Chapter 538: Divine Cannon
Xiu's boat stopped when it was still more than ten miles away from Hangzhou Bay. ()
Of course, it was forced to stop, because the way ahead was blocked by the ship that Lu Qiu was carrying.
There is no way forward, and there are pursuers behind!
What to do?
The name of Xiu stood bravely at the head of the tide, and at this time, his heart was also tumbling like the water in the Qiantang River.
Is it going forward or backward?
"Beep......
A cannon rang out, turning Xiu Zhiming's gaze to the west.
The pursuers behind him were approaching the Xiu family's fleet, but this cannon sound was the contact information between Xiu Heng and himself!
"Xiu Heng is here!" Xiu's face was happy, this 'cupola' is a special signal flare made by the Xiu family, and the cost is not low, but this money is nothing to the Xiu family!
Because the cost is not low, the signal sound and color of the Xiao family are very unique, and it is very easy to distinguish, which is also the reason why Xiu Zhiming dares to be so sure that Xiu Heng is here!
Moreover, judging from the direction of the signal flare launch, Xiuheng's current position should be behind these pursuers behind him!
In this way, the name of Xiu is excited!
At this moment when there was a tiger in front of him and a hungry wolf in the back, Xiu Heng and them came back, which can be imagined to be a shot in the arm for the soldiers of the Xiu family and the name of Xiu!
"Kill back!" Xiu Zhiming decisively gave an order, and then all the ships of the Xiu family turned their heads at the same time.
For a while, the surface of the Qiantang River became lively, and the sound of shouting and killing and weapons came continuously, which made Lu Qiu's face sink.
He calmly commanded his men to drive towards the place where the battle was on the river, but as soon as the ship moved, he only heard a shocking cannon sound, like a sudden explosion of thunder in the sky, which shook the ships under Lu Qiu's feet.
Lu Qiu looked back at the east in shock, he knew that the loud noise just now was definitely not thunder, because with that loud noise, a warship beside him actually caught fire, and it was about to sink to the bottom of the river.
At this time, on the east side of the Qiantang River, a total of three huge ships appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and those three ships were very large, one size bigger than Lu Qiu's warship.
On the ships of those three ships, there are two very eye-catching similarities. On each big ship, there is a very large 'iron hole' on the left and right. At the front of the iron hole was a black hole facing the sky, one of which was still smoking.
On the big boat, Zhang Xu, who was shocked, looked at a young man beside him in confusion, Zhang Xu's face was pale, obviously frightened by the loud noise just now.
"Lord Xiao, this ...... This is the power of cannons? ”
Zhang Xu was still feeling palpitations, so he stammered a little when he spoke.
And standing next to Zhang Xu is naturally Xiao Mo. Xiao Mo also has Zhao Guanying and Gao Yuanyi by his side, and there are two flag bearers behind Gao Yuanyi.
This cannon was transported by Zhao Guanying and Gao Yuanyi from Luzhou to Zhejiang, and Zhao Guanying deliberately detoured to borrow a boat from Suzhou, and then went down the Yangtze River into the sea, and went around to Xiao Mo and Zhang Xu to greet Xiao Mo and Zhang Xu in southern Zhejiang!
As for Zhang Xu, it was naturally found by Xiao Mo in Wenzhou, when he first saw Xiao Mo, Zhang Xu naturally didn't know Xiao Mo's origin, but Xiao Mo didn't give Zhang Xu a chance to speak, and let his nurse take him directly in front of Zhang Xu, Xiao Mo revealed his identity.
Xiao Mo didn't have a token on his body that could prove his identity, but Xiao Mo wasn't worried, because Xiao Mo was Xiao Mo, and there was only this one in the world!
At first, Zhang Xu naturally couldn't believe Xiao Mo's identity, but after hearing what Xiao Mo said, Zhang Xu had to be cautious.
Because Xiao Mo said that Zeng Quan and Lu Qiu wanted to be unfavorable to the two princesses, and he still had evidence that Zeng Quan and Lu Qiu were raising bandits and selling illicit salt!
And at this time, Zhao Guanying's men and horses had already arrived at Wenzhou Port.
After Zhang Xu saw Zhao Guanying's people, he immediately understood the seriousness of the matter, so he dropped the affairs in his hand and immediately followed Xiao Mo and them to Hangzhou!
Following Xiao Mo all the way, Zhang Xu naturally became curious about the 'black skeleton' on the ship, and later when he asked, he learned that this black guy was called a cannon, which was made by Xiao Mo's subordinates.
Zhang Xu nodded when he heard this, there was nothing shocked at that time, because he had never seen the power of cannons, and Xiao Mo was full of confidence in these cannons.
Zeng Gongliang is indeed a genius in artillery, and Xiao Mo has the feeling that he does not belong to this cold weapon person at all. To be precise, some of the ideas and knowledge in Zeng Gongliang's mind are too advanced for this era.
The black cannon was installed on the deck of the big ship, and the barrel of the cannon Xiao Mo also measured it, it was four meters long, and the caliber reached more than thirty centimeters in diameter.
The structure of these cannons is almost the same as the appearance in Xiao Mo's mind, but Zeng Gongliang still improved the structure of the cannons, for example, the barrel is several times larger than Xiao Mo's design!
Xiao Mo inspected the cannon and felt that the level of this cannon made by Zeng Gongliang's subordinates had exceeded his understanding of the red-clothed cannons that had appeared in previous history!
That is, these cannons seem to be more advanced than the redcoat cannons!
Zeng Gongliang said in his letter to Xiao Mo: "The cannon is the heavy weapon in the world, Liang Xing did not disgrace his life, and built the cannon according to the appearance described by the adult!" As soon as this cannon comes out, no one in the world dares to compete with it! It is the most important weapon of the country......"
It means that this cannon is a very powerful weapon, and with a cannon you can be invincible in the world, so Zeng Gongliang changed the caliber of the cannon to a little larger, according to Zeng Gongliang's words, that is: "The size of the cannon varies, in addition to the six Shenwei cannons, there are ten small cannons." Cannons are used in naval warfare, and they are like fish in water! ”
It means fire, Zeng Gongliang deliberately built such a large-caliber cannon for Xiao Mo to load on the ship to go out to fight, in addition to these six cannons, he also built ten small cannons.
With the cannon, Xiao Mo became more and more confident about coming to Hangzhou this time, or for this time to fight with Lu Qiu and Zeng Quan.
After arriving at Hangzhou Bay, after Xiao Mo saw the 'Zhejiang Inspection' flag hanging high above the ship in front of him, he gave the order without saying a word, and fired at Lu Qiu with one shot!
The loud sound of this cannon on this day made the cannon announce its arrival to the world, and also shocked Zhang Xu, including Lu Qiu, who was standing on the deck with his legs still trembling.
"Not bad! This...... It's a cannon! Xiao Mo smiled and nodded to Zhang Xu, and at the same time, Xiao Mo also laughed!
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