In a military tent of the Dulonggang garrison, Xiao Jiasui, Shi Bao, and Luan Tingyu were sitting together. Shi Bao asked Xiao Jiasui: "In that military tent just now, why did the military advisor talk to Hu Yanzhuo about defeating the enemy?"

Fa, doesn’t this go against the purpose of our trip?”

When Xiao Jiasui heard this, he smiled and said the reason: "The words I just said were just to induce Hu Yanzhuo to tell Ling Zhen. His nickname is Hong Tianlei. His ancestors lived in Yanling.

The first gunner of the Song Dynasty is the person the Young Master and Mr. Wen asked for before leaving. Our first task this time is to invite this person back."

Luan Tingyu and Shi Bao met and said that although they couldn't quite understand why the young master and Mr. Wen valued Ling Zhen so much, they both nodded and took it to heart.

However, it was said that Hu Yanzhuo wrote an urgent document that night and rushed it 600 miles to the Palace Commander's Mansion in Tokyo. At this time, Gao Qiu did not know that Hu Yanzhuo had already lost a battle. Hu Yanzhuo's document was so conclusive that Gao Qiu had no doubts.

, immediately ordered the artilleryman Ling Zhen, the deputy envoy of Jiazhangku, received the diploma of the marching commander, and taught him to pack up the pommel, horse, and weapons and get up.

Ling Zhen took the necessary pyrotechnic materials, loaded the various artillery pieces he had made, as well as the corresponding cannon stones and gun mounts into the car. He also took along his clothes, armor, swords, luggage and other items, as well as thirty or forty soldiers.

The Han Dynasty left Tokyo and took the road to Liangshan.

Fast forward eighty-nine days, in the small village on Yazui Beach in Liangshan, Song Jiang felt depressed in his heart, and said to the military advisor Wu Yong on the side: "Pedant, what is Hu Yanzhuo's plan? He has only camped on the water for many days.

What's the point of mooring on the edge and not fighting?"

Wu Yong was also puzzled at this time, and said in a deep voice: "It is said that Hu Yanzhuo was defeated once before, and he must want to avenge his shame this time. Even if he is more cautious, it will not be like this; according to Xiaosheng's thoughts

, Hu Yanzhuo seems to be waiting for someone to come to help."

"Our Liangshan Mountains are surrounded by water, and the water is in a dangerous place. Even if he waits for thousands of people to come, without warships, what effect will they have?" Song Jiang frowned and said noncommittally.

"This is exactly what Xiaosheng is confused about." Wu shook his feather fan lightly and chinned slightly as he explained.

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a commotion outside. A young man under Zhu Gui broke in and reported to the two of them: "Captain, military advisor, there is a new gunner sent from Tokyo, called Hong Tian Lei."

Ling Zhen, now we have set up a stand by the water, and the artillery is already firing towards the Duckbill Beach."

Song Jiang and Wu Yong heard the words and immediately walked out. The first thing they saw was several burning artillery pieces. The cannons hit the water and beach near Yazui Beach, causing huge splashes of water, flying sand and rocks, and earthquakes.

Shake, the faces of Song Jiang and Wu Yong both changed.

"Master of the village, abandon the small village of Yazuitan and return to Wanzi City first to see how he manages to use it, but let's discuss it." Wu Yong hurriedly admonished Song Jiang.

Song Jiang did not hesitate, and immediately gathered the panicked men around him, abandoned the small village, got up and went to the pass.

When we arrived at Duanjin Pavilion, we saw the Yazui Beach small village bursting into flames. The wind cannon sandwiched the golden wheel cannon and hit the Yabibi Beach. As soon as we climbed up, the rocks penetrated the sky and the stormy waves crashed on the shore. The Yazui Beach small village was filled with artillery fire.

Afterwards, it vanished into nothing.

Seeing this situation, Song Jiang and the other leaders all lost their composure, and just then they wondered why Hu Yanzhuo had been holding back all these days.

At this time, Wu Yong pondered for a moment and reassured everyone: "Brothers, don't panic. Wanzi City is far away from the water. Even if there are flying artillery, how can we reach the edge of the city? If someone can lure Ling Zhen to the water, first

Only after we capture this person can we discuss ways to defeat the enemy."

Hearing this, Song Jiang looked towards the three leaders in the field and said in a deep voice: "Now is the time for brothers Zhang Heng, Zhang Wang and Sun to make contributions."

The boat was full of fire, the ghosts cutting across the river were in full swing, and Sun Wu, the loach in the oil, said, he hurriedly stepped out, cupped his hands and said, "I will definitely live up to the trust of my brother and the military advisor."

The three of them received the military order and hurriedly went down the mountain to prepare. Song Jiang sent brothers Mu Hong and Xiao Zhelai to assist them.

In a branch of the harbor where Shijie Lake and Liangshan Lake are connected, between the cover of reed swamps, two speedboats are lying across the water. Zhu Biao and Ruan Shixiong stood on the boat, looking towards the direction of Duckbill Beach.

Ruan Xiaoqi, wearing a black sun-shielding hat and a chess piece cloth vest, swung the boat steadily and said to Zhu Biao on the bow: "No wonder the young master values ​​Ling Zhen so much.

It’s a blast.”

Zhu Biao smiled and said, "This Commander Ling's abilities are not limited to this."

"My dear, we have never seen this battle today. I can't even imagine it being more powerful." Ruan Xiaowu held the oar and held the pomegranate flower on his temples with one hand, smiling and saying.

Zhu Biao said, but a flash of memories came to his heart. For the three Ruan heroes, such an artillery scene was breathtaking. However, for Zhu Biao, compared with the modern wars of later generations, this scene was

The light of fireflies competes with the bright moon.

The wind cannon and golden wheel cannon that Ling Zhen just launched are actually not real cannons, but a throwing firearm similar to a trebuchet.

The first artillery piece in Chinese history was built forty years later by Wei Sheng, a famous anti-Jin general in the Southern Song Dynasty. The iron barrel was filled with gunpowder, stuffed with gravel, and placed on a cannon cart. When encountering the enemy, it was set on fire and the powder was fired.

The stone can be struck more than two hundred steps, killing and wounding the enemy, and is called a thunderbolt cannon.

Wei Sheng built dozens of artillery carts. When marching, two people pushed the carts. When camping, the artillery carts were arranged in a circle as a camp posture. When the enemy was far away, he used artillery to bombard him;

This is the earliest artillery unit in Chinese history.

Only in Zhu Biao's view, although Ling Zhenshi's cannon is not a cannon in the later sense, its power is even greater than Wei Sheng's thunder cannon. Such a rare high-end talent can be used by one person if placed in the right place.

Be a millionaire.

In Zhu Biao's heart, the value of Ling Zhen, the thunderbolt, is the same as that of Meng Kang, the jade flag pole, and An Daoquan, the magical doctor of Lingxing. However, these three people were not famous in their original trajectories.

Later Mr. Lu Xun once said: Foreign countries use gunpowder to make bullets to defend against enemies, but China uses it to make firecrackers to worship gods.

Like Ling Zhen, there were only a handful of opportunities for him to fire off the cannons in the entire Water Margin, let alone to conduct more detailed research and breakthroughs. It was really embarrassing for such a high-tech talent to be sent by Song Jiang to "fire the cannons."

sigh.

After a while, Zhu Biao recovered his thoughts and said to Ruan Xiaoer who was on the other side of the boat: "Second brother, you, fifth brother, and seventh brother should pay more attention to the movements on the water these days."

Ruan Xiaoer hurriedly hugged Zhu Biao and said sternly: "Don't worry, young master, our brothers will definitely bring you the Hongtian Lei."

Zhu Biao nodded and told: "If you encounter Zhang Wang, the ghost on the river, and Sun Wu, the loach in the oil, the three brothers can deal with them as they please. Only Zhang Heng, the boat fireer, don't embarrass him. I will leave it to Zhang Shun in the future."
Chapter completed!