North of Xuanhua City, on the road leading to Huaishan Iron Mine, a team of about 100 people is escorting a chariot slowly forward, looking at their straight body and neat steps, you can know that this must be the elite of the Ming army.

Yang Cong and a group of Wenchen generals fought in front, and everyone's faces were excited, the sample of the tiger squat cannon was finally made, and everyone could run after the Tartar cavalry in the future.

Not long after the team marched, a barren rocky beach appeared in front of the left, Yang Cong roughly estimated the width of the rocky beach, and then waved his hand: "Here's it, Changsheng, prepare for the test." ”

Tong Ke said yes and obeyed, and then commanded the team behind him to turn to the left, and hugged the fire dragon chariot in the middle to the rocky beach.

At this time, the fire dragon chariot has also undergone a certain improvement, and when marching, no one has to push it, but uses a war horse, in order to prevent the war horse from being too tired, each fire dragon chariot is equipped with two horses, and if it is rotated every fifty miles, it is not a problem to run two or three hundred miles a day.

This time, Yang Cong not only tested the Tiger Squat Cannon, but also the reaction speed of the improved Fire Dragon Chariot and the elite of the border army was also one of the test items, so the five elite of the border army who were responsible for controlling the Fire Dragon Chariot were quite hardworking.

As soon as the chariot entered the rocky beach, the commander led by the captain quickly turned over and dismounted, came to the fire dragon chariot and said loudly: "Get off, take off the leash, turn around, and tie the horse." ”

With a "bang", the four soldiers quickly jumped down from the fire dragon chariot, ran to the front and worked together to untie the reins, and in an instant the war horse and the chariot were separated.

Immediately afterwards, the two soldiers held the stake, carried the hammer, led the war horse to the back of the chariot and nailed the stake to the ground, and bolted the war horse to the stake, the whole set of actions was completed in one go, and it was completed in a blink of an eye, while the other two soldiers had already turned around the fire dragon chariot and fixed it on the beach of troubled times.

This is completely based on the actual situation on the battlefield to make an emergency test, generally when the large army marches, the scouts will be scattered in the front and back of the left and right ten miles, from the discovery of the enemy cavalry to the gap between the two sides in the middle of the battle is less than half an hour, and the horse pulls the fire dragon chariot forward, the front of the car is actually backwards, and the whole team can not line up in a row to go forward, so, this less than half an hour to do a lot of things, just lining up in a defensive formation almost takes a cup of tea time, The time left to reload and fire was actually less than a stick of incense.

After this series of actions was completed, the commander immediately ordered: "Get into the car, open the gun door, reload, and ignite." ”

After that, he took the lead in climbing onto the chariot, untied the rope inside, and with a "snap", an iron plate in front of the fire dragon chariot suddenly turned down, and the muzzle of the tiger squat cannon was exposed.

A light smoke drifted out, followed by a "boom", and the tiger squat cannon finally fired.

At this time, the cannonball was not fast enough to be caught by the naked eye, and everyone could catch the arc and landing point of the cannonball, but when they saw the landing point of the cannonball, the excitement on everyone's faces disappeared, because the cannonball did not fly far, and it was about a mile to hit the ground.

This is much worse than hundreds of kilograms of cannons, although the cannons at this time can't blast out more than ten miles or even dozens of miles like later generations, but the general range can reach about two miles, and the range of this tiger squat cannon is only about one mile, which is too bad, right?

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at Yang Cong, and they thought, now the governor is afraid that he will frown again and be unhappy.

Unexpectedly, Yang Cong said with a smile: "Yixiu, the landing point of this cannonball is almost a mile away, right?" ”

Tang Shunzhi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then nodded awkwardly: "Yes, it's almost a mile away, almost twice as short as the original artillery." ”

Yang Cong still smiled and said: "It's okay, one mile away is already very good, the range of the trebuchet is only about one hundred and fifty steps, we didn't defeat the Tartar cavalry in the same way." ”

This time, it was Tang Shunzhi's turn to frown, he thought about it, and then reminded: "My lord, the trebuchet threw out a giant thunderbolt, and the lethality is much stronger than the shells of this tiger squat cannon, and the explosion of the giant thunder can frighten the nearby war horses, so it is difficult for a thousand trebuchets to block the enemy formation, and it is difficult for the shells of this tiger squat cannon to block the enemy formation." ”

This is indeed a fact, because the shells of the Tiger Squat Cannon will not explode at all, and it will be smashed through by an iron lump the size of a fist, and the war horse will naturally not be affected.

Seeing him like this, Yang Cong couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Yi Xiu, our purpose is not to block the enemy formation, but to destroy the enemy, although the cannonballs of the tiger squat cannon can't make the war horse frightened, but the enemy who hits it will not die but also be seriously injured, and we can fire three rounds of cannonballs at a distance of one mile, if the two thousand fire dragon chariots are equipped with the tiger squat cannon, at least five thousand enemy soldiers can be killed and injured after three rounds, which is already very good." We still have muskets, crossbows, and thunderbolts behind us, and after four rounds of attacks, how much enemy troops can be left, and 10,000 well-equipped border elites should be about the same against 50,000 Tartar cavalry. ”

This one.

Tang Shunzhi thought about it carefully, indeed, if the tiger squat cannons, muskets, crossbows, and thunderbolts were all fully equipped, it should be no problem for the elite of the 10,000 border army to deal with 50,000 Tatar cavalry, but the demand for this equipment is more terrifying.

two thousand dragon chariots;

2,000 Tiger Squat Cannons;

10,000 new muskets;

10,000 crossbows;

tens of thousands of thunderbolts;

There are also matching gunpowder, bullets, shells, thistles, etc., how much does it cost to equip these 10,000 people!

Thinking about it, Tang Shunzhi couldn't help but say: "My lord, I'm afraid that this 10,000 elite equipment will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, right?" If the 60,000 elite border troops are fully equipped, wouldn't it cost millions of taels! ”

Yang Cong said indifferently: "You don't have to worry about this, you just need to study the tactics and give full play to the power of these weapons and equipment." ”

Well, this governor is very rich, and there is really nothing to worry about about this money.

Tang Shun sighed in his heart, and then solemnly arched his hand and said, "Xiaguan understands." ”

Yang Cong pondered for a while, and then said to Wang Xuan: "Sir, how are the gears and calipers doing?" ”

Wang Xuan hurriedly arched his hand and said, "My lord, the sample has been made and is being tested." ”

Yang Cong nodded, looked at the fire dragon chariot not far away, and then said slowly: "Well, the tiger squat cannon should be made according to this style, gears and calipers are a little more prepared, by next year, I hope that this tiger squat cannon can produce three hundred guns a month, as well as a new type of musket, at least to reach the scale of fifty per day, in addition, it is best to match bullet shells and shell shells a little more, a musket is best matched with five bullet shells, and a gun is best equipped with five shell shells, so that if it is loaded in advance, the rate of fire can be faster." ”

This?

How many people are there!

Wang Xuan also knew that this governor didn't care how many people he recruited, nor how much money he spent, he only cared about the production speed of this weapon and equipment.

Alas, it's really not going to work, let's recruit people when the time comes.

He could only stubbornly arch his hand and say, "Xiaguan understands." ”

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PS: I recommend the old author Shi Haoshi's new book "Three Kingdoms Poison Scholars", which is about the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, and the feelings of Jia Xu's family.

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