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Chapter 56 Wooden Cannon

Except for Pan Gongji, Chen Mu did not see anyone in the Southern Dynasty. Later, those people came to pay a visit and were blocked by Chen Mu.

It’s not that he didn’t want to see him, and it didn’t matter whether he saw him or not, mainly because Zhang Shijue escorted Ruan Juan’s plundered baggage from the north of the mountain to the coast.

It's not good to be seen.

At least on the Southern Dynasties, they thought Chen Mu had just taken away the benefits of the enemy he attacked, and Ruan Juan's baggage was taken away by him.

In fact, they are all of them of Chen Mu.

"I'm so scared, you don't know, at least eight, no! At least ten thousand people went out from the valley entrance and ran north. If they hadn't dispersed as soon as they fought, the generals would probably not have seen the generals."

Zhang Shijue did not dare to rest during this journey. Seeing the enemy disintegrating northward, he rushed to the coast without stopping.

When the coastal armor was wet and dry, wet and wet. The infantry behind him didn't even want to walk. When he heard him ordering a rest, he lay down on the shore.

"But they're exhausted."

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

The flag army is really not tired. Even if they chase from beginning to end, they do not charge. They just steadily press forward, with more losses and few casualties. The only casualties are still shot into the enemy's arrows and rain, or they are not lucky, and they are hit by the few remaining small cannons in Ruan Juan's army.

No matter how small a cannon hits a person, it will be killed immediately.

On the contrary, Zhang Shijue's flag army relied on the strict formation to strengthen the bird guns, with few casualties, but they ran back and forth from morning to afternoon, and were in a hurry and frightened. At this time, almost everyone would fall asleep as soon as they relaxed.

They were not only exhausted, but also frightened.

It’s not that they are not brave. Chen Mu made a fuss about the tens of thousands of chaotic troops slipping past him. Everyone could rush to him and slash him. If he had a flag army outside the formation, he would be afraid.

"I won this battle and rest for an hour. I will give you money and food. After dinner, I will get on the boat. I will have a good night's sleep tonight and go to support General Deng, Yanzhou tomorrow."

Du Heizi was holding his breath. He wanted to rush out to kill this battle with a knife, but Chen Mu didn't give him this opportunity.

The entire army was slowly pressing forward, how could it be possible to let him go out to fight the enemy? At this time, he was sorting out the benefits he picked up on the battlefield and then putting them on the lucky ship with the army.

This time, I have gained a lot from military installation. They can't use these things. They will probably send them to the Nanyang Guard to return to the furnace, unless Chen Mu intends to sell them to others on the spot.

It is impossible for the left and right flag troops to use these armors.

But there are new gadgets in Learie.

"Ship Chen, this is the wooden cannon and iron cannon left behind in Ruan Juan's army."

The waves slammed the beach, and also slapped the open boats docked by the shore. There were several cannons on the beach, each with different differences.

Ruan Juan didn't pull down any of the twenty cannons, and they were all captured by the Ming army. When they were defeated, no one was willing to work hard to transport the cannons. Even small cannons had unbearable weight.

There are five types of cannons, Hongwu Nian Bowl Cannon, 200 kilograms of small hair, 150 kilograms of Franchise, and 88 kilograms of small wooden cannon.

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

At that time, they cut down an old tree and dug out their hearts and stuffed gunpowder into use as a disposable gun.

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

Two large wooden mortises and tenons that were properly sawed together to form a barrel, and two larger wooden blocks were wrapped in the same way outside, and then wrapped in another layer.

The three-layer wooden gun bore is a size-sized and interlocked, the outer hoop iron ring is five, and the workmanship is fine - this is by no means the shoddy they use to break the door.

This is a standard artillery that is easy to manufacture and properly used.

Chen Mu bent over and lifted it up 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 is big and small, and looks bigger than General Zhenshuo. In fact, it depends on the caliber of only two kilograms, but they use it to break up."

The wooden cannon is very strong because it is very thick. According to Chen Mu's understanding of the cannon, he can hold on to it with two kilograms of gunpowder for five or six times. The biggest problem is not the quality but the power.

Because the weight of a wooden cannon can match the three southeastern little tiger squat cannons, even the Chen Muqi Army's big tiger squat cannon was slightly lighter than it, but it was much more powerful.

This is a good thing for informal army field battles.

Chen Mu pointed to the wooden cannon and wrote to the soldiers beside him: "Remember, we should also build a batch of fine-tech wooden cannons, in Liaodong, Jizhen, and Xuanda. The inspection departments allocated simple weapons to organize militias when foreign invasions invade, which was a barrier."

"Go back and give it to Mr. Gao, ask him to make an idea."

The other artillery has nothing to look good about, not that they have no strengths. The advantages of various artillery are obvious compared to the Ming army. The decoration is luxurious.

This is not only the characteristic of Annan Kingdom. In the entire Nanyang, all countries have such characteristics in guns and other weapons. The gun ears, gun tails, gun heads, and gun bodies are the rarest cutting-edge forces, each one is more luxurious than the other.

The iron cannon is equipped with copper or even silver or iron gilded, which can make one look at a glance which cannons flowed in from the Ming Dynasty and which cannons were made locally.

The bulky bowl-mouthed cannon has only been manufactured in the year of carving. It was built during the Hongwu period and was obviously an old antique from the Battle of Annan during the Southern Expedition of Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty; the luxuriously decorated small long cannon is another kind of bloodline, and the small cannons from Portuguese merchant ships were then independently imitated by Annan.

The battle was counted and loaded onto a warship. Ng'an sent some silver and food to transport it to the coast. The flag army immediately left the beach, leaving only one flag to hang on the shore to send messages. The fleet drove into the shallow sea and slowly drifted for supper.

After dinner, Chen Mu visited the injured flag army on the injured ship before returning to the Chihai Ship. His subordinates were very tired today, but Chen Mu was in good spirits. He went to the stables on the ship to feed the mounts, and then sat at the bow of the ship and didn't know what he thought about.

Du Song thought about it and thought about it several times before asking Chen Mu: "Why didn't the Grand Marshal go to Ng'an Prefecture as a guest? Didn't their general sincerely invite each other?"

"It is probably because of sincerity to invite each other. Why? Do you want to go to Ng'an City to show off your might?"

Du Heizi, who showed his might and could not express his ambitions in the battle formation, felt a little embarrassed at this time, scratched his ears and cheeks before bulging his purple face, "I heard that Annan's woman is petite and delicate, and she puts it on her lap... It's not a handsome man, I didn't think about anything else, I just wanted to meet her."

Chen Mu glanced at Du Song in anger, stretched his waist on the deck, and said seriously: "It's nothing to see, don't forget the military law. What's more, if you want to go, go to Shenglong."
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