Obviously, his position in His Majesty's eyes is really important, which can be seen from Wei Chao's reaction.
Xiong Tingbi nodded and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Eunuch Wei. I won't trade my brothers' lives for merit. With Your Majesty's decree, I will naturally not act recklessly."
Seeing Wei Chao nod, Xiong Tingbi looked directly at Li Yan and said, "Let's go to the top of the city and take a look."
"Yes, Marshal." Li Yan agreed, stood sideways, and waited for Xiong Tingbi to leave first.
After leaving the house, the group went straight to the top of the city wall.
On the top of the city wall, the group did not stop and came to a huge monster.
Looking at the things in front of him, Xiong Tingbi's eyes were shining.
This was a huge cannon that Xiong Tingbi had never seen before.
When this huge cannon was first transported to Liaodong, Xiong Tingbi was shocked.
It is said that it took a lot of effort to transport it here, and many things were assembled after arriving in Liaodong. If you want to move the whole thing, it is simply impossible to achieve.
This is because someone from the Baigong Academy came specially and brought a lot of tools, otherwise it would have been impossible to install.
Looking at Li Yan beside him, Xiong Tingbi said with a smile: "Master Li, this time we are counting on it."
"Don't worry, Marshal. There will definitely be no problem." Li Yan said confidently.
This is the latest artillery piece from the Hundred Craftsmen Academy. Of course, that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that this artillery piece is simply too big, has a lot of explosives, and has a very long range.
As for the material used in this cannon, it is said to be copper alloy, which is also a newly developed material. It has moderate softness and is suitable for casting; it is also hard enough and will not explode easily.
The loading method is also different from before. It uses Franky's cluster bombs, and they are shrapnel bombs, which can be said to be very powerful.
The most important thing is that this cannon has rifling. This is the latest development of the Baigong Academy, and it was originally just a test cannon.
The reason for casting it so large was mainly to study the rifling and to test new materials. After it was manufactured, this cannon was basically of no use.
For the current Baigong Academy, all trial-produced weapons will be sent to Liaodong as long as they are not broken and can be used.
The artillery in front of us is such a product. It cannot be moved here. Because it weighs more than 3,000 kilograms, it can be said to be very heavy and there is no way to move it.
Using that newly developed artillery shell, the range can reach twelve miles, which can be said to be very powerful. Therefore, there has been a lot of debate in the Hundred Workshop about whether to manufacture this kind of artillery.
After this cannon was manufactured, many people were excited, believing it was the direction of the future: larger, with a longer range and greater power.
But some people think that it is so heavy that they cannot transport and carry it, and it is impossible to use it in the field.
Therefore, they believe that the key is to make the artillery lightweight, easy to carry and easy to fire. Once this is achieved, large-scale equipment can be deployed to make up for the shortage in the market.
The two sides also had a dispute, and the artillery was sent to Liaodong, which was also intended to be an experiment.
In fact, there are already quite a few artillery pieces in Liaodong. Just look at the walls on the city walls now.
On the four walls, there was a cannon every few steps, which could be said to be a lot. Anyway, Li Yan didn't believe that any army could capture the city under such artillery fire.
Xiong Tingbi stroked the cannon with a very gentle look, just like caressing his beloved woman.
Originally, Xiong Tingbi had no intention of leaving the city to fight, but after having this cannon, his mind began to waver.
After all, Wild Boar Skin didn't know there was such a cannon. After Xiong Tingbi saw this cannon, the shock in his heart is still fresh in his memory.
If this cannon was used to fire at Nurhaci, Xiong Tingbi believed that it would have unexpected effects.
Furthermore, the various artillery pieces on the city walls had already been calibrated for their firing parameters. There was no need to adjust the angle temporarily; the soldiers on the city walls knew exactly where each piece of artillery would hit.
When the artillery fire reaches them, it will definitely give them a big surprise. If the range of this artillery is far enough, if Nurhaci can be killed with one shot, Xiong Tingbi will lead his troops to attack.
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