Soon, Wang Zicheng and the local county magistrate and President Qian rushed over together.

There were a large number of yamen runners, constables, men in black, and Qingluan Guards who came with them. It can be said that almost all the staff of the local government were dispatched, with nearly a thousand people.

The full name of Qianzong is "Ying Qianzong", the sixth rank, the same grade as the Qingluanwei Baihu, and two levels higher than the seventh rank county magistrate, and is not controlled by the county magistrate.

This dynasty was moved by the disadvantages of opposing civil and suppressing military affairs in the previous dynasty. Since the beginning of the country, it has been used both civil and military affairs. The power of military officers in the court is not weaker than that of civil and civil officials. There is no clear and insurmountable boundary between civil and military officials. Many cabinet masters are generals and prime ministers, so the status of military officers in the Daxuan court is not low, and there will be no situation where high-ranking military officers are controlled by low-ranking civil officials in the previous dynasty.

According to the Daxuan Army system, the thousand generals led 500 soldiers, including 200 elite soldiers and 300 auxiliary soldiers. The "man in black" in the world mainly refers to the regular soldiers, also known as combat soldiers. They do not work in production on weekdays and specialize in training. As the name suggests, auxiliary soldiers are auxiliary soldiers, such as transporting food and grass, building fortifications, cooking and feeding horses, maintaining firearms, etc.

The local Qianzong surnamed Zhao, who brought 150 soldiers and 200 auxiliary soldiers this time. All soldiers were equipped with firearms and armor. They were not hand guns commonly used by people in the Taoist sect, but long guns with a longer range. They could store multiple bullets in the ammunition compartment and could fire guns continuously. The auxiliary soldiers mainly transported four cannons from the camp.

When using pre-mounted artillery in the early days, the size of artillery shells was distinguished by the weight of the shells. At that time, four types of artillery were most commonly used in the army, heavy artillery of sixty kilograms, general artillery of thirty kilograms, and small artillery of ten kilograms. Among them, heavy artillery could only be equipped on large sea ships and fixed artillery batteries and could not be moved.

However, with the continuous update and iteration of artillery technology, the artillery equipped in the military has gradually changed into rear-mounted rifled artillery. It is not very meaningful to treat urination and defecation based on the weight of the shells, so it is changed to distinguish the size of the artillery by the caliber of the artillery.

Nowadays, the army is equipped with D artillery from one inch, nine to two inches and three inches, C artillery from three inches and six inches, B artillery from four inches and five to four inches and six inches, and Class A heavy artillery from four inches and six inches and six inches. Among them, heavy artillery is subdivided, and some heavy artillery can only be fixed on the turret or equipped on iron armored ships, which has nothing to do with the local army.

This time, Mr. Zhao Qian brought the four-door C artillery with a diameter of three inches and one cent to three inches and six cents. The attack may not be as powerful as it can be used to attack a mansion, which is more than enough.

In addition to acting as a man in black who attacked the front, there are also many people in the yamen runners and constables. In this regard, similar to Tiangang Hall, a regular officer has two deputy officers, each deputy officer has a helper, and three yamen runners, there are more than 200 people. They are mainly responsible for clearing the streets and implementing martial law.

Disperse the crowds watching the fun and prevent accidental injuries to ordinary people.

In addition, the local Qingluanwei households were dispatched to assist the man in black from the side.

Although Qingluan Guard was the personal army of the emperor and was mainly criminal investigation and case handling, in the ranks of men in black, many senior officials in black entered the court, in addition to joining the Ministry of War, they also transferred to the Qingluan Guard, and then transferred to the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple and other yamen through Qingluan Guard, and finally entered the ranks of civil servants. Therefore, there are many people from black-clad men in Qingluan Guard, and it is not difficult for both parties to cooperate.

When Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu came outside Xiachang Mansion, they saw that the place was surrounded and could not be thawed.

Although the ranks of the Taoist sect and the court are different, Taiping Dazhenren, one of the three deputy heads of the Taoist sect, is also the national teacher of the court, so he erected a ruler between the Taoist sect and the court, which could probably have a corresponding relationship.

There is no doubt that the local county magistrate, Qian Zong, and Qingluan Guard are not as good as Zhang Yuelu, the fourth-rank Taoist priest. Only Wang Zicheng is comparable to Zhang Yuelu, so it was decided by Wang Zicheng and Zhang Yuelu.

Wang Zicheng asked in a deep voice: "Does the people from the Xia family still refuse to come out to surrender?"

Mr. Zhao Qian replied: "Reporting to the mission, the brothers have already called three rounds of words. As long as they are willing to open the door to surrender, they will only kill the evil ones. If they are stubborn, they will be burned and it will be too late to regret it. But there is no movement inside, so please tell me."

Wang Zicheng glanced at Zhang Yuelu and asked, "I wonder what Master Zhang means?"

Zhang Yuelu said: "If a normal gentry family had opened the door to explain the situation when they saw such a situation outside the door. No one responded now. It can be seen that they were guilty and did not respond to it. Then there was no need to be polite. They directly bombarded the gate and the courtyard wall with artillery and attacked in."

Wang Zicheng nodded and said, "According to Master Zhang's words, Mr. Zhao Qian, aim at me."

General Zhao Qian, wearing black armor, took the order and left, about a hundred feet away from the Xia Mansion gate. He could only barely open two cannons, and the other two cannons were arranged on both wings.

Qi Xuansu observed the cannon with interest. It is said that this cannon was developed and designed by the Taoist Tianji Hall, and then produced by the Ministry of Works and Shenji Camp. It adopts a multi-layer composite gun body structure, and the entire cannon consists of a large and small double-barrel composite multi-layer gun body, in which the small tube is carved with rifles, which change from front loading to rear loading, and the loading time is shorter. Overall, it is lighter than the front-loading smoothbore cannons of the Dawei before, with a longer range, and the shells are not

It is a solid bullet, but a flower bullet, which contains violent gunpowder, which can cause a violent explosion after it lands.

Then Mr. Zhao Qian raised his right hand high and said, "Recharge with one stroke."

Four artillery guns acted at the same time, and the trained gunners quickly opened the wooden box. The two raised a conical shell with metal shells and loaded them from behind the cannon into the barrel.

Then I heard the gunner whisper: "Reloading is complete."

Mr. Zhao Qian waved his palm suddenly: "Let it go!"

Qi Xuansu felt a hot wave of air coming towards him, and at the same time the ground under his feet shook, as if shaking.

Then the gatehouse of Xia Mansion disappeared, and a section of the courtyard wall completely collapsed, and there were still some remaining fire on the ruins.

Mr. Zhao Qian raised his right hand again: "Adjust the angle, load the second round." .??.

Then the terms of how many angles the gunners are in and how many angles rise and fall, and they will rotate the gun body and aim in other directions. Then the gunners clear the gun barrel and refille the bullets.

“Recharge is complete.”

“Recharge is complete.”

“Recharge is complete.”

The gunner's voice rang out continuously.

Mr. Zhao Qian waved his hand again: "Let it go!"

Four C and other cannons roared again, and red flames that were more than a foot long were spitting out of the gun's mouth, and the huge wave of air radiating from the tail of the gun rolled up a piece of smoke and dust.

A whistling sounded in the air, and four shells drew a curve in the air that was hard to see in the naked eye and fell into the Xia Mansion.

The shells exploded, and the huge air waves and the explosive fire formed a cluster of smoke and clouds. In a blink of an eye, these smoke and clouds formed a piece of shattered soil, stones, trees, and house wreckage were directly thrown into the air by the air waves.

Qi Xuansu only felt the ground under her feet tremble, and her ears were filled with the sound of wind and thunder.

Even the power of such artillery cannons cannot be fought against by the front.

After two rounds of volleys, the Xia Mansion was already full of devastation. Even if there were any formations, it should have been almost destroyed.

When the prince was established, he ordered the invasion of the mansion.

Qi Xuansu, Zhang Yuelu, Wang Zicheng and others walked at the end, while the county magistrate stayed outside and was responsible for maintaining order in the city.

After passing the ruins of the courtyard wall and entering the mansion, you can still smell the smell of gunpowder.

Zhang Yuelu reached out to incite the smoke and whispered to Qi Xuansu: "I remember an anecdote about Xuansheng and Donghuang. Donghuang almost died after the Dabaoen Temple change. He met Xuansheng and was sentenced to Xuan.

The original text is: Xuan Sheng scolded Dong Huang for relying on his brother's relatives, being under the throne of his territory, relying on his power and cultivation, without any scruples, not being afraid of himself, being arrogant, not listening to other people's advice, being arbitrary and acting alone, and being alone and in danger, only to have the disaster today. In plain language, Xuan Sheng said that Dong Huang was arrogant because of his background, realm cultivation, and power, despised the power of everyone, and exaggerating his personal role, so he suffered such a great loss. I don't know whether this rumor is true or false, but since then, when the Taoist sect was able to use his power to wipe out ancient immortals, he would never do it alone. Today we also save some effort and use firearms to open the way."

Not long after, news came from men in black and Qingluan Guards that some servants were found in the backyard, all of whom had died, not from artillery, but from some poison, such as being killed and silenced, while the rest disappeared.

Wang Zicheng became increasingly sure that this place was the demon's stronghold nest, and ordered a strict search and no one could be left behind.

In this regard, Qingluanwei is professional.

Luo Xiao personally led people to search and soon found the entrance to the underground palace in a rockery.

Wang Zicheng was not polite, so he directly sent someone to explode the rockery with explosives, revealing the entrance of the underground palace below.

The entrance to the underground palace is quite wide, allowing four people to walk in parallel, tilting downwards all the way, not only steps but also tracks, which can push the car up and down.

Mr. Zhao Qian shouted: "Shield Soldier."

More than a dozen men in black dressed in armor and holding large shields walked side by side into the entrance of the underground palace.

Although these shield soldiers are only the stage of cultivation for acquired people, they are extremely strong and strong. They are covered with "Prisoning Cow Armor" and are composed of 360 armor leaves. Each armor leaf is only the size of a baby's palm, and is only slightly thicker than cardboard. They are specially used to deal with the Qi-killing injuries of experts in the martial arts world, and have a certain resistance to various spells. On the outside, a piece of cotton armor was specially processed, soaked in water and then dried in sunlight. They are very tough, lined with iron leaves, and fixed with copper nails on the outside.

After the appearance of firearms, traditional iron armor became a bit out of date, and the improved heavy armor of the Taoist sect was expensive and could not be distributed to ordinary soldiers. So, in the Great Jin Dynasty, cloth surface armor with iron sheets on the outside and inside appeared on the key points, namely the predecessor of cotton armor. To this day, cotton armor has been further developed, with special surface armor used to resist miasma and poisonous gas.

Finally, there is a large shield, called "Steel Manichi Shield", which can block half of the body, which can not only withstand the shooting of the musket, but also withstand true energy and some spells.

Behind the shield soldiers, there are men in black holding long guns, who can shoot through the gaps between the shields.
Chapter completed!