Pingyang City has a very long history, it is the capital of the legendary Emperor Yao, and it belongs to the Jin Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, and is the fiefdom of the Yangyu clan. In the Han Dynasty, Pingyang County was set up, which belonged to Hedong County, and the northern part of Hedong County was Pingyang County during the Cao Wei period, and the county of the same name was used as its county governance. Jin Yongjia was three years old, and Liu Yuan took it as the capital.

After Liu Yuan, Liu Cong father and son two generations of management, Pingyang City has been expanded three times, the city is very wide, the defense facilities are quite perfect, north of the Yellow River, almost only the former Yecheng can be compared with it. Therefore, if Hu Han does not afford civil strife, even if his land is reduced day by day and is finally compressed into a city, Pei should be easy to overcome.

However, Liu Cong and Liu Yao fought each other, killing every household in the city to hang filial piety, and the number of people who were looking for opportunities to flee out of the city was even more unknown, and more importantly, they killed all the people's hearts and lost their morale. Therefore, when Pei Gai repelled Shi Hu under the city, Liu Yao knew that it was difficult to defend, so he took the initiative to abandon the north of the city and escape to Pingyang Jiancheng, so it easily fell into Pei Gai's hands.

When Pei Cai first entered Pingyang, he thought that he would be able to receive a huge amount of inheritance from the Hu and Han dynasties, for example, the key to a prosperous household registration and a large amount of grain and materials was that there was no fire in the city, so Liu Yao would not have time to burn the treasury. Who would have thought that after going into the city to search, there were only six or seven thousand Jinrong officials and people left, and some of them returned from the countryside one after another, and there were less than 10,000 As for the treasury, it was empty, even if the private grain of the Hu and Han officials was confiscated, it was less than 10,000 hu......

No wonder Liu Yao refused to defend Pingyang City, even if the morale was strong, it is estimated that this little food would not be enough for the soldiers and civilians in the city to eat for two months. Pei Gai couldn't help but scold: This vote surnamed Liu is really good at ruining things and wasting food!

Fortunately, Pei should have Pingyang, in addition to grain and straw materials, there is a large amount of floating wealth in the account, that is, various national heavy weapons collected in the Hu Han Palace.

The so-called heavy instruments are mainly divided into three categories, one is the instrument of the temple, such as Ding, Yi, etc., and the other is the instrument of ritual music, such as the bell; The third is the instrument of the astronomical calendar, such as the armillary sphere. But where the building is known as respect, there is always a need to cast some out, for sacrifices, ceremonies to use, and the Hu Han Dynasty has broken Luoyang, the Jin attack of Wei, and a large number of heavy weapons of the Wei attack of the Han Dynasty, all horse-drawn carts to Pingyang, so the reserves are very rich.

Since Liu Yao abandoned the city and fled, he would not bring rations and treasures, but he definitely did not have enough manpower and energy to carry these heavy things, so he could only shed tears and gave up all the treasures Although the treasures were expensive, they were not as good as their own lives after all, and they all fell into the hands of Pei Gai.

After Guo Pu and other scribes inspected these thousands of heavy weapons, they came to ask Pei Gai how many people and vehicles should be mobilized to Luoyang? After all, it is a national treasure, and only a man can have it, and it is inconvenient for Da Sima to deduct it himself.

Pei should go to check it out in person, there is inevitably greed in his eyes, this is all made of copper, how much can this be melted and cast! Guo Jingchun is good at observing words and feelings, and when he saw this, he said: "The heavy weapons captured by Hu Kou in Luoyang must be returned to the imperial court. ”

Pei Cai counted the account books, and all the heavy weapons in the original Jin room accounted for more than seventy percent of the total amount. He immediately straightened his face and said: "After a few years of soldiers, Luoyang has almost burned down, how can there be such a heavy weapon in Hu?" If the test is improper, it should be retested! ”

Pei Gai can't be regarded as a pure cultural person, although in his previous life he loved cultural relics because he liked history, but he inevitably thought in his heart that if God took away half of these heirloom cultural relics to avoid the disaster of modern China for a hundred years, it would be worth it. If he really couldn't let go of the cultural relics, when he was in the camp, he wouldn't have used the classics as a cover to paralyze Shi Le, Zhang Bin and others. When the country is in trouble, only human life is the most important, followed by the community, and everything else that can be given up is forced to be given up.

Therefore, in the end, all the documents and classics in Pingyang City will be lost to Luoyang; As for those bronze heavy weapons, they selected more than 400 pieces that have been passed down from ancient times and have high cultural relics value, and handed them over to the imperial court, of course, with a few new goods made by the Liu family, so that they were convenient to perfunctory and the rest were secretly hidden.

These heavy weapons were then transported to Chang'an one after another to be melted to mint money.

But hundreds of heavy weapons, it is time-consuming and laborious to transport, and they dare not make a big show, and at the same time, they must prevent others from detecting and embezzling national treasures, this crime is not light, even if Pei should not be afraid of taking the guilt, he must cherish his own reputation, right?

Fortunately, Xu Yu offered a plan to help solve this problem, "If it is melted in Pingyang immediately, and then the copper ingots will be taken to Chang'an, saving time and effort, and there is no risk of leakage." ”

Hedong County in the Han Dynasty, including today's Hedong and Pingyang counties, where the household registration is prosperous and agriculture is developed, and its wealth is not below Henan. Although after years of war, Pei Gai's two counties, in terms of population and mature land, are still less than half of the past, there is one thing that will not be reduced no matter how much war is fought, that is, mineral resources.

The two counties are extremely rich in mineral resources, which can greatly make up for the lack of Guanzhong, Hedong Anyi copper, Pingyang Jiangyi iron, in addition, Anyi and Xie County also have salt ponds, as long as they are well developed, they are enough to supply the needs of Kansai and even Henan. In addition, after the joint investigation of the two departments of Gong and Yu, there are a large number of Shini mines that are convenient for mining near Beiqu County, Pingyang County.

The so-called "Shi Ni", also known as "Shi Ni", that is, the coal of later generations, the Han Book is recorded: "Yu Zhang out of stone, can be burned for wages." "In the late Western Han Dynasty, the country's largest iron-making workshop was located in Gongxian County, Henan Province, and the fuel used included coal blocks and even briquettes......

Therefore, the use of stone to replace firewood and smelt metal was not unfamiliar to the people of this era, and technocrats such as Xu Yu knew it well. It is said that the stone often contains sulfur, and the pig iron smelted is not suitable for making weapons, but it is enough to make agricultural tools; As for smelting copper to make money, that's not a problem.

Therefore, it is suggested that the restoration of the iron-making workshop in Jiangyi, that is, importing Shini from Beiqu, and transporting those privately stored heavy weapons to Jiangyi first, melting them and then sending them to Chang'an to make money, can greatly save manpower and material resources, and is also convenient for secrecy, and can be falsely claimed to be the output of Anyi. Pei should have allowed it immediately, but since he got so much copper, he is not in a hurry to cast it into money, we can try other tricks......

About two to three months ago, when Shi Hu was about to defeat Yu Lu, a mysterious team, led by Peng Xiao and Peng Ziqin, quietly arrived in Jiangyi and took over several large-scale workshops. No one knows what Peng Xiao is doing in the workshop, but for Liu Yang, Yao Yizhong and other generals, this gentleman is really making gunpowder for the metropolitan governor, which is not a secret at all. Privately speculated, is this planning to make a "tiger squat cannon"?

Yao Yizhong said at the time: "Although the tiger squat is strong, it is a pity that it is heavy, and it is difficult to transport, and if it is carried by car, I am afraid that it will be more difficult to transport it on the road of Pingyang." "In the future, we are going to fight to Xihe, Taiyuan, and even to the party, there are many mountainous roads on the way, and the grain is relatively difficult to transport, let alone the tiger squatting artillery? Therefore, it is estimated that even if the tiger squats in a big way, it will be transported south, and it will be used for Hanoi, or the battle of Hebei in the future, and it is unlikely that it will be handed over to us.

But they didn't expect that not long before Shi Hu went south, Peng Xiao suddenly rushed from Jiangyi to Pingyang, and brought two behemoths by boat

At first glance, this thing looks like a "tiger squat cannon", but the caliber is several times thicker than that of a tiger squat; The length is only twice that of the tiger squat, and in general, it is much stronger than the tiger squat If you use people as an analogy, the tiger squat cannon is like a trumpet Chen An, although it is strong, it is slightly too thin; Peng Xiaoyun's new weapon is a large Zhen Sui...... No, Xiong Yizhi, this guy's belly is too big, right......

When Liu, Chen, and Yao saw this, they all shook their heads, this thing is too big and heavy, and it can't move at all, and it is estimated that all the vehicles in the army can't afford to carry it. And you actually brought it by ship, didn't you think about making a special vehicle for these two guys? Then the mobility is really too poor, how can it be used?

Peng Xiao said: "This thing is heavy, even if you build a car for it, the road is a little bumpy that is difficult to walk, and a little soft is sinking, and it can't be used." But why bother? Da Sima Yun, this thing can be used to defend the city. ”

"What's the name of this thing?"

"Da Sima gave him the name General Cannon."

So he mobilized a lot of manpower and tried his best to finally transport the two "military cannons" to the north city, one east and one west, separated by 150 steps. Today, I saw that the offensive of the Qian army was very fierce, even if Liu Yang was the general of Jin, all the troops were elite, after all, the number of people was too small, and they had to guard against the other three directions at the same time, so I couldn't help but feel a little flustered...... So he ordered someone to summon Peng Xiaolai and said that he could test fire the "general cannon".

Peng Ziqin is waiting for this day.

Pei should have sent him to Jiangyi to melt copper to make cannons, but he didn't have much hope originally. Although the bronze cannon is not complicated in terms of technology, coupled with the knowledge of his later generations, it is theoretically possible to "invent" the "stone cannon" a thousand years in advance. But after all, this thing is too heavy, and the accuracy is poor, and it is not suitable for field warfare, and can only be used to assist in the attack and defense of the city. And the cities with the highest defense power in these years Luoyang, Pingyang, Chang'an, and Guanggu are all in the hands of the Jin people, and the original Yecheng of Juyi in Hebei has long been ruined, and I heard that Shile did not spend much effort to rebuild Xiangguo City, so who should I use the "general cannon" to fight?

You can wait for Constantinople to appear.

This is just an experiment, and I will take advantage of the large amount of copper material in my hand to conduct research so that I can improve and manufacture the "Tiger Squat" or a larger field artillery on a large scale in the future.

However, not long ago, Peng Xiao sent a fast horse to report that the "general cannon" designed by the public has been built, a total of two, after test firing, the power is huge, and it can be sent for more than two miles! Pei Caixin said that since there is a finished product, you might as well use it to help defend Pingyang Shihu is about to go south, and at this time, put one more sharp weapon on the city, and I will feel more down-to-earth.

As a result, Peng Xiaocai hurriedly transported the two "military cannons" to Pingyang. But in fact, in order to show his merits, he did not report to Pei Gai untruthfully, although these two goods did go through a test launch, but only once...... The main reason is that it costs too much gunpowder, and shooting targets is not interesting, Peng Ziqin plans to test his brilliant achievements on the battlefield with real human lives.

Hearing Liu Yang's summons at the moment, Peng Xiao hurriedly ran to the city, and then ordered his subordinates to take action, first scrubbing the cannon chamber, then filling it with gunpowder, and then loading it into a large stone ball that was polished smooth in advance and more than a foot in diameter, and finally filled with a layer of gunpowder to tamp the ......

After the whole process, a full quarter of an hour later, seeing that the ladder of the Qian army was about to cross the moat, Liu Yang watched from the side. Finally ready to stop, Peng Xiao ran to Liu Yang and said, "Please give the general an order." ”

Liu Yang was about to give an order, when he suddenly heard thunder in the air, and then the sound of gold sounded in the array...... He breathed a sigh of relief, but he was inevitably a little disappointed, so he waved his hand and said, "The thief will retreat, and he will withdraw first." ”

Peng Xiao said don't, "The gunpowder has been filled, if it is not sent, it will be difficult to regain it." Besides, if the sky is thundering and raining, if the gunpowder is dispersed, will it not be wasted? If the thief retreats, he is in the range of the general's cannon, and the general is asked to give the order quickly! ”

Liu Yang thought about it for a while, and said, "Let's launch." Peng Xiao immediately raised a small flag and raised it high, and when the soldiers guarding the cannon saw it, they inserted the iron stick that had been burned red on the brazier at the head of the city into the fire door at the end of the cannon......

I only heard two loud bangs, and then everyone in the city and under the city was shocked!

The two stone bullets rushed out of the cannon port and flew straight to the city, carrying the fire and strong wind. Peng Xiao had previously tested the firing on the ground, although the angle of the muzzle was raised, and the longest distance was only two miles; This time, the cannon was placed at the head of the city, and the cannon was shot high, and the muzzle of the cannon was relatively low, and the farthest stone projectile actually shot a new result of nearly three miles.

The stone bullet was subjected to the strong impact and heat of gunpowder deflagration Peng Xiao followed Pei Gai's instructions, and after repeated tests to determine the new ratio, today's black powder is no longer a pure incendiary agent, only in mid-air, it is already crispy, once it hits the ground, it bursts immediately. At this time, from the camp nearly five miles away, to the moat, all of them were small squads of the Karma army, although they were not very densely paved, there were basically enemies in every direction, and the guns did not need to be aimed Of course, in terms of their accuracy, there was no difference between those who could not aim or not.

Then the loud bang was followed by a huge earthquake, and then the rubble flew around, and the person was erected, and the skin was broken, and the death was terrible......

Of course, the number of soldiers who were really hit by the shells was actually not much, and the total number was probably less than a hundred. It's just that after hearing this earthquake and seeing this might, the nearby soldiers were completely cracked, and most of them instinctively fell down...... Just as they were retreating, no one noticed that the loud noise was falling from the city, so they quickly reported to Shi Hu and said:

"Thunder fell from the sky, straight into my formation, the flesh and bones of the middle were shattered, and the corpses were everywhere ......"

Shi Hu was angry on the spot and scolded: "How can this be true! "I obviously heard this thunder coming from the city, and I wondered if God blessed me Zhao and hit Jincheng with thunder, but you said that the thunder was our army? I don't believe it!

Looking up again, I saw that the city was clearly on fire, and its walls collapsed a few feet, and immediately pointed out to you, this thunder is obviously hitting the Jin people. Hurry up, beat the drum again, and take the opportunity to capture Binh Duong!

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