Reborn Yue Feizhi returns my rivers and mountains

The Song Dynasty was an era of rapid development of thermal weapons. During the Northern Song Dynasty, black gunpowder was widely used in the army. Since Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was born in the military, he knew the importance of weapons. From his beginning, the Northern Song Dynasty used a large amount of gold, silver and technology. Used to improve various weapons and equipment.Therefore, the sophisticated weapons of his troops are breathtaking, and later generations have spoken highly of them: "The weapons are shrewd and sophisticated, rarely seen in later generations" and "The weapons are so powerful that they have never been seen in recent times."When Song Taizu was on the throne, rockets had become an extremely mature weapon used in the military.It is actually a gunpowder bag tied to the head of the arrow. The purpose is to set off fire and burn the enemy to death. It is most used in water battles. It can burn the sails of ships and make it difficult for the enemy to fight again.

By the time of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, in addition to rockets, the Song people also invented firearms such as thunderbolts, fireballs, and fire caltrops.The usage of these firearms is recorded in "Wu Jing Zong Yao".Thunderbolt fireballs and fire caltrops are firearms thrown by human hands. Their appearance is somewhat similar to modern grenades. Their basic structure is to knead iron nails, asphalt, arsenic and other anti-personnel objects with paper or hemp, and wrap the outer layer with black gunpowder. The outermost layer is wrapped in rosin, and the explosive fragments and poisonous smoke produced by combustion are used to kill the enemy.However, these firearms can only be used for city defense or melee combat, and have limited effect on siege. So on this basis, the Song people invented another firearm that can be used for siege - Zhentian Lei.

The Thunderbolt is made of pig iron with a shell filled with gunpowder. After being ignited, it is thrown towards the city with a catapult. Once it explodes, the pig iron fragments are scattered in all directions, which can penetrate armor and kill the defenders. It is the largest siege weapon. Killer weapon. In "Water Margin", the earth-axis star-blasting sky-blasting thunder Lingzhen is good at using this kind of firearm, and he is known as "the best artilleryman in the world". In fact, the artillery mentioned here is not the combination of base, barrel, shells, etc. that we see in modern times. The artillery refers only to this kind of firearm. "Water Margin" says that Ling Zhen's artillery can hit a distance of fourteen or five miles, which is actually extremely exaggerated. However, with the power of a trebuchet, it can be thrown several miles away.

Therefore, Li Gang was shocked when he saw the opponent launching the Thunderbolt. He quickly ordered the soldiers guarding the city to be careful. At the same time, he ordered his own gunners to aim the Thunderbolt at the Jin soldiers' camp.

At this time, Wanyan Zongwang gave an order, and the Jin Army gunners ignited the cannonballs. With a flick of the trebuchet, several cannonballs flew towards the city. As soon as they landed, they exploded with a "boom" and blew up the defenders. , immediately lost his life.Li Gang had also prepared artillery at this time, and several artillery shells flew into the Jin army's formation, blowing them up and knocking them off their feet.

Taking advantage of the power of artillery and bows and arrows, the Jin soldiers began to climb towards the top of the city again. As they were climbing, suddenly several ropes hung from their heads.Jin Bing wondered, could there be someone inside the city?He actually dropped the rope.So without thinking about it, I reached out to grab it.Suddenly, a fire snake descended along the rope, and a few drops of fire oil fell on the body, immediately burning its skin and flesh to pieces.

It turns out that these ropes are soaked in kerosene, which will ignite when exposed to fire. If they drip down and fall on a person, they will be ignited and turn into a burning person. When they fall on the ladder, the fire will immediately burst into flames, and the ladder will be ignited. Turn into ashes.In the blink of an eye, thick smoke was seen rising into the sky, fire snakes spread wantonly on the walls of Bianjing, the ladders made by the golden soldiers crackled in the fire, and countless golden soldiers turned into burning men.As a result, a large number of ladders were turned into coke, and the Jin soldiers lost their important siege tools and had to withdraw their troops and return to the camp.

In this way, the Song and Jin armies exchanged artillery fire and took turns fighting on the city walls, causing casualties on each other. But overall, the Song army took advantage of the high city and blocked the Jin army, making it difficult to break the city for several days.

Seeing that Bianjing could not be captured for several days, Wanyan Zongwang summoned his generals to discuss matters and said: "I thought that Tokyo City would be like other prefectures and counties, and we would be able to take over the Southern Dynasties without any effort, but we didn't expect the soldiers and people here With such a concerted effort, Li Gang defended the city very well, and it was difficult to capture it in a hurry. Presumably, the troops everywhere had also received the news that Tokyo was besieged. I am afraid that King Qin's troops will arrive in the near future, and by then the city of Tokyo will be destroyed. How should we respond internally and externally?”

The generals listened to the discussion, but they could not come up with a good strategy to break the city. After a while, Wu Shu stepped out and said: "Brother, this Tokyo city has strong artillery. Our army has been attacking for several days and has already lost nearly ten thousand people." We have elite soldiers, but we have found nothing. As my brother said, once the Qinwang's troops from all over the country arrive, our army will be passive. It is better to send envoys to sue for peace and find out whether the emperor of the Southern Dynasty is willing to negotiate for peace. If the emperor of the Southern Dynasty refuses to negotiate, we will return to the army. Let's just take Taiyuan Prefecture together with Marshal Nianhan. If he is willing to negotiate with us, we can order him to cede territory and pay compensation, and our army will not go through this journey in vain."

After thinking for a long time, Wanyan Zongwang felt that this plan was feasible, so he wrote a peace agreement letter and shot it into the city, waiting for a reply.

The city guard here picked up the letter and presented it to Emperor Qinzong not long after. Qinzong opened it and read it. It said that the Jin army besieged Tokyo. Because they could not bear to hurt the soldiers and civilians in the city, they suspended the offensive and asked the Southern Dynasty to send envoys. The camp discussed and so on.

After Emperor Qinzong read it, he passed the letter to all his officials for viewing.After seeing this, Li Gang came out of the squad and said: "The Jin people have been attacking the city for several days without success. Our army is united and morale is strong. King Qin's troops from all around are about to reach the capital. Please don't believe the Jin people's wishes and defend the city to the death." When the reinforcements arrive, the danger of the Jin people will be resolved!"

Before Emperor Qinzong could speak, Li Bangyan said: "The Jin people have conquered several prefectures, and it is difficult to stop them. They have taken turns attacking the city in the past few days, and our soldiers and civilians have suffered a lot of damage. The whereabouts of King Qin's army is still unknown. The city is weak and there are few generals, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to defend it for a long time, so it would be best to take this opportunity to negotiate with the Jinren."

Emperor Qinzong had been frightened by the sound of cannons from the city for several days. Now he heard that the Jin people were planning to negotiate peace. He was already moved, so he ordered Zheng Wangzhi, a foreign minister, to go out of the city to discuss with the Jin army.Li Gang was about to play, but Emperor Qinzong stopped him with his eyes, and he could only watch Zheng Wangzhi take the order and leave.

Zheng Wangzhi fell to the city in a bamboo basket and was caught by the Jin soldiers patrolling the city and sent to the camp. Zheng Wangzhi said that he was the messenger sent by Qin Zong for peace talks, so Wanyan Zongwang sent his subordinate Wu Xiaomin to talk to him.

Seeing Wu Xiaomin, Zheng Wangzhi asked: "Song and Jin belong to the alliance, why did they raise troops to invade our country?"

Wu Xiaomin replied with a smile: "The Southern Dynasty is a country of treachery. When the Song and Jin Dynasties allied, our army attacked Yanjing, but not a single soldier from the Southern Dynasty was seen. What is the use of such an alliance? The late emperor was virtuous and remembered the old righteousness of you and others. Therefore, Xu The land of Yanjing was returned to the Southern Dynasty, and there was an oath of alliance between the two countries. But I didn't want you to betray your trust, and first accepted Zhang Jue's surrender as a reward, and then took the people of Yanyun and traveled south, so there is today's military disaster."

Zheng Wangzhi was speechless and had to ask: "But I don't know what your country wants in the peace negotiation?"

Wu Xiaomin had already received Wanyan Zongwang's instructions, so he opened his mouth and said: "Without it, please cut the Yellow River as a new territory, and return the three towns of Taiyuan, Hejian and Zhongshan to our court, supplemented by gold and silk to reward the army."

Zheng Wangzhi was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly argued with him, but Wu Xiaomin remained silent. In desperation, he had no choice but to invite him to the court to meet Emperor Qinzong for further discussions, and Wu Xiaomin agreed.So the two of them went into the city together to discuss peace matters.