A gust of cold wind blew by, and Han Tao couldn't help but sneeze.
Hu Yanzhuo looked at his friend who was sick and went into battle, and advised: "It's cold today. You have just recovered from your internal injuries, but you are also infected with the wind and cold. It's better to go back to camp and recuperate. As long as the Liangshan bandits come out of their berths, with my chain horse here, they will be able to do it."
Destroy the Liangshan grass bandits in one battle."
Han Tao looked at the soldiers shivering in the cold wind, shook his head and said: "The war is imminent, how can I abandon the soldiers and leave the battlefield."
Hu Yanzhuo knew that all his hopes were now placed on Ling Zhen. If his artillery failed, he would have no choice but to attack Liangshan, otherwise his army would completely lose its combat effectiveness.
These days, he racked his brains in order to keep the soldiers away from the cold.
The soldiers began to drink ginger soup every day. After all the ginger on the market was plundered, they even acquiesced and bought some strong liquor for the soldiers to drink in small amounts to ward off the cold.
But a single coat is still not enough to withstand the cold wind, especially for a sergeant who has to work in a pond.
In just three days, more than two thousand soldiers contracted the cold and lost their combat effectiveness.
However, Ling Zhen and his party arrived late and had all their clothes and armor with them, so they did not reduce their number and had already assembled the gun mounts.
With the development of artillery to this dynasty, the size of each component of each type of cannon has been specified, and labor is divided and cooperated. After each component is manufactured, it can be assembled directly on the battlefield. When damaged, the components can also be directly replaced.
Not only the gun mounts have been standardized, but the cannon stones fired have also been standardized. The shapes and sizes have been standardized, and marks will be engraved on the finished cannonballs. The cannon stones that match each type of cannon are also different.
Ling Zhen saw that the gun mount had been assembled, so he directed the sergeant to move the gun mount forward along the road filled in the water.
Hu Yanzhuo saw that Ling Zhen and his party continued to go deeper into the mooring and were out of the range of the archers on the shore. He quickly ordered the archers to follow Ling Zhen to protect them.
Ling Zhen saw that the Jinshatan water village had entered the shooting range, so he ordered the soldiers to fix the gun mount. Ling Zhen visually checked the distance of the water village, then placed the first round of ordinary cannon stones in the leather socket at the end of the pole, and gave an order
Come down and drag the gunner together to exert force.
"Plop"
The first shell fell into the water.
Ling Zhen saw that the range of the cannonball was not enough, so he added a few more gunners and tried firing another cannonball.
The second cannon stone still fell into the water, but it was not far from the water village.
Ling Zhen added a few more gunners, adjusted the gun mount, and directly placed an artillery piece.
"boom"
The third artillery piece fell into the water village and exploded, and the explosion seemed to be quite powerful. It directly blasted a hole several feet wide in the wooden fence wall.
Ling Zhen adjusted the gun mount again and directly placed a dual-part cannon.
This cannon contained forty-nine cannons hidden in one cannon. This shell also hit the water and exploded in the water village. Forty-nine of the cannons were shot out in all directions.
Sawdust was flying everywhere.
Then a barrage of cannons and wind cannons were released continuously, and seven or eight of the ten cannons fell into the water village. Although most of these cannons were not very powerful, two of them were astonishingly powerful.
One fell on the wooden fence wall of the water village, and the wooden fence wall collapsed by more than ten feet; one fell on the roof of the water village, but the house collapsed and the wall collapsed.
Among them, the wind cannon has the function of igniting fire. A wind cannon that fell on the roof of the water village caused a fire. The fire gradually started to burn due to the wind.
Fortunately, after the Liangshan leaders saw Ling Zhen's artillery mount that day, they asked the naval forces to temporarily evacuate the water stronghold.
As soon as the Lingzhen artillery mount moved today, the leaders of Liangshan received the news, and they were all watching the power of the Lingzhen artillery on the mountain.
Ruan Xiaoqi saw that the first two cannonballs fell into the water, and laughed at Ling Zhen's cannon for being inaccurate. When the third shot saw a big hole blasted directly in the wall of the water village, he felt that Ling Zhen was
It seems a bit powerful.
When he saw the sub-cannons, continuous cannons, and wind-fire cannons coming one after another, he saw that the water stronghold was beaten to a pulp in a short time, and then he said in shock: "Fortunately, everyone evacuated the water stronghold, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do."
How many brothers have been harmed by this Ling Zhen?"
Gongsun Sheng was also a Taoist. Gunpowder was just a failed product of alchemy. Naturally, he had some understanding of gunpowder. However, he knew that gunpowder could not even explode an alchemy furnace. Most of the time, it was just a muffled sound that caused a fire. Previously, too,
I thought that what Ling Zhen fired were just some cannon stones, but now I see Ling Zhen's artillery everywhere, and occasionally one or two of them actually feel like they are falling apart. It is obvious that the gunpowder has been improved, but the power seems to be unstable, so I can't help but sigh: "
If we can get this person to go up the mountain, we will no longer be afraid of conquests by officers and soldiers."
Wu Yong said with a smile: "Didn't Brother Yong already make a plan that day? You see, Ling Zhen and the artillery are at the front, and there are only a few hundred archers behind. The navy can approach from the reeds first, and then
A quick attack with a fast boat will make Ling Zhen a captive."
Ruan Xiaoqi heard this and said with a smile: "Leave this matter to our brothers, we will definitely capture Ling Zhen alive and go up the mountain."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "Don't worry, Hu Yanzhuo must want to blow up the water stronghold. Without the water stronghold to stop them, they can go up to the Golden Beach. Then they cannonball our Liangshan Dazhai from the Golden Beach and force us to go down to the Golden Beach."
Decisive battle on the beach. These days, I heard that Huyanzhuo sent people everywhere to buy ginger, spirits and medicines to treat wind and cold. I am afraid that many people in Huyanzhuo’s army have been infected with wind and cold. Let’s wait for one day, and the fighting strength of Huyanzhuo’s army will be reduced.
points. If we go to rob Ling Zhen now, I am afraid that Hu Yanzhuo will make a desperate move and attack Liangshan with all his strength. We might as well slow down and give Hu Yanzhuo some hope. He does not want to lose too many troops and generals, so he will wait an extra point. We wait until
In the evening, we went to capture Ling Zhen again. At that time, the officers and soldiers should prepare to withdraw their troops and return to the camp, and their vigilance was at their lowest. Moreover, at that time, if we captured Ling Zhen, Hu Yanzhuo would not dare to attack Liangshan overnight, and he would have to spend another hard night.
I'm afraid that his combat power will be weakened again overnight."
Hearing this, Chao Gai nodded and said: "Yong'er is right, Hu Yanzhuo cherishes his soldiers, and we are all Chao Gai's brothers on Liangshan Mountain. If we can do less damage, we will lose less. Let Ling Zhen go blow up the water village."
, it’s the post-war reconstruction.”
Hu Yanzhuo watched the Lingzhen artillery display its power from the shore, and his uneasy mood gradually calmed down.
Han Tao watched Liangshan Water Village being gradually destroyed under the attack of Ling Zhen's artillery. He felt that the wind and cold on his body seemed to be relieved a lot with the explosion of the artillery. He said excitedly: "This Ling Zhen is really worthy of the name of Hong Tian Lei. It looks like,
Today we will be able to completely destroy the water stronghold of the Liangshan Grass Bandits. Without the obstruction of the water stronghold, we can go directly to the Golden Beach. We will catch turtles in a jar and kill all the Liangshan Grass Bandits."
Hu Yanzhuo was also hesitant and full of ambition at this time. Watching Ling Zhen's artillery blasting in the Golden Beach Water Village, he seemed to have seen himself rising steadily.
(Thanks to "Ghost Yihu" for the reward. He is one of the earliest book friends. When he didn't have many words, he advertised for me to go to Water Margin Bar and other places. I am so grateful.)