The Ming Dynasty was heavy and simple and easy to build, and it was light in weight. The airtightness after the support was also enhanced, with the farthest range reaching more than 1,000 meters.

Jiannu's impression of Ming army artillery was still on the Red Barbarian cannons, and he did not know that the Ming army already had projectile artillery with a similar range.

The wrong information led to serious consequences. Not only was the Jiannu's battle formation within the heavy range, but even the command of the general flag where Daishan was located was also bombarded by the Ming army.

This battle was the initiative of Jiannu. After receiving the report from the sentry detective, the Ming army vanguard used chariots as a barrier in the field to form six square formations, each with six hundred people.

The main force of the central army arrived and quickly set up a heavy blow. Just when the two armies confronted each other and had not yet fought, they first attacked Jiannu.

In fact, Dai Shan only led a banner of troops to support Sahalian, and had no intention of fighting with the Ming army.

Dai Shan’s mind comes suddenly and waits for an opportunity to move.

If the Ming army reacted slowly and the battle formation was loose, he would definitely attack continuously. However, the Ming army reacted quickly, and the battle formation of the vanguard took shape quickly, which also dispelled the idea of ​​Daishan attacking when he arrived at the battlefield.

But Dai Shan did not retreat immediately, but instead listed the formation, hoping to observe the reaction of the Ming army and see the flaws of the Ming army's battle formation to see if there is still a chance to win.

But he never expected that the Ming army did not attack rashly, and he was listening to Sahalian's introduction, observing and pondering the way the Ming army fought, and the shells hit him in the face.

Such a long range really scared Dai Shan. He couldn't help but stare at Sahalian. Didn't you mean that the army does not have red cannons?

Sahalian was also a little confused, but soon realized that the Ming army had reservations. Now he saw his father's banner and suddenly launched a cannon attack.

The shells fell to the ground, rolled and ripped with blue smoke; or hit the people and horses, causing direct damage. But then, something that shocked and frightened Jiannu happened.

In the flashing flames, shells exploded, black smoke rose, soil, sand and stones burst out, and countless shrapnel were shot out.

The Ming Dynasty, which is formally called the mortar, is heavy. Because the barrel is short, it uses a quantitative gunpowder firing package. The shell has a bullet support, which is much faster to load than the long-body cannon.

During the bombing, Jiannu's chaos was not serious, but the casualties were quite large. Because they didn't know that the shells shot in the air would explode, they thought they were solid iron balls similar to the Red Cannon.

After the second round of volleys, even Jiannu, who was the most fearless Jiannu, looked frightened and hurriedly exclaimed and hurriedly hurriedly avoided away.

Before the shells exploded, Jiannu's queue was more chaotic than when it first exploded. The troops crowded together, and with the landing point of the shells as the center, a large circle of blank areas was formed.

Delay is inevitable. According to the technical conditions at that time, it is difficult to create a touch-frozen fume. In order to avoid accidental explosion, the delay lead will last more than half a minute.

One of the effects of delayed explosions is to cause chaos among the enemy. No one is ready to die, smoke, and the shells that are about to explode are not taken seriously.

Just after the Jiannu's formation was in chaos, the Ming army's battle formation advanced forward with the rumbling drums.

At this time, the Ming army formed five more square formations, and just after the six square formations, blocking the gap between the square formations. If Jiannu wanted to break through the six square formations, they would be hit by guns and cannons on three sides.

Dai Shanle stood under the flag, felt the commotion of his own battle formation, his brows frowned, and he watched the step-by-step advance of the Ming army battle formation.

Under the heavy bombardment of the Ming Dynasty, his flag had moved several times, and the strict formation also collapsed in the chaos of avoiding shells.

It was too unfavorable to just waste it like this, but Dai Shan lacked confidence in launching an attack. As for retreating, Dai Shan shook his head.

Huang Taiji was able to retreat without fighting, but he was the Great Beile, holding two flags of men and shouldering the important task of defending southern Liaoning.

If the Ming army occupied the New Jin Dynasty and continued to advance to the three guards in southern Liaoning, Daishan would only be the Luangu Pass, which is the Luangu Pass. It is obviously a bit risky to pin all your hopes on Luangu Pass.

Another violent volley bombardment. Looking at the heavy smoke rising behind the Ming army's battle formation and the artillery shells that flew into the air, Dai Shan finally made a decision - retreat.

This was not a sudden retreat to Luangu Pass, but a sudden idea that Dai Shan thought it could be used for the Ming army.

You retreat without fighting, hum, don’t you know some of your plan?

"Send the order, retreat!" Daishan issued a wise order, and retreating would be very small for the Eight Banners troops, which were all cavalry, which was different from the defeat of infantry.

The sound of horse hooves roared, and Jiannu turned around and retreated. This was also the advantage of the cavalry. Otherwise, retreating in the last battle would be a difficult task for any army.

Dai Shan looked back and saw the smoke and dust caused by the continuous explosions blocked his sight. He did not see Ming Jun's figure, so he could only grit his teeth hatefully and drive away, as if he wanted to throw regret and resentment behind him.

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A large number of Ming troops suddenly appeared under the Fuzhou Acropolis, with bright armor and imposing momentum.

But panic and chaos were soon curbed after Fuzhou General Liu Xingzuo opened the city and surrendered.

The resistance of a small number of real and deadly hard elements was as if a small stone was thrown in the pond, and the ripples were inaudible and soon subsided.

The news was successfully blocked, thanks to Liu Xingzuo's timely closing the city gate under the pretext of an enemy attack, which made all the targets in the city become turtles in the jar.

"Li Yongfang's eldest son Li Yangeng?" Zhang Keda, the general of Dengzhen, glanced at the guy tied in front of him, pursed the corner of his lips with contempt, as if one glance was enough to be dirty, and waved his hand and asked to be held down.

Turning his head, Zhang Keda had a warm and friendly face and said to Liu Xingzuo: "General Liu is resolute, it is really admirable to have the style of Li Xianzhong."

"Sir, I will never dare to take it." Liu Xingzuo's attitude was very low and bowed respectfully.

Zhang Ke smiled loudly and said, "This evaluation is not something that someone said, but what the emperor said."

After pausing, Zhang Keda continued: "But it is not the time to celebrate the crowd. Our army has to step up its deployment, and General Liu has to work harder."

Liu Xingzuo bowed and said, "But according to the orders of the Lord, I will obey the orders."

Zhang Keda nodded, waved his hand and ordered people to put on the map, and pointed out to start the task.

The Fuzhou guards were like a sharp stab in the back of Daishan's troops. However, to completely cut off the retreat, it still had to be tightly arranged and seize the time, which was very difficult.

Now, Shahe is a ready-made barrier to the enemy, but according to the Ming army's forces, it is far from enough to deploy defense along the river. Therefore, in the next battle, the key points are Pangu Castle, Deliying City, and several major ferries.

"Yangguan Fort, Fuzhou Wei, Pangu Fort, Deli Yingcheng are the main support. In addition, several ferry crossings, if the guards are properly maintained, Daishan's two red flags can only circumnavigate to the upper reaches of Shahe River..."

Zhang Keda's big fingers drew from the sea to the upper reaches of the Shahe River, and pointed and said, "It is very difficult for our army to completely block the retreat of Jiannu, but we can try our best."

He stroked his finger north to Gaizhou Guard. Zhang Keda pointed hard, looked up at Liu Xingzuo and said, "Either attack or surrender, the matter of Gaizhou Guard can be best solved by General Liu."

"The last general is willing to guide a scepter to go, and he will definitely be able to break the city without fighting." Liu Xingzuo was quite confident and bowed: "The prefecture of Li Yushan is the last general to promote Li Yushan. According to the last general, he also has a hatred for Jiannu."

Zhang Keda nodded and praised, "Then it will be a blessing for General Liu." As he said that, he called Zhang Bang, Dengzhen, and ordered him to lead his army to rush to Gaizhou immediately with Liu Xingzuo.

Then, the Liu brothers also sent their own missions to lead various units of the Ming army to key places such as Pangu Castle, mainly to lead the way and be responsible for persuading surrender.

In addition, Zhang Keda also issued a general order to move the people of Fuzhou and Gaizhou to Changsheng Island and Zhongdao to avoid possible wars.

Finally, Zhang Keda left Li Weiluan from Jin Town to lead troops to guard Fuzhou Weicheng. Although the troops were not large, with the help of the Liu brothers' personal guards, it was enough to suppress the city or there might be rebellions.

At this point, the landing of the four Ming troops took action separately and carried out strategic development, using the Shahe River as a barrier to block the retreat of the two red flags led by Daishan.

Although Liu Xingzuo's actions were limited to Fuzhou, they reduced the chance of exposure. The Ming army's strong support and subsequent active actions made up for the shortcomings of being too small.

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In the early and mid-Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan's economic status became increasingly important in the country with its geographical advantages and suitable climate.

With the return of the Maritime Merchant Group and the acceptance of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce by the court, coupled with measures such as opening up maritime bans, the economic development of the Jiangnan region ushered in a new stage.

Although foreign wars were still ongoing, the court did not impose additional taxes on Jiangnan. However, the attack on gentry and student personnel and the increase in commercial taxes were regarded as the harsh rule of the court by many people.

Zhu Youxiao, however, ignored the resentment of some people and continued the reform path he designed.

The principle of promoting reform has not changed, that is, not to use excessive taxes to support finance, but to try to promote people's strength. At the same time, merchants are encouraged to vigorously develop handicrafts and commerce, and use industrial and commercial taxes to make up for the shortcomings of national use.

Moreover, the current imperial court is not so urgent about Jiangnan’s wealth.

The money is collected from the Maritime Trade Tax collected by the Maritime Bureau; the grain is purchased from various countries in Southeast Asia.

As long as the industry and commerce develop well, porcelain, tea, silk, cotton and other materials will be more abundant, the export volume will be larger, and the profits will be more abundant.

Some people may say that since you want to develop industry and commerce, you also need to increase commercial taxes. Isn’t this contrary?

However, Zhu Youxiao has his own understanding of this. On the surface, commercial tax has increased a lot, but through the resident officials in the Chamber of Commerce and the changes in the way commercial tax collection, the exploitation and exploitation that were encountered in transportation, sales and other aspects were reduced.

A discerning businessman can see clearly and calculate clearly.

If the court could have fair and just industrial and commercial policies, give merchants the opportunity to report to heaven and listen to the grievances, and hiring the filial piety of the bureaucrats and share the profits, wouldn’t it be more than the commercial tax that needs to be paid now?

The court cracking down on collusion between officials and businessmen and the integration of officials and businessmen was an important measure to create a fair and just business environment.

Collusion between officials and businessmen and inseparable between officials and businessmen is the root cause of the corruption of Ming officials. It is also these people who have passionately destroyed the court's actions to increase commercial taxes under the guise of "not competing for profit with the people".

The country is trapped in internal and external troubles, swaying in the storm. The "righteous gentleman" is still there to protect his own selfish interests and reduce taxes for "self".

As long as the policies formulated and introduced by the court slightly touched their interests, they would be exchanged for their slander and abuse, as well as the united boycott and destruction.

"I ruled all the people and thought it was my responsibility to seek welfare for the people of the Ming Dynasty. Scholars, farmers, industry, commerce and soldiers, these five people of the Ming Dynasty, I regard them as equals and no distinction between thickness and thinness. The so-called people have no nobles and humbleness, but only different careers..."

"The increase in commercial tax is not to suppress merchants. Just as operators have their own concerns, while those who collude with officials and businessmen will be ugly. Let's ask, the increase in commercial tax has made commercial tax less frivolous. The actual burden is not heavy and the tax is lighter. The tax has been put into the national treasury, which can enable the court to implement more policies that benefit the people..."

"Before the increase in commercial tax, there were fewer cases of exploitation and officials extortion? Just as merchants were suffering, they had to hide bureaucrats, and the corruption of bureaucrats rose from this, and it was not stopped after repeated bans."

"I am here to say that from now on, officials who dare to be corrupt will never be forgiven. Emperor Gao's skin and grass may be too cruel. If he is exiled and confiscated, his home is beheaded and displayed in public, will I not have such a strong iron fist to punish him?"

In the teahouse, the reading of the newspaper stopped. The drinkers looked different in their faces. Some lowered their heads and thought, while others opened their lips, as if they had something to say.

This is the newly established rule by the Five Cities Military Affairs Office. Anyone with a storytelling in a teahouse and a restaurant, once the new newspaper arrives, the articles in the court affairs column must be read in public.

The court affairs column of this issue of the newspaper rarely publishes the emperor's own articles, announcing that the collusion between officials and businessmen has entered a new stage of severe crackdown.

"Long live kindness, but there are also thunderous means!" A middle-aged man with a slightly obese figure praised: "All the merchants are here, and I have a deep feeling about this."

Everyone's eyes turned, with approval, doubt, contempt and objection. But who dares to say in public that he is not good to live long?

The expression of a guy with Wensheng who was at the same table with the fat man was a little weird, as if he couldn't help laughing. He looked up at the fat man and said loudly: "Long live the wise and powerful man, and know everything. Whoever dares to deceive the king will let him move his head."

Oh, this is half true, and some people in the teahouse agree very much.

Since last year, countless people have moved, those who have been owed taxes, obstruct the replenishment of pay, and gentry students have said that they have killed the people, which is not an exaggeration.
Chapter completed!