Then he stood still and heard a loud noise.

Li Zhang couldn't wait long and cut off most of the fuse, leaving only a few feet. That's why it was so fast.

Feeling the shock under their feet, the cronies stretched their necks longer and longer, looking into the distance along the flying projectiles.

When the smoke and dust started to rise, everyone was shocked: How far away is it?

Li Chengzhi asked calmly: "How many should there be?"

Li Zhang squinted and said, "At least nine hundred steps!"

Suddenly there was a gasping sound from all around.

A three-foot-sized iron pill should weigh more than ten kilograms. How powerful is it to shoot it so far?

Li Chengzhi waved his hand, meaning not to make any noise, and looked up the mountain ridge again.

A Tangqiu held a pennant and waved it vigorously.

Li Zhang's experience is very rich and his eyes are very sharp. He is only thirty steps less than what Tang Qi reported.

It seems that the maximum range of this bottle cannon is about a thousand steps, but it is completely sufficient.

Li Chengzhi waved his hand again: "This time I'll still shoot the beacon, aim more carefully!"

Li Zhang responded respectfully and shouted to several of his cronies. After about a moment, the intermittent sound of cannons rang out.

Li Chengzhi specifically explained it, so Li Zhang was very cautious. The filling process was not fast, and it took about one word (five minutes) to fire.

The first is to cool down completely to avoid exploding the barrel. The second is to clean up the residue to avoid leaving hidden damage in the barrel. The third is to adjust the angle.

Therefore, before Li Zhang fired a shot, the smoke and dust on the mountain ridge dispersed completely, and everyone could see it very clearly.

Eight cannons were fired, three of which missed, and the remaining five bombarded the two-foot-high beacon to less than one foot.

How could you care about taking a breath at this time?

From Li Shiliang on down, everyone was dumbfounded and dumbfounded.

To demolish a pier city with walls six feet thick and two feet high one mile away is not shocking, but unthinkable.

Even if a bolt of thunder does fall from the sky, is it so harmful?

It wasn't until Li Chengzhi called Li Cong to place the straw man and horse a hundred steps away that anyone came back to their senses.

But no matter how shocked or surprised they were, no one dared to ask questions, they just watched Li Chengzhi give orders.

Seeing that the ground was too soft, it was necessary to cushion the cannon every time, which was not only troublesome but also affected the accuracy. Li Zhang simply asked Li Zhang to dismantle a carriage and place it under the cannon body. He also packed soil with hemp and stabilized it on both sides of the cannon body.

Li Cong has also arranged the straw men and horses, no more, no less, exactly four hundred, and they have also arranged them into a small square array about twenty paces in radius.

According to Li Chengzhi's explanation, these were all moved from the school grounds, and they were specially wearing leather armor.

The reason why they don’t wear steel armor is because except for Xihai, no country in the world is so wealthy that nearly 30% of its entire army wears armor.

Of course, it is also because there are few soldiers in the West Sea...

This time it took a bit long, nearly half an hour.

Because Li Chengzhi was not sure how much medicine, broken iron, and iron nails were suitable for each load, he ordered Li Zhang to fire a few shots into the empty space to test the amount of medicine.

When the cannon was officially tested, everyone's eyes almost popped out.

There was just a loud noise, and more than half of the phalanx of four hundred men and horses fell immediately.

And this is only second.

Li Chengzhi led everyone forward to check. Not only were nearly half of the grass horses shot down, but even their leather armor was shot through. The rows near the front had even been shot through each other.

The cronies even involuntarily made their breathing movements much smaller, looking at Li Chengzhi with fear in their eyes.

This is beyond human power, but Li Chengzhi just did it?

Immediately, the face that reacted a little faster showed an uncontrollable joy.

In front of this thing, no matter how thick your armor is or how thick your formation is, it only takes one shot.

What if the most brave tiger rider in the world is here?

Even if you can't be shot to death, one shot can knock you down, and then two more shots...

Li Chengzhi had already passed the initial excitement, so he explained to Li Liang and Li Liang in detail: "First cast fifty cannons like this, and install twenty in Zhenyiguan City, and the rest

Just in case of emergencies...

In addition, you two need to study carefully after you go back and make some small cannons, ranging from two to three hundred kilograms at most to a hundred kilograms at least. First, cast one bottle and one out..."

Li Chengzhi wanted to make a squatting tiger cannon. This type only weighs more than a hundred kilograms. As long as you have a mule or horse, you can pull it around, which is very convenient.

Li Liang was a little puzzled: "I dare to ask Mr. Lang, I think the bigger this thing is, the greater the power, and the farther it shoots, so why build a small cannon?"

"You think I don't know that the bigger the cannon, the more powerful it is?"

Li Chengzhi smiled and scolded, "But on an expedition of thousands of miles, there are so many places to cross mountains and ridges. If the cannon is too heavy, and there are no roads or vehicles, is it possible that I can still call you Li Liang to carry it across the mountains?"
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