Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 867 The quality of the artillery is considered good (two in one)

He Jinzhao was worried about the lack of firepower.

But the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the city didn't have the slightest ability to empathize with He Jinzhao's sorrow, and trembled instead.

Several checkpoints in the forbidden ditch were easily breached by the hammer bandits, which really shocked the morale of the army and made them dare not look directly at the hammer bandits.

Previously they thought that General Cao and General Cao were defeated because the hammer bandits were lucky!

Got the relationship of right time and place.

But when the fists of the hammer gangsters really hammered their own heads, this group of people had no idea that the hammer gangsters were lucky.

All that's left is fear!
Tongguan is so steep that they can't stop the hammer bandits, so why don't we beat the farts?
Why not lower the Northwest Hammer King earlier to save the lives of the whole family.

After all, the hammer bandits set up their hammers several times, just waiting for them to surrender voluntarily.

If they surrender passively, they are designated to be dragged to work in black coal mines or mines.

But thanks to Qianzong Liu Xi's methods and the hope that Hong Chengchou will lead the troops back to support, no one has voluntarily surrendered yet.

In the Ming army camp, there are always a minority of people who have their own clear opinions, and most people follow the trend.

The main city of Tongguan was built extremely tall.

After Liu Xi resolutely gave up the rest of the checkpoints, he concentrated his manpower and spent three checkpoints in a row, wasting several days of He Jinzhao's time to clear the road.

At this time, he was standing on the top of the pass city, looking at the Hammer bandit soldiers below, with a serious expression on his face.

Governor Hong wrote back to him, telling him to stick to Tongguan and wait for rescue.

Liu Xi didn't know if Governor Hong had sent someone to support him. In the current situation, it was absolutely impossible to rely solely on guarding the dangerous place in Tongguan.

He wants to fight a wave of hammer bandits first, and then defend later, so that the support time will be longer.

Otherwise, there will inevitably be some narrow-minded people in Guancheng who want to chop off his head and join the hammer bandits.

It is not uncommon for soldiers to come to the city and engage in rebellion.

And Liu Xi thought that he couldn't be fair to the soldiers under his command. Once a great change happened, he would be the first to be unlucky.

Bai Guangen had recovered from the explosion a long time ago. Seeing the banners of the hammer bandits outside the city, and a lot of cannons, his scalp felt numb for a while.

There are rumors everywhere in the army that the artillery fired by the hammer bandits is like having eyes, and it is specially designed to drill into the crowd.

You can't even hide in the arrow tower, people will shoot in through the arrow hole.

Otherwise, Chief Qian Liu Xi would not have directly destroyed the three checkpoints to block the road and delay the attack of the hammer bandits.

But early this morning, the hammer bandits advanced to the main city of Tongguan.

"General Bai, first raise your cannons and confront the hammer bandits."

Liu Xi knew of the cannons made by Governor Hong in Yansui, so he distributed some to Bai Guangen.

Bai Guangen was still thinking when he heard:
"Why don't you take your car battalion out to have a head-to-head fight with the hammer bandits?"

Bai Guangen immediately agreed to bring the artillery to the city.

"Mr. Liu Qian, don't worry, let the hammer bandits also see how powerful the firearms of the Ming army are."

Liu Xi nodded. The firearms and cannons that were built with a lot of money by Governor Hong must not be far behind.

This time, the Hammer Bandit must be given a blow.

Bai Guangen was full of confidence, because these cannons were all general cannons he had seen before.

The cannon he was bombarded by He Jinzhao back then was the General Cannon.

As for the relatively large "Red Barbarian Cannon" pulled out by the Hammer Bandit, he also recognized it as the General Cannon.

His artillery is installed on the city wall, and the same artillery must be farther than those fired on the flat ground.

Especially since he still has two Hongyi cannons!
This was made by craftsmen recruited from the capital by Governor Hong.

With Bai Guangen's order, the Ming army in Tongguan got busy.

The artillery was directly pulled up amidst the shouting and chant of the crowd.

Placed on the crenels of the city walls.

Holding the binoculars, He Jinzhao shook his head and said, "Sure enough, Tongguan has artillery."

When Wang Chengyin assisted Zuo Guangxian in Yansui to closely protect the "cannon-casting craftsmen", he had already sent detailed information to He Jinzhao's case.

But these artillery firearms have never been used by Hong Chengchou.

Now the artillery is placed here in Tongguan, so Xi'an City does not know whether it is placed or not?

"Marshal, do you want to display our fake guns and try the quality of the guns of the Dog Officer Army?"

Zhou Da asked in a low voice, the tricks of false positions were all learned from the lecture hall.

"It doesn't hurt to try."

He Jinzhao didn't think that the officers and soldiers could create any good artillery, but he was cautious in defending against it.

He Jinzhao has the test data of that batch of artillery.

Even though Daming mastered superior cannon-making technology than the outsiders, most of the Hongyi cannons produced were inferior products, and they could still be imported if they could truly exert their power.

After all, Daming has its own national conditions!
What kind of bullshit status is a craftsman of the Ming Dynasty?

I give him a good face, even if their ancestral graves are covered with smoke.

The hammer bandits placed the fake guns at a distance of about [-] miles from Tongguan.

The artillery of the Shangguan army at this distance from Tongguan should be able to hit it.

Bai Guangen took a look with the binoculars, and then urged the gunners on the side to let them fire a cannon to listen to the sound.

Surrounding them are also the big general guns and a group of monkeys who look like flying crows, waiting for the hammer bandits to attack.

Several artillerymen loaded the gunpowder and stone balls and set them ablaze.

There was a bang.

There was a puff of white smoke.

Bai Guangen deliberately stayed away. Ever since his tinnitus was blown by landmines, he has stayed away from such cannonballs.

The stone bullet was very powerful, and it hit a mile away. After rolling on the ground for a long time, it hadn't rolled to the fake artillery position of the hammer bandits.

He Jinzhao raised his eyebrows slightly, and walked straight to the back.

He knew the artillery of the army, but he would not test his own life.

Next, it was specified that the amount of gunpowder should be increased, and the chamber might explode several times.

He Jinzhao is looking forward to the quality of the artillery of the officers and soldiers.

Holding the binoculars, Bai Guangen has been chasing the whereabouts of the stone bullet, and this is the end?
He didn't even touch the side of the hammer bandit.

Bai Guangen's complexion immediately fell, the artillery hit so close.

He asked the guards to urge him to fight further.

Several artillerymen visually observed that the shells hit close, and decided to add more gunpowder.

Bai Guangen watched as a large group of hammer bandit soldiers continued to retreat, instead of staying beside the artillery and firing the cannon.

Did the hammer bandits think that their first shot was deliberately close, so they retreated cautiously?

But why not push the cannon and run?

Or did the hammer bandits also want to fish and lure their side out of the city to destroy their artillery, so they deliberately left the artillery and retreated?
Bai Guangen didn't figure out the relationship for a while, but this didn't prevent him from preparing to observe again.

Liu Xi, who was also standing aside, was not satisfied with the power of the cannon that Governor Hong personally supervised and built.

He began to wonder if those artillerymen were unskilled in using them?
After all, Bai Guangen's car camp was arranged in Tongguan as Governor Hong's back-up.

It's not that he didn't have precautions against He Jinzhao, it's just that he didn't announce it to the public, but arranged it secretly.

"General Bai, do your soldiers often use artillery?"

Hearing Liu Xi's question, Bai Guangen nodded repeatedly.

His car battalion was imitated after the Hammer bandits, and the Hammer bandits could rely on the car camp to defeat the Jin Tartars. How could Bai Guangen not pay attention to training?

Especially when General Cao was sent to guard the border, Bai Guangen naturally had to perform well.

Liu Xi glanced at Bai Guangen, and then looked at the two cannon soldiers working hard against the sun.

He always felt that the guns made by the government and the army were not as good as the guns of the hammer bandits.

At least not in the quasi-head.

Bai Guangen didn't even fire the first shot well, so he still has the face to say that his soldiers often train?

Since entering Tongguan, Liu Xi has never seen his soldiers fire artillery.

"General Bai, the hammer bandits abandoned their cannons to escape, there must be a fraud, we can't leave the pass city easily."

Liu Xi pointed to the outside and said, "If the gunners under your command can shoot down the cannons of the Hammer bandits, I will reward them ten taels of silver for one."

Bai Guangen smiled, and said to the servant beside him:

"Hurry up and tell those bastards, it all depends on the ability to eat."

"Yes."

When the gunners of the two Hongyi cannons heard that there was a reward for silver, they began to aim again.

Bang bang white smoke came out of the two cannons.

Looking again, the stone bullet was indeed closer to the Hammer Bandit's artillery than last time.

Liu Xi was very satisfied, ten taels of silver could mobilize their enthusiasm.

Seeing that the shot was farther than the last time, Bai Guangen secretly heaved a sigh of relief. The first shot just now was too conservative, so that the hammer bandits saw it as a joke.

Next, let the hammer gangsters take a good look at our strength!
After a while, the shells were still fired further away, almost reaching the fake artillery position set up by the hammer bandits.

Bai Guangen was a little impatient, so he asked someone to urge him to go further, otherwise the reward money would be gone and he would have to be whipped.

He trained well on weekdays, why did he pull his hips like this when he was on the battlefield today?
Zhou Da, who was outside Tongguan, took a binoculars and watched carefully where the artillery shells of the officers and soldiers fell.

"Marshal, if this continues, if they continue to fire within three rounds, their artillery will explode."

He Jinzhao nodded. He was no match for Zhou Da in terms of proficiency in gun handling.

Don't look at him as a mighty general now, but he still hasn't let go of artillery training and artillery skills.

After several rounds of shelling, the shells were finally smashed into the fake artillery positions of the hammer bandits, which caused the officers and soldiers on Tongguan to cheer.

Bai Guangen laughed out loud, and also heaved a sigh of relief:

"Mr. Liu Qian, you're going to spend money now!"

Seeing this scene, Liu Xi also waved his hands and said, "Of course I'm willing to spend money to hit me."

Otherwise, when Tongguan is forced, his family's surplus wealth and life will not be guaranteed, and what will he do like a miser?
Just when the two looked forward to it.

Suddenly there was a loud bang.

Then came the wailing of several people.

A Hongyi cannon on the city wall exploded immediately, directly killing a soldier and wounding several officers and soldiers.

The surrounding soldiers were all shocked, and they all moved away from the accident site.

Only the wounded soldiers lying on the ground screaming.

Bai Guangen, Liu Xi and others all walked forward quickly.

Seeing that there were no more explosions, the soldiers on the side began to step forward to check the injuries of the wounded soldiers.

Bai Guangen pushed away the crowd and stood in front to investigate, asking what was going on?

The soldiers on the side said that the artillery was overheating, and wanted to stop, but the corporal said that it would cost ten taels of silver to fire another cannon.

And that's what happened!
The corporal leader on the side opened his mouth and closed it again. He didn't expect such a thing to happen.

Bai Guangen's face was very ugly, and a cannon was immediately disabled.

The other cannon was also red.

He didn't have a few Hongyi cannons in his hand, they were all general cannons.

There was a sudden explosion on the city, and then the soldiers fled in all directions, which made Zhou Da laugh out loud:

"Marshal, their artillery really exploded!"

He Jinzhao also laughed out loud. As expected, most of the products produced by military craftsmen were defective.

The top is strict with the bottom and has no rewards, so the people below are naturally fooling the top.

Counting on a group of civil servants and ministers who study firearms and artillery like Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua, few of them will put down their dignity.

So they are coaxed by craftsmen, and the real numbers are normal.

As long as you don't make mistakes, you can escape punishment and have some rewards. Who wants to take risks in innovative technology?

Let's stick to the rules together.

"I didn't expect a cannon to fire for such a long time before it was scrapped."

He Jinzhao put down the binoculars in his hand and said, "The quality of this batch is much better than before."

"Marshal, now that the morale of the enemy army has plummeted, is it time for us to play?"

"That's right, since they come up and give it for free, we must not let this opportunity pass by. The artillery presses up and tells them to take a good look at the power of our Hammer Bandit artillery!"

"Yes."

After Zhou Da took the order, he called everyone to start cleaning up the fake artillery position, and at the same time pushed the artillery forward.

"Master Liu, the hammer bandit has made a move!"

The Ming army on the city wall looked around, and the hammer bandits pushed ten cannons forward and backward in dislocations and continued to advance.

"Fire and block!"

Liu Xi gave the order and said.

"Master Liu, the barrel of the cannon is overheated. You have to wait a while. If you are firing a cannon, the cannon will also explode."

The chief minister on the side hurriedly said that he didn't want to end up like a soldier just now.

Bai Guangen nodded, and was quite worried about the quality of the artillery.

"Let's wait for a while, and wait until the Hammer Bandit's artillery has dissipated, and then we will fight back."

Liu Xi thinks Bai Guangen is talking nonsense, haven't you seen with your own eyes how accurate the Hammer Bandit's artillery is?

At that time, we will only be hit by the artillery of the hammer bandits, where can we fight back?
"Pull this cannon back first, and hide it."

Bai Guangen ignored Liu Xi's gaze, gave the order directly, and then ordered everyone to avoid the guns.

After the hammer bandits bombarded the city, the soldiers began to attack the city, and they were relying on the strong city to fight back.

Bai Guangen didn't believe that the hammer bandits could easily conquer Tongguan with the power of their artillery?
This main gate city is much bigger than those gates. Even if the hammer bandits launched ten cannons and bombarded them day and night, he still wouldn't be able to conquer them.

Seeing that Bai Guangen had made an arrangement, Liu Xi didn't talk too much, and sent someone to hide on the city wall to observe and report.

Then he led a large group of people and squatted on the horse path on the other side of the city wall to prevent the hammer bandits from suddenly carrying the ladder to the city.

Just in the apprehension of the officers and soldiers.

A cannon outside Tongguan let out a roar, charged directly at Tongguan, and smashed on the city wall.

The gravel was thrown into chaos.

Immediately afterwards, the nine artillery pieces roared.

Stone bullets rushed towards Tongguan.

(End of this chapter)