Chapter 525: Gunpowder

Two days later, early in the morning, at the foot of the Fu Mountain

On this day, it rained lightly, and the sound of dripping rain made Wen Chou feel very irritable.

He has been attacking Fushan for several days in a row, and he has also seen the figure of Tian Kai on Fushan, even though he has gathered more than 20,000 soldiers and horses at this time, which is several times more than the number found on the mountain, but he has not been able to attack it because of the dangerous terrain of Fushan.

Tian Kai's entire army was no more than 10,000 people, and there were only more than 4,000 people stationed on Fushan Mountain.

This is also why Yan Liang dared to bypass Fushan and directly attack the hinterland of Wei County, as long as Tian Kai dared to go down the mountain to rescue, Yan Liang dared to cut off Tian Kai's head.

Wen Chou saw that there was a blue-white light outside, and knew that the day was about to dawn, so he got up and picked up the sword on the side and walked out of the camp.

"General!"

"Well, good work!"

Wen Chou looked in the direction of Fushan, this rain, the mountains are slippery, and this battle is even more difficult to fight.

"Newspaper!! General, a large number of Zhenbei troops suddenly appeared in the north, as well as cavalry. ”

"What? How many soldiers? But the garrison of Wu'an? ”

"Heaven and earth, no less than 10,000 people! The general flag is the word Sima, not like the garrison of Wu'an. ”

"Sima?" Wen Chou's eyes rolled, and he immediately knew who it was.

"Sima Ju... How did he get to his north? ”

"Newspaper!! Checkmate! Suddenly, a large army descended the mountain to line up, waving the banner of Tian and Ma characters, and it seemed that Ma Qiang was among them. ”

"What??"

Wen Chou heard that Ma Qiang was also on the mountain, and he was immediately a little flustered.

When did Ma Qiang stay in Fushan?

Shouldn't he be in Guangzong or Qingzhou?

If Ma Qiang is in Fushan, doesn't it mean that all this is under Ma Qiang's control, and he has become a turtle in an urn?

Oh! Yan Liang, Yan Liang, you will kill your brother!

"Quick! Let the brethren gather at once, hold the camp, and send cavalry to General Yan Liang and General Zhang Yan, so that they can come and meet us! This must be the main force of the Zhenbei Army! ”

In the face of the encirclement, Wen Chou didn't even have the courage to fight in the field, even though he had more cavalry than infantry in his hands.

In the last battle of the boundary bridge, the bravery of the Qingzhou army made Wen Chou still have lingering palpitations.

When Wen Chou saw the banner of the Xuanjia cavalry on the opposite side, he felt extremely glad about the decision he had made.

Now Yuan Shaojun also has some understanding of some of the situation of Ma Qiang's army, and knows that the Xuanjia cavalry is a cavalry set up by Ma Qiang to deal with cavalry, and in front of this cavalry, there is no cavalry that can hedge against it.

Field charge is the cavalry's favorite way to fight.

"Hold the camp!! Fast! Let all the Huns take up their bows and arrows and act as archers, quick!! They're about to attack the village! ”

Now Wen Chou only hopes that this rain will be a little heavier, so that he can hold on a little more.

On the mountain, Ma Qiang and Guo Jia stood on a high place, looking at the battlefield below.

"The camp where Wen Chou is stationed is still very strong, and now that it is raining, it is difficult for our army's musketeers and grenadiers to participate in the battle, so they can only attack." Guo Jia looked at the heavier and heavier rain, and said to Ma Qiang helplessly.

"Yan Liang is on the way here, we must not let their two armies reconcile, and if they attack, they will attack! As for the rain... You can use gunpowder even when it rains, Huang Xu! How much gunpowder do we have? Ma Qiang clapped his head.

"This time, the whole army carried 10,000 catties of black powder and 2,000 catties of gunpowder, and if necessary, the gunpowder in the grenadiers' grenades could be unloaded and used."

The so-called gunpowder is an explosive made by mixing nitroglycerin with diatomaceous earth.

"12,000 catties, it's enough, I'll draw a drawing for you, and you immediately organize the sappers to follow Commander Tian to dig a pit."

"Dig a pit?" Huang Xu listened to Ma Qiang's words, with a question mark in his head, he didn't understand why he was digging a pit, if he wanted to dig a tunnel to Yuan Jun's village, it would be better to attack it directly.

Ma Qiang took out a pen and paper, drew a drawing with a brush and handed it to Huang Xu, and then said, "Call a team of people to come with me, Fengxiao, I'll leave it to you first." ”

Guo Jia was ordered to take Ma Qiang's sword, and Ma Qiang led a team of sergeants to the warehouse where gunpowder was hoarded.

"Find some sackcloth, I'll make one first, and you follow me."

The sergeants gathered around and watched as Ma Qiang cut off a piece of linen, then filled five pots of gunpowder pots, that is, ten catties, on the linen, and then began to pack them, turning them into a thick cylinder.

"The specifications are according to this, not big, not small, ten catties of gunpowder to make one, here are two thousand catties, you have a quarter of an hour, start distributing tools!"

Two thousand catties is to make two hundred, and here are a hundred sergeants, in groups of two, but it is very fast, and in less than a quarter of an hour, two hundred explosives bags are ready.

"Bring the explosive bag and black powder and follow me!" After seeing that everything was ready, Ma Qiang led the sergeant to carry explosives bags and gunpowder boxes one by one.

At this time, with the order issued, Sima Ju and Tian Kai had already launched a fierce attack on the Wenchou military camp from the top and bottom of the mountain respectively.

In the sky, lightning and thunder roared, the early morning drizzle has turned into a pouring rain, the two thousand sergeants of the Lux Battalion are draped all over their bodies, holding a shield in one hand, or holding a spear, or dragging a horse sword, and slowly walk towards the Wenchou military village.

After walking eighty steps, countless arrows flew out of the military village and fell into the Lux Battalion, and the pace of the Lux Camp did not stop at all, as if it was not arrows that fell, but raindrops.

Jingle bell

Due to the rain, the power of Yuan's arrows was greatly reduced, and as far as the eye could see, almost none of the sergeants of the Lux battalion were shot to the ground.

"Put!"

Coming and not being rude, Sima Ju gave an order, and the countless crossbowmen behind the Lux battalion loosened the bracket or bow Xuan with a brush, and flew back from the rain of arrows that were not weaker than the Yuan army's formation just now.

Of course, the effect is not very good.

Wen Chou stood on the watchtower, looking at the strength of the arrows shot by his side, and couldn't help frowning, now it's raining, whether it is the Han army or the Huns, the bow used by the Xiongnu is a composite bow, to put it bluntly, the composite bow is glued together with various materials, once the rain is flooded, it will be soft, and the range, power and even life will be greatly reduced.

In this way, Wen Chou's advantage as a Hun archer could not be brought into play.

"Attack!!" Twenty steps, the Lux battalion shouted in unison,

"Resist, give me everything!"

The drums shook the sky, the knives slashed and the guns stabbed, and the fight entered the scorching heat at the beginning, Wen Chou relied on the defense of the camp to block Sima Ju from the outside, and in the south, Tian Kai pressed the front of the army line to the front of the camp eighty steps before stopping, just erecting a big shield, but like they were defending.

"Quick! Dig hard, ruler! What about a ruler? Huang Xu wiped the rain from his face, looked at the sergeant who was digging the pit, he didn't know what the pit was for, he only knew that he would complete the earthwork as soon as possible according to Ma Qiang's requirements.

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