Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Eight, Finally Comes
When the tide of cavalry began to appear on the horizon, Feng Ziying stood on the top of the city and looked over, her palms slightly moist.
After all, this is the first time to experience this kind of head-on confrontation. The Mongols are coming fiercely, and Qian'an City is the first to bear the brunt. This battle will determine the fate of many people.
Feng Ziying knew that this battle was inevitable when he received detailed reports and scout reports from all parties.
The Mongols broke through from the mouth of the river, and the three forts were breached in one day and night. The Mongols immediately organized a large number of manpower to destroy the border walls, and even used gunpowder to blast them, opening three places overnight.
The gap allowed the Mongolian army to advance in at a long distance.
The neighboring Tiemen Pass and Lengkou Pass were constantly alerted, but the Mongols bypassed these two key passes and entered from behind, then launched an attack on Lengkou Pass.
The alarm received by the border wall was quickly passed to the Jianchang Battalion, which was deployed on the second line. The Jianchang Battalion, together with the Taiping Battalion, had a fierce battle with the five Inner Khalkha cavalry in the Liujiakou area, and both sides suffered heavy losses.
However, it is obvious that the main force of the Ji Zhen Army was not on this line. When the Ji Zhen Army retreated westward, the Mongolian Army did not follow the westward advance. Instead, the main force marched directly southwest along the Qinglong River and attacked Qian'an.
The troops stationed themselves on the banks of the Qinglong River to guard against dangers coming from the east.
According to the scouts' reports, the main force of the Mongolian army going south was about 40,000 people. Whether it was the breakthrough on the border wall or the engagement with the Jianchang Camp and the Taiping Camp, they did not have too much impact on it.
big threat.
The entire Qian'an County only has about 100,000 people, and the people who fled into Qian'an County including the soldiers who defended the city are only 70,000 or 80,000. But now they have to face the attack of more than half of the Mongolian army. The pressure can be imagined
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"Sir,..." Feng Ziying handed the telescope in her hand to the nervous You Shiren before he could speak.
This is a telescope made of two lenses made of ground glass. The principle is actually very simple, but the key is that the quality of the glass is very high, and the grinding process is also very demanding. Feng Ziying asked for it very early.
Zhuang Limin imported Dutch lenses from Europe. Various concave and convex lenses were imported and then superimposed. He used a convex lens for the objective lens and a concave lens for the eyepiece. He selected a tubular object for distance testing, adjustment and installation to obtain a telescope.
Since the lenses imported from Europe were intermittent and some of the effects were not good, Feng Ziying had assembled about seven telescopes by the time she arrived at the station. She kept this secret and only sent four to her father and kept three for herself.
, left one to Huang Degong, gave another to Zuo Liangyu in Qian'an City, and held one in his own hand.
You Shiren was also shocked by everything he saw in the telescope. Although it could not be said to be meticulous, it could basically be seen at a glance.
With the adjustment of the lens, the distance and distance are increased, and the direction is moved, basically everything can be brought into the line of sight. This is almost a decisive victory from thousands of miles away. No wonder it is called a telescope.
After a long time, the traveler Rencai put down his telescope.
Feng Ziying handed it to Hou Chengzu next to him. After Hou Chengzu used it, he was even more shocked. He thought that this kind of instrument was used on ships at sea, and its power was almost as powerful as a ten-respect type artillery!
“Ziying,……”
Feng Ziying waved her hand to stop Hou Chengzu's trembling lips, "Let's talk about it after the war. I know how powerful this thing is, but it has been widely used in Europe a few years ago. The red-haired fan was the first to be used on ships, but they tried to restrict others from using it.
But the principle is not complicated, so I made it after a little trial and error."
“Sir, do you know...” Hou Chengzu also wanted to remind him of the power of this thing.
"Of course I know, but how to make the most perfect telescope is also quite complicated. Although it is difficult for us to limit the spread of this kind of thing, we should still try our best to prevent such objects from being learned by the enemy, right?
?" Feng Ziying said calmly.
Hou Chengzu thought so deeply.
Busia Mara, who was standing aside, watched curiously as the iron pipe-like object took turns on several people. They placed it in front of their eyes, facing forward, and kept moving, as if they were performing some kind of prayer ceremony.
, which made her very curious.
She had the impression that this guy didn't believe in gods and Buddhas, and he didn't care about the shamans in his clan. This was what reassured Busiyamala the most. Otherwise, if this guy believed in something too..."
If she said, "If you can prosper the world, you can destroy it", if you want to gain yourself, then she really doesn't know what to do.
However, seeing this group of people praying over and over with this "ritual", Busia Mara became a little impatient. This was too pious and sincere. The war was about to break out, and this kind of prayer to gods and Buddhas alone could defeat the enemy.
Win the Mongols?
Noticing the displeasure on the face of Busia Mara next to her, Feng Ziying knew that this bumpkin didn't know what this thing was.
However, don’t say that Bushiyamala is a country bumpkin. None of the people here have just come into contact with this telescope. Aren’t they all shocked and inexplicable?
It was deliberately not used before to keep it secret. Even Hou Chengzu had only just come into contact with it, and he was deeply convinced that Feng Ziying kept it secret, and even suggested that everyone else should be excluded.
However, Feng Ziying knew that once this thing started to be used in front of others, it would be difficult to keep it a secret. Busia Mara was following him and they would have to fight side by side for a while. How could he hide it from the other party?
So he simply handed the telescope to the other party generously: "Let's take a look."
Bushia Mara inexplicably took the tube-shaped object handed over by Feng Ziying and placed it in front of her eyes. She looked closely and saw that there seemed to be some blurry scenery inside. She was slightly startled. Then she took a closer look and was subconsciously startled.
The galloping war horses in the distance, the ferocious beast-faced armor, and the waving flag suddenly appeared in front of me, lifelike, as if they were in front of me.
"Ah?!" Busia Mara couldn't help but screamed, and she took a step back suddenly. She almost threw away the telescope in her hand. Her eyes suddenly left the lens hole and looked around. Only then did she realize that several people were there.
Looking at herself with a half-smiling look, Busia Mara's face suddenly turned hot.
What kind of witchcraft secret is this? Bushiya Mara's heart turned sharply. There is such a skill that can be seen so close and thousands of miles away, which is enough to change the situation of the entire war. How can Da Zhou actually have such a magical skill?
Bushiyamala took a deep breath, put the mirror in front of her eyes again, and looked at it.
With the slight lateral movement, various situations on the horizon to the north of Qian'an City slowly came into view. They were so clearly visible that even the gestures and movements of some people gesticulating there could be clearly seen.
Busia Mara noticed that Feng Ziying seemed to be twisting the tube with both hands just now when she was looking at it. She also tried to follow suit. Sure enough, the tube could be rotated, and the scene in the mirror hole also changed accordingly, and suddenly it was zoomed in.
Suddenly zoom out, but after reaching a certain point, you can no longer move, and the mirror will become blurry.
But even so, Busia Mara couldn't help but her chest was pounding. She even had an impulse to take this object and run away, taking it back to her clan. Of course, this impulse only lasted a moment.
, was quickly suppressed. Since people dared to show it to me, they didn’t worry about having any evil intentions.
“Busiya Mara, do you look good?” Feng Ziying smiled.
“Good-looking.” Bushiyamala took a deep breath.
“Do you want it?” Feng Ziying asked again with a smile, as if she was asking a little girl’s question with a lollipop.
“Of course.” Bushiyamala was shocked, and a strange light flashed in her eyes, “Is it okay, sir?”
“Is it to see how our Yehe tribe performs in this battle?” Bushiya Mara understood.
"This is just one factor..." Feng Ziying shook her head, "Without this thing, wouldn't your Ye He tribe be willing to fight hard? I have said that the fate of Ye He tribe is actually tied to Da Zhou.
Together, you can neither surrender to the Mongols nor coexist with the Jianzhou Jurchens. Who else can protect you except Zhou?"
Bushiyamala was silent. It was obvious that her mind was not on these issues at this time. She just wanted to get the thing in her hand.
Feng Ziying naturally understood what the other party was thinking, "Okay, this thing is not as mysterious as you think, and there is no need to learn anything, but it is not easy to make, but I can provide a few for Ye Hebu."
“Sir, you have no words to say?!” Bushiyamala became energetic and looked directly at the other party.
“A few telescopes are not enough to make Feng break his promise, right?” Feng Ziying smiled proudly, and Busia Mara's mood also changed.
Telescope? Only then did Busia Mara know the name of this thing, but she felt that it really matched the literal meaning. It was really close to a thousand miles away. However, the military significance of this thing was too important. Busia Mara did not believe it.
Can't see it.
If you can give it to Ye Hebe, it means you really regard Ye Hebe as an ally, which is even more significant than dozens of firecrackers.
"Okay, sir, in this case, Yehebe will naturally show our sincerity. Please see the performance of our Yehebe warriors." Bushiya Mara also nodded and said in a deep voice: "Definitely not.
It will disappoint adults."
“Okay, then we’ll just wait for the good news.” Feng Ziying didn’t waste any time and looked back at the battlefield in front of her, “Kunshan!”
Zuo Liangyu, who came quickly from the other side of the city wall, cupped his fists and saluted, "My subordinate is here!"
“Let us teach the Mongols a lesson in this battle and let them understand that war is no longer what they imagined!” Feng Ziying stood with her hands behind her back, her tall figure looking particularly deep and majestic on the top of the city.