Since paying homage to the souls of Yiling, due to the violent explosions, Li Xian and Zong Yu have been sleeping in the workshop for the past few days, eating and living with these craftsmen. All affairs of the three counties have been temporarily handed over to Chen Although nearly ten years have passed since then, the memory of preparing for the college entrance examination has always remained in Li Xian's memory. Therefore, relying on the memory of later generations, he soon carried out a large number of experiments based on the first blasting test. improvement.
According to the records of Song Yingxing's Tiangong Kaiwu in the Ming Dynasty, saltpeter and sulfur were mainly used, supplemented by rosin, tung oil, hollyhock and other objects. Violent combustion in a very small space would cause a violent explosion. Of course Li Xian remembers these, but he needs time to confirm, and reconcile the proportion and purity. The most important thing now is that after becoming the person in charge of materials, the procurement time has been greatly shortened.
Not long after, in the mountain col where the last explosion occurred, Li Xian and Zong Yu evacuated the surrounding craftsmen. After estimating the explosion distance, they arranged these craftsmen outside the explosion range. Li Xian pulled out an extra-long fuse. Indicates that Zong Yu can light the fire.
In an instant, sparks began to swirl, crawling and circling along the specially-made fuse like a snake, slowly crawling towards the col where the gunpowder was placed.
"Why is there no sound?" Zong Yu looked at the line of fire that disappeared from his field of vision, but there was still no movement, and he felt a little suspicious.
Li Xian wanted Zongxu to calm down and continued to lie down behind the railing to wait. Unexpectedly, Zongxu had just laid down when he heard a loud roar that resounded through the valley, like thunder. In an instant, the ground shook and the mountains shook. Zongxu was almost helpless. Stand,. He staggered and suddenly sat down on the ground. What kind of power this was, he couldn't describe for a moment, and there were only two words that kept circling in his mind: "Heavenly Thunder!"
"Sky thunder! It's a sky thunder! Except for the sky thunder, nothing can cause such destruction!" Zong Yu didn't care about his dumbfounded expression, he stood up immediately and pointed with his finger at the deep hole created by the explosion. There were still fierce flames inside. Burning fiercely!
"General Zong, congratulations! Our army was hit by a sudden thunderstorm, and it is possible to defeat Wu, but I feel that this thing can be more powerful!" Li Xian looked at Zong Yu and said.
"This is the work of the Governor, how could I..."
"According to the merits of the army, please note that General Zong Yu learned the method of Sky Thunder outside Yiling City and used it in our army! Since then, General Zong Yu's building ship has been changed to Tian Lei!" Li Xian interrupted directly Zong Yu spoke to the meritorious officer accompanying the army. He watched the meritorious officer take the order and write it down, and then said to Zong Yu: "General Zong, if our army can defeat Wu this time, the general will be the first to do so! Please treat this governor well." Kill the enemy!"
"How dare you disobey me!" Zong Yu immediately raised his hands and said with serious eyes.
"Listen to my general's order and summon the entire military academy to assemble immediately!"
"yes!"
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Shimen Mountain. Sun Huan Dazhai.
Sun Huan, who had just been thrown off his horse, immediately held the horse's neck and cursed: "Is this Shu army going to be finished? Is it going to be finished? It's blowing up every day! It's blowing up every day! I can't even get on the horse!"
"General... could it be an earthquake?" said the captain who was leading Sun Huan's horse.
"Fart! You have lived for more than half your life, have you ever seen an earthquake in this place?" Sun Huan also said angrily, "If he had attacked directly, would he have suffered this? By the way, what are they doing in the south? It's so big every day. Movement? I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in the past few days.”
"Report!" A cavalry messenger suddenly came flying back covered in dust.
Sun Huan quickly asked: "What's going on!"
"General...general...it's thunder! Thunder!"
"What kind of thunder? Did the thunder strike Li Xian?" Sun Huan asked in confusion.
"No, it's the Shu Army, Tian Lei!" The ordering soldiers seemed to be in a hurry, and some of them started to speak slurred for a while.
"The thunder of heaven split the Shu army?" Sun Huan was even more confused, and for a moment he didn't know what the messenger wanted to say.
"No, general, there is thunder in the Shu army!" After the ordering soldier took another sip of water, he finally corrected his words and began to state clearly.
"Shu army? Sky thunder? Shu army has sky thunder?" Sun Huan just asked in confusion, then thought about it again and again, and asked: "You mean, the Shu army can master the sky thunder?"
The messenger couldn't help but nodded, turned to look at Sun Huan, and saw Sun Huan sitting limply on the ground.
I heard Sun Huan suddenly talking to himself: "The Shu army actually had thunder from the sky, but they never came to attack. Why? Is it because the defense of Yiling city is empty? Or is it because the three counties were suddenly conquered? People are uneasy. Today, it is the Shu army." On the day when you control the thunder, you will definitely relax your guard, maybe you can try to break out today!"
"Pass my general's order to summon the three armies today and break out tonight!" Sun Huan immediately said loudly.
"yes!"
It was night, the stars were gradually shining down, and the new moon was slowly climbing up the branches. However, Sun Huanbu, who was preparing to break out, had no interest in appreciating the beauty of such a vast night sky.
"General! Look!" Immediately afterwards, Sun Huan's infantry pointed to the side of the sky where a strange light was emitting.
Sun Huan immediately followed the sound and saw countless sky lanterns starting to fly in the sky, suddenly flying further south. Sun Huan was extremely confused and didn't even know what these sky lanterns were used for.
"Ignore all this! Follow me to break through!" Sun Huan finally came to his senses and immediately ordered his soldiers to rush towards the road south of Yiling and leading directly to Changsha.
General Sun Huan once again sprinted to a few miles outside Yiling City. When he looked again, he saw that there were few lights at the head of Yiling City, and it looked like an empty city.
Sun Huan laughed loudly and said: "Young man Li Xian, how can you deceive me with such a small skill? This must be Li Xian's plan to lure the enemy. We will take a detour outside Yiling, five miles away from the city, and be careful of ambushes!"
Before Sun Huan finished speaking, he only heard a muffled sound. The muffled sound at this moment was completely different from the sound a month ago. In just a moment, Sun Huan broke through the rear of the cavalry, and dozens of knights were instantly flesh and blood. Blurred, scattered limbs and blood spattered in front of the surrounding soldiers, and the horses were all frightened. Almost no horse could stay rational at this time and began to flee around. Sun Huanrao was a superb horseman, but he could only temporarily He clamped the mount, but it was still rolled down, and his face was already covered in blood.
But just now it was just the first ring, and then, the second ring, and the third ring came one after another... In an instant, gunpowder smoke filled the air, blocking the hazy moonlight, and the ground was full of scattered limbs, including people and horses. Yes, there is also Sun Huan...
After the explosion was completed, Zong Yu led his troops out of the city. In the disgusting battlefield, there was almost no intact corpse. The generals had to identify Sun Huan's head among the rebels, but it had been blown off. Half the face.
Zong Yu ordered: "Everyone, today the traitor Sun Huan will be crowned! Return to the city to celebrate!"
Zong Yu was carried into the city under the cheers of the generals.
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Yong'an City.
"The Governor is back!"
Li Yan heard the sound and hurried out to greet him, but he saw Li Xian dressed in black. It was almost impossible to tell whether there was anyone here under the moonlight.
Li Yan quickly raised his hands and asked: "Captain, how is the battle in Yiling? Is it going well?"
Li Xian then took off his cloak and went directly into the governor's house. After drinking a cup of tea, he replied: "The battle in Yiling went well, where is Quan Cong?"
Li Yan said: "Captain, Quan Cong and Pan Zhang have both hid in the Wuling Mountains. In more than a month, it will be winter. If they can't find a way out, they will probably freeze to death here."
"Report! Quan Cong is under the city tower with tens of thousands of Wu troops. Please surrender!"
Li Yan advised: "Captain, be careful of fraud!"
Li Xian shook his head and said with a smile: "Go and call all the soldiers, whether they are on duty or not!"
"yes!"
"Oh yeah, have a red flag and a white flag ready."
Under the moonlit night, Li Xian, under the protection of Xu Zhi and Zhao Tong, rode his horse to Quan Cong. He saw Quan Cong naked, with tens of thousands of Wu army infantry behind him. Li Xian asked calmly: "Pan Zhang?" Woolen cloth?"
"To the Commander-in-Chief, Pan Zhang... Pan Zhang is still in the mountains..." Quan Cong said with his upper body curled up and his head lowered.
The autumn wind blew, and the cool breeze on the river made Quan Cong excited. However, Li Xian's face still showed no ripples, and he still asked coldly: "General Quan, you have led the whole army into the Wuling Mountains. You can't die." , you can’t survive, so you have no choice but to surrender, right?”
"Report... Report back to the Commander-in-Chief, the general has run out of food, the mountains... the mountains are rugged, the soldiers... the soldiers eat each other, the general... the general has no choice."
Li Xian looked a little sullen at this moment and said sternly: "There is really no way?! If you lead the army like you, there is no way! I don't know where Sun Quan chose a fool like you! Since you want to surrender, you have to take it Show your skills! I will ask you where Pan Zhang is!"
Quan Cong was frightened for a moment and said: "The Governor...Pan...Pan Zhang went north, seized a small boat, and led the cavalry into Linju..."
Li Xian slightly frowned and said: "Linju...Linju is a good place! Quan Cong, I would like to leave you a way to survive, but I will not spare the soldiers behind you."
"Please have mercy, Commander-in-Chief!" All the soldiers behind Quan Cong shouted in unison.
"Forget it, I am not unkind. If you want to live, I will give you a chance! Now there is a red flag and a white flag in front of our army. All our officers and men who agree to surrender stand under the white flag! Those who disagree All stand under the red flag!" Li Xian reined in his horse. Under the moonlight, it was impossible to see the man's face clearly, but Quan Cong had been lifted up by Xu Zhi and pushed back to his side.
Li Yan came forward from the side and rear and reminded Li Xiandao: "Captain, if you kill these tens of thousands of prisoners without asking for orders, I'm afraid your Majesty will blame you."
Li Xian was silent and had no words. After Li Yan finished speaking, he had no choice but to retreat. At this moment, the divisions under the red flag and the white flag were already obvious. Obviously, there were far more people under the red flag than under the white flag, so he abandoned the armor. The Wu army all started wailing at this moment.
"That's enough! I've had enough!" Li Xian reined in the horse again and said sternly.
"Back then, you in white clothes crossed the river and set fire to Yiling for a bloody feud! If I spared you here, who would I be! How would I face General Guan and General Zhang, how would I face the late Emperor, and what other things are there in Yi? Loyal martyrs on the Tomb of Death Day! You should either die in battle under Yong'an City or on the Yangtze River, but you can't come back to surrender in order to survive. Is this what you call Jiangdong talents? What was it like when you slaughtered the people of Jiangxia? You robbed What was it like when we plundered Jiangling? If you can get a whole corpse here today, it means that the general is waiting for you!"
"And those who stand under the white flag, you should go back and stay behind closed doors for three days!"
"Pass on my general order! Except for Quan Cong! All the 30,000 surrendered soldiers will be killed without leaving a single one alive! All the heads will be sent to Chengdu to be viewed in the capital!" Li Xian said again.
"yes!"
