Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 872 Long Live the Emperor
Xinkou.

Yu Chigong faced Song Jingang, Yu Chigong was extremely brave, but it was difficult to advance an inch under the city of Xinkou Pass.

Song Jingang, King of the Song Dynasty in the Puppet Dynasty, after he was defeated and surrendered to Liu Wuzhou in Zhaojun, Hebei, Liu Wuzhou treated him extremely courteously, not only married his sister to Song Jingang, but also gave him half of his own property, which made Song Jingang a defeated soldier. The leader of the horse thief was very moved, so he divorced his married wife without saying a word, and then patted his chest and said to Liu Wuzhou that as long as he was alive, he would not let Qin Jun pass through Xinkou Pass.

It should be said that although Song Jingang started as a horse thief, he is really good at riding and shooting, especially he also knows the art of war very well, he is not an ordinary horse thief.He was able to survive in Zhao County, Hebei Province for a year under the pressure of both Qin Jun and Xia Jun, which shows that this person has some skills.

In the end, the army was defeated and came to vote, but it was only because of congenital inadequacy.

When he came to Hedong, Liu Wuzhou trusted him very much, and directly drew a lot of soldiers, horses, money and food to him.

Liu Wuzhou's Yiwu Army, this is not an ordinary rebellious army and bandits. They were originally the Mayi frontier army of the imperial court, and later they were supplemented by Turkic and Tiele cavalry, not to mention the armor, so this army is actually A regular army.

With such an elite team defending against danger, and with a general like Song Jingang who knows the art of war, Yu Chigong, a fierce general, was a little helpless.

The emperor rode his horse to pass.

Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and other generals followed, all of whom were famous generals of the Qin army.

Under the city of Xinkou Pass, [-] elite Qin troops were assembled at this time.

When the emperor's white tiger banner appeared next to the Daqin's dragon banner, the Qin troops at Xinkou Pass became excited.

Left Qinglong Banner and right White Tiger Banner.

Under the two banners, the emperor in golden armor is as dazzling as a god.

"Long live the Emperor!"

someone shouted.

Then countless people shouted together.

"Long live the Emperor!"

On the huge battle formation that spanned more than ten miles, the voices rose and fell, and finally they all came together, becoming more and more orderly, until all the voices were uniform.

"Long live the Emperor!"

The sound was like a landslide, like a crack in the sea.

Under this sound, the blood of all the soldiers of the Qin army couldn't help boiling, and everyone only had the emperor in their hearts.

And the Guancheng in front.

The soldiers of the Guoyi Army of the Puppet Dynasty felt chills all over their bodies amidst the sky-shattering voice.

Many people only feel that the scalp is numb.

Facing the tsunami-like shouts from Guan Xia, they felt their heads were bewildered and their faces were ashen.

In the past, they were members of the opposite side, but now, they are on the opposite side.

Wearing black armor, Yu Chigong rode his horse to the emperor's horse.

"Your Majesty, please take this last chance to win Xinkouguan City!"

Cheng Yaojin laughed and said, "Although this thief Song Jingang knows some tactics of war, he is only average. With a mere pass city, he was able to hold off General Yuchi for so long. It seems that General Yuchi is a bit of a forward Competent!"

Yuchi Gong's face turned red.

"Your Majesty, give me one more chance and definitely win Guancheng."

The emperor smiled and said respectfully to Yuchi, "Song Jingang is indeed capable. When it comes to using troops, he may be even better than Liu Wuzhou." Speaking of which, Liu Wuzhou was actually just a captain of Yingyang before, and he had never fought anything. A decent battle, let alone commanding the army to fight. He became a Jiedu envoy, but he just assassinated his boss Wang Rengong in a sneak attack. After that, he guarded the three counties of Yanmen in Mayi for several years without making any achievements.

"General Yuchi, I also know that Xinkou City is strong, so don't worry, I will give you another chance to attack, and I will give you twenty red cannons to cooperate with you."

The so-called red cannon is actually a trebuchet, but this is a brand new and improved trebuchet.

There were catapults in China a long time ago, but they are generally the kind of manpower-handled cable catapults, that is, one end is loaded with stones, and the other end is tied with ten or even a hundred leather ropes, and then one or two hundred people pull the leather ropes together. Throw the stone at the other end.

According to historical records, this kind of cannon is also called thunderbolt cannon, but it is generally capable of throwing stone bullets about ten catties.

For a long time, at the technical level, the counterweight technology has never been incorporated, and the human cable method is used.

And the red cannon pushed up now uses a catapult with a counterweight and a ratchet.

Dozens of horses pulled the catapult carts covered with red cloth to the gate, and specialized artillery began to quickly assemble them.

This is a catapult vehicle that uses the principle of a pole, but it does not require dozens or hundreds of people to pull the ropes as in the past. Instead, it is made of wood and equipped with a heavy weight of iron at the back.

These counterweight iron blocks are all made into pieces of iron bars, and then packed in special large boxes.

When in use, it is hung at one end of the arm of the gun carriage, and then the artilleryman levers the ratchet to lift the counterweight box one by one.Because of the ratchet device, even if it is equipped with a counterweight of a thousand or even a few thousand jins, only two or three people can operate it.

This is a revolution brought about by technology. In order to research this latest type of catapult, Luo Cheng recruited craftsmen a few years ago, proposed improvement directions, and offered a huge reward.

After several years of research and transformation, a lot of manpower, material resources and money were invested, and finally this red cannon was developed.

The one pushed to the front line this time is the largest of the molded products. The stone bullet used weighs 150 catties and has a range of 260 steps (about 400 meters).

The power of the experiment showed that the stone bullet can hit the ground seven feet deep after it hits the ground.

If it hits the house directly, it can knock the house down.

Even against the city wall, it has great lethality.

In comparison, the traditional rope-drawn catapults, although there are light and heavy ones, and heavy-duty seven-point and five-point vehicles, require 250 to [-] people to pull the rope, and can only throw stone bullets weighing [-] to [-] catties at most. These are all improved by the craftsmen of the Qin Army.

It turned out that at most it was pulling twenty or thirty catties.

In addition to developing the red cannon, Qin Jun also improved the light cable cannon. The stone bomb weighs only half a catty, and can even be replaced by mud bombs. It only needs two people to pull and release, but it is easy to move and transport, and it can be fatal.

Behind the twenty red-clothed cannons this time, there are as many as a thousand medium and light stone cannons.

This is also the debut of Daqin's first real artillery unit.

Two hundred paces away.

This distance is very safe for the red-clothed cannon and the artillerymen, not to mention that the emperor attached great importance to this artillery, and specially prepared an infantry protection for them.

The red clothes were thrown away, and the giant cannon was ferocious.

The counterweight box was quickly assembled, and the gunners began to pry the ratchet, and the jack counterweight slowly rose.

"The red cannon is in place!"

"Start loading!"

Under the command of the gunner, several gunners loaded the polished round 150-jin heavy stone bullets into the catapult.

"The No. [-] Red Clothes Cannon is loaded!"

"The No. [-] Red Clothes Cannon is loaded!"

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All ten cannon were loaded.

The commander of the cannons in red came over with a serious expression and checked them again, "I aimed them all. I know that you have tried thousands of rounds before, and the shots are very accurate, but today is our first actual battle, the emperor. Your Majesty is watching the battle right behind us, and in front of us is the pass city of the rebels, we must fight with the prestige of our artillery!"

A gunner responded loudly, "Please don't worry, all commanders, I have already aimed at the gate and building, and I will kill him with one shot."

"Okay, get rid of the city gate building, and I will reward you with two catties of Longmen Flying General's good wine!"

(End of this chapter)