Chapter 187: Strong Army

These two people should be the radical young and strong sects in the Ming army.

Immediately made a plan, if Jinzhou was in danger, I would personally lead the original iron cavalry to help, and I would not only protect the seeds of these iron-blooded young sects in the army.

Two days later, Kaiyuan.

The weather became warmer and the land melted. Kaiyuan was building a large-scale project, developing towards a large fortress.

The newly built city walls are made of stone and blue bricks. They are extremely strong and have an increasing population. However, fewer and fewer old ginseng produced in the mountains every day. Macheng was frightened, and the consequences of destructive mining appeared, and the abnormal prosperity was

The price is that within a few decades, even wild resources in the mountains cannot be restored, but they can only take this path with a tough bullet. Only destructive mining can form a prosperous city in a short time and create a strong army.

Apart from this, Ma Cheng really couldn't think of any other way.

If the land is not enough, cut down trees and destroy mountains. Develop first and then manage it. This is also the only way for every powerful country.

A large amount of wood accumulates outside the city every day, which has given birth to new industries. If the wood is inconvenient to operate, it will be burned into charcoal. Charcoal can be smelted and sold. The smoke from the mountains soars into the sky every day. Macheng had to order the charcoal burning team to move away.

Only those who paid the tax held a certificate and entered the mountain under the supervision of the militia, strictly ordered the entry of the mountain fire, and did not cause absurd things like forest fire burning the city.

Jing'an Fort, Craftsman Camp.

The cannon casting craftsmen finally came up with a way to reduce the overall size of the falcon cannon and reduce the weight to about 1,500 kilograms. Then they could drag it away with four horses. Macheng was very happy and had great ability to copy the craftsmen in the Celestial Dynasty.

I admired that the copycat was also a good passport, and it started in the Ming Dynasty. Macheng tried to communicate with craftsmen to lengthen the barrel a little, and according to the performance of the direct-target cannon, he got a sample cannon.

The sample cannon weighed about 1,500 kilograms. Macheng roughly measured it, with a diameter of about 80 mm to 90 mm. The barrel was 1.5 meters long, about twelve times the caliber, and five kilograms were fired.

For multiple shells, each time they fire, they need to load one pound and four taels of gunpowder.

The maximum effective range of this kind of field cannon is within five miles. If a well-trained elite gunner can hit a city wall every two or three guns, it can hit a house within three miles, and it can almost hit a house within two miles.

He hits the carriage every two or three cannons, but the power is extremely disappointing for Macheng. A earthen wall blocks the shells from a distance of five miles.

Looking at Yu Fengjun, who was dressed in a literati, smiled bitterly. After all, the counterfeit goods were not possible. This cannon is close to the six-pound cannon in the West, but its power is extremely weak. It should be that the charge is too little and the chamber pressure is not enough.

As a result, the shells were not velocity enough and the power was not enough, they could not form an army. This thing was used to fight against the Eight Banners soldiers in a field, and if they died, they still ordered craftsmen to build ten cannons to train Kaiyuan's new generation of artillery soldiers.

The way of shooting this cannon is right. Although it is not powerful enough, it is a bit extravagant for training.

In the future, only multiple tests are needed to improve the direction of increasing the charge and increasing the thickness of the barrel. One day, it will be possible to make a field weapon. The caliber of this gun is not large enough, close to the caliber of the six-pound gun, which obviously cannot meet the field needs.

Only by building twelve-pound cannons can one have the confidence to fight the decisive battle with the Jiannu cavalry army on the Liaodong Plain. In short, the way of riding artillery is absolutely correct, which is also the truth verified in later textbooks.

Later generations of Western armies and powerful countries tried their best to develop horse artillery and gradually evolved into artillery group tactics.

Yu Fengjun held a fan, dressed like snow, still as elegant as ever, slowly lifted his little hand away from his ears. Yingxue, Bai Qinghua had already been so scared that she hugged her into a ball, and was frightened by the roar of the cannon fire.

Zhou Yunyan, who was so nervous, had her eyes wide open and looked around curiously. Her beautiful wife and concubines were all beautiful in the world, and Ma Cheng was a little satisfied.

Looking at his beautiful wife who is as elegant as an immortal, he asked proudly: "Shimei, what do you think."

Yu Fengjun exclaimed: "Such a light cannon is unheard of."

Bai Qinghua held Yingxue in her humble heart and said, "It's better to make more copper coins than to use this much copper, and buy more rouge and powder with my sister."

Ma Cheng felt numb when he watched her hug her, his heart numb. This fairy was becoming more and more charming.

Yu Fengjun was still serious and pondered: "Can't you use iron to cast cannons? Qinghua said so well, this is really too extravagant."

Ma Cheng smiled bitterly: "Iron cannons can explode, and it is extremely difficult to train gunners. I would rather be extravagant. People are much more expensive than guns."

Yu Fengjun said relievedly: "This is the right reason."

Zhou Yunyan, who was very nervous, said at this moment: "Did the cannon be made of copper just now? How much is it to waste?"

Even Yu Fengjun couldn't help laughing, and Ma Cheng couldn't laugh or cry. This nerve reflex arc was too long. I felt like I was moved. This was okay. This nerve-wracking cousin had no scheming and was easily accepted by her wives and concubines. If

He is a scheming person, so he must eat a few more and roll his eyes.

After laughing, Ma Cheng laughed again: "How much waste is, it's impossible to calculate. How many cannons do you think you need to fight against Jiannu?"

Zhou Yunyan said in confusion: "It's going to be twenty or thirty."

Seeing that her expression was confused, Ma Cheng teased her heart and said, "If you don't have to wait, you will have to fight two or three hundred to form an army."

Zhou Yunyan stuck out her tongue pretty and didn't dare to ask too much. Even other wives and concubines were shocked by this number.

Macheng closed his eyes and pondered: "A gun team is equipped with six guns, fifty gunners, hundreds of pack horses, and two hundred civilians. Thirty artillery teams are equipped with such a thirty, not enough, fifty, can be directly hit.

Huang Long, recovered Liao Shen, took Huang Taiji's head off as a chamber pot."

The wives and concubines covered their noses and complained, blaming him for being too rude and indecent.

Zhou Yunyan said astonished again: "It must be like this. How much money does it cost? No matter how much money it costs, it is not enough to spend."

Ma Cheng nodded with certainty: "It must be done."

Yu Fengjun was finally knowledgeable and talented, and sighed: "If you don't do this, you will have to learn from Jiannu and raise 30,000 to 50,000 iron cavalry, and you dare not say that you will win. Training iron cavalry is not a one-day achievement, and it may not be practiced for ten or eight years.

It's better to build a cannon."

Ma Cheng smiled and did not correct her. The fifty artillery companies were too much. If there were really fifty artillery companies in the Ming Dynasty, they could attack all the way to Europe.

After trying out the new cannon, I wrote a handwritten order to form a craftsman battalion into an army and a sling official.

There is one battalion officer in the Craftsman Camp and two deputy battalion officers. They are both fifth-rank military generals, and they are all equipped with the post officers below, and they are managed by the military method. Kaiyuan Craftsman Camp has hundreds of thousands of Kaiyuan.

The people and the lifeblood of the Ma clan lived a life almost isolated from the world. They had to set up secret units according to the methods of later generations, buy more innocent women, and send them to these craftsmen to be married to feed them with delicious food and drink.
Chapter completed!