Please ask me to be the emperor

There were roughly three sources of artillery in China in the late Ming Dynasty:

One is locally made. The representative models are various types of general cannons and tiger crouching cannons. The obvious feature is that the gun body has an iron hoop.

This kind of artillery has a shorter diameter, between ten and fourteen or five times, and has a shorter range. But the advantage is that the material is excellent and the weight is not large, which is convenient for field battles and can be used to equip frontier troops in large quantities.

One is the "Luzon Big Bronze Cannon". It was Ming Dynasty officials who stole troops from Luzon, which was occupied by Spain, which later became the Philippines. This kind of artillery has a diameter of about 18, the wall is slightly thinner, and its power is relatively poor.

There is also a red barbarian cannon originating from Macau and Portugal. Due to the military threats faced by the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese and Western French parties in North Korea comprehensively learned from the Western red barbarian artillery. They ranged from translating Western artillery shooting theory and casting books to hiring gunners.

However, China was short of copper at that time and could not afford the Western method of casting copper cannons, so it used local cast iron technology to cast them, becoming the third country in the world at that time to master cast iron artillery technology after the United Kingdom and Sweden.

The "golden cannon" researched and designed by Zhang Shun himself is actually an enhanced version of the field cannon with a lower magnification. Although its lethality is not weak, due to its low muzzle velocity, it is still less powerful than the longer Hongyi cannon.

This time, Zhang Shun finally put away his contempt for the ancients and began to face the threat of the Hongyi cannon.

These ten Hongyi cannons lined up in unison and smashed open the city gate of Huixian with only one salvo. Yue Zhongzhong suddenly turned pale with fear and quickly ordered his soldiers to block the door.

But where can it be blocked? "King Zuo Jin" had just been beaten by Zhang Shun. This time he tried his best and directly led the cavalry in person and rushed in wearing heavy armor.

The officers and soldiers guarding the city were all infantry. They had just received the order to go down to the city to block the gate. They happened to encounter the charging cavalry and were immediately dispersed.

"King Zuo Jin" took the lead and rushed into the city, killing and scattering the defending officers and soldiers. He abandoned his war horses and personally led twenty or thirty warriors to storm the Huixian city tower.

Yue Zhongzhong quickly ordered the soldiers guarding the city to turn around and shoot at the stairs climbing the city wall.

"King Zuo Jin" and others were wearing heavy armor, and projectiles could not penetrate, so they attacked the city wall with all their strength.

Seeing that there was nothing they could do, the other officers and soldiers dispersed in a hurry, leaving Yue Zhongzhong alone on the tower.

Yue Zhongzhong looked at the swarming rebels and sighed with emotion: "What's my crime? Why do I suffer so many misfortunes! Although I am incompetent, I can't bring harm to my family." Then he took out his sword with trembling hands and committed suicide.

The guerrilla general Yue Zhongzhong died, and his soldiers immediately surrendered or fled. There was no one to defend Huixian, and they were beaten down by the "King of Zuo Jin".

Now that "King Zuojin" had captured Huixian, he quickly went out of the city to welcome Zhang Shun and other rebel commanders into the city.

After Zhang Shun entered the city, he took a rough inventory of the food and grass in Huixian County and found that it was no less than two thousand dan, which could almost satisfy the officers and soldiers for nearly a month.

Therefore, Zhang Shun ordered "King Zuo Jin" to light the smoke as soon as possible to indicate that he and others from the Italian camp had captured Huixian. At the same time, Zhang Shun ordered Chen Changzhen to be responsible for the aftermath of the city's aftermath, inventory of seizures, and city defense.

Then, without stopping, Zhang Shun led more than a thousand cavalry and more than ten thousand rebels under his command to attack the officers and soldiers camp.

Not to mention Zhang Shun's arrangements, Zhang Sanbai was still directing other rebels to fight and toss the officers and soldiers back and forth.

After three or four times of this, the officers and soldiers became tired and became inert. Whenever there is a police presence, a small team of people will be sent directly to respond, and the rest will go their own way.

It is said that the officers and soldiers were very annoyed, and the other rebel commanders complained constantly, and some even directly stated that they wanted to see "King Shun".

Zhang Sanbai acted under the pretense of Zhang Shun's orders, how dare he tell them the truth. He had no choice but to coax them and said: "My lord is newly married and at a young age. Now is the time when he doesn't care about Shu. Why should we bother him with trivial matters?"

Most people had nothing to say after hearing this. Only the "Eight Kings" complained: "If this is the case, why do you still come in and out of King Shun's tent every morning and evening? Isn't it enough to have two beauties?"

Zhang Sanbai, who personally persuaded his sister Ma Yingniang to take care of his lord's wife and concubines, was furious to death, but he had nothing to say.

Such rumors made the thin-skinned Ma Yingniang unbearable, so she had to order Wu Ma to go over every day and take care of Li Xiang and Liu Rushi.

As a result, the gossip soon turned into: "Alas, King Shun is very hungry and thirsty! Even the old lady will not let him go!"

When these words reached the ears of Li Xiang and Liu Rushi, they were both angry and funny. They had no choice but to apologize to Wu's mother with a guilty look on their faces.

In the end, Wu Ma didn't care at all, but said: "I am old and have no face. It's just that my girl is still young, and now her reputation is bad. I'm afraid it will be difficult to get married in the future!"

Liu Rushi heard this and looked at her nose and heart: I am just a slave, I can't be the master of anything, don't tell me!

Li Xiang and others are not stupid. They have been in contact with Ma Yingniang for a few days and have become familiar with each other. How can they not see that Ma Yingniang is interested in Zhang Shun?

But sisters are sisters, and husbands are husbands. If anyone wants to steal my husband, don’t blame us for not being sisters!

Li Xiang directly said: "Don't worry, Mother Wu. The one who is clean will be clean himself. Sister Yingniang, I know it all too well. I dare not say anything else, but this is the only one. If my sister really doesn't find a suitable husband in the future, I will help her arrange a good marriage!"

Wu Ma failed to beat the drum, so she had to pretend that she didn't understand and said: "Well, thank you two madams. My girl has a strong temperament. I will ask you two to take care of me in the future."

When Li Xiang and Liu Rushi heard this, they couldn't help but secretly exclaimed that Wu Ma was awesome. This statement is watertight, and it is neither right nor wrong to just teach them what they should or should not do.

Fortunately, Li Xiang came from a wealthy family and was first-class in knowledge and knowledge. He quickly responded: "The relationship between husband and wife is perfect when both strength and softness are combined. I think Ying Niang is a strong person, so she can just find a weak scholar as her husband." It’s the long-lasting way.”

After Li Xiang and Liu Rushi saw it, Zhang Shun, who was unlearned and unskilled, was a typical martial artist, and his rejection was obvious in his words.

But Wu Ma and Ma Yingniang, because they were from the lower class, felt that Zhang Shun was gentle and elegant, and that he was born with the seed of reading.

Wu Ma was very happy when she heard that Li Xiang had "accepted" her words, so she prepared to bid farewell to the two of them and tell Ma Yingniang the good news.

At this moment, I suddenly heard shouts outside the tent, soldiers and armors chiming, war horses neighing, and footsteps shaking the sky.

Li Xiang and Liu Rushi had never seen such a formation before. They immediately turned pale when they looked at each other and asked quickly: "What is this? Could it be that the officers and soldiers are coming?"

When Wu Ma saw that they agreed to Ma Yingniang's entry, she felt happy and quickly explained: "Don't worry, madam, our master is using troops. There is no way for the officers and soldiers to be arrogant. We are preparing to attack the officers and soldiers' camp! You two, please be ready. Let’s drink and drink, just wait to celebrate our lord’s success.”

The first update, the author will try his best to post the second update today!