Chapter 56: Wooden Cannons
Except for Pan Gongji, Chen Mu didn't see anyone in the Southern Dynasty, and later those people came to pay their respects, but Chen Mu asked Pan Gongji to block them back.
It's not that he doesn't want to see it, it doesn't matter to him whether he sees it or not, mainly because Zhang Shijue is carrying the plundered baggage from the north of the mountain to the coast.
It's not good to be seen.
At least on the side of the Southern Dynasty, they thought that Chen Mu had just taken away the booties of the enemy he had attacked, and Ruan Ti's baggage had been taken away by himself.
Actually, it's all Chen Mu's.
"I'm scared to death, Dashuai, you don't know, at least eight, no! At least 10,000 men ran north from the valley mouth, and if they hadn't broken up in a fight, the last general might not have seen the commander. β
Zhang Shijue didn't dare to rest his breath along the way, seeing that the enemy army was breaking north, he rushed to the coast without stopping.
When he arrived at the coast, his underwear was wet and dry, dry and wet, and the foot soldiers behind him did not even want to walk, and as soon as he heard his order to rest, he immediately lay down on the shore.
"But it wears them out."
Chen Mu paced the beach, looking at the soldiers lying on the beach and was not angry, he knew very well in his heart that the thousands of people under Zhang Shijue's command were tired this time, more tired than the banner army under his command that directly fought against the enemy.
The flag army is really not tired, stop and go from beginning to end even if the pursuit does not charge, but steadily press forward, with more casualties and fewer casualties, the only casualties are still shot by the enemy's arrow rain in the unarmored place or bad luck, and are hit by the few remaining small artillery pieces of the Ruan Ti Division.
No matter how small the cannon is, it will kill people instantly.
On the contrary, Zhang Shijue's banner army, relying on the strict formation, was strong, and there were few dead and wounded, but from morning to afternoon three hours back and forth, all in a hurry, and frightened, at this time, almost everyone had to sleep as soon as they relaxed.
Not only were they exhausted, they were also frightened.
It's not that they are not brave, Chen Mu lined himself with tens of thousands of chaotic troops slipped past in front of his eyes, and everyone could rush to his front and slash him, if he was a banner army on the periphery of the formation, he was also afraid.
"In the end, this battle is won, rest for an hour, wait for the city of Yi'an to send money and food, have dinner and get on the boat, sleep well tonight, and go to support General Deng of Yanzhou tomorrow."
Du Heizi could hold his breath, he wanted to rush out with a knife to kill in this battle, but Chen Mu didn't give him this opportunity.
The entire army was slowly pressing, how could he let himself go out to fight to the death with the enemy, and at this time, he was sorting the spoils picked up on the battlefield and moving them to the ship with the army.
This time, they have gained a lot in military uniforms, they can't use these things, and most of them will be sent to Nanyangwei to be re-furnaceed, unless Chen Mu plans to sell these things to others on the spot.
It is impossible for the left and right banner armies to use these armor themselves.
But there are also novelty gadgets in the booty.
"Chen Shuai, this is the wooden cannon and iron cannon left behind in Ruan's army."
The waves crashed against the beach, as well as against the boats docked on the shore, and there were several cannons on the beach, all of which were different.
None of Ruan's twenty artillery pieces were pulled down, all of them were captured by the Ming army, and no one was willing to carry the artillery with coolies during the rout, even if it was a small cannon, it had an unbearable weight.
There are five kinds of artillery, Hongwu Nian's bowl cannon, 200 catties of small hair, 150 catties of Franc machine, and 88 catties of small wooden cannons.
They are all old acquaintances, Chen Mu has seen the first three copper and iron cannons, and they have all used them, and the last wooden cannon has also been used by Deng Zilong in the early years of the bandit suppression operation.
At that time, they cut down an old tree, dug out the hollow and stuffed it with gunpowder, which was used as a disposable door breaker.
And this time the wooden cannon he saw in Annan was different.
Two large pieces of wood are fitted together to form a cannon chamber, which is then coated in the same way with two larger pieces of wood, and then coated in a layer.
The three-layer wooden cannon chamber is the size of the suit, the outer hoop is five iron rings, and the workmanship is fineβthis is not the shoddy work they used to break down the door.
This is a standard artillery that is easy to manufacture and use properly.
Chen Mu bent down and lifted the embrace, carrying it on his shoulders quite effortlessly, at this moment, the greatest significance of this wooden cannon was undoubtedly revealed, and then put it back He pointed to the wooden cannon and said: "The cannon is big and small, it looks bigger than General Zhenshuo, in fact, the caliber is only two catties, but they use it to break up." β
The wooden cannon is very strong, because it is very thick, according to Chen Mu's understanding of artillery, it can be held up by two catties of gunpowder five or six times, and the biggest problem is not in the quality but in the power.
Because the weight of a wooden cannon is as heavy as three Southeast Tiger Squat Cannons, even the Big Tiger Squat Cannon of Chen Muqi's Army is slightly lighter than it, but it is much more powerful.
This is a good thing for irregular army field warfare.
Chen Mu pointed to the wooden cannon and said to the master of the family next to him: "Write it down, we should also build a batch of Seiko wooden cannons, in Liaodong, Jizhen, and Xuanda, each inspection department will be allocated simple ordnance, and when the foreign invaders invade, they will organize a militia to block it." β
"Go back and bring it to Gao Gong and ask him to get an idea."
The other artillery is not very good-looking, not that they have no strengths, and the advantages of all kinds of artillery are obvious compared to the Ming ordnance...... Luxuriously decorated.
This is not only the characteristics of Annam, but also the entire South Seas, all countries have such characteristics in artillery and other types of ordnance, cannon ears, cannon tails, cannon heads, and cannon bodies, as the rarest cutting-edge armed forces, each more luxurious than the other.
The iron cannons are decorated with copper or even silver ornaments, or iron gilt, so that people can see at a glance which cannons were imported from the Ming Dynasty and which cannons were made locally.
The bulky bowl cannon, the cannon body only has the year of Yin carving, made in the Hongwu period, obviously the old antique of the Ming Chengzu during the battle of the southern expedition to Annam; The lavishly decorated small cannons are of another lineage, and the small cannons from Portuguese merchant ships were copied by Annam itself.
The booty of war was counted and loaded onto the warship, and Yi'an sent some silver taels and grain and grass to the coast, and the flag army immediately left the beach, leaving only one flag to stay on the shore to deliver the message. The fleet sailed into the shallow sea and drifted slowly for dinner.
After dinner, Chen Mu went to visit the wounded flag army on the wounded ship before returning to the Chihai ship, today's subordinates are very tired, but Chen Mu is in good spirits, and went to the stable on the ship to feed the mounts, so he sat on the bow of the ship and didn't know what to think.
Jun Song thought about it again and again, and after thinking about it a few times, he asked Chen Mu: "Why didn't the marshal go to Yi'an Mansion City as a guest, didn't their general sincerely invite?" β
"Sincere invitation, most of them are sincere, what, do you want to go to Yi'an City to be majestic?"
Du Heizi, who was showing off his might and couldn't stretch his ambitions on the battle array, was a little embarrassed at this time, scratching his ears and cheeks before puffing out his purple face and saying: "I heard that the Annan woman is petite and exquisite, and she puts it on her lap...... It's not handsome, I didn't think about anything else, I just wanted to meet. β
Chen Mu glanced at Juniper angrily, stretched on the deck, and said, "It's okay to see it, don't forget military law." What's more, if you want to go to Cheng'an, you will go to Thang Long. β
"Let's go to Deng Wuqiao, join forces with Lin Manjue, and make a big fight with the enemy in Thanh Hoa, the next step is Thang Long City!"
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