Chapter XXII

"What's that?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Hongyi cannon." Luo Dai's face was a little gloomy.

"How much?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"At least fifty." Luo Dai said: "This is just what I observed, whether there is more, I don't know." ”

Zhang Xuan frowned, feeling a headache at the arrival of these Hongyi cannons.

The Xia army has an advantage in firearms, only Zheng's artillery, and even Zheng's artillery may not be comparable to Hongyi's cannon.

If the Hongyi cannon is a copy of the Western naval cannon at the beginning, but the current Hongyi cannon has been digested by the Ming Dynasty.

Because of the different needs, the development direction of the Hongyi cannon is also different, and it is developing in the direction of heavy duty.

and even later developed tens of thousands of catties of cannons.

The naval guns unloaded from Zheng Zhilong's ship may not be comparable.

What made Zhang Xuan even more unhappy was that most of these artillery pieces were Chongzhen's legacy.

The Qing army did not have artillery, it did, and in the battle of the Daling River, dozens of artillery pieces were used.

However, the Qing army's national strength was limited, and there was not so much casting capacity at all.

This is still after the capture of Beijing, the artillery of the nine sides and the artillery of Beijing were unloaded from the city wall.

From the important weapon of the country on the edge of the town, it suddenly became a sharp weapon for the Qing army to attack the city in the south.

Zhang Xuan estimated that there were definitely two or three hundred Hongyi cannons in the hands of the Qing army. With such a large-scale artillery team, the Xia army had no advantage over heavy artillery at all.

You can't draw artillery from Zheng Zhilong's side again and again.

Between Zheng Zhilong and Cao Ying, after all, there is still a layer of difference.

And what worries Zhang Xuan even more is that the arrival of these artillery pieces will bring a direct threat to Zhang Xuan's camps at the northern foot of Dahong Mountain.

An artillery battle, inevitable.

Zhang Xuan said: "Call Wang Cannon over." ”

"Yes." In just a few moments, Wang Cannon was called over.

Since Zhang Zhen established the Nanjing Firearms Factory, Wang Dacang was quickly excluded from the firearms production field.

Without him, Wang Cannon's technology is not enough to see compared to those old craftsmen in Nanjing. Wang Cannon was unwilling to bring humiliation upon himself.

became the head of Zhang Xuan's artillery unit.

As the number of artillery pieces increased, some small cannons were assigned by Zhang Xuan. Like a tiger squatting cannon and the like.

What Zhang Xuan held in his hands were heavy artillery.

And these were placed under the command of Wang Dacang, Zhang Xuan said: "You immediately take all the heavy artillery in your hands to Baishui Village." ”

When Wang Cannon heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and after he became a full-time artilleryman, he hardly fought any hard battles.

A lot of times, it's just a matter of firing a cannon.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan said solemnly, and suddenly with a hint of excitement, he asked, "But Dongyu's Hongyi cannon?" ”

"Exactly." Zhang Xuan said: "You can have confidence

。 ”

Wang Cannon said: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while." Please also rest assured. Absolutely no problem. ”

"Be careful, go ahead." Zhang Xuan still has some feelings for the old people who follow him.

"Yes." Wang Cannon said.

Immediately, Zhang Xuan also ordered the whole army to suspend the march, and the farthest camp was Baishui Village.

The reason why Baishui Village is called Baishui Village is because it is adjacent to Baishui. Straddling the banks of the whitewater.

Whereas, the white water is a tributary of the Han River, which flows into the Rolling River and then into the Han River.

Baishui is not a very big river, but it is only a few dozen miles away from Zaoyang City.

It can be said that it is the outskirts of Zaoyang.

For the sake of prudence, Zhang Xuan did not continue to go north.

Immediately he ordered to transport all the artillery hoarded in the rear.

In this way, everyone knows that there is a big battle in Baishuizhai.

At the end of March of the first year of Wuxing.

It's the day of spring. But the solemn intent on the battlefield covered the slight warmth of the spring flowers.

The ground trembled slightly, and countless grasses shook slightly, as if dancing, and then countless horses' hooves stepped on, trampling the grass into the dirt, only the horseshoe occasionally shimmered in the sunlight.

The Qing army brigade was deployed before Zaoyang.

After the brigade was cleared, there were countless pack horses with artillery, and each cannon required several pack horses to pull it.

Everywhere you go, you have left deep ruts.

In front of Baishui Village, tens of thousands of horses and horses all stopped and waited quietly, only the Hongyi cannon had not yet arrived.

Azig took advantage of this time to look at Baishui Village from afar.

Baishui Village is actually two camps connected together.

The Baishui River passes through the Baishui Village, the north and south villages are distributed on both sides of the Baishui, and there are several bridges in the middle to connect, and even on the wall, there are also suspension bridges to connect. All in one piece.

And Baishuizhai is also very strong.

The entire Baishui Village can accommodate about 30,000 people.

All the walls are made of solid wood, with rammed earth in the middle, and it looks like a small city from a distance.

What makes Azig value more is that there are forts.

Azig swept through the clairvoyant mirror one by one, and did not count how many artillery pieces were on Baishui Village. But there must be a lot of them. And most of them are heavy artillery, maybe smaller than the Hongyi cannon, but they are not much more powerful at all.

For a moment, Azig thought of the iron mold casting cannon method again.

The reason why the Qing army has so many artillery pieces is that the Qing army inherited the legacy of Chongzhen, and the artillery that guarded the nine sides and the Beijing division all fell into the hands of the Qing army.

But the foundation of the Xia army, Azig understands very well, Liukou was born, and although the Ming Dynasty has a lot of artillery in the south, the real heavy artillery is far from being comparable to the Jiubian and Beijing divisions.

"Iron Mold Casting Cannon Method." Azig took a deep breath and thought of this again. Secretly said: "

After returning to Beijing, I must talk to my ninth brother, and I must vigorously promote it. ”

However, now is not the time to talk about this, Azig asked Shang Kexi and said, "King Zhishun, can Erzhihongyi cannon break the enemy?" ”

Shang Kexi looked at the situation on the other side, frowned slightly, and saw that the opposite side was a difficult bone to gnaw.

But at this moment, he couldn't say soft words, and said: "Please Eight Kings, wait for good news?" ”

"How many days will it take?" Azig asked.

Shang Kexi said: "Please ask the eighth king to give his subordinates five days." ”

Azig said, "Okay, I'll give you five days." ”

After Azig arranged Shang Kexi, he no longer cared about how Shang Kexi attacked the village. Instead, the Mongolian cavalry was mobilized, plus all units of the Han army, to surround Baishuizhai and open a big net.

Encirclement and reinforcements. This kind of means, Azig is too familiar with.

Because Zhang Xuan's methods are too old, this is simply Sun Chengzong's old wisdom.

Naturally, Azig knew what to do and divided and surrounded the enemy army. Annihilate them one by one.

Since the Hongyi cannon, there have been precedents for such responses.

Azig only had to wait for Baishuizhai to call for help from the rear, as if it were a wild beast predatoring.

At this moment, the rumbling cannon sounded and remembered.

But it was the Hongyi artillery team that opened fire.

In the Hongyi artillery team of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, many of the gunners were old men of Sun Yuanhua, and these aiming methods were all set by the Portuguese.

I dare not say how advanced it is, at least not at the level of direct aiming with my eyes.

Just started a few shots, and they were all just school shots.

Although the accuracy of the Hongyi cannon is not too good. But it is still possible to bombard a certain range.

However, after three or two rounds, a shell smashed into the wall.

"Boom." With a bang, the shell was ricocheted off the wall.

The defense capability of Baishui Village is not too bad.

Immediately, there was fire in the Baishui Village. A cannonball came from afar, but not far away, it landed on the ground, rolled a few times on the ground, and became an ornament on the ground.

Then another shell came out, this one a little farther, but still not reaching the artillery position.

But the third artillery began again.

This artillery crossed the artillery position and hit the rear of the artillery position. Smash into the queue. smashed over several soldiers.

For a time, the Qing army was in an uproar. Azig ordered the army to retreat a hundred paces.

Shang Kexi's face immediately became serious.

The opponents faced by the Hongyi Artillery Team before were just like the opponents faced by Wang Cannon, and they just set up artillery and bombarded them directly.

And today is different, Shang Kexi can clearly see that the other party is also shooting at school.

And the range of the artillery on the opposite side is not too close, and it is obvious that the artillery positions can be reached. Although he knew that this battle must be tricky, Shang Kexi didn't expect it to be so tricky.

There was a hint of bitterness in his heart.

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