please make me king

Chapter 1277 Counter Artillery
If trenches can be dug, they can naturally be filled.

Which of the Zuo Governor Zhu Xieyuan, Xuanda Governor Zhang Fengyi, Datong Governor Ye Tinggui, Xuanzhen Chief Soldier Li Guoliang, and Datong Chief Soldier Wang Shiren is not a dragon and a phoenix?
After passing through the chaotic stage of the sudden attack, Zhu Xieyuan made a decisive decision and ordered: "Let the vans cover the front, and the Hongyi cannons will shoot at the rear. First let the infantry fill in three or five passages, and then let the cavalry drive Of!"

Then Li Guoliang agreed when he heard the words, and hurried away.

With someone as the backbone, the chaotic situation of the Ming army was slightly relieved.

In order to defend against the rebels, Zhu Xieyuan had specifically instructed Xuan Dajun to lead the van and the Hongyi cannon as "killer cards".

Zhang Fengyi, Governor of Xuanda, came in such a hurry that he never brought it with him.However, Ye Tinggui, the governor of Datong, brought more than a thousand vans, windmills, and baggage carts, and twenty Hongyi cannons.

Therefore, in the face of the artillery bombardment of the rebel army, the Ming army was not completely helpless.

With the arrival of Li Guoliang, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, the chariots on the front line of the Ming army were organized again, and the soldiers pushed them to the front of the formation to resist the artillery of the rebels.

It's just that this kind of sidecar made of thick solid wood can still block shotgun shells and firecrackers. Facing the solid shells fired by the rebels, almost all of them have become living targets.

When an iron bullet hits it, there is a big hole.

If you are unlucky and hit the skeleton, not only the van will fall apart immediately, but the splashed wood will also cause secondary damage to the surrounding soldiers.

"General, the thieves' artillery is very fierce, and our army's vans can't resist it at all!" After being fired by a volley of artillery from the rebel army, the soldiers of the Ming army who lost seven or eight vans all ran to the general Xuanzhen. Bing Li Guoliang reported.

"Idiots! The van can't stop it, don't you know how to go to the soil?" Li Guoliang had a hot temper, and he couldn't help but cursed at the words.

"Let the pawns who are going to fill the trench fill the soil into the van first, and then worry about it!"

After hearing this, the soldier hurriedly sent the order down.

The other soldiers couldn't help applauding after hearing this: "Sure enough, the chief soldier is the chief soldier, and only he can come up with such a method!"

The soldiers who were carrying the excavating tools and were about to fill the trench couldn't help but stop, and hid behind the van in groups of three or four, digging up the soil to the van.

Of course, the artillery of the Rebel Army did not stop, but as more and more soil was filled in the van of the Ming Army, the killing effect of the artillery became worse and worse.

Until a shell from the "General Qingtian Cannon" shattered the baffle of the van and embedded it in the mud of the van.

Zhang Shun, who was standing on the watchtower watching the battle, couldn't help but shook his head, and ordered: "Stop shooting the enemy vans with artillery, and instead attack the enemy's soldiers who are filling the trenches!"

"This Zhu Xieyuan still has some skills!" Sun Chuanting looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but sighed.

"A doorway?" Zhang Shun couldn't help sneering when he heard the words, "If there is a doorway, the excavated soil should be piled on the edge of the trench to form a retaining wall before the trench is dug. How could it take so much effort?"

Sun Chuanting and the other generals were taken aback when they heard the words. At first they thought that the Ming army responded properly, but Zhang Shun said the "solution" in one word.

In fact, it's not that Zhang Shun's personal ability is better than Li Guoliang, the chief soldier of the Xuan Mansion, but that his previous life's knowledge system has penetrated into the bone marrow. For simple civil engineering works such as digging trenches, he has never eaten pork, and he has never seen a pig running.

Li Guoliang, the commander-in-chief, did not have the concept of fortifications such as "trenches" in his mind, and it was not easy to think of filling the van with soil to eliminate the advantage of the rebel artillery.

Although it took more effort to load the soil on the side van than Zhang Shun's so-called "trenches", it was not without advantages.

At least the gap between the van and the van can be used as a passage for soldiers to enter and exit and a firing port for the Hongyi cannon.

Seeing that the "partial carriage" finally withstood the bombardment of the Red Barbarian cannons of the rebel army, Li Guoliang, the general soldier of Xuanzhen, couldn't help being overjoyed, and ordered decisively: "Immediately, the red barbarian cannons will fight back from the gaps in the partial vans, and other infantry will fill in the gaps." Create a few passages for the soldiers to come in and out of!"

Following Li Guoliang's order, the soldiers of the Ming army hurriedly dragged and dragged the Hongyi cannons ranging from several thousand catties to the gaps between the vans, and fought back at the rebels.

"Boom boom boom!" Following the firing of the Ming army, more than a dozen iron bullets flew towards the artillery positions of the rebel army.

"Zhiniang thief, how can the Ming thief's artillery hit how far?" The rebel army had been suppressing the Ming army with firepower before, and it never expected that the Ming army would fight back with the red cannon.

The Hongyi cannons of the Ming army were based on the imitation of Western naval guns, so the main types were ship-mounted cannons and Kou Feilin long cannons with a multiple diameter of [-] to [-] times.

However, in order to seek distance and precision, many people also began to blindly lengthen the design of the Hongyi Cannon.

In the original history, Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, once donated money to cast the Dingliao General Cannon with a diameter of [-] times.

Xuanda Governor Lu Xiangsheng also donated money to cast the Shenwei General Cannon with a diameter of [-] times.

This kind of artillery with a longer diameter surpassed the artillery of the same caliber of the rebel army in terms of range, power and accuracy, so many soldiers were surprised.

However, the two sides did not count the number of matches, and the rebel army immediately discovered the shortcomings.

"What's the reason for the Ming thieves? How could our army fire two cannonballs, and the Ming army still didn't return one?" All the generals wondered after observing from the observation deck.

"It's good to have long and long, and it's good to have short!" Zhang Shun couldn't help saying something meaningful.

It turns out that after the diameter of the Hongyi cannon is increased, the range, power and accuracy can be improved, but it will also cause the cannon to be heavy and inconvenient to load.

In addition, the Ming army was not like Zhang Shun. It set up a school for training gunners and established a professional artillery team. Therefore, the Ming army quickly fell behind in this contest.

"General, the 'Shun Bandit' artillery is really fierce and our army can't suppress it..." The soldiers of the Ming army who were beaten by the rebels and could hardly lift their heads hurriedly asked Li Guoliang for help.

"Nonsense, I'm not blind, so it's useful to report it to me!" Li Guoliang cursed angrily, and then yelled loudly.

"Straight mother thief, hold on for a while, when the channel on the trench is filled, it will be done!"

The soldiers had no choice but to follow the orders, but they did not know which artillery the rebels had, but suddenly, as if by divine help, a cannon shot into the compartment of the Ming army.

Three or four gunners were interrupted on the spot, bloody smeared all over the ground, and the startled Ming army's cannon fire became more and more chaotic.

I don't know how long it took, the soldiers of the Ming army braved the cannons of the rebels, and managed to fill in four or five passages.

Li Guoliang, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen Town, was so excited that he beat the drums himself to help the cavalry of the Ming army defeat the artillery of the "Shun bandits".

"Boom, boom, boom..." With the sound of dense drums, five cavalrymen filed out from the passageway of the van.

"Dogs can't be changed to eat shit, and the Ming army can't be changed to give away people's heads!" However, Zhang Shun, who was on the high platform, was not afraid, but sneered.

The other generals couldn't help laughing when they heard the words, and the air was full of joy.

It turned out that as the rebel army fought against the Ming army, the Ming army also made progress, so naturally the rebel army also made progress.

It is certainly a good way to use cavalry to break the cannon, but the rebel army has also gradually developed a combination of infantry, cavalry and cannon warfare.

The Ming army's attempt to use a single unit of arms to deal with the rebels is almost the same as a meat bun beating a dog.

(End of this chapter)