General Qin

In the morning three days later, the sun was just right.

Outside the east city of Jidu, the Qin army began to gather, which attracted the attention of the defenders of Jicheng.

"The people of Qin are going to attack the East City today!"

Someone yelled like a frightened bird, causing tension on the city wall.

All the Yan soldiers quickly took their weapons, bows and arrows, and prepared for a bloody battle with the Qin army today.

But to their surprise, although the Qin army assembled, they did not beat the drums, as if they were attacking the city.

"Maybe the East City is just a feint."

The Yan soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately someone pointed to the open space outside the city and shouted, "What is that? What are these Qin people doing in front of the city?"

In the open space about 200 steps away from the city wall, soldiers of the Qin army came carrying giant logs. They stood these giant logs on the ground and assembled them according to a certain structure.

"Add flying stones again?"

Yan Jun on the top of the city guessed it probably, but heaved a sigh of relief.

Although Qin Jun's stone machine shot with amazing momentum, it was actually very poorly aimed, and only one or two out of ten stones could hit. As long as it was not particularly unlucky, Yan Zu would basically not be hit. Moreover, it is very manpower-intensive to launch this thing, and it is rarely used except for the suppression of firepower before the siege.

"General, shall we attack the enemy with a crossbow?"

A Yan soldier asked the Yan general who guarded the city.

General Yan laughed and said, "It's just a catapult machine, it's not very useful, so don't worry about it."

At a distance of nearly two hundred steps, the bow and crossbow may not be able to hit it, but it will arouse the anger of the Qin army. Why bother.

But immediately, sharp-eyed people discovered that the stone machine assembled by Qin Jun this time seemed to be different from the previous ones.

Several giant trees are assembled into two triangular brackets, which are connected by a solid crossbar in the middle, which is very stable. There is a thick metal horizontal shaft above the bracket, a vertical cannon rod runs through the metal shaft, and there is a long metal iron hook on the bottom horizontal bar, which looks very weird.

But after a while, a huge machine with a strange appearance appeared on the open space.

"Hundred generals, we have already assembled."

Lu Jun's voice trembled.

Zhao Jiyi next to him was full of excitement. During this time, he had been completely conquered by the siege equipment in front of him.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, today is the time to test our results, and I will invite the general to come here."

Zhao Tuo bowed his hands to everyone, and was about to turn around and go to the rear to ask for help.

Li Xin had already walked over.

Along with him, apart from a few subordinates, there were actually several people dressed in general's uniform.

To help General Xin Sheng, to help General Qiang Yan...

But the most striking thing is the old man walking in the forefront.

Wang Jian!

Unlike what Zhao Tuo had imagined, Wang Jian did not wear gorgeous armor, but only civilian clothes.

His body is not tall and straight, and even slightly bent due to old age, but the pheasant crown on his head is towering, which shows his status as the general of the whole army, and also shows his achievements in destroying Zhao.

"I have met the general, all the generals."

Zhao Tuo hurriedly bowed his hands, and the others also bowed in shock.

A siege device actually attracted the top leaders of the Qin army, which made people both excited and afraid.

"Second and third sons, don't be nervous. This general heard that someone under General Li made a weapon that could break Jicheng based on Gong Shuzi's remnants. I was curious and came to see it."

Wang Jian said with a smile, with a friendly attitude, like the grandfather next door, which relieved the tension in everyone's hearts a lot.

At this time, all the generals looked at the siege equipment with a strange structure.

Xin Sheng wondered: "Hey, why is there no rope for this thing? I have been in the army for decades, and I have seen many hair-stone machines. The equipment's hair-stones must be pulled by soldiers. There are no ropes on this object. How can the soldiers be pulled? Shoot the stone out?"

"Zhao Tuo, tell me."

Li Xin spoke lightly and gave Zhao Tuo the right to speak.

Zhao Tuo cupped his hands and said, "General, there is no need for soldiers to pull this thing. You only need to hang a heavy object on the end of the gun barrel, place the stone on the bullet hole, and then open the buckle device, and the heavy object will sink. Send out the boulder and bombard the target."

Hang heavy objects?

Withholding device?

You can launch boulders without being pulled by people. Why is it different from what you think?

The generals looked at each other in blank dismay, even the well-informed old general Wang Jian half understood.

But Wang Jian didn't show it, he still had a faint smile on his face, as if everything was under control.

Among the generals, Qiang Li has the most irritable personality, he only likes to fight on the battlefield, and has never been interested in these ingenious things.

At this moment, what Zhao Tuo said was full of words that he didn't understand.

Qiang Yan immediately shouted: "You are talking nonsense, what's the use of hanging a heavy object? How can it be compared with a hundred people pulling it. I would not believe that you can launch a boulder without being pulled by people. How can there be such a thing in this world?" Such a device exists."

Due to their identities, the generals would not shout like Qiang Li, but judging from the expressions on their faces, most of them did not believe it.

Li Xin sneered, "It's just that some people are rare and strange."

Qiang Yan was furious and shouted: "Li Xin, how dare you insult me!"

"So what about the humiliation?"

Li Xin is also not afraid, tit for tat.

The generals hurriedly spoke to dissuade them, and Wang Jian rubbed his head helplessly.

Qiang Lu and Li Xin, one from the Qiang area, are irritable and impulsive by nature. The other is brave, resolute and youthful.

The two seemed to be facing each other, and they would quarrel if they disagreed.

Wang Jian waved his hand and said: "Shut up. Whether this thing can shoot boulders, you will know once you try it. Why bother to fight with words."

Hearing the general's persuasion, Qiang Yan suppressed the fire.

He sneered and said, "Let's try it. If the big words can't be fulfilled, according to the military law, General Li is so wasted manpower, I'm afraid he will be punished. Then I'll see how arrogant you are in front of me."

Li Xin ignored him at all and looked at Zhao Tuo.

"Go."

Zhao Tuo was very moved.

He felt Li Xin's trust and love for him.

"Black butt, Shejian, get on the cannonball!"

Zhao Tuo gave the order.

"only!"

The two replied in response, and led dozens of soldiers to hang the counterweight object on the end of the gun barrel. The gun rod at the other end was pressed down, and the locking device made of an iron hook was locked, and finally the hundred-jin boulder used as the shell was moved to the shell nest.

"Report to the general, the shells are ready and ready to launch at any time."

Shejian answered with his head raised.

Hearing this, everyone looked forward to it.

Zhao Tuo took a deep breath, and with a special command, ordered: "Fire!"

Hearing the order, Shejian and Heiyu pulled the iron hook device away.

The heavy object at the end of the cannon barrel fell suddenly, and the other end loaded with a hundred-jin boulder lifted up, and the boulder in the bullet nest flew out under the action of centrifugal force.

In an instant, the sound was like thunder.

The boulder straddles the sky, and with a gust of wind, it goes straight to Jicheng in the distance.

boom!

At this moment, the sound shook the world.

Like a god roaring.

Amidst the rolling sound, the tower on the east wall of Ji City has been bombarded...

Cannon pictures can be seen in the book review area.

The data form of the return guns in this article refers to "Military Equipment of Past Dynasties in China", and related papers "Research on the Return Cannons of the Western Regions and Its Spread to the East", "The Application of the Return Cannons in the Battle of Xiangfan in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and Their Influence on Later Generations", "The Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties The Eastward Spread and Function of "Huihui Cannon"

Relevant records in "Yuan Shi" and "Xin Shi" (posting these are to prevent some people from saying that they are bragging about this cannon):

1. "A cannon was placed in the southeast corner of the city. It weighed 150 jin. When it was fired, the sound shook the heavens and the earth. Everything it hit was destroyed, and it penetrated seven feet into the ground."

2. "In the first month of the tenth year, Fancheng was attacked with artillery, and it was broken"

3. "After Ali Haiya broke Fan, he moved his attack gear to Xiangyang. One shot hit its Qiaolou, and the sound was like thunder, shaking the city. The city was raging, and most of the generals surpassed the city to surrender."

4. "The back-and-back cannon method, which originally went back to the country, is much more powerful than ordinary cannons. The largest tree stands on the spot, and the cannon stone is several feet large, and falls into the ground three or four feet. If you want to hit far, you should retreat and increase the weight. , want to get closer, before countering pressure."

5. "Use it to break into the city, temples and pavilions, and smash them into pieces"

6. "The soldiers of the Song Dynasty were on the south bank, and the sailors fought against them. Bu Bo shot them from the north bank, and the boat sank."

7. "Raise a huge cannon to attack it, the Song soldiers moved in formation, Xia Gui fled first, seemed to be stunned, and sounded a gong at a loss to reprimand the troops to disperse, and the Song soldiers collapsed."