"Thunderbolt car!"
Shi Xiu slapped his thigh and exclaimed.
Then Tang Long was surprised: "Ah, brother Shi Xiu is indeed the brother of 'Wu Mengde', he is very knowledgeable."
Shi Xiu said with a smile: "What you said is true. It turned out that my brother was drinking and chatting. He talked about the Battle of Guandu that year. Yuan Shao's birdmen piled mountains of earth and built buildings on the mountains. Archers stood on the buildings and fired arrows. Duke Cao then When building this thunderbolt car to deal with the heavy rocks, Yuan Jun cried for his father and mother. At that time, my brother Tieniu refused to believe it, saying that he couldn't even throw such a big stone. What car could be stronger than him? My brother painted while drinking wine. I learned the style and explained it in detail. Although it is not exactly similar to the thing you made, it still seems to have these long arms."
The "long arm" he refers to is naturally the strong arm for throwing stones.
Tang Long praised: "Yes! This guy did exist in the Battle of Guandu. In fact, this thing had its prototype as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The 'borrowed car' mentioned in "Mozi Preparing the City Gate" is this thing. "Fan Li "The Art of War" also states, "The flying stone weighs twelve kilograms and is used as a machine to move two hundred steps." The official name of this thing is called a cannon! In this dynasty's "Martial Arts General Essentials", there are a total of nineteen types As for how to make cannons, my little brother is not talented and only knows fourteen kinds."
He said "I'm not talented", but his expression showed no shame. The bridge of Dalu's nose was parallel to the sky, like a proud Avatar.
Shi Xiu listened to him quoting scriptures, eloquent, and like a great craftsman. He couldn't help being surprised and happy. He looked at the "money leopard" up and down, and thought to himself: No wonder he has a strange appearance. He turned out to be a strange man with unique skills! As the saying goes, if a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools, but this man is of great use to my brother.
He turned to look at Yang Xiong and said solemnly: "Brother, even if we two die here today, we must keep this brother alive! He is just a blacksmith in the world. If he is with my brother, he can withstand thousands of horses and thousands of troops!"
Although Yang Xiong didn't understand, he could see that Shi Xiu was not lying, and immediately nodded: "That's all! But as long as Yang is here, I will never let him lose a hair!"
Tang Long was also dumbfounded and scratched his head in confusion, and more than ten hairs fell from his hands.
He had been down and out for half his life. He had never been so valued by anyone. He had mixed feelings for a moment. The two eyes that were always separated by each other blinked, and he actually shed tears. He cried out: "I'm sorry, I'm a mediocre person, how can I deserve such a big brother?" Look!"
Shi Xiu patted his arm and said, "Brother, please don't belittle yourself. A thousand-mile horse must meet a famous general, and even a million gold is not easy to come by. If you meet a farmer, you can only plow fields and pull carts. Brother Tang is a thousand-mile horse, and my eldest brother Wu, He is a world-famous general!"
Tang Long held back tears and nodded repeatedly. Although he and Lao Cao were still strangers, he had the idea of dying for him.
There is a poem by later generations, with a single title of "Shi Xiu" and "Tang Long" in one section. The right way is -
The pride is always in the chest, and justice is valued more than gold.
The voice spreads across the lake and the sea, and the heroic style fills the green forest.
A man admires his fellow men, and a close friend values his piano and sword.
Before meeting the public face by chance, the intention to give up has already taken effect.
Yang Xiong saw that Shi Xiu was sparing no effort to recruit talents for Lao Cao, and he couldn't help but secretly admire him: when he met "Wu Mengde" in the past, he also felt that he was heroic and charming. It's still beyond my expectation. Otherwise, how could a hero like him be so determined?
For a moment, his desire to perform meritorious deeds became more intense, and he quickly said: "Brother Tang, please stop leaking cat urine first. How did you, the thunderbolt, get into trouble?"
Tang Long came back to his senses and explained: "Brother Rongzhen, the Liao army's food and grass are all stored on that side, about a mile away from us. Of the three thousand troops stationed in the rear camp, two thousand are guarding there!" If we use weapons to force the way, I can't wait for three people with six hands. How much food can I burn while fighting? So I specially built this multi-shooter cannon!"
He took a picture of his masterpiece and said confidently: "A cannon like this, with a stone weighing half a kilogram, can fire ten at a time, and can hit a mile. Let me wait for my younger brother to find some sulfur, make fire bombs, and hit him a few times." , the fire takes its own course.”
Yang Xiong said happily: "If this is the case, my dear brother should be remembered as the first meritorious deed! There is no need to look elsewhere. The two of us have brought sulfur, fire and salt with us."
Tang Long took a look and saw that they were all of good quality. He immediately started cutting the bamboo into strips, weaving them into balls, filling them with straw, and then adding sulfur and other materials. Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu also helped, and they made hundreds of things in an instant. Of the remaining ones, take ten first and put them one by one in your leather pocket——
It turns out that when he made the cannon, its force arm was divided into long and short ends. The long end pushed the head, and a long piece of wood was nailed horizontally. Ten leather bags were tied in a row, and a few belts were tied to the short end. Once the force was exerted, the short end fell down. , the long head rises, and the things in the leather pocket are thrown high.
These cannons, also known as hand cannons, can be fired by two or three people. Since they cannot hit heavy objects, they are difficult to use to attack cities. They can only kill and injure skirmishers in front of the two armies. However, the fire bombs Tang Long wanted to fire were not heavy at all, and they were fired from his own camp. They did not need to reach far, but they were just right.
At that moment, Tang Long adjusted the position of the cannon and rushed in the direction of the grain and grass. He asked Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu to hold the belt and said, "Brothers and younger brothers, as long as you say the word 'pull', we will use all our strength." Pull!”
Seeing him nodding, he used the tongs to burn the fire brightly in the stove, and lightly tapped the ten fire bombs one after another. The straw was immediately ignited, and green smoke came out. He said urgently: "Pull!"
Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu were already ready to go. When they heard him shouting, they immediately found the strength to poop and pulled the belt with all their strength. The lever made a loud bang, and the long end suddenly rose up. The fire bombs relied on their inertia to fly into the sky, and the approximate landing point was where the food and grass were piled up.
Seeing that Tang Long's accuracy was almost correct, he quickly called him: "Put it down, put it down, while he doesn't notice me, I can fire as many shots as I can!"
Several people quickly loaded the bombs and lit them again. They shouted "Pull" again, and ten more fire bombs were fired.
These fire bombs ignited the straw, flew in the air, and were driven by the wind, immediately triggering the sulfur in the middle. When they were stung, they turned into fireballs. Each fireball fluttered towards the place where the grain and grass were piled up. Although it was inevitably some distance away Some of them were closer, but at least half of them hit the pile of grain and hay.
When Tang Long's fourth cannon was fired, even the many tents could not block the blazing fire over there.
The Liao soldiers woke up from their sleep and exclaimed: "Fire is falling, fire is falling, fire is falling from the sky!"
A few clever ones rushed to save them, but more stupid Liao soldiers knelt straight on the ground and kowtowed to the dark sky, thinking that this "fire rain" was a sign of the wrath of the sky.
After a while, the fire became more intense, and all the civilians in the rear camp were awakened, running around and screaming, and suddenly the rear camp was in chaos.
The three took the opportunity to fire continuously, but no one noticed, allowing them to shoot out all the prepared shells.
Tang Long was still not satisfied, so he took many large and small iron pieces, burned them dark red in the stove, and put them in a leather pocket to shoot. He fired three or four more shots in a row until the leather pocket was burned to pieces, and then he stopped.
These iron blocks are more powerful than fire bombs. Because they are very small and have no open flames, they are difficult to find when they fall on food and grass. Unknowingly, many fires appear out of thin air, and some accidentally hit people on the head. , even his head was beaten to pieces, and the Liao soldiers were so frightened that they shouted: "It's amazing, we just finished lowering the fire, and started lowering the iron again."
Yelu Zonglin was on duty tonight and heard a commotion in the rear camp. He thought the camp was roaring and was so frightened that he quickly ordered his troops to suppress it. Before he arrived, he suddenly saw a raging fire. He was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were splitting. He rushed over like crazy. When he saw those In the scene where the Liao soldiers knelt down and worshiped, their noses were crooked with anger, and they cursed: "Are you all blind? The fire and iron are clearly caused by catapults..."
Just because there has been peace between Song and Liao for a long time, although the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom are at war with each other, they rarely climb the technology tree. Therefore, except for the children of aristocratic families such as Yelu Zonglin, most of the soldiers have never seen the catapult in action. Naturally, it was unimaginable for a while.
Yelv Zonglin, however, was well-informed and thought that my food and grass were deeply stored in the inner camp. Even if the Song army sent out catapults, how could they hit here? He looked around, pointed in the direction of Tang Long and said: "Needless to say, the enemies are in my camp. They all followed me to capture them and burn them alive to satisfy my hatred!"
After saying that, he mounted his horse and rushed forward, slashing the tents blocking the way with his knife. The civilians blocking the road were knocked over and trampled to death, and they headed straight for Shi Xiu and others.
After Tang Long and the others finished shooting, they were about to flee. Tang Long abandoned all his blacksmiths and only carried an iron melon hammer in his hand. He also picked two polished iron spears and gave them to Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong. The three of them went outside the camp. He rushed forward, but before he had run dozens of steps, he heard the clanging of horse hooves behind him. Shi Xiu's heart moved and he shouted: "You two go first, I'll come right after!"
He turned around and hid on the side of a tent.
Yelu Zonglin originally wanted to suppress the "camp roar", and it was night, so he only brought two to three thousand infantry. The camp was densely covered with tents, and he was driven down one mile. He was left to ride alone in front, with the infantry running behind. It was noisy and stretched into a long snake.
If he were an experienced man, he would not be willing to go into danger alone, but since Yelu Zonglin believed that the enemy was in the camp, he naturally expected that the number of the enemy would not be large. He relied on his martial arts and was not afraid at all, and chased Tang Long first. When he saw the artillery cart in the temporary blacksmith shop, he knew that his guess was correct and chopped it into pieces with a knife. He chased after him angrily. After a while, he saw the backs of Yang Xiong and Tang Long and shouted: "Shameless rats, you dare to burn my food and grass. Stay alive!"
When Yang Xiong heard this, he wondered how his two legs could outrun his four legs. Remembering Shi Xiu's instructions, he pushed Tang Long hard: "Save your life and go to Cangzhou!"
He turned around, held his spear, opened a door, and waited quietly for him to attack.
Yelu Zonglin glanced at this person, who was the enemy who killed his eldest brother and fourth brother, and his teeth suddenly chattered: "Ah! There is no place to find after wearing iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get here! Damn rebels... …”
Before he finished speaking, Tang Long turned around, grabbed Yang Xiong, put on the air of "King Kong Bell", and shouted: "Live together, live together, die together!"
Yelv Zonglin said fiercely: "How can a despicable villain who only knows how to hurt people in the back pretend to be a hero here! If you have the guts, you can plot against me again..."
Before he finished speaking, Shi Xiu jumped out from the diagonal stab, raised a spear, and stabbed Yelu Zonglin in the waist. He pushed him off the horse and shouted: "I have your wish, but I don't dare to ask for your ear!"
Yelu Zonglin was still struggling, but Shi Xiu pulled out the spearhead, patched it up again, and stabbed it straight into his throat. Blood poured out of his mouth like no money. Yelu Zonglin shook unwillingly a few times and died helplessly.
The book hints that Yelu Zonglin is good at martial arts. In the original time and space, he fought with Hu Yanzhuo, the Five Tiger Generals of Liangshan, for a long time. However, now he has not used his skills and has been plotted against him. The most hateful person is actually from his own family. requirements.
Therefore, the resentment was difficult to put down. After being reincarnated as a human in the next life, he refused to engage in military service and studied hard. Finally, he was selected as a high school candidate. It was the famous and handsome lawyer Fang Tangjing. He went down in history with the sentence "Hit me, you idiot!" - This is something to say later, so I won’t state it here.
Shan said that Shi Xiu repeated his old tricks and killed the Liao general in an ambush. He first picked up his iron broom knife. At this time, the pursuers were approaching. Shi Xiu flew on his horse and counterattacked with his knife, killing ten people in an instant. Among the others, Yang Xiong followed closely behind him and knocked over seven or eight others. Tang Long was not to be outdone, and swung his iron melon hammer like the wind, smashing three heads.
At this time, the fire in the rear camp had spread, burning red for a long time. The civilians didn't know why, they ran around and screamed, and they all turned out of the stockade to escape. These Liao soldiers were already in a panic, but seeing these three so brave, they became even more discouraged. , although there were many people, no one dared to take a step forward.
Shi Xiu was waiting to escape with Yang Xiong, but when he saw the Liao camp was in chaos and the Liao soldiers were frightened, he suddenly realized: Ah! Why should I run away? Now that the situation is great, it is clear that they are the ones who should escape!
Immediately shouted: "Hey! Listen to the truth, you Liao dogs, your master is going to start a border provocation. Our Song Dynasty's 500,000 soldiers and horses have been killed from all sides. If you run away for a while, you will become the ghosts of a foreign land!"
The 500,000 soldiers and horses mentioned are still the plan of the entire Liangshan gang!
After saying that, he slapped the horse and charged into the group of Liao soldiers with one sword. The horse was struck by the sword, and it was like entering an uninhabited land!
This is a good killing, as evidenced by poetry, which says:
Saburo is going crazy in the battle, his long knife curling up with cold light everywhere!
With a loud shout, everyone arrived, and the blood of the half-life knight was still cold.
The first to conquer a hundred battles is to achieve great power and shake the world, and to conquer thousands of armies with unparalleled bravery.
A battle of life and death takes place in Cangzhou City, where the brave live and the cowards perish.
Yang Xiong originally thought that he would charge briefly to stop the enemy's pursuit, but then he would retreat. Unexpectedly, this guy's courage was astonishing. Looking at this posture, he was going to destroy thousands of troops with his own strength!
In an instant, his eyes were about to burst, and he felt a burst of heroic spirit welling up from his lower abdomen, quickly filling his chest. He couldn't help but exhale loudly, and shouted: "Brother Shi Xiu, don't kill them all, keep half of them with me." Yang Xiong kills him!"
He strode forward, opened and closed an iron spear, and swept it horizontally and diagonally, killing the Liao soldiers like straw.
Tang Long saw the two of them showing off their power, his eyes widened, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed and said: "Quickly! Quickly! It turns out that I have been studying martial arts for half my life just for today!" He shouted: "Brother Shi Xiu, Yang Xiong Brother, we will live and die together as brothers, wait for me, Tang Long!"
After saying that, he rushed into the crowd, held the sledgehammer in both hands, and whirled around, causing bones to break and souls to disappear wherever he passed!
When the three of them went to kill, Yelu Dezhong was alarmed early. He saw the fire in the back camp, people shouting and horses neighing in chaos. He only knew that enemy troops were attacking the camp from behind. He hurriedly ordered his troops and horses and went to the back camp. rescue.
As soon as the soldiers and horses moved here, the north gate of Cangzhou suddenly opened wide, and more than a thousand cavalry rushed out first. If you look closely, it is not difficult to find that there are only more than a hundred people riding horses, and the others are big mules, barking donkeys, and even those who plow the fields. There were people riding out of the old cows, but it was Chai Jin who bought all the livestock in the city with a wave of his hand.
Behind the cavalry, the fire was like a dragon, and the number was no less than tens of thousands. The city wall was also lined with torches, and at least tens of thousands of people were guarding the wall.
Yelu De turned his head and looked again, almost falling off his horse in shock: "Oh, it turns out that the Southern Barbarians laid down such a large army in Cangzhou just to plot against my king? Come on, those few who reported earlier that there were not many soldiers and horses in the city Catch all the trash and chop them up for me!"
Youfenjiao: Who said Guan Suobing is brave? The fight belongs to Yang Xiongqiang. The golden leopard is majestic, and the heroes rush to worship him!
(End of chapter)
