Huang Chen's iron-made red barbarian cannon weighed 2,560 kilograms, with a bullet weight of seven kilograms, which is equivalent to a Western eight-nine-pound cannon. The weight of the two newly acquired red barbarian cannons is even more than that, conservatively.
It was estimated to be between three and four thousand kilograms, and he concluded that the bullet could weigh more than ten kilograms.
An officer and soldier were captured and questioned carefully. Sure enough, he guessed correctly. One of the two red cannons weighed more than 3,400 kilograms and received ten kilograms of bullets. The other weighed four thousand kilograms and received twelve kilograms of shells. The former was about
It is equal to a twelve-pound cannon, which is about fourteen or five pounds. What troubles Huang Chen a little is that the three Hongyi cannons are of different shapes and need to reserve three different types of shells. Of course, this is a happy trouble.
Later, Huang Chen heard from the prisoners that there were five red cannons in Tongshan City, including three at the east gate and one at each of the north and south gates. After hearing this, he secretly thought it was a pity that most of the two red cannons had fallen into the
If he had known about it earlier, he would have sent people to fight for it. Then Huang Chen couldn't help but feel filled with emotion. Copper Mountain held a mighty city with powerful cannons, but it was easily defeated by pirates. Even saying that it was defeated was an exaggeration.
On the other side, in fact, the pirates basically entered Tongshan City unimpeded.
The reason why the Tongshan land and sea soldiers performed so poorly has a lot to do with the lack of pay. It is said that the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. They have not been able to receive pay for three full months. This is not an isolated phenomenon. It occurs all over Fujian.
In this way, it ranges from one or two months to three to five months. Wei Zhongxian's misappropriation of Fujian Haiphong Reserve Bank is an important reason, but it is not the most fundamental reason. It is dictated by the general environment. In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has had trouble with the Hou Jin in Northeast China.
There was the She'an Rebellion in the southwest. The two places were like bottomless pits, wildly devouring millions of military pay every year, resulting in serious shortages of military spending in other places. Three years ago, in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, a mutiny broke out among officers and soldiers in Funing, Fujian, because of lack of pay.
In the same year, there was a mutiny in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and a mutiny in Tongzhou, Zhili, which once caused the local governments to be in a panic.
Fujian was short of silver, troops were being laid off, wages were in arrears, there was a severe drought... all kinds of unfavorable conditions were at stake, so Zheng Zhilong chose this time to launch an attack because he saw through Fujian's external strength and internal weakness that it would be easy to defeat it.
Huang Chen leaned against the wall and looked at Tongshan City. No matter whether it was a slum in an alley or a deep house, he was attacked by pirates without exception. Fires were everywhere and smoke was billowing. Huang Chen slowly shook his head. He was not naive enough to be a pirate.
He still has a mother's heart. Even if he wants to be a mother, he can't stop the thieves. All he can do is to take care of himself, restrain his subordinates with rules, and prevent them from acting recklessly. He does not have the big heart to appreciate the tragedies in the world for the time being.
He quickly withdrew his gaze and looked outside the city, looking at the vast expanse of mist, the vast expanse of blue waves, the boats and boats connected to each other, and the masts and masts connected to each other.
Chuanling Mountain is located on the coast. It was a resting place for fishermen from Fujian and Guangzhou in the early days. Later, people gradually settled on the island to make a living by fishing and farming. In the early Ming Dynasty, thousands of households were built in Tongshan, which was the beginning of large-scale development. After more than 200 years of development, Chuanling Mountain was located on the coast.
With years of development, Chuanling Island now has nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians, and hundreds of hectares of fertile land. Tongshan City was the first to be developed, with thousands of acres of fertile land around the city. If there is land, there must be cattle. Zhao Hongyi, Ruan Jin and others learned that Huang Chen had harvested two
The Hongyi Cannon needed some oxen to transport it, and a dozen oxen were quickly sent back.
The two red barbarian cannons weighed three to four thousand kilograms. It was not an easy task to move them down the two-foot-one-foot-high city wall, even with oxen. Huang Chen commanded a group of his men and worked hard to finally move them down.
The two artillery carriages landed safely, but before they could take a breath, Zhao Hongyi sent someone to report a conflict between Zhang Xing and Liu Bin, and the two parties almost met each other in combat.
Huang Chen was so shocked that he immediately sent someone to call them back.
Liu Bin is the number one general under Wang Fengwu. He used to be a popular figure in the village. Later, he broke the law in his hometown in Ningbo and defected to the sea in the name of Wang Fengwu. He looked very rough, with a tiger neck and ribs, and a sinewy face. I know he is not a good person. In comparison, Zhang Xing walking with him looked a little wretched. The latter was less than five feet tall, dark and thin, with high cheekbones, a bulbous nose, and a pointed chin. He looked like a monkey. .Zhang Xing followed Huang Chen since he started, but he only lived through a hard life at first. Later, his situation became worse day by day. Now he is directly in charge of a seven-foot bird boat. It is said that his daily food is not bad, but his body is still the same as before. I’m just as thin, and I don’t know where all the supplements went….
Huang Chen looked at the two of them coldly and asked, "What's going on? If brothers kill each other, aren't they afraid of being laughed at by others?"
Both of them were silent.
Huang Chen was slightly surprised. Zhang Xing was a boring gourd. He remained silent. Huang Chen was not surprised. Liu Bin was not a master who was willing to suffer losses. His silence seemed to explain some problems. Huang Chen asked Zhang Xing, "Zhang Xing, you Come on, what’s going on?”
Zhang Xing paused for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Before the big leader set out, he stipulated that no innocent people should be killed indiscriminately and women should not be raped. Violators would be killed without mercy! It's embarrassing to say that I sent five disobedient people on board in order not to disappoint the big leader. , all five of them were killed by me, and none of them escaped the net. I also saw someone under Captain Liu who ignored the orders of the chief and killed people wantonly. I was angry and drew my sword. Captain Liu came after hearing the news and blamed me for overstepping my authority and stopped him. I want to find a solution for my subordinates, but the cause and effect are basically like this."
"..." Huang Chen gasped when he heard this. The bird ship controlled by Zhang Xing only had 50 or 60 people in total. He actually killed five people in a row, which was close to a tenth ratio. He also killed Liu Bin's people easily. When Huang Chen and Zhang Xing met for the first time, the latter left a very deep impression on him by fighting to the death with one against seven. He had known that Zhang Xing had a fierce personality in his thin body, but he didn't expect that he would be so ruthless. At this point, Huang Chen came back to his senses, glanced at Liu Bin, and asked: "Liu Bin, is Zhang Xing right?"
Liu Bin's chest heaved violently, and he stared with scarlet eyes and said: "Even if my brother has ten thousand wrongs, it is not his turn to deal with it. If I just let him go, what will the brothers below think of me? I How can we lead people in the future?" At the beginning, Huang Chen got five out of Wang Fengwu's seven ships. As the first person under Wang Fengwu, Liu Bin was the leader of the other four ships, which made him a vaguely aloof position in Huang Chen's team. Even Huang Chen His deputy, Zhao Hongyi, also gave in to him, but now he was openly ridden on his head by a young boy and had to shit on him. He was so humiliated that he could not let it go.
Huang Chen said calmly: "In other words, Zhang Xing did not lie, what he said is true."
Liu Bin felt a little cold in his heart.
Huang Chen added: "There is something wrong with Zhang Xing's overstepping his authority and killing people. I will punish him and give you an explanation. But - there is one thing I don't understand. Why was he able to catch your subordinates?"
"The big leader..."
Liu Bing just wanted to explain, but Huang Chen cut him off and said, "Can I understand that you didn't take my words to heart?"
"Big leader, I..."
Huang Chen blocked Liu Bin's words again and asked: "How many people under your command broke the rules? How many people did you kill?"
Liu Bin was speechless.
"Why don't you answer? I'm asking you, how many people under your command broke the rules? How many people did you kill?" The temperature of Huang Chen's voice suddenly dropped, and it was bone-chilling.
Liu Bin's arrogance suddenly disappeared and he replied: "No, I didn't kill anyone."
Huang Chen smiled and said: "Are you trying to tell me that all of your subordinates obeyed the rules? Or that there was only one person who did not obey the rules, but escaped your sight and fell into Zhang Xing's hands."
"..."
The smile on Huang Chen's face became brighter and brighter, and he said: "Zhang Xing overstepped his authority to kill people and removed him from the position of captain. However, now is the time to employ people. He will lead the ship as a steward for the time being. If he performs meritorious service in the future, he will be reinstated to his original position. If he does not perform meritorious service, he will be relegated to the bottom.
.Liu Bin, are you satisfied with my penalty?"
Liu Bin's face turned pale and he said: "What are you talking about, the big leader? How dare you question the big leader's decision..."
Huang Chen smiled and said: "Now that Zhang Xing has been punished, what about you?"