please make me king

Chapter 525
When Wang Pu and Ni Chong, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, rushed out of the tent.They stretched their heads to look out, and saw flags fluttering and artillery roaring on a high ground in front of the officers and soldiers camp on the left, which was where the bandit artillery was located.

The two of them couldn't help being taken aback, and hurriedly called the soldiers and asked, "Where did the thief get the artillery?"

It turned out that the Beijing camp also often practiced Western cannons and Hongyi cannons, but these artillery were heavy and difficult to move, and they were mostly used for defense.When the Beijing camp suppressed bandits in the mainland, they left these in the capital.

Although their combat effectiveness is average, they have fought against the rebel army many times, knowing that the rebel army does not have too many large-caliber artillery in their hands.

It's just that listening to the muffled and powerful sound of its cannons now, and seeing its shocking impact, it must not be the work of small-caliber artillery.Moreover, the sound of cannons is rumbling, presumably there are no fewer than twenty cannons,

Wang Pu hurriedly called the soldiers and ordered: "Find me one or two shells quickly, I want to see if they are serious or not!"

Not long after, the soldier ran over with a shell in a rag.Wang Pu opened it and saw that the shell was round and black, and when he touched it with his hand, it was still warm.

Wang Pu and Ni Chong picked it up and weighed it, and it weighed about twenty catties.The two looked at each other, and couldn't help being shocked.

It turns out that the Hongyi cannons cast according to the paradigm of this era, those that can shoot ten catties of shells should weigh three to four thousand catties, and those that can shoot twenty catties of shells should weigh six to seven thousand catties.

Converted according to the habits of later generations, it is roughly equivalent to heavy artillery with a caliber between 120mm and 125mm and a caliber between 145mm and 155mm.

No matter what, Wang Pu and Ni Chong could not imagine that the rebel army could take out more than twenty red cannons of six or seven thousand catties to bombard the camp of officers and soldiers.Even if this number is halved, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp will be in danger.

Thinking of this, Wang Pu hurriedly said to Ni Chong: "But I miscalculated. I thought that although the bandits were good at fighting in the field, they were not good at attacking the city. I never thought that the bandits had already made such a heavy weapon. If I waited to die, I would die without a burial. the land!"

"For the current plan, the only way to secure the camp is to risk your life and take away the thieves' artillery and destroy it."

No wonder Wang Pu and Ni Chong were in a hurry, the camp of the Beijing camp was built hastily, it was simple and crude, it could only be used to bully the rebel army led by Zhang Shun with few soldiers and weak firepower.

Now that the rebel army has "more than twenty cannons of six or seven thousand catties of red barbarians", not to mention a simple camp, even a city, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defend with the capabilities of the Beijing camp.

In fact, Wang Pu and Ni Chong made an empiricist mistake. The cannons used by the rebels were not red barbarian cannons of six or seven thousand catties, but the "golden cannons" designed and improved by Zhang Shun.

At the beginning, Zhang Shun designed the "golden cannon" that weighed about a thousand catties, had a diameter of five inches, and was ten times the diameter after a long period of experimentation.It was only because of the lack of copper materials in the hands of the rebels that they did not continue to cast.

Later, when Zhang Shun occupied Luoyang City, Dudu Zhang raided the golden Buddha statues in Baima Temple and other temples in Luoyang City, collecting enough five thousand catties; Enough to continue casting the "golden cannon" copper material.

It's just that when Zhang Shun fired the cannon, all the data were calculated based on the limit, leaving too little margin.

Zhang Dudu was worried that the artillery would explode at a critical moment, so he reported Zhang Shun's agreement to reduce the caliber of the "golden cannon" to four inches and eight inches.And the artillery powder chamber is designed as a funnel in order to launch "blossom bombs".

After Zhang Dudu's improvements, the "Golden Cannon" has more diversified uses, but its weight has been slightly reduced.This "golden cannon" can also fire [-] catties of solid iron bullets, or [-] catties of "blossom bullets".

Using the artillery frame designed by Zhang Shun to carry it, it was dragged by six mules and horses, and it ran like flying over mountains and ridges.There is no need to worry that there will be no siege weapon after encountering a city, and there is no need to worry about dragging down the mobile transfer of the rebel army.

Of course, the "Golden Cannon" can achieve such good performance, in addition to using brass with better performance and higher price.Compared with the Hongyi Cannon, which has a diameter of more than [-] times, the "Golden Cannon" deliberately reduced the diameter of the artillery by more than half, and greatly reduced the length of the artillery.

It's just that, the accuracy and range of this "golden cannon" are also reduced a lot.After Zhang Shun's actual test firing test, the "Golden Cannon" has an effective range of about [-] steps, which is far lower than the [-] steps of the [-]-[-]-jin Hongyi cannon.

However, there are gains and losses, after all, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Although the "Golden Cannon" loses a little range and accuracy, as long as it can catch up with the battlefield in time, everything is worth it.

Sure enough, Jingying suffered from the "golden cannon" this time.Wang Pu and Ni Chong had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​sticking to the camp, and sent their cavalry to try to capture the rebel artillery position.

Zhang Shun has planned for a long time, how can he make his wish come true?He had already deployed Xiao Qinhu's "Baby Battalion" in front of the artillery position as a barrier, and he also deployed He Jin and He Yilong's cavalry to wander around the position to cover them.

The officers, soldiers and cavalry are divided into three divisions, with about [-] or [-] cavalry.Although they didn't want to fight to the death with the rebels, but this time the commander-in-chief Wang Pu and Ni Chong both issued death orders, asking them to delay the rebels and buy time for the officers, soldiers and infantry to deploy.

Zhang Shun saw the whole army dispatched from a distance, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.I calculated and pondered in every possible way, cast out the big net, and finally attracted this big fish, and the time for fishing began.

He hurriedly ordered Zhang Sanbai, Wei Zhiyou, Cao Bianjiao, the King of Troubled Times, and the King of Zhishi who were hiding behind the hillside to be ready to attack at any time, and at the same time ordered Li Shi'an to suspend the artillery bombardment of the camp, and quickly replaced the shotgun to prepare for the coming attack. cavalry.

In fact, Li Shi'an does not have so many "golden guns" in his hands.Although the rebels had [-] jin of copper material in their hands, the "Japanese lead" was short of it for a while.

Zhang Dudu followed the procedure and only cast ten gates in total.In order to annihilate these two groups of officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp, Zhang Shun spent all his money, and simply asked Li Shi'an to take them along with him.The other ten are actually field cannons made of wrought iron that can fire ten catties of iron gall.

The cavalry of the Beijing camp divided into three groups from the hillside, pacing, slow at first and then fast, galloping forward.However, they didn't dare to head-on. First, they galloped back and forth in front of the rebel formation to test, and the trembling earth trembled.

The child soldiers in the "Baby Battalion" met the cavalry for the first time, and all of them turned pale with fright, and their hands and feet went weak.

For those who have never faced cavalry, it is difficult to imagine what it would be like to have dozens of cavalry charging forward.What's more, the other party has more than a thousand riders, and when they run, mountains and seas, heaven and earth are falling apart, which is not enough to describe the power of galloping.

Xiao Qinhu couldn't help but his lips became dry, and he cursed loudly: "What are you afraid of? The defeated general dares to be arrogant!"

It's just that no matter how his voice was like thunder, it was covered by the sound of hooves.

Xiao Qinhu was a little anxious, subconsciously turned his head to look at Zhang Shun.But I saw the old god Zhang Shun sitting on the horse, not at all moved by the momentum of the officers, soldiers and cavalry.He had no choice but to resist the idea of ​​turning around and running, and forcibly supported himself.

Xiao Qinhu didn't know how long he could last, nor how long the child soldiers under his command could last.He only hoped that when the cavalry of the officers and soldiers charged up, the children under his command could last longer.

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