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Chapter 1465 Mountain Cannon

In the south of the encircled area of ​​Qiqi Village, Chiyou Village, Fanshan Fort and the Emperor's Old City, there are low mountains and hills.

To the south of the low mountains and hills, there are mountains with more complex terrain.

Restricted by the terrain, the area where Li Zicheng led 2 troops and the Azig tribe of the Houjin confrontation was precisely this rolling low mountain and hilly area.

Obviously, this kind of area is more unfavorable for formation and attack, which is also the main reason why Zhang Shun and Mrs. Hong chose this place as the defender at the beginning.

However, because Hong Tai's deployment of troops on the right wing exceeded Zhang Shun's expectations, he had to temporarily change the combat plan and let Li Zicheng's right wing take the initiative to attack.

After Li Zicheng got the order, he didn't say anything, and immediately issued an order: "The whole army is obedient!"

"Li Zicheng followed the decree of King Shun and ordered the three armies to move forward immediately."

"Here!" After listening to Li Zicheng's order, all the soldiers shook their spirits one by one and rushed up like a tide.

The hills are high and low, and the terrain is difficult and easy, so the army formation under Li Zicheng's command was also divided into fragments.

Of course, this is true for the rebel army, and so is the case for the Hou Jin side.

It is also because of the terrain that Hou Jin's side can hardly even exert its cavalry advantage.

Guan Fumin couldn't help but wiped the sweat from his brow, looked up at the artillery being dragged by human carts and livestock, and couldn't help showing a reassuring expression.

It is said that when the rebel army crossed Ta'er Mountain and transported artillery to the old city of Baoan with difficulty, Zhang Shun had already discovered the restrictive effect of the complex terrain on the two mainstream artillery types of the rebel army, the field artillery and the golden artillery, and had been trying to find alternatives. .

But on the battlefield, where is there enough time for him to cast cannons?
Fortunately, in addition to the standard artillery of the rebel army, there are a large number of artillery of all kinds, whether captured by the rebel army or in the nearby military town castle.

There are old-made General Cannon, Second General Cannon, Tiger Crouching Cannon and so on.

There are new-made Francophones, extermination guns, mother-in-law guns, wind-chasing guns, etc.

Through a series of rough tests, Zhang Shun found that the maximum weight that can be carried by human shoulders should not exceed one hundred catties, preferably between eighty and ninety catties, and the optimal load is forty catties.

The optimal load for livestock is about [-] jin, the towing is [-] jin, and the transport capacity of a wheelbarrow can reach [-] jin.

However, the latter two are almost impassable in areas with complex terrain.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Zhang Shun consulted the opinions of most of the generals and soldiers, and decided to choose artillery with a weight of [-] jin and [-] jin as the artillery for mountain use.

Among them, the [-]-jin gun selected two types: the forged extermination gun and the light Frang machine.

It's okay for Francois to say that Da Ming has forged all kinds of shapes, as long as you pick and choose, there will always be some.

As for the Mielu Cannon, although the name is the same, it actually refers to different things in different periods.

Before Hongyi cannons were introduced in large quantities, the Mielu Cannons specifically referred to small cannons that were forged from 95 jin of clean iron, two feet long, and capable of firing a jin of lead bullets.

After a large number of Hongyi cannons were introduced, Mielu Cannons also began to become "Hongyi Cannons" and became a kind of Hongyi-shaped cast cannons.

However, because the latter was cast from pig iron and was too heavy, I chose not to choose it, and chose the 95-jin forged captive cannon.

This kind of captive cannon can carry three guns per cart, which can be pushed by manpower or pulled by animal power, and can be carried on the shoulders in an emergency, which is extremely convenient.

As for the other [-]-jin cannon, Zhang Shun chose the "Ye Gong Shen Gun".

This Ye Gong is naturally Ye Mengxiong, the Ming Dynasty army. Based on the 150-jin large-scale Frangler's blunderbuss, he modified a large number of forged artillery pieces, and became the backbone of artillery in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

The most famous of these is the "Great God Gun", also known as the Great General Cannon.

This type of cannon weighs a thousand catties, which is roughly equivalent to the nine-pound and twelve-pound cannons in Europe. It is a typical field artillery of the Ming army.

At the beginning, Zhang Shun called himself "Optimus Prime", and he was equipped with the captured gun as a supplementary firepower when he fled in Shanxi.

However, in addition to this classic "Great Gun", Ye Mengxiong also designed a series of forged artillery including the previously forged "Mielu Cannon".

Among them, the Divine Cannon weighs [-] jin, is [-] chi [-] long, and can fire [-] jin muzzle ammunition, which is quite powerful, so Zhang Shunyou chose this cannon as the main firepower for mountain warfare.

Speaking of this, I have to mention one more thing. The more Zhang Shun understands the respective "magic guns" created by Ye Mengxiong, the more he admires them.

Do you know why?

It turned out that the more Zhang Shun understood the original field artillery system of the Ming army, the more he felt that the firepower strike system of the Ming army was quite complete.

The main direction of its reform should not be on the comprehensive introduction of Hongyi cannon and Western warfare, but on the sorting out and improvement of the old system.

For example, the old artillery such as "Great God Gun" and "God Gun" should not be replaced by a large number of cast Hongyi cannons, but the old forged artillery should be improved with the advanced "Hongyi shape system".

In fact, if you think about it carefully, what Zhang Shun did was to replace the old "big god gun" and "sacred gun" with a more scientific and reasonable artillery shape.

The result of the replacement is naturally more powerful and more maneuverable field artillery and golden artillery.

These two types of artillery have adopted a more scientific design. When the total weight is controlled at a thousand kilograms, the caliber has become larger and the firepower has become stronger. This is the key for the rebels to defeat the enemy.

Gossip aside, it is said that after Zhang Shun selected the two types of artillery, the Dizi Shenchuang and Mielu Pao, he took the lead in equipping them in the old-style Ming army, replacing the original variety of artillery.

But now Guanfumin has [-] old-fashioned soldiers under his command, and Zhang Shun has equipped them with [-] earth-shaped guns, and [-] robbing guns and Franji guns as strike firepower.

This official Fumin has been an official for so many years, how can he be so "rich"?

In the past, there were all kinds of cannons under his hands. Although there were many artillery pieces, most of them were tiger squatting cannons and their own small Francophones. It was okay to use them to fight a dozen Tartars. The former hand-to-hand fight was desperate.

"General, look!" Just as the official Fumin was contemplating, someone suddenly reminded him.

"Oh?" The official Fumin raised his head when he heard the words, but saw a mountain top.

The slope of this hill is gentle, and it happens to be close to the front of the Houjin formation. If you can occupy this place, you will be able to take advantage of it with a high view.

"Let's go, rush up!" Guan Fumin was a veteran at any rate, he couldn't help but said decisively because he didn't understand the importance of this place.

"Okay!" After listening to the left and right, they quickly received the military order and hurried to the mountain top.

"General, this... the cart that pulls the artillery can't be pushed!" At this moment, the gunners under Guan Fumin's command couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"Can't push it up?" Guan Fumin looked at it, and couldn't help but immediately ordered, "Put the big one on the horse's back and put it on. The small ones should be carried one by one, and they will be carried up in rotation!"

"Here!" The gunners were speechless when they heard that you looked at me and I looked at you.

Although these cannons are a bit heavy, they can easily resist the 95 catties Mielu Cannon.

As for the earth character gun that weighs two hundred catties, two or three people can lift it up and put it on the back of a horse.

So just like that, everyone used all their strength to bring up the cannons carefully selected by Zhang Shun.

And at this moment, the generals of Houjin Hardzhong also discovered this high ground.

"What to do, master?"

"What else can I do, hurry up!"

"Then... that cannon is too heavy to push up!"

"Take the middle gun and the small Frang machine, let's leave the other generals and second generals aside, anyway, the 'shun thief' on the opposite side can't take it!" The general responded casually.

(End of this chapter)