The old man was obviously a Han Chinese, perhaps the craftsman who presided over the manufacture of firearms in the Jin Kingdom, and later turned to work for the Mongols, but Gauss never thought that the Mongols would secretly produce a cannon that was so much larger than the Song Dynasty artillery, and the skills of this craftsman may have passed the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty.

The old man was indeed quite proud of these masterpieces that had taken several years of effort, and said loudly: "Each Shenwu cannon weighs 333,000 catties, and it is made of the Great Khan's decree to collect the copper of Kyushu from various states and counties, and just to transport him, it is necessary to use four hundred strong men and sixty oxen, and before marching, the road must be paved with gravel, and then supported by logs, otherwise the cannon will be difficult to move an inch because it is stuck in the loess." ”

He walked to the tall pile of cannonballs, pointed to the stone bullets carved from granite and said: "Each cannonball weighs 1,300 catties. The range can reach several miles, and once fired, the sound can be earth-shattering, and the ghosts and gods are terrifying."

Meng Ge was angry when he heard it on the horse, raised his whip and slashed it in the air, and shouted: "What are you talking about, hurry up and play it for this messenger of Sinan Si, so that he can actually experience the thunderous power of the Mongolian Great Khan!" ”

Thousands of cowardly Xue troops responded enthusiastically in unison, shouting to the earth: "Please see the thunderous power of the Mongol Great Khan!" ”

The master craftsman was annoyed when he saw the sweat, and hurriedly ordered the gunner craftsman to prepare for loading, Gauss had to watch coldly from the sidelines, feeling that this artillery was not to say how powerful it was, and the shortcomings were exposed first, only to see that before loading, a tall beam frame should be erected in front of the muzzle, and a fairy gourd should be hung on it, this kind of new thing that has not yet been rolled out in the south has been seen in the north, and then dozens of people dragged the rope together, hoisted the cannonball, and slowly loaded it into the muzzle, but before that, it was necessary to fill thousands of catties of gunpowder into it as if ants were moving, It is then rammed with a huge wooden pole. The whole process was so long and slow that it almost made you fall asleep.

When the cannonball was finally loaded, he pushed the master craftsman aside, and after the marshal of the gunner and navy came to ask the Great Khan for instructions, Meng Ge did not say anything, but simply made a gesture.

A gust of wind and thunder rolled up between heaven and earth.

Before the cannon was fired, Gauss had to touch his eyelids directly, and this sudden huge roar that he had never heard before shook his mind blank, Gauss was not an uninformed person, how could he not have seen the shooting of artillery in Zheng Yunming's army? But on a flat chest, even the largest caliber artillery in Zheng Yunming's army was far from the power of the Mongolian Shenwu cannon, and the thunderbolt on that sunny day was like suddenly smashing the eardrum with thousands of heavy hammers, not only making the ears temporarily lose their hearing, but also their hearts were at a loss.

In the billowing smoke, a cloud of smoke rose from the Bianliang city wall in the distance, and it turned out that in order to let the envoys of the Southern Dynasty more intuitively experience the horror of the Shenwu cannon, Meng Ge did not hesitate to use the Bianliang city wall as a target to demonstrate.

Fan Yongji, the governor of Henan, once wrote a strong opposition to the city wall of Bianliang as a demonstration object, and the efforts of the Southern Dynasties in connecting Heshuo in the past ten years have gradually yielded results, and the righteous army active in Henan, and even the rebels near Bianliang are actually not a few, and the defenders of Bianliang sometimes go out of the city only two or three days before they will be attacked, so the Bianliang city wall is really an indispensable condition for protecting the Mongolian army in the city. Meng Ke was not unaware of how much these Han Chinese soldiers relied on the city walls, but he made the following decree:

"This southern expedition will inevitably reach Jiangnan, annex the land of Sinan Si Khan, the world will be calm, what city wall does Bianliang need!"

Although Fan Yongji muttered in his heart, he was also full of confidence in the expedition to the south in previous years, and finally ended up in a feather, who knows if this newly enthroned Great Khan can beat Zheng Yunming this time?

But as soon as the Shenwu cannon sounded, even Fan Yongji had to re-examine the Great Khan's words, and he clearly saw that the Bianliang city wall, which was known as impregnable in previous years, had stopped the Mongol army under the city for a whole year, and a small gap was blasted out of the direct hit of the cannonball.

It's more powerful than ever! It's not just Fan Yongji who thinks so, but I'm afraid that no one in the thousands of people present will not think so, in front of such a divine weapon, I'm afraid that Zheng Yunming will finally lose the battle.

As if to make a footnote to such an idea, the rest of the Shenwu cannons opened fire one after another, blowing up a cloud of smoke near the city wall, the power of the Shenwu cannon was amazing, a cannonball that did not hit the city wall fell on the houses in front of the moat, and the three huts were blown to pieces, and the broken beams and pillars even flew into the air. A stone projectile that fell into the ground in front of the wall was later dug by the soldiers and went six feet deep into the ground. Two of the others hit the wall, which cracked and collapsed, revealing a gap.

Everyone knows what this means, the city defense of the Southern Dynasty boasts of being extremely strong, but it is difficult to hold out for a month under the bombardment of such heavy artillery, and the effect caused by this will be a chain reaction, in the face of the power of the Shenwu cannon, it is difficult for the defenders to really hold out to the end, and what the Mongols really need to deal with may only be a few elites trained by Zheng Yunming who are particularly determined to fight.

Meng Ge was very proud when he saw Gauss's worried expression. His strategy proved to be correct, even though Kublai Khan had been in control of Han for three years, even though he had made a record of capturing Dali, but what was the truth? Kublai Khan's financial improvement was drowned out by a series of events, and after the pacification of Yunnan, it was actually copied by the Song Dynasty. The outcome of a war is not determined by people's will or strategy, and these are of course important, but even more important is strength. The Mongols never needed the heartfelt love of their slaves, they only needed to fear, and then awe was enough. As for stratagem, the Mongols had used a variety of tactics in warfare over the past decade, but their so-called effective tactics, capable of defeating the fierce Arab cavalry and Germanic knights in the West, had been ineffective before the ferocious firearms of the East.

Facts have proved a truth, stratagem is not omnipotent, but needs to be backed by the strength behind it. From the beginning, Meng Ke did not focus on how to use stratagem to weaken Zheng Yunming's army, but instead focused on the innovation of the army. Of course, he also continued to support Kublai Khan's counter-strategy in Jinghu, otherwise it would be impossible to successfully turn Xiangyang to the side of the Mongols, but if the army did not increase its strength, even if Xiangyang was captured, it would be difficult for them to continue to penetrate and attack the rest of the important towns in Jinghu. Therefore, Möngke did not hesitate to spend a large amount of money captured from the western expedition to buy new firearms for his army, and the siege artillery was the most priority. Only by investing money where it should be invested can you generate a hundredfold profit. This was originally the words of Kublai Khan's military advisor Han Hao Jing, but it is really no more suitable to be used here.

Meng Ge only needed to notice the look of astonishment that flashed on the face of this young envoy of the Southern Dynasty to understand that his great cause of the Southern Expedition was actually seven points certain. He smiled heartily: "I respect your family Zheng Yunming is a good man, Sinan Sihan is a good man, go back and bring a message to them, tell them to surrender early, the Mongols are always generous to those who are willing to surrender, if you insist on being an enemy of the Mongols, even Zheng Yunming can't escape the end of being bombarded by Shenwu." ”

Gauss's blood suddenly surged, Zheng Yunming at this time should say something, he could probably guess it, he straightened his body, and replied in a loud voice: "The king must not be humiliated, the scholar must not be bent, the rich and noble cannot despise the old people, and the authority cannot change the original intention, this is called a big husband, even if Zheng Xianggong is invincible, it is enough to be admired by tens of millions of people in later generations, if he is frightened by a few so-called artifacts, what kind of national warrior is he talking about?" ”

With that, he bowed to Meng Ge, without saying a word, and turned around and strode away.

Immediately, many generals scolded: "Southern barbarian who doesn't know etiquette, please ask the Great Khan to immediately issue an order to behead him!" "The man who despises the Great Khan so much must not let him go back alive!" "It's too cheap to cut off his head, according to the rules of the grassland, he should be divided into five horses!"

Meng Ge glanced at everyone coldly and said, "This envoy is very good, and in the face of the power of the Mongol Great Khan, he did not compromise his dignity for the monarch. If you change it, which one can do it? ”

As soon as the Great Khan had spoken, the crowd immediately fell silent. I heard Meng Ge immediately shout: "Since Sinan Si Khan did not have a correct choice to face the Mongol Great Khan, then we can only let him know how strict the consequences of his wrong choice will be!" ”

Hao Jing listened to it on the side, and sighed secretly in his heart. He knew that Möngke was very different from King Kublai Khan. If Kublai Khan still had some respect for the Han people's etiquette, he had a little benevolence and righteousness everywhere on weekdays, and he also reduced many massacres and meaningless killings. Na Meng Ge in the Mongolian army has always been known for killing decisively, Ming punishment and prestige, there is a saying in the Mongolian army, the eldest son of the three clans who participated in the Western Expedition, Batu is the softest, often a slave commits a crime, as long as he sincerely begs for forgiveness, he can always get the leniency of Batu Khan, and he is indecisive, often because of the hesitation of a small matter, so that he needs to kill many people and destroy a lot of property to pacify. During the westward expedition, the Mongol army once defeated the vanguard of a Kipchak cavalry and captured 500 soldiers. Möngke, however, did not think that this was the Mongol style, so he beheaded all these soldiers in front of the great city of Kipchak, and then demonstrated outside the city walls with his spears. The ability to exchange cruel means for greater mercy is the common evaluation of the Mongols about their king of Möngke.

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