Artillery for the army of the cold weapon age, is undoubtedly a cruel and ruthless beast, the destructive power is huge, the offensive power is extremely strong, is specially for the battlefield and the birth of a killing weapon, cold-blooded to the extreme, although known as a weapon with temperature, but can not feel a trace of temperature, in the face of artillery on the battlefield, can only feel the cold to the bone, the whole heart is cold, there is no hope of survival.

Fortunately, now there are only solid bullets and no flowering bullets, and the attack power of artillery is only reflected in the siege of the city, but it really needs to be used to deal with soldiers, as long as the infantry forms a military formation, then the big iron ball can also destroy this military formation, not to mention killing a few people, more than a dozen artillery pieces bombarded a military formation, and more than a dozen large iron balls attacked with an indomitable super high speed, Suning believes that few people can remain calm and continue to maintain the military formation, which will inevitably collapse.

The infantry on the battlefield has no military formation, and it is a live target for the cavalry, and the Datang Iron Cavalry has long been hungry and thirsty.

At present, Suning has not been able to find the policy of strengthening the Tang army from the means of cold weapons, and the army of the Tang Dynasty has reached the peak of the cold weapon era, no matter how strong it is, it is not much stronger.

With artillery, there will definitely be people who will gradually put forward the idea of simplifying artillery, using artillery by individual soldiers, etc., without Suning doing it himself, there will definitely be more talented people who will put it forward by themselves, muskets are actually simplified individual artillery, artillery used by one person. became a musket, when the musket was born, the equipment of the Tang Dynasty army could be changed, of course, in this period, the era of arquebuses and muskets, it was absolutely impossible to make the musket the main weapon of the Tang army, and the musket had not yet reached that level.

At least it was not until the time of flintlock pistols and even semi-automatic rifles that broadswords and spears could be safely abandoned, and even then, it made sense to keep a shiny bayonet on the firearm. The development of human society to the modern age. Cold weapons still have not lost their importance, even if the mainstream army is not used, the people will still continue to use them, and cold weapons will gradually penetrate into all aspects of people's lives. Become a civilian appliance. Not weapons.

At the moment it is only the beginning of artillery. Although at this initial stage, due to some intervention of Suning, the starting point of the artillery was much stronger than that of another time and space, so the power of the artillery was quickly recognized by people, and even the research of the flowering shell was regarded as the highest level of priority. The emperor personally interrogated, the prince personally presided over, and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu fully assisted, and the research and development of artillery has become the mainstream unanimously recognized by the Tang Dynasty.

So when the twenty guns and the well-trained one hundred gunners arrived at the port of the Liaodong Peninsula, Suning personally went to greet him, looking at the twenty powerful cannons like ancient beasts, Suning couldn't help but be excited, and stepped forward to stroke the artillery that came to him across the ages.

"Su boy, this is what you call artillery? Ouch, so big, so heavy? It's all iron, right? How much iron does it take! How much is it, is it really as powerful as you say? Zhang Liang walked around a cannon, touched and looked, and asked Suning.

Suning happily looked inside and out of a cannon, and replied: "It's not all iron, there is a little copper, if it's all iron, it's too hard, not to mention, it's also very easy to heat, and it's very easy to heat up. Earth-shattering, it is called a miracle machine. ”

Zhang Liang looked at this big black iron pipe, and always felt that this thing could be more powerful than a trebuchet or an eight-bull crossbow? That is, it is heavier, and compared with the trebuchet or the eight-bull crossbow, it is estimated that there is still a little gap: "This thing looks powerful, but in fact, it is probably a little different from the trebuchet eight-bull crossbow, right?" How powerful are the trebuchets and the eight-ox crossbow, which bleed the blood of the Goguryeo people, can this artillery be compared to them? ”

Suning said with a smile: "If you really want to talk about it, the trebuchet and the Eight Ox Crossbow together are not the opponents of this artillery, you know that the cost of this cannon is one-twentieth of the quarterly tax revenue of Sanyuan County!" ”

Zhang Liang's eyes widened: "So expensive?" Taxes in Mihara Prefecture? That's the number one in the whole of Datang, right? Su boy, you're not kidding, are you? Isn't that just burning money? What are the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry doing? Majesty also agreed? Such an indiscriminate use of taxes? Aren't you afraid of cutting off your head? ”

Suning gave him a blank look: "You'll know why this artillery is so expensive later!" ”

Zhang Liang put on a wait-and-see look: "The old man is waiting." ”

Zhang Shigui looked around a cannon, touched here and there, looked left and right, and held back a sentence: "This iron pipe looks mighty and majestic, but whether it is so powerful, whether it can break through the city of Goguryeo, you have to try to know, but the old man feels that if this thing is really a waste of taxes, His Majesty will not agree, and the ministers of the court will not allow it." ”

Suning said with a smile: "This tax will definitely not be wasted, let's test it right away to see if these artillery pieces have wasted the hard-earned money of the people of the Tang Dynasty." ”

In order to test the power of this artillery, so as to impress the other two commanders, Suning had already received the holy decree of Li Er's majesty Xià in the valley not far from the military camp secretly made a mock city wall, the strength of which was almost comparable to Goguryeo's Jiancheng Anshi City, which made Zhang Liang indignantly shout to slaughter the city, so that these generals could be given a more intuitive feeling, so that the artillery could quickly be recognized by the generals in the army.

You know, the storage of this artillery is definitely not just for the army, at this stage, when using solid bullets, these guns should be more excellent if they can be used on warships, because the best way to deal with warships is to sink them. The best way to sink is to use something like a large boulder to smash it, which is why trebuchets are so popular, and nowadays artillery is more powerful, has a longer range, and is more destructive, even if it is a solid bullet, it is also very useful for naval warfare.

So for the two admirals, Zhang Liang and Zhang Shigui, this kind of artillery seems to be more useful to them, and as far as those large warships of the Tang Dynasty are concerned. It is okay for each warship to carry dozens of guns. Although it is necessary to consider whether the deck of the warship can withstand the weight of the guns and the strong recoil, if these admirals admit it, then the further promotion of the guns is undoubtedly possible.

The battleship was armed with artillery, as if an unarmed man had picked up a musket.

Suning took the artillery team and Zhang Liang and Zhang Shigui to the secret valley. When I saw the small city wall in the valley. Zhang Liang realized that Suning came prepared: "You kid." Could it be that you have been ready for a long time ago, and you need to get some shoddy walls to support your artillery? I would never allow this kind of thing, come on. Bring the trebuchet over and give the old man a test to see if this wall is inferior! ”

Suning couldn't help but laugh at this: "My general, don't you think I'm going to joke with you on such a military matter?" ”

Zhang Liang blinked his eyes and said: "Just because it is a major military matter, I can't be sloppy at all, and the war is about to start, if this artillery can't work, won't it harm the whole army?" The old man has to be cautious! ”

Suning waved his hand: "Whatever you want, I don't care!" ”

Zhang Liang walked two laps triumphantly, and personally rode forward to the side of the city wall to look left and right, and pulled out his waist knife and cut a few times, Zhang Shigui also went to see it out of all considerations, touched the city wall, pulled out the war knife and cut a few times, seemed to be very satisfied and nodded, came back and said to Suning: "This city wall looks real, there is no fraud." ”

Suning said helplessly: "That's not, other things can be joked, how can this militaristic event be joked?" I only have one head, not enough to chop! ”

Zhang Liang also came back, and seemed to have some agreement with the strength and solidity of this city wall, but he still didn't let go: "It looks good, but we have to wait for the trebuchet to test it, who knows if this is something that is strong outside?" ”

Suning ignored Zhang Liang with his waist in his hand, intending to wait a while to watch him blinded by the artillery.

The trebuchet arrived, and the ancient giant beast dedicated to the battlefield, which was the strongest attack power and the farthest range siege heavy weapon in the era of cold weapons, played an irreplaceable role in many battles, and was also the crystallization of the technology and wisdom of the military craftsmen in ancient China, leaving a strong mark in the history of ancient Chinese warfare.

And now, the three trebuchets are ready to go, with Zhang Liang's order, the three trebuchets almost at the same moment smashed the grinding disc large stones towards the city wall, after a few loud noises, the stones were bounced off, some directly shattered, although the city wall was lost, but did not move, this time, the real Cheng dù of the city wall has no doubt.

Zhang Liang was also refreshed, and said directly: "Okay, the old man believes that this city wall is not a fake, so you can try it and see if your artillery is powerful, or my trebuchet is powerful!" ”

Suning smiled and immediately ordered: "Artillery men prepare!" ”

An officer immediately stepped forward, drew his sword and shouted in the direction of the city wall: "Gunners prepare!" Reload your ammo! Aim! ”

The three guns were immediately pushed forward, and then fifteen gunners skillfully operated the guns in front of them, cleaning the barrels, loading gunpowder, loading solid bullets, lighting torches, and then retreating to the side, covering their ears, Suning also said: "This sound is relatively loud, it is better for you to cover your ears, and also, the ears of the horses must be blocked, and people can still control them, and the horses are very easily frightened." ”

Suning gave an order, everyone was stunned for a moment, and they all prepared according to Suning's order, Zhang Shigui also hesitated to plug his beloved horse's ears with cloth, and then blocked his ears himself, only Zhang Liang was not the same: "Man's husband, what are you afraid of?" The old man didn't move at all when the thunder exploded in his ears, not to mention this artillery? ”

Suning ignored him, gave him a blank look and said, "Don't blame me if you fall!" Then the order was given to the officer: "Ignition!" ”

The officer understood and waved his sword: "Ignition!" Put! ”

The soldier with the torch immediately lit the fuse, and then quickly put down the torch, half-squatting, covering his ears with both hands, and then, three loud noises, the earth trembled, everyone felt that their bodies were a little shaky, and then the loud noise that they had never heard before scared them enough, Zhang Liang finally tasted the bitter fruit, the war horse under the crotch was directly frightened, and a high leg raised Zhang Liang fell off the horse, and then galloped.

Regardless of the frightened horse, everyone's attention was drawn to the shocking scene not far away, the city wall that had not moved under the bombardment of three huge trebuchets was completely destroyed by the bombardment of these three guns, leaving only ruins and smoke billowing out.

Everyone was stunned, so that everyone didn't notice that Zhang Liang fell to the ground for the first time, and didn't help him, and even Zhang Liang himself didn't pay attention to the pain in his body...... (To be continued......)