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Chapter 1291 Trench War

When the sun rose the next day, a meandering trench slowly crawled out from the camp of the Ming army like a cold poisonous snake, looking at the camp of the rebels.

"King Shun really knew things well, and Zhu Xieyuan really dug a trench to avoid our artillery!" Sun Chuanting frowned, and couldn't help but speak first.

"It doesn't matter, he uses trenches to avoid the guns, then I will use the guns to break the trenches!" Zhang Shun couldn't help sneering.

Sure enough, the world is full of smart people. Although Zhu Xieyuan is in his late teens, he has also figured out a way to deal with the rebel artillery.

It's just that although Zhu Xieyuan is a dragon and a phoenix among people, he doesn't know that Zhang Shun has already accumulated more than ten generations of wisdom in his mind, how can he fight against it with his own strength?
Following Zhang Shun's order, Wei Zhiyou also led his troops out of the camp, and started digging trenches like the Ming army.

In order to prevent digging, Zhang Shun personally stood on the watchtower to direct and correct.

In this way, the two sides advanced side by side, it only took half a day, and the difference between the ends of the trenches of the two sides was only mile.

Afterwards, Zhang Shun ordered thirty or fifty bird musketeers, archers, and thirty or fifty spearmen with swords and axes to guard the five "flying blunderbuss" to step forward.

"Your Highness, what do you mean?" Sun Chuanting and the others couldn't help but asked in surprise.

"Although our army's 'Fei Biao Gun' fires fiercely, but we can't see the enemy's movements, how can we hit them?"

Zhang Shun laughed when he heard the words, and ordered: "Take the watch rod, and measure the distance!"

"So that's the case, how could I forget this!" Sun Chuanting couldn't help but slapped his forehead and suddenly realized.

It turned out that measuring the distance with a watch rod was a native artillery measurement method in China, but the steps were relatively cumbersome. Later, the gunners discovered that the artillery could guarantee a certain accuracy without this method, so it was gradually used less in the military.

It is basically the "heavy difference technique", which is to use the Pythagorean theorem of right triangles to measure the same point twice in a row, and then calculate the distance and height of the target.

Its calculation method comes from the "Heavy Difference" volume of Liu Hui's "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" in the Three Kingdoms period. It was later expanded into "Sea Island Calculus" by Tang Dynasty mathematician Li Chunfeng, and finally became the basic formula in the field of traditional Chinese mathematics. .

Not long after, a crisp female voice reported: "His Royal Highness, the enemy's direction is six minutes north by east, and the distance is three hundred and fifty paces!"

"King Shun, who is this?" Sun Chuanting and the others were a little confused. It's true that the watch rod can measure the distance, so how can it also measure the azimuth?

"This is the book by my maid." Zhang Shun pointed to the soldier in padded armor in front of him and said with a smile, "This woman is as intelligent as a man. She was educated by my side before, so she is good at arithmetic and geometry."

"The method of distance measurement uses the weight difference technique, and the method of measuring angles uses Si Nan and the ruler."

"The measuring stick I use is imitated from a sundial. There are ninety-six points in each circle, and the calculation is based on true north..."

Regardless of how Zhang Shun explained to the generals of the rebel army, let's say that the soldiers of the rebel army waved flags on the watchtower and used flag language to inform the front-line gunners.

"Six minutes east of true north, three hundred and fifty paces away!" The observer quickly informed the gunner after learning the data.

The gunner got the data, quickly took out Sinan, measured the direction of true north, and then asked the gunner to adjust the direction, angle and charge of the muzzle.

"The No. [-] cannon is calibrated, and the other cannons are on standby!" Following the command of the cannon commander, only one cannon sound was heard, and then a "blossom bomb" flew out suddenly, and it was unknown where it flew. There was a bang.

The gunners in the trenches of the Rebel Army couldn't see the situation clearly, but the surveyors on the watchtower had already seen it clearly.

Not long after, I reported to Zhang Shunhui early: "The No. [-] cannon deviates fifteen steps to the left. It is recommended to adjust the muzzle to the right by half a minute and lower the muzzle by half a minute!"

As the watchmen on the watchtower of the rebel army and the gunners in the trenches continued to correct, the "blooming bullets" fired by the Feibiao guns were getting closer and closer to the enemy's trenches.

"Hit, hit, hit chicken feathers!" The soldiers digging the trenches of the Ming army didn't know that the threat was in front of them, but heard the gunners of the rebel army, and couldn't help but sneered.

"Our supervisor's move is foolproof, no matter how fierce the thief's artillery is, it won't turn around..."

"boom!"

"Ah ah ah..."

Before the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could finish their mocking words, they never expected that a round shell would suddenly hit in, and then burst suddenly, releasing an unknown number of fragments and shotgun shells.

The space in the trench was narrow, and the soldiers who were digging were next to each other, and seven or eight soldiers were killed at once.

"Quick, run, thieves have demon skills!" The remaining soldiers were frightened and dumbfounded, they couldn't help throwing away the shovel and rattan basket in their hands, turned around and ran away!

"Those who retreat, behead!" An officer of the Ming army blocked the way of the crowd, stabbed the leader to death with a sword, and shouted loudly.

"The thieves are deaf and blind, how do they hit the officers and soldiers hiding in the trenches?"

"It was just a fluke, why panic? Anyone who dares to confuse people with evil words, like this person, will be killed!"

It was difficult to stabilize the morale of the army. The Ming army dug three or five times, but several "blooming bombs" flew in again, and another one was smashing into the trench.

"boom!"

With the screams of the soldiers, the soldiers who were digging the trench couldn't bear it anymore, and couldn't help but smashed to death the officer who had just blocked them with a shovel, and fled back again.

"What?" After the news that the Ming army's trench method was broken by the rebel army spread, the left governor Zhu Xieyuan couldn't believe his ears.

This is a solution I came up with after thinking for several days and nights, and it was cracked like this?
"Master, a few accidents are nothing!" Zhang Fengyi, Governor of Xuanda, thought for a moment and remonstrated.

"Our troops on the left and right are not far from the trenches of the 'Shun Bandits'. Why order the soldiers to jump up and rush over to seize the enemy's trenches and artillery. Naturally, everything will be worry-free."

"That's right!" Zhu Xieyuan thought for a while, then nodded and said, "In this way, select more than a hundred elites, dressed in strong armor and sharp blades, and charge them to me, let's see how he responds!"

Following Zhu Xieyuan's order, the Ming army picked up a group of elite soldiers in a short while, and rushed over along the trench.

However, all this had been seen clearly by the rebels on the watchtower. Zhang Shun hurriedly ordered the "Fei Biao Gun" to wash the ground.

The Ming army was also unlucky. The elite sentry had just arrived at the end of the trench and ate a round "blossom bomb" head-on. Five or seven people were killed on the spot immediately.

"Zhiniang thief, kill me!" The sentry officer of the Ming army couldn't help being furious, and quickly jumped up, taking advantage of the gap between the artillery fire of the rebel army, and charged towards the trench of the rebel army.

"The gunners and archers are ready, and the thief is about thirty cloths away; the spearmen and the axemen are ready, and when the gunners and archers retreat, they will immediately step up!" Wei Zhiyou calmly issued an order.

Don't look at this battle, there are not many enemies, and the number of rebels is not too many, it's just limited by the narrow space of the trench.

If there is a loss in the rebel army, the loss of the trenches and flying buffaloes is a minor matter, but endangering the defense of the camp is a major matter. Wei Zhiyou can't help but be careless.

(End of this chapter)