Zhu Hongsan watched the cannon shooting, about two shots a minute, and several cannons could fire three shots. This was already very good.

Zhu Hongsan said to Qian Yong: "Take a few live ammunitions and see." Qian Yong took the order.

Peng Ershu on the top of the city found that there was only sound of cannons on the opposite side, but no cannons popped out. Peng Ershu was about to show his head to see, but he didn't expect a live ammunition to hit a marble less than ten meters away. The stones were splashed, and an unlucky soldier on the side was covered in flowers by the stones, howling and rolling all over the ground, seeing that he was not alive.

Peng Ershu didn't dare to look up when he saw this. He shouted in fear: "Go out from the south gate and ask when Lord Li of the Xunhai Road will come here?"

The servant next to him hurried down to pass the order.

Zhu Hongsan outside the city saw that he shot out five live ammunitions, three shots hit the city wall, and two shots entered the city. The three shots hit the city wall were effective. One shot broke the bricks outside the city wall, revealing the rammed earth inside.

But Zhu Hongsan knew that if he wanted to destroy the city wall by relying solely on solid bullets, he didn't know that he would take the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month. It seemed that he would develop a flowering bullet.

At this time, the official army had equipped the old flowering bullets, but the design idea was very backward. The fuse used to detonate was usually a hollow reed tube built-in medicine twist. Before loading, cut the corresponding length according to the distance of the target to be fired. Before firing, ignite the fuse on the shell from the muzzle, and then ignite the fuse on the fire door to fire.

Such a launch method is very dangerous. The flames generated by ignition of the pellets rush from the gap between the shell and the barrel to the front of the shell, which is very easy to ignite the remaining medicine twists, resulting in early explosion or even explosion.

Therefore, the old-fashioned flowering bullets have many disadvantages. They are not only unsafe, but also time-consuming and material-intensive to process according to the current technical level. Not only did the Ming Dynasty's official army not like to use them, but even the Western army was not commonly equipped.

What is popular now is solid bullets and shotguns. The popular thing in naval warfare is chain bullets, which are two solid bullets connected by iron chains. When fired, they will break everything they encounter, including the mast and the human body. They are very domineering.

However, Zhu Hongsan does not have a navy now, so there is no need to do such things as chain bullets. It is enough to deal with cluster target shotguns. As for the flowering bullets, Zhu Hongsan planned to use the flowering bullets that were popular in Europe and the United States in the 18th century. That is, use hollow shells to load lead bullets and gunpowder, leave a small hole above them, and seal them with wax.

There is no essential difference between the flowering bullets on the bullet and the Ming army, but Zhu Hongsan intends to use two epoch-making inventions, namely the wooden conical telescope and wooden bullet support technology invented in the 18th century. These two technologies look very simple, but it is this simple technology that makes the flowering bullets practical and will never have any explosions again.

Wooden signal tubes prevent the launch of the drug from igniting the gunpowder in the signal tube. The bullet holder can effectively seal the leakage of gas, and can also serve as a buffer for the hollow grenade during launch. Moreover, the emitted grenade will cause the "badminton principle" self-stabilization structure of heavy head and light tail due to the light wooden support, making the ballistic more accurate.

The famous Hodgekis grenades and shrapnel during the Civil War were of this architecture. Of course, the shrapnel had thinner walls, higher manufacturing requirements, and more complex structures. It was not something that Zhu Hongsan could make.

After Zhu Hongsan thought about it, he took the notebook in Ma Shaoguang's hand, used carbon strips to draw a simple flowering bullet structure diagram, and then said to Ma Shaoguang: "Go back and give this to Tien Niu and let him experiment."

Ma Shaoguang nodded and put away the drawings.

At this time, the live ammunition shot was finished, and Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong came to ask about the next exercise steps. Zhu Hongsan said: "Experience the formation of the defense cavalry."

In order to deal with the Eight Banners elite soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Hongsan paid great attention to the formation of defense cavalry in the field when he was founded. In the past, when he was dealing with bandits in Henan, he proved that the spear formation was very suitable.

Now, the tactics of changing into new weapons will naturally change. What Zhu Hongsan gave them is very simple, which is a square formation. This formation is based on battalions. Outside are five-layer musketeers, and in the middle are artillery and commanders.

Seeing the six huge square formations below, Zhu Hongsan nodded, looking a little bit. This formation can be expanded, and the more people there are, the greater the power. When a regiment formed a square formation, Zhu Hongsan estimated that he could withstand the front charge of five thousand cavalry in the wild.

Just as Zhu Hongsan's team was practicing formation, a team of officials came from the south of the city, with about a thousand people. After seeing Zhu Hongsan and his party from a distance, they immediately entered Xin'an County.

These are reinforcements sent by Nantou Water Village. He was led by Li Zhi, the Guangdong patrol of Haidao, and he brought 1,200 people, which is already most of the combat power of the Water Village. You should know that the entire Water Village only has more than 2,000 people.

After entering the city, Li Zhi quickly found the county magistrate Peng Ershu and asked, "Mr. Peng, where did the people outside come from?"

The magistrate Peng said, "I don't know, I didn't hear that there were such a large group of bandits around me. They were not wearing any official uniforms, but they looked similar to those worn by the rich mirrors of the Folang Jiman."

Li Zhi was stunned. If it were the Folang Ji people, it would be troublesome. Li Zhi said, "Let's go, let's go to the city wall to take a look."

Peng Ershu, who had just escaped from the city wall, heard that he wanted to go up again, but Li Zhi's official position was above him. Peng Ershu followed Li Zhi up the city wall again.

At this time, Zhu Hongsan stopped firing the gun and started practicing in a queue. Li Zhi and the others looked at it for a while, and Li Zhi said, "I don't look like the Folang Jiren, but a bit like the Han people."

Peng Ershu said: "Mr. Li, you can't. There are six or seven thousand people. There are not so many troops except for the 200 miles around the Nanhaiwei. They look neatly dressed and don't look like bandits."

Li Zhi said: "Mr. Peng, have you sent someone to ask where they came from?"

Peng Ershu said: "The situation was critical at that time, and the officials did not send anyone out."

Li Zhi said: "Send someone out to ask, I don't think they look like siege."

"It's not like siege. I almost killed me when I fired a gun just now." But Peng Ershu didn't dare to listen to Li Zhi's words, so he went down and sent a small soldier out of the city to take a look.

Zhu Hongsan was watching the drill, and Wang Jinbao came over to report: "Sir, someone came out of the city and asked us where the army is, what are we doing here?"

Zhu Hongsan said, "Give him my seal and tell them that the county magistrate is training the three guards here."

Wang Jinbao took the order. The soldier returned to the city with the seal of King Chu and handed it over to Peng Ershu and Li Zhi.

Li Zhi took it over and saw it, furious and said, "It turned out to be the King of Chu. Now that His Majesty has just ascended the throne in Nanzhili, the King of Chu has trained so many guards. What do he want to do? Do you want to rebel?"

After reading the seal next to him, Peng Ershu felt relieved. For him, as long as it was not a bandit, it would be easy to say. If the King of Chu wanted to make a fuss, he would make a fuss. Anyway, he would have to be transferred in another year.

Li Zhi said angrily: "Mr. Peng, let's go out of the city together and ask the King of Chu, what does he want to do?"

Peng Ershu really didn't like to trek into this muddy water and said, "Sir, the King of Chu heard that he was just a royal family in the past, and probably didn't know any etiquette. It would be better to write a letter to Feng Jiantai, the new governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and let Lord Feng take care of it."

Li Zhi said: "Now there is only half of the imperial court. If the King of Chu rebelled in Guangdong, you and I will be the sinners of eternal times. If Lord Peng doesn't go, I will add your name to the King of Chu's memorial."

Peng Ershu cursed in his heart: "Damn it, you want to show off your limelight, I'm not the matter." No matter how he scolded, he couldn't help. Who said that Li Zhi had a higher position than him?

The two of them, with more than a dozen guards, opened the city gate and rushed to Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan was watching the drill, and Wang Jinbao came to report again, saying that the magistrate of Xin'an County Peng Ershu and Li Zhi, the Guangdong patrol of Haidao, were asking for a meeting.

Zhu Hongsan didn't want to meet him, but he thought that he had to establish a good relationship with local bureaucrats, so he couldn't let Wang Jinbao bring them over.

After a while, the two adults were brought to Zhu Hongsan by Wang Jinbao. Zhu Hongsan looked at the two of them. The one wearing the magistrate's uniform was a middle-aged man in his thirties, probably the magistrate Peng Ershu. The one at the front was a middle-aged man in his forties, probably Li Zhi, Xunhaidao.

Li Zhi led Peng Ershu forward. Seeing that Zhu Hongsan did not salute, Li Zhi asked directly: "Your Highness, why did you lead someone to attack Xin'an County for no reason?"
Chapter completed!