Chapter 498: The First Battle of Gunpowder Weapons
Wang Shao knows the power of this thing, if it is used well, it is more powerful than 100,000 Liao State Iron Cavalry, and even more terrible than a fire gun, it must be protected well, it cannot be damaged by others, let alone stolen, if it falls into the hands of Western Xia or Liao, then the Great Song Dynasty will really be finished.
Shen Long is not worried at all, this thing needs to enter the password when it is turned on, as long as the password is not leaked, it is useless for others to steal it, I really don't believe it, can the party and the Khitan people crack the password?
Knowing the enemy's movements, Wang Shao immediately convened a military meeting with the generals, preparing to immediately set off to make a forced landing on the Qiang tribe, he pointed to the map to point out the destination to those generals who did not know what was happening, and then gave the route of the army.
"Timing." A general got up, Wang Shao's current official position is Qin Feng Road Driver Yi Text, so the other party used Ji Yi to call it, he pointed to the map and asked, "The road here is not passable, how can the army move forward?" ”
"I just explored the Malay newspaper, and found a small road here, few people walked, the front section has been buried by wild grass, but as long as you climb this mountain, it is a good road that can accommodate two horses in parallel." Wang Shao explained that this was what he had just seen from the picture sent back by the drone, and with this thing, he could see clearly no matter what the road was.
The generals in the tent knew that Wang Shao would not joke about such a thing, so they believed it, and after some orders, they went down to prepare their respective armies to set off, Shen Long also planned to go with Wang Shao, this is the first time he has been on the battlefield, who knows if he will encounter a task that requires war in the future? It's always good to be more familiar, but you can't practice real skills just by reading military books.
Wang Shao also wanted to put armor on Shen Long for protection, but Shen Long did not accept it, his clothes had already been replaced with the Mithril chain mail bought from the dwarves, and the craftsmanship of the Great Song craftsmen was probably not as good as the dwarves.
The army did not carry too much baggage, marched lightly all the way, and after resting for a night, it appeared in the valley early the next morning, the Qiang tribe thought that they were well hidden, Wang Shao would definitely not find them, so they were not too vigilant, and when they got the news, it was too late, Wang Shao's army blocked the valley mouth tightly.
However, the other party was not ready to surrender, but reorganized the soldiers and horses in the valley and tried to fight to the death, perhaps in their opinion, as long as they got on the horse and charged, they could penetrate the military formation of the Great Song Dynasty, but the Great Song Dynasty was beaten too badly by the Western Xia over the years, and even these Qiang people did not look down on the army of the Great Song Dynasty.
"The time is right, and the last general is willing to take the lead." A fierce-looking general took the initiative to ask for battle, maybe he thought this was a good opportunity to make a contribution, right?
Wang Shao was about to agree, but Shen Long came out to speak, "Zichun, this general is extraordinary, if he goes out, he will definitely be able to defeat the Qiang people, but we are here this time to surrender, not to kill, let's try other means first, right?" If not, ask this general to come out again! ”
"What did the Taoist say?" Wang Shao quickly understood, only listening to Shen Long's commands, several students who followed him immediately took some wooden parts from their horses and assembled them, and in a short time, several small trebuchets were installed and transported by them to the front of the formation to be launched.
"Ponxijun?" Someone in the Song army and on the opposite side exclaimed at the same time, "Isn't this an object only found in the Western Xia Poxi Army?" When did I/them learn the Great Song as well? ”
In the Western Xia army, there was a special army called the Poxi army, they installed small trebuchets on the back of camels, used to fire stone projectiles to disrupt the enemy's formation, so that Bu Bazi and Iron Harrier took the opportunity to attack, whether it was the Qiang people or the Song army, they had suffered losses in this before.
"Don't panic, there are only a few trebuchets, what can I do?" The leader of the Qiang people said comfortingly, if you send dozens or hundreds of mobile trebuchets at a time like the Poxi army, they will still be afraid, so as long as you pay attention to avoid it, the Song army is also a general idea.
"Take control of your horses later, don't be left behind!" Shen Long gave Song Jun a few words, and then Wang Shao gave the order for a test firing.
I saw that the students immediately took out several clay pots the size of a fist with a fire rope on them and pressed them on the trebuchet launch bucket, lit the fire rope and launched the clay pots.
Three or five clay pots flew towards the Qiang people unhurriedly, and there was a burst of laughter among the Qiang people, and they didn't even bother to hide, so they directly raised their backings and prepared to knock the crockpot open.
Who knew that as soon as the crockpot flew above their heads, they heard a few loud bangs, and the crockpots exploded in unison, and the shattered tiles scattered with a scream, tearing apart the bodies of the surrounding Qiang people, splashing blood flowers.
"Sigh Rhythm ~~" The war horses inside and outside the valley were startled by the explosion at the same time, countless Qiang people in the valley fell off their horses, and the Song army outside could barely get better, and Shen Long's advice more or less worked.
When the smoke of the explosion cleared, the Qiang people in the valley were in chaos, some lying in pools of blood wailing, some kneeling to pray to the gods and Buddhas, some looking for a place to try to escape, only one or two people remained awake and tried to reassemble the group.
Shen Long wouldn't give him this chance, he took out the bow and arrow that the elf got from his back, drew the bow and opened the arrow, and shot three arrows in a row, hitting the throats of the three Qiang leaders.
"Dao Chang is good at archery!" Someone in the Song army applauded, originally they looked at Shen Long's bow body so slender, and thought it was a soft bow to play with, who knew that the strength was so strong, and the archery of the Taoist was so accurate, even if it was put on the entire Qin Feng Road, there were not many people who wanted to find out the archery skills that could compete with Shen Long, right?
"Zichun, now is the time to persuade them to surrender." This time it can be said that it is the first time that the army of the Great Song Dynasty has applied gunpowder to the battlefield, and now it seems that the effect is not bad.
Wang Shao also recovered from his surprise, it was one thing to see the demonstration when he was in Kaifeng, and it was another thing to see these gunpowder shells play a role on the battlefield.
"The Great Song Heavenly Soldiers have arrived, why don't you quickly surrender on your knees?" Wang Shao took a few steps forward and shouted loudly, Shen Long made a gesture, and the students immediately took out a few more crockpots and put them on the launch bucket to deter those Qiang people.
The Qiang people were frightened by this weapon they had never seen before, and thought that the Song army was protected by the gods, so they no longer dared to resist at the moment, and they threw down their swords and knelt down to ask for surrender.
Wang Shao asked the Song army to enter the valley to collect their weapons, and escorted them to prepare to go back, Shen Long and Wang Shao both saw a few clever Qiang people secretly hiding in the grass and did not come out, but neither of them reminded them, but looked at each other and smiled, and it was a good thing to let them run away.