Chapter 278: Bombarding Jinhedian
There are not no people on this street, idlers are blatantly watching the excitement, these people are secretly watching the excitement in the cracks of the doors and windows.
The idlers were arrested, and these people shrunk, watching the brocade guards and soldiers not coming in to arrest them, and they were stealing a look, and from time to time they were talking a few words, which was a bit of a show.
When the cannon came, no one was talking, and the timid even dragged their family members through the back door, for fear of being affected.
In fact, there was a cannon, which was a carriage modified from a cart, on which it was fixed with a wooden frame and an iron frame, and the carriage was dragged by two oxen, and the creaking sound of the large wooden wheel covered with iron crushing the ground could be heard, indicating that the weight was very heavy.
On both sides, it looked like it was just a thick black iron pillar, but after hearing Tan Huo's report, everyone knew that it was a cannon.
Artillery is still a legendary firearm for many people in this era, and it is said that a cannonball shoots for more than ten miles, and the people and horses along the way are turned into flesh and blood.
No one thought that it was just a fight on the level of a street fight, and Jinyiwei actually used artillery.
"My lord, the cannon is here!!"
Hearing Tan Huo's report, Wang Tongzhi pointed to the door of the Jin and the warehouse and said:
"Boom there!!"
Tan Huo received the order on the horse, turned over and dismounted and got busy with more than a dozen soldiers, some unloaded the livestock, pulled the cart to adjust the direction, and some people moved the wooden box from another ox cart, dug the soil on the spot and loaded it into the wooden box, blocking the bottom of the cart and the front and back, left and right, this is actually also building a fort, otherwise after the cannon is fired, the huge recoil does not know how to let the cart run there.
After the success of the test gun, the manufacture of artillery was much faster, and for some considerations, a cannon of about six pounds was placed in the barracks in the city.
There are no people who can make artillery carriages and artillery carriages, and only because of the simplicity of the cart, a mobile device is modified with a cart to facilitate transportation everywhere, and the six-pound artillery is already the maximum that can be transported, and the nine-pound one needs to use six oxen, and it is very difficult to walk on the official road.
"Lord Wang, everything is easy to say, everything is easy to say!!"
The people of the Jinhe Warehouse didn't dare to lie on the wall, but there was still a gap in the main entrance of the door panel, but they saw that the swarthy artillery was erected.
Looking at the aim of this artillery, it was really heartbreaking, and the scared couldn't be afraid anymore, shouting here, but Wang Tong ignored it over there, and just said:
"Come out and shoot one by one, don't stop!!"
Someone over there opened the door panel regardless of it, and here Tan Gong and a few people shot arrows with their bows, just nailed to the door panels, the artillery was scary, and the bows and arrows killed two just now.
Cleaning the chamber, adding medicine, tamping, and loading, Tan Gong ran over and was about to report it, but Tan Bing stretched out his hand to stop him, approached Wang Tong's side and said:
"Master, if this cannon goes down, I'm afraid there will be a lot of deaths, and the matter will be big, and it will not be easy to end at that time, adults should think twice!"
"I'm still worried that this cannon will be fired, and it will still be uncontrollable, there are people in and outside the city who are at the helm behind their backs, and they won't completely tear their faces with us, but they will continue to make small moves in private, and if the official takes a step back, he will not do anything next, and if he collects money to do things, he will be accused of going to the capital division."
Wang Tong waved his hand at Tan Gong, who was waiting for an order over there, and continued in a cold voice to Tan Bing:
"It's useless to make these little moves with me, today it's going to kill a few people and produce some blood, if you want to make trouble, then you have to have more blood and more people to die!!"
"It's on fire!!"
Tan Gong shouted at the top of his voice, and the soldiers parted to the sides, and the riders also took out cloth balls and plugged the horses' ears and covered their own ears.
"Master Wang, the little ones are wrong, someone is provoking"
"Boom!!"
The fuse ignited, the cannon fired, and there was a loud bang, a large amount of smoke poured out of the muzzle, and the smell of gunpowder filled the surroundings, and when the cannon fired, everyone felt the ground tremble slightly.
The horses, though their ears were gagged, were still neighing wildly, and everyone was busy dragging them.
The smoke dissipated, and most of the door panels of the Jinhe warehouse were shattered, and the walls in the house could be seen here more than half collapsed, and the courtyard inside could already be seen here.
The people in the warehouse were stunned, completely frightened, and there were blood stains flowing out of the broken door panel, and the cannon must have been brought to the people.
"The three brothers of the Tan family can't die in vain, if we die one person, we will need other people's ten lives and a hundred lives to pay back."
Wang Tong said to Tan Bing in a deep voice, saying this, Tan Bing nodded heavily, and the people in the Jinhe warehouse finally reacted, some people in the warehouse stood up and ran out crazy, and some people collapsed there and cried loudly, facing the power of artillery, many people had a nervous breakdown.
Wang Tong looked at it and sneered, whipped his whip and shouted loudly:
"Don't let go of one person, the whole warehouse is all arrested!!"
The soldiers shouted in unison and rushed in together, a sneer appeared on the corner of Wang Tong's mouth, and he said to Tan Bing:
"Let's go, let's get an account!!"
There is one thing that is different from ordinary barracks in the soldier training program of the recruit training camp, that is, how to take people and how to arrest people, which is the ability of the soldiers and the soldiers in brocade clothes, and it is also their own duty.
At this time, it is suitable to use here, a battalion surrounds and a battalion goes in to sweep and arrest people, anyway, the warehouse has ropes, and directly tie people up and take them out.
Tan Gong also led a few artillery soldiers and a craftsman to walk in, they either arrested people, or watched the traces of the shells walk, brick and wood deconstructed shop houses, penetrated to the third stop.
Several people walked and measured the distance, looked at the walls and planks along the way, and whispered that there was a problem with the amount of medicine this time, otherwise the cannon of this caliber could be fired for a longer time.
There weren't many dead people in this shot, seven of them were near the door panel, and they didn't have time to run, and they were killed by flying pieces of wood, and then there were four unlucky ghosts inside.
Although they were still far away from the place where the artillery was fired, everyone was so frightened that they couldn't even be incontinent.
The people in this inn are even more unbearable than the idlers who watch the excitement, if they are not tied up, I am afraid that there will be crazy people, but even so, most of them are crying at the top of their throats.
"Hit, shut up these guys!!"
Wang Tong gave the order impatiently, and looked at the appearance of those comrades who were injured and disabled, the soldiers of the Jinyi Guard were already angry in their hearts, Wang Tong ordered, no one would leave their hands, and everyone fought.
It's still the most useful, although crying or crying, screaming or screaming, but it's not so broken and crazy.
The horse took a few steps forward, looked at the unusually stared people on the ground, and thought about the arrogance of several soldiers when they were beaten, and the contrast was amusing.
Wang Tong didn't speak, but someone hurried over from the intersection, the soldiers stopped, the two sides were still arguing, who dared to argue, Wang Tong looked over, but saw that there was an errand soldier playing the sign of Gao Tongzhi.
This person has never had anything to do with himself, so what kind of fun did he come over, Wang Tong frowned, but still opened his mouth and ordered:
"Put it in!!"
Under the guidance of several errands, the small sedan chair carried by four carried quickly ran to Wang Tong's side, originally these errands and sedan chairmen had indignant looks on their faces, and saw the murderous soldiers on the side of the road, they were already a little timid, and when they arrived at the Jinhe warehouse, they saw the cannon and saw the storefront that was bombarded, and everyone was afraid.
Stopping the sedan chair and lifting the curtain, as soon as Gao Tongzhi got out of the sedan chair, he saw the cannon being arranged, stared at it a few times, his body trembled, and his face turned pale.
It was Wang Tong who asked out loud to break this awkward calm, and Wang Tong asked in a deep voice:
"This official is on an errand, what is the matter with Lord Gao coming here!"
The two of them are of the same grade, noble and martial, it is said that Wang Tong should get off the horse and hug his fists to participate, but Wang Tong immediately asked in a cold voice, without any politeness.
There are strong pawns and cannons, and this Gao Tongzhi didn't dare to be tough, just wiped the sweat on his forehead and said with a smile:
"Lord Wang, these people are stupid people, they don't know the rules and regulations, they offend adults, but they don't sin to death, why do you want to make such a big fuss, we don't look good in Tianjin, Gao is cheeky, please let them go!!"
Seeing this Gao Tongzhi, a few people from the Jinhe Warehouse who were crying shouted out:
"Master Gao, help!"
"Master Gao, this king will kill people when he comes up!!"
"Master Gao, you want to call the shots for the little ones!!"
Gao Tongzhi pretended not to hear, but looked at Wang Tong, waiting for his reply, Wang Tong turned his head and said a few words to Tan Bing, and several stretchers that had been following the team were carried up, and on them lay wounded brocade guards, wrapped in bandages, and they all looked very miserable.
"The soldiers of the Jinyi pro-soldiers came to Jin and the warehouse on an errand, but they were beaten to the point of being disabled, the Jinyi guard is the pro-soldier of the Son of Heaven, if you have any doubts when you are on an errand, you can come to my official office to plead, but gather crowds to beat the officials, what is this, such behavior is regarded as complicity, and the people involved are all anti-thieves!!"
After Wang Tong finished speaking, he asked again:
"Gao Tongzhi, conspire against the thief, how to deal with the Daming Law Change!!"
Gao Tongzhi took a step back by this sharp question, wiped the sweat on his face, and replied in a dry voice:
"Dang, Dang!"
Wang Tong nodded, turned around and said:
"Let the wounded recognize people, and arrest the beaters and the first three shopkeepers of the house!!"
As soon as the words fell, the people brought by Fang Cai Hang Daqiao and the people who were beaten all came to the people in Jinhe's store, and identified them one by one, and every time they recognized one, the soldiers came over to find out the people.
Despite the cries and shouts, the seventy people were caught kneeling in a row, and they were forced to kneel on the ground towards the store, and some soldiers drew their waist knives and stood behind them.
Wang Tong tugged on the reins and said loudly:
"Keep your eyes open, this is the end!
After speaking, he waved his hand and shouted:
"Kill!!"
(To be continued)