Yang Yanrong felt relieved. If I were to contribute 300,000 pounds of concubines in vain, then I would have to pay for my pants to be worn!
Zhao Guangyi snorted and looked at the ministers around him: "I have launched the battle to attack Liao twice. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, I have attacked Liao several times, but they have all ended in failure. This time I have won 60,000 war horses.
It is enough to form six cavalry troops of 10,000 people. Humph, I don’t believe it anymore. This time I can’t take back the Sixteen State of Youyun.”
"The emperor is wise!" The ministers praised him one after another.
Yang Yanrong quickly said, "My father-in-law, why do you separate these 60,000 cavalry troops? Can't you form your own army? If you separate them, how could the 60,000 people charge fiercely?"
Zhao Guangyi laughed and said, "Yang Yanrong, Yang Balang, I really thought you were a fool who didn't understand the battle formation. It turns out that you also understand this principle! Yes, I have this idea, but have you ever thought about it, only three
How can a month's preparation time be built in three months to build an invincible cavalry? If I were given two years, I would definitely be able to do it, but three months, the time was too
A little shorter."
Yang Yanrong laughed dryly and said, "I'm just a simple opinion, I can't take it seriously. Since you have an idea, you have already made an idea, then we will do it."
Zhao Guangyi nodded slightly and said, "In the past, we attacked Liao several times, and we were divided into several groups and were defeated by the Liao people. But this time, huh, I concentrated all my strength to attack one by one, and I broke one by one in the sixteen states.
Of."
Yang Yanrong didn't understand these things, and he would listen to whatever Zhao Guangyi said.
"How many troops are we going to send out this time?" What Yang Yanrong is most concerned about is of course the number of people. If the number of people is not as large as that of the Liao people, then let's just say a big fuck.
"Three hundred thousand!" Zhao Guangyi said: "150,000 imperial guards, bringing 150,000 Yanmen defenders, forming a 300,000 army to concentrate on attacking Liao. Yang Yanrong, don't let me down then, the battle formation
If you want to go, you can go in. If you want to go in, you have to go in. Don’t do it nonsense, do you know if it is not?"
"Who leads the army? The food and grass can be prepared? How about logistics and supplements?" These are the most practical things on the battlefield. If the general is incompetent and commands randomly, there is no need to fight. Everyone will do their own things.
Go escape.
Zhao Guangyi stared at him in surprise. This kid is OK. He has asked everyone about the point. It seems that he has to re-evaluate this guy's ability. Is it a bit of a waste of his ability to be a pioneer?
"Tell me, if you are the chief general, how do you attack Liao?" Zhao Guangyi had an idea in his mind, so he wanted to see how deep the kid's water was.
Yang Yanrong remembered the movies, TV, etc. that he had watched later generations, especially the Eighth Route Army's set, and said, "If I were the chief general, of course I had to find out what military deployments the other party had in each city, such as the city.
What if the other party comes to rescue the city when we attack the city? Then we can surround and not fight, wait for the other party's reinforcements to come to rescue, try to ambush the reinforcements, and then turn to the army to attack the empty city. We
Hit the troops and attack them, forcing the opponent to divide the troops to guard them. In this way, we have the advantage, which is called a siege and aid."
When Zhao Guangyi heard this, he couldn't help but nodded. He glanced at Pan Mei and signaled to come and test him.
"If the enemy general can't hide? What do you think?" Pan Mei asked with a understanding and smiled.
Yang Yanrong thought for a while and said, "Let's blow up the city gate for him, and I can see if he can't show it."
Pan Mei sneered: "Damn it, don't even think about it. If the city wall is thick, how do you explode it? Do you use gunpowder? The other party is not a fool. Just pour it with cold water, and your gunpowder will naturally fail."
Yang Yanrong said: "Let's use guns to bombard it. That thing is fierce, and tens of thousands of guns are fired at once. Just one round of guns will be shot. Isn't the city wall like a paper talisman?"
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what this "cannon" was!
Yang Yanrong said: "The so-called cannon is a powerful weapon of war. There is not yet, but we can build it. Use an iron pipe, put a solid large iron ball in it, and then fill it with gunpowder, you just need to
If you ignite the fuse, the large iron ball inside the copper tube will fly out and hit the city wall. With a bang, it will penetrate the city wall."
Zhao Guangyi said anxiously: "Can you make that kind of 'cannon'?"
Yang Yanrong shook his head and said, "I haven't made it, but I can give it a try."
Yang Yanrong said the principle of the cannon, which shocked everyone to speak. If there were such sharp firearms in the world, what's the use of building a city? As soon as the cannon came over, the city wall was destroyed.
Zhao Guangyi was anxious and immediately ordered Yang Yanrong to create one and try it out. Even the weapon surveillance was mobilized by him. If it could be created, then this time the attack on Liao would be sure to win.
Where did Yang Yanrong build this thing? He just saw some real objects and information about the ancient red cannons in later generations. If he wanted to build a cannon, it would be a bit whimsical. But the emperor gave the order and had to do it.
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The anxious Zhao Guangyi pulled Yang Yanrong to the weapons surveillance. Pan Mei and others were also very curious and wanted to see how this so-called cannon was made.
Yang Yanrong racked his brains to think of a solution, first get a large iron pipe and try the cannon. Fortunately, he had experience in making outbursts and muskets in the weapons surveillance before. There were so many iron pipes, so it was extremely hard to make iron pipes.
With experience, Yang Yanrong asked them to thicken the barrel of the thunder musket by a hundred times and lengthen ten times, and the iron pipe should be made of solid pig iron, gradually thickening from the mouth of the pipe to the body.
When the craftsmen in the weapons prison saw that the emperor had come, how could they dare to neglect? So they poured a large thick and long iron pipe out on the spot. The back of the iron pipe was sealed, but a small hole was left at the tail.
For use as a fuse.
Seeing that this big iron guy was afraid that he would be heavier than his iron-spotted steel gun, Yang Yanrong couldn't help but smile bitterly. This was the earliest cannon of this era. Now that he had a gun barrel, of course he had to
There are shells. The shells are simple. Just pour a few more large iron balls weighing nearly 100 kilograms.
Pan Mei and others, who have been watching the whole process, were amazed. Can such a simple thing really be so powerful? They couldn't help but shake their heads, I'm afraid this kid is bragging.
Yang Yanrong had no experience in firing firecrackers, so he asked people to put this big iron pipe into a large field outside, put a stone underneath, tilt the barrel, and then filled it with gunpowder. How much to install it, and how much it needs to be installed, it won't be installed.
I understood, I just put it in it anyway, and then I rammed it with a wooden stake, penetrated a long fuse through the small hole behind the tail of the cannon, and then a large piece of iron lump was put in.
Although he didn't know how powerful this thing was, he looked at this big guy and thought that he would ignite the fuse for a while. The sound of this thing was probably not too small. After he ordered someone to ignite the fuse, he told everyone to dodge quickly.
It will be as far as you go. If you blow this thing away and hurt yourself, it will be very bad.
Yang Yanrong was afraid, Zhao Guangyi and others were also afraid, and they all hid far away, and so much gunpowder could even kill people.
After the craftsman of Yang Ming Weapon Supervisor ignited the fuse, everyone covered their ears hard. Seeing the fuse sparking with sparks, everyone's hearts were in their throats. This thing was very effective.
Not working!
"Boom!" After a loud bang, the shells were knocked out, but no one knew where they had flew, but the bullet tube was a bit funny, and it flew straight into the air, and then fell down with a "huh".
The walls of the Weapon Prison collapsed.
Although Zhao Guangyi and others covered their ears, the loud banging sound was really uncomfortable. The strong loud noise inside their heads were buzzing, and they didn't wake up for a long time.
"Haru, the power of your cannon is indeed quite great! Without hitting the enemy, he almost killed his own people!" Pan Mei looked at the cannon barrel that was crooked on the wall and was immediately angry and furious.
Come.
Yang Yanrong smiled awkwardly and said, "It's the first time, I don't have much experience. It seems that I have filled too much gunpowder. If I try it again later, I will probably not blow the barrel away!"
At this time, someone came to report that an unknown object was shot into the city wall near the city wall, piercing a large hole. The weapon surveillance was not far from the city wall, and I thought that the cannon must have hit the city wall.
It's right.
Zhao Guangyi and others were surprised. Could this cannon really be so powerful? So the group hurried to the city wall again and saw a hole as big as a sea bowl in the middle of the city wall, which was three meters thick, stuck in the middle.
"Is this really the shell shot?" Pan Mei stared at the hole in disbelief, and took a breath in her heart.
"It shouldn't be fake!" Zhao Guangyi nodded affirmatively, his face full of excitement, and the fierce light coming out of his eyes was very scary.
"Go and take the shell to see!" Pan Mei gave orders to the workers in the Weapons Supervision. Soon, they dug out the deformed iron ball more than ten feet outside the city wall. At this time, it was already
The round iron ball was almost turned into a round cake. The whole body was covered with mud, and it was said that it was several feet deep and it was dug out after finally.
Everyone was even more shocked. This iron lump was so powerful? It was so terrifying! Thinking of the scene where thousands of cannons were fired just now, everyone changed their color. Even a thick city wall like the capital could
After breaking through, how can those small cities defend?
Zhao Guangyi laughed and said, "Yang Yanrong, hurry up and test the cannons, so that these cannons can shoot out the shells safely and will blow the barrels away. Immediately, immediately. If you try it, you will make it hard for me.
The more you need, the better, haha, if I have tens of thousands of cannons in my hand, why worry about not being able to conquer and not being able to win?”
Yang Yanrong complained secretly, Grandma, I asked me to be a cannonball expert for you. Is this arguable? But seeing that my father-in-law is in a good mood, he can't defeat his interest, right? I immediately ordered someone to check the cannon.
It's still possible to use it. Fortunately, the cannon tube is made of pig iron, but a little bit of iron is scraped off the cannon. It seems that it can still be used.
After reinstalling the cannon and reloading gunpowder, Yang Yanrong didn't dare to install too much this time, only one-fifth of the previous one, but even so, Yang Yanrong and others were also very afraid.
After loading the shell fuse with heavy load, everyone ran further as if they had a tacit understanding.
"Boom!" After another loud bang, the cannon body went round a few times and fell to the ground. Fortunately, it was not as terrifying as before, and it exploded the cannon body out.
Yang Yanrong ran over and saw, hey, the cannon body was quite hot, but it was obviously still useful. The cannonball flew out a long way, but this time the cannonball did not hit the city wall, but flew out from the city wall from afar.
Leaving two miles away.
The craftsmen in the Weapons searched for a long time before they lifted the solid shell back.
Zhao Guangyi was very satisfied when he saw this and ordered: "Reduce the amount of gunpowder by half and try again!"
Everyone set up the cannon again. Yang Yanrong always felt something was wrong. In this way, the cannon body should still be blown away. After thinking for a while, he understood the problem and smiled and said, "Everyone fix the cannon barrel and tie it together.
There is a base on the wood so that the cannon body cannot move, so that it will not be fired. The amount of gunpowder just now should be enough, but the cannon body is unstable, so it will be blown over."
When Zhao Guangyi heard this, he felt deeply convinced, so he asked someone to follow Yang Yanrong's method to lift a large iron mass and firmly fix the cannon body to the iron mass.
When the third gun was fired, the gun body was finally not blown over. Everyone was overjoyed. This guy, known as a cannon, was created under the witness of everyone. It is powerful and really attacking.
The only weapon of the city.
Yang Yanrong also thought of a problem, that is, if the gun body overheated, he would be afraid that after firing a few guns and reloading gunpowder, there would be a risk of explosion. Therefore, he refused to try the gun anymore and explained the reason to Zhao Guangyi.
Everyone felt it was reasonable. Now it was just a test shot. If it hurts people because of this, it would be really inappropriate.
Unfortunately, there is no thermometer in this era. Yang Yanrong, the kind of flowering bullet I saw on TV before, could not make it, so he could only make it like this first. Anyway, it would be enough to use it to bombard the city wall.
At Yang Yanrong's suggestion, a rigid rule came out. After each gun was fired, the cannon must be cooled for half an hour before it could be fired again. This is also a solution. Who said that the conditions here are too low?
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Pan Mei said: "The official family, now that I have such a powerful weapon in the Song Dynasty, God really bless me. I ask the official family to make the name of this cannon, and it will be recorded in the historical strategy in the future and will be passed down through the ages."
The ministers responded to Pan Mei's proposal, and Zhao Guangyi was so happy that he smiled. He immediately thought of a name: "What about we call it Hachiro Cannon? This cannon was made under the supervision of Yang Hachiro, and named after Hachiro.
Really deserved the name.”
Oh my god! Hachiro cannon! When Yang Yanrong heard this, he almost fell down.