Chapter 469: Xuanhe Seven Years of Song-Jin War

"Wushu," Wanyan Zongwang rode on his horse and pointed ahead with a horsewhip: "Our Dajin has artillery and heavenly thunder, how long do you think this Youzhou City can be defeated?" ”

After several years of recuperation, the Jin State has integrated most of the land and resources of the Liao State - population is also a resource, and at the same time, it has also digested the blow caused by the unexpected death of Wanyan Aguda, and the Jin Wushu led the creation of firearms, and their thoughts of southern invasion are as hot as day by day.

In the summer of the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Jin State divided its troops into two routes and began to attack the Song State at the same time. The general of the Eastern Route Army was Wanyan Zongwang - the second son of Wanyan Aguta.

He had been stationed in Pingzhou before, so he was one step ahead of the Western Route Army and had a battle with the Song Army.

Before arriving in Youzhou, Jin Bing first passed through Jizhou. As a result, the Jizhou guard surrendered directly, which made Wanyan Zongwang unable to put firearms into actual combat, so now that he was under Youzhou City, he couldn't help but ask about his fourth brother.

"It depends on whether Youzhou also has firearms. If there are thunderbolts and artillery in the city, it will inevitably take some effort. Jin Wushu built a pergola with his hands and tried his best to look at the head of Youzhou City.

Of course, without a telescope, you can't see any details at this distance. The Golden Vulture saw only a city in the distance.

"Song Guo's firearms, how are they better than the firearms you make?"

"Our Dajin country should be more powerful." Jin Wushu said confidently: "Second brother, they must be very clumsy. ”

"Sure enough?"

"A must!" Jin Wushu pointed to an artillery carriage behind him and said, "Second brother, look, our artillery has a gun carriage. And as far as I know, the artillery of the Song State was stationary and could not move. ”

Wanyan Zongwang looked back, nodded again and again, and praised: "Fourth brother, you are worthy of being the smartest person in my Dajin." ”

Jin Wushu is not exaggerating, the artillery he designed and built really has a gun carriage.

After learning about the firearms technology from Zhao Gou's mouth, Jin Wushu even left the woman aside - he didn't harass him when he was a girl, and immediately returned to the Jin Kingdom.

Before the Jin Kingdom was just a tribe, the system, if there was, it was slavery.

However, the Wanyan tribe unified the Jurchens, defeated the Liao State, and they established the state, so there must be a system. Without rules, there is no circle, and without systems, the state cannot exist at all.

It is impossible for the people of Jin Guo to create a system out of thin air, they can only learn and imitate.

Now the Jin State has the same armament superintendent as the Song State, and there are skilled craftsmen in the ordnance superintendent—all of whom were captured from the Liao State.

The Jin vultures gained the technology, and the Liao State itself had the ability to manufacture - this inheritance was also inherited by the Jin State, so that it was not difficult to make artillery.

These craftsmen of the Liao State are all masters of the Liao State Military Weapons Supervisor. They ran to a part of Jiangnan and provided Zhang Guo with good steel.

The people who stayed in the Jin Kingdom also provided good steel for the Golden Vultures. It's just that the Jin Kingdom lacks the skills of Jiangnan craftsmen, so their steelmaking skills stayed when Qin Mu left, but this is enough for Jin Wushu to build artillery.

It's just that the cannon body is a little thicker.

Jin Wushu was not afraid of heavier artillery at all, because he had a unique technique, and even the Great Song Dynasty did not have it. This is the technology of the steam engine!

Qin Mu was in the Liao State and made many steam crossbows for Yu Liyan. Now the Liao Kingdom has disappeared, but the technology and talent to make steam crossbows are there.

There are many smart people in every plane, craftsmen with skillful hands, and even more with clever heads.

Since there are examples of steam crossbows, and these steam crossbows are still made by themselves under the guidance of Qin Mu, it is naturally not difficult to make more steam crossbows.

And by drawing inferences, they combined a steam engine with artillery. It's not that they built a steam locomotive - that's zenith technology for them, it's impossible.

The armament supervisor of the Jin Kingdom built an artillery platform powered by a steam crossbow. In this way, the artillery had left, right and pitch angles.

This is really much stronger than the artillery of the Song Kingdom. If the cannon of the Great Song Dynasty wanted to raise the muzzle, it was necessary to smash a wedge-shaped wooden piece under the cannon body with an iron hammer.

As for swinging from side to side, it's almost impossible. It can only be set up before the battle, and after the start of the battle, it cannot be moved. Because at this time, the cannon body is scorching, and it is impossible to get started.

And the barrel of the gun was too heavy to move precisely in a hurry.

Today, among the weapons of war in the Jin Kingdom, there are heavenly thunder and artillery, as well as steam crossbows.

This is simply a monster - even more eccentric than Qin Mu's guards. At least all the equipment of the Guards can be found in the later generations, but there is no prototype of the steam crossbow of the Jin Kingdom, which is imagined by Qin Mu out of thin air.

The personal equipment of the Jin army has also been upgraded to a higher level - there is more steel, and the armor and weapons are also sophisticated.

The army that Wanyan Zongwang is now leading is the most powerful Jin army he has ever led, stronger than ever. This made the second prince of Jin Guo inevitably burst with confidence - his father died, and he could no longer be called the second prince. The prince becomes a prince.

Whether it is a siege or a field battle, Wanyan Zongwang is confident that he will deal a fatal blow to the enemy. Artillery, thunder, steam crossbows, bows and arrows, and finally hand-to-hand combat - that is, people and people are slashing, and he has full confidence.

Ask who is the opponent in the world - no!

Although Wanyan Zongwang was full of confidence, he still had a little doubt in his heart.

In the process of capturing Yelu Yanxi, he once met a man and two women driving a strange car.

The car was fast without pulling a horse, and the steering was so nimble.

It's just that since then, Wanyan Zongwang has never seen that car again. He strictly ordered his subordinates not to say anything about it.

For the newly established Jin State, some inexplicable things are known as little as possible - which is not conducive to national stability.

He didn't even tell him about the Golden Vulture. And Jin Wushu didn't tell him about his second brother's motorcycle - this is also the shadow of Jin Wushu's heart.

But he now vaguely understood what the motorcycle was all about.

If you make this steam engine small and then hang two wheels, maybe it's a motorcycle.

However, these thoughts do not exist in the hearts of the brothers now, and in their eyes, they only have Youzhou City in front of them.

The sound of a low horn resounded throughout the land, and the Jin army began to prepare for an attack.

Pharmacist Guo stood at the head of the city, looking closely at the city.

This golden soldier, under the banner of Wanyan Zongwang, is his fierce opponent.

Wanyan Zongwang can be said to be the number one general of the Jin Kingdom, and Zhang Jue died at his hands. Of course, it was Zhao Ji who really killed Zhang Jue.

Thinking of Zhang Jue, Pharmacist Guo couldn't help but think of himself.

If Wanyan Zong looked at Zhao Ji and asked for his head, would Zhao Ji give it?

There is only one head, which cannot be gambled on. Pharmacist Guo would never pin his life on Zhao Ji's kindness - not to mention that he didn't think Zhao Ji had a good heart.

"Fire!" The first striker, the last striker is controlled by others. Guo Yaoshi was more anxious than the Jin army, and he fired the first shot of the Battle of Youzhou first.

The cannonball flew into the air, seemed to pause for a moment at the highest point, and then smashed into the array of the Jin army at high speed.

Although weapons such as artillery have now appeared, the tactics of the Jin army have not changed. They were still lined up in dense formations one after another.

This situation is not inconceivable in Qin Mu's opinion. Because of the artillery of this time and space, if you are lucky, you will die seven or eight, and if you are unlucky, you can't hit anything - the lethality is completely incomparable with the ** of later generations.

In the battle of the army in this time and space, the real lethality in the field still relies on cold weapons. Cold weapons are the first to form formations, and they are finished without formation.

Therefore, in the face of the enemy's artillery blows, the Jin army still stood still.

This is not Wanyan Zongwang's waste, and he doesn't know how to move the battle line back. Instead, the golden soldiers were going to rush to the city, too far back, far from the city wall, and the soldiers would have no strength to run to the city.

And this is the first time he has faced the artillery of the Song State, and he does not know the range of the artillery of the Song State.

There is no artillery in Jizhou - Zhao Ji is reluctant to give it, which is also the reason why the Jizhou guards surrendered simply - they didn't even give me the artillery, and they beat a fart.

Not long after the Song soldiers opened fire, the Jin soldiers' artillery also began to fire.

Unlike the rigidity of the Song army's artillery, which hit the line in front of him, Jin Bing's artillery was much more flexible.

The gunner of the Golden Soldier can adjust the pitch angle according to the landing point, and at the same time can move the muzzle left and right.

Even with the same number of artillery, the advantage of Jin Bing is very obvious, not to mention that now Wanyan Zongwang has more artillery than Guo Yaoshi's.

Guo Yaoshi had a mental breakdown when the Jin people fired the first shot.

He never thought that the people of the Jin Kingdom also had artillery! This is the top-secret weapon of the Song Kingdom. For a long time, the artillery was only in the hands of the forbidden army, and even the western army could not touch the edge.

Guo Yaoshi was a general of the Liao State, and if it weren't for the fact that Youzhou, which he commanded, was an extremely important strategic location, Zhao Ji would not have given him artillery.

But now the army of the Jin people suddenly began to fire at the head of Youzhou City, and this psychological blow was far greater than the physical blow.

The skills of the craftsmen of this time and space are extremely secret - except for the craftsmen of the Liao Kingdom who were captured by the Jin State, they are not qualified to keep secrets, and they have no life if they do not work hard.

The biggest reason why Guo Yaoshi was willing to guard the gate for the Great Song Dynasty in Youzhou was not that he was loyal to Zhao Ji, but that he thought that he had artillery and that it was absolutely impossible for Jin Guo to have it.

Now, as soon as they make contact, the enemy is firing all kinds of artillery, and it seems that there are more artillery than their own, and they are more accurate than their own artillery. This made Pharmacist Guo feel a chill.

At the same time, his anger towards Zhao Ji became more and more uncontrollable.

Zhang Jue's death was a huge blow to Pharmacist Guo. They all have the same identity - they are all generals.

The generals are also people, and since they surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, they naturally hope to be protected by the Great Song Dynasty. But Zhao Ji didn't treat Zhang Jue as a person at all, and as soon as Jin Guoren was scared, he handed Zhang Jue over.

Pharmacist Guo felt that he must be in this fate.

He also dared to stay in Youzhou, not to be loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, but to occupy this part of Youzhou.

If the world is in a mess, you may be able to mix up a grass king.

However, these sweet dreams were woken up by a cannonball from Wanyan Zongwang. Pharmacist Guo found that Zhao Ji was not a human being at all, such a powerful firearms technology was strictly guarded against his own people, but he opened the door to the people of Jinguo.

So what does it mean to insist on yourself?

He immediately raised the white flag and surrendered. If you can't fight, you can naturally surrender early, and you can still save a life.

Youzhou City was not held for half a day, and each artillery of the Jin soldiers fired a maximum of two shells, and Guo Yaoshi pulled up the flag lowering.

"The Song people are so cowardly, they deserve my big gold to dominate the world!" Wanyan Zongwang stood at the head of Youzhou City, looking south.

He seemed to see Zhao Ji and his woman scurrying around in the palace.

Not to mention, although Zhao Ji hasn't fled yet, he is not far away.

Youzhou has just been lost, and he hasn't received the news yet, but the news of Jizhou's loss has arrived.

After Jizhou is Youzhou, and after Youzhou, there is no natural line of defense.

The sixteen states of Yanyun are important because they are stuck in the only few access roads in the mountains. As long as you hold these cities, you can keep the enemies of the north out.

If Youzhou is broken, it is equivalent to the door of the courtyard being wide open. After the Jin people entered the customs, whether they were by boat or horseback, there was no natural barrier.

How Zhao Ji is not in a hurry now. He immediately ordered Tong Guan to take command and go to the front line to put out the fire.

But at this time, Tong Guan said that he couldn't afford to be sick - the old minister was sick to death, and he couldn't do this, so you should find another talent.

Zhao Ji was suddenly half angry again. He knew that Tong Guan was not sick, but if he was sick, he would also have a heart disease. This is revenge for his reuse of Gao Yu.

You say you're an old eunuch, why are you so careful?

Zhao Ji didn't have time to complain about him, saving soldiers is like fighting a fire, and Youzhou can't be lost. He immediately asked Gao Yu to take command again and go to the front line to resist the Jin soldiers.

Unexpectedly, this time Gao Yu also said that he was sick.

Could it be that you have the flu? All at once.

The flu is no, the timid is real. Gao Yu dared to fight Zhang Guo, because he felt that Zhang Guo was a large Fang La, a big bandit. Tong Guan can play square wax, and he can also play Zhang.

But Tong Guan can't beat Jin Guo, so he doesn't have these two brushes. Finally, Zhao Ji had a good impression of himself, and he must not output it all.

Not going was just to make Zhao Ji angry with himself temporarily, and when this matter passed, Gao Yu felt that he could still win back Zhao Ji's favor.

War, it will always pass. This is how the Great Song Dynasty has passed for more than a hundred years, and no one thinks that the Great Song Dynasty will be destroyed.

If Gao Yu doesn't go, who can go? Zhao Ji wrenched his fingers and calculated, and found that there was only one person. General Zhang Jun.

In the Jiangnan Campaign, Zhang Jun also made a lot of contributions - he was born in the Western Army, and his current status is all from fighting, so he is not afraid of war. In this way, Zhang Jun's name repeatedly appeared in the twists and turns of the victory, and Zhao Ji remembered him.

Zhang Jun is in the capital now, and it happens to be you.

Zhang Jun was suddenly promoted to the rank of official, and he was appointed as the envoy of Hebei, leading a patchwork of troops to quickly march in the direction of Youzhou.

At the same time, Zhao Ji was also worried about the safety of Taiyuan. Because the Song State was not beaten once or twice, the Liao State also fought the Song State before. Every time I hit Song Guo, one in the direction of Youzhou and the other in the direction of Taiyuan, I couldn't run.

Song Huizong took precautions and immediately strengthened Taiyuan's protective forces.

So he put up his fingers again and counted for a long time, thinking of Yue Fei.

Okay, Yue Fei, you go and help guard Taiyuan.

The war between Song and Jin started in the summer of the seventh year of Xuanhe.

At this time in Yongbyon, Huang Shilang was carrying a pair of cameras to shoot seriously at Qin Mu in the jeep.

Now that the military is in the 21st century, it is necessary to have a correspondent with the army.

After considering electronic photography and film photography, Qin Mu finally chose a film camera.

The main reason is that film can be produced in this space-time, as long as the technology is upgraded. But electronic products didn't dare to think about it in Qin Mu's lifetime.

Of course, this is the main reason, and the secondary reason is that Qin Mu thinks that the image of the film looks very handsome!

In particular, the old film materials have a sense of history with their mottled variegated colors – but electronics don't feel that way.

Qin Mu stood on the jeep, his military uniform straight, and in front of him was a torrent of steel, which was constantly moving forward.

Huang Shilang was so excited that he almost couldn't hold the camera. He joined the army wholeheartedly, and caught up with the Guards to expand the army, and he finally joined the Guards as he wished.

Because he is more ingenious than others - it can be seen from the fact that he dares to touch Wu Simiao's hand, so when selecting reporters with the army, Huang Shilang stood out and became the first batch of reporters with the army of the Guards.

They were to follow the large army and faithfully record the glorious course of the invincible Guards.

In Yongbyon, in the barracks of the Guards Regiment, Huang Shilang took the first steps in his photographic career.

Qin Mu's radiant image will always be recorded in this time and space.