Thank you, when I left the palace, Macheng, I sighed that raiding the house was indeed a wonderful way to make money. If I hadn't raiding the house and paid a sum of money, the emperor would not have been so generous.

After arbitrarily, he would enjoy wealth and honor. After a few days of ridiculousness, he entrusted Liu Zihua to Mr. Zhou and temporarily lived in the Shangshu Mansion. She was a talented woman in Jiangnan. Shangshu Zhou loved her very much and was not afraid of being bullied.

Leaving Beijing with a hard heart, I went to Jizhou first.

Jizhou, Zhenjun camp.

Sun Zushou, the general of Ji Town, was still in a good position, surrounded a piece of open space, opened the furnace to smel copper and cast cannons.

Zhou Yongchun became the Minister of War. In the past few days, he transferred craftsmen from Beijing to Jizhou to try to build sample cannons. The standard for sample cannons was the field cannon that Macheng could see. After seeing a few craftsmen from the Ministry of War, he was disappointed and had to admit that the Ming Dynasty of the times.

The artillery making technology has long lagged behind the West, and it is still impossible to build light field legion cannons. So I brought some craftsmen back to Kaiyuan and explored slowly. I could only build bronze cannons on both sides. If I wanted to build light and durable cast iron cannons, I

It's a fool.

After leaving the customs, he arrived in Jinzhou two days later and met Xiong Tingbi.

Mr. Xiong was full of energy. When he saw him, the old man was supervising the worker to dig a hole. The military and civilians in Jinzhou went into battle together, raising potholes dug in the city and stockpiled military rations. Fortunately, 120,000 troops had been removed from the Liaohe defense line, leaving only 30,000 elite troops.

The food and grass saved are enough for two years to eat, and the grain stored is still continuously transported from Shanhaiguan. It depends on the situation and is determined to make a long-term plan.

Standing at a high place in the city, Macheng was speechless. This Jinzhou City was really a Jedi. Standing in the city, it was like a turtle among the man. It was impossible to advance and retreat, but it was impossible to defend it. If Jinzhou was lost, the Ming army in western Liaoning would be completely driven away.

Outside the pass, it is difficult to get out of the pass, and you can't lose it or save it. There are too many places suitable for setting up ambush from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou for more than 300 miles.

The Jiannu cavalry army came and went like the wind. If it really came to siege the city and fight aid, the battle of Songshan in later generations would be a bloody end and the entire army would collapse. Fortunately, the garrison of Jinzhou was Qi Jin, and Xiong Gong assigned him 20,000 elite troops, plus

The four thousand Zhejiang soldiers had sufficient food and supplies, and could defend for one or two years at least. Qi Jin was not tall, but was extremely strong. Together with the general Zu Dashou, Sichuan soldiers, Qin Bangping and others discussed it.

Ma Cheng looked at these generals and felt a little strange. Qi Jin and others should have died in the Battle of Liaoshen, but they survived intact. This was due to the butterfly effect. That day, he re-cats under Shenyang City.

Assault, the Jiannu artillery team was destroyed in one fell swoop. This is how it is. Only 4,000 Zhejiang soldiers and 2,000 Sichuan soldiers were able to be preserved. They did not die tragically under the bombardment of Jiannu artillery. Now they have become the main force in Jinzhou. This historically changing achievement

The feeling is still very touching.

Most of the Zhejiang and Sichuan soldiers are infantrymen. Although the field battles are not worthy of use, defending the city should have strong combat power.

After sitting down, Qi Jin thanked first: "The last general has not thanked the Lord of the General Town for taking in it."

Ma Cheng felt ashamed when he saw his sincere expression. He was so unkind that he wanted to act obediently after digging his corner.

After ambiguously, Qi Jin said sincerely: "Shen Liang can listen to and use it under the command of the General Town Lord, and he will be extremely happy."

Ma Cheng became more and more embarrassed, and he felt sorry for him after all. He immediately promised him 20,000 armor-breaking heavy arrows and a batch of weapons, which was considered a favor to poach people.

Mr. Xiong laughed happily and said, "It's so good. If all the generals and officials in Liao Town can be so harmonious, why worry about not being able to recover Liaoshen."

Ma Cheng sighed, saying that, "That's what you can fight, and the harmonious ones have long been cheated by friendly forces. Only these fools are left, and I don't know how many people will be left today next year."

The next day, outside the city.

The ground was dug three feet outside Jinzhou City, and the weather was about to warm up. Xiong Tingbi used all the methods to dig out of Jinzhou, like a mud pond after the flood, and buried pits everywhere, and also watered the Daling River.

It is difficult to get a soldier when it is cold, and it is even harder to move on when it is hot. Many fortresses have been built on the mountains outside the city. They use human power to push the rolling wood up and fix it with ropes. When they are cut with a knife, the sky collapses and the earth is cracked.

Xiong Tingbi is good at defending the city, and he is an expert in defending the city. He does not just hide in the city, but arranges external defenses in advance. Ma Cheng also knows that defending the city is morale, and these peripheral fortresses can delay Jiannu's military attack.

It was disappointed that there were eight general artillery on the city, two generals and three generals with a number of gunpowder and shells.

Ma Cheng pondered for a long time, but finally gave up the idea of ​​transferring Kaiyuan artillery team to assist in the battle. In Kaiyuan artillery battalion, there were not many gunners who mastered the new type of fireworks, and they could not afford to lose money. New type of fireworks, gunpowder, and even more.

You must not fall into the hands of Jiannu, otherwise Ma Cheng should have committed suicide by swinging his sword, nor would he want to see his own city walls, and tremble under the precise bombardment of cannons.

I just regret that copper smelting is also a meticulous job. The monthly copper cannons still have only two copper cannons. I can't make light field cannons, so I can only rely on time to slowly stock up on falcon cannons. The weight of the new falcon cannon should be limited to less than two thousand kilograms.

At that time, one pound is about 600 grams, and two thousand pounds exceeds one ton. Four strong horses may not be able to move. However, compared with the cast iron cannons on Jinzhou City, the bronze cannons are still much lighter, which is also the power of the horse city.

The reason for the development of bronze cannons.

The artillery of the City Defense General was more than two meters long and weighed more than three thousand kilograms, which was nearly two tons. With the history of artillery development that Macheng had studied in the military academy, he knew very well that in this era, we should build light field cannons.

It is ridiculous to be able to use bronze or iron to make it. Even so, it is still very difficult to solve the problem of blow-off caused by the thin barrel of the gun. It is necessary to undergo a lot of verification.

Looking at the busy civilians outside the city, Marin pondered and asked, "How to prevent artillery."

Xiong Tingbi replied helplessly: "There is no other way, so he has to strengthen the city wall. I have ordered people to go up the mountain to quarry and build a urn city. It will be completed within half a month."

Ma Cheng was frightened, and all the generals and officials looked gloomy and felt awkward. It was always the Ming Dynasty who used cannons to bombard others. Today, I finally tasted the feeling of being bombarded. Jiannu had removed many cannons from Liaoshen cities.

, but the generals of the city defense had more than forty guns, and the second generals had more guns. After a winter of war, the Han army gunners were trained, so naturally they would not have been transported to the cannons just because Jinzhou was mountainous.

All the generals present were fighting old battles, and they were skilled in fighting formations. They naturally knew that the city walls temporarily reinforced by Jinzhou could not resist the continuous bombardment of cannons. Fortunately, the elite soldiers guarding the city finally occupied the defense.

The advantages of Fang can be filled with human life and can be filled for a while.

Qi Jin was also a good general and said resolutely: "The last general should hide a wise cavalry in the mountains. The Lord of Xuezong Town rushed to the formation with the wise cavalry under the city of Shenyang that day, which would be a big problem."
Chapter completed!