Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

Jin Jun did not expect that the second equally terrifying attack would come so soon.

When the iron and steel fell down like a torrential rain, no matter how good the armored cavalry was, they all collapsed like rotten wood.

However, Song Jun also paid a price for this.

Three tiger squatting guns exploded on the spot, and seven artillerymen were damaged on the spot.

At this time, more than sixty cavalry of the Golden Army were directly killed, and more than a hundred cavalry were tripped.

Nearly two hundred riders were obstructed behind.

There were only [-] hard troops in total, and they were cut off. The horses behind were frightened, and there was a stress reaction on the spot, manic and restless, and some even stopped uncontrollably or simply turned around and ran back.

The ones behind were also in a mess.

Han Shizhong did not order to fire again.

Fire the gun again, and there will be more explosions.

If it weren't for the low temperature itself, there would be more bombardments fired the second time.

The cavalry behind the golden army was in a mess, and no matter what the cavalry ordered, the horses no longer obeyed.

This means that it is no longer possible to charge.

Only the hundred or so riders in front were still charging.

The distance finally narrowed.

These more than a hundred riders rushed into the Song Army's formation.

The iron spear pierced the iron armor of the Jin army's horse, the war horse stepped on the Song army's iron shield, and the Jin army's mace hit the Song army's helmet.

Song Jun hit the horse's head with a heavy hammer again, the iron armor shook, the horse's skull was shattered, and bone dregs splashed out from the gaps in the armor.

Between the impact of the iron and the impact of the torrent, the infantry in the first, second, and third rows were quickly crushed.

The Jin army pushed forward all the way, and every time it entered a certain distance, one piece of the Song army died, and one piece of the Jin army fell.

More than a hundred riders were quickly consumed, and the Jin army's charge stopped.

During this time, the tiger crouching gun cooled down quickly under the cold wind and snow.

"Quick! Fire one more shot!" Han Shizhong had already come down from the commander's platform at this time. He almost ran to the artillery battalion. After touching the artillery with his hand, he gave an order decisively.

Song Jun saw how terrifying the power of the tiger squatting cannon was, and immediately regained his spirits.

Even though the explosion caused some panic just now, some people moved quickly and began to fill the iron cannon and arrange the fuses.

The third wave of iron cannons appeared very quickly. Although there were not many, only a dozen or so, it was enough to deter the rest of the golden army.

Finally, even the cavalry were unwilling to go any further, and they turned around and ran away without persuading their horses.

Wanyan Balisu was completely confused by Song Chao's operation.

He still doesn't know how his heavy cavalry was defeated.

Is that a trebuchet?

Absolutely impossible!

The range of the general trebuchet is more than 100 meters. On such a wide mountain road, if there are so many trebuchets, the trebuchets behind must be far enough away from the front army. Let alone concentrate his heavy cavalry, don't hit the Song army's own army. It's all good.

But what is that?

The hard army who came back was quite embarrassed, and Wanyan Ba ​​Lisu was bleeding in his heart.

He is not Zong Han, he has thousands of strong troops.

He only had these five hundred troops, and it was Wushu who specially approved a part of his military expenses in order to win him over.

Now half of it is filled here.

He wanted to cry on the spot.

"After the front army is backed up, the main force should quickly withdraw!"

It's not that the morale of the army has collapsed, it's that Wanyan Bali's mentality has collapsed.

Wushu's attack on Fuzhou lasted for a year, and sent down many elites successively to launch attacks on Duli City many times.

Jin Jun has actually entered a state of exhaustion just like Song Jun.

Wanyan Balisu's defeat this time undoubtedly brought the Liaodong battlefield into a new balance.

It was the first time that Song army artillery was put into actual combat, which also indicated that new variables had appeared on the Song and Jin battlefields.

No, it should be the Song Xia battlefield.

The appearance of the tiger crouching cannon is simply tailor-made for Xixia.

PS: I went to Chongqing before, and it rained for a month in Chongqing. Now I am going back to Shenzhen, and there will be a typhoon in Shenzhen immediately. Could it be that I...

Chapter 843 The Song-Jinxia Arms Race Era (First Update)

On the sixth day of November, Liaoyang Mansion.

Wu Shu got off his horse and walked into the school field surrounded by everyone.

"His Royal Highness King Wei, it's over there." Han Chang said.

From a distance, Wu Shu saw a big guy sitting in the snow.

Wu Shu walked over with excitement, he was in a very good mood.

"See His Royal Highness King Wei." Everyone saluted one after another.

"There is no need to be polite."

Wu Shu walked up to this giant trebuchet, looked up at it, and couldn't help sighing: "Song people actually made such a magic weapon."

Han Chang said, "Your Highness, you'd better stand far away."

"Okay!" Wu Shu was overjoyed, "Now cover it up for me to see!"

Those Han craftsmen began to get busy, and with their cooperation, the artillery battalion of the Jin Army began to prepare.

About 150 meters away, there is a very thick wall, which was also built temporarily.

After the operation was completed, there was a sudden muffled sound, and the huge trebuchet started to move, and a huge stone weighing a hundred catties rose from the ground, drawing an arc in the wind and snow.

The boulder hit the thick wall, and with a bang, a big hole appeared in the wall.

"Cai!" Wu Shu couldn't help shouting loudly, "This is really a magic weapon!"

Han Chang said: "Your Highness, if we can mass-produce this thing, the people of Song Dynasty will no longer be able to stop me, the Great Gold Heavenly Soldiers!"

What Han Chang said was true, the most troublesome thing for the Jin army to go south was the Song people's defense tactics.

The siege tactics of the Jin army are not weak. There are all kinds of goose carts, ladders, iron cannons, crossbows, hooks and sickles, and trebuchets.

However, the Song Army's defensive tactics relying on the city wall caused the Jin Army to suffer a lot.

One of the important reasons why the Kingdom of Jin went south and failed many times was that the siege battle was very difficult.

The most painful points of siege warfare:

[-]. A lot of time cost. The soldiers on the battlefield are expensive and fast. Once the city cannot be captured, it can only be spent there. For example, in the first Song and Jin battles, Zong Han fought Taiyuan for nine months, and in the fourth Song and Jin battles, Wu Shu was defeated under the city of Xuzhou. In the fifth battle between Song and Jin, Zongwang went to Cangzhou, where a large number of elites were consumed under the city of Cangzhou, and finally had to retreat.

[-]. Once the time is prolonged, it will inevitably lead to excessive food consumption in the entire battle. The risk of replenishing food in the enemy's territory is very high, and it is easy to be attacked by the enemy or the enemy's forces that appear immediately.

[-]. The damage ratio of siege battles is higher than that of ordinary frontal field battles.

These three points have a great impact on a war.

But now, the emergence of the return cannon has changed these three points.

This means that the rules of war have changed.

"How did you get this thing?" Wu Shu asked.

Han Qixian on one side said: "The Privy Council sent a large number of spies to the south to investigate the folks in the Hebei area. The Song Army used it in the Battle of Hejian."

"Is this how you found out?" Wu Shu asked curiously.

"At that time, there were a lot of people who participated in supporting the Song army. Many people had seen this thing, and there were many skilled craftsmen. We bribed them with a lot of money." Han Qixian said, "This thing is not complicated. It is slightly improved on the original trebuchet. , but even if there is a slight improvement, if there is no finished product, many craftsmen would spend their entire lives thinking of it."

Han Qi said a few simple words first, and he talked about the key to returning the cannon.

Every innovation, even micro-innovation, needs to be accumulated.

"After collecting information from various sources, I came back and made it after many attempts by the military inspector."

Wu Shu thought for a while, and then said: "Can this projected stone cannon be improved into a large iron cannon?"

Han Qi froze for a moment, and said, "You can try it."

"Then stone cannons and iron cannons should go hand in hand, and one hundred units will be produced next year. The Privy Council can set up a quarrying department, and the stones must be abundant!"

"Yes."

Han Qixian said again: "Your Highness, do you want to send a few units to Fuzhou first? It will be difficult for Li Cheng to attack Fuzhou over there."

"Don't worry, when the building is full of [-] units, prepare enough stones and send them to Fuzhou together. This king will raze the city of Fuzhou to the ground at once!"

On the tenth day of November, Tokyo City, light snow.

Today is the official holiday, and more than half of the officials are not in the Yamen.

The Great Song Dynasty was like this.

You are an official in the big man, you eat, drink and sleep in the Yamen, and you may be allowed to go home and take a bath regularly.

But it is different when you are an official in the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty had the most holidays in ancient times.

Today's holiday is called a ten-day holiday. The ten-day holiday stipulates that officials have one day off every ten days, and this day is set at the end of every ten days.

In addition to this daily holiday, various holidays are closed.

After all, the Zhao officials in the Song Dynasty also knew that giving officials a holiday can promote consumption.

Qin Hui got out of the carriage, tidied up his clothes, and walked into the palace.

At this time, Lu Yihao, Chen Gui and Zhang Shuye were in Wende Hall.

Zhao Guanjia pointed to Dengzhou and said: "Build an artillery workshop in Dengzhou to shorten the supply time for Liaodong artillery. What do you think?"

Zhang Shuye said: "Dengzhou is far away from Taiyuan, the capital, and I am worried that the fine work of Jinren will infiltrate there and steal the craftsmanship of the tiger squatting cannon."

Lu Yihao said: "It is enough to take proper precautions, and there is no way to completely prevent some of them."

Chen Gui nodded, agreeing with Lu Yihao's statement, he said: "Lu Xianggong's words are not unreasonable, and I even worry that the Jin people have mastered the manufacturing method of heavy-duty trebuchets at this time."

"Oh, Chen Shilang, you can't talk nonsense!" Zhang Shuye said with a heavy expression, "Do you know the consequences if the golden man masters that kind of trebuchet?"

"Zhang Xianggong, the manufacturing process of heavy-duty trebuchets is not difficult. Folk artisans only need to observe a few more times to know the general structure. The area of ​​Hebei, especially the Hejian Mansion, Zhongshan Mansion, and Zhending Mansion, used to be the capital of the imperial court. There are a large number of artisans scattered among the people in the border guard town."

Lu Yihao said: "The imperial court should formulate some policies to recruit these craftsmen."

Chen Gui said: "Naturally there are these policies, but if the Jinren pay a high price to the people, it is possible to get some information. As you said just now, some things cannot be avoided."

"Once the tiger squatting gun is used on the battlefield, it will inevitably be left behind on the battlefield and taken back by the Jin army." Zhao Ning said, "It is useless to rely on prevention. What we can really do is to provide enough bronze and improve the manufacturing process. Speed ​​up the manufacturing process, increase the manufacturing process and gunpowder production, and crush the Jinren in terms of quantity."

Zhao Guanjia said so and so, and everyone felt that the times had really changed.

"Not only does Dengzhou have to build a large artillery workshop for Liaodong, but Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi have to start building quickly. Think about it, when the Xixia people made the magic arm crossbow, but they couldn't keep up with the magic arm crossbow manufacturing process, and they couldn't guarantee sufficient supply. Quantitative consequences, right?"

Zhao Guanjia's words made everyone shudder.

The god arm crossbow was not invented by the Song Dynasty, but by the Xixia people.

During the battle between the two sides, the god arm crossbow was captured by Da Song on the battlefield, and Da Song immediately began to establish the god arm crossbow industry chain.

Because the production capacity of the Xixia people could not keep up with that of the Song Dynasty, the Xixia people were beaten terribly by the god-arm crossbow they made.

Chapter 844 Crazy Artillery Building (Second Change)

"The best way is to equip each army with fifty such artillery pieces."

According to the existing establishment of the Song Dynasty, an army has about 3000 people.

"If it is based on the calculation of the forbidden army, there are 150 forbidden troops in Liaodong, and [-] artillery pieces will be deployed." Zhang Shuye said, "Currently counting copper materials, craftsmanship, mining and transportation, a tiger squatting cannon costs [-] yuan. That's right, it's not a cannonball."

"A tiger squatting gun only weighs 36 catties, and it needs 150 guns?"

Zhang Shuye said: "The main reason is that copper is expensive, and there are still difficulties in transportation and mining at this stage, and there is also a lot of waste in the casting stage."

"The imperial court casts 200 million copper coins every year. According to my opinion, copper coins are no longer used in many places, and they are directly used to cast copper cannons!"