Steel Dynasty - Chapter 301

[Chapter 301 Barbarian Artillery]

“Is it really four or five meters long?”

In the main hall, Xiao Ming paced back and forth.

“It’s unmistakable, and the muzzle of the cannon is very thick. Your Highness, I thought to myself, this cannon must be used to attack the city.” Wang Xuan said.

“If it’s like what you said, then this cannon is indeed used to attack the city.” Xiao Ming frowned.

Urban artillery is a famous siege artillery in history. The Ottoman Empire used this artillery to blast open the city wall of Constantinople. However, this kind of artillery is very heavy and spliced together.

During wartime, it needs to be transported section by section, and then assembled on the battlefield.

However, it takes a lot of effort to forge such a useless thing, and Urban’s is a technological product of the mid-fifteenth century. Although it is powerful, its range is also very short.

He did not believe that the barbarians would use this kind of artillery as their main artillery. After all, Beishan had seen the range of Qingzhou artillery on the grassland.

“It’s just that when Xianguan sneaked into the test firing range, he saw traces of other artillery shells on the ground. Xianguan suspected that the barbarians had more than one kind of artillery, so he planned to continue to lurk. Unexpectedly, he was exposed at this time and had to escape.” Wang Xuan said.

Wang Xuan said this and he nodded. This was in line with the characteristics of the barbarians. He did not believe that Beishan would come up with something similar to the Huihui Cannon like last time.

This thing must have been saved for the final siege.

Wang Xuan talked about being betrayed many times, and he couldn’t help but ask: “Who betrayed you.”

“It’s also a caravan from Dayu, but this caravan is from Zhao. They seem to be spying on the barbarian artillery. We were discovered by them,” Wang Xuan said.

“Zhao Di? It seems that he belongs to King Zhao. This is a hardship for you. Since the last time he asked Zhao Yuanliang to go back, King Zhao has always held a grudge against me. It is his King Zhao’s style to join you at this time. “You must retaliate, no one knows him.”

“It just delayed our further exploration of the barbarian artillery.” Wang Xuan was a little unhappy.

“It doesn’t matter, I have already made a calculation. Now that the Urban artillery has appeared, the barbarian’s artillery skills are not much better.” Xiao Ming said confidently.

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

As a result, the barbarians had to spend a lot of money to cast cannons, which was a matter of pouring money into them.

Because of the quality of the steel and the casting of iron molds, his artillery can not only be mass-produced, but also of high quality and low price. After all, iron is cheaper than copper, otherwise copper would not be used as currency in ancient times, precisely because there is less 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 tone.”

“Huh, since King Zhao doesn’t give me face like this, I don’t have to give it to him either. For the sake of face, Li San has found out a lot of the whereabouts of Zhao Dixizao during this period. I’ll leave these people to you and kill them all.” Xiao Ming’s voice was filled with a hint of chill.

Wang Xuan sneered gloomily twice, “Your Highness, it seems that King Zhao is about to go crazy because of the artillery. Now he is sending people everywhere to spy on artillery technology.”

“That’s natural. King Zhao is very ambitious. He has always been He wants to replace my Xiao family. Now that the Qingzhou artillery is out and the Forbidden Army is equipped with artillery, King Zhao will have to consider whether his Xuanjia cavalry can capture Chang’an.” Xiao Ming said.

“Based on the lessons learned by the barbarians in Cangzhou, King Zhao naturally felt uneasy.” Wang Xuan said with a smile, “But Your Highness, even though we were exposed to the barbarians this time, I did not let them have an easy time, and also exposed them. When the barbarians were chasing us, they were also chasing them. Now King Zhao has not only cut off Qingzhou’s craftsmanship, but also cut off his craftsmanship in the barbarians. In this way, he can only buy artillery from Qingzhou. At that time, His Highness can Don’t be merciful.”

Xiao Ming could imagine the danger Wang Xuan was in at that time. Fortunately, the barbarians were different from the Chongqing people and did not like to live in cities surrounded by walls, otherwise Wang Xuan would not have been able to escape.

Narrowing his eyes, the artillery business has been discontinued since Zhao Yuanliang left last time.

Apart from the imperial court, only the kings of Wei, Chu, Liang and Yong sent people to contact him and also placed orders. The military workshop was producing export-type artillery for them.

And these orders also brought him huge profits. Because of this, he had the money to make such a big splash in Qingzhou.

“Hmph, he is unkind, so don’t blame me for being unjust.” Xiao Ming said bitterly.

This time Wang Xuan was injured and exposed his identity, which will bring a lot of inconvenience to information collection on the grassland in the future.

King Zhao clearly wanted to blind Xiao Mingcheng by acting like this, so that he would be caught off guard by the barbarians.

In his plan, he probably still hoped that the barbarians could take Cangzhou City and move south, so that the two pillars of the royal family would fall.

At that time, he, King Zhao, could sit down and raise the price.

After letting Wang Xuan go back to rest and recuperate, Xiao Ming frowned. After such a long time, it was finally confirmed that the barbarians were forging artillery.

As a result, I am afraid that the decisive battle between him and Bei Shan in Youzhou is not far away.

In the last battle of Cangzhou, Bei Shan suffered humiliation in Shengdu. This time he will definitely come with a large army to regain his lost reputation.

And this time the revenge will be fierce.

But Xiao Ming is also waiting for this opportunity. The installation of the flintlock gun will give him the ability to fight the barbarians in the wild.

In this way, he and Zhan Xingchang’s fortress advancement plan can continue to be implemented, so that he can encroach on the land of Youzhou step by step until he drives the barbarians out of Youzhou and recaptures the former sixteen states of Yanyun.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming clenched his fists. During this time, he had to focus on the production of the flintlock gun. After the flintlock gun came out, it would take at least three months of training. This was still a long process.

But this is also a long process for Beishan.

In Shengdu, in a silver tent, Bei Shan closed his eyes slightly.

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

“Are you sure the Urban artillery can smash the city wall of Cangzhou?” Beishan said coldly.

“Beshan Taiji, please believe me. Urban artillery has blasted through the strongest city walls, and the city walls of Dayu are even more vulnerable.” The Ottoman craftsman looked at Beishan in awe.

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

Beishan nodded. A few days ago, a masterpiece from the Great Chongqing Kingdom appeared in Shengdu. This is enough to show that the Great Chongqing Kingdom is also afraid of artillery.

“I hope your words are correct, otherwise I will definitely chop off your head when the time comes.” Beishan said sharply.

When the craftsman heard this, he trembled with fright. At this moment, a guard suddenly came in and said, “Taiji, the envoy from Korea has arrived.”

(End of this chapter)