Chapter 32: Playing with Fire

"What does Master Li mean?" Zhang Qian was stunned, and a wave of confusion suddenly surged in his heart.

According to his understanding, the Shang Ran Bureau was responsible for the royal management of chariots and horses. Li Fengyu is equivalent to the driver squad leader who drove for the big leader in later generations, and this person may also be a relative of the emperor.

Therefore, no matter how high or low this person's position is, the information definitely belongs to the well-informed person. Today he suddenly winked at himself for no reason, and he must have hinted at something.

However, Fengyu Li Qi quickly turned his face up, his eyes and nose, and his nose and heart, and instantly turned into a clay wood carving.

"Chicken thief, give me more hints that you're going to die?" Zhang Qian muttered secretly in his stomach, however, he couldn't put the Divine Dragon Emperor Li Xian and Xiao Zhizhong, Yang Qi, Ji Xian and others on the platform, and went to find a special Fengyu to inquire about the news. I had to put aside the confusion in my heart for the first time, crossed my hands, and asked Li Xian if the new weapon display could begin.

"Although Zhang Qing comes according to your own arrangement, I am only responsible for watching it today!" Ying Tianshen Dragon Emperor Li Xian was very expectant of the new weapon that was about to appear, and nodded decisively with a smile.

Zhang Qian immediately thanked him with a courtesy in the army, and then immediately gave a salute to Xiao Zhizhong, Yang Qi and other bigwigs in the army. Turn around and quickly run down the high platform. After a short time, he walked out from behind a house with more than 20 colleagues from the ordnance superintendent.

I saw that these 20 or so young officials of the ordnance supervisor were all dressed as military generals like Zhang Qian. However, no one carried any weapons, but in groups of two, they took turns pushing a light and small wheelbarrow and slowly moving forward. And like the people who transported the supplies, they formed a thin long line during the march.

The wheelbarrow, which was only three feet narrow and more than six feet long, looked extremely light. In front of the car, on each side, a wooden plank is installed, forming a semi-enclosed compartment. The surface of the wooden board is painted with thick ink and heavy color!

I don't know if the painter's level is limited, or if it is deliberate, Jair's painting is not fierce at all, and it vaguely reveals a bit of naughty cuteness.

Looking at the inside of the carriage, there is a large wooden box. Near the box, there is also a long lever. Under the lever, there were horned bows, arrows, spears, horizontal knives, bags of dry food, etc., which were obviously needed by the two soldiers of the cart.

"What is this, Wu Gangche?" Among the ministers around Li Xian, there were many people who knew the goods, and they immediately frowned and discussed with their colleagues in a low voice.

"No, this wheel is not as big as Wugang's car, and the transverse surface is at most three feet wide, but it is much narrower than Wugang's car!" Someone immediately took over the conversation and quickly pointed out the difference between the wheelbarrow and the Wugang car.

"There are also carriage boards on both sides, I don't know what they are made of, is it heavy?"

"What is the wooden box in the car. There seems to be a crossbar on the chest! ”

"The function should be similar to that of the Wugang car, and weapons and supplies can be placed on it. If you encounter an enemy army, you can form a formation to protect yourself! ”

"It's small enough, but it's a little far from a divine weapon......"

……

The argument grew louder and louder, and it drilled into the ears of the Divine Dragon Emperor uncontrollably.

When Li Xian heard this, he was suddenly disappointed in his heart. Although he had not studied Wugangche up close, as early as the first round of being the crown prince, he knew from the book that this thing was something that existed in the Han Dynasty. And from the discussion of the ministers, he could also judge that this thing must have been equipped in the Tang army for a long time, and it was not new at all.

"Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo, woo woo-" A low sound of drawing horns suddenly sounded in mid-air, cutting off all the surrounding discussions.

"Huh?" Li Xian forcibly suppressed the disappointment in his heart and stared at it in surprise. I saw that more than 20 cavalrymen dressed as Tibetans rode out on horseback.

The wheelbarrow was spotted from a distance, and the Tubo soldier Cao who led the team immediately let out a whistle in his mouth, pulled out the iron thistle bones, and rushed straight to the wheelbarrow that was walking in the front.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa......" The rest of the "Tibetan warriors" let out a ghost cry wolf howl from their mouths, and they also drew their weapons one after another and followed behind Bing Cao.

In front of the convoy, he was about to be swallowed up by the "Tubo warriors", but Zhang Qian, who led the convoy forward, was not in a hurry. First waved a red flag, then grabbed the horn and put it to his mouth, and blew it vigorously.

"Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo woo......" The sound of the horn painting was like a dragon's groan, shaking people's bodies trembling.

With the high-pitched roar of the dragon, the wheelbarrows that were moving quickly gathered together. With Zhang Qian as the center, the body of each car is a radial line, arranged outward. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a huge wheel-shaped battle formation.

"Good!" Zuo Xiaowei General Niu Shi Award is a real knowledgeable person, and gently stroked his palm not far behind Li Xian, "Although this car seems to be thin, it is much lighter than the Wugang car, but it is too sparsely arranged and is easy to ......be ridden by the Tubo people."

Before he could finish a sentence, there was a series of "bang, bang, bang, bang......" sounds in his ears. I was stunned to take a closer look, and saw that the carriage boards that were originally located on both sides of the wheelbarrow were all folded to the front, and the adjacent compartment boards were bitten into each other, blocking the gap between the cars!

The car array instantly turned into a car city. The "Tubo warriors" who had already rushed to the front had no way out, so they hurriedly grabbed their mounts, adjusted their directions, collided with each other, and suddenly made a mess.

However, in Checheng, Zhang Qian blew the horn of the painting for a long time, and instantly transmitted his orders to the ears of all the brothers. Ren Cong, Wang Jun and others, who had practiced many times in advance, heard the sound of painting horns, and immediately leaned down and pulled the crossbar that controlled the wooden box on the wheelbarrow.

"Poof!" Twelve dark yellow liquid pillars erupted from a part of the jab's mouth, and in an instant, the "Tubo" warriors were sprayed all over their faces.

"Ahhhh Kankan escaped more than twenty paces, and fell directly from his mount, rolling on the ground in pain.

"Ahhhhh However, just like the Tibetan soldier Cao, he didn't escape far, but he fell off his horse one after another, rolled on the ground, and was in agony.

"What's in that mouth?" Not only did Ying Tianshenlong Emperor Li Xian and Xiao Zhizhong and others find it strange, but even the real veteran of Zuo Xiaowei's General Niu Shi Award was also confused. One by one, they stared at each other, looking left and right.

A gust of north wind blew, quickly sending the strong aroma of wine into everyone's nostrils. In an instant, Li Xian suddenly realized, and couldn't help but stroke his palm hard, "Wonderful, wonderful, this car is wonderful." Tell him to rob, tell him to rob, burn him and never come back! ”

"It turned out to be gunpowder!"

"No wonder I painted my eyes! Surely you will repay! ”

"If it ignites and sprays on people......"

"Wonderful, wonderful! It's really a magic weapon! ”

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

"Divine soldier, sure enough, it is a divine soldier!"

Voices of discussion and cheers alternated, and in an instant they resounded throughout the stands.

Regardless of whether they really understood it or pretended to understand it, the civil and military officials present scrambled to express their amazement. No one wants to be regarded by Li Xian as deliberately pretending to be confused, and he will enter another book in his heart.

"Woo woo, woo woo, woo ......" The sound of the horn sounded again, high-pitched and pleasant, making people's blood flow. Everyone who thought that the display had ended was stunned, and hurriedly took a closer look again.

I saw the "Tibetan warriors" who fell to the ground, and they got up and retreated one after another. More than a dozen other officials of the Ordnance Prison hurriedly pushed a large number of wooden horses with wheels on the stage.

There are also wooden dolls, riding on wooden horses, all dressed as Tibetans. The officials, even men and horses, were quickly pushed ten steps away from the car formation, forming a side-rushing formation, as if they would shoot with their bows at any time.

"Shoot!" On the high platform, all the generals frowned, and their faces were cold.

Galloping is the best killing move for the Turkic, Turkish, Tubo and other cavalry. Shoot feathered arrows at high speed to cover the target area and use your speed to avoid your opponent's attacks.

As long as the training method is correct, this trick can often cause great damage to the Tang army every time it is used.

Today, however, the situation seems to be very different.

When the officials pushing the wooden horses had just left, there were immediately flags waving in the middle of the car. Immediately after, the one in front of the wheelbarrow opened its mouth again, "poof-", and twelve golden liquids rose into the air, turning into twelve fire dragons in mid-air!

"Ahh

Look at the team of wooden men and horses in a galloping formation, they were rolled by the body of the fire dragon and quickly turned into torches, and in the blink of an eye, it was difficult to distinguish each other, and the whole turned into a sea of fire!

"Divine soldier, sure enough, it is a divine soldier!" General Xiaowei Niu Shi Award was so excited that he jumped up and danced with his hands.

"Divine Soldier, Divine Soldier!" Several generals of the left and right guards, and the left and right guards, waved their arms in agreement, as if they were already on the battlefield at the moment, and were directing the brothers to burn the Quartet with "gunpowder".

"Divine soldier, sure enough, it is a divine soldier, the holy eye, this gunpowder is as its name!" Rao is a person like Shangshu Zong Chuke of the Ministry of War who looks at Zhang Qian unpleasantly, at this moment, he is also so excited that his beard trembles, his face is flushed, and he is full of praise.

"Congratulations to the Holy One for obtaining this divine weapon!" Taifu Qingji Ne reacted faster and took the lead in slapping Li Xian's sycophants.

"Congratulations to the Holy One for obtaining this divine weapon!" When he landed, countless people responded, and the excitement on their faces could not be concealed.

"Congratulations to the Holy ......" celebrations continued. At this moment, the ministers of civil and military affairs present, no matter which faction they belonged to, had temporarily forgotten each other's positions and were immersed in irrepressible excitement.

Whether they are loyal or traitorous, they are all Tang people after all.

Since he is a Tang person, who can forget the invincible glory of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses during the time of Taizong and Gaozong?

Who can stand the daily invasion of Tibet, the rebellion of the Turks, and the re-emergence of the Turks with the secret support of the great cannibals?

"Hmm-" Ying Tian Shenlong Emperor Li Xian, obviously his blood was boiling with excitement, but he deliberately pretended to be a light and light appearance, smiling and nodding lightly.

The gunpowder turned into a dragon car in the hands of the ordnance superintendent, a result that really made him feel both excited and proud.

"Well, it's called the fire dragon car, this name, it sounds majestic enough! I have decided so, no matter what name Zhang Qian gives this thing, it will definitely not be as good as me. At the beginning, he called gunpowder alcohol! ”

Thinking of the word alcohol, the pride on Li Xian's face couldn't be concealed.

He remembered that when Zhang Qian first presented gunpowder to the imperial court, he only called it alcohol, and only said that it was used to disinfect wounds, and did not mention half of the word "fire".

It was he, through the burning of the barn, who discovered the true power of alcohol. Therefore, the majestic name of "gunpowder" was given!

But......

Suddenly remembering the gunpowder tests he had secretly ordered people to do, Li Xian's brows furrowed slightly.

I have the impression that the burning of alcohol is a blue flame, which is far less violent than grease, and can even be said to be a little weak. And today, the gunpowder that Zhang Qian spewed out with the dragon car was bright yellow when it burned, and it was even a little dazzling!

"Woo woo, woo woo woo ......" The sound of the dragon's horn sounded again, instantly making Li Xian and the civil and military officials on the high platform forget everything in their hearts.

"It's not over yet?" Qi Qi's eyes widened, and they were full of anticipation, wanting to see what surprises the ordnance supervisor could bring to everyone today, just to see that the car city slowly opened, and the trunk boards on both sides of the wheelbarrow quickly closed.

The car city turned into a car array, and then, the car array changed from a round shape to an inverted dovetail shape.

The wheelbarrow in the center dragged behind, and the rest moved forward slightly, three feet away from each other, slowly pushing towards a makeshift model of a masonry arrow tower in front of the left.

"Woo, woo, woo, woo-" The sound of the horn suddenly became domineering.

Twelve fiery dragons erupted from Jairus's mouth. Everywhere it went, the bricks and stones burned, and the entire arrow tower instantly turned into a ball of fire!