Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

This time is destined to be a tough battle, and the northwest rebels must have expected it, so they brought a lot of siege equipment. Their purpose is to completely wipe out Nanguan and clear the way for the main force of the northwest rebels to enter the Central Plains.

The enemy army was almost approaching the city, but hundreds of craftsmen still started working outside the city step by step. Their work of strengthening the city defense was carried out every day, and they never slacked off. However, due to the fine workmanship and Ning Fan's strict requirements, So the progress of these craftsmen is not very fast.

Ning Fan doesn't ask for speed, only for good.

With 200,000 people facing the enemy's 300,000, although Ning Fan felt the pressure, the pressure was not that great. What really made Ning Fan feel the pressure was actually the 500,000 followers of the White Lotus Sect.

These people have no martial ethics, these people are crazy, and if they are allowed to run around, it will definitely cause big trouble.

There is still an essential difference between the White Lotus Sect and the Northwest Rebels. Yes, Ning Fan doesn't want to believe that there is some kind of collusion between the two sides, but now that both sides are approaching the city at the same time, Ning Fan has to guess.

Ning Fan is still not sure what is behind this, but he has an intuition that the Northwest Rebels and the White Lotus Sect must have a reason for their actions this time, and there must be some kind of agreement secretly reached between the two parties.

"Your Majesty, the spies from the front have returned and reported that the rebels are coming in force and should be able to reach Pingnanguan in the afternoon."

Ning Fan led the generals to inspect the city defenses on the city wall. Huang Chao carefully told Ning Fan the expected arrival time of the enemy in Ning Fan's ear.

In fact, even if Huang Chao didn't say these words, Ning Fan himself could have guessed it.

In fact, what Ning Fan was really investigating was not the strength of the city's defenses, but how to throw artillery shells to cause greater damage to the enemy.

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle.

After Ning Fan surveyed for a while, he already knew what was going on. He called Huang Chao aside and began to give instructions.

In fact, what Ning Fan ordered was very simple, that is, let Huang Chao use all his strength to find materials for making gunpowder.

The current situation is that there are insufficient craftsmen and materials, and the technology is available. As long as he has enough manpower and materials, Ning Fan can provide unlimited black powder.

As long as there is enough black powder, Pingnanguan will become a meat grinder. No matter how many enemies come, no matter how fierce the opponent's offensive, they will eventually be overwhelmed by this hot weapon.

The slag left over from steelmaking is the best fragmentation weapon. As long as these broken steel slag is mixed into black gunpowder, then after the explosion, these steel slag will fly around, forming the sharpest attack angle, penetrating penetrate the enemy's body.

Ning Fan has tested this homemade earth mine. Each time it explodes, its fragment attack range is fifteen meters in radius. Only within this range is almost barren, and all standing creatures will be riddled with holes. .

The reason why it is so powerful depends on great strength to produce miracles. The main reason is that the homemade thunderbolt has enough explosives. Once it explodes, its power cannot be underestimated.

The reason why Ning Fan pulled Huang Chao aside and asked him to prepare these things was that he was overqualifying himself. But now that the situation was urgent and needed to be kept secret, Ning Fan could only overdo it and let Huang Chao prepare these things himself. .

"Your Majesty, now that the enemy troops have arrived at the city, do you still have the heart to engage in these things?"

Huang Chao finally couldn't help but ask.

Ning Fan also knew that Huang Chao was angry. In Huang Chao's mind, war is fought with people, not weapons, so he simply didn't understand why Ning Fan spent so much effort on studying muskets and weapons. Gunpowder, in Huang Chao's view, these things can only add to the war, but cannot dictate the direction of the war.

If you look at this issue from the perspective of people of this era, Huang Chao's vision is indeed correct, but for Ning Fan, who has experienced countless thermal weapon wars in the future, in his opinion, gunpowder is enough to change the direction of the war.

The nomads who were invincible in the cold weapon era are not as effective as urban management in modern times.

In the afternoon, Ning Fan once again came to the training place of the Musket Battalion in the dense forest. The craftsmen had already built the model of the revolver based on the drawings that Ning Fan drew yesterday after working overnight.

Of course, this revolver is not a real revolver, but a roulette-type long gun. Its advantage is that it can fire continuously after the roulette rotates.

There are about eighteen holes on a roulette wheel, and all of these holes can be filled with ammunition and steel balls.

When the trigger is pulled, the roulette wheel will be fired and then rotate. In this way, the old-fashioned muskets that had to stop to charge after each shot will be completely eliminated.

This new type of roulette-type musket will appear on the stage of history. It has a terrifying shooting speed of eighteen rounds, which is simply unparalleled, and the lethality it brings has been directly increased countless times.

It has to be said that these craftsmen are still very capable. Ning Fan just drew the specific drawings and models yesterday. Unexpectedly, these craftsmen made the food today. Although it is a bit rough, it has basic functions. It's no problem.

Ning Fan did not load gunpowder, but after pulling the trigger, he tried the rotation of the roulette. He found that the rotation of the roulette was still very smooth, but one problem was that the casting of the roulette was very weak.

It is still very difficult to make a strong roulette wheel with the technology of this era. Ning Fan wonders if all the eighteen holes will be filled with gunpowder and activated, will the chamber explode?

Of course, Ning Fan, the emperor, could not test the gun in person. Several craftsmen rushed to load the ammunition and wanted to try it themselves, but Ning Fan stopped him. He felt that it was too dangerous.

It is not easy to train a craftsman, but once the gun misfires and explodes, the craftsman will be injured on the face, blinded, or directly lose his life.

Finally, under Ning Fan's instructions and arrangements, the prototype gun that had just been made was tied to a tree, and a rope was tied to the trigger position so that it could be fired remotely.

The loaded gun was successfully activated by pulling the rope. After a burst of smoke, everyone came to check and found that the first bullet was fired smoothly and there was no problem with the gun.

The person in charge of the test then pulled the rope several times again. After all eighteen bullets were fired, everyone came to the gun and discovered to their surprise that three of the punch holes had been exploded.

Seeing such an ending, everyone was frightened. If Ning Fan hadn't insisted on testing the gun in this way, someone would have lost their lives because of it.

"These materials are not up to standard, and the hardness and steel strength of the steel are not enough. We need to continue to develop them."