There were many generals in the Liangshan army. Speaking from the world, Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, Chao Gai, Xu Ning, Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Lu Junyi, etc., seem to be good generals.

But if you want to be serious, talk about their respective deterrent power, to be honest, then there is really nothing.

Whether it is Yang Zhi or Lu Zhishen, the power they give people seems to be more due to the influence of the golden sign of 'Liangshan Army', rather than themselves.

Na Xiu said that it was someone else, it was Lu Qian himself, if there was a war that required 100,000 soldiers and horses, and he himself did not move, he would choose one person in the court to be the master, I am afraid that he would not be able to choose himself.

Lu Zhishen is in Kansai because the general trend has been set there, and Lu Qian can be assured and boldly appointed. But when it comes to the general attack on Western Xia, Lu Qian seems to trust more of the Kansai Army than Lu Zhishen himself. Because the strength of that army is already strong.

In this way, recalling the whole process after the crossing, Lu Qian felt that the number of times he led troops to fight was a bit too much?

Look at every big battle, there is no absence of him. In the entire Liangshan Army, if you talk about the experience of leading troops independently, Yang Zhi and Chao Gai are the most, and the latter is even weaker than the former.

I made up my mind in my heart, and when I attacked Lingnan and Sichuan Shu in the future, I would let go and ask my subordinates to go down and show their skills to the fullest. King Lu, who was thinking like this, still didn't have the slightest plan to go home now.

As Lin Chong went south to the Hanyang Military City and drank the Yangtze River, Zhang Shunjun soon rushed over. Zhang Shunbing was divided into two routes, all the way led by Zhang Gongyu, leading the naval division warships to watch Ezhou, and he personally led more than 2,000 sailors and more than 50 large and small warships to the north along the Han River.

There is a city on the south side of the Han River, called Qianjiang, which is only ten miles away from Hanshui, and Qianjiang is only a hundred miles away from Jiangling. Lin Chong sent Han Bolong, Wang Yan and other generals to follow Zhang Shunshui's division, and then went north, breaking through Weiyang along the way, crossing Qianjiang and Yingzhou, and then breaking Yicheng, and reaching the city of Xiangyang.

I don't know how panicked in Gangneung City. The army of Liangshan Water is less than 10,000 people, and it is obviously impossible to break through the Qianjiang River where the Song army is heavily stationed, let alone threaten the safety of Jiangling City. But he called Zhao Ji couldn't bear it anymore, announced the edict, left the prince Zhao Huan in Jiangling, and led people to escape to Sichuan and Shu in the west.

After this happened, the news came, so that all the departments of the Liangshan army were excited, but the morale of the Song army was greatly depressed.

It's just that the impact of this matter has yet to be brewed, and the impact of the war in the short term is not yet manifested. Lu Qian had more Zhang Shunjun, and the army had control over the water, so naturally, the large army of Liangshan crossed the Han River one after another. Whether it's Lumen Mountain or Yan Mountain, it's not tolerable to take it down, is it still difficult to defend it?

Of course, it is safer to want the insurance loop. But it was a mountain, not a city, and Lu Qian didn't have the ability to circle it.

Today's Xiangyang City was specially fortified by Yao Gu. Not only that, but even the moats outside the city were widened and deepened.

After Qiao Zhong's defeat in Fu'anzhou, he immediately sent a message to Xiangyang. When Lu Qian led the team to cross the river safely, the city had already made corresponding precautions, and Lu Qian could understand it at a glance.

In fact, he didn't plan to use the Heaven-Shaking Thunder for Xiangyang City at all. It is also difficult to throw the earth-shattering thunder on the head of the three-zhang high city through the moat 20 zhang wide and the embankment outside the city wall.

Lu Qian's magic weapon to deal with Xiangyang City is heavy artillery. first used artillery to let the Song army in the city know what was wrong, and then blocked the moat, and forced to Xiangyang City step by step. If Yao Guzhen is stubborn and doesn't eat soft and hard, Lu Qian will ask someone to dig a pit under the city, put the medicine bucket in it, and blast it!

He didn't believe that this Xiangyang City was really made of iron and bronze.

Earlier, he also thought about using the Liangshan cannon to throw the earth-shattering thunder. But Ling Zhen's experiments have shown that this is a very poor choice.

It's easy to make sure that the Earthquake Thunder leaves the artillery truck before it explodes. But he couldn't do it to explode in the air on the eve of the earth-shattering thunder. Then you have to control the length of the fire rope, which is too dangerous.

Although arquebus manufacturing may seem easy, the uncertainty involved is well known. As a person who played with firecrackers when he was a child and was blown up countless times, how could Lu Qian not understand this?

Therefore, this earth-shattering thunder must be ensured to explode after it lands. This kind of wooden shell will not do, even if it is covered with rattan sleeves. The Liangshan cannon must be a super-large version of the earth-shattering thunder, and it will cost thirty or fifty pounds to say the least. It was filled with twenty pounds, or even more. And to ensure that such a large earth-shattering thunder will not break and breathe when it lands, resulting in the failure of the explosion, the loss of power, and even the fireworks, without any power. Then you can only use iron shells. But when the earth-shattering thunder weighing dozens of pounds was thrown over a distance of several hundred meters, how huge was the kinetic energy carried? How many iron shells do you need to resist? Need a sturdy rattan sleeve to act as a buffer? And after all this is done, how high will the cost of that super earth-shaking thunder be?

The earth-shattering thunder containing twenty catties or even more of the medicine is absolutely powerful, but it costs so much that it also makes people's blood pressure rise. Even Lu Qian didn't expect that the cost of this enlarged version of the earth-shattering thunder would be so high. And there are so many uncertainties.

The earth-shattering thunder is spherical, and naturally the iron shell must also be spherical, which is much more difficult than making a sword. It takes those masters to hold a hammer and knock it one at a time, and it has to be made with fine iron. In the end, the quality is also worrying.

In the test, five of the ten large-scale earth-shaking thunderbolts trial-produced were broken on the spot and two leaked, which means that the pass rate was only 30%.

This number made Lu Qian give up this thing directly.

You must know that these ten large iron shells of earth-shattering thunder are all from the hands of the first-class master of the Ordnance Prison. In this situation, the pass rate is still so low, and it is difficult to imagine if you want to generalize.

Some people may say that it can be made of cast iron. As a result, the texture is worse.

Lu Qian, who dispelled this thought, had only a cannon to choose from. The resonance is made of iron and copper, and it is a cannon.

Many people in the army don't know what artillery is!

Even many generals didn't know what it was.

But when the ten cannons that were lined up burst out with a thunderous roar, everyone was shocked when they saw the abruptly more depression round pits on the Xiangyang city wall in the distance, as well as the battlements of the female wall that were jumping all over.

This power is not weaker than the Liangshan cannon.

The durability of the artillery is obviously much higher than that of the Liangshan artillery. As for artillery shells, in their eyes, this round iron ball is much easier to work with than a round stone.

As long as there is a mold, no matter how much it is, it doesn't matter. And this kind of iron pipe is not easy to destroy.

If there is a flaw in them, it can only be that they are too heavy.

But they soon discovered two more flaws in this new weapon, the first was that it was not accurate; The second is that it doesn't last.

After a few shots, you have to splash cold water to cool down.

And a series of cumbersome measures before the cannon fired, such as cleaning the gun chamber and filling the integrated 'cannonball' with the stock, which directly dispelled the excitement in the hearts of the generals.

The defenders at the head of the city, after the initial panic, quickly calmed down. Because the number of artillery of the Liangshan army was scarce and the accuracy of the shells was even worse, Yao Gudu went straight to the city. Ling Zhen saw clearly through clairvoyance, and personally operated the cannon, but he only asked the cannon to fly into the city from the top of Yao Gu's head.

Once they got used to this weapon, the defenders' fears were greatly reduced. After all, it is a weapon, and the iron bullet is far less powerful than the flowering bullet. However, the latter technology is not yet perfect. Flowering shells are to go to the enemy group to bloom shells, not to make them bloom on their own artillery positions.

The defenders of Xiangyang, who had settled their minds, immediately picked up their bed crossbows and aimed them at the artillery position three hundred paces away. But how could the Liangshan army not be prepared at all? Shield wagons had already been erected in front of the ten guns, breastworks had been erected, and sandbags had been piled up.

In this way, the battle under Xiangyang City was in full swing, and Yao Gu in the city over there was depressed. Even when he landed in the city earlier, he was all forced to look like him, but in fact, he was already a mess in his heart.

News from Gangneung City continued to reach him. The great artist toured to the west, and the front foot left Jiangling, and the back foot of the Great Song Dynasty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Great Song Dynasty was about to tour south. Yes, Zhao Huan also wants to flee south.

Fortunately, the area south of the Yangtze River is still under the control of the Song army, and there is at least Liu Zhongwu's army there.

The latter and Liangshan Jun have a hatred of killing their sons, and the country hates their families. It must be the Great Song Zhongliang. Zhao Huan was going to lead the remaining soldiers and horses in Jiangling City and go south to join Liu Zhongwu.

Yao Gu just wanted a mouthful of blood to squirt out. This is too tricky, too tricky. There is still a war in front, and the emperor and prince in the back have slipped in circles, and they have to take away all the imperial camp and forbidden army ......, the latter is the main force to defend Gangneung City.

How much effort did the imperial court waste to run this army and horses. Compared with the soldiers and horses of the Imperial Front Division, which have a complex source, the Imperial Forbidden Army is obviously much purer. This general was a pillar of the imperial court. Build it out, and then it should be pulled to the battlefield. But now the great artist and his soft son are the same as the fruit, I am two and you are one, who calls me Lao Tzu and you are the son. Divide the entire imperial camp forbidden army into seven or three, and the former has already set off from Jiangling with 20,000 or 30,000 people and advanced to Kuizhou.

The latter also wanted to take the remaining soldiers and flee towards Jinghu South Road.

Yao Gu was in a lot of pain, as if he had been stabbed in the back. The performance of the Zhao family's father and son made him shameless. But his son has been pulled by the big artist......

The big artist's brain is very flexible, and Liu Fa has not been announced by Liang Shanjun so far, so it can be seen that this guy is not dead. For the sake of safety, he left Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu to his son, and Miao Fu had a close relationship with Liu Zhengyan, so he had to guard against it. He himself took Guo Zhongxun, Liu Guangguo, Yao Zhongping, Liu Qi and others to the west. These are the people he can trust.

Zhao Huan also does not have the courage of the Son of Heaven to defend the country, and he does not have the strength to be broken by jade rather than by the whole tile, his father walks on the front foot, and he also wants to slip on the back foot. It's just that there are still many troubles in Gangneung City that have not been solved.

Zhao Ji walked easily, and all these troubles were pulled to Zhao Huan.

It was noisy and arguing. Some of the ministers left behind advocated moving south, and some advocated sticking to it. Zhao Huan is even more of a weak person, he wants to flee south, but he doesn't have the courage to override all objections.

Not to mention that his good teacher Geng Nanzhong, at this critical juncture, does not think about the overall situation, but is bent on fighting for power and profit.

The ministers who left to assist Zhao Huan were Chen Guoting in the Imperial History and Xu Han, the Privy Councillor of Tongzhi, Xu Churen, Dazai and his servant, Geng Nanzhong, together with Tang Ke, the waiter of the Longtu Pavilion and the head of the household, and Wu Min and others in the middle of the matter and the Quanzhi Academy, wanted to replace them. stirred up a mess in Jiangling City, and Yao Gu was so angry when he heard it.