Chapter 439
Jiang Yangcheng took out unexpected defense weapons, and it was impossible to achieve the strategy of attacking Jiang Yang as soon as possible. Although the father stipulated a three-month deadline, Xiong Wei was still realistic.
He is a wise and resourceful person, unlike the recklessness of his tribe members. He is really a wise and resourceful person. His strategy of breaking Jiangyang, going downstream and sweeping the Central Plains was originally proposed by the fourth prince Xiong Wei to his father.
Xiong Khan is also a genius of his generation. After hearing this strategy, he also praised it very much and entrusted the task to his favorite young son.
In fact, with the current territory of the Bear Demon clan, the territory of the north, the Western Regions, and the southwest are far greater than the human court in Gouan Jiangnan.
But the bear demon clan is also very clear that the territory occupied by the human race is the richest and most prosperous economic loyalty and the most prosperous cultural center.
If Jiangnan can be captured, the great empire established by Xiong Yao will be like a surge of augmentation, and can borrow the human court system to unify the world for the demon race again and maintain long-term stability.
If you can't take over Jiangnan, even if the demon clan is now vast and has a huge territory and a million people's mouths, it still makes people feel a little regretful.
Xiong Wei led his troops and servants to a total of 300,000, and was supported by Shuzhong for logistics. He believed that even if Jiangyang's Dajiang Gang was powerful, he was just a civil gang after all, and was unstoppable.
Who knew that Ye Xing of the Dajiang Gang was far better than he expected. He could actually create such a powerful cannon, which was shocking. He summoned craftsmen from various countries in the Western Regions to explore the power of this cannon.
A barbarian craftsman sighed: "Since that day, the people of Tianfang got gunpowder formula and introduced it to the extreme west, the Western barbarians improved it and obtained various changes in tiger pier, squirting, cannon, and mortar cannon, but purely by power, it is completely impossible to compare with the red cannon on the Jiangyang city wall."
Someone nodded and added: "Although it is not true, from the size, the red-clothed cannon has about twelve-inch diameter. Even if it fires live ammunition, it also has the power of landslides and cracks. However, Western countries have not yet had the ability to forge twelve-inch diameter cannons."
Someone exclaimed: "If Ye Xingyuan could solve the technical problems of the gun barrel, he could be said to be a genius. How could such a person be born in the Central Plains?"
Someone echoed: "Yes, the intelligent people in the Central Plains are all devoted to reading the Four Books and Five Classics and seeking academic achievements. Who is patient in making scientific inventions? Such figures must be among our barbarians."
This group of craftsmen chattered, but they couldn't tell the reason. Xiong Wei felt a headache when he heard it. For him, only a few basic data were meaningful.
First, the range and attack range of the twelve-inch diameter cannons are extremely wide. One eighteen cannons is enough to attack the fan-shaped area within 500 steps in front of the city wall.
Second, combined with the analysis of these craftsmen, Ye Xingyuan seemed to have improved the ignition system of the artillery, and the time for waiting for the barrel to cool down and clean up was greatly shortened, which means an increase in the rate of fire and the frequency of fire.
If the full force is pressed, the eighteen cannons will fire together, and after about one round of shooting, the bear demon will lose thousands of elite soldiers and cannot afford to sacrifice.
If you attack in turn, Jiangyang City can also rotate artillery fire, which means that the opportunity for artillery bombardment can be continuously.
Another sad news is that the city has sufficient shells and gunpowder, and the defense is extremely strict. The scouts in the city cannot find any opportunity to destroy them. Several dead bodies who approached the gunpowder depot were arrested and executed.
Under such circumstances, frontal siege has almost become a plan that will inevitably be rejected. Even after the siege equipment arrives, it may not be able to cause any effective blow to the Jiangyang city wall five hundred steps away.
Xiong Wei was frowning. In order to achieve his strategic goals, would he really have to sacrifice 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of lives of his tribe members under Jiangyang City?
He closed his eyes for a long time to calm down, and then he spoke: "Great craftsmen, if someone can have the ability to break the artillery array on the city wall, he will reward him with tens of thousands of taels of gold!"
The craftsmen looked at each other, and everyone wanted to get this reward, but they really had no better way to deal with such a weapon that was beyond the times.
If it were in ancient times, the demon clan had a super strong defense, he might have been able to advance against artillery fire, but in this era when future generations were unworthy, there were no such terrible monsters.
If you want to break this artillery array, you either use your lives to fill it out or have siege weapons with a longer range.
After a long time, a Persian craftsman hesitated and said, "Fourth Prince, I have a picture of firearms here, which was a powerful weapon of the barbarian king Yesen to the west.
This cannon has a very long range and is dedicated to breaking the city wall. With this object, King Yesen swept across the West and established a white-clothed food. However, after the decline of civilization, no one could create this Hui cannon for more than a thousand years."
Someone immediately laughed and said, "Liufeng, what are you talking about? We don't understand the way of firearms. The more modern things are, the more advanced things are. No matter how powerful the ancients three thousand years ago, how can the weapons they manufacture be compared with the present?"
The Persian named Liufeng refuted dissatisfiedly, "Our family has carefully studied this Huihuan. Many of the principles are still unknown, but the results of the deduction are not as powerful as many artillery today, especially the effective range can reach 800 steps, which is suitable for siege!"
Xiong Wei was overjoyed when he heard Ba Hundred Buss and said, "It's this. If this can be created, it can attack the artillery array from afar. The king of Yesen is famous. I have also heard of the power of this artillery. Unfortunately, I have never seen the real thing. The Liufeng craftsman can have drawings, which is really God helping me!"
The Bear Demon tribe was ambitious and wanted to follow the example of King Yeshen and conquered all the places he saw. So Xiong Khan first conquered the Western Regions and opened up the route, and then went south to destroy the human race to establish a stable rear for himself. After that, he planned to go west all the way to the end of the sea.
This is the ambition hidden deep in the hearts of the bear demon royal family. King Yeshen, who conquered from the east to the west, is one of their role models. Now that he accidentally gets Yeshen's Huihui paper, Xiong Wei only thinks it is God's will.
He immediately submitted a memorial to his father and wrote a letter to the third brother who was in charge of Shu, asking him not to make complete siege equipment, but just to transport the raw materials, and they would test and manufacture the Hui cannon under Jiangyang City.
In the past few days, Ye Xingyuan was observing the movements of the Xiong Demon Camp on the city wall. He saw them digging stones and logging wood and building equipment. It seemed that they had planned to fight a protracted war.
Although Xiong Wei, the fourth prince who led the army, was young, he was very mature when fighting. After a forced attack, he did not force him.
However, Ye Xingyuan was not afraid. He was not afraid of the soldiers and generals, and the water and soil were covered. The other party compared resources and technology with himself. He was not afraid at all. It would be better for them to take this path.
But when Ye Xingyuan saw clearly what the large siege equipment was being built by these bear demon tribes, he was still surprised and smiled and said to Mrs. Li: "Is this considered that I dug a hole for myself to jump?"
Mrs. Li was puzzled and looked at the equipment carefully. After a long time, she became a vague concept and exclaimed: "Sir, is this the Huihui cannon that the young master gave to Yesen in Zi Yan's tomb?"
Ye Xingyuan nodded with a bitter smile, "It's Huihui Cannon, it's like a fake replacement. This doesn't seem to be a product developed by the world itself. It's clearly a masterpiece after I improved it."
The Hui cannon in the real world is a siege equipment developed by the Arabs. It is similar to a stone thrower, but the range is longer and fires fire bombs. The ordinary city walls cannot resist it at all.
Even if Xiangyang City was breached by this Hui cannon, Ye Xingyuan's Jiang Yang will be bombarded by such firearms. It will be more like destiny when it goes around.
Moreover, there was no definite record of how the Hui artillery was constructed at that time by Ye Xingyuan's time. It was just that the scientists at that time restored and copied them based on historical records, so they also brought the color of science and technology in the new era.
The base of the Hui cannon that the Xiong Demon wants to build has changed. Ye Xingyuan can only see from a distance that he has passed on it. This is really a sin that cannot be survived.
Mrs. Li frowned and said, "I used to think that this weapon was only affected by Zi Yan's after-death world. I didn't expect it to be related to Yan Wuxie's after-death world."
When he was surrounded by Kudu City, Ye Xingyuan discovered that his behavior in Xifeng Pass had consequences and effects, which made him a little confused at that time.
But at least, although he entered Zi Yan's tomb in two times, it was all Zi Yan's afterlife, so it was not surprising that he had some connection.
But today in Yan Wuxie's tomb, there is a design drawing of Huihui cannon that he left for Yesen, which is unexplainable.
Ye Xingyuan thought for a moment and pondered: "Although Yan Wuxie and Zi Yan are both under the sages of saints, the time they received teaching does not completely overlap, and the future ones are south and ones are not related.
Their world can be connected after death, but it is the special part of the saint's supernatural powers. Well, if the soldiers come to block the generals, the water comes to block the earth. Since the consequences have been caused, I will try to resist."
Although the Huihui cannon is powerful, Ye Xingyuan is not without a method of breaking the law, otherwise he would not have taught Yesen easily.
What he is worried about now is whether the unscrupulous development of technology in this world will have an impact on the world and the saint's tomb after the death of the last saint disciple.
If there is a chain reaction, the fun will be great in the future.
Mrs. Li nodded and said, "This time the construction of the artillery takes time. If you are worried about its range, it is better to send a surprise soldier to attack the camp at night and burn it down when it is not built."
Ye Xingyuan shook his head and said, "It's not easy. Now the human race has no spirit and lacks guidance from the saints. The people in the army are not brave enough. The demon race is gifted, and even the elite human race here is difficult to fight in the field. If you want to win, you can only gather in the city and guard it and wait for the opportunity."
In reality, he defended Qiongguan County or helped Ziyan defend Xifengguan. When he crossed the city, although the human race was on the defensive side, he would not be passively beaten like now.
Chapter completed!