Chapter 189 Collecting Gunpowder

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Everyone else was worried about the siege equipment owned by the Yuwen Gai, but Yang Zi said carelessly: If Yu Wen and wanted to attack the city at dawn, maybe they would have a feint attack tonight, if it were me, I would have a militia force bluffing the city, but I would not really fight, and the defender would have been exhausted and suspicious. Until they slacked off, they would have stormed the army and attacked seriously. In this way, the chance of success in breaking the city would be much higher.

Everyone nodded and said: If I were the guardian of the city, I would go out to fight.

Yang Zi smiled and said: I put an elite unit behind the militia unit, what can you do to me?

Ren mèimèi smiled and said: Anyway, you are talking about it on paper, it depends on how you deal with it.

Yang Zi asked Luo Qifei: Can Brother Luo explain the Yuwen Valve's siege equipment in more detail?

Luo Qifei's knowledgeable story: The flying ladder car is a double-body long ladder mounted on six wheels, with double wheels at the end of the ladder, which allows the enemy to pillow up the city; the catapult car has a huge catapult on the car, which throws the huge stones with a tribute pole to destroy the walls; the crossbow car is a strong crossbow with a winch, which can fire eight iron-feathered giant arrows at a time, with a range of thousands of steps, which is very powerful; the cage car is a four-wheeled car with thick raw cowhide on it, and the warrior hides it behind it, and then pushes the car forward, which can block the arrows and stones. The nest car can directly reach the city, which can place a high platform on the eight-wheeled car, which can both observe the enemy and shoot arrows into the city.

Yang Zidao: If there is no surprise victory, the Yuwen Valve's siege equipment is enough for us to drink a pot of

Ren mèimèi frowned and said: But our sneak attack has made Yu Culture more vigilant. If you think about it, it will be difficult.

This also means that the five thousand elite soldiers of the Yuwen clan were all regular troops of the old Sui Dynasty. They were not inferior to any force in wars, and they were experienced and were definitely not comparable to those new recruits who had not trained the night before. Besides, if I can borrow the cavalry from the Pegasus Ranch once, would I always use other people's troops?

That was the night when he was not prepared, so there was no loss. If he encountered Yu Wenji's elite troops, he would not only hurt the morale of the entire Liangdu, but also make Zhai Jiao's troops, who were not very caring, lose confidence. Yang Zi knew that Zhai Jiao brought more than 2,000 old Wagang subordinates. Not only did they want to fight for this group of people, digest them, and become their own team, but they would also fight this war beautifully. At that time, with his reputation, he might be able to come from far and near, and he would also be able to admire the heroes and gain the capital to fight for the world.

So, Yang Zi must win!

Alas, if there were a few AK47s, how great would it be!

Yang Zi suddenly thought that in this era, gunpowder seemed to have not been seriously invented. Yang Zi remembered that gunpowder was first used in the alchemy furnace of Taoist priests. It should have come into being because Qin Shihuang wanted to live forever. This means that this kind of thing had long been there, but gunpowder was not called gunpowder in this era. Could it be called sulfur and saltpeter?

It would be great if gunpowder could be used to make some grenades, but this was just a flash of inspiration from Yang Zi. Thinking that the development of gunpowder in history should have matured since the Song Dynasty. The development of gunpowder cannons was developed rapidly by the Mongols and the development of wars. It seems to be a bit unnatural. Yang Zi suppressed this idea and continued to ask Luo Qifei about the situation of the Yuwen Valve.

But with this idea, Yang Zi was really itchy, because he watched "Land Mine War" when he was a child and knew the local method. The question was how to get gunpowder. Yang Zi still couldn't help asking. Ren mèimèi said: What are you asking about this? Will it help to defend the city?

When Yang Zi saw that she knew, she jumped heavily and asked anxiously: Is there any? Where can I get a lot of saltpeter and sulfur?

Ren mèimèi said: Sulfur and saltpeter are not rare at all. Every household in the countryside uses this to prevent insect damage, and there are also medicinal stores.

In fact, the main component of gunpowder is due to medical skills. There is a record of sulfur in the ancient book "Huainanzi" of the Han Dynasty. The medical sacred text "Shennong Bencao Jing" compiled in the late Western Han Dynasty listed sulfur as the second type of 120 Chinese medicine.

Nitrogen has ranked among the top eight in the top 120th (ranked sixth)

It can be said that he has a good background and noble bloodline

What is more romantic is that the earliest existing gunpowder formula is also derived from a Taoist medical book "The Secret of the Golden Elixir of the Supreme Holy Lord"

China has known for a long time that sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal will burn together, but Yang Zi even knows that placing gunpowder in a relatively small space will cause an explosion!

The earliest era of using gunpowder for war was the period of Emperor Aizong of the Tang Dynasty. Later, in the fourth year of Qingli of the Northern Song Dynasty, the word gunpowder was officially used in the "Wujing Zongyao". From then on, gunpowder was officially promoted. In the subsequent period of Emperor Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, gunpowder was used more in the army.

During the Jin Dynasty's attack on the Song Dynasty, Li Gang, a general of the Northern Song Dynasty, used the Pili Cannon to severely damage the Jin army. The Pili Cannon was not a real cannon.

The earliest thing that used gunpowder as weapons in the Northern Song Dynasty was an object called artillery, a circular sphere with built-in gunpowder, and the shell was pasted with cloth or paper on the outside, and a layer of moisture-proof grease was applied to the outside. When used, the fuse was lit and thrown to the enemy.

This should be the prototype of a grenade

"Wu Beizhi" records: The thunder cannon is made of bamboo, iron sheets and gunpowder. It is simple to make and has great power. The Jin army suffered a great loss. Inspired by this, it also developed the world's earliest metal bomb, the sky-shaking thunder, which was widely used in the future in the war against Mongolia.

Yang Zi knew that it was impossible to develop the Thunderbolt Cannon in this half day, so he didn't have to think about the sky thunder. However, if you don't use it today or tomorrow, it doesn't mean you won't use it in the future. Yang Zi immediately asked someone to collect saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal. He was going to study black gunpowder after this battle!

At this moment, the light flashed three times on the distant hill

Yang Zi knew that it was his spy who reflected the sunlight in the mirror and laughed: Sister Ren, everyone, I will take people to grab the grain first and wait for me to return triumphantly!

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This time, Yang Zi did not use the Pegasus Ranch and Zhai Jiao's troops. He needed Tang Kang's people to participate in the battle more, so he grew up quickly. Yang Zi led Shang Kuitai and Shoribato, Peng Xiaocai and the Second Battalion, a total of 200 people rode out of the city from the east gate. Soon, he circled a large circle and rushed into a dense forest east of the enemy's outpost camp, preparing to start the battle.

In the sunshine, there is a long grassland outside the forest. There is a hill with a tomb on the left, and the hills on the right are continuous. There is a sparse forest about half a mile ahead. Behind the forest is the route where the enemy transports food and grass, it should be the route where the enemy can transport food and grass.

This is the first time that the enemy's rear military station has set up spies. As long as the enemy's food truck leaves the camp, they will intercept and grab the food and grass in the middle.