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Chapter 273 Fireworks are gorgeous and different

Looking at the white ground and snow-covered roofs, looking up is the clear night sky.

Zhu Youxiao took his seat at the Meridian Gate, ready to have fun with the people, enjoy the fireworks show and the wonderful and beautiful Aoshan Lantern Tree.

Aoshan Lantern is a large-scale lantern in ancient times. Its scale and momentum are no less than magnificent buildings and halls.

The name "Aoshan" comes from "Liezi·Tang Wen".According to legend, there is an unfathomable ravine named "Guixu" in the east of the Bohai Sea, on which floats "Daiyu", "Yuanqiao", "Fanghu", "Yingzhou" and "Penglai". Five fairy mountains.

There are golden and jade palaces on these five fairy mountains, rare birds and animals, and plant fruits that can live forever if eaten.There are many gods in the mountains, they travel back and forth between heaven and earth.

However, these five sacred mountains have no foundation, they drift with the waves.The Emperor of Heaven ordered Yujiang, the god of the sea, to lead fifteen giant turtles to fix them, and the sacred mountain stopped moving.

Unexpectedly, once a giant from the Longbo Kingdom came to the sacred mountain for fishing, he caught six giant turtles, causing "Daiyu" and "Yuanqiao" to float to the North Pole and sink into the sea, leaving only three sacred mountains.

Because of this legend, Aoshan lanterns usually try to reproduce the mythical fairyland in the form of lamps, which represents the transformation function of lamp culture.

As early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with the rise of the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, Aoshan became one of the main lighting scenes.

In Wu Zetian's time, Aoshan Mountain was as high as more than a hundred feet; during Tang Xuanzong's time, the skillful craftsman Mao Shun made 150 lantern towers in Aoshan, [-] feet high. colorful lights.

After Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital in Nanjing, in order to attract wealthy businessmen from all over the world and prosper the economy, he ordered the elevated Aoshan lantern sheds, and Ming people painted "Southern Metropolis Fanhui Tu" to record this grand occasion.

The so-called "a thousand gold price for a lamp in Aoshan" is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Only the royal family often builds one at the gate of the palace, allowing the common people to come and enjoy it for a few days.

Of course, among the people, there are also people who pool their own money to build small-scale and relatively simple Aoshan lanterns, such as the lantern boats on the Qinhuai River, which are very famous.

The huge Aoshan lantern is lit up, and the layers of piles represent the mountains, the colorful silks represent the verdant forests, and the pavilions and colorful figures represent the legendary gods and palaces.

This is not a matter of how much money is spent, but to create a stable and peaceful atmosphere, show the strength of the country, and bring pride and pride to the people as Ming people.

Of course, this is only superficial.Of course Zhu Youxiao knew that it was a long way for him to make Daming truly prosperous and the people truly stable and prosperous.

Except for Zhang Yuer, one empress and two concubines were all by the emperor's side.

It wasn't that Zhu Youxiao didn't let Zhang Yuer come, but Zhang Yuer knew the reason why she was made a concubine, and she also knew how the safety of the baby in her belly would affect her.

Although Zhu Youxiao thought he was not such a ruthless scumbag, the importance he attached to the child in Zhang Yuer's womb also invisibly put a lot of pressure on Zhang Yuer.

But the grace of the royal family is to allow civilians to come and watch, but they are not allowed to get too close.Without binoculars, the common people would only see lights and figures on the Meridian Gate, but they would not know that it was the emperor himself.

"When it's the Lantern Festival, how about I take Baozhu to the streets to watch the lanterns?" Zhu Youxiao turned his face slightly and said to Queen Zhang Yan with a smile.

Zhang Yan frowned slightly, and remonstrated politely: "Your Majesty has a body of ten thousand gold, and it is not appropriate to swim in the market in a white dragon fish suit?"

Zhu Youxiao chuckled twice, anticipating Zhang Yan's answer.If it was another concubine, she would definitely happily agree.

Concubine Wang Liang heard it clearly, and was quite moved, but she opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say what she wanted in front of the queen.

"The Puxian Bodhisattva rides a white elephant with six tusks?" Concubine Duan Chun asked, as if she couldn't see the Aoshan Lantern clearly.

Concubine Wang Liang blinked her eyes, and said perfunctorily, "The one riding the white elephant must be Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, but I can't tell whether it is six teeth."

Zhu Youxiao snorted and said, "The monk is not good, and craftsmen will not be allowed to make Buddhist ones next year."

Zhang Yan glanced at the emperor and coaxed with a smile: "There are so many gods in the sky, it's okay not to use Buddhist ones."

Concubine Wang Liang echoed: "If there are gods and stories, then it will be beautiful! Like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, Chang'e flying to the moon."

Concubine Duan Chun prefers Buddhism, but the emperor doesn't like it, and she is not stubborn, so she just agrees with a smile.

Zhu Youxiao really doesn't like Buddhism very much, but now he just said it casually, and has no thoughts or plans to suppress Buddhism.

"Fireworks are going to be set off." Zhang Yan stretched out her hand, changed the topic, and drew everyone's attention away.

Everyone watched and saw a colorful ball of light leaping into the air and blooming like a blooming flower, shining with colorful brilliance.

In the night sky, red, yellow, and green blooms continuously... The colorful and gorgeous turned into sparkling stars, from bright to dark, and finally disappeared.

Suddenly, clusters of large flower clusters bloomed in the night, red flowers, green grass, as if there were dots of purple and blue flowers, like a hundred gardens presented in front of you!

Pieces of petals were sprinkled in the air, colorfully falling slowly, while colorful little stars were still being sprinkled.

Even if you are far away, you can vaguely hear the voices of the people.And Zhu Youxiao and his concubines were also attracted by the beautiful scenery, as if they were in a colorful illusion.

Life is so short, only in the moment of blooming, it radiates all the splendor.

Zhu Youxiao squinted his eyes, and in Rumengruzhong, he felt that he had some kind of insight.

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boom!Dazzling flames flashed from the muzzle, illuminating the faces of several artillerymen. The shells had already left the chamber and flew towards Jiannu's camp in an arc.

Although there are binoculars, it is not easy to find the point of impact in the dark.

But Luo Li held up the binoculars and found it.This is thanks to previous training and live ammunition shooting, as well as data collation and field surveys.

The shells fell into Jiannu's camp, bounced on the ground, overturned a tent, and knocked over the lighting torches erected in the camp.

Luo Li did not find the cannonball accurately, but the trajectory was clearly seen through the result.

"The elevation angle remains the same, and the bombardment is fired." He put down the binoculars and gave an order loudly.

Boom, boom, boom... There were roars one after another, and the dozens of Hongyi cannons concentrated in this section of the city wall roared and fired the shells at the barracks of the Houjin Army.

Nurhachi had just fallen asleep, and his age was not forgiving, and the long-distance trek in the wind and snow consumed most of his physical strength.The Houjin officers and soldiers in the camp also rested early, preparing for tomorrow's brutal siege.

The screams rang out at this moment, and after a brief reaction, Jiannu finally realized that he was being shelled.

This is a defect of solid shells, which are far inferior to the lethality of flowering shells exploding on the ground.But against dense battle formations, if the ground is hard enough, bouncing shells can penetrate a wing.

What's more, the Hongyi cannon is amazingly powerful when fired, and the mere sound can frighten many people.Coupled with the hard ground in winter, the bombardment of the slave camp was still somewhat lethal.

A cannonball landed very accurately, bounced a few times, and smashed into the old slave's big tent, overturned the tent and took it a few meters away.

The old slave woke up from his sleep, what he saw were the stars in the sky and what he heard were screams.Then the personal soldiers rushed over in panic, protecting him and moving quickly.

"Can the artillery of the Ming army hit the camp?!" The old slave woke up, his eyes widened in astonishment.

No one else needs to answer, the miserable corpse lying on the ground has proved this to be true.Half of his body was beaten off, and his head was even missing. It can only be seen from the armor that it is at least a bullshit.

Boom!Not far away, another shell landed, bouncing away along a low and flat trajectory.Coincidentally, two more dead bodies were left on the ground.

The flying speed of solid shells does not seem to be very fast, and sometimes it can create an illusion with the naked eye, as if they can be received by reaching out.

But this is definitely a terrible illusion. When you reach out your hand, you will be bloody and bloody when you touch it, or even a puddle of meat.

With the advantage of condescending, Hongyi cannons are fired almost at a flat angle.This is a bit similar to hitting water with stones. It is definitely better to stick to the surface of the water.

If there is an elevation angle on flat ground, the bounce of the shell will definitely be affected, and a considerable amount of power will be consumed hitting the ground.The larger the elevation angle, the softer the ground, the shorter the bounce distance, and the smaller the power.

With the chaos in the slave camp, more and more figures were shaking, running, and calling, and the damage caused by the shells was greater than before.

But that's all, Xiong Tingbi didn't expect to kill many enemies at first, he was just trying to get ahead of others.

From this point of view, Xiong Tingbi has achieved his goal.The bombardment caused Jiannu to pay casualties, caused chaos, formed a deterrent, and forced Nurhachi to move the camp overnight.

At the same time, Nurhachi had to postpone the attack for one day in order to allow the army to adjust and rest, and sent Han soldiers to prepare a large number of earth bags and wood for filling the trench.

Although this does not matter much to the Ningyuan defenders.But psychologically, it was a setback to Nurhachi and Jiannu.In ancient times, this was called military morale.

When the Ming army saw Jiannu's fuss, they could even be panicked, but they naturally felt contempt or pleasure.

Some of the defenders had experienced the battle of Guangning, and some participated in the battle of southern Liaoning in a year. With the combination of the old generation and the new, the morale of the army was greatly stabilized, and they were not afraid of Jiannu's large-scale attack.

On the morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, Nurhachi Governor led his troops out of the camp to line up, and pointed the main attack direction to the southwest corner of the city.

The wind was not strong, but it was very cold. The tense atmosphere before the war seemed to have been frozen, as if it had frozen the air.

The heavy armored infantry is like an impenetrable city wall, and all kinds of weapons are densely covered like a forest, shining coldly, and the power exuded is suffocating.

The chariot was in front, and with the sound of the whimpering horn, the coat let out a cry, pushed forward and ran, forming a barrier in front of the first wide and deep trench.

The earthbags and broken logs were thrown from behind the cart and fell into the trench, ready to fill in a passage.

Boom, boom, boom... The Hongyi cannon on the top of the city let out a roar, and the target of the bombardment was the Jiannu army formation waiting to attack.

This is not Nurhachi's negligence, but the posture that must be put on to launch an attack.When the trenches are filled and the main attacking force is several miles away, what is that called?
The artillery attack the night before yesterday caused some damage to Jiannu, but it was not serious.But now, Jianu finally saw the power of the Hongyi Cannon.

The weight and speed of the shells, and the combined impact of the two created a bloody alley in Jiannu's formation, leaving behind broken limbs, broken bones, and broken flesh.

Moreover, the Hongyi cannons have been tested repeatedly, and the hit rate for areas within the range is extremely high.Just five or six shots fired, causing great damage to Jiannu.

The tragic scene like a slaughterhouse, the inhuman screams and wailing made Jiannu's battle formation tremble.

"Father Khan." De Gelei rode up to Nurhachi and said hastily, "Please supervise and command the rear, and leave the front to me and Fifth Brother."

How could Nurhachi not know that his son was worried about his own safety, and just as he was about to refuse, De Gelei stared at the soldiers next to him and scolded, "You blind slaves, why don't you hurry up and protect King Khan."

Tong Yangxing also stepped forward at the right time, admonishing him: "King Khan, it will take some time to fill up the trenches. It will not affect the attack if the troops are withdrawn and stand by."

Nurhachi pondered for a moment, thinking that this is the best way.Neither does he appear to be timid and afraid of death, nor does he need to let the troops continue to lose in vain in the shelling.

Give an order, and the attacking troops quickly retreated five miles away as if they were granted an amnesty.According to estimates, this should be a relatively safe distance.

The Hongyi cannon at the top of the city stopped firing, which made Jiannu think it would be a good idea to retreat.They didn't know for sure that the fire rate of the Hongyi cannon was very slow, which was also a common problem with front-loading cannons at that time.

First of all, the Hongyi cannon is a retreating artillery. Every time it is fired, it will seriously deviate from the original shooting position. It needs to go through the steps of resetting, reloading, and setting the azimuth and elevation angles again.

Secondly, after the artillery is reset, it is necessary to use a water-soaked brush to reach into the barrel to clean and extinguish the sparks, and then stretch the gun rod wrapped in a dry cloth into the barrel to dry it, so that the gunpowder can be refilled and the shells can be put in. Need something to fix it.

It can be seen how cumbersome the firing procedure of the front-loading artillery is, and it is quite a good speed to be able to fire once every 2 minutes.

But the Hongyi cannon stopped bombarding, while the other cannons on the top of the city kept roaring, destroying Jiannu's shield chariot array.

You must know that the fortifications outside the city are not built casually, but the distance is determined by combining the power of the range of various firepower.

The first trench is about 400 meters away from the city wall, and they are all within the range of the Francophone and general guns on the city head.

These artillery pieces are not as powerful as the Hongyi cannons, but there are a lot of them, and they are more than enough to deal with shield vehicles.

In the eyes of Jiannu in the distance, the flames on the top of the city kept flashing, bursts of white smoke rose, and solid shells flew across the sky at a speed visible to the naked eye.

There are so many cannons!Including the officers, the Jiannu soldiers couldn't help feeling a chill in their hearts.If heavy armor can withstand firecrackers, artillery is absolutely irresistible.

　Thanks to the No. 11 sniper, BUCK, Jinping Suiyue and other book friends for their support.

　　
　
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