General Qin

"I'm going to smash this damn turtle's shell with a cannon, and I'm going to smash the head of General Qin!"

Under Lie Liefeng's banner, Chu general Xiang Qu stood on a gorgeous chariot, looked at the Qin army's fortress in front of him, patted Che Shi with his palm, and issued a heroic declaration.

Behind Xiang Qu was the army of Chu State in formation, with 20,000 Chu soldiers standing in an orderly formation.

Ahead, the peasants and craftsmen of the Chu army were assembling a terrifying siege weapon.

Cannon!

It is said that the weapons that the Qin army produced when they were attacking Yan were the secret techniques left by Lu Ban, the master inventor hundreds of years ago.

Compared with the old-fashioned stone machine that can only throw more than ten catties of stones. The giant cannon is amazingly powerful, not only has a longer range, can throw hundreds of catties of boulders to attack, but also can adjust the attack distance by changing the counterweight, it is simply a first-class siege weapon in the world.

Ordinary small cities cannot withstand the bombardment of giant artillery, only the giant cities of the capital can resist one or two, but the defenders on the city walls will also be suppressed and unable to hold their heads up.

Xiang Qu still remembers that just last year, he stood up for Xiangcheng instead of his father. Facing the bombardment of a large number of giant artillery mobilized by Mengwu, the Chu army on the city ran away with their heads in their arms, and the defensive turrets were destroyed one by one.

Only after the cannons stopped did they dare to fight the besieging Qin army. It was a very difficult defensive battle.

Xiangcheng is the central city that controls Yingshui. It was built by several generations of the Xiang family like a copper wall and an iron wall. However, after being bombarded by the Qin army for several months, the city wall almost collapsed. Qin Jun, Xiangcheng may be about to fall.

Since then, Xiang Qu has feared and longed for this terrible weapon.

He had been hit head-on by a giant cannon, and he longed in his heart that one day he could use this weapon to smash others.

Today, the dream becomes reality.

With the participation of the blueprints presented by Gongzi Qi and the captured craftsmen of the Qin army, the Chu army built this weapon a few days ago and conducted a test firing in Chenying.

When they saw the huge boulder weighing hundreds of catties flying into the sky and finally hit the target area after continuous adjustments, the soldiers of the Chu army cheered thunderously.

They Chu State finally built a giant cannon!

This is really the pride of all Chu people!

Now, Xiang Qu took 20,000 soldiers and escorted the cannon to assemble here, preparing for the first actual battle.

Of course, the reason why Xiang Qu did this was not with the idea of ​​breaking through the wall with a giant cannon, which is unrealistic.

Although the cannon is powerful, it is only suitable for destroying turrets and superstructures on walls, and its attack power against rammed earth walls is limited.

If you want to attack the wall, you can destroy the turrets of the Qin army and suppress the soldiers defending the wall with giant cannons and stone bullets, and then let the soldiers lift wooden stakes to hit the wall, or attach ants to it, which is faster and more effective.

The reason why Xiang Qu brought the cannon here was to boost the morale of the Chu army and return the past shame to the opposite Qin army.

In the past, your Qin army used huge cannons to bombard our Chu people. Today is the time for our Chu army to bombard you Qin people with this weapon.

The offensive and defensive momentum is different!

After the war today, the morale of hundreds of thousands of Chu people in Huaiyang will be greatly boosted, and everyone will be proud.

The second is to lure the Qin people out of the camp and fight the Chu army.

In the long-term confrontation, the Chu army was not as exhausted as the Qin army, but they were unwilling to take the initiative to attack the fortress and rush the wall, which would only result in damage. Therefore, this method can only be used to tease and trap the Qin army to lure the Qin army out to fight, so that the Chu army has a chance of winning.

Seeing that the craftsmen in front of him were about to finish assembling the cannon, Xiang Qu suddenly remembered something, and turned his head to speak to another general who was riding a horse next to the chariot.

"Jingtong, I heard that Zhao Tuo who defeated you and Zhaoping in Surabaya was not yet twenty years old. When I was an envoy with Lord Songyang to Qin, I saw a man next to King Qin who was also in his teens. His name is Zhao Tuo, he is the one who wants to defeat you."

The corner of Jing Tong's mouth twitched, and he hummed twice. He didn't want to mention the battle of Surabaya again.

Xiang Qu has no scruples, because he still clearly remembers that trip to Xianyang, where he had a close contact with Zhao Tuo.

The two looked at each other and shook hands with each other. He purposely used great force to suppress Zhao Tuo, but he didn't make Zhao Tuo give in. At that time, Xiang Qu was still amazed at Zhao Tuo's endurance and self-control, thinking that the other party was unusual.

But he didn't expect that Zhao Tuo was actually a military genius. He became famous all over the world in a back-to-back battle. He not only defeated the famous Zuo Sima Zhaoping of Chu State, but also made him commit suicide in humiliation. Aroused the desire to win.

"Zhao Tuo was the general of Qin who defeated Chu last time, and he will go south with Wang Jian this time. I really hope to have a chance to compete with him and see if Zhao Tuo is really that good at fighting."

Xiang Qu whispered to himself.

At this time, Jing Tong didn't want to continue Zhao Tuo's topic, and quickly pointed to the front and said: "General Xiang, our army's giant cannon has been built."

Sure enough, a soldier rushed back to report immediately, asking Xiang Qu to order the launch.

"good!"

Xiang Qu expelled the name Zhao Tuo from his mind. He looked at the several cannons that had been assembled in front of him, and he was immediately in high spirits and high-spirited.

"Second and three sons, today our army is approaching outside the Qin barracks. The people of Qin are afraid of our army's power and hide behind the wall in order to protect themselves. But they are shrunk in their shells like tortoises, will we let them go?"

"No! Today I'm going to smash their turtle shells with a giant cannon, let a huge boulder fall on their heads, and show off my Chu army's might!"

"The Chu army is victorious!"

"The king is all victorious!"

Xiang Qu raised his arms and shouted, affected by his voice, all the Chu people here shouted: "Smash the dog's head of the Qin people!"

"The Chu army is victorious!"

"The king is all victorious!"

"Big cannon wins!"

The shouts shook the sky, and the 20,000 Chu soldiers shouted loudly, the voice was like a mountain roaring and a tsunami, and pairs of eyes full of expectation looked ahead, at the giant cannon, and at the wall.

They expected the boulder to fall on the heads of the Qin people.

"Listen to my orders."

Xiang Qu turned around and looked ahead with piercing eyes.

He imitated the posture of the gunners of the Qin Army, raised his hand, then swung it violently, and roared: "Fire!"

boom! boom! boom!

The stone bomb crossed the space and fell suddenly, making a huge roar.

Xiang Qu saw that most of the stone bullets fired by the Chu army's cannon fell on the front and back of the wall and missed the target, but there were also two huge stones that just hit the wall.

One of them even happened to hit the turret built by Qin Jun, and the towering turret was smashed to pieces on the spot.

This is really a hit, fortunately!

Xiang Qu couldn't help laughing when he saw the victory in the first battle, "Okay!"

All the soldiers of the Chu army behind them shouted loudly, their joy was beyond words.

"General Xiang, I think the Qin army is huddled in the camp and shivering in fear at the moment. They never thought that our army has giant cannons."

Jing Tong complimented him at the right time.

Xiang Qu laughed loudly and said, "Of course, the people of Qin must be terrified if they are so frightened by me, haha... Karma..."

Xiang Qu's laughter came suddenly, his eyes widened suddenly, and he was shocked to see countless black spots coming through the air from behind the wall.

boom! boom! boom!

A series of stone bullets fell from the sky, and the huge roar completely covered the calls of Chu soldiers.

Smoke and dust were everywhere, especially when there was a burst of screams and exclamations.

When the dust dissipated, Xiang Qu was horrified to see more than a dozen round stone bullets scattered on the ground in front of him, making big holes one after another.

One of the several cannons of the Chu army happened to be hit by a stone bullet, and it fell apart, and the giant wood was shattered.

The people of Chu, who were operating several other giant cannons around, were also very frightened, screaming one by one, and some timid ones turned their heads and ran towards the rear army formation.

Chu Jun was completely silent, and there was no more cheering and shouting just now. Everyone's eyes widened, their mouths were half opened, and they looked ahead in disbelief.

Xiang Qu supported the cart with both hands, and exclaimed, "Is this the cannon of the Qin army?"

"How could the Qin army's giant cannon hit so far! Can it still hit our army's gun mount? Impossible! How could they shoot so far!"

After the walls and camps.

"Hey, it's such a coincidence to hit a giant cannon of the Chu army?"

Zhao Tuo was a little surprised when he heard the good news from the sentry on the watchtower.

Although the hopeful tower on their side pointed out the direction for the artillery, it was a blind strike through the wall after all. It was a blessing to be able to not miss the general direction. It was really strange that they happened to hit a giant cannon. Le Zai.

"Hehe, they are still using cannons with a range of 200 paces. Our army's cannons can reach 250 paces."

Zhao Tuo smiled.

It has been two years since the cannon was invented in the Battle of Yan.

When the Qin army conquered the country, Qin Wangzheng attached great importance to this siege weapon, and asked Lu Jun, the Mohist who had made this thing with Zhao Tuo, as the person in charge, and called a group of Mohist and craftsmen to conduct research.

Two years is enough for them to improve and enhance the cannon.

Qin Mo found a better ratio of the length of the power arm to the resistance arm, so that the giant cannon can shoot heavier and farther, and its range greatly exceeds that of the old-fashioned cannon in the hands of the Chu army.

Even if the Qin army threw it across the wall, it could hit the Chu army's cannon.

In addition, the Qin army also created a giant cannon that can move.

Although the power and range of this mobile cannon are smaller than those of conventional cannons due to the reduced size, it has the ability to move, not only to adjust the range, but also to change directions, so it can be used more flexibly and convenience.

In addition to the improvement of the cannon itself.

Zhao Tuo couldn't help but nodded as he watched the soldiers put stone bullets of almost the same size on the bullet nests.

Qin Jun used their standardized production on stone bullets. Through the work of craftsmen, the size and quality of each stone bullet were close to each other, and they all looked like a circle.

In this way, every launch will have a very similar trajectory, which can be adjusted more easily to achieve precise strikes.

In addition to this kind of stone bullets that tend to be standardized, the Qin army also tried various shotguns, which were specially used to kill and injure enemy soldiers.

"Playing with me? Hehe..."

Amidst Zhao Tuo's laughter, the soldiers of Qin reloaded their shells again, adjusted continuously under the guidance of the watchtower sentry, and launched round after round of shelling against the Chu army outside the wall.

Outside the wall, the Chu army was still unconvinced at first, and continued to load ammunition, even intending to move a giant cannon forward, shooting randomly at the Qin army in the wall, and hitting the morale of the Qin people.

There were stone bullets flying from outside the wall, and stone bullets flew out from inside the wall.

Stone bombs were flying all over the sky.

Round after round of shooting.

Under the more precise bombardment of the Qin army, the Chu army was unable to resist, and two more cannons were destroyed. The civilian husband who manipulated the cannons was killed by shotguns. , scary and shocking.

The 20,000 Chu soldiers who were out of the range of the Qin army's shelling in the rear looked terrified, their faces turned blue, and their legs trembled.

Finally, Xiang Qu gritted his teeth and looked at the Qin Army's fortress in the distance.

The walls made of rammed earth and the flying stone bullets filled him with a sense of powerlessness.

How fierce are the cannons of the Qin army!

"Walk!"

The Chu army threw down the scattered gun mounts and withdrew to the south.

The first artillery battle of this era came to an end...

There is a third update tonight.

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