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The soldier who was kneeling on the ground hurriedly got up from the ground, bowed, and came to the crenel closest to him in a few steps.
Following the crenellations, he clearly saw cannons outside the city, more than twenty in total, and there were cannons being transported not far away.
"I'll give you a cannon. Can it hit the outside of the city?" Ren Chengwei Commander asked.
The soldier stretched out his finger to gesture, then changed his position and raised his finger to gesture outside.
He changed positions several times in a row until the impatience showed on the face of the commander of the city guard. He stopped what he was doing and said cautiously: "Returning to the general, I just measured it with my hand. Outside the city The cannons are too far away, and even if the cannons on the city fire, it will be difficult to hit them."
"Are you telling the truth? If you dare to lie to me, I can use you to practice military law right now." Commander Ren Chengwei said with a cold face.
The soldier in front of him hurriedly said: "You dare not deceive the general. It is really difficult to hit. The distance is too far."
Commander Ren of the city guards walked to the crenel and looked at the cannons that appeared outside the city. The sheer number of them made him look very ugly.
"General, don't worry. It's difficult for us to hit the tiger thieves' cannons with cannons on the city, and it's even less likely for the tiger thieves to hit the city with cannons. So the general thinks that the tiger thieves will definitely continue to move the cannons down the city." Defending the city. Qianhu said.
Commander Ren Chengwei looked outside the city without speaking, his face showing deep contemplation.
After a while, he turned around and asked the soldier on the side: "Are you sure the tiger thieves' cannons can't hit the city? To be honest, if you dare to deceive me, I can have you executed right now." "
The soldier was startled.
Seeing him say quickly: "We should hit the city, unless, unless..."
He started to speak hesitantly.
"Unless you tell me something," Ren Chengwei Commander asked.
The soldier hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth for the last time, and spat out: "Unless gunpowder is added, as long as there is enough gunpowder, the thieves' cannon may hit the top of the city."
Adding gunpowder to the cannon is a very dangerous thing. For the sake of their own safety, cannon-operating soldiers like them can usually not add more gunpowder to the cannon and try not to add more gunpowder to the cannon.
If the general hadn't smelled this, he wouldn't have wanted to say this at all.
"You mean that as long as the tiger thieves are willing to add a little more gunpowder to the cannon, they can hit the city wall. If the general allows you to add some gunpowder to your own cannons, will you be able to hit the tiger thieves' cannons outside the city? " Ren Chengwei commanded and pointed at the cannon outside the city.
The soldier's face turned bitter when he heard this, but he still nodded.
However, he warned uneasily: "Too much gunpowder is added to the cannon, which can easily cause the barrel to explode. Before hitting the thieves outside the city, one of our own people will be blown up first."
"I would like to ask you if adding gunpowder can hit the tiger thief's cannon outside the city? If it can hit, you should go back immediately and add more gunpowder to the cannon. As long as it hits the tiger thief's cannon, I will be hit hard. There is a reward." Commander Ren City Guards only cared about whether his cannon could hit the cannon with the tiger flag outside the city.
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Even if the cannon exploded and some of the soldiers operating the cannon were killed or injured, in his opinion, it would still be worthwhile if he could only destroy a few more cannons with tiger flags.
[In view of the general environment,
Qianhu, who was guarding the city on the side, said: "General, we only have a few cannons, we can't afford to lose them!"
"I won't listen to this. Now I'm going to use cannons to blast the tiger thieves outside the city. If the cannons are not powerful enough, I will add more gunpowder. Whoever can hit the tiger thieves' cannons will be heavily rewarded. , Huang Qianhu, I leave this matter to you." Commander Ren Chengwei said to Qianhu in front of him.
Huang Qianhu saw that the commander was determined to do this, so he had to ask the gunner on the side to go back and prepare, and arranged for a hundred households to keep an eye on it.
Several cannons on the city wall were lined up one after another. When the soldiers came back from the city guard commander's side, the surrounding companions hurriedly surrounded them.
"What did the general ask you to do?
What? Is there any good thing? "
"If you win the general's respect, don't forget your brothers if you get promoted and make a fortune in the future."
In a group of people, you say nothing and compliment each other.
"Okay, everyone goes back to their seats." Baihu, who was sent by Huang Qianhu, came from behind.
Baihu is also a seventh-level military position. For these ordinary soldiers, they rarely come into contact with powerful figures like commanders. On the contrary, they have the most contact with military attachés such as Baihu Trial Baihu.
Military attachés of this level are also the type of people that ordinary soldiers are most afraid of.
Seeing that Baihu had spoken, the surrounding soldiers dispersed and returned to their positions.
Baihu walked up to the gunners who were operating several cannons and said, "The commander has given an order, ordering you to immediately use your cannons to bombard the tiger thieves' cannons outside the city. Anyone who can hit the tiger thieves' cannons will be hit hard." There is a reward."
The soldiers operating the artillery around looked at each other in confusion.
Only the soldier who had been called for questioning kept silent about what he was doing.
Seeing that the others were not taking action, Baihu's face sank and he said: "What are you doing in a daze? If you don't hurry up and do things, you have missed the commander's orders. You have more heads than you can chop off."
"It's not that we don't want to do it, it's just that the tiger thieves' cannons are too far away to hit them!" Some soldiers complained.
As for the huge reward, just listen to it. No one takes it seriously. They all know that if there is really a reward, they will directly tell the reward. Such words without specific reward are empty words.
Baihu said: "Add more gunpowder. As long as there is enough gunpowder, you will definitely be able to hit."
However, as his words fell, several gunners' expressions became ugly, and some of them stared fiercely at the soldier who had been summoned by the commander before.
The other person lowered his head, not daring to look at anyone else.
"It all depends on what he does. Why don't you hurry up and do something?" Baihu scolded these soldiers.
An older soldier stood up and said respectfully: "It's not that you guys are unwilling to fire. It's really that you can't add too much gunpowder, otherwise the cannon will easily explode and injure your own people."
"You are afraid of exploding the chamber and cannot fire, but if the tiger thieves outside the city fire first, even if the cannon in your hand does not burst the chamber, it can withstand a few of the tiger thieves' cannons. If you let you fire first, that is the real thing. For your safety, okay, hurry up and fire, the general is still waiting!" Baihu said impatiently.
Like other military attachés, even if the cannon exploded, he didn't care at all as long as it didn't hit him or kill a few ordinary soldiers.
Seeing that there was nothing they could do, the gunners had no choice but to start loading the cannons around them with gunpowder.
The gunpowder loaded by the Ming army's gunners relied on the gunner's own experience, so there was no fixed amount.
However, generally experienced gunners will try to load as little gunpowder as possible. On the one hand, the quality of the cannon is difficult to guarantee and it is easy to explode the chamber. On the other hand, although the power is small, it is better than safety.
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