Chapter 498: The First Battle of Gunpowder Weapons

Wang Shao knows the power of this thing. If it is used well, it will be more powerful than a hundred thousand Liao cavalry, and even more terrifying than a firecracker. You must protect it well so that it cannot be damaged by others, let alone stolen. Go, if it falls into the hands of Xixia or Liao, then the Song Dynasty will really be over.

Shen Long wasn't worried at all, he had to enter a password to turn on this thing, as long as the password was not leaked, it would be useless for others to steal it, I really don't believe it, can the Dangxiang people and the Khitan people crack the password?

Knowing the enemy's movement, Wang Shao immediately summoned the generals to hold a military meeting, and prepared to set off to make an emergency landing on the Qiang tribe immediately. He pointed to the map to point out the destination for those generals who didn't know what happened, and then gave the army the way forward.

"Jiyi." A general stood up. Wang Shao's current official position is Qinfeng Road Manager and Driver Yi, so the other party called him Jiyi. He pointed to the map and asked, "The road here is impassable. How can the army move forward?"

"I just visited the horse to report. I found a small path here. Few people travel. The front section has been buried by weeds, but as long as you climb over this mountain, it will be a good path for two horses to walk side by side." Wang Shao explained. , This is what he saw from the picture sent back by the drone just now. With this thing, no matter what the road is, he can see clearly.

The generals in the tent knew that Wang Shao would not make jokes about such things, so they believed them. After some orders, they went down to prepare their own troops and prepared to go. Shen Long also planned to go with Wang Shao. This was the first time he went up As for the battlefield, who knows if there will be missions that require fighting in the future? It's always good to be more familiar with it, but you can't develop real skills just by reading military books.

Wang Shao also wanted to put armor on Shen Long for protection, but Shen Long didn't accept it. He had already put on the mithril chain mail bought from the dwarves under his clothes. The craftsmanship of the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty might not be as good as that of the dwarves. family.

The army did not carry too much luggage, and marched lightly all the way. After a night's rest, they appeared at the mouth of the valley early the next morning. The Qiang tribe thought that they were hiding well, and Wang Shao must not be able to find them, so they did not have too much trouble. It was too late when they got the news, Wang Shao's army blocked the entrance of Tani tightly.

However, the other party was not prepared to surrender, but was trying to fight to the death by rectifying the soldiers and horses in the valley. Perhaps in their view, as long as they got on their horses and charged, they could penetrate Da Song's army formation. Miserably, even these Qiang people don't think much of Song's army anymore.

"Opportunity, the last general is willing to take the lead." A general with a fierce face took the initiative to ask for a fight. Maybe he thinks this is a good opportunity to make contributions?

Wang Shao was about to agree, but Shen Long came out to speak, "Zichun, this general is very imposing, if he goes out on horseback, he will definitely defeat the Qiang people, but we are here this time to recruit surrender, not to kill, let's try other means first." ? If it doesn’t work, then ask this general to go out!”

"What did the Taoist priest say?" Wang Shao quickly understood. After listening to Shen Long's instructions, several students who followed him immediately took some wooden parts from their horses and assembled them. After a while, several The small trebuchets were installed, and they were transported to the front of the formation to prepare for launch.

"Poxi army?" Someone in the Song army and on the opposite side exclaimed at the same time, "Isn't this something unique to the Western Xia Poxi army? When did I/they Da Song learn it?"

In the Xixia Army, there is a special army called the Poxi Army. They install small trebuchets on the backs of camels and use them to launch stone bombs to disrupt the enemy's formation so that Bazi and iron kites can take the opportunity to attack. Whether it is a person or Song Jun, he has suffered a lot from this before.

"Don't panic, there are only a few catapults in the area, what can I do?" The leader of the Qiang people comforted him, if you sent dozens or hundreds of mobile catapults at once like the Poxi Army, they would still be afraid, so As long as you pay attention to avoid it, Song Jun also has a general idea here.

"Control your horses later, don't be left behind!" Shen Long gave Song Jun a few words, and then Wang Shao gave the order to test fire.

The students immediately took out several fist-sized earthen jars with a matchlock on them, pressed them on the launcher of the trebuchet, lit the matchlocks, and launched the earthen jars.

Three or five earthen jars flew towards the Qiang people without any haste, and there was a burst of laughter among the Qiang people. They didn't even bother to hide, and directly raised their backs to knock open the earthen jars.

Who knew that just as the crock pots flew over their heads, they heard a few loud bangs. The crock pots exploded into a burst of flames, and the shattered tiles scattered with screams, tearing apart the bones of the surrounding Qiang people. The body spattered bloody flowers.

"Xi Lv Lv~~" The horses inside and outside the valley were startled by the explosion at the same time. Countless Qiang people fell from their horses in the valley, and the Song army outside was barely better. Shen Long's exhortations helped more or less.

When the smoke from the explosion dissipated, the Qiang people in the valley were in chaos. Some were lying in a pool of blood and howling, some were praying to gods and Buddhas on their knees, and some were looking for a place to escape. Only one or two people remained awake and tried to regroup. Form a team.

Shen Long would not give him this chance, he took out the bow and arrow he got from the elves from his back, drew the bow and fired it, and shot three arrows in a row, hitting the throats of the three Qiang leaders.

"The Taoist master is good at archery!" Someone in the Song army applauded. Originally, they thought that Shen Long's bow was so slender and thought it was a soft bow for playing. Who knew that the strength was so strong. It is also so accurate, even if it is placed on the entire Qinfeng Road, there are not many people who want to find archery that can compete with Shen Long, right?

"Zichun, now is the time to persuade them to surrender." It can be said that this is the first time that Song's army has used gunpowder on the battlefield, and it seems that the effect is not bad.

Wang Shao also recovered from his astonishment. It was one thing to see the demonstration in Kaifeng, but another thing to witness these gunpowder shells in action on the battlefield.

"The Heavenly Soldiers of the Song Dynasty have arrived, why don't you kneel and surrender quickly?" Wang Shao stepped forward and shouted loudly, Shen Long made a gesture, and the students immediately took out a few earthen jars and put them on the launcher , used to deter those Qiang people.

The Qiang people were terrified by this kind of weapon they had never seen before. They thought that the Song army was protected by the gods, and they dared not resist any more.

Wang Shao asked Song Jun to enter the valley to collect their weapons, and escorted them to go back. Both Shen Long and Wang Shao saw a few clever Qiang people hiding in the grass and did not come out, but neither of them made a sound to remind them. It's a good thing to look at each other and smile, and let them run away.

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