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Seeing that the rebels withdrew their troops and camped far away, and no longer launched an attack, Wu Shengtian also ordered to lift the alert and let the soldiers and Xiang Yong stay behind while the rest of the people went down to have a meal and rest. Moreover, Liu Buping also ordered that extra meals be given to everyone tonight.

Everyone ate some meat to reward today's exhibitors, especially the gunners. They were even more elated and took a deep breath. After each one went down, they were so excited that they couldn't help themselves.

Moreover, Liu BuTong gave special permission to distribute a glass of wine to all the combatants today. It was not much, but it could relax people's minds, prevent them from getting into trouble, and allow them to have a good sleep at night, because they knew that there might be another battle tomorrow.

Fierce fighting.

As for the rebels, they were depressed from top to bottom all night. Zhang Tao convened his men to discuss matters and repeatedly cheered them up, hoping to improve their morale.

This time he came over excitedly with so many people. He originally thought that after coming here, he would be able to capture and capture Xishan Village easily. He even made big talk during the day, claiming that he would stay in Xishan Village at night, but in the end, the battle ended like this.

It felt like a big slap in the face to him.

Moreover, Zhang Tao was cruel and made harsh words. They would fight again tomorrow. If anyone did not obey the order and stepped forward bravely, his head would be killed. After all the rebel generals received the order, they went down full of slander, but they did not have the courage to say no.

, we can only wait for dawn and lead our troops up to risk our lives.

But that night, something happened that made them even more depressed. They originally thought that the rural soldiers from Xishan Village did not dare to come out, but the rural soldiers from Xishan Village actually came out. They didn’t know what they had done, and in the middle of the night

, from behind a mound near the rebels, suddenly began to be released.

More than a dozen objects with flaming butts soared into the sky, drawing streaks of light in the air. Most of them plunged into the rebel camp, and then a series of violent explosions occurred, shaking the rebels who had just slept soundly.

The army was so busy that they were busy for a while. When the dispatchers went out to search the place where these things flew out, they found nothing. They only found some burn marks left on the ground.

There are messy horse hoof prints.

It turns out that this time before the winter started in Xishan Village, more than a hundred rockets were delivered to Xishan Village. These rockets have a long tail. After being ignited, they can be fired two or three miles away with the propulsion of gunpowder. The warheads are loaded.

The warhead is more than a kilogram of refined black powder, and there is a ring of iron cast around the warhead. After the warhead explodes, it can produce a lot of fragments, killing and wounding enemy personnel.

These rockets are made of simple materials and craftsmanship, and their accuracy is not high, but their range is not close and their power is not small. Although their accuracy is very poor, they are very suitable for harassing the enemy. Generally speaking, the Sea Wolf tribe does not like to use this thing.

Well, because the accuracy of these rockets is so poor, they even fly back to the launch site after being launched, which is frightening.

Usually these rockets are stored, but this time Wu Shengtian sent people to take them out and handed them over to the scouts at night. They asked them to ride on horseback and carry more than a dozen rockets to sneak near the enemy camp and deliver them to the rebel camp.

Here comes this guy.

Only about half of these rockets actually penetrated the camp, and the damage caused was not much. They only killed and injured a small number of rebels. However, one rocket fell into the enemy's circle without dying.

However, many war horses were killed and wounded on the spot. Some other horses were frightened and rushed out of the horse pen, running wildly around the camp.

The losses caused by these frightened horses far exceeded the number of people killed and injured by rocket bombs. A large number of frightened horses ran rampant in the camp, knocking over quite a few tents, trampling to death and injuring the sleeping rebels in the tents.

A lot of things happened. After some tents were overturned, charcoal basins were lit in the tents to keep out the cold. As a result, the tents were set ablaze. Some rebels were trapped under the tents and could not get out of the tents. As a result, after the tents were set up,

, ignited a fire, and killed and burned many rebels.

The rebel camp suddenly became a mess, with people neighing and shouting, and there were also clouds of fire, which illuminated everything in the enemy camp. What stirred up the rebels was

It was a mess, and after struggling for half the night, it finally stabilized again.

But they couldn't find even a single enemy, which really made the rebels really depressed. An angry Zhang Tao stood in the tent, yelled and ordered Ye Bushou to go out and find those damn enemies who had sneaked up on them.

His skin was peeled and his body cramped, and his body was cut into thousands of pieces.

Now this Zhang Tao has completely put away his contempt for Xishan Village. Before he came, he never thought that this Xishan Village would be so difficult to deal with. The firearms in the opponent's hands were so sharp that even those of them who were known as Ming Dynasty were equipped with firearms.

Even the Ming army with the largest number could not come close to him, and their opponents were extremely cunning and full of miracles. They took full advantage of their firearms and slapped him hard several times throughout the day.

But when they reacted and sent people out to chase the attacker, they found that the attacker had already escaped and ran back to Xishan Village.

Not long after, Zhang Tao received another piece of news, which almost made him angry.

The Hongyi cannon that they had destroyed during the day, because they thought it was no longer useful, simply threw it outside Xishan Village and ignored it.

However, after the Ye Bushou they sent out went for a spin, they unexpectedly discovered that the barrel of the Hongyi cannon they had abandoned outside the village had disappeared at some point.

Ye Bushou checked the scene and found that there was a deep drag mark on the ground, which pointed directly in the direction of the gate of Xishan Village. It turned out that Xishan Village actually sent people out of the village after dark, and secretly visited the battlefield during the day, and put

The barrel of the Hongyi cannon was tied with a rope and then secretly dragged back to Xishan Village.

For such a large operation, the rebels did not hear any movement. By the time they discovered it, the gun barrel had been dragged back to the village by Xishan Village.

The rebels were so tortured that after a night, they were even less energetic and depressed to death.

Wu Shengtian, unlike Liu, was wearing thicker clothes. He stood inside the village gate, using a large number of torches to illuminate it, and bent over to inspect the captured Hongyi cannon.

Their judgment was basically the same as during the day. The caliber of this Hongyi cannon was similar to that of the twelve-pounder cannon they were equipped with, slightly larger, but not as high as the eighteen-pounder cannon.

The gun is about two meters long, and the barrel is very thick. The shape is completely imitation of a Western-style naval gun. It belongs to the category of cannon or semi-snake cannon. However, the caster is far different from the cannon made by Sea Wolf.

The surface treatment process is also very rough. Although the inner bore is bored, the degree of boring is not enough.

In addition, the personnel who were sent to steal the cannon also recovered several solid bullets discarded by the rebels. These solid bullets were also made of iron, and the workmanship was not too bad. The shells seemed to be polished after they were cast.

Then, grind off the cast seam to make it rounder.

But when these shells were actually filled into the mouth of the gun breech, it was found that the tolerances of these shells were very large. Some shells were inserted into the breech, and there was a large gap at the joint between the shell and the breech, while some shells

It is difficult to insert it into the cannon breech, and it must be polished with a file on site before it can be installed into the cannon breech. It can be seen that the craftsmen who cast the cannonballs have tolerance problems in the mold opening, resulting in the cast cannonballs being of different sizes.

Therefore, the actual range of this gun is probably not as far as ideal, and the accuracy, needless to say, is not comparable to the Sea Wolf's artillery.

But overall, the casting level of this gun is still much higher than that of the old Ming Dynasty artillery. The design and mold making of the gun are also more scientific. It gradually becomes thicker from front to back, which is more in line with the internal differences when the gun is fired.

Differences in chamber pressure at different locations.

This should be attributed to Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua, which enabled the Ming Dynasty to obtain a sharper firearm in the north. But the irony is that the Ming Dynasty spent so much money, manpower and material resources, and gathered many skilled craftsmen and knowledgeable people in the Ming Dynasty.

, these cannons that were finally obtained were not used to deal with the slaves they originally wanted to deal with, but instead became weapons in the hands of the rebels, and are now being used to attack Ming cities and towns.

Wu Shengtian and Liu Bubu were both a little sad about this. After careful inspection, the quality of the cannon was not bad. Although the gun mount was destroyed by the explosion and the gun barrel was thrown far, there were no cracks or other damage on the whole.

The front sight was damaged when it landed on the ground. After the soldiers erected the gun on a pole and poured some hot water into it, no cracks were found on the gun barrel. This means that the gun should be rebuilt after the gun mount is rebuilt.

is continued to be used.

If it were anyone else, they would definitely treat this Hongyi cannon as a treasure, but now in the eyes of the Sea Wolf tribe, it is not so popular. After all, the cannons in their hands are much easier to use than this one, and

This Hongyi cannon is stupid and clumsy. Even if it can be repaired and used, it will have to be recast for its shells, which will be quite troublesome to use.

But it can't be said that they were busy working in the middle of the night and the cannon they dragged back was useless. This cannon at least has great economic value. Of course, it doesn't mean that they smash it to recycle the iron. They don't care about this cannon, but

Some people think that if they contact some big players, they will probably be willing to pay a high price to buy it.

Even if they sell this cannon to the government, it is estimated that the officials will be happy to pay a high price to take back the cannon. Of course, the government will definitely not take back the cannon openly, because this cannon represents a very important meaning.

They are definitely not willing to publicly take back the cannons from Xishan Village, because it is almost like a slap in the face. Xishan Village is just a village fortress, but it can actually defeat the rebels and capture the rebels' Hongyi cannons. But as officials, they

, there were officers and soldiers under his command, but they could only be blocked in the city by the rebels and did not dare to show their faces.

If word of this gets out, the overfed officials in the imperial court who are looking for trouble will probably drown them in their saliva.