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Dark Palm Jiaozhi Chapter 27: Recapture Benson

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    Ruan Phu Bao is the world's number one girl control, how could he refuse Ruan Phu Ajiang's request, but he still put forward his own ideas before nodding, "Little sister, of course it's okay for me to promote Hong Chang, but this guy is too smart.  He is full of energy, I am afraid that he will hinder A Yuan."

    "Brother, please relax. Hongchang can't do any harm to my nephew. He won't covet your things at all. Besides, taking Beizhang Mansion is just the beginning. It's unknown whether he will regain Xuanguang Mansion in the future. There are so many territories.  You have to send someone to take care of it. A Yuan is still so young, when can I help you?" Ruan Fu Ajiang knew that the elder brother's worries were justified, but this reason was really incompatible with Zhou Shixiong. He has a  How could the state covet the little family property of Shanfu?  Besides, Lang Son Mansion is so prosperous only because of people¡¯s help.

    "Since my little sister said this, I feel relieved for my brother. Do you want to arrange a position for Hong Chang in Lang Son City? You can't become my adopted son and still work as a craftsman!" Ruan Phuc Bao said this, and he and his sister  The Spring and Autumn Period was at its peak, and no matter how powerful Ji Hongchang was, he was still a duckweed without roots and could not make any big waves.

    "No, Hongchang loves making armor. He is a craftsman out of interest. Xiangzhou treats him like a distinguished guest. How can he really be a craftsman? He is currently working on a new armor. It is impossible.  Leave Pingxiangzhou Craftsman Camp, let¡¯s talk about this later.¡± Ruan Phu Ajiang didn¡¯t even dare to think about asking Zhou Shixiong to come to Lang Son as an official, and just found an excuse to help Zhou Shixiong reject it.

    On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the battle report that had been tortured for more than ten days was finally sent to Lang Son. The town of Benson, which had just been returned to Bac Giu, fell again, and the battle to capture Bac Giu officially began.

    It was easier to capture Ben Thanh this time than last time. Nguyen Phuc Bao, who had planned it in advance, left a group of soldiers behind when returning Ben Son. When the soldiers of Lang Son Palace arrived outside Ben Son, the soldiers opened the gate and let people into the town.  , captured Benson without firing a single shot.  The best thing is that the two thousand Beizhufu soldiers guarding Benson were eliminated at once, reducing the only four thousand soldiers of Beizhufu to two thousand.

    Knowing that the defense of Bac Giu City was empty, Son Ngoc Minh, the commander of the Lang Son Prefecture, decided to divide his troops for a sneak attack and left 2,000 men to garrison in Ben Son. Son Ngoc Minh led an 8,000-strong army to surround Bac Giu City. With Xiangzhou's 4,000 soldiers  Ma and two thousand soldiers from Lang Son Province continued westward to attack Kui Kun, the third largest town in Beijiang Province.  The battle report Ruan Phu Bao received was sent after he captured Benson. Now he doesn't have to worry about his actions being known by others. He only needs to worry about whether the soldiers can take Beiji City. Alas, he still has to worry.

    Zhou Shixiong also received a similar battle report. The content was much more detailed than the one written by Shan Yuming. It not only included an introduction to the battle situation but also a prisoner's confession.  According to the confession, Zhou Shixiong learned that Beizhang Mansion had completely turned to Xuanguang Mansion and lent Kuikun to Xuanguang Mansion as a garrison. Originally there were only more than 1,000 Yao soldiers, but now there are more than 3,000 soldiers, and there are two thousand more soldiers.  He is a soldier of Xuanguang Mansion.  No wonder Zhou Bu went to attack Beicheng City. It turned out that he wanted to grab a big fish.

    Zhou Shixiong never thought about letting his soldiers shed blood for Lang Son Mansion. Of course he was dissatisfied with Zhou Er's behavior, but Zhou Shixiong had no choice. Since the command was given to Zhou Er, it was Zhou Er's responsibility to mobilize the power on the battlefield.  , Zhou Shixiong could only sulk.

    ¡®We must give these guys a good lesson when we go back, so that they understand when to be brave and when to give in to the good. I am not a member of the Communist Party and have no interest in displaying the spirit of internationalism!  ¡¯ Zhou Shixiong secretly criticized Zhou Er¡¯s actions and muttered with dissatisfaction.

    "Brother Hongchang, we've got the cannon, when are we going to test it?" Wan Qian couldn't do carpentry work, so Zhou Shixiong sent him as an errand boy to Zhennanguan to transfer an artillery piece.

    "Damn it, I asked you to get an artillery back. Why did you bring the Hongyi cannon?!" There are two Hongyi cannons in Zhennan Pass. The cannon is three meters long and has 18 pounds of spare ammunition. They were purchased during the Tianqi Year.  Original shipment from the Dutch East India Company.  Using this cannon for testing, the first-generation tanks were able to fly away, but wooden tanks like Zhou Shixiong still looked ugly.

    "How would I know? If I give your letter to Guan Zhizhou, he will ask someone to dismantle the cannon, right?" Wan Qi'an has seen the power of the Hongyi cannon. It is impossible for him to deliberately pull this cannon.  Zhou Shixiong walked over and asked softly, "What's going on?"

    Wan Qi'an saw that Zhou Shixiong had seen through it, and he smiled and took out a letter and handed it over, "It's all arranged by the official Zhizhou. I really don't know what's going on."

    Zhou Shixiong opened the letter and gasped, "This Cheng Peng is so daring that he wants to privately manufacture artillery!" It turned out that Zhou Shixiong had considered giving up the development of firearms because Guangxi was really not suitable for the use of gunpowder.  The reason why Guan Chongguang wanted to build his own cannon was to build two passes to the east and north of Pingxiang Prefecture to strengthen the protection of Pingxiang Prefecture.  Anyway, there are a lot of steel ingots in the warehouse, and it won't take much to make a few cannons.

    Zhou Shixiong also heard about the construction of the pass for the first time. He asked someone to call Tie Yong, handed him the cannon and the letter, and asked him why the sudden attack had occurred.?Want to build a pass.  "Hongchang, you are busy working all day long. I don't know how much trouble has happened in Nanning Mansion during this time. In the past two months, thieves broke into the Salt and Iron Supervisory Office and stole tens of thousands of taels of silver. They also left a letter saying that the eunuch in charge was gone.  The egg was used, and the salt and iron envoy died. Last month, the prefect of Nanning Prefecture was stolen from his official seal. Wang Qingyu ordered all the states in the prefecture to help catch the thief. Even the chieftain of Jizhou Prefecture had to help, which caused Nanning Prefecture to be in an uproar.  .¡±

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The several officials who intended to take revenge on Pingxiangzhou for meddling in them were already set goals, and Zhou Shixiong didn¡¯t care about the order.

    "Even if Nanning Mansion is in trouble, we won't have to build a pass!" Zhou Shixiong couldn't help but said without hearing any connection between the two things.

    "What Lord Zhizhou means is that if someone pours dirty water on Pingxiangzhou's head and sends troops to occupy Pingxiangzhou, it will be too late to think of a solution by then." Tie Yong thought.  He also thought that Guan Shigeguang was making a fuss. After all, it took a lot of steel to make a cannon. He couldn't accept it if it was just for display.

    Zhou Shixiong thought for a while and said, "Not to mention, the people in the imperial court can do anything. They can just settle in Pingxiangzhou in the name of cooperating with the bandits, and then even accuse the governor of hiding bandits if they don't leave.  Just replace someone, the more you think about it, the more likely it is." Zhou Shixiong followed Guan Chongguang's thinking and felt that his idea of ??strengthening defense was not an exaggeration at all and was very reasonable.

    "Regardless of whether it is possible or not, since the Lord has ordered us to do it well, it is easy to make a few cannons." Tie Yong is very confident. As a top iron craftsman, although he has never cast cannons, he can make any castings.  The methods are all the same, so Tie Yong cannot be troubled.

    Zhou Shixiong waited for two days for the one-pound cannon and three-pound cannon he wanted. Holding an iron egg as big as a chicken, Zhou Shixiong frowned.  This was the first time he saw the shells of ancient small-caliber artillery. He didn't expect them to be so small.  After thinking about it, I was relieved. A one-pound cannonball weighed less than one kilogram, and a three-pounder cannon shell weighed less than three kilograms. The volume was not much larger.

    The new deck is very powerful. The one-pounder cannon cannot penetrate it at any distance. The three-pounder cannon can shatter the inner and outer layers of the deck when fired at close range, but it cannot penetrate the sandwich made of rattan ropes.  In theory, the composite deck can be put into use, and Zhou Shixiong's tank concept has taken a big step forward.

    After testing the deck, the whole vehicle was tested. Zhou Shixiong designed several test methods. The first was to place the tank within the artillery range and let the artillery attack it to see how many guns were needed to completely destroy the tank. The second was to use  Winch the chariot and see how much damage the chariot takes as it passes through gun range.

    This kind of test is very new. More than a hundred craftsmen crowded into the open space behind the craftsman camp to watch the excitement. Some people even placed bets on how many cannons the chariot could withstand, while others bet that the chariot would fall apart before passing through the artillery attack range.  Zhou Shixiong and Tie Yong were sitting in the pergola next to the open space chatting. The specific experiment did not require Zhou Shixiong's personal supervision. After so many experiments, there was no need to say more about what to do.

    "Hongchang, you have come up with the idea that this tank is really powerful. Regardless of whether it can withstand artillery or not, it is already very powerful." At first, Tie Yong thought that the tank would use a lot of steel, so he came to supervise the work of the tank development team in person.  Unexpectedly, in addition to using steel for the frame, only the front part of the car is equipped with a thin steel plate, which is many, many times less than Tie Yong expected.

    Of course Tie Yong was very happy to save the consumption of steel, but at the same time he also admired this young man very much.  If they could really find a way to process several materials to create a composite deck that could withstand the Eight Ox Crossbow, this alone would reduce Pingxiangzhou's expenditure on armor by more than half.

    "You don't need to praise me, Master Tie. This chariot is said to be my idea, but in fact it was made through the cooperation of everyone. Without the help of Master Tie and all the masters, it would be impossible to make such a good thing." Zhou Shixiong also said  Someone who can say nice things, but it doesn¡¯t cost any money anyway.

    Boom boom boom, the twelve consecutive bombardments of the one-pounder broke a large piece of the side wall of the tank facing the artillery.  However, the artillery could not continue to expand its results in order to cool down, so Zhou Shixiong and Tie Yong walked over to see the effect.  The attack power of the one-pounder is really limited. Although most of the shells hit a relatively concentrated area, the damage to the tank was only to shatter an outer wall panel.

    "Change the gun. There is no need to test this one-pound gun." Zhou Shixiong was very satisfied with the result. It can completely withstand a small-caliber artillery, and the practicality of the tank has been greatly improved.

    The final test results show that the tank can completely withstand the bombardment of the one-pounder when fired at a fixed target. The three-pounder can completely penetrate the tank by hitting the same position three times. The tank can be destroyed by multiple shots. The results show that the tank cannot be hit hard for the time being.  Against three-pounders.  As for the result of the moving target, it was funny. In order to give the artillery a chance to hit the tank, the craftsman who shook the winch deliberately slowed down and cooperated with the artilleryman.  But the speechless artillery hit rate is really unsatisfactory.In the moving target test, only one shot was hit.
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