The sixth day of November, Liaoyang Mansion.

Wu Shu got off his horse and walked into the school grounds surrounded by everyone.

"His Royal Highness, King Wei, is over there." Han Chang said.

Far away, Wu Shu saw a big guy sitting in the snow.

Wu Shu walked over excitedly. He was in a very good mood.

"See His Highness the King of Wei." Everyone saluted.

"No need to be polite."

Wu Shu walked to this giant trebuchet, looked up at it, and couldn't help but sigh: "The people of the Song Dynasty actually built such a magical weapon."

Han Chang said: "Your Highness, you'd better stand farther away."

"Okay!" Wu Shu was overjoyed, "You can hide it for me now!"

Those Han craftsmen began to get busy, and with their cooperation, the Jin Army's artillery battalion began to prepare.

About 150 meters away, there is a very thick wall, which was also temporarily built.

After the operation was completed, there was a sudden muffled sound, and the huge trebuchet began to move. A large stone weighing a hundred kilograms rose from the ground and drew an arc in the wind and snow.

The boulder hit the thick wall, and with a bang, a big crater appeared in the wall.

"Cai!" Wu Shu couldn't help shouting loudly, "This is truly a divine weapon!"

Han Chang said: "Your Highness, if this thing can be manufactured in batches, the people of Song Dynasty will no longer be able to stop our golden heavenly soldiers!"

What Han Chang said is correct. When the Jin army went south, the biggest headache was the Song people's city defense tactics.

The siege tactics of the Jin army are not weak. They have all kinds of goose carts and ladders, iron artillery, crossbows, hooks and sickles, and trebuchets.

However, the Song army's defense tactics based on the city wall caused the Jin army to suffer a lot.

The Jin Kingdom went south many times but failed. One of the important reasons was that the siege battles were very difficult.

The most painful points of siege warfare:

First, it costs a lot of time. Soldiers are very fast on the battlefield. Once the city cannot be captured, it can only be spent there. For example, in the first battle of Song and Jin Dynasties, Zong Han fought against Taiyuan for nine months. In the fourth battle of Song and Jin Dynasties, Wu Shu was defeated under the walls of Xuzhou City. In the fifth battle between Song and Jin Dynasties, Zong Wang went to Cangzhou and was depleted of a large number of elite troops under Cangzhou City, and finally had to retreat.

Second, once time passes, it will inevitably lead to excessive food consumption for the entire battle. The risk of replenishing food in enemy territory is very high, and it is easy to be attacked by enemies or enemy forces that will appear soon.

Third, the damage ratio in siege battles is higher than in ordinary frontal field battles.

These three points have a great impact on a war.

But now, the emergence of Hui Hui Pao has changed these three points.

This means that the rules of war have changed.

"How did you get this thing?" Wu Shu asked.

Han Qixian on the side said: "The Privy Council sent a large number of agents southward to conduct inquiries among the people in Hebei. The Song Army used it in the Battle of Hejian."

"You found out now?" Wu Shu asked curiously.

"There were many people who participated in supporting the Song Army at that time. Many of them had seen this thing, and there were some skilled craftsmen. We bribed them with a lot of money." Han Qixian said, "This thing is not too complicated. It is a slight improvement on the original trebuchet. , but even with this slight improvement, if there is no finished product, many craftsmen will never come up with it in their lifetime."

In a few simple words, Han Qixian touched on the key to reciprocating the attack.

Every innovation, even micro-innovation, requires accumulation.

"After collecting intelligence from many sources, we came back and made many attempts with the weapons supervisor to do it."

Wu Shu thought for a while and then said: "Can this projected stone cannon be improved into a large iron artillery cannon?"

Han Qi was stunned for a moment and said, "You can try it."

"Then stone cannons and iron cannons will go hand in hand. One hundred of them will be manufactured next year. The Privy Council can set up a special quarrying department to ensure there is enough stone!"

"yes."

Han Qixian then said: "Your Highness, do you want to send a few units to Fuzhou first? It will be difficult for Li Cheng to attack Fuzhou there."

"There is no rush. Once thirty units are built, sufficient stones will be prepared and sent to Fuzhou together. I will raze Fuzhou City to the ground at once!"

November 10th, Tokyo city, light snow.

Today is a holiday for officials, and most of them are not in the yamen.

This is what the Song Dynasty was like.

If you are an official in the Han Dynasty, you eat, drink and sleep in the yamen. You may be allowed to go home and take a bath regularly.

But it is different when you are an official in the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty had the most holidays in ancient times.

The day off today is called the ten-day holiday. The ten-day holiday stipulates that officials have one day off every ten days, and this day is set at the end of each ten-day period.

In addition to this daily holiday, there are also holidays on various holidays.

After all, the Zhao officials in the Song Dynasty also knew that giving holidays to officials could promote consumption.

Qin Hui got off the carriage, straightened his clothes, and walked into the palace.

At this time, Lu Yihao, Chen Gui and Zhang Shuye were in the Wende Hall.

Zhao Guanjia pointed at Dengzhou and said: "Building an artillery workshop in Dengzhou will shorten the supply time of artillery to Liaodong. What do you think?"

Zhang Shuye said: "Dengzhou is far away from Taiyuan, the capital. I am worried that the Jin people will penetrate there and steal the craftsmanship of the Tiger Crouching Cannon."

Lu Yihao said: "It is enough to take the necessary precautions. There are some things that cannot be completely prevented."

Chen Gui nodded and agreed with Lu Yihao's statement. He said: "Ms. Lu is right. I am even worried that the Jin people have already mastered the manufacturing method of heavy trebuchets."

"Oh, Minister Chen, you can't say this nonsense!" Zhang Shuye said with a serious expression, "Do you know the consequences if Jin Ren masters that kind of trebuchet?"

"Xianggong Zhang, the manufacturing process of heavy trebuchets is not difficult. Folk craftsmen can know the general structure as long as they observe a few times. Hebei area, especially Hejian Prefecture, Zhongshan Prefecture, and Zhending Prefecture, were once the imperial palaces. In the border military town, there are a large number of craftsmen scattered among the people."

Lu Yihao said: "The imperial court should issue some policies to recruit these craft talents."

Chen Gui said: "Of course there are these policies, but if the Jin people pay high prices to the private sector, it is possible to get some information. As you just said, some things cannot be avoided."

"Once the Tiger Crouching Cannon is used on the battlefield, it will inevitably be left on the battlefield and be discovered and taken back by the Jin army." Zhao Ning said, "It is useless to rely on prevention. What we can really do is to provide enough bronze and improve the manufacturing process. Speed ​​up the manufacturing process, improve the manufacturing technology and gunpowder production volume, and crush the Jinren in quantity."

When Zhao Guanjia said this, everyone felt that the times had really changed.

"Not only is Dengzhou going to build a large-scale artillery workshop for Liaodong, Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi must start building it quickly. Think about it, when the Xixia people made the divine arm crossbow, they could not keep up with the manufacturing process of the divine arm crossbow, and could not guarantee sufficient supply. Quantity consequences, right?”

What Zhao Guanjia said made everyone shudder.

The divine arm crossbow was not invented by the Song Dynasty, but by the Xixia people.

During the battle between the two sides, the Divine Arm Crossbow was captured by the Song Dynasty on the battlefield, and the Song Dynasty immediately began to establish the Divine Arm Crossbow industry chain.
Chapter completed!