Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 782 Loyalty, this is a complicated word

The city of Shouzhou was gloomy. On Zijin Mountain, Liu Renzhan had been operating for several years and spent countless manpower and material resources to build a line of defense that lasted only six days before being captured.

Less than half of the [-] or more people withdrew in the end, and as many as [-] generals and officials were killed in battle below the deputy envoy of Jiedu Yao Feng.

And when the Zhou army was pursuing, they followed the corridor fiercely, and the Qinghuai army stood behind Zijin Mountain, and the two fortresses guarding the corridor were also broken.

The vanguard of Zhou Jun directly pursued the Qinghuai Army and crossed the Feishui River by relying on the pontoon bridge built by the Qinghuai Army. If it wasn't too late that day, Liu Renzhan believed that Zhou Jun would even dare to come and grab the door.

On October [-], Zhang Teng moved outside Shouzhou City, and at the same time attacked the Qinghuai army's water village and land fort on the Huaihe River from both land and water.

Almost at the same time, the Southern Tang side took action. Zhu Kuangye, the Jiedu envoy of the Baoxin Army in Luzhou, sent his son Zhu Lingyun, and Zheng Chongen, Marquis of Yu in Yamen, led [-] Baoxin troops from Luzhou to the north for rescue.

However, Liu Zaisheng had already made preparations. He blocked the channel with large ships at Anchundu on the upper reaches of the Feishui River.

The Baoxin Army was immediately defeated, and Zhu Lingyun only escaped with his body. Thousands of officers and soldiers below Zheng Chong'en died, and the dead bodies were scattered all over the river.

On October 22, the army pulled out all the defensive facilities outside Shouzhou City and surrounded Shouzhou City on all sides.

Liu Zaisheng ordered Murong Xinde to pick up Zheng Chongen's armor with the tip of his spear, and hold the Baoxin Army Jiedu Yamen flag and the recognition flag to show off at the city of Shouzhou.

The Qinghuai army in the city was shocked, and their morale was extremely low. Liu Renzhan burst into tears at the top of the city. Zheng Chongen was originally Yuhou under his command, and it was because of this that he came to rescue him. life.

Outside Shouzhou City, Zhang Ting just looked around Shouzhou City. Although the city is now crumbling, he still did not persuade it to surrender, nor did he intend to forcefully attack it.

The reason for not persuading it to surrender is because Shouzhou City, which was persuaded to surrender, is not as powerful as the deterrence of being defeated.

The reason for not attacking by force is that Zhang Ting didn't want to injure the lives of the sons in vain at the moment when he could break the city immediately. Another reason was that he was waiting for an artifact-the artillery invented by Cao Yanming.

'Hey!hey yo! ’ Dozens of peasants pulled and pushed, and the four healthy mules were so tired that their nostrils sprayed white mist.

A cannon with a diameter as thick as a human head was loaded on a special cart with wooden cart wheels, and it was difficult to walk on the muddy road.

Zhang Tie took a closer look and found that this giant cannon weighed at least four thousand catties. The tail, shaft, riser, etc. were basically the same as those of later generations. This was carefully drawn by Zhang Tie.

The cannonballs are made of polished cobblestones, weighing about twenty catties.

Why no iron bullets?Because the casting and carrying of iron bullets are very troublesome, stone bullets are much simpler, materials can be found everywhere, and polishing is also convenient. Only a few stonemasons are needed, and the power is not much different.

Another reason is that the gunpowder at this time is not advanced enough, and the stone bullets can fully withstand it.

Zhang Ting measured it and found that the barrel was only more than five feet long, or [-] centimeters, which was one-third shorter than the mature cannons of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but weighed one-half to one-third heavier.

And the barrel is too short, and the diameter of the muzzle must be made larger.Since the energy of gunpowder is not as good as that in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the amount of charge is also large.

This is a deformity!Zhang Ting blinked his eyes and sighed.

From the current point of view, the performance data is better than the first generation cannon made by Europeans at the end of the [-]th century in history, but it is obviously lower than the red cannon that appeared on a large scale during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially the Wanli period.

wrong!Zhang Ting's heart twitched in pain, this is not only a deformity, but also a fucking deformity made of gold.

This is cast in bronze!
Even if a catty of bronze is made of extremely high-purity gold-backed coins, about two hundred coins can be made.

Four thousand catties of copper is 80 yuan, that is, eight thousand guan.

And [-] guan gold back money is regarded as worth three coins in the market, that is, [-] guan, which is equivalent to [-] guan.

Thirty thousand guan is enough for Zhang Tie to pull out an elite battalion (1000 to [-] people) with [-]% armor and complete horse gait.

Damn, if you build a hundred and ten doors, you can directly bankrupt the finances.In terms of productivity conditions at this time, it is still too high.

Zhang Tie thought about it in his heart, don't develop heavy artillery now, but develop small projectile tiger squat artillery and small artillery that can be pulled around by horses and shoot shotguns, which are specially used to bombard the enemy's dense formation.

Cao Yanming sat on the carriage, touched the cannon by his side, and looked around complacently, as if I envied you all, and he wanted Zhang Tingjing to praise him for heaven and man.

As a result, Zhang Tie touched his forehead in disgust, telling him to disappear from his sight quickly.

Seeing his paunchy appearance, Zhang Shengren couldn't help but think that the money he spent on this guy could pull out tens of thousands of troops, and my heart hurts badly.

Cao Yanming didn't receive Zhang Ting's compliment, so when Aojiao raised his head, he immediately ordered his servants to move the cannon forward, thinking in his heart that when the cannon fired, it would surely scare me, Saint Zhang, into a pale face.

Zhou Jun outside the city didn't know what these big pipes were, but they were not surprised. Anyway, Ziting County Lord's Tiangong Academy always made some weird things.

But many people are salivating at these big pipes, Ma De, what kind of weapon is this, it is a mobile vault.

Of course, the Qinghuai army on the top of the city didn't know what it was, no!They knew that many people mistook this thing for a car crash, and Liu Chongjian, the third son of Liu Renzhan, even ordered people to prepare kerosene and kindling to burn the car.

As soon as the horn sounded, the Zhou army raised the Lu public chariot, and a large number of soldiers with shields and crossbows also stepped forward and began to attack the city.

Of course, it was to cover Cao Yanming to place the artillery closer to Shouzhou City. The gun body of this thing is too short and the range is not far.

Qingfeng, out of breath, dug a big hole with the peasants, and packed soil with burlap sacks to compact the cannon.

The last time I was inspecting the yamen at the Six Gates of Shendu, I still vividly remember the terrifying scene of that two-thousand-jin cannon flying into the air.

Cao Yanming did it himself, loading gunpowder and stone bombs like a fat hamster. He didn't feel relieved if he didn't come to this gun himself. No, that would be too much of a pity.

As soon as the surrounding soldiers entered the fighting state, no one cared about them. The Qinghuai army on the top of the city was just puzzled. Their hands were sore when they poured kerosene. In the state of fighting, he didn't take it too seriously.

"Boom!" At this moment, there was a loud noise that shook the sky, and everyone was shocked.

At this time, people have never heard such a violent loud noise except for the thunder.

The sharpshooters on Lu Gong's car were staggered in fright, and the crossbowmen around the cannon almost ran away.

It wasn't that they didn't observe military discipline, but that they were too scary and completely unprepared. Many people in the two nearest phalanxes of crossbowmen were so frightened that they went limp and vomited.

The Qinghuai army in Shouzhou City was even more frightened. Many people only saw a burst of black smoke from the crashed car on the opposite side, and there seemed to be a flash of fire.

Then the city wall in front of them shook violently as if it had been smashed by a god with their hands, and there was a depression the size of a washbasin.

Fortunately, at this time, most of the walls were still rammed with loess, not the more solid masonry walls of later generations, otherwise such a big effect would definitely not be achieved.

Missed!Cao Yanming's heart tightened, and after calculating the angle, he hurried over to ask the peasants to push the cannon into the pit on the other side. The angles of the other two cannons that were not fired were also adjusted.

If you want to use this kind of stone bomb to smash down the city wall, well, the general city wall is fine, but the fortified city of Shouzhou is definitely not good. You have to hit the gate and smash the gate.

The world seemed to be quiet, and countless pairs of eyes stared at Cao Yanming and the others. Zhou Jun was excited and terrified of this weapon beyond their knowledge, while the Qinghuai army was left with fear.

Finally, in the midst of everyone's attention, the angles of the three cannons were calibrated. As for the ballistics, I still don't have that awareness yet.

With a wave of Cao Yanming's fat hand, the artillery that fired continuously gave out the same terrifying roar as last time. Three stone bombs weighing more than 20 kilograms roared towards Shouzhou City with almost visible phantoms. North Gate.

'clang' 'crack'

The stone bullets shot out first smashed the drawn suspension bridge, and then hit heavily on the hardwood gate of the north gate of Shouzhou, which weighed more than a thousand catties, forcibly smashing two huge holes.

Outside the city of Shouzhou, the Zhou army cheered loudly, while the Qinghuai army on the city wall was mourning.

Although the north gate was only smashed, there is still an urn city in the north gate that can still be defended, but the urn city also has a door, and the big deal is to push in and smash the gate between the urn city and Luo city.

Moreover, a weapon like Wengcheng can only be used once, and when you use it once, if you can't drive people out, it will lose its effect and instead become a fortification that attackers can borrow.

. . . .

The Qinghuai army has fought to this extent, 3 people have lost 1 people in the past few months, especially in the past five or six days, and they can no longer fight.

Even if Zhang Zhou's interest was damaged when Zhang Zhou engaged in land equalization, the local tyrants from Huaiyin Mansion, Haosi and Sizhou who came to Shouzhou, and the local wealthy families who were afraid that Zhou Jun would continue to equalize land in Shouzhou, were already terrified. Courage to resist.

Liu Renzhan stood at the head of the city, and made a profound review of the past year's events in his mind. He suddenly yelled, and finally figured everything out.

The second son, Liu Chongliang, and the third son, Liu Chongjian, came to support Liu Renzhan when they heard the sound.

"Your Excellency guards the northwest for the country alone, and none of the officials resists. Only I, Mrs. Liu, do not want to bend my knees. But until today, I am worthy of the Lord of Jiangning City. Why don't we surrender!"

Although Liu Chongliang didn't speak, there was a look of approval in his eyes.

Historically, Liu Chongjian couldn't fight anymore, and ventured across the Huaihe River to ask Guo Rong to surrender, but was caught by the school captain patrolling the river. Liu Renzhan was so angry that he used the name of treason to kill Liu Chongjian. cut in half.

This incident made Liu Renzhan's reputation as a loyal minister through the ages, but it was indeed cruel to Liu Chongjian.

Liu Renzhan frowned, and wanted to roar, but he didn't.

Originally, according to his temper, Liu Chongjian would have to be beaten up just based on this sentence, but compared with the brutal policies of the later Zhou Dynasty in history, Zhang Zhou's current benevolence and righteousness are many grades higher.

Perhaps Zhang Ting was not busy going north and then going south, using gentle means, even a hardliner like Liu Renzhan might not surrender.

But now, there is no need to say this, and Liu Renzhan knew it very well, because he had just figured it out.

So this famous general of the Southern Tang Dynasty could only look up to the sky and sigh: "Since Emperor Liezu took over Wu Jianqi in my Tang Dynasty, I have straddled the Jianghuai River and Huaihe River to preserve Wenhua. Today, its society is about to be overthrown. How can there be no loyal ministers who shed their blood for it? "

Brothers Liu Chongliang and Liu Chongjian cried loudly and bowed down on the ground. The surrounding soldiers of the Qinghuai Army heard this and couldn't help crying.

Although Liu Renzhan led them to a dead end, during the five years he ruled Shouzhou, he was diligent in governing and loving the people, selfless, honest and self-defense, so he had a high reputation and was supported by everyone in Shouzhou.

The Liu brothers were still crying to persuade them, Liu Renzhan sighed again, took the hands of the two sons and said: "I will not die for my father, the Son of Heaven, how can I spare you two brothers?"

(End of this chapter)