Da Wei Chun

Chapter 506 Human Heart
The camp has already been set up, and all the three armies have returned to the camp.Then Li Chengzhi summoned all his generals to Zhongzhai, and asked Li Song and others to demonstrate the return cannon.

In the history books of the Song and Yuan dynasties, General Huihui's cannon blows are miraculous.Of course, in terms of human or animal-powered trebuchets before the Southern Song Dynasty, the counterweight trebuchet can indeed be called an epoch-making product.

Just imagine the scene where dozens, hundreds, or even hundreds of people and horses pull a trebuchet: it is not spectacular, but it is really bulky, and there is a high chance of accidental injury.

As for the power...it takes 300 men and horses to operate a stone cannon to throw a stone bullet weighing [-] to [-] catties a hundred steps away.

If you are not greedy for everything and only use it as an ordinary auxiliary tool for siege, the counterweight trebuchet can still play a great role.

Like the one in front of you: the gun frame is nearly seven feet high, the pole is five feet long, and the counterweight iron weighs three hundred catties, which can throw stone bullets weighing eighty catties two hundred steps away.

If it is only used to destroy the city wall, the distance can be halved, and the stone bullet can be reduced to fifty catties, which will definitely hit a hole.

And at such a long distance, even the city crossbow that can be attacked from a long distance has very little lethality to the cannons and artillery.

So after watching Li Song's demonstration, the eyes of all the generals lit up, just like a thief who saw a peerless treasure.

"God... God..."

Yuan Gui, Yuan Zhao and the others all looked excited and exclaimed again and again.

Li Shao and Yang Jun were also very excited, but they were much calmer compared to Yuan Gui and others.

After all, they have already seen the sky thunder, compared with it, this thing is much less powerful.

But fortunately, Li Chengzhi didn't hide his secrets, and the manufacturing process was not too difficult, so it could be used in war soon.

After looking at it for a while, Li Shao asked in a low voice, "Is this thing difficult to make?"

It's just that the man-pulled type has been changed to a counterweight type, which is similar to the previous trebuchet. A slightly skilled craftsman will be able to see it at a glance. What's so difficult about it?
Li Chengzhi replied without hesitation: "It's extremely simple, so try not to fall into the hands of the enemy..."

"Then report it to the court as soon as possible!"

Li Shao resolutely persuaded Li Chengzhi: "This device will definitely shine brilliantly, and it is not impossible to leave a name in history. All the princes in the court have insight, and they will not let this thing be buried, so a certain conclusion, no matter Whether you can achieve meritorious service in this battle, the imperial court will definitely reward you..."

I'm already ready to rebel, so what's the use of me asking for so much credit?
Just as he was thinking like this, he accidentally saw Li Shao's eyes glancing out. Looking along, Li Shixian was standing behind his retainers, watching Li Song and the others fiddling with the trebuchet with great interest.

That's right, although I don't need it myself, I can give it to my father.

In vain, I was still trying my best to think about how to let my father accumulate some military exploits, so why didn't I think of using this thing as capital for promotion?

Historically, Alaowadin, who made the Huihui cannon, was conferred the title of General Xuanwu by Kublai Khan, hereditary deputy Wanhuhou, and passed down for five generations.

If Meng Yuan was not overthrown by Ming Taizu, it is estimated that it can be hereditary for several generations...

This thing is now 700 years ahead of schedule by myself, not to mention unprecedented, but at least unprecedented.Without looking at Yuanki and the others, his face turned purple with excitement.

Li Chengzhi reckoned that changing the title of a county magistrate or magistrate should be a sure thing.With a little more military exploits, it shouldn't be difficult for his father to move two or three ranks in a row.

He raised his spirits a little bit: "Then report it, and I will ask Li Dashi to write a letter later, and send it to Beijing in an expedited [-] li according to the drawing."

Yang Jun's face was full of contempt: "Your retainer has only been an official for a few days, what kind of official document does he know? Why don't you come here and let Li Huaide sign it after writing it..."

The relationship is already so familiar that it can't be more familiar, Li Chengzhi nodded his head indifferently, and didn't even say thank you lazily.

Seeing him staring at the group of people playing with the stone cannon, Yang Jun seemed to lose interest, and sneaked up again: "I asked you, besides Tianlei, do you have any good things hidden?"

Li Chengzhi felt vigilant for no reason: "Why did you say that?"

Yang Jun pointed not far away: "Your father, Li Da, and many of Li's retainers are all in high spirits. It's obvious that they only learned about the benefits of this stone cannon today. You are the only one who is so bored that you don't even bother to look at it." Take a second look.

So someone guessed that this thing is dispensable to you.There must be something more powerful than stone cannons..."

"You think too much!"

Li Chengzhi replied calmly, but he was suspicious in his heart: Is his expression so obvious?

Yang Jun's eyes were really sharp, and he could guess his mind all over the place just by his expression.

700 years later, in this era, it is indeed an artifact.But what if you get it more than 1000 years later?

Of course, I can only express emotion as an antique, Li Chengzhi is in such a mood now.

After the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, why did Huihui Pao disappear and rarely appear in history books?

Because not only is there a perfect substitute, but it is also restrained without leaving any room for it.

It is artillery.

He has already created black powder with precise proportions and almost maximized power. Li Chengzhi can take another step forward and create a front-mounted gun just by moving his mouth.

It's hard to say anything else. With the smelting technology of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it is absolutely possible to cast bronze cannons.Taking a step back, the pine gun must be fine.

With the current forging level of Li's craftsmen, it is actually easier to make an iron hoop cannon: just like a spring onion, it is rolled up with steel plates from the inside to the outside, layer by layer.Then seal the breech, which is a barrel.

If you spend a little more time instructing Li's craftsmen, it is not impossible to develop a rear-loading gun.

But Li Chengzhi didn't dare.

People's hearts are the most vulnerable to temptation. Now that they have only created gunpowder, the ambitions of Li Song and others have already expanded beyond the sky.

If he is given the handle again, it will be tantamount to encouraging Li Song and others to rebel against him as a gentleman...

Even if you want to build artillery, you have to wait until after the incident, and Li Chengzhi can start preparations under the command.

By that time, how many times can a rammed-earth city wall like Qianyuan withstand?

Seeing him denying it so emboldenedly.Looking at his wandering look, it was obvious that he was remembering something.

Just as Yang Jungang was about to ask, Li Shao gave him a stare back.Yang Jun's face froze, and he said with a sneer: "I'm just curious!"

In fact, since seeing the power of the thunder that day today, the two of them knew very well: Compared with yesterday, although the thunder was not as loud as yesterday when it exploded, it was more lethal.And it is extremely obvious that it is not made of wheat flour as Li Chengzhi said.

Therefore, he was not just hiding a little bit of selfishness, nine out of ten, just like fooling the late emperor, he just used wheat flour to gag the mouths of the two of them.

But Li Shao didn't have the slightest thought of getting to the bottom of it. Instead, he was extremely fortunate: that's how it should be.

The reason is that Yuan Ke was too impatient, forcing the Li family in Longxi, who had not long been attached, to show signs of renunciation again.

The Yang family of Hongnong is not much better: Compared with Empress Dowager Feng and Emperor Xiaowen who had "one family, nine governors, three brothers and three servants", today's Yang family can be said to be extremely poor.

As far as how much attachment these two have to the Yuan and Wei courts, it's average.More out of the psychology of self-preservation.And this is also the general psychology of the gentry in the period when powerful families, aristocratic families, and imperial power were equally important.

Therefore, compared with the imperial court, they are closer to Li Chengzhi, who is also a nobleman in Guanzhong.The subconscious mind means that there are good things, and Li Chengzhi should keep them by himself.

It's not bad to be able to dedicate the counterweight trebuchet to the imperial court...

　I have something to do today, this chapter is a bit short, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)