"Be quick with your hands and feet, and take them off as soon as possible."

Dozens of miles east of the Hanoi of Jiaozhi, is the first project that Zhu Yunwen ordered to build after the Ming Dynasty set up Cochin Province a few years ago: Haiphong Port.

Haiphong Port and Qiongzhou (Hainan) across the sea, straight line road three days away, in order to increase the control of Southeast Asia and Jiaozhi, the imperial court in Qiongzhou expanded more docks, but also built a lot of large warehouses, so that the resources of the Ming Dynasty can go through the Pearl River Port in Guangdong directly to Qiongzhou Mansion, the sea ships under the South Seas can directly land in Qiongzhou for supplies.

After the construction of Haiphong Port, Cochin, a treasure land of two crops and three crops a year, has become an important part of several provinces in the south of the Ming Dynasty.

At present, the Haiphong Harbor is full of people, and thousands of people are busy working in the patches, and the black cannons are being unloaded from the sea ships, and the slogans are urging one after another, and at the outermost periphery, there are thousands of elite soldiers with swords and armor.

"Good guy, our southwest can finally raise our eyebrows and use the cannon this time."

At the scene to accept this batch of armed envoys is the commander of the Jiaozhi Commander Zhu Yunxi, the younger brother of Emperor Jianwen, unknowingly also spent nearly two years in the southwest, the humid and hot environment in the south made him much darker than before leaving Beijing, but a few years of military career also made him a little more rigid than he once had.

"Cao Lei, a thousand households of the Linjiang Water Division, has seen the general."

After a thousand-household official who was in charge of escorting the escort along the way got off the boat, he hurried straight to Zhu Yunxi and saluted the latter with a fist.

"No need to be polite, take General Ben to check it."

There is an armament list for the delivery of military supplies, and the amount written on the armament list is as much as it is, and the military attache who receives this batch of armaments must of course check it, and if it is not checked, he will sign for it, and when he sends it to the front line of Banggara in the future, he will not be enough, so he will have to carry the pot himself.

The loss of armaments and materiel is a dead end according to military law.

Even if Zhu Yunxi is a member of the royal family and Zhu Yunwen's younger brother, he doesn't dare to make such a big difference if you borrow a few guts from him.

Because he was more afraid of Zhu Yunwen than of military law.

"Yes, General, please."

Cao Lei gave up his position and asked Zhu Yunxi to go first, and then followed by his side, and took out the armament list to report one by one.

"A total of 200 cannons, 200 giant arquebuses, 5,000 new arquebuses, and a number of shells and pellets were transported."

"So much?"

Such a huge number made Zhu Yunxi stunned, he hadn't returned to the Central Plains for a few years, is the imperial court so rich now?

For a southwestern battlefield only, so many armaments and weapons?

"These are all new cannons that were improved last year, although they are still completely overcoming the delayed detonation technology, and the means of attack are still using the traditional copper and iron cast solid bullets for kinetic impact, but the gunpowder valve wall is thicker than the previous generations, and it is no longer pig iron casting, it is all good forged steel, which can fully accommodate more gunpowder to add greater impact to the shell."

Cao Lei introduced Zhu Yunxi: "This cannon was named the General Cannon by His Majesty, and it is the main artillery configuration of the Fujian and Zhejiang Navy Divisions in the South Seas, which can hit 260 zhang. ”

Two hundred and sixty zhang, that is nearly 800 steps from before!

When this is a large group, the main phalanx of infantry needs at least half a quarter, and it takes about four or five minutes to cover the distance it takes at the moment.

Zhu Yunxi has also led soldiers for a few years, and the combat effectiveness of this general cannon was instantly deduced in his mind.

"How long does it take to reload and refill gunpowder."

"If you're proficient, it's enough in about a minute."

In one minute, you can play four rounds at a distance of 260 zhang!

Four rounds of fire from 200 guns?

Zhu Yunxi suddenly gasped.

With such a thing, this battle is still a fart.

"It's terrible, it's terrible."

With his hand on the muzzle of the cannon and stroking, Zhu Yunxi exclaimed: "I still remember that when General Ben was in the martial arts hall in Nanjing, King Yan gave us a lecture and conveyed His Majesty's prediction of the future war.

At that time, King Yan said that the war in ten or twenty years will still be based on long knives and fine armor, but if the war is fought in 20 or 50 years, it will be difficult for cold weapons to dominate the victory or defeat of a war.

Two hundred and sixty zhang, with these two hundred general cannons, there is no strong city before my Ming army array.

His Majesty's words became a prophecy, and we and others who were servants had to be admired. ”

After the signing of the "Kunming Seven-Power Agreement", Zhu Yunwen even deceived hundreds of thousands of slaves from Wusizang, which took several years before and after, and finally built a thoroughfare in the southwest.

The nightmare of Southeast Asian countries can also be felt by the Asans of North Delhi.

"But what is the arquebus you brought with you?"

Under the layers of rain cloth were sealed wooden boxes, and several sergeants opened the wooden boxes with crowbars, and the arquebus with a rod still glowing with oil came into Zhu Yunxi's eyes, making the latter subconsciously brighten up for this new firearm that was completely different from the previous firearm.

What a spirited musket.

In terms of shape, the arquebus is infinitely close to the firearms of later generations, after all, the arquebus itself is the ancestor of modern firearms.

"The new guy in the Firearms Bureau can wear thin armor within twenty steps."

Cao Lei took out a rod and handed it to Zhu Yunxi, and at the same time introduced: "This is the primer pot, here is the ignition hole, take the fire rope to connect it here before launching, one end is exposed outside the firearm, and the fire rope can be fired by lighting it." ”

This cumbersome introduction made Zhu Yunxi frown subconsciously, he thought that this new weapon could be much more convenient than the previous musket, and the result was only a little progress.

"Although lethal and cumbersome, this new musket is far more comfortable to hold than the old one."

Cao Lei took out a bayonet from another box, fixed it in the groove under the muzzle with a click, and returned it to Zhu Yunxi: "The general can try." ”

The bayonet has been around for many years, and Zhu Yunxi is also easy to play, and he stabbed in the air a few times, and felt that it really felt good, so he nodded with satisfaction.

"It's better than nothing, and at least it can play a small role in close combat."

After dancing a few more times, Zhu Yunxi felt that there seemed to be sweat on his body, and he couldn't help but curse in a low voice, put down the musket in his hand and stretched out his hand to Cao Lei.

"Since I didn't count it, I brought the armament list, and General Ben signed for it."

The kung fu of the two handover, the sound of horses' hooves in their ears, and more than a dozen horses galloping from far and near, made Zhu Yunxi subconsciously look back.

When the first person, dressed in gold lacquer mountain armor, the golden red hood is engraved with the majestic appearance of the Zhenwu Emperor, and the face under the hood is reckless all the time, and the one-eyed is even more daunting.

In the southwest, only the Dingnanhou of the Ming Dynasty is eligible to wear this costume, and the Dinghai Shenpin of several provinces and even countries in the southwest.

Yunnan commanded the army of envoys.

On Ma Dajun's side, it was Jian Ding, the political envoy of Jiaozhi.

"I've seen Ma Shuai."

Even Zhu Yunxi, a member of the royal family, was very respectful when he saw Ma Dajun, and hurriedly hugged his fists and bowed.

"Armaments sent?"

Turning over and dismounting, Ma Dajun walked two steps quickly to pick up Zhu Yunxi, and said to the latter: "This marshal is here to Hanoi to recruit 50,000 people to Siam from Jiaozhi to be responsible for the transportation of logistics. ”

"The last general just signed the armament order, Ma Shuai and the domain came just in time, please."

Letting go of half of his body, Zhu Yunxi automatically took over Cao Lei's responsibilities, introduced these weapons to Ma Dajun one by one, and then proposed: "Do you want to try the cannon Ma Shuai?" ”

This is the first time that a cannon has been seen on the battlefield in the southwest, and Ma Dajun is naturally excited, a pair of big hands full of wounds and calluses are about to touch a few shiny iron cannons to fade, and when he heard Zhu Yunxi's words, he naturally agreed.

"A good thing is to see and know, and let Ben Shuai listen to it by firing two cannons."

As soon as the commander gave the order, the work of testing the cannon was immediately launched, and several experienced gunners made preliminary preparations, and then rode out on horseback and set up dozens of rice targets.

"Let's try to fire ten shots first."

Ma Dajun had been waiting in a hurry, and as soon as the formation was set up here, he impatiently opened his mouth and gave an order.

Reload, ignition.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Ten loud roars in a row made people deaf for a few moments, but the big guy's attention was clearly on the glasses.

When the dust and smoke cleared, all everyone saw were the large and small pits two hundred zhang away, as well as the fragments of rice people and shells scattered in the pits.

"Good cannon!"

Ma Dajun praised, and then continued to order: "In the next round, a hundred cannons will be fired." ”

The battle of 100 guns was 10 times larger than that of 10 guns, and the smoke and dust after the bombardment alone were enough to survive in the heavens and the earth for a few minutes before they dissipated, and the scene behind the smoke and dust was a complete mess.

"Two hundred cannons continue."

Ma Dajun glanced at Jian Ding sideways, and his face was still that rough look: "Fantai was also born in the army in his early years, and he was a horse for half his life, I must have seen a lot of this kind of scene, I am a big old man, I have never seen such a big scene in my life, so I want to watch it a few more times." ”

At this time, Zhu Yunxi saw that Ma Dajun was here to test the artillery, and he was using an excuse to intimidate Jian Ding.

Didn't you see that after this hundred cannons, Jian Ding's old face didn't even have a trace of blood.

"Ma Shuai is modest, and this scene is also the first time Jian has seen it in his life."

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, Jian Ding realized why Ma Dajun dragged himself to Haiphong Port, which received armaments.

In two years, the ten-year autonomy promised by Emperor Jianwen will expire, and Ma Dajun is beating himself to remind himself.

Have you seen the power of this cannon, if you don't want to hit your head, you should hurry up and retreat, otherwise, this cannon can hit Ah San and can hit you!

Rough people?

The high-ranking officials and generals who have been in the past few years sat down, and the wisdom of Ma Dajun was by no means the impoverished Tushan household back then.

"Continue to fire artillery, just warm up these new guns, and the provincial highway will be sent to the battlefield when the time comes."

It's rare that Ma Dajun can be humorous, but Jian Ding can't laugh at all.

There were three or four rounds of combined shelling, and his ears were full of ringing sounds, and his face was pale and he almost wanted to vomit.

"Ma Shuai, this official is not very well, so I will go back to the office first."

After listening to a few rounds of absolute live broadcasts, Jian Ding hurriedly got up to say goodbye, then staggered over and left with two personal soldiers.

"Looking at his cowardly appearance, I'm afraid it will scare him inclearly this time."

After Jian Ding left, all the Ming generals who came down from the Ma army laughed, and their eyebrows fluttered unexpectedly.

"Your Majesty has a saying, 'Truth only exists within the range of a cannon.' Earlier, we waited for clumsy materials to understand the holy will, but today we can be regarded as awakening. ”

With a sigh of emotion, Ma Dajun looked at the cannon position not far away in a daze: "As long as this thing is still roaring all day, then there will never be a sound in our ears that we don't want to hear." ”

Truth can only exist within the range of a cannon!

(Tomorrow's five watches will be sent together.) ）