"Your Majesty, this stone cannon was made by the ministers according to the people of the Western Regions, and it is not only more powerful than the previous stone thrower in terms of range. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Jiang Laohan said around the stone thrower.

"People from the Western Regions?" Li Jing nodded. He remembered that there was a kind of stone throwing machine in history, called the Hui cannon, which was also invented by the Hui people in the Western Regions, and it was rumored that the Persians and Arabs were best at making stone throwing machines, I don't know if Jiang Laohan accepted the influence of the people of the Western Regions when he made the stone throwing machine, and I don't know what is the difference between the stone throwing machine made and the famous return cannon in history. But from the current point of view, the power is indeed more than the previous stone thrower, whether in terms of range, or the weight of the stone carried, it is far above the stone thrower.

"Yes, it is the people of the Western Regions, Your Highness, you see, the biggest difference between our stone thrower and the previous stone thrower is that it does not use manpower, and the use of the mechanism will make the ejection power more powerful, not only can carry boulders, but also far exceed the previous in range." Jiang Laohan touched his gray beard and said: "Although we have taken a lot of detours and spent a lot of time, but to build such a powerful stone thrower, Chen thinks it is very cost-effective. This is his first work after entering the Taiyuan University of Engineering, which has taken a lot of effort, that is, he hopes that one day, he can be worthy of his own appreciation.

"Yes, Mr. Jiang has worked hard." Li Jing had a smile on his face, although in later generations, he had seen powerful artillery, a cannonball could destroy the city wall in front of him, and even a nuclear bomb was to destroy a city, but now it is different, the level of science and technology in the Song Dynasty cannot be compared with later generations, and it is not easy to rely on institutional means to do this, Li Jing believes that it is necessary to reward this behavior.

In fact, in the Song Dynasty, all kinds of inventions continued, science and technology was in the forefront of the times, but by the time of the Ming Dynasty, there were many fewer inventions, feudal autocracy, coupled with the influence of Bagu Wen, imprisoned the world's thoughts, and various inventions were much less, so the science and technology of the Central Plains was far below the West. Li Jing is now setting up the School of Engineering to stimulate the invention of science and technology.

He believed that over time, he might not be able to create a high-quality cannon and make a real artillery. It was gunpowder that was struck, not the rocks in front of you.

"Thank you for your compliment." Jiang Laohan looked at Shexian in the distance and said: "The city wall of Shexian looks strong, but it is definitely not the opponent of our stone artillery, your majesty, you can take a look." ”

"Okay, let's get started!" Li Jing nodded and led the guards to retreat slowly, but Hua Rong led the light cavalry to guard around the stone cannons, and Su Yuanjing, who was in the city, led the cavalry to rush out.

It's a pity that all this is just thinking about it, where does Su Yuanjing have the courage to rush out, with Jiang Laohan's order, the stone cannon began to exert its might, and the mule cart transported a large number of stones, Shexian itself is mountainous, and the most important thing is this kind of stone, not even polished, directly loaded into the stone cannon, the machine made a burst of sore teeth, and then suddenly a huge sound broke out, and hundreds of catties of stones burst out and smashed on the city wall.

Unlike the last test, most of the stones had already hit the target, and only a few of them either flew into the city walls, smashed on top of the houses, or landed in front of the walls.

Su Yuanjing's face was pale, his hands on the battlements of the city wall trembled, his legs were trembling under the wide official robes, huge stones were crossing in the air, and there were bursts of screams in his ears, and the city wall was trembling and snorting, as if it was going to collapse at any time. In the afterglow, he found a boulder in the middle of the city wall battlement, the bluestone city wall battlement was like paper paste, destroyed by the boulder, the soldiers hiding behind the city wall battlement, obviously did not expect that the city wall battlement was useless, was hit by the flying boulder, lying on the ground screaming, bluestone fragments splashed in all directions, those soldiers stationed on the city wall in front of these high-speed flying pieces, there was no resistance at all, the armor was destroyed, leaving a wound.

And Zhang Di's righteous army is even more miserable, although the weapon is the standard weapon of the imperial court, but the armor of the 100,000 army is difficult to replenish in time, the body is just wearing a single coat, stones are splashing, and some people are killed in an instant.

Of course, what is even more tragic is that the soldiers defending next to the gold juice, the gold juice is boiled in a cauldron, the iron pot is burning with raging flames, and the stones fall in the air, if it is smashed into the cauldron, the iron pot will shatter, the gold juice will splash in all directions, and the screams will be repeated, and the city wall will suddenly be screamed, drenched in blood, and it is unbearable to see.

The shelling continued, a huge stone fell from the sky, smashed on the city wall, after the first wave of bombardment of the city wall of Shexian County, it has long been full of holes, the second batch of stone artillery attack is still the city wall, the stones are splashed on the city wall, the soldiers who have seen the power of the boulder have avoided the attack of the boulder. Some people even saw the huge roar produced by the boulder, they subconsciously dodged, and there were bursts of panic in their mouths, and they even forgot the queue regardless of the command of the superior, and ran around, for fear of being hit by the boulder, but unfortunately, the more so, the greater the casualties caused.

"Bang!" A loud noise came, and on the city wall, a boulder hit the enemy tower, and the enemy tower trembled, and the bricks and tiles fell with a clatter, flying down on the city wall.

"Quick, quick, protect the captain." Li Cheng looked flustered when he saw this, those soldiers were dead when they died, he didn't care at all, but Su Yuanjing couldn't have an accident, where had the other squires seen such a bloody scene, and they fled for a while, eager to give birth to four legs and escape.

"Throw all the boulders around you." Li Jing found the enemy running around the city wall through the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he said to Jiang Laohan beside him: "Let them have no place on the city wall." When the stones on the city wall are about the same, throw the divine fire thunder out and land on the city wall. "Although this kind of catapult is not as powerful as artillery, it is a sharp weapon now, and every time it attacks, the ground shakes and destroys everything in front of it, but I don't know what the result will be if it is projectile firearms. I believe that once those divine fire thunders fall into the cracks of the stones, the huge explosion will make these stones splash again, resulting in a second damage, I believe that at that time, there were very few people on the city wall who even had combat power.

"Yes." Jiang Laohan's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again, he really didn't think of this.