Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

Liu Wenxiu died suddenly, the rebel army was defeated too quickly, and the Baigan Army pursued him too fiercely. Not to mention the family members of the rebel army in Chengdu had no time to escape, and even the dozens of beautiful concubines Zhang Xianzhong had taken, Liu Wenxiu's family members There was no time to escape, and they all became prisoners of the Baigan Army.

Because of Zhang Xianzhong's atrocities in Sichuan, the people of Sichuan hated him deeply. If Qin Liangyu hadn't sent personal soldiers to protect the families of Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Wenxiu and other rebels, they would have been torn to pieces by the angry people.

Qin Liangyu did not dare to make decisions on the family members of Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Wenxiu and other rebel generals without authorization, so he imprisoned them all. After Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, he sent people to escort them to Beijing and handed them over to the emperor for disposal.

However, she was not polite about the various trophies seized. As much as two-thirds of Zhang Xianzhong's property left in Chengdu was the property he had saved through hard work after robbing hundreds of powerful and wealthy businessmen. The property of the rebel generals was confiscated so much that the rich woman Qin Liangyu couldn't help but widen her eyes.

With a wave of his hand, Qin Liangyu divided the loot into three parts, taking one for himself, one for Lan Fang, one for the emperor, and some less valuable things to hand over to the court.

Lan Fang and Gu Junming knew that this was one of the unspoken rules of the Ming Dynasty military. Compared with other generals who commanded the army, Qin Liangyu was definitely the most conscientious one for spending so much money.

However, Qin Liangyu made a mistake. Maybe she was not sophisticated enough in human relations? Or maybe it's disdain for civil servants?

According to the old rules, Qin Liangyu will get one share, Lan Fang will get one share, and the civil servants in the court will get one share. Otherwise, they will impeach you for various reasons. If you are not punished, you will be in trouble.

The remaining rubbish was used to deceive the emperor, and it was confiscated and put into the treasury. The emperor would not get a penny.

Gu Junming smiled casually, Qin Liangyu's age is so great, do you think she doesn't understand the world?

Now that Qin Liangyu has a lot of money, he bought a large number of artillery shells, grenades and bullets from Lan Fang. If Lan Fang hadn't brought too many artillery pieces this time and not too many spare guns, he would probably want to buy a batch more. , to expand the number of musketeers in the White Army and form an artillery battalion.

Lan Fang did not dare to make the decision without authorization. He would report this matter to the Emperor and the Emperor would make the decision. He only had to do his job well.

Early the next morning, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops in formation in the city, set up hundreds of cannons, and bombarded the city of Chengdu indiscriminately.

There are indeed a large number of rebel cannons, and they are of various types, with as many as fifteen or six types. Most of them were captured from the army, and some were built by oneself. Even Qin Liangyu, who has experienced hundreds of battles, may not be able to name the cannons. .

Although the rebel army's cannons were numerous in number, with various calibers and different ranges, and they were all made of solid iron bullets. Their power was quite scary, but their lethality could not be compared with the New Army's explosive bullets.

More than a hundred cannons were deployed in a row, and they bombarded the city with ping-ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong. The momentum was very scary.

The whistling iron bullets made small holes in the solid and thick city walls. Some artillery shells also flew into the city, damaging some buildings and killing and wounding some unlucky soldiers and civilians.

Naturally, Qin Liangyu would not let the rebel artillery show off its power and destroy the high morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city, so he ordered the artillery of the Sichuan Army Camp to counterattack.

The artillery battalion of the Sichuan Army Camp had already experienced its first actual battle and accumulated some experience. They quickly set up cannons. Several artillery observers risked their lives by squatting and kneeling behind the battlements, holding up monocular binoculars to observe and measure the rebel artillery positions. The azimuth coordinates are reported to the commander, the gunner adjusts the muzzle according to the data shouted by the commander, and then conducts the first round of test firing.

The observers at the top of the city adjusted the coordinate data based on the bullet impact point, and after the gunner adjusted the scale based on the data, the thirty-six artillery pieces began to roar.

Boom boom boom——

Clouds of fire and billowing smoke exploded near the rebel artillery position, and the artillery observers at the top of the city continued to correct the coordinates.

After the coordinates were corrected for the third time, the thirty-six cannons of the Sichuan Army Camp opened fire again. The flames and billowing smoke covered the rebel artillery positions.