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To the south of the area enclosed by Qiqi Village, Chiyou Village, Fanshan Fort and the Emperor's Old City is a stretch of low hills.

To the south of the low hills are mountains with more complex terrain.

Due to terrain constraints, the area where Li Zicheng led 20,000 troops to confront the Azige tribe of Houjin was precisely this undulating low-hill area.

Obviously, this kind of area is not conducive to formation and attack, which is the main reason why Zhang Shun and Hong Tai chose this place as the defender.

However, because the number of troops deployed by Hong Tai on the right wing exceeded Zhang Shun's expectation, he had to temporarily change the battle plan and let Li Zicheng's right wing take the initiative to attack.

After Li Zicheng received the order, he immediately issued the order without saying a word: "Everyone in the army must obey orders!"

"Li Zicheng accepted King Shun's decree and ordered the three armies to march forward immediately."

"Here!" After hearing Li Zicheng's order, all the soldiers immediately trembled and rushed up like a tide.

The hills are high and low, and the terrain is difficult and easy, so Li Zicheng's military formation was also fragmented.

Of course, this was true for the rebels, and so was the Houjin side.

Due to the terrain, the Houjin side could hardly take advantage of the cavalry.

Guan Fumin couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his head, looked up at the artillery being dragged by human carts and livestock around him, and couldn't help showing a relieved expression.

It is said that when the rebels crossed Taer Mountain and struggled to transport artillery to Bao'an Old City, Zhang Shun had discovered that the complex terrain restricted the two mainstream rebel artillery types, the field gun and the golden gun, which weighed more than 1,000 kilograms, and he had been trying to find alternatives. .

But on the battlefield, where is there enough time for him to forge cannons?

Fortunately, in addition to the standard artillery of the rebels, a large number of various artillery pieces were stocked in both the rebel captures and the nearby military towns and castles.

There are old general cannons, second general cannons, tiger crouching cannons, etc.

There are newly made flannel guns, prisoner-killing cannons, double-shot guns, wind-chasing guns, etc.

Through a series of rough tests, Zhang Shun determined that the maximum weight carried on human shoulders should not exceed one hundred kilograms, preferably between eighty and ninety kilograms, and the optimal load is forty kilograms.

The optimal weight of livestock is about 200 kilograms, and the towing capacity is 800 kilograms, while the transport capacity of a wheelbarrow can reach 1,000 kilograms.

However, the latter two are almost impassable in areas with complex terrain.

Therefore, after much thought, Zhang Shun, after consulting the opinions of most generals and soldiers, decided to use artillery weighing 100 kilograms and 200 kilograms as mountain cannons.

Among them, the hundred-jin cannons were selected from two types: forged marauder cannons and light flannel guns.

It's okay to say that the flange machine was originally forged in various shapes in the Ming Dynasty. As long as you choose, there will always be one.

Although the name of the thing called "Captain-killing Cannon" is the same, it actually refers to different things in different periods.

Before the large-scale introduction of Hongyi cannons, this captive-killing cannon specifically referred to a small cannon that was forged with ninety-five kilograms of pure iron, two feet in length, and capable of firing one kilogram of lead bullets.

After the large-scale introduction of red barbarian cannons, the captive-killing cannons also began to be "red barbarian cannons" and turned into a red barbarian-type cast cannon.

However, because the latter was made of pig iron and was too heavy, I abandoned it and chose the ninety-five-pound forged prisoner-killing cannon.

This kind of prisoner-killing cannon can carry three guns per vehicle. It can be pushed by manpower or pulled by animal power. In an emergency, it can be carried by hand on the shoulder, which is extremely convenient.

As for another 200-pound artillery piece, Zhang Shun went back and forth to select it and selected the "Ye Gong Divine Cannon".

This Ye Gong is naturally Ye Mengxiong of the Ming Army in the Ming Dynasty. This man modified a large number of forged artillery based on the large-scale 150-pound blunderbuss of the Ming Dynasty and became the backbone of the artillery in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

The most famous one is the "Great God Cannon", also known as the Great General Cannon.

This type of cannon weighs a thousand kilograms, roughly equivalent to European nine-pound and 12-pound cannons. It is a typical field gun of the Ming army.

At the beginning, Zhang Shun called himself "Optimus Prime" and was equipped with the captured cannon as a supplementary firepower when he was fleeing in Shanxi.

However, in addition to this classic "Great God Gun", Ye Mengxiong also designed a series of forged artillery including the front-forged "Captain-Destroying Cannon".

Among them, the "Di" divine gun weighs 200 kilograms and is three feet long. It can fire three kilograms of closed-mouth bullets and is quite powerful. Therefore, Zhang Shunyou selected this cannon as the main firepower for mountain warfare.

At this point, I have to mention that the more Zhang Shun knows about the respective "magic guns" created by Ye Mengxiong, the more he admires them.

Why?

It turned out that Zhang Shunyue had a deeper understanding of the original field artillery system of the Ming Army, and the more he felt that the Ming Army's fire strike system was quite complete.

The main direction of its reform should not be on the comprehensive introduction of red barbarian artillery and Western warfare methods, but on sorting out and improving the old system.

For example, the old "Great God Gun", "God Gun" and other artillery should not be replaced by a large number of forged Hongyi cannons, but the advanced "Hongyi Shape" should be used to improve the old forged artillery.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, what Zhang Shun did was just replace the old "Great God Gun", "Magic Gun" and other artillery pieces with more scientific and reasonable artillery shapes.

The result of the replacement is naturally more powerful and more mobile field guns and golden guns.

Both types of artillery have been designed more scientifically. While the total weight is controlled within a thousand kilograms, the caliber has become larger and the firepower has become stronger. This is the key to the rebels' victory over the enemy.

Forget about gossiping, it is said that after Zhang Shun had just selected the two types of artillery, the Dizi Divine Cannon and the Anti-Japanese Artillery, he took the lead in equipping them in the old-style Ming army, replacing the original variety of artillery.

Now there are 5,000 old-style soldiers under the command of Guan Fumin, and Zhang Shun has equipped them with 20 sacred guns with the word "Di", 100 prisoner-killing cannons, and 100 French guns as strike firepower.

This official has been serving the people for so many years. How has he ever been so "rich"?

In the past, I had whatever I could use. Although there were many artillery pieces, most of them were tiger crouching cannons and their own small-sized French guns. They were fine for hitting a dozen Tatars. But if they were used to deal with Donglu, they could only use them. The former fought hard.

"General, look!" Just as the officials were deep in thought, someone suddenly reminded them.

"Oh?" When the official heard this, he looked up and saw a mountain.

The slope of this hill is gentle, and it happens to be close to the front of the Houjin Formation. If you can occupy this place, you can have an advantage by looking down from a high position.

"Let's go, charge up!" Guan Fumin was a veteran after all. He didn't understand the importance of this place, so he couldn't help but make a decision immediately.

"Okay!" After hearing this, they quickly received the military order and hurried towards the top of the mountain.

"General, this... this artillery cart can't be pushed up!" At this moment, the gunner under Guan Fumin couldn't help but look confused.

"Can't push it up?" Guan Fumin looked at it and immediately ordered, "Put the big ones on the horse and carry them on. Each of the small ones will carry one, and take turns to carry them up!"

"Here!" When the gunners heard this, they looked at me and I looked at you, and they were speechless.

Although these cannons are a bit heavy, they can easily resist the ninety-five kilograms of captive-killing cannons.

As for the 200 kilograms of earth-shaped magic gun, two or three people can lift it and carry it on horseback.

So just like that, everyone used their strength to bring up these artillery pieces that had been carefully selected by Zhang Shun.

At this moment, Hou Jin Jiazhong's general also discovered this high ground.

"What should I do, Master?"

"What else can we do? Come up quickly!"

"Then...that artillery piece is too heavy to push up!"

"Bring the mid-range cannon and the small Franchise machine, and leave the other generals and second generals behind. Anyway, the 'shun thieves' on the other side can't bring them with them!" the general responded casually.