Inspired from the N-Queens problem, I here propose you a puzzle from Xiangqi wich is Chinese Chess equivalent, mostly played in Asia.
The most different piece from Xiangqi is the cannon. You can search for cannon here. Quoting from there:
Cannons
Cannons move like chariots (or towers), any distance orthogonally without jumping, but can only capture by jumping a single piece, friend or foe, along the path of attack. The piece over which the cannon jumps is called the 炮臺 (trad.) / 炮台 (simp.) pào tái ("cannon platform" or "screen"). Any number of unoccupied spaces, including none, may exist between the cannon, screen, and the piece to be captured. Cannons can be exchanged for horses immediately from their starting positions.
Xiangqi board
An empty Xiangqi board is nextly shown:
Note that:
- Cannons (C) can be exchanged for horses (H) immediately from their starting positions.
- Each Xiangqi piece is located into an intersection, while it was on a case for Chess.
- On this empty chessboard, there are $90$ possible intersections to put a cannon.
Puzzle : $k$-threats, Part 2: $k > 2$
From an empty Xiangqi board and for $3\le k\le 5$, find the maximum and minimum, $M>0$ and $n>0$ numbers of cannons you can put, so that each cannon is threatened by exactly $k$ other cannons.
Hint
$M$ and $n$ may not exist.
Another note from Rand al'Thor's comment:
A red cannon can not threaten another red cannon. It only can threaten a cannon from opponent side (black side). You can have an idea of this note in this similar chess puzzle.