Please ask me to be the emperor

Listening to the rumbling war drums of the Ming army, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but sneered: "The Guizhou donkey has no skills!"

The Art of War says: There is no flag to invite righteousness, and there is no formation to attack.

If a well-formed team like the Rebels attacks hard, regardless of whether it can win or not, even if it can win, it will naturally be "killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred to oneself", which is completely outweighed by the gain.

Of course, doesn’t Zuo Governor Zhu Xieyuan know what you mean?

Of course he knew this very well, he just had to take action because the arrow was on the string.

Although the current situation is "the thieves are weak and the Ming Dynasty is strong", but with the arrival of the main force of "thieves", the Ming army will soon be in an extremely weak position.

The opportunity is too late to come back. If this group of "thieves" cannot be dealt with before the main force of "thieves" arrives, the situation will become increasingly uncontrollable.

Choosing the lesser of two evils, Zhu Xieyuan was forced to attack by force.

As the drums of the Ming army sounded, the artillerymen stopped advancing one after another and began to establish artillery positions and prepare to fire.

The gunner behind the artilleryman also moved forward a certain distance to prevent the rebel cavalry from attacking their own artillery position.

At the same time, behind the gunmen, the Ming army's killer team became active again.

It's just that compared to the previous killer team commanded by Jiang Xiang, this time there were more people and the armor and weapons were more distinctive.

Each of these killer teams hung a "soft wall" in front of the team to avoid Yamaru.

The so-called "soft wall" is actually a wooden frame on which old cotton quilts are hung.

It is seven feet high and six feet wide. It is soaked in water and cannot be penetrated by arrows. When arrayed, it can cover two or three people horizontally.

Not long after, the killer team gradually surpassed the array of gunmen and appeared in front of the rebels.

"Oh, it's broad daylight, where are you laying out the quilt to dry yourself?" The rebels couldn't help but burst into laughter and started talking about it.

"I must have wet my pants after hearing the reputation of our army last night, so I had to dry the quilt while fighting, otherwise I would have to sleep in a wet quilt at night!"

"Hey, don't tell me, it's really such a rationale!"

Sun Chuanting couldn't help crying or laughing when he heard this. He had to turn around and explain to Wei Zhiyou and Zhang Damou: "This is a soft wall that can be lifted. It is specially used to cover arrows and projectiles. Don't underestimate it!"

"Then how to break it?" Wei Zhiyou couldn't help but asked a little worriedly.

Zhang Damou, on the other hand, remained silent and regarded it as an ordinary matter.

It turns out that he was also born in the frontier army and had some basic knowledge of tactics and battles, and he already knew about this.

"It can block arrows, but can't it block artillery?" Sun Chuanting smiled, couldn't help but ask a question, and then ordered.

"Give the order and use artillery to strike. The field artillery fires solid bullets, the golden cannon continues to fire lime bombs and poisonous smoke bombs, and the Feibiao gun fires pomegranate bombs to suppress the firepower from the opposite side!"

Pomegranates are often called "fire pomegranates" by Ming Dynasty people.

During the Jiajing period, Wang Ji, the Minister of War in Nanjing, tried firing this cannon. Unexpectedly, "the flying iron burst out and injured the cheek", so that he had to "beg for his body due to illness and stay in bed for seven years."

In fact, this so-called "fire pomegranate" or "pomegranate" is what the West calls "shrapnel".

The shell is made of pig iron and contains delay fuses and shotgun shells to kill enemy soldiers.

After this thing was presented to Zhang Shun by Governor Zhang, after repeated tests, it became one of the three major "explosive bombs" of the rebel army. It was mainly used with golden cannons and flying bullets.

The Feibiao gun has a caliber of five inches and can fire twenty kilograms of solid shells. If it were replaced with a "pome grenade", hundreds of shotshells could be stuffed into it. The power is extremely amazing, so it is listed as one of the secret weapons of the rebels.

Following Sun Chuanting's order, the rebel artillery boomed across the battlefield.

At the same time, the Ming army's "general artillery" also spit out tongues of fire.

Unfortunately, three or five shells were fired into the rebel formation.

However, the generals of the Ming Army had different types of artillery, and many of them could only fire seven-pound bullets. Their lethality was not very great, and they only killed and injured a dozen people before and after.

The rebel artillery specifically aimed at the Ming army's artillery and fired volleys. In just one round, five or six artillery positions were filled with lime and poisonous smoke.

"Ah, my eyes..."

"Ah... Ah Zhi, what the hell is this..."

The artillery in these positions was unscathed, but all the artillerymen suffered.

These people were either blinded by lime or choked by poisonous smoke. Some of the unlucky ones were even fainted and died on the spot, causing a panic.

Four or five round "pome grenades" flew towards me.

Some exploded in mid-air, some exploded in the crowd, and some even hit the ground and killed two people before exploding.

There was a particularly unlucky artillery position. A "pome grenade" happened to explode at a height of more than one person, and more than twenty gunners were wiped out at once.

It stands to reason that the accuracy of artillery in this era is poor, and it is difficult to destroy the opposing artillery at a distance of 120 feet.

However, the rebels used three major types of explosive bombs, namely lime bombs, poison smoke bombs and pomegranate bombs to conduct covering salvoes. Not only did one Ming army artillery position lose its combat capability, but it also caused great damage to four or five artillery positions. Influence.

When people stand at a high place for a long time, they tend to become detached and regard all living beings as ants.

The left governor Zhu Xieyuan had already subconsciously felt this way not long after he stood on the carriage.

He looked at the fate of the artillery below and did not feel any sadness at the death of a rabbit. Instead, he turned to Datong Commander-in-Chief Wang Shiren and smiled and said: "The only thing the thieves relied on was the Hongyi cannon. Now I have got it."

"If you encounter a thief in the future, you can't fight without Hongyi. Remember, remember!"

Wang Shiren was stunned when he heard this and couldn't help but laugh.

It turns out that the officers and soldiers of the four towns of Jiliao in Xuanda fought against Houjin for years, killed with real swords and guns, and mastered the key points of heavy armor and artillery. How could they be compared to "rogue bandits" and "thieves"?

But at this moment, what is the reason for what Zhu Xieyuan, the left governor, said?

Sure enough, I only heard Zhu Xieyuan say again: "This battle is just a matter of exploring the truth and reality. There is no need to fight to the death, so as not to damage the vitality!"

It turned out that Zhu Xieyuan retreated when he saw that the rebel artillery was so sharp and he could not easily destroy the rebels.

Not to mention how the two boasted about the Hongyi cannon, but after the rebels fired one round, the gunners immediately performed their duties.

Clean the bore, clear the bore, hook the slag, load the load, reset the reset.

Not long after, only the roar of artillery was heard, and the sound of rebel artillery filled the battlefield again.

"How...how did it happen so quickly?" Youdao is not afraid of not knowing the goods, but afraid of comparing goods.

It turned out that Zhu Xieyuan and others didn't think much of the rebel artillery. They just thought that the artillery was heavy and powerful.

After comparing the two sides, it was discovered that the rebel artillery was not only powerful and versatile, but also had an extremely fast rate of fire.

Just now both sides fired almost at the same time. As a result, the Ming army's gunners were only half loaded, and the rebel artillery was able to fire again.

In this way, it took the Ming army to fire two rounds, but the rebel army had enough time to fire three rounds.

After this, three identical artillery pieces of the rebel army were enough to withstand the power of four artillery pieces of the Ming army. Can Zhu Xie Yuan'an not be surprised?

"Earth gives birth to degree, degree gives birth to quantity, quantity gives birth to number, and number gives birth to scale!"

In fact, this is the comprehensive advantage formed by Zhang Shun's scientific method of testing artillery and training gunners.

In this era, it has been discovered that the longer the barrel of the gun, the farther the artillery range and the higher the accuracy. Therefore, the Ming army and Hou Jin both liked to cast long-barreled artillery.

However, after Zhang Shun's repeated experiments, he found that this fixed impression formed by experience was limited.

Especially the artillery of this era cannot shoot accurately. Once it exceeds the limit of 130 feet that can be distinguished by the naked eye, there is not even a reliable gun watch.

So this kind of improvement is completely meaningless. Instead, it is better to shorten the barrel, increase the caliber of the artillery, and obtain greater artillery power under the same weight. This is the important secret of "sharp artillery".

This shortening can not only achieve greater power at the same weight, but also greatly increase the loading speed of the artillery due to the shorter barrel.

This is only a shortcoming, but it gets what it wants.

The first is: movement speed; the second is: artillery power; the third is: reloading speed.

These three, plus the proper organization and training of gunners, are Zhang Shun's "unique secrets" to dominate the world.

How can Zhu Xieyuan and others take a few glances and be able to "get the essence"?