Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

Trebuchet?Could this be Jingren's trebuchet?

The land of the Western Regions is small and shallow, and its technology is far inferior to that of the Far West and Dajing of Middle Earth. Even if there is friction between the two small countries, they will not need such a tall trebuchet when attacking each other. thing.

The Beiman Kingdom has been in the Western Regions for many years, killing the soldiers and civilians of the countries in the Western Regions. However, pure nomads like them do not have such things as catapults. The Beiman Kingdom does not have such a thing as a city. What do you need a catapult for?They all charged directly with cavalry. At most, they used the long ladder made first when attacking the city. They had never even used the ladder cart, let alone the advanced equipment trebuchet.

People in the Western Regions have never seen a real trebuchet, but they have heard rumors about the trebuchets used in the Central Plains.Knowing that this powerful weapon is made of wood, it is so powerful that it can shoot stones as big as a millstone.There are so many rumors, so these people in the Western Regions don't know that the trebuchets in the Central Plains are very tall, and it is impossible to be blocked by low earth walls and half-deep trenches, and the trebuchets used by the Jing army just now are not as simple as trebuchets at all. weapons...

"It's a stone, it should be a stone!" The coalition forces of the Western Regions didn't even think about it. In such a place full of yellow sand and no hills, where did the Jing army go to find stones? Did they run hundreds of miles to transport them into the mountains over there? ?

No matter what, all the Western Regions people present thought that these things flying in the sky were boulders shot by trebuchets. Although everyone present was avoiding them, they didn't take it seriously.

Although the stone as large as a millstone is scary, unless it is very unlucky to be hit head-on, it will not have a big impact on other people around.Dozens of hundreds of boulders can only hurt hundreds of people at most. This kind of killing efficiency is not much different from those of the god arm bows just now. They are not afraid of the god arm bows, what kind of stones are they afraid of.

Moreover, the reloading speed of the trebuchet is also very slow. Although it has a long range and great power, it is rarely used for offensive and defensive warfare on the ground.This kind of big guy is generally used to attack or defend the city. Use stones as big as millstones to attack the city wall, or use some small stones to scatter flowers from the city to kill the enemies below. Who would use a trebuchet when the ground is flat? Throwing a big stone is better than throwing a small stone.

The soldiers in the Western Regions continued to rush forward as if they hadn't seen the black thing flying down from their heads. They didn't care at all with the mentality that as long as they couldn't hit themselves, they would be fine.But the next moment, all of them were stunned. These falling "stones" clearly missed anyone, but just as soon as they touched the ground, there was a loud noise like thunder, and a red flame soared into the sky. !

It fell to the ground, and with that loud noise, the battlefield was shaken, and the nearby soldiers felt like an earthquake, and they couldn't even stand still.Following the explosion, smoke, dust and gravel were thrown up three or four feet high, and the huge force knocked all the surrounding soldiers out, and some even flew more than ten steps before landing.

These soldiers who were blown away by the powerful force didn't have any wounds on their bodies, their vitals were not damaged, and they were not burned by the fire.But all of them were bleeding from the seven orifices, and died instantly, as if they had been enchanted by some demon.The surrounding soldiers who did not die were all knocked down to the ground, some even had bleeding ears and were completely deaf...

This is the trebuchet?This is the stone?How can it be? !

This is thunder, no, this is more powerful than any thunder!This is a divine technique, an immortal technique!These Jingjun actually know spells? !

Not to mention the Western Region army that was blown away, even Sun Li, who was well hidden in the trench, was so frightened by the power of this thing that he swallowed his saliva and patted his chest to calm down.

What is this? !What kind of thing did those guys from the Ministry of Industry make of this?Although the soldiers in charge of the operation described the power of this thing, he only regarded it as bragging, but who knew it was so powerful!

Just that moment ago, all the medicine packs were shot to a position of about 2000 paces. It was just his visual inspection, and he could see that the soldiers from the Western Regions there had suffered heavy casualties.As far as he could see, there were not only [-] people who fell, but also an unknown number of seriously injured dead who were too far away for him to see.This is too powerful!

But Sun Li reacted very quickly, since this thing is powerful, then continue to use it!

He watched the well-trained soldiers add the adjusted medicine powder into the thick grinding disc cylinder, put the guide/fire/cable, and install the medicine bag that he had prepared a long time ago. It didn't take long before he signaled to him Filled.Sun Li immediately waved his hand again, ordering the soldiers to shoot again!

Seeing Sun Li waving his hand, all the soldiers of the Jing Army retreated into the trench, covering their ears to avoid the huge shock around them.Jiang Yuan, who was watching the battle from a distance, saw dozens or hundreds of these millstone-sized objects flying out of the iron bucket and throwing them into the formation of the Allied Forces of the Western Regions, causing a soaring flame. , and claimed countless lives.

This is also the first time that the Jing Army has used this new type of weapon on a large scale. Even the sergeants of the Jing Army have never seen the power of this thing.Originally, I thought it was just an ordinary iron bucket, which looked ordinary, but these unruly soldiers dismissed it, thinking it was just a show.But now seeing the astonishing effect of this thing, the shock of these Jingjun soldiers was no better than that of the soldiers from the Western Regions on the opposite side. They were all so frightened that they swallowed their saliva and dared not gossip anymore.

What is this?It's so powerful?

It is not fire/cannon, nor trebuchet, but a self-made weapon invented by the People's Liberation Army during the liberation period - Feilei Cannon!

The production method of this thing is very simple, but the effect is amazing. Apart from the shorter range and the troublesome loading process, the effect is not known to be much better than that of ordinary cannons.

In the Central Plains of the previous life, firearms began to be widely used after the Song Dynasty.In the beginning, people used copper as a metal to cast fire/cannon, because copper has a low melting point and is easy to deform, so it can be easily built into the desired shape.But a problem soon appeared, because copper is easy to deform, so once the gun/powder is added too much, used for a long time, or used continuously, it is easy to have the problem of bombing or deformation.So later, people switched to steel to cast cannons.

The effect of copper cannons is mediocre, but if you want to cast steel cannons, Jingchao's current steelmaking technology is not up to standard, and even if you make them, the chamber will explode.Jiang Yuan wanted to create a more useful artillery fire, so he naturally thought of such a sharp weapon as the Feilei Cannon (that is, the heartless cannon).

This thing is called a cannon, but it is actually a simple explosive/powder/package launcher.Its main body is actually an empty gasoline barrel. The barrel body is reinforced with iron hoops to prevent it from bursting, and the bottom of the barrel body is blocked with thick jujube wood. Then, a projectile chamber is dug out of the jujube wood and a hole is drilled for placement. The fuse/fire/cord that ignites a propellant.Finally, put the explosives/drugs/bags prepared earlier on the jujube wood.

At that time, as long as the fire wire is ignited, the ammunition package will be thrown out due to the strong momentum, and it can be shot at a distance of up to 300 meters, and can damage or overturn all obstacles within a radius of ten meters around the position where the shell landed, and Enemies within a radius of 20 meters can instantly lose their combat effectiveness.

It sounds awesome just by sounding it!

In the Jing Dynasty, there were no such things as gasoline barrels, but it was not so difficult to imitate a tin barrel.Gasoline barrels are not high-end items, and they can be made with Dajing blacksmith's blacksmithing skills. Casting cannons is really limited by technology, but blacksmiths are very good at making such thin iron cylinders.It is also easy to use jujube wood for the back cover. There are skilled carpenters in the Ministry of Industry, who are ready to listen to his call.

Although Jingchao's existing conditions are very limited, there is no better explosive/powder, and black/fire/powder can only be used instead, but this Dajing version of the Feilei Cannon is also amazingly effective and full of lethality, enough to make All the enemies around the artillery fire lost their combat effectiveness, were blown to death, and even died instantly.

The amazing effect of the Flying Thunder Cannon has something to do with its killing principle.

Generally, artillery shells kill the enemy in three ways: shrapnel, thermal burn and shock wave. However, the caliber of artillery is generally relatively small. Except for shrapnel, the thermal burn and shock wave caused are basically ineffective against skirmishers.If it is the ancient primitive artillery, it will be even more useless. The copper cannons and iron cannons often use solid bullets, which are more lethal than trebuchets, but they will not explode at all, and can only kill the enemy in a straight line. If the enemies stand scattered, none of them can be hit.

But the Feilei Cannon is different. Its shells are explosives/drugs/packages, without shrapnel. It mainly relies on thermal burns and shock waves to kill the enemy.Different from ordinary shells, the explosive powder/powder/bag filled with powder is several times that of other shells, and the effects of thermal burn and shock waves produced are also several times or even ten times that of shells.Therefore, the enemies around the landing point are often not injured, but they are killed by the shock wave, the seven orifices bleed and even the internal organs are ruptured. Of course, the death is like the effect of a spell...

Sun Li didn't just build these earthen walls and ditches. Apart from resisting the enemy's bows and arrows and defending against the enemy's cavalry charge, the most important function of these fortifications was to guard against the shock waves of the flying thunder cannons.The Feilei cannon is a preliminary production and has not been well tested. It is uncertain where the flying ammunition/ammunition will fall. If it falls close to the Jing army, the shock wave can be blocked by earth walls and trenches.

Sure enough, the people from the Western Regions on the opposite side were blown to death, but Jing Jun was unharmed and safe.

At this time, Jiangyuan’s previous life was still in the Tang Dynasty, and fire/powder had not yet been popularized, and of course there was no large-scale application of firearms.People from the Western Regions who had never seen firearms had no idea what method to use to deal with the current situation.

Before the appearance and large-scale application of firearms, the armies of all countries charged in dense formations, with people crowded and people facing each other, and the distance between them was no more than one foot. This is the common pattern.They don't know what it means to spread out, and they don't know how to lie down to avoid the lethality of firearms.In this intensive charging situation, ordinary land/mines can bring amazing effects, not to mention this kind of artillery fire with a larger killing area.

After the three rounds of shelling, the army of the Western Regions had already suffered heavy casualties. Many people planned to turn around and run away during the first round of shelling, but they couldn't even turn around. How could they escape?

Why didn't Sun Li let the Jing army use bows and arrows just now, but just used the magic arm bow with a long range and strong lethality, but slow reloading speed to deal with the Western Region coalition forces?It is to force them to accelerate and charge forward, to stand faster and denser within the coverage of artillery fire.If you want to avoid the God Arm Bow, you have to rush closer to the earth wall, use the bow and arrow to fight back, and suppress the crossbowmen on the side of the Jing Army, so the speed of the Western Region Allied Forces has been increased to the fastest, and they are desperately rushing forward. At this time, I want to Run, is it too late?

Sure enough, as Sun Li thought, when the Feilei Cannon showed its power, the Western Regions Allied Forces wanted to run away, but how did they run?

The front, back, left, and left are all our own people rushing forward in a panic. The front stopped but the back was still running. Everyone was crowded together, still rushing forward by inertia. There was no way to stop, and there was no way to get out of the crowd. squeeze out a route of escape.

The infantry were so crowded that they couldn't move, and the cavalry was even more miserable. Due to the weird formation in the Western Regions, they were tightly surrounded by infantry, and they couldn't even turn their horses around, let alone dodge or flee. Seeing himself and the war horse being knocked out by the power of the artillery fire.

Not to mention that they were already in a state of panic, even if all the troops in the Western Regions obeyed the command, it would be useless to turn around and run backwards together.In order to deal with the God Arm Bow, they rushed too far. Even if they turned around and ran, the soldiers and horses who fell behind would still have no time to dodge the incoming artillery fire, and would still suffer heavy casualties...

The god arm bow seems to be very slow to load arrows, but it is not without a way to speed up the rate of fire. The idea of ​​imitating three-stage shooting to load arrows has long been handed over to their generals by Jiang Yuan as a new method of warfare. Rapid fire isn't hard at all.Even if the three-stage shooting cannot be used due to insufficient numbers, two stone bows can be used to kill the enemy. Although the range of the two stone bows is shorter than that of the god arm bow, the killing effect is equally astonishing. There is no way to resist.

Therefore, whether it is not to use the three-stage shooting method to speed up the rate of fire, or not to use two crossbows to fight back, it is just a bait set by Sun Li. , allowing more people to enter the area covered by artillery fire.

Can the soldiers from the Western Regions who have been tricked and rushed too fast stop?The front stopped, but the rear was still rushing forward. In such a crowded situation, could the soldiers of the Western Regions still turn around and escape?Can such an army composed of scattered sand calmly obey the commander's orders under such chaos?

The answer to all three questions is - no!

Amidst the sound of the rumbling guns, these war horses who had never seen firearms were completely startled. They just felt the roar of the guns at close range and saw the flames soaring into the sky. Horses fear.The horses of King Zuoxian's [-] army had seen firearms before, but they were still panicked by the movement of the ground/thunder in the fire and thunder formation, and ruined the lives of their masters. What kind of scene?

Among the allied forces in the Western Regions, the cavalry's horses became panicked and neighed vigorously, and as long as one horse was frightened, it would affect more and more horses around it.The problem of the army in the Western Regions was several times more serious than that of King Zuo Xian. Because of the strange battle formation, their army horses were surrounded by other infantry.So once the horses are frightened and go crazy, the first to suffer is not the owner on their backs, but the infantry standing densely around them.

Whether it is wearing heavy armor or only wearing leather clothing to block the wind and cold, the end result is the same when facing these crazy horses.The weight of the war horses is hundreds of catties or even thousands of catties. The horseshoes danced and kicked vigorously, and hit people. more protection.

Originally, the soldiers in leather jackets had a lighter burden and could avoid the frightened horses, but who made them huddle together?So these poor soldiers could only watch themselves and their companions being trampled on the soles of their feet by the startled horse, vomiting blood and dying.

There is no need for the Jing army to attack the enemy's formation. The killing ability of this group of horses alone is enough to completely destroy the Western Region coalition army's formation.They ran away in a panic, smashing into the air and trampling to death all the creatures in front of them, making the already chaotic battle formation even more chaotic...

People in the Western Regions didn't expect this situation, so they were tortured to death by the war horses, but the Jing army knew that these horses would go crazy. Prepare any cavalry nearby.Now it seems that the power of these startling horses is almost catching up with the flying thunder cannons. The flying horseshoes kept killing and wounding the surrounding friendly troops. At least thousands of people died under the hooves of these startling horses.

The first battle has reached the current level, which has completely exceeded the expected situation.Sun Li likes to gain military exploits, but he doesn't like to monopolize military exploits. The defense line in the Western Regions is not limited to sergeants from northern Xinjiang, and Sun Li is not the only general here. The Gyeonggi camp that assisted in the war left some benefits.After all, it is not a good habit to monopolize military merits.

Even if the army of the Western Regions has suffered heavy casualties and the army formation is even more chaotic, his 4 horses alone are not enough to wipe out the enemy army, they can only be defeated.Since it can be wiped out, why is it just defeated?He, Sun Li, was not the kind of guy who would let the enemy go just for the sake of military merit.

Seeing the semaphore played by the flag bearer under Sun Li's command, Situ Sheng smiled slightly, "Informed, witty, and strategic. This Sun Li is very good and worthy of great use."

Jiang Yuan nodded, smiled and asked the standard bearer to issue an order. All the troops that had been ambushing around were dispatched. Except for Sun Li's 19 soldiers and horses, the remaining [-] Jing troops who had been ambushing around for a long time came to the battlefield from all directions. Surrounded by the chaotic allied forces of the Western Regions.Because of the chaos and panic, these coalition forces did not have time to leave the battlefield, and fled in all directions. They were surrounded by infantry who came from a distance on horseback or ambushed nearby, and could no longer escape.

The Jing army dispatched 23 people, not to mention the Western Region coalition forces that are now panicking and suffering heavy casualties, even if they are safe and sound, they will definitely not be the opponents of the Jing army.

The generals and kings of the Allied Forces of the Western Regions clearly understood their situation, and the powerful Jing Army also shook their determination to continue fighting.When trapped in a siege, you can see the disadvantages of the scattered army. Some people have been frightened and plan to surrender to the Jing army immediately, but some loyalists of the Northern Man Kingdom feel that they are not yet ready to surrender. When the time comes, you should fight it with all your might and sink your boat.Both sides refused to accept the other, and before the Jing army could make the first move, internal strife began within the coalition forces of the Western Regions!

Jiang Yuan rode a war horse and watched with relish. Situ Sheng did not urge the army to advance, but watched the fun with other generals of the Jing Army, and mocked the fighting ability of the people from the Western Regions by the way.The already chaotic Allied Forces of the Western Regions were surrounded by the Jing Army, and once they made a move, they couldn't stop.

All the coalition soldiers didn't know each other before, and they didn't even know which country the other party was serving for, but as long as one side cut a knife first, the two sides would fall into a desperate fight, and they would never be able to separate.Some people have even killed red-eyed people, and even killed allies who stood on the same front as themselves. There are many such cases. In the melee, everyone has lost their logic and the ability to distinguish.It seems that besides the soldiers of your own country, there are enemies that need to be killed!

Jiang Yuan shook his head, hum, the countries in the Western Regions... are far behind the Northern Man Kingdom.The northern barbarians were also fighting among themselves and killing each other, but when they faced the encirclement of the Jing army, their first thought was to unite together, let go of their hatred and escape from the encirclement.But what about the countries in the Western Regions?It was fine when they were not surrounded, but the internal strife became even worse when they were surrounded, it was life and death.

Can't see the situation clearly, can't see the enemy clearly, and also can't see themselves clearly, they are simply a bunch of trash!

Regardless of whether they were fighting among themselves or not, and how many of their own people they killed, they still had to choose death or surrender in the end. There was no other way for them to escape from the encirclement.

The final result confirmed Jiang Yuan's guess. The western allied forces who had lost their courage had no ability to kill the enemy, but the level of internal strife was good.In the end, the Surrender faction defeated the Death Fighting faction and won the victory of the internal strife, and the Jing Army waited for the surrender of the Western Regions without any damage.

Compared with flying thunder cannons or even chaotic startled horses, the level of cannibalism among the people in the Western Regions is obviously higher.Jiang Yuan felt that whether to surrender or not was not the only reason for their chaotic war. I am afraid they have long wanted to find a chance to eliminate the country that they dislike.The number of people killed in the civil war far exceeded the number of people killed by the Jing army.Before the troops were dispatched, the coalition forces of the Western Regions, which had a full army of 12, had only 5 horses left when they surrendered.

Of the 7 casualties, [-] died at the hands of "our own people". Even King Gaochang, who was temporarily in command of the Allied Forces in the Western Regions, had his head beheaded by generals from other countries and presented to Situ Sheng.Because they need Dajing's forgiveness in exchange for their own lives...and King Gaochang is the most suitable person to take the blame.

The crime of sending troops to attack the defense line of the Western Regions was all pushed on the head of King Gaochang by the surviving kings, and even their expulsion of the Dajing envoys became the order of King Gaochang.God knows they have never heard the commander speak and give orders, so how can they obey his orders?

Many of these captives are noble, and they are the kings or princes of the countries in the Western Regions. Through them, the entire Western Regions can be captured without bloodshed.These kings and generals who had only promised to surrender to China did not know that Emperor Dajing and his generals, who were smiling gently and comfortably, were already thinking about how to win the Western Regions through them.

It is obviously a mistake to lure a wolf into a house, but the mistake of provoking a tiger casually can only be bigger!The Western Regions must pay the due price!