Eight Young Masters of Yang Family Generals

Only then did Yang Yanrong feel relieved, if Lao Tzu contributed 30 jin to concubine laughing in vain, then he would have to pay for it without having to wear his pants!

Zhao Guangyi snorted and looked at the surrounding officials: "I have launched the battle to attack Liao twice. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, I have attacked Liao several times, but all ended in failure. This time I got [-] horses. It is enough to form six ten thousand cavalry troops, hum, I don't believe it, this time I can't take Youyun Sixteen States back."

"Your majesty is wise!" All the ministers praised.

Yang Yanrong hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, why did you separate the 6 cavalry? Couldn't you form an army of your own? If you separate them, how can [-] people charge so fiercely?"

Zhao Guangyi laughed, and said: "Yang Yanrong, Yang Balang, I really thought you were an idiot who didn't know how to fight, so you also understand this principle! Yes, I also have this idea, but have you ever thought about it? How can I build an invincible cavalry in three months with three months of preparation time? If I were given two years, I would definitely be able to do it, but three months is too much time. Shorter."

Yang Yanrong laughed dryly, and said: "I'm just a superficial opinion, and I can't take it seriously. Since your father-in-law has already made up your mind, we'll do it when the time comes."

Zhao Guangyi nodded slightly, and said: "In the past several times when we attacked Liao, we all went in separate groups and were defeated by the Liao people one by one. But this time, hmph, I will concentrate all my strength to attack one point, the sixteen prefectures, and I will break them one by one. Of."

Yang Yanrong didn't understand these things, he listened to what Zhao Guangyi said.

"How many troops are we going to send this time?" Yang Yanrong's main concern is of course the number of people. If the number is not as large as that of the Liao people, then fuck off.

"30!" Zhao Guangyi said: "15 forbidden troops, 15 garrison troops from Yanmen, and a 30 army will concentrate on attacking Liao. Yang Yanrong, don't let me down when the time comes. If you enter, you will enter, and if you are told to retreat, you must retreat, and you must not act recklessly, do you understand?"

"Who will lead the army? Is the food and grass ready? What about the logistics support?" These are the most practical things on the battlefield. If the general is incompetent and commands randomly, then there is no need to fight. Everyone cares about themselves Run for your life.

Zhao Guangyi stared at him in surprise, this kid is good, but everyone has asked the right point, it seems that this guy's ability needs to be reassessed, is it an overkill to make him a pioneer?

"Tell me, if you were the chief general, how would you attack Liao?" Zhao Guangyi had an idea in his mind, and wanted to see how deep the boy's water was.

Yang Yanrong thought of the movies and TVs he had seen in later generations, especially the Eighth Route Army. What if the opponent comes to rescue us when we attack the city? Then we can surround the city without fighting, wait for the reinforcements from the opponent to come to rescue, try to ambush the reinforcements, and then turn to attack the empty city. Hit the troops together to fight, so that the opponent has to divide the troops to guard, so that we have the best advantage, this is called encirclement and reinforcements."

Hearing this, Zhao Guangyi couldn't help nodding his head. He glanced at Pan Mei and motioned to test him.

"What if the enemy master can't shrink back? What should you do?" Pan Mei understood and asked with a smile.

Yang Yanrong thought for a while, then said: "Let's blow open the city gate for him, I don't think he can get out."

Pan Mei sneered and said: "Explode it, don't even think about it. If the city wall is thick, how do you blow it up? Use gunpowder? The other party is not a fool, just pour cold water on it, and your gunpowder will naturally lose its effect."

Yang Yanrong said: "Let's use cannonballs. That thing is fierce. Tens of thousands of cannons are fired. It only takes one round of cannonballs. Isn't the city wall like a paper talisman?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, none of them knew what this "cannon" was!

Yang Yanrong said: "The so-called cannon is a powerful weapon of war. It doesn't exist yet, but we can make it. Use an iron pipe, put a solid big iron ball in it, and then fill it with gunpowder. Light the fuze, and the big iron ball inside the copper tube will fly out and hit the city wall, and with a bang, it will penetrate the city wall."

Zhao Guangyi asked anxiously: "Can you make that kind of 'cannon'?"

Yang Yanrong shook his head and said, "I haven't done it before, but I can give it a try."

When Yang Yanrong explained the principle of the cannon, everyone was speechless in shock. If there are such sharp firearms in the world, what's the use of building cities?As soon as the artillery came over, the city wall was bombed down.

Zhao Guangyi was in a hurry, and immediately ordered Yang Yanrong to make one and try it out.Even the weapon supervisor was mobilized by him. If it can be built, then the attack on Liao is really a sure thing.

Where did Yang Yanrong make this thing?It’s just that I have seen some real objects and some materials of ancient Hongyi cannons in later generations. If I want to build a cannon, it’s a bit whimsical.But the emperor gave an order and had to obey.

Anxious Zhao Guangyi took Yang Yanrong and went to the Weapons Supervision. Pan Mei and the others were also very curious, wanting to see how the so-called cannon was made.

Yang Yanrong racked his brains to come up with a solution. First get a big iron pipe and try the cannon.Fortunately, the Weapons Supervisor had experience in making muskets before, and there were a lot of iron pipes, and they were also very experienced in making iron pipes.Yang Yanrong asked them to make the barrel of the musket a hundred times thicker and ten times longer, and the iron pipe should be made of solid pig iron, gradually thickening from the mouth to the body of the barrel.

The craftsmen of the weapon supervisor saw that the emperor had come, how could they dare to neglect?So a big, thick and long iron pipe was poured on the spot. The back of the iron pipe was sealed, but a small hole was left at the end for a fuze.

Seeing that this big piece of iron might be heavier than his iron-point steel gun, Yang Yanrong couldn't help but wry smile. This can be regarded as the earliest gun in this era.Now that you have a barrel, of course you have to have shells.Cannonballs are simple, just pour a few big iron balls weighing nearly one hundred catties.

Pan Mei and the others, who had been watching the whole process, were amazed. Can such a simple thing really have such great power?They all couldn't help shaking their heads, I'm afraid this kid is bragging.

Yang Yanrong even had no experience in firing cannons, so he asked people to put this big iron pipe into the big field outside, put a stone under it, tilt the barrel, and then fill it with gunpowder. I understand, just put it in anyway, and then tamp it down with a wooden stake, and put a long fuze through the small hole behind the breech of the gun, and then put a big iron lump in it.

Although he didn't know how powerful this thing was, but looking at this big guy, he thought about lighting the fuse for a while, and the noise of this thing might not be too small.After ordering people to ignite the fuze, they told everyone to dodge quickly, as far as possible. If this thing blows up and hurts yourself, it will be very bad.

Yang Yanrong was afraid, Zhao Guangyi and others were also very afraid, and they all hid far away, so much gunpowder can kill people.

After Yang ordered the craftsmen of the weapon supervisor to ignite the fuze, everyone covered their ears vigorously.Seeing the sparks of the fuze "chichichi", everyone's hearts were in their throats.This thing is not working at all!

"Boom!" After a loud noise, the cannonball flew out, but no one knew where it went, but the tube was a bit funny, it flew straight into the air, and then fell down with a "whoosh". The walls of the weapon prison were smashed down.

Although Zhao Guangyi and the others covered their ears, the loud explosion sound was really uncomfortable. The inside of their head was buzzing with the strong loud noise, and they didn't wake up for a long time.

"Balang, the power of your cannon is really not small! You didn't hit the enemy, but almost killed your own people!" Pan Mei looked at the cannon barrel leaning against the wall, and suddenly became furious. Come.

Yang Yanrong smiled awkwardly, and said: "It's the first time, I don't have much experience, it seems that there is too much gunpowder, try another shot later, it should not blow up the barrel!"

At this time, someone came to report that an unknown object near the city wall had shot into the city wall and penetrated a large hole in the city wall.The Weapons Supervisor was not far from the city wall, so the cannon must have hit the city wall.

Zhao Guangyi and others were amazed, is this cannon really so powerful?So the group hurried to the city wall again, only to see a hole the size of a sea bowl stuck in the center of the three-meter-thick city wall.

"Is this really made by the cannonball?" Pan Mei stared wide-eyed, looking at the hole in disbelief, and gasped in her heart.

"There should be no fake!" Zhao Guangyi nodded affirmatively, his face was full of excitement, and the fierce light in his eyes was very scary.

"Go and find that shell!" Pan Mei gave an order to the workers of the weapon supervisor, and soon, they dug out the deformed iron ball more than ten feet away from the city wall.At this time, the iron ball, which was originally round, was about to become a round cake.His whole body was covered with mud, and it was said that he had sunk several feet deep and dug it out with great difficulty.

Everyone was shocked, this iron bump is so powerful?It's too scary!Thinking of the scene where the boy Yang Yanrong said just now, the tens of thousands of guns were fired, everyone's face changed.Even the thick walls of the capital can be penetrated, how can those small cities be defended?

Zhao Guangyi laughed and said, "Yang Yanrong, quickly test the cannons for me, so that these cannons can safely shoot out the shells without blowing up the barrels. Immediately, immediately. If you try it well, build it hard for me. The more you get, the better, haha, if I have ten thousand guns in hand, why worry about being unable to attack or win?"

Yang Yanrong groaned secretly, grandma, is it reasonable to ask me, a half-assed expert, to be your cannonball expert?But seeing that the old father-in-law is in high spirits, it can't defeat his old man's interest, can it?Immediately, he ordered someone to check whether the gun barrel was still usable. Fortunately, the gun barrel was made of pig iron, but a little iron filings were scraped off the gun body, so it seemed to be still usable.

After setting up the cannon again and reloading the gunpowder, Yang Yanrong didn't dare to pretend too much this time, only one-fifth of the previous one, but even so, Yang Yanrong and others were terribly afraid.

After the heavy relative installed the cannonball fuze, everyone ran further as if they had a tacit understanding.

"Boom!" After another loud bang, the cannon turned around a few more times, and fell to the ground. Fortunately, it was not as scary as before, and the cannon was blown out.

Yang Yanrong ran over to take a look, hey, the barrel of the cannon was quite hot, but it was obviously still usable.The cannonball flew far away again, but this time the cannonball did not hit the city wall, but flew far away from the city wall and landed two miles away.

The craftsmen of the Weapons Supervision searched for a long time before they brought back the solid shell.

Zhao Guangyi was very satisfied when he saw it, and ordered: "Reduce the amount of gunpowder by half, and try again!"

Everyone focused on setting up the cannon again. Yang Yanrong always felt that something was wrong. The cannon body should still be blown up like this. Put a base on the root of the wood, so that the gun body cannot move, so it should not be bombarded. The amount of gunpowder just now should be enough, but the gun body is not stable, so it was blown over."

When Zhao Guangyi heard this, he thought it was right, so he asked someone to follow Yang Yanrong's method, lift a big iron mound, and fix the cannon body firmly on the iron mound.

When the third cannon was fired, the cannon body was finally not blown over.Everyone was overjoyed, this guy called the cannon was made under the witness of everyone.The power is fierce, and it can be said to be the best weapon for siege.

Yang Yanrong also thought of a problem, that is, if the gun body is overheated, there is a danger of explosion after firing a few shots and then reloading with gunpowder. Therefore, he resolutely stopped testing the gun and explained the reason to Zhao Guangyi.

Everyone felt that it was reasonable, and now it was just a test of the cannon, if it hurt someone because of this, it was really inappropriate.

It's a pity that there are no thermometers in this era, and Yang Yanrong doesn't know how to make the blooming bombs that he has seen on TV before, so he can only make it like this first, anyway, it is enough to bomb the city wall.

Under Yang Yanrong's suggestion, a rigid rule came out. After each cannon was fired, the cannon had to cool down for half an hour before it could be fired again.This is also a no-brainer, who said that the conditions here are too low?

Pan Meidao: "Officials, now that the Great Song Dynasty has such a sharp weapon, it is really God's blessing to our Great Song Dynasty. Please give the official a name for this cannon, so that it will be included in the history policy in the future, and the name will be passed down through the ages."

The ministers responded to Pan Mei's proposal one after another, and Zhao Guangyi was so happy that he smiled and thought of a name: "How about we call it Balang Cannon? This cannon was made under the supervision of Yang Balang. It can be said that it is named after Balang. Well deserved."

My day!Hachiro Cannon!When Yang Yanrong heard it, he almost fell down.