Once the cannon was built, it was time to start training, and Ueda Nobukata had been exposed to arquebus tests before, so he knew so much about how to build an iron cannon.

He took the built iron cannon and demonstrated it to the ashigaru himself.

Among the equipment of the iron cannon ashilight, the small pot with a trapezoidal iron side is used for medicine; The bamboo tube on the right is for projectiles.

The small bamboo tube is used for propellant charging, and each bamboo tube is filled with one shot, so as to avoid soldiers from loading more or less propellant due to nervousness on the battlefield.

Step 1: Clean the ignition hole and primer pot. Gunpowder residue blocked the ignition hole, which was a common problem with iron cannons.

Then pour the primer into the primer pot, close the lid of the primer pot, unscrew the small bamboo tube containing the propellant, and pour the propellant through the muzzle.

Loading a projectile pre-contained in the mouth (the general custom of the time) from the muzzle; Draw the through strip from under the barrel and ram the projectile and propellant.

Ignite the fire rope: The fire rope burns quickly, and it is easy to be exposed after ignition, so the fire rope is generally not lit before shooting; Attach the arquebus to the arquebus.

Since the lid of the primer pot is closed at this time, there is no need to worry about the spark of the fire rope igniting the primer and causing the fire to go off.

Finally, the trigger is pulled, and at the same time as the fire rope falls, the lid of the primer pot is opened. The primer ignites the propellant, and the projectile is launched.

In order to avoid burning the eyes and the glare of the fire, the gunner closed his eyes at the last moment of the shot.

With the deafening sound of iron cannons, the surrounding Ashigaru who was originally in the mood for watching the show were startled, and many people were still lying on the ground.

When Ueda Nobukata explained, he saw the disapproving expressions on their faces, and now he saw them lying on the ground in fear, and his heart was much more relaxed.

Kiyoshi Iwasita, who was not far away, hurriedly ran over and said, "Ueda, what is this?" The sound was like thunder in the sky, it was terrifying! ”

Ueda Nobukata smiled: "This is an iron cannon, a weapon of the Southern Barbarians, a long-range weapon like a bow and arrow, but it has many drawbacks. ”

Iwashita Kiyoshi frowned and said, "Then how can it be the secret weapon to defeat the Takeda family?" ”

Ueda Nobukata pointed at the frightened ashigaru and said, "You also saw the performance of these ashigaru. ”

Then he said to Ashigaru, who was not far away, "Go and get the target." ”

An ashigaru immediately ran over, and when he saw the small hole in the carcass, he was surprised: "It's pierced!" The carcass is pierced! ”

When Iwasita Kiyoshi heard the shout, his face changed greatly, and it was difficult for the damage of the bow and arrow to reach such a level.

He saw the carcass sent by Ashigaru, and this was directly penetrated.

Ueda Nobukata explained, "Ichikiyoki also saw that although there were many disadvantages of the iron cannon, its power was not comparable to that of a bow and arrow. ”

Iwashita Kiyoshi didn't really like this new weapon, it wasn't something that traditional samurai liked.

He asked, "Ueda, what are the disadvantages of this iron cannon?" ”

Ueda Nobukata was not stingy, and said bluntly: "First of all, the arquebus, the iron cannon shoots, there must be a firingrope, once the fiery rope is gone, then the iron cannon can not be used, and the arquebus cannot be used in humid weather."

Secondly, the process of iron cannon operation is many, complicated, and slow, and a skilled iron gunner has a maximum of two to three rounds in a minute. One minute is the saying of the Southern Barbarians, and it is one of the fifteen in a quarter of an hour (15 minutes).

In addition, in heavy rain and windy weather, the iron cannon cannot be used, and the firing range is the best at twenty-five steps (one and a half meters in the big step, 0.75 meters in the small step), and seventy steps is the limit.

If you want to penetrate the iron armor, you must take twenty-five steps, and it is a bit difficult to go farther, and the accuracy is not enough. These are the disadvantages of the iron cannon. ”

Iwasita Kiyoshi frowned and said, "This iron cannon has so many shortcomings, did Ueda just take a fancy to the advantage of armor piercing, so he chose the iron cannon?" ”

Ueda Nobukata shook his head and said, "It depends on how the iron cannon is used." I can't tell you just yet. ”

Ueda Nobukata turned to the ten ashigaru and said, "Little ones, you have also seen the power of the iron cannon!" Now it's all for Uncle Ben to learn hard!

If you learn it first, Uncle Ben will reward you, a month's worth of money! Go for it! ”

"Ueda, don't worry, the little one will be the first to learn!"

"Ueda, the small one won't let you down!"

"Ueda, please teach the little ones one more time!"

Ueda Nobukata's reward instantly mobilized the emotions of the ten ashigaru, and they no longer had the same contemptuous attitude as before.

Because there are only four iron cannons, they can only study in groups during training, but Ueda Nobukata doesn't care, he just familiarizes the ashigaru people with the iron cannons.

However, the sound of the four iron cannons was much louder than one, and then Iwasita Middle School all ran over.

It turned out that the villagers who were working nearby heard the sound of the iron cannon, and he didn't know what the sound was, so he ran to tell Iwasita Middle School.

The source of the sound that Iwasita Naka heard was probably where Ueda Nobukata was, so the fire came.

Then after some flickering by Ueda Nobukata...... Bah...... After some explanation, I settled down.

The next few days were very dull, and everyone was waiting for the time to farm and slack.

This is also a characteristic of this era, only when the farming is slack can you go to war, otherwise, you will forcibly conscript, and it is good to win, but if you lose, you will be killed by your subordinates.

The reason why Takeda Nobuta was expelled by the retainers was because Takeda Nobuta's unlimited conscription disrupted the cultivation of the country, which made the retainers complain.

What is different from history this time is that the alliance between Murakami Yoshikiyo and the Takanashi family continued, so Murakami Yoshikiyo was able to gather part of his army to help the people of Saku-gun.

The focus of defense was Maeyama Castle, which was a military point, and it was the Takeda Army that took Maeyama Castle and forced Saku-gun to surrender again.

As for Nobukata Ueda, everything is going according to what he envisioned, but he wants to make a little bit of modification.

The dislike of the three bosses for him has been known to the Murakami family, and many retainers have become estranged from Ueda Nobukata a lot, if it weren't for Murakami Yoshikiyo still valuing Koheirajiro, Koheirajiro would already be planning to run away.

There is also bad news from Tennoji Tatsui, that is, his money-making plan has failed.

Tatsuki Tennoji himself came to apologize, and there was also a letter from Tsuda Sota of Tennoji House.

The letter said that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a good book, but the price is not cheap, and there may be samurai people who buy it, but the profit in it is difficult to guarantee.

So Tennoji House finally decided that this business would be difficult to work with. However, Tsuda Soda suggested that you can take the boutique route and give it as a gift.

The plan to sell books to make money, which was given high hopes by Nobukata Ueda, has died, which makes Koheirajiro realize the cruelty of reality once again, and he can only count on grabbing a handful on the battlefield this time.