The fifty-ninth chapter sling firearms refining magic
The war between Song and Jin Dynasties was turbulent.
Among them, two major events shocked both countries.
The first was the ancient capital Chang'an, which was captured by the Song army.
During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an was the largest city in the world. The area of the Daming Palace was four times that of the Forbidden City in Beijing in the future, which shows its scale.
But unfortunately, when the dynasty fell, the more prosperous cities suffered, the more disasters they suffered. Just like Luoyang in the Han Dynasty, Chang'an was repeatedly destroyed. All industries were withered and almost destroyed. Now it has become a military town and cannot reach the level of a capital city.
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Even so, this was enough to boost the morale of the Song army and give them the capital to attack Kaifeng.
What's more, there was the second thing that happened right away——
The financier Wan Yanxiang was assassinated and was seriously injured. Some said he was an assassin from the Song Dynasty, while others said he was a member of the old imperial party.
Although the news is false or true, it is enough to destabilize morale.
In stark contrast to the Song Dynasty's rapid advance, the 150,000 Jin army stormed Xiangyang for two months, resulting in over 10,000 casualties and low morale, but achieved nothing.
Just imagine that Mongolia mobilized the whole country to besiege Xiangyang for six years before forcing it to surrender. That was because the Southern Song Dynasty did not have enough support. Now Gu Cheng is personally defending it. If the Jin Kingdom really wants to capture it in just a few months,
Unless a miracle happens.
Gu Cheng estimated that a "miracle" was coming soon.
On this day, when the horn sounded again and the black army arrived from the distance, the defenders suddenly discovered that there were dozens of huge trebuchets with strange structures in the center of the Jin army.
"Has it finally started? But this is not enough to look at. Unless it is the Xiangyang Cannon, it will be a bit threatening!"
Gu Cheng immediately appeared on the wall, looking calm as he watched these huge trebuchets being pushed by hundreds of Jin troops towards Xiangyang.
In the future, the Mongolian army was unable to capture Xiangyang for a long time, so they brought a kind of return artillery from the Arabian region, which used the potential energy of heavy objects to project stone bullets through the lever principle. It was much stronger than the original pull of human power.
According to historical records, the sound of the Huihui artillery fire shook the heaven and the earth, and all the hits were destroyed. They were seven feet into the ground. The generals in the city were pale, and all the reinforcements and food were cut off. Only then did they surrender the city.
Because of that battle, later generations named it Xiangyang Cannon, and it can be said that it was spread to the world on the basis of Xiangyang.
As a time traveler, Gu Cheng is not like other colleagues who research glass saddles. He is proficient in mathematics, physics and chemistry, and they are all experts in inventions, but he can still put forward opinions on military equipment.
"Forty directions southwest, get ready!"
So at this moment, Gu Cheng waved his hand, and in Xiangyang City, trebuchets were already ready.
As soon as the order came, hundreds of soldiers shouted at the wheel that rotated the base, and used rolling wood to roll the stone, which weighed a hundred kilograms but was polished very round, onto the leather sheath.
"hair!"
As he waved his hand, dozens of stone bullets roared into the sky, arced through the air, and then smashed downwards.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Amidst the earth-shattering sound, the accuracy of the boulder was terrifyingly high, directly smashing the Jin Army's trebuchets in the front row to pieces.
The surrounding golden soldiers turned into minced meat without even saying a word.
"We must win! We must win!"
Gu Cheng did not even lower the city wall, showing absolute confidence. The defenders cheered thunderously and their morale was greatly boosted.
I couldn't help but be confident. Gu Chengming's skilled craftsmen modified it, and the trebuchet's range has reached 250 steps, which is 400 meters.
The road outside Xiangyang City is already narrow and not conducive to walking. With the absolute range advantage and the standard round stones, Gu Cheng's eyesight is as sharp as a torch. Through simple geometry, even if this kind of accuracy cannot point to where to hit, it can still
It was enough to make the Jin army cry and howl.
But the determination of the Jin army this time was also extraordinary. One trebuchet after another was destroyed, and another one was launched. At the same time, the army charged and surged in.
In an instant, rocks fell from the sky like rain, some were thrown outside the city, and many were thrown towards the inside and outside of the city wall.
Gu Chengyi was brave and stayed on the tower, watching the boulder hit the wall. Although the sound was loud, the damage was not great.
This is because he arranged a curtain on the city wall, which is a soft curtain made of thick hemp ropes tightly woven into a thin layer. The surface is coated with a layer of mud to prevent fire. Flying stones will be buffered on it, which can effectively protect the wall stacks.
As for those that hit the city, there was nothing we could do, so we had to use attack against attack, taking advantage of the range to greatly suppress the enemy's stone throws.
"Come on, let me see your real trump card!"
When the army approached, Gu Chengxin brushed away the rain of arrows. What he cared about was not these petty fights, but Wan Yanxiang's real trump card.
Sure enough, seeing another long-term attack without results, the Jin army once again piled up brand-new siege equipment.
This time, Gu Cheng's expression changed.
Because they were clearly black iron pipes, with a ferocious aura that made people think of the artillery of later generations at a glance!
Of course, if you take a closer look, you will see that both the long and short lines of the gun body and the cast iron materials are extremely rough and crude.
"Is this flint cannon an improvement invented by Wei Sheng? Learning from the skills of the Song Dynasty to defeat the Song Dynasty, this must be Feng Sheng's idea!"
Many people think that gunpowder was officially used in warfare during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but this is not the case.
The use of firearms in the Song Dynasty was already so advanced that fifty years later, China's first artillery unit showed great glory during the Mongolian Western Expedition, causing the foreign devils to complain endlessly.
Where did the army's artillery come from? Of course it was made by the Han!
Everything depends on whether the rulers take it seriously and whether they are willing to spend a lot of money on research and production.
To be fair, Mongolia and the Jin Kingdom were both very enlightened on this point, so now there is such artillery that even the Song Dynasty did not have!
It was too late, but it was too late. The flint cannon was much smaller than the trebuchet. In addition, the Jin army deliberately avoided the range. It was impossible for the Xiangyang side to clear it in advance. In an instant, the fuse was lit and Gu Cheng ducked away.
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Boom! Boom! Boom!
Amidst the terrifying loud noise, the wall of Xiangyang suddenly exploded, the air flow surged wildly, and rocks flew. The defenders at the top of the Song Dynasty city lost their footing and fell downwards one after another.
By the time the smoke and dust dispersed, the originally impregnable city wall had become pitted. From this point of view, it only took a few rounds of continuous fire to blast the gap in the city wall and drive straight in!
"God's punishment! God's punishment!"
The Jin army shouted loudly and were arrogant. They were not afraid of death under the raging rain of boulders and arrows. They frantically set up ladders and attacked the wall.
The Song army was trembling with fear, almost thinking that it was heaven's punishment and destiny that the Song Dynasty would be destroyed.
Don’t underestimate the psychological impact of this. In a confrontation involving cold weapons, once morale collapses, the outcome will be a crushing defeat!
However, the next moment, cheers rang out in Xiangyang, and it was Gu Cheng who appeared on the city wall again.
He pointed out with a snap of his fingers, and the Six Meridian Divine Sword was killing people from across the air. The ferocious faces were only exposed on the wall, and then they turned into horror and twisted, and disappeared.
"Prince! Prince!"
Throughout the ages, I am afraid there has never been such a fierce leader. Gu Cheng's whole body rose with the power of swallowing up mountains and rivers, just like a flag that will never fall.
Whenever the emperor personally leads a military expedition, the morale and soul of the army lies in being able to avoid escaping. Now that His Highness the Crown Prince personally goes into battle to kill the enemy, how can they have any reason to be timid?
"The trump card is firearms? That's not right, it's still not enough!"
Nine yang and nine yin, the true energy protects the body, and Gu Cheng guards one side with ease.
He looked at the Jin soldiers in the distance, desperately loading shells into the flint cannon, but the barrels were still exploding, and the second round of firing was far away.
Obviously, this flint cannon is still not practical enough. If you want to capture Xiangyang, it will be impossible unless Gu Cheng is killed by one cannon!
"But the stone-throwing artillery is the first to open the way. This time it will definitely be serious!"
"'Fire', scout for me!"
Gu Cheng gave an order, the dragon pattern on his palm shone, and "fire" appeared and flew outward.
Although the little flame has no attack ability after leaving the body, it can still come and go without a trace on the battlefield, making it the best scout.
Sure enough, "Fire" floated back after a moment and gave an unexpected and reasonable answer——
"Your Highness, there are changes in the earth's veins. Zhang Jiao's remnant soul wants to use the magic of peace, causing the earth dragons to rise and fall, and Xiangyang to be shaken!"
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