Chapter 731 Qi Jiguang’s gourd sells gunpowder

Chapter 731 Qi Jiguang’s gourd sells gunpowder

The invention of the Ming Dynasty's explosive bullets cannot be studied because of the many names of Ming Dynasty firearms and because Confucianism was in power. Most craftsmen did not leave their names in history. This is a tragedy. The social status of craftsmen is low, which is enough to change the battlefield pattern. The invention of the invention has only left one sentence in ancient history: It was passed down from previous generations and the military strategists kept it secret.

But the large-scale application of explosive ammunition was in the hands of Weng Wanda, the governor of the three sides.

In the 17th year of Jiajing, Annan Kingdom Mo Dengyong and his son usurped the throne and proclaimed themselves emperor. The Ming Dynasty mobilized a large army to conquer the country. Qiu Luan, the commander-in-chief of Guangdong and Guangxi, was appointed as the general to conquer the south. Mao Bowen, the Minister of War, was the governor-general of military affairs. Zhang Jing, the governor-general of Guangdong and Guangxi, was the governor-general, and Weng Wanda was the governor-general of the expedition to the south. The deputy envoy, Chen Bing, was stationed at Nanguan and was preparing to go south. Zhang Jing here was Zhang Sima, the Minister of War in Nanjing who defeated the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang but was unjustly killed by the imperial court.

After Mo Dengyong and his son surrendered, Weng Wanda served as the governor of the three sides, the governor of Xuanfu, and the army of Datong. He defeated Ada Khan's invaders many times, including the fierce battle at the iron-wrapped gate, the bloody battle at Ji Geyu, Yanghe's defeat of the stubborn enemy, and the great victory at Caojiazhuang. , Weng Wanda defeated Ada Khan.

Weng Wanda was in charge of the border affairs, and Anda Khan was beaten whenever he showed his head. He clashed with Ming Dynasty and failed to win.

In the sixth year of Dubian, Weng Wanda was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War. In the 28th year of Jiajing, Weng Wanda's father died of illness. At that time, some ministers in the court asked Emperor Jiajing to keep Weng Wanda on the grounds that "the Jin Revolution was not avoided". Emperor Jiajing agreed. However, the officials in the court criticized Weng Wanda for his love of power and his refusal to leave on the grounds of the ancestral law. Weng Wanda's three invitations caused worries to the officials.

The ancestral law here is the imperial edict of Zhu Qizhen, the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, in the seventh year of Zhengtong: All officials who concealed their mourning should be sent to the people of their place of origin; in the twelfth year of Zhengtong, Zhu Qizhen issued another edict: Officials of all sizes, both internal and external, were not allowed to be preserved. Play to seize love and revive.

Before Ming Yingzong, it was normal for ministers to lose their love to the emperor after their parents died. After Ming Yingzong, Bu Dingyou was a treasonous person, a lover, a treacherous and sycophantic person without a father or mother.

In the 29th year of Jiajing's reign, Anda Khan heard that Weng Wanda had returned home, and immediately raised troops to go south, defeated Gubeikou, went south, and besieged the capital.

When Weng Wanda was in the court, Anda Khan was suppressed and beaten by Weng Wanda for six years. As soon as Weng Wanda left, Anda Khan even surrounded the capital of the Ming Dynasty. In the conflict between Weng Wanda and the northern barbarians, he was the first to use ammunition. It has been applied on a large scale.

Weng Wanda used a large number of poisonous fire flying cannons. The poisonous fire flying cannons were made of wrought iron. They were a kind of mortar. They were placed in trenches dug on the ground. They were wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The cannonballs were stuck in the middle. The cannonballs used by the flying cannons were not solid but hollow. Load five taels of gunpowder, ignite it, fire the cannon first, and then hit the flying cannon 200 steps away, crushing and injuring people.

Weng Wanda invented the Thunder Flying Cannon based on the Poison Fire Flying Cannon, which improved many of the shortcomings of the Poison Fire Flying Cannon and further optimized the shells.

In the third year of Wanli, Qi Jiguang added a wooden delay fuse to the Lei Fei cannon shell. The delay fuse was a wooden disk installed at the bottom of the shell. There were twelve scales on it, which represented the burning time of the fuse. The long range is twelve miles. As the range changes, it only needs to be rotated to detonate on time. (Chapter 390)

(Flower bomb cross-section)

The emergence of delayed fuzes has greatly increased the reliability of thunder missiles, that is, explosive bombs, and there are various kinds of explosive bombs, such as watermelon cannons, flying cloud thunder cannons, flying exploding cannons, and wind-drilling fire meteor cannons. Wait, it can be said that a hundred flowers are blooming, and the development of flower bombs is extremely rapid.

Qi Jiguang likes to improve ordnance. During the Jiajing period, when the Japanese were suppressed, he improved bird guns, rockets, and tiger squatting cannons. Later, Qi Jiguang had more time to improve and invent, and successively came up with flat guns and delayed weapons. Fuze, etc., but he felt that these were just small inventions. To really affect the war situation, it would have to be the improvement of Gokuyuan.

Qi Jiguang once had a huge disagreement with Li Rusong on the artillery assembly issue of the cavalry camp in the Beijing camp. At that time, the artillery loaded with nine kilograms of gunpowder was as high as four thousand kilograms, requiring twelve horses to pull it, and it was very demanding on the terrain. This seriously affected To the mobility of the riding camp.

But now all the nine-pound cannons used by the Ming Dynasty weigh only 1,500 kilograms and only require four horses to pull them. Moreover, the number of gunners has been reduced to ten instead of the previous fifteen. The weight reduction of the artillery by the Gewuyuan has been greatly The maneuverability of the Jiujin Artillery is enhanced, making the Jiujin Artillery a field gun that can be used regularly.

Everything in the Wanli Restoration had one result, that is, the Ming Dynasty had a generational advantage on the battlefield of aiding Korea. The Ming Dynasty had entered the era of firearms warfare, while the Japanese pirates still mainly used cold weapons.

Governor Konishi was gathering. He did not have a telescope, but he still observed the formation of the Ming army from a high place. He could not understand the formation of the Ming Dynasty.

"Isn't it said that Qi Jiguang is like a god in using his troops? The Ming Dynasty occupies a favorable location and it would have been easier to defend the city. However, Qi Jiguang moved the troops out of the city. It was just a move out of the city. He actually stretched the military formation for such a long time. , there are only four rows of positions, as long as you rush in and tear them apart, wouldn't it be a complete defeat?" President Xiaoxi was a little confused as to what medicine Qi Jiguang was selling in his gourd.

What Qi Jiguang sells in his gourd is gunpowder.

The Japanese pirates enjoyed great blessings. The first battle of the Ming Dynasty's transformation from cold weapons to all-hot weapons was the Japanese pirates' experience of its elegance.

"The plain to the west of Pyongyang is close to the Taedong River. It is dotted with villages, farmhouses and ditches. It is not suitable for charge operations. The relatively small battlefield made the arrogant Qi Jiguang make a wrong judgment before leaving the city." Kato Kiyomasa He didn't understand why there was a linear formation, so he gave his own reasons. Qi Jiguang was quite proud of his past achievements and was a bit arrogant.

In this era, it is inevitable to cut off troops. The consequences of being torn apart with only four rows of thickness are extremely terrible. In the view of Yukinagako Konishi, all we need is to let Hwarang Hyup absorb enough troops in the front. Damn it, as long as the Japanese pirates rush in front of the Ming army, the battle will be won.

"If I were Qi Jiguang, I would definitely attack halfway across the river. Now that we have completely crossed the river, with the huge advantage in numbers, I don't believe that Qi Jiguang can have any great ability to change the outcome!" Masanori Fukushima put his hands on his hips and laughed. He stood up, pointed in the direction of the Ming army, and said loudly: "It is a waste to hand over such an excellent sergeant to an arrogant general!"

"Don't you think it's shameful for Qi Jiguang! The empire gave him the strongest army, but he was so wasteful!"

What Yukinaga Konishi, Kato Kiyomasa, and Fukushima Masanori said is correct, because they have not experienced all-firearms combat, not to mention that they have not, and the entire world has not had such experience.

On the third day of March in the fourteenth year of Wanli, the early spring sun shone on the plain outside Qixingmen. The Japanese pirates who had successfully completed crossing the river began to move in full force amidst the sound of war drums and rushed towards Qixingmen like a tide. They successfully crossed Jiang, charging with the morale of a great victory, seemed to be moving forward inexorably. The Japanese pirates and Hwarang Hyep, shouting "Victory", rushed towards the line of infantry.

The first to fire were forty fifteen-pound cannons, followed by two hundred nine-pound cannons. The scene of the salvo of two hundred and forty cannons was earth-shattering. The whole earth was shaking, and the projectiles fired by the artillery were on the battlefield. Rampant and unbridled, at a distance of one thousand to eight hundred steps, the heavy artillery fired twice, which was the massacre of exploding bullets. Between eight hundred and five hundred steps, it was the massacre of solid bullets, because the penetration of solid bullets and ejection, causing greater damage to the battlefield and formations.

The first wave of charges was like a wave, and it receded like an ebbing tide. The first wave of more than 10,000 people charged. When the tide ebbed, less than 5,000 people withdrew from the firing range.

"The density of artillery is a bit high. I will remind Your Majesty next time to give less artillery. It will not be able to hold the artillery itself, and the logistics supply pressure will be great." Qi Jiguang used a telescope to watch the results of the battle. Qi Jiguang was already used to seeing dead people. He He prefers to see his enemy fall, rather than his comrades lying in his arms, entrusting his wife and children to him.

The concentration of artillery was so great that the Mingbu Battalion had nothing to do, and the first wave of charges was over.

The infantry camp was ready to go, and then they saw the charge being repelled by the artillery. The infantry camp soldiers even showed some confusion. When the generals mobilized, they said that this was the first decisive battle, a bloody battle, and a tough battle.

Your Majesty's kindness has been too great.

"This..." Governor Konishi looked blankly at Hwarang killing deserters on the battlefield. He could not accept the result. The charge of a ten thousand people was easily resolved by the Ming Dynasty. Didn't the gunpowder of the Ming Dynasty cost money? When a cannon is fired, gold is worth ten thousand taels, and the same is true for Ming Dynasty.

In fact, this is related to the overcapacity of the Ming Dynasty. The saltpeter boiling in Laojun Cave in the Ming Dynasty can only provide 500,000 kilograms of gunpowder a year. However, the Ming Dynasty purchases more than two million kilograms of salty sand from the West every year. This salty sand is saltpeter, which is mainly used for Ships use ballast as incidental cargo. Such a huge amount of gunpowder is produced every year. Apart from training and no major battles, it can only be stored.

The emperor had a phobia of fire and was unwilling to cut back on gunpowder production. Now he finally had a place to pour his money.

Governor Konishi once again ordered the charge. In addition to the Hwarang Hyup driving away the North Korean prisoners in the second wave, Governor Konishi’s army also joined the second charge. This time, the three groups advanced together, with momentum like a rainbow and an unstoppable force. With such momentum, after the second wave of charges, the third wave followed closely behind, spreading out and advancing, not giving the Ming army's artillery a chance to show off its ferocity.

The scattered charge was effective. The Japanese pirates finally entered within 500 steps of the line array. Between 500 steps and 100 steps was the range of the Crouching Tiger Cannon. The Crouching Tiger Cannon was placed on the battlefield. A total of five thousand doors.

The biggest feature of the Tiger Crouching Cannon is that it weighs 36 pounds and can be carried around on your back. This thing has countless advantages, but its biggest disadvantage is that it is a bit weak in power, has a short neck and few medicines, is heavy, and has weak power, making it unusable.

In order to change this shortcoming of low power, the Daming Academy and the Ordnance Supervision made improvements. The Tiger Crouching Cannon appeared, and its weight was increased to forty-nine kilograms. It can hold two kilograms and eighty-two kilograms of gunpowder. It is powerful enough to be used, but it is too Heavy.

You must know that the biggest advantage of the Tiger Crouching Cannon is that it is light in weight and easy to carry. It weighs nearly fifty kilograms and requires two people to carry it, making it inconvenient to move.

In the ninth year of Wanli, a new squatting tiger cannon appeared. The weight was still thirty-six kilograms, but the amount of powder was increased to twelve taels (450g). A mule cart could pull two squatting tiger cannons and the required gunpowder and shells. .

Although it is still called the Crouching Tiger Cannon, it is actually completely different. The scene of the volley of the Crouching Tiger Cannon shrouded the entire Ming Army's position in smoke. The same countless projectiles shot out and flew towards the enemy. The Japanese pirates who passed the heavy artillery had no chance to lament the aftermath of the disaster. What greeted them was a new round of artillery coverage.

Governor Konishi once again attacked the fourth wave of 20,000 troops. The Japanese pirates were almost crazy. As long as they could engage the Ming Dynasty in close combat and the thin formation was pierced by the Japanese pirates, they would win. As long as they could break through the opponent's firearm coverage , you can win!

Now there are 45,000 people charging on the battlefield, covering the mountains and plains, rushing towards the Ming army like a stormy wave, and the artillery is still ringing.

Within a hundred steps is the range of the musket. The first person to fire was the flat gun. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not like the flat gun very much. The flat gun was a precision firearm, specially designed to target the enemy's armored soldiers. This thing is not bad, but because it is expensive. , a flat gun is equivalent to five bird guns. I heard that in order to install the flat gun in the Ming Dynasty's capital camp, His Majesty was so frugal that he ate all the cakes.

Eating cakes with military rations is to show that the emperor and the frontline soldiers share the joys and sorrows, but this thing is indeed very expensive.

Two thousand flat guns were deployed on the battlefield, and soon the bird guns began to sound continuously. Qi Jiguang frowned and looked at the battlefield. It was not that the effect of the line array was not good, but that it was too good. The enemy was like cutting Like wheat, they fell one by one.

This is the first time that the line array has been applied to the battlefield. His Majesty jokingly called it the tactic of queuing to kill. In fact, there has never been a drill. It is a relatively long process to determine the drill, training, and all-firearms combat. In order to prevent mistakes, Li Rusong led a cavalry battalion. Ten miles east of Mudan Peak, it is only two miles away from the Ming Dynasty's position. Once the enemy breaks through the fire network, the heavy cavalry battalion will enter, giving the Ming Dynasty infantry battalion time to transform back into the mandarin duck formation.

But now there is a "harvest" situation. Four rows of lines and three sections of fire cover the firepower, and its effective damage exceeds that of artillery. A shot of bird gun only costs two cents of gunpowder, while a shot of artillery costs nine kilograms. Fifteen pounds, Liaodong prefers fire guns because there are fewer difficult battles. For this reason, it is cost-effective.

"Line array is very useful." Qi Jiguang said with a smile on his face.

The Ming Dynasty seemed to have opened a new door. Smoothbore guns and cannons replaced spears, swords and bows. The main form of human warfare changed from close combat to long-range combat with firepower. This was an epoch-making door, and having an epoch-making lead meant that the Ming army , truly invincible.

The last time the Central Plains took an epoch-making lead was when the Han Dynasty's ironware led the world in the Bronze Age.

In the first, second, third and fourth waves of charges, the 50,000 Japanese pirates and Hwarang Allied Forces who charged in total failed to cross the 100-step range, so they dispersed and rushed back faster. The rout occurred. This should be the best time for the Ming army to advance, but Qi Jiguang did not move. Instead, he let the soldiers rest for a while, clean up their firearms, and wait for the enemy's next charge.

It was not that the line formation had any shortcomings, but that Qi Jiguang was waiting for the cavalry camp at the foot of Jinxiu Mountain to cross the Datong River from the upper reaches and cut off the enemy's retreat.

Governor Konishi sent Kuroda Nagamasa to block the attack upstream to prevent the Ming army from crossing the river and flanking them on both sides.

"Report! Kuroda Nagamasa is defeated, the Ming cavalry camp has crossed the river!" "Report! Yangjiaodu in the lower reaches of the Datong River was attacked by the Ming army. In three quarters of an hour, all our troops were defeated!"

Commander Xiao Xi's eyes widened, he rushed to the messenger, grabbed the opponent's collar, and asked sharply: "Baga! There are two thousand people in Yangjiaodu! The main force of the Ming army is in front, who took it away?" Yangjiaodu! ”

"I don't know, the flag is Li." The ordering soldier was trembling with fear.

"Nonsense! Spread rumors to shake the morale of the army, die!" Commander Konishi drew out his short knife, stabbed the order soldier in the abdomen, and said sternly: "Don't spread rumors, nothing will happen to Yangjiaodu!"

When the messenger fell down, he looked at Governor Xiaoxi in disbelief. It was not his fault that Yangjiaodu was captured by the Ming army!

Yangjiaodu was captured by the Liaodong Army. Compared with the Mingjing Camp, the Liaodong Army did not look very strong, but that was compared with the Jingying Camp.

The Liaodong Army was a veteran of hundreds of battles led by Li Chengliang. Without the use of firearms, its combat capabilities were no worse than those of the Beijing camp. Zu Chengxun, as Li Chengliang's confidant, led the Liaodong Army to cooperate in the battle, but he did his best to help Li Rusong. Contribute to progress.

"Order, the whole army charges! I don't believe that we can't tear apart the opponent's thin front line!" Governor Konishi has gone completely crazy, the Yangjiao Crossing has been lost, the back road is blocked, Kuroda Nagamasa has been defeated, and the Ming Dynasty cavalry has crossed When Jiang came to their rear, he could only use all his strength to press everyone on and bet on defeating the Ming army head-on. This was the only chance of survival!

"I will take the lead in the charge. If there are any deserters, I will kill them!" Governor Konishi said sternly: "Amaterasu is above, we will win!"

"Amaterasu, we will win!"

Qi Jiguang stood at the top of the city and naturally saw the movement. He put down his telescope and said: "At the end of the road, I have to fight for my life."

The Japanese pirates began to advance, and the Ming army's combat was a bit formulaic. Firearms screamed on the battlefield, and the Japanese pirates fell down like wheat. They never managed to get within fifty steps of the Ming army, and were killed by dense plumes. The five-pronged attack was firmly suppressed by the Ming army.

Li Rusong appeared on the gentle slope northwest of the battlefield. Behind him was a cavalry battalion. Unlike Marin's vanguard battalion, the Zhenwu battalion led by Li Rusong was a heavy cavalry, which was the core force of the cavalry battalion. There were three cavalry battalions. Together they are called Zhenwu Tuanying, and Zhenwuying is the central army of Zhenwu Tuanying.

Iron armor shone in the noon sun. The armored cavalry camp was divided into three rows, waiting motionless. Everyone held a fifteen-foot-long lance under their left arm and held it in their left hand. To mount a lance, point the lance at a 45-degree angle to the sky. This is the training posture: the crescent moon posture is a relatively labor-saving preparation posture, with the right hand holding the reins.

The heavy cavalry battalion had been waiting for the military order from the Seven Star Gate. The horn sound suddenly became urgent, the drum sound became high-pitched, and when three sentry arrows soared into the sky, Li Rusong leveled the lance in his hand and shouted loudly: "Zhenwu Camp obeys the order! Follow me to attack!"

"The Ming Dynasty's army is mighty!" The cavalry battalion responded to the commander's order.

The tooth flag was dancing, Li Rusong buckled the saddle, drove the horse and began to walk slowly. After walking slowly for twenty paces, the horse's pace began to speed up, sending up bursts of fine smoke. He walked quickly for nearly fifty paces, reloading The cavalry camp finally completed its initial acceleration. Smoke and dust rose up behind the cavalry camp. The sound of horse hooves resounded across the battlefield. The lance was very long, with its head extended forward, flashing sharp light. It rushed into the area that had almost collapsed. In the Japanese pirate army formation.

The Japanese pirates dispersed.

The impact of heavy cavalry is definitely not something that infantry in any formation can contend with.

Infantry can defeat heavy cavalry when they are heavily armored and well coordinated. For example, during the Battle of Licheng, Yue Fei used his back Wei army to resist the Jin's Tiefutu, which the Jin was proud of. The heavy cavalry failed to shake the heavy infantry. It is easy to shake the mountains, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family's army.

This kind of infantry has resisted cavalry charges rarely in history.

Obviously, the Japanese pirates who were at the end of their rope had neither enough armor nor special weapons, nor did they have the morale to stop the advance of the heavy cavalry.

The impact of the heavy cavalry on the battlefield was devastating to the unarmored Japanese pirate army. Just like a river bursting its banks, the heavy cavalry directly cut through the entire front line, leaving a large area of ​​​​the battlefield empty.

"Retreat, retreat!" Governor Konishi knew that he had lost and ordered a retreat. In fact, it didn't matter if he didn't give the order. The great defeat had come.

To Konishi's despair, North Korea's Hwarang ran faster than him!

Originally, Governor Konishi wanted Hwarang to take the rear position, but when Hwarang saw that the situation was not going well, he had already given up and sold out, so he put oil on his feet and allowed their Japanese soldiers to take the rear position!

Before the Ming Emperor formed the heavy cavalry, the Ming army generals believed that the heavy cavalry could charge two or three times on the battlefield. This was inferred from various records. Only after the cavalry camp was actually formed, the Ming Emperor discovered that they were all liars.

Heavy cavalry with armored men and horses can only charge once. No matter how powerful the horse is, when it stops, it cannot charge again.

It is possible to charge twice or even three times. Horses without armor, humans with half armor, or even only breastplates can do it. However, such a heavy horse with an overloaded load has no chance to charge a second time.

But later the generals of the Ming Dynasty discovered that one time was enough. Looking around the world, no army could bear the charge of the Zhenwu Camp of the Ming Dynasty. After all, it took hundreds of years for an unparalleled general like Yue Fei to appear. If there are such generals in the current era, then It's Qi Jiguang.

What is reassuring is that Qi Jiguang is from the Ming Dynasty camp, an imperial advisor, Duke of Feng, and a general.

The line infantry moved and changed from horizontal lines to columns. Each column had 210 people. The formation of columns was a code of conduct. Line lines simplified the formation. There were only line lines, square formations and columns. Columns were for more convenience. When passing obstacles, the line moves slowly and is very easy to tear apart its own formation, but the column does not have this problem.

The Ming Dynasty's army was well-trained, and each column was like a sharp knife piercing the Japanese pirate army. The enemy's defeat made it easier for the sharp knife to break through. The enemy who had lost an inch had completely turned into a target to be slaughtered. Lamb.

"Li Sunchen." Qi Jiguang said calmly.

"The general is here!" Yi Sunchen came to his senses and stood up straight. His jaw had not been closed since the beginning of the war. He never thought that the war could continue like this.

"You lead your headquarters to clean up the battlefield, carry out last-ditch attacks on the Japanese pirates who are still alive, and bring the living Koreans back to Pyongyang and send them to dig coal." After Qi Jiguang gave the order, he received no response and said somewhat strangely: "What are you thinking? What?”

"The general obeys the order!" Li Sunchen said quickly: "The general is thinking that he must not be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty."

The Heavenly Soldiers were so powerful that they shattered Yi Sun-shin's world view. It was better not to be enemies with the Heavenly Soldiers and to let the Japanese pirates come. Yi Sun-Chen was always glad that it was not him who was beaten.

"Go." Qi Jiguang waved his hand, indicating to Li Sunchen to make up for the damage and clean up the battlefield. The harvest will be brought to the library and distributed according to the principle of three horses dividing the fat. The Pyongyang defenders did not dare to be greedy because the heavenly soldiers would not let them. .

"The Ming Dynasty's army is so powerful!" Qi Jiguang looked at the battlefield with emotion after Li Sunchen left.

All the planning was in his heart. He thought it would go so smoothly, but he didn't expect such a crushing victory. The scene of Zhenwuying's charge, when an overwhelming number of people pounced on the Japanese pirates, the overall situation was decided.

The cavalry battalion led by Ma Lin did not completely block the Japanese pirates' retreat. Instead, they opened up the gap and chased and killed them on one side. This was to expand the results of the battle. In the past, there were no cavalry battalions in the Ming Dynasty, even if Even if they win, there is no way to expand the results. They are very passive. Although the Pioneer Battalion only has 3,000 people, every time the fire cannon is fired, a Japanese pirate will be taken away. The coquettish blood flower that symbolizes death blooms on the long front. .

When a person is hit by a fire gun, in addition to splashing blood, the person's reaction is like a fall on the ground. The body will curl up and fall to the ground and can no longer move. The limbs will tremble slightly for a few times and then stop. Trembling.

Fireguns are extremely powerful, and on the battlefield, being shot will basically lead to death.

The war lasted for a whole day and night. It was not until noon on the second day that the cavalry battalion returned to the camp. The pursuit lasted for more than 40 miles. The road was full of enemy corpses. There were more than 20,000 Pyongyang defenders who were still cleaning up. On the battlefield, the Ming Dynasty no longer has merit merit, only battle line merit. In this battle alone, the participating soldiers, including the Liaodong Army, will be awarded third-class first-class merit cards. The reward of the merit reward card is no less than that of the meritorious service.

"The Japanese pirates all had their heads in the moonlight, and they beheaded 21,000 people." On the fifth day of March, the third day after the war, Chen Dacheng counted the number of heads and informed Qi Jiguang and the governor-general of military affairs Liang Menglong.

Liang Menglong, the governor of military affairs, was mainly responsible for paperwork, ports, reclamation, rations, firearms, prisoners of war, harvesting, etc. He was so busy that he had time to rest only after three days of the battle. This battle consumed 70,000 kilograms of gunpowder.

"The 100,000 kilograms of gunpowder sent by Guo Zhengmao to Tanggu, Tianjin, have all arrived in Yizhou. I personally inspected it. The quality is very good, and is on par with the gunpowder in Beijing." Liang Menglong told Qi Jiguang the fact that the gunpowder stock ratio I gained 30,000 kilograms before.

The more you fight, the more you fight.

The Ming Emperor prepared a total of 1.5 million kilograms of gunpowder, and the gunpowder brought to North Korea by the army totaled 300,000 kilograms. After the first battle, there were now 330,000 kilograms. The Ming army now had enough gunpowder to fight three more times. After four such decisive battles, I don't know if the Japanese pirates can still gather so many people to die.

"Our army has twenty-four wounded and three dead, including Li Fugui from the Zhenwu Camp, Lu Jun from the Pioneer Camp, and Lu Jinlin from the Infantry Camp. Seventeen people from the Liaodong Army were wounded and none were killed." Liang Menglong informed Qi Jiguang of the casualties of the Ming Dynasty. Li Fugui of the Zhenwu Camp and Lu Jun of the Pioneer Camp were both pulled off their horses by the enemy in the process of killing the enemy and died heroically, while Lu Jinlin of the Bu Camp was red-eyed.

There were less than 2,000 Japanese pirates left at Yangjiaodu. When the Liaodong Army arrived, these Japanese pirates thought they had been ambushed and ran away.

"Send to the capital and ask for the erection of the Zhongyong Temple." Qi Jiguang said with a solemn expression: "The pension must be done well."

Liang Menglong frowned and said: "We have found the president, Mr. Xiaoxi, and he was trampled to death by the North Korean Hwarang. Well, after he fell, the Hwarang stepped on him without caring and trampled him to death."

"Huh?"

Generals such as Qi Jiguang, Li Rusong, Chen Dacheng, and Ma Lin stared at Liang Menglong in shock. This Governor Xiaoxi was also considered the number one figure, and he was the leader of the Ming Army for generations. Otherwise, this guy would be a trouble, and he died like this. Or was he trampled to death by the fleeing Hwarang?

Liang Menglong also spread his hands and said: "The body has been brought to Pyongyang. If you don't believe it, you can go and see for yourself. It has been proven that it is correct."

(End of chapter)