Dominate the Country

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"Fourth Uncle, how many flying thunders do we still have in the army?"

"There are two hundred and twelve more." Chen Min reported the number without thinking. When Chen Jiajun came to Yancheng, there were a total of 366 flying thunderbolts in the army, but now there are only 212 flying thunders left.

"How much gunpowder do we still have in our army?"

"There are fifty-five barrels that are unopened, and there are twenty-three barrels that have been opened but not used." The troops carried a total of 100 barrels when they set off.

"Where are the paper bombs in our army?"

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In the Chen Jiajun tent, all battalion officers were present, as well as several officers from the tank team, the independent team, and people from the medical battalion. Chen Ming asked, and Chen Min answered. From flying thunder to paper bombs, from food to meat, to salt and sugar, to medicinal materials, although the Chen family army consumed a lot of materials during the war, the remaining materials were definitely not lacking.

So, the Qing troops have swept across Wuyang County and have begun to penetrate into Ye County. What impact will it have on the Chen Jiajun on the front line? Oh, the transportation lines in Ye County have been affected, right? Then don't make any luck first.

Oh, there are also 300 people in Huang'an who are surrounded by Wuyang County. Did the Qing soldiers and Xiangyong who besieged the city begin to attack the city? No. No, since there is no such thing, why bother? Is there not enough food in Wuyang County?

In Chen Ming's view, Chen Jiajun doesn't need to think about the future at all now. "What we have to do now is attack, attack, and attack again!"

"Tear down the Qing army barracks on the opposite side one by one, and completely defeat the main force of the Qing army on the opposite side."

Chen Ming pulled out the saber from his waist and did not chop at the corner of the table. He did not follow Sun Quan's example. Instead, he hung the pigtail braid on the back of his head on the blade, and with a slight exertion, a pigtail braid fell down. He had wanted to cut this thing off for a long time, for fear of causing internal commotion. This year is not the end of the Qing Dynasty. China has not had the tradition of short hair since ancient times. If Chen Jiajun wants to cut his braids in the future, he will have to use the sign of "growing his hair" like the Taiping Army. Today, he can take this opportunity to cut off his braids to show his determination.

Chen Ming wants to fight with the Qing soldiers to the end, and he will never do such a cowardly thing as going back to rescue Wuyang and Ye County.

"Ah..." The frightened voice reached everyone's throats, but every battalion officer and team officer swallowed the exclamation forcibly, and their eyes bulged out. They understood what Chen Ming meant. Cutting off braids, an extremely irritating behavior in Manchu society, suddenly made them all feel the fierceness!

Countless struggles flashed in the eyes of Chen Min and Chen Erbao. Chen Ming had only given them a slight nudge and said he wanted to play with pigtail cutting. The two people looked at each other inadvertently, and in the next moment, all four eyeballs suddenly flashed with determination, and two pigtails fell to the ground at the same time. Chen Min and Chen Erbao, the two core figures of the Chen family before the army, showed it with their actions. support Chen Ming.

They must support and can only support. Otherwise, Chen Jiajun will split. The conflict between the upper levels will bring a devastating blow to this emerging armed force. Chen Ming is forcing them.

Chen Erbao said, "A good man will do it to the end." He even knelt on the ground on one knee. "This Qiu Ba!" When Chen Min saw this scene, all that flashed through his mind was "#￥%...\u0026amp;amp;amp;*()——+#￥%...\u0026amp;amp;amp;* ()——", people will panic at that moment. Chen Erbao's attitude of acknowledging his master left Chen Min alone. Chen Min knelt down reluctantly. He was an elder. But so what?

This moderate turmoil ended here, and the impact of Chen Ming's sudden outburst was greater than Wuyang's emergency report.

Chen Ming, Chen Min, and Chen Erbao cut off their braids, which shocked everyone much more than the Wuyang Urgent Report. When the Qing Dynasty reached the middle of the Qianlong reign, the money rat tail had been in China for a hundred years and had become a "natural and natural" existence. However, when the Manchus first entered the customs, the rumor that they kept their hair but not their heads, and their heads but not their hair, was still circulating among the people.

Chen Ming took the lead and cut off his own braid, which meant that he would fight to the end with the court and completely pin himself as a rebel. This had an extremely huge impact on the battalion and team officers.

Because the three words "cut off braids" suddenly made them realize one thing - this simple act can be regarded as a complete break with the imperial government.

As a time traveler, Chen Ming knew very well how much irritation the Manchu people had from having their pigtails cut off. In the original Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, everyone had their hair grown, so they and their minions nicknamed them "long-haired". Looking at the peasant uprisings of the Qing Dynasty, these rebels who were determined to fight against the Qing Dynasty were obviously at odds with the Manchu and Qing government from top to bottom, but none of them thought about getting their pigtails twisted. [The early Qing Dynasty does not count, and the late Qing Dynasty Sun Dapao and others do not count either]

This is just like during the peasant uprisings in the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties. None of the peasant rebels thought of shaving their hair short. There is no thought of 'changing hairstyle' in everyone's mind, or in other words, millions of people have long regarded braids as a natural hairstyle. [Just like Wang Guowei, he did not die for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but for a culture]

Chen Wenzan, Shi Meng and others also cut off their braids on the spot, but this kind of spiritual strength to overthrow a mountain is obviously not possessed by everyone. Fortunately, Chen Ming did not force them to cut their braids on the spot. The rest of the people certainly knew that not cutting their braids on the spot would cause a big impact on their status in Chen Ming's mind, but they just didn't have enough courage to take this step.

Chen Ming shook his head. After removing the braids that were in the way, he felt so light on his head. If it weren't for the consideration of "dignity", he would shave a big bald head in the summer, which would be very refreshing.

After the meeting, the braid-cutting storm spread among the Chen family army. First, it was Chen Ming's personal guard right camp, tank team and other direct troops, and then Chen Erbao, Chen Wenzan and other battalion leaders. By the afternoon when the Chen family army continued to attack the Qing army camp, more than a thousand of the three or four thousand soldiers in the army had cut off their braids.

If Chen Ming officially ordered the whole army to cut their braids, this order would definitely be implemented in the army. But he was more thinking about defeating the Qing army in front of him, returning to Lushan, setting up a general's office or something, officially raising the anti-Qing banner, and then ordering the army and civilians to cut their braids together.

"Boom boom boom..." The sound of cannons rumbled.

The Chen family army bombarded the opposite camp with two-jin cannons and three-jin cannons. The Qing army's artillery fire was no longer as strong as it was at the beginning. After consecutive defeats, the Qing army gunners could run back, but the cannons could not be dragged back. Up to now, the battle has been destroyed by the Chen family army's artillery and captured Qing army cannons, there are already 20. It's just that the Qing army gunners sealed the cannon fire door with iron nails before running away. The ones seized by the Chen family army were just unusable iron cylinders.

It's not time for the infantry to attack yet, but no matter how you look at it, the Qing army's artillery fire on the scene has been suppressed by the Chen family army.

The trenches occupied by Chen's army were being filled. Behind this line, shield carts were pushed to the left and right by the Qing soldiers and militia prisoners. As long as the trenches were filled, they would push the shield carts closer to the Qing army camp.

The distance between the two sides was 200 to 300 meters. The shield carts only needed to move 100 meters in front of the Qing army camp, and the Qing soldiers had to take the initiative to charge.

If they did not take the initiative to charge, they would be blown up by the flying thunder cannon. Taking the initiative to charge, they could at least fight with swords and guns.

Just as the camps constructed by the Qing army became more and more solid, the offensive routines of the Chen's army became more and more mature.

Whether it was day or night, relying on the huge power of the flying thunder cannon, they could always bring victory back to their homes. Although the role of the flying thunder cannon was only to open the shell of the Qing army!