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Chapter 479 Wooden Cannon
Except for Pan Gongji, Chen Mu didn't see anyone from the Southern Dynasty, and when those people came to pay their respects, Chen Mu asked Pan Gongji to stop them.

It's not that he doesn't want to see him, it doesn't matter to him whether he sees it or not, the main reason is that Zhang Shijue escorted Ruan Juan to transport the loot from the north of the mountain to the coast.

It's not good to be seen.

At least on the Southern side, they thought that Chen Mu just took away the profits of the enemy he attacked, and that Ruan Juan's baggage was taken away by himself.

In fact, they all belonged to Chen Mu.

"I'm scared to death, commander, you don't know, at least eight, no! At least 1 people went out from Taniguchi and ran north. If they didn't break up as soon as they beat them, the last general might not see the commander."

During this journey, Zhang Shijue did not dare to rest. Seeing the enemy army retreating to the north, he rushed to the coast without stopping.

When they got to the coast, the clothes were wet and dry, dry and wet, and the pawns behind them didn't even want to go. When they heard his order to rest, they immediately lay down on the shore.

"It wears them out."

Chen Mu walked on the beach and was not angry when he saw the soldiers lying on the beach. He knew very well that the thousand people under Zhang Shijue were exhausted this time, more tired than the banner army under his command who directly fought against the enemy.

The flag army is really not tired, stop and go, even if they are chasing from the beginning to the end, they don't charge, they just press forward steadily, with more gains and fewer casualties. The only casualties are being shot by the enemy's arrows in unarmored places or luck No, it was hit by the few remaining small artillery pieces of Ruan Juan's department.

No matter how small the cannon is, it will kill people instantly.

On the contrary, Zhang Shijue's banner army relied on the tight formation and strong guns, and there were few casualties. However, they ran back and forth from morning to three o'clock in the afternoon. They were in a hurry and frightened. past.

Not only were they exhausted, they were also terrified.

It's not that they are not brave. Chen Mu thought to himself that tens of thousands of rebellious troops slipped past his eyes, and everyone might rush to him and slash him. He would also be afraid if he was surrounded by banner troops.

"In the end, we won the battle. Let's rest for an hour, wait for the money and food from Nghe An Prefecture City, and board the boat after dinner. Get a good night's sleep tonight and go to support Yanzhou General Deng tomorrow."

Du Heizi couldn't hold his breath, he most wanted to rush out and kill with a knife in this battle, but Chen Mu didn't give him this chance.

The whole army was slowly pressing up, how could he let him go out to fight the enemy army, at this time he was sorting the spoils recovered from the battlefield and loaded them onto the lucky boat.

This time, they gained a lot from the military equipment. They don't need these things, and they will probably send them to Nanyangwei for refurbishment, unless Chen Mu intends to sell these things to others on the spot.

It is impossible for the Left and Right Banner Army to use these armors.

There are novelty gadgets in the booty, though.

"Chen Shuai, these are the wooden and iron cannons left by Ruan Juan's army."

The waves beat on the beach, as well as the open boats docked on the shore. There are several cannons on the beach, each of which is different.

Ruan Juan failed to pull down any of the twenty cannons, and they were all captured by the Ming army. No one was willing to work hard to carry the cannons when they were defeated. Even the small cannons had an unbearable weight.

There are five types of artillery, Hongwu Nian Bowl Cannon, 150-jin Small Fat Cannon, 88-jin Franc Machine, and [-]-jin Small-Mouth Wooden Cannon.

They are all old acquaintances. Chen Mu has seen the first three types of copper and iron cannons, and has used them all. The last wooden cannon was also used by Deng Zilong in the early years of the bandit suppression campaign.

At that time, they cut down an old tree, hollowed out the core and filled it with gunpowder as a one-time door-breaking cannon.

But this time the wooden cannon he saw in Annan was different.

Two large wooden mortises and mortises that were sawn properly were joined together to form the barrel, and two larger wooden pieces were wrapped in the same way, and then wrapped in another layer.

The three-layer wooden cannon bores are of the same size, and the outer hoop has five iron rings. The workmanship is fine-this is by no means a crude construction they use to break the door.

This is a standard gun that is conveniently made and properly used.

Chen Mu bent down to lift the hug, and carried it on his shoulders with great difficulty. At this moment, the greatest significance of this wooden cannon was undoubtedly revealed. When he put it back, he pointed to the wooden cannon and said: "The cannon has a big mouth and a small mouth. It looks bigger than General Zhenshuo." Big, in fact, it is only two catties depending on the caliber, but they are used to beat Sanzi."

The wooden cannon is very strong, because it is very thick. According to Chen Mu's understanding of artillery, it can hold two catties of gunpowder and fire it five or six times. The biggest problem is not the quality but the power.

Because one wooden cannon weighs as much as three southeast small tiger squat cannons, even the big tiger squat cannon of Chen Muqi's army is slightly lighter than it, but its power is much greater.

This is good stuff for irregular field battles.

Chen Mu pointed at the wooden cannons, and wrote to the soldier beside him: "Remember, we should also build a batch of fine-crafted wooden cannons. In Liaodong, Jizhen, and Xuanda, each inspection department distributes simple ordnance. When the foreign invaders invade, organize a militia group, which will have the power to stop it."

"Go back and bring it to Duke Gao, and ask him to make up his mind."

The other cannons are nothing to look at, not to say that they have no strengths, the strengths of all kinds of cannons compared to Daming ordnance are obvious... Luxurious decoration.

This is not only the characteristic of An Nanguo, the whole Nanyang, all countries have such characteristics in artillery such as guns, the ear, tail, head, and body of the gun, as the rarest cutting-edge force, each is more luxurious than the other.

The iron cannons are decorated with bronze or even silver decorations, or gilded iron, so that people can tell at a glance which cannons imported from the Ming Dynasty and which cannons were made locally.

The bulky bowl-shaped cannon, with only the date of manufacture engraved on the cannon body, was built in the Hongwu period. It is obviously an old antique during the Ming Chengzu's southern conquest of Annan; the luxuriously decorated small long cannon is another bloodline, from Portugal The small cannons of the merchant ships were imitated by Annan himself.

The war profits were counted and loaded onto warships. Nghe An sent some silver and food to the coast, and the flag army immediately left the beach, leaving only one flag on the shore to pass the message.The fleet drifted slowly into the shallow sea for dinner.

After dinner, Chen Mu went to visit the wounded flag army on the wounded soldier ship, and then returned to the Chihai ship. His subordinates were very tired today, but Chen Mu was in good spirits. He went to the ship’s stables to feed the mounts, and then sat in the bow of the ship. I don't know what to think.

Juniper thought and thought, and after deliberating several times, he asked Chen Mu: "Why doesn't the commander-in-chief go to Nghe'an City as a guest? Isn't their general sincerely inviting you?"

"The invitation is sincere, most likely it is sincere, why, do you want to go to Yi'an City to show off your prestige?"

Du Heizi, who was flaunting his power on the battlefield but could not show his ambitions, was a little embarrassed at this moment, scratching his ears and scratching his cheeks before puffing up his purple face and saying: "I heard people say that Annan women are petite and exquisite, and they are placed on their laps...not handsome, I didn't think Other than that, I just want to see you."

Chen Mu glanced at Juniper unhappily, stretched his waist on the deck, and said seriously: "It's nothing to see, don't forget the military law. Besides, why go to Nhe An, if you want to go, go to Thang Long."

"Let's go to Deng Wuqiao, join forces with Lin Manjue, and fight the enemy in Qinghua. The next step is Shenglong City!"

(End of this chapter)