"How are you going to leave an unforgettable memory for Huang Taiji?" Lin Yi asked, obviously she didn't buy Xiao Mu's plan, "Could it be that he can't set off a burst of fireworks on the city wall of Beijing?" ”

"Of course not. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xiao Mu didn't seem to hear the mockery in Lin Ye's mouth, "All in all, the power of gunpowder in the war is huge, and if you find a way to make full use of the power of gunpowder, you will definitely gain a huge advantage when defending the city." ”

"You haven't figured out how to use gunpowder, have you?" Seeing that Xiao Mu said something very general, Lin Yi unconsciously had some doubts about whether he had come up with any "innovative" combat methods now--of course, in Lin Ye's opinion, it didn't matter whether this so-called "innovative combat method" had been thought up by Xiao Mu, after all, even if he came up with it, it was almost some kind of unfeasible whim, and the final effect was not much different from what he hadn't expected.

"How is that possible?" Xiao Mu quickly shook his head when he heard this, and flatly denied Lin Ye's suspicions just now, "Don't you say anything else, don't I know that I should use artillery to defend the city?" The Hongyi cannon of the Ming Dynasty is quite powerful, and it is said that Yuan Chonghuan was able to achieve today's position, relying on the Jiancheng cannon, which made the Houjin army look at the city and sigh. ”

"Artillery is not an 'innovative' combat method, isn't there already in the era of the Ming Dynasty?" Lin Yi grasped the contradiction between Xiao Mu's answer and the previous "innovation" statement very accurately, but she did not dwell too much on it, but continued to raise the topic of artillery, "What did you just say 'Hongyi cannon'?" How do I remember listening to 'the 'Red Cannon' in the afterlife? ”

"I don't know about this, anyway, when I was discussing today, whether it was Lai Zongdao, Wang Zaijin, or Bi Ziyan, they were all talking about 'Hongyi Cannon', so many of their ministers couldn't all pronounce non-standard, right? And from what they said, I also learned that this 'Hongyi Cannon' was bought from some 'Franco's people at sea, although I don't know which country they are talking about 'Franco', but I guess it must be a European in the Age of Discovery, since it is not my race, it is naturally a 'barbarian thing', so it is called 'Hongyi Cannon'. ”

"Well, since they all said 'Hongyi Cannon' when they came to Zongdao, it seems that at least in this era of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of artillery is called this name." Xiao Mu's answer just now was reasonable, so that Lin Yi had to admit the correctness of what he said, "I guess it's very likely that Houjin can also be regarded as 'barbarian' in the eyes of the people of the Ming Dynasty, so Houjin definitely doesn't like the term 'Yi', maybe the 'red-clothed cannon' we heard in later generations is the name changed by Houjin or the later Qing Dynasty." ”

"All in all, defending the city with artillery is certainly a very feasible tactic." Obviously, Lin Yi's conjecture about the "Hongyi Cannon" and the "Red-Coated Cannon" just now deviated a little far from the issue they were going to discuss, so Xiao Mu decisively pulled the topic of discussion back to the topic from the name of the cannon, "In the future, Jin's current technical level will definitely not be able to make cannons, and we will be condescending in the city and defend the city with cannons, which will definitely be invincible." ”

"That's nature, a hot weapon, and a heavy hot weapon can definitely play an important role in war." Lin Yi said without thinking, "It's just that the number of such powerful 'Hongyi Cannons' will definitely not be very large, if there is such a gate every few meters on the wall of the capital, you, the emperor, can sleep in the palace and wait for Huang Taiji to automatically withdraw his troops." ”

"Beijing City is so big, the city wall is so long, and there is a Hongyi cannon a few meters away, it must be impossible." Xiao Mu naturally also understood that Lin Yi's statement just now was definitely not serious, but just a joke, "But there must be benefits to increasing the number of artillery, but the price of these cannons from the hands of Zong Dao and Wang Zaijin is definitely not expensive, and you also know the current financial situation of Daming......"

So the problem was spared again, and finally it became a problem of money.

"I remember when you summoned Xu Guangqi before, didn't he say that he had a student named Sun Yuanhua, who was proficient in firearms? Maybe you can let this Sun Yuanhua make artillery, instead of spending a lot of money to find something 'Francophone' to buy, even if the function of the cannon is not as good as the one bought, it doesn't matter, after all, for a long time in the future, artillery is a unique weapon of the Ming Dynasty, no matter good or bad, as long as it has it, it can give Houjin a great deterrent. - Lin Yi is in a good state today, she has always been unable to remember people's names, and she can say "Sun Yuanhua" and "Fran Jiren" smoothly at one time, which makes Xiao Mu even a little surprised.

Xiao Mu naturally understood what Lin Yi meant, anyway, in the current era, the main enemy of the Ming Dynasty was Huang Taiji's Houjin army, and Houjin did not have artillery at the moment, so the more artillery the Ming Dynasty had, no matter whether its performance was good or bad, the greater the advantage over Houjin - this is obviously a matter of principle of "having and not having".

"It's just that now is not the time to build artillery, even if Xu Guangqi's student is called now, it is impossible for him to build a large number of artillery that can be used to fight Huang Taiji in a short period of time." Although the prospects are promising, it is clear that this is a long-term project, and it is appropriate to describe it as "far water cannot quench the thirst of the near". After all, this is equivalent to a guest going to a restaurant for dinner and ordering a dish, but the restaurant has not prepared the ingredients, and the reason why it needs to be planted on site is similar - by the time the dish is finally planted, the guest may have already starved to death.

"In short, it is impossible to achieve a few meters of artillery, judging from the number of Hongyi cannons in the capital, it is estimated that there can only be one for a few hundred meters, or a few more guns are arranged in more important places, and no artillery is arranged in other less important places." Xiao Mu finally said.

"Needless to say, a few meters of artillery, that is, if there is an artillery piece of an average of tens of meters, then the Ming army is probably invincible." Lin Yi also replied with emotion, "The city wall of the capital is dozens of miles long, if there is a Hongyi cannon dozens of meters away, then there are hundreds or even thousands of them in total, then you, the emperor, can really send troops to fight whoever is dissatisfied." ”