If someone says that Li Kui, the hero of Liangshan, was almost killed by the Song army's musket, everyone may think that is a joke: if the Song army had such powerful gunpowder weapons, how could it be pressed and beaten by the Liao State, the Jin State and the Western Xia?
The Song army can't beat the Liao soldiers, the Jin soldiers, and the Xixia soldiers, this is a historical fact, but these historical facts do not mean that the weapons and equipment of the Song army are not good, we take a closer look at the historical materials of the Song Dynasty, and it is not surprising that Li Kui was beaten into a sieve by a musket, even if he was blown into pieces by artillery, it is also possible, "Li Kui was shot" is not completely fabricated by "Remnant Water Margin" out of thin air, but it is just a little artistic exaggeration.
"Remnant Water Margin" 800,000 forbidden army in the Central Plains, the master of the nine-pattern dragon Shi Jin, Wang Jin defected to the old breed of the master of the male breed, and repeatedly fought hard with the Western Xia, accumulating merit to be the prisoner of soldiers and horses, when escorting the anti-Liao grain salary, there were hundreds of "musketeers" under his command, and a platoon of guns knocked Li Kui down, if it wasn't for Wu Song's sacrifice of his life to save him, Li Kui's black charcoal head would have become a black sieve.
The musket that almost killed Li Kui was indeed the standard weapon of the Song army, and the "History of the Song Dynasty" clearly recorded how powerful this musket and more powerful artillery were.
The Song Dynasty, as the richest dynasty at that time, could not be called an "empire", because after the Song Gaozong Zhao Jianyan crossed to the south, he wrote letters to the Jin State, and many times he called himself the "lord of the country" and did not dare to call himself "emperor".
The Liao, Jin and Song Kingdoms were established, the Song Dynasty paid "annual coins" to the Liao State and the Jin State, some emperors and ministers of the Liao and Jin Dynasty even regarded the Song Dynasty as vassals, and the wives and daughters of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong and Zhao Huan of Song Qinzong became spoils of war at the discretion of the emperors and generals of the Jin State, so it is not entirely accurate to say that the Song Dynasty was a dynasty.
Although it may not be accurate, the Song Dynasty did exist, and its weapons and equipment were even world-class at that time, and the earliest tubular gunpowder weapons appeared in the Song Dynasty and equipped the army, which is clearly recorded in the "History of the Song Dynasty, Volume 197, Zhi 150, Bing 11, and the System of Armor".
In the Song Dynasty, there were stone cannons and rocket artillery, and it is also recorded in the history of the Song Dynasty that stone cannons are juxtaposed, indicating that the artillery is not firing trebuchets, nor is it firing stones.
In "Remnant Water Margin", Wang Jin, who should not have disappeared in the popular version of the Water Margin, reappeared, and Song Jiang continued to rob the anti-Liao army salary related to the rise and fall of the Song Dynasty regardless of the overall situation, but there was a problem when he ordered the general - Lu Zhishen, an old subordinate of the old breed who was slightly similar to the public breed master, refused to fight: "The sprinkler family will not go." The Sprinkler family said that if they didn't go, they wouldn't go! The Sprinkler family was promoted by the seed and the economy, and they did not rob him of military rations. ”
Lu Zhishen disobeyed orders, and his speech was also very irritable and hard, and Hu Yanzhuo, the former Pudong patrol inspector Guan Sheng and Runing County, reasoned with Song Jiangwu Yong: "Brother Gongming and the military division are here, and the young generals lost their discipline and lost their divisions, and they hid in the water. In the end, there is no enmity against the country, how can it be so easy to turn against the face and rob the army of salaries? I hope that Brother Gongming and the military adviser will forgive me!"
These three former Song Dynasty officers refused to fight, the black whirlwind Li Kui did not know whether he was alive or dead, and was almost lost his life by Wang Jin's random gun, and finally Lin Chong and Shi Jin appeared, ignoring Song Jiang's orders, personally escorted Wang Jin away, and Song Jiang had to sell a favor.
Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Shi Jin and others later joined the seed army, even Lu Junyi and Wu Yong also abandoned Song Jiang and took the initiative to surrender, Song Jiang was captured by Uncle Zhang on the way to Jinguo, these are all later words, and have little to do with this article, I will skip it here, our topic today is to talk about what kind of weapon the musket that almost killed Li Kui, and how powerful this weapon is.
If we take a closer look at the history of the Song Dynasty, we will find that the weapon that almost killed Li Kui was called the "Assault Musket": "With the huge bamboo as the tube, the inner security is like a burning, and the flame is absolutely and then the Ziyao is released, like the sound of a cannon, and it is heard from a distance of more than 150 steps." ”
The word "Ju" has the meaning of hook, hard iron and steel in ancient texts, and the assault gun can make a loud sound of more than 200 meters (five feet in the Tang and Song dynasties, 240 steps for acres, 100 acres for acres, one foot is equivalent to 30 to 31 centimeters now, and 150 steps are about 225 meters), indicating that it is definitely not composed of bamboo tubes, at least there must be iron hoops.
The assault rifle that almost killed Li Kui appeared in the Song Dynasty, and although the popular version of "Water Margin" did not appear in the assault rifle, it described how powerful the artillery of the thunder Ling Zhen was: "The first is the wind cannon, the second is the golden wheel cannon, and the third is the sub-mother cannon." When the artillery fell, the city was shattered, and the smoke and clouds were scattered. ”
Shi Nai'an used to be Zhang Shicheng's adviser, and he should know very well about the gunpowder weapons of the Song and Yuan dynasties, and he must have read the "History of the Song Dynasty" edited by the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty. The power of Ling Zhen's artillery may be taken from the battle of Jingjiang against the Yuan in the "History of the Song Dynasty, Volume 451, Lie Biography 210, Zhongyi VI", the general of the left Wuwei general Ma Yan (it seems that it should be the jurisdiction of the Emperor, the same as the Ti jurisdiction, both are military positions) Jingjiang Anti-Yuan Battle: "(The defenders) sounded the horns and drums, and the generals of the (Yuan Army) thought that the (Song Army) would go to war, and they would wait for it. Lou Nai ordered his subordinates to embrace an artillery, the sound was like thunder, the earthquake shook the city and the earth collapsed, the smoke rose to the sky, and many soldiers frightened the dead. The fire was extinguished, and the ashes were gone. ”
Zhang Shun, the "militia general" recorded in the "History of the Song Dynasty: The Biography of Zhongyi", also equipped with gunpowder weapons on a large scale when he formed the naval death squad: "Each ship is equipped with muskets, artillery, blazing charcoal, giant axes, and crossbows. ”
"Jin History" is also repaired by the Yuan Dynasty, and there is also a record of the Yuan army's fear of the gunpowder weapons of the Jin soldiers: "The defenders of the city have the name of the artillery that shocks the sky and thunder, the iron pot contains medicine, and the fire is lit, and the cannon fires, and its sound is like thunder, and it is heard hundreds of miles away, and it is surrounded by half an acre, and the fire is lit with armor and iron...... He also flew muskets, injected medicine with fire, and burned more than ten steps forward, and no one dared to approach. The GI (Yuan Army) is afraid of these two things. ”
There are so many historical records, which show that the gunpowder weapons of the Song and Jin dynasties have been very popular and quite powerful, so "Wang Jin almost killed Li Kui with a musket" is by no means a fabrication of "Remnant Water Margin", but similar incidents have indeed happened.
In fact, even in the Water Margin, Li Kui may be killed or even blown up by artillery, and Ling Zhen joined the Liangshan Army to participate in the expedition to Fang La, and he used artillery to blow up Fang La's "Lingying Heavenly Master" Bao Daoyi: "Bao Daoyi saw that the Song army had a stroke and thundered, and when he was about to get up, Ling Zhen put a bombardment cannon, and a fire bullet hit Bao Tianshi, head and body, and was shattered. ”
No matter how high his martial arts are, he is afraid of kitchen knives, Li Kui's body is mortal, and he will definitely not be able to withstand musket shooting and artillery bombardment, but unfortunately Wang Jin's musket is not very powerful: "Xiang Chong and Li Gon were both wounded by gunshot guns, fortunately not heavy, Li Kui was sexual, danced with double axes, and pulled arrows straight in." There was another row of guns behind the car, and Li Kui had several shots in his shoulder, arm and leg, and he fell to the ground. ”
Li Kui had a gun on his left shoulder blade, and even An Daoquan couldn't take it out, and since then the strength of his left arm has been greatly reduced, so he can't use a double axe, and the bantam tiger Wang Ying fought with him, and also had a draw, Wang Ying turned his face and told Hu Sanniang the truth about the Hujiazhuang extermination case, and later Hu Sanniang pierced Li Kui's heart with an arrow.
Art comes from life and is higher than life, and Li Kui is indeed a person in history. After Zhao'an, Li Kui became a music general, killed his superiors in the Jianyan period, rebelled against Song and lowered gold, and did not drink poisonous wine with Song Jiang to death.
In any case, the Water Margin is one of the four great masterpieces, and the serial books contain a lot of historical knowledge and secrets, and readers will certainly have more unique views on the matter of Li Kui being shot: As far as you know, what stage has the gunpowder weapons of the Song Dynasty developed? Did the Song Dynasty, with its advanced weapons and huge army, fail to defeat Liaojin, Western Xia, or was the warm wind so drunk that the emperors and generals did not dare to fight and did not want to fight? Like Li Kui, "a black bear with coarse flesh and an iron ox like a naughty body" Can a strong man be killed at close range by a Song Dynasty assault rifle?