Rumble!

With a cannon shot, a four-pound iron bullet whistled and flew over a distance of almost 500 paces, slamming into a small forest.

There was a sudden smoke and dust, and several small trees fell down in an instant.

Da Jin Bo was extremely fierce and watched with satisfaction as a branch flew into the air, and then fell down again.

"Good fight." Wanyan Zongbi commented with a smile: "Reward, the master of cannon casting will reward three silk horses, one cow, and one woman." The rest of the people will each be rewarded with a silk horse. ”

"Thank you, master, for the reward."

Behind him, more than a dozen people suddenly knelt down.

There are soldiers of the Qingzhou Army who were captured last time, as well as craftsmen found by Wanyan Zongbi from Liaodong, Han people, Khitans, Goryeo people, Xi people, and since the army returned to Liaodong, they have tried every means to cast cannons for him in Liaoyang, and now they finally have results.

Wanyan Zongbi stepped forward and patted the tail of the cannon gently, loving this artifact.

As a veteran of a hundred battles, Wanyan Zongbi can understand the significance of artillery in war by instinct alone.

For example, in the face of the Han people's dock fort or the irritating low wall/trench system as the last time, the cannon can quickly blast a gap in the long distance, allowing the big golden soldiers to form a breakthrough at a very small cost.

In the face of the Mugul, who have more cavalry in the west, the cannon can crush the enemy formation near the critical point of the cavalry charge, and then send your own cavalry to counterattack or pursue.

There are also the savage Jurchens in the north, their tactics are similar to those of the Jin Army, and they are also shielded vehicles to cover heavy arrows and suppress them at close range, but they have too few iron weapons, and many times they can only make do with bone arrows, so they are naturally not the opponents of the big Jin soldiers.

Now that there are cannons, it is even more difficult to give birth to a girl.

There are also the Koreans in the east, as well as their enemies in the country, such as .......

Hehe.

If you think about it, as long as there is an artillery advantage, it seems that no matter what the infantry, cavalry, shield carts, city walls, any target can be dealt with with artillery?

The more Yan Zongbi thought about it, the happier he became, and he turned his head to the Han master who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Give you the name of Ali Bai (Jurchen language: present), enjoy the treatment of Moke, and specialize in cannon casting!" ”

"Thank you for the reward!" The Han craftsman looked grateful.

"Get up, tell this master about your cannon!"

"Huh!"

Ali Bai stood up, hunched over and whispered to Wanyan Zongbi:

"Master, the slave first asked those people from Qingzhou to recall the size of the Qingzhou cannon, and then cast two cannons using the lost wax method of casting bells."

"This one is a copper cannon, and there is an iron cannon, both of which can fire 4 catties of iron bullets. Those people from Qingzhou said that if you beat the scatter, you can fill in 8 catties, but the distance is only within 50 steps, and after 50 steps, you can't wear heavy armor. ”

"Hmm." Wanyan Zongbi squinted his eyes and listened very carefully: "You go on." ”

"Huh."

"In addition to these two cannons, the minions also tried to cast two divine machine cannons, all of which are cast in iron, which can hit 2 catties of iron bullets or 4 catties of loose guns."

"Then, the slave thought, our Dajin can't always follow behind that Han dog, so the slave dared to cast a few new cannons that Qingzhou didn't have with those Qingzhou descendants."

"Oh?" Wanyan Zongbi asked with great interest: "The new cannon that Qingzhou doesn't have?" What does it look like? ”

"Master, please look!" Ali Bai led Wanyan Zongbi to several small cannons with unique shapes.

After Yan Zongbi looked at it carefully for a while, he found that this was an iron pipe, which was densely reinforced with 6 iron hoops, and then supported on the ground with a two-legged bracket.

If Wanyan Zongbi was also a traverser, he would probably think that this was a primitive mortar without a baseplate.

"The minion thinks, the general cannon is too heavy for my big gold iron horse."

Alibai explained:

"The general cannon of the Qingzhou type, plus the gun carriage weighs about 6 or 7 hundred catties, and it can't keep up with the speed of the Dajin Iron Cavalry. So the minions cast this kind of small cannon, which can hit 2 catties of iron bullets or 4 catties of loose guns, and this cannon weighs only 50 catties, and can follow the big golden cavalry to act together! ”

In fact, this thing is close to the nature of Xu Shiyang's tiger squat cannon in his previous life, it is an ultra-light gun that does not burden the gun carriage to reduce weight, and it is extremely convenient to deploy, but in terms of power and accuracy, it is weaker because it can't be too big.

Of course, there is also the advantage that the cannon is very low, and it seems to be easy to hide.

It's easy to hide.

Hide.......

Wanyan Zongbi suddenly had a very bold idea.

……

Dengzhou.

Since Xu Shiyang focused his next strategy on southern Liaoning across the sea, Dengzhou replaced Qingzhou and became the new base camp of the new army.

The main force of the new army, except for the Zhiyuan Brigade deployed in Quancheng and the Yuyuan Brigade stationed in Yanzhou to support the Yellow River/Canal defense system, the other 8 brigades were assembled here to prepare for the first strategic counteroffensive against the Tartars.

Therefore, the handover of new weapons has also been transferred from Qingzhou to Dengzhou.

As an envoy to the army, Zhang Mingyi also specially followed Xu Shiyang to Dengzhou to inspect the troops of the new army.

"This is the cannon you used to win the Tartar?"

Zhang Mingyi pointed to a four-pound cannon and asked Xu Shiyang.

"This thing is a cannon, but to defeat the Tartars, I rely on more than this thing." Xu Shiyang explained seriously: "As long as sufficient equipment, supplies, and training are provided, and the commander does not make mistakes, then we Han people are the best army in the world." ”

"Artillery is just one of them, it's not the only condition for victory, it's not even the most important."

Zhang Mingyi paused for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It is said that the Tartars are invincible...... ”

"It's just bragging."

"Hehe, well, just take them as bragging." Zhang Mingyi pointed to the cannon and said to Xu Shiyang: "Can this thing be released a few times and show it to the official?" ”

"Yes." Xu Shiyang asked, "However, Master Zhang doesn't need to look at the training of soldiers first?" That's the most important ....... ”

"Let's look at the cannon first."

Xu Shiyang found that Zhang Mingyi attached more importance to weapons than to the quality of soldiers.

I don't know if this is his personal problem, or a common problem of the civil official class of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Okay."

Xu Shiyang sighed helplessly, and waved his hand to get the artillerymen ready to shoot.

In addition, there were people who prepared targets in front of the cannons.

Before starting to shoot, Zhang Mingyi couldn't help but ask with curiosity in his heart:

"General Xu, I have heard that artillery bombardment can erode dozens of miles?"

"How is that possible?" Xu Shiyang smiled: "The destructive power of artillery is very strong, but to say that it is erosive for dozens of miles, it can only be a joke, and it must not be taken seriously." ”

"But artillery will become the branch of the army that will decide the outcome of the battlefield in the future, and become the king of war, that is to be expected."

Xu Shiyang is talking about artillery, not artillery.

I don't know if Zhang Mingyi can understand the difference between this.

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