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Zhu Junjin closed his eyes in despair, a trace of pain flashed on his face, but soon, he returned to normal, and when he opened his eyes, a cold color flashed in his eyes, and he said slowly: "Now the army's heart is unstable, this king knows that there are many people swaying from side to side recently, right?" ”

Liu Yangzheng specially came here for this matter, the army's heart has indeed been shaken, and the people's heart is actually not much better, and now the people's hearts are fluctuating, if they don't take measures, I'm afraid that if they can't wait for the siege, the Nanchang City itself will be in chaos. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Yangzheng said bluntly: "Lord Wang, the minister has also heard a lot of this kind of thing, and there are even people who harbor Jinyiwei's spies and plot against them. ”

Zhu Junjin shook his head and said lightly: "Severe punishment is useless, severe punishment cannot win people's hearts, people's hearts are unpredictable, this matter is slowly said, now what we need most is not to severely punish those who are swaying from side to side, but to urgently need a big victory to improve the morale of the army and the people." ”

Liu Yangzheng smiled bitterly: "But ......"

Zhu Junjin waved his hand: "You can rest assured that this king has a plan, as long as they dare to come, this king will keep and teach them to go and never return." Once the officers and troops were frustrated, the morale in the city was naturally high. ”

Liu Yangzheng was a little relieved at this time, no matter what, since the prince was sure, he didn't have to be afraid.

He believed that if the official army wanted to break through Nanchang, it would be impossible for it to take a year and a half, and once the attack could not be carried out for a long time, the morale of the official army would definitely be frustrated, and then it would be time for him to counterattack.

Zhu Junjin spread out a blank piece of paper again, making a look of preparing to splash ink, Liu Yangzheng arched his hand and was about to say goodbye, suddenly, the rumbling cannon sounded, and the entire Ning Wangfu shook suddenly, Zhu Junjin did not stand firm all of a sudden, and was shocked by the sound of this huge artillery, and his face also showed a rare look of shock.

The sound of the cannon obviously did not stop, but continued, and Liu Yangzheng was shocked and said: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid that they have already attacked the city." ”

"So fast?" Zhu Jun's face was a little pale, and he hurriedly said: "Quick, follow this king to take a look." ”

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The cannon rumbled, one by one the cannonballs mercilessly poured down towards the head of Nanchang City, the city suddenly showed panic, many unguarded defenders directly blew up, the rebels defending the city had to hide behind the female wall and did not dare to come out of their heads, but this is not safe, some cannonballs directly hit the female wall, the female wall was suddenly collapsed, the gravel flew wildly, and the sputtered gravel immediately shot the people behind the female wall with a thousand holes.

Zhu Junji, the king of Ning, appeared on the head of the city, seeing countless bullets and stones flying around, iron bullets mixed with the ashes of gunpowder burning, like meteors smashing towards the city wall, Zhu Junjin's face changed, he looked down, under the city, hundreds of artillery pieces set up a posture, constantly shooting. The position formed by the artillery was like a long snake, and countless fires came out, spitting out firelight.

Zhu Junjin was stunned for a while, his face was as pale as paper, Liu Yangzheng stumbled up, and said in anticipation: "Wang...... Rajah...... It's too dangerous here......"

Zhu Junjin glanced at Liu Yangzheng coldly, and said with a hideous face: "Don't say more, hurry, pass the order down, and fight back!" ”

Under an order, someone hurriedly erected artillery at the head of the city, King Ning had quietly purchased a lot of artillery at the beginning of the rebellion, used to defend the city, but because everything was carried out in secret, most of the rebels who used artillery had not undergone training, at this time panicked, under the urging of the military attaché, hurriedly braved the artillery fire to set up the artillery, and after tossing for a small half an hour, he barely stabilized his position, but in this process, the city was already a mess, corpses everywhere, under the roar of countless artillery fire, No one could look up, and in a few places the walls had knocked out a few small gaps.

Zhu Junjin hid behind the city tower, standing in the city tower, fearlessly looking at the roar of artillery under the city that has not stopped so far, he took a deep breath, under the city, there are at least more than five hundred cannons, much more than he imagined.

"Lord Wang, it's ready,"

A general arrived in a hurry.

The corners of Zhu Jun's mouth raised a sneer, and then said: "Fight back!" ”

"Yes!"

Immediately afterwards, the Bailaimen artillery on the city finally roared, and countless iron bullets flew towards the artillery positions under the city like meteors.

This roaring sound is like a heavenly sound in the ears of King Ning, although there are many artillery pieces of the officers and soldiers, but after all, there are no fortifications to block them, and his artillery is condescending to occupy the geographical advantage, although the number is not much, but it is enough to give the officers and soldiers a little color.

But......

After a few rounds of return fire, things were not as simple as King Ning imagined, and he actually found that the shells fired by these artillery on the head of the city could not reach the artillery position on the opposite side at all.

Zhu Junjin couldn't help but be furious, things were obviously beyond his expectations, how could this be possible, it was obvious that the artillery of the defenders was condescending, but why could the artillery on the opposite side hit the city wall, and the artillery of the defenders could not reach the artillery position of the other party.

The matter was too strange, and the military attache in charge of the gunner came over with a pale face, and saluted Zhu Jun with a rolling belt, and said, "Lord Wang...... 'M afraid...... Our artillery ......"

King Ning didn't know anything about artillery, but he felt incredible, and under the angry questioning, he finally understood what was going on.

These artillery pieces were purchased by King Ning through various channels, most of which were purchased in the name of the feudal state first, and then quietly transported to Nanchang, that is to say, these artillery pieces were specially sold to the feudal state a year or two ago.

In the face of sharper artillery, these artillery of the defenders suddenly became ornaments, King Ning was stunned, in fact, he did not have any awareness of artillery at all, the rebels from top to bottom, there are very few people who understand artillery, and the court side, after continuous improvement in recent years, the artillery system has gradually improved, before the siege, Jinyi Wei has explored many parameters of the defenders' artillery, and after confirming the range of the opponent's artillery, there is an artillery position for the surname, and the result is that the defenders are passively beaten, There was not even a chance to fight back.

How did he know that in order to attack the city, the military attachés of the artillery battalion of the new army had stayed up for two consecutive nights, constantly calculating and referencing, before finally arranging this artillery array.

The so-called artillery tactics are not as simple as simply setting off artillery.

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On the artillery position at the bottom of the city tower, the novice artillerymen are busy with their work, these recruits are really a little rusty, and even some people hear the sound of the cannonball, the whole person can't move, under the leadership of the veteran, they finally start to work slowly, carry the shells of the cannonballs, fill the gunpowder of the gunpowder, and there are people who specially water the red cannon tube that is constantly burned with a water scoop, as for the calibration and firing of the cannon, it is taught by the veteran himself, at first everyone feels novel, and when the real fire is fired, They were frightened, but under the leadership of the veterans, they gradually got used to it, and they found that the so-called artillery is actually very simple, they only need to do their own things step by step, everyone does their best, and everything is not a problem.

However, the recruits are unfamiliar, so that the accuracy of the artillery is really a bit off, coupled with the speed of carrying shells and filling gunpowder is not fast, which leads to a great impact on the firing interval of the artillery, as for the mastery of the temperature of the gun body, not to mention, just after the launch, the temperature of the barrel has not dropped, there are people who are impatient to fill the gunpowder, almost caused an accident, fortunately, there are veterans staring, all kinds of irregular things can finally be stopped in time, nothing major happened.

The artillery training began, according to Lord Qincha, in the next half a month to two months, such training will continue, the artillery battalion officer Yang Rang is really a little nervous, this kind of training is making him a little frightened, Yang Rang is most afraid of an accident now, once something happens, he can't afford it.

And looking at the guns shooting almost without calibration, and the shells of four or five percent missed the direction, Yang Rang felt distressed, this is all money, according to such a, the consumption of this day is tens of thousands of taels of silver, and the cannon is ten thousand taels of gold.

But thankfully, this kind of training method is really not bad, at least after half an hour, these recruits finally look good.

"My lord, do you want to take a break?"

A team officer trotted over and asked in a low voice.

For the military attachés and veterans, this kind of shooting method is really a bit miserable, and it is too much of a waste of money, and everyone is a little distressed.

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(To be continued)