Chapter 547 Times Have Changed

"Open the reward package!"

[The reward package has been opened]

[Obtain a small spirit stone vein × 1]

[Obtained five hundred thousand stones in money and food]

[Obtain a rare item: Deer Cauldron Picture]

[Get the soldier card: Manchu Green Flag Soldier]

Lin Chen glanced at the reward and his mouth twitched slightly.

However, he was quite happy to be able to find a small vein of spirit stone.

Money and food are acceptable.

Only this Manchu Green Flag Soldier's weapon card is full of slots!

Looking at the powerful soldiers of the ancient dynasties, the Manchu Green Flag Soldiers were nothing like feathers when the country was founded!

Because the Manchu Green Flag Soldiers were all surrendered Ming troops, their combat effectiveness can be imagined.

What's even more ridiculous is that later on, the Manchu Green Flag Soldiers became one of the few troops that the Qing Dynasty could use after the Manchu descendants became corrupt.

Lin Chen looked at the soldier cards of the Manchu Green Flag Soldiers, and saw that they were no better than the useless characters drawn by the Tenth Company at the minimum.

"Useless things."

Lin Chen threw it into the corner of the system backpack and turned his attention to the strange deer cauldron.

[Wonderful Object: Deer Cauldron Picture]

[Introduction: A mysterious album that seems to have portraits of seven people. After collecting them all, you can get rewards]

[Current collection progress: 3/7]

Um?

Lin Chen looked at the so-called deer cauldron picture with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Among the three people gathered, it was Jianning, Long'er and Su Quan.

This thing is similar to the Hundred Flowers Album that Lin Chen got before.

Look.

To get the reward, you must collect the seven heroines from the original book.

What Lin Chen didn't expect was that Long Er and Su Quan from Li Tang's world were also included.

"Let it go."

Lin Chen sighed softly and shook his head.

The main purpose of his coming to this world is to obtain the luck blessing from the Lord of the Secret Realm.

The heroine of the strategy is still secondary, it is the icing on the cake.

Leaving Jianning behind who continued to sleep soundly, Lin Chen washed up and got up.

"His Majesty!"

In the hall, Zhang Shijie, Yang Zhi, Lu Xiufu, Wen Tianxiang and others were already waiting.

It has been settling for half a year, and now it is time to enter the pass and conquer the Qing Dynasty!

If he wanted to enter the pass, Lin Chen would inevitably have to face the mountains and seas.

When Dorgon saw Shanhaiguan, he had a huge headache. If Wu Sangui hadn't surrendered in Kaicheng, the Manchu Qing would never have been able to enter the Shanhaiguan so easily.

Also, as early as Kangxi learned of the changes outside the pass, he sent many reinforcements to Shanhaiguan to control it.

After all, there were 70,000 Qing soldiers and 60,000 Green Flag soldiers stationed around Shanhaiguan.

With such a force, it would undoubtedly be difficult to attack by force.

However.

Lin Chen wants to tell the Manchu people in this world.

Times have changed!

Lin Chen, who was in the Emei Secret Realm, had originally intended to develop gunpowder technology.

Moreover, the territory of the Central Plains during the Southern Song Dynasty can be said to be the pinnacle of the economy and culture of the ancient dynasty.

Therefore, under Lin Chen's guidance, gunpowder was naturally no longer a raw material for making fireworks.

After countless experiments by skilled craftsmen, the Emei Tang Empire was able to imitate flintlock guns and copper-cast front-loading artillery.

On the other hand, in the Manchu and Qing dynasties,

Although it brought the Shenji Battalion that surrendered from the Ming army when it entered the customs, its artillery also made great achievements in the battle.

However, after the founding of the country, the Manchu Qing Dynasty took strict precautions against the Han people and stayed away from sharp weapons such as gunpowder weapons that far exceeded bows and arrows.

Under the deliberate suppression of two generations of Manchu and Qing emperors, firearms disappeared from the Manchu and Qing armies, and their reproduction was prohibited.

can only say.

The three hundred years of Manchu Qing rule in the Central Plains completely derailed China from the West.

So much so that in modern times, when the great powers closed the country, most of the Manchu soldiers were green flag soldiers equipped with swords, guns, bows and arrows!

Although there are still red-coated general cannons from the Ming Dynasty above Shanhaiguan, they have long been rusty after years of erosion, and whether they can be fired is questionable.

"Woo one one!!"

When the deafening sound of military bugles resounded outside Shanhaiguan, it naturally aroused the vigilance of the Manchu soldiers guarding the city.

"Report! That Liaodong thieves are holding us back!"

When the general heard this, he sneered and said: "Ignore it, just guard the pass!"

In his eyes, Shanhaiguan was impregnable and capable of resisting any enemy attack.

Then...

I saw huge artillery pieces suddenly launched from the army stretching below the city.

This time, Lin Chen mobilized hundreds of artillery pieces in order to capture Shanhaiguan!

In this era, it is already an exaggeration.

Ling Zhen whistled and calmly directed the calibration of the divine machine gun battalion under his command.

"put!"

Following his order, hundreds of artillery pieces fired together, and the deafening roar instantly resounded through the sky.

Immediately afterwards, countless black shadows were seen crossing an arc, falling on the city wall of Shanhaiguan, and then exploded!

In an instant,

Fires shot into the sky, thick smoke billowed, and screams came from the city walls.

This is an improved "flowering cannonball".

This kind of cannonball has existed since the Ming Dynasty. Its shell is a hollow iron ball, with gunpowder and sharp caltrops inside. There is a small hole at the top, which can be ignited and exploded after being inserted into the cannon twist.

However, when launching, a piece of wood and soil should be separated from the cannonball, and then the cannon twister should be cut to the corresponding length according to the distance of the launch.

In this way, the explosion timing of the fired shell can be accurately adjusted.

Of course.

To make this flowering shell explode accurately, the gunner needs to have rich operating experience.

And all the divine machine gun battalions under Ling Zhen are gunners who have undergone rigorous training.

Therefore, most of the cannonballs that flew towards the city wall of Shanhaiguan successfully exploded.

Under the flames and splashing iron pieces, the Green Flag soldiers who only had paper and leather armor for self-defense were blown to pieces, and it was a horrible sight. !

This scene was seen by the Qing soldiers supervising the battle in the rear, and they all looked horrified!

If they were to defend the city, they would probably have suffered the same fate.

In this round of bombardment, most of the three or four thousand Green Flag soldiers on the top of the city were killed or wounded.

The Green Flag soldiers who survived by chance were also pale, crying and screaming as they ran to the bottom of the city wall.

But how could the Qing soldiers supervising the battle let them escape?

After killing more than a dozen people, the Green Flag soldiers were frightened and could only return to the top of the wall obediently.

On the other hand, the Shenji Cannon Battalion under the city didn't care what happened on the city wall, they just kept loading and firing.

In this way, the reckless bombardment lasted for an hour.

If the artillery hadn't been overheated and might have exploded, Ling Zhen would have planned to continue!

Looking at the top of Shanhaiguan, it was already in a mess, with no survivors.

Lin Chen glanced at the city wall indifferently, and then ordered in a deep voice:

"Attack the city!"

The eight banners of the Jurchens, who had been prepared early, heard the order and immediately rushed to Shanhaiguan like a tide with various siege equipment.

The morale of these more than 6,000 Jurchen warriors was high, and they charged forward.

Because Lin Chen promised that after entering the city, they would plunder the Manchu city where the Manchus were.

This may be.

It was exactly the same as when Dorgon drove the green flag soldiers to plunder at will after breaking the city.

It's just that the Tang emperor was kind-hearted and couldn't bear his soldiers to massacre the Manchus, but if he handed it over to the Jurchen soldiers of the same ethnic group, there would be no problem.

Moreover.

Lin Chen knew very well that once the army massacred the city, the military discipline and combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced.

Therefore, he only let the Jurchen soldiers participate.

Soon, the siege was about to start.

Unexpectedly, the ladders and siege vehicles were successfully placed on the city wall without any obstruction.

There was really no counterattack at all!

Apparently, the defenders in the city had lost all their fighting spirit due to the artillery bombardment and did not even dare to defend the city wall.

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