In November, the Fanghao people arrived in Yangzhou, and then took the ice plow, known as the ice car, and went straight to Jeju along the frozen canal. People Fangla is an absolute hard bone, people are squeezed into the city of Suzhou to press and beat, the most critical time, the two Zhejiang roads of Changzhou, Xiuzhou and Huzhou are lost, only one Suzhou is left north of Hangzhou. The soldiers of the Western Army went straight to the outside of the Yongjin Gate in Hangzhou.

And southern Zhejiang is also a series of defeats, by Xu Huiyan and Li Heng Taizhou, Wuzhou have been captured, the front of the army straight to Huiji, Shanyin, not the Western Army at the critical moment to drop the chain, the loss of Guanzhong made most of the Western Army lose their fighting spirit. People don't jump out of the cracks in the stones, they are all raised by their mothers, and now their hometown is occupied by the Liangshan army, which means that their families are all in the 'enemy territory'.

It is also experienced in large and small species, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he held down the troops, and only besieged Suzhou and Hangzhou. After two months of pulling the skin with Jiangling, Zhao Ji was completely sure that the Western Army really couldn't move, so he had no choice but to order the withdrawal of the army.

The area east of Taihu Lake was ceded to Manichaeism, but Changzhou and Huzhou ordered the Western Army to hold on. In fact, the big and small species are not eye-catching, and naturally they will not let all the cities that they have won with great difficulty.

Changzhou could isolate the threat of the Manichaean army to Jinling from the road, while Huzhou could cut off the land connection between Suzhou and Hangzhou......

Fang La made up his mind, and when he was beaten by the Western Army in Suzhou for a while, he didn't ask for help from the Liangshan Army. Sure enough, things really turned around as he expected. It was a little unexpected in the closing stage, and the Manichaean counterattack did not defeat the Western Army. Both large and small species are guarding against this hand. turned his head and hit Li Heng and Xu Huiyan, but he only drove the people back again.

If so, when the truce came, Fang La's bones were soft when he took stock of his family. Helplessly, from weapons to warships, to medicine, etc., all need Liangshan Army.

So Fang Hao took a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and went to Yidu neatly. I hope that Lu Qian can see that the two sides have always been good friends, and can reach out and pull Manichaeism. Now that Fang La is asked to take out hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and rice and hundreds of thousands of millions of horses of silk, he really doesn't have the ability.

It's just that when Fang Hao and the people arrived at Yidu City, Lu Qian was in Liangshanbo. Who called Liang Shanjun's gunpowder factory and cannon factory here, because it is surrounded by water, and it is safe. At this time of heavy snowfall, Lu Qian received Tang Long's recital, and this large and small cannon has made a breakthrough.

Lu Qian immediately brought people here, nominally to worship Wang Lun. When he arrived at the Liangshan Bo Artillery Factory, he was accompanied by Li Guang, the governor of Qilu, Xue Yong, the secretary of the military department, the governor of the five armies and a family of pro-army, as well as Lei Heng, the chief of soldiers and horses in Qilu Province, and Li Zhong, the right deputy governor and Jeju soldier and horse envoy.

The local person in charge of gunpowder and cannon casting is none other than the money leopard Tang Long himself. This guy has been squatting on the island since last year, playing with cannons with all his heart.

Not for anything else, but just because of the power of a cannon that had been cast earlier.

The sound of the cannon shook the mountain, and the ten-pound iron bullet flew straight out of a mile away, smashed on the rammed earth wall, and blasted straight into a round pit the size of an iron pot. That power is not weaker than the Liangshan cannon. The benefits are obvious, it can also increase the range.

As long as the muzzle of the gun is raised, it can be hit farther. Then there was more gunpowder to be filled, and the gun stock proposed by King Lu......

There are many ways and means to enhance the power of artillery, which shows that this thing has great potential to be tapped and can continue to develop. But what about the Liangshan artillery? But it has come to an end and reached the peak of self.

Two weapons of similar power, one has reached its peak, and the other has just been invented and has not yet matured.

Tang Long naturally chose the latter. Even the accuracy of the current artillery is not as good as that of the Liangshan artillery.

Tang Long led Lu Qian into a brand-new courtyard in the back mountain, Lu Qian turned a blind eye to the newly made several giant iron cannons and bronze cannons in the front yard, walked straight to the backyard, and stood in front of the two small cannons with a little urgency.

Since he asked people to develop gunpowder and cast cannons, even though the effect was very disappointing at first, Lu Qian understood the future prospects of firearms. As a traverser, he still has the most basic foresight, and he will not be choked.

And since he thought of firearms, it was natural that he also designed a lot of hot weapons. For example, the cannon, which is no more technically difficult than the development of the musket, the biggest problem is only the durability of the gun body.

For example, the tiger squat cannon, the kind of small cannon that he found on Du Niang in his previous life, which is easy to fight with the army.

Small size, light weight, not far range, suitable for mountain and plain operations, but also convenient for accompanying cavalry combat, mobile and flexible. And because it is a front-loading gun, it can be fired at a large elevation angle and the shells can be changed at will, such as shotguns.

The so-called shotgun here is not really a kind of cannonball, but a collective term for countless pebbles and lead bullets. Put dozens or even hundreds of stone lead bullets into the barrel of the cannon, and when it is fired, the large and small bullets fly out together in the roaring explosion, the sound is like thunder, and the lethality and radiation range are very large, especially suitable for field warfare, bombarding the enemy's infantry and cavalry dense combat formation, which can effectively suppress its crazy offensive.

Compared with the bulky large artillery, the current Lu Qian prefers this kind of small cannon that is light and flexible, and more reliable.

His target enemy was the Jurchens, and compared to the armor of the Jurchen soldiers, there was no better weapon than the Tiger Squat Cannon.

This new weapon and new method of warfare have not yet been applied to the battlefield by the Liangshan Army, because if the number of such hot weapons is not expanded to a certain amount, it will not be able to form a real combat effectiveness.

What's more, the number of Liangshan cannons is getting more and more, and there are configurations in the east, west, north and south, and this secret is becoming more and more difficult to keep. Sure that in the coming year, Liaoxia and Song and other countries will also have their own counterweight trebuchets.

Even the Jurchens can be counted, so Gao Qingyi is still relying on Zaiyi and has not left.

The craftsmen in charge of casting cannons are all masters from the Laiwu Prison, Li Guojian and the Tokyo City Craftsman Camp, and these people have the shortest 'qualifications' and have followed the Liangshan Army for two years, and now they all have official positions. In the future, there will never be only one cannon factory, and these people will be the backbone of the business.

"Look, the king, these two small cannons are tiger squat cannons, shooting five catties of cannons, with a three-wheeled artillery cart, with a total weight of seventy-eight catties. There is a crosshair and a gun carriage that can be adjusted in height and angle. This is thanks to the king's reminder, otherwise the little ones really can't think of it. ”

Lu Qian listened to the craftsman's words while gently touching the two tiger squat cannon bodies with his hand. Well, this small cannon has undergone many experiments and adjustments, and now it has been finalized, and I am afraid that it will be able to assemble troops in a limited amount next year. More than those bulky cannons are more than his heart.

"Tang Wu, you go and choose four guards and teach them to come and operate the cannon." Lu Qian's personal guards and horses, the custody is the highest level of education in the world today.

Any one and anyone here who wants to serve in the guard and pro-army must not only be brave and loyal, but also need to be literate and literate. In a sense, this guard is actually the Ouchi guard as later generations said.

Lu Qian not only had to take a real look at the power of the Tiger Squat Cannon, but also to see how well this weapon was accepted by strange soldiers.

Be clear that any kind of weapon, no matter how powerful it is, is still used by people.

At the same time as forging the cannon, Tang Long had already asked someone to compile an artillery manual, but it had not yet been tested in actual combat. What Lu Qian wants to see now is only the simplest one. To truly integrate a weapon into the army, it also involves array drills and the coordination and cooperation of various arms of the armed forces, and the adoption of different tactics under different battlefield conditions to achieve different tactical objectives. Its combat effectiveness is far more than a few cannons, but the tiger squat cannon as a part of the military formation, embedded in today's military columns.

......After the two cannons that sounded at almost the same time, a puff of white smoke rose from the field, and the heart-rending shouts of the pigs and sheep in the field......

The white smoke dissipated, and seeing the tragic weight of the pigs and sheep in the venue, the screaming sound and the bloody ground, Lu Qian's face was serious, "This thing must be kept strictly secret, but if it is leaked, it will not be forgiven." ”

"But you have meritorious deeds, and I will not hesitate to reward you."

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