Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 616

There are many generals in the Liangshan Army.Tell the world that Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, Chao Gai, Xu Ning, Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Lu Junyi, etc., all seem to be good generals.

But to be serious, let’s talk about their respective deterrent effects. To be honest, there really isn’t one.

Whether it's Yang Zhi or Lu Zhishen, their strength seems to be more due to the influence of the golden signboard of "Liangshan Army", rather than themselves.

Then let's say it's someone else, it's Lu Qian himself, if there is a war that requires a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, if he doesn't move, he will choose one person in the court, and he may not be able to choose himself.

Lu Zhishen was in Kansai because the general situation there was fixed, so Lu Qian could confidently and boldly appoint him.But when it comes to the general attack on Xixia, Lu Qian seems to trust the Kansai Army more than Lu Zhishen himself.Because the strength of that army is already strong.

In this way, recalling the entire journey after time travel, Lu Qian felt that the number of times he led troops to fight was a bit too much?
Looking at every big battle, he was never absent.In the entire Liangshan army, if it comes to the experience of leading troops independently, Yang Zhi and Chao Gai are the most, and the latter is even faintly better than the former.

With that in mind, he made up his mind that when he attacked Lingnan and Sichuan and Shu in the future, he would let go and ask a group of subordinates to go down and fully display their abilities.King Lu, who was thinking so, still had no plans to go back home now.

As Lin Chong went south to Hanyang Juncheng and drank horses along the Yangtze River, Zhang Shunjun quickly rushed over.Zhang Shunbing divided into two groups, one led by Zhang Gongyu, and led the naval warships to guard Ezhou. He himself led more than [-] water troops and more than [-] large and small warships to the north along the Han River.

There is a city on the south side of the Han River, called Qianjiang, which is only ten miles away from the Han River, and Qianjiang is only a hundred miles away from Jiangling.Lin Chong sent Han Bolong, Wang Yan and other generals to accompany Zhang Shun's navy, and then headed north, breaking through Mianyang along the way, crossing Qianjiang, Yingzhou, breaking through Yicheng, and reaching the city of Xiangyang.

I don’t know how panicked the people in Jiangling City were.Liang Shanshui's army was less than [-] people, so it was obvious that it could not break through the Qianjiang River where the Song army was stationed heavily, let alone threaten the safety of Jiangling City.But Wu told Zhao Ji that he couldn't bear it any longer, and announced an imperial edict to leave Prince Zhao Huan in Jiangling, and lead his people to flee west to Sichuan and Shu.

After this incident happened, the news came, and all the departments of the Liangshan Army were excited, but the morale of the Song Army was decimated.

It's just that the impact of this matter has yet to be brewed, and the impact of the war in the short term has not yet manifested.Lu Qian added Zhang Shun's army, and the army had control over the water. Naturally, the Liangshan army crossed the Han River for the first time.Whether it is Lumen Mountain or Yanshan Mountain, if it is not easy to attack, is it difficult to defend it?

Of course, it is safer to want to be in the insurance circle.But it's a mountain, not a city, and Lu Qian can't circle it.

Today's Xiangyang City was specially reinforced by Yao Gu.Not only that, but even the moats outside the city were widened and deepened a lot.

After Qiao Zhong's defeat in Anzhou, he immediately sent a message to Xiangyang.When Lu Qian led the brigade to cross the river safely, corresponding precautions had been made on the top of the city, and Lu Qian could understand it at a glance.

In fact, he had no intention of using Thunderbolt against Xiangyang City at all.It is also difficult for the sling to throw the thunder to the top of the three-foot-high city across the twenty-foot-wide moat and the embankment outside the city wall.

Lu Qian's magic weapon against Xiangyang City is heavy artillery.First use cannons to tell the Song army in the city to know what is good or bad, then block the moats, and push them to the city of Xiangyang step by step.If that Yao Guzhen was stubborn and refused to accept soft and hard things, Lu Qian would ask someone to dig a hole under the city, put the medicine bucket in it, and blast it!
He didn't believe that Xiangyang City was really made of iron and bronze.

He also thought about it earlier, why not try throwing the thunder from Liangshan Cannon.But Ling Zhen's experiments showed that this is a very bad choice.

It is easy to ensure that Zhentianlei leaves the cannon before it explodes.But he couldn't make the Thunderbolts explode in the air just before they hit the ground.Then the length of the fire rope must be controlled, this is too dangerous.

Although matchmaking seems easy, the uncertainty involved is well known to the world.As a child who played with firecrackers and was blown up countless times, how could Lu Qian not understand this?
Therefore, it is necessary to make sure that the shocking thunder hits the ground before it explodes.It won't work if you use a wooden case like this, even if you put a rattan cover on the outside.Does the Liangshan Cannon throw a super-large version of the Thunderbolt? One must weigh thirty to fifty catties at least.There are twenty catties or even more medicines in it.And it must be ensured that such a large thunderbolt will not fall to pieces when it hits the ground, causing the explosion to fail, and its power will be greatly lost.Then you can only use iron shells.But how much kinetic energy would a thunderbolt weighing tens of kilograms be thrown over a distance of several hundred meters?And how many iron shells are needed to resist it?How strong does the rattan cover need to be to act as a cushion?And after all these are done, how high will the cost of that super thunderbolt be?
The Zhentianlei, which contains [-] catties or more of medicine, is absolutely powerful, but it consumes so much that it also raises people's blood pressure.Even Lu Qian did not expect that the cost of this enlarged version of Thunderbolt would be so high.And there are so many uncertainties.

Zhentianlei is in the shape of a ball, so naturally the iron shell must also be in the shape of a ball, which is much more difficult than making a sword.Those master craftsmen need to hold a hammer and knock one by one, and they must use fine iron to make it.In the end, the quality is also worrying.

Of the ten large-scale thunderbolts that were trial-produced, five were broken on the spot and two leaked during the test, which means that the pass rate is only [-]%.

This number made Lu Qian give up on this thing.

It must be known that the iron casings of these ten large thunderbolts were all made by the top-ranking masters of the Military Weapons Supervision.In this situation, the pass rate is still so low, and it is difficult to generalize it.

Some people may say that this can be made of cast iron.The result is a worse texture.

After dispelling this idea, Lu Qian had only the cannon to choose from.Regardless of whether it is made of iron or copper, it is a cannon.

Many people in the military do not know what artillery is!

Even many generals don't know what it is.

But when the ten cannons lined up burst into thunderous roars, everyone was startled when they saw the sudden additional hollows on the city wall of Xiangyang in the distance, as well as the battlements of the female wall that were flying all over the place. up.

This power is not weaker than the Liangshan Cannon.

The durability of the artillery is obviously much higher than that of the Liangshan artillery.As for artillery shells, in their eyes, such round iron balls are much easier to process than round stones.

As long as there is a model, it doesn't matter how many more.And this iron pipe is not easy to be damaged.

As for their only flaw, it can only be that they are too heavy.

But soon they discovered two defects of this new weapon, the first is that it is not accurate; the second is that it is not durable.

After a few shots, it is necessary to splash cold water to cool down.

And a series of cumbersome measures before firing, such as cleaning the barrel and filling the integrated 'cannonball' with a bullet holder, directly dispelled the excitement in the hearts of the generals.

After the initial panic, the defenders at the top of the city quickly calmed down.Because the artillery of the Liangshan Army was scarce and the accuracy of the shells was even worse, Yao Gudu went straight to the top of the city.Ling Zhen saw clearly through the clairvoyance, and he fired the cannon himself, but he just let the cannon fly into the city from above Yao Gu's head.

After getting used to this weapon, the fear of the defenders was greatly reduced.After all, it was a weapon, and iron bullets were far less powerful than flowering bullets.But the latter technology is not perfect yet.The flowering ammunition is to go to the enemy group to flower, not to let them bloom on their own artillery positions.

After calming down, the Xiangyang defenders immediately raised their bed crossbows and aimed at the artillery position [-] paces away.But how could the Liangshan army have no defense at all?In front of the ten cannons, shield vehicles had been erected long ago, parapets had been erected, and sandbags had been piled up.

In this way, the fighting in Xiangyang city was in full swing, and Yao Gu in the city over there was downcast.Even when he went to the city earlier, he always pretended to be a force, but in fact, his heart was already a mess.

The news in Jiangling City was also continuously delivered to him.The great artist is on a west tour, and the front foot has left Jiangling, and the back foot is the Song Dynasty Prince His Royal Highness who is going to tour the south.Yes, Zhao Huan also fled south.

Anyway, the area south of the Yangtze River is still under the control of the Song Army, and there is at least Liu Zhongwu's army there.

The latter had a feud with Liang Shanjun for killing his son, the country hated the family feud, and they were irreconcilable.It must be Song Zhongliang.Zhao Huan is about to lead the remaining soldiers and horses in Jiangling City to join forces with Liu Zhongwu in the south.

Yao Gu just wanted to spit out a mouthful of blood.This is too deceitful, too deceitful.The battle is still going on in the front, and the emperor and prince behind have slipped away, and they want to take away all the imperial guards...the latter is the main force defending Jiangling City.

The imperial court spent so much effort to manage this army.Compared with the Yuqiansi soldiers and horses, which have complicated origins, the Imperial Camp Forbidden Army is obviously much more pure.This general is a pillar of the court.Once it is created, it should be brought to the battlefield.But now the great artist and his coward son are just like each other. I am two and you are one. Who calls me the father and you the son?The entire imperial army was divided into seven or three. The former had already set off from Jiangling with 3 to [-] people and advanced towards Kuizhou.

The latter also wanted to take the rest of the army and flee towards Jinghu South Road.

Yao Gu was in great pain, as if someone stabbed him in the back.The behavior of Zhao's father and son made him feel shameless.But his son has been pulled by the great artist's side...

A great artist's mind is very flexible, and the death of Liu Fa has not been announced by the Liangshan Army so far, so it can be seen that this guy is not dead.For the sake of safety, he left Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu to his son, and Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan were closely related, so he had to guard against it.He himself took Guo Zhongxun, Liu Guangguo, Yao Zhongping, Liu Kai and others to the west.These are people he can trust.

Like Zhao Huan, he didn't have the courage of the emperor to guard the country's gate, let alone the staunchness that would rather be broken than broken. His father walked forward, and he wanted to slip behind.It's just that there are still many troubles in Jiangling City that have not been resolved.

Zhao Ji walked with ease, all these troubles were left to Zhao Huan.

It was noisy and argumentative.Among the ministers who stayed behind, some advocated moving south, while others advocated sticking to it.Zhao Huan was even more of a weak man. He wanted to flee south, but he did not have the courage to overcome all opposition.

Not to mention his good teacher Geng Nanzhong, at this critical juncture, he doesn't think about the overall situation, but instead focuses on fighting for power and profit.

The ministers who stayed to assist Zhao Huan were Yushi Zhongcheng Chen Guoting, Tongzhi Privy Council member Xu Han, Dazai and servant Xu Churen, Geng Nanzhong and Longtuge waiter Tang Ke, the servant of the household department, and Shizhong and Quan Zhi. The court attendant and lecturer Wu Min and others wanted to replace them.The chaos in Jiangling city was disturbed, and Yao Gu's heart sank when he heard it.

(End of this chapter)