The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Just as the people on and off the stage stared wide-eyed, the sound of an explosion suddenly sounded in the distance from the newly green woods, and then it was out of control. As soon as the branches broke, the trunk burst open, and the scattered dead branches and leaves fluttered like a goddess scattering flowers.

Everyone was startled, and when the sound of cracking stopped, they saw that the trees had fallen sideways and turned into a mess, and the flames were still rising in the curling green smoke, and the sound of beeping, beeping, burning could be heard from afar.

Xiao Temo opened his mouth halfway, and for a long time he didn't understand what was going on. How could this humble firearm have such great power when fired?If this hits a densely populated formation, wouldn't the skin be bruised and wounded everywhere?

Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief, and said to himself: Ma Jun and the gang are incapable of doing things, and the explosion was delayed for a few seconds. Do you think it is the network of the later celestial dynasty?But it finally exploded, I hope no one will see the flaw.

Xiao Te's last monk, the second monk, couldn't figure it out, but Liu Liufu was shrewd, and said to himself: "Why does it take a while for this firearm to exert its power after firing? It's very strange."

Su Jin rolled his eyes at him and said: "As far as Deputy Envoy Liu is concerned, he has never been in a battle. How can any weapon that reaches a long distance be able to hit it immediately? It is the strongest arrow, don't you have to fly in the air for a few breaths? Besides, the woods are a hundred paces away. The projectiles fired by firearms are called bullets, and the flight time of the bullets before reaching the target is called "bullet time". There is also a common name called "let the bullets fly", and there are some warnings The meaning of everyone is to be calm and not to be restless."

Liu Liufu is indeed not a general, what can he understand as a bachelor of the Imperial Academy?Su Jin bluffed him with a few sentences. Although Xiao Temo felt that such an explanation was a bit far-fetched, the power of his firearms was real, and even if they flew slower, the flaws would not be concealed; dark clouds.

"Master Xiao, how powerful is this firearm?" Su Jin asked triumphantly.

Xiao Temo calmed down, thought for a while and said: "The power is indeed amazing, but the shortcomings are obvious, and there may be no room for display on the battlefield."

Su Jin snorted and said, "I would like to hear the details."

Xiao Temo said: "This kind of firearm is naturally powerful against infantry, but it is bound to be useless against our Daliao cavalry; this kind of firearm cannot be fired while running, so it can only stand on the spot and fight against our Daliao cavalry. Liao iron cavalry, the first round may cause a lot of casualties, but once the bullet is fired, you have to fill the fire again. In just a few breaths, my iron cavalry will have to cover a hundred paces; you don't even have long guns, how can you Challenge? Isn't it a complete defeat at the mercy of others?"

Everyone nodded, they all felt that Xiao Temo's words were very reasonable, this kind of firearm was cumbersome to load, and had to be ignited, so they could only stand there and manipulate, they couldn't run sideways like cavalry, shooting from far away and chopping near; It's like a wooden stake there, isn't it just a round of shooting, and then it's the rhythm of waiting for death.

Su Jin smiled slightly, raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems to make sense, but such a simple truth, do you think I, the generals of the Song Dynasty, don't understand? Just look below."

Su Jin pointed to the stage, and everyone followed his finger to look, only to see that the forty or so cavalry who had finished launching had already galloped back to the rear of the queue, and began to load ammunition quickly; the cavalry who were in the second row had already Riding the horse forward ten steps, the ignition started to fire.

After that, the third row replaced the second row, and the fourth row replaced the third row. By analogy, the bursting sound of firing was endless, without stopping at all, as if firing in bursts.

The grove a hundred paces away was already shrouded in black smoke and flames, and the sound of explosions could be heard from time to time. After seven or eight rounds, Zhao Dehai signaled to stop firing. The grove is gone, full of fallen and burning trees, almost leveled.

"How is it? Chief Envoy Xiao? Only five thousand soldiers equipped with sharp guns are enough to withstand tens of thousands of cavalry. I am not exaggerating."

Xiao Temo saw sweat on his forehead, Su Jin was not exaggerating, such power, combined with a perfect uninterrupted attack, the cavalry's charge could only fall down like leeks, no amount of troops would help; the only solution The best way is to send cavalry around to attack, but if the opponent defends the city or defends from danger, there is no way.

"It's good, but there are still flaws. This kind of firearm seems to be only suitable for defense, not very useful for attacking."

Su Jin raised his finger and said: "As expected of Master Xiao, he looks like an expert at first glance. It must be a summary of all battles and failures."

"Deputy Envoy Su is joking. This envoy has been defeated before, but it cannot be said that he is never discouraged. Are you praising or humiliating this envoy?"

Su Jin complained: "I'm sorry, I made a slip of the tongue, the envoy of Xiao should be General Bai Sheng."

"I don't dare to be a hundred victories, but I have won a lot of battles, big and small, so the shortcomings of this firearm are well known. This kind of power is still useless against high walls."

Su Jin smiled and said: "Siege the city? It's not necessary. There is another treasure in the Gunslinger Battalion. Why don't we see it together?"

Xiao Temo clapped his hands and said: "That's a good relationship. It's an eye-opener to be with the two adults today." He said in his heart: This Deputy Su is stupid, the more you show me, the more we can restrain you in the future You can't blame me for these weapons, you took the initiative yourself.

Su Jin waved his hand and shouted to the audience: "Commander Zhao, is our Shenlong cannon here? Why don't we use it together to see how powerful it is?"

Zhao Dehai hesitated for a moment and said: "Lord Su, I have to remind you that the 'Shenlong Cannon' is a confidential firearm, so it should not be shown to others easily; let alone there are outsiders present?

Su Jindao: "The two envoys of the Liao Kingdom are not outsiders. Song and Liao are brothers and allies. Of course, the Chief Envoy Zhao and I are also brothers. There is no such difference between brothers. Hurry up and push them to demonstrate."

The more sincere Su Jin was, the more chills the people on and off the stage felt. Just now he was forced to pay for debts and drove people crazy, but in the blink of an eye he didn't even blush at what he said, that's really shameless.

Zhao Dehai was just doing a show, and after hearing what Su Jin said, he agreed and left. After a while, two tall horses came slowly from the barracks to the west; everyone looked carefully, and it turned out that it was a statue placed on a shelf. Earth cannon; the barrel is the size of a washbasin, and the whole body is black, and there is no visible material.

The 'Shenlong Cannon' was pulled down and stopped a few tens of steps away from the earthen platform. A dozen cavalry soldiers lifted the cannon off the flatbed and placed it on the flat ground. Several soldiers poured a large amount of gunpowder into the muzzle, A few black balls were stuffed into the gun barrel; after everything was ready, Zhao Dehai rode over and said, "Master Su, please tell me where to hit the Shenlong Cannon."

Su Jin pointed to an abrupt mound not far away and said, "You don't need to be too far away, you can't see it clearly, just bombard the mound."

Zhao Dehai took the order to go, and ordered his men to turn the muzzle of the cannon and aim at the big mound not far away. With an order, the gunner ignited the fuze, and there was an earth-shattering bang, and the Shenlong cannon was fired successfully. The black balls scrambled out of the gun barrel and landed on the big mound. Without exception, after a few seconds of delay, the whole mound was instantly reduced to dust as if it had been overturned from the bottom by a god.

The smoke and dust were rustling, and there was a lot of falling soil. In a radius of more than ten feet, the soil and rocks fell from mid-air like raindrops, and a mushroom cloud rolled up to the top of the sky. The clothes are hunting and moving.

All the people were dumbfounded and unable to speak. This scene was too shocking. It was really incredible that this small cannonball could have such great power.

Su Jin spat out the dust in his mouth, and cursed in his heart: These bastards don't know how to save money, how much gunpowder should be buried under the mound, at least a hundred catties, these prodigal sons, this The money was paid in advance by myself, and I don't know if the emperor will reimburse it.

"Master Xiao, is this dragon cannon useful for attacking fortifications?" Su Jin asked the earthy Xiao Temo with a smile.

Xiao Temo didn't care about Su Jin's smug tone any longer, he was actually thinking about what the Song people did for secretly producing so many powerful firearms while being shocked.

Today, I have witnessed their power with my own eyes. If such firearms are on the battlefield, how many soldiers and horses in Daliao can withstand the fire of sharp guns, and how many cities can withstand the bombardment of this dragon cannon?

Xiao Temo was terrified, and not only did he have a new question, since the Song people had such a powerful firearm, why didn't they use it on the battlefield, but were defeated by Xixia several times?This matter is really puzzling.