• The siege of De'an (德安之戰) was fought as part of the Jin-Song Wars of China in 1132, during the Jin invasion of Hubei and Shaanxi. The battle between the...
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    weapons. The siege of De'an in 1132 was the first recorded use of the fire lance, an early ancestor of firearms. There were also reports of incendiary huopao...
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    one person. This was later used effectively as a shock weapon in the Siege of De'an in 1132. In the 13th century, fire lance barrels were replaced with...
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    Fire lance (category Weapons of China)
    was not mentioned until 1132 when Song garrisons used them during the Siege of De'an, in modern-day Anlu, Hubei, in a sortie against the Jin dynasty (1115–1234)...
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  • Crusades Siege of Aleppo (1124–1125) – Crusades Siege of Raffaniya (1126) – Crusades Siege of Al-Rahba (1127) Siege of Bayonne (1130–1131) Siege of De'an (1132)...
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    Firearm (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024)
    single person, which was later used effectively as a shock weapon in the siege of De'an in 1132. In the 13th century, fire lance barrels were replaced with...
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    mid-10th century. The siege of De'an marks an important transition and landmark in the history of gunpowder weapons as the fire medicine of the fire lances...
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    century, but textual evidence of its use does not appear until 1132, describing the siege of De'an. It consisted of a bamboo tube of gunpowder tied to a spear...
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    bridges" during the Siege of De'an, but failed to reach the enemy walls due to the use of long beams to push them away. The last recorded use of assault carts...
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    a decade later at the Siege of De'an. Cheng Dong believes that the figure depicted is actually a wind spirit letting air out of a bag rather than a cannon...
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    Jin-Song Wars. Fire lances were first recorded to have been used at the Siege of De'an in 1132 by Song forces against the Jin. In the early 13th century the...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This is a List of battles from 301 A.D...
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  • Gunpowder weapons in the Song dynasty (category Artillery of China)
    confirmed employment of the fire lance in warfare was by Song dynasty forces against the Jin in 1132 during the siege of De'an (modern Anlu, Hubei Province)...
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    confirmed employment of the fire lance in warfare was by Song dynasty forces against the Jin in 1132 during the siege of De'an (modern Anlu, Hubei Province)...
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    zu lian zhu pao'), a tube of bronze or cast iron that was filled with about 100 lead balls. In 1132, at the siege of De'an, Song Chinese forces used fire...
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    Anlu (category County-level divisions of Hubei)
    province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xiaogan. The siege of De'an took place here during the Song-Jin Wars. Two...
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    established China's first standing navy. In 1132, Jin forces laid siege to De'an. In the Siege of De'an, fire lances were used by Song troops to repel the invaders...
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  • 1449. The bronze Great Turkish Bombard, used by the Ottoman Empire in the siege of Constantinople in 1453. Early arquebuses prior to the matchlock were just...
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    notable for the appearance of new technological innovations. The siege of De'an in 1132 included the first recorded use of the fire lance, an early gunpowder...
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    This is a timeline of the Jurchens. Timeline of the Song dynasty Timeline of the Ming dynasty Timeline of the Tanguts Timeline of the Khitans Wang 2013...
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    confirmed employment of the fire lance in warfare was by Song dynasty forces against the Jin in 1132 during the siege of De'an (modern Anlu, Hubei Province)...
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    the siege of Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng), the Song capital. Before the invaders surrounded the city, Emperor Huizong had abdicated in favor of his...
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    Liang, Jieming (2006), Chinese Siege Warfare: Mechanical Artillery & Siege Weapons of Antiquity, Singapore, Republic of Singapore: Leong Kit Meng, ISBN 981-05-5380-3...
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    battle at Madang and north of De'an, which brought the battle to a stalemate. Towards the end of September, four regiments of the Japanese 106th Division...
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  • Hu Jinsi (category Year of birth uncertain)
    not even the King was able to curb his powers. When the officers Zhang De'an (章德安) and Li Wenqing (李文慶) disagreed with him, both were ejected from headquarters...
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    northern China and besieged the Song capital of Kaifeng twice. In the second siege of Kaifeng, Emperor Qinzong of the Song was captured. The Jin took him and...
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    Renlong was executed for being suspected of aiding the rebels. In 1642, Xiangcheng, Shucheng, Runing, Xiangyang, De'an, and Chengtian all fell to Li Zicheng...
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  • Qian Hongzuo (category Liao dynasty jiedushi of Zhenhai Circuit)
    with his officer Zhang De'an (章德安) in which he toyed with the idea of passing the throne to an older member of his clan because of Qian Hongzuo's youth...
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    940) to his official Zhang De'an (章德安), and then died. Qian Hongzuo thereafter took the throne and was created the King of Wuyue by Emperor Gaozu. Consort...
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