Hu Xiaotian said: "Originally I planned to be polite first and then send troops, but now it seems that there is no need." The only possibility left is to use soldiers. Of course Hu Xiaotian will not give food and gold to this person in vain.
To help the pirates, he smiled and said: "We did not surrender in the face of Dayong, and we were not afraid in the face of Dakang. Will we shrink back in the face of the blackmail of these pirates this time?" He remembered the previous meeting with Zhuge Guanqi.
After a conversation, the future blueprint they drew up turned out to be a blessing in disguise. It was precisely because of this pirate robbery that his plan was put on the agenda in advance. Originally, he had planned to leave his expansion at sea until he controlled Yunze.
From now on, the order of the two will now be reversed.
Zhao Wusheng nodded vigorously, and he took the initiative to invite Ying and said: "My lord, Wu Sheng is not willing to lead the army to Mangjiao Island to defeat the bandits and rescue our soldiers."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Wu Sheng, I plan to go there in person this time. Someone needs to be here to take charge. When it comes to influence in the navy, you are number one, so you have to stay."
Zhao Wusheng understood that now Li Yongfu was escorting 100,000 shi of grain to Kangdu. If he left again, Yongjiang Navy would not have a general capable of controlling the situation, so he nodded and said: "Wu Sheng is willing to listen to the lord's orders."
After Zhuge Guanqi learned about this incident, he calmly analyzed: "This matter does not seem to be that simple."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Brother Guanqi is doubting Hu Zhongyang?"
Zhuge Guanqi said: "Since my lord asked this, he must have become suspicious of him."
Hu Xiaotian nodded and said: "The origin of Hu Zhongyang's wealth is unknown. I have heard some rumors that he had contact with pirates in the past, but he helped me a lot in the two battles. I really don't want to put him aside."
Think the worst."
Zhuge Guanqi said: "Perhaps he has no intention of harming the lord. He asked the lord for help in escorting him before. He should be afraid of being robbed by pirates on the way. What is the value of the rush he escorted? Judging from the sea area where they happened, it is not Python Island.
An area where there are frequent activities, why would Yan Tianlu take the trouble to go to this area to rob?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "There are two possibilities. One is that the goods escorted by Hu Zhongyang are valuable, and the other is that he and Hu Zhongyang originally had a grudge."
Zhuge Guanqi nodded and said: "However, judging from the routes traveled by merchant ships, it is unlikely that Hu Zhongyang and Yan Tianlu colluded. Otherwise, there is no need for him to choose this route away from Mangjiao Island."
Hu Xiaotian said: "No matter what the cause is, now that Mangjiao Island has been provoked by me, I can't be a tortoise."
Zhuge Guanqi laughed: "My lord, it seems that he is definitely going to attack Python Island, but how much does my lord know about the situation on Python Island? How many pirates are there on the island? How many ships do they own, and how are the ships equipped?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "I know nothing about this."
Zhuge Guanqi said: "If you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Could it be that my lord is blindly using troops in such a situation?"
Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "I can definitely figure out the situation, and I have come up with a magic weapon to defeat the enemy." He took out a blueprint from his arms. If he wants to stand out in the chaotic world where all the heroes are together, he must defeat the enemy.
Hu Xiaotian was not lacking in knowledge of weapons in this area, but he was not an expert in making weapons. After much thought, he drew a relatively primitive cannon. The graphic was drawn based on his impression of the red cannon.
The red cannon has a long barrel and thick wall. It gradually becomes thicker from the muzzle to the tail, which is in line with the principle of the chamber pressure going from high to low when gunpowder is burned. There are cylindrical lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body.
The artillery can adjust the firing angle based on this axis, and change the range according to the amount of gunpowder. It is equipped with a front sight and a rear sight. Because the flight trajectory of the artillery shell is a parabolic shape, high accuracy can be achieved by calculating the ballistic trajectory.
Even with Zhuge Guanqi's vast knowledge, he didn't know what Hu Xiaotian was drawing. After Hu Xiaotian explained it to him, he said: "I call this thing Hong Tian Lei. In fact, I had already found a blacksmith to make the model years ago. Now the sample is
It’s been made, it’s time to put it into practice.”
After all, Zhuge Guanqi was extremely intelligent. Although he didn't know how Hu Xiaotian came up with such a thing, he could still sense that it must be very powerful. He sighed: "It seems to be extremely powerful. How did the lord come up with it?"
Hu Xiaotian said nonchalantly: "I also dreamed about this thing one night, so I asked a craftsman to make it. It's been almost a month now. Brother Guanqi, why don't we go take a look. Let's do a test shoot today."
Zhuge Guanqi was still shocked when he actually saw the Hongtianlei sample. This big thing was one foot long and about half a foot in diameter. It weighed more than three thousand kilograms. Hu Xiaotian secretly carried out the research and development of the cannon a year ago.
, this matter has always been directed by Liang Yinghao. They specially built an ironworks farm in the remote mountains in the western suburbs of Dongliang County. Originally, Hu Xiaotian hoped to have Zongtang help. Unfortunately, Zongtang is now in Dayong, and his father is seriously ill.
Without getting out of his way, in fact, even if Zongtang could get out, Hu Xiaotian couldn't guarantee that he would definitely work for him.
The current ironworks factory has gathered the best blacksmiths from Wuxing County. The reason why Hu Xiaotian did not use local craftsmen from Dongliang County was out of loyalty.
The formula was also given by Hu Xiaotian: six husks of nitrate, twelve liangs of sulfur, and one huo of charcoal, four liangs.
When the book comes to use, I will regret it. Hu Xiaotian's weapon knowledge is really pitiful, but fortunately he happened to see how to make a red cannon, and he still remembers clearly that a trolley can be added to the bottom of the cannon to move freely. Despite this, movement
A thing as big as Hong Tianlei requires six strong men to push the cart at the same time.
The cannon has been placed at the predetermined location. Liang Yinghao said: "My lord, everything is ready as you ordered."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Stick the gunpowder and fire the cannonballs."
Six people fixed the gun carriage, and two strong men skillfully began to put gunpowder into the gun chamber, and then stuffed a large black solid lead ball into the gun chamber.
Hu Xiaotian took the torch from Liang Yinghao, walked to the cannon in person, and before lighting the fuse, he turned to the crowd and said: "You all stay away and plug your ears."
Everyone quickly stepped aside and blocked their ears.
Hu Xiaotian then lit the fuse. After lighting it, the guy also threw down the torch and hid behind the temporary bunker. After all, this was his first test, and it might explode.
With an earth-shattering explosion, the big lead ball was shot out at high speed, aiming at the mountain half a mile ahead. For a while, gunpowder smoke filled the air. When the smoke dissipated, everyone quickly arrived in front of the mountain.
However, the originally good mountain was blasted out into a large crater, with rubble scattered around it. Wherever the cannonball passed, all the trees were broken, which shows how powerful the cannon was.
Even Zhuge Guanqi was shocked and dumbfounded, let alone Liang Yinghao and the craftsmen.
Liang Yinghao stuck out half of his tongue and couldn't retract it for a long time. He murmured: "My dear, this thunder is too powerful."
The group of craftsmen were discussing at the side, and they were so shocked by what they saw that they couldn't describe it.
Hu Xiaotian also told them the secret of the second firing. First, fill the barrel with cold water to extinguish the sparks, then wipe the barrel with a dry cloth, then stuff the gunpowder and combustion aid, and finally stuff the shells. To be honest, this kind of cannon is really powerful.
It is so outdated. Each shot needs to be repositioned. The accuracy is very poor, but the power is huge. In today's era, it is no less powerful than the atomic bomb in modern society.
Zhuge Guanqi is now completely disillusioned with Hu Xiaotian. He thought he was well-read and knew everything about astronomy, geography, astrology, but Hu Xiaotian came up with all these things that he had never heard of. No wonder Hu Xiaotian had the confidence to fight.
On Mangjiao Island, with such a powerful firearm, there are still a few people in the world who can compete with him.
Three successful shots were fired three times.
Hu Xiaotian laughed with joy and asked Liang Yinghao to organize the craftsmen to start production immediately. He must produce fifty cannons within ten days. He wanted to install all these cannons on the warships heading to Mangjiao Island.
Hu Xiaotian told Liang Yinghao to strictly keep secrets and monitor the daily actions of all craftsmen. Although the red cannon is primitive, it is a great military secret in today's era. It would be a big deal if others learn from it.
The successful research and development of Hong Tianlei doubled Hu Xiaotian's confidence. On the one hand, he asked the iron factory to speed up the production, and on the other hand, he began to make preparations for the redemption. Twenty thousand stones of grain was not a problem, although Jiang Zhengyang had to sink one hundred thousand stones of grain into the clouds.
In the lake, another 100,000 shi of grain was sent to the old emperor two years ago. In addition to supplying his own military and civilian needs, there was also a surplus of 100,000 shi of grain. According to the old emperor's order, these 100,000 shi were to be used as military rations for Su Yuchi.
In fact, it would be okay to allocate 20,000 jin from it to redeem people, but Hu Xiaotian only asked people to withdraw 500,000 jins from it. These 500,000 jins were not used for redemption, but for this purpose.
Military rations used for the first expedition.
Hu Xiaotian had no intention of surrendering at all. This time it was not to exchange hostages, but to teach Mangjiao Island a severe lesson.
As for the soldiers, he asked Zhao Wusheng to select 8,000 elites from the navy to form a fleet of twenty large warships. Zhao Wusheng's right-hand man Yang Yuanqing was responsible for commanding and dispatching. These twenty warships were advanced in advance.
Place the Thunderbolt on it, focusing on three battleships. Each battleship is equipped with ten cannons, and the other twenty cannons are arranged on the other four battleships.
Because Hongtianlei was clumsy and heavy, each gun must be equipped with twenty gunners, in groups of ten, to operate such a big thing. After a round of attacks, they would be replaced immediately. Hu Xiaotian specially selected a thousand gunners.
Bargaining with the pirates, the extra ten days were extremely important to Hu Xiaotian. It was the extra ten days that allowed all of this to be completed. To be continued.~ Search Basket Color, that's all
