Subotai sat down with a livid face. Still unable to control his anger for a long time, he breathed for a moment and shouted loudly.
"Call Chaul in!"
Chawu'er was another commander who went on an expedition to the Song Dynasty. He was just the deputy of the commander Zhenhai who was killed.
Chawu'er came in, knelt on the ground with a bang, and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Subotai, spare your life! Spare your life!"
Just outside the big tent, he had seen Zhenhai's ending and was trembling all over.
Zhenhai worked hard to collect so many rare treasures, but unfortunately he died before he had a chance to present them to Subotai.
"Of the 4,000 warriors, half of the heavy armored cavalry died, and more than 1,400 light armored cavalry were lost. Tell me, did you capture the Lin'an City or Xiangyang Prefecture of the Song Dynasty?"
Subotai kicked Chaul over, stood up, punched and kicked him a few times, and then returned to the chair with a sigh of relief.
Chawu'er was his deputy and annihilated thousands of Song troops. Although Subotai was dissatisfied with the loss of five or six hundred horses, he would not kill him directly.
In fact, Chawuer and Zhenhai also lost hundreds of Mongolian troops during their plunder in the Jin Kingdom, but these accounts were all counted on the Mongolian army's casualties in the Song Dynasty.
"Tell me, what happened? Why were so many soldiers killed and injured?"
The Qianhu Changtali next to him quickly started shouting angrily.
Chawu'er was his childhood friend, and the two had an irreconcilable relationship. He was afraid that Subotai would be angry, so he beat Chawu'er to death as well.
As one of the only remaining "four dogs" of Genghis Khan, Subotai would execute everyone here, and Genghis Khan would not blame Subotai.
"Yes Yes Yes!"
Chawu'er knelt on the ground and explained in detail the fighting situation outside Xihe Prefecture City.
"I was fighting the Song army south of Mianzhou. I heard all this from Zhenhai's subordinates. If you want to ask more details, you'd better call Zhenhai's subordinates in."
Chawuer hurriedly reported the truth and at the same time shirked responsibility.
"If you ask me, I will naturally ask. I want you to teach me!"
Subotai's eyes widened and he whipped his head again. Chawu'er endured the pain and knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word.
"Xihe Prefecture? Four to five thousand Song troops? Firearms?"
Subotai calmed down and then reacted.
"You mean, the Song army used firearms? The same firearms as Lingzhou City?"
Subotai's face turned solemn and he asked solemnly.
The Mongolian army surrounded Lingzhou City for more than several months, but finally failed and had no choice but to withdraw. Genghis Khan's condition worsened in anger. The reason was the ferocious firearms of the Lingzhou City defenders.
The trebuchets were scattered and broken again and again and were of no use. The Mongolian army could only attack by force. The opponent's small artillery bombarded the sky and thundered indiscriminately. The Mongolian army suffered heavy casualties. They could only encircle but not attack. The army headed south, The Jinjingguan City around Liupan Mountain was captured. Under a long siege, the defenders of Lingzhou City ran out of ammunition and food and had to surrender.
"Yes, almost. However, the Song Army also has a kind of cannon, which is placed on the car and shoots very fast and hard!"
Chawu'er saw that Subotai was asking questions carefully, and he did not dare to hide anything.
All the generals in the tent were shocked. Subotai sat motionless. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly asked:
"Did the Tangwuti people get their artillery from the southerners?"
The generals looked at each other with suspicion.
Song and Xia were separated by the Kingdom of Jin. There were very few battles between the Mongolian army and the Song people. The Mongolian army really didn't know whether the Song people had firearms.
"There is a Jin Kingdom sandwiched between Song and Xia. We have captured so many cities in Lanzhou, Taozhou, and Lintao Prefecture, but we have not seen the Jin people having firearms. If this is the case, how did the southerners' firearms get to Lingzhou City?"
Captain Haili asked confusedly.
"Song and Jin are feuding. If the Southerners had firearms, they would never give them to the Jins! In my opinion, both the Southerners and the Xia people have developed firearms, but the Xia people's firearms are not as powerful as the Southerners!"
Tali said it suspiciously, and he was also puzzled.
He always felt that Song Xia must be hooking up with each other.
"If these were all artillery pieces, this battle wouldn't be easy to fight."
The other captain, Mirye, looked ugly and sighed with a grimace.
Lingzhou was not captured because the Xia soldiers guarding the city had firearms. Unexpectedly, when they went to the Song Dynasty to show off their military power, the Song army also had firearms.
Firearms have simply become a stumbling block for the Mongolian army to dominate the world, and a nightmare in the minds of countless Mongolian soldiers!
"The artillery of the Song Army is more powerful than the defenders of Lingzhou. If not for this, the warriors would not have suffered such a big loss!"
After Chawuer finished speaking with fear, he looked at Subotai carefully.
Subotai looked ahead coldly, without saying a word, his mind was not on Chaul.
Because of the fierce weapons of the Lingzhou defenders, the Mongolian army suffered heavy losses. Lingzhou City was not captured, and Xixia has not yet come to surrender. It was precisely because Xixia did not surrender that Genghis Khan's condition became worse and worse. So much so that there was a lot of discussion in the army, saying that Genghis Khan would die soon.
Firearms are everywhere, killing gods when they stand in the way, and killing Buddhas when they stand in the way of Buddha. Their flesh and blood are mutilated, and they are destroyed and destroyed, which has become a lingering nightmare for the Mongolian army.
If the Jin Kingdom also had firearms in Kaifeng City, how could they destroy the Jin Kingdom and destroy the Xia Dynasty?
Withdrawing his gaze, Subotai waved his hand impatiently. Chaul quickly got up and stood aside dejectedly, secretly wiping the sweat from his forehead with lingering fear.
This time, he finally escaped.
"Didn't you break Jiezhou? Didn't you come back with some artillery or something?"
Subotai suddenly looked at Chawuer and asked softly.
"Those Song soldiers in Jiezhou are all hard-core. There are two unexploded iron lumps. Some of the remaining artillery were blown up by them, but they finally managed to grab a few!"
Chawuer's heartbeat quickened, he bowed his head and said cautiously:
"In addition, when we were fighting the Song Army in the south of Mianzhou City, I asked Zhebie to grab some firearms, and I asked him to bring them in immediately."
Subotai nodded coldly, and Chaul quickly ran out.
Chawuer came back soon, and he and the sergeant brought two blown-out artillery pieces, several intact artillery pieces, some iron balls and iron pellets, and a few unexploded thunderbolts, all of which were placed on the ground.
Subotai and the generals stepped forward one after another, and everyone watched carefully. After a while, they all stood up straight.
"The inside of the cannon is like a mirror, and it looks like good iron at first glance. If this iron is used to make weapons and armor, it must be good stuff!"
Commander Mileye is good at forging weapons, and it can be seen at a glance whether he is good at making weapons or not.
"The artillery is the same as the sudden fire gun, but it is much more powerful than the sudden fire gun. And this thunder, the explosive gunpowder inside is the foundation."
Tali was well-informed. He had fought in both the south and the north, and had suffered losses from the Jin Army's firearms. He could see the key at a glance.
Whether it was Xixia's firearms or these thunderbolts of the Song Army, their lethality was much greater than that of the Jin Army's firearms.
"Those craftsmen in the army, can they make these scary things?"
A general asked subconsciously.
The craftsmen in the Mongolian army are all skilled craftsmen from all over the world. Maybe they will have ways to imitate firearms.
"Chaul, go quickly! Call all the craftsmen in!"
Subotai's eyes lit up and he immediately issued a military order.
The reason why the Mongolian army dominates the world and is invincible is not only their heroic combat and advanced cavalry tactics, but also because they have an army of craftsmen accompanying them. These craftsmen never participated in battles, but they took great credit.
The Mongols were accustomed to massacre the city after attacking it, but they would leave behind craftsmen from various ethnic groups such as the Han, Turks, and Hui people. These craftsmen made siege ladders and trebuchets for the Mongolian army, and made bows and arrows with a range that was two or three times that of ordinary bows and arrows.
"General, this is a Song Dynasty firearm. It relies on the iron fragments produced by the explosion to kill the opponent, just like the one in Lingzhou City. But the Song Dynasty's gunpowder does not seem to be so powerful."
"And this artillery piece. It's made of fine wrought iron, with a smooth surface and no trachoma. It's very difficult to make. It must have been made by the skilled craftsmen of the Song Dynasty."
The craftsmen came in, observed for a moment, and then spoke one after another.
The iron used for artillery is fine, has no trachoma, has a smooth surface, and seems to be tougher than wrought iron. This may be what people in the Song Dynasty called "winding the fingers softly".
Not to mention the good iron in front of you, even the best wrought iron is not easy to smelt.
"Then tell me, can you make gunpowder? Can you make good iron?"
Subotai asked patiently.
"The gunpowder of the Song Dynasty was not so powerful in the past. It can only burn and the explosion will cause limited damage. This should be newly created gunpowder. It may not be made for a while."
"The same goes for iron smelting. You have to try it after you go back. These cannons are made of high-quality wrought iron. It may take a long time. I don't know if such pure molten iron can be smelted."
The craftsmen replied one after another, all shaking their heads.
"What a bunch of trash, what use are you!"
Subotai couldn't bear it any longer and burst out in a loud voice.
The craftsmen were obedient and did not dare to say anything.
Tali was secretly surprised. These craftsmen are all treasures, and the Great Khan is always very polite to them. Unexpectedly, Subotai lost his temper with the craftsmen.
This shows how angry and angry Subotai was.
