In the view of Xie Jin and others, Feitian will definitely come true in the future.
However, Zhu Yunwen knew very well that it was impossible to push the gunpowder into the sky with the gunpowder in front of him. It was difficult to solve the problem except that the gunpowder itself would explode. Just ask, where is the engine...
These people don’t know anything about engines yet, and have no industrial foundation or concept at all, let alone aerodynamics. What they are currently exploring are large fireworks, nothing more.
Tao Zengguang was undoubtedly a very talented person. Through the summary and observation of the flying bird experiment, he created another firearm in just five days and sent the document to Wuying Palace.
Zhu Yunwen was secretly discussing the sergeant preparations with Tie Xuan and Xu Huizu. Chen Tianping was gone, and earth-shaking changes were about to begin. It was almost April, and October was only half a year away. The corresponding preparations should be in place.
Tie Xuan pointed at the map and traced the line from the capital to Guangxi: "The food and grass along the way have been prepared. Once the imperial court sends troops south, it can support the 150,000 troops to move south quickly. It will not be a problem to reach Pingxiang, Guangxi within two months."
From Nanjing to Pingxiang, it is more than 4,000 miles. The march of a large army is no better than a small amount of cavalry, which can travel day and night. It can travel 200 miles a day. The movement of the army is slow. The normal marching speed is only 40 to 60 miles a day. If it encounters a narrow mountain road, , broken bridges, etc., will lengthen the queue and slow down time.
Historically, Zhu Neng (who died on the way) and Zhang Fu led the army to Pingxiang, but it took more than three months. In addition to the difficulties of the march, there were accidents on the way, which were also related to his huge logistics.
There are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses moving along the route. Which prefecture or county can afford to support them?
Some counties have a population of less than 10,000 at full capacity and cannot provide food rations for the army at all. The only way to ensure the expenses of the army is to rely on huge logistics and recruit migrant workers from various places to support the army.
At present, Zhu Yunwen was taking precautions and setting up granaries and hay warehouses along the way for the soldiers to use separately along the way. While not using a large army, he also needed to recruit hundreds of thousands of civilians and prepare for a few months before setting off.
Zhu Yunwen said solemnly: "The food and grass along the way are related to the safety of the march. Please inform all places. If there is something wrong with the food and grass, and one stone is missing, I will never forgive you lightly."
Xu Huizu assured: "These granary areas are jointly guarded by sergeants and the Security Bureau. The local government offices only have the right to deliver food, not to retrieve it. If something goes wrong, the Fifth Army Governor's Office and the Security Bureau will be responsible."
Only then did Zhu Yunwen feel relieved. He pointed at the locations of Guangxi and Yunnan: "Summon Han Guan, Zhang Fu, Mu Sheng, and Shi Yu to return to the capital as soon as possible."
Tie Xuan and Xu Huizu looked at each other and agreed repeatedly.
At this time, the purpose of summoning the high-level officials of Guangxi and Yunnan back to Beijing was obvious: to entrust them with important tasks and discuss the marching strategy. In other words, these people will be the main force attacking Annan.
Xu Huizu didn't know who Zhu Yunwen would choose as the coach, Zhu Di? Han Guan? Still Mu Sheng.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Tie Xuan and Xu Huizu and said seriously: "The Beijing Army has been training for climbing for some time. They rotated to the Niutoushan area for mountain training, including the Shenji Camp, and they also participated in the training."
"According to the order."
The two agreed.
Annan has many mountains and rivers, and the terrain is not as open as that of Beiyuan. The sergeants mainly fight with infantry. If you want to fight this battle well, you must be trained accordingly. How to attack mountains, how to cooperate with sergeants, when and where the Shenji Battalion will play a role, how to quickly build bridges and build boats, all involve division of labor and collaboration.
Ming Dynasty did not despise Annan Elementary School because of it, but made preparations in all aspects.
Second Artillery Bureau.
Despite his busy schedule, Zhu Yunwen still found time to come in person.
Tao Zengguang took out his masterpiece, a new firearm.
Zhu Yunwen lowered his head and examined it, looking at the iron barrel on the ground. It was two feet long, with five iron hoops added around it. There were two iron brackets at the head of the cannon. It looked like a tiger crouching, which was really majestic.
"This, is this a Crouching Tiger Cannon?"
Zhu Yunwen was a little surprised.
"Tiger squatting cannon?" Tao Zengguang looked at it and quickly thanked him: "The emperor gave me the name. This cannon should be called tiger squatting."
Zhu Yunwen sat down, feeling a little shocked. The Tiger Crouching Cannon, which was supposed to appear in the mid-Ming Dynasty and was created by Qi Jiguang, now appeared in the Second Artillery Bureau. This was done independently by Tao Zengguang without his own reminder and guidance. invent.
But if we take it seriously, creation may not be appropriate, transformation seems more appropriate.
There is actually no technical content in the design and preparation of the Crouching Tiger Cannon. To put it bluntly, the Crouching Tiger Cannon is a smaller version of the Divine Machine Cannon. According to a certain proportion, it is directly reduced to two feet in length. The other configurations are basically the same. The only difference is that , the divine machine gun is installed on the launcher or frame, while the tiger crouching gun is supported on the front and has two more "feet".
But this change in scale has given the divine machine gun another mission and filled the combat gap.
Tao Zengguang introduced the characteristics of the Tiger Crouching Cannon. It weighs only 30 kilograms and can be carried by a single soldier. It supports large elevation angle launches and is flexible in operation. It supports firing stone bullets, gunpowder bullets, large lead bullets, small stones...
"What's the shortcoming?"
Zhu Yunwen asked.
Tao Zengguang sighed: "Because of the small size and the relatively small gunpowder chamber, the maximum range is only five hundred steps, and usually it can only hit about two to three hundred steps. If it is used in combat, it is not suitable for fighting skirmishers. If the opponent There are large crossbows or divine machine cannons in the city, and they can easily be hit by the enemy at a distance of three hundred steps..."
Zhu Yunwen asked people from the Second Artillery Bureau to test the Crouching Tiger Cannon, and was very satisfied: "This cannon is very suitable for individual combat, and it is also suitable for attacking cities and villages. After testing it for a few more days to ensure that there are no problems, we will mass-produce it and strive to do it in six months." Prepare a thousand doors before the month."
"According to the order."
Tao Zengguang and others quickly agreed.
The Crouching Tiger Cannon appeared at the right time. Annan's terrain required such a weapon with a high elevation angle to attack the mountains. Zhu Yunwen planned to make Annan's Guancheng go to hell to save the need for men to attack.
Zhu Yunwen walked out of the Second Artillery Bureau, looked at the dazzling sunlight, and gently raised his hand.
Chen Mu put down his hand, with a wet sweat towel hanging on his chest. A smile appeared on his dark face. He looked around and saw that this large piece of land, fifty acres, is his own land. He can use his own steps. I have measured it, and it is three hundred paces long and one hundred paces wide, which is correct.
When I first came here, this place was full of weeds and trees. In the winter, when there was nothing to do, a fire burned it all and it was regarded as a fertile field.
In order to cultivate this piece of land, he and his wife would get up early in the morning and plow the land with an ox at the beginning of spring. They worked hard for twenty days to cultivate the land. The court gave them cotton seeds. No, they were all planted with cotton. Now, It’s the time when crops are growing, so we don’t dare to run out of water.
The imperial court was kind to immigrants. Aqueducts were built all the way to the fields. As long as they were opened, they could flow into the fields. I heard that there were no aqueducts in some places. If you wanted to water the fields, you could only wait and see when it would rain. Really If you want to care about the crops, you have to carry water day and night and water the cotton one by one. It is a tiring job.
Chen Mu was walking in the fields and saw that the water in the canal was getting less and less. He frowned and looked over. Upstream was Liu Gua's house. This guy was also watering the fields, and the water was intercepted by his house.
"Liu Gua, is your land covered with golden bumps? We just diverted water a few days ago, and it's coming again?"
Chen Mu stood on the ground and shouted loudly.
Liu Gua thrust the shovel into the ground and replied: "Chen Mutou, do you have the nerve to say that my house is on a high ground, and I only diverted a few mouthfuls of water last time. Is it enough for your cattle? Your house is better, the ground is shallow. Be careful not to drown them all.”
Chen Mu looked at the sun and walked over with a shovel: "If you drown a cotton tree in my house, I will use your cotton to pay off the debt."
"Why? Is there any more royal method?"
Liu Gua was dissatisfied.
Chen Mu pointed to the field in the distance and said, "Just because your daughter is pulling my cotton..."
Liu Gua looked at it and immediately shouted: "Xiaoying, that's not grass, you can't pull it out..."
Chen Mu watched Liu Gua chase after him, inserted the shovel at the water outlet, and watched the water flowing like a plate turn into two lines. He looked at Liu Gua's back and sang loudly: "A soldier is a general." How shameful, in June, covered with leopard fur, unaware of the cold and heat, beheading people. In order to take revenge, Lantian beheaded Xie Kaizhou in the middle of the night..."
Cui Niang came over with a food box. When she saw Liu Gua and the children were there, she said hello: "Brother Liu, have you eaten yet? Xiaoying, you are getting more and more juicy."
Liu Gua picked up her daughter and pointed in the direction of the ditch: "Your man must be causing mischief by standing there. How can you be so honest? You sent him a meal and a pound of tofu to my family."
"good……"
Cui Niang was helpless. The men in her family were good, but they would occasionally cause trouble. There was nothing she could do about it. One upstream and one downstream would always be a bit difficult to deal with. It was also difficult for ordinary people's families further downstream than the Chen family.
Fortunately, Liu Gua is generous and never cares about anything. In addition, everyone is from Shanxi. If they fight among themselves, wouldn't they be looked down upon?
Cui Niang walked along the field ridge to Chen Mu, handed over the food box, and took the shovel. Just when Chen Mu was about to speak, Cui Niang said: "Brother Liu and his family helped us a lot. When our shop first opened, where could we find it?" A few people bought it, but if it hadn't been for the big guys taking care of it, it would have stopped driving long ago, so you have to repay the favor."
"What do women know?"
Chen Mu sat on the ground, directly blocking the spout with one big foot. He grabbed a black pot and looked at the tofu mixed with green onions. He immediately picked it up and ate it with big mouthfuls.
Cui Niang was a little angry and said: "People don't understand me as a woman, but they also know what it means to be clean. As human beings, we must have a conscience."
Chen Mu rolled his eyes at Cui Niang, hurriedly took a few bites, put the bowls and chopsticks in the food box, stood up, took the shovel over, inserted it into the spout of the water, and said to Cui Niang, "When you are full, you can go back. "
"you……"
Seeing Chen Mu like this, Cui Niang angrily picked up the food box and left.
When I got to the other end, I saw that Liu Gua and her daughter were still there, and I couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. Liu Gua noticed it and joked: "You're blushing, haha. What are you ashamed of, wife of the Chen family? Your man is not a scoundrel."
"But he blocked the water, so your family can't water the ground!"
Cui Niang felt sorry.
Liu Gua chuckled and said, "I know, but you didn't ask him why he did this. If he was really a scoundrel, I, Liu Gua, would have driven him away long ago. Why would I stand here to play with my daughter?"
Cui Niang was puzzled and followed Liu Gua's gaze. In the field to the north of Chen's house, an old woman in her sixties and a woman in her thirties were carrying water, followed by two eighty-nine-year-olds. The 20-year-old child followed and watered the crops in the field with a water ladle.
Liu Gua sighed: "The land here is uneven. Of the fifty acres of your land, twenty acres are lowland, and the land on both sides is high. Widow Zhao's land is similar to mine. It is highland. If the water in the canal is weaker, it will not flow. He's gone to the fields. Her man is sick and has left. It's hard for two women to clear fifty acres of land. The water supply to your house and mine is blocked so that her house can have water."
Cui Niang's eyes heated up, and she turned to look at her man. He was just standing at the head of the field, looking ordinary as his hero.
Chen Mu kissed Xiaoying's forehead and said nothing.
Although crops do not wait for people, people can wait for others. This is the biggest difference between people and crops...
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