In April, the wind blows on your body with a hint of coolness.

Outside the north city of Xuanfu, in the barracks on the south bank of the moat, the exercises were underway, and the shouts of killing were shocking.

The artillery field near the river bank was full of border troops wearing hard and sharp edges. When facing the artillery, more than a dozen people pointed around the artillery, and two border troops stood aside with torches in their hands.

Su He, wearing a reddish-brown leather robe, surrounded Sucheng with a craftsman, pointing fingers at the gunpowder eggs on the ground.

"This is a novel saying. If you put some gunpowder underneath, you can throw the gunpowder egg."

"I'm afraid this iron sheet can't hold on."

The craftsman said a little worried and pointed his fingers on the iron sheet.

Su He's brow frowned into the word "chuan":

"Can't this iron sheet stop it?"

Su Cheng said next to him:

"Then try to blow it up and see how much medicine it can withstand and how long the leads it takes to make the gunpowder egg explode in the right place."

The craftsman and Su He both widened their eyes and looked at Su Cheng.

Su Cheng made several demonstrations, and Su He was still confused, and the craftsmen understood. They poured a gunpowder egg over in a few seconds, knocked out a concave with iron sheet, and put the gunpowder egg over.

Su Cheng nodded repeatedly. This craftsman is good, skillful, and has a good craftsman.

Su Cheng asked Yang Xin next to him:

"What's the name of this craftsman? With such a coincidental craft, how much money can you get in a month?"

Yang Xin was having fun with Sun Yong, talking about the troubles that came from the middle of the allocation of Houtun Guard's military pay, and his tone was a little happy. When he heard Su Cheng's words, Yang Xin glanced at the craftsman:

"You said Lao Luo, he is an old craftsman who makes artillery. He has a salary of 800 yuan per month. Including the workmanship subsidies and fire consumption, he can get more than one or two."

When Su Cheng heard this, he looked at Lao Luo, who was covered with frost. His face was covered with gullies. He frowned when he thought hard, his forehead was even more wrinkled. His hands that were hitting the iron sheet were covered with calluses, and they were as dark as dried orange peel.

However, as he knocked, the originally spread iron sheet became concave, just putting the gunpowder egg in, with a suitable appearance.

However, in just a cup of tea, Lao Luo made a gunpowder egg wrapped in iron, and put it into the cannon according to Su Cheng's words. Yang Yu held a torch and lit the fuse.

"boom"

The cannon made a deafening roar, and the gunpowder egg wrapped in iron flew out. When it flew in mid-air, a light suddenly burst out.

"boom"

There was another loud bang, and the gunpowder egg exploded in mid-air.

Su He and Lao Luo hurried over to check the landing points of the iron sheet and rubble.

Yang Xin, who was chatting with Sun Yong, looked over and said in confusion:

"Mr., this thing is limited in power, and it is also very powerful. It is far less powerful than the Divine Fire Flying Crow. The Water Continuous Pearl is powerful. It is appropriate to make this sound. When fighting, you have to rely on a big knife."

Su Cheng kicked a big iron cannon:

"This thing is too bulky. You can still scare people when you guard the city. It's far from being on the battlefield. However, this thing can be changed, it's lighter, and the power of gunpowder will be almost the same."

Yang Xin scoffed at this:

"That's not true. Master, if the power of gunpowder is too great, the iron pipe will explode. Although the iron pipe is thick, it can't hold on to the explosion of gunpowder at all. If you put too much medicine, you can explode in an instant."

Su Cheng became interested when he heard this:

"Listen to what Yang Xin said, do you still understand artillery?"

Yang Xin kicked the iron cannon:

"The good teacher learned that this thing was made by me, Lao Yang. When I first joined the army, I was a guy who was a gangster in a pot with Lao Luo. After working on artillery for several years, I felt that there was no hope, so I turned to become a border army."

"Lao Luo has been making a lot of money over the years, and his salary has not increased at all. I told him a few times, but he was not willing to do anything at all. The salary is at its peak when it reaches the master's craftsman, and it cannot rise at all."

Su Cheng saw Lao Luo who was studying the fried spot of gunpowder eggs with Su He. Unexpectedly, Yang Xin still had this ability. He patted the dust on his hand:

"Then set a level for the masters. If the skills are really superb, you will increase the salary and treatment. If you are as skilled as Lao Luo and are willing to stay with the border army, you will raise the salary and money. If you don't have four taels a month, you will always have three taels."

Su Cheng ordered Yang Xin.

While he was talking, he rode all the horses and entered the camp at night. After checking the defense, he arrived in front of Sucheng.

"I've met the prince."

The commander pointed his knees and saluted Su Cheng, while raising the military newspaper in his hand:

"Kaiping urgently reported that Deputy General Zhang asked for military orders."

Su Cheng opened it and looked at it, shook his head, and handed the military newspaper to Yang Xin and Sun Yong who were looking for it very much.

Sun Yong read the military newspaper and immediately shouted:

"Oh, Zhang Shitou is so capable. He dares to lead his troops into the territory of Oirat."

Su Cheng ordered the messenger:

"You go and tell Shi Tou, just say what I said and let him withdraw it. It's almost done, so it's time to drive Yang Shan back first."

Sun Yong and Yang Xin looked at each other and asked in confusion:

"I'm afraid of the Duke, but I'm not afraid of this. He is the Grand Tuola of Ola, especially now that Tuotuobuhua is captured, he is the number one in Mongolia. Even if he is afraid of the Duke, he won't drive Yang Shan back like this."

Yang Xin even shouted:

"Master, why don't we make a bet, I bet that Mr. Yang Shan can bring the Supreme Emperor back this time."

Su Cheng glanced at Yang Xin deeply.

Yang Xin felt a chill on his back, and understood that there was a lot of information about his words, but he didn't dare to remedy it, so he could only smile embarrassedly:

"I heard my uncle mention Mr. Yang Shan's character and character. I think he is not the kind of person who gave up halfway."

Su Cheng nodded:

"Then let's take a bet. If Yang Xin loses, just give me the cannons and make half of them lighter, but the power cannot change."

Yang Xin felt a bitter face when he heard this, reminding Su Cheng:

"What if you lose, Marquis?"

Su Cheng laughed:

"If I lose, then I will take you into the Mongolian grasslands and earn you a title."

Yang Xin was overjoyed when he heard this:

"A word is determined, and you will never regret it."

...

Hundreds of kilometers northwest of Kaiping City, inside the Ming army's barracks.

The stone was drinking small wine and barely asked the messenger in front of him:

"Mr. I really said that, let me withdraw my troops?"

The messenger responded and repeated Su Cheng's words.

The drunken stone shook his head:

"Okay, I understand. I'll send you a message to pack up the fine gold, silver, grain and grass, and prepare to return to Kaiping."

"Let's go to Kaiping for a month. When our Ming Dynasty mission returns from the north, we will go and sweep away the horse bandits who dare to plunder the mission and vent their anger."

When military orders came out, the camp was filled with joy, and there was a sea of ​​joy everywhere. The Ming army, who was full of pockets robbed on the grassland, was finally able to go home.

Shi Tou pinched his chin and thought that he knew how to fight this battle, but how to withdraw it. He was not very good at it, especially these days, he moved back and forth on this broken grassland.
Chapter completed!