strokinit Chapter 59
Chapter 59
The war between song and Jin Dynasties was surging.
Two major events shook the two countries.
The first is the ancient capital Chang'an, which was taken by the song army.
In 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.
But unfortunately, when the dynasty fell, the more prosperous cities suffered more. Just like Luoyang and Chang'an of the Great Han Dynasty, their industries were withered and almost destroyed. Now they have become an important military town and can't reach the level of the capital.
Even so, it was enough to boost the morale of the song army and have the capital to attack Kaifeng.
Besides, there was the second thing that happened immediately——
Jin Lord Wan Yanxiang was assassinated and couldn't afford to be seriously injured. Some said he was an assassin in the state of song and some said he was a follower of the old emperor.
Although the news is true and false, it is enough to destabilize morale.
In sharp contrast to the great Song Dynasty's rapid progress, the 150000 Jin army stormed Xiangyang for two months, killing and injuring more than 10000, and morale was low, but it achieved nothing.
Just imagine that Mongolia, with the strength of the whole country, besieged Xiangyang for the last time for six years before it was forced to surrender. That was when the support of the Southern Song Dynasty was not enough. Now Gu Chengqin is defending it. If the state of Jin really wants to capture it in just a few months, unless a miracle happens.
Gu Cheng estimates that "miracle" is coming soon.
On this day, when the trumpet sounded again and the vast army arrived in the distance, the city garrison was surprised to find that there were dozens of huge and strangely constructed stone catapults in the center of the Jin army.
"Has it finally started? But it's not enough to see. Unless it's Xiangyang gun, there are some threats!"
Gu Cheng appeared on the wall for the first time. He looked at these huge catapults, which were pushed by hundreds of gold troops towards Xiangyang.
In the future, the Mongolian army will not be able to attack Xiangyang for a long time, so it will bring a return gun from the Arab region. It will use the potential energy of heavy objects to project stone bullets through the lever principle, which is much stronger than the original human pull.
According to historical records, the sound of the Huihui gun shocked the world. All the shots were destroyed and sank seven feet into the ground. All the generals in the city were pale. In addition, all the reinforcements and food supplies were cut off. Then the city surrendered.
Because of that war, later generations named it Xiangyang gun, which can be described as stepping on Xiangyang and spreading in the world.
Gu Cheng, as a jumper, although unlike other colleagues who study glass saddles and are proficient in mathematics and chemistry, all are small experts in inventing military equipment, he will still put forward his opinions.
"Southwest forty directions, ready!"
So at this moment, Gu Cheng waved, and in Xiangyang City, stone throwing machines were already ready.
As soon as the order came, a hundred soldiers shouted to rotate the wheels of the base and roll the stones weighing up to 100 kg but very round onto the leather cover with rolling logs.
"Hair!"
Waving, dozens of stone bullets roared up, crossed an arc in the air and hit down.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the earth shaking sound, the accuracy of the boulder was so high that it directly smashed the Jinjun catapult in the front row.
The golden soldiers around turned into minced meat without saying a word.
"Win! Win!"
Gu Cheng showed absolute self-confidence without even falling down the city wall. The defenders cheered and thundered, and their morale was greatly boosted.
I can't help but be confident. Gu Chengming ordered a skilled craftsman to transform it. The range of the catapult has reached 250 steps, that is, 400 meters.
The road outside Xiangyang City is narrow, which is not conducive to walking. Under the absolute range advantage, there are standard round stones. Gu Chengli is like a torch. Through simple geometry, this quasi heart is enough to make the Jin army cry and howl.
But Jin Jun's determination this time was also unusual. One stone throwing machine was destroyed, another was launched, and at the same time, the army charged and rushed in.
Suddenly, the sky stones fell like rain. Some threw them outside the city, and many threw them inside and outside the city wall.
Gu Chengyi's expert is brave. He still stays on the tower and looks at the boulder hitting the wall. Although the momentum is loud, the damage is not great.
Because he arranged leta on the city wall, a kind of soft curtain tightly woven with thick hemp rope. The surface is coated with mud layer for fire prevention. Flying stones hit it and buffered, which can effectively protect the wall stack.
As for those who hit the city, there is nothing we can do, so we should attack each other and use the advantage of range to greatly suppress the enemy's throwing stones.
"Come on, let me see your real mace!"
When the army approached, Gu Chengxin pulled away the arrow rain. What he cared about was not these small fights, but the real killer mace of wanyanxiang.
Sure enough, seeing that another long attack failed, the Jin army piled up new siege equipment again.
This time, Gu Cheng's face changed.
Because it was a dark iron pipe, with a ferocious smell, people thought of future artillery at a glance!
Of course, a closer look shows that both the long and short lines of the gun body and the cast iron are extremely rough and crude.
"Was this flint gun invented and improved by Wei Sheng? It must be Feng Sheng's idea to learn from the skills of song to make song!"
Many people think that gunpowder was officially used in war in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but it is not.
The use of firearms in the Song Dynasty was already well developed, and even 50 years later, China's first artillery unit was brilliant during the western expedition of Mongolia, which made foreign devils complain incessantly.
How did the army's artillery come from? Of course, it was made by Han people!
It all depends on whether the rulers attach importance to it and whether they are willing to spend a lot of money on research, production and manufacturing.
To be fair, Mongolia and Jin are very open-minded in this regard, so now there are such guns that don't even exist in the Song Dynasty!
Sooner or later, the size of the flint gun was much smaller than that of the catapult. In addition, the Jin army deliberately avoided the range. It was impossible for the Xiangyang side to clear it in advance. Suddenly, the fuse ignited and Gu Cheng dodged away.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the terrible noise, the wall of Xiangyang exploded, the air flow surged wildly, and the rocks collapsed. The defenders at the head of the Song Dynasty were unstable and fell one after another.
When the smoke and dust are scattered, the originally solid city wall has become pitted. According to this, it only takes a few rounds to burst the gap of the city wall and drive straight in!
"Divine punishment! Divine punishment!"
Jin Jun shouted wildly and was arrogant. Under the raging rain of boulders and arrows, he braved death, set up a cloud ladder and attacked the wall.
Song Jun was trembling and almost thought it was the punishment of heaven and the destiny was to destroy song.
Don't underestimate this psychological impact. In the confrontation dominated by cold weapons, once the morale collapses, the end will be a mountain of defeat!
However, at the next moment, the cheers in Xiangyang sounded, but Gu Cheng appeared on the city wall again.
He pointed out that the six pulse divine sword killed in the air. The ferocious faces only exposed at the top of the wall, turned into horror, twisted and disappeared.
"Prince! Prince!"
Since ancient times, I'm afraid there are no such fierce leaders. Gu Cheng is like a flag that will never fall.
The morale of the army lies in the fact that the emperor can't escape. Now his Highness the crown prince has personally gone to the battle to kill the enemy. How can they be timid?
"Is the mace a firearm? No, it's not enough!"
Nine Yang and nine Yin, the real Qi protects the body. Gu Chengzhen defends one side with ease.
He looked at the golden soldiers in the distance and tried his best to fill the flint gun with shells, but there were still explosions, and the second round of firing was far away.
Obviously, the flint gun is not practical enough. If you want to win Xiangyang, it is impossible unless Gu Cheng is killed by a gun!
"But the stone throwing gun, open the way first, this time it must be real!"
"Fire, investigate for me!"
At Gu Cheng's command, the dragon pattern in the palm of his hand shines, "fire" appears and flies out.
Although the small flame has no attack ability after leaving the body, it can still come and go without trace on the battlefield. It is the best scout.
Sure enough, a moment later, the "fire" floated back and gave an unexpected and reasonable answer——
"Your Highness, the earth pulse has changed. The remnant soul of Zhang Jiao wants to use the Taiping magic to make the Earth Dragon fluctuate. Xiangyang earthquake!"
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(thanks to the book friend "master Zhan Tian" for his reward.)