The Rise of the European Emperor

Chen Jin is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and he is also the governor of Guangdong, and he has a lot of power in his hands. Although large-scale casting of iron ball shells consumes iron. However, in the Ming Dynasty, Guangdong was an important place for iron production, and Guangzhou Railway was an important source of iron materials in the Ming Dynasty. Guangdong Province, the annual output of iron can reach 5 million catties. Huizhou and Chaozhou in Guangdong were famous iron smelting centers in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, it is very simple for Chen Jin to obtain a large amount of iron materials as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Guangdong. With a single order, a large number of Guangzhou railways were transported to the front line of Liuzhou.

Of course, the front lines are not idle either. Hit as many iron balls as many cannonballs are cast. Even for the short-barreled earth cannons of the Ming Dynasty, the craftsmen also cast iron balls by the way, so that the earth cannons can assist in shooting.

It's just that the calibers of those earth guns are different. Even with sand casting, it is more troublesome to equip each earth gun with the appropriate shells. After all, there is no strict unified standard for cannon casting in the Ming court, and it all depends on the craftsmen. Therefore, the cast guns have different natural calibers. Therefore, to equip the local gun with shells, the carpenter needs to make a wooden ball first, which just matches the caliber of the gun. Then, use this wooden ball as the female parent to carry out sand box casting to obtain cannonballs.

This method of casting shells is very troublesome. Because, each earth gun needs to be equipped with a sand box for casting shells. Fortunately, green sand casting is faster. As long as the wooden ball of the template is ready, it can be mass-produced immediately.

Moreover, at the beginning, although the cannonballs for the Fran cannon were also cast, Chen Jin did not let the Fran cannons bombard the city wall, but let the craftsmen bury their heads in the cannonballs. On the contrary, those earth cannons, after casting iron balls, began to bombard the city wall.

The reason for this is that Chen Jin believes that since the Fran cannon is more powerful, it should be put at the end to launch the final blow. If the bombing is too early in the early stage, causing partial damage to the city wall, the enemy may take the opportunity to repair the city wall. Therefore, Chen Jin simply let more than 20 earthen guns blast first, and then blasted the city wall first. Finally, let 10 more powerful Fran cannons come into play, and the Hongpo city wall in one fell swoop.

Of course, until then, filling the moat is a must. Therefore, Chen Jin ordered the army to mobilize vans and transport sandbags to fill the moat.

The van has its own compartment, and the soldiers who push the cart hide behind the compartment to push the cart, which can avoid the attack of the enemy at the front of the city. In the carriage, sandbags can also be placed... The soldiers took out sandbags from the carriage in front of the moat in the carriage lane and threw them into the moat...

When the craftsmen cast 50,000 rounds of iron balls for 10 Fran cannons, the main section of the moat that the Ming army attacked has been filled. Moreover, the city wall was also tattered by earth cannons with iron balls.

And, coincidentally, a torrential rain followed. This rainstorm came by coincidence. Coincidentally, the Ming army's earthen artillery blasted out a lot of cracks on the outside of the city wall. Then, the torrential rain infiltrated into the hollow part of the inner city wall along the gap. Then, the hollow part of the city wall is even soaked in water...

If a normal city wall,

No such problem. However, this city wall is not normal...

The normal city walls are made of glutinous rice juice, brown sugar and lime mixed with a high-quality adhesive that holds the masonry together. As long as it is dry, it is resistant to water and impact in the future. But this part of the city wall is not made of glutinous rice juice, nor is it mixed with brown sugar. Here, it is simply made of non-stick indica rice juice and lime, and the firmness is not enough. It was destroyed by artillery fire for a while, and then soaked by rain...

Then, the outside of the hollow city wall was directly loose and sagging. On the inner side, the brick joints were also a little loose due to the blisters...

When the Fran cannons came out of the rivers and lakes again and started bombarding, the results came out immediately - the hollow outer wall of the city wall, which was a bit tattered, was bombed in a short time. As for the inner wall, under the greeting of tens of thousands of iron balls, the cracks in the bricks themselves were loosened, and then the shelling could not stand, and a gap appeared...

It should be noted that ordinary front-mounted bronze cannons generally have a lifespan of only about 1,000 shells, such as Napoleon cannons. But the Fran Machine bronze gun has a longer lifespan, why? Because the explosion chamber of the Fran cannon occurred in the sub-gun. The impact on the bronze gun barrel was only the aftermath. Unlike the front-mounted bronze gun, because the explosion occurred at the bottom of the barrel, the barrel was directly hit violently. In general, the situation is good. If the gun barrel is overheated, the copper gun barrel is easy to soften. Another explosion, the barrel is easy to deform...

But the Fran cannon is different. The explosion of the Fran cannon is mainly in the sub-gun. And the sub-guns of the Fran cannon that Marin gave to Daming were all steel sub-guns produced by the steel factory, which were much better quality than the ordinary pig iron and wrought iron sub-guns of this era. Naturally, the lifespan is also much longer. In addition, one cannon is replaced by 5 sub-guns in turn, so even if tens of thousands of shells are fired, the 10 Fran cannons can continue to be used...

(Note: In fact, the structure of the Fran cannon is somewhat similar to the later copper shell rifles. The copper shell takes most of the explosion shock and heat away, and the barrel life is naturally longer. Made of ordinary 45-gauge carbon steel 56 half rifle barrel, the life is as high as more than 10,000 rounds. This also takes into account the wear and tear of the rifling. If it is a musket, the life is higher... Similarly, if the propellant uses a single-base gunpowder that is less corrosive, or even weaker Black powder, the lifespan can be further improved...)

After 50,000 rounds of iron balls were smashed, a gap was finally opened in the city wall. Chen Jin was immediately excited, and he hurriedly signaled Mao Rui, the commander of Guangdong and Guangxi, to send troops to attack.

So, Mao Rui hurriedly dispatched thousands of sword and shield soldiers to face the attack of stones and bows and arrows of Tong Yao's uprising army on the top of the city, and rushed in from the gap that could only allow two people to pass...

But soon, those sword and shield soldiers were beaten out...

"What's the matter?" Mao Rui asked the Qianhu who led the charge in dissatisfaction...

"Uncle Fu Qiang, there are rattan soldiers in the city! The brothers rushed in and were beaten out by the enemy rattan soldiers!"

"What?" Chen Jin and Shen Rui were both shocked.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was written in the early Ming Dynasty, and there were many storytellers in the Ming Dynasty who talked about the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, Chen Jin and Mao Rui both knew what the Fujijia soldiers were. That thing can be described as invulnerable, very difficult to deal with...

"Burning the rattan armor?" Shen Rui suggested.

"Try it!" Chen Jin nodded.

Then, the Ming saber and shield soldier replaced the single sword with a torch and threw it into the gap, hoping to burn the enemy who blocked the gap, just like Zhuge Liang defeated the southwestern barbarians in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

However, they miscalculated...

"Hmph, you want to 'burn the rattan armored soldiers'? I expected you to have this move!" On the top of the city, Zheng Yunhu watched the Ming army's plan shattered proudly.

This rattan army in the city belonged to his Yaomin army. Zheng Yunhu has read books and listened to the storytelling of the Three Kingdoms, so he naturally knows about Fuji Jiabing.

Coincidentally, Zheng Yunhu and other Yaomins came from Dateng Gorge and were most familiar with vines. According to the storyteller, Zheng Yunhu tried to make a batch of rattan armor with tough vines and tung oil. After years of experimentation, he finally produced 800 sets of rattan armor. Although it can't reach the level of invulnerability mentioned in Romance, it can also resist most sword damage.

Therefore, in the face of the impact of the Ming army's sword and shield soldiers, the eight hundred Yaomin and rattan armored soldiers successfully resisted and beat the Ming army back.

Moreover, Zheng Yunhu knows the weakness of Fujijia - that is, fear of fire. Therefore, Zheng Yunhu arranged eight hundred rattan armored soldiers here before the city wall was blasted. At the same time, a lot of water buckets were moved, and the rattan armor was also covered with a layer of cloth, and the cloth was soaked in water... The rattan armor was covered with wet cloth, and there were buckets ready to put out the fire. Even if the Ming army threw torches in, they would not be able to make merit...

"Brother Xian is really clever! Ahaha!" The big leader Huang Wenlong was also very happy when he saw this.

"The big boss, although the Ming army was temporarily blocked, after the truce at night, we still have to quickly plug this gap!"

"As it should be!"

...

However, they thought too simply. Seeing this, Chen Jin said decisively:

"Uncle Fu Qiang, you select hundreds of dead soldiers as sword and shield soldiers, and rush in again..."

"But... Lord Governor... Those rattan soldiers?"

"The old man asked those musketeers to follow behind the sword and shield soldiers. As long as they entered the city, they would shoot those rattan soldiers from the gaps between the sword and shield soldiers! I don't believe it, those rattan armors can resist the fire guns!"

Shen Rui thought for a while, and his eyes suddenly lit up:

"Your Excellency the Governor! Even a few dozen pounds of iron armor can't stop the musket, let alone those vine armor made of vines!"

"Okay, go and choose the dead men with great strength and martial arts. Remember, those people must use their own strength to break open an open space, so that the fire gunmen have a place to stand!"

"As ordered!"

Then, Mao Rui selected 500 Hercules, put on a cotton armor lined with iron sheets, held a sword and a shield, and rushed into the gap first...

After a bloody battle, these hundreds of people finally squeezed a gap under the swords of the Tong Yao coalition. Then, a hundred arquebusiers took advantage of the situation and got into the city...

In order to cover the arquebusiers who entered the city, Chen Jin also ordered the archers to focus on attacking the enemy above the gap in the city wall, so that they did not dare to show their heads and attack the musketeers. At the same time, another group of strong men, holding iron hammers, also rushed forward and smashed the gap with big hammers, making the gap bigger and bigger...

Soon, the arquebusiers who entered the city found the gap in the crowd and began to aim at the rattan soldiers who were fighting with the sword and shield soldiers...

The arquebusier commander Li Sanshui shouted:

"Don't move the sword and shield hands in front of you, or you will be easily injured!"

Then, the sword and shield soldiers who were fighting with the Yaomin rattan armored soldiers did not dare to move, but stood there mechanically to defend the rattan armored soldiers' attack.

Just when Fujika Soldier thought he had the upper hand, bursts of gunshots suddenly sounded in the gap between the people-"Crackling-"

"Ah—" some rattan soldiers suddenly screamed...

Because there are several rows of sword and shield soldiers separated from the arquebusiers, it is very easy to aim at such a close distance. Because the arquebus that Marin made had a crosshair, which was very convenient for aiming. So, the arquebusiers played very well. At least, not "off target". After all, the frontal area of ​​a living person is so large. At such a close distance, it is difficult to "miss the target" even with the crosshairs...

The lead bullet weighing dozens of grams slammed into the rattan armor, and the rattan armor that could resist the sword suddenly lost its effect... Anyone who was hit would be killed or injured...

In the time of a cup of tea, the eight hundred rattan armored soldiers lost half of it...

Because only the sword and shield soldiers were separated from each other, the distance was very close, and the arquebusiers aimed very accurately. It took about ten minutes for a cup of tea, but the musketeers had already fired several rounds. When shooting, the arquebusiers simply put the arquebus on the shoulders of the sword and shield brothers in front, so as to aim and shoot...

Although the rattan soldiers are fierce in melee combat, these sword and shield soldiers are also carefully selected strong men. It may be difficult to defeat these rattan soldiers, but it is no problem to withstand these rattan soldiers. The rest of the time is for the arquebusiers to kill the rattan soldiers...

The Fujika Soldiers are not long-range troops, and they have nothing to do with the arquebusiers who hide behind the cold guns...

In fact, these rattan soldiers don't know that the arquebusiers are actually very afraid of the tide. As long as the bucket on the ground is poured over and the arquebus is wet, the arquebusiers will misfire...

It is a pity that these Tong Yao uprising soldiers did not have this kind of awareness. They don't even know what an arquebus is, let alone think of a way to restrain it...

Therefore, under the cover of the sword and shield soldiers, in about two quarters of an hour, the rattan armor, the biggest trump card of the rebel army, was completely wiped out...

Even the most elite rattan soldiers were destroyed, and the Tong Yao coalition rebellion suddenly panicked, and their fighting spirit was seriously affected. Even Zheng Yunhu, the No. 2 figure in the uprising army, was so angry that he vomited blood and fell into a coma. Before falling into a coma, Zheng Yunhu shouted, "My rattan soldier!"

On the other hand, the Ming army, after eliminating the rattan soldiers, was very morale, and more Ming army soldiers stormed into the city in one go...

In the age of cold weapons, morale is really mysterious. Obviously it is the Ming army who fought against the five scumbags. After the morale was greatly boosted, the combat effectiveness actually exploded...

And the Tong Yao coalition army in the city suffered a serious blow to the morale because of the demise of the rattan soldiers. In addition, Zheng Yunhu, the number one think tank, vomited blood and fell into a coma, and the titular leader Huang Wenlong suddenly panicked...

Then, in the street battle, the soldiers of the Ming army guards who fought against the five scumbags actually held the Tong Yao coalition to fight...

After more than half a day of bloody fighting, the Ming army finally controlled most of Luorong County. And now, it's midnight...

Seeing that there was no hope of victory, Zheng Yunhu, who had sobered up, persuaded Huang Wenlong, the chief leader, to break out from the north gate with less than 3,000 remaining soldiers. Then, I turned around and fled south towards the direction of Dateng Gorge...

If they fled during the day, the Ming army had cavalry, and they would definitely be able to catch up. But in the middle of the night, the Ming cavalry was not good at night fighting, so Huang Wenlong and Zheng Yunhu were allowed to run away.

But no matter what, Luorong County was finally recovered by the imperial court. Moreover, most of the insurgents were either annihilated or captured. Moreover, this is still a tough battle. Therefore, the Ming army was a complete victory.

As for the remnants of the uprising army, as long as the army is in hot pursuit...

The next day, the high-spirited Chen Jin hurriedly wrote a good news, ready to send to the capital.

The good news is divided into two copies, one is written by Chen Jin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. The other copy was written by Mao Rui, the Fuqiang uncle, who was the general officer of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Chen Jin is like boasting, but he is a literati after all, and he wants to be embarrassed. So, he negotiated with Fu Qiang uncle Mao Rui - let's praise each other...

In Chen Jin's good news, he vigorously praised the life of the soldiers, and Mao Rui "leads the troops well"...

In Mao Rui's good news, he slammed on Chen Jin's behalf, praising Chen Jin's "predicting the enemy's opportunities" and "counting no last resort"... Even "buying" Fran cannons and arquebuses from Fan Gui was praised by Mao Rui. "Very far-sighted". Because, these two weapons really shine in this battle...

Moreover, in Chen Jin's own report, he also praised the Fran cannon and arquebus as "the most important weapons of the country"...

In this way, the Fran cannon and arquebus, as things that had just been put into the "cold palace" by Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, this time, as "the most important weapons of the country", entered the vision of the big men of the Ming Dynasty...