Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2899 Riding a tiger is difficult, facing difficulties

  Takesa is a little bit hard to get off.

   This is a situation that normal people often encounter, that is, imagine things too beautifully, and then conflict with reality, resulting in a dilemma.

  Everyone is adventurous, more or less.

   There are few such as going up a house to uncover tiles, climbing a tree to dig eggs, but there are also some people who can't even cope with such adventures, and they can't get down after going up.

   Taxa is going up now, and I can’t get down.

  He didn't expect these herdsmen to have so many problems, be so messed up, or be so stupid.

   In other words, Tagusa thought about it, but didn't pay attention. Because human is an experience-based creature, the brain prefers to deal with problems based on existing experience, rather than treating it as a brand new problem every time to deduce the final conclusion.

  So Takesa thinks that the herdsmen in the Western Regions should probably be similar to the Guishuang militiamen in his previous impression...

   In fact, much worse.

Guishuang fights all the year round, and almost all the people are soldiers. During the whole battle, Guishuang's national power is being consumed. Relatively familiar, many things can be understood without special instruction.

  The Western Regions are different.

Among the herdsmen in the Western Regions, most of them came in the name of Buddha because of Master Busen, but these herdsmen who came here may regard life and death as being for the Buddha, for karma, and for the next life With little hope of a better life, they don't have much combat skills, let alone military literacy.

   Only the ability to work.

Therefore, these herdsmen have no problems in their daily work, but when they enter the combat state, they will inevitably have one or another problem, and these problems should not have appeared in Taksa's original cognition …

Just like the right of way in later generations, under the laws of the country, whether to use it on the left or on the right is basically a matter that everyone knows well, and there is no need to emphasize it, but some people will encounter retrograde, and then express I am so-and-so, shouldn't you let me?

  These confusions that Tagusa could not understand led to a beautiful plan but helpless implementation. Especially when the third batch of elite warriors began to charge upwards, things that made Tagusa even more angry and frightened happened.

   These elite warriors of various states, they got bombed.

  When these elite national warriors were about to climb up the ladder, they threw some black powder grenades on the back wall of the military village.

   These first-generation grenades of black powder, to be honest, are really not very lethal. The grenade of later generations, even if it is protected within five meters, has a very high lethality rate. Basically, the main killing range is within fifteen meters, and the fragments can even damage an unarmored body about thirty meters away. The black powder grenade under his command is very weak in direct damage. As long as it is not hit by flying stones or something from five meters away, it will basically be heard.

  Now the latest grenade should be the fourth generation...

Even the first-generation grenade without powerful direct killing ability can still produce thick smoke, pungent smell, and huge roar that cannot be resisted, which also caused great psychological oppression to these warriors of the Western Regions , These people were scared out of their wits, their hands and feet were so weak. The pungent sulfur smell made these people think they were poisoned, and they ran back staggeringly with snot and tears running down their noses. Some people were injured in the process of escaping, bloody, and they also counted this injury as Among the power of the grenade.

  The elite warriors of the Western Regions are all like this, not to mention the ordinary herdsmen. Except for a few stupid and bold ones, most of the herdsmen thought it was a bolt from the blue, and some herdsmen even fell to their knees on the spot, trembling...

  In such a situation, can you continue to attack?

   Obviously can't fight anymore.

  Takesa and his helplessly issued a truce order, telling these people to retreat and recuperate.

   Twilight falls.

  After the adrenaline stopped secreting and all the passion was cooled down by the wind in the wilderness, the emotions that had been covered up gradually began to churn.

  The grief of losing a loved one, friend.

  Grief caused by injury.

   Dazed.

  All of these gradually summed up and became the easiest emotion to spread.

   Fear of the unknown.

  This kind of fear is almost engraved in everyone's genes, and it is easily triggered, and then affects each other, causing more and more people to fall into this huge vortex.

   Discussions began to arise. Even if the password ban was issued, it could not stop these herdsmen from conveying what happened to more people's ears and planting the seeds of fear in the hearts of others.

  As the night fell, Takesa felt that someone had poured a basin of cold water on his head, which made his dizzy head start to think more or less, and found that the things in front of him were not as simple as he imagined.

"Grandmaster! ”Takesa found Busen, stepped back from the left and right, and said straight to the point in a deep voice, “That’s the Han people’s demon method! Hex! I believe that the master's mana is so powerful that he will be able to restrain the opponent's demon technique! 』

  The wrinkles on Bu Sen's face were full of confusion, and he couldn't turn around for a while, "What? what are you saying? 』

  Takesa pointed to the green smoke that had not cleared from the military camp, "That's the magic method, the magic method of the Han people!" The master can now open the altar and recite the scriptures, and do it for us, so that the power of the Buddha can defend against the evil methods of the Han people! 』

  Bu Sen widened his eyes and understood a little bit, but he still found it incredible, "General, you are..."

  『Demon law! The magic of the Han people! ” Tagusa emphasized again, “This is just a demon method! 』

  『…』 Busen fell silent.

   Between the two people, there seemed to be an invisible pressure, which weighed heavily on the head and heart.

  After a long time, Busen said in a low voice: "General, do you think... can you really win?" 』

A small military stronghold has fought so hard, what else needs to be done to fight against the "demonic law" of the Han people. This huge gap between ideals and reality has caused even the blindly optimistic Taxa to be a little bit emotional. What's more, Busen, who was originally cautious and optimistic, was full of worries.

  Takesa also realized that he had some problems, took a deep breath, and then said a little calmly: "Master, don't worry, I have a plan, a new and more complete plan. 』

  Takesa pointed to the military stronghold in the distance, the place where there was a faint light of fire in the night, "What was our original plan to take down this military stronghold?" Isn't it just for training? This is like a whetstone, it will make our knives sharper! 』

  Bu Sen listened silently, watched silently, and thought silently, yes, it is indeed like a whetstone. A whetstone that has been ground to a **** mess may indeed make the sword sharp, but it may also be sharpened so that the sword will break!

   It's just that Busen didn't speak, he just listened.

  Takesa seems to have regained some confidence, pointing to Jiangshan, "Since it is a whetstone, hasn't our goal today been basically achieved?" A recruit always has to see blood before he becomes a veteran. And one thing is certain, since the Han military camp is well-defended, it means that the Han people have deployed heavy troops here! So it's normal for us ordinary sons and daughters to be unable to fight... yes, it's normal, and since the Han people have heavy troops in the military camp, then we can revise the original plan...』

  『Since this army stronghold is difficult to fight, we won’t fight it. We can fight it if it’s easy! ”Taksa said in a deep voice, “Our Erlang is really good at attacking the city... well, so we can use what we are better at, no, not to go around and attack the Han Chinese city of Xihai first, but in the Here we are waiting for Han Chinese reinforcements! Let's fight these Han reinforcements! 』

  Bu Sen was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help asking: "Are you sure... the Han people will have reinforcements?" 』

  『…』 Tagusa seemed to be a little bit stuck, 『Of course! Since there are heavy Han soldiers in this army camp, the Han people in Xihai City will definitely come to help! Even if the Han people in Xihai City don't come, isn't it better? It proves that the Han people in Xihai City are afraid, and they don’t even care about their brothers, and they don’t save them. This must be a huge blow to the Han people! 』

  Taksa turned to Busen, "In order for our new plan to be implemented smoothly...Master, we must first eliminate the influence of these "demonic methods" of the Han people on our children, so... there is no delay, Master will do it tomorrow!" 』

   "How to do it..." Bu Sen said slowly, "It's not difficult, but the problem is... If the Han soldiers come to help, will they still bring those "demonic methods"?" How will the general deal with it? 』

  『This…』 Tagusa froze for a moment, 『This is impossible! If the Han people want to practice the demon method, they must need certain conditions, otherwise the Han people would have fought to the horizon! Do Han people still need to be here? Do you still need to stay in the military stronghold? So, don't worry! I've made plans! This time there must be no problem! 』

  …щ(｀ωщ)…

  The yellow sand is rolling.

   On the edge of the Western Regions, there are neat arrays displayed.

  『Is there no problem this time? ’ Fei Qian, dressed in military uniform, walked slowly under the guard of Xu Chu, and then asked the craftsmen beside him, ‘If you have any questions, please ask them in time. 』

  When Busen began to prepare for the puja, Fei Qian was also preparing for the "how". However, Fei Qian was asking the artisans accompanying the army, not the Taoist priests of the religion.

  In order to keep it secret, after arriving at Yumen Pass, Fei Qian pulled out the cannon again for inspection. Of course, in name it was a strategic military exercise in front of the entire army.

  From stone cannon to artillery, it is undoubtedly a huge leap.

   It's just that Fei Qian looked at the current "flying over" and felt somewhat helpless.

  After the initial trial of the artillery, the appearance of this artillery is now more and more ugly. Because it needs to be close to the actual situation, instead of following Fei Qian's original aesthetics.

  『Please rest assured, General! The craftsman patted his chest and the cast iron cannon beside him, "We have tried it many times, and now it won't blow up!" 』

   Feiqian nodded, and then told these craftsmen to be careful, then rode out of the dangerous area on horseback and went to the high platform behind.

   Under the high platform, there are long arrays of infantry and cavalry.

  The flags are flying, and the spirit of the people and horses.

  Fei sneaked up on the high platform and stood still, then nodded, indicating that the martial arts exercise was ready to start.

   Regarding the current artillery research and development, Fei Qian has now repeatedly lowered his knowledge and requirements for artillery. That's right, now Feiqian is not pursuing range, nor is it demanding destructive power, it's just the most basic endurance, don't explode.

  During the artillery demonstration this time, new equipment appeared, the iron cannon.

  Fei Qian also converted the second-generation bronze cannon into a battleship gun before, and installed it in some large-scale ships. The combat effect is really outstanding, but the same, the second-generation bronze cannon still has many problems.

   It's not just expensive.

  Of course Feiqian knows that the artillery of later generations is made of steel, but the problem is that the current big man can't make steel artillery at all. It is not difficult to make a spare part out of steel, but what about a large artillery...

   So now there are only two options, one is bronze and one is cast iron.

  Brass, or red copper, etc., can also be regarded as other types of copper alloys, but bronze is the most suitable for copper alloys. On the one hand, the hardness of bronze is higher, on the other hand, bronze has a low melting point, and another very important reason is that bronze has less shrinkage, so it is very suitable for casting.

   In addition, the technology of bronze casting is also very mature.

   Another time that matured in the Qin and Han Dynasties is cast iron.

  Cast iron can also be used as a material for artillery, and cast iron guns have the advantage of running with cast iron, which is cheap.

  The price of one bronze cannon can be worth five cast iron cannons.

  Then it is actually more difficult for Fei Qian to use the more expensive bronze cannon or the cheaper cast iron cannon.

  Bronze is relatively proficient. Although proficiency is relative, at least the main problem of bronze cannons is not bombing, but deformation. This is due to the properties of bronze itself.

Bronze has a low melting point, so after firing some projectiles, under high temperature and high pressure, the bore and muzzle will be deformed before the bore is exploded, and once the deformation is severe, the entire artillery is equivalent to useless, even if it can still be strong When firing, I don't know where the shells will fly.

  Because of Dahan's craftsmanship, it is impossible to guarantee that the shell and the barrel are purely round and fit perfectly with each other. Therefore, the shells that seem to be the same on the outside cannot actually be a standard round body. Every time the shell is fired, the barrel and muzzle of the bronze artillery will be pulled. After multiple shots, this problem will be unavoidable. Appear.

   Therefore, there is a cast iron cannon.

  The problem with the first generation of cast iron guns is that they are easy to explode. Although cast iron cannons have a higher melting point than bronze and will not deform like bronze cannons, they have a higher probability of bombing than bronze cannons. According to the inspection and analysis after the accident, the craftsmen came to a general conclusion, that is, when the cast iron cannon was being poured, there were unbalanced materials on the cannon body, such as cavities, trachoma and so on.

  Subsequently, some craftsmen proposed to use forged iron instead of cast iron as the barrel of the artillery, but it immediately brought about the extension of the forging process, such as the demand for large workpieces, large stamping equipment, etc. in the forging process...

   This is the relevance of production technology.

  Fei Qian can't directly cross the branches of these technology trees, it can only let craftsmen climb faster, or purposefully skip some less important development directions.

  For example, Fei Qian said that copper cannons can still be developed, but iron cannons must also be developed at the same time, and among iron cannons, not only continue to study ferroalloy technology in the direction of cast iron, but also develop forging technology.

  Steel is to replace copper after all.

   This time for the battle in the Western Regions, Fei Qian asked the craftsmen to bring both bronze and cast iron cannons. It's just because the transport speed of these heavy big guys can't keep up with the cavalry, so Fei Qian integrated the Xiqiang soldiers on the one hand, so that these Xiqiang people can better adapt to life in the Han army, and on the other hand, he is also waiting The craftsmen who came later transported these artillery pieces to Yumen Pass.

  Now, craftsmen line up the artillery in the Gobi desert, waiting for Fei Qian's order.

  The five on the left are bronze cannons, and the five on the right of the bronze cannons are cast iron cannons.

  The two on the far right are forged iron cannons.

  The forged iron cannon is smaller and uglier than his big brother, the bronze cannon, and his second brother, the cast iron cannon.

Bronze cannons and cast iron cannons at least look smooth and bright, with straight lines and graceful curves, but forged cannons are inherently deficient, resulting in not only some forged spots on the whole, but also because the entire cannon body is made of two A semi-circular cannon body is combined, and layers of iron hoops are added to the outer layer, so it is like a long section of large bamboo laid flat, and even the iron bullets fired are smaller than other cannons. number one.

It is very intuitive that the power of forged iron cannons is obviously not as good as that of bronze cannons and cast iron cannons. The only advantage is that this thing is smaller in size, lighter in weight, and easier to transport. It may be used as the key equipment artillery on ships and warships, or As a short-to-medium range infantry support artillery.

   While Fei Qian was thinking, the artillery teams had already completed their preparations and were waving flags with red background and yellow border.

  『Quick fire five rounds! ’ Fei Qian issued an order.

  As the orders on the platform were conveyed, the whole world seemed to tremble in the next moment, and the huge roar rolled over the Gobi Desert, shaking some of the horses and soldiers under the high platform to move restlessly. Not to mention the Xiqiang pawns who had just joined the formation, there were also some Han Chinese who had never seen artillery before, and some of the horses even couldn't control their fear, and jumped out of the formation directly in fright, toward ran out into the open space.

  Tai Shici's face suddenly darkened, because it belonged to the cavalry formation he commanded...

  (end of this chapter)