

Although the hollow phalanx of flintlock guns can restrain the cavalry, the premise is that the cavalry will come to attack them.

If the cavalry just roams on the periphery with mobility, threatening the infantry at all times, it is also a very troublesome thing.

When the infantry encounters such a situation, they need to stay in formation at any time. As long as they relax a little, the cavalry will roar. The flintlock troops without formation were also killed when facing the cavalry.

But it's not easy to keep the formation all the time. At least, you need to sleep at night, and you need to camp.

In short, the cavalry is well used, and it can still compete with the flintlock army at present.

Moreover, Wu Changqing's flintlock troops are also small in number. If there is another decisive battle, as long as the Qing army avoids this main force and attacks other troops, Wu's army will also be in trouble.

Therefore, the formation of cavalry is still necessary for Wu Changqing.

In the past, it was the lack of war horses and qualified cavalry, but now there are both, and it is only necessary to convince those cavalry.

But it was not easy, because almost all of the captured cavalry were Manchu and Mongolian.