He could not explain to a Song man what a mortar was, so he had to think about it himself.

Didn’t the Red Army have nothing at the beginning? They relied on guerrilla warfare to deal with the enemy, and slowly gathered their own strength by seizing the enemy’s equipment. But now it’s not worth much to fight like this. The weapons they can seize can’t be supplemented except for some ordinary things. Those bows and scimitars are better than nothing. Even the gunpowder they got this time was just an ancient prescription, which was incomparable to what he had studied. It had a surprisingly small lethality and was not very useful. So it was the first time he began to question his previous thoughts. The current situation was still too far from the future.

Suddenly, Zhang Shun stopped and a picture suddenly appeared in his mind, which was a cannon. I still remember that he and a crew went to an old site to visit an exhibition hall, which contained many old equipment that the Red Army had used, one of which was called the Pine Tree Cannon.

To put it bluntly, the pine tree cannon is to hollow out a piece of pine tree trunk, put gunpowder in it, and then put things like iron sand and stones. The range of this thing is about 200 meters, which is 150 steps, which is enough!

"I thought of it!" Zhang Shun slapped his thighs suddenly. "Feiyu, you go and ask someone to cut down the pine trees immediately, don't talk about any trees. What I want is about such a thick trunk, hollow out the inside, and take as much as it is, and then make some iron hoops to tighten the outside. Forget it, go and call Chen Qi. Wasn't he a goldsmith before? You should be able to do some craftsmanship, call him quickly, I have something big to discuss with him."

Of course, Zhou Feiyu didn't know what Zhang Shun was thinking, but he didn't dare to waste time, so he ran out and called someone immediately, but Zhang Shun immediately started drawing pictures. It was still beneficial to stay in the crew for so many years. He learned a few things, and drawing pictures was his specialty. A director even asked him to draw creative ideas, which now seems to be really useful.

After a while, he drew an exquisite drawing, and then he slowly looked for the problems in it and made his own improvements. The advantage of pine cannons is that they are simple to make, but the problem is that they are easy to explode, so try to ensure safety of this thing, otherwise it would be a big trouble if they explode in their own team.

Tartars, your good days are over. I thought of this method and I can rush out. Then I will think of more things. As long as you give me time, I will definitely let you know that you have kicked the iron plate this time.

The morning mist was full, and it was already February, but the weather was still cold. A Shu stood on the deck of the warship and watched his troops gather on the shore. This time, he asked his subordinates to form two thousand people in a group, as a point, and then set up another point three miles away. And so on, 50,000 troops formed a large net here, and began to push over to the place where Zhang Shun might appear, and then prepared to tighten the net little by little, and finally trap Zhang Shun, the big fish, in the net. The troops had started to arrange them smoothly. At every moment, there would be scouts constantly passing information back and forth. Whether they found the traces of the enemy or found a foothold, they would report in time. In addition, A Shu also specifically required that all troops not underestimate the enemy and must force the enemy into the corner bit by bit according to the overall promotion method.

"Master, our first step has been done. The troops who cleared the mountains near Fancheng have also been conveyed. They have also begun to retreat backwards. We actually have 100,000 troops here. This time, Zhang Shun can't fly out even if he puts wings on it." An aide told him happily.

A Shu nodded with satisfaction. This was the situation he wanted. Now he had to deal with the big fish well, and Xiangyang had to take a little slow down.

"Zhang Shun, where are you? Do you dare to come out to fight me? You must not! Although you have more than 10,000 people in your hands now, they are just a group of scattered soldiers and brave men. They are simply unable to compare with my elite Yuan army warriors. As long as you dare to show up, there will be only one ending."

"Come, I will pass on my order. Zhang Shun will live! If he surrenders or can be captured alive, he must be captured alive. The reward for him will be doubled, and the reward of ten thousand households will be 50,000 taels!"

Someone left, and an aide asked in confusion, "Master, Zhang Shun is doing many evil things. Shouldn't he be killed directly in front of the formation? Why do we still have to live?"

A Shu looked at this aide with a deep sense, "I have never seen such a person before. His manufacturing technology is very powerful. If our Yuan Empire can have such talents to help, it will be a very good thing for us, and the Song Dynasty will not become our opponent at all. But if this person runs away and really returns to the Song Dynasty, it will be a catastrophe for us. Don't forget that the Song Dynasty is too rich and their manufacturing ability is too developed. As long as they take time, they will create endless thunders in the palm, incendiary bombs, and breaking cannons. How many troubles will we encounter at that time? So I am still willing to try it, hoping that he can become our person. Of course, if he really doesn't want to be our person, then don't be a human being."

The aide immediately understood and laughed, "Actually, as long as he is handed over to Lord Yang Lian, he will definitely become ours. Lord Yang's methods are quite powerful."

A Shu smiled and nodded, his eyes also looked into the distance, looking further away from Longweizhou.

At the top of the city of Xiangyang City, the Huihui cannon under the city was showing its power. Countless huge rocks of dozens or hundreds of kilograms were sent directly to the city, and they were hit hard on the city wall. Fortunately, the walls of Xiangyang City were like iron walls, and they remained unmoved under the attack of these stones as if they were high mountains, but the defenders in the city were already panicked. Such an offensive was really terrible.

"Father, the Tartars are crazy! They threw all the bodies into the city yesterday, and now they have started using stones again. Maybe they will attack the city after a while. What are they doing? Do they want to consume their own army?" Lu Shisheng looked at Lu Wenhuan in confusion and asked.

Lu Wenhuan did not seem very anxious, and his expression was still as usual. "This is just a feint attack. The Tartars still have no way to break through our Xiangyang City. Huihui cannons are indeed powerful, but it is also a delusion to take down Xiangyang with this thing."
Chapter completed!