Please ask me to be the emperor

Although since ancient times, there has been a saying in the art of war of "encircling three towers and one tower". However, "the beauty of application lies in one mind." Attacking from all sides is not an impossible method.

There are only a few people under the rebel army. After more than ten days of careful selection and training by Ma Yingniang, more than 400 people have been trained, and they can barely be used if there is no field battle.

With this allocation, the two thousand "mao gourds" left behind can be assigned to five hundred people to defend each city gate.

The former Henan headquarters Wang Shaoyu's subordinates were able to pick out three to four hundred usable soldiers, but they became the more elite soldiers in the city.

Not long after, the officers and soldiers drove Ding Zhuang to the front of the city again. Zhao Lizi stood on the city wall, staring for a long time, and then said to himself: "What a pity! If I have two hundred elite cavalry under my command, I can take the opportunity to charge at them. The men outside the city will definitely be defeated, and the officers and soldiers will be turned back. You can defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!”

After hearing this, Gao Yizhi couldn't help but use his weird accent to persuade: "It doesn't matter, our city defense method of Europa is unparalleled in the world. No matter how many soldiers the enemy has, they can't break it!"

"I hope so!" Zhao Lizi was noncommittal. He had been with Zhang Shun for a long time and knew that Zhang Shun particularly hated various sects and was unwilling to get involved too much with him.

After Ding Zhuang approached the city, the rebels quickly lit the artillery. After a deafening sound of cannons, Ding Zhuang, who rushed to the city gate not far away, fell down again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the sound of artillery stopped, the officers, soldiers and cavalry rushed up through the smoke of gunpowder. When the smoke cleared, the cavalry had already rushed to the city gate.

These impatient cavalry have already begun to turn left and right, preparing to rush into the artillery firing positions of the enemy platforms on both sides of the city gate.

The gunner who fired the cannon jumped in fright and quickly lit the cannon in front of him again. After another terrifying roar, most of the galloping cavalry, both men and horses, spattered a mist of blood and fell to the ground.

Only a few broke through the barrage and finally approached the rebel launch window. Unexpectedly, what appeared in front of them was a launch port the size of a window. In their hurry, they could not get through at all.

What was even more frightening was that they watched helplessly as the artillery that had just been fired retreated due to the recoil, and what was pushed up again was another fully loaded artillery piece.

The rebels inside the window tremblingly picked up the torch and lit the fuse of the artillery again.

"No!" The officers and soldiers in front of them shouted in fear, and were immediately drowned in the huge roar.

The few cavalrymen in front of them were smashed to pieces like a mantis using its arms as a chariot. Although their fate was so miserable, the target of these artillery pieces was not actually them, but the second wave of charging cavalry behind them.

The artillery on both sides of the enemy platform seemed to be inexhaustible, massacring the enemy in front of them over and over again.

After being bombarded five or six times by rebel artillery, the officers and soldiers in front of them could no longer withstand it, turned around and fled.

Unexpectedly, the city gate suddenly opened at this time, and Zhao Lizi personally led 200 people to chase after him. He slashed and killed the officers, soldiers and infantry who could not escape, and then returned to the city with satisfaction.

Among the four city gates in Luoyang, not only Zhao Lizi's side had this result, but the other three city gates were also roughly the same.

The four generals Yang Hualin, Liu Guozhen, He Renlong and Liu Qian were defeated. They ran back to the camp in embarrassment, knelt down in front of Henan Governor Chen Qiyu, and cried bitterly: "Supervisor! Thief artillery. Multiple attacks, as dense as rain falling, in an endless stream. The strong men, officers and soldiers were like mowing grass, hundreds of people fell in an instant, with heavy casualties, and it was impossible to get close to the city wall!"

Needless to say, Chen Qiyu already knew the result based on the sound of cannons and observations from the watchtower.

His face was ashen, he overturned the table in front of him, and roared with all his strength: "Who can tell me what is going on! How come these rebellious officials and traitors have so many artillery!"

No wonder Chen Qiyu couldn't believe it. The artillery on a city gate included artillery on the left and right flanks and on the city. There were at least three heavy artillery pieces at a time.

Based on five or six consecutive salvos, the rebels would have had more than eighty artillery pieces in their hands, or even more than a hundred.

Although Luoyang City was an important place for the vassal king, it was not an important border town after all. How could there be so many cannons in stock?

Even if the thieves keep casting cannons day and night, it is impossible to cast a hundred heavy cannons in one go. Chen Qiyu originally thought that he was sure of victory, but how could he have imagined that such a change would happen? He couldn't help but be so angry.

After calming down for a moment, Chen Qiyu stared at Yang Hualin and asked, "Where is Cao Wen's imperial edict? Is there any reply?"

Yang Hualin's heart trembled, he quickly took two steps on his knees, leaned forward and replied: "I have sent out two groups of messengers, but there is still no reply!"

"Didn't you say that we will arrive within two days?" Chen Qiyu's voice was so cold that it almost turned into ice.

"This was the reply from Cao Wen's imperial edict before!" At this point, Yang Hualin had no choice but to be tough and tough to the end.

"Hurry up and send someone to contact me again. If there is no news again, don't blame me on the military law enforcement!" Chen Qiyu closed his eyes, looked up to the sky and sighed.

Yang Hualin's whole body suddenly became cold and he quickly responded in a low voice. He knew that this was the ultimatum given to him by Governor Chen Qiyu. If this matter went wrong again, even if he was his confidant, he would not be merciful anymore.

In fact, it's no wonder that Chen Qiyu is ruthless. Everything going wrong now has given him a bad premonition.

Everything is unexpected, could it be a trap?

No wonder Chen Qiyu was full of doubts. Even Zhang Shun did not expect that the "iron mold cannon casting method" he mentioned at the beginning would become the key to defending Luoyang City.

It turned out that when Zhang Shun proposed the "iron mold cannon casting method" to Governor Zhang, he did not reject it outright like Liu Gang. Instead, he made an iron mold and tested it many times.

It was found that after the iron mold was made, the inner wall was painted with mud mortar. Not only could it be used multiple times, but the cast artillery also had no trachoma or honeycomb, which greatly improved the yield.

You must know that in the past, clay mold casting methods were often inconsistent. After the casting is completed, repeated inspection and testing are required before a usable cannon can be selected.

Of course, the same "iron mold casting method" is not without cost. The biggest problem is that the quality of cast artillery is far inferior to that of clay-moulded artillery.

There were no instruments for testing in this era, so Governor Zhang and others certainly didn't know. Cannons cast by the clay mold casting method generally use gray cast iron due to slow cooling. Some cast steels or ductile irons with relatively high impurities may appear in some castings with excellent casting standards.

However, the artillery cast by the "iron mold casting method" cooled too quickly, so the artillery bodies cast were all white cast iron.

The most typical representative among them is the Yangcheng plow mirror, which is cast with iron molds. This plow mirror is hard, brittle, and very wear-resistant.

However, although the quality of these artillery pieces is not good, they are sufficient as defensive guns. For Shougun, excessive weight is not a problem because it does not require maneuverability.

There is no need to "shoot far", and most of them fire shotgun shells with a large killing area, and the requirements for chamber pressure are not high.

From then on, the rebels continued to forge day and night, and almost completed the artillery preparations before the officers and soldiers arrived.

Coupled with the transformation work of Han Lin and Gao Yizhi on Luoyang City, the officers and soldiers faced a steady stream of artillery barrages and could no longer easily capture the city.

There should be only one update today. The second update depends on the author’s update speed.