As soon as these words came out, Archimedes' eyes flashed with incomprehension, you must know that Wang Yangming can have today's status and authority by virtue of his excellent performance in the war. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoEverything about him is due to war, such a person should be a war maniac, why would he say that he is tired of war. Although Archimedes has always been devoted to learning and has no talent for scheming, he also feels that Wang Yangming's words are sincere and he is not lying.

"Xia people and Hu people are all life. It is naturally wrong for the Hu people to kill my Xia people. What difference does it make if I kill Hu people? It's just that since I'm in the game, I have to stop as a last resort. ”

Archimedes was silent, waiting for Wang Yangming to continue.

"The general trend of the world, together for a long time, must be divided, and for a long time, it must be united. As long as there are human beings, war is inevitable. The only thing I can do is to end this war as soon as possible and make everyone stop. As long as all the fifteen countries in the Western Regions are wiped out, this war can be quelled, and this is the only idea I can think of to end the war as soon as possible. ”

"Sir may think I'm shallow, but may I ask you, sir, what other way can you achieve your goal of ending the war?"

He looked at Archimedes steadily, waiting for his answer.

Regardless of whether it was Emperor Hongwu of Great Xia or the kings of the Western Regions, which one did not regard the expansion of territory as the supreme goal of his life? Who could persuade these people to give up war and live in peace? Archimedes knew the truth very well, so he could not refute Wang Yangming's remarks.

"I don't have any other way. He admitted Wang Yangming's statement, but asked rhetorically: "But even if what you say is right, can you order me to make a siege weapon for you and kill on a large scale?"

Wang Yangming shook his head: "No, I want you to make tools for me, not to kill on a large scale, but to minimize killing." ”

A hint of eagerness appeared in his eyes, and his tone was firm: "I have read a book on the art of war, which says, attacking the heart is the top, and breaking the city is the bottom." Therefore, I want you to build a kind of cannon that has not yet been in this world, and use this cannon to smash the hard walls of Guqiang, so that they will no longer have the will to fight, and then my Daxia army will enter the city of Guqiang, as long as the Guqiang people take the initiative to surrender, and from then on they will belong to my Daxia and become a vassal country, and I can ensure that none of the Guqiang people will die. ”

He took a deep breath and said with great sincerity: "Ending the war with war is the only way to reduce the damage." And this is a solution that only you Archimedes can do. ”

Archimedes was silent for a long time, carefully calculating what Wang Yangming said. This reason is not very complicated, but except for Wang Yangming, no one in the world has ever thought about the problem so much. This is undoubtedly a new way of thinking, and although it is somewhat whimsical, it is really true.

Finally, Archimedes sighed deeply, nodded, and said, "I hope you're right." Say, what do you want me to do?"

Now that Archimedes has been persuaded, the rest is much easier. Wang Yangming told Archimedes about his thoughts, Archimedes was the world's first mathematician and physicist, and he understood Wang Yangming's whimsical ideas in an instant. I heard him mutter: "Yellow explosives? I didn't expect General Wang to have such a profound study of physics, which really surprised the old man." ”

Black powder has been invented in the world, and it is used to make fireworks and artillery. The recipe of black powder is very simple, but one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal, but the power of black powder is very limited. Wang Yangming learned from the encyclopedia that the rapid development of modern thermal weapons came from the yellow high explosives improved by Nobel, so the top priority was to study the yellow explosives.

Although Wang Yangming doesn't know much about physics, fortunately, the formula of the yellow explosive formula is no secret in the previous life, and the encyclopedia explains that as long as the trinitrotoluene is purified, it is done. Archimedes had heard of yellow explosives for the first time, but Wang Yangming had already understood how to make this thing, and nodded: "This explosive can be made in ten days." But if you want to match it, the craftsmanship of artillery also needs to be overhauled. ”

Since Wang Yangming dared to come here to persuade Archimedes, he naturally had confidence in the improvement of artillery. At present, the scientific and technological level of this world is still difficult to produce all kinds of artillery in modern society, such as mortars and howitzers, but it is not too difficult to manufacture the Fran machine cannon that once showed great power in ancient China.

The Franco cannon was invented in Europe and introduced to China by the Portuguese Republic in the first year of Jiajing (1522) of the Ming Dynasty in China. In the third year of Jiajing (1524), the Ming court successfully imitated the first batch of 32 Franc machines. The barrel of the gun is composed of a mother gun and a child gun. The female body is slender and has a small caliber, and the body is equipped with a front sight and a light door, which can aim and shoot at long-distance targets. There are gun lugs on both sides of the gun body, which can be placed on the bracket and can be tilted to adjust the firing angle. The rear part of the gun is thicker, and there are long holes and grooves to fill the guns. The sub-guns are similar to the small firearms, each female gun is equipped with 5 to 9 sub-guns, which can be pre-loaded with ammunition for backup, and the mother guns can be loaded and fired in turn during battle, thus increasing the firing speed.

Although Archimedes knew that once this weapon was created, it would inevitably become a weapon of mass destruction for conquering cities and territories, and he was not happy in his heart, but he was a scientist, and when he heard the idea of such an unheard-of weapon, how could he suppress the excitement in his heart? He looked at Wang Yangming with strange eyes, wondering what kind of structure was in this young man's head, and why did he have so many wonderful ideas?

Wang Yangming asked Archimedes to draw up drawings and take charge of the construction, and allocated another 100 craftsmen and soldiers for Archimedes to send, and ordered him to develop the first large furlong cannon within 20 days. He himself turned away and reported the situation to Boyan.

Boyan saw that Wang Yangming really persuaded Archimedes, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, but he thought that if this Furlong machine gun could really help the Northwest Army conquer Guqiang City, Archimedes would also make a great contribution, and the two sides weighed each other, and agreed to let Archimedes do it.

Twenty days passed in a blink of an eye, and with the help of Wang Yangming and Archimedes' genius mind, the first artillery was finally made. Boyan personally tested the cannon, the spark ignited the fuse, and with a loud bang, the cannon burst into shells in an instant, filled with high explosives prepared by Archimedes, and the cannonballs swept three miles, blowing a brick wall in the distance to pieces.

Spectators will never see such a powerful cannon, and their hearts will be shocked. Boyan was also taken aback, and then stroked his palms and laughed: "With this divine weapon, his Guqiang people will have to surrender if they don't surrender this time!"

Archimedes had no joy on his face, and he had a new weapon with amazing lethality in the world, and he didn't know how many people would die under this artillery, and his sins had deepened, and he was afraid that he would go to hell after death.

Boyan was overjoyed, and named this new type of artillery the Vulcan Cannon, so when the cannon fire was fired, the sound shook the sky, and the fire was terrifying, as if the god of fire had descended into the world, and it was unstoppable. He immediately ordered the craftsmen of the army to help Archimedes with all their might, and made sure to build ten Vulcan cannons within ten days. Archimedes was silent, but after all, he did not say anything against it.

On the tenth day, the production of ten Vulcan cannons was completed, and Boyan immediately ordered the whole army to be drawn and the soldiers were under the city of Guqiang, ready to attack the city at any time.

It is no wonder that Boyan is so anxious, during this month, the main force of his Northwest Army has not stopped. It turned out that the Guqiang people knew that the time of life and death had come, and the defenders in the city did not dare to go out of the city easily, and the border guards and ordinary people from all over the country outside the city were not subject to this restriction.

The frontier guards are a regular organization, and there are rules and regulations to follow, and the northwestern army uses the method of taking turns to guard the border guards, and all the border guards who will commit crimes in the future will be eliminated. But those ordinary people formed an army of Qinwang who did not know how many people they had, and they would harass them whenever they were free, and if they couldn't defeat the Northwest Army, they would rob the grain transportation team. These people fought in a chaotic and chaotic manner, but they were numerous and dressed in different colors, making it difficult for the Xia soldiers to distinguish them. They attacked day and night, and even if the Northwest Army was in order, it was tireless.

If there is no action within this month, Boyan is really worried that the spirit of the Northwest Army will collapse.

The Guqiang people saw that the soldiers of Daxia finally pressed down today after a month of standing still, and they were also holding their breath in the city for a month, so they all geared up to take advantage of the strong city and have a good fight with the people of Daxia.