In a hurry, Yuan Feng really didn't observe the differences of those cannons carefully. When Cao Yanhui said this, he immediately cupped his fists and said, "Please give me some advice."
Cao Yanhui coughed dryly and said: "These ten cannons are the most powerful weapons in Liangzhou's box. Each cannon has a different name. They are Shenwei, Zhenwei, Yangwei, Showing Might, Showing Might, Fenwei, Far Might, Dragon Might, Tiger Might,
The full title is the Invincible General after it. The names are different and the functions are different. I blame you for not making this clear to you beforehand. After all, he is a person who has had a stroke and his brain is not working anymore. I will tell you slowly now."
It turns out that these ten cannons were not cast at the same time, but were built over a period of ten years, condensing the wisdom of hundreds of skilled craftsmen. They have different shapes, different lengths, and different internal structures. The powerful cannon used by Yuan Feng is huge.
General artillery is the earliest product, and it is not the best in terms of power and range.
For example, the Yuanwei General Cannon, which has the longest range among the ten generals, is still standing outside and has not had time to be transported out. Cao Yanhui has just recovered from a serious illness and is still unable to walk. He is sitting in a wheelchair and is pushed outside the house by Cao Xiu.
Yuan Feng explained the ingenuity of this powerful cannon.
"General Zhang might as well climb up and see what's unique about this cannon." Cao Yanhui said.
Yuan Feng first walked around the cannon twice and found that the cannon was long and slender, which was indeed different from the Shenwei cannon. A scaffolding was erected next to the cannon for easy transportation. He climbed up and took a look, and was even more surprised. It turned out that the Shenwei cannon was
The barrel of the gun is not smooth, but has obvious convex grooves. If you reach out and touch it, you will see that these convex grooves extend inward, not in a straight line, but in a rotation.
"You see, that is rifling. With this thing, the cannonball will rotate and hit farther." Cao Yanhui pointed below.
"But, if this is the case, the smoke from the gunpowder explosion will leak out from between the grooves, resulting in a shortened range." Yuan Feng blurted out.
"High! I don't think you are so knowledgeable. There are not many knowledgeable young people nowadays, but you have forgotten one thing. Cannonballs can also change their shape. Why can they only shoot spherical ones?" Cao Yanhui said.
"I see, I've learned a lesson." Yuan Feng was sincerely convinced, climbed down from the scaffolding and bowed deeply to Cao Yanhui.
"Ruzi can teach me, let me tell you one more thing, not all cannons are suitable for use on the city wall. For example, the Longwei and Huwei cannons are used for close combat. If the two cannons are used together, it will be impossible for one man to open the barrier.
It is most suitable for guarding the gaps in the city wall. No matter how many enemies come, you can discipline them whether they come back or not."
After hearing Cao Yanhui's words, Yuan Feng became even more happy and said: "With this sharp weapon, Liangzhou has nothing to worry about, but there is something unclear about his humble position. Why do the ten generals hide them in pillars instead of placing them in the army?"
Cao Yanhui said: "Liangzhou is a thoroughfare. There are many people coming and going from east to west. It is impossible to keep secrets about any weapons in the army. In a word, the trump card cannot be exposed openly. It must be hidden.
It’s effective.”
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Within one day, the Turkic camp was uprooted and retreated ten miles. The speed was beyond imagination. The so-called Turks are just a general term, which refers to the Turkic Mongols and the various people who have lived in the river for a long time. These people are originally
The nomadic people who live in pursuit of water and grass naturally set up and break out of camp much faster than the Han people.
Timur Khan's royal tent has always been placed on wheels. Three hundred oxen pulled the huge base forward together. The horns sounded, and the army broke out and retreated. The soldiers walked in silence, and millions of
The army was forced back ten miles by force. This was not a glorious thing.
Chu Jian also led his team to walk slowly, with no expression on his stern face. He already knew what happened today. The artillery shells fired by the Liangzhou Army actually hit the Chinese army camp ten miles away. Those who returned
The artillery is basically finished. This is the biggest setback the army has encountered since the Eastern Expedition. Although there are few casualties, it has a huge impact on morale. After all, fear comes from the unknown. Liangzhou people have become so powerful overnight.
Weapons, could it be that God was helping them? Was the Great Khan’s Eastern Expedition wrong? It caused punishment from God.
The Timur Empire is a brand new empire. Since its establishment, it has been conquering east and west and killing non-stop. Years of wars have plundered endless wealth and sacrificed countless young people. People yearn for peace and are unwilling to fight anymore.
, but Timur insisted on the Eastern Expedition, saying that the far East was his lifelong wish, and he even killed several ministers who tried to persuade him about the Eastern Expedition.
This is nothing more than a military campaign. If everything goes well in the Eastern Expedition, it would be okay. Now that it has been blocked under the Liangzhou City for more than two months, the pressure on the army is extremely great, which is far from outsiders. The amount of food and drink for a million soldiers every day is astronomical. Although the Hexi Corridor is rich,
But it can't stand the large number of people. Suzhou, Ganzhou, and Shazhou are already empty. The food and grass needed by the army have to be transported from the extremely distant Western Regions through the Wanli Mountains. The difficulties and obstacles along the way are indescribable. If Liangzhou is not broken through,
After entering the Central Plains, the first people to starve to death were not the Liangzhou people in the city, but the Turkic army outside the city.
In the king's tent, Timur was lying profusely on a soft couch, and several beauties were wiping the cold sweat on his forehead with sweat towels. He was so angry just now that Timur's condition worsened again. What happened today was really too much.
It was so sudden that the Great Khan's carefully prepared plan for the Eastern Expedition was interrupted. Did these extremely powerful weapons fall from the sky?
This is not the only worrying thing. The soldiers suffer from night blindness and cannot fight at night. The shortage of military rations is a big problem. Don't look at the fact that a bunch of Turkic soldiers go to Liangzhou City every day to eat and drink. In fact, their real food is very poor, but
It's just naan cakes that have been stored for several months. Only officers above the centurion can drink mare's milk and eat bacon. The ordinary soldiers can barely feed themselves, and horse feed is also in short supply. Fortunately, most of the horses in the army are hardworking and hardworking.
The Mongolian horses do not have high requirements for forage, and they can dig out grass roots from under the ground to eat.
Just as I was thinking about my thoughts, there was a sudden sound. It turned out that the maid had knocked over the brewed soup. The silver bowl fell onto the carpet. The potion instantly soaked the carpet and formed a dark stain.
Timur frowned. He hated the fact that someone interrupted him while he was meditating. A guard rushed over and dragged the maid out to behead him. The medical officer was so frightened that his face turned pale. He knelt down and begged for mercy: "Mercy.
Dahan, please allow me to brew another bowl of soup for you, it will only take an hour."
Timur waved his hands impatiently, and immediately another guard came to drag the medical officer away. Suddenly Timur thought of something and shouted: "Stop, what did you just say?"
The medical officer was so frightened that he could not speak. The guard slapped him on the face before he came to his senses. He tremblingly said: "Merciful Khan, please..."
Timur stared at him and said: "What to say later!"
"It only... only takes an hour. If Dahan can't wait, half an hour will do, but the medicine will be less powerful."
Timur suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahaha, I have a plan to defeat the enemy."
…
Liangzhou, on the ruins of the city wall, hundreds of civilians are carrying stones and bricks. The Turks have only retreated temporarily and will come back at any time. This large gap must be blocked.
There were Turks within five miles. The soldiers cleaning the battlefield were picking up arrows and broken swords and guns outside the city wall. After two months of siege, the arrows and rolling wood were almost exhausted. The craftsmen in the city were working day and night to make more.
If it is not enough to consume, these scraps of scrap metal can be put to use if collected. The remains of the turrets left by the Turks were also chopped into moderately sized pieces by the civilians with axes, and piled on the ground to be pulled back with horse-drawn carriages.
Firewood is scarce in the cold weather. These are high-quality wood and cannot be wasted.
Everyone was in a relaxed and happy mood at the moment. The war finally took a turn for the better. The Turks retreated, and the morale of the army and the people became much more stable. Although the ruins were tall, the slope was too small to stop the enemy. The civilians carried the stones down and placed them on the ground.
A new stone wall was built in front. There was no time to dig the foundation, so we could only try to build it as neatly as possible. There was no glutinous rice juice, so we could only use mortar and lime to seal it. It couldn't block the returning artillery, but it could still block the cavalry and infantry.
While I was busy, I suddenly heard the dull sound of horse hooves in the distance, like the dull thunder before a summer rainstorm. "Cavalry! They are here again!" someone shouted sadly.
Turkic cavalry makes a comeback!
When the alarm sounded, the civilians immediately stopped what they were doing and ran into the city in a swarm. The artillerymen on the city wall hurriedly picked up their weapons and prepared to resist. The Turkic cavalry swooped in like locusts. What was different from the past was that the distance between the war horses was shortened.
After they entered the shooting range, the four cannons fired one after another, and the shells were fired into the enemy group, but the effect was not good, because the shells could not explode and only relied on kinetic energy to kill the enemy. The formation was sparse, and the four shells could not fire at all.
It has no effect.
The Liangzhou artillerymen still have very little experience. This gun is not designed to deal with live forces. After firing, it needs to clear the barrel, reset, and reload. The gun body is huge and every procedure is very troublesome. It can shoot one shot in a quarter of an hour.
Even if it's good, this kind of shot is useless in front of fast-moving cavalry.
The civilians fled in a hurry, panting and climbing up the ruins. At this time, the army had already come up. A group of heavily armored sergeants climbed up the ruins in a dense formation, put the long cards in their hands on the ground, forming a line of defense, and spears.
It stretched out at a forty-degree angle, with crossbowmen and musketeers behind it. There was no good way to deal with the cavalry, that was all.
Timur's so-called strategy of defeating the enemy is not actually a new method. It is still a forceful attack. He calculated that although the Liangzhou people's cannons were powerful but had low shooting power, their real lethality was also very limited. As long as they did not form a dense formation, they would be able to defeat the enemy.
There was no need to be afraid, so we sent a team of ten thousand people to attack the city. They used the high mobility of the cavalry to approach the city wall. Then the cavalry dismounted and attacked the city. The main attack direction was still the gap in the Liangzhou city wall, the ruins soaked in the blood of tens of thousands of people.
At this time, two artillery carts were moving slowly on the streets of Liangzhou. The short and stubby barrels were shiny, and the broad muzzles were like the bloody mouths of giant beasts. The baggage carts following closely followed them, using
The shotguns contained in the barbed wire fence were densely packed, like a honeycomb, and the heavy ammunition made the vehicle overwhelmed and made a creaking sound.