Zhao Yuanzuo saw that Xiao Tzuyong led dozens of Tartar soldiers to rush out of the fire and rushed towards the Kazi at the mouth of the ditch; Immediately shouted: "This is the enemy chief Xiao Tzuyong, you can't let them rush out of the pass!" ”

Zhao Yuanzuo shouted, took the Fang Tian painting halberd from the horse case and held it in his hand; grabbed the King Kong Mo knife in his other hand, and looked at Chen Shengjie and the four of them said impassionedly: "Brother Chen took three nephews to guard the card and use the crossbow machine to deal with the stubborn Khitan Tartars, Xiao Ke stepped forward to fight with these turtle grandsons!" ”

After Zhao Yuanzuo said this, he seemed to feel that he couldn't mention everyone's hatred for Liao Bing; Then he swallowed his throat and added: "Xiao Tzuyong was ordered by Xiao Zhuo, the Empress Dowager of the Emperor of Liao, to pretend to be a salt dealer and 33 troops of Zhao Wenchen, the branch official of Jingzhao Mansion, and trafficked salt from Yanzhou to Fengxiang Mansion; When he arrived at Fengxiang Mansion, he deceived Zhao Wenchen and 33 people to go to Fenghe Warehouse to buy grain, but when they went to Tianzhuling Horse Ranch, they didn't know the road of Fenghe Cang; He captured the horse wrangler Zheng Da to lead the way, and Zheng Da begged for perfection under the obscenity of Xiao Tart's 300 Tartar soldiers; But Xiao Tzuyong killed Zhao Wenchen and 33 people in Tianzhu Ridge! ”

Zhao Yuanzuo said, angry flames shot out of his eyes, and he raised his voice and said: "The Khitan Tartars did not stop after killing the 33 Xiang troops of Jingzhao Mansion, and cut off their heads and hung them on wooden poles; Then escorted Zheng Da to Fenghe Cang! ”

"And this thing!" Zhang Hanwen said angrily: "This is too cruel! ”

Zhang Zhiping picked up: "The Tartar soldiers killed our 33 brothers, and they must be repaid with blood!" ”

Zhao Yuanzuo saw that the anger of the four nephews and uncles was aroused, and picked up the previous words: "Xiao Tzuyong coerced Zheng Da to show them the way, but Zheng Da took them into the reeds; Liu Mincai deployed this fire array to roast the whole sheep! ”

"Chen accompanied the prince to fight!" Chen Shengjie said excitedly: "Xinyi, Hanwen, and Zhiping, the three of you hold the card and block the Tartar soldiers with a crossbow machine; If you can't shake the thunder! ”

Chen Shengjie said, and then took the stainless steel Mo knife in his hand and stood with Zhao Yuanzuo; Zhao Yuanzuo did not refuse Chen Shengjie, but just said: "You have a heaven-shaking thunder? ”

"Bring it!" Chen Shengjie said unabashedly: "When the four of our nephews and uncles rushed to cross the ditch on the order of General Ma, the villain had more eyes; Asked for a dozen earth-shattering thunderbolts from the quartermaster! ”

The earth-shattering thunder is a gunpowder weapon, and the body is thick and contains gunpowder inside; The shell is wrapped in pig iron for the upper fuse.

When used, the length of the lead is determined according to the distance of the target, and after detonation, it can blow the pig iron shell into pieces and pierce the iron armor.

There are two kinds of earth-shattering thunder, one is ignited with fire; When fired, it is fired by a trebuchet and explodes in the distance.

The other is to ignite a fire and explode on the spot, such as throwing it from the city wall to the bottom when defending the city; The effect is equivalent to a grenade in the afterlife.

In the eighth year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (975 AD), the Song Dynasty used artillery, a trebuchet that used incendiary projectiles, to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The government of the Northern Song Dynasty established gunpowder workshops in Jiankangfu, Jiangling and other places to manufacture gunpowder arrows, artillery and other weapons with combustion performance.

Song Minqiu recorded in "Tokyo Chronicles": There is a factory for manufacturing gunpowder in Kaifeng, the capital, which is called gunpowder kiln.

At this time, the projectile can explode, and the sound is like a thunderbolt, so it is called a thunderbolt.

In the first year of Jingkang (1126 AD), the Jin people besieged Bianjing, and Li Gang used thunderbolts to repel the Jin soldiers when defending the city: "Thunderbolts were fired at night to fight the thieves, and the army was exclaimed."

Gunpowder is one of the four great inventions in ancient China, which originated from ancient alchemy; The ancient emperors pursued the elixir of immortality, and although they did not succeed in refining this elixir, they refined it into the later gunpowder.

People always think that the weapons and equipment of the ancient army were only cold weapons such as knives, swords, bows and arrows, but in fact, there were gunpowder weapons similar to guns in the Song Dynasty.

During the Song Dynasty, gunpowder developed very rapidly and began to be applied to actual combat weapons.

According to the Song Dynasty's "Chronicles of the Nine Kingdoms", it is recorded that when Emperor Ai of Tang was about the tenth century AD, Zheng Wangfan led his army to attack Yuzhang and burned down the Longsha Gate of the city. This is most likely the earliest record of gunpowder being used in military warfare.

The ancient "rocket" is the world's earliest jet weapon, according to the "History of the Song Dynasty" records, when Song Taizu's military department ordered Shi Feng Jisheng to invent the "rocket", the gunpowder cartridge tied to the arrow shaft; When used, ignite the gunpowder cartridge on the arrow shaft, and the gunpowder burning in the barrel will produce a large amount of gas ejected backwards at high speed; The arrow is then shot using the forward thrust generated.

This is the world's earliest jet firearm, and modern launch vehicles are derived from ancient rockets; Firearms in this period mainly used the burning function of gunpowder.

With the development of gunpowder weapons, gradually began to use the explosive function of gunpowder; For example, during the Northern Song Dynasty, the explosion power was relatively large, such as earth-shaking thunder, assault guns, poison smoke balls, etc.

The assault rifle is a kind of rifle that can fire bullets, according to the "History of the Song Dynasty" record: in the first year of Kaiqing, "the assault rifle was made again, and the giant bamboo was used as the cylinder to install the son; If the flames are burned, then Zi Yi makes a cannon sound, and he hears more than 150 steps from afar.

In 1259 AD, the clever Song Dynasty invented the assault rifle; It was the world's first rifle capable of firing bullets.

The assault rifle is a well-deserved ancestor of modern gun weapons, which uses a thick bamboo barrel as the body of the gun; In the middle of the bamboo tube, a powder chamber was set up, which contained gunpowder and a sub-kiln, and there was a small hole for ignition on the top of the outer wall. Behind it is a wooden stick that is easy to hold.

When firing, put the wooden stick on the ground, hold the barrel with the left hand and ignite it with the right hand; Then there is a loud bang and stones or projectiles are fired.

Due to the limited thrust of gunpowder at that time, the range was less than 100 meters, and the shooting technique was too rigid; Therefore, it can only serve as a deterrent to the enemy.

In addition to the assault rifle, there is also a gunpowder weapon similar to a modern grenade called the Earthquake Thunder; After the explosion of the earth-shattering thunder, it can not only blow the shell wrapped in pig iron into pieces, but also penetrate the iron armor; It can be seen how powerful it is.

Poison smoke balls are a kind of cannonballs that can produce poisonous gases, and the gunpowder weapons equipped by the Song Dynasty army are recorded in the "General Essentials of the Wujing"; Among them is a cannonball called a poison smoke ball.

Poison Smoke Balls are cannonball-shaped shells wrapped in paper and hemp skin, with bitumen and yellow wax on the outside; When such shells land on enemy positions, there is a loud bang, followed by a burst of fire that erupts into the air and emits a choking puff of smoke.

This may be the earliest smoke grenade or poison gas bomb, because the smoke emitted by the explosion of this shell is poisonous; Therefore, the enemy who smells the smoke will faint with blood from his mouth and nose; Able to create confusion in the enemy's army.

The wars of the Song Dynasty continued, and the army had an increasing demand for firearms; Firearms are also receiving increasing attention.

After Song Zhenzong ascended the throne, at the suggestion of Liu Min, he set up an ordnance supervisor to manage the manufacture of various weapons.

The Ordnance Supervision has jurisdiction over ten major arsenals, two of which are specialized in the production of gunpowder and the other in the production of gunpowder weapons.

After Chen Shengjie introduced the earth-shaking thunder and several firearms to Zhao Yuanzuo, he saw that Xiao Tzuyong and dozens of Tartar soldiers were only a stone's throw away from them.

Zhao Yuanzuo hissed, straightened the halberd in his hand and rushed over......