But before this, there was no such means of siege artillery in the world, and naturally Dangshan's defense system did not take into account the threat of artillery ricocheting.

Any kind of improvement in the city's defense technology is piled up with countless lives, and there is no exception.

Dangshan took into account the concave and convex surfaces, and the outer walls of the city wall that were thicker and thicker to prevent breaking through the walls, but did not consider that the cannon had another purpose.

In the siege, according to the Mohist system of attacking and defending the city, the artillery replaced the status of the rushing car, the chariot and the bed crossbow under the original siege system.

After half a day of heavy bombardment, only seven people were lost on the Sishang side, due to the explosion of artillery.

Those firecrackers that were carried for unknown reasons and were somewhat superstitious and did not explode during the Chinese New Year did not bless these artillerymen.

Other than that, there were no losses, and the digging sappers and foot soldiers dug the trenches with almost no harassment.

When the shelling began yesterday afternoon, there were still a few people on the city wall who would choose to fire arrows and crossbows regardless of whether they hit or not, but today there is not a single such person.

More often than not, the people of the city hid behind the walled bulge fort, which was already full of corpses that had died from ricochet.

The few bronze cannons in the city that were used to defend the city had also been lost, and six of them had been destroyed by the irregularity of the iron bullets, and all the rest had retreated to the rear.

The envoys of Wei Han and other princes put down their binoculars and looked at each other with palpitations, thinking in their hearts, if Anyi Yangzhai was bombarded like this, how long would it last?

What's more, the defense system of these capitals is still the rammed earth city before the gunpowder age, which is in line with the best Zhou Li test work in the Bronze Age, but it does not conform to the rational will under the new era.

At that time, the battle between Qi and Mo was defeated so quickly, and many people were surprised by the rise of the Sishang Mo family, but they couldn't help but feel that the Qi country was a little too weak.

After all, it has only been a short time since the Three Jin Dynasty attacked Qi, forced Qi Hou to drive to Yue Guo, and knelt down for Three Jin to beg for three points of Jin Zheng.

The Mo family has not fought a large-scale battle for a long time, and I have a vague impression that Sishang Yishi is very capable of fighting, but there is no intuitive impression of how far he can fight.

This siege of the city deeply shocked the envoys of various countries, it turned out that the new era that the Mohists had been talking about really came like this, compared with the old and the new, the gap was too big.

The envoy of Wei sighed: "The Mo family's siege technique lacks resourcefulness. But anyone who knows the soldiers knows that the Mo family must attack from this bulge fort to reduce intelligence with strength, but it has such an effect? ”

Han envoy said: "The emperor's father Yue Ling doesn't know it, but he can't do it." He naturally knew the direction of Sishang's attack, and he also knew Sishang's methods, and he could even know that Sishang would attack the city once he dug the trench under the city wall...... However, the scary thing is that even if you know, you can't do anything about it. ”

"Now that the copper cannon is firing a salvo, what can the defenders in Dangshan City do? Knowing that Sishang must attack from here, it is impossible to gather at the head of the city to suffer the wounds of iron bullets flying wildly, otherwise it will not take half a day, and the army's heart will collapse. ”

"This is a siege, if it is a field battle, it will be even more difficult to fight."

"The artillery bombarded one place, and you knew that Sishang must break the formation from now on, what can you do?"

"The troops are gathered, the artillery is bombarded, and the losses will be great."

"If the troops are not gathered, the Sishang infantry knights will break the formation from now on, and if the formation is broken, the army will die."

"It's hard to prevent."

He shook his head unconsciously, and his heart became more determined to dissuade the prince from sending troops easily, if he sent troops, there was really no chance of winning at this time.

South Korea itself is not very enthusiastic about sending troops, and the Koreans pay more attention to Zheng Guo, and lack ideas about the Song Kingdom, which is now difficult to gnaw and is classified by the Mo family as a rich land in the sphere of influence.

The envoys of Wei also had the same meaning.

Dangshan City's offensive and defensive battles so far have given him a lot of warnings.

If Dangshan is still the original rammed earth city defense of the three construction methods, I am afraid that the Mo family will not need to spend so much trouble, and the concentrated copper cannon will bombard for half a day, the city wall will collapse, and the city defense will collapse completely.

He recalled many siege methods before Sishang, most of which were broken through the city with "cave attack" and gunpowder.

Through the phenomenon, we can think about the essence, and we can think about the deep-seated causes.

Before, whether it was attacking Teng, breaking Pingyin or attacking Lucheng, the main reason was that the copper cannon and logistics of the Mo family were not enough to support a large-scale bombardment, so they had to choose the means of attacking the cave supplemented by gunpowder.

As for the mobilization and logistical capabilities displayed in the First Battle of Dangshan today, as well as the number of bronze cannons, I am afraid that there is no need to use the same means as before.

For example, Wei and Chu are fighting for the Great Liang, and Wei and Chu have been fighting around this city for nearly 20 years, but if they are targeted by Si Shang and bombarded with concentrated copper artillery, they are afraid that the Great Liang City will be broken in a few days.

The envoy of Wei thought to himself that Wei did not have the ability to start a war with Sishang now.

Especially judging from the performance of the Qi-Mo War that year, Sishang's favorite strategy is to go straight to the rear, and under the current border city defense system, Wei has no ability to hinder the entry of Sishang's righteous division.

If Wei really intervened, when the alliance was met, I was afraid that Sishang might directly declare war on Wei, drive straight in, and break through thirty cities in Hedong in a row, is Wei capable of blocking it now?

Moreover, if the Mo family and the Chu State cooperate again, using the Great Liang to return to Chu as bait, will the Chu people really stand on the side of the Wei State for the sake of the "great righteousness of the world"?

The alliance of princes is like a prisoner's trap, and it is too difficult to trust each other.

Although Dangshan City was about to be breached, the envoys of Wei also saw something different, if several important cities of Wei built such city defenses and learned the lessons of Dangshan, they could always defend it for more than a month.

A month and three days are only 20 days apart, but for the military situation in full swing, the consequences of these 20 days may turn the tide of the war and concentrate more troops.

Dangshan didn't hold out for a month, which was not a shame, because the envoys of Wei were already convinced that Daliang City might not be able to hold out for even three days.

Dangshan can support it for so long, which can be regarded as a victory of reason and heavenly will.

The envoys of Wei Han had their own plans in their hearts, and it was more about a few points.

The importance of artillery, the more bronze cannons mean the more likely victory.

The importance of the new type of urban defense, the newer the type of city defense, means that the main force of the field has more time to mobilize.

And the messenger could not fail to understand what these two points meant.

means that more money is needed.

Money comes from taxes, taxes come from national wealth, and the roots of national wealth come from land.

This means that change is only possible if we continue to change.

A copper cannon can easily be hundreds of catties, turned into copper, what is the price?

A new-style city often needs 10,000 people to build for three years, and 10,000 people have no crops and no crops, where will the taxes come from?

These things don't come out of just thinking about it.

But to change is to shake the foundations of all countries.

The monarch hated the aristocracy, but he hated the equality of the Mo family and the Shang Xian who chose the Son of Heaven, and this balance was originally like this: the Mo family used Shang Xian to be in a delicate cooperative relationship with the monarchs of various countries to suppress the aristocracy.

And now, the Mohist ideology, which originally required subtle cooperation with the monarch, is spreading, and the king needs to ally himself with the nobles to fight against the equal and virtuous.

There is always a reason to maintain the legitimacy of the monarchy.

It is also obvious that it is difficult to concoct a concept of equality under one person, and to continue to use the concept of dignity and inferiority.

Affecting the whole body, countries now do not have a direction that can be used as a reference, because the situation of each country is different.

The changes of the Qin state could not be borrowed by Wei and Han, which could lead to internal strife and division, as well as external sieges; The reverse is also true.

It is difficult to learn from and difficult to change, but it is hoped that more tax revenue will be used to forge more copper cannons and build more fortresses, which is not something that the envoys can consider.

All they could do was rely on their intuitive feelings to tell the king that Sishang was invincible and that they should not speak lightly of swords.

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Compared with the envoys of Wei and Han, the envoys of Chu saw and thought more.

He saw through the siege methods of Sishang, and in addition to this, he also noticed that the tasks of the various companies were being discussed in the Sishang army.

He didn't understand this, but he was extremely envious.

In the past wars, the apprentices did not need to know how to fight, nor did they need to know the purpose of the war, but only one thing they needed to do: keep an eye on the chariots of the nobles, and wherever they rushed, they would follow them.

On the Sishang side, even if it is a Sima Chang and Wu Chang, they can know the approximate purpose, which in the eyes of the envoy of the Chu State should not be exclaimed as invincible, but surprised why such an army has not collapsed?

If the soldiers knew too much, how could the soldiers continue to attack if the attack was unfavorable?

What if the soldier knows too much, what if he retreats for fear of death?

Those who manage soldiers well should put their soldiers in a situation where they are in awe of military orders and do not know the overall situation.

Fear the military order because if the military order is not good, the battle cannot be won.

I don't know the overall situation, because once the soldiers know the overall situation, it is impossible to complete the task of the general.

For example, some things to lure the enemy, such as some things after the break, if the soldiers knew, in the eyes of the Chu envoy, they must have fled after hearing the wind, how could they choose to stick to it?

In his experience, if you want to win, you must put the soldiers in a state of confusion, not knowing what they are doing, and only need to obey military orders, so that the soldiers are stunned and invincible.

Sishang did the opposite, and before attacking the city, he actually asked each company to discuss the tasks of each company, and in doing so, could he win?

He didn't doubt it, because judging from the results of many previous times, Sishang Yoshishi can be called invincible, undefeated so far, leaving behind a lot of legends.

But this kind of practice is really beyond common sense, and he can't understand it.

With this doubt, he and several ink warriors, accompanied by several ink men, came to the Xiandeng Battalion Company that was about to attack the city, after all, the most tragic casualties, and wanted to see what these people were doing.

On a flat ground, the non-commissioned officers of the four companies of the Pioneer Battalion sat on the ground, divided into several teams, looking at the models of several frontal convex forts piled up with dirt on the ground, and listening to the explanations of the company and the brigade commander.

When the envoy of Chu saw these elite soldiers, he first praised them in his heart, and said secretly: "The king's chariot is wide, but it is nothing more than that, they are all majestic men." ”

He subconsciously compared the grenadiers of the first camp with the elite of Cheguang of the Chu State, these grenadiers of the first camp are all selected people, tall and strong men, as well as scholars from all countries who are interested in the world, which can be the essence of the world, after all, if people are thin and small, they really can't throw heavy iron thunder too far.

The proportion of people in the battalion is extremely high, and most of them are veterans who are over-aged, so their momentum is naturally different.

It's just that he was wrong, compared with Che Guang, the king of Chu, it should be the martial knights of Sishang, who are the real elites who open the gap when the battle situation is anxious.