Enjoy the camp in front of Yikou City.
The strange confrontation continues!
Although he was on the battlefield, the more Mr. Weiming Abao looked at it, the more he felt that the Song people were here for a picnic... because in addition to setting up a rectangular hollow array, they were also playing with cauldrons and stoves!
Of course there is a stove, otherwise how would you heat the arson bomb?
Therefore, the world's first artillery unit, which Zhao Kaifei spent a lot of effort to build, looks a bit like a marching kitchen at first glance.
The mortars looked like large copper pots, and each copper pot was equipped with a stove. After the ten copper pots (two more pots than the previous test) were placed, the stoves were lifted off the other twelve carriages. . There was a stove behind a "pot", and then I saw a group of "masters" and a little girl working there.
That little girl doesn’t know what she does? I saw her holding a bundle of slender flagpoles with red, yellow, and black flags hanging on them, running around and planting flags. The big pots and stoves seemed to be placed next to the red and black flags. The cauldron is placed to the right of the red flag, and the stove is placed to the right of the black flag.
As for the yellow flag, there is nothing placed next to it.
When the big pot and stove were set up, I saw a group of people lighting the fire and raising the stove, and another group of people carrying packages and balls of things - I don't know if they were packaged big fish or meat? These "big fish and meat" are placed on the right side of the yellow flag.
I have to say that this "kitchen" is very well organized.
The kitchen was almost ready, and a group of people came up with shovels and straw bags to dig out the piles of dirt. And they were not piled blindly, but piled around the big pot... and circled the big pot. Get up, leaving only one exit. However, this outlet is not directly opposite the stove, but is opened on the side.
After watching their busy work for a while, Mr. Weiming Abao was already hungry... Could he not be hungry? It was already past noon. If the Song people hadn't come to enjoy the "picnic" outside Yikou City, the old man would have had lunch by now.
As you get older, you have to take care of your body, eat and drink when you should, but don’t go hungry!
Thinking of this, the old man stretched out his hand and touched his belly - of course his belly couldn't be touched, even though he was wearing Qingtang Aura! But that part is still there, bulging with oil and water inside!
Mr. Abao is from the royal family, and is now the supervisor of Weizhou Jingsai Military Division. Of course, it is delicious food from mountains and rivers (sea food is impossible). By now, his cook should have almost prepared it. When he and his two sons return to the main city of Shangyikou, they can start eating.
The old man smiled and said to his two sons: "It's getting late, we're all hungry... go back and eat first!" Then he said jokingly to the guard general Ji Lasi Zhong who was appreciating the favor, "Ji Leader of La Village, you keep an eye on it first, and don’t let the Song people use the cauldron to steal the village!"
His words immediately aroused a burst of laughter as if they were responding to the situation. The Xixia soldiers on the watchtower of the walled city did not realize at all that the old man Weiming Abao's words were about to come true!
If they all knew what those ten cauldrons were for, they would definitely not be able to laugh now. Because two of them, under the command of the woman in white who planted flags everywhere and another tall and thin man, had already started loading!
Of course, it was not filled with delicacies, but rather with powder packets, cork holders and a twenty-five kilogram iron bullet or a stone bullet that was about the same size as the iron bullet but much lighter!
The two twenty-five-pound mortars being loaded are the two mortars placed in the middle of the ten twenty-five-pound mortars arranged in a line. One door is loaded with iron bullets, and the other is loaded with stone bullets - the iron bullets and stone bullets have different weights and different charges, so they must be tested separately.
The two mortars were undergoing test firing, and the people responsible for commanding the two mortars were Wu Meiniang and Huang Wubing.
Among all Zhao Kai's "students", they were the two with the best grades, whether in mathematics or chemistry... So Zhao Kai gave them the task of commanding the bombardment.
When Wu Meiniang was running around planting flags just now, she was arranging artillery positions - all cannons, stoves, and ammunition must be placed in designated places.
Moreover, sandbags must be used to build bunkers and surround each cannon to prevent too much damage when the cannon explodes. In fact, this worry is unnecessary. Bronze-cast mortars are not easy to explode, and these mortars are not easy to explode. The wall of the cannon is relatively thick and very reliable.
Huang Wubing was not idle either. He was in charge of directing the arrival of cannons, stoves, and ammunition, and then instructing the "artillery engineers" to pile up bunkers. The so-called "artillery engineers" were not their official name, but their The tasks you are currently responsible for.
Because only ten mortars can be put into use now, the number of gunners who have completed the training is only more than 60. Even including the attached grooms and cannonballers, the number does not exceed 300. The total strength of the entire artillery general is close to 2,000. The remaining people have nothing to do for the time being, so they serve as engineers (digging troops).
However, because Huang Wubing, like the other gunners, all wore gray-purple military uniforms (the gunners did not wear armor), they did not attract much attention. Therefore, the Xixia generals on the wall only saw Wu Meiniang in fluttering white clothes, but did not pay attention to the bearded uncle Huang Wubing.
The two artillery groups commanded by Wu Meiniang and Huang Wubing completed loading almost at the same time. People on the wall only saw Wu Meiniang lift a slender wooden pole with a small purple flag and wave it vigorously. After finishing the swing, he immediately thrust the wooden pole into the ground and freed up his two little hands to cover his ears.
Why is this little lady covering her ears?
Many Xixia generals on the wall were attracted to Wu Meiniang. They were confused when they saw her waving a small flag and covering her ears.
But they didn't wonder for long before they knew the answer - this little lady turned out to be a witch, and she was casting enchantments!
Rumble.......
Two loud noises suddenly came from in front of the little lady in white, and the earth shook! The Xixia generals guarding various parts of the city felt a shaking under their feet. Before they could figure out what happened, a loud "click" came from behind them again!
In the end what happened?
Weiming Abao was going down to the watchtower to have dinner with his two sons when he was startled by the sudden loud noise. However, the three of them still looked up at the sky before they understood the situation!
The sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly!
Why is it thundering on a sunny day?
At this time, someone on the watchtower suddenly shouted.
"The house collapsed!"
"Why did the house collapse..."
Weiming Abao quickly turned around and looked inside the walled city. Sure enough, the roof of a house collapsed!
The old man didn't think that Song Jun was causing trouble at first, but he still realized that there should be no chaos. If there was chaos, those Song Jun who came to "picnic" might take advantage of him. So he quickly shouted an order at the top of his lungs: "Don't panic. The Song people don't have siege equipment. They can't attack the city... Notify each team and everyone should stay in their positions. They are not allowed to mess up or retreat. Anyone who disobeys the order cut!"
Most of the soldiers behind Mr. Abao went to deliver the order. Surrounded by the remaining soldiers and his two sons, Weiming Abao returned to his original position with an empty stomach, stretched his neck and looked out nervously.
The Song army outside the city did not make any movements and still maintained their square formation. The "cooks" were still playing with their "cauldrons" and stoves.
Weiming Abao just breathed a sigh of relief when the earth-shaking roar came again, two more sounds, coming from in front of the little lady in white... Oh, many people including Weiming Abao I also saw that shortly after the little lady waved the flagpole in her hand, hot pot and thick smoke came out of the mouths of the two "big pots" in front of her!
what 's wrong? Why did the pot explode?
Before Weiming Abao could react from the shock, two loud "bang bang" sounds were heard in his ears, and the ground shook slightly again.
"What fell?"
"Why are there two big holes on the ground?"
Is there a hole in the ground?
Weiming Abao looked to the side again, and sure enough he saw a big hole that had been smashed out of a piece of mud at some point!
"Rumble..."
The loud noise came out again! Still after that little lady in white waved the flagpole! The two "big cauldrons" in front of her still spit out flames... No, those are not pots, those are magic weapons!
Weiming Abao actually knew that there was gunpowder, but he didn't think about it because the flames he knew didn't move that much!
"Crack!"
"Bang! Click..."
"ah......"
Loud noises followed, two... no, but many! It turned out that the 25-pound iron ball that hit the ground bounced up because it hit a piece of harder ground, hit the wooden fence on the side, and broke many of them in one go. There were many soldiers and generals standing behind these wooden fences, and they were immediately in trouble. That's a 25-pound iron ball! Every collision will result in serious injuries! Even if he wasn't hit by the iron ball, he might still be hit by fragments of the broken wooden fence, which would cause severe injuries.
The ear-piercing screams sounded immediately!
Weiming Abao finally understood that there was something wrong with the woman in white!
She is a...witch!
"The enchantress is casting enchantments again!" You and Weiming Abao thought of going together.
Weiming Abao quickly went to see the witch and saw the witch waving a small purple flag - this should be a magic weapon!
With a wave of the magic weapon, those cauldrons will spit out fire, and then things will fall down from the world!
Weiming Abao is quite smart, and he immediately figured out the cause and effect.
However, he still underestimated the "witch's power". After the two mortars completed several rounds of test firing, Zhao Kai, who was watching the battle from behind, gave the order to use arson bombs and stone bombs to attack alternately!
Arson bombs are hot iron balls!
For the Shangyikou Walled City that uses a lot of wood, it can be a fatal blow!
In addition, after the test firing was completed, instead of two mortars firing, ten mortars roared at the same time, spraying out ten red-hot iron bullets at one time!
If this falls on a wooden house, tower, fence or guardrail, it will easily cause a fire!
