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Chapter 405 New Artillery
"Continue to sing?"

Gu Zi looked at Li Chaosheng suspiciously and said, Li Chaosheng laughed after hearing this, "Yes, since Zhang Xianzhong is so suspicious, we might as well make him more suspicious."

After hearing this, Gu Zi looked at Li Chaosheng puzzled, Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "Shi Dalei's department is going to Tongqian Gate tonight, right?"

"Well, their front troops have arrived in Xunyang, and they sent us a telegram just now."

Xunyang is very close to Tongqianguan, and the straight-line distance is only about 10 miles. It can be reached in four or [-] minutes by a quick march. Li Chaosheng touched his chin and said, "By the way, where is our new artillery?"

Gu Zi said: "Our new artillery is too heavy, so the carriage is not moving fast. An hour ago, the transport team reported that they are still about [-] miles away from Xunyang. I think they will definitely be able to reach Tongqian Pass before noon tonight."

Li Chaosheng nodded and said: "Okay, so everything is ready and we only owe Dongfeng, pass my order."

"Yes."

Gu Zi stood at attention, when Li Chaosheng said: "Order, Li Dezhen's troops and Shi Dalei's troops will bombard Zhang Xianzhong's troops with artillery as the main form of attack tomorrow morning. If necessary, they can charge, but don't love to fight. The enemy will not pursue after ten miles back. .”

"Yes."

Gu Zi responded, followed by Li Chaosheng: "Also call Li Chaomeng and order Li Chaomeng to lead the special brigade to set off tonight, guard Mangdangkou, and not allow Li Dingguo to step into Mangdangkou, and tell Li Chaomeng that this time It’s best not to fight, and even if you do, the primary purpose is to repel, don’t kill too much, it’s best to let Li Dingguo retreat in the face of difficulties.”

"Xianzun, what do you want?"

Gu Zi looked at Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng said: "Use a little trick, the whole army attacked Zhang Xianzhong to let Zhang Xianzhong know, the gap between him and Lan Tian, ​​let him know that it hurts, and Li Dingguo here, Gu Zi, let me ask you, what do you say?" Zhang Xianzhong, Sun Kewang were killed by us, but Li Dingguo retreated intact, when they all return to Zhuxi County, will Sun Kewang take the opportunity to make trouble, and will Zhang Xianzhong become suspicious?"

After hearing this, Gu Zi said: "Haha, I understand the magistrate, the magistrate's trick is really good."

Li Chaosheng waved his hands and said: "It's not high, it's just the right medicine. Since Zhang Xianzhong is suspicious, let's make him suspicious."

Just like Zhuge Liang's two classic battles, straw boat borrowing arrows, empty city plan, if this opponent is not a suspicious person like Cao Cao and Sima Yi, but a reckless person like Dian Wei and Xu Chu, Zhuge Liang must have been captured alive by these two guys up.

At that time, I saw two big black men holding Zhuge Liang and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, it's just this white-faced scholar who disturbs your sleep by rowing a bunch of boats with scarecrows in it. A certain family has caught you."

Cao Cao will definitely sigh, Xu Chu, Dian Wei is indeed a fierce general under my command.

Zhuge Liang must also be shouting in his heart: These two are really tigers.

Therefore, it is the commander's brilliance to look at the dishes and prescribe the right medicine for the case. If the other party is suspicious, you should play suspicious strategies for him.

The order was sent out quickly in the form of a telegram. Inside the Tongqian Pass, Li Chaomeng saw Li Chaosheng's telegram and frowned and said, "This guy Li Dingguo is going to attack Mangdangkou unexpectedly. It's really emboldened. See if I don't deal with him properly."

At this time Li Dezhen quickly persuaded: "Uncle Mengzi, don't get excited, the county lord said, don't let Li Dingguo suffer too much loss."

Li Chaomeng said: "I know, but I don't understand why the county lord prevents me from laying a heavy hand on Li Dingguo?"

Li Dezhen said: "The county lord's thoughtfulness is beyond our comprehension, let's not bother with this nosy business, we can do whatever the county lord tells us to do."

After hearing this, Li Chaomeng thought for a while and said, "That's really cheap for Li Dingguo."

Thinking of Li Chaomeng got up and said: "Since that's the case, I won't wait for Shi Dalei anymore, I will send my troops to Mangdangkou now."

After hearing this, Li Dezhen stood up and said, "Uncle Mengzi, take care."

As soon as I finished speaking here, I saw the curtain of the headquarters was pulled open, followed by the adjutant leading Shi Dalei in and said: "I'm not late."

Li Chaomeng smiled when he saw Shi Dalei: "Just now I was talking about you."

"Brother Mengzi."

At this time, Shi Dalei hugged Li Chaomeng, and then hugged Li Dezhen, saying: "I miss you brother."

The three of them exchanged some pleasantries, Li Chaomeng said: "Okay, you brothers, I have to rush to Mangdangkou now."

After hearing this, Shi Dalei said: "The military situation is urgent, so I won't keep my brother."

Li Chaomeng said: "Okay, after this battle is over, I'll treat the brothers to drink."

"it is good."

Soldiers don't have so many red tapes, the two exchanged a few words, followed by Shi Dalei and Li Dezhen sent Li Chaomeng out of the house, back to the house, Shi Dalei looked at Li Dezhen and said: "Dezhen, I have received the order from the county lord. We should discuss how to attack tomorrow."

Li Dezhen said: "Brother Dalei, come on, look, this is the topographic map of Tongqian Pass, this is Zhang Xianzhong's camp, and this is Sun Kewang's camp..."

Li Dezhen and Shi Dalei began to study the front-line defense map. The two studied for an hour and figured out how to fight tomorrow's battle. At this moment, someone shouted from the outside door: "Report."

Li Dezhen raised her head and said, "Who?"

"Report, it's the brothers from the logistics department. They brought the artillery assigned by the county lord."

"Oh please."

After hearing this, the eyes of Li Dezhen and Shi Dalei lit up, and they shouted together. After hearing this, the two of them almost spoke in unison. They immediately looked at each other, smiled awkwardly, and understood each other. It seems that the two People have a dirty mind about these artillery pieces for themselves.

The two smiled and followed Li Dezhen to get up and said, "Brother Da Lei, let's take a look together."

Shi Dalei also smiled and said: "Look, look."

The two got up, and when they got outside, they saw a row of large carriages that couldn't be seen at a glance. The carriages were covered with grass curtains. Shi Dalei and Li Dezhen looked at each other, and then ran down the checkpoint quickly.

When I arrived at the checkpoint, I happened to meet the person in charge of the Lantian logistics department.

"Old Willow."

The two saw the heads of the logistics department, Lao Liu and Liu Cheng, who were in charge of the handover.

Liu Cheng was one of the first wave of bandits in Lantian. Because he had studied for several years before becoming a bandit, he was promoted by Li Chaosheng to study in Lantian Academy for two years. After he came out, he was in charge of logistics. To the logistics supervisor.

This time, the five hundred new artillery pieces in the arsenal are too important, so Liu Cheng will go there himself.

Liu Cheng was giving orders at this time, when he heard this, he turned around and saw Shi Dalei and Li Dezhen, so he smiled and said, "Hello, two officers, did you come down from the command room because you smelled my cannons?"

After hearing this, Shi Dalei laughed and said, "Nothing can be hidden from you, Lao Liu, is this the new artillery from the arsenal?"

Liu Cheng said: "That's right, why don't you take a look."

"Take a look."

Shi Dalei said as he came to the side of the car, followed by pulling away the straw curtain, his brows frowned: "Iron?"

The cannons in Lantian are generally copper cannons. The main reason is that copper cannons are much more resistant to high temperatures than iron cannons. Iron cannons may be heated after two shots and are not allowed to fire again, but copper cannons can support three shots, so the general cannon The material is copper.

At this time, Shi Dalei frowned when he saw the cannon that was obviously not made of copper, and Li Dezhen also frowned slightly. Isn't it a new type of cannon?

Seeing the expressions of the two, Liu Cheng said: "I don't know the goods, this gun is much better than the previous copper guns. Let me tell you that it was researched by our arsenal after a lot of effort. You think it is an ordinary gun. Iron, this is steel."

"steel?"

Shi Dalei and Li Dezhen looked at each other, and Liu Cheng said: "Come on, let me explain to you two, iron we all know, what makes knives and swords is iron, and steel is the evolution of iron, there is a saying that steel can be made after a hundred refinements. Thousands of blows, after the excess carbon is forged, it can be called steel. Compared with copper, steel has the characteristics of high hardness, high temperature resistance, and good toughness. It’s too high, and with steel barrels, you can fire six shots before the temperature rises to critical point.”

"Six cannons!"

Hearing this number, surprise appeared on the faces of Shi Dalei and Li Dezhen. This has fully doubled, which is equivalent to doubling the firepower. Thinking of this, Shi Dalei and Li Dezhen are very excited.

Liu Cheng said: "Yes, this is one of the great advantages of our new artillery, and the second is that we have designed rifling in this new artillery."

"Rifling?"

After hearing this, Shi Dalei and Li Dezhen's expressions became confused, and at this time Liu Cheng said: "Well, this is a new research topic of the arsenal. It is currently only used on new types of artillery, and it may be used on new types of firearms in a few days."

"Well, what is this rifling?"

Li Dezhen asked curiously, and at this time Liu Cheng said: "Come on, put your hands into the gun barrel and feel."

Hearing this, Li Dezhen reached into the cannon barrel and touched it, then said strangely: "Why are there spiral stripes in the cannon barrel?"

Liu Cheng smiled and said: "This is the rifling. When the cannon is fired, the shell is pushed out. With the rifling, the shooting direction of the shell can be regulated, and the power of the shell will be increased. That is to say, the shell can be fired more easily with the rifling." Yes, hit farther."

After hearing this, Shi Dalei and Li Dezhen said: "Then this rifling is a good thing. Why is such a good thing only used on this cannon? Go back and tell the county lord to take the bronze cannons of our army to make them too. A rifling."

After hearing this, Liu Cheng said: "Pull it down, don't bother, we already know the rifling in the arsenal, but the copper cannon can't be made, its material is not good enough, the rifling inside the copper cannon will be fired after a few rounds. The rifling is worn out, it takes a lot of work and money, it's not worth it."

"Oh, that's what happened."

After hearing this, Shi Dalei and Li Dezhen nodded, followed Shi Dalei to look at the cannon in front of him and said, "You said this cannon is so good, why didn't you make it earlier, if there was such a guy, he would have beaten the Tartars in Guihua City back then. It’s definitely easier when you’re there.”

Liucheng heard the words and said: "Make it earlier, and he can't do it earlier. This new type of artillery can be made, mainly thanks to the School of Mechanical Engineering of Lantian College. If they didn't make a waterwheel forging machine, we wouldn't be able to make it." New artillery."

"Water wheel forging machine?"

Shi Dalei became even more curious. He had never heard of this thing before. It is not surprising that Liucheng heard it. Lantian College is the biggest treasure of Lantian. It not only cultivated a group of administrative talents, but also a group of scientific research talents.

It is because of this group of scientific research talents that Lantian's technology tree is crazily full, such as this waterwheel forging machine, which is a great invention.

In the past, steelmaking and iron making in Lantian were all made by manual hammering. With so much strength, a person may only be able to forge the material for a musket in a whole day.

But the waterwheel forging machine is the representative work of Lantian from manual to semi-mechanical. The forging machine is a huge iron hammer. A piece of iron can be forged into shape with a few blows, and this hammer can withstand the workload of an old blacksmith for a day.

It is precisely because of this invention that Lantian's steel production has soared, which meets the conditions for mass production of steel cannons.

Moreover, due to the emergence of the waterwheel forging machine, the production and price of steel in Lantian have dropped rapidly. Li Chaosheng is also planning to manufacture steel cannons in large quantities and replace all the copper cannons in the army. After all, the cost of copper cannons is too expensive Well, copper is a precious metal in this era, and it can be spent directly as money.

I remember that when it was the most difficult time to make guns in Lantian, Li Chaosheng smelted a pile of copper coins in order to obtain enough copper. Now that he has steel, the copper can be laid off and continue to serve as his currency.

Li Chaosheng had even thought about it. When the army's bronze cannons were replaced, they would all be sent to the Mint, where they would be melted and made into copper coins, so as to solve the current situation of the lack of copper in Lantian.

After Liucheng's introduction, Shi Dalei and Li Dezhen liked the new artillery even more. At this time, Li Dezhen said: "Brother Liu, did you say who is in command of these artillery guns?"

Hearing this, Shi Dalei's eyes also widened, yes, who will command such a good cannon.

The two looked at Liu Cheng in unison, Liu Cheng couldn't understand what the two of them were thinking, since Liu Cheng became the logistics minister, these leading generals had dealt with the most, and these leading generals didn't have any requirements, they just wanted more Take more, and use any good equipment to your own troops to increase the combat effectiveness of your own troops.

Therefore, as soon as the two opened their teeth, Liu Cheng knew what they wanted to do. At this time, Liu Cheng said with a smile: "You two masters, I know what you mean, but none of you can take this batch of guns. Let’s go, commanded by the county lord, I’ll be the commander of this artillery team, and measure the quality of this batch of artillery by the way, if the quality is qualified, we can expand the production scale, and then we can collectively change equipment for you.”

After hearing this, Shi Dalei and Li Dezhen were slightly disappointed and said: "Oh, then you should be busy, we are leaving."

"Hey, you two guys, help me transport the cannon to the city wall before we go!"

Liu Cheng shouted loudly.

(End of this chapter)