I, Jiajing, Emperor Longevity

Chapter 16
In Zhejiang, after a winter dry season, the peach blossom flood has also passed.

In the fourth month of the lunar calendar, the Xin'an River has the most abundant water and generously irrigates the boundless rice fields on both sides of the river from the various weirs it flows through.

The river water is so clear and calm that people can't help but think of the motto "The best kindness is like water" in the "Tao Te Ching", which makes people feel infinite gratitude.

But this year, all the weirs were blocked, and the Xin'an River, which was bestowed by heaven, was caught by the embankments on both sides of the river and flowed down in vain.

Jiajing has set a period of five years, but there are benefits from the top and effects from the bottom. As soon as the imperial court's national policy of changing rice fields into mulberry fields was implemented, it brought disaster to the people of Zhejiang.

On the embankment of the Xin'an River in Chun'an County, there were actually many soldiers and government servants standing with swords and guns. The national policy of changing rice to mulberry.

A good thing that benefits the country and the people falls into the hands of magistrates and soon becomes a tyranny.

Fortunately, Jiajing added insurance to turn the deviated car back in time.

Sure enough, a group of five riders on the embankment galloped towards the embankment.

Gradually approaching, many people could clearly see the big red tassels on the helmet of the leading rider, and the black and red cloak on the back of the shoulders was flying backwards while galloping.

"It's Lord Zongzhen!"

cried an officer, reining in the reins.

He recognized that this man in third-grade armor was the immediate superior of his group of officers and soldiers, Qi Jiguang, who is currently the commander-in-chief of Taizhou Town, Zhejiang Province.

The five galloping horses were getting closer and closer, and the infantry soldiers on the embankment immediately ran forward and formed two neat rows on the embankment.

Qi Jiguang who was on the horse pulled the reins suddenly a few feet away from the two rows of infantry, and the five horsemen stopped neatly.

"Clap" sound.

The whip in Qi Jiguang's hand flashed across the face of the leading officer like lightning, and a bright red bloodstain immediately appeared on the officer's face.

After being whipped heavily, the officer stood up straighter.

At this time, another year has passed in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The Zhongnanshan base area already has many soldiers and generals, not to mention that Wang Chongyang is ready to try, and Yue Fei wants to make a big deal.

Jiajing got a million taels of silver, so he was naturally very generous. This time, what he shot was a weapon.

artillery! ! !

When it comes to hot weapons, the first thing that comes to mind during the Song Dynasty is Ling Zhen, nicknamed "Booming Thunder", whose ancestors passed through Yanling in the east of Beijing. He was good at making artillery and could shoot fourteen to five miles away.

Before he went to Liangshan, this person was originally the gunner of the deputy envoy of Jiazhanku in Tokyo. Hu Yanzhuo attacked Liangshan and invited Ling Zhen to assist him.

When Ling Zhen shelled Liangshan, Wu used a trick to capture Ruan Xiaoer alive in the water.Therefore, he surrendered to Liangshan, and specially built large and small cannons for Liangshan soldiers and horses.

After being recruited, he followed the Liangshan army to fight everywhere. After conquering Fangla, he survived and was appointed by the Imperial Battalion of the Gunpowder Bureau.

This is written in a novel, and there is no common sense at all.

Not to mention whether there were artillery in the Northern Song Dynasty, the effective range of the red-clothed cannon handed down to later generations was only six miles.

Fourteen or five miles away?You hit it with a sling!
Of course, the Song Dynasty did not have artillery in the modern sense. The return cannon mastered by the Yuan Dynasty was powerful for attacking cities and conquering territory, but it was a lever-weight trebuchet, which was extremely bulky and had no mobility at all.

As for the red cannon, the Jiajing Dynasty hadn't come out yet, and the Ming Dynasty only had the tiger crouching cannon and the Frang machine cannon.

These two weapons are the most important assistance this time.

It was the first time to fire a cannon, and Jiajing naturally had to be there to give pointers.

Therefore, after Wang Chongyang let go of his mind, Taoist Jiajing came again.

"General Zhang, go and see the cannon!"

"Win the general, Chongyang real person wants to shoot, let's learn..."

The general who won was Yue Yun, who was in his twenties. During the past six months in Zhongnan Mountain, under Wang Chongyang's guidance, his martial arts improved rapidly.

Yue Fei has always been a man with clear rewards and punishments, and treats soldiers kindly, so letting the eldest son start from the grassroots is not only an explanation to the soldiers, but also reflects his expectations for Yue Yun on a certain level.

When Zhang Xian led his troops to fight, every time Yue Yun was bound to take the lead in attacking the enemy, he was very brave.

Zhang Xian's army often returned with great victories, so the soldiers in the army all called Yue Yun "Winning Officers".It can be seen that Yue Yun's army is always victorious and undefeated, and Yue Yun was only 16 years old at that time.

"What kind of cannon is Chongyang Immortal shooting?" Yue Yun asked the warrior who reported the news.

"I don't know, I only know that the cannon black is not cold in winter, it is big and thick..."

Although the Song Dynasty had no artillery, it had explosives.

There is no iron shell for the explosives, only bamboo tubes. Black gunpowder is stuffed into the one-inch thick and one-foot-long bamboo tubes, then the twisters are poked in, and finally the openings are filled with bamboo paper, and a large firecracker is ready.

Throwing it with a catapult is naturally powerful.

On Zhongnan Mountain, all the generals, large and small, of the Yue family army arrived.

"Everyone, stand still, let's fire!" Jiajing roared.

boom!
In the hole of the tiger squatting cannon, after a loud noise that shook the sky, on the mountain a mile away, the wooden men who acted as enemies fell down in a row.

In order to facilitate shooting, the cannon is placed in a fixed posture, much like a tiger squatting, so it is named tiger squatting.

The tiger crouching gun is not very powerful. It is an early mortar style. It is a light artillery that mainly shoots in curved lines. It is suitable for combat areas such as mountains, forests, and paddy fields that hinder the mobility of the cannon.

This is the most commonly used firearm in Qi Jiguang's army. This lightweight artillery has a thin barrel and a short range (about 500 meters), but the slender barrel makes it more suitable for mountain warfare. Equipped with a large number of grassroots troops, it is more advanced than the European mortar styles in the same period.

"The tiger crouching cannon weighs 36 kilograms."

"Each launch can be filled with 5 pieces of small lead or pebbles weighing 100 cents, topped with a large lead or stone bullet weighing 30 taels. The radiation range is very large, especially suitable for field battles..."

Soon, someone lifted the fallen wooden men over.

"hiss!"

"This cannon is so powerful!"

"The key is lightness..."

"With a hundred of these cannons, the Jurchens are not afraid!"

The types of gunpowder in the Ming Dynasty were very rich, and there were more than 90 types of military gunpowder and their actual formulas.Compared with the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the composition of gunpowder in the Ming Dynasty was more reasonable, the quality of gunpowder was further improved, and the combustion performance and explosive power also reached a higher level.

This is the crushing of technology!
"The tiger squatting gun is only a light artillery, and its power is slightly insufficient."

"Go, pull up my Fran cannon..."

The Frang machine can fire continuously, and it pops up like a fire snake. It is also called a rapid-fire gun. It was introduced to China by the Portuguese at that time.

Although it is not as powerful as the red cannon, it can really be called a cannon.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

After firing three cannonballs in a row, everyone looked at the falling rocks in the distance, and they were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths.

Once the cannon is fired, wouldn't those iron floating maps and kidnapped horses look like paper?
(End of this chapter)