Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 423 The cannon opened and blasted him...

There were only four people on the city wall of Liangzhou. Pei Shouyue and Su Dingfang behind them were filled with excitement and could not take their eyes off the group of people approaching slowly from the distance.

There is only rumors between Xue Rengui and Li Jing.

But after getting along with each other for several months, Xue Rengui gradually became familiar with this old general. Although he did not speak at the moment, he could still tell from Li Jing's motionless posture and the sound of his breathing that could not be concealed by the wind:

The old general valued the people of the Five Mines Department very highly.

But if you ask yourself a little bit, Xue Rengui also has to ask himself:

Can you ignore it? Do you dare not to take it seriously?

During his stay in Liangzhou, Li Jing was very supportive of Xue Rengui.

In addition to emphasizing that a general must be brave and resourceful, there will also be interspersed with past wars and sand table simulations to allow Xue Rengui to put himself in his shoes.

In his spare time, he would pick up miscellaneous weapons and equipment, and Xiao Jian Da De and Xue Rengui would elaborate on the tactical differences brought about.

During this step-by-step teaching, Xue Rengui also heard about the Five Thunder Temple founded by the old general Li Jing, and learned about the thing called gunpowder.

Although he had not seen it in person, just hearing General Li briefly describe his power was enough to frighten Xue Rengui.

Now that he was about to see it with his own eyes, Xue Rengui's heart became even hotter.

Going west from Guanzhong into the Western Regions, there are only three important towns along the way, Liangzhou, Zhangye, and Dunhuang.

If Hexi is regarded as the arm of the country, Zhangye and Dunhuang are both Zhangye's arms, and Liangzhou is undoubtedly the foundation of this arm.

It borders Chang'an to the east and Zhang Guoye to the west, so Liangzhou can be said to be a mixed bag of fish and dragons. Business routes such as Hu merchants, tribute envoys, Turkic spies, and Tuyuhun agents all come and go through here.

In view of this, after Li Jing arrived, he screened Liangzhou many times with his brave and powerful soldiers.

Now it can be regarded as initial results. At least the ban was imposed. No one on the streets of Liangzhou City dared to go out against the order.

The barbarians only dared to hide behind the door panels, cursing the sudden arrival of the Liangzhou garrison for being difficult to interact with, and looking through the cracks in the door at the troops slowly passing by on Zhi Street.

Silence is a powerful teacher.

As to why the imperial court suddenly sent many generals and troops to Liangzhou, the Hu people in the Western Regions themselves were mumbling and making various guesses.

Although some people speculate that he wanted to eliminate the problem of Tuyuhun's flat elbows and armpits, on the one hand, Jieli Khan had only settled in Chang'an for more than a year, and it is difficult to believe that the Tang Dynasty had the spare capacity to conduct conquests year after year. , On the other hand, who in the Western Regions doesn’t know that Tuyuhun is good at escaping. It is not difficult to defeat, but how difficult it is to win.

So in the end, the mainstream speculation was that the Tang court wanted to sort out Hexi.

Li Jing was well aware of this, but he still ignored it. He even frequently sent troops to patrol between Zhangye and Liangzhou in order to sit back and watch this speculation, so that the barbarians in the Western Regions recognized this speculation.

At this time, seeing that the Five Thunder Bureau successfully entered the city and was about to station at the camp in the north of the city, Li Jing also turned around and said:

If you want to lead an army, how can you not know how to lead an army? Follow me.

Xue Rengui felt that his whole body was excited from the inside out.

Most of the troops from the Five Mines Department went to camp, but at this time there was still a small group of troops left outside the city. Considering what Li Jing said, how could he not understand that this gunpowder weapon could be seen with his own eyes today!

Pei Xingjian and Su Lie on the other side saw Li Jing waving to them from afar, and they followed him with joy.

If you want to test weapons, you naturally can't do it outside Liangzhou City. After Li Jing got off the city gate, he handed over his waist badge without any hesitation and let the team carefully check it.

After the verification was completed, Li Jing mounted his horse and led the team towards the east of Liangzhou.

He kept walking and walking like this until he was more than thirty miles away from the city before Li Jing waved his hand and stopped, pointing ahead and saying:

Let's use this flint as a test.

After hundreds of years of war, the territories of the Han and the Hu people have repeatedly moved between each other. There are countless beacons like this scattered throughout the north. They are all made of rammed earth and are extremely strong. After hundreds of years of wind and sand, the walls of the beacons are still quite strong. whole.

What are you trying to do? Wait, let me wait for a few people to charge at the earth wall and break it down?

Pei Xingjian said something immediately, and almost asked Su Dingfang to cover his mouth again.

It's not that Pei Xingjian doesn't believe in his master Li Jing, but it's mainly because he can't keep his mouth busy. On the other hand, words describing power like Su Dingfang's in history books are a bit exaggerated.

Especially when I read the records of state affairs during the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties in the Hongwen Museum, I saw a lot of similar descriptions.

So in his imagination, even if these five mines are powerful, they should at most have sharper weapons. Is it possible that they can really borrow thunder from the sky?

Especially when they saw this team unloading a copper tube from the baggage carriage, which was as thick as Su Dingfang's thigh.

Pei Xingjian became more and more determined... Hey, hey, why did you start preparing the powder?

Completely different from what Pei Xingjian had imagined, this team was more like craftsmen than elite soldiers.

But looking at the way these people were carefully mixing the medicinal powder and handling the copper cylinders, they looked extremely solemn, as if they were dealing with items worth more than a thousand gold.

Out of curiosity, Pei Xingjian intuitively stopped and stood aside with Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui to watch the soldiers attentively.

The few people were not kept waiting for too long. The first ones to stand up were the tallest soldiers in a row. What made Pei Xingjian almost laugh was that these soldiers all carried bamboo baskets on their backs. Inside were pottery pots with ears and a Thin hemp rope was passed through it and tied tightly.

Now Pei Xingjian couldn't help it anymore: Is this clay pot that looks like a toad a weapon?

Toads are tadpoles, so Su Lie thinks they are quite similar.

However, after being glared at by Li Jing, Pei Xingjian quickly covered his mouth and watched with wide eyes.

Without realizing it, the warriors took out a tadpole from the basket, and then methodically took out a fire fold and touched a small tail of the pottery pot. When they saw that it had started to smoke, they pinched it one after another. The rope holding the tail of the tadpole was swung around for several times as if it were a flying stone, and then it was thrown towards the beacon at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, Pei Xingjian fell from his horse.

The sudden loud noise not only caused Pei Xingjian's brain to shut down, but also caused the horse under his crotch to neigh. Fortunately, Su Dingfang, who was riding together, suppressed the horse's commotion almost by instinct and leaned over to fish Pei Xingjian out. This saved him from being trampled by a horse.

Pei Xingjian, who was in shock, could no longer laugh. His little eyes widened and he murmured:

It's not only far superior to ghosts and gods, this is the power that takes over the world! Su Dingfang, what you said is so inaccurate!

Su Lie was also speechless for a moment and was too lazy to argue with him. He was riding a horse and could see clearly from a high position. The pottery pot exploded and a burst of smoke and dust rose up. After the dust settled, he could see fragments of the pottery pot embedded in it. In the beacon wall.

If the rammed earth wall is like this, it is also conceivable that if it touches the human body...

For this item alone, Su Dingbang felt that today's visit was extremely worthwhile, but it wasn't over yet.

Next, several people looked at the thin bamboo tubes that can emit thick smoke and a little fire. It is said that they are made from waste gunpowder. The bamboo tubes can only be thrown away after use. It is suitable for athletes to carry two with them when they go into the army. They can be lit and thrown away before the war. Enter the enemy's formation.

The most important thing is the iron cylinder.

Su Dingfang watched as the warriors worked hard to dig a hole, bury half of the barrel and fix it, and then stuffed a polished round stone into it.

A fuse as thick as a little finger was lit at the tail of the cylinder, and the group of warriors ran away quickly one by one.

Although he didn't know why, Su Lie subconsciously pulled the reins and stepped back a little, and then he sincerely rejoiced that this decision was correct.

There was smoke dozens of times thicker than the previous pottery pot, an earth-shaking loud noise, and you could even feel a little tremor of the earth. Then you saw that a gap had been opened in the rammed earth wall, which could accommodate a horse riding back and forth calmly. ,dusty.

Pei Xingjian fell off his horse again.

Li Jing was the only one in the scene who could still seem unaware of such a noise.

The former master of Five Thunder Temple was full of joy at this time, and he was especially aware of these things.

Leaving aside the clay pot cannon and fire chimney, this artillery is really both easy and difficult.

The easy thing is that I have already seen the artillery called cultural relic in the light curtain. I have tried to imitate the cat and imitate the tiger several times, and after nearly a year, I have finally achieved initial results.

The difficulty lies in the material of the cannon body. The choice between copper and iron involves the size of the cannon body, the power of the launch, and other unknown things.

For example, after being merged into the General Supervisor, with the help of a blacksmith, the Five Mines Department once confidently cast an iron cannon. However, the cannon body cracked after firing one shot. When he insisted on trying the second shot, the cannon broke. The whole body of the iron cannon exploded. If it had not been prepared in advance, the craftsman who would be in charge would have suffered heavy casualties.

Therefore, the only thing that could finally bring Liangzhou to Liangzhou was the bronze cannon.

But this is enough! Li Jing was in high spirits and felt that he couldn't wait for the next war.

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