But before this, there was no such means of siege in the world, and naturally the defense system of Dangshan did not take into account the threat of artillery bounce.

Any improvement in the city-defending technology is made up with countless lives, and it is impossible to do so.

Dangshan considered the concave and convex surfaces and thicker appearances to prevent breaking the city walls, but did not consider that the cannon had another purpose.

In siege, according to the Mohist system of attack and defense, artillery replaced the status of rushing cars, chariots and bed crossbows under the original siege system. The city defense of Dangshan City considered too much copper cannons that replaced rushing cars, but did not consider the rest.

After half a day of bombardment, only seven people were lost on Si Shang, which was caused by the artillery explosion.

Those who carry for unknown reasons and some superstitious firecrackers that did not explode during the Chinese New Year did not bless these artillery soldiers.

In addition, there was no more loss, the excavated engineers and infantry dug trenches without any harassment.

When the shelling started yesterday afternoon, there were still a few people on the city wall who would choose to shoot arrows and crossbows regardless of whether they hit or not, but today there was no such person.

People in the city hid more behind the convex walls of the city. The wide convex was already full of corpses that died due to the jump.

The only copper cannons in the city used to defend the city have been completely lost. Six of them were destroyed by this irregularly jumping iron bullet, and the rest retreated to the end.

The envoys of the princes such as Wei Han put down their telescopes and looked at each other with lingering fear, thinking in their hearts, how long can it last if Yangdi in Anyi suffered such a shelling?

Moreover, the defense system of these capitals is the rammed earth city before the Gunpowder Age, which is in line with the best Zhou Li exam in the Bronze Age, but does not meet the rational ambitions under the new era.

When Qi and Mo fought against Qi, Qi was defeated so quickly. Many people were surprised by the rise of the Mo family on Si Shang, and they also felt that Qi was a bit too weak.

After all, it was not long before the Three Jins attacked Qi and forced the Duke of Qi to drive a car for Yue State and begged for the Three Jins to beg for three points to the Jin government.

The Mohist school has not fought a large-scale battle for a long time. I vaguely remember that the Si Shang Yishi was very good at fighting, but there was no intuitive impression of how much it could fight.

This time, the siege deeply shocked the envoys of various countries. It turned out that the new era that the Mohist school has always said was really coming like this. The gap between the old and the new is too big.

The envoy of Wei State sighed: "The Mo family's technique of attacking cities is very lacking in wisdom. Anyone who knows the war knows that the Mo family must attack from this bulging fort to reduce their wisdom with their strength, but it has such an effect?"

Han Envoy said: "The emperor's father Yue Ling is not unaware of it, but he can't do it. He naturally knows the direction of Si Shang's attack, and also knows the methods of Si Shang. He can even know that once Si Shang digs under the city wall, he will attack the city... However, the terrible thing is that even if he knows, he can't do anything."

"Now that the bronze cannons are fired in volleys, what can the defenders in Dangshan City do? I know that Si Shang must attack from now on, but it is impossible for him to gather at the top of the city to bear the wounds of iron bombs flying. Otherwise, the morale of the army will be defeated within half a day."

"This is a siege, and if it is a field battle, it is even more difficult to defeat."

"The artillery bombarded a place and you knew that Si Shang would need to break the formation from now on, so what can you do?"

"There will be great losses if the troops gather and the artillery bombards."

"If the troops are not concentrated, the infantry and knights of Si Shang will break the formation from then on. If the formation is broken, the army will be destroyed."

“It’s really hard to prevent.”

He shook his head unconsciously, and his heart became more determined to dissuade the king and the prince from sending troops easily. If he sent troops, there would be no chance of winning at this time.

South Korea is not very enthusiastic about sending troops. Koreans are more concerned about Zheng State, and they lack ideas about Song State, a rich place that is now difficult to chew and has been classified into the sphere of influence by the Mohist school.

The envoy of Wei State also had the same meaning.

The offensive and defensive battles in Dangshan City so far have given him a lot of warnings.

If Dangshan was still the original three-building method of ramming the earth city defense, I am afraid that the Mo family would not have to spend such trouble. After half a day of concentrated copper cannons, the city wall collapsed, and the city defense would collapse completely.

He recalled many of the siege methods before Si Shang, most of which were used to break the city with "acupoint attack" and gunpowder.

You can think about the essence through phenomena, and think about the deeper reasons.

Whether it was attacking Teng, breaking Pingyin or attacking Lucheng, the main reason was that the Mo family's bronze cannons and logistics were not enough to support a large-scale bombardment, so they had to choose the means of acupuncture supplemented by gunpowder.

As for the mobilization and logistics capabilities shown in the battle of Dangshan today, as well as the number of bronze cannons, I am afraid that there is no need to use the same methods as before.

For example, the Daliang where Wei and Chu fought each other, Wei and Chu had been fighting around this city for nearly twenty years, but if they were targeted by Si Shang and were bombarded with copper cannons, they were afraid that Daliang City would be broken in a few days.

The envoy of Wei thought to himself that Wei did not have the ability to go to war with Si Shang now.

Especially judging from the performance of the Qi-Mo War back then, Si Shang's favorite strategy was to penetrate directly from the rear. Under the current border city defense system, Wei State was unable to hinder the entry of Si Shang's righteous army.

If Wei really interfered, when the alliance was held, I was afraid that Si Shang might declare war directly on Wei, and march straight into the sky, breaking thirty cities in Hedong in a row. Will Wei have the ability to stop it now?

Moreover, if the Mo family and Chu State cooperate again and use Daliang to return to Chu as bait, will the Chu people really stand on the side of Wei State for the sake of "righteousness in the world"?

The alliance between princes is like a prisoner's trap. It is too difficult to trust each other.

Although Dangshan City is about to be destroyed, the envoys of Wei State also saw something different. If several important cities of Wei State built such city defenses and learn from the lessons of Dangshan, they could always be guarded for more than a month.

One month and three days are only twenty days apart, but for the military situation, the consequences of these twenty days may reverse the situation and concentrate more troops.

It is not embarrassing to not hold on for Dangshan for a month, because the envoy of Wei State was already convinced that Daliang City might not be able to hold on for even three days.

It is already considered a victory for Dangshan to last for so long.

The envoys of Wei and Han had their own plans in their minds, and what were the more they were.

The importance of artillery, the more bronze cannons, the more likely it is to win.

The importance of new-style urban defense, the more new-style urban defense means that the main force in the field has more time to mobilize.

And these two points must not be confused about what they mean.

Meaning more money is needed.

Money comes from taxation, taxation comes from national wealth, and the root of national wealth comes from land.

This means that only by continuing to change can it be possible.

A copper cannon can be hundreds of kilograms and turns into copper. How much does it cost?

A new city often requires tens of thousands of people to build for three years. If tens of thousands of people do not have crops or waste, where can taxes be obtained?

These things are not created just by wanting to change.

To change, we must shake the foundations of all countries.

The monarch hates the nobles, but he hates the equality of the Mo family and the honor of the emperor who chooses the emperor. This balance was originally like this: the Mo family took advantage of the honor of the virtuous and had a subtle cooperative relationship with the monarchs of various countries to suppress the nobles.

Now, the Mohist thoughts that originally needed to cooperate subtly with the monarch spread like fire, and the king needed to become allies with the nobles to fight against equal monks and wise men.

There is always a reason to maintain the legitimacy of the monarchy.

It is obvious to fabricate a concept that everyone is equal to continue to use the concept of superiority and inferiority. It is difficult to get familiar with it, which is also obvious.

The whole body is affected by one move. No country can learn from it now because the situations of each country are different.

Wei and Han could not learn from the Qin reforms. Learning from them may lead to civil strife, division and external siege; the same is true in turn.

It is difficult to learn from and to change, but it is hoped that more taxes will be used to cast more copper cannons and build more fortresses. This is not something the messengers can consider.

All they can do is to tell the king based on their intuitive feelings that Si Shang is invincible and should not speak of war.

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Compared with the envoys of Wei and Han, the envoys of Chu saw and thought more.

He saw through Si Shang's siege, and in addition, he also noticed that Si Shang's army was discussing the tasks of each company.

He didn't understand this, but he was extremely envious.

In the past wars, the slaughter did not need to know how to fight or the purpose of the war. There was only one thing to do: focus on the chariots of the nobles, and they would go wherever they rushed.

On the Si Shang side, even a Sima Chief or a sergeant could know the purpose. In the eyes of the Chu envoy, this should not be exclaiming that it was invincible, but was amazed at why such an army had not collapsed yet?

If the soldiers know too much, how could the soldiers continue to attack if the attack is unfavorable?

If the soldiers know too much, what if they retreat if they are afraid of death?

Those who are good at managing the military should be in a situation where soldiers are in a state of fearing military orders and not knowing the overall situation.

Respect military orders because if the military orders are not implemented, the battle will be invincible.

The reason why the soldiers don’t know the overall situation is that once the soldiers know the overall situation, they will not be able to complete the general’s task.

For example, some things to lure the enemy, such as some things to cut off the queen, if the soldiers knew about it, in the eyes of the Chu envoy, they must have fled after hearing the news. How could they choose to stick to it?

Based on his experience, if you want to win, you must put the soldiers in a daze and don’t know what they are doing. You only need to obey military orders and make the soldiers dumb as if they are invincible.

Si Shang did the opposite. Before siege, he actually asked each company to discuss the tasks of each company. Can you win in this way?

He did not doubt it, because judging from the results of many previous times, Si Shang Yishi was invincible and had not been defeated so far, leaving behind many legends.

But this approach is really beyond common sense and he cannot understand it.

With this doubt, he and several Mozhes came to the soon-sieged company, which was the most tragic and most injured, and wanted to see what these people were doing.

On a flat ground, the soldiers from four companies of the First Bend Battalion sat on the ground and divided into several teams. They were watching several models of the frontal convex castle piled up with soil on the ground, and listening to the explanations of the company and the brigade coach.

When the Chu envoy saw these elite soldiers, he praised them first and said in his heart: "The king has a wide range of cars, but it is just like this, and they are all majestic people."

He subconsciously compared the first-camp grenades with the elite Che Guang of Chu. These first-camp grenades were selected with strong men with strong bodies, as well as scholars from all countries who were determined to be the best in the world. After all, if a person is thin, he cannot throw the heavy iron thunder too far.

The proportion of Mexicans in the camp is extremely high, and most of them are veterans who serve over the age of time, so their momentum is naturally different.
Chapter completed!