The sky was twilight, the birds on the fruit trees in the courtyard had "squeaked" and the rooster crowed from time to time in the distance.

Slowly turned over, Liu Ru touched that there was no one beside her, opened her eyes and sat up, and the peaks in front of her swayed with her movements.

"It turned out to be just a dream......

That dream only made Liu Ru feel ashamed and could not restrain herself, and even said angrily.

"You little prodigal, you're full of cranky ...... all day long"

After a snort, she stretched her waist lazily, but between the movements, she felt that the dirty clothes were wet and cold, and the scene in the dream last night inadvertently surfaced in front of her, remembering her behavior in the dream, Liu Ruye's cheeks flushed, and a longing in the depths of her body came to her heart again.

"Wait for the master to come back......"

She thought that when she mentioned the master, she would think of the lord and fade away this strange feeling, but another person inadvertently appeared in front of her eyes, and her heart suddenly trembled, and she blushed with shame, and even grabbed the cloth sheet on her body a little nervously.

"What are you thinking in this head, you are married and a wife, and besides, how can you be enough to serve a scarf and a broom with your posture of a willow......"

Whispering so softly, when picking up the men's clothes, Liu Ruye's mind couldn't help but think of the stupid look he occasionally looked at her, the obsession in his eyes only made her heart slightly happy, and after a while, a sad look flashed between her eyebrows.

"Hey,"

After a long sigh, after a moment of struggle, Liu Ru looked away a little distractedly, and after a moment of distraction, there was a light sneer between his lips.

"It's all you, the wicked man, who have to set fire to others...... People may be, but, but since they are already married to a wife, it is impossible for you to get your wish......"

After talking to herself, Liu Ruyi's "face" turned red suddenly, and she quickly took a deep breath when she realized that she was in turmoil, and then said to herself casually.

"I'm never going to see you again these days......"

said this, but Liu Ruye thought in his heart, if he came to see him, when the time came, would he see or not? For a while, Liu Ruye's heart was struggling and even tangled.

Of course, for Zhu Mingzhong, who was on the city wall of Changzhou, he had a good night's sleep last night, and he didn't think about Liu Ruis at all.

Cannon!

Hongyi Cannon!

For Zhu Mingzhong, the most important thing in this Changzhou city is not the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the city's treasury that the former prefect extorted from the Changzhou gentry to repay the service, but the sixteen Hongyi cannons on the city's head.

Perhaps, after three hundred and fifty years, these dozen so-called cannons are just large "earth cannons" that fire iron solid projectiles, but in this era, for Zhu Mingzhong, these sixteen cannons are the weapons he desperately needs!

For the loyal army, which has almost no long-range weapons, with these sixteen cannons, it means that they will not be in a passive position to be beaten at medium and long distances!

Hey!

Why is this cannon so small?

People just arrived on the city wall, and as soon as they saw the legendary "Hongyi Cannon", Zhu Mingzhong was taken aback, not because it was big, but because - this cannon is too small!

The legendary red-coated cannon was only a little more than a meter long, and the weight of the solid iron cannonball on the side was only the size of a fist.

"General, this cannon is a 200-pound cannon, the cannon weighs 200 catties, the cannon is 4.3 feet long, the medicine is 1 catty and 2 yuan, and the ammunition is 2 catties and 12 and 5 yuan......"

Gao Jiming, who had been promoted to the commander of the rear army, noticed that the general's face seemed to be a little wrong, so he deliberately explained.

"General, it is really incompetent, when the Qing captured to transfer troops, there are still 6 1,800 jin Hongyi cannons in this city, and two 3,000 jin Hongyi cannons, but they are all transferred away for the Qing captives, this Changzhou only left 16 small cannons, the big one is only ten 700 Hongyi cannons, and the small one, that is, these two hundred catties of cannons......"

After some self-criticism, Gao Jiming's words changed again.

"However, although this cannon is small, it is most suitable for accompanying the army, especially this 200-kilogram cannon, don't look at it small, but even if you add the artillery truck, the weight does not exceed 400 kilograms, which can be described as extremely light......"

In fact, these 200 catties of cannon were not used to defend the city, they were used for accompanying the army, and now they are used to defend the city, and they are also barely used, when Gao Jiquan mentioned that there were still 700 catties of cannons, Zhu Mingzhong's eyebrows raised slightly, and asked.

"And 700 pounds of guns? Where is the cannon? Let's see. ”

Although it was only a 700-kilogram cannon, seeing the barrel of the cannon more than two meters long, Zhu Mingzhong finally found the appearance of some cannons, the previous 200-kilogram cannon, which is said to be a cannon, is better said to be a large gun.

“…… The gun weighs 700 kilograms, the length is 6.8 feet, the amount is 2.5 kilograms, and the iron bullet weighs 5 kilograms......"

When Gao Jiquan explained the performance of the 700-pound cannon, Zhu Mingzhong bent down and carefully inspected the 700-kilogram cannon in front of him, this cannon was not heavy! It can even be said that it is very light, of course, his shells are also very light, but only 5 catties.

But for Zhu Mingzhong, this is exactly what he needs!

What he needs is not a "giant cannon" weighing thousands of catties, but this kind of artillery weighing only a few thousand catties, at most more than a thousand catties, what he needs is - field artillery! A field gun that can accompany the troops on the march and provide fire support to the troops in the event of a battle!

5 pounds of shells......

Taking out a cast iron cannonball from the side, Zhu Mingzhong weighed it, but it was only about three kilograms, converted into the imperial system, that is, 6 to 7 pounds, this cannon is a little smaller, naturally it can't be compared with the legendary "twelve-pound Napoleon", but ...... 700 pounds, light enough, if you install an artillery mount, you can act with the army like the field artillery of later generations.

Looking at the four-wheeled gun mount of the naval gun mounted on which the artillery was installed, Zhu Mingzhong's eyebrows raised slightly, and he asked out loud.

"If you were with the army, would you also carry this kind of artillery carriage?"

"Back to the general, this Hongyi cannon is often bulky and unbearable to accompany the army, like 3,000 catties, 4,000 catties, often loaded on the ox-pulled large-wheeled artillery cart for transportation, stay in the place, and then by the carpenter battalion to make such a small four-wheeled artillery cart, you can cast, this 700 catties cannon, although the cannon is light, but it is also operated......"

Gao Jiming's words made Zhu Mingzhong suddenly understand that what was said in the history books was true, the Hongyi cannon at the end of the Ming Dynasty originated from European naval artillery, and its gun carriage was also an imitation of the four-wheeled artillery car, and the Ming army rarely used the Hongyi cannon in field battles, but used it to defend the city. Under the influence of the Ming army, the Qing army was also the same, and even when it came to the Hunan army, the "Bishan cannon" used by the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan was just a variant of the attack artillery.

Red Cannon ...... The key is to go into the field!

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