After a day's rest, the remaining 13,000 musketeers and more than 6,000 cavalrymen of the Tiger and Par Army were all ready to send troops to Shaanxi with high morale.

In Wei Zheng's tent, Zhou Yuhong, Zhao Yun, Zhou Chenguang....The three of them were standing quietly in front of Wei Zheng with a face full of enthusiasm, waiting for the military order to be issued.

At the same time, a combat map is also in front of everyone.

Under the simultaneous gaze of three pairs of eyes, Wei Zheng finally spoke: "Brothers, the opportunity to recapture Shaanxi from the traitors and turn Shaanxi into the base of my Tiger and Leopard Army is right in front of us..."

"The commander decided that the commander would survive the soldiers, cross the Yellow River to the west, and enter Shaanxi..."

"From the map, it is the most suitable, and the closest crossing point to us is in Fugu."

"However, according to the news that Ben Shuai came back from the scout army, Fugu County, on the other side of the Yellow River, was stationed with a full 5,000 rebels. If we want to cross the Yellow River from here to the west, we must eliminate the 5,000 traitors stationed on the Yellow River in Fugu County. ”

"If we don't destroy them, how many soldiers we cross the Yellow River will be killed by them by shelling on the west bank of the Yellow River. You must know that the traitors defending the west bank of the Yellow River, although there are only 5,000 people. However, these five thousand traitors are armed with a large number of Tiger Venerable cannons..."

"With these Tiger Cannons, as long as we land on the shore, we will be devastated by traitors..."

"Therefore, this time to cross the Yellow River to the west, our first task is to take the traitor artillery positions on the other side of the Yellow River."

As soon as Wei Zheng finished speaking, Zhou Yuhong, who was already impatient to enter Shaanxi, promised loudly: "Dashuai, the artillery position of the traitors on the other side." I'll leave it to the last general..."

"This attack on Baode County. We consumed a lot of flowering shells though. But. At the repeated request of the last general, we still have fifteen hundred rounds of flowering shells for large-caliber mortars ...."

"The last general can confidently say that with these flowering bombs in hand, there is absolutely no problem in eliminating the traitors on the other side of the Yellow River and defeating them."

Wei Zheng smiled and asked, "Uh... Then tell Ben Shuai how to hit the rebel artillery positions on the other side of the Yellow River... As far as Ben Shuai knows, the width of this section of the Yellow River. All of them are more than two miles, and in some places even hit three miles. And the effective range of our army's heavy mortars can only reach two miles..."

At this time, Zhou Yuhong's facial expression, which was still full of confidence just now, directly became solemn.

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he replied with an embarrassed face: "Dashuai... This question has not been thought of by the last general....The last general thought that the Yellow River here is only a few hundred steps wide...."

"Then think about it now.......you guys, think about it too..."

Just when the heads of several people were quickly moving, thinking about how to deal with it. Zhou Chenguang spoke.

to Wei Zheng and others. With a thoughtful face, he said, "Dashuai....there will be an idea at the end...."

"In my Ming Dynasty, except for infantry and cavalry. And the trolls...."

"As far as the last general knows, a large number of artillery pieces were installed on the warships used by these naval forces... Those warships can be equipped with red-coated cannons weighing thousands of pounds, and the ferries we use to cross rivers must also be equipped with artillery. “

"You know, among our mortars, the heaviest heavy mortar weighs only a few hundred pounds, and the general estimates that after equipping it in front of the ferry, it will definitely be able to fire on the boat..."

Faced with this idea that was almost exactly the same as his own, Wei Zheng directly showed a smile full of approval on his face. Affirming loudly to Zhou Chenguang: "This method must be feasible, and Ben Shuai also gave this kind of mortar-equipped ferry a name, called a gunboat..."

A very important reason why Wei Zheng is so sure at this moment is that Wei Zheng has already appeared in his mind a picture of the battle of crossing the river hundreds of years later....

The recoil of the mortars used in those years was definitely much greater than the use of black powder.

When the battle of crossing the river was launched, our army could carry mortars onto fishing boats and act as gunboats to launch attacks on the enemy troops on the other side of the river, not to mention the current oneself.

Therefore, Wei Zheng didn't think about it and ordered: "This commander has decided, just do what General Zhou Chenguang said..."

"General Zhou Yuhong, Ben Shuai has already dispatched scouts and collected dozens of ferries on the east bank of the Yellow River. You immediately pick out the ten largest ships from the middle. Carry the heavy mortar on it and test a few shells. ”

"When installing the mortar, don't forget to put a sandbag directly under the mortar to minimize the impact of recoil on the ferry... If it is feasible, we will attack the traitors on the other side of the Yellow River at noon. ”

Five or six sacks filled with sand were loaded onto the ferry and laid flat behind the bow of the ferry. The heavy mortar, which weighed several hundred pounds, was quickly lifted up by five or six gunners and assembled on sandbags on the bow of the ship.

In order to maintain the balance between penetration and stern, seven or eight musketeers who knew how to water also boarded the ferry.

Ready to finish the thick, with a mortar on the bow of the ferry, slowly sail to the shore ....

When it was completely floating on the surface of the Yellow River, the mortar gunners, who had already prepared it, quickly stuffed the propellant and flowering shells into the barrel of the gun, and stuffed them into the fire rope, ready to fire.

After firing the sparkling fire fold to ignite the arquebus, several gunners quickly crouched down next to the mortar, covering their ears, waiting for the flowering shell to be discharged from the chamber by the propellant.

"Boom..."A violent explosion sounded in the bow of the ship, and the ferry, which could carry forty or fifty people, directly emitted a shock under the influence of the recoil of the artillery, as if it was about to fall apart...

However, to everyone's rejoicing, as the whistling sound of the cannonball flying out of the barrel sounded in the air, the Nuoda ferry boat was still floating intact on the surface of the Yellow River.

Not only that, but after a short flight, the flowering bomb exploded on the ground, and it was only less than fifteen steps away from the target.

As an excellent gunner, Wen Junsheng, who was squatting directly behind the mortar, knew very well that the reason why there was such a large hit error must be caused by the vibration of the hull.

So, this gunner named Wen Junsheng, relying on his own experience, quickly adjusted the angle of the barrel regardless of the temperature at which the barrel was already hot. In less than a cup of tea, he continued to order to his deputy.

"Reload, keep firing ......"

"Boom..."After the roar of the cannon sounded, the whistling shells flew towards the target again...

After Wen Junsheng's adjustment, this flowering bomb fell directly less than five steps away from the target. In terms of the lethality of the flowering shell, this flowering bullet can be regarded as hitting the target... (To be continued......)