: Red Barbarian Cannons Conquer the Four Terms

Red Cannon!

There are actually red cannons inside Dongjiabao!

Only the Red Cannon can shoot such a large solid bullet!

For a moment, everyone who saw this big iron ball seemed to be stunned. It is not uncommon for the Hu Ben Army to have cannons. Without cannons, how could the Hu Ben Army defeat the aggressive Tartars? How could they get so many Tartar heads? The question is, where did the Red Barbarian Cannons come from?

A general stammered and said, "Sir General, does Zhang Ni actually have the Red Barbarian Cannon?"

The other gangs, guerrillas, guards and others around were all looking at each other, with shock and incredible faces. The Hu Ben Army's muskets were so powerful that they were already very surprised. If the Hu Ben Army still had super powerful red barbarian cannons, how could they attack Dongjiabao? No wonder Wu Sangui's Liaodong cavalry did not participate in the attack. Perhaps Wu Sangui had already learned some news.

The spread of information in ancient times was not as fast as that of later generations. The spread of military technology was much slower than that of later generations. In later generations, a new weapon appeared, and imitations would appear in a few years at most. However, in the seventeenth century, it was obviously not as fast as this. The Florian cannon appeared in the fifteenth century and was only spread to China more than a hundred years later.

People in this era did not seem to be very enthusiastic about the development of military technology. Especially in the Central Plains battlefield, the development of military weapons was very slow. A large part of the reason was that the leaders were all literati, and literati generally hated the so-called strange skills and would not escape from energy in this regard. It seemed that Xu Guangqi, there were very few people who could accept advanced scientific knowledge. It was simply rare.

It seems that the Hu Ben Gun has appeared for almost two years, and other people except the Hu Ben Army have not mastered its core technology. In addition to Zhang Zhun's confidentiality skills, the officials of the Ming Dynasty admired the Hu Ben Gun, but were disdainful, which also has a lot to do with it. Most civil officials believe that the key element of war is human. Weapons are secondary. You can tell this point by looking at the Tartars' weapons. The Tartars' weapons are actually very bad, but they can defeat the Ming army every time.

In addition, Qi Jiguang's military thought also played a certain misleading role. At the beginning, when Qi Jiguang formed the Qi family army, he completely abandoned firearms. The Qi family army used cold weapons from beginning to end. As a result, the Qi family army defeated all the enemies. Therefore, most generals naturally believed that even if they did not have firearms, they could train a strong army.

For those present, the Red Cannon is the most powerful cannon they know. The Red Cannon has a long range, great power, and full of destructive power. At that time, the wild boar skin was hit by the Red Cannon nearby and was injured and died. In the most common terms, the Red Cannon is the ultimate weapon. No weapon can be more powerful than it.

In the battle sequence of the Ming army, the number of red-branded cannons was only thirty. Among them, there were twenty gates in Beijing and ten gates in Ningyuan, and there were no other places. The Ming army had formulated a plan to equip a large number of red-branded cannons to enhance the power to defend and attack the city. Unfortunately, the court had no money, so the plan was gone.

But now, there are actually red barbarian cannons in the hands of the Hu Ben Army, which cannot help but surprise the Ming army present. They are well aware of the power of the red barbarian cannons. Even the Tartars dare not launch an attack with the bombardment of the red barbarian cannons, let alone the Ming army like them?

Xu Dingguo shook his head and said, "That's fooling people! Where did Zhang Ni get the red cannon?"

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that these red cannons from the Hu Ben Army were most likely seized from the hands of the Tartars. The red cannons of the Tartars came from the traitor Kong Youde. Kong Youde's red cannons came from Sun Yuanhua... This involves a very distant past.

At the beginning, Sun Yuanhua served as the governor of Shandong, opened a cannon casting workshop in Shandong, preparing funds, organizing technicians, and introducing overseas talents (more than 30 Portuguese technicians) to cast cannons. The cannons he cast were imitated red-branded cannons. Due to Sun Yuanhua's painstaking study, the performance differences between the red-branded cannons he produced and the imported red-branded cannons were already very small.

After the Red Cannons were cast, they were stored in Dengzhou City. They were originally intended to be transported to the Jinzhou front line to fight against the Tartars. Unexpectedly, Kong Youde suddenly launched a rebellion and occupied Dengzhou City. All the finished products, semi-finished products, raw materials, as well as the craftsmen and technicians who cast the cannon were owned by Kong Youde.

After Kong Youde surrendered to the Tartars, he immediately gave Huang Taiji technical information on the Red Barbarian cannons, as well as a large number of artillery casting craftsmen, skilled artillery soldiers and Portuguese technicians as a meeting gift. At this point, the Tartars began to know how to cast their own cannons. The Ming Dynasty did not have money to equip the Red Barbarian cannons, but the Tartars were rich. By the sixth year of Chongzhen, the number of Red Barbarian cannons that the Tartars had exceeded that of the Ming army.

In fact, shortly after Kong Youde surrendered to the Tatars, the Tatars launched the Daling River Battle. During the Daling River Battle, the Tatars dispatched dozens of red cannons. The Tatars used the Red Cannons as the pioneer and successfully captured many castles of the Ming army. In the end, Yuan Chonghuan spent a lot of efforts to build the Daling River City, which was stolen by the Tatars. If Jinzhou City had not been too solid, the Tatars would have even been able to defeat Jinzhou City.

"The Hu Ben Army is definitely not using the Red Cannon!"

"It's mostly modified from the Flang machine cannon!"

Xu Dingguo shouted angrily.

He couldn't let his subordinates think too much. If a smart person also thought of the reason, he would definitely give up. Under the intimidation of the Red Barbarian Cannon, how many Ming troops dared to rush up without fear of death? Even if they rush up without fear of death, how many people could get close to the wall of Dongjiabao?

Under Xu Dingguo's order, the Ming army continued to flock forward. In the turbulent battlefield, there were indeed not many people who realized the powerful weapons possessed by the Hu Ben Army. Xu Dingguo's psychological warfare was relatively successful.

"Sir, the officers and soldiers are still not giving up..."

Yang Zixuan frowned and said.

"fire!"

"Let go and fight!"

Zhang Zhun said coldly.

Since Xu Dingguo is shameless, he will not give it to him.

Xu Ziwen and Liu Chenzi immediately handed over this task to Mo Ru.

Mo Ru now specializes in command of the Heavy Artillery Association. The Heavy Artillery Association has a total of twelve red cannons. In other words, half of the red cannons in the Hu Ben Army are concentrated here. Where is the other half? Of course, it is in Qingzhou City, waiting for the Tartars' vanguard.

"These bastards!"

"Dare you challenging the man?"

Mo Ru shouted carelessly, directing his men to put out all the twelve red cannons.

The Red Barbarian Cannon was at the hands of the Hu Ben Army and had not been fired to the fullest once! Now, I finally have the opportunity to display my power well. This kind of giant creature looks particularly powerful! Unfortunately, the gun is not aimed at the Tartars, but the soldiers of the Ming army. But there is no way, who told them to run up to die?

"preparation!"

"put!"

Mo Ru shouted loudly, then waved the triangular red flag in his hand,

The artillery soldiers immediately lit the fuse.

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

After a moment, a dense loud noise continued to erupt.

Zhang Zhun and others subconsciously covered their ears to avoid damage to their eardrums. The sound of the Red Cannon when it was fired was so shocking, it was like a bolt from the blue. If it sounded unexpectedly in the ears, it would most likely be shocked to become deaf.

Amid the rumbling sound of cannons, grape bullets roared out. Then, the grape bullets turned into large marbles in the sky, as if hail suddenly appeared, completely blocking the sunlight. For a moment, the light between heaven and earth seemed to dim immediately.

Hearing the loud noise, the Ming soldiers felt something was wrong and they hurriedly retreated. However, the range of the Red Cannon was too far. It could easily throw grape bullets hundreds of feet away. It was impossible for them to escape the coverage of the marbles.

"Puff puff puff!"

"Puff puff puff!"

"Puff puff puff!"

Countless dull sounds were heard.

The marbles fell one by one, as if they were the most violent hail, smashing all the obstacles blocking the road ahead. The Ming soldiers were shrouded in it and suddenly fell down a large area. Various screams burst out at the same time, as if they were hell on earth.

A ginseng general was so scared that his legs were weak and paralyzed on the ground, and his face was full of horror and screamed in horror: "God! All are red cannons! How many red cannons does the Hu Ben Army have?"

Xu Dingguo felt a little chilled. The Hu Ben Army actually owned so many red cannons! It was simply incredible. Is Zhang Zhun really going to attack the capital? He had reserved so many red cannons in Hejian Prefecture?

The other Ming generals were also stunned, it was so terrifying! The Hu Ben Army actually had so many red and barbarian cannons! Compared with the Red and Barbarian cannons used by the Ming army, they were simply scumbags! Is this kind of battle possible to continue?

"withdraw!"

"Retreat!"

"Retreat quickly!"

Xu Dingguo shouted hurriedly.

In front of the Red Barbarian Cannons, even the Tartars dare not force themselves, let alone the Ming army's border troops? If they do not retreat quickly, the Ming army will be ruined here.

"pound!"

"pound!"

"pound!"

The gongs kept ringing, and the Ming army called out the gold and retreated.

The remaining Ming army hurriedly retreated.

"Sir, let's have two more shots?"

Mo Ru said itchy.

The bombardment of the Red Barbarian cannons was so good. Whenever the shells were shot out, it felt like the god of death was staring in the sky. The targets fell in the area where the grape bombs fell, as if they were cutting wheat. Unfortunately, the Ming army ran too fast and did not have much chance to bombard.

"No."

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said slowly.

When the enemy is facing each other, killing each other is the worst strategy.
Chapter completed!