Big Ear Thief Selling Straw Sandals

Chapter 79 Fire the cannon and blast his mother
As Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he must strive to be the first in everything.

Niu Fu had [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, and more than [-] logistics personnel, and rushed to garrison Shanglinyuan.

And Liu Bei went straight to Shanglinyuan after passing Mengjindu, and surrounded Niu Fu's department from three sides with [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.

After Xu You settled Yuan, Zhang Fei, who was in the south of the Eastern Capital, went around to the west of the Eastern Capital that night, blocking behind Niu Fu.

At dawn, Liu Bei issued an ultimatum and ordered Niu Fu to disarm.

Niu Fu already knew that the father-in-law was coming, so he definitely couldn't agree, so he ordered to hold on to the camp, intending to delay it until the reinforcements arrived.

"Since Old Dong is here in Dongdu, the striker should arrive today to take down Niu Fu first!"

As a veteran general, Niu Fu's camp was very solid, with walls, ditches, canals, archery towers, antlers, and branches trapped in the horse pit, and there was nothing missing.

The two sides had no plan to attack Luoyang City, so they did not carry or build even a catapult.

The sun is three poles high, the clouds are light and the wind is light, it is a good weather for fighting.

The Yongzhou army approached slowly, and Niu Fu on the wall of the stronghold pretended to be relaxed and chatted with the generals.

"The law of war says that there are five ways to attack. There are only five or six thousand turtles in Yongzhou, and most of them are cavalry. I want to see how they attack?"

Under normal circumstances, no one would do this, but Lord Hou is not a normal person.

250 steps away from Niufu camp, the Yongzhou army stopped advancing, and a four-horse cart in the queue continued to advance fifty steps.

Afterwards, more than [-] red-clothed footmen followed up carrying seven or eight large wooden boxes, some led the horse away, some fixed the carriages, and some opened the wooden boxes.

When the pawns lifted the tung oil canvas covering the frame, a huge dark bronze object appeared in front of the soldiers of Liangzhou.

Two hundred steps, about 300 meters, no matter how big an object is, it will shrink sharply, making it hard to see clearly.

Niu Fu pointed to the cart and asked, "What's in the cart?"

No one knows, so I can only guess.

After hesitating for a long time, someone said: "Perhaps it is a magic weapon like a bell and a cauldron."

Sounds really fresh, now there are still people who need to use weapons in war?
Niu Fu was very skeptical, but in the end, the siege of the city was based on the lives of people.

Therefore, still cautiously tell the left and right, and pay close attention to the enemy's situation in other directions.

The Yongzhou army in the four directions seemed to have received a unified order to stop at two hundred paces.

Niu Fu focused his attention on the frame in front of him again.

More than 20 red-clothed infantry were busy, unable to understand what they were doing.

Under the confused eyes of Liangzhou soldiers, Zhao Yun, a trainee artilleryman in the Yongzhou Artillery Barracks, was busy adjusting the height of the muzzle.

For a total of four years, nearly a hundred skilled craftsmen from Yongyou and Youzhou gathered together and spent countless money and food. The bronze cannon weighing [-] catties, the Thor Type I bronze cannon, was successfully cast at the beginning of January this year.

In fact, this stupid artillery is far from what Hou Ye wanted, but the smelting technology is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Of course, the Yongzhou Arsenal is currently being further optimized, trying to cast smaller and lighter artillery.

From nothing to something, from something to excellence, you can't become a fat man with one bite.

A month ago, Zhao Yun, who had successfully cleared the story of Bi Mawen, was rotated to the Artillery Barracks as a trainee artilleryman.

Because of frequent exchanges with Zhang Mei, Zhao Yun's arithmetic ability has been significantly improved, so he is responsible for calculating and adjusting the muzzle angle.

The simple and innocent young man, after a month, became more and more proficient in shooting guns, but he also completely subverted the three views.

Visually, the camp was two hundred paces away. According to the gun manual, the muzzle elevation angle was set at ten degrees, and the bombardment effect was the best.

The maximum elevation angle of the gun mount is set to 45 degrees, and Zhao Yun immediately turns up the knob every five degrees.

Zhao Yun reported loudly to the artillery captain behind him: "Muzzle elevation angle, the second gear is in place."

The lieutenant immediately gave the order: "Fill the medicine!"

The chargeer puts the paper fixed gunpowder pack into the muzzle, sends it to the bottom of the gun bore with a push rod, and then inserts the fuse into the gunpowder pack from the fire hole at the top of the tail of the gun bore.

"The gunpowder is ready!"

The captain shouted again: "Reload!"

The loader held a black iron ball in both hands, and put it in from the muzzle, and soon heard a dull impact.

"Filled!"

Zhao Yun heard that just a pack of gunpowder plus an iron ball shell is worth at least ten taels of silver.

In other words, one shot is enough to feed a family of five for a year.

What a luxury.

"Clear the field of fire."

All personnel retreated to the rear of the artillery.

At this time, a flag bearer raised the red triangular flag.

"ignition!"

The flag bearer immediately waved down the red flag, signaling to fire and fire.

Although there is only one cannon now, considering that there will be more cannons and even cannon groups in the future, it is convenient and efficient to use semaphore in key links.

The artilleryman near the end of the gun, after lighting the fuse with a torch, quickly returned to the queue, covering his ears with his hands like everyone else.

The sparking fuse quickly penetrated into the fire hole.

one breath, two breaths
"boom!"

In the nearly closed gun bore, the fixed gunpowder pack was ignited and then exploded, endowing the shell with extremely strong kinetic energy.

Except for the white smoke rising from the muzzle, no one could clearly see the trajectory of the cannon after it was ejected from the chamber.

Raytheon-[-] artillery, the first actual combat shell was successfully fired!
The huge recoil also creaked the gun mount. Fortunately, the experienced artillery battalion sergeants fixed it well, otherwise, the gun barrel would definitely roll out.

And these experiences were bought at the cost of seven or eight lives and the disability of more than ten people.

Niu Fu, who knew nothing, no longer paid attention to the frame, but carefully observed the lineup of the Yongzhou Army.

When the flames of the bronze cannon flashed, before he had time to ask, he heard a loud bang in his ear.

"Crack!"

And a series of screams: "Ah! Ah! Ah"

Niu Fu looked around, and soon found a big hole in the left wall of the village.

Among the soldiers queuing up behind the wall of the village, a blood-colored passage appeared, with broken limbs and broken arms flying around, and several mutilated corpses had already returned to bliss.

What the hell?
Niu Fu didn't understand what happened, he watched the scene where the stone bullets that looked like a trebuchet penetrated the wall of the village and rolled past.

There are no catapults on Konoda's position.

When his eyes fell on the bronze cannon mount, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Could it be that that thing is a new type of trebuchet?

Niu Fu thought wildly, and the first artillery battalion had already performed their duties. They used a wiper to clean up the gunpowder residue adhering to the inner wall of the gun bore, and followed the firing process again.

Because of the practice for several months, all the artillerymen made perfect, and soon, the red flag was waved down again, and the second artillery was fired smoothly.

"Crack!"

The wall on the right side was penetrated, and the soldiers also suffered casualties.

Suffering successive inexplicable blows, many soldiers began to panic.

But this time, Niu Fu was [-]% to [-]% sure that the opponent was attacking through objects added by the car.

Witchcraft!

It must be a witchcraft!

Breaking down the wall of the village easily and killing people invisible, what is it if it is not a demon?
"Disperse, all disperse!"

Niu Fu shouted loudly that he could only hope to reduce his own losses when he was unable to fight against the demon.

"The muzzle calibration is complete!"

After two shellings, Zhao Yun had already locked the gate of the opposite camp.

A moment later, the red flag was waved down three times, and the shell was fired again, following an arc, with a sharp whistling sound, and precisely hit the gate of the camp.

"Snapped!"

The thick door was smashed with a hole the size of a head, and sawdust flew.

Niu Fu and the general standing on the top of the gate felt a violent tremor.

How strong is this?

Sure enough, it hit the gate of the camp, Zhao Yun put down the binoculars, and suddenly had an idea.

"Report, request to target the top of the opponent's camp gate and shoot!"

The captain looked over with a telescope and found a group of generals at the top of the camp gate.

He smiled and asked, "How sure?"

Zhao Yun knew very well that the height of the gate of the camp was only two feet high, but at a distance of two hundred paces, if the muzzle was raised by one gear, it would definitely hit higher.

It can only be fine-tuned manually based on feeling, and the muzzle is slightly raised with wood chips, depending on Zhao Yun's feeling.

"Fifty percent."

"Fifty percent?" The captain laughed, and said proudly: "Then firing two shots, isn't it [-] percent, do it!"

Zhao Yun was speechless.

Lieutenant of Artillery, Gao Jin Gao Wenzhong, from Bohai, has a bold personality and is very good at playing with a two-pointed and three-edged knife.

At the beginning, I followed Mr. Zhang, and later, when the artillery battalion was formed, because of Mr. Zhang's recommendation, I got the post of chief officer of the new arms.

As a cavalry general, Gao Jin is not too outstanding, and cannot be compared with Zhang Liao and Zhang Yun.

Because Mr. Zhang once heard his elder brother say: "In the future, artillery will become the key to the outcome of a war."

So he found another way and took aim at the artillery battalion.

As far as the current Yongzhou army is concerned, apart from the navy, the artillery battalion has the most knowledge.

Every artillery officer, like a sailor, must participate in training before he can take up his post after being qualified.

The barrel was cleaned, charged, and loaded. Zhao Yun stuffed a piece of wood under the barrel.

"Calibration complete!"

The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, and the cannons are fired to bombard his mother!

　New July, happy summer!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)