The collapsed 'city wall' kicked up layers of dust and flew into the air...

The scene is spectacular!

These were scenes of huge destruction that occurred in the blink of an eye.

"ah?!"

"ah?!"

Prince Zhao Huan, King Yun Zhao Kai, King Kang Zhao Kai, and the eunuch Liang Shicheng and others all exclaimed in surprise when they saw these grand scenes.

Zhao Ji, the traveler, looked calmly at the ruins ahead after the bombardment, with a calm expression on his face.

Zhao Guan's family was so calm and calm that even the firearms manufacturer Chen Gui and his deputy Li Ji were very puzzled.

They both had similar thoughts in mind. Although this powerful artillery was designed by the Zhao Guan family themselves,

However, that is only limited to the fact that Zhao Guanjia drew the design drawing and marked the size of each part and the operating methods for loading and firing!

They were both thinking about the same thing:

Although Zhao Guanjia is the designer of this artillery,

However, it stands to reason that the Zhao Guan family has never seen such a scene of such huge destructive power when artillery fires!

How did the Zhao Guan family stay so calm?

In fact, as a time traveler, Zhao Ji has never seen an artillery launch, not to mention the launch of a Dongfeng Express missile that is hundreds of times more shocking, or even the launch of a rocket that can send a spaceship into the sky.

He had already seen it online.

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At this time, the person who broke the brief shock and speechlessness of everyone watching the artillery launch was the eunuch Liang Shicheng who was accustomed to adapting to the wind and flattering him.

He knelt down to Zhao Guan's house and said:

"I congratulate Your Majesty for designing such a powerful artillery! If this artillery is used to garrison the northwest, how dare the Xixia thieves dare to invade the border again!

Only a true dragon emperor like your majesty can invent artillery that can ensure peace for our Song Dynasty forever. Long live my emperor..."

Zhao Ji secretly thought: "Liang Shicheng, your situation is too small! I invented so many gunpowder weapons for the Song Dynasty, how can I just deal with Xixia dog thieves?

How can I only use gunpowder weapons to defend the frontier?

The first step is to unify China!"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this time, Liang Shicheng took the lead in flattering, and the three princes immediately knelt down to Zhao Ji one after another, and the gorgeous words of congratulations came one after another...

At this time, Chen Gui, a firearms manufacturer who was a Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty, was not only the originator of the bamboo musket, but he was also very talented.

He listened to Liang Shicheng, the crown prince and the two princes praising the Zhao Guan family, and his heart was filled with excitement.

If Liang Shicheng's praise for Zhao Guan's family was mixed with some flattery to please the emperor,

So, what Chen Gui wanted to say at this time were all his heartfelt words to Zhao Guan, who was countless times better than him in the invention and design of firearms.

Chen Gui knelt down and worshiped, his hands trembled, his expression was excited, and his voice was high-pitched, and he said:

"The Emperor of the Song Dynasty was wise and powerful, invented artillery, and guarded the borders.

Promote the prestige of the Song Dynasty,

Keep peace forever!

Wei Chen sheds tears of gratitude,

Pay homage to the Holy Lord Mingzhu again!

Long live my emperor!"

Li Ji, deputy chief of firearms manufacturing, as well as personal officials from the Imperial City Department and accompanying representatives from the firearms manufacturing workshop, also knelt down and shouted:

"Long live my emperor..."

Zhao Ji smiled slightly, raised his hand and said, "I love you so much, so I'll be fine without any courtesy."

At this time, Zhao Ji looked with admiration at the artillery fifty steps ahead that had just successfully fired a cannonball.

As a time traveler, he knows that the Hongyi cannon he brought to the Song Dynasty, which leads the world's firearms development history for hundreds of years,

Even if it is placed more than 400 years later in the sixth year of the Qi Dynasty (i.e. 1626 AD), it is still a big killer on the battlefield!

According to what he knew from reading history: In the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty used this kind of red barbarian cannon to exert great lethality in the battle to defend Ningyuan.

At that time, Houjin Nurhachi personally led tens of thousands of elite bannermen to launch a crazy attack on Ningyuan City.

However, the Ming army guarding Ningyuan City used the fierce fire of the Hongyi cannon to blast the Eight Banners officers and soldiers of Houjin into pieces, with their flesh and blood flying everywhere, and the corpses piled up like mountains!

The Battle of Ningyuan was Nurhachi's first defeat since he started his army.

One year later, in 1627 AD, in the Battle of Ningjin, the Hongyi artillery once again exerted great power, severely damaging the Jin army and giving the Ming army a great victory...

Zhao Ji's thoughts were at this point. He looked at the Hongyi cannon in front of him that was designed by him and produced by the firearms factory, with a slightly worried expression on his face.

Zhao Ji secretly said in his heart: "These weapons designed by me, such as muskets, grenades, powder packets, and artillery, must keep their manufacturing methods confidential."

His concerns are well-founded.

Traveler Zhao Ji knows that during the long-term war between the Ming Dynasty and Hou Jin Dynasty,

Based on the advantages of Hongyi cannon, Ming Dynasty first took advantage;

However, when Hou Jin was able to produce imitation Hongyi cannons and put them into the battlefield, the Hou Jin army completely reversed its disadvantage and took a huge advantage.

In the first month of the fourth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1631 AD), during the Battle of Shenyang Zhongwei (Shenyang was called Shenyang Zhongwei in the Ming Dynasty), the Jin army captured Liu Han, the artillery craftsman of the Ming Dynasty.

The Later Jin Dynasty coerced Liu Han, the artillery craftsman of the Ming Dynasty, into rebelling and surrendering.

From then on, after the rebellion, the Ming Dynasty artillery craftsman Liu Han told the craftsmen of the Later Jin Dynasty the methods he had mastered in manufacturing Hongyi cannons, including the method of using complex annealing and quenching procedures to treat different parts of the artillery.

Later Jin Dynasty established a firearms battalion, and Liu Han was responsible for the technical guidance of manufacturing artillery.

Soon after, Hou Jin succeeded in imitating the Ming Dynasty's Hongyi cannon.

Because the word "Yi" was taboo for the Manchus, the Red Yi Cannon was renamed "Red Cannon".

After the death of Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, who succeeded to the throne, also set up a new battalion in the Eight Banners Army, called the "Heavy Army" (actually an army using red cannons).

Huang Taiji gave "Red Cannon" the title of "God's Blessing and Supporting General"!

From then on, Hou Jin began to use artillery on a large scale in wars...

In the ninth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1636 AD), Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor in the Chongzheng Hall of Shengjing. The country name of Dajin (known as Houjin in history) was stopped and the country name was changed to "Daqing" and Yuan Chongde.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (i.e. 1639 AD), the Qing army already had 60 self-made red cannons. They exerted great combat power in the Battle of Songjin, and even defeated the two cities of Tashan and Xingshan held by the Ming army...

In December of the first year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1645), the Qing army attacked Tongguan during the war of entry.

After the previous defeat at Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng led his army to withdraw from the capital, abandoned Hebei, Henan, Shanxi and other places, and returned to Shaanxi.

At that time, Li Zicheng's Dashun Army still had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and occupied the natural barrier of Tongguan, the gateway to Guanzhong known as "one man can guard the pass, but ten thousand men cannot open it".

Li Zicheng's Dashun Army used the danger of Tongguan to block the Qing army.

Dorgon sent Azig to lead the Qing army to attack the Dashun army. Since the main force and the red cannons had not arrived on the battlefield, they had to set up camp and hold on without fighting.

In the first month of the following year, the Qing army's red artillery arrived, severely damaging Li Zicheng's Dashun army, blasting open the dangerous Tongguan Pass, and marching into the gateway to Guanzhong...

The Qing army was so beaten that Li Zicheng could only lead his remaining troops to retreat continuously.

It is said that Li Zicheng later fled to Hu and Bei Tongshan County and was killed (another theory is that he became a monk)...

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Another army led by Duoduo that Dorgon had previously sent went south to attack the "Hongguang Regime" of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Along the way, it was overwhelming.

However, when it launched an all-out attack on Yangzhou, which was defended by Shi Kefa, it was blocked for several days.

On April 18, 1645 AD, Li Chengdong, the former general of the Dashun Army who surrendered to the Qing army, led the Qing army to surround Yangzhou City...

Shi Kefa, who retreated to Yangzhou City, hurriedly called all the towns for help, but no one came.

The small court of Nanming turned a deaf ear...

There are few soldiers and major generals in Yangzhou city.

The Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty invaded the country.

Shi Kefa led the soldiers and civilians in the city to defend Yangzhou by virtue of its high walls, and sternly refused the Qing army's surrender...

The Qing army failed to capture Yangzhou City in seven days.

At dawn on April 24, the Qing army brought red cannon from Sizhou and began to bombard Yangzhou City.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The deafening sound of artillery made the soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou panic.

Shi Kefa's blood was sparse and he didn't respond when he was in urgent need...

At night on April 24, the Qing army used red cannons to blast open the high-walled Yangzhou City.

When Shi Kefa saw the city of Yangzhou destroyed, he drew his sword and wanted to commit suicide for his country, but was stopped by his generals.

The remnants of the Ming army under Shi Kefa's command in the city started street battles with the Qing army and stubbornly resisted the Qing army...
To be continued...