Ah Chao's speed was very fast, and it took a few days to make sniper rifles, Li Zhao asked Wuquan to train ten sniper gunners, and a few days later, the sniper gunners secretly left, divided into two groups and rushed to Chudi and Pei County.

His purpose was obvious, to use the sniper gunner's decapitation operation to speed up the pace of the rebel army, so that they could develop as soon as possible and form a siege of Xianyang.

In history, Xiang Yu and Liu Ji's rebel army captured Xianyang, and Xiang Yu even slaughtered Xianyang and burned down Xianyang Palace.

Li Zhao didn't dare to guarantee it, but he had to make it happen, otherwise it would be impossible to destroy the Qin of Huhai, he couldn't care so much now, only by destroying the Qin of Huhai could he return the peace of the forest garden.

During this time, the Huhai court was very calm, and did not send the Qin army to harass again, let alone take other actions, as if they had given up on Shanglin Yuan.

But Li Zhao knew that this was the calm before the storm, and Hu Hai would never let go of Shanglin Yuan, because Shanglin Yuan had a real emperor, Qin Shi Huang.

He had to have everything ready.

A few days later, Ah Chao came with good news that the red-clothed cannon had been manufactured, and Li Zhao was invited to test it.

Li Zhao is not surprised, with many practical experiences, it is not difficult for a craftsman to be a mere red-clothed cannon.

In front of them is a huge iron bump, with a round cylinder giving people a sense of oppression, and some iron balls and gunpowder are stacked next to them.

This is the red-coated cannon made by Li Zhao and Ah Chao, judging from the cannon body, it is much larger than the one used by the thief army at that time, so I don't know how powerful it is.

Li Zhao hurriedly arrived, and he was also stunned when he saw this thing, although he had seen the structure from the cheats, but it was really strange to see the real thing at this moment.

The red-clothed cannon is a product of the Ming Dynasty, which was not found in the society of the previous life, let alone can be seen, of course, it can still be seen in some celebrity scenic spots, but it is all shabby, and it is impossible to really get a glimpse of it.

What I saw at this moment was the real thing, and I felt like I had come to the Ming Dynasty.

"Young master, are you here to experiment or do you want the craftsman to come?"

Ah Chao asked Li Zhao.

Compared with modern weapons, the red-coated cannon is still in the primitive stage, and it is a front-mounted smoothbore fire door ignition, which is much more backward than some artillery pieces in the previous life, but it is a giant existence when used in Daqin.

"Let the craftsmen come!"

Although he can come up with the cheats, he is not very familiar with the red-coat cannon, and only the craftsmen are the most qualified to experiment.

A craftsman walked out, and he didn't say much to Li Zhao's salute.

"Do you have any men within range?"

If the firing range of the more advanced red-coated cannon is followed, it should be within three miles, but this is Daqin, considering that the technology is not as advanced as in later generations, so he thinks that the firing range should not reach that far, and it is already very good within two miles.

"It's ready, and there will be people monitoring it within one to three miles."

Ah Chao is also pragmatic, he won't expect too much, in fact, this range is outrageous enough, if the range can reach three miles, how sharp it will be, no one dares to imagine.

If there is no Xiang Gong's artillery, the strongest war weapon in Daqin in the era of cold weapons does not care about the strong crossbow, and the range of the strong crossbow will definitely not reach three miles, even if it can reach two miles, the power will be greatly reduced, but this cannon is different, although it is not a hollow exploding shell, but it is solid, and the solid shell focuses on destruction.

In the "Ming Ji Beiluo", it was recorded that the red-coated cannon was recorded in this way: in each artillery station, erosion can be counted miles, and a cannon can reach several miles.

Although this number was nowhere near that of modern artillery, it was unrivaled at the time.

Of course, Li Zhao did not have high requirements for this cannon, and it could be eroded within two miles. Enough to kill any enemy within two miles.

"Okay, let's get started!"

Li Zhao waved his hand lightly, and the craftsman lit the fire, and with a loud bang, a black thing shot out of the cannon chamber, and everyone was amazed by the power.

In fact, some of the two thousand elites came to participate, even if they had seen the artillery of the thief army, they were dumbfounded at the moment, and they couldn't express their feelings for a long time.

With such a shot being hit, they can imagine what the consequences will be.

The black thing shot out at a rapid pace, through the dense woods, and disappeared into the sky in an instant.

Li Zhao estimated that the range would definitely not be bad, and I am afraid that there would be more than two miles if it was not three miles.

"Quick, let's go ahead and have a look."

The crowd rushed forward with Li Zhao impatiently, and after a mile of land, there was no trace of a cannonball, and two miles, only a commotion was heard, and finally more than two miles saw the inspectors, who were cheering around a place.

When everyone entered, they saw that the cannonball had smashed deep into the dirt, and the earth had smashed a large hole at an oblique angle, half a foot long.

"It's amazing, what a scene it would be like if this artillery hit the enemy group." Someone was surprised and guessed with a smile.

"Needless to say, there will be wailing in the wilderness."

Everyone agreed.

Li Zhao was also shocked by such a range, if it was used on the battlefield, it would definitely be able to wail all over the field, however, he was even more curious that this cannon had only succeeded once, which was really a bit bizarre.

Everything cannot be done overnight, but this cannon was successful in the first test, and I have to say that God still favors it.

Of course, this is also due to the superb skills of the craftsmen, no matter which kind of weapon is a success at the first time, in fact, what Li Zhao doesn't know is why the success rate is so high, thanks to his secret book, it is a systematic production, no need to go through any pondering process, just make it step by step.

Perhaps that's the benefit of having a system.

"Okay, it's more than two miles, it can definitely crush the artillery of the thief army, Ah Chao, the matter is urgent, you must produce more in a short period of time to meet your needs as soon as possible."

Li Zhao instructed, Ah Chao promised, he was also clear about the current situation, and he suddenly felt a heavy responsibility.

"Young master, how many cannons are you going to make?"

"Build a thousand cannons first, and build as many as possible in the later stage."

Xiang Gong doesn't know how many artillery pieces will come out, but it will definitely not be less, especially now when uprisings are frequent, he will never be stingy, last time there were hundreds of cannons, so what about this time?

I'm afraid it's also above the thousands, or even more, if he makes less, he will definitely not be able to deal with Xiang Gong, even if the red-clothed cannon is better than the tiger squat cannon.

Of course, to cause a thousand cannons in a short period of time, it can only be difficult for Ah Chao.

"A thousand?" Sure enough, Ah Chao looked embarrassed, but he gritted his teeth and agreed.

Time passed bit by bit, and with the help of the beheading operation, Liu Ji and Xiang Yu's rebel army was like a bamboo, capturing one county after another, which could be said to be unstoppable.

It has become the mainstream of the rebel army.

At the same time, the guards of Shanglin Yuan turned into detectives, running from place to place, passing news to each other.

Even though a lot of news reached Li Zhao's ears, Li Zhao still felt that it was too slow, and it was too time-consuming and labor-intensive compared to the communication in his previous life.

"Gotta change the way we communicate."

Li Zhao muttered and thought about it.

At present, Daqin's communication methods are very primitive, mostly relying on fast horses to transmit messages, and even flying pigeons have not risen, so that the delay of news is very serious.

The Shanglin Yuan guards are now all over the Six Kingdoms, and of course he has prepared walkie-talkies for them, but the transmission range of walkie-talkies is too narrow, and if it is a short distance, it is useful, but if it is far away, it is useless.

Of course, the flying pigeon is still somewhat useful, but the cultivation of the flying pigeon requires a lot of time, and also requires a lot of manpower and material resources, which is no longer enough in such a situation.

"The electricity is still not used fast enough!"

Li Zhao patted his head violently, during this time, in order to deal with the unknowable conspiracy, he delayed the construction of electricity, so that the call still stayed in Shanglin Yuan, otherwise if he could pull the wires all over the land of the six countries and install the telephone, wouldn't he be the first to know at any time.

Of course, this is a fantasy that cannot be achieved at the moment.

"Maybe the telegraph will do."

Li Zhao thought of a communication tool that was widely used in later wars, this kind of thing is not as cumbersome as a fixed telephone, as long as the signal is received, it can send a telegram, which is comparable to a modern mobile phone, of course, much simpler than a mobile phone.

Mobile phones need communication towers, and long-distance ones also need satellites, and at present, Daqin doesn't talk about satellites, there are no communication towers, and it is not a moment to build them.

But the telegraph is different, if there is no need for a relay base station within a thousand miles without any obstacles, two telegraphs can receive information with the same frequency, and telegraphs can be purchased in the store, which can be described as a grand slam for transmitting information, of course, it is impossible to be without obstacles anywhere, and if you want to receive information in the land of the six countries, you still need a relay base station.

After much consideration, Li Zhao decided to secretly install some telegraph relay stations in the Guanzhong area, and then buy telegraph machines from the store, so that it would be much faster and easier to transmit messages.

Timely information is often the key to success.