Wuchang.

"Zuo Liangyu, come out and receive the order!"

Yang Qing carried a Fang Tian Huaji specially designed for pretentiousness and shouted outside Wusheng Gate.

It can be said that his troops are not bloody on his way to Wuchang.

After all, he had both Lu Guangzu's subordinates who turned against Jiujiang and a large number of silver to open the way. The cities along the way were completely open. In fact, there was no fortress after passing Jiujiang. It was meaningless to not stop Jiujiang from struggling in other places. Before Zuo Liangyu could be beaten by him, he and Huang Degong's army that advanced by water and land were already approaching the city of Wuchang, and even Zhang Mingzhen's navy had already captured Hankou on the north bank.

But that's all.

After all, it is impossible for Wuchang to be as powerful as before.

Zuo Liangyu stayed behind closed doors and refused to leave.

His strategy is very simple. Since Jiujiang cannot stop Yang Qing, then just fight for endurance under Wuchang City!

Anyway, his city had food, and those gentry could also be said to work together with him.

Yang Qing is indeed not easy to mess with, and the field battle is invincible. Even Dorgon was beaten to lose a ball. Zuo Liangyu believed that his army could not reach the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners, not to mention that Huang Degong was not good at going out to the field to defeat him. But the Ming army did not say that they could fight. He was consuming with Yang Qing here, and his subordinates in Jingzhou, Yueyang and other places went south to Dongting Lake from Changsha to attack Jiangxi east, and his subordinates crossed the Dabie Mountains to attack Huaixi and even took Hefei from Jiangbei to threaten Nanjing...

This is enough.

This is how to plan and win a thousand miles!

A reckless man like Yang Qing who is stupid and only knows how to act recklessly knows. Does he know how the real commander should fight?

In fact, this is indeed a good idea.

Whether his subordinates outside took Nanchang or Hefei, they forced Chongzhen to admit defeat. After all, what he is doing now is actually supported by all the gentry. They all hope that someone would stand up for them to force Chongzhen to stop the new policy. Zuo Liangyu's subordinates would not encounter real resolute resistance in Jiangxi. Even if there is resistance, it would be useless, because the main force of the Ming army is in Jiangbei and Nanjing, and Jiangxi is nothing more than a rotten guard. In front of the veterans under his command for a long time, they would be completely ruined. It is probably normal not to mention that they would collapse at once or at the sight of the wind.

And taking Nanchang can attack eastern Zhejiang.

Chongzhen would surrender immediately.

Chongzhen could not bear such a price.

However, his plan is indeed very good, but unfortunately his opponent is not easy to deal with!

"Zuo Liangyu resisted the imperial edict and planned to rebel and rebelled, and only Zuo Liangyu and his son were punished. The soldiers and civilians of Wuchang did not blame him for his own destruction. Your Majesty issued an order to give the troops of Huguang with one million taels of silver. The army of Jiujiang killed the rebel general Lu Guangzu. They all received the reward anyway. When do you want to wait? Some people who killed Zuo Liangyu and his son would reward 5,000 taels of gold and give it to the earl."

Yang Qing continued to shout.

Then the fire shone on the wall of Wushengmen, and a series of shells hit him.

The war horse under his crotch stood up with a neigh.

"It's just a dead end!"

Yang Qing sneered.

After saying that, he immediately raised the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand toward his head.

Fifty red cannons lined up in the back roared at the same time, and the shells roared past his head, causing broken bricks to splash at Wusheng Gate. However, this fortress-level city wall is not that fragile. After flying for more than a dozen pounds, they basically only smashed a few bricks. But if you want to continue to get closer, you have to face the bombardment of cannons on the city wall. Therefore, in such artillery shooting, the best way is to choose a position higher than the city wall, but in the north of Wuchang City is a vast sand lake, with a wetland of at most two miles wide in the area between the lake shore and the Yangtze River, and there is even a connected waterway in the middle.

Where can I find a suitable gun position in this place?

Of course, this little thing is not worth mentioning.

Yang Qing was prepared for a long time.

Then he shook the Fang Tian Hua Ji, and the shelling behind him stopped immediately. Then he smiled proudly at the city wall with a very pretentious manner.

"Zuo Liangyu, wash your neck and wait!"

He shouted arrogantly.

Then he turned around as quickly as possible, urged the horses to return to his formation, and quickly passed through the artillery position and arrived at another position where cannons were being set up.

A real heavy artillery position.

Here, six giant cannons with a diameter of more than five inches are temporarily requisitioned oxen, and countless soldiers are dragging and pushing forward a little by little on the ground where logs and straw are forced to be laid. From time to time, soldiers fall down exhausted and then dragged aside to take over. Huang Degong looked excited, holding a whip in his hand and supervising himself on the side. Behind these cannons, there are new four-wheeled carriages full of ammunition, with smooth solid iron balls as big as heads, and the oxes pulling the carts are slowly moving forward...

This is a 30-pound long-tube siege cannon.

Or the Divine Power Invincible General Cannon named by Chongzhen himself.

Created by Yang Qing.

He actually can't cast guns, but as a modern person, this is completely the most basic physical knowledge. To put it bluntly, what affects the quality of this thing is nothing more than the purity of the material. The barrel is easy to explode, except for the insufficient thickness of the tube wall, which is mainly because there are too many impurities, so it will be refined to the purest. With the copper refined by the craftsmen and the same refined tin, the best ductility ratio was finally obtained through the smelting test, and then the craftsmen were allowed to cast gun barrels in the spirit of casting crafts.

Just spend more money!

If there is no boring machine, then manually polish the inner chamber to the smoothest and most roundest.

The casting of shells is also in the spirit of casting crafts. The casting is the best fit with the barrel. In order to ensure that there is no problem, the shells of each cannon are dedicated, so there is no tolerance problem...

This is enough.

The borebore gun is not a high-end technology. The Ming Dynasty's gun was broken and cut corners was the result of cutting corners. It was not that the Ming Dynasty craftsmen did not have the ability to cast high-end guns.

This is a cost issue.

Yang Qing directly threw out ten thousand taels of silver per cannon.

Speaking of the fact that the Red Barbarian cannons bought from the Portuguese only 1,000 taels per red cannon, but the Portuguese slaughtered fat sheep. In addition, the buyer falsely reported profits, he actually made 10,000 taels per field. The final result was to cast these six cannons for the Ming Dynasty. The weight of the shells was 30 kilograms, but in fact, they almost caught up with the forty-two-pound cannons according to European standards. The exaggerated 25-fold diameter can ensure power within a thousand meters, and the accuracy within a mile can ensure hit a house.

The only flaw is that it weighs ten thousand kilograms, and it is more than ten thousand kilograms.

"It would be nice if it could be lighter!"

Wang Zhiren sighed from the side.

By the way, this kind of weapon that can be regarded as a national important weapon is naturally only the Beijing camp has the right to use it.

"Where are the Yangtze River Canal, Han River and Xiang River, what do you care about the importance of that?"

Yang Qing said.

Speaking of the image of his hand holding a square halberd, it can be said that the painting style is strange in this background that seems to be during the Napoleonic Wars.

Especially Huang Degong is next to him and is wearing a phoenix-winged helmet that is obviously used to show off!

Indeed, he has these good conditions!

The water network in Jiangnan can ensure that even if he has 10,000 pounds of heavy cannons, he can still move around without any obstacles even if he has a few Urbans. It is just a troublesome thing to unload from the ship, but this can be solved by a special transport ship. One cannon and one special transport ship is like a floating box. The water is shallow that it can only be directly rushing to the beach. With paddlers, he can find a suitable beach to rush to the beach. He quickly fills wood and stones in front of him, and gets dozens of cows to pull it down from above...

There is no dock that can withstand them anyway.

There are special docks and specially made giant cranes in Nanjing to hoist them onto the ship. As for outside Nanjing, it is simple. It is quickly dug out a ship-like canal, put the transport ships in, and then use a cattle to drag them onto the ship.

This is enough to ensure mobility.

As for the trivial matters transported to the battlefield, which important city in Jiangnan is not Linhe?

It's just the distance between the ferry and the city.

The first cannon was in place while speaking. The position was less than one mile from Wushengmen, but in fact it should be 500 meters. This is also the limit of the effective range of the Red Barbarian cannon. Of course, the latter cannot really be destroyed by one shot for more than ten miles. The maximum elevation shooting may be several miles, but if it is really said that the range of effective aiming is only 300 to 400 meters. This itself is also the most standard combat distance between artillery on the European battlefield. The 60-pound cannon tested by the Venetians was only more than 600 meters. The British snake gun's effective aiming distance was 400 yards, but the maximum range was more than 2,000.

Until the time of Yi Crow, the British battleship still anchored at the Humen Fort 500 meters to fight against it.

As a result, the turret was destroyed but he almost never got a few shells.

But these invincible general artillery are different.

"Sir?"

An officer looked at Yang Qing and said.

A loading hand next to him held a heavy shell and stuffed it into the muzzle. Because of the high degree of fit and the small elevation angle, the shell did not fall down. Another soldier pushed it hard with the push rod before pushing it down.

Yang Qing walked over and lay on the cannon barrel and aimed.

"ignition!"

Then he said with satisfaction.

After saying that, he ran to more than ten meters away as fast as possible.

The officer took the ignition rod and carefully inserted the fuse into the ignition hole.

The next moment, accompanied by a loud thunderous sound, as the fire of the muzzle was sprayed, the entire cannon suddenly retreated, and the support behind it plowed the soil deeply. In the flames and smoke, huge thirty-pound cannonballs whistled through the air...

"one two three……"

Just as Yang Qing counted to three, dust was flying on the Wusheng Gate Tower, which was seen in the distance with naked eyes. The next moment, it was like a monster suddenly gnawed it. A strange gap suddenly appeared, and then a corner of the tower collapsed like a collapsed building block.

Cheers around him instantly rang out.

"Uh, I didn't aim well!"

Yang Qing said with regret.

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