From the perspective of a bystander, you would probably think that the Red Scarf Army was defending the city, and that it was the Yuan Army that launched the attack. The reason for such a judgment is that the entire situation has been reversed.
Zhu Yuanzhang adopted the strategy of Jia Lu in the past. He separated the four hundred artillery carriages into two clusters on the left and right. The target was Hezhou City not far away.
Outside the artillery carriage, Zhu Yuanzhang arranged for the elite cavalry of the Wu brothers to cover carefully. He also mobilized the elite troops of Xu Da to prepare behind to prevent the Yuan army from suddenly coming out and destroying the artillery carriage.
All these preparations were just like Jia Lu's back then.
As for the Yuan army in the city, they actually did not fight out, just like the Red Scarf Army at that time.
When Tu Jian and Qingzha Ma heard that the red thieves were going to attack Hezhou with the Hui Hui Cannon, they just wanted to laugh. Who didn't know that Yuan Ting's Hui Hui Cannon was powerful, and he used it to blast away They destroyed all the fortified cities in the Southern Song Dynasty and created the Yuan Dynasty.
"The red thieves shouldn't be competing with us, and they shouldn't be competing with us. They are seeking death!" Tu Jian said firmly.
The person who tripped the horse was a little more meticulous than him. "The people below reported that the red thief's artillery array was 400 steps away from the city wall, and the furthest return artillery can only hit 250 steps. It's not like the red thief found something." The secret?"
Tu Jian laughed loudly, "What's the secret? A 250-step reciprocating artillery can fire 150 pounds of stone bullets. If the red thief wants to hit farther, it's just to reduce the weight of the projectiles. We have a fortified city." There is no need to be afraid of shelter. The projectiles are small and useless. These red thieves are just a group of farmers. The mud on their feet has not been washed off yet, and they want to compare with the skilled craftsmen of Dayuan. It is really overestimating their abilities!"
"Let's have a drink here and wait for news of their failure!"
Tu Jian raised his wine glass, and before he could drink it into his stomach, he heard a roar!
Like thunder exploding!
what happened?
a bolt from the blue?
Neither Tu Jian nor Tingzha Ma knew why. It seemed like a thunderbolt. It only rang once and then disappeared.
By drinking, by having fun, don’t stop!
But at this moment, there was a dense thunderclap, earth-shaking, one after another, and even the ground under your feet was shaking.
What happened?
No matter how slow this person was, he knew something was wrong. Sure enough, a Yuan Bing with blood on his face ran over in a hurry. He was still a few steps away when he fell to the ground in fright.
"Big, big things are going wrong. The red thief's return fire is powerful, it's so powerful!"
Tu Jian was stunned, impossible!
Absolutely impossible. The Hui Hui Pao is a top secret that has been passed down by the Yuan Dynasty for hundreds of years. It is extremely powerful and can be regarded as an important weapon of the country. How could the red thief learn it?
"Come on, take me to see it!"
The soldiers were panic-stricken and could only lead the way with a heart full of wind and cold water. But as they were moving forward, a thunder-like sound sounded like the wind and rain, and a huge explosion made their ears buzz. The sound makes all the internal organs move.
Amidst the violent explosions, the Yuan army in Hezhou City was trembling and panicking, as if the end of the world was coming.
Just as he arrived at the city, a stone bomb exploded in the air, and the flying stone fragments cut his cheek. If it were bigger, his head would be broken... Tu Jian was shocked and reined in his horse.
At this time, Zhu Jiajun outside the city was as happy as if he was celebrating the New Year.
Finally, it was their turn to use their technical equipment to crush the enemy. It turned out that the feeling of bullying others was so good!
The Zhu Jiajun's Hui Hui Cannon was carefully crafted by Jia Lu. Logically speaking, it should be stronger than the Yuan Army's, but it may not be so strong that it can crush them.
But there happened to be Zhang Ximeng. Although he didn't have Lao Jia's hands-on ability, he still knew the principle of leverage.
This lever principle has been recorded in the Mohist Classics as early as possible. Jia Lu is naturally aware of it, but Zhang Ximeng also knows one thing, and that is scientific experiments.
How big should the gun carriage be, how big should it be, how much counterweight should it have, how long can the wooden pole be, how heavy should the projectile be... and how should it be combined to maximize the power of the returning gun.
Zhang Ximeng provided the idea, and Jia Lu immediately ordered the craftsmen to verify it, and finally finalized the format of the return gun.
Then Zhang Ximeng provided Jia Lu with the accurate gunpowder formula, and as expected, it was a great success again. Jia Lu also asked Zhang Ximeng flawlessly where he got the gunpowder formula.
He combined these things and created today's return gun.
In fact, during the Battle of Haozhou, Zhang Ximeng also used a trebuchet to defeat Jia Lu once, but that time it was purely to catch a duck, and he barely won by relying on the height of the city wall. There were too many elements of luck. If the Yuan army had
If craftsmen could be as careful and striving for perfection as Zhu Jiajun, perhaps the outcome of the Battle of Haozhou would be rewritten.
But these are all in the past. Now the Zhu Jiajun's artillery carts have an advantage of more than a hundred steps in range. Even if the Yuan army's return artillery can be fired from the top of the city, it can't make up for it at all.
In fact, when the Zhu Jiajun fired, the Yuan army brought up the return artillery.
Although the soldiers repeatedly said that the distance was not enough, it was impossible to reach.
But the Yuan army generals couldn't bear it anymore. They couldn't watch their own people being attacked without any ability to fight back.
Even if you can't hit him, you still have to hit me!
The Yuan army's return artillery finally reached the city, and finally fired one round. The 150-pound stone bullet fell on the ground, and rolled forward for a while. It was helpless when it was still more than 20 steps away from the Zhu Jiajun.
Stopped.
Then Zhu Jiajun's return artillery covered them.
The same huge stone bullet, due to its hollowed out interior and more reasonable structure, easily drew a beautiful arc and landed in the area where the return cannon was fired.
Dozens of stone bombs exploded almost at the same time, filling the air with gunpowder smoke and flying stones, hitting the Yuan soldiers. Some were seriously injured, some suffered severe injuries to their bones and muscles, and some were even beaten to death with severe head injuries and bleeding.
The return cannon is a weapon that relies on the weight of the projectile to kill. It is difficult to achieve accurate enough. Zhang Ximeng also proposed to use iron as the cannonball, but Jia Lu rejected it directly.
At the current level, it is still very difficult to create a uniformly sealed iron ball. If you have this level of skill, you can make a cannon with just a little effort.
So if you want to get some technology trees, you still have to wait.
Jia Lu chose a stone bullet with suitable weight, decent power, and mature manufacturing technology. After all, there were a lot of stonemasons in Chuzhou City.
Fill the hollowed-out stone bullet with gunpowder, then insert a match rope, light it before launching, throw it... and when it falls over the target, it will explode.
The length of the match rope and when to light it were carefully calculated and rigorously trained.
Otherwise, if the match rope is short, what will you do if it explodes? If the match rope is long, it will not explode. When it hits the ground, the stone will be shattered, so the power will be greatly reduced, and it can only be wasted.
All in all, the time and energy required for a weapon to go from design to manufacturing, then to training and maturity, to battlefield application, and then to constant feedback and constant modifications before it finally becomes a reliable and powerful weapon, is extraordinary, and it is by no means a random trick.
, it will be successful.
Fortunately, Zhang Ximeng has Jia Lu by his side, or to put it simply, Hui Hui Pao is Jia Lu's hard work, and Zhang Ximeng is the one responsible for assisting.
Anyway, no matter what, I can congratulate the old man and I can also congratulate Zhu Jiajun.
In the artillery battle that followed for most of the day, Zhu Jiajun relied on his advantages in range, rate of fire, and power to brutally torture his opponents.
The return artillery of the Yuan army completely lost its effect. They were suppressed and beaten by Zhu Jiajun, and more than fifty were lost. The reason why they did not lose more was that the gunners collectively protested. If the idiot general lets them die again, these people will
As for the riots, you will die anyway, and you will be shattered into pieces if you die at the hands of the Zhu Jiajun. It is better to fight against the stupid people of your own, and maybe the chance of survival will be greater.
The Yuan army responsible for defending the city also suffered heavy losses. Just under the first round of shelling, one man from Wanhu was hit in the chest by a stone fragment that exploded in the air. He vomited blood and spurted out his internal organs, killing him immediately.
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In addition, those who were bombed, burned to death, and crushed to death by the collapsed towers totaled more than 500 people. The Yuan army was so frightened that they did not dare to climb the city.
In addition, Hezhou City Headquarters was also destroyed.
The tower was ignited by the flames of the explosion and burned down. The pillars were broken and the broken tiles fell to the ground.
Thousands of the crenellations above were blown away, and much of the parapet was damaged.
What's even worse is the city wall. Under the constant explosions, not much of the green bricks on the outside have been blown away, exposing the clay inside.
Although there was a unique secret technique in ancient times, you could use glutinous rice, water, and egg white as an adhesive to build the city wall stronger than a cement wall. But I'm sorry, Hezhou is just an unknown small town, and it is far from such a luxury.
Therefore, after the green bricks collapsed and the mud and sand inside gathered, the city wall had already appeared in many dangers, making the Yuan army in the city tremble.
"We can't do this anymore. We have to fight them out. If we continue to be beaten passively, Hezhou will fall sooner or later!"
It only took most of a day for Tu Jian and Qingzhu Ma to go from the initial shock and disbelief to the current panic.
"We should select dead soldiers, take the initiative to go out of the city, attack the red thieves, and kill them, so that we can have a chance of survival!"
He stopped his horse and nodded, which was regarded as agreeing to the proposal. However, after the bombardment, the Yuan army was so heartbroken that there were not many loyal and brave people willing to go out of the city to fight.
Therefore, Tu Jian could only increase the rewards one after another, and finally after all the hard work, he managed to gather 5,000 people.
Just when they were about to dispatch, the Yuan army at the head of the city discovered some inconspicuous gadgets... It turned out that Lu Gongcha was dispatched. This kind of behemoth, which was thirty feet long and more than two feet high, was heading towards Hezhou unceremoniously.
Coming from the city.
The five Lu Gong chariots in the setting sun were like five giant beasts from ancient times, roaring towards them with unparalleled oppression.
The Yuan army at the head of the city had long been discouraged, and now facing Lu Gongche, they also lost their courage.
The rain of arrows was sparse and could not hurt the soldiers in Lu Gong's car at all.
They wanted to use the Huihui artillery to attack, but during the day, the Huihui artillery suffered heavy losses and all the gunners ran away. It was extremely difficult for them to come up now, and the Zhu Jiajun's Huihui artillery was not a vegetarian.
Most of the other bow and crossbow weapons were also lost during the daytime attacks.
Only at this moment did the Yuan army realize that the real purpose of the artillery battle was just to gain a head start, consume the courage of the Yuan army, destroy their means of counterattack, and clear the obstacles to the siege.
Lu Gongche is Zhu Jiajun’s biggest killer!
At this point, it seems that all we can do is pray that Mr. Lu’s car will be damaged.
Changshengtian, please appear soon!
It's a pity. Excellent quality, strict processes and sufficient training are enough for man to conquer nature.
The first Lu Gong car approached the top of the city. When it was still less than a foot away, a vigorous figure rushed out first and jumped up to the top of the city.
Without the protection of the parapet, the city head can be seen at a glance, and there is no need to worry about any ambush, so the risk of siege is greatly reduced.
The first person who was lucky enough to reach the top of the city was Deng Youde, who had just taken refuge. He held a shield in one hand and a knife in the other. After entering the city, he began to kill many people. The soldiers who followed swarmed over and captured the city in one fell swoop!
"Well done!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes gleamed, "Tonight, we will capture Hezhou for us!"