I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

As the soldiers on the left and right flanks of the Qing army also retreated, the entire Qing army was defeated. The officer was too lazy to command, he just wanted to be able to run ahead.

Without a soldier in command, it would be like a headless fly, not even knowing which direction to flee to.

The Qing troops who had just crossed the canal and came to the south were dumbfounded. They had just finished preparing to reinforce the friendly army, but the friendly army was defeated.

This makes their reinforcements pointless and equally dangerous. There must be no good fruit to stay, so they turned around and started to return.

But they occupied the tools for crossing the river again. The defeated soldiers were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, and some soldiers who lost control crowded onto the pontoon.

This kind of temporary pontoon has a very limited carrying capacity, and it can't get on too many people at one time.

But the soldiers who have been panicked, how can they manage so much.

As a result, amidst the screams, a pontoon bridge collapsed, and the soldiers on the bridge fell into the water one after another.

It's better if you can swim. Anyway, the river is not particularly wide. You can swim across it if you insist. But for those soldiers with poor water or swimming skills, they basically had to wait to die.

Soldiers who swam over and recovered a small life would not end well. After all, in order to swim over, they basically lost their weapons.

Don't expect Liu Liangzuo to reimburse them for this loss, and it must be deducted from their military salaries.

However, this is better than those soldiers who are still struggling in the water. In such a chaotic scene, no one can save them.

"General, what should we do?"

Thousands of households asked Xue Guiren that their situation had reached a critical point at this time.

You can't beat it, you can't escape.

"Lead your troops to resist, and those who retreat without permission will be killed."

Xue Guiren roared.

He doesn't know what to do now. He is in the middle of the army and the situation is the most dangerous.

The left and right wings can still escape in the east-west direction, maybe part of it. And their middle army can only escape backwards, but with the limited two pontoon bridges and some small boats, not many people can escape at all.

Their army collapsed so quickly that the Ming advance took very little time.

Even Xue Guiren himself was about 200 meters away from the vanguard of the Ming army. If someone shoots him, there is a very small chance of hitting him.

Qianhu, who was ordered to die, could only take his troops to the front. Of course, he was not stupid enough to listen to Xue Guiren's resistance, but was ready to surrender.

For him, keeping his own life is the most important thing.

Anyway, if you surrender, you don't have to die, and you can even continue to be an official. Just like Dong Tianbao, isn't it a good time to be in the Ming army now?

It’s the same for whoever sells it, he doesn’t care whether the Manchu Tatars sit in the world or the old Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty.

"Brothers, we have no way out. Wang Ba, surnamed Xue, wants us to die. We can't die in vain. Everyone join me to surrender anyway."

This thousand households' shouting was unanimously approved by his subordinate soldiers. Of course, this was not because his prestige was higher than that of Xue Guiren, but because everyone wanted to live.

At this time, except for surrender, they could not find any other way to survive.

In stark contrast to Xue Guiren, who was furious and anxious, Wu Changqing and the others, through the telescope, they saw that the battlefield was in great shape. Chase, capture captives.

There is no suspense in the victory, just need to wait patiently for the good news.

"Congratulations to Wu Guogong for another big victory. The recovery of Nanjing is just around the corner. By then, we will have to honor Guogong as a prince."

Qian Sule complimented, but he really admired it, not just flattering.

When he fought Li Chengdong in Hangzhou, it had never been so easy. To be able to barely remain undefeated, that's an extraordinary performance.

But now, they can beat the Qing army as easily as they beat the bandits and bandits.

Of course, he would not be stupid enough to think that Liu Liangzuo's troops were inferior to Li Chengdong. He understood that all this came from Wu Changqing's flintlock troops.

It's really amazing, the effort of a cup of tea, the Qing army who faced this army head-on, completely collapsed. Moreover, it cannot be blamed that the Qing army was not brave enough.

20% of the soldiers were still charging, and the performance of the Qing army was good enough. Unfortunately, when they encountered this flintlock army, they still couldn't make a big wave.

Seeing such a strong army, he seemed to see the hope of Daming's re-emergence.

This kind of hope made him extremely gratified. Although he also rebelled against the Qing before, to be honest, he didn't have much hope in his heart for defeating the Qing Dynasty.

After all, the strength of the Qing army has frightened most people.

What he never expected was that when he was about to despair, a young man who also rebelled against the Qing Dynasty kept winning great victories, which made him see hope again.

"This is the credit of everyone, and the credit of many soldiers."

Wu Changqing said with a smile.

"I think the prince can ask His Majesty to send all craftsmen from Shaoxing and Ningbo to Suzhou to speed up the manufacture of this kind of flintlock gun. If we can speed up the manufacturing speed and make more flintlock pistols, we can recover it.

Nanjing's odds are even greater. "

Xiong Rulin suggested that he wanted Wu Changqing to share this manufacturing technology, but it was obviously impossible. Therefore, he could only settle for the next best thing, hoping that Wu Changqing could accept a group of craftsmen.

As long as Wu Changqing is willing to accept and let those people learn those technologies, it is equivalent to Wu Changqing sharing this technology. At that time, we can find an excuse to transfer those craftsmen back to Shaoxing.

"This is the core secret of our army, how can it be easily taught to others?"

Wang Dafu snorted coldly, he felt that Xiong Rulin really did not know what to do, and even tried to get their hands on their core secrets.

The two seemed to want to argue again, and Wu Changqing waved his hands to signal them to shut up.

Then he said, "It's not impossible to ask your Majesty, but in order to prevent these craftsmen from surrendering to the Manchu and Qing Tatars after learning how to make them, the families of these craftsmen must also migrate to Suzhou and undergo strict monitoring."

Wu Changqing's thirst for craftsmen is endless, as much as he wants. Anyway, after these craftsmen go to Suzhou, their personal freedom will be controlled.

It's not that easy to leak secrets.

During this period of time, there were several attempts to steal the secrets of the weapon workshop, and without exception, they were all arrested and tortured by the guards stationed around the weapon workshop.

There are people from Hong Chengchou, people from Liu Liangzuo and Li Chengdong, and even people from Emperor Longwu.

"In order to prevent leaks, it should be so."

Qian Sule agreed that what he thought was relatively simple, no matter whether these craftsmen were in the hands of Zhu Yihai or Wu Changqing, those forged flintlock guns must eventually be equipped in the hands of the Ming army.

This is of great benefit for the anti-Qing plan and for regaining lost ground.

As for who these craftsmen will eventually belong to, this Qian Sule doesn't think so far for the time being. Even if Wu Changqing was made a powerful minister in the future, and the emperor was put on hold, it would be better than the subjugation of the country.

In fact, as an orthodox literati, Qian Sule actually advocated that the emperor should not hold too much power, just be a mascot.

The affairs of the world are left to these ministers.

This is the ultimate pursuit of those civil servants, and the seniors have also made a lot of efforts for this. So much so that Chongzhen really had no power in the later period.

Even when Li Zicheng hit Beijing, Chongzhen couldn't escape if he wanted to, because the ministers refused to agree or cooperate, and asked the emperor Chongzhen to guard the country.

So much so that Chongzhen committed suicide by hanging himself.