Soldier drill? When did the Song Dynasty prepare for soldier drills?
After coming out of the post house of Honglu Temple, officials such as He Tan and Chen Xu surrounded Song Xiang, Pang Ji and Zhao Yang to ask what happened.
Song Xiang nodded and explained: "In order to prevent the Khitan from using the Yellow River diversion to coerce the Song Dynasty, as early as more than a month ago, the officials ordered the Palace Front Department and Zhao Zhengyan's Technical Department to jointly organize this drill. I will not be specific for the time being. I can’t reveal it, but you can all go there to watch it in the afternoon, I believe it will shock you all.”
From the side, Pang Ji smiled and said nothing.
In fact, although Zhao Yang was mainly responsible for this exercise, Song Xiang and Pang Ji, as Privy Envoys and Deputy Privy Envoys, naturally also had responsibilities, so the next day they secretly went to the western suburbs exercise venue to inquire about the progress.
Even the equipment needed for the drill was approved personally by Song Xiang, such as infantry armor, catapults, etc. Without his approval as the privy envoy, no matter how good the relationship between Cao Yi and Zhao Yang was. Don't dare to make opinions.
By the way, Gao Ruona was also one of the insiders. However, he was demoted from deputy privy envoy to political advisor, and the military affairs were no longer under his control. Therefore, he could not have as much freedom as Song Xiang and Pang Ji. Needless to say, Zhang Yaozuo went in and out of the western suburbs training ground.
Even Wang Yiyong, who accepted the order from the Privy Council, only knew about this from the orders issued by the Privy Council.
After a brief explanation, everyone went straight to the palace to report to the officials.
After He Tan, Chen Xu, Zhang Zexing and other censors informed Zhao Zhen of the negotiation process, Zhao Zhen also felt that it was necessary to scare the Liao envoys. However, he bluntly proposed to Zhao Yang that "the Song Dynasty lacked a war." He was quite dissatisfied with his statement and said angrily: "It is said that family scandals should not be publicized. It would be better for you to tell the Liao envoy everything about my Song Dynasty. Isn't it very shameful?"
At this time, Zhao Yang would no longer accommodate the Song Dynasty leader. He spread his hands and said unceremoniously: "If I say this, I can fully convince the Liao envoy without causing too much resentment on the other side. Dare I ask the officials, is there anything else?" Is there a better explanation than mine? If so, I am all ears. ...As for the so-called 'family scandal', is this a secret? Do the Liao and Xia countries really not know about the situation in the Song Dynasty? The Liao envoy made it clear In vain, the Song Dynasty banned one million troops, but there were only two hundred thousand who could fight, so the officials felt that this 'family scandal' had not yet gone out, but in fact everyone knew it."
"You——" The official was so angry that he couldn't speak, and he pointed at Zhao Yang with his fingers.
Pang Ji from the side stood up with a face of shame and smoothed things over: "Guan Jia, calm down and calm down. ... Although Zhao Zhengyan's words were inappropriate, what he said was not unreasonable. The officials never saw Zhao Zhengyan finish what he said. Afterwards, all the Liao envoys kept silent and did not dare to answer questions randomly, which shows that they also quite agreed with Zhao Zhengyan's remarks."
"What do you agree with? Do you agree that the generals of the Song Dynasty are not good at fighting and the officials do not know how to fight?" the official reprimanded angrily.
"Uh..." Pang Ji was speechless.
The rest of the people present looked at each other in embarrassment, but Song Xiang coughed and said: "What Zhao Zhengyan said today about 'the weak eats the strong' is thought-provoking. In the past, the Khitan took advantage of the Song Dynasty's defeat at Xixia, and this time they took advantage of the diversion of the Yellow River to threaten us again. , are all evidence, and I also believe that our Song Dynasty should no longer neglect the sergeants, and should make some reforms to the Forbidden Army, strengthen the combat power of the Forbidden Army, and improve their treatment and status."
"Hmm." Zhao Zhen nodded, his expression brightened slightly, and then he asked Zhao Yang with a slightly sullen face: "Are you fully prepared for the drill? Are you sure everything is safe?"
Zhao Yang cupped his hands and said calmly: "How dare you invite the Liao envoy to observe if you don't serve as a minister? As for being foolproof... that can only be said to depend on human resources and God's will. Who can guarantee that it will be foolproof? I can only try my best not to make any mistakes."
"..." Zhao Zhen was so angry that his teeth itched, and he waved his hand to signal the others to retreat, leaving only Zhao Yang alone.
After Song Xiang and others retreated one after another, he gritted his teeth and said, "Can't you speak properly?"
Zhao Yang said expressionlessly: "I think I have done nothing wrong, so why should I accept the anger for nothing? Officials can get angry, and ministers can also express dissatisfaction. ... If nothing happens, I will retire first, and I will rush to the western suburbs. Exercise ground.”
After saying that, he cupped his hands towards Zhao Zhengong, turned around and left.
Zhao Zhen was stunned. It wasn't until Zhao Yang's figure disappeared outside the palace that he realized what he was doing. He said to Wang Shougui with a look of disbelief on his face: "He... this kid just left like this. Did you see it? He just left." Let’s go like this…”
"The officials calm down, the officials calm down, Mr. Zhao... has a somewhat stubborn personality..." Wang Shougui persuaded the officials with a sneer on his face, glancing at Li Ju who was standing next to him with a pale complexion.
Zhao Zhen also noticed Wang Shougui's gaze and glanced at Li Ju along with his gaze. Li Ju quickly lowered his head in fear.
However, Zhao Zhen did not impose any more penalties. After all, he knew that it would be of no use.
With a sigh, Zhao Zhen ordered the Xuanhui Court to prepare for the trip. After all, the last trip was incognito, but this time there was a Liao envoy. As the monarch of the Song Dynasty, he naturally had to Pay attention to pomp and circumstance.
After finishing the meal at noon, Zhao Zhen ordered Li Ju, the Chongban of the inner palace, to go to Honglu Temple, and together with He Tan, the official of Honglu Temple, invited the Liao envoy to the palace.
Not long after, the Liao envoys Xiao Xiaoyou, Xiao Guhe and Qiu Hong came outside the palace with more than ten envoys from the Liao Kingdom, but only three of them entered the palace to see Zhao Zhen.
After meeting Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen chuckled and said to Xiao Xiaoyou and others: "Two days ago, your envoy invited me and your ministers to observe the bravery of hundreds of cavalry in your country. We, the Song Dynasty, also prepared a soldier drill. You are all specially invited to come and observe.”
This is a matter of going through a process. Xiao Xiaoyou, Xiao Guhe, and Qiu Hong had heard Zhao Yang mention it beforehand, so naturally they were not surprised and expressed their willingness to go.
Zhao Zhen saw that these three people were respectful on the surface, but actually disapproved of them, and secretly sneered in his heart.
At this time, the Xuanhui Academy had prepared the jade chariot and the slave carriage outside the Chui Gong Hall. Zhao Zhen got on the jade chariot, and invited Xiao Xiaoyou and three others to board the slave carriage, and slowly headed towards the palace gate under the protection of various imperial troops. And go.
At this time, at the palace gate, Chen Zhizhong, Wen Yanbo, Song Xiang, Pang Ji, Gao Ruona and other ministers were already waiting there with hundreds of officials from the court. After all, even these ministers wanted to meet the technical department again. The firearms were produced, not to mention the more curious officials in the court and central government. They were also curious about the secret drill orchestrated by the Privy Council, the Palace Front Department, and the Technical Department of the Ministry of Industry, and whether it could really intimidate the Liao envoys.
Including Fan Zhongyan, he is also among them.
As for the fact that hundreds of officials in the DPRK also wanted to go and observe, Zhao Zhen neither forced nor refused.
This time Zhao Zhen traveled as a king, and the pomp was extraordinary. First, Zhang Yaozuo led the Kaifeng Prefecture sergeants to blockade the straight section of Yu Street and the entire Xiheng Street. Later, Cao Yi, the chief minister in front of the palace, personally led Tianwu and Pengri. One battalion of each of the two legions came to greet them, with a total of 900 cavalry. There were also Kuanyi Tianwu and various squads of guards. There were nearly 1,300 guards alone, protecting the official family, hundreds of officials in the court, and The Liao delegation went to the western suburbs.
After everyone arrived at the training ground in the western suburbs, 900 cavalrymen and hundreds of undressed Tianwu and various squads of guards also joined the Tianwu First Army guarding the training ground, increasing the number of guards to more than 3,000. The entire training ground was packed with people.
At this time, Zhao Yang, who arrived at the training venue one step ahead, also led Fan Chunren, Shen Yu, Wen Ting and dozens of gunpowder case craftsmen, as well as the 500-strong Tianwu Tianwu Army First Battalion led by the three brothers of the Zhong family. Come and see.
In front of outsiders, Zhao Yang still gave Zhao Zhen a lot of face. He took the three brothers of the Zhong family to the jade chariot, raised his hands and saluted: "I, Zhao Yang, welcome the Holy Master."
"No courtesy." Zhao Zhen was very pleased, and then chuckled: "A few days ago, hundreds of cavalrymen accompanied by the Liao envoy worked tirelessly to practice equestrian skills for me and the ministers, which amazed me and the ministers. This time You need to be careful when practicing on behalf of me, the Great Song Dynasty, and you must not disappoint the envoy."
"As commanded."
Zhao Yang cast a malicious glance at Xiao Xiaoyou and the others, and then stepped aside to get out of the way: "Officials please, honorable envoys please."
Immediately, under the guidance of Zhao Yang and others, the jade chariot driven by Zhao Zhen and the servant carriage driven by Xiao Xiaoyou and others moved slowly. As for the other officials of the Song Dynasty, the envoys of the Liao Dynasty, and several ministers who came in carriages, He got off the car and walked slowly behind the chariot with the rest of the people.
Zhao Yang led everyone to the center of the training ground. At this moment, 500 forbidden troops from the first battalion of the Tianwu Fifth Army under his command were already wearing the Song Kingdom's top armor and infantry armor, and lined up neatly.
"gather!"
Following the order given by Zhongcun, the five hundred forbidden troops shouted loudly and the momentum was quite impressive.
That's it?
Xiao Guhe secretly spread his hands, looking confused.
However, Qiu Hong noticed that there were dozens of catapults parked on the scene, nurturing Xiao Xiaoyou, but they did not know what the Song people were going to do.
At this time, Zhao Yang pointed to the distance and said to Zhao Zhen and others: "Guan family, respected envoy, there is a mound over there. For this exercise, I asked the sergeants to build a small village. Let's get closer and take a look first. how?"
Zhao Zhen naturally cooperated with Zhao Yang, and the Liao envoy had no objection, so a group of people followed Zhao Yang to the mound in the distance and the camp built on the slope.
The mound was not high, only three to four feet high by visual inspection, and four to five hundred paces in radius. Zhao Yang ordered people to build a camp along the slope, with gates, wooden walls, fences and military tents in the camp. There are even hundreds of grass figures made of thatch erected inside and outside the camp. The grass figures are all wearing the most common Forbidden Army armor in the Song Dynasty. There are three hundred grass figures outside the camp, in the form of three hundred-man phalanxes. They were arranged in the shape of "pin", and there were three hundred people in the camp, all in defensive positions.
Xiao Guhe looked at it for a long time, then chuckled and said: "This camp and the straw men inside and outside the camp are quite organized. I wonder who supervised the construction?"
"They are Cao Yi, Cao Guojiu and Cao Guojiu, the governors of Yuhou in front of my palace." Zhao Yang introduced.
Cao Yi, who was guarding the officials, bowed his hands to the three Xiao envoys. He was afraid that the Liao envoys would pick on him and take the opportunity to ridicule him for not knowing how to build a camp and defend it, so he personally supervised the construction of the camp.
"Cao?" Xiao Xiaoyou asked in surprise: "Could it be that he really decided on the Cao family?"
"Of course." Cao Yi said humbly.
Hearing this, Xiao Xiaoyou, Xiao Guhe, and Qiu Hong stood in awe, not for anything else, but because the Zhending Cao family guarded Jingding Mansion and had repeatedly repelled the harassment and invasion of the Liao Kingdom.
After the brief exchange between the two sides was completed, Zhao Yang stepped forward and asked Xiao Xiaoyou: "This camp is 368 steps across and 472 steps vertically. At this moment, there are 600 soldiers stationed inside and outside the camp. If you call your soldiers, Attack, I wonder how many troops are needed to capture it? What are the casualties?"
Xiao Xiaoyou turned to look at the camp in front of him. Before he could speak, Xiao Guhe boasted from the side: "If they are soldiers of your country, five hundred sharp soldiers are enough. As for the casualties... they are not as good as a hundred people."
"Your Majesty's words are too arrogant!" Pang Ji scolded in displeasure: "There have always been conflicts between Song and Liao. How often did your country defeat the greater number with less?"
All Song officials also agreed, and even Zhao Yang couldn't help but glance at Xiao Guhe.
After all, he still knew that the Song army was good at defending but not good at attacking. If there was such a camp guarded by 600 Song troops and the Liao army came to attack, the number of Liao troops would definitely not be less than 800, and the casualties would definitely be more than 30%.
Of course, this is when the Liao side does not use tactics and siege equipment.
At this time, Xiao Gu and Xin made a quarrel and took the opportunity to annihilate the Song army's combat power. Zhao Yang didn't care. He clapped his hands to silence everyone and said with a chuckle: "I have remembered your envoy's reply. Let's go back to where we were just now."
Seeing that Zhao Yang was so determined, Zhao Zhen and the other ministers didn't say much. After glancing at Xiao Guhe, they returned to the original place.
At this time, Zhao Yang smiled and said to Xiao Xiaoyou and others: "Please ask your envoys to take a look at my weapon of the Song Dynasty...seed diagnosis!"
"The general is here!"
The armored doctor stepped forward.
Zhao Yang raised his hand and pointed at the camp in the distance, shouting: "Destroy that camp!"
"Got the order!"
Zhong Jian cupped his fists and accepted the order, then walked quickly to the array of 500 forbidden troops he led, and shouted loudly: "The commander has an order, destroy that camp!"
"drink!"
The five hundred forbidden troops shouted in unison, and then four hundred of them pulled the forty catapults next to the parking lot to the front of the formation. With the assistance of dozens of gunpowder case craftsmen, they loaded each gunpowder bomb into the throwing basket.
"That's... a gunpowder ball?" Xiao Xiaoyou said in surprise.
Neither Xiao Guhe nor Qiu Hong took it seriously, and the former chuckled disdainfully: "I thought I could see something, but it turned out to be a gunpowder ball... I also have such a thing in Daliao."
"Not necessarily." Zhao Yang said calmly.
"Light the fire! Set it off!"
Following the order from Zhongcun, there were just a few bangs, bangs, bangs, and forty catapults launched a salvo, and forty gunpowder bombs were thrown at the camp hundreds of steps away at the same time.
Immediately, a series of bangs and bangs were heard from the camp, and white, yellow, and black smoke began to fill the place where the gunpowder bombs landed.
At this time, Zhao Yang turned to the officials and Xiao Xiaoyou and explained: "This is a smoke bomb. It can block the enemy's sight and spread poisonous smoke. Of course, today is just a drill, so you don't have to worry about smoke injuries." people."
Xiao Xiaoyou nodded, and Xiao Guhe beside him chuckled and said, "In Daliao, this is called a smoke ball. It was also used during the expedition to Xixia in the past."
Zhao Yang did not refute, and looked at the doctor with a determined look on his face as he ordered the second and third rounds of volleys.
The second and third rounds of salvos were all incendiary bombs. After those incendiary bombs with specially extended fuses were thrown near the distant camp, fires quickly broke out inside and outside the camp, especially when they happened to explode on fences and sentry towers. The fire quickly ignited in the waiting area.
At this time, Zhao Yang turned around again and explained to the officials and Xiao Xiaoyou: "This is the fire bomb improved by our Song Dynasty..."
"We in Daliao also have some." Xiao Guhe sneered: "We in Daliao have more than ten or twenty kinds of gunpowder bombs."
But Xiao Xiaoyou and Qiu Hong frowned, because they keenly felt that Song's fire bombs seemed to be more conducive to burning.
Zhao Yang raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, in that case, I won't introduce you."
Before he finished speaking, forty trebuchets launched another salvo, and the gunpowder bombs thrown out this time had a louder explosion than the previous two. This shocked the Liao envoys who were caught off guard, and many Song officials I was also shocked. It turned out that the 400 forbidden troops led by Zhongzongsuo threw a round of large explosive bombs - not a thunderbolt with dozens of times the gunpowder equivalent, but a large explosive bomb with about ten times the gunpowder equivalent, thunderbolt. That thing is too big and heavy, and it will easily fall apart when thrown. Unless it is changed to an iron shell in the future, Zhao Yang does not plan to use it for throwing.
"Zhao Zhengyan, who is that?" Xiao Xiaoyou asked in shock when he came back to his senses.
Zhao Yang glanced at Xiao Guhe with ill intentions, pretending to be surprised and said: "Of course it is also an improved gunpowder bullet. Does your country not have one?"
"Of course... there is." Xiao Guhe said quickly, but his eyes looking into the distance had changed from the initial disapproval to solemnity.
Xiao Xiaoyou and Qiu Hong also frowned more tightly, staring intently at the camp in the distance. However, the smoke was everywhere and gradually enveloped the entire camp. They could not see clearly what was going on. .
And this is also the real purpose of Zhao Yang's use of smoke bombs: to block the sight of these people at this time, so that they will be more shocked later.
Suddenly, Zhao Yang seemed to be talking to himself: "It's time to play the Zimu bomb."
What?
Xiao Xiaoyou and others were stunned and looked at the forty catapults one after another. Even Zhao Zhen cast doubtful eyes on them. Unfortunately, they were only a few dozen steps away from the 400 imperial troops such as Zhong Zong. They couldn't really see the dozens of catapults. What exactly was being thrown by the catapult? All I saw was a large ball of something that looked like gunpowder bombs being thrown into the camp in the distance. Immediately afterwards, there was a steady stream of explosions inside and outside the camp in the distance. Listen carefully. Definitely more than forty rings, at least two or three times more.
Xiao Xiaoyou asked Zhao Yang in surprise: "Zhao Zhengyan, dare I ask who this child is?"
Zhao Yang pretended to be confused and said: "What kind of sub-munition bomb?"
"You, you just said, 'It's time to load the cluster bombs'..."
"Did I say that?" Zhao Yang looked at the official with confusion.
Zhao Zhen naturally understood Zhao Yang's temperament, so he held back his laughter and pretended to be calm: "I'm not paying much attention, where are you guys?"
Chen Zhizhong, Song Xiang and others who were questioned by him also shook their heads: "The officials forgive me, but I didn't pay attention to it. Maybe Xiao Zunen heard it wrong."
Xiao Xiaoyou was about to defend, but Qiu Hong pulled his sleeve, which made him suddenly realize: the kings and ministers of the Song Dynasty were playing tricks on them.
But even if he was playing tricks on them, he was still very curious about the so-called "submunition bombs". For some reason, when forty gunpowder bombs were thrown out, the explosion sound was far more than forty, and the power... the explosion sound was quite impressive.
He curiously tried to walk toward the forty catapults, but was stopped by Cao Yi, who said with concern: "Gunpowder is a dangerous weapon. It would be bad if it hurts your envoy. Please stay back, your envoy."
Xiao Xiaoyou knew Cao Yi's true intention, but he looked sincere and concerned. He couldn't say anything. He took two steps back, returned to his original position and exchanged a look with Qiu Hong, with a bit of worry in his eyes.
Twenty rounds of volleys were fired, and all eight hundred gunpowder bombs were used up. Everyone present looked at the camp shrouded in smoke in the distance.
Not long after, when the smoke gradually dissipated, everyone saw that the camp had been plunged into a sea of flames, a section of the fence had been burned and collapsed, and the two sentry towers in front of them had also disappeared. As for the three hundred straw men outside the camp, they were in a state of complete chaos. messy.
This scene not only shocked the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, but also the officials of the Song Dynasty: there was gunpowder circulating in the market, how could it be so powerful?
Seeing the stunned expressions of these people, Zhao Yang couldn't help but sigh.
Gunpowder was obviously invented in the Tang Dynasty, but until the Song Dynasty, it was still mainly used to make fireworks, and there was little improvement in war. In comparison, the West used gunpowder to end the entire Middle Ages.
Taking a slight breath, Zhao Yang turned to Xiao Guhe and said, "Take it without hurting a single soldier."
Xiao Guhe was staring blankly at the camp that was engulfed in flames in the distance. Hearing this, his expression changed slightly and he defended himself: "It's impossible to take advantage of gunpowder."
Zhao Yang laughed and said: "Times have changed, your honor, in front of the firearms of our Song Dynasty, no matter how strong the city walls and fortresses are, they are just decorations. Given time, when our Song Dynasty improves all kinds of firearms, even thousands of them will What’s the point of having an army of ten thousand horses?”
Xiao Guhe sneered: "Zhao Zhengyan was young and had such an idea. If I were the military commander, I could destroy these forty catapults with just a hundred riders..."
Before he finished speaking, there was suddenly the sound of horse hooves in the distance. Everyone looked up and saw ten cavalry coming towards the catapult.
Everyone thought something had happened, and there was a commotion. Zhao Yang quickly said: "Don't panic, this is to praise the Japanese cavalry, and it is also a part of today's drill."
Everyone felt relieved and looked intently at the ten Japanese cavalrymen in the distance. Only then did they realize that there was a straw man "sitting" in front of the ten cavalrymen.
"Armed Musketeers, come out!" Zhong E shouted loudly.
At his order, the hundreds of imperial troops under his command who had been waiting until now lined up in an array with muskets in their hands. They knelt on one knee in a row and stood in a row, aiming at the ten cavalrymen coming from a distance.
Seeing this, the ten cavalrymen in the distance shouted "drive" several times and quickly got off their horses. Then they slapped their horses' butts hard and ordered their horses to continue heading towards Zhong'e's hundred forbidden troops.
Zhao Zhen's expression changed slightly and he reached out to grab Zhao Yang's shoulders. Zhao Yang turned back and shook his head to signal the officials to calm down.
Seeing the ten war horses galloping towards Zhong'e's hundred forbidden troops, the officials of the Song Dynasty exclaimed in surprise, and the expressions of Xiao Xiaoyou and other Liao envoys also changed.
At this moment, Zhonge suddenly heard the order: "Light the fire!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a continuous bang, bang, bang, bang, and the ten war horses howled miserably and staggered to the ground.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhonge and nine others quickly stepped forward and stabbed the ten war horses into their chests and abdomens with a sword, killing them.
Zhao Yang did not say anything and took the lead towards the ten war horses. Zhao Zhen, Cao Yan and Xiao Xiaoyou, including other Song officials and Liao envoys, also came forward to watch.
When everyone came closer to take a look, they suddenly took a breath of air and saw that the chests of the ten war horses were densely covered with blood holes, and blood trickled out.
At this time, Zhao Yang turned to look at Xiao Guhe and said again: "Times have changed, your honor."
"..." Xiao Guhe opened his mouth, as if to retort, but when he saw the dense blood holes on the war horse, he suddenly felt his scalp numb, and he lost his voice for a moment.
While everyone present was shocked, Zhao Yang looked at Zhong E standing by and gave a thumbs up calmly, praising Zhong E for his good performance. After all, he also knew that the power of the sudden fire gun was not enough to kill these ten people. It was a war horse, and the stab that Zhonge and the others took while it staggered to the ground was the fatal injury.
But Xiao Xiaoyou, Xiao Guhe, Qiu Hong and other Liao envoys did not know this. At this moment, they were staring at the dense blood holes on the chests of the horses with pale faces.
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
Zhao Zhen was also quite surprised and asked deliberately: "Zhao Qing, what is this?"
Zhao Yang cooperated and said: "Guan family, this is a sudden musket. Although it does not look good, it is very effective. Once fired, it will spray out iron fragments and projectiles into the human body. It is difficult to cure with medicine and stone. Unfortunately, the power is still a little low at present. I will wait for you. Once it is refined and improved, it can be used in wars in the future, even armored soldiers and cavalry will not be afraid."
"..." Xiao Xiaoyou and other envoys from the Liao Kingdom all looked at Zhao Yang, their expressions changed slightly, but they couldn't say anything. After all, Zhao Yang didn't name him, even though everyone knew that this kid was telling them on purpose. .
"Good." Zhao Zhen praised repeatedly, but then felt a little confused. After all, he had never seen Zhao Yang use the Sky Thunder so far.
So he said with five points of doubt and five points of hint: "Is this the end of today's drill?"
Zhao Yang nodded and said: "It's basically over, but before I leave, I would like to invite the officials, distinguished envoys and colleagues to listen to the last sound."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the camp where the fire had gradually extinguished and said, "Have you seen that camp?"
Everyone looked at Zhao Yang with confusion.
At this time, Zhao Yang turned around and said to Zhong Zhong not far away: "Fire the loud arrow."
Zhong Zhen nodded, raised a crossbow and pointed it at the sky, pulled the trigger, and the specially made arrow made a sharp whistle when it was shot.
However, after that, there was no more movement.
"??" Everyone present looked at Zhao Yang in confusion.
"Hush, listen to the roar of the tiger and the roar of the dragon." Zhao Yang made a silent gesture, walked slowly to Zhao Zhen, and grabbed the latter's arm.
Zhao Zhen, Chen Zhizhong, Song Xiang, Pang Ji and others who had witnessed the power of thunder before were mentally prepared when they saw Zhao Yang's posture. Wang Shougui also quickly helped the officials, and Cao Yi and Zhang Yaozuo were even faster Stand in front of the officials.
Just when the rest of the people were scratching their heads, a muffled roar suddenly sounded from the mound in the distance, and then the sound amplified. When everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look, they were shocked to see that the entire mound was gradually rising, and then It exploded with a rumbling sound, and with an earthquake-like tremor, a large amount of mud and rocks were thrown around and even into the air, like a mud and stone rain, it was so spectacular.
The camp built on that mound, along with its fences, sentry towers, military tents and other objects, was torn apart by the blast and flung away more than ten feet away.
Before everyone could recover, an invisible wave of air swept over them, causing everyone to flip over and stagger.
After everyone stabilized their bodies and looked at the mound again, they were horrified to find that it had been razed to the ground, and they all gasped.
Compared with the Song officials who were first shocked and then ecstatic, Xiao Xiaoyou and the other Liao envoys were all dumbfounded and could not recover for a long time. Even Xiao Guhe, who had previously dismissed the Song Dynasty's firearms, now his eyes were full of shock and he was swallowing saliva. .
"As I said, times have changed, my dear envoy." Zhao Yang smiled and said to Xiao Xiaoyou, Xiao Guhe and Qiu Hong.
"..."
Xiao Xiaoyou, Xiao Guhe and Qiu Hong looked at Zhao Yang and then at the flattened mound in the distance, unable to speak for a long time.
