From the arquebus to the loading of ammunition, to the loading of shells, to the adjustment of angles and directions, it is a long story, but it does not take long, at most it is forty or fifty seconds.

That is to say, the two hundred artillery pieces have been prepared in one minute, and the guerrilla general commanding the guerrilla general saw that all the small flags had been raised, so he couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then shouted: "Ignite." ”

The small flag in front of him waved the command flag down, and shouted, "Light the fire." ”

The artilleryman in charge of the ignition quickly lit the arquebus, then took a step back and stared at the arquebus.

The small flags next to him waved down the command flags in turn, and all the artillery began to fire one after another, and after less than ten seconds: "Boom, boom, boom." ”

Starting from the center, all the artillery pieces emitted white smoke in turn, and the white smoke that rippled and spread to both sides had a unique beauty, and people who watched it were dazzled.

Of course, this dazzle refers to the side of the Ming army, and the Houjin and Mongol coalition forces on the city wall do not have this blessing, because Azig saw a series of movements of the artillery on the opposite side and knew that they were going to open fire, and when the igniting artillery lit the arquebus, he immediately ordered everyone to retreat behind the female wall and the arrow battlement. Is the Ming army crazy, he didn't do anything, he ran here to play with the cannons, and he could scare the young master to surrender if he fired a few cannons? Neuropathy!

The people on the walls can say that they didn't see anything, they only heard: "Boom, boom, boom." There was a roar, and then there was "Knock knock." The sound of cannonballs smashing the wall, and a few cannonballs just rubbed the edge of the women's wall and smashed into the city wall, and the people who struck behind the women's wall were blurred with flesh and blood, so there was a sparse scream after the sound of smashing the wall.

On the side of the Ming army, Zhu Cijiong had already raised his binoculars and aimed at the opposite city wall, carefully observing the effect of the shelling. How to say this effect, some smashed directly on the female wall, and then fell under the city wall; Some smashed directly on the battlements of arrows and then fell under the city walls; Others flew directly over the city walls and fell into the city; There are also a few who rubbed against the female wall and smashed into the city wall, causing certain casualties.

It seems that the barrage support effect of this live ammunition is not good, Zhu Cijiong sighed, glanced aimlessly, and suddenly he saw that half of the corner of an arrow stack was smashed off, and he couldn't help but carefully observe the arrow stacks one by one, and sure enough, several arrow stacks were also loosened, but the bricks on them had not been smashed off.

This is simply an unexpected gain, the solid bullet can smash the arrow stack, think about it carefully, it is not strange at all, more than ten or twenty pounds of iron balls slammed into the arrow stack that is only one brick wide and does not have any skeleton support, and it is strange that it can't be smashed. In other words, as long as you fire enough rounds, you can completely smash all the arrow stacks on the opposite city wall, and then only the bare female wall will be left, and even the female wall may be smashed with potholes!

In that case, it will be much more convenient to attack the city, at least it will be inconvenient for the enemy to observe the siege troops below, when there are arrow stacks, you can also observe the bottom through the observation hole in the middle of the arrow stacks, the arrow stacks are gone, they only stick out their heads and look down, when the flintlock pistol fires another volley, basically stretching out the head is death!

At this time, the guerrilla general in command in the front row had already commanded all the artillery to load the shotshots, and he raised his binoculars again to observe the effect of the shelling, and then decisively ordered: "Prepare for adjustment." ”

All the flags repeated his order in turn, and then all the artillery officers in charge of the adjustment were in position, and the clamps on both sides of the lugs were loosened.

The guerrilla general in command continued to order: "The direction is just ahead, the angle is four, eight or five. ”

This only needs to be called back a little, and soon all the guns will be adjusted.

According to Zhu Cijiong's will, the guerrilla general did not stop for a moment, and directly ordered the fire to be fired.

The Houjin soldiers and Mongol soldiers who had just stood up on the city wall did not need Azig's command, and they were so frightened that they immediately retracted behind the arrow battlements and the female wall.

"Boom boom boom" was another roar, and this time there were more screams on the city wall, because the scattered bombs were originally attacked in pieces, and the guerrilla general who commanded the artillery to correct the angle again, so that the shelling area was closer to the arrow battlement, and now except for the people who were close to the female wall and the arrow battlement, the rest of the people who were slightly back were almost all bruised or hit. Although the egg-sized scattered bullet was not as powerful as a solid bullet, if it was hit in a critical part, it would be fatal, so thousands of casualties were killed on the city wall at once.

Zhu Cijiong observed it carefully, and then nodded with satisfaction, it seems that the support effect of this scattered barrage is quite good.

The last round is the flowering bomb, and the support effect of this flowering bullet is similar to that of live ammunition, unless it happens to fall into the city wall, otherwise it will not cause casualties at all.

Zhu Cijiong felt that the barrage effect was almost done, and he still had a lot of things to arrange, so he stretched out shamelessly, and then asked Sun Chengzong: "Taifu, why don't you come here today, everyone is tired, go back and rest first, and we will continue tomorrow." “

Sun Chengzong rolled his eyes when he heard this, what does it mean that everyone is tired, this has just set up the formation, and only after three rounds of cannons, they are tired? What a joke!

However, this siege is not in a hurry, he estimates that Zhu Cijiong has some new ideas, so he wants to end the work so early. Since the emperor has spoken, then call it a day, Sun Chengzong cleared his throat and replied respectfully: "Everything is up to the emperor." “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he immediately stood up and said loudly: "Spread my will, collect the troops and return to the camp, the first legion of the Praetorian Guard will go first, the Qin army will be in the center, and the Tianxiong army will be broken." “

After that, he glanced at Qin Mingyue and Cao Huachun, and then walked directly to the top platform.

Zheng Chenggong immediately followed with his head drooped like a frosted eggplant, and Shi Vera also shook his head with regret on his face, and followed, they all thought that they could watch a good show today, but it ended at the beginning, which was too enjoyable.

Back in the camp, Zhu Cijiong immediately said to Cao Huachun: "Decree to order Song Yingxing to immediately stop the production of all three-inch, four-inch, five-inch shells and six-inch flowering shells, first make every effort to produce 200,000 rounds of six-inch solid shells and 100,000 rounds of six-inch loose shells, and then resume the production of other shells." In addition, the finished six-inch solid bullets were sent to me as soon as possible, and don't stop, just send as many as you make every day. “

Cao Huachun hurriedly turned out the blank holy decree, brushed and wrote, and then handed it to Zhu Cijiong for inspection, and then stamped it with a big seal.

Zhu Cijiong issued another order: "Spread my message, tomorrow the main generals and deputy generals of the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard, the Tianxiong Army and the Qin Army will all bring binoculars to my lookout, and let them first hand over the command of their legions to their adjutant generals, staff generals and guerrilla generals." “

Cao Huachun took the order and left, without saying anything all night, and in a blink of an eye it was the next morning.

Zhu Cijiong still asked Sun Chengzong to line up in the same formation as yesterday, and taking advantage of the time to set up the formation, Zhu Cijiong called the nine senior generals of the three legions, including Qin Liangyu, Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Chuanting, to him, and asked solemnly: "Do you know what I asked you to do?" “

Whoever answered this question accurately, so all the generals were in deep thought, and none of them spoke.

Zhu Cijiong glanced around and said to the eldest Qin Liangyu: "Loyal Marquis, you speak first." “

This was all named, Qin Liangyu couldn't, so he had to guess: "Weichen guesses that the emperor is let's take a look at the actual combat effect of artillery." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded and continued: "Well, there is a meaning in this regard, but not all, Boya, you can also talk about it." “

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he stubbornly said: "Weichen guesses that the emperor still wants us to see how artillery should be used in siege warfare. “

Zhu Cijiong nodded again and continued: "Well, there is also this aspect, but it's not all, Jiandou, it's up to you." “

Lu Xiangsheng has a lot of experience in the use of muskets and artillery, and he boldly guessed: "Weichen guesses that the emperor wants us to summarize a set of artillery tactics, so that all generals can understand the use of artillery." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded with satisfaction and said approvingly: "What Jiandou said is very close to my thoughts, but what I want you to summarize is not only the tactics of artillery, but also the tactics of muskets, as well as the tactics of infantry and artillery coordination. I believe you have also seen that in the face of new artillery and new muskets, the original swords, guns, swords, halberds, bows, arrows, crossbows and other basically have no power to fight back, and it will be the world of artillery and muskets in the future, so I decided that all the armies of the Ming Dynasty will be equipped with artillery and muskets in the future, and you must work together to compile a tutorial for me after the Liaodong War, so as to train the new army equipped with artillery and muskets, this name I have already thought of, it is called "Infantry Drill Code", do you understand? “

Qin Liangyu and the others replied in unison: "Weichen understands. “

Zhu Cijiong nodded with satisfaction and continued: "I originally wanted to try the effect of the barrage yesterday, but I found that the solid bullets of the six-inch howitzer could knock off the arrow stacks, so I decided to flatten all the arrow stacks in the south of Haizhou first, and then try the effect of the barrage. “

After hearing this, all the generals showed puzzled expressions, and Lu Xiangsheng asked directly: "Dare to ask the emperor, what is the explanation of the barrage?" “

Zhu Cijiong slapped his forehead and explained: "This barrage, as the name suggests, is a curtain formed by shells or bullets, which can block the enemy's attack and protect the infantry behind. For example, during the siege of the city, if the enemy troops on the city wall are constantly bombarded with artillery, then they will not be able to raise their heads, and the besieging soldiers will not be hurt much before they climb the city wall. Another example is when the enemy's cavalry charges, if we have enough artillery, we can form an uninterrupted barrage at a distance of several hundred paces, and the enemy's cavalry will not be able to rush up at all. “

The generals suddenly realized that they complimented one after another, what 'the emperor is wise', what 'the emperor is really a god'...... Zhu Cijiong was directly defeated by them, so he had to wave his hand, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, all stand aside, prepare the telescope, see the effect of the solid bullet sharpening arrow stack, count me carefully, and see how many hits you have to hit to flatten an arrow stack." “

Only then did the generals bow down and retreat, but Zheng Chenggong next to him suddenly bowed his hand and praised: "Your Majesty, you are so powerful." “

The so-called fairy tongue is unscrupulous, for this sincere sycophant, Zhu Cijiong is quite useful, he couldn't help but smile and nodded: "Well, success, study hard, I will rely on you to expand the territory in the future!" “