"I'm also out of the way, and I won't be a dog for Tartar anymore!" Seeing that someone took the lead in surrendering, soon another person cut off his whip and threw away his weapon and walked out.

Everyone has a herd mentality, some people take the lead, and the rest of the Qing soldiers shouted and cut off the "money rat tail" at the back of their heads, threw down their weapons and walked out.

In less than a moment, all the remaining 1,000 Qing soldiers surrendered, and one by one they became "monks" without hair, and in their place were small pigtails and weapons everywhere, as well as 29 red-coated cannons and hundreds of carts full of grain, grass and baggage.

"Okay, you didn't disappoint General Ben, which proves that you still have the backbone in your hearts and recognize your ancestors. General Ben did what he said, and your lives were saved. In the future, as long as you work hard and keep to yourself, I will definitely give you a chance to be reborn, so that you can wash away the shame on your body, raise your chest again, and be an upright and respected son of the Han family. Jiang Chuan looked at the thousand "monk" captives and lost no time in encouraging.

"Thank you for the general's grace not to kill, we will definitely behave well and be a new person." The captives were all relieved when they saw Jiang Chuan's words, and they couldn't help but kneel down and be grateful.

After dealing with the thousand remnants, Jiang Chuan jumped off his horse and came to the captured red-clothed cannons to take a closer look.

The red-coated cannons were about the same as the pictures he had seen in online books before. From the perspective of a modern person in Jiang Chuan, of course, it is very crude and extremely bulky, but the thick barrel, the deep muzzle and the tall gun wheels all show the powerful power and deterrent power of this big killer in this era of hot and cold.

The total length of the barrel of these red-coated cannons is about three meters, the barrel wall is very thick, and the barrel is gradually thickened and thickened from the muzzle to the tail, which is also in line with the principle of bore pressure from high to low when gunpowder is burned.

These have cylindrical lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body, and the gun can use this as the axis to adjust the firing angle and change the firing range according to the amount of gunpowder; There is a front sight and a light door, and above the barrel there is an iron hoop at intervals to hold the gun in place.

Jiang Chuan roughly estimated that such a cannon weighs about two tons, which is indeed very cumbersome for ancient times that relied on people and horses.

Looking at these primitive cannons, Jiang Chuan suddenly moved in his heart while sighing, and turned around and asked, "Which of you is an artilleryman?" ”

Dozens of people hesitantly stood up from the group of captives and looked at Jiang Chuan worriedly: "General, we are all artillerymen. ”

Jiang Chuan smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, General Ben is just curious about the power of this red-clothed cannon, and I want you to demonstrate it for me." “

Seeing that Jiang Chuan was so gentle, these artillerymen also relaxed, and one of them boldly stood up and said, "General, then let our team show you." ”

"What's your name?" Jiang Chuan looked at him and asked.

"Back to the general, my name is Li Han, and I am the leader of our artillery squad." The man was a little restrained and apprehensive.

"Okay, Li Han, how long have you been working on the gun?"

"General, back then, the emperor, no, it was when the Tartar Emperor Huang Taiji began to order the imitation of this red-clothed cannon three years ago, and I have been following it. I can say that in the entire artillery team, except for my eldest brother, my artillery skills are the best. Li Han said this, his voice suddenly became louder, and his chest also straightened, obviously very proud of his artillery skills.

"Your eldest brother? Where is he? Jiang Chuan asked.

"I, when my eldest brother opened fire in the mountain road just now, he was killed by the dog thing because of a cannon explosion, woo woo woo", speaking of his eldest brother, this simple-looking man suddenly cried.

"The festival mourns and changes, Tong Yangxing has been killed by us, and it can be regarded as revenge for your eldest brother. I ask you, do you want to personally avenge your eldest brother and take revenge on the Tartars? Jiang Chuan's voice suddenly raised.

"I think, of course I think, my parents died in the hands of the Tartars, and now that my eldest brother is also dead, I am left alone. I used to fall asleep every night thinking about avenging my father, and I couldn't sleep night after night. But I never knew how to get revenge. General, if you can let me avenge my father and eldest brother, I can make you a cow and a horse. Li Han choked up as he spoke, and knelt down for Jiang Chuan with a puff.

Li Han's emotions also aroused the emotional resonance of many people in the captive group, and many people began to secretly wipe their tears, probably thinking of their relatives who died.

"You get up, Li Han, I promise you that I will definitely give you a chance to take revenge with your own hands, so that you can kill enough Tartars to avenge your relatives. Now, you can take your team and demonstrate it to me. Jiang Chuan helped Li Erzhuang and said solemnly.

"Hmm!" Li Han wiped away his tears and nodded heavily.

He beckoned, and several captives behind him followed him to a red-clad cannon, removed various tools from the shelves behind the gun carriage, and began to operate them skillfully.

First two of them used a long pole wrapped in a coarse cloth to reach into the barrel to clean the barrel, and then one of them opened a round powder bag wrapped in oiled paper and poured gunpowder into the barrel, and used a ramrod of the same thickness as the caliber of the barrel to push the gunpowder inside.

Then another person held a round and heavy iron cannonball into the muzzle, and when the cannonball rolled in, he used an iron rod to poke it inside to ensure that the cannonball could be tight, so that the pressure of the bore would not be relieved when it was fired, resulting in too close a range.

After these procedures were completed, Li Han ran to Jiang Chuan and asked cautiously, "General, where do you see this cannon going?" ”

Jiang Chuan looked left and right, and found that there was a small hill about two or three miles away, and there happened to be a very abrupt boulder standing there, which looked very conspicuous, so he pointed to it: "Just that stone, no problem, right?" ”

Li Han looked at the boulder, stretched out his right thumb and put it in front of his eyes for a while, and then said confidently: "No problem, general, just take a look." ”

Li Han ran back to the rear of the cannon, and commanded the team to first slowly twist the muzzle to aim at the direction of the boulder, and then used the lugs on both sides of the barrel to calibrate the trajectory, and finally the muzzle stabilized, and the black hole was facing the sky.

Jiang Chuan knew that the redcoat cannon belonged to a howitzer, and the trajectory was curved, that is, parabola, and he still had this common sense.

The torch has been lit, the long powder line stretches out from behind the tail of the gun, as long as the torch ignites the lead, the lead will ignite the gunpowder in the gun chamber after the lead is burned out, and the strong thrust generated after the gunpowder is fully burned, and then the solid cannon shell is violently pushed out, which is the basic principle of cannon firing.

After everything was ready, Li Han held a torch and looked over to Jiang Chuan to ask whether to fire the cannon.

Looking at this man who was a frustrated captive a moment ago, but at this moment a strong confidence appeared on his face, Jiang Chuan smiled slightly and nodded at him.

Li Han understood, stretched out his hand and brought the torch to the medicine line, and lit the medicine line with a snort.

Then everyone in the entire artillery team squatted down and covered their ears, Jiang Chuan also covered his ears, his mouth opened slightly, but his eyes were focused on the direction of the muzzle.

As the fuse burned out, there was soon an earth-shattering thud, and then a black cannonball came out of its chamber and whistled across a graceful parabolic curve towards the boulder.

Many of the horses around were startled by this loud noise, and they neighed, and there was a brief confusion, and the cavalry hurriedly calmed their mounts.

Many soldiers were also shocked by the loud noise and subconsciously covered their ears.