"Is it really four or five meters long?"

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"It's not wrong, and the muzzle of the cannon is very thick, Your Highness, the lower official is thinking, this cannon must be used to siege the city." Wang Xuan said.

"If it's like what you say, then this cannon is indeed for siege." Xiao Ming's brows tightened.

The urban cannon is a famous siege cannon in history, and it was this kind of artillery used by the Ottoman Empire to blast the walls of Constantinople, but this cannon is very heavy and spliced together.

In wartime, it needs to be carried section by section, and then assembled on the battlefield.

However, it was a lot of work to forge such a Rausch, and Urban was a product of mid-fifteenth-century technology, and although it was powerful, it also had a short range.

He didn't believe that the barbarians would use this kind of artillery as the main artillery, after all, Bei Shan had seen the range of Qingzhou artillery on the grassland.

"It's just that when Xia Guan sneaked into the test firing range, he saw other traces of shells on the ground, Xia Guan suspected that the barbarians had more than one kind of artillery, so he planned to continue to lurk, but he didn't expect to be exposed at this moment, so he had to escape back." Wang Xuan said.

Wang Xuan said this, he nodded, this is in line with the characteristics of the barbarians, he doesn't believe that Bei Shan made something similar to a return cannon like last time.

This thing must have been saved for the last siege.

Wang Xuan talked about being betrayed many times, and he couldn't help asking: "Who betrayed you." ”

"It's also a caravan from the Great Yu Kingdom, but this caravan is from Zhao Di, and they seem to be spying on the barbarian artillery, and we were discovered by them." Wang Xuan said.

"Zhao Di? It seems that it is King Zhao's person, this is bitter for you, since the last time Zhao Yuanliang went back, King Zhao has always held a grudge against this king, and at this time, it is also his King Zhao's demeanor to put you together, and he will be rewarded if he shows his teeth, who doesn't know him. ”

"It's just that this has delayed our further exploration of the barbarian artillery." Wang Xuan was a little unhappy.

"It doesn't matter, this king already has a plan, since the urban artillery has appeared, the artillery technology of this barbarian is not very good." Xiao Ming said confidently.

First of all, through the color, it shows that the barbarians cast bronze cannons, which shows that the barbarians did not master the technology of iron cannons.

In this way, the barbarians would have to spend a lot of money to cast artillery, which is a matter of throwing silver into it.

And because of the quality of the steel, the iron mold casting, not only can be mass-produced, but also cheap, after all, iron is still cheap compared to copper, otherwise copper would not be used as an ancient currency, precisely because of the lack of copper.

Wang Xuan nodded, "It's just that I was almost killed by King Zhao's people this time, Your Highness, I really can't swallow this breath." ”

"Hmph, since King Zhao doesn't give face to this king so much, this king doesn't have to give him face, Li San has found out a lot of Zhao Di's whereabouts during this time, these people will hand over to you and kill them all." Xiao Ming's voice was tinged with a chill.

Wang Xuan sneered gloomily twice, "Your Highness, it seems that this King Zhao is about to go crazy for the matter of artillery, and now he is sending people everywhere to spy on the technology of artillery." ”

"That's natural, King Zhao has a lot of ambitions, and has always wanted to replace my Xiao family, and now as soon as the Qingzhou artillery comes out, the forbidden army is equipped with artillery, and King Zhao has to weigh whether his Xuanjia iron cavalry can capture Chang'an." Xiao Ming said.

"With the lesson of the barbarians in Cangzhou, this King Zhao is naturally worried." Wang Xuan smiled and said, "But Your Highness, although we were exposed in the barbarians this time, the lower officials did not let them have a good time, and also exposed their identities, and the barbarians were also chasing them when they were chasing us, and now King Zhao not only broke off the fine work in Qingzhou, but also broke the fine work in the barbarians, so that he could only buy artillery from Qingzhou, and His Royal Highness did not want to show mercy to his subordinates at that time." ”

Xiao Ming could imagine Wang Xuan's danger at that time, fortunately, the barbarians were different from the Great Yu Kingdom, and they didn't like to live in a city surrounded by city walls, otherwise Wang Xuan would really not be able to escape.

Squinted his eyes, since the last time Zhao Yuanliang left, this artillery business has been broken.

In addition to the imperial court, only the kings of Wei, Chu, Liang, and Yong sent people to contact him, and at the same time placed orders, and the military workshop was producing export-oriented artillery for them.

And these orders also brought him huge profits, and because of this, he had the silver to make such a big move in Qingzhou.

"Hmph, if he is unkind, don't blame this king for being unjust." Xiao Ming said hatefully.

This time, Wang Xuan's injury revealed his identity, which will bring a lot of inconvenience to the collection of information on the grassland in the future.

King Zhao's behavior was clearly to make Xiao Mingcheng blind, and he would be caught off guard by the barbarians when the time came.

In his plan, it is estimated that he still hopes that the barbarians can take Cangzhou City and go south, so that the two pillars of the royal family will fall.

At that time, he Zhao Wang can sit on the ground and raise the price.

Let Wang Xuan go back to rest and recuperate, Xiao Ming's brows furrowed at this time, after such a long time, the matter of the barbarians forging artillery was finally confirmed.

In this way, I am afraid that the decisive battle between him and Bei Shan in Youzhou is not far away.

The last battle of Cangzhou Bei Shan was humiliated in Shengdu, and this time he will definitely come with a large army to regain his lost reputation.

And this time the revenge is bound to be ferocious.

It's just that Xiao Ming is also waiting for this opportunity, and the installation of the flintlock pistol will give him the ability to fight with the barbarians in the wild.

In this way, he and Zhan Xingchang's fortress advancement plan could continue to be implemented, so that he could encroach on the land of Youzhou step by step, until he drove the barbarians out of Youzhou and recaptured the former Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming clenched his fists, during this time, he had to grasp the production of flintlock pistols, and after the flintlock pistol came out, it would take at least three months of training, which was still a long process.

However, this is also a long process for Beishan.

Shengdu, in a silver barbarian tent, Bei Shan's eyes were slightly closed.

In front of him was an Ottoman with curly hair, brown eyes, and a high nose.

"Are you sure that the urban artillery can smash the walls of Cangzhou?" Bei Shan said coldly.

"Beishan Taiji, please believe me, the urban artillery has once blasted through the strongest city walls, and the walls of the Great Chongqing Kingdom are even more vulnerable." The Ottoman craftsman looked at Beshan in awe.

He was plundered by the barbarians when they captured the city, where they were forging artillery.

Bei Shan nodded, a few days ago, there was a fine work from the Great Yu Kingdom in Shengdu, which is enough to show that the Great Yu Country is also afraid of artillery.

"I hope your words are not wrong, or I will cut off your head when the time comes." Bei Shan said sharply.

When the craftsman heard this, he trembled in fright, and at this moment, a guard suddenly came in and said, "Taiji, the messenger of Goryeo has arrived. ”

(To be continued.) )