"One... sulfur dinitrate... three charcoal..."
In Beifu, Deng Ai carried the formula taught by Beifu's maid.
It was easy for him to memorize these things, but he was born with a speech impediment and struggled to speak, so it was very difficult in this regard.
However, he is a very perseverant child and can persist in no matter big or small matters. Compared with when he first entered Beifu, his speech is much more fluent.
A few days ago, his mother and younger siblings had been connected to Beifu, which made him feel even more at home in Beifu.
While reciting, he faced south and had a lot of thoughts.
Just at this time, Ah Qi passed by him and saw his thoughtful look and asked, "Little Deng Ai, what are you thinking about?"
"I'm...thinking about Mr...."
Deng Ai replied.
Ah Qi nodded, knowing that he was thinking about her general's war in the south. She patted Deng Ai on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Then let me tell the fortune."
During the last battle at Chibi, she was told that "the crouching dragon emerges, the sky moves, the phoenix chick rises and falls into the lake." It was later proven that what she said was almost correct. This time, she sketched in the air without knowing that she was drawing. Something.
After a long while, she pinched her chin and frowned and said: "The dragon rises out of the sea, the phoenix falls on the mountain, the river is stained with blood, and the southeast changes."
Then she murmured again: "Feng Luoshan, Feng Luoshan, it should be referring to the death of Feng Xiao. Is this Feng Xiao so important? And what does the dragon coming out of the sea and the blood staining the river refer to?"
She thought for a long time but didn't get an answer. She looked around, but Deng Ai was nowhere to be seen.
It turned out that Deng Ai had been studying since he was a child. What he couldn't understand the most was the prophecy of the founding of the country in the Later Han Dynasty. What he disliked the most were these mysterious and mysterious things, so he simply hid.
What he believes in most is to do things step by step, laying a foundation for himself at all times.
Ah Qi let out a laugh, but she didn't expect that this kid was quite interesting, so she turned around to find Ah Liu to share the greeting, but suddenly remembered that Ah Liu went to Jiangdong to pick up Lu Xun's family, and was not in Beifuzhong.
…
Along the Yangtze River, countless Jiangdong people are building city walls.
Sun Yu, the governor of Danyang, was the second son of Sun Jian's brother Sun Jing, the elder brother of Sun Jiao, and the cousin of Sun Quan.
He was ordered to rebuild Jianye City, the capital of Danyang County, and build the Taichu Palace in the city, which would serve as Sun Quan's palace in the future.
Recently, there are rumors that "Zhongshan is the capital of the emperors with dragons and pans and stones and tigers." This statement seems to have aroused the interest of Sun Quan. Sun Quan did not stay in Wu County every day, but stayed here for a long time.
Sun Yu, wearing armor, searched among the crowd for a while, and finally found Sun Quan. He walked forward worriedly and asked: "Zhongmou, I heard that the battle in Jiaozhou is going to be a decisive battle. Is it true that there will be no more troops?" "
Because his younger brother Sun Jiao was in Zhou Yu's army in Jiaozhou, he paid special attention to the situation there, and recently he spent a lot less time supervising the construction of the city wall.
When Sun Quan saw that he was a relative of his, he called him cousin instead of lord. His expression was as usual, but there was a coldness in his heart.
"In my opinion, brother, where are the reinforcements that can go to Jiaozhou?"
Sun Yu frowned. Sun Quan had already let people know. Cheng Pu led tens of thousands of people to defend on the Yangtze River, and Lu Su led some troops to build beacon towers along Yuzhang. He had no intention of sending troops to aid the Jiaozhou battlefield.
Sun Yu is not like Zhang Zhao and other literati who talk about military affairs on paper. He knows the real reason why Sun Quan is unwilling to give Zhou Yu more troops. In addition to checks and balances, in the final analysis, Jiangdong's foundation is far worse than that of Cao Cao in the north. He can only carry 100,000 armor at full cost. , all the elite soldiers among them were taken away by Zhou Yu. If such a lineup cannot win Jiaozhou, Jiangdong will not be able to put more energy into Jiaozhou.
Seeing Sun Yu deep in thought, Sun Quan smiled and said, "Brother, how do you know I didn't send troops to support you?"
"this……"
Sun Yu was a little surprised and didn't know what kind of medicine Sun Quan was selling in the gourd.
Sun Quan pointed to the river and said: "Gu Zhong built Jianye City and Taichu Palace not for pleasure, but to defend Cao's army on the front line. If Jianye cannot be defended, how can Wu County defend it? Gu Rang Gongjin only Bringing 10,000 people to Jiaozhou is a combination of real and imaginary, and imaginary and real. Don’t worry, brother, when Gong Jin’s class comes, Jiao’er will be able to experience and become a hero who can lead the army. By then, our Sun family in Jiangdong will have many talented people. !”
These words made Sun Yu's expression soften, and his blood surged. Only then did he realize that Sun Quan had been prepared for a long time. He had long known that some rumors in the market were very strange. The construction of Jianye City was just following the trend. But in fact, he had other ideas.
Sun Quan's image in his eyes suddenly became much brighter. He bowed his head and said: "What my lord said is absolutely true!"
Sun Quan smiled and patted his hand, turned and left.
When leaving, from an angle that Sun Yu couldn't see, the smile on Sun Quan's face first solidified and then turned into a sneer.
In this battle of Jiaozhou, he invested much more than just the surface.
He knew that someone was spreading rumors in Jiangdong, and he even built Yecheng to paralyze the enemy, all in order to send wrong signals to Cao Jun and make Cao Jun think that his intelligence was accurate.
It's not just the front line that is the battlefield. Here, he is also fighting with Cao Jun's wits and courage.
Jiaozhou is Jiangdong's rear area, and he must win this battle.
I just don’t know if Zhou Yu, Lu Meng, and the man hiding in the dark can do it.
…
The corridor of Guangxin City Gate was filled with gunpowder smoke.
Ah Si turned around and got a little further away, then carefully looked at the city gate. The smoke was still very thick, and she couldn't see anything at this distance, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
She brought these gunpowders, which her general called mines, from Beifu. She was not planning to use them, but she took them out in desperation when Yang Ling left her post without permission.
Unexpectedly, this kind of gunpowder appeared on the battlefield for the first time and achieved such good results.
Jiang Xin's siege team was definitely an elite siege team, but they were blown to pieces by these explosives.
There was no more sound of charging in the city gate. Those people who had just shouted "climb first" no longer knew where they were.
Ah Si's heart was beating fast. He patted his face and warned himself: "This is war. It's life and death. There is no pity and no need for pity."
After a few pats, she returned to the quirky little girl. She pointed at the Cao soldiers next to her who were shaken by the explosion and said, "What are you doing standing still? Defend the city!"
The soldiers just woke up from a dream. They each raised their bows and arrows and pointed them at the city gate. No matter what came out of the white smoke, they would hit it head-on.
But after waiting for a long time, nothing came out.
Ah Si tilted his head in confusion, until there were footsteps behind him, no one showed up at the city gate.
The deputy general and city defenders who were taken away by Yang Ling came and looked at the white smoke at the city gate in shock.
The deputy general swallowed his saliva and said hesitantly to Ah Si: "Miss Ah Si, are these white smokes magic..."
"It's not a magic spell, it's a miracle."
Ah Si said with a determined expression.
"miracle……"
The lieutenant repeated in a murmur.
"A miracle from Beifu."
Ah Si continued.
…
At the same time, Lu Meng still didn't know what happened at the city gate, but he already regretted that he mobilized the soldiers who attacked Lejin's wall to the city gate where Jiang Xin was mainly attacking.
Because the soldiers outside the city wall that made the loud noise were retreating.
"What exactly is going on?"
Lu Meng was dumbfounded as he watched the change in the battle situation. He could no longer cope with this huge change. It was clear that Jiang Xin had broken through the city gate, but what magic method did the enemy use to achieve this?
At this time, he did not realize that what exploded together with the explosives were the hearts of the attackers.
The Jiaozhi soldiers, who were originally motivated by the heavy rewards to attack the city, began to show a tendency to collapse.
This was the first opportunity that Cao Jun got in the Guangxin offensive and defensive battle in the Jiaozhou Battle.
