In the past, a soldier could only rely on an arrow to change the direction of history. For example, a soldier from Song Jun shot the commander of the Liao army with an arrow in Wuhao Prefecture, which eventually led to the Single Source Alliance. When explosive weapons were invented, the chances of little people changing history increased dramatically, and even they could save the world.
In the eighth year of Yuan Xianzong (the sixth year of Bao You in Song Lizong, 1258), Meng Ge, a disciple of Xian Zong, led an army to attack Sichuan. At the same time, Meng Ge's younger brother Xu Liewu is making great strides in West Asia. He has just destroyed the ancient Arab Empire, and Mamluk in Egypt is within the range of Mongolian fighters. Seeing his brother's victory, a brother can't show weakness. In Meng Ge's view, as long as Xichuan is captured, it can go downstream from the Yangtze River, and the defense line laid by the Southern Song Dynasty in Jianghuai will be broken.
However, the ideal is sexy, but the reality is very skinny. During the Southern Song Dynasty, fortresses were built in mountains all over Sichuan, including Fishing City, a mountain city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Under this city, the once invincible Mongolian army seems to have lost its magic. After all, horses can't climb steep mountain walls, and excellent slingshots can't help high walls.
Out of contempt for Mungo, Song Jun estimated that he would throw bread and two big fish at Mungo with a trebuchet, indicating that he had enough food, meaning "I will fight you for another hundred years".
According to Yuan Xianzong's biographical notes:
It can be said that the Mongolian army was stationed at the fortified city in Datun at that time and could not attack for a long time. The weather is getting hotter and hotter in summer, which is more annoying to Mongolians from the north than the stone crossbow in Song Jun. In a hurry, Mongo decided to go out in person. Meng Ge took part in the war to conquer Europe in his early years, and he was brave and active. When he entered Shu, he still kept the style of his youth.
In order to break through the city as soon as possible, Meng Ge ordered people to build an activity platform, and he personally took the stage to try to explore the situation inside the fishing city. Mungo's action naturally surprised Song Jun in the city, so an unknown Song Jun soldier rushed to the trebuchet. "If you bombard it, you will throw the people on the mast far away, and you will die a hundred paces away" (see Fishing City). In other words, Mungo was "beaten".
However, from the later records, it seems that there is no direct hit, otherwise Mongo will be killed on the spot. According to historical records, "Xian Zong fell ill by the sound of guns." Obviously, it is impossible for people to be seriously injured by the wind generated by stones. A shell that can hurt people must be an explosive bomb.
In the Song Dynasty, there was a kind of firearm called iron cannon. Cast pig iron into different styles of shells, such as jars and bowls, which are filled with gunpowder and have small holes for placing fuses. After ignition, gunpowder burns in the closed iron shell, producing high-pressure gas, which makes the iron shell burst and hurt people. This was a powerful firearm at that time. At that time, not only the Song military, but also the Mongolian army used it. In fact, this iron gun is a kind of bomb. Light iron guns can be thrown by hand, and heavy iron guns can be used to enhance their range with trebuchets. I'm afraid Mungo was wounded by a heavy iron cannon.
At that time, the weather was very hot, and Mungo was injured by iron cannon (there should be trauma caused by shrapnel), and his physical function declined rapidly. History:
Meng Ge, who once had a great influence in Europe, died at the hands of a nobody. Before he died, he made a determined effort to slaughter all the soldiers and civilians in the fishing town. But contrary to expectations, until the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, the fishing city was not breached. Kublai Khan ignored the legacy of Mongo and pardoned the whole city's soldiers and civilians. Although many officers in the Southern Song Dynasty committed suicide because of the ruin of their country.
After Mungo's death, the expanding Mongolian army stopped, Xu Liewu had to lead the main force, and his general was defeated by Mamluk. If Xu Liewu continues his crusade, Egypt will be conquered by Mongolia. With the demise of Egypt, North Africa will also become a racetrack in Mongolia; If North Africa is occupied, Mongols can cross the sea and explore the hinterland of Western Europe. If the Chincha khanate in the east attacks together, the western civilization will be lost. It can be said that this Southern Song soldier not only saved the Southern Song Dynasty, but also saved the world.
Coincidentally, in the Battle of Verdun during World War I, the French army was beaten out of the water by German artillery. If Verdun falls, France will perish. At this critical moment, a French soldier installed the wrong scale in a panic, but hit the German ammunition depot and detonated more than 600,000 shells. Since then, the German artillery has been out of food and misfired, and the Germans have since turned victory into defeat. Without this shell, Germany would have won the first world war, and then the direction of history would be unknown.
Napoleon once said that artillery is the god of war. With this weapon, even a soldier has the ability to reverse Gan Kun, making history more and more confusing.