Under the guidance of Li Gui, Chen Xiaomu and his party quietly walked into the woods not far from the Chu army's camp. In the distance, the lights were brightly lit under the city wall of Tianquan County, and there were faint and continuous shouts of killing. The Chu army was attacking day and night. Tianquan County.
Chen Xiaomu visually measured the distance from the grove to the Chu army's camp. It felt that it was still relatively far. If calculated based on the current throwing distance of the trebuchet, it would be good if it could be thrown to the tent at the end of the Chu army's camp.
At Chen Xiaomu's signal, Li Gui led them all the way to the edge of the canal protecting the Chu army's camp. The faint voices of Chu soldiers could even be heard here. The canal was about ten meters long. It is wide, there is a little water on the bottom but it is all frozen. The depth of the canal is about 1.5 meters. On the slope of the canal is a long wooden fence, and inside the fence are the densely packed tents of the Chu army!
Chen Xiaomu arranged for Li Gui to lead more than ten scouts to stay away from the trebuchets and hide on both sides of the gate of the Chu army's camp. If the sound from the trebuchets attracted the Chu army's attention, Li Gui and the others would kill them. Sentinels stood guard at the gate of the dead Chu army to attract the attention of the Chu army.
The ten explosive packets were divided into five parts, with two packets placed every fifty meters. After the two packets were fired from this launch point, several people immediately dragged the trebuchet to the next launch point!
No one knew what kind of medicine was sold in Chen Xiaomu's gourd. Yun Shang even asked Su Xingran quietly, "Princess, the elixir that Your Highness spent so much effort to refine was given to the people of Chu for no reason. Can they appreciate it?" "
Su Xingran shook her head blankly. Although she didn't understand what Chen Xiaomu meant by doing this, she believed from the bottom of her heart that Chen Xiaomu had his own intentions!
At this time, Lu Yi came over and handed Su Xingran and Yun Shang a few paper balls to plug their ears!
Just in case, Chen Xiaomu inserted paper twists made of rice paper and black powder into the four corners of the explosive package!
Lu Yi followed the method taught by Chen Xiaomu, covering the light from the fire folding piece with his hand, and ignited the paper twisting piece on the explosive package. The paper twisting piece instantly emitted a dazzling light. Chen Xiaomu suddenly let go of the winch of the trebuchet, and only heard "shoot" With a sound, the explosive package was thrown out from the trebuchet tray, but unfortunately it was blocked by the branches in front. It fell to the top of a tent near the fence, bounced on it again, and then fell to the ground beside the tent.
It's broken. I'm afraid that if I mess with it like this, I might destroy the paper twister! Chen Xiaomu's heart tightened.
At this time, several Chu soldiers ran out of the tent. They seemed to be pointing at the ground outside the tent and saying something. Chen Xiaomu smiled bitterly. The first shot misfired.
Suddenly a bright fire flashed, followed by a deafening bang, a thick smoke rolled out with tongues of fire, and the tree trunks and leaves in the grove were slapped.
Because Lu Yi, Su Xingran and others did not stuff the paper balls into their ears like Chen Xiaomu, or they just stuffed them randomly and the stuffing was not tight. After the loud noise, their ears began to buzz. Opposite them, Chu Junda A large gap was opened in the wooden fence of the camp. A dozen tents close to the wooden fence were destroyed by the shock wave of the explosive charges. Even the shadows could not be seen. The center point of the explosion was blown up into a black hole. There were wisps of white smoke rising out of the big pit. Many Chu soldiers were lying around, and they were crying and howling one after another!
After waiting for a while, because Lu Yi and others were temporarily deaf, Chen Xiaomu had to put the remaining explosive package on the pallet of the trebuchet by himself. Two soldiers brought by the engineer company commander quickly came over to help Chen Xiaomu put the trebuchet. The winch of the machine was pulled to the maximum limit, and then he let go suddenly, and there was a snap. This time, the explosive package was thrown very far because it did not hit the branches. It happened to be thrown under the steps of a military point platform. There were densely packed soldiers standing ready to replace the siege soldiers in front. After a loud bang, flesh and blood flew everywhere under the ordering platform, and corpses were everywhere.
The thing that Chen Xiaomu regrets the most now is that he did not bring the cavalry here tonight. Otherwise, he would rush into the camp in chaos and kill, which would definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Nine of the ten explosive packets were quickly thrown into the Chu Army's camp. Tonight, almost all the tents in the Chu Army's camp near the woods were blown up. The last explosive packet was left. Chen Xiaomu threw it at the Chu Army's camp. The gate of the camp was razed to the ground after a loud bang.
Until Chen Xiaomu led the soldiers a long way away, he looked back and saw that the Chu army camp was still in chaos. People were shouting and horses were shouting, and no one came forward to organize people to chase them. The same was true for Su Xingran. Ever since the first explosive pack exploded, , the person seems to have become stunned, and until now he is still silent and unable to say a word! Chen Xiaomu probably frightened her because tonight's scene was too brutal!
As for Lu Yi, Li Gui and others' inner shock tonight cannot be expressed in words. Lu Yi can even think of Zheng Guo becoming the overlord of all countries in the future.
After dozens of miles of running, when Chen Xiaomu's men returned to the camp, it was already daylight. Although everyone was exhausted, everyone, including the ordinary soldiers, was so excited by the explosion scene last night that they were even a little sleepy. No.
In Su Xingran's tent, Su Xingran, who had just recovered, leaned on Chen Xiaomu's shoulder and asked coquettishly, "Husband, why is your Joyful Death Powder so powerful? Isn't your monk master a descendant of the Buddha from heaven?"
Chen Xiaomu touched Su Xingran's head, looking fascinated, "Honey, it's time for us to catch up on our sleep, right?"
Su Xingran held Chen Xiaomu's head close to his ear and whispered, "Husband, I will wait for you!"
After feeling satisfied, Chen Xiaomu didn't feel sleepy at all. He leaned against Su Xingran and began to daze without speaking. Su Xingran felt strange, "Husband, why did you suddenly stop talking?"
"Honey, I'm thinking that even if we have explosives, it's impossible to expel the Chu army from the Zheng territory in a short time. There are too many of them. I heard General Zhong say that half of the Chu army is now The army, approximately half a million people, are on Zheng’s territory!”
"Then let's find a way to rescue Father and the others first, okay?"
Chen Xiaomu shook his head, "I'm going to let Li Gui lead the soldiers of the reconnaissance company to disguise themselves as Chu people and sneak into the Chu army's camp, find out where the Chu army's grain is stored and then set it on fire, so that those who besiege Tianquan County can The Chu army will retreat without a fight, so just in case, I will have the cavalry battalion intercept their vehicles transporting grain and grass along the way, and at the same time solve our problem of lack of grain and grass!"
Su Xingran was shocked. She didn't expect that Chen Xiaomu would want to solve such a huge problem as the Tianquan siege so easily. In fact, Su Xingran was also a very smart woman. As a princess from a country that was constantly at war, she was very familiar with leading troops and fighting. They have quite a few ideas of their own, but the ancients’ understanding of war was all about troop formation and fighting with strength. It seems that this is their way of using troops, and everything else is just heresy, and even if they win, they can’t say it out loud!
"But their 200,000-strong army must have more than one grain and grass storage point, and it must be heavily guarded?"
What Su Xingran could think of, Chen Xiaomu would also think of. He did not answer Su Xingran's question, but asked Su Xingran another question, "Honey, what do you usually use to put out fires?"
"Of course it's water!" Su Xingran was a little surprised. Chen Xiaomu didn't even know what to use to put out the fire.
"What if the more water is poured on it, the more likely it is to burn?"
"How is that possible?" Su Xingran said without even thinking.
Chen Xiaomu asked Lu Yi to dig out the masonry of the black oil pit, scoop out a pot of black oil, and use the same method as distilling alcohol, except that this time the steamer on the marching pot was made of iron, and the black oil in the pot was directly ignited. , Sure enough, after a while, some bright water drops began to gather around the iron steamer to form a small stream, flowing along the small ditch around the iron steamer into the jar below.
Chen Xiaomu took the jar and smelled it. Yes, it was the smell of gasoline in later generations. He asked Lu Yi to find some jars to pack the refined gasoline. He also asked Li Gui to find a way to spend money to get the refined gasoline from the Chu army camp. He bought some Chu army armor from the soldiers there, and tried to find out some of the Chu army's subordinate numbers and sentinel codes. Then he went back to his tent to sleep. In the evening, he and Li Gui would lead the soldiers of the reconnaissance company together at night. Break into the Chu army camp.
It quickly became dark. Chen Xiaomu didn't tell Su Xingran that he was going to the Chu Army camp. He just said that he would refine the elixir overnight and have it ready for later use. Su Xingran didn't bother him anymore.
Because after being attacked by an unknown object last night, the alertness of the Chu army's camp was suddenly increased a lot. Even the grove where Chen Xiaomu often went was put up with sentries. Although it was attacked last night and caused heavy losses, the Chu army was still there. As troops were gathered to attack Tianquan County, there were constant shouts of killing from up and down the walls of Tianquan County, but it didn't seem as intense as last night.
A dozen soldiers led by Chen Xiaomu, each carrying a small explosive bag weighing three kilograms and a porcelain bottle containing about 500 ml of gasoline, were led by Li Gui from the village near the Tianquan County city wall. At a blind spot, they dug through the wooden fence of the Chu army's camp and entered the camp. The group tried to avoid places with firelights and searched for dark places and quietly walked towards the center of the camp. They walked about five hundred meters. In front of me, I encountered a huge tent that was surrounded by a forest of guards. The tent was brightly lit, and it was wide open on the side facing the Tianquan County city wall. People who looked like soldiers and officers came in and out from time to time.
Chen Xiaomu estimated that this was probably the headquarters of the Chu army's camp to attack Tianquan County. He waved slightly to the back, and a dozen soldiers from the reconnaissance company quietly dispersed and surrounded the tent.
"Boy, please pay attention, I'm going to take a dump!" Two Chu army sentries standing guard about ten meters away from where Chen Xiaomu was lying suddenly started talking to each other.
"Brother Qian, go back quickly! So many brothers died last night. I heard that General Guo was so angry that he killed two patrol envoys one after another. Don't hit General Guo's knife!"
"Haha, brother, you are overthinking it. I am just a little kid. Is General Guo going to get angry with me? Maybe it will be our turn to attack the city tomorrow, and our lives will be gone if we don't! Just watch carefully. If you encounter me later, come check up on me and take care of it for me."
The sentry called Lao Ren did not answer, and then there was a sound of footsteps. Chen Xiaomu heard the sound and seemed to be getting closer and closer to him. As soon as he raised his head, he saw a black shadow, holding a hook gun in his hand and quietly heading toward him. I walked over here.
