Lord Moyu was forced to open

Li Dingguo walked in front of the ten steel giants with an expression of disbelief.

Knocked.

clang!clang!
There was a dull metallic sound, except for the wooden shelf underneath, it seemed to be all iron.

Walking to the front of this thing and looking inside from the big black opening, it was so dark that nothing could be seen clearly.

But looking at the muzzle, I'm afraid it can fit something bigger than a person's head.

Pointing at the muzzle of the cannon, Li Dingguo asked the old master of Tiangongyuan who was following him:

"Old Master Tang, you said this thing uses gunpowder?"

Mrs. Tang, who looked like a thin old man in a suit of capable bunts, shook his head quickly and said, "The general is overrated. The little old man is just a blacksmith, not a master."

But Li Dingguo waved his hands indifferently and said: "My lord has already sent a letter asking me to respect you as a teacher, so you are naturally my master.

I'll talk about this later, but tell me first, is this stuff really made of gunpowder? "

Master Tang saw that he insisted, so he had no choice but to admit it.

Hearing his question, he nodded quickly and said, "This cannon is indeed made of gunpowder!"

Li Dingguo thought for a while, and then asked, "Is it the kind of explosives we used to attack the city?"

"Different."

"What's the difference?"

Li Dingguo didn't understand, they were all gunpowder, what's the difference?

Old Master Tang laughed and said, "The gunpowder we used this time is in the shape of a ball, or a solid iron ball."

"A solid iron ball?"

Li Dingguo's eyes widened. It's not that he has never used gunpowder before. Didn't that thing explode with a bang as soon as it was ignited?

How to fry with a solid iron ball?
Master Tang nodded and said in affirmation, "That's right, it's a solid iron ball."

Seeing the expression on Li Dingguo's face, Tang Fuzi also guessed what he was thinking, and then explained: "The function of this cannon is to shoot out solid iron balls.

General Li, think about it, when the generals are fighting, the enemy line up like ours is constantly approaching. At this time, you shoot a cannon from [-] steps away, and the stone bullet directly hits the opponent's crowd. It's death when you touch it, and injury when you touch it!

Even this practice bomb will ricochet under certain conditions.Cause lethality to the opponent again!

This cannonball will kill dozens of people at least! "

Li Dingguo's eyes flashed, but he touched his chin and said:
"It sounds powerful, but I feel that its lethality is not as good as the Liannu.

As far as our Liannu is concerned, if you send out thirty sticks, it can also kill many people, but the range is limited. "

However, Old Master Tang said confidently: "The Liannu created by the prince is naturally powerful, and it is definitely inferior to it in terms of attack frequency and lethality.

But the main goal of this thing is not for field use. "

"Oh? It's not used in field battles, so could it be used to defend the city?"

"bingo!"

Mr. Tang clapped his hands fiercely, and said excitedly: "The general is right, this is a sharp weapon for defending the city!
General, you have fought so many battles and used so many siege equipment, which has also brought us a lot of advantages to the soldiers of the Yunzhou Army.

With those siege equipment, many cities that were originally difficult to attack could not survive in an instant.

But have you ever thought about defending a city? "

Li Dingguo was startled, then shook his head and said: "My lord said that the best defense is to attack. As long as you kill all the enemies, you don't need to defend."

Old Master Tang slapped himself on the face, looked at the bewildered Li Dingguo for a while, and then sighed:
"The old man remembers that when we first took Nanli County, we defended the city for a while, and said that many soldiers were not good at defending the city, which caused a lot of casualties.

The prince is now in a small place, so if he doesn't defend it, he will not defend it. The army can come to support him at any time nearby.

But general, have you ever thought about what if the general has a large territory in the future?

At times like this, it is always necessary to defend the city. It is impossible for the prince to not have the energy to manage all the places.

And this is a sharp weapon for defending the city! "

As he said that, Mr. Tang patted the huge artillery barrel and continued: "General Li, think about it, how do you defend when someone pushes the siege equipment such as Lu Gongcar, cart, and ladder to attack the city?

If the opponent's siege equipment is poor, you can use the knife in your hand to cut off the ladder and the like.

But if the opponent made the front part of the ladder out of iron like us, wouldn't the knife be useless?
But with this gun it's different.

You just need to aim at those siege machines and blast them down!
In the blink of an eye, our artillery can directly destroy all their siege equipment!

Even relying on the advantage of the range, taking advantage of the unprepared place, it is possible to directly crush the enemy's general from a distance with one shot! "

"This……"

Only then did Li Dingguo realize the usefulness of this cannon.

Indeed, as Mr. Tang said, if you have artillery to defend the city, you will not be afraid of others using siege equipment to attack the city.

Without the siege equipment, the enemy wants to use the most primitive siege method to attack the city, which is an extremely difficult method.

In such a battle, it is normal for the defense to lose ratio of ten to one.

Seeing his dazed expression, Old Master Tang hastened to strike while the iron was hot and continued:

"That's not all, if this thing is used to attack the city, the effect will be even better.

Since his cannonballs are all solid shells, when this cannonball goes down, it will directly hit the opponent's city wall or city gate. Even a slightly thinner city gate can be smashed into pieces by him in one shot. If it is not broken, then Another shot!
As for the city wall, as long as it is not particularly tall and thick, it can be bombarded directly, and it can be directly destroyed after reaching the limit of the city wall. This is simply a siege weapon. "

"It's the same for me to use the catapult to attack the city." Li Dingguo muttered in a low voice.

This was heard by Mr. Tang, who immediately became dissatisfied and said: "General Li, the range of your catapult is only about 100 steps.

Our artillery has more than 300 steps!
And the power is huge, the impact of a shot is much greater than the bullets thrown by the catapult!

If you don't believe me, just stand in front of the cannon and let me hit you so that you can feel the power for yourself, and you will know that I am not lying! "

"What the hell?!"

Li Dingguo's eyes widened.

Let me stand in front of you for a shot?
Am I crazy, or are you crazy?

Should I try it myself because I doubt it?

When I finish the experiment, I'm afraid it will be over if it's not for me!
Seeing the shocked expression on Li Dingguo's face, Master Tang realized that he seemed to have said something wrong because he was too excited just now.

How could I let General Li stand up and let me hit him?

If this is according to what the prince said, it would be the execution of General Li.

Immediately scratching the back of his head in embarrassment, he quickly changed the subject and said: "By the way, although the current range of this artillery is only more than 300 steps, we are improving it, and it will get farther and farther in the future.

This time I will trouble the general to use it more on the battlefield, let me see if there are any problems in actual combat, and it will be better to improve there. "

Li Dingguo has also heard about the group of craftsmen in the Tiangongyuan for a long time since they were awakened by the prince, their minds are full of making things, and they have no emotional intelligence at all.

So I didn't continue to argue with Mr. Tang, and nodded in agreement.

Then with a wave of his hand, he immediately let his men pull the ten artillery pieces towards their own camp.

Mr. Tang, the artillery instructors and maintenance personnel also hurriedly followed.

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(End of this chapter)