In the afternoon of the next day, a convoy of thousands of carts arrived at the foot of Bianliang City. Escorting these vehicles was a logistical transport manpower spontaneously formed by nearly 30,000 people in Luoyan Valley. Along with this convoy came the commander of the Luoyan Army, Liang Qi and his 3,000 infantry.

After the siege crisis of Shili Changgang was lifted, Lin Jue immediately ordered Liang Qi to go to Luoyan Valley to carry out a secret mission. More than ten days passed, and in Lin Jue's anticipation, Liang Qi finally came back with this large-scale convoy transporting grain and grass.

Lin felt that when the news arrived at the camp in the back camp, a large number of carts and horses loaded with food and supplies were busy unloading. Lin Jue saw the figures of Liang Qi and Gao Muqing who went to greet him in the busy crowd. Liang Qizheng commanded a group of soldiers to push out more than a dozen flatbed carts covered with tarpaulins from a large mess of carts. There didn't seem to be much on the carts, and the tarpaulins weren't very large, but they seemed to be heavier than the carts full of grain around them. With a dozen infantry pushing in the back, and a mule in front, the cart drove slowly across the soft ground and concentrated on the side of the camp.

Seeing Lin Jue's arrival, Liang Qi hurriedly trotted forward and saluted: "I've seen the military advisor, Liang Qi is back." ”

Lin Jue turned over and dismounted, handed over the reins of the horse to the guards, and returned the salute with a smile: "Okay, even if it's here, why don't you give a message in advance, I'm anxious to let the tall owner of your family go to meet you." ”

Liang Qi smiled: "It's not that my subordinates don't want to report the news, because there is really no accurate letter." The road was so difficult that I lost count of the number of times the car got stuck on the road. Once I got stuck in the mud, I had to tinker for a long time to get out, which really made me anxious. Fortunately, this time I came with the convoy escorting grain and grass, and the people who escorted the grain truck would repair the car and help, otherwise I would have cried on the road without tears at this moment. ”

Lin Jue nodded, he understood Liang Qi's words. The more than ten carts that Liang Qi was responsible for escorting were not ordinary carts, they were more than several times heavier than those grain carts. Such a long journey, the vehicle itself can not support, and the official roads in this year are some stone simple paved official roads, the general traffic can barely cope with it, too heavy vehicles to drive on this kind of official road without a foundation, the road surface can not bear. I hadn't thought about this before.

"Brother Liang worked hard, but he finally arrived and did not exceed my expectations." Lin Juedao.

Liang Qi nodded and said, "Yes, I finally lived up to my mission." Strategist, these big guys should be pulled to the Chinese army camp to store. The camp is in a mess, I'm afraid that the cars and horses will collide, don't break these baby bumps, then it will be in vain. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "What I said is that if I go to the Chinese army camp, I will personally accept it." ”

Ten carts were slowly dragged from the rear camp to the front camp, a distance of less than two miles, but it took more than half an hour. The ground in the camp was rested, and the men and horses came and went very strongly, but after these vehicles passed, they still left deep rut marks.

Finally, ten carts were lined up in the open space in front of Lin Jue's Chinese army tent. Lin Jue stood in front of the cart with the hilt of his sword and nodded towards Liang Qi.

Liang Qi shouted: "Uncover the tarpaulin,"

The soldiers next to the car climbed into the cart with quick movements, untied the hemp rope that bound the tarpaulin, and then cooperated with the sound of hula and lala, and the heavy tarpaulin was all uncovered. Then the behemoths on ten carts appeared, exposed to everyone.

Those were the ten Shenwei General Cannons. Unlike the first Shenwei General Cannon cast in Luoyan Valley, the ten Shenwei General Cannons in front of him are even larger. The black is a thick, large, long barrel with a square, thickened ammunition chamber at the rear, a base under the barrel, and a fine iron bracket for adjusting the barrel height and angle, the shape of the wedge-shaped groove. The appearance of the entire Shenwei General Cannon looks even more majestic and atmospheric, like a giant lying on a cart. The oiled barrel and barrel reflect a blue glow in the sun, making it look cold and noble, domineering and restrained.

The Shenwei General Cannon was originally a failed work of Lin Jue, and because it could not solve the problem of the manufacture of explosive shells, the first Shenwei General Cannon cast in Luoyan Valley could only fire solid cannonballs and became a firearm with a very poor cost performance. In the case of the shortage of cottage refined iron raw materials, it was almost reduced to an obsolete product.

However, a few years ago, when Guo Xu led the forbidden army of the Great Zhou Dynasty to encircle and suppress Funiu Mountain, Shenwei General Cannon did a miracle. The other party's move of burning the mountain with a flame car posed a great threat to the defense system of Luoyan Valley. At that time, Lin Jue used Shenwei's military cannon to break one of the fuel canisters of the flame car parked at the foot of the mountain in one fell swoop, and then ignited it with a rocket, causing a large explosion of the flame car, thus crushing the opponent's attempt to destroy the hillside fortifications with fire. After that battle, General Kamui was spared the fate of being melted down, but was moved to a separate place in the Xishan Arsenal to seal the collection, like a meritorious object in a museum, enjoying the glory he deserved.

However, for Lin Jue, the improvement and development of Shenwei's cannon has always been floating in his mind from time to time. Because Lin Jue knew that although Wang Ba's box of shotguns, swarm of bazookas, and other items seemed to be more cost-effective, they were more eye-catching, and he felt that their power was worthy of the large amount of silver taels and precious raw materials needed to make them. However, these are not considered heavy weapons among firearms. In favorable terrain, these firearms are certainly powerful to deal with the killing and wounding of the opponent's soldiers and horses, but in terms of siege and fortification, neither the Wang Ba box nor a swarm of bazooka can be a means to break through the opponent's city wall.

And it was precisely in this era that wars often revolved around fortified cities. If you can't take the city, you can't advance, you can't win. A city can even make or break a major battle. Of course, Lin Jue remembered that in parallel history, when the Mongols went south to attack the Song Dynasty, the Mongol army was blocked by a Xiangyang city for six years. This battle also shows that siege methods are an important criterion for the strength of a soldier or horse in the era of cold weapons. Lin Jue precisely realized that the shortcomings of the Luoyan Army were the lack of siege methods, which made the Luoyan Army always maintain a distance from a super powerful army of soldiers and horses.

The siege methods of the Great Zhou soldiers and horses are actually very good, the Great Zhou has a variety of siege equipment and means, including the cloud car, the fire car, the catapult and other siege equipment, the Great Zhou soldiers and horses are the best in the siege means. However, Lin Jue had observed siege warfare by this means, and in general, Lin Jue felt that although the means were abundant, these siege equipment were somewhat flawed. For example, the siege car, which the defenders regard as the biggest threat, is a nightmare for the defenders. However, the Arc Buggy also has many weaknesses, it is large and bulky, and it often needs to be under the pressure of its own great advantage in order to calmly advance to the city. Without the cooperation of other classes, it will never be able to get close to the city. Because of its bulkiness, it was a big problem to cross the moat that most cities had, and it often had to kill and wound many soldiers and horses in order to build a passage for it to travel.

In addition, the unstable center of gravity of the Vapor Coaster is also a problem, because it has to be built higher than the city wall, and it must have strong protection, so lightheadedness is a common problem of the Vapor Coaster. In order to solve this problem, it was necessary to increase the counterweight to make it stable, which in turn made it appear more bulky. Instead, it becomes a vicious circle. When the Liao people attacked Liaoyang Mansion, they were dragged by the Jurchens to sabotage the attack of the cloud chariot. It takes advantage of the disadvantages of the unstable center of gravity of the cloud car. Other shortcomings, such as the easy internal fire attack and the high cost of construction, are still secondary.

Lin Jue also thought about using the existing siege methods as a means of siege by the Luoyan army, but in the end he gave up this idea. The siege method composed of thousands of catapults, cloud cars, and storming vehicles was too laborious and thankless, and it was not the means that Lin Jue hoped for. Therefore, Lin Jue hopes to find a more direct and sharp means, without having to invest a large number of soldiers, horses, manpower and material resources in the operation and maintenance of traditional siege equipment.

Of course, Lin Jue refocused his attention on General Shenwei's cannon.

Lin Jue is not an inflexible person, since the production of explosive shells is a gap that he cannot overcome for the time being, there is no need to continue to waste time on it. Since the Kamui General Cannon is destined to only fire solid shells, why not make more of a fuss about this. Strengthening the range and power of artillery shells has become the goal that Lin Jue has been studying.

Before the army left the mountain, Lin Jue had actually designed the blueprint for the new generation of Shenwei General Artillery. It is nothing more than increasing the length and thickness of the barrel, so that the solid shell can fly farther and be more powerful. In addition, the strength of the barrel is increased, and the adjustable bracket makes the Kamui gun more accurate and long-lasting, which is also a side benefit of the improvement. This time, Liang Qi returned to the mountain, and he brought Lin Jue's order to let the mountain arsenal cast ten Shenwei general cannons as quickly as possible.

It took only three days for the ten cannons to be forged. When the cannon was still warm, Liang Qi loaded these behemoths and transported them to Bianliang City. Lin Jue's idea was very simple, he didn't need to use cumbersome siege equipment, he was going to use these ten divine cannons to blast open the gates of Bianliang City and collapse the walls of Bianliang City. Although whether the power of these divine cannons can reach the goal, Lin Jue does not know. But he decided to give it a try.