The shells of the Tiger Squat Cannon are flowering shells, which are named because shrapnel shoots out everywhere when the shells explode, like flowers blooming. Flowering shells originated from the fireball of firearms in the Northern Song Dynasty, and after hundreds of years of development, they became the necessary shells for the Ming artillery.

But in the Qing Dynasty, the craft of flowering bombs was completely lost. Even hundreds of years later, during the Westernization Movement, Li Hongzhang and others needed to order flowering bombs from Western arsenals. What's even more laughable is that when Zuo Zongtang put down the rebellion in the northwest, he found hundreds of flowering shells at a Ming Dynasty cannonball site.

The craftsmen of Nanzhen Fusi did not know how to make flowering bombs at the beginning, but there are people in the world who can do it, but in the past 30 years, although this craft is not popular, it has been passed on, and maybe future generations will rely on this flowering bomb as a rice bowl in the future.

Sure enough, when Nanzhen Fuji visited the craftsman, he was overjoyed to learn that there was a craftsman who could make flowering bombs, and immediately gave them a lot of silver to start developing flowering bombs. Eventually, Nanjin Fuji mastered the craft and applied it to various styles of cannonballs.

Cheng Xiaolian looked at Chen Chengan and said proudly: "At the beginning, this tiger squat cannon was equipped with the Qi family army to prevent the Japanese invaders, and the original range of the tiger squat cannon was five hundred meters, but if it was five hundred meters away in the battle array, it would not be too much panic, and it was not easy to carry things, if it ran for more than ten miles, I was afraid that it would exhaust people, although the range of the improved tiger squat cannon was short, but it was definitely able to hit them by surprise, so that they could not escape." ”

Just when the Manchu soldiers were still wondering how this artillery appeared in the military array, thousands of Manchu soldiers had fallen to the ground, taking advantage of the stunned kung fu over there, this side immediately began to load the shells, the Manchu generals simply wanted to cry without tears, today was originally going to come over and fight hard, hoping to show his face in front of the emperor, but the enemy has not yet encountered it, and so many soldiers have been lost.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth: "The whole army is impacted, don't give them another chance to fire the next shell." He knew in his heart that it was reasonable to withdraw from the army just now, after all, the emperor's morale was quite stable in the back, if he withdrew at this time, he was afraid that his morale would drop a lot, and in front of the emperor, he must not make a fool of himself again.

With the charge of the Manchu soldiers, the second shell has sounded, and many Manchu soldiers fell to the ground, the power of this shell lies in this, the place where a cannonball hits is loyal to the surrounding radiation, but all those who are drawn by shrapnel to important parts basically have to fall to the ground, although they can't die temporarily, but this pain can be very unbearable, plus countless soldiers behind them rushed forward, and many soldiers were trampled to death.

But at this time, I can't take care of them, the generals who lead the army only hope to rush forward, if they can't make up for their merits today, I'm afraid that their status in the eyes of the emperor will plummet.

Kangxi sighed from a high place: "It's not surprising that they used artillery, but this artillery was able to run into the battle array, and wherever it was hit by artillery, almost all the surrounding soldiers were affected, and the power of this artillery was so great?" ”

A minister next to him hurriedly replied: "Master, I'm afraid this is a strange thing newly developed by the Ming Dynasty, but the master doesn't need to worry, according to the minion, this is just a gadget like kitsch and lewd skills, but it can surprise us, but the overall situation is useless, our soldiers are about to rush to the front, and their Ming soldiers are probably going to scatter and flee." ”

I have to say that this minister is indeed a little stubborn, Da Ming has already laid the name of Nuo Da, and he thought that this Da Ming was the original Da Ming.

For the first time, Kangxi felt that the four words "strange and obscene" were a little inappropriate, if such a thing as a firearm was used well, it could indeed exert an unexpected effect, and it was indeed too much to belittle it as a strange and obscene skill. But a person's mind can't be changed overnight, Kangxi just had such an idea, if the war is going well, he will soon put this idea behind.

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "Our performance is almost over, the rest depends on Daniel Zhang, I hope he won't let us down." ”

This time, the sweeping army attacked Shanxi, Qin Yue town guarded Shaanxi, and Daniel Zhang was transferred to become the main general of the army, and Cai Yurong was transferred to guard Ningxia, which really surprised everyone.

If he is allowed to be the commander of an army, he will have to bring this army to death, and the commander of an army will pay attention to the complementarity of righteousness and oddity.

Zheng, refers to the two armies fighting, fighting on the battlefield in a dignified manner, with equal troops, only relying on the change of military formations and the accurate command of the soldiers to occupy the initiative on the battlefield. Qi refers to the use of some means outside the battlefield to make the morale of the enemy plummet, and even cut off food and grass, which provokes the anger of the heavens and people.

Cheng Xiaolian asked himself, if he wants to grasp people's hearts, his brain can definitely be enough to think of some crooked ideas, but when it comes to the changes in the military formation and the deployment of soldiers, he is far behind, after all, in later generations, he will read how to play with the computer, if it is barely against the other, it is okay, there are only a few changes in the military formation, and he can deal with it after studying the algorithm.

But it is difficult to calm down, anything can happen on the battlefield, and at any time a strong man needs to break his wrist and give up a small part of the soldiers in exchange for the biggest victory, which he can't pass the hurdle in his heart, so after returning to the Ming Dynasty, he rarely leads an army alone.

Daniel Zhang was excited, after such a long time, he had long since gotten rid of the psychological barrier of betraying the Manchu Qing, and after getting rid of the psychological burden, he naturally had to look forward, and the military generals had to fight if they wanted to gain a foothold in the imperial court, so when Jinyiwei asked him if he could lead an army alone against the Manchu Qing, he agreed without hesitation.

But he never expected that it would be this kind of war, the emperors of both sides faced each other, and he was asked to be the commander of the first army, which really flattered him, and he was naturally desperate to prove himself after the honor, if he couldn't prove his worth this time, even if Cheng Xiaolian didn't punish him, the generals of the Ming Dynasty would not necessarily put him in their eyes, after all, he was once a defeated general under the Ming Dynasty, and there was really no chance to turn over if he lost again this time.

I saw the herald behind Daniel Zhang rushing back and forth, and soon the army began to move.

Seeing this, Cheng Xiaolian said with a smile: "It is rumored that when General Han Xin was in the army, there were more than ten heralds around him, even if this is the case, everyone is still tired and out of breath, but our General Zhang Da is very Han Xin's demeanor." ”

Yang Youcai pouted: "I think this kind of fancy thing is useless, even if you become complicated, it's not that you have to fight with real knives and guns, and kung fu is the last word." ”

(End of chapter)