Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 420 Cannon Battle
There is a vast wilderness in the northwest of Yong'an County, where Chai Lin led an army to set up camp.

The nearby people helped to clear the venue in advance. There is a good wind and water here. There are rivers and wells, and the water source is very convenient.

Camping in winter is very troublesome, but the Cangzhou Army has rich experience and many strong men.

The prefect of Qin in Cangzhou was originally Su Can's master, and now he is the prefect of Cangzhou.

The prefect of Qin led [-] strong people to support and help set up camp.

Soldiers dug ditches, buried fences, and set up horse repelling and barbed wire fences.

The strong men deal with things in the camp.

The prefect of Qin said, "My lord, what do you do in this tent?"

Chai Lin said: "There are two layers of tents, with hardwood supports to protect against wind and snow. The outer layer protects against rain and the inner layer keeps warm. Inside the tent, there is a heated kang made of bricks and mud."

"This, this book is a bit big." Qin Zhifu said.

"Come on, there is a total of 2 troops, and 2 people will count as [-] people. There are [-] tents for [-] people, and a total of [-] heated kangs. You brought [-] strong men, ten people repaired a heated kang, and worked hard. It took half a day to complete the project," said Chailin.

The prefect of Qin said: "Yes, I can't do it well, let adults see through everything."

Of course, things are not that simple. Bricks need to be transported, and thousands of carts of bricks are shipped in. Yellow mud bricks.

The construction was really fast, and the two of them finished it in half a day, but they couldn't sleep right away after it was repaired, it took at least two days to fix it.

With the main road as the center, the road from Jizhou to Cangzhou is cut off.

There are more than a dozen hidden barbed wires stretched in front, hiding under the floating soil.

After repeated deduction, the artillery is still in front and the musketeers are behind.

The armored heavy cavalry was behind, and the rangers scouted around.

In the evening, Chai Lin and Liu Tang were discussing in the camp when Chai Meng came.

He was giggling from the cold, took a sip of wine and said, "Liu Tang, you are in trouble."

Liu Tang said: "What's the trouble, you can't scare me."

Chai Meng said: "I didn't mean to scare you. This Ling Zhen has been investigating him for a long time. He is the number one gunner in the Song Dynasty, and his shots are very accurate. Moreover, the forbidden army artillery he brought weighs more than 3000 catties, and the range is astonishing."

Liu Tangna is an expert, and said with a smile: "His cannon is heavy because of poor casting technology. We are steel cannons, and the 150 caliber is only [-] catties. The cannon he brought is only [-] caliber, which is far behind. .After the range is far away, it depends on God's will to hit it."

Chai Meng laughed and said, "I really can't get you. You can read this document yourself. I just got it from Tokyo City."

It can be said that the court of the Song Dynasty did not pay much attention to artillery, and it was only used as a salute.Later, the Cangzhou Army used artillery one after another to create a huge record, so it paid attention to it.This time when the army went out, Gao Li gave Ling Zhen all fifty cannons. The cast iron cannons are easy to burst, so the only way to increase the weight is that they are extraordinarily cumbersome. Each cannon weighs three thousand catties, and at least four horses are needed to slow it down. go ahead.

The range of the Forbidden Army's artillery is said to be fifteen miles. The maximum dose of ammunition used for this range is hollow iron eggs, and the hitting point is all based on luck.

The normal range is three or four miles, and its power is much smaller than that of Cangzhou Army artillery.

Chai Lin said: "The Forbidden Army has fifty artillery pieces. Even if the quality is not good, it can bring us huge casualties. We have to find a way to get rid of them."

Liu Tang said: "This Ling Zhen must also be very afraid of our artillery, and he also has the same idea. Let's do this when the war starts tomorrow."

Liu Tang told his good method, and Chai Lin and Chai Meng laughed when they heard it.

Chai Meng said: "Your method is really good. You are worthy of being a battalion commander. The awareness is different."

Liu Tang was very proud, and said: "Of course, if you don't have any skills, how can you do it?"

The next day when the troops started fighting, Hu Yanzhuo's battalion was pressed into the opposite [-] miles away.

Liu Tang led [-] artillerymen, pulled [-] cannons, and Lin Chong and Qin Ming led heavy armored cavalry to protect them. The group marched to the east of Huyanzhuo Camp five miles away.

Huyanzhuo's camp sounded the horn of warning.

Hu Yanzhuo is preparing the camp, the imperial army just came to the north, the climate is not acclimatized, and they are not suitable for war yet.

Han Tao said, "General, I'll throw the cavalry out and clean them up."

Hu Yanzhuo said: "You can see that the flag of the chief general is marked with the characters of Lin, and the flag of the deputy general is marked with the characters of Lu and Qin. It means that both Lin Chong and Qin Ming have arrived. With artillery protected by heavy cavalry, you will not be able to make a profit if you go up. Find Ling Zhen."

"Yes."

Soon Ling Zhen came.

"General." Ling Zhen said.

Hu Yanzhuo pointed to the [-] cannons led by Liu Tang and said: "I will lead the army to cover, and we will go out of the camp. Our cannons are much bigger than theirs. If you beat him up, they will destroy them as much as possible."

Ling Zhen said, "Yes."

Ling Zhen led more than a thousand soldiers, hundreds of horses and fifty cannons out of the camp and began to prepare.

Liu Tang laughed out loud. He originally planned to use some tricks, but now it seems that there is no need for it at all. The Forbidden Army artillery is too cumbersome and too slow.With a wave of the command flag, he said, "Flower bomb."

Although the artillery brought out by Liu Tang is small, it has a caliber of [-].The flowering bullets that are shot out are like small watermelons.

Ling Zhen was a little dumbfounded. Before he could handle it well, the other party opened fire.

The cannonball the size of a watermelon hit, and the loud bang made people's ears hurt.

The hit rate is skewed, with a hundred and ten shells fired, fifty cannons were fired, but only a dozen cannons were hit.

Some shells just hit the ammunition pile of the imperial army, which immediately caused a chain reaction, with loud noises and thick smoke.

Ling Zhenxin was bleeding. There were fifty cannons in total, and a dozen of them were destroyed just after showing up.

Hu Yanzhuo cursed after seeing it: "Fire, just get beaten."

Ling Zhen was aiming at it, and Liu Tang on the other side ordered him to retreat and spread out.

There is no use of mules. Ten soldiers each trot over 1000 catties. They pull up and run faster than rabbits. They spread out and run back.

Boom boom boom, Ling Zhen still opened fire.

More than 30 small solid artillery shells fired over. The distance between the two sides was about four miles. Liu Tang's artillery was advancing. Only one shell hit a few artillerymen, and the others were not damaged.

"Run, the enemy's shells are so powerful." The army shouted.

Ling Zhen saw from a distance that these people pulled away some of the artillery pieces, leaving behind dozens of artillery pieces, and Lin Chong led the heavy armored cavalry to retreat slowly.

Qin Ming said, "What's wrong with Liu Tang? Why did he leave the cannon behind?"

Lin Chong smiled and said, "The one left behind is a black wooden pipe, fake."

Qin Ming said: "It seems that the chasing soldiers are going to be unlucky, there must be something tricky in the fake artillery."

Ling Zhen was still puzzled, it was really strange, he ran away as soon as he hit him.

"Rush forward and capture their artillery," Ling Zhen said.

Ling Zhen liked artillery so much, especially flower bombs, which were not available in the imperial army.

Ling Zhen led some artillerymen of the Forbidden Army to rush up, and Hu Yanzhuo scolded behind him: "Is this guy out of his mind? It's obviously a fraud, what's the point of rushing forward."

But it was too late, Ling Zhen led people up.

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