please make me king

Chapter 69
Finally finished dealing with the bully Lin Mingde, Zhang Shun breathed a sigh of relief, and continued the original cannon casting work.During these two days, the blacksmith cast another six or seven tiger squat cannons, and also forged five or six large pieces of iron.

Therefore, Zhang Shun asked the blacksmith to tap the corresponding shapes according to the figures of several generals under his command.As for counting on them to knock out the plate armor, that's a no-brainer.However, at any rate, a two-stage breastplate came out.

There is a chest protector in the front, which extends from the abdomen to the neck. There are just two pieces of iron extending from the shoulders to the back.The back is a whole piece of iron plate, with gaps drilled, which can be tied together with the back of the front rail through leather strips.As for the left and right sides, there are three smaller iron plates each, which are tied with cowhide strips to protect the body.

Under normal circumstances, this simple breastplate defense is already very good.However, Zhang Shun consulted Wei Congyi, Chen Changbing and other generals who wore armor, and everyone agreed that Ming iron armor would be scalding unbearably hot under the direct sun, which is not as comfortable as cloth face armor.

So, by the way, Zhang imitated the method of cotton armor, and asked the newly joined women's battalion to sew inner armor out of silk, and then put the breastplate on the outside of the inner armor, and then wrapped it with silk to make a cloth similar to cotton armor. Breastplate.For the convenience of wearing, Zhang Shun specially asked the craftsman to change the connection method of the back of the breastplate, replacing the position near the neck with a small piece of iron. After putting on the breastplate, it was tied with a cowhide rope.

As for the protection of other parts, the arms are connected with the ring arm armor commonly used in the Ming iron armor; the waist is added with an iron armor skirt, the legs are added with diameter armor, and the head is added with a helmet with a face shield.After making it, Zhang Shun let Wukong try it on first. Although this guy is big in stature, he is also very powerful.The iron armor weighing more than forty catties was worn on him, it was as light as nothing, and it did not affect his movements at all.

The second one made by Zhang Shun was used by Chen Changzhu, with a total weight of about [-] catties, and the effect was very good.Therefore, Zhang Shun supervised the production according to the law, and gave himself, Xiao Qinhu, Wei Congyi, Zhang Sanbai, Ma Yingniang and others each a pair.

Originally, Ma Yingniang didn't want to wear heavy armor. After Zhang Shun sent a group of girls to Ma Yingniang for the women's battalion, she suddenly asked for a pair of armor for herself, and also asked for weapons for her women's battalion.

Zhang Shun thought to himself that apart from the blacksmith making, other parts would be sewn by women's battalions, so he agreed to her.By the way, let the blacksmith build a batch of pistols for the women's battalion to use. This pistol is not the pistol of later generations.It is a weapon in the shape of a short spear. The head of the pistol is five inches and seven inches long, and the handle is a bamboo handle, two feet and nine inches long, and it is made of bone.

Although it looks like a short spear, its usage is not that of a short spear, but is close to the western fencing method of later generations.When in use, hold the end of the pistol to stab. The handle of the gun is made of bamboo, which is quite tough and can pierce armor. It is a self-defense weapon commonly used by the Ming army.

In view of the low cost of this weapon and its good lethality, Zhang Shun took the opportunity to build a piece, and picked one for himself to play with. He found that ordinary short weapons such as swords are difficult to pose a threat to this weapon one-on-one.

Ma Yingniang didn't know the way to do this, and after getting the weapon, she even said that Zhang Shun was stingy, making Zhang Shun dumbfounded.However, after tossing and tossing for more than half a month, Zhang Shun finally cast thirty tiger squatting cannons, including twenty two-inch calibers and ten three-inch calibers.

Now that he was done, Zhang Shun took the opportunity to increase his strength in private, and happily led the team back to Douzhuang to reinforce "Zijinliang".As the saying goes, "The food and grass go first before the soldiers and horses are moved." Zhang Shun started to move, only to realize that the artillery was really difficult to transport, each one was very heavy, and could only be moved by manpower to the transport cart, and pulled forward by an ox cart.

Fortunately, none of the cannons cast this time weighed too much. The [-]-inch caliber was only about forty kilograms, which could be lifted by one person; the [-]-inch caliber was heavier, and two people could lift it.After loading these cannons into the car, Zhang took the team all the way back to Douzhuang.

The story is divided into two parts, and it is said that after Zhang Shun left Douzhuang before, "Zijinliang" sent his men to make siege equipment such as rush cars, ladders, catapults, well rails, etc., but they were all destroyed by Douzhuang's firearms.

It turns out that this Douzhuang was built under the supervision of Zhang Daojun's grandfather Zhang Wudian. During his tenure as an official, Zhang Wudian dealt with civil unrest in Henan, Shandong and other places many times.

Zhang Quanzheng, Zhang Daojun's father, and Sun Chengzong, the governor of the late Ming Dynasty, were Jinshi of the same discipline and had a close relationship.Sun Chengzong appreciated the military talents of his junior Zhang Daojun very much. He once recommended Zhang Daojun to "Zhiye Yuze Road" to supervise the manufacture of weapons such as "Imitation Western Cannon" and "Franji" for the imperial court.In the process of working for the imperial court, Zhang Daojun mastered the manufacturing methods of advanced weapons such as "imitation Western cannon" and "Franji", and made one and kept it in his village for defense.This is also one of the important reasons why Wang Jiayin was unable to break through Douzhuang last year.

At this time, Zhang Daojun happened to be unemployed at home, he was proficient in combat command, and he had the servants left behind by his father Zhang Quan after his death.These people are the elite on the Liaodong battlefield. Under the correct command, the peasant army of "Zijinliang" is no match.

Fortunately, there were not many of these servants left, and not all of them were in Douzhuang, so they failed to break through the siege of "Zijinliang", "Lao Huihui", "Eight King Kong" and others.But in this way, also through the bombardment of artillery and the surprise attack on the Cangbing Cave, the "Zijin Liang" almost vomited blood.Several times it seemed that they were about to attack the city, but they were suddenly attacked by the servants in the Tibetan soldier cave in Douzhuang.

Seeing that "Zijinliang" was about to turn red, Taoist Wuxu hurriedly persuaded him: "Second leader, your way out is not only Zhao'an, how can you put all your eggs in one basket? If the soldiers under your command suffer too much damage, you will not be able to pay the price with the court."

"What do you say?" "Zijin Liang" asked angrily.

"Uh, we can wait for the 'Optimus Prime' to make a cannon, and then make a decision." Daoist Wuxu persuaded.

"Zijinliang" was about to speak, when Han Tingxian jumped out and said, "How can the newcomer of 'Optimus Prime' be trusted? He may not know how to make cannons at all, but he heard that Douzhuang is difficult to attack, so he hid far away Just go out."

"Then what do you say?" Taoist Wuxu asked back.

"Uh..." Han Tingxian was speechless and murmured, "Even if we can't attack, I beg Zhang Daojun, maybe we can order peace, it's unknown."

"The Art of War says: Do it to people and do it to others. With such a plan, our lives and wealth are all in the hands of the people. How can we have wealth?" Taoist Wuxu finally remembered Zhang Shun's previous art of war, and said aggressively.

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