Rumble...a sound of cannon, no, it should be a sound of pot, announcing the true arrival of the era of hot weapons!
Times have really changed!
Although the prelude to gunpowder weapons has long been unveiled, a lot of rockets, thunderbolts, thunder cannons, fireballs, poison smoke balls, tribulus fireballs, iron-billed fire harriers, bamboo fire harriers, etc. have long been in existence. Scare people and horses on the battlefield.
However, these firearms are not very powerful. It would be okay if they were suddenly used to scare enemies who have never seen the world. However, players on the East Asian continent such as Song, Liao, Xixia, and Jin have all seen firearms and can play with gunpowder. It is impossible to deal with their firearms that mainly rely on scaring. Only truly lethal firearms can be used to change the shape of war and break the newly formed balance of power on the East Asian continent.
For example, the curved "bronze hot pot" that was fired just now weighs ten kilograms. It is a powerful "cauldron"!
Two kilograms of high-quality gunpowder were ignited by the fuse. The power of the gunpowder explosion pushed the ten-kilogram iron ball pressing on them out of the "mouth of the pot". The iron ball rolled and flew into the sky at an extremely fast speed. It quickly reached the apex of the parabola. Then it suddenly turned around and fell rapidly under the influence of the earth's gravity, heading straight for the "cauldron" four to five hundred steps. A square array of hundreds of large frames flew away from the distance.
It's too late to say it, but it's soon! This iron ball almost fell towards the "crack formation" on the ground at a speed that was difficult to see clearly with the naked eye. Only a click was heard as the iron ball hit a thick wooden stile and smashed it into pieces! The wooden blocks flew randomly in the array, hitting other wooden pillars with a bang. The ten-pound iron ball then hit the hard loess hard, bounced up suddenly, and hit another wooden truss again before falling to the ground. Then it rolled forward dozens of steps and was knocked over. The three wooden pillars finally exhausted their strength and stopped...
However, Zhao Kai and others did not see the "pot bomb" show its power, because when the "big boy" used a candle to light the fuse, they all hid behind a bunker made of sandbags - now But the first time this "hot pot" is "boiled", who knows whether it will "explode"?
So they didn't see the "hot pot" launch and the "pot bomb" hitting the target. They only heard a loud noise, a crackling sound and the sound of a girl crying... What's going on? Are you going to be straight in a female class?
Zhao Kai quickly came out from behind the sandbag wall, and then followed the crying and saw that less than five steps away from the "hot pot" that had just finished launching, the "big boy" who had just lit the fire was sitting on the ground wiping tears!
But why does a big boy cry so loudly? Is she a sissy?
Because it was Zhao Kai who asked people to light the fire, Zhao Guan's family also felt a little embarrassed, so they went over to comfort the sissy in person, "Little brother, stop crying... As long as it's not hurt!"
It was impossible to be injured, because Zhao Kai had already seen the "pot". It was intact and it was a good "pot". Since the "pot" is fine, nothing can happen to people.
While talking, Zhao Kai kindly helped the big boy, but with the help, the big boy not only didn't stop crying, but also threw himself into Zhao Kai's arms and cried. Moreover, this boy's body is still soft and waxy, and the feeling of hugging him is similar to that of Zhu Fengying and Pan Cailian... Thinking of this, Zhao Kai quickly looked down at the "boy" in his arms, and only saw a picture of someone crying. She has a girlish face with pear blossoms, curved eyebrows, small mouth, skin like cream, and a little baby fat on her face, but she looks very cute, and even more pitiful when she cries.
This is not a big boy, he is clearly a little girl disguised as a boy!
The "boy" Wu Yijiu brought was indeed a woman, his sister Wu Meiniang. Wu Yijiu took her with him because this little girl was a "student" and did very well in "chemical experiments". She was a good helper for Wu Yijiu in refining potassium nitrate and purifying sulfur. Moreover, she has prepared gunpowder several times at home according to the formula given by Zhao Kai, and it has been very successful!
That's why she volunteered to light a fire just now - but she never thought that there was a difference between the gunpowder being ignited in the "pot" and being ignited on the plate!
And lighting two pounds at a time is not the same thing as lighting one tael at a time!
That’s why I was scared to tears on the spot!
At this time, little sister Wu Meiniang also found herself being held in the arms of a strange grown man. Men and women can't touch each other!
How could the little sister care about crying now? And she was almost crying... She was coaxed into ordering "hot pot" just now, and then she heard the "sound of the pot" without being mentally prepared, and she was so frightened that she cried. Just when my mood stabilized, I met a frivolous prodigal!
As soon as Zhao Kai hugged her, Wu Meiniang forgot about her fear, only feeling upset and shy. He wanted to break free from the clutches of the devil, but his whole body felt weak and weak. She wanted to call for help, but the people holding her arms were officials. No one would come to save her even if she thought about it!
What should I do?
Just when he didn't know what to do, Zhao Kai had already gently pushed her to Wu Yijiu who was sweating profusely...
Wu Yijiu was worried that he would make a mistake when preparing gunpowder, so he let the girl watch. He didn't expect that such a thing would happen!
While Zhao Kai handed Wu Meiniang to Wu Yijiu, he whispered to Wu Yijiu: "Is she your sister or your concubine?"
"It's my little sister..." Wu Yijiu replied softly.
"How old are you?" Zhao Kai asked again.
"Seventeen..."
"Have you ever been promised to your husband's family?"
"Promised," Wu Yijiu said, "but the family has disappeared..."
"Not bad, not bad." Zhao Kai said "yes" twice, and then smiled at Wu Meiniang, whose cheeks were red, "What's your name?"
"Beautiful, beautiful mother." Wu Meiniang replied timidly, and her heart was of course pounding.
"I've written it down!" Zhao Kai turned around and said to Lu Xiucai, who was taking notes with a lead box and notebook, "Xiucai, I've written it down!"
Write down?
Lu Xiucai is now a member of the Hanlin Academy - Zhao Kai has expanded the authority of the Hanlin Academy and turned it into a "secretariat", which is not only responsible for drafting all edicts, but also responsible for external notes.
Of course, there are also particularities in how to remember the notes for daily life. For example, if an official goes to a brothel to observe the sentiments of the people, can he remember it? It’s definitely not possible!
Can you remember the official molesting the little girl? It should not be recorded...but now that the officials themselves have said that they will remember it, Lu Xiucai has nothing to do. I had no choice but to record it truthfully: "The official met the civilian girl Wu's Mei Niang at the shooting range, saw her beauty, and played with her..."
After recording, Lu Xiucai will report the matter very responsibly to Bai Side, the governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs!
Of course, what Zhao Kai asked Lu Xiucai to record was not that he hugged a civilian girl... but that Wu Meiniang ordered "the world's first hot pot"!
This is a historic moment!
At this turning point in history, Zhao Kai certainly had no intention of thinking too much about his children's personal relationship. After handing Wu Meiniang back to Wu Yijiu, he strode towards the battle formation where he had been "potted".
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"How is it? How is it? This fire...'hot pot' is powerful, right? This is just a 'pot' that can fire about ten kilograms of iron bullets. If it were replaced with one that can fire 'twenty kilograms' of iron bullets" There are dozens of pots, are you afraid that you won't be able to conquer Lingzhou? What you see is still the first generation of 'hot pots', and I am also planning to ask Zhao Kai to build a second generation of bigger 'hot pots'!"
Zhao Kai has now returned to Luoyang Palace, talking to Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Huang Wuji and others about the power of "hot pot" with great joy!
The just-concluded “test pot” was a great success! None of the ten "hot pots" was a "fried pot", and the gunpowder used for the "test pot" also met the requirements. It could launch a "pot bomb" of about ten kilograms four to five hundred paces away!
Four to five hundred steps was not far away, but it was far beyond any kind of cannon. Even a counterweight trebuchet did not have such a range.
In a siege, it is quite safe to fire at a distance of three hundred paces from the city wall. And "Hot Pot"'s "Pot Bomb" can still cross the city wall two hundred steps... This means that except for some large castles, the entire area of most city walls will be within the range of "Hot Pot"!
There is no safety inside the castle! If we use stone bullets, we might still be able to live in the city. If we use explosive bullets or hot iron bullets, won't the city become a hell on earth?
Moreover, "pot bombs" can hit very high, and those fortresses built on high ground will also be bombarded by "pot bombs", while trebuchets cannot hit high, so they cannot threaten targets on high ground.
In addition, the "hot pot" can be placed inside the city wall to bombard targets outside the wall... This will make enemies using large siege equipment a living target for one-sided beatings!
When holding on to the camp, the "hot pot" can also exert its power, constantly bombarding the enemies arrayed outside the camp, making it difficult for them to approach the camp and set up their formation.
In short, although the emergence of "hot pot" cannot offset the advantages of cavalry, it is enough to change the state of siege and defense.
The side with the "hot pot" will be able to carry out dimensionality reduction attacks on the enemy, while the side with "no pot available" will be unable to attack or defend the enemy's "big pot"!
Therefore, what Zhao Kai said about defeating Lingzhou in three days was definitely not a lie! Even if Lingzhou's city wall can still hold up, most of the defenders and civilians in the city will not be able to support it!
Since Lingzhou can be broken in three days, then it is feasible to attack the Western bandits in a flash... The benefits of capturing Lingzhou are really great! Not only can it make it difficult for the Western thieves to gain a foothold in Xingqing Mansion, but it can also capture a large number of horses. When the Song army comes to Lingzhou, Xixia will definitely bring all the horses around Lingzhou into the castle to avoid being snatched away by the Song army.
In addition, once Lingzhou is captured, the Khitan forces in Xixia will definitely take the opportunity to rise up. At that time, Zhao Kai will be able to contact Yelu Dashi on the grassland through them, thereby establishing an anti-Jurchen alliance.
