"Sir, it's not that we don't fire guns, it's just..." The old gunner pointed at the cannon with a bitter face and couldn't speak. Finally, he held it in for a long time before saying, "Sir, you'd better watch it yourself."

"I don't have time to play a puzzle with you. Tell me what's wrong with this cannon?" Chen Wuke said angrily, directly grabbed the old gunner's collar and sprayed his saliva on his face. When is this time, what can I say?

Say it directly?

A young gunner on the side freed the old gunner and smiled and said, "Sir, what he said is that the cannon has been too old and the cannon has rusted to death in the barrel, so it can't be fired."

"What?" Chen Wuke was shocked and hurriedly looked into the muzzle. He saw that the originally bumpy gun chamber had already rusted, and some had even blocked the muzzle.

Chen Wuke looked at more than a dozen cannons on the city wall in a row, whether it was a large red cannon or a Franc, or a tiger squat cannon.

Many of these were shocked by the power of the other party's artillery in the eighth year of Jiajing. After the imperial court fought with the Folang Jiren (Spain and Portuguese) in Guangzhou. Later, after the suggestion of the Right Censor Wang Weiyan, the imperial court was so proud that the

Large-scale imitation began, and most of the cannons on the head of Nanyang City were made during this period.

After more than a hundred years, these cannons that can be entered into the museum are still alive. They are really strong.

"Damn it." After enduring for a long time, Chen Wuke couldn't help but swear. He remembered that a few years ago, the imperial court issued a special edict saying that the world is not pure this year and thieves are raging, and all regions should supervise the construction of cannons.

, armor and weapons, for the purpose of suppressing bandits, and for this purpose, they specially increased the reserve of silver in various places. Now, thinking about it, these silvers were probably fed to dogs, and the key was that they didn't have their own share. This is true, his grandma

of.

"This is your business. I don't care about anything else. I'll give you an hour. I'll hear the sound of cannons. Even if they use files, they must make it for me. The cannons are fired, and you are safe. If the cannons don't sound, they won't be able to make them.

, I will save you to the West first." Say it, without listening to their nonsense, Chen Wuke turned around and left, leaving behind a miserable gunner.

In fact, the gunner was helpless, and Chen Wuke was also indescribable. Chen Wuke was the commander of Nanyang Central Guard, who inherited his father's position as the commander. He said that he was the commander, but even his words in the guard station were not bad.

Not counting.

There is a saying in later generations to describe Mexico, which is too far away from God and too close to the United States. The situation of the guards in Nanyang Central is very similar to that of Mexico, and it is too close to Nanyang Prefecture.

As early as Hongwu and Yongle, Wu Gui and Wen Guardians were accused of the Nanyang Central Guard, and the martial artists who were guarding Nanyang Central were often able to point fingers at the government affairs of Nanyang Prefecture. This was as the dynasty entered the middle and late stages, all of this turned over. I don’t know when it started.

The military fields of the guards in Nanyang have become less and less, and gradually become the fields of some gentry in Nanyang Prefecture. The then guard commander could also tell the court about this time, but in the end they were left alone, and it was passed to the present.

Nothing belongs to the military field of a garrison in Nothing.

Without military fields, the military households naturally could not afford to support military households, so the military households fled one after another. Now, the military office has become an empty shell, with no people under his command, and the status of military officers has increased.

As he came lower and lower, the commander of the guard spoke without any weight, so Chen Wuke was a transparent person in Nanyang Mansion on weekdays.

If such a thing hadn't happened suddenly, I'd probably forgot that there was a person like him in the mansion.

If you are dissatisfied, you will be dissatisfied. There are hardships and hardships, but the battle still needs to be fought. Chen Wuke came behind the female wall and looked out. He saw that the "thief army" outside the city was progressing rapidly. In less than an hour, he had already completed the

The moat was filled with one third.

"Shoot the arrows, shoot the arrows quickly." Since the cannons are no longer used, they can only rely on the arrows to top them. Fortunately, there are many mountains around Nanyang Prefecture, and the people often need to go to the mountains to hunt, so there are many archers in Nanyang Prefecture.

, and the quality is good.

Flashes of arrows shot towards the Pei family army outside the city. Most of them were blocked by the shield walls in the hands of the sword and shield soldiers, and a small number passed through the gaps between the shield walls and shot onto the auxiliary soldiers who were working, causing them to not be able to do so.

Small casualties.

"Continue." Pei Xiaoer stared at everything without expression, "Send the artillery to kill their archers for me."

The messenger heard the order and quickly left and went to pass the order.

The artillery of the Pei family army was wrapping the wet cloth on the hot barrel to cool the barrel. The gun that had been fired for nearly an hour had just been fired, and the barrel was severely heated. If it was fired, it would be a risk of explosion. So I let the

Ming Dao could only order the cannon to stop for a moment. At this time, he heard the order to knock the other archer off, and his face immediately smiled bitterly.

The opponent's archers were not only on the city wall, but also hiding behind the female wall. Not only that, they were also extremely scattered. It was not easy to knock them out with the accuracy of the cannon.

The messenger naturally ignored this. Their task was to pass the command. Now that the command was delivered, the messenger saluted and turned around and left.

Not long after, the cannon that had cooled down roared again. Although it had tried its best to shoot at the opponent's archer's position, the effect could only be said to be slightly stronger than purely relying on the will of heaven.

The war continued until the afternoon, and the artillery fire of the officers and soldiers in the city finally heard the noise. The gunners were afraid that the old antique would explode, so they did not dare to add more gunpowder, which was less than half of the normal charge, but fortunately it still sounded.

This life has been saved.

However, at this time, the Pei family army had already filled the moat outside the city. Seeing that it was getting late, although the soldiers were not seriously injured or injured, they had been busy for a day and their energy had reached their limits. It was time to rest and attack the city.

Things can only wait until tomorrow. As the saying goes, good things are not afraid of being late. If you repair them for a day, you may gain miraculous results tomorrow.

"Send the order, call the gold to withdraw the troops." Pei Xiaoer watched the sunset in the west fall little by little, and saw that the auxiliary soldiers had completely filled the moat, so he spoke.

"Dangdang" The crisp sound of gongs resounded throughout the battlefield. The soldiers of the Pei family who heard the sound gradually withdrew from the battlefield under the command of their respective commanders, and also brought back the bodies, wounded soldiers and others who died on the attack road.

The process is calm and orderly.

In contrast, the officers and soldiers on the top of Nanyang City cheered and breathed a sigh of relief. The day finally passed and they were still breathing. This was the biggest good thing today.

Today's war has been over, and both the Pei family army and the officers and soldiers are already hungry and thunderous.

The Pei family army naturally had the Huotou Army prepared all the meals, steamed buns, pancakes, and various wild vegetables. The remaining broth last night was not as satisfying as the meat last night, but it was quite good in this era.

Not bad, at least the soldiers are very satisfied.

The officers and soldiers were much worse. They could get a few steamed buns and a meal with unknown soup, even if it was a supper. Despite this, the officers and soldiers were extremely satisfied because on ordinary days,

If you want to eat such a meal, you have to wait until the Chinese New Year.

Chen Wuke was eating like a wind and clouds. The food he ate was naturally different from that of ordinary soldiers. The fat chicken that had been killed, the roasted Dongpo pork, and a large portion of rice really shocked the appetite. After the meal, it really shocked.
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