Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 166: Making a Thunder Cane, the First Practical Combat of Explosive Packs

What this guy said is right. After fighting for so many years, he also summed up some things.

Maybe the rules I made before can be changed. Some small towns still use the previous methods, but when attacking big cities, use the method proposed by Zhang Yong.

"Believe me, Khan! This trick is definitely very useful." Zhang Yong said.

After all, it is something that military strategists of later generations have learned through practice, and it is absolutely easy to use.

Physically, the best way is to give the enemy a fatal blow and a sense of oppression, and then use words to persuade him to surrender.

"Well! During this period of time, you stay in Xuanhua Mansion and concentrate on making your heartless cannon. I will capture these two cities in a month at most.

When the time comes, you can just come over and take over. I will also take your [-] husbands with me, and let them live here from now on. "Genghis Khan said.

I hope these Xixia people can surrender so that I can kill fewer people.

After chatting with Genghis Khan for a few more words, Zhang Yong said goodbye and left.

Today, Genghis Khan finally stopped writing a blank check to himself, and instead chose to personally lead people to attack his own territory. Xiliang Mansion and Xining Mansion were also good, and they were relatively close to the Central Plains.

It is still in the Hexi Corridor, an important location on the Silk Road trade route. It is indeed a good site, but what I want more is the Guanzhong area.

Khan, when will you go to Guanzhong?

Early the next morning, Genghis Khan led hundreds of thousands of troops and attacked Xiliang Mansion in a mighty manner.

Also traveling with him was Chahan. As the adopted son and general of Genghis Khan, he naturally had to accompany the army.

Before leaving, Genghis Khan left five thousand soldiers and horses in the city, under Zhang Yong's command.

Then a large number of craftsmen and gunpowderers were left behind, and orders were given from various places to continuously transport gunpowder ingredients and black oil.

Now that all the gunpowder raw materials are deployed, half will be supplied to Zhang Yong for his unscrupulous cannon experiments.

The other half was made into square explosive packets under Genghis Khan's order, and then sent to the front line for use by Genghis Khan and other Mongolian troops.

Genghis Khan acted very quickly. After the super artifact such as explosive packs was developed, it was immediately put into use on the battlefield.

Zhang Yong, on the other hand, began to spend all his time making unscrupulous cannons.

Three days later, Zhang Yong once again came to the place where the foundry craftsmen were. This time, he hoped that the suitable barrel had been made.

"Master Divine Envoy, we really can't make a 60-80 kilogram cannon barrel. How about you give us more time? Three days is really too little." The craftsman said with some embarrassment.

"So what did you make? I asked you to put a barrel on it, didn't you try it?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Master Divine Envoy, it is forty kilograms heavier than the eighty kilograms you requested. It weighs a total of 120 kilograms. It is made of pure iron. There is really no way to lose weight.

There is also a [-]-pound one, which is made of a wooden barrel on the outside and some iron on the inside, but the muzzle is smaller. We cast two of them in total. "The craftsman said.

"Take it out and let me see!" Zhang Yong said.

The craftsman nodded when he heard this and asked his men to take out the things.

Soon, two large cannon barrels were moved in front of Zhang Yong. They were the same size as a washbasin and about two meters high. One was made of pure iron and weighed about 120 kilograms.

The other one added wood, but it was a lot lighter and weighed [-] kilograms, which was barely qualified.

For these two barrels, the craftsmen tried their best to make them thin, but even so, ancient technology was still not as good as modern iron technology. The final weight of this barrel was about one hundred kilograms.

"Okay, that's it! If you continue to cast the gun barrel in the next few days, the weight must not exceed these two. Of course, the lighter the better." Zhang Yong said.

To be honest, these two are still a little heavy, but they are not unusable. Two soldiers can still carry something weighing 120 kilograms.

As for the [-]-pound wood-iron combination, I don’t know how durable it is!

Zhang Yong did not embarrass these craftsmen anymore. After all, these craftsmen also had difficulties. This was the late Song Dynasty more than 800 years ago. Although these craftsmen were the best in the world, many of their craftsmanship could not be compared with today.

After taking away the two finished products, we started experimenting.

When they came to the wasteland outside the city, they ordered the soldiers to dig two holes at a 45-degree angle, bury the approximately one meter cannon body in it, and then pile up the cannon body with the remaining soil, leaving only half of it exposed. The cannon body is outside.

"Sir! Can we launch it now?" A gunpowder master came over and asked.

"Well! Get all the explosive packs and propellants, and prepare the fuses. We will start the test explosion now." Zhang Yong said.

The several gunpowder technicians in charge of the operation nodded and began to move quickly, loading the cannon with propellant, blocking plates, and then loading disc-shaped explosive bags.

If you want to use an unscrupulous cannon to launch explosive packets, you cannot make them into square explosive packets. This is very unfavorable for ejection, and the square shape in the barrel will easily cause greater friction, resulting in failure to launch, or insufficient distance, etc. Many reasons.

Changing it to a round shape will make it easier to launch, and the accuracy will be more accurate.

Fortunately, his book also has a method for wrapping round explosive packets, which is not a problem for Zhang Yong. In the past few days, Zhang Yong has begun to order these explosive masters to make some disc-shaped explosive packets.

However, from the square to the disc-shaped explosive package, the amount of explosives has not been reduced at all, and even the disc-shaped explosive package has a slightly larger amount of explosives.

Following Zhang Yong's order, the gunpowder master lit the fuse and then ran to a place dozens of meters away to hide it.

Just listen, bang!Boom!
The explosive package was launched, but it fell vertically and exploded more than 20 meters away.

"This! Sir, did we, did we fail?"

"Well, it just failed. It should be that the adjustment was not done properly, or the propellant was not given enough.

Next we will make adjustments, remember that the lead is slightly longer, and all of us must be [-] steps away. We all put on safety helmets. "Zhang Yong said.

Although the first launch failed, Zhang Yong was not discouraged. Failure is the mother of success, and it would be unscientific if the experiment could be successful at one time!

Although I have complete design drawings here, as well as projectile arc lines, and detailed information on all aspects, the specific production is still far from what it would be hundreds of years later.

Next, Zhang Yong began to increase the amount of propellant and tilted the gun body a little more.

This experiment lasted for several days, and the two cannon barrels were blown up into black ash.

I even blew up the one made of wood and iron, and found a perfect gunpowder charge.

The explosive package can be pushed to the desired height for ejection.

Several days of experiments followed.

Zhang Yong and others found a more suitable 45-degree angle and successfully launched the explosive package to a distance of 200 steps, which is [-] meters away.

"Successful, we finally succeeded. This distance is a hundred steps further than the catapult, and it exploded five hundred steps away." A group of gunpowder casters said excitedly.

After working hard for seven or eight days, they finally got it done, and they lived up to their hard work for so many days.

As for the launch effect, Zhang Yong expressed that he was very satisfied.

First of all, the distance is further than that of a catapult, and it can be used by digging a hole with a weight of one hundred kilograms.

Then in terms of power, the explosion is similar to that fired by a trebuchet, but it is fired from a cannon barrel.

It will form a ballistic shock wave, the explosion power is slightly better, and the ballistics is calculated, making the operation easier.

This thing is much easier to assemble and carry than a trebuchet, the large trebuchet used by Genghis Khan's army.

Generally, more than a dozen people are required to operate it at the same time, but this one only requires two or three people to operate it.

After the two soldiers strengthened the gun body, they charged and filled it with powder. The other was responsible for lighting the fuse, which was simple and fast.

However, it will take some time to completely replace the role of the trebuchet. First, the gunpowder charge and the iron production capacity must be increased.

Although there are no big requirements for firing a heartless cannon, this simple-made cannon tube can only be used a dozen or twenty times at most, and it will be stopped immediately.

The pure iron one can be used many times, but after adding wood, it can no longer be used for ten times at most. Even if you are unlucky, you will have to replace it after five or six rounds.

If it is durable, of course it is better to cast it from pure iron, but even if it is made from pure iron, it will probably be exhausted after being used for more than twenty times.

This still needs to be improved in various aspects before it can be put into large-scale use.However, Zhang Yong is not going to take care of these things anymore. Just these two things, you can take care of it yourself!

I have brought a lot of black technology to the Mongolian army, just explosive bags, trebuchets, gasoline, and this crude and heartless cannon.

The invincible Mongolian army has become even more invincible.

He has no plans to take out real cannons made of steel, granulated black powder, and sugar for combustion, or fragmentation damage mines.

"Sir, which one do you think we should choose for the gun body? The one made of pure iron is a little heavier, but it is durable. The one made of wood is a lot lighter, but it is not very durable."

"Let's use wood and iron first! This is more convenient to produce, can save a lot of iron, and is easier to carry. Anyway, the effect is the same." Zhang Yong said.

After all, the material cost is smaller and it is barely usable.

After determining the production direction, under Zhang Yong's order, a group of craftsmen and a group of carpenters began to get busy.

Make the wood-iron version of the gun barrel that Zhang Yong needs, and at the same time cast a small amount of the pure iron version.

While Zhang Yong was busy producing heartless cannons and testing the range of cannons, Genghis Khan also led his army outside Xiliang Mansion.

"Great Khan! Do we still follow the previous rules? We will send someone over to persuade them to surrender." Subotai stepped forward and asked.

"No! Set up all our trebuchets. Then use the explosive packs made by Zhang Yong to bomb the city first." Genghis Khan waved his hand and said.

Is this a direct attack? Could it be that the Great Khan planned to completely drive out the Xixia people because of General Muhuali's affairs?

"I know about the Great Khan, and I ordered them to attack with all their strength." Subotai said.

"No! You only need to carry out one or two rounds of catapult bombing, and then send people in to persuade them to surrender." Genghis Khan said.

Subotai Wenyan didn't say anything more, after all, this was Genghis Khan's order.immediately.He only set about setting up catapults and strictly followed Zhang Yong's instructions.

The catapults were set up three hundred paces away, while all the explosive charges were placed two hundred paces away, and were protected with shields.

Xixia defenders on Xiliang City.Hot iron juice and various rolling wood and stones have been prepared, ready for a decisive battle with the Mongolian army.

At this time, the Xixia garrison was still a little puzzled. According to normal circumstances, the Mongolian army should have sent an envoy to the city to persuade them to surrender.

I originally planned to kill the envoy first and then use his head as a sacrifice to boost morale.
But this time, the Mongols didn't seem to follow common sense and started setting up trebuchets directly outside the city. Are they planning to attack directly?
"Lord Sasa! The Mongols are about to attack directly!" said a Xixia guard.

"I saw it and ordered all the brothers to strictly guard the city wall. If the Mongols are allowed to enter the city, everyone will die."

"General, the Mongols, their lead car is a little strange. They don't seem to have prepared too many stones. What are those bags?"

It stands to reason that when a trebuchet launches an attack, a large number of stones will be prepared outside the city, wrapped in cloth, poured with oil, ignited and then launched, so as to cause maximum damage.

But this time, no huge boulders or anything like that were found near the Mongolian catapults.Aren't they going to attack with rocks?
"Go and tell the brothers to be careful. The Mongols may spray some poison or other things. There is absolutely nothing in those big bags." The Xixia guard said.

After the catapult outside the city was set up, Genghis Khan gave an order to light the explosive bag, then pulled the catapult and launched the lit explosive bag.

The explosive package was thrown in a perfect arc, fell into the city, and exploded in the astonished eyes of the Xixia soldiers.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

Amidst the huge white smoke and the sky-high flames.

The sound of large explosions resounded in Xiliang City. The soldiers had never seen such a thing, let alone defended it. They were blown away immediately.

"Ah! My ears, my ears can't hear!"

"My legs, my legs, help, help!"

"Ah! Ah! Ghost! Ghost!"

Countless Xixia soldiers began to cry. Those who were blown to pieces on the spot were fine. They couldn't cry out and were no longer afraid.

But the soldiers who survived suffered.

All had their hands and feet broken by the explosion, their eardrums burst, their internal organs bleeding, and the entire city wall was full of wailing and cries for help.

The soldiers began to run around, and even a group of Xixia guards were shocked and speechless, with their mouths wide open, not knowing what to do.

The violent explosion caused by the first round of explosive package projectile attack defeated the psychological defense line of the Xixia defenders.

Who has seen such a thing?what is this?

If the stones from the catapult come over, at most they will destroy a piece of the city wall or kill a few people.

But this thing directly blew people to pieces. The soldiers next to them were also missing arms and legs, and even had their internal organs shattered.

"General, general, what is this? What is this? What magic did the Mongols use?"

"I don't know, I don't know either!" At this time, the Xixia guard was completely frightened.

His brain was in a frozen state, and he had no idea what he should do or how he should order the soldiers.

But no one would give him time to react, and no one would sympathize with these Xixia defenders.

Soon the second round of bombardment struck again, and explosive packets fired by dozens of catapults once again fell into the city, causing an even more violent explosion.

"Ah! I won't fight, I won't fight, I want to go home."

"Help, help, I want to surrender, I want to surrender."

"Don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me."

A large number of Xixia soldiers completely collapsed emotionally amid this sky-high explosion.They were so frightened that many Xixia soldiers were frightened to death on the spot.

The defenders on the entire city wall began to flee in all directions, throwing away their weapons.

"General, general, what should I do, what should I do? You should say something!" the deputy general shouted anxiously.

"Does God want to destroy me, Xixia? Does God want to destroy me, Xixia, God! How could the Mongols have such a thing?" The defenders of Xixia knelt on the city wall, opened their hands, and shouted helplessly.

Then he spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, unconscious.

The entire city of Xiliang was suddenly leaderless.

"Oh! Let's surrender!" the deputy general sighed helplessly.

The military morale has been dissipated and there is no way to recover.

The ferocity of the explosives shocked not only the Xixia people, but also the Mongolian army below the city.

There was even some commotion in the entire Mongolian army, with fear and terror written on the faces of all the soldiers.

What is this?What on earth is this?

"Khan! This thing is powerful! With this thing, even the strongest city wall will be broken by us." Subotai ran over and looked at Genghis Khan and said excitedly.

"Hahaha! I thought it would be powerful, but the effect is better than I thought." Genghis Khan also said with excitement.

The power of this explosive pack is really too great.

"Great Khan! Should we send someone over now to persuade him to surrender?" Subotai asked.

"Well! That's almost it. They probably don't want to resist anymore." Genghis Khan nodded and signaled to send an envoy to Xiliang City.

Soon, several Mongolian envoys came to the city and began to call the door.

But the Xixia defenders upstairs did not respond, because all of them had fallen into an extreme panic.

While the Mongolian envoy was wondering, the city gate was opened, and a large group of Xixia defenders knelt on the ground.

"We are willing to surrender to Kaicheng."

(End of this chapter)