"Rumble..."
"boom......"
Two explosions came suddenly, startling Wanyan Loushi who was sitting in the room thinking about something! The two explosions did not come from far away, but came from very close. It seemed to have happened in the yard next door... The person who lived there was Wanyan Xiebao, the recruitment supervisor of Dajin Southwest Road. , that is, the son of Wanyan Zonghan, "Crow's Mouth Xianbao".
I don’t know if I want to train my son, or if I am worried that my son’s crow’s mouth will affect my lifespan and health. Wanyan Xiebao now finally no longer follows his father around. Instead, he is sent to the veteran general Lou Shi for training, and he follows Lou Shi to send troops to the west. First he defeated Xiao Heda in Heishan, then followed Lou Shi into the Keyi Gate, and even went to Xingqing Mansion City to meet Brother Richard in person...
After retreating from Keyi Gate and returning to Wu Lahai City where the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division was formerly located, the fat man became interested in the explosive pots seized during the previous raid on Xiao Heda's headquarters, and took a few back to his Play around with your residence...don't let it blow you up while you're playing, and then blow yourself up to death, right?
Thinking of this, Wanyan Loushi quickly left the house. Several of his soldiers seemed to have heard the explosion, and they all guarded nervously in the yard with swords. When they saw Lou Shi coming out, they all surrounded him, as if to protect him from the explosion.
Lou Shi quickly waved his hand, "It was Supervisor Xie Bao's yard that exploded. Follow me and take a look!"
When the soldiers heard this, they hurriedly drove over to protect them, and together with Wanyan Lou's room, they walked out of the gate of the government office where they lived.
Although Wulahai City is located in a remote location, it is a castle that occupies a fairly small area. Within the jurisdiction of the Black Mountain Weifu Army Division, there is only a decent-looking castle like Wulahai City. Of course, it must be repaired well. A bit more decent and solid.
Moreover, this castle is also a stronghold of Xixia's northeastern border defense! Once it falls, the rich pastures and reclamation areas at the foot of the Black Mountains will be used by the enemy. While Xixia can resist the invading enemies, the only key point in defending the capital, Xingqing Mansion, is Keyi Gate.
Therefore, there have always been many troops stationed in Wu Lahai Castle, and the size of the city is not small.
There is also a "fang" in Wulahai City, which is a small fortress surrounded by high walls, trenches and heavy gates. All important government offices, military camps, warehouses, and mansions of nobles are all divided into houses and houses, but they are truly deep courtyards!
Although Xiebao's residence was close to the former military office where Lou lived, it was in two different "fangs". Lou ran until sweat broke out on his forehead before arriving at the "fang" where Xiebao lived. outside. The gate of the square was wide open, and there were two guards standing guard. The two Jin soldiers also heard the two roars and turned their heads to look in. They didn't notice Lou Shi coming. Only when Lou Shi arrived did he hurriedly salute him.
Lou Shi just yelled and asked: "Why did it explode?"
"No, I don't know!" replied a security guard.
"Where is Mr. Xiebao? Did it explode?" Lou Shi asked again.
"have no idea......"
Yes, I don’t know if I ask three questions!
Wanyan Lou didn't ask about his room, and strode into the workshop. After entering the workshop, he entered a large courtyard. Only then did he see Wanyan Xiebao sitting cross-legged on the ground, holding a small frying pot in his hand. , looking down at a pool of dark things. Not far from him, there are two pits, one large and one small. I wonder if they were just blown up?
Seeing that Xie Bao was fine, Wanyan Loushi breathed a sigh of relief - he was Xie Bao's elder and had watched Xie Bao and his brother Sheyema grow up together. Shi Yema has been dead for many days, but Nianhan only has a legitimate son like Xie Bao left. If he is gone, Nianhan will die of grief?
"Xie Bao, what's going on?" Lou Shi said loudly, "Why were you so careless? You blew up two explosive pots at once... No one was hurt, right?"
Xie Bao saw Lou Shi running in panting, knowing that the explosion just now had shocked him, he quickly stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Excuse me, I'm fine... I was testing the pot just now. .”
"Try the pot?" Lou Shi frowned, "What's so good about the pot?"
Xie Bao waved to Lou Shi, "Hi, please come and take a look at this."
"What are you looking at?" Wanyan Loushi asked as he stepped forward.
When Xie Bao saw Lou Shi approaching, he pointed to a small pile of black particles on the ground and asked, "Zhaobao, do you know what this is?"
"It's... I don't know."
"This is gunpowder..." Xie Bao thought for a moment and then said, "This should be gunpowder...I poured it out of this little frying pot."
As he spoke, Xie Bao handed the small frying pot in his hand to Wanyan Lou's room.
Lou Shi took the pot and took a look and found that it was more of an octagonal narrow-mouthed copper bottle than a pot.
"Where did you get this?" Lou Shi asked.
"It was collected from Xiao Heda's people," Wanyan Xiebao said.
Wanyan Loushi shook his head, "But how do I remember that those copper pots were tied with hemp rope and had a wooden handle inserted into their buttocks?"
"I cut the hemp rope and dismantled the wooden handle." Wanyan Xiebao's "handicraft" is pretty good, "The wooden handle is just a wooden tube for holding wires, and it is put on the thin mouth of the frying pot. It's a waste of time." It took a lot of effort to dismantle it. What came out after it was dismantled was this dark gunpowder... There is something weird about this gunpowder!"
"Weird?" Lou Shi laughed, "Gunpowder is inherently weird..."
Isn't that right? Get some fire salt, sulfur, and charcoal to "fry" it, and then fry it at once! Isn't this something weird and weird?
"This is very weird!" Xie Bao grabbed a handful of gunpowder and placed it on the palm of his open hand, "Tell me... Look, they are all black, one grain at a time. This is How?"
"This...how do I know?"
Lou Shi didn't go to high school, nor did he learn gunpowder making. He probably didn't know anything about potassium nitrate or sulfur, just charcoal.
"I don't know either." Xie Bao shook his head.
"Then you're still asking me?" Lou Shi frowned.
You don’t even know it yourself, yet you have the kindness to think about others!
Wanyan Xiebao also frowned, "But I know that this kind of gunpowder is very powerful, it is more than twice as powerful as our gunpowder!"
After saying this, he walked to two pits not far away. There were two pits, one big and one small. Xie Bao pointed to the larger pit and said, "This big pit was made by using the small frying pot that the Song Dynasty gave Xiao Heda... but the small pit was It was fried in our own big frying kettle!"
"So what?" Wanyan Loushi smiled, "It can still be fried...at worst, we can just make the frying pot bigger."
"Begging..." Wanyan Xiebao sighed, shook his head and said, "Don't you understand yet? The Song Dynasty people can use a small frying kettle and a small amount of gunpowder to blow up our large frying kettle. and a lot of gunpowder to explode...so they could save more copper and gunpowder!
And...the small frying pan is lightweight! I've weighed it and it's almost two-thirds lighter! Their bombs are so much lighter, so they can be thrown farther easily, and they can bring more bombs to the battlefield! "
Wanyan Loushi's expression became serious.
A lighter fryer not only means it costs less, it also means it can be thrown farther!
Since the Dajin Army has been equipped with explosive pots, there have been constant voices saying that this thing is too heavy...it is too heavy to throw, and you can't carry much!
If both sides are throwing bombs at each other, whoever throws it farther will definitely win!
By the way, the bomb can also be thrown with a cannon.
But the problem is...when the enemy sees you setting up a cannon there, they won't be so dumb that they don't react, right?
So Zhao Kai's chances of winning are now a little higher... But this is a headache!
"Xie Bao," Wanyan Loushi asked with a frown, "Do you think this battle can still be fought?"
"Yes!" Wanyan Xiebao took a breath, "This is a rare opportunity! Zhao Kai, Yelu Dashi, Li Qianshun, and Hebule are all together. And the geographical location is in our hands... ...If you miss it, I’m afraid you won’t have another chance in the future!”
Lou Shi nodded slightly, Xie Bao was right, so many disasters came together!
Opportunities like this will never come again!
Moreover, the geographical location of this "Battle of Black Mountain" was completely controlled by Daikin... This geographical location is of course the plain sandwiched between the north and south rivers of the Yellow River at the foot of Black Mountain, the Black Mountain Mountains, and The arid zone south of the Yellow River, the Yinshan Mountains east of the Yellow River, the grasslands under the Jiashan Mountains, and the desert north of the Black Mountains.
So many complex terrains can now be used by Daikin!
In addition, Zhao Kai, Yelu Dashi, Hebule, and Li Qianshun, the four major evils, Hebule is definitely on the side of Daikin! Li Qianshun wanted to please both sides...but because Zhao Kai took over Lingxia Province, he was more likely to support Daikin.
This will form a coalition of Daijin, Hebule, and Li Qianshun to fight against Zhao Kai and Yelu Dashi. Moreover, because the armies of Zhao Kai and Yelu Dashi were too far away from each other, they could not coordinate at all, so they had to fight independently.
Moreover, Zhao Kai's route of action is still predictable - it is impossible for him to cross the sand and grassland south of the Yellow River and advance towards Montenegro. This land is too dry and difficult to replenish, and even water sources are difficult to find.
Therefore, Zhao Kai's route must be from Lingzhou to the north along the east bank of the Yellow River... This way the distance is relatively close, and there is no shortage of water sources. However, he will give up his position to Li Qianshun. Once Li Qianshun changes sides, Zhao Kai will be attacked from both sides!
It would be such a shame to miss such a good opportunity!
Wanyan Xiebao took a breath and sneered: "We can concentrate our forces to deal with Zhao Kai first! This is a rare opportunity, so we must show the determination to kill him in one fell swoop! Zhao Kai likes to take risks, and he has the ability to explode pots. , will definitely come to Montenegro to meet Dashi in person. We will intercept him halfway, join forces with Li Qianshun and Hebule, and kill him! After killing Zhao Kai, we will turn around and go north to deal with Yelu Dashi who is going south. .....If we can kill him too. Haha, then we, Dajin, will be able to dominate both the grasslands and the Central Plains, and sooner or later we will be able to dominate the world and join the rest of the world!"
