Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 599 Artillery
In November, the Fanghao people arrived in Yangzhou, and then took the ice sledge known as the ice cart, and went straight to Jeju along the frozen canal.Fang La was an absolute tough guy, and was pushed into the city of Suzhou and beaten. At the most critical time, Changzhou, Xiuzhou and Huzhou on the two Zhejiang roads were all lost, and only Suzhou was left north of Hangzhou.The Western Army's troops advanced straight to the outside of Yongjin Gate in Hangzhou.

However, South Zhejiang also lost consecutive battles. Xu Huiyan and Li Gong captured both Taizhou and Wuzhou, and the soldiers went straight to Kuaiji and Shanyin. The Western Army has no fighting spirit.People didn't jump out of the cracks in the rocks, they were all raised by their mothers and fathers. Now their hometown is occupied by the Liangshan Army, which means that their family members are in the "enemy territory" during the [-]s. There are ghosts with high morale.

They are also rich in experience, big and small, and when the situation is not good, they hold down the momentum of the troops, and they only besieged Suzhou and Hangzhou but did not attack them.After arguing with Jiang Ling for another two months, Zhao Ji was absolutely sure in the dark that the Western Army could not be defeated, so he had no choice but to order the withdrawal.

The area east of Taihu Lake was given over to Manichaeism, but Changzhou and Huzhou ordered the Western Army to stick to it.In fact, the big and small species are not blind. Naturally, they will not give up all the cities that have been won with great difficulty.

Then Changzhou can cut off the threat of Manichaeism to Jinling from the road, but Huzhou can cut off the land connection between Suzhou and Hangzhou...

Fang La made up his mind, and when he was beaten by the Western Army in Suzhou for a while, he refused to ask Liangshan Army for help.Sure enough, things turned around as he expected.It's just that there was a little accident in the final stage. The Manichaeism's big counterattack did not defeat the Western Army.All species, big and small, are on guard against this move.Turning his head to beat Li Gong and Xu Huiyan, he just drove them back again.

If so, when the truce came, Fang La took stock of his family fortune, and his bones softened.Helpless, Liangshan Army is needed for everything from weapons to warships to medicine and so on.

So Fang Hao quickly went to Yidu with a large sum of gold, silver and jewelry.I hope Lu Qian can reach out and give Manichae a hand for the sake of the good relationship between the two parties.Now, if Fang La is asked to come up with hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and rice and hundreds of thousands or millions of bolts of silk, he really doesn't have the ability.

It's just that when Fang Hao arrived in Yidu City, Lu Qian was in Liangshanbo.Why did Liang Shanjun's gunpowder factory and artillery factory be here, because it is surrounded by water and it is safe.When it was snowing heavily, Lu Qian received Tang Long's memorial, and this big and small cannon had already made a breakthrough.

Lu Qian immediately brought people here, nominally to worship Wang Lun.When they arrived at the Liangshanbo Artillery Factory, they were accompanied by Li Guang, the governor of Qilu, Xue Yong, the minister of the Ministry of War, the governor's office of the five armies and a group of pro-military officers, as well as Lei Heng, the military commander of Qilu province, and the right deputy commander and Jizhou soldier. Horse envoy Li Zhong and others.

The local person in charge of gunpowder and cannon casting is none other than the leopard Tang Long himself.This guy has been squatting on the island since last year, focusing on playing cannons.

Not for anything else, but just because of the power of a cannon that was cast earlier.

The sound of the cannon shook the mountain, and the ten-jin iron bullet flew straight for a mile, smashed on the rammed earth wall, and blasted a round hole the size of an iron pot.That power is not weaker than the Liangshan Cannon.But the benefits are obvious, it can also increase the range.

As long as the muzzle is raised, it can hit farther.The other thing is to load more gunpowder, and the cannon stock proposed by King Lu...

There are many ways and means to enhance the power of artillery. It can be seen that this thing has great potential to be tapped and can continue to develop.But what about Liangshan Pao?But it has come to an end and reached the peak of self.

Two weapons with seemingly different powers, one has reached its peak, while the other has just been invented and is not yet mature.

Tang Long naturally chose the latter.Even the accuracy of the current artillery is not as good as Liangshan artillery.

Tang Long led Lu Qian into a brand-new courtyard in the back mountain. Lu Qian ignored the newly made giant iron cannons and bronze cannons in the front yard, and went straight to the backyard. He stood up to the two small cannons with a little urgency. Before.

Since asking people to develop gunpowder and casting cannons, the results were disappointing at first, but Lu Qian understood the future prospects of firearms.As a time traveler, he still has the most basic foresight, and he will not give up because of choking.

And since he thought of firearms, it was natural for him to design a lot of thermal weapons.For example, cannons are no more difficult than the development of muskets. The biggest problem is the durability of the cannon body.

For example, the tiger crouching cannon, the kind of small cannon that he found on Du Niang in his previous life, which is easy to fight with the army.

It is small in size, light in weight and has a short range. It is suitable for fighting in mountains and plains. It is also easy to fight with cavalry and is flexible.And because it is a front-loaded cannon, it can be fired at a large elevation angle and shells, such as shotgun shells, can be replaced at will.

The so-called shotgun here is not a real cannonball, but a general term for countless small stones and lead bullets.Put dozens or even hundreds of stone lead bullets into the gun barrel. When fired, the big and small bullets fly out together in the roaring sound. The sound is like thunder. The lethality and radiation range are very large, especially suitable for field battles. Bombarding the dense combat formation of the enemy's cavalry can effectively restrain their crazy offensive.

Compared with the bulky large artillery, the current Lu Qian prefers this kind of light, flexible, and reliable small artillery.

His target enemy is the Jurchen. Compared with the armor of later generations of Jurchen soldiers, there is no better weapon than the Crouching Tiger Cannon.

This new weapon and method of warfare has not yet been applied to the battlefield by the Liangshan Army, because if the number of such hot weapons does not expand to a certain amount, it will not be able to form a real combat effectiveness.

What's more, the number of Liangshan cannons is increasing, and there are deployments in the east, west, north, south, and the south, the more difficult it is to keep this secret.It is not guaranteed that in the coming year, Liao, Xia, Song and other countries will also have their counterweight trebuchets.

Even Jurchen can be counted, so Gao Qingyi still depends on Zaiyi and hasn't left yet.

The craftsmen in charge of casting cannons are all masters from Laiwu Supervisor, Liguo Supervisor and Tokyo City Craftsman Camp. The shortest 'seniority' of these people has been with the Liangshan Army for two years, and now all of them have official positions.In the future, there will never be only one artillery factory, and these people will be the backbone of the business.

"Look, Your Majesty, these two small cannons are tiger crouching cannons. They shoot five kilograms of cannon. They use a three-wheeled gun cart. The total weight of the gun cart is 78 kilograms. They have a front sight and a gun mount that can adjust the height and angle. This is also Thanks to the king reminding, otherwise the little ones really can't think of it."

While listening to the craftsman's words, Lu Qian gently touched the barrels of the two tiger squat cannons.Well, this small cannon has gone through many experiments and adjustments, and it is now finalized. I am afraid that it will be able to assemble limited troops next year.Much more desirable than those cumbersome cannons.

"Tang Wu, go and choose four guards and teach them to come and operate the cannon." Lu Qian's personal guards are the most educated troops in the world today.

Any Yihe person here who wants to serve in the bodyguards must not only be brave and loyal, but also need to be literate and sensible.In a sense, this bodyguard is actually the Ouchi bodyguard as later generations call it.

Lu Qian not only wanted to see with his own eyes the power of the Crouching Tiger Cannon, but also to see how well this weapon was accepted by unfamiliar soldiers.

To be clear, any kind of weapon, no matter how powerful it is, is still used by humans.

While Tang Long was casting the cannon, he had also asked someone to compile the artillery manual, but it had not yet been tested in actual combat.What Lu Qian wants to see now is the simplest one.To truly integrate a weapon into the army, it also involves array drills and the coordination of various arms, using different tactics under different battlefield conditions to achieve different tactical goals.Its combat effectiveness is far more than just a few cannons, but the tiger squatting cannon is embedded in the current military formation as a part of the military formation.

"Boom..." After two cannons sounded almost at the same time, a puff of white smoke rose from the field, and the pigs and sheep in the field screamed heart-piercingly...

The white smoke dissipated, and seeing the heavy pigs and sheep in the field, the screeching screams and the bloody ground, Lu Qian looked serious, "This thing must be kept strictly confidential, but anyone who feels it leaks will be killed without mercy."

"However, you have meritorious deeds, and I will not hesitate to reward you."

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(End of this chapter)