Zhou Yuji only had a wry smile. He knew that Wang Kun was hinting at him in every possible way, but he just pretended not to understand, which almost made Wang Kun's anxious throat stretch out his claws.
How could he, an upright official, have the money to bribe the eunuchs? He could only pretend to be dumbfounded.
Seeing that he was so stingy, Wang Kun was so angry that he probably wouldn't be able to catch a single hair this time. He was so angry that he almost gritted his teeth. He spent the whole day thinking about finding fault with him, grabbing his pigtails, killing him, and letting him know.
Lord Ma has three eyes.
At this time, the rebels finally began to attack.
At this time, the infantry was very slow in arranging troops. It took the rebels an hour to surround the carriage camp on all sides before it was completed. At this time, five thousand infantrymen were dispatched from each side to attack.
This time was different from the time he fought against the Haraqin Mongols. Zhou Yuji was mentally prepared. Because the Mongols had strong fighting skills, although they could fight, they did not have firearms. However, the people they faced at this time were the frontier troops from Jizhen.
They have a lot of firearms.
You can despise that the firearms in their hands are all unsafe products made by the Ministry of Industry, but after all, the number is extremely huge. You have cannons, and so do they. You have matchlocks, and they also have them. You have three-eyed muskets, but they are better equipped than you.
There are more.
The reason why Zhou Yuji devoted himself to building the fortress for the past three days was because he knew the equipment situation of the frontier army.
He used sandbags to build an inner wall after the steel plate. He also dug a trench. Outside the rear gun emplacement of the sidecar, he used sandbags to build a low wall, the height of which was the same as the car.
"Look, look, they also have cannons." Wang Kun screamed in a terrified voice.
The rebels on the opposite side pushed out French cannons and general cannons one after another from behind the shield vehicles and large tree trunk shields. The purpose of the mound they had piled up in the past three days in the distance of the main battlefield to the east was finally known.
Yes.
The rebels removed the camouflage branches above, revealing three red cannons. They were removed from the city wall of Jizhou. The dark barrels and black muzzles pointed at the car camp.
No wonder Wang Kun screamed. The power of the red cannon is terrifying. According to historical data, it can be found that the longest range of the Hongyi cannon is about 1,500 meters, and the effective range is about 800 meters. The copper-fired cannon equipped in the car camp is actually a
The backward artillery has a maximum range of less than eight meters and an actual effective range of only five hundred meters.
Yang Fan had cast steel long cannons in his hand. However, he had no intention of equipping this army. He did not want to arouse the emperor's suspicion. At least these heavy cannons were traditional weapons, and their performance was within the emperor's knowledge.
If the rebels take advantage of the range and attack the car camp, at least in front of these three red cannons, the car camp will be passively beaten. After a full-scale engagement, in addition to fighting with the rebel infantry, they will also have to endure it all the time.
Under the bombardment of these long-range artillery.
The steel city walls of the carriage camp could not withstand the direct bombardment of these twenty-four-pound artillery shells.
After all, the Ming Dynasty's army was not Mongolian light cavalry. Their combat effectiveness was not good, but their firearms were indeed not too backward.
"General Zhou, what should we do? What should we do? They are going to fire." Wang Kun grabbed Zhou Yuji's clothes and screamed anxiously.
"Supervisors, please respect yourself. This is a battlefield. If you panic, you will shake the morale of the army." Zhou Yuji roared angrily.
He was very irritable. He hated these eunuchs with duck voices. He didn't understand what good role these people could play in the front-line troops. He thought they would only cause chaos for him.
Huang Hao didn't have any objection to eunuchs. He had a lot of contact with them when he was in Suwei Palace. People in Yang Fan's system never discriminated against eunuchs. They could get along well with palace maids and eunuchs.
Huang Hao said: "Master, don't be nervous. We are on this high platform, and the red cannon cannot reach us."
Huang Hao pointed out the key point directly, that is, we are safe.
Wang Kun immediately calmed down. Since the rebels' artillery shells can't hit our house, it doesn't matter.
Zhou Yuji's face was livid, he ignored Wang Kun and ordered: "Put down the outer steel plate immediately."
The semaphore soldiers immediately began to issue semaphore instructions.
As the order was given, the steel plate wall between the rows of two cars was pulled down inward. The original iron bucket-like outer wall no longer existed. Only the biased cars with their butts pointing outwards existed.
Wang Kun immediately became anxious and asked loudly: "General Zhou, the rebels are about to attack. How can you destroy the Great Wall? Put up the wall immediately."
Zhou Yuji really couldn't stand it anymore. He turned around and glared at Wang Kun. He was tall, about 1.87 meters tall, while Wang Kun was only a little over 1.5 meters tall. Zhou Yuji had been on the battlefield for a long time, and he was not angry and powerful.
A huge feeling of oppression came over my face.
Wang Kun was so frightened that he took a step back, his legs went weak and he almost fell down.
"My lord, you are interfering with my command, so I will ask you to leave."
Although Wang Kun was frightened and backed away just now, he immediately realized that he was sent by His Majesty and was an envoy to supervise the army on behalf of His Majesty. This black guy actually dared to be rough with him.
"Zhou Yuji, you were in disarray before the battle, and you were very disobedient. I want to tell your majesty where to sue you. Just wait until you are sent to prison."
Zhou Yuji sneered and said: "You are a coward, you act openly and aboveboard, you can sue me as you please."
At this time, the red cannon on the opposite side opened fire.
The deafening sound of cannons finally ended the quarrel between the two.
Wang Kun was so frightened that he covered his ears and screamed.
Three twenty-four-pound solid lead bullets roared towards me.
One hit high and flew directly over the roof of the car facing the car camp. It crossed the car camp and finally landed in the open space behind the car camp. Then it jumped several times and stopped on the ground.
One hit the right side of the roof of an veered car. The powerful kinetic energy directly shattered the roof armor steel plate, wooden components, and the stress-bearing pillars at the corner of the car.
Because the car's butt was pointed outward, it did not overturn. Instead, it jumped upwards and fell down again. The car body made a heavy and harsh creaking sound. It was obvious that the structure was also damaged.
The five-man artillery crew in the car quickly covered their ears with their hands, lowered their heads, and opened their mouths to protect the vulnerable parts of their bodies. After a flurry of sawdust, the cannonballs blew off the roof of the car, and part of the wall on the right side collapsed.
Fortunately, they wore chainmail armor and helmets that facilitated movement, which greatly protected them from damage caused by wooden thorns.
The other cannonball was aimed very accurately and its trajectory was straight.
Because these more than 30 red cannons purchased from Macau in the late Ming Dynasty were actually salvaged from sunken British armed merchant ships. These cannons are all 24-caliber cannons. Their shooting linearity is good and their accuracy is relatively good.
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This artillery shell flew through the gap between the two deflected vehicles, where the steel plates had been downturned, and directly hit the sandbag wall behind. The straw bags were shattered by the rotation of the artillery shells, and sand flew into the sky. However, the artillery shells were also hit by the sand and soil.
It ran out of energy and stopped moving forward.
At this time, Wang Kun was completely frightened. He had never been on the battlefield. Only before coming out this time, Chongzhen arranged for them to go to the Jingshan rear training ground to shoot several fire cannons to experience it.
At this moment, he realized for the first time that the firing of the red cannon was so terrifying.
