Chapter Fifty-Eight: Shelling the Water Village
"Sneeze"
A cold wind blew, and Han Tao couldn't help but sneeze.
Hu Yanzhuo looked at his friend who was sick and persuaded: "It's cold today, you have just recovered from your internal injuries, and you have contracted the wind and cold, so let's go back to the camp to recuperate." As long as the Liangshan thieves are out of the berth, with my chain of horses here, they will definitely be able to exterminate the Liangshan grass robbers in one battle. ”
Han Tao looked at the soldiers shivering in the cold wind, shook his head and said, "The big battle is coming, how can I leave the soldiers behind and leave the battlefield." ”
Hu Yanzhuo knew that all his hopes were now placed on Ling Zhen, and if his artillery could not make a contribution, then he could only storm Liangshan, otherwise his army would be completely ineffective.
These words, in order to drive away the cold for the soldiers, he racked his brains.
began to drink ginger soup to the soldiers every day, and after the ginger on the market was looted, he even acquiesced to the soldiers to buy some spirits and let the soldiers drink a small amount to ward off the cold.
But a single coat still can't resist the cold wind, especially the sergeants who have to work in the water.
However, after three days of kung fu, more than 2,000 sergeants contracted the wind and cold and lost their combat effectiveness.
Ling Zhen and his entourage came late, and they also brought all their clothes and armor, so they did not reduce their personnel, and they had already assembled the gun carriage.
The artillery developed to this dynasty, and the size of each part of each kind of gun has specific regulations, division of labor and cooperation, after each part is manufactured, it can be directly assembled on the battlefield, and the parts can also be directly replaced when damaged.
Not only the artillery carriage is standardized, but also the blast stones have been standardized, the shape and size are standardized, and the cannonballs will be engraved with a mark, and each type of cannon matches the different guns.
Ling Zhen saw that the gun mount had been assembled, so he instructed the sergeant to move the gun mount forward along the road filled in the water pool.
Hu Yanzhuo saw that Ling Zhen and his party continued to go deeper into the berth, and had already walked out of the range of the archers on the shore, and hurriedly commanded the archers to follow Ling Zhen to protect.
Ling Zhen saw that the Golden Beach Water Village had entered the firing range, so he ordered the military man to fix the gun mount. Ling Zhen visually measured the distance of the water village, then put the first ordinary cannon stone in the leather socket at the end of the pole, and gave an order, dragging the gunner to exert force together.
"Puff"
The first shell fell into the water.
Ling Zhen saw that the range of the cannon stone was not enough, so he added a few more gunners and tried to fire another cannon stone.
The second cannon stone still fell into the water, but it was not far from the water village.
Ling Zhen added a few more gunners, adjusted the gun mount, and directly placed a cannon.
"Boom"
The third artillery piece fell into the water village and exploded impartially, and the explosion seemed to be not small, directly blasting a large hole several feet in the wooden fence wall.
Ling Zhen adjusted the gun carriage again, and directly placed a sub-mother cannon.
This sub-cannon was a cannon with forty-nine small cannons hidden in it, and this cannonball also hit the right one, and exploded in the water village, and forty-nine of the small cannons shot out in all directions, hitting the four pieces of sawdust flying around.
Then the Lianzhu cannon and the wind cannon continued to be released, and seven or eight of the ten cannons fell into the water village, although most of these cannons were not very powerful, but two of them were amazingly powerful.
One fell on the wooden fence wall of the water village, and the wooden fence wall was blown down more than a zhang long; One fell to the roof of the water village, but the house collapsed and the wall collapsed.
Among them, the wind cannon has the effect of ignition, and a wind cannon that falls on the roof of the water village causes a fire, and the fire gradually burns by the wind.
Fortunately, after the leaders of Liangshan saw Ling Zhen's gun mount, they let the naval army temporarily evacuate the water village.
As soon as the Ling Zhen artillery mount moved, the leaders of Liangshan received the news that they were all watching the power of Ling Zhen's artillery on the mountain at this time.
Ruan Xiaoqi saw that the first two cannon stones fell into the water, and laughed at Ling Zhen's cannon for not having the right head, and when the third cannon saw a big hole directly exploded in the wooden fence wall of the water village, he felt that Ling Zhen's guy seemed to be a little powerful.
After seeing the sub-mother cannon, Lianzhu cannon, and wind cannon came one after another, and saw that the water village was beaten and broken after a short time, so he was stunned and said: "Fortunately, everyone evacuated the water village, otherwise I don't know how many brothers will be killed by this Ling Zhen." ”
Gongsun Sheng is also from Taoism, gunpowder is just a failed product of alchemy, and he naturally has some understanding of gunpowder, but he knows that gunpowder can't even explode the Dan furnace, and many times it's just a muffled sound, causing a fire. Before, I thought that Ling Zhen's guns were just some cannon stones, but now I see Ling Zhen's artillery everywhere, and occasionally one or two of them actually have the feeling of falling into a mountain and cracking, obviously improving the gunpowder, but the power seems to be unstable, and I can't help but sigh: "If you can get this person to go up the mountain, you will not be afraid of the officers and soldiers from now on." ”
Wu Yong said with a smile: "Then say, Brother Yong'er hasn't already made a plan." You see, Ling Zhen and the artillery were at the front, and there were only a few hundred archers behind. The navy can first approach from the reeds, and then attack with a fast boat, as the captive Ling Zhen. ”
When Ruan Xiaoqi heard this, he smiled and said, "Leave this matter to our brother, and we will definitely capture Ling Zhen alive on the mountain." ”
Chao Yong said with a smile: "Don't worry, Hu Yanzhuo must want to blast the water village, and without the water village to block it, they can go up to the golden beach." Then they bombarded our Liangshan Dazhai from the Golden Beach and forced us to go down to the Golden Beach for a decisive battle. These people, I heard that Hu Yanzhuo sent people everywhere to buy ginger, spirits and medicines to treat wind and cold, I am afraid that Hu Yanzhuo's army is now infected with wind cold. Let's wait a while, and the combat effectiveness of Huyanzhuo's army will go to a point. If you rob Ling Zhen now, I'm afraid that Hu Yanzhuo will make a desperate bet and attack my Liangshan with all his might. might as well slow down and leave a little hope for Hu Yanzhuo, he doesn't want to lose more troops, so he will wait for one more point. Let's wait until the evening and then go and arrest Ling Zhen. At that time, it was time for the officers and soldiers to prepare to collect their troops and return to the camp, and be vigilant against the lowest surname. And at that time, we captured Ling Zhen, and Hu Yanzhuo didn't dare to attack Liangshan overnight, so he would have to stay up all night. I'm afraid that this night will weaken him a little bit more. ”
Hearing this, Chao Gai nodded and said: "Yong'er is right, Hu Yanzhuo cherishes the soldiers, and I am also Chao Gai's brothers on Liangshan, so if I can lose less, I will lose less." And let Ling Zhen go to bomb the water village, and the post-war reconstruction is. ”
Hu Yanzhuo watched Ling Zhen's artillery on the shore, and his apprehension gradually calmed down.
Han Tao watched the Liangshan Water Village gradually fall into ruins under the blow of Ling Zhen's artillery, and felt that the wind chill on his body seemed to have been reduced a lot with the explosion of the artillery, and said excitedly: "This Ling Zhen really deserves the name of thunder, it seems that he will be able to completely destroy the Liangshan Caokou Water Village today." Without the water village to block us, we can directly kill on the golden beach. Catch turtles in an urn and catch all the grass in Liangshan. ”
Hu Yanzhuo was also hesitant at this time, watching Ling Zhen's artillery continue to explode in the Golden Beach Water Village, as if he had seen himself rising steadily.
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